man they allege harassed them are still working for the postal service. since 2003 she's report dodd her job as a letter carrier. for much of this time she was verbally and physically by her co-worker. the worst incident happened in nv of 2017. >> he tried to grab me and tried to kiss me. i tried to push him. i wanted to tell somebody, but i'm scared to. >> reporter: until castillo said she wasn't alone. >> he told me he loved me and liked me and he wanted to go on date with me. >> reporter: her co-worker said he tried to force himself on her at work. >> he tried to kiss my hair, my face, trying to grab my body. i feel scared. >> reporter: both women filed equal employment opportunity

complaints. according to the attorney for both women, the eeo investigated but did not substantiate their claims. >> i stepped up and yet nothing happened. here i am. >> reporter: both have filed a sexual discrimination against the post master general of the united states postal service kaka kalcaluag is not named as a defendant. >> you can't name him as a party. >> reporter: abc 7 reached out to caluag. he said he did not want to be nterviewed. id not want to be >> i want to feel safe and comfortable working there. >> reporter: the united states postal service said we don't comment on litigation. the attorney for the two women say kaluag is working at a different post office in san francisco. we're putting out a number that

they can call at our website. in the newsroom, melanie melanii woodrow. >> important resource. melanie, thank you. heavy rain, downed trees, and flooding caused problems across the bay area. it's been a problem for the people trying to get out of the bay area as well. taking a live look now where dozens of flights have been canceled and other travelers have faced long delays. let's get to >> right now in the north bay, we're seeing pockets of light to moderate showers. street-level radar, montecito avenue, watching those showers popping up. they're random, not everywhere. now, showing you the wider perspective, there is a system that is developing and this is the one that we are watching

that is going to be coming in as we head toward friday into early saturday. it's a light level one between now and saturday. a chance elsewhere. less than a quarter of an inch for most of you. times this out, it's gong to be in the north bay, 5:00 a.m. tomorrow, showers in north bay. you'll notice light returns. you could see a few spots elsewhere as well. i'll be back to let you know how the holidays are shaping up. >> sounds good. sandhya, thanks. in the north bay, a storm caused a fatal accident when a man traying to run away from a falling tree was hit and killed by a neighbor's van. it happened in mill valley. the chp said the victim and some neighbors were waiting for emergency crews to check out downed power lines. a gust of wind caused a tree above them to crack, and as the man ran, a neighbor driving a van accidentally hit him. he later died at the hospital.

let's go to the south bay where it was a busy day for city and utility crews following yesterday's downpour. abc's chris nguyen has more. >> reporter: what a difference a day can make. we're live at the intersection where if you take a look behind me the traffic lights are functioning again after a power outage in the area overnight. one of the areas was closed because they didn't have power. things are getting back to normal pretty quickly. cleaning up after the storm. this was the scene in mountain view as crews with the city cut down branches that broke overnight. the wind forcing this real estate sign down to the ground. neighbors glad to see the damage wasn't worse. >> extremely surprised by the storm. i got home late last night. it seems like there was many flash floods everywhere. >> reporter: with a circular

saw, mike came by to help friends out front. >> it saves me son mum. we were going to pay someone to go up there and clean it up, so thank you for the storm. >> reporter: last night this resident came home to see thousands of dollars in damage. she believes blocked drainage pipes nearby are partly to blame. >> we can save the house somewhat and there's lots to do to store it because all the crawl space is filled with water. >> reporter: restoration workers have been pumping out the water since midnight in addition to fielding other calls. >> we have multiple calls for roof leaks, crawl spaces, flooding. it's that time of year. >> reporter: this accident forced ma i superior delays last night but city crews were there today still trying to clear out the mess.

>> chris nguyen reporting. sorry we lost your audio. in san francisco a big tree fell down on the power lines at forth and mission. it caused minor delays on several lines. look at the pavement ripped up by the roots of the tree. the roots took out sidewalk with it. >> trees are toppling all across the bay area. abc 7's leslie brinkley is bringing us news live. it is huge. >> reporter: that's right. it was. a 40-foot coast live oak right here in walnut creek. it was otherwise a healthy tree until it came toppling down at 5:00 yesterday. the second tree to fall in the same block. >> what causes big problems is you have long straight trunks and they get inertia and hit the

house. >> it's a recipe of rain and soil and wind, specifically wind direction. >> there could have been wind patterns that caught them by surprise. there is a chance that trees can fall even if they're healthy and durable. >> i've been getting a lot of calls from this storm weather. >> tree service companies are crazy busy. here an 80 foot spruce cracked and splintered. the yard's a mess. it's a miracle it missed house. not so lucky here in lafayette where two trees came down in the same front yardet at 6:30 the homeowner heard a crash as the trees severed her power lines. she stayed put. at 10:00 p.m. she said a second tree thudded down on her roof. that was enough.

she left her home too spooked to stay and too blurry-eyed to do an on-camera interview. how do you know if your tree is going to topple? look for mushrooms? they can indicate decay. >> you see cracks in the trunk. some cracks are good, some are bad. if they get deep into the wood tissue, that's more serious and needs to be looked at. >> reporter: if you have any doubting about a tree in your yard call in an expert especially if it leans toward a target like your house or car or patio. i'm leslie brinkley. >> thanks. some saw their electricity knocked out during last night's storm. thousands are still without power right now. 5,800 in north by, 22,300 on

peninsula and 3,900 in the south bay. more than 82,000 customers lost power because of fallen trees, mudsli sliding and flooding. >> planes were delayed or canceled. some passengers were looking to book cars to get home, whatever it took. others were trying to go from trains to planes? unfortunately our train was canceled, snow we needed to scramble to find flights to colorado instead. >> we're traveling out to medford, oregon, hopefully. everything is grounded because of mist and fog. >> the flight i affected were mostly the cost. the wind direction forced the airport to change its landing and takeoff.

hundreds of people in butte county are still sleeping at an emergency shelter. >> it's getting close to the end of the month. >> two minor earthquakes in two days. there is growing concern the next big one could hit while federal experts were there. federal experts were there. >> the return of the what does help for heart fait looks like this. entresto is a heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. yeah!

this sailboat washed ashore. the vessel had been left in the water for some time and was inoperable. it snapped loose from its mooring and washed ashore. the harbor master said the owner is waiting for high tide to help get it back to its dock. there ooh's rush to find housing for hundreds of camp

fire victims. there are around 600 people living in dorms and trailers and rvs. they're working individually with evacuees. two minor earthquakes in the east bay. did you feel them? quake experts because of the shutdown. they're still tracking these. eric. >> reporter: those earthquakes, back-to-back days, back-to-back wakeup calls for people in the berkeley hills. nearby is the epicenter, and your landmark is over there. the clairemont hotel. now, as you said, the usgs would be analyzing information about the two quakes except because of the government shutdown, they're not in the office. >> this is a strong ocean sensor. >> reporter: the lab continued

to monitor its network of sensors that keep track of earthquakes. >> the earthquake was right near the intersection of highway 24 and 13. >> reporter: that includes the 3.5 quake this morning and yesterday's 3.4, both centered in practically the same spot in berkeley. >> earthquakes like to cluster. in this case, it seems like the second of november. it's larger than the one yesterday. >> reporter: but the lab is analyzing the information. the government shutdown has resulted in scientists being furloughed. >> they're set up to take a little bit more of the effort at this time, and i know that usgs has asked some of my colleagues to do certain tasks that they usually would vnl to do. >> the usgs website that tracks websites from around the world is automated. but they're doing more of the

analysis and providing information to the public. the real concern is the next big quake on the fall, one that could rival a previous earthquake. seismologists say it's coming. they don't know exactly when, but they know usgs expertise will be needed. >> if we have a big event, they would have to call back people really quickly. >> reporter: become here in berkeley, dr. burgmam is not just a geophysicist. he's a human being and he said he can feel for those usgs seismologists not drawing a paycheck, but he's sorry they're caught in the middle of a fight over immigration that doesn't directly involve them. >> everybody has bills to pay. eric, thank you very much. a public memorial will be held tomorrow for davis police officer natalie corona, the

22-year-old rookie officer was shot and killed one week ago. her service is set for 11:00 a.m. at the arc pavel onat uc davis. after that there will be a 40-mile procession to her hometown of arbuckle. happening now, dutch brothers cove is donating a portion of sales to the corona memorial fund. $1 from every order will go to the natalie corona memorial fund started by the davis police department. corona was a regular at the dutch brothers. in the south bay, what happened to the iconing i orchard supplies hardware sign has been resolved and recovered intact. take a look. it was delivered to the preservation history group by the san jose man. turns out that the man who took it did so out of concern it would be scrapped. >> we saw the demolition work

and was concerned that he'd better get that sign before it gets accidentally broken or tossed into a bin, and so his intentions are good. >> aha. now, the vintage sign sat at the corner of west san carlos for decades until early november when it suddenly vanished. it has been donated to history san jose. the group will restore it and put it at history park where it will sit beside the orchard supply railroad boxcar. it was founded in san jose. well, san francisco will soon be home to the first ever national lgbtq center for the arts. the san francisco gay mens choir purchased it for $9.6 million. they'll renovate the building for rehearsal space and recording studio. it will be the first home for the choir. once opened, the gay men's

chorus plans to host master classes and an interview series. well, it has gone quite a bit from yesterday. take a look. i want to show you some spotty showers that are showing up really light. you'll notice west third straight, bodega highway. just hang onto the umbrella if i were you. next hour or so, this will be winding down. i'm going to take you back in time. take a look at the rain that pass tlood u the bay area earlier this morning and taking you up to the present time, we did have some rumbles. they're all gone. this system is just about done and we'll be talking about storm totals now. i want to show you rain totals. close to six inches of rain. they ended up with a storm total

of 8 inches. san francisco, over 2 inches. san rafael, over 4 1/2 santa rosa, now our concern is the surf. it's building as the storm really picked up the waves. the breakers could be 25 to 45 feet or higher. so be careful if you're heading to the coastline. right now heading to the mountains, not a good idea. sierra requiring chains on all roads except for 50. i'm going to take you in closer. it's not only snowing but gusty and visibility is low. definitely not a good idea to travel. hold off until tomorrow. winter storm warning until tomorrow. 4,500 feet. possibility up to 30 inches at

the highest peek. difficult or nearly impossible to travel right now, but some of the resorts reporting up to 4 feet of snow. we are above average. now, lat year at this time, we were only about 25%. so we're doing good. we're going to see some more snow showers as we head toward the next couple of days. lovely view seeing sun showing through. 56 in the city, upper 50s, san jose, morgan hill, 50 inthe bay. the sun is about to set. plenty of clouds. numbers in the 50s. a beautiful view from our camera showing you a little color right now. light showers. best possibility in the north bay and another light system comes our way on sunday. on our storm impact scale we'll put it at a 1:00. now, showers in the north bay off and on. chances elsewhere, less than a quarter of an inch for both of you.

we're going to time this out. still a few showers as we head into 5:00 a.m. north bay seeing the slippery spots tomorrow morning for the commute. notice the focus is still in the north bay. we go into the afternoon, evening, and the showers could slip into the east bay. keep the umbrella handy. south bay, notice, you're not getting a whole lot and that trend will carry over into saturday morning. so tomorrow -- let's take a look at the rainfall totals first. rainfall totals anywhere from zero to a quarter of an inch for most of you. numbers first thing in the morning. 40s, 50s, watch out for fog and showers in the north bay. showers, temperatures, 50s, 60s. a lock at the accuweather seven-day forecast, light on saturday, sunday. and monday, milder with plenty of sun through the middle of next week. dan and dion?

>> that will be a nice break. >> absolutely. >> thanks, sandhya. just ahead, they're small but pricey

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coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, a federal judge issues an order regarding pg&e regarding the wild fires. we'll tell you what this means for fire victims. makal finney explains how one tiny mistake on a man's license registration had a huge ripple effect on his life. plus -- >> i think it ooh going to make a difference. at 6:00, you'll see who's making a difference when it comes to giving teachers affordable housing. all of that is coming up at 6:00. we're enjoying this. the golden state warriors on a six-game winning streak and now they're getting a debut. >> cousins has missed nearly a year because of an injury. >> now, he signed a 5$5.3 millin

deal with the warriors and last night steph curry became the first to hit eight three-pointers in three straight games. >> he hit nine last night for a game-high 41 points. the dubs trail the new orleans pelicans but surge to a 147-140 win. high-scoring game. >> how sweet it is. all right. instead of yelling at nba referees through your tv set, get this. the league announced you'll soon be able to tweet them about questionable calls during the game starting with monday's warriors game against the lakers, fans can tweet at nba officials or get responses from nba officials watching games for the rest of the season. the league says they'll address controversial whistles and tell fans if an incorrect call was made. >> i can imagine refs are thrilled about this. world news tonight with david

tonight, as we come on the air in the west, we have breaking news. the images coming in right now. the avalanche on an american ski slope. skiers trapped under snow. the rescue unfolding late today. also tonight, we're tracking two major storms. treacherous driving. a tractor trailer slamming into a median. a boulder crashing into a woman, she's in critical condition tonight. the winds, the snow, several feet in some places. the president retaliates tonight, after speaker pelosi asks the president to postpone the state of the union, tonight, the president firing back. what he's now done to pelosi. all of this, as 800,000 americans are not getting paid. the stunning words from the presens torney, rudy giuliani what he said making news tonight. the desperate 911 call released tonight, a college freshman unresponsive.