glad to see that's looking better now. in the south bay, crews worked quickly to the water was nearly knee deep. a nearby creek was recently plugged leaving any overflow with nowhere to go. the six-foot crawl space beneath the home was flooded. >> this is nothing compared to what you see in the back. the back is like a huge lake. everything is -- because the water, everything is draining from that side. the creek is plugged. so it just all behind that wall. >> the homeowner spent the last 23 years at her home and has never seen anything like this before. >> i think a lot of us don't want to see it again. it's 4:3. a quick update on your weather and traffic. hi, mike. >> hey, guys. we're talking about a day planner that's showing a 1 right now. kind of dropped it down just a little bit. lt me go back to that. the rainfall and the wind and everything else doesn't add up

to a 2. we're going to haveg acr the no right now. that will be our best chance for thunderstorms as we head throughout the rest of the day. let's talk more about the winds that sue just mentioned. i want to show you, they're still gusting out of the southwest. 20 in san carlos. 25 in concord. 20 in fairfield. around sfo, near 30 and 23 in half moon bay. if you're driving into the city, especially down 80, you're going to have a tough headwind. for the rest of us, it was like that, su'a cross the bay bridge. he was getting blown all over the place. >> we'll look at the santa cruz mountains. this was last night when they had a mudslide. they have one lane closed over the summit. this is in the southbound direction of 19. all that water coming through just because it's slick out there. chp has remained one lane closed from los gatos down for about a

mile and a half. so you'll have a little bit of slowing there. we'll show you what our sensors look like in a few minutes. yeah. the santa cruz mountains always bear the brunt of a lot of wind and heavy rain. weoave big side. this one is over in newark. it happened about 10:30 last night. they're just still in the process of clearing it. you are being diverted from eastbound 84 to southbound 880. you can't continue on until the big rig is back on its wheels. that should be another 40 minutes or so. guys. >> thanks, sue. crews will be cleaning up the mess from trees falling. >> this huge tree fell during a storm, it crashed into the rear of a car and crashed into a home. the tree narrowly missed the people inside. nobody was hurt. it was a different story in the east bay where a man died after a tree fell on him. it happened in oakland on the embankment off interstate 580 near macarthur boulevard.

they think he lived along the side of the freeway. he was found and called 9-1-1. cal trans owns the land so it's in charge of figuring out what caused the tree to fall. >> a couple was driving along the road in san jose when they hit a tree that had come down. it happened before the lawrence expressway. that couple is okay. marin county, downed power lines closed part of lucas valley road between big rock trail and nicasio valley road. the damaged lines may not be repaired until later today. the santa clara fire department tweeted this video of damage caused by a tree that went down in saratoga. the falling tree brought down power lines and a transformer. they're warning the public to stay away from the fallen power lines. they could be energized. more problems in east san jose. a busy intersection went dark after a ford truck crashed into a light pole. police say the driver was taken

to the hospital. traffic was snarled for more than two hours. about 3500 pe customers in the bay area are without power this morning. the north bay is one of the hardest hit areas, as of an hour something, 17,000 customers in the dark. 7200 customers without power in the peninsula. and 6400 customers in the south bay. in the east bay, the outages are affected about 4,800 customers and san francisco, just one customer without power. travelers are warned to expect more delays at san francisco international airport due to the weather today. you're looking live at sfo. airlines canceled 156 flights yesterday. another 477 were delayed. that adds up to more than one-third of the average daily passenger flights at sfo. if the wind and rain aren't enough, now come huge waves. there's a high surf warning in effect along the coastline for today and tomorrow.

breakers could peak between 40 and 50 feet high. >> the coast guard is urging everyone to stay off the water and away from the coastlines unless you absolutely have to. it brings hazards, high wind, low visibility, choppy seas and it's dangerous for people who don't have to be in this environment. >> the coast guard says anyone heading out on the water should file a float plan and double-check your safety gear. that was a lot of weather problem information. >> but we kind of knew we would have something like that this morning. >> mike, today will be calmer, right? >> the fastest winds will taper by the lunch hour. i want to talk about the high surf warning. the swells are about 11 feet. those are the swells. the breakers are always bigger as you get closer to the coast. so localized coastal flooding is possible here. today is the first day of king

tide. they climax in the highest levels so far this winter on sunday. we'll have more coastal flooding and bay flooding. so when the bay floods, because of king tides, they put out a coastal flood advisory. that's coming in right now. that should have said today. i changed it but didn't save it. 6.3 feet is the high tide at 7:42. that's at the golden gate. of course, it will be later. that's why it's until 9:00 for the entire bay, as that swell moves to the east ever so slowly. let's talk about what's going on today. we'll go region by region. in the north bay, the best chance of showers today. you may bet a little break by 8:00 when cooler weather comes in. unlike yesterday, we have a normal bell curve to the temperature. t evening. we cop out at 55 at 2:00. we have a best chance of scattered showers all the way up until 2:00. and mostly cloudy and

temperatures dropping back from near 60 to the mid-50s during the evening hours. for san francisco, same thing, best chance of rain now through 2:00 and then mostly cloudy and hack out in the mid to upper 50s throughout the day. another chance of showers tomorrow, we'll take a look at what's going to be a drier weekend. kind of need it. >> just a little groundwater -- my backyard was a lake. >> was it really? >> it drains out. >> it didn't get into the house? >> no. no flooding there. thank goodness. the roadways a different problem, though. we have ponding and flooding around a lot of the bay area. heads-up there. a little bit of slowing out of central valley for our early morning commuters getting up and at 'em. the big rig on its side for another half hour. you can see slow traffic headed towards the new park area and 84 in the eastbound direction. yo divte on to southbound 880. just be forewarned, there is a detour in place for to get this

big rig unloaded and back up on its wheels. southbound 17 closed los gatos and debris there. solo spinout in san jose. northbound 280. that ramp is about two feet of water there. be careful, guys. >> thank you, sue. oakland teachers are frustrated with the slow pace of contract talks. some of them are ready to hit the streets in protest. federal government workers federal government workers say enough is

this is abc 7 mornings. take a look at what's going on in the high country. let's take a look at, yep, looks like it's going to be a chance of wet weather just about everywhere with snow continuing up in the sierra. in fact, don't do it. blizzard conditions continue and that leftover snow will make tomorrow slippery. you're good to go saturday. more snow is coming in. that should say sunday. let's take a look at an update. we still have a blizzard. the worst conditions will continue until noon today. hold off the travel if you can because of the whiteout conditions. we'll have heavy snow through 4:00 tomorrow morning. that means the earlier you head up friday, the more likely you'll be in trouble with those icy roads. one to two feet abe00et lds anghrgh 7:0 tomorrow morning.

please be careful. alexis? >> thanks, mike. a group of oakland teachers is planning to hold a major disruption tomorrow. this is video of a similar protest last month where students and teachers marched to oakland city hall. the group of teachers called the wildcat underground say they are protesting the slow pace of contract negotiations between the oakland unified school district and the teachers union. organizers say teachers and students from several schools will gather at oakland tech at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow to rally outside the school before marching to school district offices on broadway at 9:00 a.m. it has come to this. the city council has unanimously approved a plan to provide no-interest short-term loans to federal airport employees hit by the government shutdown. the city will use airport fund to provide the loans to employees. the lns evereeorrs get their back pay. 500 federal workers at mineta san jose airport are currently involved in this mess. the daily absence rate at mineta jumped from the usual 3% to 14%.

we are entering day 27 of the government shutdown. there is still no end in sight to the political stalemate between president trump and the democrats. >> republicans are dismissing house speaker nancy pelosi's request that the president postpone his planned state of the union address. abc news reporter elizabeth hur has the latest. >> good morning. it is a bold move by the speaker and republicans are said to be weighing options. as for the president, he's publicly not budging but reportedly it's a different story behind closed doors. >> federal workers rallying across the country saying enough is enough. >> what do we want? pay. >> in washington, dozens of furloughed workers even paying senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's office a visit to try to make a personal plea. >> everything that i can imagine and now i'm at my wit's end. >> it's trickling down to students who rely on free or reduced fee meals at school. one north carolina school

announcing lunch menus are being revised to conserve food and funding. >> the sooner they do something about it, the better for us low-income families. >> president trump to democrats, without $5.7 billion for the border wall, no deal. but according to "the new york times," a different tune from the president in private conversations reportedly stating we are getting crushed and asked why can't we get a deal? house speaker nancy pelosi writing to the president essentially telling him without a deal to reopen the government, no state of the union address. >> the speaker main tans this is not about politics but security with the secret service and the department of homeland security affected by the shutdown. they are prepared to do their jobs. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. you heard mike nicco talk about this. avoid traveling to the tahoe area.

it's the fourth blizzard warning over the past ten years. chains are currently required for drivers on interstate 80 and highway 50. in addition, avalanche danger is high today. skiers and snowboarders should not plan to hit the slopes today. however, resorts expect conditions to be amazing with all the fresh powder starting tomorrow and through the holiday weekend. just how heavy is the snow in the sierra? look at your screen. heavy enough to tilt a private jet on its tail. look at these photos from the truckee airport taken by marc lamb. they had to gently clear the snow away to lower the jet's front end. the airport says it got 16 inches of snow just yesterday. >> wow. >> popping a wheelie there. >> wow. showing off. >> the owner of that aircraft, i would be real upset. >> you bet. >> not going to fly anywhere today. >> i guess not. >> very gently we would hope. millions of dollars at stake.

>> gives you an idea of how much snow was there. sierra cement as we like to call it. >> but the snow is going to get lighter. not until tomorrow. >> be careful up there. avalanche danger high. especially for mother nature and from man creating it. >> here's a look at the roof camera. wanting to show you the leftover moisture you'll be dealing with this morning as not raining too much anywhere except for way up north. we're going to keep the best chance of showers and possible thunderstorms today as i lower the storm down to a 1. most of us aren't going to meet two criteria. more light showers tomorrow. that's mainly in the north bay. a slight chance on sunday. let's take a look at our temperatures today. already right about here. we're not going to warm up much at all. 57 to about 59 degrees. tonight will be obviously cooler than this morning. not as cool as we could be. in the mid to upper 40s. notice the green continuing up in the north bay. here we are. there's live doppler 7 on top of

mt. st. helena. thehueror heading towards ukiah and lewis. possibly a rude awakening this the lightning and thunder bolts woke you up, thanks for joining us. there you go. that was your wakeup call. the lows well to the north. the best chance of showers and thunderstorms will be across the north bay today. and then into the central valley. here we go at 7:00 this morning. north bay. you can see a few showers during the lunch-hour. some yellows there. we could have localized downpours. but notice by 6:00, those are already starting to dissipate. so today, a 1. tomorrow a 1. drying out saturday. light rain on sunday. but starting with the holiday, monday, martin luther king, jr., we're going to see an extended period of dry and warmer than average weather. not today, though. sue? >> we're going to take a look at the roads. we do have ponding and flooding out there. a little bit of slowing over the

altamont pass with a high-wind advisory for the pass. caution there. we've got standing water in san jose with a solo spinout northbound 87 the ramp to northbound 280. about a foot of water. there's a minivan stuck in the water in the left lane there. heads up. once again, wind advisories over the altamont pass. dumbarton bridge. benicia bridge, bay bridge. it is very windy still this morning as mike says. it will be dying down but use extra caution out there. there's still a chance of hydroplaning due to standing water. >> thank you, sue. a popular cell phone from the early 2000s could be making a comeba comeback. >> dig in your drawers. if one screen isn't enough, a new phone sports two. here's techbytes. >> the return of the razor. >> many thought the motorola razor was the phone in the early 2000s. it's reportedly coming back. new phones could be on sale in the u.s. as soon as next month. the foldable screen and a $1500

price tag. >> don't call it a comeback. >> a new smartphone may have you seeing double? the option for a second screen attachment. it will be sort of a case with a screen. that phone launches next month. the first driverless grocery store about to hit the road. starting in boston this spring. >> robo mart partnered with stop and shop to bring the store to your front door within minutes. shoppers can simply grab what they need, the receipt will be e-mailed. >> cool. driverless. >> those are your techbytes. >> have a great day. >> you know i need to check that out, right? >> alexis is the queen of grocery stores. imagine one coming to your house. >> dream come true. a popular brand of protein bars being recalled. look forward to play in wine country and visit silver oaks. >> i love him. >> carlos san tan is one of the

headliner headliners. that's not all he has going on. >> flooding? what flooding. see how teens are making the most of the big storm. >> announcer: the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level 1. that means light rain. keep an umbrella handy and drive

welcome back. i wanted to show you my storm concerns for today. hyd

hydroplaning is high because when we get the scattered showers, they could be intense and leave standing water on the roads. that's why i have flooding on the roads at moderate. as far as the trees coming down, power lines and small streams flooding, the winds are too light and the rain won't be widespread enough for small stream flooding. we'll look at sunday's rain next. >> thanks, mike. a california law eliminting bail for suspects waiting for trial is on hold this morning. secretary of state alex padilla says a referendum qualified for the 2020 ballot could overturn the measure. the law would replace bail with a risk assessment system. supporters say the change will end the unfair practice of imprisoning people simply because they're poor. opponents say they could let dangerous people go free. >> san francisco officials will discuss keeping the outside lands music and arts festival at golden gate park for decades. it expires in 2021. park officials want to extend it to 2031. some people who live near golden gate park told the chronicle

they're not happy with the proposed extension. they submitted more than 200 noise complaints last year and worry the issue has not been addressed. this year's festival is set for august 9th to the 11th and the lineup has not been announced. >> not even a flooded neighborhood can keep one napa residents indoors. a jet ski to navigate down flooded valencia in napa. downpours inundated the area. that is bad. made it impassable for cars. the kids knew how to make the best outs of a messy situation. >> i heard some -- >> i don't blame them. you don't see that any wednesday. >> mom is going, what are you doing? >> she said -- what? >> exactly. good morning everybody. wanted to show you how much rain we get today and another reason why i dropped it down from a 2 to a 1. up in the north bay, the storm will show signs of being a 2.

especially tomorrow. you can see the clock right there in the day friday. that's the best chance of any showers tomorrow is going to be across the north bay. let's jump ahead. here we are sunday at 12:00. clock strikes midnight and by 7:00, you can see the light rain over just about all of our neighborhoods. notice by 10:00, it's in the east bay. the heart of the bay and in the south bay. by the time we get to 4:00, it's out of here. so the later you wait in the day to venture out, the more likely you'll be dry. rainfall amounts will be low. a tenth to a quarter of an inch. it's a 1. light on the storm impact scale. it could be the last one for a long time. here's sue. >> we're looking at chain controls throughout the sierra on highway 50 and 80 to get up there. no road closures. as mike has been saying, there's blizzard warnings out there. if you want to slide under right now might be the time to do it. towards the san mateo bridge, high winds this morning for all of the bay area bridges. you're looking atb oh, 15-minute drive from 880 towards 101.

solo spinout seem to be the thing with standing water still in lanes. we had a big rig on its side since 10:30 last night. eastbound 84 into newark. you're being diverted off southbound 880 so you can't get to dakota there. you have to take the detour. they're hoping to have the big rig out of there within the next few minutes. we'll be fog that for you. >> thank you, sue. if you eat protein bars, they're recalling some products because they contain peanuts. it involved 12 plafrs flavors of the bars and eating one could trigger a life-threatening reaction in people with peanut allergies. rx say it came from something from a third party. a list is on our website, abc7news.com. >> those are super popular. especially in buj i gyms.

guitar legend and long time bay area re dent carlos santana. >> we spoke with him. >> santana says he wants to treat is as a musical laboratory. >> what they grew up with. we will play and honor that. at the same time, we have a special sacred zones, unknown zones that we visit in order to stay current, stay fresh and stay inspired. >> santana moved to vegas from the bay area ten years ago. he's looking forward to headlining the bottle rock festival in may. offering them a free meal. the shutdown enters the 27th day. marquis goodman opens up about a personal struggle. the reason he missed two games in season. >> new video of overnight storm damage, matt keller shows us what's happening in the south bay right now.

here's a live look outside at 4:57. much calmer. thank goodness. just scattered showers today. we they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. so get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. fill your heart with ireland.

this is abc 7 mornings. right now at 5:00, the cleanup after heavy wind, rain and flooding. this is new video from the south bay overnight. our matt keller joins us live with a look at the conditions this morning. >> good morning to you on this thursday, january 17th where things are calming down. >> thank goodness. but unfortunately, thousands of people in the bay area are still without power this morning after yesterday's powerful storm. take a look at pg&e's outage

map. at last check about 35,000 customers are without power. that includes 17,000