jtsdsulgerulge i'm tracking a potent level 2 storm helping in our direction. i'll let you know when it'll get here and when you can expect it. >> the classroom that went viral for their remix of truth hurts. abc 7 news starts right now. tonight we are bracing for the incoming storm. here is a live look from our camera in oakland near the colosseum. you can see those clouds out there. >> yeah, things are about to change in a big way with heavy rains and gusty winds on the way. >> yeah, that storm is going to

be coming in tomorrow afternoon and evening. it's all quiet. look at the picture, though. as we see this storm intensifying off the coastline. it's really slowing down, so we are expecting this to be a level 2 moderate strength storm tomorrow afternoon through saturday. heavy rains at times, strong gusty winds and even the possibility of thunderstorms. there is a flash flood watch and includes the kinkade fire burn area. when you get 2 to 4 inches of rain on already saturated ground there's a pretty good possibility you'll see debris and saturday looking at gusts 50 miles an hour out of the south. here are some of the concerns for friday and saturday. ponding on the roadways, downed trees, power lines all likely hoods. river flooding and creek flooding, low likelihood. i'll let you know the time line coming up. in the north bay the rain brings concerns of flooding in

the kinkade fire burn zone. >> residents in santa rosa are racing against the clock trying to get themselves prepared. >> abc 7 reporter kris with how the city is preparing. >> reporter: we are in santa rosa's 24-hour city yard where residents can pick up a free bag and free sand this with a reminder from officials with very serious flash flood warnings home owners must do their part. >> we're clearing our strorm drains, our storm gutters and putting our insurance company on notice. >> the home was covered in soot from the kinkade fire and now they have to worry about flash flood warnings with heavy rain in the forecast friday to saturday. >> i'm more concerned about the water being contaminated and just contamination of anything that could be in that burn material. >> reporter: this is aerial

shots of their neighborhood taken by the santa rosa fire department earlier this the family doing exactly what fire officials want all residents to be doing. >> be prepared for whether it's the for a mud slide, debris flow or power outage. >> reporter: with the kinkade fire burning more than 70,000 acres over two weeks in october, the scar zones are especially v vulnerable to heavy rains. >> there were a lot of trucks up there, and they were laying out a lot of those straw getting ready for the rain. >> reporter: while city crews are doing their best to prepare the area, officials say residents need to do their part. >> we want people to be prepared and take the steps so that it helps us all in the long run. >> reporter: a couple more tips. the rain is coming not until

tomorrow, but make sure your cellphone is charged so you get those emergency alerts. if you gardening equipment outside make sure it's covered before the rain comes. in southern monterey county cal trans crews are racing by placing barriers. workers also placed sandbags along the highway to keep it from flooding again. drivers were left stranded as 101 was closed in both directions south of salinas. are tvengirrtkingrt your airline to get the latest information on flight delays or cancellations. don'ttrive to the sierra

this weekend. heavy snow is expected to start falling later tomorrow afternoon to at least sunday. right now you can see the roads are pretty clear, but the chp is warning things will be extremely dangerous over the next few days. you can track the next storm for yourself with the same live doppler 7 sandhya uses every day. download it for free right now and enable push alerts to get weather advisory on your phone or tablet. new details about three armed robberies of ups trucks this week. you can see on this map where each of the crimes took place. the most recent robbery happened at 8:45 last night. police say in all three cases two suspects wearing skooe masks approached the truck and demanded the driver open the door. they took several packages and drove away in a newer black honda sedan. new details are coming out tonight about a deadly high-speed chase in florida.

a pair of armed robbers hijacked a ups truck. both the ups driver and the bystander died when the chase ended in a shootout. >> reporter: the terrifying event just before 4:15 local time thursday. two armed suspects holding up a jewelry store. at least one injured during the robbery. >> they hijacked a ups truck and kidnapped the driver. >> reporter: a high-speed chase ensued. >> suspect behind that ups vehicle is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: the suspects waving through traffic, driving on the sidewalk, packages littering the highway as numerous police vehicles closed in, the chase ending in a barrage of gunfire as a man attempts to exit the truck. >> the armed suspects engaged law enforcement, opened fire. there was exchanged fire between law enforcement and the

suspects. and unfortunately the suspects are now deceased, but two additional innocent civilians were also deceased. >> reporter: among those innocent victims the ups driver and a bistander inside another car at the scene of the shooting. authorities now trying to determine how those victims died. ups issuing a statement offering condolences to the family and friends of the victims vowing to cooperate with the investigation. dave packer, abc news, new york. new developments. lafayette police have arrested two people have several home invasion robberies over the past two months. but the police chief says the investigation is far from over. >> these last two robberies seem to be much higher risk kind of robbers. >> just last night lafayette residents told the police chief their concerns. and then today the chief had news. two men have been arrested for not just the lafayette crimes but two others in the east bay as well. >> two suspects were arrested today. the first is 22 years old and

the second is 20 years old, both out of the city of fairfield. >> reporter: they're suspected of four home invasions in oakland on october 29th, in lafayette on october 31, and lafayette again on november 26. >> we served the search warrant, went into the home, collected evidence which included firearms. >> reporter: during the most recent home invasion in lafayette november 26th, the robbers bound and assaulted the two residents before taking off with personal items and valuables. the victims eventually freed themselves. >> when you make the decision to do a home invasion it's not just stealing something from somebody but going into the protected space of their home and using violence to commit that crime of theft for very good reasons our community and those around us and hopefully can take some nd taking the folks off the street. >> police are still considering the possibility of another

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website. a grinch may have had a change of heart. early this morning a bag of stolen holiday lights appeared outside discovery bay's city hall. they were taken from a roadside display last thursday, thanksgiving day. the led lights are worth about $15,000. city officials plan to have them back up very soon. we'd like to solve p pat? last month a bay area classroom went viral for a remix of truth hurts by singer lizzo. tonight they're going to meet her. and one of those only in san francisco moments. see who took to the ice at union square tonight. first a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live right after abc 7 news at 11:00. >> thanks dan and ama. get ready for the best night of

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here on abc 7 right after jeopardy. in the south bay singer lizzo hit the stage. >> there were second grade students from pittsburgh who went viral after turning lizz og's hit truth hurts into a song about how they can be great. >> abc 7 reporter amanda del castillo tagged along. >> reporter: a moment weeks in the making. her second grade class made it to san jose thursday. our cameras weren't allowed in during the group's meet and greet with singer lizzo but shared these photos. moments before we caught the class at roll call. >> you don't know how many of us are watching you and these kids, how much, you know, she's made an impact on us. >> reporter: last month the pittsburgh school district posted this video to facebook. listen closely the beat is from

lizzo's hit "truth hurts." of course she and students changed the lyrics to be a bit more kid friendly. >> they really are the brains behind all this. >> reporter: we got the chance to speak with some of those students. describing the spotlight, the media attention getting mixed reviews by the pair. >> scary. >> exciting. >> reporter: but also special with their message of being great, being heard by millions. >> it's big for us because we're little but it's kind of cool. >> reporter: lucky for us we got a front row seat. bay area radio station 99.7 provided tickets to the concert and made the meet and greet possible. she said she's touched it's making a difference. >> i learn so much more than they can ever learn from me.

>> how cute. >> yes. send a group of drag queens to rekindle the tradition in san francisco square earlier this evening. they skated and danced on halloween ice for the tenth year in a row. >> wait a minute, there are no skates there. >> i know, right. >> it's ice. that's fun. good stuff. well, this time tomorrow you may need a canoe not ice skates. >> it worked out well for tonight. tomorrow night it's going to be a different story, dan and ama. downpours at times, minor flooding on the roadways and there's a possibility of some wind damage. live doppler 7 right now just some clouds a bit of a fog there. temperatures in the 50s with all the cloud cover. a live look from our kgo roof camera and you will notice the absence of the winds. temperatures first thing in the morning in the 40s and 50s and not really a cold start.

you're going to see clouds and a few patches of fog out there with some reduced visibility. winds will be picking up across the region. 50s, 60s and you will notice that the rain is concentrated in the north bay initially. it's a level 2 on our storm impact scale. tomorrow afternoon and evening going into saturday heavy rain at times, strong gusty winds and yes there is a chance of thunderstorms. here's your hour by hour forecast. 10:00 a.m., tomorrow morning those winds gusting to about 30 miles an hour around half moon bay. they begin to increase as we go into 3:00 p.m. close to 40 miles an hour and topping 40 miles an hour tomorrow night you're looking at 43 mile per hour winds in half moon bay. the winds will ease a bit saturday morning but still remaining gusty as you will notice. don't be surprised if you see some trees going down or possibility of power outages. 8:00 tomorrow your commute is fine. you don't have to worry about wet roadways. by 2:00 p.m. it's all changing. light to moderate rain in the north bay.

some spotty showers popping up elsewhere, but you'll have to wait until later on in the night for 6:00 p.m. for the main front to start to cross san francisco, for the north bay. start to push into the east bay by 9:00 p.m., the south bay. this is when the heaviest rain is expected is during the nighttime hours and then a heavy batch of rain. saturday morning you'll notice oranges and yellows indicating some moderate to heavy rain. 1:00 in the afternoon on saturday it's going to be pouring and we'll go to scattered showers later on. rainfall totals look like this. they're going to be concentrated in the north bay and santa cruz mountains. almost 4 inches around santa rosa and then loman 3 inches of rain. half an inch in livermore to almost 2 inches in santa rosa. winter storm warning 4:00 p.m. tomorrow until 1:00 p.m. sunday. 1 to 3 feet above 5,500 feet.

i would not try to travel. heavy snow, strong winds expected. if you do have to go, take your chains. it's a level 2 for friday and saturday. chance of thunderstorms both days. scattered showers, level 1 system for your sunday. and then we dry out for a few days, slight chance of a few wednesday morning showers, but now models are beginning to dry things out for next week. >> all right, thank you, sandhya. well, tomorrow on good morning america adam dry vrd morning america adam dry vrd talks about sky wars, rise o you know when you go to ross for a few gifts and realize... oh yeah! you should've gotten a cart? that's yes for less. get gifts for everyone on your list and save 20 to 60 percent off department store prices. at ross. yes for less. department store prices. so that early retirement we planned. it's going ok? great. now i'm spending more time with the kids. i'm introducing them to crab.

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and see the stars tonight ♪ ♪ because it's christmastime and it's my favorite time of year ♪ >> a new christmas song just released called my favorite time of year. performed it today on the midday show at 11:00 a.m. lots of fun to bring the band out. and all the great comments, fun. if you want to hear the whole song go to our website. >> we love it. >> can i be in the band? i can hit the high notes. it's more of a squeal. a cry for help. >> we need that in a band. >> okay. perfect. to the playoffs today and the cowboys might win their division with a

good evening. as the playoffs began today the 49ers would play the cowboys on wild card weekend. it's a bad cowboys team. we'll get to them in a second. the saints on sunday. niners and saints both 10 and 2. the niners could end up as the 5 seed and then in the wild card game. manuel sanders resisting and the entire team knows exactly what's on the line right now. >> we can play against anybody but there's a huge sense of urgency. the time is now and so i was just telling the guys it's time to cut all the extracurricular activities and just hone in on the season for the next, you know, hopefully 2 1/2 months and see if we can do something special around here. >> cowboys, bears thursday night

football. trubisky through for 3, ran for 1. bears up. the cowboys looked lethargic and lost most of the nights. go to the fourth quarter desperate now. it's a 19-yard touch down but the bears hold on 31-24. cowboys now 6 and 7 but still at the first place in the nfc. sharks open up a four game road trip in carolina. joe thornton making his presence felt. tensions rising. whoa, look out, joe with a right hand and down he goes. you want some more? hey, i've got some candy for you. here's thornton passing not punching to marcus and sharks tie it up at one a piece. second period it's eric carlson to logan as the sharks would even it up 2-2 after two. game decided in a shootout.

andray will beat and it's good-bye. canes, they celebrate like the ro rockettes. and gales got off to a good start and they were up fitz goes for 14-12. gales win their eighth in a row. and some sad news out of fresno tonight. word is football coach jeff tedford will resign because of health issues. great man.

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>> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- sam rockwell -- from "cats", francesca hayward -- heavyweight champion andy ruiz jr. -- and music from sheryl crow with stevie nicks. and now look out, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: hello, i'm jimmy, thank you for coming, i thank you for joining us on what was a, a feisty and festive day in washington, d.c. we'll start with the festive. the president and first lady took part in a