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the north bay, lanes are closed in san rafel after a big rig crashed and caught fire. at least one person has been killed. you can see how wet it is out there, where the headlights have stopped. the lanes will be closed for at least a know hour. we will stay on top of it. download the abc 7 news app for breaking updates. good evening to you. >> the wet weather may be causing problems across the bay area. you can see of course, the bay bridge is slow right there. let's look at the rain and the impact. >> dan and kristin, right now, we are tracking wide-spread rain. you will notice it's focused in san francisco, the east bay and the south bay. there are some areas of the north bay still getting wet, line rainfall right now. mill valley, panoramic highway and as we go to street level radar. east bay, san ramon, across dublin, boulevard, we are

looking at wiper weather. also the case around concord and pleasant hill. san francisco, covered in rain there. it's not very intense and down the peninsula, we go in to the santa cruz mountains. mountain view, menlo park, gusty winds to 30. and at sfo, hire wi-- higher wis at the hills. this is a level one on the impact scale. rain will turn to showers tomorrow and gusty wi y wipds. we are tracking the issues in the burn areas. okay, thank you very much. >> let's talk more about it right now. in fact, tonight, marks one month since the devastating north bay fires began and as sandy said, the rain is causing a different worry up in the fire zone. >> we are live in santa rosa with more on the conditions there tonight. katie? >> reporter: we have witnessed a consistent and at times strong rain tonight here, but people knew it was coming and many

prepared here in the coffee park neighborhood, you can see tarps are covering the property. >> clean-up crews persisted in the pounding rain in the fountain grove neighborhood. >> i work in construction, it's nice not having dust everywhere. it's a blessing in disguise. >> reporter: rain slows contractors down, but doesn't stop work unless run-off makes conditions unsafe. >> i know had this morning we were selling a lot of tarp. >> reporter: the hardware customers bought rain supplies ahead of the storm. >> people are making more make-shift things for sheltering, whatever they have left. >> reporter: the destruction is overwhelming at times says the insurance adjuster. >> it has been emotionally very challenging, because the devastation is justin credible. >> reporter: he is in town to help from new orleans. >> what is incredible to me is this community. >> the stories are evolving in to more positive stories. we are getting to work. we are starting to get through

it. >> reporter: city and county crews will work in to the night checking storm drains and watching for flooding. abc 7 news. well, it's going to be a long recovery effort of course, cleaning up from the most destructive fire in california history. let's take a look back at how it began one month ago tonight. >> small fires fueled by extreme winds merged in to six massive fires. burning more than 200,000 acres, destroying 8900 structures and killing 43 people. the three biggest fires were in sonoma and napa counties the state incident reports show they start within 15 minutes of each other. from 9:45-10:00 p.m. on sunday, october 8th. by midnight the fires were burning in other areas and the pocket fire broke out on the 3:30, it would take 23 days before all of the fires were

contained. >> new information about a criminal organization targeting wild fire victims. they are claiming fema benefits belonging to thousands of wild fire victims. this woman realized she was a victim of not just the fire but fraud. her animal hospital burned to the ground she was told when filing for aid that somebody used her social security number to claim her benefits. that put her claim and the hospital at risk. >> the uncertainty and unknowing is difficulty. where is the practice going end up being? and where is the fema money going? >> with thousands of fire victims caught in the same scam, some helped fema get on track for aid, and fema said they have locked thousands of fraudulent claims and promise to contact the real victims to file the legitimate claims hopefully

soon. stay tuned more coverage of the north bay wildfires coming up. the i-team will show you how firefighters were able to use a strikingly similar wild fire from decades ago to help them fight the flames. >> new at 11:00 the sky is lighter after a big celebration, two light installations honoring harvey milk beamed in honor of him. we have the story. >> reporter: first came half have -- came harvey's halo and then the neon sign that immortalizes his words. hope will never be silent. >> hope is strong today. i can feel it this evening like i felt it 40 years ago. >> reporter: harvey milk was the first openly gay elected official. now, another milestone, the election of danika rome, by

winning a seat, she became one of the first openly transgender people to win an election. a huge boost for the lgbtq community who say the trump administration have taken away much of the progress they have made. >> i hope it will be a tidal wave in the up coming elections to deal with the tragedy we have now. >> reporter: and to keep the hope alive, the light installations come at a per fet time. >> it is to help us reaffirm our commitment to equality. >> reporter: the neon sign is a permanent addition to harvey milk plaza and as for harvey halo, it will shine for the fex t -- for the next two weekends. >> on the heels of violent protest at uc berkley over conservative speakers they are having a controversial guest of their own. we have the story from stanford.

to stanford. the stanford college republicans asked him to come and speak and said they have invited robert spencer to campus to add a sorely needed perspective to an important topic in national security. they hope it ignites a spirited debate and it already has. >> he has willingly embraced being called a islamaphobe and spreads hate speech. >> reporter: he thinks the speech is a good idea. >> i want to understand where he came from and see if i could debate his ideas. >> reporter: they object to student fees funding the event. and a petition was started. >> it says clearly we respect the free speech of them to have the event, we don't mean to interfere with it, but why does it have to be our money. >> reporter: two dozen student groups signed a open letter to

college republicans in the stanford daily and are opposed to robert spencer's message. abc 7 news. a $25,000 reward is now being offered for the capture of two escaped jail inmates. they ran from court in palo alto on monday, and both face sentences in an armed robbery case. they smuggledin a handcuff key to escape. the driver of a run away dump truck that smashed in to at least nine cars faces citations tonight, they include, negligence and failure to take safety precautions, the police said that the truck was overloaded and the emergency brakes malfunctioned. new tests will look for lead in the drinking water in oakland's public school after lead was found in a series of tests in august.

that prompted the replacement of faucets in the school. so far, 70 schools have been tested. they will analyze at water at 4 other schools. >> i cannot believe it. i pinch myself. >> north bay fires burned in the same spots 50 years ago. and tonight, one man can't believe his property was spared twice. >> and 11th hour replacement, kevin spacey axed from a film that is shot and be to be released. >> and a look at the green, tall green on live doppler 7, lots of rain, all ahead and we will look at what is coming up on "jimmy kimmel live." >> jimmy? >> thanks, dan and kristin, here is proof that we made a show tonight. >>

the footprint of the north bay fires is strikingly similar to an outbreak of fires 50 years ago. >> it's striking. >> this is interesting. cal fire used this history in fighting last month's wildfires

and i met a man whose property escaped both fires. last month and in 1964. michael is thankful he is a light sleeper. he spotted the flames racing toward his home early this mo-- early that morning. >> it's scary, isn't it? should we evacuate? >> he evacuated his spouse who suffers from alzheimer and return eed three days later to e this. block after block of destruction. he drove up sage hill place, his neighbors' homes gone. but his still standing. ? there's times i cannot believe it. i pinch myself and i walk out at night and just walk around in sort of a daze, i'm thinking, i'm alone here. sgr >> reporter: such a close call, flames burned trees feet from his house. >> why did it do this? tell me, i'm not a scientist. >> reporter: and before the fires, he knew the property escaped burning in the 1964

fire, while again, the property next door burned. >> all of a sudden, the fire takes a v shape, it's like there's a protective zone. >> reporter: the experience points to a bigger issue, take a look at the map produced by the city. that is last month's tubbs fire in black and the 1964 hanley fire in red. a similar burn pattern. nuns and at llas fires lastthat had month mirrors the fires in 1964 with the same dry conditions, high winds and topography. >> fire crews used the knowledge to cut the fire brakes that stopped the flames in several locations. but there's a major difference in the fires from last month compared to 50 years ago, the feedback of homes built trg t--t during that time, the 1964 fires claimed 164 structures and last

month's over fo5,000. and people are asking if they should rebuild. >> we should rebuild, we should be smarter about it. >> she lost her oak mont home last month. >> this is what used to be my front door. >> she said that fire codes will be updated and better materials used. but homeowners have a right to rebuild, even if their fire has a dangerous history. >> that authority rests within the homeowner's themselves. they would have the right to rebuild exactly as they want to. >> reporter: there's one big difference between this year and 1964. the fire started with a hunter tossing a cigarette, and the leading cause they suspect in this fire, trees knocking down power lines. we will shift gears and talk about kevin spacey. he is being edited out of an up coming movie had that is ready

to hit theaters. christopher plumber will replace spacey in "all the money in the world," despite the edit, it is still set for release. he is facing new accusation of sexual harassment, a former boston tv anchor came forward claiming that he groped her son last year. >> rain is coming down. >> wow, look at that, let's check in. it's going to keep coming for a while, right? >> yeah, one thing in common in the pictures, slippery roadways and for the morning commute, there's going to be spots where it's slick. live doppler 7 showing where we are tracking the rain. it has let up. earlier it was more intense. as i show you now, the peninsula, from red wood city to mountain view and sunny isravald you are getting your share in to the south bay, campbell and

saratoga, as you look at the rest of the south bay in to the santa cruz mountains, you are getting wet. san francisco getting scattered light showers around fulton street, and daly city, dublin 680, wet roadways and from oakland to richmond, seeing slippery roadways, in the forth bay, the rain is falling around san rafael and mill valley and it's beginning to ease. in case you want to know how much we have received, almost an inch over in santa rosa, and youinville, .74 of an inch. here are the other rainfall totals, san francisco, .10 of an inch, and these totals will be updating as we go in to tomorrow. concord, a .10 of an inch and san jose, you have not measured yet, you will eventually, napa .14 of an inch. it's a level one system exclusive to abc news, we rank

our systems 1-5. it's a light system through tomorrow. rain will switch to showers and gusty winds and there's a possibility of issues in the baurn area. right now, keeping an eye on the road cameras. temperatures are comfortable in the 50s, 60s, with a southerly wind. abc 7 news camera, this view is fuzzy off and on as the rain moves in. wet and windy with scattered morning showers. more showers late tomorrow evening and in to friday and we have another system greeting us. hour by hour, 11:00, you see the rain, it's widespread, 4:00 a.m., scattered sours, east bay -- scattered showers east bay. and more isolated around the time 8:00, when you are hitting the roadways. noon time, isolated showers in the north bay for the rest of you most of the afternoon will be fine. you get that break until tomorrow night when the second part of the current system will come through, 9:30 in the

mendocino county area, and by 5:30, you are looking at damp roadways for the morning commute. 8:00 a.m. friday in to noon. now, snow totals have gone up. it will be rain and snow? tahoe, but the highest elevations will pick up 15 inches of snow. tomorrow morning allow extra time for the afternoon. keep the umbrella handy, especially if you are in the north bay, and for the rest of you, you will need the shades. temperatures primelyin the 60s. if you will go to band together, grab a jacket. 58 degrees, dropping to 56. here is a look at the seven-day forecast, it's a level one system, morning showers tomorrow. scattered showers friday. and then, a break for veteran's day, sunday night in to monday, weaker and not as windy, level one and we dry out tuesday, download the accu-weather app

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look at the fatal big rig accident, all by one lane of highway 101 is closed, the truck crashed and caught fire, at least one person is dead. here is a live look from the traffic camera, you can see the headlights at a stand still, the traffic is backed up from the 580 merge. a mess, a tragedy on the freeway. >> let's talk about sports, larry is here now. >> warriors tonight. >> yeah, they have so much talent, no kevin durant? no problem. it's

good evening the warriors won a four-game win streak against the t-wolves. steve kerr announced that andre iguodala would start in kd's place. >> everyone ready to tweet, let me know when you guys are done. you done? hang on, i got a troublesome cuticle here. okay. >> when he is not doing his nails, kerr likes to dance on

the sidelines. he is tremendous. how about the game? check out swaggy p playing defense, up to steph curry, splash. game tied at 22. t-wolves had five guys in double figures. wolves down one at the half. third quarter, iguodala, coast-to-coast for the off balance finish. plus the foul. 11 for andre. the dubs out score the wolves by 18 in the third quarter. curry and clay for six threes and goes for 28. and behind the back to mcgee. we call it with authority. dubs blowing it open. swaggy p again with the "d." you can see, he has bought in to the warriors stuff. he is diving on the floor. livingston with a lay-up, and dubs roll the fifth straight win. 105-101, sharks off to a nice start with donskoi. he shoots and scores.

1-0 sharks. that is all they would get. kucherov giving tampa bay a 2-1 advantage and they would go on to win 5-1. now that jimmy garoppolo is here, the question is, when, when does he start for the 49ers. jimmy g learning the offense, living out of a hotel, studying the playbook day and night. when, when is he playing? kyle shanahan, hearing the question from everyone all day, including his wife. >> we are ma-- we are not makina decision based on everyone excited to see him play. including my coaches and players and including my wife. i get it. i'm aware of it. >> honey, when is jimmy going to play? probably against

. all right that is our report on this wednesday, wednesday already, right, we appreciate your time. >> right now on jimmy kimmel, it's actor dax sheppard. >> for all of us, have a good night. tv's number one daily viral video show, "right this minute."

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the world trying to make a living, doing what they do and not bothering anybody. and then there are people who, for whatever reason, find it necessary to go bother those people. these four young lads walking up, one of them is carrying a box. >> a box of what? >> you'll soon find out. we cut to the interior security cameras you'll see one of the employees in the shop trying to close the door, but no. those guys toss an entire crate, 1200 fireworks. >> sunday november 5th, remember, remember the 5th of november. it's fireworks night. this is the uk. i can see why where these fireworks came from and what they were, i don't know, trying to do. >> that could explain some of this, because this shop quickly fills with smoke. there were two people inside this store, an 18-year-old girl and that man that you see trying to hold the door closed. she sensed trouble, rang the bell. he came running out from the store room, that's when this