live where you live, this is abc 7 news. dark clouds rolling in will bring rain and possibly even flooding to some parts of the bay area. here's a live look from the expor or it yum camera. storm preps are under way. thanks for joining us today. kristen has the day off. the first rain of 2018 expected to be a one on our storm impact scale. mike nico is tracking the storm that's been weeks, yeah? >> it's been a long time since we had a soaker, reggie, november to be exact. this is going to be more like a storm that we had in december, maybe a little bit heavier than that. hi everybody, here's a look at live doppler 7, radar looks impressive, yellows oranges means moderate rain, we are just

bone dry below 10,000 feet and a lot of this not reaching the ground. in fact this is the way it looks right now in marin county. let's broaden the horizon, you can see there's more radar that returns to the south and to the west and that happens to be upstream. in fact, you can see some of the brighter, wider clouds and some of the thunderstorms now developing along the central coast. and that's what's going to wrap up towards us as we head through the afternoon and evening hours. that's when we're most likely to get these light to moderate showers and the chance of lightning. it will not be a widespread soaker and will not create widespread gusty breezes, that's why it's a one on the impact scale. hour by hour look coming up. >> thank you, mike. santa rosa's burned out area will be tested with the upcoming weather. damaged storm drains and eroded hillsides will be watched this week. amy hollyfield joins us with how officials are feeling with this upcoming storm, amy. >> reporter: hi reggie, we have positive news to report to you this morning, they are not going

to bring any extra city officials for this storm, they're not going to have workers out on patrol looking for mudslides or flooding, like they did for the previous storm that we have had. so that is a good sign that they are feeling positive about santa rosa's ability to handle this. that they feel prepared. santa rosa city crews did a lot of prep work at the beginning of the rainy season. they were very worried about a wet season and the flooding that that could cause to this burned out area. that didn't materialize which gave them extra time to work on damaged storm drains. now we have rain headed this way, but not a giant soaker and officials say, they think they will be fine. >> the size of the storm that we're anticipating, we feel good about this one. the city of santa rosa public works, streets departments, we'll have staff on hand and available, but we won't be upstaffing like we had earlier in the winter. we're expecting those significant rainfall events. so far, the rains that we have that tested our systems and we've done really well so far.

>> reporter: they are expecting about an inch of rain here. it'll test the systems. they are looking at the positive that will help with regrowth on the hillsides. that's where all the brush was burned away. regrowth will help stabilize the hills once again. that's another good step in recovery. and here's another look at recovery and coping. we see a lot of christmas decorations at these empty lots in the coffee park neighborhood, so people who don't have homes to decorate or weren't able to decorate any homes for christmas this year, still made sure that they had christmas decorations here in this neighborhood. reporting live in santa rosa, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. department of homeland security kirsten neilson is in sonoma county today to check on response and recovery efforts after the wild fires. neilson is visiting neighborhoods devastated by the october fires, which killed 43 people and burned 100,000 acres.

home owners with fire insurance have so far filed nearly 15,000 residential property claims resulting in almost 7 billion this damages. that's according to to the state insurance department. and in san jose, the rainy forecast is a reminder of the massive coyote creek flood that hit almost a year ago, water released from anderson reservoir overflowed the creek's banks. now to prevent this from happening again, the water district is inspecting the reservoir and the creek for any blockage. officials say the reservoir is 26% capacity right now and does not pose an immediate threat. keep track of the change in weather conditions with you live, free to download, you'll get updates from our weather team and you can monitor the forecast while you're on the go. going to switch now to developing news, watch out for the man you see on this screen. san jose police say he sexual assaulted a school employee inside of a classroom. today, that middle school involved and police are stepping up security and spreading the suspect's image as far and wide

as they can. abc 7 news reporter matt keller live in san jose, matt. >> reporter: reggie, i contacted san jose police and they say there is no arrest to report at this time. and that is why san jose police officers are here on campus making their presence felt. it would be difficult to pretend the morning drop off at harker middle school in san jose was normal today. that's because the reality is, several police officers and their patrol cars were keeping watch a little more than 24 hours after a female employee was sexual assaulted and robbed inside a classroom. >> yeah, it's fine. we feel reassured and we feel that they are doing everything they can. >> reporter: san jose police released a surveillance video of the suspect. they say this man snuck on to the campus and committed the crime around 6:30 tuesday morning, an hour before students started showing up. our media partner reports the victim is a teacher and arrived

early to prepare for school after winter break. when police arrived, the man was gone. neighbors were shaken by the news. >> this was such a safe neighborhood, and now i never thought something would happen to such a prestigious school. >> reporter: we are hopeful the efforts of the police and the community will result in a swift arrest, but until that happens, students, parents, and faculty can expect an increase the police presence on campus. >> you don't think something would happen in the school of a church, looks like there's no safe place at all. >> reporter: you can get a look at full surveillance video by going to our website abc7news.com. if you recognize the man, call police. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. and this morning livermore police need your help identifying a suspected car thief. man accused of stealing a car last month is now on your screen. he appears to be in his 20s and he has a

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into the northeaste1çóe1 this e. now your accuweather forecast with mike nico. continent, we've got rain. finally a storm strong enough to break through that dry layer of 10,000 feet and reach the ground right near san francisco. this is from our roof camera just a couple hundred feet from where i'm standing andq you can see itñi getting wet out there. let me show you live doppler 7 and that is the moderate shower that was able to break through. o heading through albany. richmond, mill valley, e1 uj north of it. right now you can see it's dry. lookt( south on 101 in san rafa. let's go back to the mass and you can see it, we ha

tapering overnight and we'll h!,ç one more roll through thursday night and friday. here's a look at walnut creek. air quality's so poor yesterdayq visibility is like that. that's the moisture that's going to turn into rain that we're here's my planner, just get ready to get wet. you don't take the umbrella or drive, it's going to be slick out there. you can see the rain reaching the ground. lightning possible with some of the stronger cells, 4:00 through 9:00 and then it'll start to taper, at least the widespread nature of the showers. still lightning possible. if anything does last overnight there's a few green specks on here.t( overnight lows to mid-40s and mid-50s. tomorrow we get hit by this one. that one looks to be a little bit stronger, especially for fhg north bay. let me show you how it plays out. all the waye1 up untilfá 4:00. made1 rat showers, this is wher we find the lightning and the thunder. right across a lot of our neighborhoods, but after 7:00,

can see scattered lighter showers and through the day tomorrow, pretty much the same thing with the best chance of anything steady across the north bay mountains and then ate1 10: tomorrow, that's when the secondary wave pushes in and it really pushes the north baylp hardest. now through 4:00, looks like all of ourse.ç streets are going to get wet. not an uu5u1 thursday until we get to the evening hours andçó look what i does across the north bay where amy hollyfield was, inch to anch and a half. so we could see maybe minor flooding right there.  continues, it's going to prompt our afternoon folks, spencer and sandy and drew to possibly push that storm up thursday to a two. right now i've kept it a one, it'll linger through friday morning in the form of showers. maybe during the after hours. saturday and sunday are looking quiet. hr(t&háhp &hc three to four inches. not a lot. >> it's looking pathetic. >> it is. and it's scary how small the

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