way up and down this roadway because it's dotted with vehicles just stuck. all you can see, tops of the suvs in some cases. it's got by three, four, five feet high some locations. >> highway 116, lot of the bridges almost under water as well. only going to get worse. river is going to continue to rise. could be the worst flooding along the russian river in about 24 years. right now major flooding in guerneville so many under water, including surry resort and we'll show you as well. water up to the roof. sky7 pans skymap7 shows where in guerneville this is, north of

the russian, not far from safeway. >> most of the parking lot there under water, few vehicles, including safeway trailer, still in the lot, can't get out most likely. surrounded by water. people in guerneville used to flooding but locals tell you, gets it safeway, it's bad situation. >> marker for them indeed. southeast sonoma county, again. again. schellville, the intersection, fremont road and drive will be closed until at least 8:00 tonight. >> problems in petaluma, stony point and denman roads, north of petaluma boulevard, cars abandoned in flood waters, very muddy. >> can't get out. team coverage, spencer christian

and dreware tracking. begin with jobina. >> reporter: more than 20 areas under mandatory evacuation, and resources are available. standing in sonoma county animal services mobile van right now, taking care of pets. cats at top, dogs in the several evacuees, hearing the stories is incredible. trying to get to department where flood evacuees were shuttled to shelters but ran into it ourselves. >> nothing like this. look at mailbox. >> traveled down to farm, horse boarded inside. >> figured couldn't drive in driveway, no idea would be up to the barn. >> reporter: images startling but evacuees from other areas.

>> homeless until a week ago, just moved into trailer we got evacuated out of. >> reporter: live near lagana wetlands preserve. >> walk out, waist deep water. horrific. >> reporter: all he has is clothing on his back and memories of trailer. >> it's history, i'm out of there, got to figure out what i can do. you know. sometimes god -- doors close, says doors open. >> reporter: volunteers trying to channel the same positivity. >> then i have karma. >> reporter: shelters from places for pets, food, clothing, won't turn anyone away. >> not luxury hotel but we try to take really good care of people. >> reporter: evacuation center in partnership with the american red cross and the county is

running another evacuation center at sonoma county fairgrounds. ac7 news. >> thanks so much. one of the towns hit hard is monte rio. historic buildings like the movie theater now partially under water. believe it or not, it's happened before to that theater. monte rio is cut off, all roads in or out closed. but monty freeman got a ride with emergency crews, talked to people who didn't heed evacuation orders and stayed put. >> you can see where the water is now, another three feet will flood quite a few more houses. >> already there. >> probably not as bad as they look, right? >> or could be worse. >> many people only able to get around by boat. in fact we went for a ride with one man. >> in '86 i was four, river came

up and it was about this high, maybe a little bit higher. >> what is this normally? >> broad river boulevard going south. behind you is highland del, water is probably how deep? deep, eight or nine feet maybe. >> deeper than the length of the paddle and just going around seeing if people need help. >> definitely river boulevard. spencer and drew. what we expect next couple of hours. >> as you pointed out earlier, russian river is still rising. unbelievable as this may sound, flooding is going to get worse in evening hours. look at various levels of flooding. right now major flooding as you have seen, not expected to crest until 9:00 this evening, nearly 46 feet, 14 feet above flood stage.

major flooding will continue overnight into tomorrow morning, perhaps until about noon, then moderate flooding into afternoon hours as river finally begins to recede and minor flooding into tomorrow night. flood warning on the russian river until 3:06 p.m. saturday. live doppler 7, you can see rain has ended in north bay but for sprinkle. light rain over parts of the east bay and inland east bay. still ranks one, light intensity, scattered showers into late night, under 0.2 inches of rain expected. drew tuma with the totals. >> when you look at numbers, you can see why the north bay is having so many issues right now. santa rosa received more than six inches of rainfall. yesterday set all-time record for 24 hour rainfall in santa

rosa. venn atto closing in on two feet of rain. that's why seeing so many issues, hit so hard. rainbow of rainfall on the map. south bay, sharp drop-off, lot of spots saw less than inch of moisture. wide range with the river event. flood warning still in effect and napa river under flood warning and do anticipate good news next couple of hours, looks like will go below flood stage through 9:00 tonight, expect it to recede back into its banks. when spencer christian comes back, there is more rainfall in the forecast, show you full forecast in a few minutes. >> that's last thing anybody needs, especially up north. joining us sergeant with the

sonoma county sheriffs office. yesterday you said mandatory evacuation orders, need people out of the area, obvious why. update? >> mandatory evacuations last night, 20 deputies knocking on doors, telling people who need to leave. those who didn't heed the warning had to get rescued today. us and fire department rescued about 40 people from homes and rooftops, needed to get to higher ground. that's what we spent the day doing today. area's cut off from the rest of sonoma county, on island out there and we're working to get people to higher ground. >> you joined us midday and mentioned weren't getting a lot of emergency assistance calls. has that situation changed as

water continues to rise? >> i would say still not high pace volume from dispatchers. what i'm hearing. but talking to deputies and fire department, checked in at command post, about 40 individuals rescued. not always dispatch but someone yelling for help and able to get to them. >> you mentioned water was getting almost too high for the high water rescue vehicles. are they still able to operate or rescue by boat at this point? >> has been too high all day long, haven't operated. water is too high for that, all rescues done by boat. >> expectation for the next 24 hours, sergeant? >> thinking 7:00 to 10:00 crest

and potentially get up to commercial visit and cause da s damage, keep eyes on that. deputies are stationed out there, next couple of days before they can get off the island themselves, then hopefully by middle of the night tonight start heading back down. >> crazy to think of guerneville as an island right now but that is an accurate description. sergeant spencer crum with sonoma county sheriffs office, thanks for the latest update. marin county was more fortunate than sonoma, another typical wet weather day, except for one location. >> closure of main east to west corridor, highway 57. vic lee is there. >> reporter: well, this morning this section of highway 37 was unrecognizable, covered with

gushing water. can still see residual flooding in the field next to the highway. just within the last hour cal trans and chp reopened the eastbound lanes. westbound is still closed. this is how highway 37 looked today. between atherton avenue and 101 in novato, closed both directions east and west, flooded. this truck loaded with lumber didn't quite make it through. started couple of weeks leavee cracked and sent water over the highway. cal trans repaired the breach. this time happened not far from the former break. >> with the last storm that came

through, sheer amount of water has caused a lot more flooding. >> reporter: novato creek runs underneath, overflowed banks and flooded. >> all the morning commute coming from east to west for us, all detoured down atherton. >> reporter: bumper-to-bumper commuting, two lane road, nightmare for commuters until this highway reopens. elsewhere, typical wet weather day. >> small mud slides, debris and flooding calls. normal wet weather calls. >> reporter: san antonio road not far from highway 101 had flooded but by this afternoon the waters had receded. still the water level in nearby rivers and creeks were dangeroue will y ly high. >> reporter: eastbound now open,

you can see cars whizzing by. unfortunately westbound not open but cal trans said when water recedes a bit more this evening may have to bring in pumps to take out rest of the water on the westbound side. hopefully both sections of highway 37 will reopen in time for the morning commute. let's pray that it does, abc7 news. >> if you want to take a closer look at problem areas, posted interactive google map for you on abc7news.com, where you can see images and check the rising water levels. >> stick with abc7 news and abc7news.com for continuing coverage and download the abc7 news app for latest information sent to your phone as it happens. crawl running along the bottom acuaon ordeen withtoat

closures. more news, day five of the oakland teachers strike, latest negotiations and other teachers joining. >> what was the breaking point when you decided to tell the truth? >> all eyes on washington as michael cohen testifies before congress. bay are

this is the fifth day of the oakland teachers strike, no end in sight. >> laura anthony live in oakland where there is a school board meeting scheduled.

>> reporter: well, they're trying to have school board meeting here, negotiations going on a couple of miles from here but this is where all the action is right now. these pickets set in front of the building where the school board meeting was set to begin at 4:00. but as you can see, these folks are intent on making sure it doesn't happen. ♪ stand by me, oakland stand me ♪ >> oakland school students and parents with several teachers brought message to state building downtown. lesson for strike school. ♪ ain't going to let know district turn me around ♪ >> teachable moment for the kids? >> i think so, choice of intent opportunity for kids to participate in the strike.

bargaining session, fifth day, 8.5% over four years and teachers want 12% over three years. >> still hope to come to agreement. gone on longer than most people hoped it would, lot of students and families want to get back to class. >> reporter: talks dragging on but teacher energy remains high. contingent took over bridge in laurel district. >> still really excited for the cause but some of us feeling a little weary but ready to go as long as it takes. >> reporter: and at elementary school, picketers at every entrance to shut down the scheduled meeting of the school board, one set to include discussion about $22 million in budget cuts. >> wanting to make a lot of cuts this evening, not something we

want to see happen. >> reporter: teachers' position is it's highly inappropriate to have school board meeting to talk about millions of dollars in cuts while these folks are still on the picket lines and negotiations still under way. i'm told they started at 12:00 today, went to 3:00 this morning, then took a break and back at it. at this point not hearing of any progress made. live in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> this strike is proving to be costly for oakland unified school district, according to spokesperson, 6% of students have shown up, equates to million dollars a day in lost revenue to the state. man wanted in connection with danville's first murder in three years has shot himself. mark sypien

of john moore. tonight sheriff deputies found him, when he saw the deputies, shot himself in the head. taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. san francisco city officials will hold candlelight memorial for late jeff adachi who passed away on friday. autopsy was performed sunday but cause of death not released yet. police say no signs of foul play, 11:00, city hall. attention to the weather, river still rising and more rain coming. >> not in north bay, happy to say, but light to moderate in other parts of the bay area. storm is winding down, good news, but impact has been

horrific. live doppler 7, patches of light rain now. some just moving on to the peninsula. had isolated downpours but for north bay, storm just about over there. emeryville, rainfall still on the lens, lots of clouds. 54 in san francisco and oakland, 61 in mountain view, 59 in san jose, 60 in morgan hill, mt. tam, stormy, 53 at santa rosa. mid to upper 50s. one more live view, pier 15 in san francisco, raining where we are. forecast features. continue to see scattered showers until overnight hours, dry pattern next two days then rain returns over the weekend. another look at levels of flooding on the russian river right now.

major flooding has been the case throughout most of the day. river expected to crest at 9:00 p.m., 45.6 feet, 14 feet above flood stage. major flooding through tomorrow morning. then waters recede tomorrow afternoon, flooding downgraded to moderate, still severe, and minor by late tomorrow night. storm impact scale, winding down but still a one. scattered showers mainly in peninsula, south and east bay, light to moderate rainfall, most locations less than 0.2 inches additional from this storm. widely scattered showers, sprinkle maybe in the north bay but no more steady or concentrated rain expected. snow pushing into the sierra. overnight temperatures mid to

upper 40s. cooler in north bay valleys. upper 40s to low 40s. forecast animation picks up, dry air moving in in time for the morning commute. still may be wet pavement and slippery spots but dry and no rain, although still snowing in sierra. high temperatures, upper 50s. mid to puppupper 50s in north, sierra snow. winter storm warning in effect until noon. generally five to ten inches expected above 5,000 feet. one to two feet in higher elevations. accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll have dry weather next two days, maybe isolated shower early, but not widespread. dry generally, but more rain

saturday, system ranking one on the storm impact scale continuing to produce scattered showers to sunday. dry monday and tuesday with yet another storm wednesday. no end to the unsettled pattern for now. >> but nice to see four days on seven of dry weather. >> and when it does rain, mainly light rain. >> thanks spencer. big day for bay area restaurants, chefs who made cut for prestigious award. oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds?

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cohen just wants prison time reduced. more on the contentious hearing. >> reporter: former longtime fixer and personal attorney says he protected president for more than decade but time to start telling truth. >> what was the breaking point? >> helsinki. charlottesville. watching the daily destruction of our civility to one another. >> reporter: cohen facing three years in prison after pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance laws and other crimes, he says at direction of president trump. >> because i know what mr. trump is. he is a racist, he is a con man, and he is a cheat. >> reporter: today democrats are locked in on cohen's campaign finance violations, president trump's role and timing of the hush money payments he arranged for two women who say they had affairs with trump, that trump

has denied. >> can anyone corroborate? >> keith davidson, allen wasselburg, president trump. >> reporter: republicans focusing on him being convicted criminal and liar. >> when you failed to report to internal revenue service, did you do that to protect donald trump? >> no i did not. >> reporter: also alleging that trump was aware that roger stone was talking to julian assange about wiki leaks of the dnc. >> president trump knew about it. >> reporter: stone denying that. and cohen suggesting he's aware of illegal act involving president trump that federal investigators in new york are investigating. returning to flooding coverage in north bay. just ahead. >> i've never seen the river

this high. >> inundating north bay communities. >> and not over yet. live look from sky7, with ch7 l streets, how bad, several feet engulfing whole neighborhood, worst yet to come tonight.

here are the stories making headlines past 4:30. russian river set to crest feet in a few hours. skymap7 showing some of the damage. how deep the water is, several feet in guerneville, roads in and out flooded, residents cut off. monte rio, wayne conditions are very tough. will have report. >> country amy hollyfield has the story. >> reporter: stranded cars, blocked residents and response from the national guard because the russian river is rapidly

rising. >> incredibly flooded. nuts. >> reporter: could only get 7 1/2 miles from guerneville. river road was submerged hour later and so was the road we parked for first live report, then had to move. cars parked here started to disappear. zach was hoping to get to work but realized by 7:00 a.m. had missed chance. >> down here 6:00, probably 1 1/2 feet lower. maybe if i would have tried then, could have got through. >> reporter: authorities pushed back barricade another mile. here's why. water we drove through as we headed further from guerneville. but forestville residents were surprised. cindy was told couldn't go back to her home. >> left 7:00 this morning and it was fine, then heard the river

was cresting, thought i better get home. obviously too late. >> reporter: heard guerneville but expecting forestville to be this impacted? >> not at all. >> driveway at inn flooded this morning. one tried to leave, didn't make it. >> decision to take rental car through waist high water, 2/3 of the way and car stalled. encourage anyone watching, do not try to go through any water over a foot high, you never know. >> reporter: employees carried suitcases through the water as guests walked up and around the property to get out. people allowed in with the national guard or firefighters with boats and jetskis or a county worker with sandbags who could only make it so far. >> never seen the river this high. >> river remains high.

water still rising. safeway in guerneville, parking lot is completely covered in water, doesn't look like it's seeped into the store just yet but trucks there, some of the cars, water up to the roof just about and remember the river is expected to crest about 9:00 p.m. at 46 feet. >> 46 feet. >> exactly. more flooding to be expected but downtown of guerneville is flooded out right now. >> disaster. follow our reporters on twitter for more coverage. if you're post using #abc7now. might see them online. one area spared from fury of the storm is santa cruz mountains. >> along the san lorenzo river, it's gushing behind you david.

>> reporter: yes, indeed. river that carries water all the way to santa cruz by the boardwalk, area around here got as much as four inches today, not as much as other parts of the bay area but monitored closely to foretell flooding downriver. the san lorenzo has a history of rising several feet in an hour with heavy rainfall, dramatic in boulder creek but not causing alarm. still several feet below flood stage. residents are glad they didn't get hammered as often happens. >> were prepared for more rainfall. thankful it's not as bad but hope those up north are staying safe. we know how it can be. >> reporter: constant concern is highway 17, rain makes slippery, can trigger rock and slides, can

lead to collisions and single vehicle spinouts. had to contend with ponding in urban areas, others expect rainstorms as part of life. no major power outages according to pg&e. david says he has chainsaw for downed trees and is prepared at home. >> deal with it, wood stoves. power goes out, old school water heater, can still take hot showers. >> reporter: preparedness that mountain dwellers take for living where they do. >> everybody looks out for each other. >> reporter: flood stage is 16 1/2 feet, currently just under eight. good sign.

level seems to be dropping here. in boulder creek, david louie, abc7 news. >> word is more rain is coming, hopefully not much in the north bay. >> certainly because the river is rising. check in with spencer. >> i'll get right over there. look at image i'm putting up right now. concerns about the flood stages on the russian river, been trying to update the information, looking at how much wind is left and next rainfall. focus on the major flooding going on all day, continuing through the night. flooding will get worse as we get into the nighttime hours. expected to crest 9:00 feet, 14 feet above flood we expect scattered showers,

light to moderate. lows in mid to upper 40s. highs in mid to upper 50s. some 60s in the south bay and some sunshine peeking through. accuweather seven-day forecast, dry conditions mainly next two days, isolated early morning showers tomorrow. over the weekend next rainfall, storm ranked one, breezy but mainly light rain, periods of moderate but nothing heavy like we've seen. then drying and mudd week storm next week. interstate 80 in sierra is still closed, more than 24 hours now because of heavy snow. both directions of 80 closed between colfax and plasser county and nevada state line. working around the clock to

clear but snow banks so high movement is triggering small avalanches. >> air travelers facing delays. sfo, 320 flights are running late. airlines have canceled another 44 flights. most of the delays affect commuter flights to other west coast destinations, oakland international and manetta san jose say no delays because of the weather. >> check the weather where you live on abc7 news app, click the live bar at top and enable push alerts for weather and news updates sent to mobile device. travel and furry friends, leave pet at

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ratings from customers, surve d pet owners in the area about kennels they used. tried to survey pets but doesn't work out. also surveyed veterinarians, seeing least number of problems of pets from these kennels. >> seems like wide range of services to here's a cage to we'll walk them every hour. >> industry has become a little bit different. used to advise you check places out. still should inspect in advance before booking long stay for pet. know you're going to be away week or two, dog not been there, give them a trial stay. some pets don't take well to kennels at all. but have changed from used to matter how big the runs were, dogs having space. now it's group play. more about does the kennel

supervise well enough, because some dogs don't play well with others, need to separate the problem dogs out. beyond that, not every kennel rated well. some rated poorly based on the feedback from the pet owners. it does make sense to make sure you check places out in advance, rely on our ratings if nothing else, make sure you can inspect the places to see they're clean and dogs there seem well cared for and people there seem to care about the animals. >> assume they'll let you inspect, in the day could tell you no. >> some places, say it agitates the dogs, stranger walking through, but may be true but for sake of transparency, worth a little disruption. and shop for price, there are big differences. asked for prices for different

dogs and stays. one week, some charge hundreds more than others for same dog and experience. you don't need to -- most people say willing to pay more to put loved dog in great place but don't need to pay a lot more for great care. high priced kennels, some were lousy, some great. some of the low priced kennels, same way. doesn't mean that high price didn't mean better care. >> more than one pet? >> check out pet sitter so dogs can stay in your home. in general charge twice as much as kennels charge but kennels charge per animal, pet sitters per visit. three or more probably come out same or ahead someone coming in to take care of your dogs as opposed to shipping them off. >> great advice. kevin and bay area checklist has put together a report.

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"schooled," followed at 10:00 by new show, "whiskey bay area mom going viral. daughter away at college, needed help folding burrito. amanda del castillo shows us that mom was more than happy to oblige. >> sylvia's a hit. college freshman needed guidance. >> had the filling, realized didn't know how to fold it. sent a picture. >> reporter: this picture. >> i got lump in my throat seeing burrito didn't turn out, say to myself, i'm going to make a video.

>> reporter: 41-second video sent without a thought, then convinced to upload to twitter. hitting heart of hundreds of thousands. >> people saying wish they had that relationship with their mom. >> tighter than the burrito roll. >> says mom, i can't believe it went so far. and i say, maybe it's not the burrito. >> reporter: less about food, more about family. that viral video has been viewed nearly 10 million times, 20 times by me, but hey, all worth it, i got it down. you can too, just visit abc7news.com for that viral video, reporting in south bay, abc7 news. >> amazing how 41 seconds of a mom's love can be viewed by millions and millions of people

online. internet, it can be good at times. thanks for joining us at abc7 news at 4:00, i'm larry beil, abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> water levels way up, entire towns cut off, turned into islands now. >> anybody need a new dining room table? >> in the flood zone one woman documents rising waters outside her home. >> also, driving on flooded roads in napa, not easy, some did what they should not do. >> and in marin, more trouble for drivers, highway hits another snag. people really don't know how to feel right now. >> left about 7:00 this morning. >> response from the national guard. >> look at that, up to the roof. >> it is incredibly flooded, really nuts. >> and we got 2/3 of the way and

car stalled. >> going to be flooding for 36 hours. >> you can see where the water is now, another three feet is going to flood quite a few more houses. >> from exclusive skymap7 technology, area is inundated. >> and could stay that way a long while. thanks for joining us, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. sky7 over guerneville in sonoma county, one of the areas hardest hit by storm. houses, businesses streets, under water. >> basically an island. before the russian river started to flood, county told thousands to evacuate in a hurry. >> but 50% stayed, seen them all day getting around town in boats and kayaks. swift water rescue crews have

had