now at 5:00 a.m., the heart of the storm has passed and now it's time to deal with the aftermath. >> that looks like a mess. flooding across the bay area, including at one of our airports. >> we also saw the high winds bringing down trees like this one that fell on top of two homes in the east bay. here's the good news. the rain is dying down. so, all of those days of just -- i mean, this has really been so hard on so many people, mike. it's been troublesome. >> and it's touching more and more people every time we go through this like we saw with livermore yesterday.

my wife was driving through yesterday and she said everything looked like a like. there were firefighters helping people get through the roads. the longer we go through this, the more it's going to affect you. this not my backyard thing is becoming very small amount. walnut creek, pleasant hill and concord, you can see right up there, heading up towards pittsburg, that's where some of our downpours are right now and you can see that line stretches all the way back to about redwood city and that's one of the last downpours. in fact, look at that. is that the moon? yeah. that's the moon. here's a look at your 12 hour day planner. downpours possible from 7:00 and scattered showers from noon until 4:00. those slick roads causings issues already. those water logged roads are causing issues, they are in terrible shape and 580 has had all kinds of pothole problems so we've got them again this morning. westbound 580 just past north flynn road, the two right lanes closed for a major pothole repairs, two left lanes are open and boy this could likely be a long-term situation.

we've got about six vehicles that have flat tires on the shoulder because that was such major pothole and we saw that a couple weeks ago where the rebar was exposed so haven't got an look at it yet but as soon as i find out, i'll let you know. no delays westbound 4, or southbound 101, next at traffic update coming up. as we feared, the hours of rain we received led to flooding throughout the bay area. >> including the south bay and los gatos creek. abc7 news reporter lonni rivera is live to show us the impact. >> reporter: the rains that stopped but boy is it chilly and damp and here's a look at the los gatos creek. you can see fast-moving current this morning from the storm, which dumped so much water into this creek. well here's a look at all that water. so much of it spilled over the los gatos trail overnight. and then san jose, coyote creek flooded, the south bay mobile home park.

fire crews pumped water near kim's front door. >> i heard that it still could have a chance, the creek could overflow this way and we're on alert, i think, until thursday. so we thought we'd get a few things together just in case. >> reporter: drivers dealt with closed lanes on highway 280. those lanes were underwater. the situation slowed traffic to a crawl. los gatos creek moving fast, deep and lots of water, and it flooded the trail behind us. we're live here in los gatos, lonni rivera, abc7 news. check out this new video this morning. what you're looking at is the first floor of a parking garage at san jose's international airplane. this is near term flal a. that is terrible. crews are working to remove all that water. we are making calls to get an update on when they're going to wrap up and if they find any serious damage there. this massive tree came crashing down into two homes in

alamo. this is near danville road. the tree toppled just before 9:00 last night. as strong winds began to whip up there. one family escaped. it is not clear if anyone was in the second house at the time. no injuries reported, but both houses did sustain some damage. what would you do if a tree landed on your house? yikes. one petaluma homeowner is taking it all in stride. bridget says these aren't the home improvements she had in mind when she moved into her home on wilson avenue. she says she was sleeping saturday night when he dogs kept barking all night long before that tree came down. >> it was like a heavy truck going down the street. i thank god i wasn't injured and it's only a house. it's only a house. everybody told me i have to downsize. what a way to do it. >> her attitude is incredible. >> i need that woman in my life. >> i know. >> because that zen is not what i would be facing if i saw this in my house. good for her. she says her son's truck took

the brunt of the tree's fall. in marin county, flooding is not the issue so much. it is the mudslides. take a look at this slide just outside of san rafael. it closed part of highland avenue, it's a small road universitied by residents there. a yums tree at the top of the hill caused concern for road crews who removed it. then near tiburon, crews cleared another mudslide that spilled into the road. with the holiday yesterday, many people were off the roads, thank goodness, and that made clean-up a lot easier. storm damage has forced caltrans to shut down both directions of highway 1 in davenport. caltrans says downed trees and wires as well as mudslides near swanton road are the cause of that closure. drivers are now supposed to use highway 17 as a detour. the chp says a rock slide has closed southbound highway 17. caltrans is reinspecting the pfeiffer canyon bridge in monterey county tie.

cre crews shut it down a week ago. because of all those cracks you can see there, it's just south of big sur along highway 1. caltrans says it's moving because of mudslides under the bridge. they don't expect to find it safe enough to open today. look at these crashing waves. pacifica also dealing with its share of storm damage. officials shut down the pier and it will not reopen until the waves die down a bit. here's abc7 news reporter lilian kim. >> reporter: pacifica pier has been closed due to high surf. people when live in the area have seen high waves over the years but they find tonight's conditions. >> we came down together to see the waves. pretty exciting to see how big the waves can get and see them crashing against the rocks. >> it's pretty crazy. little bit more would be fun when people start falling over. >> reporter: farther inland, the storm created trouble on the freeways. several vehicles collided on

interstate 280 in south san francisco. no apparent injuries but the collision caused quite a backup. farther down the peninsula, it was backed up debris that brought out crews to east palo alto. the fast flowing san francisco creek is bringing logs and branches downstream. this heavy equipment has been operating all day, removing the debris one pile at a time. >> put some racks to keep the debris from getting stuck underneath the bridge, so every time it rains, we got to be out here cleaning the racks. and that was lilian kim reporting. check this out. a viewer tweeted this photo from mt. hamilton road near san jose. a huge chunk of pavement is just gone. we found this photo because she used #abc7now and we are always checking social for your photos and video. so make sure to use that hashtag and you may see them right here on air. in oakland, one person died after their car caught fire last night. you can see the scene around 10:30. firefighters tried pulling the

victim out, but it was too late. we're look into what may have started the fire. caltrain homiping you're gog to help it with its triification project. the trump administration put the brakes on millions of dollars in federal funding. caltrain started an online petition to force a response from the white house. to do that, the agency needs to get 100,000 signatures by march 20. so far, they only have 827. caltrain says the project will make trains quieter, cleaner, faster, more efficient and provide jobs. if you want to sign that petition, just go to our website, abc7news.com and look for the link. we are starting off busy today. i just wanted to double check on a b.a.r.t. delay that just came in for west oakland, 20-minute delay. due to an equipment problem. we also have a major problem on the roads here this morning. westbound 580, we've got pothole

problems again. so, not good news here for central valley drivers. two right lanes down due to major potholes, about six vehicles off on the side, flat tires, the rims are damaged there so just the two left lanes are open and boy, the drive time really getting nasty here, 1 hour 20 minutes at this point. westbound 580, tracy to dublin. westbound 4 still looking okay as is southbound 101 if you're coming from the north bay. also adding to the problems out of the central valley, no ace rail today. they canceled that about 30 minutes ago and that is due to weather related issues so those tracks are in bad shape too. we're starting to fill in at the bay bridge toll plaza. we don't have any metering lights yet but we do have the cash lanes probably stacking up just a little bit there. and you're still okay as far as those metering lights are concerned until about 5:30 this morning. we'll take a look at a few flooding issues as well coming up. let's start with some good news. check out the winds. they are much calmer this morning.

20 at sfo is as fast as we get. gusting to 16 in san carlos and oakland, about 15, concord, 10 in fairfield. those are the winds there on live doppler 7. let's take a look at that heart shaped area of moderate rain that just became a little bit smaller heading towards danville boulevard and danville. heading north on 680, that hillside in several areas has been giving away, keep an eye if you're in the slow lane all the way to the east. you never know if that thing's going to let go and go across the entire median or not the median but the shoulder and into the road, all right? here's a look at what's going on. san mateo bridge, dumbarton bridge, 237 all getting standing water from them. now if you're stepping out dress for temperatures about 52 do 54 degrees here in san francisco. pretty much the same temperature every where else, little bit warmer in belmont at 56, walnut creek at 54, petaluma and daly city and santa clara at about 52 degrees. temperatures today, 58 to 61. here's a look at 101 and 880.

still wet even with the light rain tapering. public transit, commuting, if you're on a ferry, efg's centered around the morning commute because that's when it's going to be wettest and the winds will be fastest. everything's going to taper this afternoon and look how much colder it's going to be tonight. 15 to 20 degrees colder with 30s and 40s. accuweather 7 day forecast coming up next. one of washington, d.c.,'s most famous residents packing up and moving to china. >> the panda cub is leaving. jessica tracking the big move. >> hi, good morning. this is making me smile. she has certainly been keeping me entertained for the past ten minutes while i've been watching these live images that we have. she's been eating for quite some time this morning but right now looks like she's just playing. this is a live look at the national zoo in washington. and as we just told you, they are going to be saying good-bye to her, unfortunately. the panda cub will leave on a one-way flight to china later this morning. she's three years old. she'll eventually join a panda

breeding program and while she's been keeping so many zoo visitors entertained here in the united states, unfortunately, moving to china and she'll be leaving from washington dulles airport at 7:00 a.m. our time. in the meantime, i think i might keep these images up here at the live desk. >> please do. >> you absolutely should. so cute. a bay area county just launched a database full of information, including budget numbers and safety inspections. it's all open to the public. also an east bay city says a little known clause is grounds to impeach the president of the united states. what they're planning on doing today. and that is not a dog and that is not a dog following a doctor into his

today's storm is level 1. that means light rain, so keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. track today's storm any time on the abc7 news app. download it now. 5:15 and take a look at livermore. the golf course looked like a river was flowing through it after yesterday's rain. the golf course is right off interstate 580 and airway boulevard. this flooding caused firefighters to closed the street to highway 84. you have to see this new drone video. all the rain means the water is finally spilling down into this bell-shaped spillway in napa county. it's been ten years since we've seen this and we've never seen it from this vandage point. the hole is 8 feet wide,

200 feet deep. october, the lake was only halfway full. it became officially full on friday. >> am i the only one that thinks that kind of looks like a nightmare? kind of cool but also terrifying. i dare you not to wince at this next clip. it hurts. it hurts. potholes. this is a problem we can all relate to. one of you just tweeted me about this. we've all been getting the rain and what it causes on the shows how bad garry is right now near taylor street. we know how difficult it is to see the potholes when there's rain or it's dark outside so be careful. happening today, an east bay is expected to be the first city in the country to consider a measure seeking the impeachment of president trump. the richmond city council will consider a resolution calling on the house of representatives committee of the judiciary to investigate whether the president's business holdings

warrant impeachment. supporters say soon after mr. trump took office, membership fees to his florida resort, mar-a-lago, doubled to $200,000 a year. the white house has said the president does not have any ethical conflicts. in today's gma first look, a murder trial underway for a former florida police officer who's accused of shooting and killing a man during dispute at a movie theater. >> here's abc. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, the 74-year-old retired police officer is putting florida's controversial stand your ground law to the test this morning. and if the judge agrees with curtis reeves, he will not be prosecuted. he's accused of killing 43-year-old chad olsen during an argument at this tampa area movie theater in 2014. >> 911. >> there's been a gunshot at the cobb theater. >> >> reporter: in a court hear monday, doctors testified he's an old man with arthritis and had good reason to fear a

physical fight with a man who's 6' 6'3". the entire argument was over a cell phone this husband and father was using during the previews. chad olsen's wife says he was using the phone to reach their baby sitter. we'll have the latest on the case coming up at 7:00 a.m. happening today, a move to prevent another tragedy like the ghost ship fire in oakland. council members plan to discuss ways to fund and implement procedures that will increase safety in commercial or industrial spaces and that includes providing housing assistance for people living in unpermitted spaces and staffing to identify safety violations and enforce housing codes. officials say violations like illegal living quarters, tangled waring and poorly built stars essentially trapped the 36 people who were killed in december's ghost ship fire. look at this incredible mural. two of the victims from the ghost ship fire there. artist mel waters is putting the finishing tuchs on it right now.

it's in clarion alley in san francisco. according to the east bay times, waters promised gregory's father he would have the mural done by march 14. that is mikala's 21st birthday. residents in marin county can check out a new database packed with information. that new website is meant to give residents more online resources so they can better understand what's happening in the county. you can browse through government data, safety inspections, budget information. county officials say they want to take steps toward more transparency. we do have a link on our website. abc7news.com. and check this out. it was pouring in sausalito but the heavy rain did not stop thousands of people in the north bay from celebrating the year of the rooster. >> who's that? >> that's me. i got the opportunity to emcee the event in sausalito. this is pretty high-tech. you can see there were laser cut paper lanterns there and you could go old school, all of this hosted by the marin chinese

cultural association and definitely a full circle moment for me because i used to go to this when i was a little girl. >> it's really elaborate. >> it's cool. not incredible, the traffic troubles we're already seeing this morning. we've got pothole problems once again out of the central valley so this is right around altamont pass and you are remembering this correctly. we've had two other morning commutes that were disasters due to some major potholes in the exact same place. so westbound 580, past north flynn, i don't think it's the same pothole opening back up but i cannot confirm that. i think it's a really tough area of road that's really just in bad shape from all the rain that we've gotten so the two right lanes are down, the two left lanes are open. we did talk to chp a few minutes ago. they said caltrans arriving any minute to make repairs and they could not give us an estimate on how long these two right lanes will be blocked. look at this backup. spilling over on to 205, 11 miles per hour, 5 miles an hour, not going to be fun. on top of that, we don't have any ace rail service today. that has been canceled as well due to weather issues. i have more information about

our b.a.r.t. trouble this morning too. 20-minute delay due to an equipment problem on a dream between west oakland and a embarcadero and we had a bapt train going eastbound, got stuck in the transbay tube, they're taking that back to embarcadero station and they are attempting to make repairs there so that is in the sfo millbrae daly city and east bay directions. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco with a look at our forecast. thank you very much. hey, everybody. here's a look at another flood warning for alameda creek. flood stage is 9 feet. we're at 14.6 so you can see that whole area, 84 from fremont back through the sunol grade, mission road, 680, all of those areas, the closer you are to the creek, the more likely you're going to have flooding. look at all this moderate downpour from the sunol grade down towards mission road there. we've also got one moving through hayward, five canyons

parkway there and heading towards hayward boulevard, some more ponding is going to develop there just south of 280. there's a look at walnut creek this morning. 680 is definitely wet. showers and winds will taper as we head into the afternoon hours. chilly mornings, dry afternoons, wednesday, thursday, and friday but look what we get in return, a wet and cool pattern for saturday, sunday, monday. today's storm pulled back considerably from yesterday. just a 1 and most of it is this morning. you can see some of the downpours from 6:00 through 9:00 and then about 10 to 11:00, there's a couple more in the higher elevations on either side of the santa clara valley and then scattered showers. as you can see early afternoon into the evening hours and during the overnight hours and with the clouds opening and that cooler mass coming in, that's why we're going to have cooler nights on the way. if we're lucky, we'll get another 1/10 to 1/3 inch of rain. if you get caught, my storm concerns are very highly localized to where these downpours are. so urban the creek flooding,

trees down, moderate concern, very low concern for power outages and river flooding. look at that, three days without steady rain. wednesday, thursday, and friday. rain returns saturday for oscar sunday and into the new week monday. coyotes have been spotted here in the bay area. one doctor in south carolina got quite the scare when one of these followed him into work. >> oh my goodness. >> you see the coyote there, right? he's on the doctor's heels as he goes into the building. the doctor says he jangled his keys to scare it off, then made a run for it. the animal followed him back outside and circled the building for about ten minutes. >> that looks like a golden retriever coyote. what is that? next the, seven things you need to know as you start your day. plus -- >> sheriff's office. come out with your hands up. >> wow, one nfl player goes to extreme measures to train for the upcoming season where he says this is more than just an exercise. and we are following all the and we are following all the issues that the

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here are the seven things you need to know before we go. we've got a major problem already for your tuesday morning commute. pothole repair blocking the two right lanes westbound 580 just west of north flynn road in the altamont pass area. already a 12-mile backup out of tracy and no ace rail today. that is also canceled due to ret-related issues. one of our last downpours is moving through our neighborhoods right now and that is number two, tracking storms once again from the inland east bay through the sunol grade ad just south of the san mateo bridge all the way down to gilroy, probably have about one more downpour out of the storm and then the showers will start to scatter this oorch a. number three, los gatos creek has completely overtaken los gatos trail. look at all that water there and it's not the only one overflowing. in san jose, coyote creek has

flooded this hoebl home park. number four, half a dozen people had to be ask youed from their cars and flooding buildings last night. two nearby creeks spilled over into that area. number five, from the live desk, four american tourists on a golfing vacation were killed in a plane crash in australia and two of them are from texas. the other two have not been identified yet. we have new video also capturing the moment that plane came down. the pilot of the plane was also killed. number six, army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster is president trump's pick for national security adviser to replace michael flynn. already getting bipartisan praise on capitol hill. gibraltar has impounded the world's largest sailing yacht over claims that the owner owns the builder over $16 million. this yacht estimated to be worth over $25 million. there's a health scare for some of the east bay. the public meeting today to

address concerns over tuberculosis at a local school. hundreds evacuated in the central valley because of a levee break. plus at one point this morning, nearly 20,000 people in the bay area without power. the bay area without power. here at the live desk, i'm goi

no one's really getting a break after all that rain. the focus this morning, high winds and that means a dangerous drive across our bridges. >> from the golden gate to the bay bridge, we are tracking what your drive back to work will likely be like this morning. good morning to you on this tuesday, february 21. >> some of that flooding has really been incredible. >> the aftermath. >> the airport even flooding. san jose, one of the garages there. it's really crazy. >> my drive home was like driving through a river the whole 35 miles to the east bay. same thing for my wife driving

from lifr more. she said it was like driving in a river the whole way home yesterday and now we've got flooding rains moving through the sunol grade where we've got that flood warning for alameda creek so got to be careful there on 834 and 680. in fact, when that downpour came through san francisco, left us about 1/4 inch of rain and some ponding on the roads and this is going to be one of the last pushes of some downpours as you look at your 12-hour day planner. already seeing the moon start to come out behind that, signifying, grab the sunglasses today but you may need the umbrella for those scattered to isolated showers from noon to 4:00 and then just isolated showers at 7:00. but even if they're scattered, they're out there bothering somebody. two major issues to talk about. major traffic alert out of the central valley. westbound 580, north flynn road, two right lanes are closed, two left lanes are open due to pothole repair. 3 miles an hour, 6 miles an hour on 205, expect an extremely long delay out of the central valley today. also we have an update on our

b.a.r.t. situation, that disabled train has been removed from the transbay tube but we've got a major delay lingering and that is between west oakland and embarcadero between sfo, millbrae, daly city, and east bay directions could be at least 30 minutes delay there. so we'll talk about those problems coming up. people had to be pulled from their cars in livermore in rapidly rising water. >> in fact, one battalion chief told us he had never seen anything like it. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with the aftermath. >> reporter: hi, yes, we're getting some more rain. here we go again. look what was left behind here last night. abandoned, this car, right in the middle of collier canyon road and it's surrounded by mud and debris. but at least the water is gone. here's what it looked like during the storm, this area around the college in livermore, flooded, catching people by surprise. they say the water came up very fast and suddenly.

firefighters has to rescue nine people, seven from flooded cars, two from office buildings. they say the water was chest high in some spots. and yes, that fire battalion chief on the scene said he had never seen anything like it before. >> they were surprised. they drove through and got stuck and yeah. >> reporter: in general, the recommendation is don't? >> turn yep. turn around don't drown. >> reporter: there are two creeks nearby. the early conclusion is that a culvert must be blocked with debris, so the creeks overflowed and flooded this area. no one was hurt and the water is now gone, but the mess is still here to greet people this morning. they're going to have quite a clean-up to do here in livermore. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. incredible video, thank you. one man in los gatos is dealing with this mess this morning. he says he ♪ed a tree leaning outside of

his house a few weeks ago and started getting nervous with the wind and the rain yesterday. he told his son to get out of his bedroom. he opened the window and looked outside and the tree fell right towards them. luckily, no one was hurt. people living in a mobile home park along rain swollen coyote creek in san jose are ready to get out of fl any minute. the creek is being overwhelmed by water coming out of anderson reservoir. the trailer park in oakland road is right next to the creek. these photos from the san jose fire department show water flooding a section of that neighborhood. firefighters are trying to prevent evacuations by pumping water out of the lot. palameras road is closed this morning and you can see the reason why. rocks sliding down the hillside and blocking lanes. >> this is the worst i've seen so far. i've only lived here for four years and it is the worst i've seen so far. the one we had on january 10 was bad and this has topped it. >> the road is closed now between palo verde road and

castro valley and niles canyon road in fremont. crews are working to shore up the hillside. no estimate on when the section of road would reopen. and hundreds of people remain under a mandatory evacuation order this morning because of a levee break. 500 residents who live south of highway 120 near manteca along the river have now been evacuated. you can see that affected area in freen on your screen. the concern is more water is headed twort manteca due to releases at the don pedro reservoir. evacuations began after someone noticed a sinkhole in the levee yesterday arch. firefighters and farmers used rocks and sand to reinforce the weak spot in the levee. officials are now monitoring that situation closely. >> mandatory evacuation is going to stay in place until we have daylight and we can get a better sight on where we're at. and we have more water coming in, obviously, so that's of great concern as well. >> that temporary patch is going to be put to the test this afternoon when the heaviest water flow is expected.

the water being released from the reservoir is expected to flood low lying areas south of manteca and push the river above flood stage. don pedro lake is within a few feet of capacity now. it is the first -- second time this has happened. the first time the flood gates have been opened in 20 years. officials expect to continue to release water for several days. a chp officer is recovering this morning after a driver crashed into his patrol car in los altos. the driver died at the hospital last night. it happened just after 7:00 on interstate 280. the officer was waiting for a tow truck for a car stuck in the mud. the driver lost control, hit the back of that patrol car, and the officer was not seriously hurt. the investigation shut down all but one lane of 280 for nearly six hours. traffic is moving on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. that's not an official crew.

that's just a group of strangers. they saw this tree blocking the highway at sim mitt road yesterday. they did not want to wait around so that guy had a chain saw. he cut the trunk into enormous pieces and others helped drag away the debris. in all, it took them about an hour and a half to clear both directions. if you take any photos or video of the weather where you live or fallen trees, share it with us with #abc7now so we can find it and share it on air or on abc7news.com. all this weather, oud reminder to leave your devices charged and have plenty of batteries in the house. >> thousands of people still without power right now. jessica tracking all the outages from the live desk. >> unfortunately, at this hour, i am still the bearer of bad news. we do still have about 20,000 people without power all across the bay area and right now, the biggest problem still in the south bay with those about 14,000 outages there. although i do have an update here. this is the area i showed you

earlier this morning between sunnyvale and mountain view, this particular community in red here and probably the hardest hit. we have about 5600 outages in this spot alone here. if i click on the information that we have new information that field crews were able to spot a downed power line in that area, so that's what's causing troubles there. i will be keeping an eye on the map for you throughout the morning, let you know if things change, if they get worse on better. right now, it's kind of the same as we checked about an hour ago. no eta on when everything will get back to normal. you can track what is still ahead with the storm on the abc7 %-p doppler 7 quieter this morning than this time yesterday. make sure to enable push alerts to get weather advisories on your phone or tablet. a fairfield high school is going to hold an informational meeting for the parents and community after a possible exposure to tuberculosis. armijo high sent a letter to parents last week letting parents know somebody tested positive for the infectious

bacteria. officials have not said who that is, not even whether it's a student or a faculty member. tonight's meeting at 6:30 at the high school gym. a man who killed a police officer in southern california is now suspected of killing his own cousin just hours before. officer kei responding to a call. other officers responding to the scene shot the man when he pointed a gun at them. that man survived. hundreds gathered for an impromptu vigil to honor the 27-year veteran last night. officer boyer was close to retirement. we also know the other wounded officer is expected to survive. we've got pothole problems again this morning and that is making for a really tough commute out of the tracy area and on top of that, you can't take ace rail for an alternate. that is not running today due to wealth-related issues. those tracks in bad shape. the two right lanes blocked. no estimate on when this repair

work will wrap up. two left lanes open but looking at really heavy volumes in trade secret tracy. i'm looking at comments on waze and folks are saying they're at a stand-still, 3 to 4-mile-per-hour average. highway 17 fully open at vine hill road, couple slides in that area has been reduced and shifted to the southbound lanes for close to two weeks now. sharing one lane northbound and southbound. today, we've got both lanes open, northbound, and no residual delays. if you're traveling southbound, we do have that closure around state route 9 but good news for folks on the inbound side. major delay due to an earlier mechanical issue on a train that broke down in the transbay tube on the eastbound side. they removed that. they're working on repairing that but delays up to 30 minutes if you're traveling between west oakland and the embarcadero. keep an eye on that. let's check in with

meteorologist mike nicco. still some flooding concerns. anderson dam, they're letting out so much water that we're dealing with flooding. flood stage is 9 feet. we're at 9.9 and this is going to continue through at least 11:30 this morning and until at least friday morning, we've got the coyote creek at edanville still rising. flood stage is 10 feet. we're supposed to crest at about 12.3 so the worst of the flooding is still ahead of us from milpitas all the way down to about coyote. here's a look at the heaviest of the rain falling from fremont. head up to livermore and right into the altamont pass where all those potholes alexis has been telling us about. tapers toward sunnyvale and milpitas and through the santa cruz mountains. some scattered light showers trying to move towards pengrove, rohnert park, petaluma, santa rosa, you can see towards napa and yountville so for the morning, the hardest part of the

commute. much easier this evening with dryer conditions and lighter breezes. temperatures today top out about 58 to 60. pretty close to average. you'll need the sunglasses this afternoon, the heater tonight, back in the 30s and 40s. chilly nights, dry days but then some rain for the weekend in my accuweather 7 day forecast. i'll see you in a few minutes with that. >> happy to put on the sunglasses. almost a dozen people passed through security at jfk airport and no one checks them. how did they make it on to their flights even after setting off the alarms. hundreds line up in the rain to get a furs look at a ground breaking television event. breaking television event. we're going to about tempur-pedic mattresses... is that they contour to your body. you just have to lay back in my tempur-pedic, and it just kind of forms to my body.

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today's storm is level 1. that means light rain, so keep an umbrella handy, and drive safely. track today's storm any time on the abc7 news app. download it now. checking on conditions for you right now across throe of the bay area's main bridges right now. you are looking live at the golden gate bridge, the bay bridge, the san mateo bridge, bay bridge and san mateo both have wind advisories right now but we're hearing about windy conditions all over so certainly be careful out there. no one being spared from the wet weather we've been seeing. abc7 news was in danville last night. you can see the driver in that jeep navigating the flood waters. probably should not have gone through that. the san ramon creek overflowed,

making it dangerous for drivers. neighbors say they're not taking any chances. one property has sandbags along its fence. investigators are looking into a security breach at new york's jfk airport. nearly a dozen people walked right through an unstaffed metal detector, some of them headed through. three set off the detector but got no additional screening and it took the tsa two hours to notify police. you see that security image right there. it shows some of those passengers boarding a flight to sfo. the tsa says it will discipline and retrain employees. those passengers were screened once they landed but the question remains, why did it take so long to let police know? happening today, breitbart columnist milo yiannopoulos holding a noon news conference to address controversial videos of him that appear to condone pedophilia. they surfaced on social media over the weekend. the conservative republican conference cpac dropped yiannopoulos as a keynote speaker yesterday and publishing

giant simon and schuster canceled his upcoming book deal. yiannopoulos says he meant comments as a joke. earlier this month, a planned speech at uc berkeley was canceled after a small group of protesters started a riot. at the time, yiannopoulos said he was going to come back to cal to do his speech. next week, abc debuts a four part miniseries event called "when we rise" and it tells the story of the personal and political struggles of lgbt men and women who fought for equality. >> hundreds of people gathered at the castro theater for a first look at the miniseries last night. some of it was filmed right here in san francisco. it's partly inspired by the memoir of cleve jones. oscar award winner wrote the script that uses emotional stories to weave a complex narrative of this modern civil rights movement. >> i think one of the first times a major public network is pushing our stories out there the way it ought to be pushed out there. >> it's brave. it's bold and it's life saving

because there's a lot of young people out there who might feel very alone tonight who two weeks from now won't. >> the abc miniseries premier of "when we rise" begins monday. it's the same team that put together the movie "milk" that was so critically acclaimed and i can tell you that it is a high quality movie that i think especially here in san francisco is really going to touch a lot of people. let's get over to alexis smith. we have pothole problems today, alexis. >> we do. but you know what? i got a really good update from chp. they said all lanes are back ownersh open now. i even called them to make sure that was right. about six vehicles with flat tires off on the side of the road due to potholes. they says they're back open now. we will watch that carefully. hopefully that was a quick fix and it's not going to open back up this morning and we can really see that commute smooth out. right now looking at well over an hour and a half from tracy

though. bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on as of 5:24 this morning. and we still have a major b.a.r.t. delay. we had an earlier train that broke done in the eastbound direction. just talked to someone who left the west oakland station and said it was only a five minute delay. b.a.r.t. saying you could see delays up to 30 minutes. hopefully it won't be as bad as that this morning. let's check in with mike. another soggy commute. another round or two of downpours and then we'll say good-bye to this storm. golden gate bridge looking wet this morning as we look at the traffic coming in from the north bay into san francisco. so the showers and breezes weaken in afternoon. wednesday through friday, some cooler nights but some dry. i've pushed the wet weather back into the weekend, saturday, sunday, and it's going to spill into monday. here's a look at pleasanton. you can see foothill road right there. around foothill high school, right to pleasanton, heading into livermore, 84 into

livermore, the sunol grade, 680, down to mission boulevard coming out of 680 as you dip into the lower elevations, all of that is getting pounded by flooding rain right now. the atmospheric river is down to the south so it's sliding to the south and that means less moisture for us, but an area of low pressure is going to roll across us is and keep us in a chance of showers today. a 1 on the storm impact scale. it's mainly a morning to afternoon event. here's our first wave of downpours going through but another one is going to come through between 8:00 and say 11:00, maybe noon. then we get to the evening commute and you can see just how scattered it becomes and with the clouds opening, that's why it's going to be so much cooler tonight in the 30s and 40s. rainfall amounts, another 1/4 to possibly 1/3 of an inch. i've taken the rain out of wednesday, thursday, and friday but light storms for saturday, sunday, and monday and those temperatures still in the 50s, still well cooler than oonch a. an nfl player who is exploring options after his football

career is hoping to tackle crime instead of quarterbacks. >> sheriff's office. come out with your hands up! >> you don't see that every day. that's kendall of the indianapolis colts training with s.w.a.t. officers in florida. he's hoping to become one after his nfl career ends. his father spend nearly four decades in law enforcement and he says that would have been his plan if he didn't make it to the nfl. >> what these guys do, it's life or death. on the football field, i can make an error. an error here with these guys, it might cost them their life so it's not even close. >> the nfl players' association is working with the sheriff's office to continue to program to show players what their life could be after football. new at 6:00, millions of americans having on social security for retirement. why you shouldn't worry. we've seen a lot of sir vals footage. what happens after a thief knocks himself out. from space to school, what

local astronaut kate rubins is doing right here in the bay area. mike shumann headed to arizona right now to catch up arizona right now to catch up with the united states and as at

welcome back. new this morning at the live desk, a big financial hit for internet giant yahoo head quartered in sunnyvale. it is losing $350 million in their sale with verizon. yahoo had previously announced that they would be selling key parts of the company to verizon for $4.8 billion last year. and today's news, though, drops it down to about $4.48 billion.

this comes after two major breaches for yahoo in the past year. this deal expected to close soon will combine yahoo's search, e-mail, and manager assets. you got to see this video. the world needs more criminals like these. a group of men broke into a liquor store in ohio and in the get away, one of them trips over the counter with such force, he knocks himself unconscious. now his buddies debrate leaving him for a moment but they decide to double back and drag him outside into the get away vehicle. there you see the moment he knocks himself unconscious there. the door that the clumsy thief fell over broke in half. it's being fixed now. he still may be nursing a headache. the group still on the loose this morning. >> the crazy thing is they got away. >> i know. happening today, nasa astronaut and napa native case rubins is going to return to her high school to talk with students about her t

international space station. during a space walk last year, she set up a docking adapter spacex can use it to transport crews to the space station. rubins talked with students by satellite. she became the first person when she was up there to sequence dna in space. she is going to speak at two student assemblies. i would be so excited to see her but also feel like, how can i possibly follow in her shoes? >> sequencing dna at zero gravity. no big deal. good morning, guys. ipt to take you book to the central valley. we are improving now. we reportedly have all lanes back open, westbound 580, right around north flynn road so altamont pass drivers had to deal with some potholes again this morning. they got those fixed so caltrans and chp saying those two right lanes are back open but 4 miles per hour, 5 miles per hour on 205 out of tracy sz r, that's going to take a while to bounce back. hopefully we don't have any more

blocking issues there. ten-minute delay for b.a.r.t., though. earlier disabled train was removed. san francisco and peninsula stations still up with that delay and sfo, millbrae, daly city, and east bay directions. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. did you see all that wet weather heading towards tracy and livermore? the potholes and all that, good, but the rain, more ponding on the roadways and it stretches down to 237 and into the santa cruz mountains. more concerns for today are moderate for more urban and creek flooding. trees down, rock and mudslides, very low for power outages and river flooding. did you know, already competed our yearly rainfall total and we still have several months left. the rain is stretching down to los angeles today but let's focus in on the sierra where we have that winter storm warning until 10:00 this evening. thank you, mike. and we will be right back. and we'll tell you what's

coming up. an effort today to prevent another ghost ship fire in another ghost ship fire in

now at 6:00, the worst of the storm is gone, but the commute still going to be damp and slow. this is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the sheen on the roadway right now. >> time to go back to work after the holiday yesterday. overnight flooding and mudslides. this is what you're going to see near black hawk this morning. the road washed out. alexis, we're seeing quite a few problems on the roads. yeah, we sure are. i just checked. we're close to 50 incidents right now, by far the slowest spot is going to be westbound 580. pothole repairs once again today. that shut down two lanes around north flynn road. they got those back open about 15, 20 minutes ago but tracy to dublin, 1 hour, 45 minutes, these speeds improving just a little bit. we are over