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now from abc 7, live breaking news.

and that breaking news is from the white house tonight, a major shakeup from the trump administration, national security adviser michael flynn is out. i'm dan ashley. and i'm ama dietz. >> flynn stepped out amid a controversy regarding the russians. >> yeah, he admitted to a conversation with the ambassador before the sanctions were actually made. he apologized to the president this morning. the washington post reported today that the president warned flynn about the conversation, adding that he is susceptible to blackmail by the russians. further investigations were called for tonight. >> yeah, there were a lot more questions that we need to get to the bottom of. primarily, what are the personal and political financial ties that donald trump and his team have with the russian government. >> flynn issued a statement saying unfortunately because of the fast-paced events i

inadvertently briefed the president and others regarding my phone call with the russian ambassador falsely. he has worked for defense companies including oracle, kellogg earned his bachelor's degree from california. and tonight, the reservoir level has dropped about eight feet, the goal is 50 feet. emergency officials are not taking any chances. >> yes, the communities evacuated in the flood zone should the dam's emergency spillway fail. many don't know if they can return home, grabbing what they can and got out. >> we well learn when the rain will return, but first, let's talk to laura anthony at the oroville dam. >> reporter: hi, ama, basically a sense of urgency here at the damp, the front loaders and dump

trucks all carrying materials. the top state officials are giving no time frame for lifting the evacuaion order. one after another an endless procession of dump trucks carrying huge boulders from the staging area to the damaged emergency spillway of the oroville dam, an effort that governor jerry brown says he is watching closely. >> so far it's holding, that is why the evacuation is still in place because there is uncertainty. >> reporter: earlier, the helicopters dropped smaller rocks to help to close the gaps in the smaller areas to help repair. in the meantime, downtown oroville is mostly evacuated. the lights are on but all but a few businesses are closed. local police are among a few vehicles on the road checking to make sure that looters do not move in while thousands of residents are moved away. many evacuees from various towns are heading from places like

chico, anywhere that is out of the way of the potential disaster. >> my daughter wanted to give me a place to stay, maybe three or four days to work it out. >> reporter: all of them aware that there is another round of rain heading their way. >> i would not say that everything is going to be fine, because we know a storm is coming. we don't know how big it will be. >> i don't think we're out of the woods yet, the weather we have had is just phenomenal. thankfully, we don't have the reservoirs that we had then. >> reporter: the repairs are well under way, the lake level is dropping and officials said they do have a repopulation plan in place, but with no time frame for implementing it perhaps out of a healthy dose of respect for that weather we're expecting later this week. at the dam in oroville, laura anthony, abc 7 news. okay, thank you laura, now, many evacuees are staying in

emergency shelters, churches or friends' houses out of the danger zone. abc 7 news was in fairfield where a large family booked a hotel. >> grandmother lives across the street, we ran across the street, told her and all of my cousins over there. yeah, it was pretty hectic for a little bit just because you don't know what is going on. >> the evacuees were offered a free movie in chico tonight, which was certainly a welcome beak. and more rain on the way to the oroville dam. >> reporter: dan and ama, it's a series of storms hitting the oroville dam area, right now a flash flood warning is in effect for that region until 4:15 p.m. tomorrow. that will likely get extended. you will see in a moment here live doppler 7 tracking the rain as early as thursday morning.

there are three storms expected for the area, thursday morning some downpours, friday afternoon we'll see rain and then sunday another round of storms coming through. so this will just make matters worse if they cannot fix the problem then. right now, the inches are in the bay area, and the second one, i'll let you know when they arrive, hour by hour look coming right up. all right, thank you, sandh sandhya. all right, move to the left and you see the original spillway damaged last week and here is the emergency spillway r eroding that could spill into the sites down stream. and tonight, abc news

reporter wayne freedman looked into the safety of a much older dam than many in the bay area pass by every day. >> reporter: this is an area that many wished they could have appreciated tonight. but it happened a while away, at crystal springs reservoir where an oroville crisis would likely not happen, because old concrete is now new. he operates the utilities commission which operates to help supply local drinking water. in 2003, they embarked on a $4 billion system-wide upgrade, this is just one of many. >> we've upgraded the system so it can withstand what we think is out there. >> reporter: the crystal springs reservoir is a wonder of the world, when it opened in 1988, t the largest concrete dam built back there, but a study show it

would be insufficient. and the dam was raised by nine feet, and more than doubled the size of its spillway. the dam can now drain. >> we can let water out more efficiently and faster. we can let the water out if it comes in, to the maximum event. >> could you do that before now? >> no. >> reporter: and now, they maintain a margin for safety, imagine that a dam 80 years older than oroville, and apparently safer. in san mateo county, wayne freedman. that is fascinating, we'll continue to watch and give you updates, if you download the app and enable the push alerts you will get updates immediately. and mudslides reducing traffic on highway 17 to just one lane in each direction, and now this, a new sinkhole closing

the alternative to the route, so they are closed a mile west of olson road. katie marzullo. >> reporter: so much frustration here, drivers in the mountains seeing road closures just every minute it seems like. you know some we saw tonight making the dangerous decision to ignore those road closures. >> it's sinking, and it's not a good situation for us right now. >> reporter: this is a new sinkhole caused by a historic landslide, the road is closed but the signs are not enough to stop some drivers. the road is a primary alternative to highway 17. >> it's a major crisis to have those roads closed, along with two lanes down to bear creek so we are definitely suffering this year. >> reporter: greg scobee took these photos, public works has

examined the area, and it will not be a quick fix. highway 17 is at the heart of the problem, with a mudslide closing the road. repairs are under way following the death of a worker last week. elsewhere, highway 35 is closed because of a massive washout, drivers using black route to get around it. people who live there say the road cannot handle it. >> you combine that extra traffic with the road bed where there are some major cracks and we're very concerned. >> reporter: authorities don't know when any of these three roads will open again. in southern california, katie marzullo. all right, stay with us, sick animals are showing up, and the new dog danger and how the recent rain is to blame for it. also. there was a female screaming for help. >> road rage ends in gunfire at this bay area intersection, the wife who was forced to rush her

wounded husband to the hospital. and tonight, disneyland visitors found themselves unable to leave the park. first, a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel. here is a look at tonight's show. the jimmy believes he is the father of mollie's

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new at 11:00, an alarming number of san francisco dogs are getting sick and at least in one case one died. yes, the record rain here in the bay area is the reason. >> reporter: this is gertie before she passed away. the 13-year-old cattle dog died of a bacteria disease. >> it came on pretty hard and fast, which is the scary part. before you even know they have it it's too late to do anything about it. >> reporter: veterinarians in san francisco are treating more dogs infected with the bacteria than ever before. at the san francisco veterinarian specialists, there are five documented cases of leptosporosis, symptoms clouding diarrhea and vomiting, usually

spread through the urine of infected wild animals. all of these reasons are likely to blame, the bacteria can live in standing water for weeks if not months, dogs in san francisco are now being advised to consider the vaccine. but there is a catch. >> there are multiple strains of leptosporosis, so this vaccine doesn't cover all of them but it's the best preventible measure. >> she wishes she had know about the vaccine, and wishes to educate others. >> if i have save one pup going through this fate, or the heartbreak, i have done my job. >> in san francisco, abc 7 news. a case of road rage in san leandro escalated into the facilitate shofat shooting of a man right in front

of his family. the wife said her husband got into an argument with a man while they were moving. >> the woman identified as his wife slid over against the driver of the victim himself and actually operated the victim. >> she drove to kaiser and screamed for help but the man died. two young children in the car were not hurt, police have not made arrests. and palo alto police arrested a man accused of attacking people at an auto shop because he didn't get the part he wanted. police say he hit a customer with the carburetor cover, when he was arrested at his home he put up a fight kicking an officer. and a fire destroyed nine vehicles in a parking garage starting at the mickey and friends parking structure, doing about $180,000 in damage, several people were treated for smoke inhalation. you can see part of it coming

off. hundreds of employees were stuck outside the parking lot unable to get to their cars for about two hours, investigators don't know how the started. they do not believe it was deliberately set. now, your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> if you're waiting for warmer temperatures you may not have to wait much longer. a spring preview in concord, many in livermore to walnut creek 70 degrees tomorrow afternoon, just in time for your valentine's day plans. the temperatures are held up because of the mid-to high level clouds. in the 50s, not going to be terribly chilly, visibility is really terrific right now. fog not a concern, bright, sunny for your valentine's day. rainy pattern begins thursday morning and remains unsettled tuesday week.

valentine's day, don't worry, we don't have any rain drops for you, partly cloudy tomorrow morning, in the 40s, bright sunshine at 11:00 a.m., if you're grabbing lunch in the mid-hours it will still be pretty nice returning cooler temperatures to the mid-to-upper 50s. now tomorrow morning when you get going watch out for the clouds and a little bit of patchy fog. look at the temperatures, quite comfortable, most of you in the 40s, 50s, a thin extra layer will do the job, because later on in the day you can get around with short sleeves, 55 at 10:00 a.m. notice by 1:00 p.m., it's already close to 70 degrees, going to be nice, highs for tuesday on the mild side, 68, antioch, oakland, 60s, 62 santa cruz, the storm impact scale thursday is when we make a switch from sunshine to rain, moderate rain for the morning drive with breezy conditions. a level one storm, a light

storm, flooding a concern throughout the week as each system will just add to already saturated ground. rainfall intense here, spiking during the morning commute on thursday so you knee to watch out for that. hour by hour forecast, tuesday a.m., you see pockets in yellow and oranges, shifts around 4:00 a.m., covering a good part of the bay area and around 5:00 a.m. as well before it starts to ease up around 8:00, when you take the kids to school. but still, a pretty wet pattern, it will be breezy as well, scattered showers, you can download the abc news app because this is not the only storm coming through the bay area. we have several more that will follow. rainfall totals, almost an inch and a half around santa rosa, across the bay, many parts, south bay, here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast.

and it's a treat for valentine's day. lots of sunshine, near 70 degrees, take your plants outside, a chance of rain in the north bay primarily on wednesday night, then a one on our storm impact scale, thursday the storm comes in, another storm quickly friday and then a third on thursday and a fourth coming thro

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warriors in denver tonight, it seemed like the mile high city sucked the oxygen right out of their game. klay thompson out with a sore

foot. one way to beat to warriors is to play like the warriors, the doves stubbed their toe in the game left, steph curry just one of 11 from a three-point land, defense steals the lazy pass goes all the way for the layup making it look so easy, he had 25, but denver a tough place for the doves and the nuggets looked like the doves tonight tying an nba record. 16 made three's tonight, denver could not miss. they kept hitting and hitting. and hitting. they led by 25 at the half. and the fourth, gomez hit denver's 24-3 of the night, the most allowed by the franchise history, a season high 27. the doves are clearly tired after an emotional game at okc but that was no excuse.

>> coming in, i knew it was going to be a tough game, finished out the road trip but kind of laid an egg, obviously. >> we were still on a high, not a high but emotionally in that realm i guess, two games before the break, so guys ready to get away from each other a little bit. but you got to give them credit, man they made shots tonight. >> it is that time again, pitchers and catchers showing up in florida to begin spring training. in scottsdale, they're going to lose three members to the world baseball classic in march, john johnny cueto, and he is part of their staff again, meanwhile, crawford and posey will be part of a deep united states roster that includes the a's sunny gray, also in his first appearance, and raving about his experience.

>> i remember hearing from bogey that he loved it. thought it was a fun experience, only pitched i think once, so it's a little bit different than being a position player and playing in 27 innings i guess the first three games, but i feel like i'll be ready for it and it will be fun. >> you can get injured in spring training. that is not what we're worried about, we just want to be sure that in a major league season we have these guys record. >> and that's abc 7 sports report, i'll sneak down in between the warriors games, biggest thing, can you imagine if buster posey gets hurt it's the last thing you want so i'm kind of surprised that he is playing in it. but that is what you have to watch for. >> all right, abc 7 continues on line, and on twitter with i was out here smoking instead of being there for my son's winning shot. that was it for me.