issues this morning on the roads as you see. very, t. >> whaveakg in the north bay where a mudslide crushed a home. it's caused evacuations this morning. it's been a real mess from the north bay to the south bay. thanks for being here with us. >> what a morning the folks have had. thank you for being here with us. it is valentine's day. this is just a tough one. i mean we've seen a lot of issues throughout the morning. across the bay area. not just the north bay. >> we're going to amy pretty soon to talk about sausalito. that's been the big one so far. issues in the south bay with flooding. we've been watching the guadalupe river. it's going to flood this morning. the napa river is going to flood. moderate flooding, the russian river near guerneville. look at sausalito. near will 4.75 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. they had a 45 miles per hour gust this morning. that's why we had damage there. look at some of the moderate rain falling in walnut creek and pleasant hill. on danville boulevard as you

head towards alamo. it's just light rain. drip, drip, drip. all morning long. and then once we get in the clear, but then we get into the potential for showers that, will cause flooding because of the thunderstorms. and the downpours. it's windiest this morning until 10:00. it will be breezy for the rest of the afternoon. you can see the flags on the ferry building. they are complete i unfurled. you can see the trees dancing on the embarcadero. the water running down. that's what you're dealing with. 58 -- chance of thunderstorms the rest of the day and temperatures dropping down into the upper 40s to low 50s. steady rain this morning. feels like an ice rink out there, alexis when we were driving in. with the breezes. >> it was extremely windy. definitely a dangerous drive. we have a high-wind advisory in effect for basically the area bridges with altamont pass. it doesn't matter if you're in a

small sedan, high-profile vehicle, everyone is getting blown all over the bridges today. here's the toll plaza. no one is moving much because the metering lights are just on the other side of the tol plaza, past the metering lights, we have a three to four-car collision that's blocking a lane. c. hp checking that out. we did have an issue. improving here. northbound 17 is open. a box truck hit a tree. they were able to clear that a few minutes ago. we got the all clear from chp in the monterey area. there are a few residual delays but things are looking better. highway 17 has been one of those spots where we've seen a lot of trees down today. we'll take a look at drive times coming up next. alexis, we want to go to the south bay where vac wakes are under way this morning. >> we've been watching the creeks and the rivers rise. matt keller is there now. matt? >> reporter: hi, reggie and

jessica. we're walking on minnesota avenue. there's a lot of activity in this neighborhood. we've been hearing police officers going door to door knocking on the doors and advises people to evacuate. the guadalupe river is on the other side of the homes here on minnesota avenue. that is the big concern. this area here from willow glen way to the south to atlanta avenue to the north has an evacuation order. the national weather service issued a flood warning for this area. city of san jose spokesperson told us that they haven't seen any flooding. but they are -- likely i am nebt. they send out e-mails and alerts and text messages to people in english, vietnamese and spanish to this area letting everybody know about the evacuation orders this morning and then the police officers are going door to door knocking on doors because they're waking people up just to let them know to get out just in case the guadalupe river ends up flooding. bee were over there by the guadalupe river where you could actually see it. it is getting high.

we were talking to a father and his daughter about their concerns this morning. >> just got a text about 4:30 this morning and said that we need today evacuate. about 14 years ago, it did bring it up to the house. and did do some damage. kind of worried about it. >> reporter: yeah. the ross creek area also being evacuated around cherry avenue. police officers going door to door letting people know that they should evacuate. we were hearing i don't know if it was 50/50. but a lot of people were leaving to grab the belongings they needed. the willow glen community center will be the evacuation center for all of this. for the guadalupe river and for ross creek area as well. they did give us a phone number to call if you need help evacuating. let me get that number to you. 408-535-3500. 408-535-3500. the city of san jose is partnering up with vta to get

people out of their homes to get to the evacuation center. if you need help, you can call that phone number. people are asking neighbors to look out for their neighbors and let them know if the possibility that there are medical issues in surrounding homes so they can make an extra effort to get the people out of their home. pets are welcome at the willow glen community center. if you are going there, bring those along. back to you in the studio. >> reporter: i'm reporting live from sausalito. this is amy hollyfield where there was a mudslide. a home came crashing down and was destroyed. another one impacted for the very latest we now have the fire chief here. this is chris tubbs. thank you so much for joining us. for people waking up, could you tell us what happened and what you know? >> at this time, at 2:58 this morning, our units were dispatched to a reported structural collapse in sausalito. when they arrived on scene, we

found one house that had slid off its foundation and traveled some distance. we don't know the distance. but came to a stop after striking a second house. one person ws was in original house on the second floor. our crews extricated her and transported her to marin general hospital. reported reportedly, she has minor injuries. >> this house behind us is the second home and that was vacant? there was someone in the original home that came crashing down? >> i don't know for sure yet. i have not walked the scene and had a briefing on which house is which house. clearly, that's one of the two houses. >> it's still tough to sort out what we're dealing with. it's still very dark out here. >> it is. in order to get an assessment, having the daylight would be beneficial. when the sunrise starts to happen, we'll have a better handle on the extent of the damage. >> reporter: do you feel confident that everyone is out? >> at this point our incident

commander believes we can't be >> can you tell us about the stability for the rest of the iblt books neighborhood? >> we evacuated 350 homes as a precaution -- 50 homes as a precaution. they're doing a soils assessment. we don't have a report on the condition of that soil. clearly with the rain, there's a lot of instability. so we don't know if there's areas that need to be shored up or if this is the extent of the slide damage. >> reporter: i've been smelling gas. i don't smell it right now. maybe i've gotten used to it. has it been capped? >> no. we have a gas leak and in addition it to that, multiple power lines are down. all of those issues are dealt with right now. >> reporter: chief, thank you for the briefing. we know you're extremely busy. they've been told to seek shelter at the emergency operation's center in sausalito. a place to be dry and safe. they don't want people in this

neighborhood. they don't want people coming home to get dressed for work. check on a loved one. they want people out of this area because it is so unstable. thats the latest, reggie and jessica back to you. >> that's the first time we've heard that 50 homes have been evacuated. that's a significant number of people who were woken up early this morning and told to get out of there. it sounds like that was early process, amy. >> reporter: they told us that was a priority. we looked around and said where are the people? we already evacuated them. we did that when we got here. mission number one or at the very top of the list of things they wanted accomplished because they were so worried about this hillside and what else it can do. amy hollyfield reporting live for us from sausalito. let's be clear, it's not just the north bay dealing with this storm. a lot of places dealing with the flooding. right mike? >> minor flooding at guadalupe

river. it will peak about an hour from nw. 8.9 feet. as we head up to the north bay, we've got the napa river near st. helena. it's going to be above flood stage at 7:00. napa itself is going

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paseo padre parkway towards the sunol grade, a moderate shower causes problems with ponding on the roadways. you'll hit pleasanton in a minute t will cross 84 and 680. it's just going to be another mess getting through there. east bay valleys, wind and rain through 2:00. a chance of thunderstorms with a best chance around 8:00. south bay, we've got wind and rain through 8:00 and then rain up until 2:00. by 6:00, we'll start to have scattered showers. peninsula, you can see a few dry spots from 4:00 to 6:00 today. otherwise, rain and windy through most of the day. san francisco, rain and wind through 2:00. but then again at 8:00 and 10:00, you notice in the afternoon hours, getting a little break in most neighborhoods. like the north bay at 4:00. thunderstorms are possible up until then and after that. our last stop will be the east %-p.

a little bit of a break this afternoon and early evening before the thunderstorms return. every single neighborhood, it gets colder as the day goes on. here's alexis with that wet commute. >> oh, yeah. a lot of issues today. trees down, branches in the roadway, slides, power outages. stoplights are out. you name it, it's all on the board today. we have had a long-term blocking collision 680 past industrial way north of the benicia bridge. we finally got the all clear from chp a few minutes ago. it's about a 25-minute delay using that speed indication tool. you're down to 8 miles an hour. want to take you to mill valley where miller avenue is close between almonte and tam high thts going to be a complete mess once we get further into the morning. that's closed due to flooding. you want to plan accordingly. here's a quick check. southbound 680. still moving along relatively there's little rest for a single dad, d back pain made it hard to sleep and get up on time.

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welcome back. we continue to track breaking news of the storm damage. this is in sausalito where a mudslide destroyed a home. we are tracking the situation there where 50 homes have been evacuated because of this overnight mudslide. sergeant mike rah develop i from the marin county sheriff's department is joining us on the phone right now. >> sserg,uestn for you.

we spoke to someone from the marin county fire department. it was a little unclear if there was a person inside the home at the time that slid down the hill or if that person rescued was in the house that got hit. >> yes. the person that was inside the home was inside the home on sausalito boulevard which slid down on to crescent. >> so that person was in the home that slid and then did that person need to be rescued from that home? >> yes. so the house slid off of sausalito boulevard on to crescent. and then it hit another house which was vacant and the deputies were able to make verbal contact with the person and then the fire department responded and was able to remove the person from the house. >> i can't even imagine how scary that must to be in that home as it was sliding down and then crashing into another home.

do we know how she's doing this morning? >> the deputy told me that when the fire department was able to get her and remove her from the house that she was talking to them. so i'm unclear if she sustained any injuries. >> sergeant, have you heard of any other injuries nearby? >> no. not at this time. >> we heard about 50 homes being evacuated. can you describe what that process is and do we know if everyone in that area is out of their home? >> well, the process was just based on the severity of the mudslide and not knowing if other houses would come down and the safety of all the other residents. the area was evacuated. i'm not sure if everybody was evacuated from the area at this time. you know, it's still ongoing. this happened around 3:00 a.m.

when we received the initial call. then around 3:20 deputies made contact with the woman inside the house. around 4:00, 4:00 a.m., the fire department was able to remove her from the house. >> which streets have been evacuated and do you foresee additional evacuations? >> in sausalito, i'm not sure exactly what streets were evacuated. i saw the -- it's just that we were assisting them with the mudslide investigation. > just to be clear sergeant, when this happened this morning, how did this call come in? was it someone who was a neighbor who heard or saw this happen? >> yeah. it was my understanding that a neighbor called at approximately 3:00 a.m. and then law enforcement of sausalito and the marin county sheriff's office responded and was able to make contact with the woman inside the house that slid down on crescent at

approximately 3:20 a.m. >> got it. we're concerning about the stability of the other homes in the area. what's being done now to check on those? >> i know that -- i've been told that power lines were down and possibly gas leaks. i'm sure that pg&e is either on scene now or en route to determine the severiy of that as well. >> how many deputies are out there currently? >> right now, just one. >> sergeant, we appreciate that. that cleared up how this happened this morning. there's been a little confusion and understandably because this is a stunning story and images that we're seeing. we're glad that it sound like the one person trapped in the home is out and hopefully doing better. we appreciate the information. thank you, sergeant. >> absolutely. my pleasure. thank you. just to know that that person was inside the actual home that slid and to know that that person is alive right now, again, we'll continue to look for updates there on that situation in sausalito.

mudslide overnight. we want to turn to traffic. alexis? >> it's been a really busy morning once again, as you would expect. looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on at 5:18 today. once you make it to the other side of lights, getting on to the bridge, a three to four-car collision, have not gotten updates on that. it's slowing things down unless you're using the carpool lanes. keep that in mind. want to take you to an issue that's been here for about an hour. they issued a sig-alert before davis street. we had a semi that lost control went up on the embankment. emergency crews are blocking the two right lanes trying to recover that. that's causing a significant backup and quick check of drive times. westbound 80. highway 4 to the maze. 35 minutes. you're in the yellow. 13 across the bay bridge. southbound 101 san francisco to sfo. you've been okay all morning. in the green at ten minutes. let's check in with

meteorologist mike nicco. >> let's jump into -- >> 3 inches in san francisco. 2.5 in oakland. look at the marin civic center. 8 inches of rain. no issues as we expect. here's the river flooding forecast. we're going to have moderate flooding on the navarro river, mendocino county. the napa river at st. helena in napa. the guadalupe river and the petaluma river, we're having minor flooding also. sutro tower, here's a look. it's pretty cloudy and look at how it's bouncing we've got our s this morning and showers and thunderstorms. the chance much thunderstorms will continue tomorrow through saturday. right now on the east trail to the east of clayton, heading towards the pass and towards pittsburg and antioch, a moderate shower to put puddles on highway 4. on either side

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live doppler 7. showing the strong storms soaking the bay area this morning. the second day in a row we're dealing with drenching rain. >> this is what can happen when we get so much rain in a 24-hour period. a mudslide and flooding. at least one home knocked from its foundation in the north bay this morning. also seeing vac wakes in the south bay. >> it is a jaw dropping scene. thank you for joining us. i'm thursday, february 14th. >> we just got new information about the slide, the house slide in sausalito. first we're going to start with meteorologist mike nicco >> we downgraded from a 3 to a 2. we've had showers and then thunderstorms with localized downpours and gusty breezes.

overall, our winds will taper a little bit. but we could still have damage out of those thunderstorms. here's what sausalito did in the last 24 hours. 4.75 in 24 hours. 5.75 in 48 hours. it destabilized the ground there. stone ridge drive from pleasanton and brunell avenue towards livermore, a moderate rain will head into highway 4, vasco road and the altamont pass. expect it to get dicey. san jose, more than an inch of rain an 87. it is very spring and soupy-like outside with temperatures in the 60s right now. we'll drop all day as a cold front comes through and sparks scattered thunderstorms throughout the day. alexis? >> good morning, mike. want to take you to a new problem in the east bay. walnut creek, southbound 680 near treat boulevard which is right around where the camera is at the top of the screen there.

we're hearing reports of a tree down in the slow lanes. emergency crews on the way to check that out. yep, i'm definitely seeing traffic backing up in the area as well. we have a sig-alert on northbound 880 at davis just before davis. semi lost control, went off the roadway off an embankment. two right lanes are closed. a massive pothole connector southbound to 680. traffic barely moving. at least ten drivers have gotten flat tires. avoid that area if possible. >> alexis, thank you. we want to go to abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield who is live in sausalito this morning for us. where that mudslide happened overnight. >> amy, what's the newest information? >> reporter: what was interesting. we got briefed by the fire chief. what i found interesting is what he didn't know. he said that's because it's hard to make sense of what they're looking at. it's auch such a huge pile of d. it's hard to figure out which one landed on the other. it's just been -- it's such a

mangled mess out here. what we have pieced together and what they believe happened but don't know 100% sure came crashing down on a hill. they believe there was a woman inside the first home. when i double clicked on that to make sure, he said we aren't sure which house he was in. one house came down the hill. hit another home. one of those homes was vacant. that is the good news. but there was a woman inside one of these houses. she was crying out for help. her neighbors heard her. they called 9-1-1. she was trapped. rescue crews were able to get to her and pull her out. they have took her to the hospital but they tell me as a precaution. they do believe that she is okay. they did evacuate the on doors and got people out here. they're worried about what else the hillside can do. we asked if they're sure everyone is out.

they think so. they're not 100% sure. working in the dark has been difficult. >> having the daylight would be beneficial. when the morning sunrise happens, we'll have a better handle on the extent of the damage. >> do you feel confident that everyone is out? >> at this time the incident commander believes that we have. but, again, until we have light, we can't confirm for sure. >> reporter: they have evacuated the neighborhood and told people they're welcome to go to the emergency operation's center where it's dry and safe. they don't want anyone walking or driving through here. they're worried that the hillside could continue to give. it did keep raining on us for hours. so much water in here. they're also worried about the utility situation. there is a gas leak. pg&e has -- they have called crews to get here to try to get that capped. but that's still an issue. and the power is out.

again, they'daylight so they ca a handle on what they're dealing with and what their next steps should be. interesting note. the mayor of sausalito is out here. he's also a realtor. he knows all of the homes in the area very well. he can't figure out which homes these are. he's been looking for any distinguishing featur to remember which home these are that came crashing down. he says you can't see anything that would trigger his memory into which homes these are. they're such a pile of rubble at this point. reggie and jessica, back to you. >> it was obliterated and it's hard to imagine someone was able to survive that. amy hollyfield, we appreciate your reporting. we'll continue to check in with you. >> we want to show you a map where this is happening in sausalito where there's been a mudslide. what this was, was a home situated on sausalito boulevard and then slid down as far as we have confirmed. slid down on to crescent avenue

at crescent avenue near main. you can see this is the area right off highway 101 near the robin williams tunnel. also, if you know sausalito, it's a densely populated area. the homes are very close together. that's why the homes have been evacuated and why there is a concern of the stability of that hill throughout the morning. >> also in the north bay, there is a shelter in place order. people in novato are told to stay in their homes on paper mill creek court. this is new video from overnight we got into the newsroom. you can see all of the water there. there are road closures in that area as well. flooding as has forced people from their homes in the south bay. >> matt keller is live for us in san jose. matt? >> reporter: good morning, jessica and reggie. since i last saw you, we came over to theualupe riveralma ave. you can see how the river is doing. it is high. but i just talked with a city of

san jose worker. he told me that they were monitoring it and it appears that it is receded a bit. that's the good ne nining.tho. ave gooreround t guadalupe river to evacuate people from their homes. they're knocking on doors and advising people to leave. they sent out alerts and e-mails. made phone calls as well to make sure everyone is aware of the possibility of flooding of the guadalupe river. we were on minnesota avenue where police were knocking on doors. we talked with a man who got the alert and police came knocking. >> we got the alarm at around 4:45. so just started getting ready. and around -- the cops came in to tell us it's mandatory. >> it looks like you've got electronics. >> just whatever he needs. the rest grab what we need. >> put thingsp. srere willo has alseen evacuated or least police

have come by and knocked on doors and advised people to evacuate. some people have heeded that evacuation order. others are staying behind and keeping an eye and watching it just in case. over there, they are telling people to go to the willow glen advising anybody who is evacuated that there is a shelter at the willow glen community center. pets are welcome. we've seen buses in the neighborhood as well. they're assisting people getting over to the evacuation center as well. of course, they're going to be monitoring the river all morning long just to make sure it doesn't reach that flood stage. we're next to the 'emmingsss lodge. a few have left because the parking lot can flood. everybody is obviously watching and aware of it. matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. turn to mike nicco. >> guys, let's take a look at what's going on as far as your commute. look at san rafael. specifically the marin civic

center is where this rainfall was gathered more than 8 inches. as we look south on 101, you can see it's moving rather slow as it should be. dangerous on the road because of the puddles an the high winds. mass transit, that blowing rain once again. the gale warning on the bay for winds up to 52 miles per hour. not only on the bay, but our east-west bridges. that was no joke this morning with the sheets of rain coming downside ways. cars moving sideways. the spray off the cars moving sideways. it was really windy. high tide is happening right now. so we've got a coastal flood advisory which means the bay shore. the areas that usually flood during qinghai tides. it's still -- it's lifting it up higher than normal. you can see the radar breaking up a bit. the steadier rain is becoming more scattered right now. we'll still have chances of rain

aak by 2:00.h falling by 8:00 it picks up once again. south bay, same thing. we have a chance of showers all the way through 2:00. another chance around 6:00. then let's go to the peninsula. chance of rain all throughout to 2:00. down to 8:00. we're going to have, as you can see on the temperatures dropping during the afternoon hours, even in san francisco. even though it will be a degree or dwo. there's a window between the late afternoon and evening hours where we're going to pull the reins back a little bit, take a deep breath and the cold air funnels in and the chance of thunderstorms will start to move in. we'll have a chance of thunderstorms in the rest of the forecast coming up. i'll show you that in a second. want to bring in alexis. talked about the commute a little bit. do you want to add on to that? >> i thought i was going to blow off the bay bridge into the bay. >> i didn't mean to do that. >> it jerked you all over the roadway.

it was very scary. we have a high-wind advisory in effect for basically every bridge. all of the east-west wijs bridges, one was issued for the benicia bridge and golden gate. that was in the last 30 minutes or so. we're looking live at walnut creek. wanted to update you. it's on the northbound side of the road warks heavy traffic on the -- emergency crews on the way to clear that tree from the northbound side. want to update this sbags in the tri-valley. westbound 580 ramp to southbound 680. actually, now hearing that there are as many a 30 vehicles with flat tires due toy a large pothole that hopopened up. it has been happe for 2 1/2 hours at this point. avoid that if you can. obviously heavy traffic in the area as well. wanted to check on the approach to the benicia bridge as i mentioned. there's a high-wind advisory in

effect for that bridge. we had a crash north of the bridge past industrial. that cleared about 20 minutes

let's go over the rivers. thnavarro river, russian river moderate flooding. napa and st. helena, and guadalupe and petaluma all have

minor flooding. so far we haven't heard of any damage. our creeks and streams aren't faring as well. willowbrook, major flooding right now. laguna desanta rosa and creek -- with moderate flooding. these could continue to rise over the next couple of hours as more of this rain has been falling overnight works to these creeks. eventually to the rivers that will continue to rise. the kids, dress them for rain this morning. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. it's going to get cooler today, but not so cool they need a heavy coat. when thunder roars, go indoors. wait 30 minutes until after you hear the last clap of thunder. temperatures are in the mid-50s to low 60s. they're falling right now. they're going to continue to fall until we hit the low to upper 40s. winter is coming back. see the snow in the north bay. more of that in the forecast. see you with that in a second. >> thanks, mike.

because of everything you just heard mike describe, we have a change for you when it comes to programming this morning. abc 7 mornings will stay on the air past 7:00 a.m. to bring you up to the minute coverage on our storm. we'll continue to stream live as we always do at abc7news.com. now we want to turn to the big story of the morning. the. >>ed tmudslide in sausalito -- wayne freedman is at the evacuation center. >> reporter: 25 people plus one infant in this room, inside the fire department here in sausalito. this all happened, apparently, about 3:00 this morning. they were evacuated when a house, a duplex we're told on the 400 block of sausalito boulevard fell into crescent drive. it appears to have slid several hundred feet. no injuries, at least no one killed. there was an injury and an extrication. these are some of the people who have nowhere else to go and i got mike mckinley he's the emer

officer here for sausalito. 3:00? have you seen this yet? >> no. i have not been to the scene. i came down here to set up our sheltering efforts. i am getting reports from the command post and it was a very, very serious slide. >> reporter: in this dark -- >> i believe they have. there's reports going back to the command post that sunrise is coming up. we're starting to get a sense of the damage and doing the damage assessment. fortunately, only one injury so far reported. so the damage assessment is ongoing. >> that was a woman who was in the house that it was slid into or the house that slid? >> i'm not sure which of those issues actually occurred. >> do we know how stable the rest of that hill is at this point? >> we do not. my sense is it's probably not that stable right now. this wet weather has done just a number to our soils and everything is very saturated. >> has that area been a problem

before? >> we did have slides issues during the last atmospheric storm that we had. it was taken care of by our public works department. again, very tenuous areas up there. >> are we here before the red cross? this is very fresh. they're taking -- what happens to the people inside this building now? where do they go next? how much do they leave behind? are they going to be able to get back to their homes to grab anything they need? >> that's a good question. all those things will be determined. some of the folks live very close to the incident building. other folks were just within the neighborhood that was evacuated. so we really do have to consider all the structural issues before we can let them back in. >> what are they saying? what have they said about their experience this morning? were you banging on doors getting them out or did they

just flee? >> i believe they fleed. i believe they heard a very loud similar it an explosion, a bang, those are the descriptions we're hearing. a tractor driving off the street. neighbs rallied to each other. and evacuated. >> reporter: and this structure slid several hundred feet or several hundred yards? >> i'm not sure. but i would bet it would be close to yards. >> reporter: what about traffic going through sausalito this morning? i know a lot of people will take bridgeway. will that remain open? will the town remain open? i know you're doing evacuations. do we know the ex at the present time yet? >> we really don't. we're trying to keep the main routes open. i would think we're going to try the best we can to keep bridgeway open. the command post is near there. staging areas near there. it really depends. we're going to try to keep it open. >> reporter: it would seem the one area is questionable.

what about the rest of the hillside? >> i'm sure. >> reporter: so you have 25 people inside and a child? >> yes. an infant. >> reporter: we don't know when they'll be able to get back to hair homes? >> we don't. >> reporter: one woman was rescued from a house and we don't know her condition. was she awake, conscious? >> i don't know. >> reporter: you don't know. it's all in flux. >> yes. >> reporter: mike, i thank you very much. the man who knows. we'll come back once again this morning at 3:00 a.m. up on sausalito boulevard. a house appears to be a duplex, slid several hundred feet or several hundred yards. we don't know what -- the residents of that neighborhood over here have been evacuated and at the fire station. they're awaiting word, everyone is awaiting words. the fire department is here, the red cross is here. the police are here. the sun is coming up. finally, we'll get a better sense of what's happening.

that is the latest in sausalito. i'm sure there will be more. live in sausalito in marin county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. okay. wayne, thanks for the update. appreciate that interview. several school districts have canceled classes because of the weather. the alexander valley union school district, the dunham elementary school district, geyserville unified school district and guerneville school district. we also learned that mt. tam high in mill valley is also closed. that information just came in to tus. we do have an updated list of closures on the ticker at the bottom of the screen. it will be posted on abc7news.com. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. that's why we're devoting this week to b.a.r.t. and focusing on your biggest issues with the transit system.bc 7 n viewers e-mailing us, sharing with us your concerns. b.a.r.t. board president, bevan dufty came to talk to me andy l

of your questions. fare evasion is one of the top concerns. >> we're going to be coming out in march and have some recommendations on how to improve the fare gates and really make the system have more integrity to it. >> dufty also said that b.a.r.t. is working with homeless route reach agencies in san francisco and contra costa county with teams rotating at various stations. you can go to abc7news.com and cick on the building a better bay area b.a.r.t. week link. scroll to the bottom of the page to submit comments. in an effort to build a better bay area, san francisco is looking at a new plan to tackle our traffic. >> that would involve charging people for driving on city streets. san francisco's county transportation authority just approved spending $500,000 to study the idea. examine if charging tolls would change driving habits.

today on "good morning america," an abc news exclusive with jussie smollett. >> this is his first interview since he was attacked by two masked men in chicago who yelled racist and homophobic slurs. >> as i was crossing the intersection, i heard empire. i don't answer to empire. my name ain't empire. i didn't answer. i kept walking and then i heard, [ bleep ] empire [ bleep ]. so i turned around and i said, [ bleep ] did you just say to me. i see the attacker. masked and he said this mag a country. punches me right in the face. >> smollett says he fought back and says the two men put a rope around his neck. he gave robin roberts a detailed account. chicago police are still investigating. the full interview with robin is coming up on gma. let's turn to the storm

we've been watching closely and alexis smith tracking the roads. it's certainly had an i am pack this morning. we've had plenty of issues today. debris on the roads, trees falling down. i want to look at golden gate bridge. not only a high-wind advisory for golden gate. crews are working on a pothole, doing pothole repair. 101 near the north tower. that could slow you down. taking a look at the traffic maps, a sig-alert northbound 880 before davis street. semi went off the roadway up on to the embankment. a 25-minute delay for you. a quick check of roads in mill valley. miller valley is closed. we got that update. tam high is going to be closed today due to the weather and road conditions. i'll be right back with the toyota tahoe report. let's check in with mike nicco. >> thank you, alexis. i want to bring you good news. the winds have pulled back a little bit in places like san jose where they were gusting 35,

40 miles per hour earlier. even at sfo we had a large gust. the winds are letting up a little bit as the bulk of the atmospheric river slides to our south. rainfall two inches at sfo. we have delays. we're going to have rain this morning. then showers and then thunderstorms. that chance of a thunderstorm continues all the way through saturday as the cold air starts to rush in and drops the snow levels also. it will be dry next week. it's going to be cooler than average. here's a look at the altamont pass, patterson pass road. concannon boulevard. light rain on the peninsula from daly city, brisbane, all the way down to stanford and into the hills of the santa cruz mountains. look at where the strongest storms are. they're down to our south and east. but it's this little pocket of colder air and brighter whiter clouds that brings us the next chance of showers and thunderstorms. you see them developing on the radar. gusty winds and rain on the morning dry.

standing water. the evening commute, more widespread showers. here we go from 7:00 to noon. you can see, yeah, there's still downpours in the forecast. still yellow there. as we head into the afternoon hours, you can see it gets rather quiet until 7:00 and then another sweeping push of gusty winds locally heavy rains out of the thunderstorms. this at the same time we've got all the snow falling up in the sierra. winter storm warning until 4:00 saturday morning. feet of heavy snow that will turn to light snow. we have a wintry mix for friday, saturday and sunday. that's why our storm impact scale is a 1. i want to turn it over to alexis after we go to a break. we'll get back to alexis. mike, i think i am taking it over. the we'll do the toyota tahoe report. as mike mentioned, not a great day to drive to the sierra.

no chain requirements. 88 and 89 do have requirements. you're under a winter storm warning right now. very healthy base totals. heavenly probably closer to fou hours to get there. maybe even longer than that. of course, it's tough leaving the bay area, too. we have all the wind and the rain. if you leave your home and get closer to the sierra. 80, 132, 188-inch base at sugar bowl. probably four hours. same thing at tahoe and

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good morning to you. 6:59 right now. a programming note that we are not joining "good morning america" morning. we're staying on the air due to the severe weather hitting the bay area this morning. we'll be joining gma at 7:30. of course, they're going to have that exclusive interview with empire star jussie smollett. right now we'll turn to breaking news. mudslides, flooding and evacuations across the bay area this morning. we'll keep live doppler 7 on the our veovn the right ur screen. side of the screen. we'll start with reporter amy hollyfield who is in sausalito where a house slid down a hill. amy? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. people are starting to wake up

in this neighborhood. they're coming out to check out the scene and they can't believe what they are seeing. this is what is left of one home, maybe two. it's a mangled mess. >> one home on