an atmospheric river is

packing a solid punch tonight. downed trees, flood danger and slippery roads and looking at live doppler 7, nowhere near out of the woods yet. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. it's a mess out there tonight. live look from bay bridge toll plaza camera, all the rain and slick roads. >> flooding closed northbound 101 connecter in san francisco, seen about 2 1/2 inches of rain since midnight yesterday. >> part of the great highway also closed. rain is toppling trees across the area. >> sandhya patel is tracking this late season pineapple express. >> delivered over half a foot of rain and still counting. live doppler 7 right now, it's pretty much wet across the entire bay area.

last hour or two, seeing lightning strikes off the coastline, thunderstorms are a possibility. street level radar, it's coming down right now. show you where we're seeing heavy rain, around santa rosa. fulton road, drenching rain. east bay to alameda, lighter. moderate rain out of the martinez area to bay point. san francisco region, daly city, steady light rain going to intensify. into sant acruz, light showers. flooding warning extended to tomorrow. flooding is still possible. next band of rain is coming. level three on the storm impact scale. strong storm. drenching rain, flooding,

thunderstorm chance and gusting windsment i'll be back to let you know how long it's going to last. you have to turn around. turn around. >> a large tree came down at walnut creek blocking the boulevard. took down power lines as well. sparking and smoking. chp closed the street until removed. >> millbrae, a large oak tell fell blocking only exit from cul-de-sac. public works on hand to clear it out. fell towards street and not home, nobody was hurt. >> east bay, toppling trees, here's one that fell in lafayette. heavy rain flooded out roads in north bay as well.

carlos saucedo with team coverage. >> reporter: flooding is a concern for north bay area residents. >> heard it all night long, looked out window, flowing pretty good. >> reporter: mobile home community live next to creek no stranger to flooding, especially during a strong wet system. >> thought for sure would be under water here but must have come around to clean the drains. >> reporter: officials had to close off a portion of the expressway after overtaken by high waters. some drivers chanced it. rural roads in sonoma had been flooded out, forcing drivers to turn around. not for joe richardson. >> we always go this way. >> reporter: not intimidated by the waters? >> not this road. >> reporter: but best to heed

warning signs. this driver thought he could pass through, forced to stop and come back. >> already a rescue out here today. don't think it's deep, gets deep quick and too late. >> reporter: residents don't seem to mind it one bit. >> we like it, let it rain. >> abc7 news. in west sonoma county, perfect example of what can go wrong driving through flood waters. two people and two dogs had to be rescued if flooded highway. all-wheel drive suv stalled out and became submerged. one rescuer uses watercraft from marin county. nobody was hurt. some parts, more than five inches have fallen. >> katie utehs is live.

>> reporter: high potential for flooding in sycamore park area. police warned people to move their cars in case. some have done it, others are watching the rain. >> 6.64 feet and going down. >> reporter: they check as rain pounds the area. >> just passed high tide and next is 4:00 in the morning. if that passes without a problem, should be all right. >> reporter: police warned residents to move cars for potential flooding. >> we put our cars in driveway, don't normally do. total of 17 cars were flooded then and totaled on the street. one was flooded and we saved it. mess. >> reporter: roads have been a mess today, weather related

crashes. vallejo, driver lost control, hit pole and injured two people. in walnut creek, truck clipped lines, knocking out power to hundreds. >> higher chance of the electricity traveling down the lines in this weather. we have to be cautious. >> reporter: sycamore park residents are cautiously optimistic. >> we get concerned when that storm drain backs up. maybe water will come on to the street. >> reporter: mill valley in second place for highest rainfall totals according to national weather services monitoring, more than five inches in last 24 hours. abc7 news. >> and we can see more coming katie. in sonoma county, chp officer hydroplaned into flooded ditch. officer wasn't injured, tow

truck pulled it free. >> first responders, busy in santa cruz mountains, responded to multiple crashes including this truck flipped on its side. lane closures brought the traffic to a crawl in commute. >> yosemite is open this weekend but could change depending on the weather. live look at sfo, runway is gliftenning with rain. have been problems, canceled flights and delays averaging an hour. some diverted to oakland but oakland and san jose had delays too. baseball fans lamenting that rained out at&t park. sixth since it opened. first one since 2006.

live look at live doppler 7, see plenty of green. sandhya will be back with forecast in a few minutes. download the abc7 news app to track the rain. more ahead. breaking news in north bay. small plane has crashed. mystery in oakland hills tonight. car over a cliff and dead body nearby. on the mend, promising news for former governor arnold schwarzenegger. third annual silicon valley comicen ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine

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body today. grizzly peak in oakland, white prius had gone over a cliff to the bottom. missing woman drove a white prius, not released the name yet, don't know what caused crash or when it happened. boyfriend reported her missing earlier this week. >> told my son this, yeah, he knew this too. grizzly peak, she may have gone off a cliff. >> boyfriend in hawaii this week, cutting vacation short to return to the bay area. health officials confirming six cases of measles in the bay area. confirmed five the past month. another case reported in alameda county. officials say make sure you have measles vaccine but threat to the public is very low. >> arnold schwarzenegger is out

of the hospital, got valve replaced. at home and doing well. tweeted updates from hospital state, including lines from the "terminator" movies. silicon valley comic con is in town, star-studded. >> katie marzullo from the convention center. >> reporter: hundreds of costumed fans transported from real world to fantasy land. from "star wars" to movie stars to tv legends. >> never been off the air since 1957, plays in 80 stations around the world. >> reporter: has something for everyone. >> i can see celebrities and artists i've known since i was little and grew up with. >> dressing up and being another person, just being that character for the day, think

that's the best part of all. >> reporter: but more to this event than meets the eye. >> we look at science fiction as tomorrow's science reality. >> reporter: what better place for that leap than the silicon valley? >> we watched "star trek," and communicators are cell phones. >> reporter: rain threatened to ruin piper the red panda's big night. >> got me wet, lot of anxiety because don't like being wet. >> reporter: if only storm troopers around to help her out. abc7 news. >> good fun. >> and indoors, place to be tonight. will that be necessary for all weekend? >> no, not a washout all weekend. but stormy pattern is not done. atmospheric river is setting rainfall records. live doppler 7 right now, show you where it's coming down.

from mark west springs to calistoga, across silver otter trail it's pouring. other parts, pittsburg, it's falling. oakland to san leandro, williams street to castro valley, steady light rain. san francisco heading down to san bruno and in towards santa cruz we're seeing rain. there are concerns, flood advisory until tomorrow morning for mendocino and sonoma county. watch the small creeks and streams. russian river near hopland until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night. expected to crest near flood stage. some concern. navarro river until midnight on

sunday. flood watch is 11:00 a.m. tomorrow, all the region. mud and rock slides are possible. just remain alert going into tomorrow morning. what did we do? san francisco, 2.10 inches of rain. that's actually a daily record. second wettest record for the entire month of april. now san francisco has surpassed the average rain for entire month of april, the case for many cities. mill valley over five inches. more than half a foot in occidental, and san jose and santa cruz mountains not gotten share yet, third of inch. santa rosa, concord, over an inch. livermore, .06.

this is a warm storm. done its damage. so far over 30 reports of flooding, mostly debris flows some, and heavy rain as well. continue to see problems like that. sierra, could be problematic, all rain falling on top of the snow. flood watch in effect until 11:00 sunday. enhanced flooding potential with heavy rain on top of the high snow pack. high sierra, levels are high. emeryville paints a wet picture. take it easy on the roads. winds down midday tomorrow, drying out sunday and monday. storm impact scale exclusive to abc7 news this is strong level three to tomorrow morning. drefrmging rain, flooding and heavy winds. north bay, watch the rain into 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. pounding across parts of the

area. 5:00 a.m., san francisco, east bay and south. by the time the sun is coming up, most are drying out except south bay and monterey. spotty showers into late morning, not enough to wash out the weekend. keep umbrella handy. most of the energy will be gone. additional rainfall from quarter inch in livermore to over an inch in calistoga. will be stormy. allow extra time commute tomorrow. 60s in afternoon. might need umbrella but mostly drying out. level three storm tomorrow morning, then a break. sunshine sunday, warmer monday, 80s inland. weaker systems, showers at level one wednesday and thursday. download the app and keep track

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good evening. giants rained out. a's opened weekend series with the angels in anaheim. quickly built 6-0 lead, what could go wrong in home run derby. a's, jed lowrie, matt joyce, semien all with first. don't pitch well. off daniel gossett out into the pirates of the caribbean there. angels down 6-5. swinging a's keep swing. matt chapman, third of the year. other matt, olson, second home

run of the season. a's lead 9-7 but a's bullpen highly flappable. throwing error. powell, effort, running into the sign. nothing doing. 5-1 angels, you can hit five home runs and lose by four. masters, round two at augusta. jordan spieth on calm day, double bogey, 2 over 74, tied for fourth at minus four. tiger woods happy to be back at augusta and back not killing him but not happy with the shot. 4 over par, ten strokes back. leader in patrick reed. they're expecting bad weather. see who survives that. cavs at sixers, wearing a

san francisco giants hat, styling. sixers led. lebron exploding down the line. 45 points, 11 boards and assists. bomb to lebron, fouled early. called it late. gave him three follows, a gift. makes first, misses the second. now he's got to miss intentionally. watch larry nance jr. almost tip it in. would have been overtime. instead the sixers win 13th straight, 132-130. second dubs against the world art show. it is what it sounds like. pretty cool with all these pictures on the wall. over 50 local and national -- look at that mural. local and national artists with their own take on the warriors

in various forms. young steph there. portion of the proceeds go welcome home sanctuary for the animals. >> that's impressive. >> artwork is gorgeous. wish it was open longer so we could all see it. set up in nba finals maybe. if the warriors get that far. >> backdrop. >> would be nice. >> thanks larry. >> abc7 news continues now online, twitter, facebook and mobile

that's our report on this friday. appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen

tv's number one daily viral video show, "right this minute." it's a fine dining experience with a lot of flair, but -- >> it could always get bigger. >> the problem when bigger flames bring on the water works. >> check, please. time for the big reveal. >> the answer is just one click away. >> the moment it changes a young man's life. >> good job! a biker gets a flirty invitation from a passing car. >> show off for me, baby. and he does. >> the wheelie that leads to a really big surprise. >> no! and working it out with the family. >> that's grandma on the treadmill. >> what happens when the little ones try to speed her up. >> oh!

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>> i've got a video to prove you wrong. drew was out on his motorcycle and pulled past the ladies. that chick sucking on a lollipop gives drew the devil horns. drew took that to mean show off for me, baby, and he does. all right, just a little baby wheelie there, because he was coming up on a light but ladies, let me show you what i can do when the light turns green. >> i'll not lie to you, i will egg him on just to help him with stupid. >> drew has control over his throttle, and in this case, holds it up much longer. the ladies right there whipping on by, the window is down, still eyeing up drew. >> was that him blowing a kiss. >> yes. >> did they write their phone number on a napkin yet and hand it over? >> you're making jokes but by golly watch this at the next light. >> hi, you're cute, you can ride

wheelies, here's my number, thank you very much. >> that's cute. >> despite the irresponsible riding on public roads, nobody got hurt, they got phone numbers and maybe there was a love connection made due to motorcycle. i love that. these firefighters have to do a lot of rescuing and they don't have a lot of resources. so this time they use their own ingenuity to put together this, a tripod, to help rescue an animal that has fallen down a well, 20 feet down, to be exact. >> it's a big tripod. >> i'm wondering what's down there. >> a horse. you can see right there, they rigged that together with their own resources. now that horse has been down there for four days, but these firefighters basically winched it up to the car, and then they lowered one of the firefighters down to take a look-see. >> mechanical advantage. we learned that back in school. the blocking tackle, the pulleys, multiplies the force that you're using.

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become a potentially deadly mix. >> you've got four people in a life and death struggle. >> but those are steps. you'd think it would be somewhat easy to get back up. >> see what happens, next. ever frustrated about getting around the store? you're not alone. >> when are they going to figure out how to guide us around these places? >> is there an app for that? see it, next on "right this minute." uploading your w2. just take a little photo of it. no kerfuffle.