wayne freedman in santa rosa, bracing for flooding in fire zones. >> laura anthony in east bay. but begin with spencer christian in the newsroom with the forecast. >> live doppler 7, rain is continuing to pour, wind is picking up and will be a treacherous commute. south bay along west heading and san jose, moore park avenue and stevens boulevard is wet, wet, wet everywhere. bouncing back over to the peninsula, pouring along burling a.m. and san mateo. sonoma is wet as well. continuing to pour into late

night. strong storm, ranking three ont impact scale. gusts up to 50 miles per hour in the hills from time to time. forecast into early evening, periods of moderate heavy rain into overnight before it breaks up. to drew tuma for advisories and watches. >> about halfway through the system, flooding is still a concern. heavy rain still on live doppler 7. flash flood watch continues to be in effect until 6:00 a.m. tuesday morning for north bay. over the burn scars from recent wildfires. know the difference betwee watch and warning. watch, conditions are favorable, stay aware. warning comes out, flooding is occurring or imminent, seek higher ground immediately. that's life-threatening situation. wind advisory in effect until

tomorrow morning, 6:00 on tuesday, winds streaming out of the south. gusting 40 to 50 miles per hour. threat of downed trees and local power outages. spencer will have latest look at live doppler 7 where heaviest rain is following and full accuweather forecast. one area of significant concern is north bay fire zone. authorities and people living there are worried about mud slides. >> wayne freedman from coffey park in santa rosa. what have you found? >> reporter: as drew said, region under a flash flood watch. here in coffey park could be concern about areas overflowing, water into storm drains and pollutants moving into creeks and streams. up higher, worries about mud slides. and there's irony here.

three months to the day, anniversary as rain lands softly in the north bay fire zones this january 8th, how could we not compare and contrast them with the tragedies this region began to endure with the loss, uncertainty and doubt and how it led to new concerns today. >> not amount of rain but duration and time period. >> reporter: fire marshal paul is fire victim himself. spent day looking for potential mud slide areas. especially steep hillsides around fountain grove. so far so good. but residents are on notice if rains turn hard and soils look risky could face evacuations again. >> not large scale but focused

to individual area. >> reporter: but fact you're using the word evacuation. >> rather be prepared and error on the side of caution. >> reporter: causes and effect. fire and water and because of them three months later, still a measure of worry. and there's a bit of a twist to this story up here. rest of the bay area has gone through this winter and worried about return of drought, that time has given people in this region extra time to prepare for floods if they do come. live in santa rosa, coffey park, wayne freedman, abc7 news. residents in the east also getting a good soaking. >> laura anthony is joining us live from walnut creek. looking soggy there as well. >> reporter: it's raining pretty hard right now. tice creek from ross moor down

to walnut creek. flowing nicely. creeks all over the area are up a bit but system so far hasn't produced serious problems. first significant rain of the new year, most welcome to those beginning to wonder where winter went >> i think we need rain. want to go snowboarding and skiing. excited about the rain. >> summer almost like june. >> pretty dry. hoping for rain back then. new year, more rain now won't hurt. >> reporter: in oakland, rain brought with it minor flooding issues. storm drains filled with debris in extensive dry spell that was december. in contra costa county, slick roadways along highway 24 in orinda, no significant problems otherwise. given the lack of ground saturation so far. >> relatively early and not a

lot of rainfall, most is infiltrating into the soil and no real problems with slides or anything like that. >> too long, too cold. >> reporter: some find rain inconvenience, weather watchers at east bay mud say bring it on. >> looking good, two inches in east bay watersheds and foot upcountry of snow at 8,000 feet. >> reporter: winter has been dry but east bay mud is riding the wave of last year's record rains. major storage facility is 93% full, still above average this time of year. but that said, snow pack in the high sierra is below average. hope is this storm and others might bring that snow pack up closer to normal. live in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc7 news. car crashed into a tree on

rain slick road in palo alto, killing the driver. happened on page mill road. chp says driver lost control, struck median, drifted off the road hit the tree. not wearing a seatbelt. slick pavement and bad tires may have caused this rollover accident in antioch, eastbound highway 4 near "l" street exit. expected to recover. investigating the wreck. we'll get early start again tomorrow, 4:00 a.m. when a storm hits have the updated abc7 news app. customized hour by hour forecast and track the storms with live doppler 7. enable push alerts for custom mobile weather alerts where you live. another chapter in kate

steinle murder case again today. man accused of accidentally shooting her in federal court. >> reporter: for starters man facing charges at federal level surprised everyone stating a different name. court documents show that garcia zarate has used several aliases. >> convicted a number of times of re-entry, had different identities. >> dominguez aparra was used in texas where he served time for unlaufl entry. brought to salz on pending drug case. but then released. >> when released incumbent upon him to report to the texas probation department within 72

hours. didn't do that. >> reporter: district court in texas issued warrant for his arrest. must now serve in texas for violating terms of release. after he's tried in san francisco federal court on gun charges. faces possessing gun as felon and alien in possession of firearm. could get up to ten years in federal prison. gun had been stolen and jury seemed to believe him when he said he found it under chair at pier 14 and went off accidentally. he's already served time for that conviction. attorney will claim double jeopardy if he can claim there is collusion between the feds and local authorities to hurt his case. >> vindictive, revenge. >> reporter: that will be the second motion to try to get garcia zau

garcia zartte after, proven retaliation against defendant. lyanne melendez, abc7 news. police chief announced new initiative to curb epidemic of car burglies and other property crimes. >> whopping jump up from 2014 to 2017. kristen with the details. >> sight of broken glass all too common in san francisco. that's why police department is creating dedicated teams at each district station to focus exclusively on property crimes. teams will identify and monitor serial offenders, work with general crimes unit from last november and work on prevention strategies. first at orville and damascus.

two areas hard hit. >> making a living breaking into cars, not working alone, but in crews. we've been effective identifying the crews but feel we can do better there. >> recorded 30,000 car break-ins and arrest rates dropped below 2%. introduced legislation requiring each station to devote a unit to property times. tailor to the police chief asked to be given time to roll out program. this is it. up and running before the end of the year. will be more visible, available and hopefully more able to reverse this disturbing trend. >> boy do we hope. kristen, thanks. coming up, nearly 200,000 people could soon face deportation. white house announced plans to end special protections for a group of immigrants. plus -- >> i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new

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big push for oprah winfrey to run for president. superstar tv personality delivered a passionate speech and host seth meyers pushed the idea of the oprah presidential ticket and naturally the internet went crazy. >> reporter: a powerful night in hollywood. the 2018 golden globes off to pointed start. stars walking the red carpet dressed in black. host seth meyers diving head first into the theme of the evening. time's up. >> time to address the elephant not in the room. harvey weinstein is not here today. >> reporter: but equip about presidential ticket sparked frenzy. reverse psychology on oprah. >> i just want to say, oprah you will never be president.

>> reporter: playing off jabs to donald trump at white house correspondent's dinner that may have played into new president trump's decision to run. levity followed by this poignant moment. winfrey accepting cecil b. demille lifetime achievement award, first african-american woman to receive the honor. delivering a captivating message. >> i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon. >> reporter: internet immediately abuzz with endorsements. #shesrunning. >> oprah has said repeatedly, she will not run for president, calling it defi abc in news, new york. made cover of "time"

magazine as one of the silence breakers. from san francisco and started the campaign to expose sexual harassment. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> such a different tone last night, solidarity, wearing black. not celebrating as much as making a statement. >> this really is the time that women are realizing this is our moment to stand up. seen it in so many different industries. we wrote our letter in sacramento about 12 weeks ago, and think you're seeing anger that's getting ready to build into real movement. >> we were chatting before the news cast, action does more than just coming together, wearing black or having battle cry of me too. it's action that actually makes change in the world. where do women go from here then? >> there's a number of things.

with our "we said enough" campaign in sacramento, working with legislators on legislation. kept hearing that women need to tell their stories. but they can't do that until they have real protections, whistleblower protections and anti -- protections. not fair to tell women to tell their stories until those things are in place. processes that are transparent to women know what they're looking at when they step up to tell their stories. working on that in sacramento, a number of legislators, we could be proud, especially of some of our men here in san francisco, david chu, senator scott wiener, a number of them have been vocal on the issue, believe women, standing with women and want to move the process forward. that's how we get past shows of solidarity and wearing black and get to real action. >> even for those not

well-versed in policy or politics, oprah played a very big role because relatable to so many people and speech last night, your thoughts? >> that's what we've been waiting to hear from elected officials or just people in public sphere. but it was awesome to hear it from her. but always heard that from oprah, always where she's been. i think we need to hear from more men. heard in politics but more men who run the stage, not just the pen. if general people want to know what to do, call elected officials, ask them what they're doing to protect women in number of different fields, specially service industry and hotels, get involved, call your legislators. >> actually do something and encourage the men, important to mention. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. another update on the

forecast. drenching today. more rain on the way. spencer christian is back. >> you're right. with us through the nighttime into early morning. live doppler 7, it's raining all over bay area. light to moderate with pockets of heavy downpours. street level to south bay and parts of the peninsula, near san jose and mission college boulevard, sunnyvale, it's pouring, everything is wet. san francisco sunset to chinatown to bay view, everything is wet. mission street through the mission and third street downtown in financial district, wet and raining in north bay as well. little bit of a break in sonoma county there but in sonoma and napa, the rain continues to fall as here. pier 15 in downtown san francisco off embarcadero,

low clouds and rain. 56 degrees in san francisco. upper 50s across the bay. 61 at san jose, 57 at half moon bay. mt. tam, beginning to get windy up there, and obviously raining. temperature readings in low to mid-50s at santa rosa, napa, novato, fairfield, concord and livermore. another live view. embarcadero here raindrops. rain continuing overnight. occasional downpours and gusts 30 to 50 miles per hour. for now the storm is still strong, ranking three on the impact scale. rain heavy at times into late night. strong wind gusts and flooding in fire scarred areas. blanket of rain continuing.

mostly moderate with occasional heavy downpours. midnight it starts to break up a little bit. 5:00 a.m. or so, areas of light to moderate rain or showers but also breaks there. pavement still will be wet. don't expect dry roadways. won't see storm winding down until very late tomorrow. expires in the early evening. overnight lows low 50s. breezy to windy. by tomorrow will downgrade to one on the impact scale. another quarter inch of rainfall. winds 10 to 20 miles per here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. start to get warming trend on

friday as high temperatures climb to mid-60s inland and near the bay into the weekend. can't wait for that. >> sunshine eventually. get ready to rock at bottle rock. which bands are set to take the stage this year. plus -- >> i don't really have a type. i think a lot of different types. >> preview "the bachelor" with ari line dike. >> looking backed up as it usually is this time of the evening. howeve of the season' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort,

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can we talk about your offer on the house? >> big news for music bruno mars, the killers and muse will highlight the bottlerock festival. more than 80 acts booked, including the chain smokers -- you had me at bruno mars. five stages. three-day passes go on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. >> we have ratings and warriors. you're not going. >> yeah. i'll be right here. republicans take a stand on the russia investigation. >> let mr. mueller do his job and president focus on day job. fury over the new book not subsiding soon. accidents, rain making a mess of the commute.

storm level three is strong, flooding, hazards on the road and possible power outages

here are the stories making headlines at 4:30 today. evening commute will be a

challenge. rain coming down all across the bay area all day long and not going to let up for a while. along with the rain also been windy. spencer christian says gusts could reach or exceed 50 miles per hour. and wind advisory until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. update coming up. meantime fears of flooding or mud slides in burn areas of the north bay. wayne tweeted these photos. flash flood watch in effect until tomorrow morning. lot of rain coming down cruz mountains. >> highway 17 is dangerous especially when it rains but this still happens. >> it's true. you got to be careful out here. >> reporter: on southbound 17 at

summit road, suv flipped over. he and passenger walked away uninjured. >> not first time, used to it now. >> reporter: chp is also used to crashes like this in the rain. this stalled and crashed in fast lane near redwood estates. people fine. another near star view terrace, minor injuries and then another crash on the northbound side. caused major backup. check out how far it went. miles and miles away into scots valley. rain picked up. residents in santa cruz mountains happy to see the rain but not all the once. >> you want smaller bunches maybe. this hard and fast, causes problems. >> glad it's here. we need the water. so if everybody knew it should

be coming, time to prepare. nothing compared to last year. >> reporter: expected to be wet and windy for evening commute. best defense in the mountains is to slow down. matt keller, abc7 news. >> seems to make no sense and people on the road want to accelerate on the rain. >> of course. why is that? >> no idea. spencer christian have an answer? >> can't get into that one, just cover up and encourage you to do the same. blanket of rain across the bay area. moderate to heavy over much of the region. street level, wet along west heading in san jose, downpour in santa clara, cupertino, coming down around the bay area. union city, fremont, union city. all the major roadways. 238, 880, drenching downpours in some locations.

pavement so wet. peninsula, same burlingame. chinatown to downtown in san francisco and up to marin and sonoma counties, continues to pour. ranking three on the chart. flash flood watch in effect until 6:00 tomorrow morning for most of the north bay and wind advisory for all the area as well. check out lingering effects of brutal winter storm across the country. record-breaking deep freeze still affecting millions of people. forcing closures of schools along the east coast. >> reporter: that brutal deep freeze that gripped much of america now slowly beginning to thaw. parts of the country still

reeling from record-breaking lows. frigid weather causing a frozen pipe to burst at new york's jfk airport, inches of water gushing from ceiling and covering the floor. more than 100 flights canceled, some diverted. >> it's "the hunger games" over here. >> planes waiting for hours on the tarmac. mounds of luggage piling up. >> bottom line is the overall performance in terms of getting passengers to gates, unloaded in timely fashion was completely c >> reporter: lake michigan in chicago a sea of slush. new hampshire's mount washington, second coldest place on earth this weekend at minus 90. places from south up east coast could experience icy mix of snow and sleet throughout the day before a warm-up tomorrow.

abc news, new york. nearly 200,000 people may have to leave the u.s. or face deportation, after announced end of special protections for immigrants from el salvador, must update legal status or leave by september of next year. abc7 news in san francisco's mission district where members of the community shared fears about the future. >> very few will have alternatives within the immigration legal benefits that could provide them lawful status. >> homeland security secretary says that remaining damage from 2001 earthquake in el salvador doesn't justify extending temporary protection status for salvadorens in the u.s. publisher of controversial book on the white house is firing back at president trump.

personal legal team is demandng that "fire and fury" be taken off the shelves. >> reporter: president trump and white house on the attack against "fire and fury." >> the allegations and insinuations in this book, which are a pure work of fiction, are nothing but a pile of trash through and through. >> reporter: top trump policy adviser steven miller on cnn blasting the book. personal legal team sending cease and desist on publication. publisher not backing down, saying efforts are unconstitutional. steve bannon is quoted suggesting in the book that trump tower meeting that trump team set up with manafort and russian lawyer to get dirt on hillary clinton was treasonous and unpatriot. didn't didn't quote but said in statement that donald trump jr. is patriot and good man.

will robert mueller interview trump? >> my guess is his lawyers will offer to submit a written statement, something that assures them he didn't do anything wrong. that's not what mueller wants. >> reporter: lindsey graham on abc's "the view" say mueller and his investigation need to be protected. >> let mr. mueller do his job and our president should focus on his day job. >> reporter: president trump says he believes he will be treated fairly by special counsel and his team has been open about the russia investigation. sushi from tomatoes, high tech food that fans say tastes fishy. flu outbreak gets deadlier in california. live look at commute. 680 and walnut creek. oncoming traffic is northbound. southbound is moving nicely but

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once again on storm watch, live look at live doppler 7 hd. all that green is rain over the bay area as we speak. certainly a lot of it. spencer will have the forecast in two minutes. flu got off to early start this season, showing no signs of

letting up. >> flu cases spiking across the country. >> reporter: widespread flu activity reported in nearly every state. so far this season cdc says number of confirmed cases in u.s. is nearly 42,000. >> i've been sick for like seven days now. >> in california people like 48-year-old sean burrro fighting for lives, struggling with deadly flu crisis. >> he was severely critically ill and basically knocking on death's door. >> reporter: just last week, sysco gal advise guyed from complications from the virus. >> was very healthy. >> reporter: bringing in extra staff for influx of sick patients. usual 140 patients up to 200. some hospitals in southern california using triage tents

for flu patients. >> influenza is here, severe and we have to do whatever it takes to minimize transmission. >> reporter: estimate this year's vaccine about 32% effective against the common -- strains. still recommend getting one to reduce severity of symptoms. officials say we're still not in flu epidemic. abc news, los angeles. >> maybe so, nonetheless some pharmacies running out of tamiflu, medication that helps shorten and lesson the symptoms. walgreens tells abc7 news some of the stores may not have all strengths available. if you need it, call ahead of time to make sure it's in stock. rain continues to fall and wind continues to intensify.

live doppler 7, you can see entire region is blanketed with rainfall, much moderate to heavy. will continue for a while. storm ranks three on the storm impact scale. will continue into early morning hours. wind gusts may reach 50 miles per hour in the hills and flooding concerns remain over the burn areas. low temperatures in low afternoon, broken up more, scattered showers and breaks of sun here and there. breezy with highs in upper 50s to around 60. accuweather seven-day forecast, by tomorrow downgraded to one, lingering clouds wednesday, clearing out thursday and warming up, happy, happy warm up end of the week. >> technical term i believe.

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one of the concepts at consumer electronics show. ces started. spoke about the exciting technology. >> reporter: explain what this is? >> seems perfectly reasonable right? nissan brain to vehicle technology that uses this wave cap. imagine a driver wearing what i presume is odd looking cap with wires coming out of it. nissan says this will allow the car to predict what the driver is going to do before the driver even does it. >> wow. car knows i'm going to speed before i know. >> horrifying. >> other advances to expect, laptops with cellular connectivity and 20-hour battery life and versions of alexa with ability to control your appliances, like your toilet, if that's what you need.

i don't know. taking action to curb smartphone addiction among kids. said in open letter to apple the company must offer more tools to help fight addiction to its gadgets. two investors collectively control $2 billion of apple's affairs. 7 on your side's michael finney. >> i'm helping someone i know impacted by internet scams. advice? >> first file a complaint with internet crime complaint center. really important, they track all of this. if friend used debit or credit card, check his or her credit report to see if bad guys charged anything else or stolen your friend's identity. extremely important. may also want to close the account used in the scheme. i'll post a link on the website

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your dog. >> i can find the dog. doesn't move quickly. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. next at 5:00, welcome and much-needed site. strongest storm of the season impacting the bay area. firing back. fired by google over controversial memo files suit. >> kate steinle case, federal prosecutors get their crack at man acquitted of killing her. hoping people take precautions and slow down. take the extra time they need. >> sound advice on a soggy january day. biggest storm of the season hits bay area and all of california. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze.

thanks for joining us. raining all day but brunt of the strong weather system about to hit us. >> and thousands of people hitting the road right now like these leaving san francisco are in for wet and windy ride home to be sure. >> here's something we haven't seen in a while, localized street flooding because storm drains unable to handle the downpours. team coverage. >> begin with sandhya patel. haven't seen anything like this for a while. >> that's right. look at live doppler 7, entire bay area is blanketed in green right now. no one is escaping this storm. take you in to where seeing heavy and moderate, orange and yellow colors. street level, where it's raining in east bay. it's been a steady rain this afternoon but hasn't been just pitter patter, at times p