moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. the rain i try to beat the rain beat the crowd. i just don't want to walk around in the rain. here we go. again, the next round of rain is on the way and today some holiday shoppers tried to beat the wet weather and the weekend rush as well. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm dion limb tonight. we are on storm watch. we do have team coverage for you with abc 7 news reporter unsure hassan in the east bay talking to people who are bracing for that rain. we'll get to answer in a moment. but let's begin with abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian for the details on the timing of the forecast spencer. okay, dan. the storm is getting close is already. on the north coast of california. here's a look at the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. we are talking about a moderate level 2 storm coming in overnight and tomorrow producing

heavy rain gusty wind miner localized flooding is possible. maybe even a thunderstorm or two of this storm forecast animation starts at 11 o'clock tonight notice how the storm surges in rapidly during the early morning hours six o'clock tomorrow morning. it'll be raining all across the bay area heavily in some spots a company by gusts of wind up to 45 miles per hour and the storm is going to continue overnight tomorrow night into sunday is some of our main storm concerns are very high concerns about hazardous travel flooding on roadways high concerns about down tree lines, maybe even more moderate concerned about power outages and this storm is going to be a big snow producer for the sierra. we're to storm warning will be in effect from 10 o'clock tonight to 4 am monday. we're talking about two to five feet of snow in the sierra snow levels dropping down to 3500 feet with wind gust up to 60 miles per hour travel is going to be nearly impossible. i'll have the complete accuweather seven day forecast. said a few minutes brandon deon. all right, looking forward to that spencer. thanks now. the holiday shopping season is in full swing but with the rain on the way, it could put a damper on some people's plans at

the outdoor mall in walnut creek abc 7 news reporter unser hassan talked to shoppers at broadway plaza and joins us live unser. deon good evening, downtown walnut creek always a hotspot on a friday night. perhaps tonight even more so as people come in ahead of tomorrow's rain. it has been dry, but that's going to change. this time of year at the outdoor broadway plaza and walnut creek. the pressure is on to beat the holiday shopping crowds and this weekend the rain. yeah. i try to beat the rain beat the crowds, you know saturday getting close to christmas. so do what you can get it done. yeah not shopping tomorrow. storms this weekend another storm is expected to dump several rounds of heavy rain across the bay area far from ending the current drought the downpour can still make a difference as steve hill our

fire season for better for worse is very close to year-round now here in northern california across much of the western united states. and so that means we get a little respite here in these winter months hill is with the contra costa county fire protection district. he says vegetation fires aren't just limited to the traditional fire season anymore. the longer term forecasts predict another dry winter for much of california. he'll says these small storms keep the ground moist which will help limit the spread of wildfires even in winter months in the last few weeks. we have certainly responded to a number of vegetation fires. they just don't go anywhere very fast. anyway, because because of the dam conditions we have the bay area may get one to two inches of rain this weekend with minor flooding in some parts down trees and isolated power outages are also possible in areas that get high gusts of wind. back at the broadway plaza some

shoppers say the rain may be an inconvenience, but not an obstacle. we will shop in the rain because we're dedicated shoppers. absolutely. as those shopping lists complete themselves now steve hill says the rain brings its own set of challenges arrive alive as one of the slogans they're using to remind people to slow down when they're driving in the rain reporting life ansar hassan abc 7 news certainly a good reminder. all right answer. thanks now you too can keep track of the storm anytime just check the forecast and access live doppler 7 on demand through our abc 7 bay area streaming tv app just download the app now and wherever you stream you can do it at your fingertips in santa clara county as we move on a man is in facing felony charges after the district attorney says he shot an unarmed black man who is renting an airbnb in his neighborhood. the victim was seriously injured, but glad to say he will survive abc 7 news reporter. zach fuentes has the latest on the investigation.

this is the north san jose neighborhood where the shooting happened on october 2nd the santa clara county district attorney's office just filed the complaint this week against the suspect 66 year old mark henry waters who is white according to the da the victim was a 21 year old black man police reports. we obtained at the santa clara county courthouse say the victim was renting a room through airbnb at this home across the street from the suspect the san jose police officer who took the victim statement reported that he said he was going to save way to get some udon noodles and juice he went on to say that when he went out he crossed the street and before he was even on the other side of the road the suspect approached him and shot him when he saw the gun he turned and tried to run behind a car but was shot before he could make it police say it was the suspect water so called 911 the police report also detailed what he told officer saying the victim walked toward him. he thought that the victim had a gun. he later realized it was a pair of headphones police say at that point. he asked for an attorney and declined to comment any further but stated later specifically quote.

i can't take it back. would i have done i have paid the price. i blanked up. we went to the home of waters and did not get an answer at the door. we also reached out to his attorney who said he had no comment at this time police also looked at surveillance video from neighbors the victims suffered a gunshot wound in his leg that resulted in a broken femur. the injuries were non-life threatening waters who has been out on bail is charged with assault with a semi-automatic firearm a felony charge police are investigating potential hate crime alleg. nations waters is expected to be in court monday afternoon for arraignment in san jose zach fuentes. abc 7 news. turning now to the latest on the increase in covid cases as hospitals across the state report a peak in hospitalizations abc 7 news reporter loose peña spoke to multiple doctors about what they're seeing locally. she joins us live from the newsroom and loose this is a little bit alarming. yes, deanna hospitalizations are a key indicator of how covid impacting our community local hospitals are now seeing the signs of a steady increase even

comparing our winter numbers with the peak in the summer. covid hospitalizations are increasing throughout the state the last time california had over 4,000 people in the hospital with covid was in july. i think the challenges the numbers are rising and so we don't really know where this peak will will plateau locally, dr. johann fahimi medical director of the emergency department at ucsf says their hospital in many cases this patients being hospitalized for something else who also happen to have covid as hospitalizations increase statewide transmission levels are also changing according to this cdc map. the majority of the state is in the yellow meaning under the medium covid-19 community levels of transmission. we have seen our covid numbers sort of settling increasing sense mid-october and yesterday we move from cdc low into cdc medium level in alameda a

thursday. 7 day average case rate is 21 cases per 100,000 residents and 149. people are in the hospital with covid-19. now they're updating their mask requirements. we are aligned with the state masking guidance. so we don't we have not instituted any new requirements ourselves here in alameda county, but according to the state when we move into medium certain certain locations need to require masking for staff and residence and those include shelters for unhowed per house on house persons correctional facilities and warming centers. what about the state in a statement california's department of public health setting part. we're not considering a statewide masking mandate at this time as always local governments, may implement separate and more strict policies. despite the increase in hospitalizations, dr. locke is

hopeful this is certainly been something that we have anticipated. you know, we're in a place now, now both doctors pointed out that even though covid numbers are increasing the majority of people testing positive are not experiencing severe illness, and we're only learning about those numbers through wastewater data because people are testing more at home in the newsroom news peña abc 7 news how interesting that is where the data comes from loose before you go, you know question here if more people are testing positive now does that mean they're immunity from the booster has maybe diminished? dion according to the cdc the protection from boosters begins to fade around four months from the shot. so people got their boosters in the summer. this would be around the time that it's helpful to get a second shot for that extra layer of protection, but the data is showing that only 15% of californians eligible to get a booster have gotten one. alright also a good reminder there loose many. thanks. now alameda county is the only bay area county listed as medium

by the cdc just this week contra costa, napa and solano count also moved into the medium tier per state law automatic mask mandates are again required in some communal facilities such a shelters and prisons in those counties as of now two counties, santa clara and santa cruz county are listed as high san francisco marin sonoma and san mateo counties are in the load here. stay with us after the break you see college students getting ready for final exams, but we'll tell you why this year's preparation is more stressful than ever before abc 7 news at 5 continues. your heart is the beat of life. if you have heart failure, entrust your heart to entresto, a medicine specifically made for heart failure. entresto is the #1 heart

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ask your doctor about entresto for heart failure. semester at uc. berkeley are scheduled to begin next week. that's right, but despite a contractor agreement for some union workers thousands of employees across the uc system are still on strike and as abc 7 news reporter ryan curry explains tha

impacting final exam preparations workers on strike continue pushing to have the uc system meet their demands one aspect of it is what our raises your tier will look like but even then just the base wage itself is a huge issue. certainly the base wage is truly unlivable with the cost of living here the strike involving grad student instructors and researchers is almost approaching one month students now say the strike is disrupting. they're learning. it's been a lot of self studying and yeah finals coming of course. it's scary because the grades it means so much for the far future uc berkeley is set to begin semester final exams on monday and a magnetic says her class won't be tested on the full material my understanding. is that our final for the class is going to not cover or at least not as much the topics that we've been covering the last few weeks grad student instructors are one of the groups undergoing labor negotiations with the uc system

and undergraduate students. tell me here at uc berkeley not having them as a resource limits how they prepare for final exams. i know that a lot of other students are also taking really hard classes and they could probably have benefited from the edge office hours health and things like that uc berkeley said in a statement the berkeley administration and the academic senate have encouraged instructors to adapt the format in scope of their exams and other final projects to take the effects of the strike into account faculty are advised to identify and focus on one or two top learning outcomes for course and focus on those in their class time and in assessments, mac says she and other are willing to keep striking till they see an offer paying them what they request we've been doing our best to minimize the negative impact on students while also acknowledging that we have to withhold our labor. that's what makes this effective in berkeley ryan curry abc 7 news. still ahead. we continue to track the incoming storm as we take a live picture from zephyr cove at lake

tahoe. this is on the nevada side of the border. see all is quiet and very dark out there right now. now keep in mind about the travel warning if you are heading to the mountains we have more on that and details on the rain in the bay area when we rain in the bay area when we return everyone remembers the moment they heard, “you have cancer.” how their world stopped... ...and when they found a way to face it. for some,... ...this is where their keytruda story begins. keytruda—a breakthrough immunotherapy that may treat certain cancers. one of those cancers is advanced melanoma, which is a kind of skin cancer where keytruda may be used when your melanoma has spread or cannot be removed by surgery. keytruda helps your immune system fight cancer... ...but can also cause your immune system to attack healthy parts of your body. this can happen during or after treatment and may be severe and lead to death. see your doctor right away if you have cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, diarrhea, severe stomach pain or tenderness, severe nausea or vomiting, headache, light sensitivity, eye problems,

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and ask your doctor if keytruda cracking down on side shows after one broke out on the embarcadero a few days ago as these things become more common police are trying to collaborate with other agencies to try to hit these meetup spots before side shows start that way they might be able to reduce the risk of someone getting hurt or killed. being able to break it up and get the dangerous driving out and not having any of the even spectators or drivers themselves hurt or impacted is very very important and to do that again. the best is to flush them out block their next area. the city of oakland is also considering a proposal that would crack down on the people who participate in sideshow

spectators and those who we advertise them as well. anyone involved the city council is set to vote on this proposal december 20th. take a look. the window is closing for anyone who wants to drive up to the sierra. you're taking a look at video from a couple of different caltrans cameras on soda springs on interstate 80. the other here is at twin bridges on highway 50. heading to lake south lake tahoe now earlier today the national weather service issued a statement saying anyone planning to head to the sierra needed to leave by four this afternoon and as always carrie chains as well as food water and blankets. oh boy, it is going to be intense right as snow in this year a lot of rain here. yeah and strong gusty wind in both places really. in fact, here's a look at the storm dropping down out of the golf of alaska. you can see on the satellite radar composite image stormy weather is already hitting the north coast, but before we get to that, let's take a look at our travel forecast we can get out of town. you might want to go now. these are conditions for our bay area airports tomorrow, rainy

and windy with winds out of the southwest 20 to 30 miles per hour with even stronger gust high temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. to be a messy day here might be a good idea to get away to honolulu or new york. both places will have sunshine tomorrow high of 84 honolulu 42 in new york. it's going to be rainy in chicago and la i have 40 in chicago 61 will be the high in la let's talk about bay area weather right now. here's a view from emeryville looking at the post sunset. sky clouds are getting thicker is 53 degrees in the city right now low 50s at oakland and palo alto 57 ad san jose santa clara 54 48 at half moon bay. here's if you're at the golden gate, we're looking north where you can see the pavement is dry. it hasn't started raining here yet, but this is the direction from which our next storm is coming of the temperature readings right now 49 degrees at both santa rosa and napa novato is at 50 and as is fairfield and 51 at both concord and livermore one final live view from our rooftop camera. looking out over the bay toward the bay bridge under so far dry conditions, but not for long. these are the forecast features

level 2 storm arrives overnight. i mean in the early morning hours right after midnight moderates heavy rainfall. along with strong gusty winds and a winter storm warning is in effect for the sierra for the weekend. the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale indicates. the approaching storm is a moderate level 2 storm. so starting just after midnight and continuing through tomorrow. we expect heavy rain gusty wind miner localized flooding may occur, and there's a chance even of some isolated thunderstorms. we'll start with the forecast animation at 11 o'clock tonight notice how quickly after midnight the storm surges end by six o'clock tomorrow morning. we're going to have widespread rain moderate to heavy these darker colors the oranges and reds indicate areas of heaviest rainfall a company by wind gusts up to about 45 miles per hour at times. it's going to be a very strong astronomy and messy morning and midday as well with just a little bit of a break in the late afternoon before the next wave of storm activity moves through tomorrow night and that will continue through the day on sunday before breaking up on monday.

let's talk about overnight conditions planning to take an early morning walk overnight lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 40s and of course it'll be rainy and windy highs tomorrow afternoon in a fairly. range mainly mid to upper 50s, that's about as high as it's going to get. let's talk about our wind advisory which will be in effect from 2 am tomorrow to 3 pm. we're talking about generally winds out of the south 20 to 30 miles per hour southwest 20-30 miles per hour gusts up to about 50 miles per hour at times especially over the higher elevations and being on the lookout for blowing outdoor objects or downed tree lines. a tree limbs i should sayinfalle to two inches. that's a lot of rainfall in the main storm concerns are for hazardous travel flooding on the roadways and again down to tree limbs over in the sierra winter storm warning and effect from ten o'clock tonight to 4 am monday. we're talking about two to five feet of snow likely there winds will be gusting 60 miles per hour even stronger in the higher

highest elevations. so travel into and out of the sierra will be nearly impossible. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast even on sunday as a storm begins to weekend. it'll still be a level one with periods of light rain and showers and maybe even some lingering showers into monday morning before we get some clearing skies on tuesday, but even after it dries out next week, right you're going to have really chilly weather with daytime highs barely breaking 50 degrees for most of the week. it's been cold lately. it really has been. okay. all right spencer. thanks yosemite national park will once again require reservations from mid to late february. you it's yearly and iconic firefall the attraction occurs when the sunset hits the back of horsetail waterfall on el capitan creating a fire like illusion this year. they did not require reservations, but they are changing that for 2023 because of the amount of traffic congestion. it creates reservations open up on the park's website, wednesday, december 15th at 7 a.m. how pretty stunning

stunning. well the only movie theater in danville has closed the day for century blackhawk. plaza was this past saturday an assistant manager at the theater told our media partners at the bay area news group that property owners were trying to raise the lease price significantly the theater had been open for more than three decades in blackhawk plaza. now all of this follows the closing of the regal crown canyon in nearby san ramon that sixth screen theater shut down, september 14th, it all came after regal's parent company declared bankruptcy. well still ahead a different kind of christmas shopping trip to costco. what had the marines picking up a holiday hole today in danville. stay with us. a quick reminder nu

can get our live newscasts breaking news weather and much more with our new abc 7 bay area streaming tv app. you can find it on apple tv google tv fire tv and roku just search abc 7 news and download it for free. costco and danville police are teaming up to help brighten the christmas season for kids and you can help today police picked up another collection of donated toys from bins set up outside the costco in danville. all of those gifts are being donated to the toys for tots

campaign. this was the second pickup since the toy drive started and organizers. say the donation hall just keeps on growing. last week the marines brought a van we filled that up so you can see they brought in a bigger resource of u-haul truck. that is awesome. now if you'd like to make a donation you too can drop off a new unwrapped toy at the costco in danville. there's also collection box in the lobby of danville police headquarters. and if you are looking for a way to help those in need this holiday season abc 7's parent company disney is hosting the ultimate toy drive right now to find out what you can do. just head to disney.com slash toy drive check that out and finally hear the humane society silicon valley annual home of the holidays pop-up events are now underway the events which seek to find loving homes for dogs and cats began today with a puppy pop up at capital subaru in san jose. this is michonne. mission is nine weeks old.

and she is sleepy right now, but when she is happy and going she's she's a hyper little beast, but she's super super sweet. oh, look at that face the folks with humane society say their events make it very easy for people to find just the perfect pet and help ease overcrowding at local shelters, which of course is one of the big goals get this as part of home for the holidays program. you can adopt an adult dog and cat for just 20 bucks. that's it for information on other pop-up events. check out the society's website at hssv dot org, you know, i know an awful lot of people who would love a pet because during the pandemic there. was that shortage remember there was indeed and also remember a lot of people gave up pets during the pendant over the shelters kind of became full a little bit. so it's a great way to help a dog or cat and also have a fun holiday for family. and as you said, how can you adorable? all right world news tonight with david mirrors next. we appreciate your time and i'm

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tonight, we're tracking several storms as come on the air, threatening millions. one hitting parts of the northeast tonight. the other from the west all the way east. several feet of snow in some places. snow already tonight in northern california. parts of the northwest could get up to eight feet of snow. dangerous winds and snow as this moves across the country all the way to the east coast. and in the northeast tonight, the system already bringing snow, the i-95 corridor. rob marciano timing it all out for us. tonight, the political bombshell in washington. arizona senator kyrsten sinema revealing she is leaving the democratic party, that she'll now be an independent. so, what does this mean just days after democrats celebrated their 51-49 majority? and will she still vote for president biden's agenda as she has done more than 90% of the