after days of rain and flooding, the rivers and the creeks around the bay area are finally starting to recede but that does not mean that the trouble is over, by any means. good afternoon, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. this is from our east bay hills camera. let's check in with spencer christian. >> i'm happy to say there's not much left of today's storm. you can see we have pockets of light rain and scattered showers, although there have been a couple of brief downpours in the last few minutes but it's all winding down, i'm happy to say. let's go out to the area of the russian river which has had a

flood warning the last couple of days. the river level is receding a bit. we still have a flood warning in effect, however, until 2:48 a.m. the flooding has not ended you about an update on the current levels. the river is just a few inches above flood stage and expected to drop below flood stage in the next hour. a flood warning remains in effect until 2:48 a.m. there's another area we want to focus on between watsonville and las lomas. that expires at 10:15 tonight in that area. 5:00 this afternoon, into the evening hours we see pockets of showers and light rain fade away giving way to partial clearing. so that will be the end of the rain for a while and i'll show you what the week ahead looks like for a few minutes. larry? >> spencer, thank you. all you have to do is download

the abc7 news app. san jose firefighters rescued a man trapped by the fast-flowing water of coyote creek. >> he had been stranded there for two days. we're talking about 48 hours in your car. more than 20 water rescues have taken place since the weekend. >> katie utehs is there to explain the danger that still exists even though the rain has stopped. katie? >> reporter: ama, it's sunny and nice out but the creek is deceptively swift. right now it's moving very fast. this was the scene of the rescue earlier today. firefighters have been working around the clock actually pulling people from floodwaters. sky 7 shows a coyote creek. >> for example, it could move your car across the roadway.

it's a lot of force. it's moving much faster than that right now. >> reporter: a man trapped on a an island created by high water levels yelled for help around 11:00 this morning. he spent the last two days stranded near ranch dry and north mccarthy boulevard. >> his body temperature is probably low. we don't know that. he's being assessed and will probably be taken to a local hospital. >> reporter: he's not the only one that underestimated the storm runoff. >> you saw that? >> yeah. >> that was scary. i went and grabbed you. >> you did a good job. >> reporter: the santa clara county sheriff's office shared the video on facebook. he made the rescue along las gatos trail yesterday. >> reporter: they rescued people all week. >> we took 15 people from the

hollister area out of homes and three or four people from cars. >> reporter: more than 20 people have been rescued and all of them are okay. in the south bay, katie utehs, abc7 news. we're getting a different perspective from the roadway that was washed away over alhambra valley road. the breach is 70 feet wide and 30 feet deep. you can see the drone as it flies into that gap. check this out. the road is closed indefinitely. county public works crews don't know when repairs will begin. >> that's an amazing view right there. highway 37 in novato is still closed today. you can see much of the flooding has subsided but part of the road is still covered in water. the marin county sheriff's department posted this picture

of the dive team and chp helpin to clear cars that were stranded in the water. at least three cars got stuck after trying to drive through the flooded roadways, which they tell you over and over again, don't do that. more than 100 hollister residents are cleaning up. >> the pacheco creek spilled into farmland and backyards. lonnie rivera has a look at how families are dealing with the cleanup. lonnie? >> reporter: yes, larry and ama. this is what people are dealing with today. huge puddles like this. actually, two homes along this street have been red-tagged because they are not safe because of the damage from yesterday's rain and because of no power. but meantime, people are coming together in this close-knit community helping each other recover.

hollister residents carefully traveled through the puddles. there was flood damage after the pacheco creek rose 20 feet flooding farmland and backyards. >> the floors are pretty well saturated with dirty water. the unfortunate thing is, we were remodeling so we had a bunch of stuff on the ground. >> reporter: this is one of the rescuers who willingly took in 18 cows and four horses. >> you couldn't tell how deep it was and rivers were going. we're running around trying to get the cattle and i went in probably hip-deep. >> reporter: she was happy to help out a few neighbors needing a safe place for their cattle. >> there was nothing keeping them between the roads and there were lakes everywhere. i think one of them was killed. >> reporter: the creek backed up from overgrown brush. water had nowhere to go but over its banks into the community. >> it overflowed and there's a lot of debris that may need to

be cleaned up before it happens again. >> reporter: as for clean-up to his property, homeowners are beginning to do just that as more rain is in the forecast. in hollister, lonnie rivera, abc7 news. wayne freedman has the latest on more flooding in guernville this is west sonoma county. >> reporter: good tolerance and acceptance where others might drown their sorrows. the attitude is both tradition and expected here in the russian river valley. wet comes with the turf, as they like to say. >> this was a good starter flood for us. >> yes. ann schneider really did utter those words. while scooping piles of russian river mud from her home and

driveway into a wheelbarrow after the river crested, this looked like progress. >> yeah. it flowed around here and hit the curb there and was making a big whirlpools out here. it was fun. i took pictures. >> reporter: did you catch any fish? >> didn't see any fish. it's very muddy, you know, it's like coffee color. >> reporter: ann and her husband figure 15-inch deep water passed through yesterday. even the river that usually flows hundreds of feet away d dabbled at their doorstep. >> this is the price you pay. >> reporter: this golf course has new water holes and bruce mcconnell returned with his little boat today. this is what it is until it won't be anymore until the next time. around here, there's something beautiful about that. wayne freedman, abc7 news.

all of this rain has resulteded in the end of the five-year drought in california. >> the question is, will that last? matt keller has the details. >> reporter: it's raining has been followed by the phrase, we sure need it, for the past five years. however, you can officially say you're tired of the rain. the entire bay area is no longer in a drought. that means the santa clara water district will evaluate keeping its water savings target at 20%. >> all of the indications are very good right now. we are going to be re-evaluating where we are going forward. we are running the models to see how does this look for our water supply into 2017. >> reporter: six reservoirs in santa clara county are spilling. others are above seismic restriction levels and must release water to get below those limits. ground water supplies are getting a big boost. officials saw a significant

increase in 2016, putting levels at the bottom of the normal range with more gains expected in 2017. but even with all this rain, water officials say the recent conservation efforts have really paid off. they are hoping people will stick with the plan, rain or shine. >> we don't know what's around the corner. next year could be dry again. all of those good habits that people have formed over the last four or five years really should continue. >> reporter: santa clara county residents really responded to the calls for water conservation with a 28% drop in use when you compare it to 2013. water officials here will meet at the end of the month to decide if they will stick with that 20% water conservation target. in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. >> even though the bay area is out of the drought, you can see from this map, much of central and southern california still in a moderate to severe drought. fremont police are

investigating a crash that killed a 96-year-old woman this morning. the car the woman was driving collided with a pickup truck on fremont boulevard and parish avenue. her identity has not been released. the pickup truck driver is cooperating with the investigation. drugs and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the accident. also in fremont, the mission boulevard offramp to 880 is back open following a hazardous materials situation. it was closed this morning after a pickup truck carrying pool-cleaning supplies crashed into barrels. the chemicals spilled. a caltrans company cleaned up the mess. the driver was arrested on suspicion of dui. it was emotional forks sure. >> emotion running high for fans as the chargers announce they are moving out of town. what it could mean for raiders

fans. plus, is it the end of the line for san francisco's lefty odoul's? and a scary moment in the sierra as a fedex truck loses its brakes. how chp officers helped to straighten things out. and traffic at 4:12 on this thursday, we are going to try to take a live look outside and -- >> golden gate bridge, i believe. >> there it is. we wanted that delay. a little suspense for you. it's moving in both d

all right. in san diego, there is

heartbreak and some anger. >> oh, yeah. >> after fans learned their football team is hitting the road for good. >> one fan, as you can see, lit the team's flag on fire. the chargers now said they are leaving and moving to l.a. alex stone has the details. >> reporter: the chargers are on the move. >> yeah, let it burn! >> reporter: but san diego fans aren't cheering. the problem is, they are not going down field, they are going upstate, the chargers making a move to los angeles after calling san diego home for half a century. >> well, it's an emotional decision, sure. at some point you have to make a decision and move on. >> reporter: leaders aren't feeling the love. >> the chargers decision to walk away from those fans is a new low. >> reporter: and they have bitter parting words for their long-time heroes. >> san diego didn't lose the chargers. the chargers just lost san

diego. >> reporter: that sense of betrayal is obvious at team headquarters where fans who showed up threw eggs to express their anger. >> go to l.a., take a good time, get out of my city. >> my mom and uncle are probably turning over in their grave right now because they are the reason that i'm a charger fan. >> reporter: the chargers deciding to move comes after voters rejected a ballot measure to help fund a new stadium. >> the chargers wanted a lot more taxpayer money than we could have ever agreed to. >> reporter: they walked away from negotiations with the city. the new l.a. chargers will share a stadium being built for the rams. >> we've got to put a good product on the field and ingreesh ate yourself into the community, which we will do. >> my two cents here, there's so much wrong about this move, i'm not sure where to begin. let's start with this. it's just sadness for the loyal

chargers' fans who supported this team for 50 years despite this has been a poorly run franchise. in this case, the value of the franchise may increase by a billion dollars but the coach will have to pay a fee to relocate. take that money and put it into a deal in san diego and stay in a place where people love your team los angeles doesn't. they had no nfl team for two decades. now they are going to have two. in fact, they have two really bad teams. the chargers have little fan support in los angeles. but you know who does? the raiders. and l.a. is now officially off the table for them. owner mark davis appears to be all in on vegas. this chargers move shows that the nfl doesn't care about you. it doesn't care about me. the fans, we're all irrelevant as randy moss once famously

said, it's about straight cash, homey. the lure of public financing being put up in las vegas is absolutely intoxicating. so unless ronnie lott can pull a rabbit out of his hat, we'll soon see the los angeles chargers play the las vegas raiders and the nfl is fine with that. >> thanks, larry. a long-time san francisco institution which served visitors at its union square location is closing up shop. the owner of lefty o'douls is shutting down after a dispute between the landlord and the owner. bovis plans to reopen lefty's at another location. he claims to own the business name and the contents of the restaurant. regulars who have been coming to lefty's say they are devastated to see another iconic san

francisco establishment go. >> i'm a native san franciscoan, born and raised. this brings back memories, fathers, grandfather experiences. it's a place you come when you feel that you're at home. >> lefty's opened in 1958 and was named after san francisco baseball great lefty o'douls who managed the seals baseball team. now back to the weather and an unusual sight in guerneville. >> that's a woman in a kayak in her mother's house. >> oh, no. >> that was one of the hardest hit areas by the storm and she's putting a light spin on a tough situation for many people. >> she did a light spin. >> she did. >> we need one of those in our parking garage. >> we could. >> that had to be four, five feet deep. >> that's what it looked like. spencer, do we have any

relief? >> well, the weather is getting better, that's for sure. the current rainfall is tapering off. the rivers, of course, will be slow to recede but they will be receding. light, scattered showers and an occasional downpour is passing through the area. we have colder air moving in, as you can see, on this wider angle. that accounts for the texture of the clouds showing up there on this satellite image. check out these clouds from our camera, pier 15 looking at the western sky. the sun is beautiful. 50 degrees in san francisco and in mountain view and gilroy. 48 degrees at half moon bay and san jose. here's a great view of the western sky. looking from emeryville, clouds at various levels of the atmosphere. it's 47 in santa rosa. upper 40s in fairfield, concord and livermore. and this is a view of the golden gate where it's brighter and not

so cloudy and dry tomorrow through martin luther king jr. day, more storms arrive middle of next week. showers will dissipate through 10:00 and mainly dry and partial clearing by midnight. temperatures will plummet. lows drop down to freezing. tonight, napa, just above freezing. morgan hill, 34 tonight. it's going to be quite chilly. tomorrow, sunny skies. cool conditions, seasonally cool, low to mid-50s. now, let's look ahead to the four-day weekend for the bay area. sunny skies mainly, dry conditions all the way through the four-day period. monday is martin luther king day. highs near 60. chances of rain, zero for the next four or five days. slight chance of rain late next tuesday. 70% chance on monday.

on wednesday, a storm is ranking 1 on the impact scale. a stronger storm on tuesday is ranking at 2. heavy downpours, very windy. rainfall totals up to about an inch with that storm. drought monitor shows that the bay area is essentially out of the drought, although we have dry areas in the inland east bay and south bay. for most of the state, conditions are improving but the exceptional drought conditions are down in southern california. 35% of southern california is drought-free. a nice spell of sun. clouds increase on tuesday, heavier rain conditions on thursday. i'll show you when we come back the forecast for the tahoe area. there may not be more snow falling for a while. >> probably okay with that. we have five days to dry out here. >> absolutely. >> thanks, spencer. there was a touching moment today at the white house. >> a grateful nation thanks vice

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>> oh, wow. >> you can just see how stunned joe biden was. the standing ovation in the white house estate dining room lasted for more than a minute and then mr. biden got a special version of the award with distinction has only been given to three others, pope john paul ii ronald reagan and colin powell. look at the expression on joe biden's face. the vice president overwhelmed with emotion. >> i had -- i had no inkling. i thought we were coming over, michelle for you and jill and barack and i to -- and a couple senior staff to toast one another and i tell you what, what an incredible journey it's been. >> the president called the long-time delaware senator the best vice president america has

ever had. >> what a touching moment. >> yeah, absolutely. coming up on abc7 news at 4:00, tense times on capitol hill. >> but when america gives her word, we have to live up to it. the questions about russia are looming large during this week's confirmation hearings. plus, horror in baltimore. six kids killed in a house fire. their mother, a long-time capitol hill staffer. and workers on the space

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and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30 after days of rain, flooding remains an issue as water recedes around the bay area. floodwaters in guerneville is affecting the nearby community. flooding these past few days has been an issue across the bay area. as katie utehs tweets, rescuers had to assist a man in milpitas. honda is adding 772,000 vehicles to an ongoing recall related to defective airbag inflators manufactured by takata. this involves 17 automakers. as many as 16 people have died.

the senate is taking up three new nominations to president-elect donald trump's cabinet and russia has been a major topic of discussion. at his hearing today, stanford's hoover institute james mattis calls russia lana zak is in washington. >> reporter: one thing that has remained consistent is questions about russia. questions about russia are now a kind of litmus test for cabinet nominees. >> there's a decreasing number of areas where we can engage cooperatively and an increasing number of areas where we're going to have to confront russia. >> reporter: general james mattis, the pick to head up the department of defense, established himself as his own man, unafraid to take different positions on russia and iran,

saying he would support the arms agreement negotiated by the obama administration. >> an imperfect arms agreement but when america gives their word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies. >> reporter: in the third whirlwind day of senate confirmation hearings, questions about willingness to be independent of mr. trump and u.s. intelligence has been at the forefront of questioning, especially for congressman mike pompeo, mr. trump's pick to head the cia. >> this was an aggressive action and the u.s. has a requirement to protect that information. meanwhile, ben carson laughed off the accusations that he has the inexperience. >> there is an assumption that you can only do these one things and you are incapable of learning anything else. i find that kind of humor rouse, particularly knowing what the human brain is capable of.

>> and democratic senator liz wet warren wanted to get an assurance that none of the money that h.u.d. controls would go to the trump family or trump corporation. he told her he couldn't promise that but that he would use commonsense. lana zak, abc7 news. >> we understand that the justice department will investigate the actions by the fbi during the election? >> yes. we have learned that the inspector general is preparing to really look into james comey, his actions that he took 11 days before the election announcing in a letter to congress that he is going to reopen the investigation into clinton's e-mails. many people in the clinton campaign have spoken publicly about how they felt that that influenced the election and that would be in violation of many of the protocols of the department of justice and the fbi. they are going to look deeper

into that and what role he might have played in that. >> lana, thank you. a bay area billionaire is launching a campaign to fight some of donald trump's cabinet picks. the ad is paid for by tom stire. the ad accusing rex tillerson of being too cozy with russian president vladimir putin. >> your actions speak louder than your words and if you represent the united states of america, it's improper for you to have consistently on your own behalf. >> styre says his goal is to make americans similar of other issues in the administration. he spent $90 million of his own money backing democratic causes during the 2016 campaign. congresswoman barbara lee will not go to the inauguration.

she says on january 20th she will instead be organizing and preparing for resistance. she joins a list of at least five other representatives who will not be attending. authorities in baltimore are investigating the cause of a fire, a house fire that left six children dead. the fire broke out overnight in a three-story home in a northeast baltimore neighborhood. those kids, they range in age from 9 months to 11 years old. and they are all members of the same family. the mother and three other children were able to escape. she's in the hospital listed in critical condition as are two of the children. the third child was released. the father happened to be at work at the time. the mom has been identified as katie malone, a long-time staff member of elijah cummings. authorities in arizona shot and killed a passerby who shot a trooper this morning. he ordered the gunman to stop

the attack. when the suspect refused, the passerby grabbed his own gun and opened fire, killing him. the trooper was taken to the hospital where he's in stable condition. the 27-year veteran trooper was ambushed while investigating a traffic accident. the faa is investigating a video that show as drone slamming into seattle's space needle. we're going to pause it for you to point out two workers there. the drone just barely missed. my goodness. the drone's owner went looking for it but space needle security gave it to police. that owner now face as $5,000 fine and nearly a year in jail for reckless endangerment. still to come on abc7 news at 4:00 a. l, a lot of snow cam the sierra. i'm spencer christian from our emeryville camera, that is

gorgeous. skies are clearing and te

the avalanche danger remains high as a result of rain, snow and wind. >> kristen sze has a look at it. kristen? >> this is the raw power of a

snowslide. a woman took this video. pay attention to this kitchen area. because that's the area that's going to get totally obliterated. watch. the explosion of snow will come from the right. wait for it. bam. you see that? in just a matter of seconds, look at that, the whole kitchen is covered. the range, cabinets, everything completely destroyed. you probably want to see it again. i'm going to show it to you one more time without my arrow there. samantha says actually four homes were hit by the same avalanche last night. it will be a while before they can remove all of the snow and board up the home. this follows another dramatic avalanche on tuesday. this was in the alpine meadows area. this is the roofline right there. completely covered in snow. and here's the view from the inside. that same wall of snow, up to 20

feet completely blocking his door after the controlled avalanche. the danger is still considerable at all elevations. look at that. they continue to set off controlled slides. meantime, most ski slopes are reopening. they expect safe conditions this long weekend. larry and ama? >> all of that video is amazing and so is this. a double trailer fedex rig slid down part of interstate 80 in the sierra this morning. this was caught on camera by highway patrol officers who guided the truck sideways down the grade. it happened in nevada county. the big rig jackknifed and the brakes locked up. faced with a decision to wait hours for a tow truck, the driver rolled down the hill going sideways. if you're familiar with drifting, that's essentially what he's doing. it's a form of driving sideways. the highway patrol kept other

cars away and the truck actually made it down just fine. into well, this is one of many trucks that found itself stranded in the snowy conditions in the sierra. it was one of many trucks rescued by the highway patrol. it took the help of two chp expeditions to help this truck up a steep portion of interstate 80. once they were at the top, the driver was cited for not having chains. we have light cscattered showers. most locations receive .02 up to 6 inches. meanwhile, here's your four-day weekend forecast. over in tahoe, if you're headed out that way, light snow early tomorrow morning. it's going to be chilly with highs only in the low to mid-30s. a little milder through the

weekend and drier through monday. driving conditions should improve after tomorrow. lows in the bay area down around or below freezing. some of the coldest inland valleys see upper 30s to low 40s. tomorrow's highs range only from low to mid-50s. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have 4 1/2 maybe 5 dry days coming our way. light storm coming in on wednesday ranking 1 on the storm impact scale. a stronger storm on thursday. it will be rainy and windy next thursday. >> thanks, spencer. still ahead at 4:00, a record number of guns found at our nation's airports. >> i'm michael finney. ebay is fighting back against counterfeiters. what they

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u.s. airports. delta says passengers need to get ready for a hike in airfares, as much as 2% in the next few months. analysts say four of the major u.s. airlines reported lower sales for most of last year into business is booming at amazon and the company is ready to add thousands of new job, including here in northern california. the online retailer announced today it will add 100,000 full-time positions over the next 18 months. 4,000 of those jobs will be filled at amazon's fulfillment's centers. the 7 on your side investigation has spanned 3 1/2 years and he's scheduled to turn himself into jail tonight. >> michael finney has the story for us. >> we have been working on this for quite some time. this is day that at least 80 people who say they were the victim of miguel lopez and a mortgage scam thought might never come. a judge ordered him to pay

$250,000 in restitution and pay one year in jail. many of the victims protested when the judge left open the option of community service and home detention. but that request ultimately denied. and tonight, lopez is scheduled to turn himself in to the north county detention facility. 7 on your side began investigating lopez in 2013. he had a false promise he would get their mortgage reduced. we successfully got the attention of the state attorney general's office. lopez is challenging the restitution order which will be heard in march. apple just released a fix for a battery line problem with its new macbook pro. this was uncovered during a test of the new laptop. consumer reports has retested to see if the repair is working and the initial tests have found

battery life range between 4 and 19 hours which such a large inconsistencies, the new laptop first macbook ever not to be recommended by consumer reports. >> we shared diagnostic data with apple so their engineers could see what we were seeing compared to what they were seeing. >> the problem was a software bug in the web browse ser safari. apple released an update and the battery life issues went away. macbook pros are now recommended by consumer reports. apple will make the update available to all macbook pro users in a week. if you want the fix sooner, sign up for the apple beta software program. if you buy designer shoes or handbags on ebay, how do you know if their authentic? some might say it's a real crap

shoot. ebay wants to prevent counterfeits from selling on the site. they want to authenticate high-end products. sellers can agree to have it inspected if an item is real or if it's shipped to the buyer. if not, ebay would issue a refund. the deadline to enroll uncovered california and that's obamacare here in the golden state for 2017 at the end of this month. tomorrow, agents from california will be here in my 7 on your side office to answer your questions and get you enrolled. our phone lines will be opened from 4:00 until 8:00 and you don't have to wait to answer questions. you can submit them right now on facebook and twitter. use the #askfinney. >> every time you do one of these events, you always get a lot of calls and the office is

packed. great job. >> thanks. cvs will cut the price of a generic version of the epipen. it will sell a two-pack of a generic for $110. that's down from a previous price of $200. this comes as cigna says it will only cover the generic version of the epipen. mylan came under fire after raising its price to more than $200. this provides an emergency dose to prevent deadly reactions. if you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, we have you covered. >> reggie aqui has more. >> let's start the year with new heart. hoodline recommends dance and cork art. yes, cork heart. let's start with the music. ♪ noe valley hosts musica pacifica

this weekend. they say it's the best concert that you've never seen. they provide child care and give you free wine during intermission. it sounds like a plan to me. that's sunday from 1:00 to 4:00. now, dance, i say. alonzo king's provides dance events for 5 bucks. on sunday from 1:00 to 5:00, you can learn hip pop, jazz, contemporary and you can be a beginner. and finally, cork art. >> let's take a paint brush, maybe even sharpies and put that on there to create, for example, a penguin. >> you, too, can create creatures made out of corks. this is an extension of another show. who new cork could be used as stamps or be made into lovely

jewelry? it's on sunday from 1:00 to 4:00. keep me, as you can see, far, far away from the craft table. i'm not so good. for more on these events, hop on to our website, abc7.com and click on our link to hoodline. i'm reggie aqui. whatever you do, enjoy your weekend. and after days of outages in castro valley, we have a live report coming up. dan has a look at abc7 news at 5:00. >> an old case is raising new questions, a kidnapping vallejo woman and missing evidence. also, president-elect trump and state leaders willing to take him on. can't tell if it's fake or can't tell if it's fake or real news, california has a bill everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. keep it simple. make every piece count.

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here's a line-up of abc7. it's the season finale of the grea american baking show. at 9:00, taking the stage. african-american music and stories that changed america followed by abc7 news at 11:00. well, after two straight days without phone service and only intermittent electricity, things are slowly returning to normal in rural alameda county. >> things have been more isolated than normal especially

for the monks at the holy cross monastery. eric? >> reporter: local traffic can get through here but through traffic is still shut down. folks we're talking about live several miles up this road in an isolated canyon where they rely on landlines. cell phone service is nonexistent. >> still dead. >> reporter: and the phones have been that way since tuesday afternoon at the holy cross monastery outside castro valley. >> it's very primitive. >> reporter: they are used to going without some comforting but no landline out here could mean trouble because there's no cell phone service. >> tough drive out of the canyon five miles to the south if it were open but the road is blocked so you have to go seven miles north to get your cell phone to work so you can call in. >> reporter: sporadic power

outages have meant no power and no way to heat the building in a canyon where it's 10 to 15 degrees cooler than surrounding areas so they are literally praying for return to normal. a couple of miles down the road, rain and swollen creeks helped bring down two huge eucalyptus trees that landed in kathy's front yard tuesday afternoon while she watched horrified. >> heard the crack and then looked up and saw it starting to fall and just kind of ran out of the way. >> reporter: one tree narrowly missed the chickens she keeps and landed a few feet away from her home. she's waiting for the county to come and clear things away. meantime, at&t crews have been working hard to restore phone service. in alameda county, eric thomas, abc77 news. >> you can get the latest news any time with the abc7 news app.

use push alerts to know about breaking news where you live. thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. that's the sound of a potential sea change for the bay area. some say we have ended the drought. others say not so much. plus, levees are failing, the rain too much. >> inside the breach, we go down into the heart of the massive road collapse in contra costa county. plus, the new deadline and distention over what should be done by the leaning building. a dangerous scenario tonight in the delta eislands.

there's been several levees that have failed. >> this shows where it's happening in van sickle island north of pittsburg. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. is the drought really over? >> laura anthony is live at the reservoir in elle sobrante. >> reporter: it looks great and it is but while the federal government says our drought here in northern california is over, governor jerry brown is keeping his drought declaration in place. it's the news that many have been waiting to hear, that california has finally broken free of its historic drought, a declaration made by the u.s. drought monitor. >> it's looking gr