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

effect for the entire region for the threat of new flooding as these new storms move-in. a weekend storm ranks a level 2. kumasi: as you wake up this morning, here is what you need to know about the storm the devastated so much of our area. reggie: thousands of bay area residents are still without power but there is a big improvement in the numbers. some school districts and sonoma county are still closed. a complete list is available right now on abc7news.com. some of the most severe damage came along the santa cruz county coastline. piers suffered significant damage. a california highway patrol officer was hurt when a tree fell on him in the south bay. . he is expected to be ok. the north bay is bracing for flooding across the russian river. people are busy filling sandbags -- sandbags.

lena howland is lena: we actually just got to guernsey villa few minutes ago. speaking of the sandbags, we have seen quite a few lining businesses along main street, where we just checked the pg&e website and power has been restored to most of these businesses. a lot of the homeowners outside of the main street area are still without power as they have been since late wednesday night. the biggest piece of information folks here need to know is this river is not expected to reach flood stage at 32 feet until sunday. an evacuation morning is still in effect for this area. neighbors are encouraged to get out now while they still can while the rain continues to come down. people were busy yesterday preparing and bracing for the worst, piling up sandbags in

front of businesses. some folks already deciding to evacuate as many have been without power since wednesday night. a landscape supply store said it has been filling sandbags by the hundreds. that is where we met outlaw barber owner, grabbing as many sandbags as a could, ready to protect his business from the rising russian river. >> drugstores will close. basic necessities will close down. the fire department will be busy doing rescues. you are kind of on your own. lena: sonoma county officials leaving the evacuation morning in place for folks living along the russian river over fear of flood history repeating itself. just shy of four years ago, most of the area was underwater the last time the russian river flooded.

it was so serious, there was no way in or out of the city except by watercraft. because the river is not expected to reach flood stage until sunday, we have learned moderate flooding will not begin until late monday into tuesday. that is something everyone will need to keep an eye on. that is something sonoma county officials are watching closely. kumasi: this morning, several beaches along the coast are closed after some of the worst flooding wethe damage is everywhere from businesses to hotels and focus is on cleanup n more rain is on the way. amanda: it is not unusual to crowds in capitola coming to capture the area's beauty.

thursday evening, any photo taken showed a powerful story. a complex of colorful houses took a blow. >> there are eight-foot logs that went through the doors of these houses and tour the houses apart inside. there is a lot of damage. they may lose five or six of those. unless they rebuild. amanda: a longtime resident was in the crowd of curious onlookers. many noting the worst came with high tide 8:30 thursday morning. >> what we saw was water coming out of the banks of socal creek and inundating homes and businesses. amanda: by thursday night, businesses on the ocean side of the village showed significant damage. drone video showing what is left of the once expensive outdoor patio. in the distance, the capital the peer split by high surf.

>> yesterday evening, we got the actual evacuation notice. that is when employees locked up and left. amanda: good news, the hotel has been green tagged. bad news, without power and utilities, there is still a long way until guests can return and visits can resume. >> the restaurants across from us were not as fortunate. a lot of those are red tagged or yellow tagged. it will be a lot of work and time for those businesses to come back. amanda: capitola was not the only area devastated. damage shut down part of the santa cruz were. the world famous cement ship that has been sunk into the sea ground for decades, the majority of the pier that once led up to it, gone. >> the big waves, the king tide, the wind, the rain, everything,

it was just a perfect storm. reggie: happening now. some people are still waking up in the dark this morning. things are improving fast in the bay area. you are seeing pg&e's map of current outages. there are 18,000 customers with no power. at the storm's peak, there were more than 100,000 customers without power. pg&e had 3000 technicians in the field yesterday. kumasi: we are learning more about the two-year-old boy killed after a tree fell on his home. the toddler has been identified by his family. authorities say a redwood tree fell on a double wide mobile home wednesday morning as a storm pummeled occidental and the rest of the state. according to a gofundme sinner by the family, he loved to dance, glove music. he was kind, gentle and had a loving spirit.

saturday and sunday will both be a level 2 on our exclusive storm impact scale and we will be right here to get you through it. live doppler 7 will be available anytime streaming on the abc 7 bay area app. you can download the app now wherever you stream. still ahead. kevin mccarthy still not speaker of the house. what comes next for the california congressman after losing 11 votes. reggie: the push to clean up chinatown. the plan from the city to get rid of all the trash. drew: i am a meteorologist drew tuma. i am looking at the next seven days. we have more rain to get through. early next week, flood watches in effect. what to

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a. are looking at live doppl 7. scattered, light showers. , light showers. 1 light storm, mainly for the north bay. highs today in the upper 50's to low 60's with a blend of sun and clouds. a flood watch in effect over the weekend and early next week. a watch means the potential is therefore more flooding. a flood warning means flooding is happening or is imminent. here is the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. a level. 2 moderate storm over the weekend. we will get some gusty winds saturday night from 30 to 50 miles per hour. that will bring some more trees down and isolated power outages are likely. rainfall estimates show over the weekend, we are watching the north bay for some of the highest totals. one to two inches.

a lot of us will see likely a half-inch to one inch of rain. that is enough to do some problems over the weekend. we have a stronger storm set to impact us on monday. we will talk about that, coming up in six minutes. jobina: we just got a report in the last minute or so about a landslide. this will be between felton and santa cruz on northbound 9 around graham hill road. if you are familiar with that area, if you travel through the area, a heads up. some of our primary commute corridors, a crash on westbound 80 to the southbound 600 any connector. a minor slow down. . a major closure we will keep touching on. the flooding and landslide cleanup on 84 between mission boulevard and main street. a life picture from san jose, showing off 101. nice and clear. pretty light at the bay bridge

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kumasi: welcome back, everyone. the most contentious fight to become house speaker in 164 years is entering its fourth day. there have been 11 failed votes so far and a 12 is set when the house reconvenes at 9:00 a.m. jobina: sources tell abc news kevin mccarthy is getting closer to a deal to gain support of at least 12 more republicans but that is not enough for him to win. he still has six holdouts and he can only afford to lose f votes.

kevin mccarthy has been working to make deals, even agreeing to change house rose to allow a single member to force a vote to remove the speaker. it has not been enough. despite the struggle to gain any new votes, kevin mccarthy said this stand up for go on as long as it takes for him to win. >> i think we have some progress going on. it is not how you start, it is how you finish. jobina: this is really impacting the ability for the house to do work. without a speaker, no new members can be sworn in, no legislation can be passed and some members say their security clearances have lapsed. to show you how unprecedented this is, the last time a speaker race went beyond five ballots was 1859. reggie: storms are having an impact in more ways than one. the torrential downpour's and winds were hitting local

restaurants and businesses hard. gloria rodríguez is life with the impact. gloria: good morning. we are live at the pier in pacifica. the national weather service extended a high surf morning until 9:00 this morning. the waves are pretty intense today. we have seen waves crashing over the pier, even going onto a sidewalk. they put out flonbeus the waterl getting onto the road. as far as businesses in the bay area, they are feeling the financial impact after days of heavy rain and back to back powerful storms. it has kept some diners away. lori joined many other businesses in closing down her restaurant early. she said she wanted to keep her staff and her customers safe. people cap canceling

reservations, dropping like flies. thomas is the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association. >> it is unfortunate that those of us made it through last year and still had ups and downs are starting off in sort of a negative financial position. gloria: some business owners tell abc 7 they are worried about new rain that is still heading our way. the national weather service this morning said people should stay out of the water because of life-threatening surf conditions. gloria rodríguez, abc 7 news. reggie: thank you. even with this overflow of rain, it has not erased much of california's drought. here is the current drought monitor map. on the far left is' this reflects measurements before the big storm. the main change you see is the dark red has improved from exceptional to extreme dro now k

outside for a live look at the sierra. this is a picture from our camera along south lake tahoe, just across the state line from nevada. road conditions are not this pretty. this is what look like at donner summit yesterday. you can barely see anything. chains are required on both 80 and 50. we saw a much calmer picture. this is video, nine inches of snow since wednesday. another eight to 14 inches are expected by the time the storm wraps up. drew: we will get more snow over the weekend. looks very pretty. kumasi: please be safe, though. drew: seriously. this afternoon is not a bad time to go if you plan on staying up there for days as a store most are tahoe.

by the weekendext week, more storms to talk about. a winter storm warning starts tomorrow morning. snow levels will start around 4000 feet but slowly rise to about 7000 feet. we are thinking one to three feet of snowfall. live doppler 7. light showers mainly in the north bay. no bright colors on live doppler 7, indicating heavy rain. this level 1 light store mainly impacting the north bay. a lot of us will get a break from the rain. the north bay will find some light showers throughout the day. rainfall is very light. less than a quarter of an inch today. things will change overnight into early tomorrow morning. another storm will enter. it gets a 2, a moderate storm on the exclusive abc 7 scale. gusty winds will accompany the storm, especially saturday evening. the flood thre elevated. more trees are likely to come down.

here is 3:30 saturday morning.8d downpours. the heavier rain waits until saturday evening and into sunday morning. you can see a pretty strong line of showers close to midnight, early sunday morning. red indicating downpours. it does not take a lot to create new areas of flooding. something we are watching closely. we will see winds pickup, as well. 11:00 p.m. saturday, winds gusting 30 to 50 miles per hour. that is enough to take more trees down. here are the storm concerns we have over the weekend. flooding on roads and smaller streams and creeks. more mud. and landslides. a high threat for trees coming down, especially saturday night with the gusty winds. we had a lot of power outages with the wednesday night storm. i do not think we will see

anything on that level. the accuweather 7-day forecast. stronger storms over the weekend. please focus your attention on monday morning. that is a stronger storm we have in the next seven days. . heavy rain is coming. the flood threat remains high over the weekend. reggie: now we check in with ginger zee. kumasi: she is back in new york. ginger: i missed you all already. you guys are going to be going into the weekend. we still have teams there and we will be covering all of. . the moisture heading your way big into sunday monday. we will tell the whole country about it. also this morning, we will get into the standoff of the house. we will break down the battle for speaker, which is reverberating across washington. a possible deal to break the stalemate. knew details from prince harry's memoir. we will have an early look at the new interview you will see

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kumasi: welcome back. new details of the murder of four college students in idaho. documents were publicly released. one of the surviving roommates said she saw a man in black clothing and a mask walked toward her in the house the night of the murders. she also heard a man's voice saying, "it is ok, i am going to help you." police found dna on a sheath. phone records indicate the suspect had been near the home 12 times before the murders took place. authorities have not announced a motive. new at 6:00.

a push to clean up san francisco's chinatown. the department of public works will increase fines fsine ownera warning. the city wants to enforce a $1000 fine. over officers to enforce it. this morning, we are getting new details about what is inside prince harry's memoir. some readers in spain have already gotten their hands on a book, thanks to an error, even though it is not due out until next week. he alleged william attacked him in an argument. harry also said people while fighting the taliban. prince harry is sitting down with good morning america's michael strahan. you can catch the interview on monday. if you love sam smith, you are

in luck. coming to the bay area. they will be playing at the oakland arena on august 27. a chase center show the next night. they are expected to play songs from the new album. some sites are already selling tickets. . they will be on sale from ticketmaster next week. next at 6:30. why the mayor of san francisco is criticizing the national weather service. walgreens now apologizing after exaggerated claims led to some san francisco stores closing.

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areas will see the most rain. kumasi: today marks two years since the january 6 insurrection. . the move to honor those who help protect our democracy. reggie: progress from damar hamlin. the buffalo bills player injured on the field is awake and communicating days after nearly losing his life. kumasi: good morning, everyone. it is friday, january 6. reggie: we cannot let up about being aware of what is happening with the weather. drew: today, a break for a lot of us. but over the weekend and next week, more heavy rain is moving in. very light showers mainly affecting the coast and light north bay. light, scattered showers today. rainfall winth l than a quarter inch. sfo this morning, quite calm. a blend of sun and clouds for a lot of us.

the chance for an isolated showers and the forecast at the start and finish for the day with the best chance in the north bay. to not let your guard down. a flood watch is in effect over the weekend and early next week. a watch means the potential is back for more flooding. we are tracking a series of storms that rank level 2 and 3 on the storm impact scale. reggie: we are concerned about the north bay, bracing for potential flooding along the russian river. people are already feeling sandbags, were a landscape supply store said it has been feeling sandbags by the hundreds. let's go to abc 7 reporter lena howland. lena: we are on main where it appears power has been restored to a lot of businesses you see behind me, which is some good news. it does not take away from the seriousness of the status of the russian river right now. many businesses not taking any

chances with the potential of the russian river flooding. this tour has sandbags lined up to protect this business in front of their front door to keep water out in the event of flooding across river road. sonoma county issued an evacuation warning for people living near the russian river late wednesday night as the river continues to rise. because so many people across the area lost power on wednesday night, just two days ago, combined with the looming threat of flooding, some residents have already evacuated. others were busy stacking up with sandbags in case history does repeat itself. a landscape supply company told us it had been feeling sandbags by the hundreds over the past few days. that is where we met outlaw barber and beauty owner berlin fisher stocking up after learning the hard way in 2019.

>> the water here comes from behind. it does not come from the river forward because of all the creeks behind us. we have to seal up all the doors in the back, which we did not do last time. lena: speaking of the last flood just shy of four years ago, most of the city was underwater the last time the russian river flooded. it was so serious, there was no way in or out of the city except by watercraft. because the river is not expected to reach flood stage until sunday, we have also learned moderate flooding will begin late monday and into tuesday once the level crosses 35 feet. that is something sonoma county officials are keeping a close eye on. an official told us it is not a matter of if the russian river will flood, it is a matter of when. kumasi: this morning, a chp

officer is recovering after a tree at least 40 feet tall fell on him in san jose. this happened yesterday morning as an officer was responding to a minor crash on highway 17 near interstate 280. >> we understand we are stepping into a potentially dangerous situation. our officers are highly trained, very safe and take precautions. but occasionally things happen. kumasi: we are told the officer had some injuries but they are not life-threatening. crews were able to clear the tree from the road a short time later. reggie: work to clean up from the storm in san francisco could take weeks. crews have been working around-the-clock the clock to clear hundreds of trees that came down wednesday. one ended up trapping a family in the car. crews are taking down trees that are unstable because of saturated soil. >> there are trees behind you

that are now undermined with soil saturation and actively filing. we are just taking advantage of the lines being deenergized to make this area safe as possible. reggie: public works said you will likely see branches on the sidewalk for the next few weeks. kumasi: a storm is brewing after san francisco officials said the national weather service did not adequately warn them about the significance of the new year's eve storm. this is what the mayor said on tuesday. >> we were under the impression and notified by our national weather service that we could anticipate not even one inch of rain. in fact, what we saw over a 24 hour period was 5.5 inches of rain. although the information we had was not sufficient to help us prepare in the capacity we needed to address the issue. kumasi: the national weather service responded, saying officials were warned days ahead of time.

we spoke with our partners about trying to get answers on abc 7. >> we took the mayor and city official's claims to the national weather service and they share they communicated the situation 10 days before it happened. they told the public a significant rain event that would bring high-impacts and hazardous conditions was coming. in the week leading up to the storm, they also emailed officials daily briefings and presented at the planning meeting on december 28. that was three days before came. the intel was there, what they showed us. reggie: in the east bay, there are concerns about mudslides and evacuations. we spoke with one man who lives in the neighborhood. he said he is already dealing with road closures because of the rain and mud. >> i have never seen the hill do this type of damage. they are usually very prepared

because they are rather isolated. they all have ways out. the ones we have made direct contact with assured us they can relocate or they are willing to ride it out. reggie: fremont's emergency center is still staffed. a reminder that you can watch all of our newscasts live and on-demand through the abc 7 bay area app. that is available on amazon fire tv, roku. you can download the app now and start streaming. kumasi: two teenagers have been charged with killing a security guard in san francisco. abc 7 news obtained surveillance photos of the guard escorting one of the teenagers outside of the mall just moments before he was shot. this this honors at the mall put flowers in the area to remember him. the teenagers are 14 and 15 years old. the naacp said community involvement is needed. >> everybody has to get involved

and say we are not going to let this be. the mirror of who we are in san francisco. kumasi: the community district said it is planning to hold a town meeting to talk about community safety. reggie: new developments in walgreens' claimed that rampant shoplifting letter to the closing of five san francisco stores. unbelievable video of a thief grabbing things on a bike and rolling out of the store. cnbc reports walgreens chief financial officer said on an earnings call the shoplifting claim might have been a little exaggerated and they might have "cried too much." 3.5%. now it is around 2%. in accounts for merchandise that is usually stolen and also damaged, lost merchandise and merchandise taken by employees.

we reached out to walgreens for comment and have not heard back. kumasi: today marks the second anniversary of the january 6 capitol insurrection. there is a new lawsuit stemming from the death of an officer who defended the capitol. jobina is at the live desk with the latest. jobina: officer brian sicknick died from injuries he suffered during the capitol . his long-time partner has filed a wrongful death suit against former president trump and two others in the crowd. officer stroke. the lawsuit states -- million that says officer brian sicknick's death was a consequence of the defendants' unlawful actions. a response that president trump clearly and unequivocally said american should pick peacefully

make their voices heard. officer harry dunn worked with officer sicknick. he said the attack was vicious and he was called racial slurs and the former president is responsible for what happened. >> he needs to be held accountable. they are the forth accountability. jobina: today, officer dunn will be at the white house to receive the presidential civilian award from president biden. the second highest civilian award in the country. president biden will also present the award to state and local officials who resisted former president trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including a former speaker of the arizona house. kumasi: abc news will have a special report at 11:00 a.m. when president biden gives out the awards. you can watch it right here on abc 7 and wherever you stream.

reggie: gavin newsom will be inaugurated to his second and final term in the office. there will be a march through sacramento to the state capitol. today was intentionally chosen to mark the second anniversary of the violent attack on the u.s. capitol. their ceremony is meant to "stand in peaceful contrast to the violent assault on our democracy pure kumasi: president biden is toughening immigration policy as he prepares to visit the border. the president announced the u.s. would begin the begin turning away people who cross the border from mexico illegally. the u.s. will accept 30,000 people from countries per month but only people who apply for entry before leaving their home countries. president biden is calling on congress to act but send a solution is not easy. pres. biden: it is a complicated issue. i do not want to pretend there is anything easy about it. kumasi: an expansion of rules

announced. the white house said they have cut down on illegal crossing for people from venezuela. reggie: the major airline set to offer free wi-fi for its flyers. kumasi: the stock exchange is up by 250 points. reggie: the big find peloton's about to pay for failing to report dangerous about their treadmills. stay with us on the abc 7 streaming app for abc 7 at seven. we are live every weekday from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. drew: i have been getting a lot of questions about how our reservoirs are doing. what you see is the six largest reservoirs across the state. what you can see is a lot of them are barely even half full. this tells you our reservoirs can take on a lot more rain. we have more rain than the forecast the next seven days.

here is live doppler 7 showing light showers mean impacting the north bay and along the coast. for most of us today, this level 1 light storm is confined to the north bay. a lot of us the a mix of sun and clouds, rainfall less than a quarter inch. a stronger storm is moving in over the weekend. a level 2 moderate storm saturday and sunday morning. our flood threat is elevated. er hour.see gusty0 to 5 that will likely bring more trees down, especially ones that are waterlogged. rainfall estimates over the weekend. the theme is the north bay will see the highest rainfall totals around the bay shoreline. likely half an inch to one inch of rain and that is enough to create more localized flooding. that is why flood watch is in effect for the entire region starting tomorrow morning and

lasting through tuesday. and even stronger storm is set to arrive next week. we will talk about that, coming up. jobina: good morning, everyone. we have an alert south of santa rosa. a tree has come down and severed a gas line in the area. eastbound 116 has been shut down. pg&e is handling the closure we have a number of weather-related closures. i will touch on them briefly. from felton to santa cruz on northbound and southbound 9, we have a closure due to a mudslide. also flooding and landside cleanup from fremont -- eastbound and westbound 84 between mission boulevard and main street. the time for this reopening is around 6:00 tonight. we have mass transit updates from bart. they are asking everyone systemwide to add about 20 minutes to your plan travel time

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kumasi: downed trees, broken bridges and floods spilling into the roadways. these are just some of the images after wind and rain ripped through the bay area. sky 7 flew over multiple creeks. rising water in those something have not seen in years. landscape is not the only thing feeling the impact from the storms. this morning, we are tracking the aftermath of this week's storms and the bay area.

local businesses and restaurant owner said they were hit hard in more ways than one. gloria rodríguez is live in pacifica. : gloria: we are live at the pacifica pier and the winds are intense but not as bad as wednesday morning. i was standing on the sidewalk across the street and actually got soaked by one of the waves. the waves are crashing over the that is why theyut up that"floo. as far as businesses, we know some restaurants are feeling the financial impact in the bay area after days of heavy rain and back to back powerful storms cap some diners away. some restaurants were closing early on wednesday. another week of rain in the bay area could result in our wettest

10 day period in 150 years. that is concerning business owners. >> it was literally flooded in front. so much water. some of the water was coming inside the restaurant. gloria: ahead wednesday's bomb cyclone, lori thomas joined many other businesses enclosing closing down her restaurant early. she said people were canceling reservations. sition.gativxecutive directoofar the national weather service has just extended a high surf warning until 9:00 this morning for the bay area coast. they are asking everyone to stay out of the water today because the potential life-threatening surf conditions. gloria rodríguez, abc 7 news.

kumasi: the nfl has canceled the bills-bengals game that was postponed monday night after buffalo bills player damar hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field. this morning there are some promising signs about hanlon's recovery. he is considered to be critically ill but he has shown improvements. he is on a ventilator but is able to write messages and hold hands with family members. doctors say their goal is to get him breathing on his own before discharging him from the hospital. reggie: companies are poised to slash hundreds of jobs. cisco systems is set to cut 165 employees. san francisco-based stitch fix is cutting about 340 jobs, 20% of its salaried workforce. the cuts come after salesforce announced it is slashing at hundred jobs.

peloton has agreed to pay a $19 million fine for failing to properly report hazards. the fine is one of the biggest in history. it is because the cpsc said peloton was selling products with a lethal defect. peloton recalled 25,000 treadmills following the death of a six euro child. now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway. we are up about 113 points. the stocks reacting to the new jobs report. . the u.s. economy added more than 200,000 new jobs. we kumasi: delta airlines will begin to offer free wi-fi on its light starting next month. about 80% of its domestic fleet will be equipped by february 1.

competitor jet flew already offers free wi-fi. most other airlines are not equipped with wi-fi or they like to charge you a fee. you know what? if you have t-mobile, you can sometimes on certain flights just connect to wi-fi, anyway. reggie: really? i did not know that. interesting. kumasi: it might have been united. reggie: they are also changing their seatback entertainment system which i think is cool. it can be personalized to you. you can start streaming stuff like 24 hours before and then started binging it. when you get on the plane, it is there. it tells you about your flights, if there are cancellations or delays. it is all tailored to you. i miss delta. [laughter] >> since cancellations and delays, this is the time to bring up bart.

if you are with us a few moments ago, you heard me mention they were working on resurfacing and replacing some wheels on a train. these are images they tweeted out so you can get idea of what that looked . if you rely on bart, you. you have been plagued with a lot of delays and cancellations. they are doing this to help because of the wet weather. unfortunately, because of thwe g time for this to happen. i have a graphic on what you need to plan for. they are asking of one to add 20 minutes to your plan travel time. if it takes you 20 minutes to get somewhere, plan on 40 minutes. trains will be running at slower speeds. the picture from the bay bridge toll plaza. no backup in this area. you should be moving through slowly into san francisco. no wind advisory for any bridges. drew: that is some good news.

double my commute. here is a high surf warning in effect until 9:00 this morning. wave heights, 16 to 19 feet. live doppler 7. light showers mainly in the north bay. that is where we have a level 1 light storm today. we are expecting a quarter inch or less of rain. for those of us working, living or playing outside of north bay, 50's and 60's. are next storm does arrive overnight as a level 2 moderate storm that will last until sunday morning. here is the level 2 moderate storm was showers and downpours, keeping the flood threat elevated. gusty winds saturday evening that will likely bring trees down. anyone could see new areas of flooding. future weather early saturday morning. here is 8:30.

the heaviest waits until the evening and overnight into sunday morning. this is where you can see light showers. we have some heavier downpours working through the north bay. we also have winds to contend with, 30 to 50 miles per hour. another atmospheric river is aimed at us monday morning. a stronger storm. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. what weather over the weekend. monday morning is when we have the highest impact, a level 3 storm. jobina: time for our toyota tahoe traffic report. when is the safest time to travel? it will be the afternoon, today. chains are required on all roadways right now. tahoe, northstar and heavenly all checking in a little over three hours for your drive time. the based totals are the most at heavenly. sugar bowl, 60 to 105

all of these resorts, so much snow. great news for you. kumasi: up next, seven things you need to know today. reggie: you can watch our live newscasts on the app available for apple tv, android (steven) every time i come to see caremore, they go above and beyond to take care of me. i feel a lot better now. i'm taking medication for what i should have been taking years ago.

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kumasi: it is 6:58. here are the seven things you need to know. drew: a light storm is impacting the north bay. rainfall, less than a quarter of an inch. the weekend, a level 2 storm. kumasi: number 2, people living along the russian river have been filling sandbags and getting ready for flooding. the river is expected to reach flood stage sunday. reggie: number 3, santa cruz was hit particularly hard during the storm. waves damaged buildings. beaches have been closed and historic pier at sea cliff was ripped apart. kumasi: number 4, power coming

back on for people across the bay area. 18,000 outages at this point. jobina: number 5, a number of traffic issues because of the weather. reggie: number 6, todayin t insurrection. abc news will have a special report at 11:00 a.m. when president biden has a ceremony. kumasi: number 7, after all we have been through for this first week of 2023, let's have a moment of zen. this is a family off the west coast of africa and they got a surprise from a family of turtles. reggie: you know i just went to st. thomas. i had time i spent with a turtle and i gave him plenty of space. we were pretty close. i never wit toward the turtle but sometimes the turtle comes toward you. i gave him some space.

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