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 in the north bay, about 7,000 on the

peninsula and more than 6,000 in the south bay. nearly 5,000 in the east bay. crews have been working through the night to get the power back on. let's get a check now of the much calmer forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. >> yes. we grappled yesterday. i did, with changing that to a four. keeping it a three was a good call. we just didn't have the major river flooding that we had during our strongest storm, which was january 8th two years ago when we had that 4. remember the flooding and the russian river flooded in the north bay. that's the difference. thunderstorms are possible in the north bay and locally breezy conditions around those showers and thunderstorms like we saw moved through navarro and ukiah. most of us are cloudy like at 280 and 17 with residual moisture on the ground everywhere including the south bay. >> those will taper, but so will our chances of showers as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. going to be a mild day with

temperatures in the upper 50s. here's sue. >> we'll take a look at the roadways out there. we'll go to the bay bridge toll plaza first and take a look at the no metering lights. we have a little bit of backup there from the cash paying folks in the left hand lanes. you may want to stay to the right. the roads are still pretty wet out there even though the rain is not coming down. we have a high advisory for the bridge. slowing out of central valley for a 35 to 40-minute drive from up and over the altamont pass with high winds as well. eastbound 84 to southbound 880. being detoured. it is on its side for a few more minutes. trying to get it up on its wheels. it happened at 10:30 last night. we'll check back in a few minutes. heavy rains caused a mudslide in danville. town officials post ted this photo. part of la began da is closed to traffic because of this traffic. you can use danville boulevard

as you detour. b.a.r.t. trains are moving again after a downed tree hit a b.a.r.t. car just before 6:00 last night. b.a.r.t. had to single track for a few hours while crews cleaned that up. no injuries or damage were reported. ferry service is back to normal after a rough evening commute. choppy waves and gusty winds on the bay. that was definitely a rough ride home for those folks. this video was taken between san francisco and alameda. the ferry had to cancel a few evening runs because of those tough conditions. >> it was acting like it was normal. >> holding on to something. >> me too. now we'll go to the santa cruz mountains. this is new video from overnight of arcing wires in los gatos. you can see a small fire was sparked. pg&e is at the scene and no word on the impact for customers in the area. also in the santa cruz mountains, highway 35 closed in both directions because of a mudslide. trees are down across the roadway. this video shot around 3:30 this

morning at bear creek road and gist. they're respond to go clear the road. let's get more continuing coverage of our storm aftermath. >> there's enough to cover. we have matt keller live above the guadalupe river in san jose where there is a bit of good news. matt? >> reporter: yes, good morning alexis. guadalupe river reached flood stage overnight at about 11:15 last night. it was at 9.15 feet. flood stage is 8.5 feet. thankfully, it's been going down ever since. the latest observation has it at 3 feet below flood stage of the a lot of localized flooding. a maserati stuck in the floodwaters on the ramp on to hamilton avenue in campbell. this was around 11:00 last night. chp closed the off ramp until a tow truck could remove the vehicle. it wasn't just flooding causing the issues. a lot of trees went down, knocking down wires.

this is on bascom south of union avenue. this is an apartment complex with a big mess to clean up today. a lot of power outages in san jose. i checked the outage map for pg&e. it showed more than 2200 customers in san jose without power. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thanks, matt. crews cleared this collision on the richmond-san rafael bridge overnight. it was knocked on its side just after 8:00 last night. the driver is okay. traffic was able to get by. just on the shoulder. the highway patrol says it had to wait for winds do die down before they uprighted it. junctions of highway 12 and -- still driving along the flooded sections. yikes. one officer and other people helped to push an suv that ended up stalling in the floodwaters. this morning, crews will be busy cleaning up trees that got knocked down in the storm. >> reporter kate larsen has more

from san francisco. >> from the bay bridge to san francisco freeways and streets, a soaking downpour made for a messy commute. >> i knew it was going to rain but not this hard. >> greg is a rideshare driver and discovered that rain is actually good for business. >> people that would ride bikes and walk are taking lyfts or uber. >> the wind a added to the mess by blowing over trees sitting in saturated soil in neighborhoods throughout san francisco. firefighters worked to clean up this tree that fell at fill more and hey streets. cable car service came to a standstill after two trees fell across the tracks. >> i've seen them tracrack. look at this branch here. >> he took a cell phone video of firefighters showing up to help. winter storms make him wary of the city's aging trees. >> it's not safe to walk under huge trees when they're laden with water and you can hear them creaking and ready to -- you can

see them stressing. you know they're going to break. >> if you live in san francisco and have a tree in your neighborhood on public property that is posing an imminent safety concern, call 311 to report it. in san francisco, i'm kate larsen, abc 7 news. you're never more than seven minutes away. we have gusty winds across our bridges, especially the ones that go east-west, dumbarton, san mateo, bay bridge, richmond-san rafael bridge. that's until 9:00. that gives you an idea the storm is unwinding. we have flooding in petaluma, santa rosa. some of the creeks we showed you that people are using jet skis are, they're receding back into their banks. there's a possibility the flooding will linger until 8:15 this morning. coastal high surf warning. just kicked in through 5:00 tomorrow evening. 36 hours of breakers. thunderous breakers up to 40

feet. during the king tides tomorrow, the first one up until sunday, that's when they climax. this one is going to possibly bring us flooding from 5:00 to 9:00 around the bay shoreline. east bay valleys got a chance of rain 8:00 until 2:00. just mainly cloudy the rest of the day. we'll top out in the upper 50s. peninsula, a little dry day. better chance of showers. 10:00, noon through 2:00. then this evening, we'll be mostly cloudy and mid-50s. the south bay, we've got a chance from 8:00 to 2:00 with temperatures rising up to 59. but under mostly cloudy skies falling back down to 55 by 8:00. so keep the umbrella handy. you'll need it from time to time today. here's sue. >> we have high winds in effect there with the big rig on its side there. that's crazy. that's the winds we were looking at yesterday. it's calmer this morning you but still they're calling for the high-profile vehicles to take extra caution on all the bay area bridges. about a 35-minute ride westbound on 580 over the altamont pass

where we have high winds there as well. we've got this minivan stuck in water. flooding at northbound 87 the ramp to northbound 280. they hope to have a tow truck on scene there within ten minutes. thank you, sue. new overnight, china has plans to talk trade with the u.s. a chinese government official will visit washington at the end of the month. china and the u.s. are trying to resolve a costly trade war. both sides have imposed tariffs on billions of dollars in goods. last month, president trump and president trump xi ping agreed to -- the government shutdown is entering the 27th day. it appears there's no end in sight. >> yesterday, house speaker nancy pelosi asked president trump to postpone his state of the union speech set for january 29th. she cited concerns about security with the secret service and the department of homeland security affected by the shutdown. republicans are dismissing her suggestion, calling it a ploy to deny the president of the stage.

a san francisco restaurant is stepping up efforts to help federal workers impacted by the shutdown. lefty owe do you live's is offering free meals for furloughed workers or those working without pay. the offer is for a lunch or dinner buffet. that offer is good for workers and their families. >> these are our neighbors and friends, people we see every day. work for tsa, the coast guard, work for the park service. really having a hard time. >> the owner of lefty says it will continue. you have to show a work i.d. card to get the free meal. the new billboards some will notice today. a new job opportunity as chariot drivers will be out of work. it means a steady paycheck during the transition. marquis goodman

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still have weather issues with your commute. let knee me show you what to expect. we have scattered showers and thunderstorms across the north bay and areas of standing water. it is still a little breezy in some areas. so we put an orange on that. i wanted to go green for the evening commute. still have a chance of isolated showers. they could be locally intense. as long as that chance is around, i want you to remember

that and be cautious if you come across that chance of rain. we'll talk more about rain in the forecast coming up. >> thank you, mike. today marks 25 years since the northridge earthquake in the san fernando valley. a study a year later actually put the death toll at 72 because it includes heart attacks. it cost $25 billion in damage. the earthquake buckled overpasses on three freeways including interstate 5 and 10 trapping drivers under tons of concrete rubble. new this morning, a prosecutor says san francisco police discovered, quote, lots and lots of explosive making materials in the suspected in sunday's explosion in the so ma neighborhood. that's according to the examiner. 37-year-old mustafa mack faces seven felonies in connection with that blast that shattered windows on tabor place near second street. nobody was hurt. he pleaded not guilty to all

charges. east bay commuters coming to san francisco will notice new billboards addressing human trafficking. alameda county launched a new campaign yesterday. the billboards are a reminder that the bay area is a hotspot for human trafficking. posters on bus shelters offer help to possible victims of labor and sex trafficking. >> when we say human trafficking, they think they're women from asia, mexico or central america. we know that children and people that live in our streets and our communities born and raised here are being victims of human trafficking. >> the district attorney says her office has prosecuted more than 650 defendants in the last 12 years over human trafficking-related offenses a free training program in san francisco will help chariot shuttle drivers find new jobs as muni operators. about 300 shuttle drivers will lose their jobs next month when chariot closes. mayor london breed announced a program called citi drive.

it's a three-week course planning them for the commercial driver's test. they need that to drive a bus. it can help drivers like jim dover secure jobs with muni. >> i just bought a car. i figured we renewed our contract with one of our clients. i figured i was secure. >> it will provide on-the-job training with muni so chariot drivers continue to get paid during the transition. new developments involving spacex and its plans to take people to mars. elon musk's company says it will build test versions of the mars spaceship in south texas instead of the port of los angeles. that decision comes days after the company announced massive layoffs. spacex says prototypes of the star ship will be assembled at the texas facility to streamline operations. the hawthorne headquarters will continue to handle the development of the spaceship. a tech giant and major drugstore chain are teaming up

for a seven-year deal in the health care market. microsoft will be the new cloud provider for walgreens. they will explore new -- including developing software to gain personalized data about health. it bought the online pharmacy pill pack in june. they will work to lower the cost of health care. check this out. that is a snowplow in front of a train clearing snow off the tracks. this is in truckee which got 20 inches of snow yesterday. very much necessary. >> i didn't know trains had plows. >> makes sense, though. >> that's pretty cool. >> i know they have snowplows. i've never seen them push a snowplow like that. you learn. >> they needed it yesterday, though. >> have you ever taken that train, the amtrak through the sierra when it snows like that. it's gorgeous. you should try t it's slow but it's gorgeous. >> yeah. >> absolutely. don't take it up there as an

alternative way to get there. it will take you forever. the scenery is magnificent. let's take a look at what's going on back here. let's look at our scenery in ran raphael. it's damp like all of the streets are this morning. we've got breezes early. those will taper after the morning commute is over. showers and thunderstorms, have to keep those in the forecast. i did downgrade the storm to a 1, light. it will be cooler with lingering showers across the north bay. our last chances for rain, friday and sunday. look at what's going on with the highs today. when you step out, you'll notice it's pretty mild. it's humid and temperatures about just like this. we're not going to form much today. w're going to be in the mid to upper 50s. notice you see yellows and some oranges out there. you could have a locally intense shower and even a thunderstorm but the best chance of that across the north bay. tonight, 10 degrees cooler. mid to upper 40s. mild for this time of year. here's a look at live doppler 7. you see the rain scattered across the north bay.

that thunderstorm that came ashore heads towards ukiah. it will put heavy rain in and dwus i winds. be ready for that. here we are at 7:00 in the morning. the north bay. after 7:00, the rest of us get a chance of scattered showers. they're intense through the lunch-hour. in the evening commute, notice the yellows are gone and almost all the greens are gone. overnight, keep an eye on the north bay for the scattered showers. my storm concerns, hydroplaning and minor flooding on the roads today. everything else is almost off the board. my seven-day forecast. chance of showers tomorrow mainly across the north bay. keep it a 1. it's dry everywhere saturday. sunday, the rain comes in during the morning and into the early afternoon hours. hopefully we'll squeeze out sunshine late in the day. you'll get all the sunshine you want. sue? >> this is in the east bay. west oakland. ten-minute delays due to a equipment problem on the train in the east bay direction. jubs a heads-up there.

golden gate bridge looking good. it is windy coming off the waldo grade. be careful across that span there. in fact, all bridges here in the bay area have high wind advisories at this hour. good news headed towards newark. eastbound 84 to southbound 880. that ramp has just been reopened. we had a big rig flip over on its side about 10:30 last night. they finally got it cleared and traffic is getting by just fine. thank you, sue. 49ers receiver marquise goodwin is opening up about why he missed two games in the second half of the season. he and his wife morgan lost their twin boys 19 weeks into the pregnancy. this is the second time the pregnancy ended prematurely. goodwin scored an 83-yard touchdown and collapsed in the end zone and this was the game following the loss of their first child. >> the couple talked about the difficult situation on their youtube channel. >> we appreciate y'all for

supporting us so much through this time. >> yeah. finally i had the courage to open up and talk about it. because i really didn't want to. >> she didn't want to. i think it will probably be good for us. it helped last time, moving past it and kind of finding our way. >> the goodwins thanked everyone for their love and support. >> our hearts go out to them. they seem like a really nice couple. >> really tough situation for them. in first look on gma. mariah carey suing her former assistant for $3 million. >> the singer and skinny legend showed her quote doing embarrassing things and threatened to release the videos unless mariah paid up. she's donnell bearsing things in public too. >> very true. gio benitez has the news. >> mariah carey's latest album cover might as well be a.

caution. as she takes on a former assistant. the pop superstar filing the lawsuit in los angeles against former assistant leanna a zayrian seen her on her e-docuseries. mariah's world. >> according to the documents obtained by people magazine, carey is accusing her of among other things, breach of a confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement. the baseless allegations are an attempt to attack my client's character and deflect attention away from a workplace harassment and wrongful termination lawsuit filed against her employer. more on this lawsuit at 7:00 a.m. with your first look, i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> some drama, darling. wow. >> i can't wait to hear all of your comments on it. >> coming up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day.

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there are multiple reports of slides and downed trees. this was the scene overnight on highway 35 at bear creek road. >> pg&e crews are working to restore power to thousands of customers this morning. most of the outages are in the north bay. number 5, expect more delays at sfo today due to the weather. here's a live look at the airport. airlines canceled 156 flights yesterday. >> number 6, a blizzard warning in effect for the lake tahoe area. travelers advised not to make the drive to the sierra today. chains are required for drivers on interstate 80 and highway 50. number 7, this is how some kids are dealing with the floodwaters caused by the storm in napa. amber payne has aideo of her kids on a jet ski turning floodwaters into their own personal lake. was that their mom swearing at them, get off the jet ski and get back in here? >> i think so. i have to listen closely. she's saying something after it too and i bet it's gold. i need to have all of it. >> yes.

i'm sure it's great. off the air. >> yes, we are. we'll be back with 90 minutes of news including the close call when a tree comes down. facebook takes more

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right now at 5:30, the aftermath from a powerful storm. this is video from the east bay overnight. our amy hollyfield is live with what it looks like this morning. >> knee-deep water in the south bay. the rush to save this home from flooding. clearing downed trees. a similar scene across the entire bay area. if you're waking up to us and everything is fine at your house and the electricity is on, you're in good shape. >> yeah. not everyone so lucky here. obviously this morning we have a lot of folks without power still. a lot of effects from

yesterday's storm. >> strong storm. lived up to its billing, absolutely. not overhyped whatsoever. >> you told no lies mike nicco. >> i came this close to making it a 4. when i looked over. good news in that respect. there would have been more damage. let's take a look at what's going on today. i dropped it down to a 1. because we have light to moderate showers, they could be locally intense. the thunderstorm threat moved mainly to the north bay. overall breezes are fastest now. those will taper around 9:00 or 10:00. marin head lands, golden gate bridge, about to get wet in the north bay. that thunderstorm is falling apart. winds are starting to show a tendency to lighten up a little bit. concord and half moon bay. 29 and 25 are the fastest breezes. that was supposed to be walnut creek. but it's 280, 217. low to upper 50s. be in the upper 50s about all day with a chance of showers. unlike yesterday, where it built all day, today it's going to

decrease all day. sue. >> take a look outside. this was last night over the santa cruz mountains. highway 17. they had rockslide, which is a bad place to be when the weather is bad. they have one lane shut down and that is in the southbound direction from los gatos up and over the summit. just a heads-up in the southbound direction. one lane still closed. take a look at emeryville building up nicely with the headlights headed in the westbound direction towards the bay bridge -- pardon me, the macarthur maze and the bay bridge toll plaza. moving at the limit there. a 45-minute drive out of central valley over the altamont pass with high winds there. they've pushed this car out of the water that's standing there. but be careful, north 87 to north 280, guys? >> thanks, sue. one of the consequences of stormy weather, flooding. this morning, we're seeing issues in the east bay. >> amy hollyfield is live in concord. amy?

>> reporter: hi alexis. concord got a little more than an 1.5 inches of rain in 24 hours. this intersection was an example of getting too much water too quickly. it looks good now. but take a look at this flooding. this is the intersection of port chicago highway and kinnie boulevard in concord in front of the military ocean terminal. it looks like a lake instead of a road. the mount diablo creek spilled over its banks. the water came up to the curb. it was dark. this water can be hard to see and can be a surprise which is exactly what officials were warning drivers to look out for and not drive through. we didn't have any reports of anyone getting stuck or floating away in this. now it has receded. the water is gone. let me show you a look at the creek. it has receded. it is looking very calm now. it is staying in its banks. it couldn't handle that much rain at once. you can drive through here today without any problems.

reporting live in concord, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. in the south bay, crews worked quickly to help save a home from flooding in saratoga. it was nearly knee deep. the homeowner says a nearby creek was recently plugged leaving any overflow with nowhere to go. she says the 6-foot crawl space beneath the home was flooded. >> this is nothing compared to the back. the back is like a huge lake. everything is -- because the water, everything is draining from that side, the creek plugged. it just all behind that wall. >> the homeowner spent the last 23 years at her home and she has never seen anything like this before. >> that is crazy. >> definitely is. crews will be cleaning up another big mess by falling trees left in the bay area. >> crews in mill valley were cutting up this huge downed tree which fell durgt storm. it crashed into a home and

crashed -- the tree narrowly missed the people inside. good news, nobody was hurt. a different story in the east bay. a man died after a tree fell on him in oak lands. this happened near macarthur boulevard last night. officers think the victim lived along the side of the freeway. cal trans owns the land so it's in charge of finding out what caused that tree to fall. a fallen tree caused this collision in san jose. a couple was driving along bollinger road and hit a tree that had come down. it happened before lawrence expressway. that couple is okay. in marin county, downed power lines have closed part of lucas valley road. it's between big rock trail and nicasio valley road. the damaged lines may not be repaired until later today. the santa clara fire department showed this video in saratoga. the falling tree brought down

power lines and a transformer. they're warning the public to stay away from falling power lines, they could be energized. a busy intersection went dark after this ford went into a light pole. this was at capitol expressway and a born road. the driver was taken to the hospital and the traffic was tied up there for more than two hours. about 35,000 pg&e customers are in the dark this morning. the north bay is one of the hardest hit areas, as of 3:30 this morning, 7,000 were out of -- 17,000 were without power in the north bay. 7200 in the peninsula and the south bay 6400. travelers warned to expect more delays at san francisco international airport today due to the weather. 477 flights were delayed yesterday. 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 comes huge waivers. a high surf warning in effect. breakers could peak between 40 and 50 feet high. >> the coast guard is urging everyone to sty off the water and away from the coastlines unless you have to. a storm like this creates hazards, like high winds, low visibility, choppy seas and very 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. >> let's take a look at some of the issues we're dealing with. we have the creeks in the north bay and some of those streams overflowing their banks until 8:15 this morning. you can see from just around guerneville, petaluma, that area, south santa rosea the warning where the breakers will be. 40-foot waves. that could cause localized flooding. because today is a first day of

king tides and we have the high surf warning, we have a coastal flood advisory. at 7:42 this morning, the tide hits 6.3 feet at the golden gate. it will take longer to filter to the east through the rest of the bay. expect flooding from 5:00 to 9:00. wouldn't be surprised i should say -- i wouldn't be surprised if it's issued again tomorrow. here's a look at walnut creek and 680. looking drier and drier as more and more of us get out there panned get what's wet on the roads. there's a few standing areas. that's early. periods of showers if you're in mass transit and on the bay, it will be breezy this morning. a little bit of caution there. definitely not a repeat of yesterday. chance of showers in the north bay. the best chance of thunderstorms until 2:00. one more push around 6:00. here's a look at the east bay. the best chance from 10:00 to 2:00. then we'll be mostly cloudy. best chance of showers from 10:00 to 2:00 also and we'll hang out with mostly cloudy conditions in the mid to upper 50s. that's where we are right now.

doesn't take much to stay there or warm up once the sun comes up. weekend plans. one day is going to be better for outdoor activities. i'm going to bring in sue. can i get a permit to fish on your lake? >> my backyard is kind of a lake. today hopefully it will go down -- >> has it receded yet? >> we have a hill that funnels down to our backyard. it runs off there. closer to home, lots of standing water on the roads. won't call them lakes so much. but just be careful when you're out there. we do have a slight b.a.r.t. delay due to equipment problem on a train. this is in west oakland in the east bay direction. heads up there. give yourself extra time. we have very slow traffic up and over the altamont. it's very windy this morning as well. here's a look at your drive time. about 38 minutes to get into dublin. westbound 580. highway 4 looking good. and yok into concord. under 20 minutes and windy on that golden gate bridge, too.

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but just about all areas have a chance of rain and high elevation snow. let's look at what's going on as far as your travel today. still the blizzard conditions. just don't do it. slippery tomorrow as the snow will still be on the roads. saturday is your best bet. sunday there will be more snow and slippery conditions. we'll have the worse conditions until noon today. that's the blizzard. that's where the winds are blowing 60 to 70 to 80 miles per hour with blinding conditions. we still have a chance of 1 to 3 feet of snow through 4:00 tomorrow morning. that leads to avalanche danger through 7:00 tomorrow morning also. 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. things have gotten so bad that the san jose city council has unanimously approved a plan to approve no interest short-term loans to the federal airport employees hit by the shutdown. the city will use airport funds to provide the loans to employees and then the loans will eventually be repaid once the workers finally get their back pay. 500 federal workers are at mineta san jose airport. the daily absence rate jumped from 3% to 14%. you just heard mike nicco talk about this, too. people are being asked to avoid traveling to the sierra today. a blizzard warning is in effect for the lake tahoe area. it's only the fourth blizzard warning in the tahoe basin over the past ten years. chains are currently required for drivers on interstate 80 and highway 50. in addition, avalanche danger is high today. so skiers and snowboarders should plan on not hitting the

slopes today. however, resorts expect conditions to be amazing with all the fresh powder starting tomorrow and through the holiday weekend. i don't know if the pilots or owners of this plane think this is amazing. the sierra. is tilted a jet on its tail. it was from the truckee airport. maintenance workers had to gently clear the snow away to lower the jet's front end. the airport said it got 16 inches of snow yesterday. >> not even a flooded neighborhood can keep one napa residents' kids indoors. amber payne shared this video with us. we haven't figured out what she's saying, have we? >> i'm listening closely. i heard oh, my god. then i didn't hear the fun beeping. >> that's her kids using a jet ski to navigate flooded valencia street in napa. downpours inundated the area making it impassable for cars.

but these kids knew how to make the best out of a mess. >> oh, my god. >> the cursing happens and then comes oh, my god. >> something my kids would do. >> would they? >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, my god. that's the best. >> yeah. i don't know. quite the sight to see there. i don't know if i recommend that. >> i think that's the reaction. oh, my god, there's my kids. please don't break anything. >> don't hit anything. >> exactly. >> don't hit anything, don't break anything. don't want to go to the hospital. have to take the jet ski to get there. part of the way. >> we don't have to worry about that anymore. light storm on the way. san rafael, it's not raining. mostly cloudy, showers best chance across the north bay. but we're going do have them about anywhere. the best chance across the north bay for the thunderstorms too. slight chance of thunderstorms

sunday. here's a look at this afternoon. that's about the temperature right now. we're going to warm just a degree or two. it's cooler at night. not in the 30s where we should be. here's one of the light showers. golden gate bridge. san francisco and the bay bridge and let me show you how quickly these popped up. that's how soupy the air mass is. this is about an hour loop. we went from nothing to showers to even a little bit of a heavy downpour right around lafayette and heading up towards pleasant hill. so it looks like 24 and 680. maybe a little ponding developing as that rolls over. you see the thunderstorms during the overnight hours around mendocino county closer to the area of low pressure that continues to move away from us. that's why the chance of a thunderstorm will be mainly across the north bay. here we are at 7:00 this morning. mainly across the north bay. everybody by noon dealing with scattered showers. some intense locally but brief rainfall is possible. only add up to a tenth to quarter of an inch. you can see by 6:00, it's about

over. the best chance of showers across the north bay. saturday is the best day to be outside. we have light rain sunday and i'll show you that forecast next. here's sue. >> we're ramping up the b.a.r.t. delays due to disabled train. they were trying to get that off the tracks. this is west oakland in the eastbound direction. pleasanton direction. they're talking about a 20-minute delay. hopefully that will be diminishing as they get the train out of there. 40-minute ride over the altamont pass. the richmond-san rafael bridge, which is a nice ride, high winds and dumbarton bridge. traffic is moving smoothly across the spans. gladys knight took her talent to "dancing with the stars" a couple of years back and now she has a new gig. the nfl announced that knight is going to sing the national anthem at the super bowl this year. knight is proud to use her voice to unite the country in hometown

of atlanta, the site of the game. she follows pink who performed the anthem last year. she used to work and live in atlanta. she has restaurants there. she's a hometown lady. >> she'll do an incredible job as well. also new this morning, facebook has taken down hundreds of russia linked pages, groups and accounts part of two disinformation operations. as part of facebook's latest effort to fight fake news, officials say the pages and accounts had nearly 800,000 followers promoting anti-nato sentiment and protest movements. they pose as independent sites in eastern europe but were run by employees at russia state owned news sputnik. sputnik has not commented. the world's first self-driving grocery store is about to hit the roads this spring. bay area-based startup robo mart is partnering with a supermarket chain stop and shop to bring the store to your front door within

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this is a look at my storm concerns today. even though they're scattered showers, they will have locally brevin tense rain showers which could cause moderate flooding on the roads and increase the

chance of hydroplaning. trees toppling, small stream flooding, all that we dealt with yesterday, pretty much off the table. i'll look at the weekend's rain coming up next. mike, thanks. san francisco officials will discuss keeping the festival at golden gate park another decade. the permit 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 submitt noeplaints last year and worry the issue has not been addressed. this year's festival is set for august 9th to the 1h and the lineup has net could be announced. you've more than likely seen this video. this gymnast scoring a perfect 10 on her floor routine. now we're hearing from her. >> it's so great. nearly 40 million people on twitter watched this video of katelyn ohashi's stunning performance. not only does she stick the

landing but gets down with her bad self. she has a lot of fun while doing it. a huge smile on her face. she won the america cup in 2013 beating simone biles who was an olympic champion. then she took a break from gymnastics after she was hurt and had mental burnout. >> i was told i might never do gymnastics again. it was like this weight was lifted off of me. but then at the same time, i realized that's the only thing i knew to do. >> she reads a poem about falling in love with gymnastics again this time as a college athlete. gma starts after abc 7 mornings. sue, when we broke it down to janet jackson's rhythm nation, i about died. >> she was so awesome. >> she looks robotic she's so perfect. just incredible. >> let's check in on the b.a.r.t. delays. an earlier disabled train. they're trying to push it off the track. they're slowing from oakland

into the antioch area. checking in on the bay bridge backup. metering lights were turned on at 5:28 this morning. we have a big rig versus a car lane number 2 by west grant. mike? >> let's look at the rainfall real quick. i want to show you that from 4:00 to noon, we have some of our best chance was the scattered showers. up in the north bay as we head into friday, you can see that's where the best chance of showers are tomorrow. so friday afternoon into saturday, a little window for most of us of dry weather. here we are turning the clock on this sunday. you can see rain already up in the north bay during the morning hours and it heads into the heart of the bay at 7:00 in the morning. notice by 10:00, it's into the east bay and the south bay. by the time we get to the afternoon hours, it's just about gone. we'll see a little sunshine late sunday but saturday will be the driest day. a warning, if you eat protein bars. rx bar is recalling some of its products because they mistakenly

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this is abc 7 mornings. right now at 6:00, live doppler 7 showing a big change since you went to bed last night. >> there is still damage left behind from the north bay to the south bay. dealing with everything from falling trees to flooding. good morning on this thursday, january 17th. you're never more than seven minutes away from your

accuweather forecast. here's mike nicco. >> i lowered the storm scale. that's good news. we'll have light to showers. it could be locally breezy and brief intense rainfall. we should keep this a 1. we have a chance of thunderstorms, mainly across the north bay. that area has also shrunk. we had thunderstorms up a lock the mendocino county coast, those have since dissipated. new showers are developing from half moon bay northward. guess what, our commute is about to get wetter on san mateo bridge, the bay bridge, the golden gate bridge and the richmond-san rafael bridge. here's a look at walnut creek. sprinkles falling here. we have the best chance of showers from now until noon and then the chance tapers heading into the afternoon hours. temperatures mild. mid to upper 50s most of the day. all right. how about that commute? here's sue. >> it's wet in some spots