ll your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right. our country depends on it. now an accuweather alert from abc 7 news. >> midday, here's a live look from our emeryville camera, shows a storm over i-80 in the east bay right now. can barely make out the traffic which seems to be going very slow. also bringing rains to sfo. our camera dotted with drops as we saw a plane taking off or landing. that's good news. abc 7 news tracking this as a level 1 storm on our exclusive storm impact scale. the threat of rain isn't over yet. drivers in san jose seeing the wet weather, too. here's a live look from our camera along 101. traffic seems to be moving pretty slow -- smoothly, i should say, right now. the storm has been impacting the bay area for more than six p 16

hours. thanks for joining us today, i'm reggie aqi. you're going to see kristen later today. the storm has been impacting the commute all morning long. this video shows four of our seven abc 7 sky cams giving us a look at what the conditions are and what they've been like throughout the day. gold gold golden gate bridge to the wall nut creek and san mateo bridge, drivers are faced with slick roads and stormy conditions. meteorologist mike nicco tracking the changes and what's to come for the rest of the day. >> i downgraded the storm from a 3 to a 2 at 2:00 this morning when we lost the threat of flooding over the burn scars and the advisory passed. that didn't matter for the morning commute. it was a disaster. i dropped it down to a 1. light rain and scattered showers will develop. the showers mainly across the north bay. we'll have moderate rain still across our south bay mountains. most of us less than half an

inch except in the mountains. we're down to a light storm. here's a look at radar turn. still around 237, heading toward albamal parkway, heading through the sinole grade, possibly into the diablo range. still a lot of moisture out there as you expect from an atmospheric river. lasts more than 24 hours. more of this is going to be heading farther south as you can see in our future radar reports. down into the deep south bay and monterey bay. those are the areas that are ing going to have the biggest concern with the heavier rain as we head through the next couple hours. my concerns, urban flooding. that means parking lots and streets. flooding on the burn scars. debris flows and mudslides. trees down. power outages. all low right now, reggie, but the evening commute could be a disaster like the morning commute was. i'll show you an hour by hour look coming up. >> tauhank you, mike. a lot of people were worried about how the rain would affect

the fire areas of the north bay. the prep they made before the storm worked. amy hollyfield, it sounds like people are pretty relieved. lots of relief, reggie, there is one trouble spot and that is here in this cul-de-sac. i want to show you right up above, see where the fire hit this area. it destroyed that home up above. it also burned the pipe here and this morning, they found this hole and they are blaming it on the rain. the residents of daford court in santa rosa woke up to this, a street full of engineers and o geotechnical expert focused on a hill after a night of rain. >> kind of a shock, there was no warning, now all of a sudden you got to react to it but at the same time, i'm happy the city is on top of it and inspecting everything so we don't have a big sinkhole to deal with. >> reporter: the experts are all studying this spot. they had identified it as a trouble spot before the storm. the plastic storm drain that was here melted away during the fires. they made temporary repairs to try and channel the rain water,

but discovered some erosion this and issues downstream. >> there was a significant volume of debris and gravel and mud in the storm drain system. so crews have been out here immediately removing that so that it does not continue to wash into our watershed and creeks. >> reporter: city crews spent this week preparing for the rains and overall, they feel like the burned areas in santa rosa were properly protected. >> although we didn't get the amount of rain we were expecting, i think for the amount of work we've done, we did really well through the fight. >> reporter: 1yijim carlson isn too worried about leaving across the street from this trouble spot. >> i'm happy the powers that be are reacting to it, x-raying all the stuff. i'm a little disappointed in which somebody made a decision to put plastic storm drains in. >> reporter: city officials tell me that plastic pipes underground is the industry standard but they say they will likely re-evaluate whether to

use plastic at the entrance and exit points. that's where they burned. as for these homes across the street from this hole, they are not worried about them. they are not issuing an evacuation order. live in santa rosa, amy holly field, abc 7 news. >> that is good news we will take. santa rosa fire officials still urging residents to sign up for alerts in case they need to evacuate. it's quick to do. text your zip code to 888777 and start getting immediate notifications from your local police or fire agency. also in the north bay sandbag stations are open to help homeowners get ready for the first big storm of the season. we have a full list of sandbag stations on abc7news.com. the rain is making things challenging for south bay drivers. >> it's never a good thing when you start your morning commute with chp pushing your car off the road. this was on highway 17 on the santa clara county side of the santa cruz mountains.

two vehicles got involved in a crash. everyone is okay. the highway patrol is urging drivers to take it easy and slow down. take a look the downpour in los gatos this morning. abc 7 news was along blossom hill road near los gatos boulevard when it started coming down around 6:00 a.m. outside the pete's coffee there. see our own matt keller splashing in the puddle to show you, yeah, it looks like it was a few inches deep. 1,000 pg&e customers in the north bay are without power. north bay, 300, san francisco not far behind that. if you'd like to check the outage numbers where you live,a. linked you up to pg&e's outage maps and lalieu liellows to sea your specific neighborhood. download our news app to track weather teletime. the green showing you where the rain is hitting the bay area right now. when you download the app, you'll get updates from our weather team and can monitor the forecast when you're on the go. we're tracking developing

news out of the east bay. b.a.r.t. police reporting an officer-involved shooting. this happened near the richmond b.a.r.t. station along nevin avenue around 12:30 this morning. officers got a report of a man with a gun leaving the station after some sort of fight or argument. they did search the areas. when officers contacted the 0 0e7enned fire. no word if it's the police or suspect who shot their weapon. we're waiting for more information from investigators. police say they recovered a firearm from the suspect. new details about the hawaii psychiatric hospital where a patient described as a homicidal psychopath walked off the gro d grounds. we're referring to randall saito. he made it to california before he was captured yesterday. according to the "associated press" saito was the 17th patient to escape from that same hawaii hospital just since 2010. the 59-year-old flew to san jose, made his way to stockton. police arrested him after authorities got a tip from a

taxi driver. >> i told the dispatch this morning, i said if he calls for me, i don't want anything to do with that because that's the guy. my boss called me, he's like, are you sure? i go, i'm 100% sure. i'm 100%. >> ten minutes later sheriff's deputies spotted the cab that ended up picking up saito. when he realized they were on to him, he said, "yep, they got me." new this morning, this is making a lot of waves on social media, senator al franken apologizing to a radio host who says that he forcibly kissed her and later groped her while she was sleeping. leeann tweeden shared this photo from december of 2006. she and franken who was back then a comedian, they were on a uso tour in the middle east. she says during that trip franken forcibly kissed her while they were rehearsing a skit. she later found this photo that was taken while she was asleep on the plane. >> i talked with a couple of my girlfriends who came out with

their story, they were like you're going to feel better after. i don't know that i'm there yet. >> senator franken said this morning he didn't know what was in his head when that picture was taken and that there's no excuse for his behavior. he's calling for an ethics investigation into those incidents. franken said "i respect women, i don't respect pmen who don't. the fact my own actions have given people a good reason to doubt that makes me feel hay shamed." as fire survivors begin to rebuild, the north bay's smart train is stepping in to help. the special offer they're now helping to get people around. don't have the new iphone yet? don't worry. the deals about to roll out just in time for the holiday shopping rush. also helping you plan the perfect thanksgiving meal. you can do it without going to the grocery store. in our morning money report, we

we're back with a live look at the san ma tyou bridge. the bay area is on storm watch today. it is a rainy commute. make sure you plan extra time for your drive. lye doppler 7 shows where the rain is now. mike is doing his magic right now in the weather seccenter, hl have his accuweather hour by hour forecast in about seven minutes. if you get rain where your live today, snap a picture, send it to us. abc 7 news viewers have been sharing what they're seeing with our newsroom all day long. these will some of the photo s people have sent in. if you shared already, thanks.

if you haven't yet, it's not too late. post videos and photos on social media with #abc7now and see them here and on our website abc7news.com. flonorth bay fire victims gettiget ing help from the marin, smart. the first would allow free rides through the rest of the year. the other pass is aimed at helping bidses impacted by the fire. so it's allowing a free one-way ride for every $25 spent at participating santa area rosa businesses during the next two weekends. go to abc7news.com for details on how and when those passes will be distributed. happening today, a first for tesla, the palo alto based company set to unveil its brand new truck. it's the first time the automaker is rolling out something other than a sedan or sports car. tesla tweeted out this short vid joe yesterday promoting the big reveal. it's going to happen tonight at 8:00. earlier this week ceo elon musk was really touting this. he was saying that this truck

is, quote, unreal. if you're thinking about buying a new iphone, you might want to wait until next weekend. walmart, target and best buy are all offering big discounts on iphone 7, 8, yes even the newest version, the iphone x. if you buy a phone, you'll get a gift card. walmart is offering the biggest deal, that would be a $300 gift card. now there is a catch. all of these deals require that you sign a service contract. that's right, thanksgiving officially just one week away. don't panic. if you haven't stocked up on your turkey and all the fixings, coming up on abc 7 news, there's an easy option to help get your family's holiday feast on that table. in today's morning money report, we're going to compare meal delivery options to find out which one gives you the most bang for your buck. hi, everybody, here's a look. live doppler 7 to show you the storm is not over yet, but the deepest moisture is now starting to slide from the south bay into the monterey bay. i'll tell you ou what that mean

for the rest of today, especially this evening's commute. the abc 7 news storm impact scale. 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 abc 7 news app. download it now.

now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> we got an accuweather alert out there, this is still happening which is the case with atmospheric rivers. long-duration events that bring us in this case rain that was gradual enough that it could soak into the ground. and not cause any flooding. but it couldn't get off the roadways fast enough. so we ran into a lot of puddles

and standing water. in fact, my car was swallowed this morning on the way to work by another car. next to me. it hit a puddle just this wall of water came over my windshield for about, seemed like two or three seconds. it was probably a split second. like ahh, i couldn't see a thing because of all the water on my wndshield. it's not going to be quite that bad as we head into the evening commute. some of this will be around, no doubt about it. let's take a look at walnut creek. we're still seeing light rain. look at the backups as you head south of 680. so light rain, even some drizzle will continue as we transition over to scattered showers by the evening hours. we'll see some clearing from north to south tonight. that means it's much cooler. dlee at least it will be drier tomorrow morning. the next storm is kind of falling apart next week. here's a look at one of our better radar turns. see as you hit over toward evergreen, 101, coming up to 280. puddles probably developing right there. the top edge, northernmost edge of the steadier rain along

highway 4 then right along the richmond san rafael bridge and southward and across the north bay, we're stating to see the transition into more of a scattered pattern. see down to the south, that's where the rain is, sliding down to the south. there's enough energy for showers to the north. that's why i'm still going to keep us a little wet during the evening and early overnight hours. here we are at noon. you can see it sliding ever so slowly down to the south. by 4:00, finally most of the south bay out of the steady rain. transition over to scattered showers everywhere by 7:00. notice how they stay around as we head through the evening hours. then overnight. we finally get a push of some drier air, maybe still a spot of drizzle here and there in some areas at 4:00. by 7:00, it's gone. you can see the white evaporating from our map. that's the clouds being erased by that drier air. look at all the sunshine that comes out for tomorrow afternoon. as far as heading to the sierra, yes, travel still not recommended. the snow level is dropping down to pass level right about

sunset. then 1 to 2 feet are possible. as far as our forecast, let's talk about temperatures. how about 60 to 65 degrees today from north to south. and if you're going to be at at&t park tonight with spencer wi christian, light the night walk, 60 at 4:00 to 58. might be a little drizzle. for the most part it's going to be dry. tonight, 40 in the north bay, to nearly 52 in san francisco. my accuweather seven-day forecast, a lot of sunshine friday afternoon. and saturday. but saturday, that's after lows in the 30s and 40s. sunday's full of sunshine. a dry weekend. and a slight chance, notice we took the storm impact scale out of monday and tuesday and that thursday for today, i should have changed that to a 1. we are down do a 1 now. >> okay. that sounds good. actually the weekend looks really promising. >> i really do, especially people going to be traveling that early. most of the state is going to be pretty quiet. >> actually tomorrow is the busiest travel day at sfo. >> tomorrow is? >> yeah, it's crazy, right?

>> we'll keep an eye on that. >> thanks, mike. today's morning money report, thanksgiving a week away, many retailers offering prepared foods to serve on turkey day. abc took part in a taste challenge with the help of a grant family. >> reporter: the stores on our list, fresh direct, the largest online grocery delivery company. whole foods now part of retail giant amazon, and walmart, the largest traditional grocer. we called fresh direct and whole foods, each providing us prepared meals for eight people ahead of the-month-ol holiday. each comes with turkey. fresh direct's, 12 to 14 pounds. these sides, stuffing, gravy, green beans, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. first up, fresh direct's medium thanksgiving meal for $159 plus delivery fee. the instructions say it takes 2 hours 40 minutes to cook. >> nice and warm in there. okay. here we go. >> reporter: cooking time, accurate. >> delicious. >> if they sold just the turkey

like thereat, i would buy it every year. >> reporter: next whole foods' classic roasted turkey dinner for $119.99, less pricey but you do pick it up in store. whole foods says the entire dinner can be on your table in as little as two hours. >> turkey's ready. looks gorgeous. >> dinner is ready. >> again, cooking time is an rat, but how does it taste? >> i like this stuffing more. >> seems like this for one the sides are more flavorful. >> reporter: the grant family's choice? >> i would want the turkey from fresh direct and sides from whole foods. >> reporter: for a comparable meal at walmart, you'll need to prep that frozen turkey and make the stuffing. total grocery bill, only $44 including a 15-pound turkey. walmart's revamped app lets you order and schedule pickupou your wit car. really into convenience right flow and that's kind of changing how we look at thanksgiving. >> get on that fast, though. i checked whole foods earlier, a

lot is sold out. she says the top thing people worry about with meal delivery is they don't think they're going to get enough food. the grant family says both dinners served more than enough. speaking of thanksgiving, the holiday hasn't even happened yet and it's already one to remember for the jolly green giant. what he's serving up that might leave you green with envy. then tonight at 11:00, 7 on your side's michael finney joins a nationwide investigation into mega landlords. we're going to hear the story of a local woman who says she lost her government-funded daycare because her landlord never turned in an application to the county to clean it up after three years. that's tonight at 11:00 on abc 7 news. and make sure to join michael tomorrow in san francisco. he'll be answering your consumer questions and showing you how to check to see if you have unclaimed cash just waiting to make that holiday brighter. that's tomorrow from

all right. this next story may leave you feeling stuffed before thanksgiving. a new york restaurant set a new guinness world record for the largest serving of green bean casserole. 637 pounds. the popular thanksgiving side dish was cooked up by as you can see the green giant and stella 34. the green giant, i'm really focused on that costume.

it's unusual. yeah. the oversized serving was 780 cans of green beans, 53 cans of mushroom soup, 32 quarts of milk. >> and? >> 62 pounds of the only things people care about, frenched fried onions. >> that's right. >> here's the good news, you're wondering did they throw it away? they served it to people who are in need. local charity. >> that's nice. >> they say it's so big, it's going to feed 2,000 people in new york. >> wow. >> yeah. >> is that all they gave them, though? >> i know. we were just discussing, that's the least of the sides for us. >> probably the last thing i take, absolutely. it's the one thing i don't go back for seconds. >> stovetop stuffing, green bean casserole. that's where i am. from all of us here at abc 7 news, thanks for joining us. "millionaire" is up next. of course, the news continues on our abc 7 news app and ar abc7news.com, where you can track

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