lim. >> i am eric thomas. >> lus pena joins us with development of this story. >> reporter: the date has been chosen february 20th, teachers in oakland will go on strike. this can affect potentially 37,000 students in oakland. let's go back to how this started. if teachers walk off the job on thursday, the district says it is preparing to offer school administrators and substitute teachers. went over both sides of the conflict. and a compromise hasn't been reached. let's hear what they had to say. >> i taught in oakland for

20 years. we have seen years of under funding. district neglect that has starved our schools of necessary resources. >> we asked oea to come to the table. we hope they come to the table and we can negotiate. we still believe we can head off this strike. just because there is a date doesn't mean the strike has to happen. >> reporter: they are still holding on to hope of somehow reaching an agreement. we will continue to follow this story. live in oakland. luz pena. >> last school years oakland unified reported 36,280 students in 87th district run schools. starting treacher salary is

46,000. that is the lowest of all alameda county school districts and the third lowest in the bay area. turning to the weather and the aftermath of huge storms in the bay area. an emergency has been declared because of all the damage. >> we begin with >> reporter: she slid some 200 yards underneath this debris and trapped inside. and still couldn't believe it happened. >> oh my gosh. oh my gosh, you've got to be kidding me? i went through that. >> reporter: she hadn't seen the wreckage from sausalito's

thursday morning mud slide. her duplex went sliding down some 200 yards into another home and gordon was inside. >> tumbled and tumbled inside until it stopped. and i was knee deep up to her in mud. >> reporter: to sit with us seven to hours later with cuts and bruises, how, what did it sound like? >> a roar. a big lion. >> reporter: how did she get out? >> one fireman came down and said we have to be careful in how we get you out of here. >> reporter: first responders used jaws of life. gordon lost everything. including her cat peaches. >> a friend said you have to look at her as the angel that

saved her. >> reporter: gordon has people helping her right now. >> my son set up an account. go me. >> reporter: gofundme. sausalito city council will be holding a special meeting to declare a local emergency. reporting in sausalito. >> thanks very much. the westbound lanes of highway 37 remain closed near n novato breach. drivers are being rerouted on to 101. >> do not adjust your television. the picture you are seeing right here is fine. it looks black and white. this is snow covered cameras

atop mt. st. helena. abc7 news was at rock away beach in pacifica. there is a high surf advisory until 9:00 tonight. >> the rain is finally letting up, really, more showers could be in store for the weekend. >> let's check in with meteorologist drew tuma. >> on and off showers widely scattered in nature. high surf advisory in effect. 13 to 17 feet high. rip currents are strong right now. stay away from the ocean this evening until the water dies down. get you down to street level.

live doppler 7 south san francisco. sink to the south. on and off showers continue the next 24 hours. we will track those scattered showers, and more hail possible. chance for snow again in our highest peaks. we will go hour by hour and when you see you guys in a few minute. it took laura anthony 14 hours to get to tahoe. there is a winter storm running through 4:00 a.m. cal transhas been doing avalanche control. if you want to track the rain, click the blue live bar at the top of the app. you can check the weather conditions where you live. in the east bay, a wild

chase that ended with a crash in the caldecut tunnel. police did arrest him a short time ago. investigators tell abc7 news the chase started in antioch when the suspect rammed two police cars. s s s s s s s s called. the weather conditions and low tide caused problems for the visitors. in the north bay, a ride share driver ended with an unusual request. the driver pulled up behind the deputies in sausalitos asking them to investigate a shoe box.

a man greeted him asking the driver to deliver the shoe box. when the ride was canceled, the driver got nervous and found deputies and when they opened the box they found this, fentanyl inside the shoes. senator cam la harris is putting together her team. and who she is turning to in california. quite a square at the performance of hamilton. what we ♪ [baby crib musical mobile]

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caltra . showings of hamilton are back on tonight. after a terrifying incident that had people running for their lives. you clearly hear the alarm there. here is a look from the scene inside. a medical emergency forced the evacuation. police say there was no gun and the gunshot heard at the time was part of the show. abc7 news was there today when another performance was held without any issues. >> i almost bought tickets for last night but it was cheaper to come today.

when i saw the news this morning, i was thankful that we hadn't come last night. >> one person did suffer a heart attack and two others were hurt. >> senator campaign is taking harris is busy campaigning this weekend in south carolina. if you are thinking about heading to the sierra for fresh pow pow you might want to wait. >> looking at this video, you know why chains are required. an update from caltrans coming up next. three point competition is underway. this is all about the cu

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>> traffic this afternoon on 50 controlled. also because of spinouts and poor visibility and other issues. the conditions are down right dangerous. >> high winds and blowing snow across the roadway. >> those who did try to drive over the sierra, said it took two or three times long as usual to make the trip. >> those die hard skiers. >> like our laura anthony. >> 14 hours. >> the snow is going to be winding down the next 12 hours. but the sierra got slammed with feet of fresh power. if you are trying to travel up there, hold off until tomorrow afternoon. most of us are seeing a brief break in the showers right now and it will be a mainly dry evening. but the storm is not finished

with us just yet. a beautiful sunset right now, our east bay hills camera. partly to mostly cloudy skies. we have seen rain for several days and the numbers adding up across the region. these are pretty high numbers for the bay area in february. more than 6 inches of rain in santa rosa over that and novato. san francisco coming in over 4 inches in rain. san jose close to 3 inches of rain, even livermore. with our series of storms that worked through >> partly cloudy skies. a lot of clear patches. numbers right now mainly hold anything the 40s. 48 in san jose. napa one of the coldest spots we have on our maps right now. winter storm is still in effect for the sierra. additional snowfall on top of

the feet of power they have already seen. probably one to 2 inches in a lot of spots. could be isolated spots. we have above average snow pack for this time of year. we will see on and off showers after midnight. numbers falling ten or 15 degrees from where we are right now. a lot of spots hold to the mid-30s. northern california just inundated with on and off showers. what we are watching there is a weak ripple of energy right there. moving onshore between seattle and portland. that is going to slide down south. on the storm impact scale it is a level 1 system. scattered showers here or there. we have seen hail today and likely again going to happen. dusting of snow in our highest

peak. tonight you have outdoor plans and it is a quiet picture. our next ripple of energy moves onshore early tomorrow morning. by 5:00 in the morning, light on and off showers. could see a brief break midday. i wouldn't cancel any outdoor plans you have just be prepared to move indoors for 15 minutes or so. so the acuweather seven-day foe forecast, a dry holiday on monday. dryer weather returns on thursday and into friday. the three point shooting contest is underway as far as the all star festivity, larry beil has a front row seat. and this is not about bragging rights. they have a lot of money on the

line for this competition. >> reporter: cash money for a long time mindi, you are right, let's play family feud. brother versus brother. steph curry against seth curry. they are among the ten competitors in the field. now steph won the competition back in 2015, certainly got more experience. seth placed for the trail blazers, actually has a slightly higher shooting. the money is on the line and bragging rights. >> always confident in himself and i'm confident in myself. hofeel like i'm going to put on i have to knock him out. >> whoever loses has to pick up the tab for all the tickets. the stakes are high considered how many people show up for our

game. so i got to get the best of him tonight. i know he is very confident though. >> taking in all of the events but excited for that three point. a little curry rivalry. going for middle style and that is seth. >> to prepare, you have to get shots like you do on a normal basis. i work on my craft but shooting is very different. >> i know for a fact everybody in my family except for me is rooting for seth. i have accepted that. but i hope to pull the upset tonight if you know what i'm talking about. >> reporter: sad to say for young seth curry, he is going to be paying for a long time he came up with only 16 points.

steph won the opening round with 27 points. onto the final. steph, and joe harris for the championships. live in charlotte, larry beil, abc7 news sports. >> the a's, had their full squad workout of the spring. giving manager his first opportunity to speak to the team about expectations following last year's season. shortstop mark just simmion is the longest player on the roster. he is not a big talker but considers himself one of the players to set the tone. >> i do. i have been here for five years now. just being here and knowing just how things operate here will

make me a leader >> the trick now is to with hopefully going to a new ballpark keep some of our younger core guys and he seems to be a leader amongst those guys. so nice to have a guy and certainly goes about his business in the fashion. he is ready every day. takes great care of himself. not the most vocal guy in the world but leads by example. >> steph breathing a sigh of relief. their sister is married to an nba rivers and every time they play, it is a -- >> big deal? >> there is a lot of tickets. >> hey, seth, hope you brought your checkbook. you owe big brother some money. >> mindi, thanks. we have an update on episode

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