can expect light rain and showers to continue, less than a quarter of an inch of rain likely in most areas. it will be breezy at times. notice we'll continue to see pockets of light scattered showered overnight and into tomorrow morning. we'll start with wed weather in the early morning hours. that will be dissipated followed by a storm coming in on sunday. it will produce rain. >> thank you. in the east bay, will be the first. residents will participate in the exercise. sky 7 shows the route along the way from st. andrews drive to glory a -- gloriana boulevard.

are they ready? >> reporter: they're prepped. they're going to knock on neighbors' doors and then get in their cars and drive out all as part of a drill. >> literally what we have done is separate the town into 23 different zones. >> the police chief says for one of those zones, the ones that encompasses the country club, saturday at 7:00 a.m. will be show time. here's a look from sky 7. residents will be directed to evacuate on st. andrews drive and out to highway 24. the busy two-way road is one of the few leading out of town. it will become a one-way evacuation route between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. with all westbound traffic.

the signs are up. >> is it a good idea to have a live active drill? >> absolutely. i think it's necessary. it would be silly not to prepare in a town that's very similar. >> one of the things we'll be doing in the skper tomorrow, we'll be doing the evacuation at 20 miles an hour because the real is when the road is that choked, people have to work together because one accident could tie that street up and block hundreds of other people from being able to evacuate. >> reporter: lessons learned tomorrow will be aemployed to other drills in other zones. 20 agencies are coming to watch it in live action to eventually replicate it in their own communities. >> i think it's great. i always wondered how the evacuation would be with all of the wildfires. >> reporter: the chief said 10% to 20% are optding out.

the rest are ready to get the evacuation. pg&e sunday fire again. they're accused of falsifying records and pressuring employees to go along with it. an investigation revealed they failed to mark gas lines because of low staffing and pressured supervisors to falsify records between 2012 and 2017. they must be marked to prevent construction companies from hitting them. a normally busy city union street remains closed a day after a massive water main break. it happened at betancourt way. al mena county water district crews are still on scene. they're wanting to repair a very serious break to a pipe. the overlay shows the precise location. officials don't know how long this repair is going to take or

exactly what caused it. a pg&e crew was working on it. a handful of residents remain without water. in the south bay former first lady michelle obama is on a book tour in soan jose for he book "becoming." she met with a special group of community members. chris gwinguyen has the story. >> reporter: happening inside the building, an intimate conversation with the former first lady. >> there are so many people i wish could be here because michelle obama has been such a meaningful presence to all of us. >> reporter: as part of her visit to san jose to celebrate the publication of her memoir, michelle obama met with emergency leaders who are part of a group that's near and dear to her heart. >> if you're going to lead and

if you're going to have any sign of success, you have to be prepared to fail at maybe even every turn. >> reporter: these are some of the bay area members. an organization that prepares diverse young people for careers in public service. they came here ahead of mrs. obama's appearance. >> the transparency and grace which she leads is what young people need to see and identify with. >> reporter: in the 1990s, she founded and served as a director. >> she's really been a marker for me my entire life to see what it means to be a powerful woman of power with grace and poise and the ease of being also human. >> reporter: these young adults now more inspired than ever. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc news. in an abc exclusive his

fixer and lawyer said candidate trump knew it was wrong. abc news reporter tara palmieri has more. >> reporter: he told abc's george stephanopoulos -- >> the people of the united states of america, the people of the world don't believe what he's saying. >> reporter: the long-time lawyer and fixer sentenced to three years in prison over a smorgasbord of campaign finance crimes including payments to porn star and former playmate months be ever the 2016 election. cohen and prosecutors say trump directed him to make those payments, but cohen said he doesn't want to go down in history as a villain. >> you lied for him for a long time. >> more than ten years. >> why? >> out of loyalty. out of loyalty to him. >> reporter: cohen saying he knew at the time the hush money

was improper. >> he was trying the hide what you were doing, correct? >> correct. >> and he knew it was wrong. >> of course. >> reporter: cohen claimed candidate trump was deeply involved with david pecker to buy and bury mcdougall's story about an alleged affair. trump denies the affair. >> he directed me to become involved in these matters including the one with mcdougal which was really between him and david pecker and then david pecker's counsel. >> reporter: pecker is now koomting with the u.s. attorney on the case. >> that means pecker could end up being a critical witness against president trump. >> federal prosecutors are also investigating whether foreign donations were illegally funneled into the inauguration committee and whether they were used for special access by the administration. tara palmieri, abc news, washington. we'll talk about michael cohen as well as several other

topics. special counsel robert mueller's team is pushing back. mueller's office says agents didn't need to warn flynn that lying to them was illegal. the filing comes four days before flynn is sentenced for lying the fbi about his conversations with the then russian ambassador to the u.s. president trump has a new acting chief of staff. budget director mick mulvaney. more on the announcement just this afternoon. plus giving back this holiday season. disney and abc 7 are partnering with toys forred tos. how you can help kids this christmas. coming up on 4:09 on a friday afternoon. >> eh. >> is that your evaluation? >> could be better. >> if you're in the carpool lane, you are moving.

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as we reported earlier, michael cohen is emphatically insisting president trump paid hush money payments. >> it's a lot for congress to tackle and as congresswoman jackie speier will play an active role. >> thanks, guys.

congresswoman speier, fresh off the plane. >> i am. >> thank you so very much. it's good to have you. let's start with cohen. president trump continues to say cohen is a liar, in fact, tweeted today, hey, he did it on his own accord. have you seen any evidence that has indicated what story is true and what evidence you could try to pursue in the new congress? >> so the evidence we all see is a president who as the owner of his small company, 50 employees used to dictate everything that went on, and just recently he tried to tell his white house counsel to do something and he said i'll live if you ask me to do something. he's accustomed to doing it and

i think he's been attempting to do it in the white house as well. >> you wrote an article about a real estate deal ten years ago. president trump sold his palm beach mansion for about $15 million above market value. >> in 2008. >> to a russian oligarch. >> trump said it was the art of the deal. why do you not buy it? >> it was a lot of money, $4 million over what he paid for it a few years ago with minimal improvements. the purchaser never lived in the mansion, nerve visited it to my knowledge. it was valued after the recession for $54 million. so it was still under what it was actually paid for, and at the same time, donald trump was in a big deal of hurt. he had $40 million of a personal guarantee that was due from deutsche bank, his casinos were failing, and there's a whole history of all this russian

money. >> you read about how putin is related to the olt i gark, so there could be a relation there. people could read your article. also we have to talk about the possible government shutdown. it could happen this friday. when he met with leaders this week, he said if i don't get that border wall funding, then it's on me. let's take a look at what he said today, what he tweeted. all right, we don't have that with us right now, but basically he's saying, democrats, we don't want to do the shutdown. you've got to support the funding. this week he said it's on me, now he's saying democrats. regardless, what are you doing to try to head off the shutdown? >> it's really not for usz to decide. he says he has the votes, then put up the votes. he has control of the house and the senate and he's the executive. so we don't want a shutdown, and you can easily continue government through a continuing resolution, but he's saying he

wants another $5 billion for his wall. we gave him $1.3 billion for this year and 1.3 from last year about and he's only spent $93 million. he doesn't need the extra money. the wall is not going to be the panacea in terms of the immigration issue. >> but you're going back to washington next week to try to prevent that. >> that's right. we're back in session on wednesday. you've been one of the leading people on the me too movement. congratulations. can you tell me how that's going to hold lawmakers ktdable? >> moving forward, if a member commits sexual harassment, no longer are the taxpayers going to pay for it. going to come out of the paycheck of that member of congress and the vipg tictims a going to be represented by counsel. they're not going to have to go

through remediation or a cooling off period. we're going to try to create a much more safer place for men and women to work in the capitol and congress. we have about 20 seconds left. with the new congress, what will be the new democratic priorities under house speaker to be nancy pelosi. how big will the trump investigation be in your priorities? >> it certainly will be part of our priorities but we made it clear we want to secure the affordable care act, bring prescription drug costs down, make sure there's an infrastructure available and clean up the corruption in the white house. >> congratulations. congresswoman jackie speier, always good to see you. >> thank you. 'tis the season for giving and as part of the disney family we're thrilled to be partnering with with the marine corps toys for tots this morning. they made a drop-off at the

disney store in union square. toys for tots has been going strong since 1947. >> our goal is to deliver toys for christmas. >> the gift of imagination. you're unable to unlock that potential every single day, and to see the sparkle in the kids' eyes, it takes your breath away. >> it's absolutely amazing. for every new unwrapped toy at disney in the u.s. or shop online, disney will donated $5 to toys for tots up to 1 million dollars. >> it was great because we had the bins in the hallway and every day you could see them stacking up and stacking up. fantastic. spencer christian is here. it looks like a good weekend to go to the mall and shop for ama. >> isn't it her bedtime. >> that's why you need to go to the paul. here's a live look at

doppler 7. we have light rain and showers widely scattered. let me show you where it's headed at the moment. look at that. that massive rain moved out over the bay and dissipated. we have new waves mounting here over the inland east bay. the rain is not very heavy or widespread. here's a live view and wide as well from our rooftop camera. currently 59 degrees in san francisco and oakland, 63. morgan hills, 67. 57 at half moon bay. temperature readings right now, 53 in santa rosa, 50s here and 60 at livermore. and the view -- it was a view but not anymore. here's raindrops on the lens of our sutra tower cameras. we'll see light rains and showering continuing through tomorrow morning.

continues into early monday morning and we'll have a dryer pattern in the middle of next week. let's talk about current storm which ranks one of the storm's impacts. we could expect light rain and showers. less than a quarter inch is likely in this system in most areas. it will be breezy at times. notice this little spotty isolated shower, except early tomorrow morning. there may be a greater concentration of wet weather but it will dissipate and break up into nothing. what does fall is mainly in the north bay. overnight, low temperatures will be in the 40s to low 50s. tomorrow's highs will be right around 60 degrees in most locations. let's move on to the next storm. that will be a strong storm on the storm impact scale. we'll expect rainfall totals of half an inch to an inch and a half. in most areas, gusty winds. 30 miles an hour and rough and

potentially dangerous receiver will accompany the storm. going into the morning hours, sunday, 10:00 sunday morning, widespread rain moderate to heavy in the north bay. we'll see the wave of strong stormy weather moving down south of the golden gate and into the east bay as well and by sunday evening we'll see most of the storm activity in the south bay and east bay. it will start to clear up a little bit and the storm will wind down early monday morning. rainfall potential, anywhere from just above a half inch to just under an inch and a half for most of the bay area. wind gusts will be up to 40 miles an hour or higher, especially on the coast line and in the higher elevations. so let's move along and take look at our surf advisory. high surf warning from 9:00 sunday morning to 9:00 evening. strong rip currents and waves are possible. here's our seven-day forecast. we'll have much calmer weather

on monday and a dry pattern for most of the remainder of next week. >> you can shop the whole weekend. it's all about that. well, an early christmas present for thousands of college students. the reason their debt will be erased. but first, questioning the safety of laser eye surgery after a st took her own life. we'll tell you what doctors are saying. taking a look at traffic on the skyway that has been brutal all week, it's just awful. that's the traffic trying to get down toward the south bay. they're trying to get down to the lower deck of the bay brj to the east bay. friday, so people are going home for the weekend, but it's about as bad as

this is a story i've been thinking about. a meteorologist in detroit took her own life. i worked in detroit. i didn't know her. my husband worked there at the station. she had a husband, two kids. >> since 1986 more than 82 million have undergone the surgery. >> his 27th birthday my son lost all hope. >> reporter: drchl nancy burleson knows the pain of laser eye surgery all too well after her son max who underwent the procedure could no longer deal with his pain. >> first he had severe pain. he felt like needles were continuously being poked inside his eye. by the time he was four months after this procedure he became legally blind.

>> reporter: no longer able to go to school, find work, or even go outside, max had lost all hope. >> the day after his birthday, he went into a state park in texas and put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. >> reporter: meantime just this week jessica starr, a tv meteorologist in detroit took her own life. on her facebook page she expressed her difficulties with recovering from vision correction surgery. the doctor has performed over 25,000 vision correcting procedures and doesn't believe there's a scientific correlation between the surgery and suicide. >> i think suicide is a tragic multi-factor mental health issue. i don't know if it can all be sumped up to one cause. >> reporter: he says only 1% of the 700,000 procedures in america result in major complications but that surgery isn't for everyone. >> the most important everything

is to determine if you're an excellent candidate prior to proceduring with any surgery. >> reporter: meantime nancy burleson is skeptical of the studies done, touting the safety of these procedures and has a message. >> my son would be alive today if the true risk of what's going wrong with this procedure was made known. >> a traygy. there's new trouble for johnson & johnson after a report it knew about asbestos in its baby powder. how far the company's stock fell today. plus -- >> until i see her, i will not feel it's real. >> a woman who grew up in northern california stabbed to death in netherlands allegedly by her roommate. the warning signs her mother said were right there to see.

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we're seeing light rain throughout our evening commute. the second storm will be packing a high punch. there was a tweeting about michelle obama's sold out book tour tonight. the former first lady's stop in san jose is expected to draw big crowds. in an abc news exclusive, michael cohen says he's telling the truth. the president's former lawyer sat down with george stephanopoulos. cohen said president trump knew the hush money was wrong. you can watch the full interview on abc7news.com. president trump has tapped mick mulvaney as acting white house chief of staff. the current manager of the office of budget will replace john kelly. abc's tara palmieri has the details. >> reporter: the president tweeted, quote, i'm pleaseted to announce that mick mulvaney will

be acting white house chief of staff, adding, i will be looking forward to working with him in this capacity, making america great again. mulvaney said in a tweet, this will be a pleasure. it's going to be a great 2019, the announcement coming hours after former new jersey governor chris christie declined the job in a statement saying, quote, it's an honor having the president consider me, but now is not the right time for me or my family to undertake this serious assignment. among the possible names being mentioned as permanent replacements, one-time deputy campaign manager david bossy and white house adviser kellyanne conway. the trump administration is deciding whether to are place restrictions on fetal tissue and government-backed research.

it stopped procuring human fetal tissue for some research projects while they look at the role it plays. it's likely to spark a fierce debate between anti-abortion advocates and those in favor of it. the ohio house passed hb258, 53-32 was the vote after debating past midnight. this bill bans an abortion as soon as a heart beet could be detected by ultrasound, which can happen in aid to ten weeks of pregnancy. republican governor elect mike dewine said he would sign such a bill if it crosses his desk. police canceled classeses at sandhya hook elementary school on the sixth anniversary of the massacre that killed six

educators and 20 kindergartners. someone phoned in a bomb threat around 9:00 this morning. it came just before a planned memorial to honor the victims. out of an abandon of caution, a sweep was made and they found nothing. the school was already on heightened alert because of the anniversary. a dutch man is now in custody accused of murdering an american college student studying in the netherlands. sarah who grew up in reading before moving to minnesota was found stabbed to dektds ath in n apartment. >> reporter: a family thousands of miles away frustrated and looking for answers. >> she could make friends with everybody. until i see her, i will not feel it's real. >> reporter: her daughter was enjoying a semester abroad studying psychology when she was found stabbed two death at

herater dam apartment. witnesses heard screams coming from the third floor where the attack happened. arresting her roommate, a 23-year-old dutch man at a train station about 65 miles away shortly after her body was found. her mother says there were warning signs and remembers her daughter had recently complained about the suspect's growing temper. >> mom, he's my friend, i'm his only friend, but then she brought up, you know, his anger, he would get angry, but i always can talk him down. >> reporter: police say they do not believe the two were romantically involved and are still searching for a motive as a mother is left grieving for her daughter before christmas. >> since i heard she was coming, i raced to put my tree up. i couldn't have christmas without it. >> her mother is leaving today

for the netherlands. >> that's a parent's worst nightmare, your child thousands of miles away. shares of johnson anlds johnson fell more than 10% as reports that the company knew about asbestos in its baby powder for decades. reuters showed the company's raw tall come and finished baby powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos. according to reports that information was kept from federal regulators. johnson & johnson denies the claim saying their baby powder is safe. about 15,000 college students getting an early christmas present and they're getting it from the federal government. the u.s. didn't of education is erasing $150 mull of debt who took out loans to pay tuition at for-profit schools.

organizers of mavericks could be getting ready to hold a competition. >> it could include women. up next, the bay area surfer who brought about a historic change. >> here's a view from emery view. clouds may hang around. i'll have details on that and can the

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it may happen and soon. org newsers are keeping an eye on the surf along the coast. they isn't out a surf statement indicating conditions may be prime for holding the event next week. waves could reach 50 feet following this weekend's storms. >> that is incredible to try to surf a 50-foot wave. when mavericks does take place it will be incredible because for the first time women will compete. >> we talked to one bay area surfer who brought about the historic change. >> reporter: expect to see lots of this at mavericks this year. not just great big wave surfing, but great big wave surfing by women. bianca valenti is one of ten women invited to compete. it's the first time women will

compete. mavericks can produce huge waves as this video from previous competition shows. only the top sufbers dare to take it on. >> i surf mavericks when it breaks. >> so it's like going in wherever where you've been. >> it's exciting. it always shows different faces. >> reporter: being part of the competition was not easy. the organizer said the waves were too powerer for women so bianca and three other women servers banded together to change the sport. this past summer, they got what they were after. california state lands commission would only permit it if women got paid the same. >> women first through ten will get the same amount of money as men first through ten. >> when these women heard no,

they said, too bad, we're still going to do it. they stood up for what they wanted in that moment and turned the tide in their favor. >> reporter: it's a tide she's had to ride through four years. >> i very much credit my time in the ocean with my survival of cancer. the most difficult thing with cancer is really not knowing what's going to happen next. my experience in the ocean is exactly that. you're in this massive moving beast and you have no idea what's going to happen next, but all you can do is stay calm to survive that and turn it into something beautiful. these women are saying, no, enough. we deserve this. we're going to do this. they stood up for what they wanted. >> i feel really, really proud to change policy and pave the way for future generations. >> this is the first time we'll see women compete.

everyone will be watching to see how the women do and what kind of pressure is that? >> for the people who are doubting, i'm exciting for them to watch. they're going to be impressed. i think people are going to have their minds blown and be like, wow, women are amazing and can do anything. >> wow. >> i think we're already impressed. >> these women are pretty courageous. i'll tell you what. if you survive a 50-foot wave at mavericks, you deserve to get as much money as you can, ladies. >> because of the equal pay, they have offered equal pay at all of its events worldwide. we have wet weather around the air yachl mainly light rain and showers is what remains of this storm ranks one. so now through tomorrow morning we can expect more light rain and showers, breezy at times. then a stronger storm comes in

on sunday, ranking 2 on the storm impact scale. that will increase on tuesday. that will produce a half an inch to an inch of rain with wind gusts up to 30, 40 miles an hour. rough and dangerous surf are likely. over in sierra, a winter storm is in effect. look for ten inches to 18 inches of snow possibly up to two feet. there will be poor visibility and chain controls are likely. on we go to the accuweather seven-day forecast. back here in the bay area, spotty showers for tomorrow with sunny breaks here and there. wet and windy on sunday. early morning sprinkles on sunday and dry powder for the remainder of the week but clouds will linger. we do expect dry conditions. relatively mile. high temperatures, daytime, low to mid-60s. >> that's not bad at all jup next, a special deal for a good cause. releasing a new brew to benefit

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drinking for a cause. there's a new brew that's going help with those devastated by the camp fire. >> they created the recipe. we have details on today's national release of the special beer and how it's going help fire victims. katie? >> reporter: in this case, sierra nevada, said anyone who wants it can have it. they took up the cause and all proceeds will go toward the camp fire relief fund. as you mentioned, it all started with the sierra nevada nevada n in chico. they created the residency for the resilience butte county ale. some 1,400 breweries signed up

to brew it, sell it, and give the proceeds to the camp fire. there's been a lot of buzz following the announcement earlier this month. >> we were asked if we were participating in it before we had it on. >> reporter: the brew is a they sent a 7-month pregnant reporter here. i have not been able to taste it. you can enjoyet at breweries across san francisco. >> katie utehs. >> she's drinking water. >> you look great. if she didn't say, i would not have known. i didn't know.

there you are. those ugly christmas sweaters could have an upside. >> really? abc 7's michael finney is here to tell us about it. this is breaking news snooze best of an upside you can have. sfifrt let's talk about electric cars. short driving range and long driving times have been the two achilles vehicles of electric vehicles but it appears one of those is being solved. bmw is teaming up. try a full charge taking 15 minutes. that's much quicker than tesla's supercharger. here's some money-saving news for those who have holiday shopping to do. amazon is extending its free shipping promotion. the offer was supposed to end today but amazon is extending it until next tuesday. this is for regular shipping with no minimum purchase.

don't be shy about wearing that ugly christmas swetdser, larry. next friday it could get you on a plane faster for alaskan airlines. they'll let those who wear ugly sweaters onboard early. it's to honor national ugly sweater day this year. this time alaska will be playing holiday music to get flyers in the mood apparently for ugly sweaters. keep in mind next friday is expected to be the busiest travel day of the year. >> good luck? i want to hear from you. the seven on your side hotline is open monday through friday until 2:00 p.m. the telephone number is -- you can reach for me on my facebook page through abc7news.com. will you be wearing an ugly sweater. >> he'll just be wearing a sweater and we can say, oh, you're anticipating in the ugly

sweater. >> because i'm wearing an ugly sweater? we used to get along so well, michael. then they told her to show more of her personal and there it is now. >> you don't want it so much now, right. >> put it back in the bottle. put it back in the bottle snow thank you, michael. i'm learning new things by the second here today. we'll take you inside a new york city cafe dedicated to the hazelnut spread of nutella. >> people love the creaminess of the hazelnut cocoa spraend they love nutella. ♪ we're at the new new york city nutella cafe. the whole store is like walking into your own nutella jar. you've got the great nutella menu. it's in it, on it, or next to it. once you walk into the front door that looks like a nutella

jar it reminds you of everything and you're immersed into the full nutella experience. some of my favorite ones we just added is the strawberry quinoa pudding that you can get inside of a buckwheat crepe with nutella drizzled on top. the spread your happy create your own menu, french toast, the waffle. you can get the regular amount of nutella on it, extra, and you can tell us what you want inside. we know that people in the united states, especially in new york, love nutella. so many people come up to me and talk to me about the nutella and their love and how they grew up with it. a lot of people that moved here from another country and however day at breakfast they were able to enjoy nutella as a kid and it brings them back and this is a place you can enjoy it on the menu and have a great experience. >> we snead one of those here. >> oh, yes.

nutella, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. >> absolutely. you can check out the new brand. it's on facebook and instagram. up next, ready for anything. the projects helping south based students prepare for disasters. thanks. new at 5:00, you could call them babes in the woods frrks dna clones to plantings in the presidio. scientists took a big step to fighting climate change. plus -- >> the first commission i did was for the queen. >> not everyone can say that. we'll have more when i join larry for abc7 news at 5:00.

in the south bay students are using it to show they're ready for anything. it's taken on a special meaning in the wake of the california wildfires. we have the story from san jose. >> i was the one that painted

this. >> reporter: these aren't your typical fourth or fifth grade students. they're kids in california, aware of the natural disasters and devastation around the state. for them it's preparation through projects. >> i know that we're ready because we fell more ready than before. >> reporter: instead of traditional reading, writing, and arithmetic, students at this elementary school in san jose are taking the project-based learning approach. with guidance, these kids are ready for anything. >> the learning is much more authentic. we always have a purpose for everything that we do, and the kids are well aware of the purpose. >> reporter: on friday doris's class turned to the wildfires. >> this is about a model of where the fire started. right here is tubbs lane. >> explaining to peers how the

tubbs fire started. in another classroom, earthquakes with a focus on a specific one. it was assigned before the deadly camp fire. once it sparked, the conversation became deeply relevant. >> they were really moved by it as well. we started to incorporate things and they started to ask more questions, so why did this really happen. >> reporter: beyond investigating why, the students are asking how they can help. they've set a donation goal of about $2,000 and since thursday have collected $200. and you can, of course, get the latest news any time with the abc7 news app. it has enhanced features, more customizati customization, and push alerts to get you the news you want delivered to you in time. thanks for joining us at 4:00.

abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. pg&e in trouble again. new activity that they falsified documents and did so for years. plus -- >> it would be silly not to prepare in a town that's very similar. >> and a city gets ready to evacuate. only a test. but it could prevent vulnerabilities in the event of a wildfire. >> one company said their scooter stampede is being unfairly stalked. california's commitment that is a first for the country. the rain is here. the storm door is open. we have not said that in a while. san francisco, north bay and east bay, first of two systems has begun soaking the area, making evening commute a little bit mezier on a friday night. the last thing you need on a friday night. good evening. i'm larry beil.

>> we'll see when the storm door will close again. spencer? we have mainly light rain and scattered showers around the bay area. here's a look at the live view of the golden gate where the pavement is wet. we have a spare the air day. air quality will be poor. our current storm ranks one still on the storm impact scale. now through tomorrow morning we can expect more light rain and showers, less than a quarter inch of rainfall is likely. it will take us into the late night and overnight hours. we'll see another wave of showers coming in early tomorrow morning and most of the remainder of the day the rain becomes confined to the north bay. then becomes the second storm on sunday. on sunday, a stronger one, ranking two on the storm impact scale. it will produce rainfall totals of an inch to an inch and half. 30 to 40-mile-per-hour winds. rough and dangerous surf. i'll given you a closer