that breaking news now at 5:00, we're tracking a big problem for commuters in the east bay. >> if you need to be somewhere this morning, you might need to head out soon. let's get right to amy hollyfield. she is live on 580 in livermore. amy? >> reporter: yeah, we've got two lanes shut downright here on 580 and this is going to be a long closure that's not going to clear up this morning. they say these lanes aren't going to open until probably 3:00 this afternoon. we still see a car stranded here on the side of the road. they all have flat tires from hitting a massive pothole. that is the issue out here. they've got two lanes closed at greenville road. this is westbound headed into

oakland and san francisco. and this is going to be a 12-hour-long closure. they closed these at 3:00 this morning. this also happened two weeks ago here in the oolts. look at the basically backup from that morning. both times they shut down lanes because of potholes and the potholes are caused by all the rain. caltrans officials say this has been one of the worst seasons for potholes they have ever seen and this is one of their worst trouble spots. they do have plans to repave this freeway but they need dry weather for that so for now, they are patching these holes. if you still have an option, today is a great day to stay home if you can. if you do use westbound 580, car pooling would help, but it's going to be a very long commute through here. so, expect to plan a lot of time for your drive in or skip it if you can. reporting live in livermore, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. alexis, why did it have to be westbound? >> i know. this stretch is terrible on a normal day.

that is definitely our busiest route for early morning drivers between 4:30 and 5:30, i can always count an a backup right when we go on the air at 4:30 and as soon as we have one blocking issue, this turns into a disaster. so yes, major sig alert. little bit stronger and longer there than when i put this on the map. probably up to 9 miles now. we were at 8 at the time. so, just going to be awful. ace rail looking okay if you want to use mass transit. otherwise, yeah, you're going to have to delay your trip and here's a quick look outside. san jose, 101 and 880, wet pavement but no issues reported. meteorologist mike nicco is in the weather center with our forecast. hi, everybody. i've dialed live doppler 7 down so you can see the east bay -- east shore freeway, i should say. easy for me to say. i should let alexis say that. the richmond-san rafael bridge and the golden gate bridge are all getting light rain. you can see scattered right rain for all of us.

fog is thickest around half moon bay but it is going to spread. here's a look at the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. it's wet this morning. temperatures in the 60s today with periods of light rain. we've got a big storm coming tomorrow. details on that next. here's natasha and reggie with more news. road closures, flooding and a lot of clean-up this morning after a powerful storm hit the bay area. crews are still working as fast as they can because as mike just told us, another one is on the way. a stretch of highway 17 is still closed this morning after a mudslide shut it down in both directions. >> this is the second time at this exact location in less than a month. matt keller is in the santa cruz mountains this morning. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. it is so soggy here in the santa cruz mountains, we are showers coming from above, the fog in the middle, and we've got mud below. here's the slide behind us. you can understand why something like this would happen up here in the mountains. it is just so wet. now, good news, though, for

commuters this morning. you have a northbound and a southbound lane open this morning, but it could be a couple of days before things get back to normal up here. they split that southbound lane. now, check it out, the mudslide was huge. this is near scots valley. tons of rocks, debris and mud came crashing down yesterday morning and can you believe it? the driver was able to walk away just fine after his truck was smashed. chp closed highway 17 southbound at bear creek road and turned cars back heading north. highway 9 and other cut throughs were also impassable at the time thanks to flooding and more mudslides. at one point, drivers in san jose were being told to go through half moon bay and take highway 1 to get home to santa cruz. people who live in the mountains took the closure in stride. >> the only thing i can say is for people, basically just try to relax and go with the flow. >> it's beautiful country to live in but this is part of life. and after so many drought years, it's -- we're just getting hit

so hard. >> reporter: yeah, and i know what you're thinking. isn't this the same spot where that mudslide happened on january 9? yes, that one hit our abc7 news van and sent a photographer to the hospital. obviously, the upgrades built by caltrans didn't hold up. chp is estimating at least one to two days before they have this cleaned up here on the northbound side of highway 17 but of course we have more rain on the way. reporting live in the santa cruz mountains, matt keller, abc7 news. amazing that two different incidents this morning are happening twice in a month. wow. flooding has shut down a stretch of highway 37 in novato. the closure runs from highway 101 to atherton avenue. the problem is with runoff from novato creek. caltrans is trying to pump the water into nearby fields but the ground is so saturated from previous storms, that runoff is flowing right back on to the road. the chp says that stretch of highway 37 may not reopen for several days.

in holster, lovers lane is closed again. san felipe is closed. there were voluntary evacuations yesterday because of off the flooding. the concern now turns towards tomorrow's storm. in east palo alto, there is a rush to clear damage and debris before the next big storm gets here. cornell barnard talked to people who say they're ready. >> seeing how deep i can get. >> reporter: katrina is braving the high water inside her redwood city mobile home park. all this flooding brought on by heavy rains and high tides from a nearby bay canal. >> you just kind of wade out for the tides to lower and hope it's not raining because if it keeps raining, that can make it worse. >> reporter: but with another storm coming in, katrina is ready. >> water and dog food and -- >> reporter: she's loaded her car with supplies in case she has to make a quick get away. down bay shore road, flooding has left much of lamar mobile

home park underwater too. >> it's crazy. i mean, it was a really rough night. >> reporter: sofia says the park has flooded before but never this bad. >> i think it's going to be like this for a couple of days, couple weeks, probably. but i'm glad it's raining. >> reporter: it was a race against time as caltrans cleared debris from a fast rising creek that was trapped under a bridge. the creek was under a flood warning for most of the day, prompting the voluntary evacuation of this condo complex. the debris clean-up will continue ahead of the next storm. >> hopefully these guys have their excavator out the whole time and have everything ready to be cleared away. >> reporter: a reminder winter isn't over yet. in east palo alto, cornell barnard. keep track of the next big storm right on your phone. this is underneath the weather section. you can find your detailed housh forecast and you can see live doppler 7 in your specific area. go ahead when you download the app, make sure to enable push alerts so we can send you the

latest breaking information and of course meteorologist mike nicco will have more on that storm in just a few minutes. we are getting information right now about bad weather causing a big problem on the east coast. >> jessica, you found something happening in boston right now. >> that's right. look at this snow and icy roads have led to a huge crash in boston. i want to show you video here. just posted on twitter by a reporter at the abc station there. 20 vehicles involved in two separate crashes on one highway and then nearby, a six-vehicle crash that happened so things are not looking good for their commute in the boston area. luckily, no one was hurt. right now, though, they are in the heart of their morning commute so things could only get worse. i'll keep an eye on it for you. three federal appeals court judges right here in san francisco could rule as early as today on president donald trump's travel ban. a small group of people opposed to the ban gathered outside of the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco yesterday. the court heard oral arguments by phone. the department of justice filed an emergency motion to get a

temporary restraining order on that ban lifted. president trump has suggested the legal battle could make it all the way to the supreme court. santa rosa's now calling itself an indivisible city. according to the press democrat, the city council voted unanimously last night to express its support for undocumented immigrants. it avoided using the term sanctuary city. two weeks ago, president trump signed an executive order promising to defund any sanctuary cities. now a traffic alert. >> i want to take you back to altamont pass area in livermore. westbound 580 at greenville road, traffic moving okay at this point but you can see these flashing lights and the two right lanes are block. this is all due to emergency pothole repair and it is likely going to be like this for the entire morning so thanks to amy hollyfield and her photographer for that shot. we've got some pretty significant delays building into the tracy area. in fact, check out this drive time. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 1 hour, 32 minutes, we're

normally just under 1 hour so that is turning into a delay. westbound 4, antioch to concord, 15 minutes, and southbound 101, you're also okay. lingering weather related closures too. state route 37 still closed between art atherton and 101. and we've then we've got major problems in the santa cruz mountains too in addition though to that slide that matt keller just told us about, we've got a flipped vehicle blocking the right lane. so really it doesn't ever seem to end. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. the rain will not end either. no but it won't be as steady as yesterday nor as he have. that's tomorrow. here's the santa cruz mountains. you can see the light rain there, little bit of moderate rain just south of pescadero and you can see as you move into motion, its falls apart as it tries to move into the south bay so if farther west you are, the more likely you're going to get wet, the farther east, the more likely to be dry.

temperatures today, low to mid 60s because we have a warm, moist southerly wind that's going to keep it humid today. here's looking to the west and right now, most of the rain is staying away from you but a shower or two could roam across you. not steady but you'll need the umbrella from time to time. a dryer afternoon commute today and if you're on the water, not as breezy as yesterday. tonight's temperatures are going to run from 55 to 59 degrees. let me give you a little snack on what's coming our way tomorrow. heavy rain, gusty winds, yesterday, yeah, it was a 3 also. but the damage tomorrow could be even greater because of what happened yesterday. we'll talk more about that and look hour by hour at when the storm gets to your neighborhood coming up next. as you probably know, living in san francisco is expensive. and housing prices aren't the only problem. a new report is revealing one major reason why half the population can't live here. and the significance of this

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vehicle to law enforcement offices. there are 17 test locations in the sacramento area. if the two-year program proves successful, it could be rolled out all around the state. in today's gma first look, an investigation underway into the mysterious death of a young american woman in panama. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, a mystery on a tiny pan manian island, a globe trotting 23-year-old from new york, catherine found dead in paradise. she was visiting an explorer's dream, this youtube video showing epic hikes and pristine beaches. she posted on instagram from one just a week ago. but when she didn't return from a solo day trip to a nearby island thursday, she was reported missing. after three days of searching, a police officer found her body along a hiking trail. i'm going to guess based on the reaction of the panamaians that this probably is -- there's some wrong doing going on here some

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greenville road, we've got basically the road just falling apart there. about 15 vehicles that hit a huge pothole, they have flat tires so they're off on the shoulder getting towed away and then we have emergency crews there cleaning up those two right lanes trying to make repairs but it's not easy with with some damp conditions so they're saying maybe even as long as 3:00 p.m. for an estimated time of reopening so only two lanes open. we are up to an 11-mile backup so it is brutal here this morning. quick check on mass transit. ace rail, 1 and 2 on time this morning. that is a great alternate. all the surface streets are really congested out of the central valley. b.a.r.t., normal service established this morning. 38 trains in service right now. and system-wide, i know we had some major issues with san francisco bay ferry yesterday. today, we don't have any trips canceled. bay bridge toll plaza, you're looking okay so far this morning. those metering lights should be flipped on in about ten minutes. let's check in with mike nicco with a look at our forecast. hi, everybody. i have some good news and i have some not so good news. good news, it's not as windy at

the golden gate bridge as it was yesterday. winds are about 5 or 6 miles per hour. yesterday, they were gusting up to about 48 miles per hour. the not so good news, it's still wet. still waves of light rain and mild highs today, damaging storm arrives tomorrow and a tranquil pattern begins saturday. here's a look at vallejo. benicia, martinez, all the way across 37, hercules, some light showers there also moving through walnut creek and into concord. when i made this map, there was a little bit of light rain on the west side of the dumbarton bridge. you can see that has since dissipated but know from time to time that's going to be the case. let's jump ahead about 24 hours, tomorrow at 7:00, yellows, oranges, let me get out of the way so you can see. reds also. yeah. up there until 9:00 and it starts moving into the bay and the reds are holding on across the north bay. we're going to have flash flooding probably during this episode at this time tomorrow morning. and then you can see the yellows, the oranges, and the

reds still, noon, around most of the bay and lingering through at least 5:00, so more flash flooding is going to be possible. then it starts to taper. rainfall amounts very light tomorrow morning but everything's going to be wet and then you can see about 1 to 3 inches of wet weather. we'll take a look at my storm concerns coming up in a few minutes. first let's focus in on this storm being a 3. moderate, 1, light storm on friday, and then sunshine and 60s saturday through tuesday. >> finally we get a break. next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. also, the next time you go on a date, make sure to check their smartphone. and breaking news out of altamont pass, a sig alert is in effect on 580. several lanes are closed. they're going to be shut down for hours. "7 on your side's" michael finney wants to hear your consumer questions. he will be in daly city friday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. be sure to bring your questions and you may be able to ask one and you may be able to ask one live on abc7.

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here are the seven things you need to know. huge problem in livermore. a massive pothole has shut down two lanes of westbound 580 near greenville road. now, a similar issue popped up on the same stretch of highway just two weeks ago. bad all around. and i want to show you what that is doing to our drive time through that stretch here. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 1 hour 45 minutes, i just looked at the surface strees as well. altamont pass road, patterson pass road, those are gridlocked too. your best bet is going to be ace rail or delay your trip. number three, how did yesterday's weather affect you? because tomorrow is going to do the same thing. here are my concerns. very high for hydroplaning, creek flooding, trees down, high to very high for the rest of us. and number four, new video into our live desk of a large tree that fell over in danville

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now at 5:30, that breaking news in the east bay, a major traffic nightmare for drivers on 580. >> that backup is now more than 11 miles and the commute has barely begun. let's get right abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in livermore. >> reporter: and it's not going to get any better. they're saying these lanes are going to be closed until 3:00 this afternoon. think about how these people feel. they're still pulled over, waiting for help. they are stranded. flat tires because caltrans tells me there's a pretty massive pothole out there that is causing all of these problems. so two lanes are closed here at westbound interstate 580 and greenville at livermore. this trouble started at 3:00 a.m. officials say there's a huge pothole and the car tires are falling into it. they've shut down two lanes so they can patch the hole. the backup, though, is building. this is the route from the central valley into the bay area. this happened because of all the rain. this is the second time in two

weeks they have shut down lanes because of potholes. caltrans says this has been the worst season for potholes they've had in years. they also had this happen two weeks ago, another rough morning commute. and they had to shut down lanes then as well. caltrans says this is all due to be repaved, but they have to wait for dry weather to do that. look at the backup. it's only going to get worse. just skip this drive if you can. that would be the option to choose this morning. no accidents reported because of these issues so no injuries. that is the one bit of good news out here. reporting live in livermore, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. i guess we'll take any sliver of good news we can get. alexis, this just keeps getting longer and longer. and it's going to keep going that way too. i'm telling you, this is already a terrible commute as it is. and there's no other options, really. that's the main problem. so all those folks trying to get out of the central valley, out of the tracy area, 580, really, that's your only route and all of the alternates, the surface

streets which aren't great alternates anyway, altamont pass road, patterson pass, they are slammed as well. there's that backup. you're 11 miles, maybe even a little bit more than that, that has spilled over on to 205 and if you're starting on 580 from i-5, that's another five-mile backup approaching. we have lingering issues on highway 17 and state route 37. i'll talk a little bit more about those coming up next. right now, let's check in with mike nicco. i want to start down street level up in the north bay. hi again, everybody. let's take a look at live doppler 7. you can see near atherton avenue, black point, heading down 37 away from novato you're going to run into a moderate showers, probably some ponding on some of the secondary roads around there. scattered light rain everywhere around there. some drops are developing and look at the solar panels and how wet they are. your 12 hour day planner, light rain this morning, scattered rain noon through 4:00, best

chance of rain 7:00 up in the north bay and then heavy reins rolling our way this time tomorrow. i'll talk about our storm impact scale coming back. and the santa cruz mountains, people are cleaning up in felton. >> the san lorenzo river surged 7 feet above flood stage there and sent water right into homes, debris in the streets there too. firefighters went door to door asking people to evacuate. people in the neighborhood say the water came very fast. >> by about 10:30 or so, it seemed like it was about 4 or 5 feet of water here in our front yard and the street. >> i know that we have neighbors who have been here for over 17 years and this is the worst tha they've seen it. >> take a look at your screen. a woman rescued this little goldfish that was left behind in a puddle. no word on where the little fish no word on where the little fish came oh, just so awful for these

homeowners. this is in the north bay, incredible video of a mudslide slamming into a home in san rafael. the fire department posted this video of the slide on mountain view avenue. the owners say they heard the mud start coming down yesterday and they made it out before the slide het. >> my mom and dad built the house in 1959 so i was born here and i've lived in it for five years. >> two other nearby homes have now been evacuated and tagged as unsafe. people in marin and sonoma counties are bracing for the next storm now. yesterday in guerneville, some people had to be helped out by firefighters after the flood waters got too high. the rain pushed the russian river above flood level. there were also reports of downed trees and power outages. several schools were closed yesterday and monty rio union school is still closed today. south of chico, officials are keeping a close eye on the oroville dam this morning and this is the reason.

see that gaping hole? it opened up in the spillway yesterday. state engineers immediately stopped releasing water from the lake, which is the second largest reservoir in california. engineers say it was caused by erosion due to the heavy releases in recent weeks. the lake is now 80% full so there actually is some room for runoff before more water has to be released. officials say for now, it does not pose a threat to the dam or to the public. a lot of you have been posting amazing foes and video. we love seeing them. we would like to see more. adding the #abc7now helps us find your photos and videos so we can use them on air or on abc7news.com. happening today, state regulators meeting to decide whether to recommend easing california's drugt rules. a coalition of state and leaders is pressing to lift restrictions. the snow pack now measured at 182% of normal. still, water officials are concerned about what will happen if the rain and snow start

easing up. governor brown declared a drought emergency in 2014 and ordered californians to cut water use by 25%. some breaking international news coming into the live desk. >> several red cross workers have been killed overseas and jessica has that information. >> yes, we have just gotten word, six red cross workers have been killed by the islamic state, all of it unfolding right now in afghanistan. two other workers are being held hostage right now. the red cross says they were working nearby in northern afghanistan when the group was kidnapped by an isis commander and preliminary information still coming in. right now, i'm trying to figure out if any of those workers are perhaps american. i will let you know as soon as i know more information here at the live desk. developing news out of antioch this morning where police are searching for the gunman in an overnight shooting. police were responding to an unrelated call after 10:00 last night when they heard gunshots. when officers got there, they found a man lying in the street

with multiple gunshot wounds. witnesses at the scene did not cooperate with police. the victim is said to be in critical condition. in novato, police are searching for the boyfriend of a woman who was found shot to death. police found her body inside a home on san marcos court last night. officers were called there on a report of a stolen car. and when they arrived, anybodnes told them about a fight inside the house and that is when they found the victim. they now want to talk to her boyfriend, the man you see on your screen, craig digrazia. police say he is considered armed and dangerous. they think digrazia is driving a silver hyundai suv like the one you see on your screen, the license plate, 6ewp903. the ninth circuit court of appeals could rule as early as today on president trump's travel ban. a small group of people opposed to the ban gathered outside yesterday while another group listened to a live audio feed of the hearings. the judges heard the oral

arguments over the phone. the government is appealing a federal judge's order that temporarily blocks the trump administration's ban on immigration from seven majority muslim countries. >> what's the harm to the state of washington? >> we had students and faculty who are stranded overseas, we had families that were separated. >> if the ninth circuit court upholds the restraining order, the trump administration can appeal to the u.s. supreme court. a texas-based tech company is now defending its court case management system. this is one the alameda public defender's office says is ruining people's lives. we looked into a this a week ago. the system is getting the blame for wrongful arrests, delayed releases from jail, and inaccurate information. the company is called tyler technologies and it sent us this statement. it's quite long but here's what it says. the process issues being experienced by alameda are complicated by a case backlog caused by the kurt's lack of agreement on procedures, data errors, and a period of manual, duplicate data entry in both the old and new systems.

bottom line, tyler technologies says it warned the county not to start using this system until everything was ready. 24 counties, by the way, in the state use that system. okay, if you are just joining us, we've got a major headache if you're trying to get out of the central valley. so westbound 580, tracy to dublin, you saw that update. 2 hours 1 minute. that is due to that emergency pothole repair around greenville road. the two left lanes are open, this is going to be a problem into this afternoon. southbound 680 looking okay. just 15 minutes and northbound 85 also looking great. that is just 16 minutes. but we still have some lingering issues here due to weather. so of course matt keller telling us about that slide on 17. just south of here, so we've got another crash north of that past the summit. vehicle actually flipped over and landed on its side and there's that closure there on northbound 17 between granite creek and vine hill and vehicles

are sharing the southbound side of the road so one lane open in both directions. sate route 37 fully closed between 101 and atherton due to flooding. chp is arriving on the scene to provide traffic control this morning. lot of lingering weather issues. let's check in with mike nicco. one of those areas still dealing with flooding is the russian river. some minor flooding right now as we're at about 34 feet. we're going to crest here in about 20 minutes at 34.4 feet and we'll stay above flood stage until about 6:00 this evening. so the minor flooding will continue. look at pleasant hill and pleasanton. 60 degrees. the rest of us, 57 to 58 inland, we've got 60 in oakland, san carlos, noun view at 61, hayward and soenls at 62, 55 is the cool spot up in santa rosa. a lot of our temperatures about, if not a little bit warmer than what our highs should be for this time. 61 to 65 degrees for a high

today. lows tonight, mid to upper 50s, about 55 to 59 degrees but notice a little quieter tonight. but this time tomorrow, that's when we'll start watching this next strong storm. yeah, it's a 3 now. bumped it up on the storm impact scale because of the heavy rain, the gusting winds, the length of the heavy rain that's possible that's going the give us a high flooding potential downed trees, rock and mudslides. if you thought yesterday was pretty difficult, this one's going to match it if not exceed it. i'll give you an hour-by-hour look of that heaviest rain when it gets to your neighborhood next. san francisco voters passed a bond giving muni hundreds of millions of dollars and now, several years later, city leaders want to know why a large portion hasn't been spent. dub nation cheers on the best team in basketball but fans will have to dig a little deeper will have to dig a little deeper in their

today's storm is level 1. that means light rain so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. it is 5:44 and b.a.r.t. is trying to determine how a man ended up on the tracks before a train hit and killed him. it happened along the richmond line just before 6:00 last night. all the trains between the richmond and el cerrito del norte stations got stopped. as you can see, they had to use

bus bridges. the stations were closed for more than four hours. the fbi is now involved in the investigation of the convenient demonstrations against milo yiannopoulos. the people responsible were mostly dressed in black and had ski masks or bandanas covering their faces. yiannopoulos has said he plans to return to berkeley to give the speech that was canceled because of the riot. two san francisco supervisors are looking for the answer to a multimillion dollar question involving muni according to "the examiner," london breed and aaron peskin want to know why the agency hasn't spend the half billion dollar bond that voters approved more than two years ago. at that time, muni said it urgently needed that money for repairs and upgrades. as of today, only 2% of that money has even been spent. muni acknowledges a lag in the spending but it says several pronts are in the works. the supervisors are now wanting to call a special hearing to get to the bottom of that issue.

the senate is expected to vote as soon as tonight to confirm alabama senator jeff sessions as attorney general. his nomination cleared a procedural hurdle yesterday. none of the 52 senate republicans have said they will vote against him. the democrats have criticized him over his background on civil rights and stances on voter access and immigration. they took to the floor yesterday to reiterate their strong opposition. one senator who won't be debating, senator elizabeth warren. she is banned from taking part in any discussion after being silence ld by majority leader mitch mcconnell last night. mcconnell silenced her as she was reading a letter from the late wife of dr. martin luther king jr. the letter from 1986 accused sessions of intimidating black voters when he was a federal prosecutor. mcconnell said she violated an obscure rule against attacking another senator's character. >> i am surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not

suitable for debate in the united states senate. i ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> the yays are 43. the nays are 50. the notion is not agreed to. >> not allowed to continue, senator warren went into the hallway outside the senate chambers and read the letter in its entirety on facebook live. and it attracted more than 3 million views. this morning, the #letlizspeak is trending on social. let's get over to alexis smith. this issue on 580 feels like deja vu from two weeks ago. >> it's in the exact same place and we have launched sky7 so they're on their way to that major problem getting out of the central valley. looks like they have not quite arrived but i will go to them live as soon as they arrive. over this pothole repair and they're going to be able to show you the backup better. they're on the scene of where these repairs are going on. this is westbound 580 at greenville road, you can see the cones up and crews are working on repairing that road that is just coming apart after all this

wet weather. the two right lanes are down, only the two left lanes open and that has resulted in massive backups. you can see that on our traffic flows there. about 12 miles. everybody else fairly quiet this morning. i do want to quickly take a look at some drive times. we do have some wet pavement and fog out there. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, about 14 minutes across the bay bridge and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, you are still in the green at 10 minutes. and mike nicco, yet at this time i think we were getting up to around 80, 90 issues. we only have 21 today. where'd you end up yesterday? >> the highest was 147. yeah. terrible. >> and to think that deja vu may happen all over again tomorrow. >> don't say it. >> i know. i had to run with that theme because unfortunately, i'm sorry, everybody, tomorrow's storm is going to be a lot like yesterday's. here's a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. and you can see a little bit of light rain falling right there. i'll let alexis take care of the traffic but it's backed up pretty far. periods of rain and mild today.

light on the storm impact scale. another dry pattern develops saturday. here's a look at some of the heavier rain moving from sonoma through american canyon. more puddles on the road possible. we've got a little bit of light rain. you saw there the bay bridge toll plaza stretching down to san mateo and a little bit in the santa cruz mountains, moderate at time and then it turnds to light rain as it heads into the western side of the santa clara valley and falls apart by the time it gets over to the eastern side. you can see it all coming from the south, that moist flow continuing and look at this, another atmospheric river, during our multiyear drought, that was great, now we don't need it. at least not yet. here's a look for tomorrow morning. there you go. 7:00, red, yeah, moderate to heavy rain in the north bay and it stays up there through about 5:00 and then it starts moving into the heart of bay from 9:00 until noon. and then from noon to 5:00, it just sits right on top of us, so we'll have a potential for flooding up in the north bay during the morning hours. better potential for flooding across the rest of us during the

afternoon hours into the early evening hours and then it tapers to a 1 by friday and then the sunshine comes out saturday in my accuweather 7 day forecast so spring-like, mid 60s next week. quickly want to show you some international news that i'm watching. 15,000 people left homeless after this massive fire in the philippines. the sheer number of people affected is staggering. the fire happened in a shanty town. amazingly, no deaths are reported. some reports, though, indicate that there may have been an explosion before the fire. still investigating that. the town is pure rubble now. back to you. imagine if rolling down your car window could cause the door to fly open without warning. well, it's really happening and that's why nissan is recalling 3 o 00,000 cars. "7 on your side's" michael finney first alerted us to the recall last night. this is video from nissan. the recall involves altimas from the last three model years. the company blames the problem

on a mix-up in their wiring which causes the rear passenger door to open up in certain situations. it's looking into the issue and has been for a year and a half. nissan says affected vehicle owners will be notified in the next 60 days. it's going to cost you more to see the warriors next season at oracle. >> ticket prices are about to rise 15% to 25%. the most affordable seats for season ticketholders will go up between $32 to $40 a game per seat and the most sought off courtside seats will rise $90 to $715. they determined about 6,000 tickets per game are being resold for an average of 70% above face value. and speaking of that, abc7 is your home for the warriors showdown this saturday. you can catch all the action from the comfort of your living room. we are not raising prices. it is still totally free and our kanch starts at 5:00 p.m. on saturday. it's followed by after the game with larry biel, warriors preand

post game analyst carrie keating. some relief could be on the way for commuters in the east bay who spend time every day trying to find parking at a busy b.a.r.t. station. but first, san jose police making a big move in hopes of recruiting more officers. the incentive they are now offering. sky7 live over 580 and livermore, the westbound side just take a look at that sluggish backup. massive mile-long delays this morning. 11 miles was the last count? >> at least. >> at least a dozen drivers >> at least a dozen drivers reported bleein

wanted, men and women willing to earn the badge and serve as san jose police officers. san jose city council approved a

new contract for police officers yesterday. it's trying to ease a big shortage. officers are going to now be getting wage increases of more than 16% over the next three years. san jose's police chief applauds this decision. the city is launching an aggressive recruitment campaign. staffing levels are currently at historic lows with just under 800 full-duty sworn officers. that's down from nearly 1400 in 2009. let's get over to alexis with a look at that big traffic problem. >> yeah, and i'm going to step out of the way here and go live to sky7. this is over the altamont pass area so westbound 580 just on the other side of altamont pass near greenville roads is where we have the emergency pothole repair. the two right lanes are down, the two left lanes are getting by. it may sound innocent but this is a really terrible area to have any lanes blocked and we've got about a 12-mile backup that extends to 205 and if you're starting on i-5 coming from south of there, you've got another five miles on westbound

580 so it is just brewal here this morning as you can imagine. we haven't had many other major issues today. i want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza quickly. some light showers pushing through and metering lights on at 5:26. i'll show you some drive times coming up at 6:00 a.m. let's check in with mike nicco. hi, everybody. here's the first sign that tomorrow's storm is going to have some damage. wind advisory starting at 2:00 in the morning through 4:00 in the afternoon. gusts 45 to 50 miles per hour. which means downed trees and power lines in the areas you see shaded in yellow there. a flash flood watch will be issued later today. if you're away from the tv, follow me @mikeniccoabc7. i'll keep an eye on it and post it as soon as possible. very high hydroplaning everywhere. very high creek flooding and stream flooding in the north bay and santa cruz mountains. high likelihood for the rest of us. very high likelihood of trees down in the north bay and santa cruz mountains. high likelihood for the rest of us. and then you can see moderate to high for river flooding and

power outages with tomorrow's storm, which is going to be almost as strong as yesterday's was. new at 6:00, the bay area city named one of the top five places to live in the entire u.s. what makes it so great. and let's take a look at that breaking news we've been tracking all morning long. sky7 live over that huge backup in livermore, causing a commuter nightmare for so many of you. what you need to know before heading out the door. and i'm watching these live images out of washington, d.c., the president about

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right now at 6:00 a.m., look at this. sk sky7 live over that breaking news. >> alexis smith telling us now 13 miles of backup. this happening on interstate 580 in livermore. amy hollyfield is there live. amy, this commuter nightmare is all because of a pothole? >> reporter: hi, natasha.

yes, a pothole that sidelined several cars. one still waiting for a tow truck. we've seen about a dozen of them slowly get plucked out of here, stranded because their tires went flat when they landed in a huge pothole. that's the microproblem. the macroproblem is they had to shut down two lanes and you can imagine the backup. the best way to tell this story is through the pictures from sky7. up above us, look at the backup that is being created. this is westbound 580, of course, has to be westbound going into oakland and san francisco from the central valley. this trouble all started at 3:00 this morning and they don't think they're going to open these lanes until 3:00 p.m. this is the route, though, from the central valley, so it's going to cause a headache for a lot of people. this is the second time in two weeks they have shut down lanes because of potholes and caltrans says it's because of weather. all the wet weather and this is the