most storm damage. we've seen all week. even though today's storm actually only ranks one on the abc 7 news storm impact scale still quite in effect live doppler 7 looks quiet at the moment. so let's get right to abc 7 news meteorologist santia patel for the details of what still coming our way sandia? yeah. what's coming our way? alma and dan is colder storms potential for some snow over ohio elevation. so i want to show you live doppler 7 right now because it is quiet, but we do have a couple of showers nothing like the intensity of this morning right now in the north bay as we take you into street level radar here hold strode in the north bay getting wet pop-up showers are going to continue. it's a light level one storm. sierra is being much needed snow that's going to help to boost the snowpack and as we look at the hourly forecast ten o'clock tonight a few showers. around the region they pick up an intensity at 3 am in the north bay and then across the north bay at 5 am starting to move into the east bay as well at 8 am you start to see those

downpours and then this thing is done but not completely it's a light level one for tonight tomorrow scattered showers tonight moderate in the morning gusty winds. there is a slight possibility of thunder. i want to show you those. totals most of you were in the three-quarters of an inch like hayward to almost three inches in ben lomond san jose in the rain shadow 2,700 of an inch of rain. i'll be back to let you know how much more we can expect and when snow will continue to fall into our region coming right up dan. okay, sandy. thank you. an investigation is a way to figure out what caused flooding so deep in all of this rain that it killed two people in millbrae this morning. it happened on this part of hillcrest boulevard near el camino. out where it dips under a caltrain overpass. it appears two vehicles drove into the water before dawn at the time. this video was taken the two cars were completely submerged by the water. keep in mind the level of flooding hampered rescue efforts. the attempted to gain entry into

the second vehicle. however conditions were changing rapidly. the water was rising quickly and it became a little too dangerous for first responders. first responders were able to rescue two people from one cart two people in the other car sadly died investigators are trying to determine if a drain got clogged or something or maybe a pump failed. today's storm took down a large pine tree near some homes in san mateo county. this was the scene in emerald hills. not far from 280 in edgewood road heavy rain around 8 this morning toppled the tree blocking a street in narrowly missing some houses when it's wet weather like this. you gotta watch out the united stay safe. stay away from those big trees. yeah, stay away the down tree did knock out power. but pg&e crews worked all afternoon to restore it run off from the rain also filled some nearby storm drains. rain is the problem here in the bay area meanwhile up in the sierra. the snow is coming down in large amounts and getting there from here may require a fair amount of patients abc 7 news reporter laura anthony shows you what it's like outside.

the signs are the marks left small and large by the season's first official winter storm in oakland a huge eucalyptus tree fell across highway 13 forcing a road closure. said most of the day in the hills above heavy rains forced a mudslide on a lot where home was under construction and in lafayette on highway 24 a big rig hit from behind tumbled more than 20 feet to the road. below somehow the driver escaped uninjured in the high sierra this video sent from the uc berkeley central sierra snow lab near soda springs shows the heavy snowfall blanketing the summit. we've got an amazing amount of snowfall coming down right now the rates that we're seeing now at the lab are probably the highest that we've seen. this year or so far at least during the day the big snow comes just in time for a holiday rush to ski areas like palisades tahoe, which is expecting as much as 10 feet and higher by

the new year. have all hands on deck. we are doing our best to make sure the mountain is open for everybody to join but with a big storm like this when holds might happen we might be delayed and opening. so we appreciate everyone's patience. perhaps the biggest challenge will be getting there. chain controls are up on the major highways a reality not lost on those planning to head up to the snow. you have to kind of take on the challenge to get to the good stuff. you need the snow to ski it but you got to be able to get there. so why are you down here? there's a bunch of snow up there. i know right i should be up there, but i'm just visiting family for the holidays. and when are you going back saturday morning? are you sure you're gonna be able to get back up there? we'll see we'll see is right as we speak. there are chain controls over both the major passes to the tahoe area. the best advice is to check before you go and give yourself plenty of time. in the east bay laura anthony abc 7 news and you can keep an

eye on the weather including live doppler 7 anytime. you'll find it on the abc 7 bay area app available on roku amazon fire android tv and apple tv in our work to build a better bay area today. we received some really surprising information and response to a request. we made to the san francisco police department about people arrested for dealing drugs in the tenderloin in a neighborhood. that's about 50 blocks or so. police have identified 65 repeat offenders the majority were dealing fentanyl last year the city had a record number of fentanyl deaths almost two every day that outnumbered covid deaths by the way, mayor london breed declared a state of emergency in the tenderloin in the past week and today the board of supervisors is debating whether to ratify it will be joined tonight by abc 7 news insider film material to give us some perspective on what's being discussed first, though. let's hear from abc 7 news reporter corn. art cornell, let's start with the board. have they voted? they have not voted yet

supervisor still debating the issue dan the pandemic brought an explosion of new crime and drug use to areas like the tenderloin the mayor says, it's become a public health crisis that needs action now, but the emergency declaration has many critics. on a clear day children play in the tenderloin local city services estimate. there are nearly 3,000 kids in the neighborhood. but this is what they see when they walk down nearby streets tents drug dealers and open drug. use things have gotten worse and more and more people are continuing to die. the board of supervisors is reacting to a demand last week by mayor london breed calling for more police in the point to crack down on crime people selling and using drugs on city streets as well as those selling stolen property and when we take the steps. to be more aggressive with with enforcement more aggressive with the changes in our policies. and less tolerant of all the that is destroyed our city the

mayor also called for increased overtime funding for the police department in the tenderloin and funding programs that will link people to medical care and crisis support services, but not everyone is board with the mayor's plan what i disagree with vehemently is that criminalizing addicts is the way to solve. the overnight dose and drug crisis conversation so far should certainly has not reassured me in any way that there's any real plan here other than police engagement community advocates agree. there is a public health crisis in the tenderloin, but say more police isn't the answer. of the community and it doesn't have the community's interest in heart. and chief williams scott says the goal of his officers won't necessarily be to make arrests, but treatment and services.

we will let you know when supervisors take a vote on this clearly hot button issue. i'm cornell bernard abc 7 news and cornell stay with us while we bring in abc 7 news insider film at tier to talk about this phil your thoughts on what was discussed today? well, what was discussed today and is going on right now is the debate about carrot and stick. let's be honest about it. we have the carrots out there which are the health components saying let's try to get more help professionals out there and then there's a question of the stick which is enforcement but you know in between that is the fact of what the people are living with down there? you talked about it a little earlier these information from the police recording the 337 arrests for narcotic sales in the tenderloin in the first nine months of this year now 65 in this group were repeat offenders 16 had been more arrested more than twice and four had been arrested more than four times. this is within nine months. so the question is are we built a revolving door a revolving door? where people go in for care, but they don't stay and they wind up

back in the street at a revolving door over here where people go into police custody for sales of what is a drug and then wind back out on the streets as well. fell a lot of opinions, of course about this, but what is actually going on to make a difference in the tenderloin a cornell? let's go you first i'll get back to phil. yeah, it's such a good question dan. i'm not sure anybody knows at this point, you know, everyone agrees that something needs to be done asap. you heard matt haney say people are dying are more police more city outreach the answer on the streets that remains to be seen in fact advocates say that may take away from the work that nonprof. have done for years on the streets working with folks with with drug issues as well. so but you know mayor says clearly that it's not working right something else needs to be done. well phil we know this is a hydra-headed problem. it's not easy to solve multifaceted. what do you think is making a difference what's making a

difference is this is the people, you know, we talk about the people on the street. we teach talk about their needs we talk about how to treat their problems, but you know, and alma there are people families immigrant families that live in the buildings in the tenderloin that live in the apartments there that are afraid to go out on the streets. that are growing up amid this what are their rights? what are what are we doing to protect them? what are we doing to make their life better? that is the balance that is as is looking to be struck here. there's a question about whether it can be but when we talk about it, we really have to be holistic. it's not just the drugs that we're dealing with. it's the people that have to live with that drug problem as well. and this wouldn't be happening in another part of town where people have money. that's a bottom line fact. all right. well, thank you phil and cornell for your insight and perspective. we appreciate it. and if you want to help build the better bay area then take action go to abc 7 news.com/take action to find ideas and resources on everything from violence to substance abuse and mental health issues.

right coming up next tracking air quality in malls using dna a local company makes it possible. i wake up in the middle of the night. what our power off this family is supposed to be getting state assistance to pay their bills, but they're still waiting so they reached out to 7 on your side for help. so we're trying to keep that balance of inviting people back and yet maintaining the safety protocol. getting to worship safely our data team looks at how many people left church in the pandemic and what it might take to bring them to be a thriver with metastatic breast cancer means asking for what we want. and need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali.

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san francisco international airport because we want to warn you about a new challenge for travelers. united has canceled 112 flights tomorrow blaming a spike in omicron cases impacting staffing levels. that's across the entire united system. not just at sfo delta same story across the system is canceling 82 flights tomorrow citing omicron and weather issues as well. all right, here are tonight's pandemic headlines for the second time in two days the fda authorizes a pill to treat covid today. it's by murk yesterday. it was fiser both are available by prescription only must be started within a few days of symptoms and are only for patients with a high risk of severe illness california's seven-day test positivity rate is climbing quickly from 2.6 a week ago to 4.2% now so you can see the trend due to high demand contra costa county is now requiring appointments to get a covid test at its sites in richmond and in san ramon some

of the covid headlines. sonoma county they will soon require emergency workers there and others to get a booster shot if people are not boosted or vaccinated they may have to get tested twice a week. the requirement is scheduled to start on february 1st if you have questions about covid-19 vaccines, you can ask our vaccine team head to abc 7 news.com slash vaccine and click on the big blue box and at one mall in the south bay the wellness of shoppers during the pandemic monitored by new techn. that's been developed here locally abc 7 news reporter david louie explains how dna tracing is used to ensure that the moles air is being circulated properly. you'll see air vents everywhere in malls, but for the hundreds even thousands of shoppers and store employees who come and go each day how fresh is that air? san jose's east ridge mall is the first in the nation to deploy new technology that evaluates how well it's ventilation system is working called veridart created by

pleasant and based safe traces it consists of portable air sampling devices that analyze mist that similar to what's produced when a person sneezes or coughs it is generally higher density occupancy within the buildings. you have more people in there and that creates more risk while the size of into allow viruses to disperse quickly. the concern is whether the air isn't circulating enough to allow that and we use a dna tag that tracks. where is that particulate traveling within the building? and then how long is it staying in the air the dna tag serves as a unique marker so technicians can make that determination. it poses no risk to humans of a tracers released right here and our samplers are only picking it up and the immediate vicinity. that's a good if it's going, you know significant distances into adjacent areas or stores that's problematic that allows them all to make adjustments to improve air circulation where it's needed. air quality is of particular concern in the food courts because people are allowed to drop. asked while they're eating and drinking the technology was

originally developed by lawrence livermore national lab for bioterrorism such as the release of airborne toxins. now, it's helping with covid-19. the use of veridart is an obvious shoppers, but it could help to assure them. their well-being is a priority probably used as a marketing tool as well just to make few people feel. comfortable that when they come to shop at eastridge. it's a safe environment to shop in in san jose david abc 7 news. we are on storm watch and you can see why residents in one millbury neighborhood woke up to. giant soggy mess on landing lane water flooded the streets nearly a foot deep soaking into garages and one in-law unit. the street has flooded before but didn't say it's never been this bad. sandbags didn't help they went right over the eggs, i've been here 30 years. it's never gone into my garage last time we had seven inches this time. we probably had about nine. the water began to recede by mid-morning residents say they have complained to the city before but they have been told it's an issue with an airport

pump. a rock slide caused them damage to cars traveling on a highway 24 in orinda several cars had to pull over after. rocks cause flat tires and even damage to rims some of the falling rocks were the size of a basketball that is just crazy. all right a little break right now but more to come down. yeah, alma a nice break that we really need because we've had a fair amount of rain and some flooding as a result sandy, but we better buckle up, right? that's right. we have more storms coming and dan and alma. i want to show you live doppler 7. look what's showing up on our radar here? we're starting to pick up some lightning strikes just southwest of monterey. it's still quite a distance away, but i just to show you how far about 118 miles meanwhile the sierra continues to see the snow coming down want to get you into closer. look at the local radar in the north bay silverado trail. we are seeing some moderate pockets of rain right around deer park road in the north bay so not completely done yet, but definitely in a little bit of a

break in between the storms 50s and 60s for most of you right now, los gatos 48 as it was milder this afternoon in terms of our temperatures and a live look from our kgo roof camera. it is a nice view right now spotty showers tonight brief downpours in the morning. we are expecting a colder storm for christmas weekend going into early next week. we have another storm coming in and snow is likely over our higher peaks. so let me show you the storm impact scale tonight. it's one going into tomorrow morning. scattered showers tonight going to moderate rain in the morning. gusty winds slight possibility of thunder can't be ruled out. so watch those winds picking up about 36 miles an hour along the coast at 9 am noontime still pretty gusty strongest right near the coastline as we go into the hour-by-hour forecast. you'll see when the heaviest rain is coming tonight. nothing to worry about. yes, you'll need the umbrellas. there will be some spotty showers, but tomorrow morning. we're going to see some pockets. moderate rain three o'clock in the north bay elsewhere. you're seeing the showers, but it picks up an intensity primarily in the north bay

between three and five am and then it starts. side southward san francisco, you will notice that 7 am that you get a big break for christmas eve day 9 o'clock tomorrow night a couple of pop-up showers showing up but not until saturday morning. do we see the studier rain coming in with that colder system and we're looking at not just brief downpours saturday morning, but breezy conditions potential for some snow over mount hamilton mixing in with rain at six o'clock saturday night certainly snow up around lake. you know counties above 2000 feet will keep that theme going into late saturday night even into sunday and early next week. so rainfall projections. this is taking you through sunday night. you're looking at anywhere from about 70 to 900 of an inch in brentwood to about one and a half inches of rain for most areas. that's one computer model it is going to be raining tomorrow morning windy as well 30s and 40s. so if you do need to get out and still get some last-minute stuff done before the holidays best to

do it. the morning stuff passes. so after about 11 o'clock, you're good to go tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at 40s 50s breezy a couple of pop-up showers. not out of the question the accuweather 7-day forecast wet and windy for your morning. it's a level one storm. santa's going to have no problems because christmas storm comes in once santa has made the deliveries colder conditions expected one and then a two a wintry mix tuesday into wednesday temperatures will be in the 40s to low 50s barely making it feeling winter dan, i better get a scarf with that skateboard. i'm expecting but alright. well neither snow nor rain will stop the post office from delivering its duties. you've heard that saying well tonight meet a woman who

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the post office. livers, it's unofficial motto is neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these careers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds today abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey shows you what it takes to stick to that saying. santa claus may be making his last-minute preps before the big day saturday, but he's not the only one delivering packages to little girls and boys. we're santa claus helpers just dressed in blue. the holiday season is the busiest time of year for usps carriers like nahima aguaniga, but the work never slows down route to route house to house

her job for the past four years has been to make sure the people of san jose get their mail. it's a resp. disability that i take very heavily and i don't take it lightly. i've always enjoyed it and i think this is one of the funnest jobs i've ever had what she calls fun others call hard work aguanigo works six days a week delivering hundreds to thousands of pieces of mail over a 10 to 14 hour day at a brisk pace to make sure the job gets done. she walks upwards of 20 miles in one shift. i don't have to buy them gym membership and let's not forget the work conditions rain sleet snow you guys out there. hey fire pandemic and anything that can come between us the post office will always braving the elements and now a global pandemic one of the few essential workers that have not gotten a breakthrough out covid-19. the single mom of two has been on her route every day even putting herself at risk of exposure to get the job done. i had to quarantine myself from my own child because of the male

it was hard difficult and challenging yet. she's still pushes forward step by step. but why my second family i build a bond with them, you know, so i've seen the kids. grow up from one to four years old and i want to make sure that everything is is there for them being an honor of privilege? serve every single person in my route. so however, you celebrate the holidays. don't forget how the gifts food cards and everything else may have gotten there in san jose dustin dorsey abc 7 news. work so hard. they sure do good job. nahima. what a great attitude. she has and to all our postal workers. we appreciate it. well as we move on only on abc 7 news tonight, you're going to hear from a woman who is knocked down and robbed. it wasn't an isolated incident and she's speaking out in the hope that her story will help others plus, san jose synagogue in flames. well the most precious items inside were saved. there's a lot to rebui

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connection with hate crime robberies of more than 100 asian americans across the bay area were hearing from one of those victims tonight. she was hurt when she was robbed. want to warn you you might find the images of our injuries upsetting abc 7 news. anchor dion limb brings us this woman's horrifying ordeal and her message to the public the story. you'll see only on seven. take on my right neck social media o and that's why i break my teeth and bleeding on my arms this woman who requested we only use her first name of anne hang described for me the terrifying moments of september 1st when at about 1:45, she and her husband stopped by costco in san jose. where she was knocked to the ground dragged face down on the pavement and robbed because he saw painful so i have to give up and he took away. my program to car for him near there. this incident according to police is part of a string of

racially motivated robberies targeting asian americans across the bay area for more than a year, san jose police in partnership with multiple other agencies announced arrests of six men in connection to more than 170. games i spoke with supervising deputy district attorney of santa clara county marissa mccune last week who says the primary suspect committed these crimes daily. he admitted that he was deliberately targeting asian victims on a mistaken and prejudiced belief that they quote did not believe in bank accounts while three of the six suspects arrested have been released the office says more charges are coming, but that there are dozens of other victims. i students stops from us that is made me very upset and hang is still suffering from her injuries and hopes to be able to pay for her costly dental surgery. she is speaking out to encourage

other victims to do the same. she hopes for a strict punishment. for her attacker i came. he shot. in the for a long time aor a why he doing this to us, and i'm very very upset about this in san jose dion limb abc 7 news we have a list of local resources on issues like equality justice and personal safety. go to abc 7 news com slash take action to find your ally donations are pouring in to rebuild the san jose synagogue destroyed by fire yesterday the rabbi led abc 7 news into chabad house this morning to show us the devastation a surveillance video shows a man setting fire to the building but investigators say it does not appear to be a hate crime while the fire left the synagogue unusable. the rabbi has was more worried about saving sacred torah scrolls. i came running to the scene the one thing in my mind is how did

we save the taurus growth? taurus girls are the most important the holiest part. of our synagogue the chabad house had only been opened three months before the fire. it hopes to raise $500,000 to rebuild the synagogue. you'll find a link if you'd like to help to their gofundme account in this story on our website abc 7 news.com today a jury found former suburban minneapolis police officer kim potter guilty of the death of dante wright potter was convicted of first and second-degree manslaughter dante wright was fatally shot in april during a traffic stop when potter says says she missed took her gun for taser writes mother describes the moment. she heard the verdict. um, i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was to come when while we were waiting the last few days. hotter tearfully testified last week today. she showed no emotion as the verdict was read. she's being held without bail

and faces 11 years in prison for sentencing is set for february 18th more legal news. we will not get a verdict in the theranos trial until after christmas despite predictions. otherwise the jury asked to replay evidence as they finished up their third day of deliberations weighing fraud charges against theranos founder elizabeth holmes abc 7 news reporter stephanie. era has the latest from inside the courtroom. for the second time this week elizabeth holmes walked out of federal court with her attorneys still without a verdict this time the jury sent the judge another note requesting audio recordings be replayed of calls. had with several investors. this is important given books of the 11 counts. she's facing pertained to investors the jury listened intently as both clips were played inside the courtroom as these transcripts were not previously provided by the defense one clip included a critical line. where you hear holmes admit herself. we have built a business around our partnership with

pharmaceutical companies and our partnership with the military, but the evidence revealed throughout this trial made it clear those partnerships with pfizer and the military were not how homes portrayed them to invest. in journalists legal expert michelle hagan says this question from the jury doesn't look good for the defense as it shows intent, but all the audio tape just listening to elizabeth holmes make those claims in her own words can be very damaging. but you know what juries every day apply that reasonable doubt standing and the question is whether or not the doubt they have is reasonable. all it takes is one juror to believe holmes is not guilty to avoid a conviction. that would make it a hung jury at hagan says that were to happen. it's still possible homes could be retried on some of the counts the jury has left for the day and we're told deliberations won't resume until monday morning in san jose stephanie sierra abc 7 news. this trial has gone on for three months and if you want to get caught up on the highlights and

the insights check out a podcast called the dropout. it's hosted by abc news chief business economics and technology. correspondent. rebecca jarvis. there are new episodes every tuesday. listen wherever you stream your podcasts. christmas and easter right for those who consider themselves casually religious. those are the two days when you find your way to church tonight, see what an impact covid is having on church attendance here in the bay area and nationwide. a local family fears. it will spin the holidays without heat after promise pandemic assistance from the state stalls. i'm michael finney and i'll have their story coming up on 7.

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along with her heat. i can't sleep at night. i wake up in the middle of the night worried. are they going to cut our power off edwinos husband lost his job at uber and for six months a couple lived on social security alone. that set them back financially that the family determined to keep their rent at home has pulled resources. to pay their rent, but we all just strained up and did it because my daughter actually had a really bad feeling about this. she said mama we're gonna risk getting put out that left them almost nothing to pay basic necessities like their utilities. they turned to the states. she rent assistance program for help. she applied in july asking for help to pay their pg&e comcast water and garbage bill, but five months later. they still hadn't received an answer the family lost. its garbage service when it got too far behind. i am concerned about the rep. that's why i'm trying to see what they're going to do about payment running out of options. the family turned 7 on your side

for help. we pressed their case with the state and on december. they received this notice approving payments to both pg&e and xfinity. for three weeks have passed and still no payments. it's really sad for me that. someone who really needs help like we do has to go through all of these things. and not get the help we need. we reached out to the state numerous times her comment for the story. we have not heard back, but we did recently learn that the garbage service has been reinstated. so at least we have that part taken care of. oh, that's good. thanks, michael. has all the recent rain helped our drought. yes somewhat. we put the new map released today side by side with last week's you can see a noticeable difference statewide but conditions in the bay area remain unchanged less than a quarter of california is in the worst category exceptional drought, which is the dark red color more than half is in the second worst category extreme drought the bright red color.

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news.com or our abc 7 bay area connected tv app for many attending a worship service is part of the holiday season despite relatively high vaccination rates in the bay area church. moskin synagogue attendance is still far behind pre-pandemic levels abc 7 news race and culture reporter. julian glover took a look at the numbers and spoke to faith leaders. nearly two years into the pandemic. there are more empty seats in churches synagogues and mosque than prior to the pandemic signaling worshipers are reluctant to return some communities are still very concerned and wary about coming back and they're they're really quite cautious others are really just coming back and groves catholic bishop oscar cantu at the diocese of san jose said despite ongoing covid safety protocols, like masking up and proper spacing south bay mass attendance averages between the ninety percent of prepandemic levels depending on the church. so we're trying to keep that balance of inviting people back

and yet maintaining the safety protocol now concerns over the omicron variant ahead of the christmas holiday are throwing congregations another curveball and abc 7 news data team analysis of cell phone information estimates attendance at worship centers is down 22% nationwide comparing january. numbers to october 2021 in santa clara county there has been a 24% decrease in church attendance, alameda contra costa, napa and solano county have seen near identical dips in attendance. i still think we have a long ways to go to be at attendance of pre-pandemic levels rabbi. mosha longer of chabad san francisco said attendance for services at the synagogue are only half of prepandem. levels despite san francisco having one of the highest vaccination rates in the bay area. our number one goal is to connect people and create community. so it's been very difficult for us to do that with all the different variants coming out

according to our data team analysis. san francisco. had one of the lowest dips in attendance at worship centers at just 5% followed by highly vaccinated marin county at a 6% dip in attendance and san mateo county with a 9% attendance my wish is is that san francisco and the bay area can hopefully heal from this pandemic the rabbi said he's beginning to see that healing he was able to welcome more than a thousand people to light the bill graham mama menorah in person for hanukkah this year. whereas last year the event was only live streamed in the south bay services continue to be livestreamed across the diocese in some congregations continue to worship outdoors to slow the spread as the church church looks ahead to 2022 and looking for hopeful, you know and simple terms of a kinder gentler society julian glover abc 7 news we are on storm watch again today. and this is one reason why significant flooding along highway 1 in moss beach in this

video. you can see pooling water surrounding a market there. let's give you a look now at conditions live right now. this is i-80 through embryville as you can see traffic is moving. nice. it's busy but not crazy. aaa says this is the what is one of the worst places to drive right now with traffic from people trying to get away for the holiday weekend and the the weather certainly doesn't help but it is not too bad at this hour. look at this though driving conditions are dangerous in the sierra. you can see why lots of snow on the ground and it will keep falling all through the weekend chains are required on 80 and highway 50 in the higher elevations. 88 is closed for avalanche. looks cold down. i can't believe how cold it's been and sandy it sounds like it's going to get even colder. yes. it is going to get colder with colder storms coming through but right now dan and alma i want to show you some beautiful live pictures. this is from zephyr cove. that snow is just coming. down and it's piling up in the last 24 hours. we saw two to 21 inches of snow at some of the resorts in

california. look at homewood. this is why you don't want to travel there. they are chaining up on all roads leading up to tahoe. it'll be nice once the storms pass and you have a window to get up there. but at this point i would hold off on traveling winter storm warning until 10 am tuesday. it is going to be snow. lowering down to the foothills. we're looking at four to six feet of snow up to 12 feet over the peaks so major travel delays some travel difficulties in lake and mendocino counties as a winter storm warnings going up tomorrow morning until monday morning snow is expected above 2,000 feet looking at live doppler 7 right now. we have a few spotty showers in the north bay wider pictures showing you that it's pretty quiet, but the next batch will come through tomorrow morning tomorrow afternoon 40s and 50s on your highs. you get a break from the rain. most of the afternoon and evening and then a christmas cold storm coming in no problems for santa wintry mix right on through the middle of next week highs only in the 40s and low 50s.

wow, i can't believe that we need the yule log bring on the yule log. we should run it maybe in the corner all during the entire screen. all right. thanks. all right, chris alvarez is here a sports tonight. hi chris. i am coming up in sports niners and warriors both in action tonight, and we've seen the half court he from stephan curry how an elementary school teacher and a stanford basketball player both made a splash from

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with chris alvarez the warriors put their nba best 15-2 home record on the line tonight in just a couple minutes when they host the memphis grizzlies at the top of the hour. in fact the dubs first home loss this year back in late october against this same grizzlies team damian lee is the latest warrior to enter covid protocols daily along with andrew wiggins and jordan pool are both out tonight against the griz all three expected to also miss the christmas day game saturday in phoenix, which you'll see here on abc 7 with that a unique starting lineup for the dubs featuring stephen curry draymond green. come on looney auto porter jr. and gary payton the second rounding out starting five, you know, we wanted to get auto shooting in the starting lineup. to you know, provide stuff a little little spacing a little help and then we factored in how the rotations would look behind those guys. i've been trying to find ways to get gary more minutes anyway, and so he'll start and he'll guard jaw and we'll see how the the first, you know, five six minutes ago and will adjust from there?

stanford in the semis of the diamond head classic against liberty. that's the view from larry beale's hawaiian skyrise suite. i'm told michael o'connell from palo alto and slash 36 off the half and that was his only three point attempt of the game and it sure did count stanford hung in despite 23 turnovers spencer jones. career high 25 that bucket gives stanford the lead for good then brandon engel added 17 off the bench he'll get am in a 9-point lead stanford hangs on 79-76. they'll play the winner of byu vanderbilt for the title on christmas day 49ers and titans kicking off week 16 of the nfl schedule and at halftime niners up 10. nothing tonight's game means no practice or football activity on christmas, which is really rare for an nfl team time to relax and take part in family traditions like kyle shanahan's kids laughing at him. so i always read my kids the night before christmas. which was more fun when we were younger. um now i kind of just becomes

laugh at daddy when he doesn't pronounce the words right or something, but that's a good tradition for us. i'm pretty sure almost nobody on this team has had a christmas like where you're not practicing or have a game so like we take care of business right now. then your christmas will be a lot better after a win than a loss. highlights at 11 and hey, you just see this a third grade teacher in dc promised her kids a hot chocolate party if she made this basket. and slash for the kids look at their reaction turns out the teacher kathleen fitzpatrick actually played college basketball for rutgers there. she is nailing a halftime buzzer beater on sportscenter today. she said the kids sort of understand she's done this before. i think in the mind of an eight and nine year old there like she played basketball. they know i like. give all but i don't know to the extent of how much i've played actually resonated with them. but yeah after this past week, i think they they know that i've played a lot of basketball over the years. now if i'm a student in that class i'm asking for way more

than hot. chocolate pete's soda part like you name it. i'm asking for all the things in that class if she's gonna splash like that whole party. yeah. i was cute. step-like steph like yeah. i got to think of more things to eat. thanks. yeah send the list. all right coming up up tonight on abc 7 at 8. said i'm gonna town. a very boy band holiday then at 10 catch cma country christmas. wow. holidays tonight and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. all right, that'll do it for this edition of abc 7 news. thank you so much for joining us on amidates. she is and she'll be tuned into a boy band holiday. it might be that i'm dan ashley for safety fazel chris alvarez all of us here. we appreciate your time. hope you have a nice evening and that we see you again at 11. see you along.

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