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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> the bay area toppling trees all over. the bay bridge a large one came down right before the tunnel blocking all but one lane of traffic and snarled the drive for those headed into san francisco. >> we saw lots of pictures like this, and brought down some powerlines landing on top of some cars. a toyota cut smashed in redwood city by a pine tree. >> another scene of destruction in hayward. a tree fell on a townhouse damaging the roof. it did not take much to make this wind puppet dance this afternoon and we are not done with the weather gets. dan: thank you for joining us. >> for that we

tonight focused on getting you prepared. dan: we have a full team of reporters and sandhya patel standing by. >> we want to get to with reports of a tree falling on a santa cruz county home with a one-year-olds inside. what is the latest? >> we know the one-year-olds infant was in the home into the boulder creek area. we just got over -- got off with the fire department and they say the child is critically injured but conscious and breathing. a scary end -- a redwood tree came down on top of a home on bobcat lane. a piece of the tree spirit into the house. >> we had cruise in that living room where they were ultimately cutting away the weight and removing that off the patient.

and then rendering aid as quick as they could. >> crews were able to rescue the child and transport them to the hospital. critically injured but still conscious and still breathing. the high winds also toppled this tree in brentwood city. it took down a nearby power line for landing on top of the car. another tree causing a substantial amount of damage after it fell on this house. the local fire crew responding after branches destroying the chimney on a home on crestwood drive. around 4:45 the winds roof completely off a home on hillcrest way and the roof was lined on top of a truck and in the middle of a roadway when it san mateo fire responded. no injuries were reported. tim johns, abc 7 news. >> let's get to sandhya patel now because the weather is only getting going tonight. which of we be ready for?

sandhya: how about the cold weather and showers and snow. live pictures from our tower cameras and they are all pretty much shaking so it is still windy outside as we check out the gusts, 41 miles an hour at oakland, 33 in san jose, not nearly as strong as what we saw but we have a height wind warning along the coastline and a wind advisory for the rest of the bay area. the advisory until 1:00 p.m.. gusts up to 60 miles an hour could take downed trees, powerlines and cause outages, blow unsecured objects around. tomorrow morning it is windy. 1:00 tomorrow afternoon to 30- per hour wind gusts and then they begin to drop off. close to 70 mile an hour wind gusts so far at sfo. 61 as oakland

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epping trees and bringing down wires. one of the tuesday. this mirrored many others across the region and residents with growing concern over the days powerful wind gusts.

plans. >> we parked in the parking structure but we are ready. >> not far behind the santa cruz resident and her friend mary covered up to brave the weather conditions. >> i see a beanie on you and gloves. >> residents remaining and exercising patience as the bay area takes the brunt of the storm. >> pg&e will come and the power will go off but it will be a long time which is understandable. i'm sure they have their hands full. >> remarkable all over area. in the north bay a very close call in western sonoma county. a large redwood came down after 6:00 splitting a home and have early missing the person inside

according to a neighbor. >> he was cooking and he turned around and got chicken out of the freezer. it's a just missed him. he is so lucky. dan: it just cut through the house like a butter knife. a home is now read text by inspectors because of all of the damage. -- read. >> off. no one was hurt but cars were damaged. j.r. stone has a look. >> it is not something you see every day. a three plucking westbound lanes of interstate 80 right before they give up when a -- no one was

was one of two damage. c.h.p. telling us the tree came down on one vehicles hood and a second vehicle crashed into the tree which blocks multiple lanes. this debris fell all around us on the bay bridge as we went live on abc seven news 6:00. that is how windy it was. caltrans crews working into the nighttime hours to get the treat out of the way and off interstate 80. the focus was on the large part of the tree and even smaller branches created challenges for crews. but the caltrans the bay bridge did not stop. into pieces, then hold off using a rope as smaller branches were

thrown off of the interstate to get traffic back to a normal ride along the bay bridge. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> to the other side bridge and a live look at the golden gate bridge tonight. the west sidewalk was closed to cyclists because it was too windy. the bridge reported of peak dust of 76 miles per hour. it was a bad day to be today due to all the toppled trees. crews had to bring in a to clear up the mess and a crash landing on it this corvette near clayton and front street. both the tree and a light pole fell on it this afternoon shattering the back window. >> for the storm we post information about

enclosure of public schools tomorrow. they have canceled classes because of the high winds and knocked out power. you can keep track of weather conditions any time you want. it is available on demand at the abc 7 bay area news app. new developments in the deadly hit and run crash that police say killed a 100-year-old man. investigators are offering $10,000 to help find a car involved. the collision help and -- haven't in oakland downtown. they released images of the car maybe eight mini-cooper. they believe it hit and killed gh 100-year-d mf oakld. police want to hear from anybody ows ything about the car you are looking at right now. >> a school district in the middle of a marathon session,

parents and members of the public talk about possibly banning books. the discussion is centered arou a book acquisition but the focus is on three that some state contain sexually explicit cont public comment started about 45 minutes ago. >> which stories are told and which are not we rub our students of these opportunities. -- rob our students of these opportunities. >> all children and basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology and not a bias of sexual approaches particularly the pornography is what upsets me. >> no vote is scheduled for tonight. >> the same -- is that hearing tomorrow.

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a few minutes. >> today's windy weather created a busy day for the santa rosa air department. -- fire departments. crews had to rescue someone from an elevator because the power went out and one unlucky homeowner has a mess to deal with after a portion of the roof was blown off the house. >> oakland city services are starting to come back online after a ransomware attack. there were hacked earlier this month. accessible which means city workers will be paid on time. there is an ongoing investigation into what caused the cyber attack. experts believe a fishing email could have compromised the data. they believed that repairs could cost the city up to $9 million. >> mass transit that people actually use is an important part of building a better a area and we have a vision for what we

can expect on a barge. bart is battling a pandemic long struggle to get writers act on board. the top executives say passengers are most concerned about four things, security, the homeless issue, and cleanliness on the trains at the stations. >> normally we have eight 900 hour car cycle where they get a deep cleaning and we will change that to 450 hours so we will double cleaning efforts. >> more police on board trains and new fare gates are in the works. almost 700 systemwide. ridership in january was 32% o what it was before the pandemic. >> the future of coffee maybe all of oil. the number one coffee giant is launching a trio of coffee

beverages mixed with olive oil. the ceo said the idea is to utilize all of oil's health benefits. the coffee line will launch in italy tomorrow and come to southern california this spring. >> there is a winter storm warning for the sierra and it is sloppy on the roads. there is a blanket of snow on interstate 80 and chains are required in both directions unless you have a four-wheel drive. chains are required on highway 50 so more snow coming to the sierra and more rain in the b area -- bay area. sandhya: because the snow is covering the lens so we are giving you an idea of what it looks like up there. look at live doppler 7 and you notice the storm coming in from the north brought us strong

gusty winds today. not nearly as strong as it was earlier in the day. as we look at the sierra nevada, they are chaining up on all roads heading up to the mountains as the snow is going to continue to come down and roads will be slippery. difficult to travel. winter storm warning in effect until 4:00 a.m. saturday. gusts up to 70 miles an hour and snow levels will be coming down between 1000 two 2000 feet. we have a winter weather advisory at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow until 10:00 a.m. thursday for the santa cruz mountains. 1-3 inches between 1500 up to 2000 feet and dusting as possible even lower. so it is going to look like winter around our hills. temperatures right now in the 40's and 30's. it is getting cold outside without a doubt. down seven degrees and sent say

compared to 24 hours ago. still a little back toward san francisco. periods of showers and snow over the hills the next three days and colder days and nights going into the weekend. on our impac through friday this is a level 1. the snow level will be low, 1000-1500 feet. north bay mountains by friday going down to 500 feet so you will likely see snow up there. at that are chance here in the bay area and rough surf. high surf advisory for and a beach hazard statement for monterey bay. large breakers tomorrow. as we go hour by hour occasional showers tomorrow morning and snow showers mixing in as we head toward tomorrow night. and really this pattern continues but as we go towards

thursday morning, a little more snow showing up and by thursday evening this is one of the most widespread precipitation, rain and snow will show up and continues into early friday morning. then the showers start to taper and it is all gone out of here late friday night. rainfall totals half an inch to one inch. the morning temperatures in the upper 20's to low 40's. coats and jackets will be needed. a windy start and it will remain windy although not quite as strong tomorrow afternoon. 40's and 50's. it will be a very cold wednesday and we have freeze watches and frost advisories going up midnight tomorrow until 9:00 a.m. thursday. a level 1 for wednesday, chilly with showers. a thunder chance thursday going into friday and we give you a short break saturday. temperatures come up a few degrees in the afternoons, more

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larry: the giants struck out on their quest to sign a stark free agent so nobody is expecting a world series run. now in your for skipper, pitching will be key for this club. taylor rogers joining the twin brother tyler, it will be a major change everybody will have to adjust, mlb trying to speed these games up. he knows his team has to improve pitching and defense. >> one initiative for us is be crisp and plate fundamental baseball. we can be better than last year. we just are turning up the

volume on attention to detail. >> we all want to prove that last year was more of a fluke then 21. i think we want to prove that we are a winning team. larry: you have heard of the dog days of summer, these are the dog days of spring. the giants hosting their annual puppy day today. 14 puppies in attendance, countless smiles, shouldn't this be a weekly event? to the nba, the warriors took off, they face the lakers thursday night. steph curry starting on court work as he comes back from a leg injury. >> he was on the training table and he is going to get on the court now that practice is finished and it is more just first time on the court so he will do a few things and see where he goes from there. larry: speaking of injury recovery 49ers qb rock party was

supposed to be undergoing elbow surgery tomorrow but it has been postponed because of continued inflammation and the joint so the procedure will likely be done in march with the 49ers hoping brock purdy is 100% by training camp. that team now in las raiders old practice facility has been put up for sale, 16 acres, a full gym, a football field, a pool, a media room and you can room the halls al davis used to roll. the price $35.8 million.

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the golden gate to cars being crushed by trees but today is a preview of what is to come. we put a running list together to keep you on top of things this week. it is up for you on the top news site on abc7news.com. dan: make sure you catch the black joy parade this they even -- this saturday. our anchors will be hos watch it this sunday starting at 12. it should be fantastic. ama: thank you so much for watching tonight. dan: from all of us, we appreciate your time. jimmy kimmel is next. ama: have a great night, everyone. ♪