in that area. >> and that area is downstream from the oroville dam where water is rushing over a damaged spillway. roughly 200,000 people are evacuated this evening. >> right now they still have no idea when they might be allowed to return to their homes. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm christine zee. thank you for joining us. we'll get to the very latest now. the imminent threat of a breach wall has receded. >> no water is spilling over the reservoir right now. the goal is to lower the lake level by 50 feet. all of the the state's national guard is on alert ready to assist if need be. >> and here's which have purrture picture of the oroville spillway. >> let's show you a map of the 11 communities downstream we are talking about all under evacuation orders right now. residents are staying in hotels, with friends, some even in their

cars, wherever they can. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live with more. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, christine. this is the older part of downtown oroville. the low-lying area. at this point, it's a ghost town. but as we are speaking, there are folks going by on their bikes. for the most part, though, there's nobody in this area. now, fears have been eased somewhat, but in a worst case scenario, this part of town could be under 30 feet of water. so how long did it take you to get out last night? >> five hours. >> reporter: it's a trip that normally takes about 40 minutes, that's the drive from the southern county town to colusa where this family and their puppies are waiting out the ongoing emergency at the oroville dam. >> i didn't think it was real at first. and then i saw people evacuated actually. and i got scared because i didn't want to leave my dogs. that was the only thing i was worried about. >> we actually left fairly early. >> reporter: this couple

evacuated early. they started to get ready days ago. >> we slept in the car. and it was miserable. we didn't sleep. we just -- we were awake, there were people walking and talking. and all night long. >> we are kind of on the safe side, we won't go back until they tell us it's safe. >> reporter: the colusa fairgrounds is not an official evacuation center but opened their lot to anyone needing a place to park. for how long? no one knows. >> whatever they need to do, they need to make sure it's right so we are safe and don't have to repeat this in a couple days when the next storm hits. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> pat owns a pizza restaurant in colusa. >> i can't feed all the counties but we can help do our part. >> we got a little bit of help. >> yes. >> reporter: we found this family who decided to stay and provide shelter to family and friends who live in lower-lying areas. no thoughts of evacuating? >> no. no. i have family that lives farther up and outside of town. so if anything were to happen, we would just slide that

direction further. >> it's definitely hard to keep a level head when you think about the scale of what's happening right now, you know, 100,000 cubic feet per second coming out of the spillway with the possibility of rain coming in wednesday. >> reporter: and we're live here in mostly deserted oroville. some people have decided to stay. for the most part, what we're seeing are local police agencies and fire departments and personnel driving up and down the streets patrolling, for the most part, one police officer told us a story of how last night during the evacuation there was actually a carjacking. someone was carjacked, gave up their car, and the person who stole the car actually drove over the individual who was the owner of the car. that person is in the hospital here locally with serious injuries. for the most part, things went smoothly, but there were definitely serious incidents. live in oroville, laura anthony, abc 7 news. thank you. here's a look at exactly what is happening, on the far right is the actual dam. move a little to the left and

you see the main spillway damaged last week. and then here's the emergency spillway that is eroding. all that water is flowing down a hill of trees. it could flow right towards several communities downstream, which is why there were so many emergency evacuations. all of this is happening north of sacramento. and three-and-a-half hours from san francisco. abc 7 news reporter rob mcmillan filed this report a short time ago. >> here's video from last night when so much water was flowing over the top of the dam last night that state officials worried the spillway may fail causing catastrophic flooding downstream. but what a difference a day makes. this is what it looked like this morning. no more water coming across the emergency spillway. of course, what caused that spillway to be called into duty in the first place, the failure of the main spillway, check out the hole getting bigger and bigger over the last few days forcing state officials to limit how much water was drained. at a news conference this afternoon, reporters asked officials about their decision-making, whether they are concerned about losing the

public's trust when on saturday they said the water flow posed no threat and then the very next day telling people they had just a few hours to evacuate. now all of those people wait for the all-clear. >> public safety professionals did their job to protect the public. and we were able to get people evacuated out of the community in a fairly timely fashion. at the same time, our partners at the department of water resources were working to save that structure and prevent further damage so that we can go on. that's a double success. >> reporter: and you can see helicopters shuttling back and forth from where we're stations right now heading over there toward the emergency spillway to drop giant bags of rocks to hopefully shore up the emergency spillway and strengthen it so there won't be any more threat to many of the cities and towns downstream. reporting from lake oroville, rob mcmillan, abc 7 news. the director of california's

office of emergency services tweeted this picture today and said, it was a busy, busy morning with his team handling a conference call with governor brown's cabinet to discuss the oroville spillway operations. now fixing the problems could cost near $200 million. we'll stay on top of the developing story on the abc 7 news app. if you download it with push alerts, you get updates on the mobile device immediately. >> a new flooding threat is forcing people in sacramento county from their homes. the emergency officials issued the evacuation order for 20 homes in tyler island where a levee is expected to fail. residents of the east section of nearby walnut grove were told to prepare for possible flooding. here's a look at the problem, sky 7 was over the north fork river levee. they are piling rocks at the weakened point to shore it up. last month a levee breach flooded an area south of hire.

and look at the santa cruz mountains. this is new video of the washed out section of highway 35 near los congress road. we told you about this live on friday, but now residents are trying to avoid that mess and creating a new problem on nearby black road. abc 7 news david louis is live in los gatos with that story tonight. david? >> reporter: well, dan, the traffic along black road has really increased dramatically since friday when the washout happened on highway 35. a lot of curious people want to go up and see it. however, local residents say black road is just too fragile to handle the traffic. residents have been waving down spectators who want to take black road up to see the big washout closing highway 35. they are asking them to turn around. the reason is evident. black road is deteriorating from the storms. a large crack has developed that could cause the road to crumble and there have been a number of slides. >> we've had three to four times as much traffic on black road as usual because all the other roads are closed.

gist, highway 9, you combine the extra traffic with the road bed with major cracks and we're very concerned. >> reporter: that means black road is the only access for 2,000 residents. clogged roads make access difficult for emergency response vehicles. some drivers heading to castle rock state park hadn't heard about the highway 35 washout. >> i had no idea. no idea. no, we figured we would have heard something on social media, just because the climbing community is so vast and concentrated out here. but no, nothing. nothing. >> reporter: sky 7 flew over the washout on friday. we hiked in today to get a ground-level view. caltrans says it doesn't know when the road will reopen. the possibility that black road could be next has some residents stocking up on necessities. >> toilet paper, cat food, cat litter, some of the necessities. >> reporter: another section of highway 35 to the south has also washed out wiping out one lane. stephanie saunders and lisa lock recognize more storms are

coming. but the mountain people aren't leaving. >> oh, absolutely. they don't ever move. they deal with it and move on. >> find a way around it. >> yep. >> reporter: on highway 35, david louis, abc 7 news. one of the few roads to take to get to the bay area from santa cruz county is closed tonight due to an unstable road bed caused by all the rain. soquel san jose road is closed between olsen road and amaya ridge. use highway 17 that has one lane open for northbound and southbound traffic. a mudslide is slowing down the drive, though. and drivers who use highway 17 are still dealing with lane closures. only one lane is open in each direction between granite creek road in scotts valley and the santa clara county line. both directions of the highway were shut down near vine hill road on friday because caltrans feared another mudslide. and an update tonight on flooded highway 37 in novato. it will stay closed while crews do emergency work to raise the

level of the roadway itself. crews will work 24 hours a day we are told to try to get it raised before the next round of heavy rain comes. it will take until at least thursday morning, which is about the time the rain is hitting. highway 37 flooded over when two levee breaks sent water pouring across the road. and a man is shot right in front of his family. >> there was a female who was screaming for help. >> killed after a possible road rage incident in san leandro. that story, next. and in fremont you're going to hear from a brother of a man killed by police. why the officer felt he had no choice. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patell. we have a soggy set-up ahead. i'll have the forecast coming up. and how to buy

san leandro police are looking for the man who shot a man on marina boulevard last night. >> reporter: last night at 9:45 on marina boulevard two blocks from san leandro, someone shot a man driving an suv with a woman and two small children inside. >> the woman whose identifying herself as his wife slid over up against the driver, the victim himself, and actually operated the vehicle and drove the vehicle from the shooting scene over to kaiser. >> reporter: police say the woman knew the san leandro hospital was close, less than a mile from the shooting machine. once she got to the hospital, she screamed for help in the parking lot but it was too late. the victim shot twice in the head and shoulder died. fortunately, the woman and children were not hurt. police blame road rage, the

woman told detectives her husband got into an argument with another driver who opened fire while they were both moving. >> we all get frustrated. all drivers. the key is not to overreact to a situation and get yourself in a situation where someone can get hurt or killed. >> it's making us very nervous. >> reporter: jaime duckworth nelson lives down the street from the shooting scene century a part of a neighborhood watch group and fears there's been an increase in crime near her home. >> it is very concerning that now we are having shootings and around the corner in my backyard. >> reporter: another busy place is a hole in the corner of a trailer that is believed to be from last night's shooter. kate larsen, abc 7 news. meantime, new details released today about the last weekend deadly officer-involved shooting in fremont. but police still haven't released video of the brawl that led up to the shooting because the case is under investigation. abc 7 news reporter melody woodrow spoke to the victim's

brother. >> all we are asking for is the truth. >> reporter: this man says his brother was suffering with mental illness but was never violent. the fremont police department says otherwise. this was the scene last sunday after officer james taylor fearing for his life according to police, shot the man. he died at the scene. according to fremont police, employees at this verizon wireless called 911 after he grabbed a phone from an employee, hit him and threatened to kill him. officer taylor made contact with the man nearby. captain shawn washington investigating the shooting said it is not clear why he became violent. he says the initial portion of the confrontation was not captured on patrol video. according to him, video later captured shows him hitting officer taylor in the head. >> this is a violent attack that, i think, officer taylor did a fantastic job in trying to survive. >> reporter: officer taylor had a taser but captain washington

says he did not use it because the man was wearing bulky clothing to make that taser ineffective. >> he rationalized that the taser was ineffective without trying it. >> reporter: he leased his dog but the dog nipped officer taylor while trying to orient himself in the fight. lieutenant nelson managing the k-9 unit. >> this is the first incident i can think of in my 13 years at the department and being involve in the k-9 unit where we have had this instance actually occur in a live event. >> reporter: lieutenant nelson says cairo will be evaluated and retrained if necessary. police say officer taylor fired three shots in close contact with the man. >> he didn't deserve to die this way. >> reporter: the district attorney's office and the police department are investigating the shooting. in fremont, melody woodrow, answer 7 news. a san francisco company is moving jobs to texas. abc 7 news has confirmed that

mcesson corporation is moving several drugs to another pharmaceutical location. they say this will create more jobs. >> mckesson is all about distributing prescriptions in the most divisive way. while there are jobs lost now, there will be jobs gained in how fast they turn with the way to deliver these. >> reporter: mckesson is also planning to upbraid the headquarters in san francisco. meal kit company blue apron is opening a west coast hub in fairfield. the new york-based company expects to open its new packaging and fulfillment center sometime next year. it could create more than 1,000 jobs. blue apron has a fulfillment center in richmond but the new one is three times as large. the company ships about 8 million meals every month. all right, here's a question, are you planning to

send flowers for valentine's day? > you better, right? well, there are some traps that you should avoid. 7 on your side's michael finney is here with that challenging time of year. >> you spend a lot of money because they are not inexpensive. there are a lot of good local florists, but there are out-of-state players that try to look local. and there are great natural florists, too, but there are add-ones you need to be aware of. sending and receiving nice flowers like these from jane's roses are a spectacular part of valentine's day. but not all flower sending goes so well. >> if you need to buy flowers for valentine's day, mother's day or for a special occasion and want them delivered, you need to be aware that lots of shoppers have lots of problems with online sellers. >> reporter: one of the problems? ordering local. with jane's roses you get a local company that some florists just pretend to be local. >> the order takers often pose as local florists.

you'll see them online and it will say oakland florist, berkeley florist, you'll think it is actually a street location and sometimes they pose as having a street address in those areas. but they are not, they are just order takers. >> reporter: four years ago i was shown an internet listing of a florist in fremont. when we checked out the location, it was an apartment complex. a while back we ordered flowers from three big national companies, proflowers, 1-800 flowers and ftd. all three companies get an "a" for saying what they say they will do. but be careful, deliveries and vases can be add-ones. you'll get pre-access to the bay area consumer checkbook flower guide. great advice and they name names. at 6:00, we'll look at buying diamonds. >> oh, there you go. >> michael is saving guys everywhere. >> thank you, michael. >> sure.

always helpful information. who needs flowers and chocolates when i have bright sunshine for you for valentine's day? tomorrow morning the sun comes up at 7:00 a.m. if you're spending time with your loved ones, temperatures in the 40s. bright skies at 11:00 with plenty of sun at 7:00 p.m. lit cool down in the evening stepping out. just take a light jacket with you. here's a look at live doppler 7. and we are seeing a little bit of moisture up in the clouds. none of this is hitting the ground, so right now we are just looking at cloud cover from the east bay hills camera. high clouds filtering the sun. and here's a look at the temperatures, the upper 50s to the lower 60s from san francisco to san jose right now. by the way, santa rosa got into the upper 60s. so pretty comfortable day today from the tower camera. seeing those passing high clouds right now, temperatures at 65 in santa rosa. 57 in novato and 54 in livermore. and from the golden gate bridge camera, you're looking at filtered sunshine right now.

but dry on the roadways. bright and mild for valentine's day. a wet pattern midweek. and it will be unsettled into next week, so enjoy this while you have it. tomorrow morning when you get going, we'll see patchy fog around for the morning commute as you take your kids off to school. here's what you need to know, you'll want to dress them in perhaps a light sweatshirt or short-sleeve shirts for later on in the day. because take a look here, it's going to be pretty comfortable. and in some cases, near 70 degrees inland. so warm conditions expected around antioch, livermore, san jose. warm by winter standards. take a look at the chances of rain, the north bay chance on wednesday is a guarantee of a one on the storm impact scale. so on the storm impact scale, the first system is a light one for thursday, moderate rain at times in the morning. breezy as well. and you're looking at flooding still a concern as the ground is saturated. hour-by-hour forecast wednesday night, rain begins to shift into the north bay around 11:00 p.m. it's pretty close, though. we switch over to 2:00 a.m. and

you're seeing some pockets of moderate rain in the north bay. it starts to slide southward. the commute does not look good for thursday. so plan accordingly. 5:00 to 7:00 a.m. is when the heaviest of the rain will be hitting the bay area. by 8:00 a.m., you're looking at light to moderate rain and scattered showers for thursday afternoon and thursday evening before another system comes in on friday. so in terms of the rainfall totals, could see as much as close to two inches in the north bay. but places like mountain view, rain. you can always download the abc 7 news app to help you keep track of all these systems that are coming through. and there are three storms coming in on the accuweather seven-day forecast. but don't you worry, i have you covered on valentine's day. it will be a sweet forecast. for tuesday, lots of sunshine, near 70 degrees. wednesday, still mild. a chance of some drops late night in the north bay. and then we bring in a one on the storm impact scale for thursday's storm, friday's storm and another on monday. so they are quick-moving storms.

the heaviest rain right now is looking like thursday morning with the storm. so that is the commute that looks pretty bad right now. well, it doesn't look like very much, but there is a lot of

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researchers say that the pressure is hitting teens really hard. between 2005 and 2014, scientists at johns hopkins university found rates of depression went up significantly. three-fourths of the depressed teenagers in the study were girls. the rise was particularly pronounced in 2012 and 2013. researchers say that uptick is likely evidence of the influence of facebook, instagram, snapchat and other sites that often focus on looks. >> a lot of social pressure. construction is not over yet

at zuckerberg's san francisco general hospital despite the opening of the new medical center. abc 7 news was at sf general as mayor ed lee signed an agreement with ucsf to build a new research building. it will improve patient care and help doctors looking into aids and tuberculosis. >> we have done a lot of work in hiv and aids to transform it from a death sentence to a treatable disease. and we have efforts now to work on prevention. >> the research building will be built on this hospital parking lot at a cost of nearly $200 million. well, listen to this, a lot of employees have left google's self-driving car project wamo. why? according to bloomberg, one of the reasons was they were being paid too much. some long-time statffers had their bonuses and salaries

doubled on the project. some made so much money they didn't need the job security anymore. nice problem to have, right? some left to start their own self-driving car companies. >>. hard to relate to that one. all right. there's cheating and then there's netflix cheating. >> yeah, up next, how many couples cheat when it

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taking on answers. >> the dam could reach its peak sometime tomorrow. >> telling your stories. >> we don't know how much mother nature can push things around. >> abc 7 is right where it has always been in your neighborhood. >> we are live in los gatos in the santa cruz mountains. >> the team you trust -- >> things have gotten innocence the last few minutes. >> abc 7 news where you live. i'm ana dates. coming up, we'll take you to

oroville to see how the spillways are supposed to work. also, the abc 7 news i-team takes a closer look at the leader behind the call-exit movement. his ties to russia and moscow's influence on the effort. and a buyers guide to diamonds. what is most important to look for? that's coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. dan and kristin? thank you. finally, just in time for valentine's day, a new survey uncovers widespread cheating among couples. >> but it is not what you think. and netflix says about half of their streaming couples who follow a series together are secretly watching the shows ahead of their partners. >> 60% of the cheaters would gladly do it more if they knew they could get away with it. some people think netflix cheating is worse than an affair. >> in my family the daughter is the cheater. >> it's tough not to watch. >> "world news tonight" is next. christina, sorry to out you,

honey. >> we appreciate your time. see you at 6:00. >> bye-bye. tonight, the state of emergency. and the race against time at america's tallest dam. the spillway, the giant crater. the water bursting over the side. then the second spillway. the emergency there. nearly 200,000 told to evacuate. we're on the scene. breaking news this evening involving president trump's national security adviser, general mike flynn, what we've just learned. and the controversial images of president trump and prime minister abe, their open-aired crisis response to the north korean missile launch. witnesses capturing these images. face to face. canada's prime minister a vocal opponent of president trump's travel ban, saying refugees are welcome in his country, and today, his visit to the white house. hundreds under arrest facing deportation as the new administration cracks down. who are they targeting?