exclusive to abc7news. a moderate strength storm that is going to slam into the bay area tomorrow morning, which is why a flood watch will go into effect and it will be in effect through tomorrow evening. just about anybody could see flooding not just on the roadways with the streams in the creeks. wind advisory tomorrow morning, wind gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour could take down some tree linens and cause outages. it's already gusting to 33 at oakland right now. and as we check out the computer animation, you will notice scattered showers intensifying later tonight, it gets heavy tomorrow morning as that atmospheric river moves in. 4:00 a.m. to about 6:00 a.m. is when the most widespread heavy rain is going to occur. i'll be back with a look at live doppler seven taking you through the rest of the weekend. plus, a look at your new year's eve forecast. >> thank you very much, see you in the moment. stormy conditions being blamed for rock slides, spinouts and car crashes.

one wreck claiming the lives of two teenagers. there abc7news reporter's lip at the very latest. >> two words, wet and windy, we have seen steady rain most of the day making roads here very slick. the tragic accident happened overnight claiming to young lives. we arrived to the scene and found the bus on its side. firefighters say rain and slick roadways may have caused this transit bus to overturn thursday morning on anderson drive in san rafael. >> no passengers, just a solo driver. >> the driver had to be extricated from the bus and suffered minor injuries. hours later, a tow was able to flip the bus back onto its wheels. a rainy weight brought flooding to parts of sonoma county, highway 121 and highway 12 was underwater tuesday. a new flood threat returns

friday into saturday. as storms intensify. >> every storm we have quite a bit of flooding. >> loading up on sandbags to take back to her home. she's hoping it will help protect her backyard from the downpour. >> every rain we have flooding, so i heard there's going to be about 63 inches. our garage will flood every time and i'm not ready for it this year. >>'s severe weather shelter is opening for the third time this month due to heavy rain for those experiencing homelessness. the shelter is located on kerner boulevard and will be open through new year's eve day. sandbags are downtown businesses just in case. we found doris nelson who's visiting from vermont. >> it's not snow and it's not sleek, so that's good. >> so you'll take the rain? >> yeah, the reason i'm a little disturbed is it broke.

>> that was actually the wrong piece of video, but the chp is urging drivers to take it slow on the road. there was a tragic accident overnight claiming the lives of two teenagers that accident is under investigation. the chp says speed and wet pavement may have been delayed. forecast and weather updates any time the abc7news streaming up that's available for roku, apple tv and google tv devices as well as fire tv. >> now to our developing story and good news regarding southwest flights. airline officials say operations finally returned to normal after thousands of flights during the massive meltdown or cancel this week. abc 7's news reporter is live at oakland and national airport and joins us with the latest.

>> good news indee here at oakland airport there are zero canceled flights on southwest airlines. but right now there are four dozens a southwest flights. anyone flying southwest into oakland today has made it here. and you could bet a lot of people are relieved. many travelers are particularly happy to arrive at oakland airport after so many people were stuck somewhere because of canceled flights. tom and his and final -- and his entire family are now home. >> it was stressful being at the airport. quakes there southwest flight was canceled the day after christmas. things were so bad. >> we were contemplating driving home from columbus so we would make sure we wouldn't get canceled again and have to stay in the airport. >> the family avoided the 36 hour drive and got home today without further problems, but there still questions about what's next for southwest after a meltdown that forced him to cancel nearly 15,000 flights over the last week.

>> ridiculous, i don't know how they will bounce back because they will all a lot of people a lot of money and everybody's bags are here. i'm just grateful that i somehow landed. >> the bandmembers said he flew to open with his symbols. >> when i showed up everything was empty because everything was already canceled. people weren't showing up to their flights and even my flight right now is half-empty i think because of a lot of people bailed for fear that it was going to get canceled. and i know half of our band drove instead. >> robert robinson had a flight in minneapolis for work the day after christmas. his flight was delayed three times and then it was ultimately canceled. he returned home today. how was the flight today? quick so much better. no issues, flights were going out constantly. it was kind of back to normal. >> fortunately he made it back and started his bags. so many questions remain about the chaos and why it happened. southwest airline executives

pointed to challenges, including overloaded internal scheduling platforms. >> they have a problem up there. it's behind the computer, some of these not doing the right thing. >> and of today the airline is investing in more money and making big improvements to the operational areas. the airline will offer refunds and reimburse passengers for things like rental cars, hotel rooms and re-bookings on other airlines. >> suzanne, thick you very much. in san francisco, who could forget the armed robbery of a photography outside the palace of finance. san francisco police said they would increase patrols, but what happened to a family the day after christmas or presence for small kids were stolen raises the question where are those trolls now. here's the story you'll see only on seven.

>> hawaii has the spirit of a loja so we had that spirit over us only came here. >> said shield came crashing down the day after christmas. when the couple from hawaii and their three-year-old daughter were on a vacation to visit family in sacramento took their first day trip to san francisco. >> our first stop was at the bridge because you've never been here before, the first thing you want to see is the bridge. >> it wasn't until after their next stop that the spirit of the holiday season came to a screeching halt. >> when we came back we came back to the horrible sight of our vehicle broken into, all of our belongings gone. they had just open their christmas presents and they are gone. to be impacted our children was really rough. >> is seven weeks after two

photographers, one in the middle of taking wedding photos were attacked and robbed at gunpoint outside the palace of finance. sfpd respondent with patrols in the area. the augusta say that's not enough. >> knowing that someone is watching and protecting at all times can literally affect rate of theft and robbery. >> sfpd sent me a statement saying officers continue overtime shift but at other tours spots like hayes valley in japan town. while the family knows the odds of getting their belongings back are slim, they are offering a $4000 reward and make this plea to the public in california leaders. >> it goes a long way. we are hoping and praying that someone might hear our story to be able to help make a difference. >> i would love for whoever is

running this to put more effort into protecting the people visiting here. murders of four university idaho students. a 28-year-old man is under arrest. bryden was his parent's home. he's a graduate student at washington state university and has a residence about 10 miles from moscow, idaho where the stabbings happen. he is facing four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary in the killings of idaho students matty, kaylee and ethan. >> these murders have shaken our community and no arrests will ever bring back these young students. however, we do believe justice will be felt through the criminal process. >> police say they recovered a white hyundai élan trust saw in the murders but have not recovered the murder weapon.

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quakes sandy patel is back with the soggy details. quakes that's great, we start off the weekend with soggy conditions, stormy weather to speak of, and then we will start to notice some changes the second half. let's take a look at live doppler seven, it is active this afternoon. as we get you into street-level radar here, right around zinfandel lane around the lying country, seeing the wet weather, we see scattered showers along the san mateo code -- coast from pescadero, pirtle lavallee. visibility is not great, just over a mile and a half moon bay. two miles in santa rosa and two miles in concord. be careful if you will hit the roads later on today. 50's and 60's on temperatures. really a mild air mass as we have the tropical air mass with us. from our san rafael camera we see a rainy view. stormy weather tomorrow. dry new year's eve and new year's day with more storms coming next week. exclusive abc7news storm impact

scale. today storm is a level 1. poor visibility, slick roads and we are looking at breezy to gusty areas. heavy rain is keeping an eye on the river. when goes 40 to 50 miles hour. shallow landslides that we've already seen in the east bay. 5:00 tonight you're looking at scattered showers. light to moderate in intensity at 8:00. intensity picks up as we head toward small morning. widespread rain. 10:00 the focus is on the east bay, san francisco south bay. saturday afternoon bef system is out of here. it's not expected to stall,

which could cause worse problems here in the bay area. how about the rainfall, and inch to three inches or more. certainly in the water spots we're picking up three to four inches of rain. winter weather advisory above 7000 feet to the west slope in the sierra tomorrow morning through sunday morning. winter storm warning for tahoe until sunday morning. with those gusty winds between seven and 8000 feet. we are talking about anywhere from three to five feet of snow. it will be difficult to impossible to travel. so hold off. morning temperatures, 40's, 50's, stormy starts. best idea for afternoon highs. noontime showers, as we head towards 4:00 p.m., dry now, clearing out and sign for the fireworks. in your new year's eve plans. accuweather 7-day forecast, saturday morning starts out stormy, and that it dries out for the first day of 2023.

level 1 for monday. tuesday. stronger storm coming in. thursday and friday we are looking at and we start out a new week of a new year and we will be sunny. >> strapped the umbrella so my wrists. quakes they will have to navigate the stormy weather. times because of the well migration. it will be limited. state officials have been posed at 50% crab track reduction to minimize the risk of entanglement.

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trip after three long years of the pandemic. i think after covering so much crime, being in this environment where the world is filled with division in haiti, and sometimes it feels like there's no hope in sight, nothing is quite as heartwarming as being able to get a smile to a young person who has lost all hope. that's what happened in nevada. this fourth grade class was told that they weren't able to go on the field trip that they really wanted to go to a field trip they had missed out on for three long years. and we were able to pull some strings here at abc 7 and make nadja cap in. all of elementary school in the final tuesday morning have no idea why they are being taken out of class. hi, fourth-graders, how are you? or what's in store for them later this week. surprise! you guys are going on a field trip.

>> >> up until this point, the fourth-graders plan visits. in their first visit was canceled because of a nationwide school bus driver shortage. >>t wanted to go really badly and i got so bummed. >> i can get a bus for these kids. >> for a month. >> yes. >> two previous trips had to be canceled. >> another disappointment for these kids. >> that's when parent anne-marie -- abc 7. when we made some calls, the transportation was a personal reason to give back. >> born and raised in nevada and i have an eight-year-old. this company has been in operation for more than 40 years. >>

-- >> we had to do there and put on these kids faces. >> as for the students who have been through hop so much already, going for two years through the pandemic, as the little things that matter. >> this is my first field trip in three years. so i'm just so excited. >> the students leave on thursday. >> thank you. you guys, a lot for doing this. >> so sweet, those kids. the party city donate helium for the festivity. abc7news balloons. for the kids, despite facing the helium shortage. >> that was nice of them. >> one of the south reporters here abc 7 in one of the memorable stories is 2022 was a story of the kidnapping of baby

brandon who was a three month old san jose baby who is kidnapped from his family's apartment while his grandmother was unloading groceries. his kidnapper was seen on home surveillance with the baby carrier walking in and out of the apartment. that image in that story went national for 20 hours his whereabouts were not known. there was a search, it was really beautiful to see the community come together and sharing the news of the images in their search for baby brandon. one of the most beautiful parts of the story is that baby brandon was reunited with his family safe and sound. he is with his family to this day. a little bit older, such a sweet little baby. his kidnappers pleaded guilty to several charges related to the kidnapping. he later found out they had made several attempts. there were a lot of developments with the story. even some sidebars that came as a result of the story. ahead and show you one of those earlier stories in the knees that baby brandon was found. >> it was just after 1:00 monday

afternoon when baby branded was reported missing. his grandmother telling police that she was unloading groceries with the three-month-old in the house. police say the baby was taken from the san jose apartment by a man seen walking with a baby carrier that led to a massive search for the baby that involve the fbi. now three suspects are in custody thanks to the employee of a nursing home whose facility is just across the street from the home the baby was found in. >> what transpired this morning is one of my employees that works here felt a little bit suspicious and it's also something that was out of character. >> what she saw was the silver 2000 11 nissan quest around 4:50 a.m. highway patrol tweeted out a picture description and license of the van. they were there just after she called police speaking on her behalf. >> she saw the vehicle and she's a mom and saw that something was a little bit out of place. she saw the vehicle, made a call to pee dee, and the police

department showed up, and they went right over and bought the vehicle, both the friend in the back, and they went to the alleged suspects house, and at that point they went and invaded the home. >> maria alvarado has a three-month-old and said she lives just under the home that police invaded. she said she was shocked to hear commotion outside of her home in police officers. she says that they have right there all this time and she didn't know it. she didn't know the initial investigation shows a link between the family and the suspects. investigation zapf is far from over. >> muff -- i'm a reporter and southbay. i love to cover sports and thankfully our area has given us plenty to talk about this past year. for my most memorable story of 2022 i have to go with the 49ers memory keeper. a story within a story about a photographer.

it's his job to as a happens. the nfc champion, iconic moments are captured that can live on in team history. moments captured by the 49ers photography team and their lead photographer, a man known around the organization is the man behind the lens. >> to be the director of photography for the 49ers and the organization it's one of those things at all take for granted. he's been part of the organization for 25 years and witnessed some of the greatest wins and says it takes more work in preparation the people think to create the perfect shot the fans are member forever. including some of the best post came celebrations. >> is about really capturing the essence of the game. and when you look at a and you look at the celebration that they have after battling the whole game, and when you capture that moment, it just so surreal.

>> he has photographed countless playoff games, for nfc title playoffs and suits -- two super bowl appearances. he remains faithful that the team may be on a super run. >> you have to start to believe. my mindset as i always take a positive attitude about everything. even for my photos, for the team. it's like if you stay positive, then good things are going to happen. like so far, so good as the 49ers prepare, the team is loading up their gear to capture another historic moment for the franchise. greg setting into the nfc championship game it's about the journey, it's about having fun, it's about having the memories of what you can do as a professional. so, i'm going to take it all in despite -- it's it's definitely exciting and a great opportunity. >> an opportunity to capture more moments like this

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>> one of the most important stories that i've covered this year is the stamp. usually a con man convinces a consumer to send their money. there is one story that was really interesting because it pitted to san francisco institutions against each other. bank of america and chinatown's the walk shop. watch. >> my mother has been banking

with bank of america for decades . she has a store, a small business and chinatown. >> here it is, a san francisco treasure. if you haven't shopped here, you have probably heard about it. the mother has run the place for more than 50 years. we are talking to lisa because her mother's is l account seems to have been hacked and lisa has been helping with a. quick so she called bank of america and she filed a fraudulent claim. it was for transactions on the same day that totaled whale and marlon. >> probably a fake name. the bank put a hold on the checking account and investigated a few months old -- earlier and change phone and there may or may not be a town. police and her mom are hopeful, then they heard back. >> they were not going to refund her money, they could improve

that it wasn't my mother who facilitated the sale transactions. >> lisa contacted me, and that's why they started talking and i have to ask this question. did you make those transactions? >> no. absolutely not. in fact, the name of that person is online -- >> and that person's name is -- and i reached out to bank of america and they had to san francisco institutions, bank of america and the walk shop should be able to work this out and they came through, telling me, based on additional information provided by the clients daughter and further research on our part, we suspect that the clients device may have been compromised. bank of america returned the entire stolen amount. when i heard the good news, i headed over to their place. look who's here today, how are you doing?

>> i'm doing -- oh my god, how are you? better now. bank of america for all of its artwork on this. there are some details i'm not going to get into, but the bank really had to dig in and investigate and i appreciate that they did that. >> i'm leslie brinkley in the east bay, my favorite story of 2022 is the wildflower guide. a 94-year-old -- whose mission was to make his neighborhood a more beautiful place, super inspirational. >> these are wildflowers, they plant themselves. >> the 94-year-old is known in richmond as the wildflower guy. >> there is a maroon wind in there. these are the naked ladies. >>'s brilliant blues have taken over an abandoned strip of dead grass in the center of the street starting in 1998. >> i got rid of the weeds as

best i could, and i planted the seed. i sent a package of that's really how i started. every year grew bigger and brick -- bigger and bigger. i started with a, b, c and the next year was d, e and f. i was like a kid in a sandbox, it was like my private island. i paid no taxes and no rent, and the city gave me water. >> using only hand tools and hours of labor, he created this neighborhood garden and another along a stretch of land along the popular trail. >> when i discovered wildflowers, guess what, they live and they die, they are composted, they returned to the earth, and i don't need any storage space like the material world. so that appealed to me. if everybody did it, we wouldn't have any pollution, would we? he just gave me a squash. >> he also grows food, tomatoes

and squash that he delivers to neighbors. >> is one-of-a-kind. he's a good guy. and what he does for the neighborhood and everything that grows here is just really great. >> this is a major street. people passed by the street, they see this wonderful wildflower garden and they often see him out here working at all times of the day and is just an uplifting, great story. this really shows the power that one person can have in making their community a better place. >> neighbors are starting to take on the workload as 94-year-old gil hopes to spread the magic. >> we will fund this magic wand, i would like to save the earth, and i would like everybody to think that way. >> in richmond, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7news. >> i'm gloria rodríguez, i'm a reporter and my favorite story this year is a really fun story, i got to do a virtual reality

experience and it felt like year in outer space, i had never done virtual-reality before and i got to put on the headset, and you feel like you're an astronaut, you do the spacewalk, and you get what they call the overview affect. when you get to see earth from space. so that was really cool for me and i'm hoping to do some other virtual-reality experiences now that i've had a chance to experience this one, it's called space explorers. so check out the story. this is a journey into outer space. virtual-reality technology makes you feel like you are actually there. eric albert is co-ceo of infinity experiences inc., putting down the space explorers, the infinite exhibit at the pavilion in richmond. he said this is been in the making for nearly seven years. and then sending cameras to the international space station. >> we capture this amazing

content both inside and outside of the international space station. and we get these amazing views of shots that were done outside of the space station. >> of course i had to try it for myself. >> in my head i could see astronauts and frenemy. and when i looked down, i could see the entire planets, really incredible. >> that's when you get a claims of what the overview affect dislike. when you see earth from space. albert says this is as close to it most of us will experience without actually going to space. >> is basically this feeling of transcendence. almost spiritual feeling of looking at birth from that vantage point. you can see it in its entirety, no borders, no passports, all no borders, no passports, all living on the small blue - life is uncertain. everyday pressures can feel overwhelming it's okay to feel stressed, anxious, worried, or frustrated. it's normal. with calhope's free and secure mental health resources,

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>> i'm abc7news investigative reporter melanie woodrow. one of the most memorable stories i covered this year was the daily harvest recall of the french lentil in late crumbles. hundreds of people were sickened and some had their gallbladders removed after eating the product. this is the story. >> this is one of the harvest bowls. >> she was a loyal harvest customer and says after she ate the french crumbles she had to have abdominal and shoulder pain that landed her in the er. >> it was pretty sharp right away. >> she had a ct scan,

ultrasound, blood test and gave a urine sample but doctors can find anything. she went home and after a week of eating plan fruits eight there crumbles a second time. by the next morning she said her pain was back. >> it was a cute, sharp and then it became unbearable. >> in the er again doctors found a high level of your in symes and dysfunction in her enzymes. >> pressure that wasn't letting the fluids go through, which can be dangerous. >> after four days in the hospital, her primary care doctor recommended she have her gallbladder removed. >> he said that was the only way to not experience pain. >> according to the website, daily harvest voluntarily recalled all 28,000 units of french lentil and leaf crumbles due to consumer reports of gastrointestinal illness and potential liver function issues. the company said it received approximately 470 reports of illness or adverse reactions. all of it a mystery to doctors. >> probably the worst three weeks i've ever experienced medically. greg's bill is representing

close to 100 daily harvest customers, including her move out a lawsuit on the behalf on sunday. >> the one thing about the cases is that a lot of times, you never get to having a product test positive because people eat the evidence. >> daily harvest old abc7news does not comment on pending or potential litigation. in its latest statement issued today, the company ceo said they spent the past 10 days working to get to the root cause. so far, testing has come back negative for foodborne pathogens, allergens and a wide range of toxins. some customers are dissatisfied with how daily harvest initially took in the complaints. writing an email to customers, a small number of customers have reported gastrointestinal discomfort. >> i didn't connect the dots because the term gastrointestinal is so general for people just getting gas from this. >> the email stated that lentils must be thoroughly cooked. like they were trying to pass this off as ignorance or incompetence on the part of the

consumer rather than saying, hey, we might have a problem. advise customers to dispose of the product. >> if we were sick i would suppose they would want the sample up the product that we had to come back to them and be tested or sent to the fda. >> daily harvest ceo writes the company is confident it was limited to the french lentil and leaf crumbles and does not impact any of the 100 plus menu items. at some customers say they are done. >> i can't even stand to look at the packaging right now. greg's daily harvest said everyone affected deserves an answer, and the company is committed to making this right. >> one of my favor from this year has to be the amazing run that amy schneider had on jeopardy. she's like the second-best right behind ken jennings, so pretty great to me, also the most winningest woman on the show, she came on midday live, and was

not expecting wet ended up happening. she thought she was just doing an interview with me. but, then, we flipped and reversed it on her, that's what we do here at abc 7, and i came up with a mid-day live jeopardy and made the questions very bay area focused and she played against my colleagues, drew and reggie. it was a lot of fun, but what was so shocking was that i stumped amy schneider. she got one question wrong and i couldn't believe it because she gets everything right, but i made it even funnier and she was such a good sport, and now she has since become a friend of the show, i love that she represents oakland and i live in oakland, she's just so cool, congratulations, amy. obviously i'm a super fan and you will be to after you watch it. >> we would like to welcome you to the midday live jeopardy fill in the blank, and hello to my lovely colleagues that are going to be your contestants.

reggie, please introduce yourself to amy. >> hello, amy, i am a dad with no kids. >> tell us about yourself. >> i'm drew, i like to stare at the sky. >> the category is, all things oakland. so friends, re: ready to take on the champ? >> no. >> we will look like complete idiots. >> question number one, blank is an oakland neighborhood named after an american novelist and social activist who was part of a radical san francisco writing group called the crowd. takers? i heard someone whispered in the newsroom. should i give the answer? jack london square.

ok so it's fair game, it's fair game. that shake it out. >> she's rolling i whatever the case, she's really mad at me. >> we still have another one. number two, the trail around blank, the crown jewel of the east bay is the same length as a 5k. who was that people from? >> the only reason i is because we talked about it a few weeks ago, is it like eric? bikes that is correct. very nice, very nice. how about this, this is a tough one, number three, known as the oldest black owned bookstore in the country, blank is located on martin luther king jr. way in oakland. >> amy? >> marcus book. >> yes.

i love it. ok number four, the blank is a portable organization founded by college students to combat police brutality and racial injustices. this was during the civil rights movement. >> what are you doing to us today? >> i know you all know this one, political organization founded by college students to combat police brutality and racial injustices? >> black panther. >> you got it. all right, two for amy, one for drew, reggie, this last one, you've got it. i think you really have this last question. number five, blank is a woman breaking barriers on a classic game show that started in 1964 and she lives in oakland, california. >> reggie, what's the answer? >> queen amy schneider.

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this is abc seven news. quex heavy rains trigger a landslide in the east bay, and tonight, a major road is shut down in both directions as crews worked to clear debris, blocking knaus cannon road between fremont. but officials say they hope to have it reopened by 7:00 p.m. tonight. good evening. >> thank you for joining us, several landslides are across the bay area and things may only get worse as we brace for another atmospheric river to hit our area. >> with the details on when it will arrive, let's get to our abc7news meteorologist. >> it arrives early tomorrow morning and seems like that was shallow landslides will be a common theme tomorrow.