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i have never seen the river this high. >> it's 8 or 9 feet maybe. >> look at that mailbox. >> anybody need a dining room table? >> few more feet and it will flood houses. >> the town of guerneville san island tonight cut off by the rielzing rising russian river. i'm cornell barnard. abc7 news starts right now. >> announcer: live where you live this is abc7 news. >> here's what you need to know about the flooding disaster in sonoma county. the russian river is cresting. 2000 homes businesses and other buildings have been flooded by up to 8 feet of water. 3600 people are now under evacuation orders. >> the national guard is there and a local state of emergency has been declared. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard is live in forestville. cornell, what's the situation there? >> reporter: alma and dan, we are just a few miles outside of
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guerneville, and you know this is as far as we can go. all roads leading in and out are under water. flooding from the russian river has even reached this vineyard. that is the top of a barn that you're looking at. for now e locals say they are feeling trapped. >> there it goes. >> reporter: kim had her cell phone ready, watching flood waters from the russian river close in around her in guerneville. >> the video we took shows it rising right before our eyes. >> reporter: the river was rising so fast it buried every road leading in and out of guerneville under lots of water. from river road to highway 116. >> how deep is the floodsing here on 116? >> could be 9, 10 feet deep down there. there are a couple low spots. >> reporter: this view from sky 7 is truly the only way to show how widespread flooding is in guerneville. water was up to the roofs of some homes. there was flooding in the safe way parking lot and a few kayakers were navigating the streets down there, too. this fire crew decided it was
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just too risky to launch their zodiac into flood waters. kamm and her boyfriend kelly decided not to evacuate for now. their home is safe. >> it does feel very isolating, like there's -- we really are trapped. >> reporter: as the russian river crests, officials warn residents to say in their homes. >> stay put. don't try to leave at this point because the roads are pretty much closed. the river is still rising even as we speak. >> reporter: many who live on the river say they know the risks, but many can't remember seeing flooding like this. >> it's exciting b you it's scary because, you know, we're seeing how much damage it's going to cause a lot of people. >> reporter: and tonight there is no telling what the damage estimate may be. tonight sonoma county officials say it may be another 24 hours before flood waters recede and roads are drivable once again. we're live in sonoma county, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> thank you, cornell. in the nearby town monte rio is
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an island. all roads in and out are submerged under flat waters. wayne freedman spent the day with residents. the only transportation was by boat. >> reporter: this is monte rio, a community very much under water. case in point, that area behind me this morning was dry, now it is flooded. a figure in the dark in monte rio tonight, a rather shy person helping yet another neighbor. his name, jeremy mokul. why you? >> i don't know. giving back to the community. >> reporter: and on a day when people watch the russian river to a slow rise, they weren't raging waters, but persistent ones. and troublesome to residents at ryans beach mobile home park where units don't move and people have stayed. >> we just usually put stuff up above on the higher floor, so hopefully we'll make it through this one. >> reporter: monte rio is downstream from guerneville and just not if more flood prone.
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they've seen the national guard in trucks today and rescued beverley schaeffer and tipton from guerneville. >> we are sleeping in our house and the water came up in and it almost engulfed us. but we made it out. >> they pulled us out the window actually, the fire guys, yeah. >> reporter: the rising high water almost anticlimatic. >> about 8 or 9 feet maybe. >> reporter: now to jeremy late this morning as he took us on a tour in a canoe. he did stuff for like this for people all day long beginning with the crossing of the river on foot to get some equipment for friends. his last deed, helping a neighbor get to the store. then we think he called it a day before doing so, though, jeremy mokul had to cross that river once again in the dark. >> i have to. i got to get home. still have family over there. >> reporter: it will take time for the waters to recede. when they do, the problems in this region will not be over. in fact, they'll just be starting. next, the clean-up. in monte rio, wayne freedman,
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abc7 news. >> all right. and let's take a look at the russian river right now. this is the very latest. it is at 47.43 feet right now, so major flooding continues. the record is 49.7. major flooding expected through tomorrow morning, then moderate flooding tomorrow afternoon. it is cresting right now, but will start to recede. flood warning is going for the russian river at guerneville. lighter rainfall right now in the south bay and san jose. very spotty and light on live doppler 7 as we get you into street level radar heading into the east bay, hayward, dublin, pleasanton. flood warnings do continue for many parts of the north bay as the runoff continues. those streams and those creeks are still running high and they are till seeing flooding. i'll be back with a look at the rainfall totals plus a look at the time line of when your next rain is coming. dan? he a okay, sandhya, thanks very much. one way to visualize how far the flooding has extended from the russian river is to take a look from above which we're
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going to do now for you. sky 7 flew above monte rio, that's where a person rode a boat this afternoon. sky map 7 shows you 5th and church streets. here's what the same area looked like before being flooded with google earth image. take a look at this. you can see the russian river on the left of your screen before the overflowed. now you're looking at how much of monte rio has been covered by these flood waters. you can see more of sky 7's view of the flooding only abc7news.com. some remarkable images we can share with you. >> the napa river also flooded today. sky 7 shows flood waters around two homes. the same small lake is covering nearby vineyards and creeping onto adjacent roads. in marin county, part of westbound highway 7 will remain closed until tomorrow morning. abc7 was in novato as cal trans crews pumped water from the roadway. they had to exit 37 at atherton
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avenue. highway 37 eastbound lanes have reopened. >> and the snowy stormy conditions are causing problems in the sierra. i-80 is he rye maining closed between colfax and nevada state line because of extreme snow and avalanche danger. look at all of this snow. i-80 has been closed for more than 24 hours now because of heavy snowfall. earlier today we had extended sky 7 coverage in the north bay. if you weren't near a tv, you could still watch the live stream on the abc7 news app. the app is also how we send out push alerts when breaking news happens. >> new developments tonight, the man accused of shooting and killing a well known danville businessman is dead. mark sapien reportedly shot him several in the head in illinois. amanda castillo sat down with the victim's family in danville. >> reporter: nancy moore and her
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family got news they waited days to hear. authorities located the man suspected of shooting and killing her husband john moore of danville. >> it was like, god, thank god. >> reporter: moore was gunned down sunday outside an office building he owned. three days later more than 2100 miles away, the suspect mark sypien pulled up to his parents' home. he shot himself in the head after he realized deputies were moving in. sypien died hours later. >> i'm glad he's no longer walking this earth and stalking anybody else and we're all safe. >> reporter: safety that was questioned because of the hostile past between sypein and the moore fame. the family had a restraining order against the suspected shooter. >> lots of people were frightened of him. >> reporter: frightened no longer. family and friends are hosting a candle light vigil on thursday to honor moore. 6:00 p.m. at the crow canyon
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medical center. >> it's not going to bring him back. >> reporter: in danville, i'm amanda dell castillo abc7 news. >> long time public san francisco defender jeff a diagio was repd as a warrior for poor and minority communities. a passionate crowd of hundreds gathered outside the public defenders office and marched to city hall. while there are questions about adachi's death, his friends, family and colleagues focus tonight on his pursuit of justice. mario woods' mother spoke to adachi's widow who watched on with tears in her eyes. >> there is not going to be another one like your husband to speak for the voiceless. black, brown and poor communities, black, brown and women. >> adachi died friday evening after a medical emergency. a public memorial will be held on monday. >> no settlement is in sight.
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union leaders show this video. it ser sikin edators forced today's school board meeting to be canceled. excuse me. the board was due to vote on budget cuts to help give teachers raises. right now teachers want a 12% raise, but the district is offering 8.5%. >> children jumping into danger at popular play spaces. next an investigation into trampoline parks and the warning from doctors. >> cleared for take off from the bay area, southwest airlines announces details about a popular new destination. >> it's all coming up, but first here's a look at what's ahead tonight on jimmy kimmel live after abc7 news at 11:00. jimmy. >> thanks, dan and alma. we have a fine kill for you tonight. >> i had my arms wrapped around tony bennett three years touring the world. when you're singing love songs, that's what you want people to feel. >> are you having an
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trampoline parks are a popular destination for kids, but there are some serious risks. i-team reporter jason noels from our sister station in chicago x exposes the serious injuries being reported. >> reporter: i i-team worked with our station in philadelphia and we found injuries in trampoline parks can be potentially life changing. a fractured ankle during dodge ball, i broken neck flipping into a phone pit. this man landed with such force on the perimeter of a trampoline, severing his foot from his leg. this teen suffered a severe brain injury after falling through a hole in a trampoline. >> what is your emergency? >> i see him trying to stand up and he goes, daddy! >> reporter: she remembers her son jeremiah's screams when he
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broke his femur at a new jersey trampoline park last may. >> broken jaws, broken necks, led to quadriplegia and death. you have kids that are just bouncing across a trampoline. they get to the end of a trampoline where it tightens up and their legs snap. >> reporter: dr. charles nozika at advocate children's hospital says he's seen an increase in trampoline-related e.r. visits. >> 60 to 70% of them are orthopedic injuries. most of them in the lower extremities. the older kids tend to have more upper extremity injuries. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics advises against recreational trampoline use and says pediatricians need to actively discourage it. >> just getting on is dangerous. >> reporter: the international association of trampoline parks says safety is top priority and plans to implement its oensz more stringent standards in 2020. including third-party
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inspections, adding that government data shows that trampoline park injury rates are lower or about the same when compared to other youth sports activities. and that other contact sports like lacrosse and foot ball are more risky. >> that was jason noels reporting. southwest airlines is saying aloha to hawaii. today the faa a prochlpproved t airline to fly to hawaii from california. the flights will begin from oakland, sacramento, san francisco and san diego. it will be in the coming days. >> enough already with the rain and more coming. >> sandhya patel has what's in store for us. sapped sandhya. >> i know he, people are wanting a break, dan and alma. tomorrow you will get that break. right now live doppler 7 showing you where it is raining. we are still hanging onto some spotty light showers in the east bay. you will notice from hayward into fremont, cedar boulevard, paseo padre parkway across
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dublin 580, dublin boulevard into livermore. really light stuff, but it wasn't like that, as you know, when the atmospheric river hit. the rainfall really added up in the north bay. the highest total over 21 inches in the last 72 hours. places like santa rosa, clear lake, hop land, over half a foot of rain. that's a lot of rain. 4.64 novato, over an inch, concord, oakland, redwood city, san francisco. if you were in the rain shadow of the santa cruz mountains, mountain view, san jose, livermore, you didn't get a whole lot of rain with this system. here's a look at how we're standing in terms of season to date. since october 1st, san francisco now 108% of average. san jose 106, santa rosa a whopping 129% of average. mayor's office at field in oakland still behind this time of year. here's a look at the time lapse. the rain became gentler this afternoon and evening, but this up rain falling on saturated
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ground continued to cause problems along with the runoff from heavy rainfall many parts of the north bay dealt with. so these showers are going to start to ease up as we head into tomorrow morning. in the mountains it is turning to snow. several feet of snow has fallen. some roads are closed, some roads requiring chains not a good idea to try to travel. winter storm warning until 2:00 tomorrow. 5 to 10 inches around 5,000 feet. temperatures here in the 40s, 50s, you might notice it's a little cooler out there. that muggy air mass with the atmospheric river is long gone and we do have plenty of clouds from our abc7 news explore or yum camera. showers overnight, drying out through friday afternoon and rain returns friday night. hour by hour we go, 11:30 tonight a few showers until 1:00 a.m., south bay east bay, by 5:00 a.m., mostly of this is gone. we will be dealing with patches of fog and clouds. 1:00 p.m., the skies will open up. we'll start to see some sun, especially in the north bay, and then at 4:00 p.m., some clouds
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will come back into the picture. first thing in the morning, 30s, 40s, clouds around, but cooler air mass so you will need to bundle up before you get going. and then for the afternoon, temperatures will b in the 50s. you will see some peeks of sun along with those clouds. you can download the accuweather app and track live doppler 7 and the temperatures any time you want. your weekend system, 5:00 a.m. saturday going into noon, and into the evening saturday is your wet day. it turns to scattered showers on sunday, and dhen we get another break coming your way on monday before another atmospheric river mid week. accuweather seven-day forecast, dry tomorrow, late friday night through sunday off examine on. then that system i just want to point out is a very light system. nothing like what we experienced, but the left 2 is a moderate strength storm for next tuesday going into wednesday. level 1. that's the atmospheric river we'll be watching although it has more of a southern trajectory. not expecting to hit the north bay. any rain on top of saturated soil could be problematic, as you both know.
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>> thanks, sandhya. >> tomorrow on "good morning america," annette benning talks
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you break news, president trump's summit with north korean leader kim jong-un wrapped up early whip the last hour. no agreement was reached on north korea's nuclear arsenal, but both sides say they look forward to meeting in the future. mr. trump is holding a news conference right now. it is streaming live at abc7news.com. >> all right. time to focus on some sports. >> yeah, mr. beale is here talking warriors tonight. >> what a finish in miami. steph curry recently told dwayne wade. you have a lot left in the tank. maybe put off that retirement talk. st
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>> announcer: abc7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. >> good evening. the warriors got one last look at dwayne wade who is retiring after this season. oh, it will be a lasting memory as the warriors came back from a 24-point deficit in miami only to see wade flash, with a prayer at the buzzer. before the game, the warriors hosted parkland high students. steph curry feeding one of the kids on the dunk. got some athleticism. the warriors got dunked on. they came out flat. bam on a bio. his parents named him well. bam, right on top of kevin durant. klay thompson 21 in the opening half. shot the dubs back into the game. finished with 36 points. how about jordan bell providing energy off the bench for the
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second straight game. gets the steal, then knows what to do. feed clay. warriors still down a 15 of the half. they started the fourth quarter on a 10-2 run. curry plus the foul, 24 points on the night. fast forward, final minutes. tide at 18. signature pull up three, missed the free-throw. warriors up two. four seconds left. wade had it blocked twice, gets it back, good night, game over, drive safely. wade and the heat stun the warriors 126-125. >> duane just had an unbelievable shot. i knew it was going in as soon as it left his hands. it was like that thing is like the perfect distance long to bank in. this kind of game for him to finish it the way he did is incredible. >> unbelievable. as his ten years and $300 million which apparently have not scared the giants out of the bryce harper sweepstakes, giants team execs reportedly flew to
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las vegas to meet the free agent yesterday. dodgers and phillies also interested at ten years 300 mill. kaze i money. spring training.ants taking on jeff sew momarja back. evan longoria. gerardo. zach reid. you get a homer. you get a homer. five homers in all. giants clobber k.c. 15-2.5-2.5-. meet the kids. the a's star pitcher of the future is jesus lazard owe. two scoreless frames, struck out three. get used to hearing his name. but the dodgers win this one by a score of 5-3. nfl news, the draft combine is this week. quarterbacks will workout saturday. 10:00 a.m. to noon right here on abc 7. all eyes will be on the heisman winner keilar murry despite being 5'10".
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louis riddick is a fan. >> 6'3", 6'4", pocket passer, limited mobility -- no, that's not the way, that's not the way it works any more in the if i feel. we see the game is much more spread out, more horizontal. i think this whole height thing had something to do with ideologies and beliefs based off of how the nfl used to be, not how the nfl is looking going forward. >> keilar murry special athlete for sure. abc7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. after the
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that's our report. we appreciate your time.
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i'm dan ashley. >> i'm alma daetz. for larry and sandhya, thanks for being here. china too if it didn't work out. >> reporter: are you concerned if you are not able to reach an agreement that the testing will start again and all of this time he can continuing to develop their program? >> he said the testing will not start. he said he is not going to do testing of rockets or missiles or anything having to do with nuclear. all i can tell you is that's what he said. we'll see. yes, go ahead, please. go ahead, in the back. red, in the red. >> reporter: thank you. thank you, mr. president. jessica stone from cgtn. i have a question about china. you talk about china being willing potentially to help economically and the fact that you will talk to president moon and prime minister abe, how would you describe what has happened

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