more flooding. the river days away from reaching flood stage, keeping home is this owners on their toes. we are live in sonoma county as they prepare for a weekend of rising water. kumasi: are holding up after the storm caused damage in neighborhoods. reggie: why bay area restaurant owners are concerned about the long-term effects. kumasi: the cleanup continues. we are taking a live look outside. drew is tracking conditions this weekend. reggie: it is friday, january 6. it will be calmer but that doesn't mean we don't need to prepare for the next round. drew: a lot of us will have a brief break from some of the

highest impacts. we are tracking light showers out there. for the most part, we are focusing on the north bay. that is the best chance of finding light showers. we anticipate this rain to remain light. today is a level one l storm. mainly light showers. in the north a lot of us. we will get a break from the wet weather. a couple of drops on the lens at the exploratorium camera. we will get a little sunshine. mostly cloudy, partly sunny depending on where you are. temperatures in the 50's. the best chance of finding rain showers will be at north bay. the weekend will be wet again. here is live doppler 7 along with satellite. here is the next storm approaching us for the weekend. a stronger storm moves in early next week. we will talk about the details in a few minutes. let's check in with jobina and see how we are doing with traffic. jobina: thank you. we are following a

daly city. it started as a police pursuit that ended in a crash. all lanes are blocked on southbound 280. we have the video that has just come into our newsroom in the last couple of minutes. you can see the impact of the area. according to the chp, at four: quote -- 4:30, they said this would open around an hour or so afterwards. maybe that is 5:30. all southbound lanes of 280 at ocean are closed this morning. kumasi: for a possible flooding along the russian river as it continues to rise. people are filling sandbags. a landscape supply store says they have been filling bags by the 100s -- by the hundreds. lena howland is on th that area. good morning. >> we are on our way. we are on 101, heading

northbound near petaluma. i wanted to say the biggest piece of information that folks need to know about this situation, as of today, is this river is not expected to reach flood stage until sunday at 32 feet. an evacuation warning is still in effect for people living near the river, between healdsburg and jenner. we were there yesterday as people were preparing for the worse. a landscape supply store said they had been filling sandbags by the hundreds over the past few days. as you heard, a lot of folks across this small town have been without power since wednesday night. that, combined with the threat of serious flooding, we talked to folks who were not taking any chances with this storm and decided to evacuate over to santa rosa for the next two days. >> basic necessities will close down and the fire department

will be busy doing rescues. you are kind of on your own. >> just shy of four years ago, most of gerd biville was underwater. it was so serious that there was no way in or out of the city except by watercraft that is why sonoma county officials are taking this situation so seriously this time around. because this river is not expected to reach flood stage until sunday night, moderate flooding will begin on late monday, into tuesday, once the level reaches about 35 feet. we will keep a close eye on that situation and give you another look once we get over to gurnee ville. in the petaluma howland. reggie: as the north bay prepares for floods, we are learning about the two-year-old boy who was killed after a tree

fell on his home. look how precious this boy was. his name was ian the storm pummeled occidental and the rest of the state. according to the gofundme, he was known as goldie because he shined like the sun. they say he loved to dance, loved music and that it moved his soul. he was kind and gentle and had thovg spirit. kumasi: happening now, some people are waking up in the dark this morning. things are improving really fast in the bay area. right now, we are looking at the map of the current outages from pg&e. there are 21,000 customers with no power at the last update. at the storm's peak, there more -- there were more than 100,000 customers without power. pg&e said they had 3000 responders in the field yesterday. reggie: the torrential downpour and winds are heading -- hitting

local restaurants and businesses heart. gloria rodriguez is live with the impact they are feeling there. gloria? gloria: good morning. we are live at the pacific up here. you can see the sign that says flooded. this area tends to flood when there is high surf. the water has dried up. one of the concerns is the business owners. because of the financial impact after days of heavy rain and back to back powerful storms, it has kept some diners away from restaurants. ahead of wednesday's bomb cyclone, lori thomas joined many other businesses in closing down her restaurant early. stfewante s people kept canceling reservations. thomas is the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association. >> it's unfortunate that those of us off in a negative

>> some business owners tell abc 7 that they are worried about rain that is heading our way. back here live in pacifica, we are seeing some intensive waves again this morning. live in pacifica, gloria rodriguez, abc 7 news. kumasi: this morning, several beaches along the coast are closed after the worst flooding we have seen in quite some time. this storm this week created powerful waves that slammed into the santa cruz and i area. damage is widespread from businesses to hotels to peers and neighborhoods. the focus is on cleanup, as even more rain is on the way. >> it is an unusual -- it isn' unusual to see crowds and capitola, coming to capture the areas beauty. the thursday evening, any photo taken told the story of a powerful storm. even a picturesque seaside

colorful houses that lined capitola beach took a blow. >> it just tore the house apart inside. -- houses apart i there is a lot of damage. they will lose five or six of those, i'm guessing unless they rebuild. >> dan barker was among the crowd of curious onlookers. the worst began with high tide at 8:30 on thursday morning. >> what we saw was water coming out of the banks of socal creek and inundating people's homes and businesses of the capital of tillage. -- capitola village. >> by thursday night, businesses on the west side showed significant damage. this shows what is left of the once expansive outdoor patio. in the distance, the capital appear -- capitola pier, >> we got the evacuation notice yesterday. that is when the employees

locked up and left. >> the hotel has been green tag. bad news, without power and utilities, there is a long way to go until hotel guests are able to return and business is able to resume. >> the restaurants across from us were not as fortunate. a lot of those are red or yellow tagged. it will be a lot of workhigh ray cruz war -- parts of the santa cruz warf. >> everything came together the wrong way. big waves, the king tied, the wind. the rain. everything, you know. it was the perfect storm. reggie: off

highlands, the large waves left behind significant damage. the video shows waves up to 60 feet, causing severe damage to the back of a home, and destroying a deck. cal fire responded to a small construction fire. nearby homes are under mandatory evacuation. fortunately, nobody was injured. kumasi: look at this damage. multiple massive trees came down after the last two days of strong winds and rain. crews were on the scene trying to get the trees and debris out of the way. it is not known if anybody was in the building or in the area when the trees came down. reggie: saturday and sunday will be a level two on the exclusive storm impact scale. we will be here to get you through it. live doppler 7 and the latest forecasts are available any time, streaming on the abc 7 bay area app. if you are streaming with us, you can download the app wherever you stream. governor gavin newsom will be inaugurated to his second and final term in office.

the event will begin with a march through sacramento to the state capital. today's date was inten the secod anniversary of the violent attack of the u.s. capitol. the governor's office issued a statement saying the ceremony has been led to stand peaceful contrast to the violent insurrection and assault on our democracy. drew: 5:11. lena howland is headed toward guerneville. sunday, it will hit the f stage of 32 feet and the river will continue to rise. the river forecasted for a crest of 36.2 feet. that would be moderate flooding. it depends on how much rain we see over the weekend. light showers out there, mainly in the north bay. for a lot of us, underneath this level one l c ahower

toy is in the north bay. for the south bay, it is a mixture of sun and clouds. temperatures in the mid 50's to low 60's. a flood watch for the entire region over the weekend and early next week. we are tracking more storms that will soak us. this weekend, a level moderate storm. moderate showers and downpours. gusty winds on saturday evening. more trees are likely coming down. here are the rainfall estimates as we head toward the weekend. the highest amounts along the coast and in the north bay. that is where we will keep an eye on a threat for localized flooding. we will talk much more about the seven-day forecast and a stronger storm early next week. we will have that in a few minutes. first, let's check with jobina. jobina: we have a positive update on the sig alert that we were following in san francisco. i said daly city earlier but the

chase started in daly city. we are giving you the thumbs up on the map. it will take a couple of moments for the sensors to update and move out the purple line. we have one in place between fremont and so noel. this is due to flooding mission boulevard and main street. chp is telling us around 6:00 p.m. is when they hope to have that moved out of the way. i wanted to bring this in because a very different story from yesterday, we had a number of wind advisories for our bay area bridges. at one point, all of the bridges were under the advisory -- the wind advisory from the chp. that is not the case today. reggie: chaos in congress. new developments that could give kevin mccarthy another chance at the speakership. kumasi: biden at the border. how the president is planning to reduce the rising number of migrants at the southern border. reggie: snow might look pretty but it is creating problems for drivers. what to know if you are planning

on going to the sierra this weekend. kumasi: a live look outside a

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reggie: it is 5:15. the most contentious fight to become house speaker in 100 -- 164 years is entering its fourth day. there have been 11 failed votes. a 12 is set for when the house reconvenes at 9:30. another last-ditch effort from kevin mccarthy to break the stalemate. >> kevin mccarthy is getting closer to a deal to gain support of at least 12 more republicans. att eno win. he has six holdouts and can only lose a total of four votes to secure the job. carthy has been working to make deals, agreeing to change house rules to allow a single member to force a vote to remove the speaker. that has not been enough. spike the struggle to gain any new votes, mccarthy says the standoff will -- despite the struggle to gain any new votes, mccarthy says the standoff will go as long as it takes for him to win.

>> it's not how you start, it is how you finish. >> this is impacting the ability for the house to do work. without a speaker, new members can't be sworn in, no legislation can be passed and some members say their security clearances have lapsed, preventing them from getting classified briefings. to show you how unprecedented this is, the last time it went beyond -- a speaker's race went beyond five ballots was 1859. reggie: thank you. president biden is toughening u.s. immigration policies as he prepares to make his first visit to the southern border on sunday. he announced the u.s. would immediately begin turning away cubans, haitians and nicaraguans who crossed the border from mexico illegally. the u.s. will accept 30,000 people from those countries per month but only people who applied for entry before leaving their home countries. president biden is calling on congress to act but admits that a solution is not easy.

yesterday are an expansion of rules announced for venezuelans back in october. the white house says they significantly cut down on illegal crossings on -- from people from that country. jobina: on the left is a map released yesterday. this reflects measurements before the storm this week. the main change you see is the dark red swath on the middle map has improved from exceptional to extreme drought. we are far behind from what we had at this point last year. i want to go back live outside for a look at the sierra. this is a live picture from our camera along south lake tahoe. this is just across the state line of nevada. it is gorgeous to look up at the road conditions are such a different story. -- look at.

but the road conditions are a different story. chains are required in the tahoe area on 80 and 50. we saw a calmer picture. this is video from de soto springs. they have seen nine inches of snow since wednesday. another 8-14 inches is expected by the time the storm wraps up. it is so exciting to images like this. we have so much further to go. people get excited and see all of the snow and they think the drought is improving. there has been almost two seasons of significant snowfall and rainfall to get it to where it needed to be. drew: this is year three of below average so far. a lot of ground to make up. the drought is going t dramatically different next thursday. over the weekend, we have a level two storm. monday, we are watching very closely. stronger storms -- a stronger

storm will arrive. here is live doppler 7. some light showers. a level light storm. the main focus of today's rain will be in the north bay. we will take you outside for a live look from emeryville. for a lot of us outside north bay, we are getting a break from the showers. a level two storm keeps the flood threat elevated. a flood watch is in effect for the entire region. monday morning, a level three strong storm. we will show you that in a second. a picture -- pretty picture outside at the exploratorium camera. today, a level 1 light storm. any rainfall is less than a quarter of an inch. overnight tonight, we increase the storm impact scale to a level two storm as the weekend rain arrives. a moderate storm over the weekend with showers and downpours. some gusty winds and the flood threat is still with us. saturday morning, here comes the

rain. we have downpours throughout the first half of our saturday. saturday evening and saturday night, watch what happens. through. moinsunoonitooks pretty dry. rainfall estimates, highest in the north bay and along the coast. winds will pick up as well on saturday. winds gusting over 30 to 50 miles per hour saturday night. i want to show you very ugly, focusing on monday morning, another riv it is set to soak us. here is the seven-day forecast. north bay showers today, here is the weekend storm. monday, we are watching closely in the morning. next week, a wet pattern of one's, twos and threes. kumasi: seven things to know this morning. reggie: more layoffs aroun

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winds on saturday night. more localized flooding and trees coming down over the ne pe russian river in sonoma county have been filling sandbags and getting ready for the flooding this weekend. the river is expected to reach flood stage on sunday. reggie: capitola and santa cruz were hit particularly hard. yesterday, huge waves flooded the area and damaged buildings. several beaches have been closed and the historic pier at sea clip broke apart. kumasi: power is coming back on for people across the bay area. we got this update from pg&e. we are up to 18,000 -- down to 18,000 outages from 21,000 last night. there were about 80,000 this time yesterday. jobina: we are seeing remnants of the weather impacting your commute. especially between fremont and sisamole. reggie: today marks two years since the insurrection.

events are planned for washington, d.c. throughout the day. abc news will have a special for it. we expect that at 11:00 a.m. holiday meltdown at southwest airlines, you are going to be getting 25,000 rewards points. is working to process tens of thousands of refunds and reimbursements that impacted travelers. two more bay area companies are poised to slash hundreds of jobs. cisco systems is set to cut hundreds of employees. and stitch fits, cutting about 340 jobs, which is 20% of its salaried workforce. these cuts came a day after the sales forced announced they were slashing 8000 jobs. the latest jobs report is expected to show 200,000 jobs were added in december and unemployment is holding at 3.7%. the job market is tight with 1.7

jobs available for every unemployed person looking for work. that is with the growing number of layoffs in the tech industry. wages are climbing. we will have the full report coming in the 6:00 hour. we are learning details about the man accused of murdering four university of idaho student. here is cana whitworth. >> all right. >> in this morning's gma first look, new details on the case against accused idaho murderer bryan kohberger. >> the maximum penal offense if you plead guilty or are found guilty is death and/or imprisonment for life. do you understand? >> yes. >> the family of one of the victims, nowpein outngace-to-fae suspect in court for the first time. >> i want to make this as

difficult as possible for the defendant. i want him to feel and see what he has done. and if that means we have to be uncomfortable and we have to go through some things, then we will. >> coming up, brad garrett and legal expert dan abrams way in life. with your gma first look, i am cana whitworth. reggie: a chp officer injured while responding to a call. how this week's storm played a role. kumasi: flood frustration. one displaced family in oakland says they need answers after floodwaters forced them from their accomplice -- apartment complex, almost a week ago.

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and we are starting to get them. reggie: now i 5:30, major storm cleanup. a much calmer day, today. people have to deal with the intense rain and flooding and more rain is on the way. kumasi: the critical threat in the north bay for this weekend. people living near the russian river, bracing for flooding. the preparations happening now and drew has the timeline for when the river could overflow its flood banks. reggie: the events happening d.c. today -- in d.c. today and the special honor from president biden for people who defended our democracy. kumasi: it is january 6. reggie: a check in on the weather with drew tuma. drew: most of us are getting a break from the wet weather. the only exception is the north bay. we will have light, scattered showers here or there. rainfall at less than a quarter of an inch with this level 1 light storm. the rain is very scattered and light in the north bay. for a lot of us, outside of the

north bay, a cloudy morning and a brief break from the wet weather. a calm a picture. a blend of sun and clouds today. giving you the best chance -- the best chance of finding showers is in the north bay. we have a flood watch in effect for the entire region once again. we will see a series of storms. the one over the weekend will soak andeven str mlrrivempact scale. kumasi: we are tracking the aftermath of this week's storms. and the impact across the bay area. local businesses and restaurant owners say they were hit hard by the rain and winds in more ways than one. gloria rodriguez is live in pacifica with how they are holding up. gloria? gloria: the morning, kumasi. we are live at the pacifica pier . the waves are intense today but not as bad as when we were here a couple of days ago. we want to show you behind us, there is a flooded sign right

here. this area gets flooding when there is high surf. pretty much dry right now. the road, we don't see any flooding here right now. some restaurants in the bay area are feeling the financial impact after days of heavy rain and back to back powerful storms kept some diners away. also, restaurants were closing early on wednesday. another week of rain coming in the bayaou r in ttest 10 day pi. >> it was literally flooded in front. some of the water was coming inside the restaurant. >> ahead of wednesday's bomb cyclone, lori thomas joined many other businesses in closing down her restaurant early. she says people were canceling reservations like flies and she is also the director of the golden gate restaurant association.

she says it is unfortunate they are starting the new year in a negative financial position. live in pacifica, gloria rodriguez, abc 7 news. reggie: in san francisco, work to clean up from the storm could take weeks. crews have been working around-the-clock to clear hundreds of trees that came down on wednesday. one ended up trapping a family in their car. crews are taking some downed trees that are unstable because of the unsaturated soil. >> we had smaller trees behind you that are now undermined with are saturation and. this area asafe.reggie: branches on the sidewalks and curbs for the next few weeks with more stormy weather in the forecast. san francisco has seen its wettest 10 day stretch in more an 150 years. that is according to the national weather service. we received over 10 inches of rain in those 10 days.

and make for pretty canapes in the city but are prone to fall easily. the city's public works department says it was expecting this and please call 311 if you see one down in your neighborhood. kumasi: in the east bay, a group of neighbors at an oakland apartment complex are fighting for answers. they are still living in a hotel after their complex flooded six days ago. it has cost a lot of headaches and stress as you can imagine, over when it might be safe for them to go back home. here is j.r. stone. >> i want to be home. i just want to be at home. where i feel comfortable. >> the tears of an 11-year-old, representing an east oakland community looking for answers. serenity mendez and his family were displaced after their east oakland apartment complex, coliseum connections,

families have been put up at a nearby hotel. >> i want to be at home want. read and be a kid. >> a meeting was held among families who are displaced, who say they want answers. >> mostly, i am frustrated. i can't even wash clothes. i have a bucket of my dirty clothes in the back of my car. >> fpi management runs the complex. in a statement, they say they have paid for resident accommodations at the hotel and are working with vendors to get the water pump out of the garage and restore power to the building. in that statement, there is no timetable on when residents may be able to go back home and more rain is expected in the next week. oakland police commissioner regina jackson was at thursday's meeting and says residents have a right to be upset. >> i'm horrified.

it sounds like blatant disregard for citizens who are in east oakland and don't have resources. it sounds like there was a significant delay in the property manager even responding to people. >> we haven't been told whether or not we are going back, how long we are going to stay here or anything. >> some are optimistic, saying after thursday's meeting, they feel that management and city officials are taking the matter seriously. >> are home does not have any power, it does not have any running water. it is dark and we want answers and we are starting to get them. the people now know it is a process. >> j.r. stone, abc 7 news. kumasi: make sure you stay with abc 7 news this weekend as more rain moves through the bay area. you can access live doppler 7 and the latest forecast any time on the abc seven bay area streaming tv app. also, are live newscasts are there, starting at 5:00 a.m. on saturday and sunday. if you're not already streaming

with us, you can download now on the roku tv, apple tv and amazon fire tv. reggie: a chp officer is recovering after a tree that was at least 40 feet tall fell on him in san jose. brought to you this as breaking news on our midday show.yin bw d a dgeusing situation. ost precautions. but occasionally, there are incidents that happen. reggie: the officer suffered some injuries but nothing life-threatening. no one else was her and crews were able to clear the tree from the road a short time later. kumasi: the nfl makes a decision about the bills-bengals game as we get encouraging news about damar hamlin's condition after he suffered cardiac arrest on the field during monday night football. reggie: a lot of you were caught up in the holiday travel mess from southwest airlines.

we will tell you what they are offering you, now. but first, a check of the weather with drew tuma. drew: a high surf warning in effect. 16 to 21 feet. the waves are backing off as the morning goes on trade this will last until 9:00 a.m. this morning. light showers mainly in the north bay. that is for the level 1 light ight storm is having its biggest impact. we are getting a reprieve from the rain that fell. upper 40's to lower 50's right now. the shower chance in the north bay and we are talking about rainfall, less than a quarter of an inch as the day goes on. 59 in the city. 60 in you can clearly see this as our next storm system. it has a lot more moisture to work with and the rain -- than the rain that is falling right now. we ranked at a level two. saturday into sunday morning, we

have showers and downpours. gusty us saturday evening on the level of 30 to 50 miles per hour. that could take some trees down and keeps our flood threat elevated. a flood watch is in effect for the entire bay area, starting saturday morning, lasting through tuesday. here are the rainfall estimates as we head over the weekend. the highest amounts look to fall in the north bay where we could pick up one to three inches of rain. around the bay shoreline and for a lot of us, the estimate over the weekend is half an inch to an inch of rain. but still, that can cause issues with localized flooding. a stronger storm hits is on monday. we will talk about that in eight minutes. let's check in with jobina. jobina: we will begin with a live picture in oakland, showing you the 880 coliseum camera. the big picture for the commute is aside from a couple of issues, everything is so different from the commute the last two days and that is good news.

we don't have any wind advisories coming in for our bridges as we bring you this live picture showing you the richmond-san rafael bridge. we have slick spots in some areas where there might be a little bit of standing water left over. he carefully few need to head out the door this morning. tracy to devlin, 35 minutes. not too bad. we have a crash coming in. it is coming out of cordelia, westbound 80 to the 680

reggie: today marks the second anniversary of the january 6 u.s. capitol insurrection. president biden is marking the occasion with a solemn tribute this morning. there is a new lawsuit stemming from the death of an officer who defended the u.s. capitol. jobina is live with the latest. jobina: officer brian sicknick died from injuries he suffered during the u.s. capitol attack rate his longtime partner has

filed a wrongful death lawsuit against former president donald trump and two others in the crowd that day. officer sicknick was assaulted with bear spray during the u.s. capitol attack and died from a stroke on january 7. according to the medical examiner. the lawsuitand claims that offir sicknick's death was direct and foreseeable consequence of the defendant's unlawful actions. a spokesperson for former president trump is saying president trump clearly and unequivocally stated americans should peacefully and patriotically make their voices heard. harry dunn worked with officer sicknick. he says the attack was vicious. he was called racist slurs and says that former president trump is responsible for what happened that day. >> he needs to be held accountable. and that is why if all eyes are on the -- that is why all eyes are on the justice department right now. they are the ones who can bring forth account ability.

>> today, officer done will be at the white house to receive the presidential civilian award from president biden. it is the second highest civilian award in the country. officer sicknick will receive the award, posthumously. president biden will present the award to state and local officials who resisted trump's efforts to resist the 2020 election, including rusty bauer, speaker of the arizona house. reggie: abc news will have a special rapport at 11:00 a.m. where president biden gives out those rewards. you can watch it on abc seven wherever you stream. kumasi: the nfl canceled the bills-bengals game. that was canceled after damar hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field. this morning, there are promising signs about his recovery. he is considered to be critically ill. hamlin's medical team says he is showing significant improvement. especially in the past day. he is on a ventilator but is able to write messages and hold hands with family members.

the incident was very emotional for his teammates, after he collapsed on monday night, during a game against the cincinnati bengals. last night, the team welcomed news of his improvement. >> we are extremely happy for him and his family. we just want to love up on him. the next chance we get. kumasi: doctors say their goal is to get him breathing on his own before discharging him from the hospital. the next game for the buffalo bills is sunday against the new england patriots. reggie: new details on the aftermath from the southwest meltdown over the holidays. everyday customer that had their trip disrupted is receiving 25,000 rewards points this week. southwest ceo says tens of thousands of refunds and reimbursements are being processed every day. and overwhelmed scheduling system coupled with a severe winter storm led to over 15,000 flights being canceled and luggage stranded at airports across the country. southwest says the ordeal cost

them as much as 820 $5 million in profit. there are new developments and walgreens claims rampant shoplifting led to the poster of five san francisco stores last year. there is this unforgettable vehicle of a thief grabbing things on hisoo b cnbc reports walgreens and cfo says it may have been exaggerated and they may have cried too much. shrinkage is about -- they said shrinkage was about 3.5%. it is now around 2%. we reached out to comment and have not heard back. kumasi: back to our storm watch coverage, san francisco is one of the cities dealing with flooding from this week's storm. all san franciscans -- while san franciscans wait out the weather, some are taking it into their own hands. some adopted a drain through the

adopt a drain program. the most fun part, we will say, is that adopters can name their drains. some of the most entertaining names include lana dell dra water great and it's draining men. drew: i don't hate this. if this gets people to adopt a drain. lana dell the best name. drew: that was kind of my favorite. it is one of the biggest issues of why we get flooding. drains are blocked. if they were not blocked, we would see a lot less flooding. make sure there are no leaves and no trash read it really helps the city. -- no trash. it really helps the city. reggie: and apparently have three good ideas. drew: what would you say? reggie: my brain is working

overtime. i came up with one and it is not good. drew: let's hear it. reggie: i wanted to do something with raven simone. i was going to say "that so draining." it does not make it work. drew: make it drain. kumasi: that was good. reggie: does anyone get this? blame it on the drain? drew: yes! reggie: the milli vanilli. i'm shocked that you get it. i didn't know. drew: everyone found out they were lip-synching. reggie: blame it on the rain is a bop. drew: it's good. reggie: ♪ blame it on the drain ♪ drew: seriously? pull it together. the exception is the north bay where we have the level 1 light storm.

very light rain, very scattered in nature and it will be less than a quarter of an inch today. for a lot of us, we are getting a thankful break in the activity. the richmond-san rafael bridge is looking nice right now. a level two we can storm brings us an elevated flood threat for every buddy. a stronger flood moves in here on monday. we will find that -- let me go back to that. what we will find is that it is a mixture of sun and clouds throughout the day and any rain chance we do have is confined to ernight, the imct sca toleven, ich llri more thehrt r floodi.early tomorrow morning, e beginning to see light to moderate showers. in the morning while waking up, some scattered downpours here and there. the heaviest rain is the second half of our saturday. scattered downpours once the sun goes down and a heavy line of rain as you go into saturday night into sunday. this will be accompanied by

gusty winds. not as strong as our wednesday storm but you can see widespread , 30 to 50 mile-per-hour winds on saturday night. it will bring more trees down. everything is so soaked right now. storm concerns, flooding on roads and our smaller streams and creeks are very high. trees coming down and more shallow landslides. power outages look lower than on wednesday. i think we will see some isolated areas. we will talk about the winter storm warning. we have a winter storm warning in effect, one to three feet of snowfall is likely. here is the accuweather forecast. we can rain, a stronger storm on monday. keep your eyes on monday morning. we will have flooding watches as a flood watch is in effect on monday. reggie: why undercover officers might be the key to cleaning up trash in chinatown. kumasi: warnings coming from officials after the capitola pier was split. reggie: tonight's megamillion

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kumasi: the flood warning in san francisco has finally been lifted as of a few hours ago. san francisco has looked like a ghost town following several stormy days. washed away piers, several knocked down trees knocked down power lines. officials are trying to clean up the mess. waves pushed up over the as the storm passed into the city over the last 48 hours -- over the city over the last 48 hours. drew: some light showers this moaning. a lot of activity in the north bay and along the coast. for a lot of us, we are getting a nice break from the action

that we had all this week. today is a level 1 for the north bay. light showers. we are talking on the magnitude of less than a quarter of an inch of rain. otherwise, it is a blend of sun and clouds. temperatures in the upper 50's and lower 60's. tomorrow into tuesday, a four day period, the entire region will go under a flood watch. everyone is fair game to see renewed flooding thanks to more storms moving in. our next storm arrives tomorrow on the abc 7 storm impact scale, it is a level two. showers and downpours, saturday night, we will see gusty winds at 30 to 50 miles per hour. that means the flood threat is there and likely more trees will come down. rainfall estimates over the weekend, highest totals in the north bay, likely one to three inches. that will create flooding concerns. reggie: this is exciting. mount kilauea started erupting

again. it comes after the volcano and it's bigger partner, mount a loa, started erupting. mauna loa years. kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanoes. it is not super rare for this to happen. but it is always cool to see it. peloton has agreed to pay a $19 million fine for failing to properly report hazards and disturbing recalled treadmills. the fine is one of the biggest in the consumer safety products history. palatine was selling products with a lethal defect. in 2021, peloton recalled about 100 25,000 of its treadmills, following the death of a six-year-old child and dozens of other reports of injuries. kumasi: the megamillion drawling tonight -- drawing tonight is nearing the $1 billion mark. the prize has been driven up to

$940 million. if you want to get a ticket, you have until 7:45 p.m. because the drawing is a 8:00. the airline set to offer free wi-fi on its flight zone. reggie: prince harry's memoir is mistakenly released early in one country and the t's piping. the latest revelations about his struggling with grief family and his brother. kumasi: we are talking about the latest damage and the power outages from this week's serious storm. reggie: it is 5:56 and we ar coming right back. ♪

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: now at 6:00. flooding is still a concern in parts of the bay area days after a severe storm.

thousands of people are still in the dark and more rain could be on the way and that means more problems. reggie: the damage left behind on the santa cruz coast. kumasi: 11 votes and counting. the standoff over the next house speaker continues with california congressman kevin mccarthy not able to drum up enough support. reggie: good morning. it is friday, january 6. kumasi: we will start with a look at our forecast. drew: we are still finding some showers in the north bay with a level 1 light system. isolated showers for t rain. less than a quarter inch of rainfall under this system. the exploratorium camera showing mostly cloudy conditions. a mix of sun and clouds for a lot of us. stronger storms moved in over the weekend and early next week.

a flood watch will go into