the rain has come to town. >> meteorologist mike nicco has been telling us this is just the start of the first major storm. morning commute is nothing like the evening commute it sounds like. >> tomorrow morning's commute will be the worst. >> is it really? >> the evening commute will be really bad up in the north bay. we get deeper in the commute for the bay. let's jump right into the storm impact scale. it's a three because of all that rain. one to two inches. two to four in the hills and the

flooding concerns for our recent burn areas in the north bay. some of the steadier rains across the north bay, pockets the rest of us. pockets of rain at noon, steadiest and again at 4:00. heavier in the north bay. temperatures in the low to mid-50s now will hang out in the low to mid-60s from noon to 4:00. sue? >> all right. the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights yet. right side and left side lanes. car-poolers and the fast tracks are getting through nicely. 45 to 50-minute drive. let's take a look at highway 80 from hercules into the mcarthur maze less than 20 minutes. that's good. your bay bridge backup nine

minutes to get into san francisco. and from san francisco to sfo if you're traveling, a nice ten-minute breezy drive for you. not a problem. from the live desk this morning, authorities trying to determine what drove a man to shoot and kill four people in a rural northern california town. and we're now getting our very first look here at the suspect. according to abc news authorities identify him as kevin neal. and they say he hit seven different places in a 45-minute rampage in corning and tehama county. police ended up killing him. but i want you to know there are some people associated with this shoot er we don't know whee they're at. we don't know where that will lead us. after a morning filled with bullets and assault on skol and fatal gunfire.

>> all i'm told it's a semiautomatic rifle. >> what we heard ten rounds initially. >> i told my son it sounded like a bruce willis action movie. >> reporter: by the time the police chase pass this had woman who identified herself as sharon, the 45-minute ordeal was almost over. it began in a neighborhood where the suspect shot two neighbors and then progressed to a school where more shots from fired. brian rodgers heard the first of them and called the sheriff. >> we heard the kids screa >> we were here at the shop and heard 60-something high-powered rifle rounds about a month ago coming from the bobcat area. the sheriff told them there was nothing they could do until something happened. just like this. >> reporter: it ended

fuselage of bullets. >> i'm upset people do such horrific things to innocent little children. >> reporter: worth noting there is video of the suspect attacking the school. the sheriff's department has not released it yet. also the question why did the suspect have a weapon when he had a restraining order placed against him. the sheriff's office is looking into that as well. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. we are tracking developing news out of richmond where police are searching for the suspect in a deadly shooting. the gunman opened fire around 7:30 last night. four people were shot. one died. >> police arrest add man they say carried a machete into a classroom.

witnesses say he had this on campus. officers say they tased miller in september after he threatened a park ranger with another knife. students walked out of a controversial speaker's appearance at stanford. conservative author robert spencer has written extensively in opposition of islam. about $6,000 was spent on extra security. minutes after spencer started to speak the room cleared out. >> bigotry isn't welcome on this campus. we can't set a precedent for giving people who are espousing hatred to have a platform on this campus. >> are >> brewer hall was nearly empty. supporters weren't allowed in. organizers insist spencer was invited to create dialogue. the young republicans sponsored the event. >> we're working on your

activity planner. what to do before the rain hits. what's going on, it's pretty quiet right here. if you find it it will make things pretty slick. have the umbrella. not a steady rain except the north bay later on in the afternoon hours. rain heading out for lunch. yard work, a few hours the further south you are to get those gutters cleaned out and storm drains. and dodging some drops today. take a look at temperatures. it's pretty mild this morning. as you look at our inland east bay, blackhawk and lafayette cooler. we have pretty much low to mid-50s from the north bay.

55 in san francisco and santa rosa. you can see our wind gusts really picking up during the afternoon hours and gusting all the way through the overnight hours. at about 2:00 all the way to about 1:00 that's when our winds will hit 35 to 45 miles per hour and that's why we're looking at the possibility of some downed trees and some power outages from this storm. when we come back we'll take an hour by hour look at when the rain gets to your neighborhood and some of the numbers are approaching three inches. i'll show you that, also. here's sue. a look at the east shore commute if your travels take you from hercules, highway 4 in to berkeley and the mcarthur maze. you're at a solid stream. traffic is flowing nicely. you're looking at about a 20-minute drive from highway 4 all the way into the mcarthur maze.

a good commute from pleasant a good commute from pleasant hill into walnut creek. moving at the limit, slow traffic out of tracy. we'll check on your mass transit options in a couple of minutes. >> sue, thank you. a the first big storm of the season moves in people in santa rosa are closely watching the fire zone. >> major concerns for flooding there and people are being warned about potential evacuations. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in santa rosa. amy? >> reporter: cross creek road is still closed. the pipe was damaged by the fire. they're worried about what this rainstorm could mean so yesterday crews tried to beat the storm and removed all the plastic storm drain pipe that melted in the fire. they're worried sinkholes could

develop around the damaged pipes or the rainwater won't have anywhere to go. residents have been told to prepare to evacuate. >> this sounds so ominous so if i were very religious i would believe this is the end. >> reporter: residents tell us their bags are packed. they are ready to go if there is flooding and they are told to evacuate. city crews say they will be monitoring hillsides watchin for any sign of mud slides. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. santa rosa fire officials are urging people to sign up for alerts. text your zip code to this number, 888777 for immediate notifications from your local agency. that is the nickel we'v

talking about. you can monitor the forecast when you're on the go. the vast majority of wildfire victims are having the government remove debris from their burned out houses. "the press democrat" reports 79% filed paperwork for the federal program by monday's deadline. >> this could change everything. a consultant claims he found a way to take electric cars to an unprecedented level. the hyper specific advertisements online. you're going to want to hear about proposed changes to your tv. the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level three. that means a strong storm. look out for flooding, hazards on the road, and possible power outages. outages. stay ahead of today's storm wit

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welcome back to abc 7 mornings. a live look outside from our sutro tower camera. rain is starting to make its way into the bay area. mike nicco has the hour by hour forecast of the first significant storm of the season that is coming up in a few minutes. this video is something else. in today's "gma first look" a family here in the bay area suing the water park after their son got hurt on the slide. we know you've seen one angle of it. this is a new angle you likely haven't seen. it is hard to watch. you'll see the boy fly off of the slide. yikes. this is the first day this water

park was opened for business. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma first look" the terrifying moment a 10-year-old boy went flying off a california water slide is now prompting a lawsuit. >> i watched him tumble on the ground at a very rapid speed. it was frightening. >> reporter: the boy's family is suing the city of dublin, the slide manufacturers, and several others for $2.5 million accusing them of negligence and intentional inflex of emotional distress. an inspection outlined numerous conditions including dangerously sharp edges and cracks in its structure. the family believes they were not resolved prior to the opening. >> when you take your kid to a park, you expect it will be a safe place. >> reporter: the city of dublin tells nbc news the flied was tested and approved by the manufacturer and state of california safety regulators. we'll have more on the lawsuit at 7:00 a.m. with your "gma first look" abc news, new york.

5:14 now. tesla is respond to going to a lawsuit. >> a suit filed on behalf of a former worker claims he was fired not long after he complained of racial harassment. in a response entitled hotbed of misinformation, tesla said the employee was not fired. he was employed by a temp agency and his six-month contract ran out. tesla says it is absolutely against any form of discrimination and it was investigated thoroughly. tesla is also say that go the lawyer who took the employee's case has a track record of extorting money for meritless claims and that the company would much rather, quote, pay ten times the settlement amount of legal fees that allowed this abuse of the legal system. go to abc7news.com for the company's full response. it is not ending for tesla because luxury electric startup fisker is claiming it has developed a car battery that can charge in one minute and run for

500 miles. tes tesla's cars take about 30 minutes to charge and run for 335 miles. fisker says its technology will not be ready until at least 2023. the car is slated to be emotion and will set you back $130,000. it's a real mixed bag for pot advocates in the bay area. we'll start with the bad news. san francisco supervisors voted to hold off on their debate over recreational sales. they're going to take it up again after thanksgiving. now that's a problem because the board needed to vote on a temporary measure yesterday to be ready for sales on january 1st. so it looks like there's going to be a delay. now in san jose the city council voted unanimously to let 16 existing medical machine shops sell pot to recreational customers. marin county supervisors quickly passed delivery only licensing for medical marijuana. papa john's is sort of apologizing for blaming sluggish pizza sales on nfl players kneeling during the national

anthem. two weeks ago the ceo john snyder said nfl leadership has hurt pizza sales and that caught a lot of backlash n. a statement released last night the company tweeted we sincerely apologize to anyone who thought the comment was divisive. papa john's also says the company supports the players' movement to create a new platform for change and that it is open to ideas from all except neo-nazis, it clarified. >> usually that's assumed. >> they're being very specific. >> the 25 green and gold public toilets across san francisco could be replaced next year. the new toilets and kiosks are made by the same french company but have a more contemporary twist. so here it is. no more curved edges. the restrooms will be triangular shaped and made of gray metal. they will be turned into digital billboards.

the planning board of supervisors -- what was wrong with the parisian themed? >> they looked old-fashioned and lovely. these look like normal, gray, filing cabinets. >> looks like you're going to an institution. many families in need will be eating thanksgiving dinners thanks to warriors center. >> this is the seventh year in a row he's held his great turkey giveaway. he plans turkey giveaways later in the month in l.a. and his hometown of flint, michigan. the big story today, of course, the weather. that three next to me is no mistake. that is a pretty big storm especially around here this early in the season, mike. >> to get a strong storm in mid-november, yeah. and it's our first one of the season. so you need to be prepared. it's going to hit us a little harder than we're normally used to. a look at sfo. right now it's cloudy and 53 degrees.

there will be flight delays. i'll let you know. rain in the north bay today. pockets elsewhere. windy, rain with downpours tonight, and our next storm is sunday, monday, and tuesday and it's looking stronger, too. you could see the pockets of rain all the way from the altamont pass up to discovery bay through walnut creek, back towards oakland, san francisco, down the peninsula all the way to about wood side and look at that, more pockets of wet weather developing. it looks like only the south bay could get away without seeing much in the way of some rain this morning. as we head into the latter parts of the morning, notice it stays up in the north bay and it gathers strength. it comes in by 4:00 hot. look at those reds in there. and from 4:00 to 7:00 it will stay hot in the north bay and move into the rest of the bay. during the evening commute, yeah, conditions are going to fall apart rather rapidly. you can see by midnight a wave develops and we have rounds of downpours roll through the heart of the bay moving into the south bay just in time for the morning

commute. and that's where it will hang out during the morning commute from about the san mateo bridge southward through 9:00 and then after the morning commute is over we turn over to scattered showers. so we're going to get the evening commute and the morning commute both, look at this, inch and a half in san jose to nearly 3 inches in san francisco, oakland, and up in the mountains in the north bay and along the coast. that's why there could be some flooding. so it's a three. tomorrow is a one because of scattered showers. friday sunshine. and then saturday it looks like it will be pretty nice. sunday, monday and tuesday a one, one and a two. when there's weather where you live, see it and share it. post your pictures on social with the #abc7now. you may see it here on abc 7 mornings. don't forget to use our weather app today and track the storms with our weather app and live doppler 7. sue? >> to the san mateo bridge. traffic flowing heavily up to

the high rise, a 20-minute drive from 880 and the hayward side of things and we'll take a look at san rafael getting busier as the commute gets under way from novato into san francisco, about a 22-minute drive. no delays past civic center and into central san rafael. your overall traffic map, a 55-minute drive now, tracy up and over the altamont in the dublin/pleasanton area. it's getting busier there. 47 b.a.r.t. trains on time. ace train number one is rolling on schedule and number three is scheduled to leave on time at 5:35. no problems with muni this morning. >> sue, thank you. a fight could be shaping up in san francisco over dueling proposals. supervisors announced a proposal that would provide certain centers are access to legal counsel at the city's expense. it's meant to cut down on

illegal convictions. it comes week after a rights group propose add ballot measure they say would go much further than that creating a public defender style legal service for citizens facing issues ranging from eviction to child custody cases. the fcc is set to vote on a broadcast standard that will dramatically change tv as we know it called next generation tv. supporters say it will provide high-definition pictures, better sound and video on demand. it will also let broadcasters harvest data about what individual viewers watch so advertisers can target ads specifically to those viewers. it's basically the same thing that happens right now online. consumer groups are calling for a delay in the vote saying more is needed on the possible impact on viewers' privacy. up next the seven things you need to know as you start your day. >> the debate over rent control went well into the night. >> and at least one person is not happy that blake shelton is people's sexiest man alive.

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it's 5:25 on the dot this wednesday morning. whether you're just joining us or heading out the door, seven things to know before you go. it's our first strong storm of the season and we're seeing pockets of light rain this morning but moderate to heavy rain is on the way and our storm concerns are high for flooding on the burn scars and mud slides there. trees down possible in the north bay and above 1,000 feet for the rest of us. moderate concern with street and creek flooding and power outages. and the second thing you need to know before you go, metering lights are on. just happened moments ago so it's filling out there with a damp commute with solo spinouts. we'll update those for you in a few minutes. number three, worries about flooding and landslides. crews are trying to beat the storm by removing 80 feet of plastic storm drain pipe which melted in the fire. they are replacing it now with metal pipe. number four from the live

desk according to abc news, authorities have identified the shooter in yesterday's shooting rampage in tehema county. this morning authorities are still trying to figure out his motive. he hit seven places in 45 minutes killing four people. number five, authorities are looking for a psychiatric patient who escaped a state hospital in hawaii and made his way to the bay area. investigators say that randall saito chartered a plane from honolulu on sunday and flew to maui and san jose airport. three ucla basketball players detained in china for shoplifting are now back in california this morning. the news conference scheduled in l.a. at 11:00 a.m. commercial dungeness crab season is under way t. could be in your local market by the end of the week. rain and high wind could slow down the haul, though. one of the most polarizing topics of the day, "people" magazine's 2017 sexiest man alive. >> and it goes to country music

superstar blake shelton. >> okay. >> here's the cover. does this cover not look like one of those pictures you take and then you crop out the person next to you? that was the thing i gleaned from it, but a lot of other people are, instead, talking about the choice itself. >> okay. >> it's kind of interesting because portland trail blazer evan turner, who i hope knows blake shelton, tweeted out, way to hold it down for all the 7s out there. >> ouch. >> shelton himself said, quote, i've been ugly my whole life. if i can be sexy for a year i'm taking it. initially apparently he didn't want the honor but his girlfriend gwen to do it. >> did they not consider you or mike, did they not get the memo? >> i don't know about the pose or that photo. >> tough. >> it's tough. coming back with another

full 90 minutes of news including a whale sighting you have to see to believe. >>

it is 5:30 and live doppler 7 lit up in green right now, a 3 on our storm impact scale as we move into the bay area. >> a good thing we have an expert on hand who can go through the day with us and when we say it is lit, it is lit. we are ready for a strong storm. >> a three, our first three of the season. green is good because green is light rain right now. they are afternoon, evening and overnight that prompted us to push this up the scale to strong. what does that mean? one to two inches of rain for most of us. two to four in the north bay, the mountains, santa cruz. flooding our biggest concern and gusts to 50 miles an hour could

cause power outages. near sears point heading across 37 one of our better radar returns will head to american canyon and napa. so look for some wet weather there. outside of the south bay during the morning commute, you can see here 101 as we look south, a little damp. the north bay at 4:00 and then for the rest of us it starts coming in at 7:00. we'll go to the golden gate bridge where could you see the slick sheen. they have reconfigured to four lanes and two lanes in the northbound. no delays there. some brake lights in walnut creek. southbound 680. a little bit of slow traffic. about a ten-minute drive once you make the transition.

we do have a quick look at your drive times. from santa rosa into san francisco right now it's looking pretty good. highway 1 on the coast into los gatos and north 17 still looking at a 20-minute drive. >> thank you, sue. hard to believe but this morning once again more than 1,000 homeowners in santa rosa face the possibility of having to evacuate not because of a fire this time but because of flooding. 23 areas of damaged or destroyed drain pipe found by city crews. last night crews were removing 80 feet of melted drain pipe in the fountaingrove neighborhood. crews are working to replace it. the water just had nowhere to go. >> in san francisco public works crews are putting out temporary flood barriers at 17th and

folsom streets. the interlocking plastic barriers are used to minimize during heavy rainstorms. they're going to remain there until the threat of heavy rain until the threat of heavy rain passes. it is free to download and monitor the forecast while you're on the go. from the live desk new developments in that deadly shooting spree in rural northern california. authorities say the gunman hit seven different places yesterday including an elementary school in and around the town of corning in sacramento. this morning we are seeing the first image of the suspect. authorities release this had photo identifying the shooter as kevin neal. neal was bent on engaging and killing people at random. he shot at several homes before he made his way to the school.

>> he did shoot at a number of classrooms. it appears that because he couldn't make access to any of the rooms that they were locked. >> police ended up killing neal. his mom says he called her a few days before the shooting say in it's over now. >> jess, thank you. the search on for an escaped killer from hawaii who could be somewhere in the bay area. >> take a look at your screen. this man randall saito somehow escaped from a mental health facility and flew to the south bay. police say he is psychotic and extremely dangerous. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at the airport. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. federal authorities looked at surveillance video here at the san jose airport yesterday after

learning that this escaped killer landed here on sunday. police say he is dangerous and should not be approached. take a look at his photo. he is 59 years old. his name is randall saito. he's 6 feet tool, 220 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes. he was committed in 1981 after being acquitted by reason of insanity for the murder of a woman who had been shot and stabbed multiple times. honolulu police say saito took a taxi to honolulu after escaping from a state hospital on sunday morning. a dispatcher with the cab company described his demeanor. >> so polite, nice, and to interact the way he did, how do you tell? how do you protect your driver for 22 minutes in a car with this guy? >> reporter: in 1993 a court denied saito's request for conditional release saying he continued to suffer from sexual saidism and mnecrophilia.

the attorney general has issued a $500,000 bench warrant for his arrest. if you see him call 911. reporting live, matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, we will stay on the lookout for him. b.a.r.t. police need your help finding a imagine behind a bigoted and belligerent attack caught on camera. it happened monday night. witnesses say the man you see there in the long sleeved shirt was yelling racial slurs at another passenger and then slapped and punched him. by the time b.a.r.t. police got there the suspect was gone. police are asking for help tracking down the suspect. city leaders rejected a proposal to maintain the 5% cap on rent increases for apartments built before '79 that covers about half of san jose's rental market. tenant groups wanted to link increases to the consumer price index to keep renters from being squeezed out of the south bay. san jose's police department changing use of force policy.

incidents will be classified in four different categories depending on what level of force is used and any injuries that result. more serious incidents will be investigated higher up the command chain. the aim is to identify any red flags and determine if the internal affairs unit needs to get involved. i am still monitoring tensions with north korea from our live desk. this morning we've learned china is sending a senior diplomat to visit the north and will serve as an envoy of president xi jinping. you'll remember just last week president trump visited china and asked the chinese president for help to fix the problem of north korea's nuclear program and, according to president trump last week, the chinese promised to impose more sanctions on china. we'll have to wait and see if that actually happens. china is north korea's main trading partner. on a related note another quick story from our live desk. three ucla basketball players that were detained in china on

suspicion of shoplifting. they are back home this morning. they arrived at los angeles international airport late last night. liangelo ball, jalen hill and cody riley. you'll remember president trump had asked the chinese president to intervene during their meeting last week. this is exactly what we want to see and i know you want to see it, also. andrew sent us this amazing photo after rainbow over the south bay. he took this picture monday morning, thanks for the great shot, andrew, and we found it because he used the #abc7now. you can be like andrew. take a photo. if there's weather where you live and there will be today and share it even if it's of something flooding or just the heavy rain coming down, post it online with a #abc7now and you may see it here on abc 7 mornings. thank you very much for that. and there's going to be a lot of weather to take a picture of.

first, pockets of light rain. you can see around san mateo bridge, heading across mt. diablo out to discovery bay. that's the furthest south we've seen right now. for the rest of today, 4:00 this afternoon to 3:00 tomorrow morning, unfortunately, you have to be ready for flash flooding across the north bay especially if you live near some of the recent burn areas. rainfall rates of half an inch could cause debris flows, mud slides and that flash flooding. wind advisories, trees could topple in the areas shaded in yellow above 1,000 feet from about 1:00 this afternoon to 5:00 -- 3:00 tomorrow morning thanks to those southerly wind. east and west bridges. you're going to get pounded in those high-profile vehicles. you can see it's already wet, the richmond side of the san rafael bridge. roads, yeah, damp this morning but puddles during the evening

and overnight. umbrella if you're taking mass transit for the afternoon commute and ferry riders, there's a small craft advisory. highs today around the state, 46 in tahoe with rain turning over to snow, just 77 in l.a. don't forget we have that winter storm warning for the sierra. travel is not recommended from 10:00 this morning to 4:00 friday morning. how about that, sue? yeah, looks good for skiers and borders. get the resorts open. we have no chain requirements right now but we'll be following that for you. we go to the east shore freeway traveling past golden gate fields, university avenue in berkeley and on into the mcarthur maze. your ride from hercules highway 4 into the maze is about a 25-minute ride now. here is what you find at the bay bridge. metering lights were on about 20 minutes ago. car-poolers are at the limit going right on by without a care in the world. if that's something you can consider you will miss this

whole entire backup. basically we have your typical slow traffic out of tracy and an accident in the vallejo area, westbound 80 near maritime academy. it's been cleared to the right-hand shoulder but traffic remains very slow from highway 37 down towards the scene of that accident to the bridge. guys? i had to tell my story so that other people could be free. and i didn't even name names. >> that is actor terry cruz opening up about sexual assault allegations only on "good morning america" and we have the first look. the giants have to deal with seagulls but birds are causing ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ wow! nice outfit.

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it is 5:44. welcome back. here's a live look outside from the abc 7 east bay hills camera. a strong storm is on the way. some of you already noticing the rain coming down. mike has his hour by hour forecast in a few minutes. now breaking news from the live desk. >> we do have breaking news from los angeles where there is now an amber alert for a 15-month-old boy. i want to show you, take a look here at this photo the name is noe reyna. he was taken by his own father, last seen in a red stroller. we're working on getting information for you and if he is

heading north to the bay area. roy moore's campaign has been engulfed by the sexual misconduct allegations. he addressed a loyal crowd in jackson, alabama. moore made little mention of the sexual assault scandal telling his supporters that he is the victim of a coordinated attack by democrats and washington republicans. >> why do you think they're giving me this trouble? why do you think i'm being harassed? believe me. >> moore has lost the support of most told "the wall street journal" he thinks the best option would be a write-in campaign for former alabama senator and attorney general jeff sessions. >> actor terry cruz is now opening up about his encounter with one of the most powerful

men in the industry. >> he literally takes his hand and puts it and squeezes my genitals, and i jump back, hey, hey! and he still is putting his tongue out. dude, what are you doing? what are you doing? and then he comes back again. he just won't stop. >> in an abc news exclusive cruz says he was shocked when the executive adam bennett would not stop sexually harassing him. it happened at a crowded party and right in front of his wife. cruz says that he told fellow actor adam sandler who was there at the party and is represented by bennett. ahead on "good morning america" find out how sandler responded and the crucial role cruz's wife played to keep him from escalating the situation that starts at 7:00 a.m. here on abc 7. new concern over the environmental impact of a new a's ballpark in oakland. lake merritt was declared a wildlife refuge to protect

migrating birds. the ballpark will be built adjacent to that waterway. abc 7 reached out to the a's. we have not yet heard back. a smarter 911 system provides emergency responders with detailed information about you including your cell number, any special medical needs you may have. the information pops up when people sign up for the service. it's important to note that individuals with families can only provide the information they wish to share with police. we do have more information about smart 911 on our website. i would have the same reaction. that is incredible. whale watchers in monterey bay got a special treat this week. this video is from the princess

monterey whale watching company. >> are those dolphins? what is that? no, seals. wow. >> many, many seals. >> or sea lions. >> now the whole difference between a seal and sea lion but i will spare you that. people got to see them. whales gather the small fish by squaring them pushing them into tight groups making it easier to swoop in and gather them up in one big gulp. >> i've heard from many people they got motion sick from whale watching or sea sick. i think it would be worth it if you're guaranteed an experience like that. >> all i can think about sea lions have the external ears. >> it's the ear flap. >> seals have the internal ears. >> and different feet, too, don't they? >> probably. >> i don't know. >> let's not get into that. >> i'm not a marine biologist. >> me either.

that is awesome. something awesome is the amount of rain we're going to get and this storm continues to crank up. our first motorcycle river event of the rain season. here's a look at walnut creek where it looks drier now. light to moderate monday, tuesday and wednesday. 63 to 68, mid to upper 60s for the rest of us. tonight we'll be pretty mild. 57 in palo alto and san jose. the moisture is already here. when it hits that will spark those downpours. hour by hour. 7:00, steady rain in the north bay. where it stays until noon. and then the energy starts to come in and you can see the

yellows and the rain with the downpours in the north bay at 4:00. then it causes puddles on the roadway and then it stalls right on top of us. it doesn't hit the south bay until the morning commute and stays there. after 9:00 it starts to taper and move away. look at the rainfall amounts. fearly 3 inches along the coast, possibly san francisco, oakland, and our mountains. the scattered nature of the showers, we get a break before more light rain sunday and monday. >> it's starting to get busy. the brake lights start about halfway through the flat section

and continues slow up and over the high rise and looks like a 20 to 25-minute drive from 880 the hayward side of things to the peninsula. on the toll plaza but traffic is moving nicely. an earlier accident near maritime cleared off for quite some time. highway 27 to the carquinez bridge. roads are slick and we're expecting a messy commute. new at 6:00, how young is too young for a smartphone? the parenting movement urging mom and dad to wait until eighth grade. first this has never been done before. the groundbreaking procedure bay area scientists are use to go try to cure a genetic disease.

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the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level three. that means a strong storm. look out for flooding, hazards on the road and power outages. download it now. it's 5:54 now. on to a medical first in the bay

area, scientists tried gene editing inside a human body in an attempt to treat an incurable disease by changing the man's dna. this is brian who is unable to break down certain carbohydrates. doctors in oakland spliced his dna and put it back together. the risks are not known. tests in three months will show whether it was successful. >> the first strong storm of the rain season. flooding on the burn scars and mud slides and trees down. that is all high. urban, that means streets and parking lots and creek flooding moderate and power outages. the downpours will cause that flooding and won't last very long. flooding on the debris scars could last for a longer time. here is the way the rain rolls over the burn scars. it's light this morning from geyserville northward and then once we get to 3:00 the moderate

rain starts to hit the pocket fire and then moderate rain for the next six hours to heavy rain over all those areas. that's why the flooding potential increases as we head through that and towards 1:00 in the morning and then it starts to taper as we head to tomorrow morning. sue? all right. we have first reports of an accident chp is heading to northbound 17 near los gatos, highway 9, with apparently seven cars involved. one is on fire blocking the left lane so that is going to gum up your commute from the coast up to san jose. we'll be following that for you when we come back in a few minutes during the 6:00 hour. thank you, sue. just in time for this season of eating and drinking weight watchers is debuts a new diet wine. the brand is called cense. the first offering is a 2016 from new zealand. one serving will put you back 85 calories or if you're on weight watchers three smart points.

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live doppler 7 tracking a storm bearing down on the bay area right now. we are expecting wind, rain, and the potential for flooding. >> we are covered in green this morning on that radar and your morning commute will be damp. we've seen rain at the bay bridge toll plaza. your evening commute will be worse. and then, i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but i'm just going to pass it off to mike because he's saying that tomorrow morning you will have to watch out for. >> the storm has slowed down a little bit and it's going to stall over the bay during the overnight hours. a lot of the heavy rain will fall while we're sleeping and we'll wake up to it tomorrow morning. until then it's the north bay we have most of our attention on for the rest of this afternoon and early evening. storm impact is a three, the first of the season. one to two. two to four in the hills. the biggest concern for flooding in the