saturation. streets are flooded across the bay area. des slippin a another atmospheric river is headed towards us as we speak. good evening and thank you for joining us. i am dion lim. we have storm coverage for you tonight starting with francis on the roof and with the timing of when this rain is going to finally let up. francis: right now on the there is some drizzle and we can expect spotty showers overnight into tomorrow morning. live doppler 7 satellite shows lots of cloud cover, we can expect that to taper off tomorrow. check out the rain totals. one of her highest rainfall amounts was in kentfield, 1.2 inches. then you see the rain shadow effect in the south bay and the lower part of the peninsula where palo alto only got eight hundredths of an inch and san jose got 500s of an inch. san francisco, .92 inches.

forecast innovation shows a spotty showers continuing io fot omorrow it is going to dry day. that is a great day to torture phones, clear out the rain gutters because we have an atmospheric river on tuesday which is a storm level two and i will have more details to follow. dion: thank you. our storm watch coverage focuses now on the north bay. wednesday's rain added to a growing list of storm related damage and concerns. rain started in san rafael early this morning. these are the conditions that drivers based on highway one. -- 101. cornell bernard joins us with the struggle to cope with the onslaught of rain and the good news is it looks a little bit brighter than it did an hour ago. cornell: you know, you're right about that. the sun came out a few minutes ago. maybe a good sign, but today another round of rain brought more flooding two parts of southern marin county, including here. in sonoma county, all eyes on a

landslide. yes, more rain is on the way. highway were a3 floodwater. several drivers got stuck. caroline was turning around to avoid stalling out her car. >> i have to come back, so i don't want to go that way and ruin my car. >> it looks a little too deep. >> yes, definitely. >> steady rain it made north roadways slick and hazardous. we saw this on northbound 101 in santa rosa. a car facing the wrong direction in the center divide. >> scary, i wake up at night when it rains really hard. >> catherine is watching the weather and the unstable hillside behind her home on cooper drive in santa rosa where two neighboring homes were red tagged last week.

on friday, sky 7 founded suri cruise using bulldozers to remove portions of a landslide to shore of a hill. but with an atmospheric river in the forecast she's feeling nervous. >> i don't want it to impact the actual structure. i do not want to lose value in my home. >> tarps and rain ponchos are high sellers, even on the last day of winter. sump pumps can be your best friend. >> check the gutters before it hits, it's a good time to do it. you got it. we had a lot of practice. >> my neighbors had some mud sliding. >> mike and his daughter say bring on the next storm. >> i think it is actually welcome because it just prevents a bunch of fires and droughts. >> starting to get tired of the rain but when anything about long-term and drought and fire prevention, i feel the same way. that it is welcome. and by next summer we will be looking for some rain. >> get ready because more rain

is coming and sandbag stations, a lot of them are still open in many communities across the bay area. we talked to chp and they say when it starts raining once again, drive slowly out there on the freeways and never drive through cluttered areas. be careful and hang in there and stay dry. live in marin county, cornell bernard abc 7 news. dion: good advice from chp and from you to hang in there. thank you. a portion of highway 29 is closed after a landslide in napa county. crews are working to remove rocks north of calistoga. motorists are advised to use alternate routes. and the roads are wet in the sierra. for those heading back home from ski resorts, this is how it looked earlier today on interstate 80 in truckee, where you can see it yes, snow was falling. chains are not required over donner summit. meanwhile, snow keeps piling up

in the sierra. this morning the uc berkeley central sierra snow map tweeted that they added more than an inch and a half from the storm on donner summit with much more on the way. they are one inch away from the season being their second snowiest on record. this season they have picked up nearly 56 feet of snow. the number one spot by the way is held by the 1952 and 53 winter with an astonishing 67 feet of the white stuff. moving to san francisco where the weather is to blame for a large tree falling on top of a car and a pickup truck in the pacific neighborhood this afternoon. the tree brought down cables at sacramento and buchanan street. the one california line had to be rerouted around the area. crews worked to fix the cables and remove the tree. do not forget, you can keep track of changing conditions and access the same live doppler 7 that are weather team uses. it's available on demand on the

abc 7 bay area news app, download it where you happen to stream. governor newsom is asking lawmakers and voters to approve a 2024 pallet measure that would expand housing and treatment for people suffering from mental illness and addiction. the proposal to address the homelessness crisis would cost $1 billion every year. the governor says it would bring thousands of modern community treatments centers to house people struggling with mental illness or substance abuse. >> it is unacceptable what we are dealing with at scale now in the state of california. not only in terms of the streets and sidewalks, but those who are suffering alone, those who are unseen in mobile home parks, the streets obviously as well in isolation. we have to address and comeogril health in this state and our nation. dion: the new proposal includes funding to house more than 10,000 homeless veterans. crews are working to write a

freight train that went off the rails in sonoma county on thursday night shortly after the smart freight train left shoko. the eighth car train was carrying grain to petaluma when cars derailed. there were no injuries in the cause is under investigation. a large crane has been brought in to get those cars back on the tracks. the train transports grain from the midwest every thursday night after that commuter service is done. it runs freight and other services in the north bay on old southern pacific tracks. smart freight is hoping service will be back to normal by thursday. just ahead, we are getting a first-hand perspective on a flight that gets -- a body camera on a firefighter captures the gripping moments. we will take a look at what it takes to get control force of nature. update on the roadwork that shut down i-680 in alameda county. new information from caltrans

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storage facility. the fire was reported at 1:30 this morning at smart stops self storage. firefighters used chainsaws to cut through the building's entrance gate and get closer to the fire. fire departments say crews save multiple units potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. here is a look at the aftermath. you can see a pile of burnt debris still at the storage facility. the most severe damage appears to be isolated to just one unit. new details now. caltrans has one lane to fully open the freeway by tomorrow morning. crews have been working to replace entire sections of the roadway. between us and the low will of arden burnell avenue. southbound is not affected by the closure. this morning caltrans tweeted this photo of crews placing concrete on the roadway. they say the reconstruction project will make for a smoother

ride for motorists. to the south bay where caltrans and the city of san jose got a helping hand from volunteers. to clean out coyote creek. groups of 25 people were directed to different areas of the park for the community effort. as focused on the area near coyote creek trail and the creek itself. keep coyote creek beautiful is all part of clean california community does organizer say it was a chance to celebrate the earth by improving the environment and enjoying nature. more than 6300 runners took in today's 14th annual oakland running festival. events included a marathon, half marathon, 10k and 5k run. dicker finisher with two hours 26 minutes 17 seconds. katie lauren wicker was the first woman to cross the finish line at three hours eight minutes and 45 seconds. we've got to give a shout out to this fabulous woman, our very

own abc seven news producer who ran the marathon and set a personal best time finishing under four hours. congratulations to kate and everyone who participated. sporting tradition in san francisco dating back 50 years returned to the baseball diamonds today. the story behind the softball league that is proud whether they win or lose. we will check out a celebration of sports support and inclusion. >> we are still dealing with some drizzle and sprinkles through tomorrow morning, but we get a little bit of a break before an atmospheric river rises on tuesday making for a messy commute. i will have all of the details and i'll let you know how much rain you can expect. >> coming up in sports, a frustrating loss for the warriors in memphis. we will highlight the bad blood between the warriors and the grizzlies and the latest chapter

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>> it was opening day for the san francisco gay softball league. there celebrate their 50th anniversary season. cheers san francisco kicked off the proceedings. [cheering] >> i love that spirit. the francisaswo

freedomant eryone into thehe evetethe weatr. >> this is just the start of it. our opening folks show up here in the rain. the police department softball team had to be postponed. all right, not surprising about the postponement. i'm sure lots of people have to make rain contingency plans. francis: you want to have those plans in place for tuesday and wednesday when the river arrives. if i want to take you outside because it is pretty. we have drizzle where i'm standing but look at this shot from emeryville. a little bit of sunshine breaking through some low clouds right now. temperatures are in the 50's in 60's in san jose is hanging on, but that is cooler compared to yesterday 70's. san francisco at 53. oakland, 54, san jose 61 and

half moon bay 52. receiving rain drops on the sfo camera. temperatures in the mid-50's. santa rosa, nevada, napa, fairfield, bid 50's. livermore, 57 degrees. here is what it looks like right now. we will be doing with spotty showers overnight into tomorrow morning but most of tomorrow will be dry. that's a great time to prepare because there is the atmospheric river. i drew an arrow headed our way which arrives tuesday morning and that is going to be a bit of a mess. on our storm impact scale it is a level two out of five right now because it is starting to slide more toward southern california. we could bump it up if it heads toward the bay area but we will still be dealing with downpours, gusting wind, rain far right now less than half an inch for most areas, but the concerns are local flooding and shallow landslides. with the gusting wind we could see downed trees and power lines

again. so you notice tomorrow mostly dry then there is heavy rain moving in early tuesday morning for the commute. that is going to be quite hazardous and then it starts to turn into showers for tuesday evening into wednesday but the wind will pick up. it's going to be a difficult drive home on tuesday. the wind will be gusting anywhere from 30 to 50 miles per hour, especially at the coast, so that is going to be very hazardous. be careful there. and along the bridges, you want both hands on the wheel. lowes tonight will be in the upper 40's. lower 40's through parts of the north bay and we could see patchy spots bringing rain showers popping up overnight. tomorrow, still on the cool side. temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 50's. san francisco only 54, well below average right now. san jose, 59 degrees. there is a winter storm warning in effect for the sierra until 11:00 tonight but after that will be a good time to commute

between to and from the sierra, because after that, i w wierrm srra from tuesday morning all the way until wednesday where they can get up to an additional two feet of snow. snow levels will be dropping down tuesday night down to 3000 or 4000 feet and that will make travel difficult to impossible once again. here's a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast. for the first day of spring, looking good. there's a chance of showers popping up for the most part, dry. then the atmospheric river arrives on tuesday and it will be cooler again, so well below normal. it will turn into a level storm by wednesday. the showers will taper off and then finally a nice stretch of dry days thursday and friday. even warming up with some sunshine for next weekend, although we will be below average for this time of year. >> now abc 7 sports with chris alvarez.

ri t around the 500 mark all season long and last night's loss in memphis drop them to 36-36 overall. 29-seven at home but on the road 7-29. alden state has lost 11 straight games. away from the chase center. a lot of frustration. golden state cut the lead in the deficit that is to 2 in the fourth and the grizzlies responded to seal the deal late. now the dubs sit season. i >> >> thought we had our chances but it slipped away there in the first five in its of the fourth quarter. when as you said, we were one possession of away and just did not execute at that stage. >> fighting an uphill battle all night, so it is hard to continue. i think we did that three or four times, trying to get over the hump. you do that by making simple play after simple play after simple play and we did not do that.

>> no matter how this season plays out, we understand that environment, that intensity, it's just things have not gone our way recently where we have not been able to get over the hump, but nothing in the game it really to the point where we are not prepared for it. >> there is no love lost between the warriors and grizzlies especially between klay thompson and the grizzlies. dylan brooks, member christmas day? he had a big shot over brooks and let him know about it. golden state won both of the home games but after the loss to memphis in the last 10 days, clay sent brooks a reminder that he and the worriers have 4 which he acknowledged post game but still had trash to talk. >> he's got 4 rings, that's al he was saying. it is motivation to us. we want a ring as well. but we will go through the process of steps that you know we did last year.

we keep going and learning from it all. you know, it is friendly trash talk, but i just bought a real estate over there in san francisco. >> when these to plan the class, we will secret 11 days till opening day baseball. the giants naming logan webb as their starter against the yankees on march 30. barry bonds in the house for string -- spring training from scottsdale. web tuning up before that. strike out mass stassi, amiss. 4-2 game. the pitch on the outside. for the fourth inning, webby on the mound. try to stretch it out. it is jo adell, four and a third. it struck out six, the giants won the game 9-6. saint mary's minute lost in the second round of the tournament. we will have the highlights at 11:00. in the women's record, stanford

and a game against ole miss at the bottom of the hour. basketball highlights and reaction coming up tonight at 11:00. do not want to miss it. dion: chris, thanks. just ahead people got to explore inside the belly of a whale this weekend. of course, it was just a replica but check it out. people salivatin

>> here's a sneak peek of what were working on for abc7news at 11:00 tonight. they took over the mission last summer, you may remember, but it seems there might be progress with the illegal street vendors in san francisco. plus schools versus social media. more local districts across the country are taking on big tech over youth and mental health. one bay area group is leading the charge graded those stories and much more coming up tonight on abc7news at 11:00. finally now, lots of people got an up close look at a whale this weekend in monterey. this was part of the 13th annual whale fest monterey. the event included boat displays, music and marina related interactive exhibits including this inflatable

humpback whale model that people could tour inside to see its organs. it also featured a symposium with presentations by marine experts. whale fest monterey benefits local and national marine organizations. how fun. that is all the time we have for this edition of abc7news at 6:00. i'm dion lim. for chris alvarez and francis, thank you for joining us. we will see you back here in a few hours for abc7news at 11:00 and we leave now with a live look outside at what has been a very gray and dreary day. francis tells us the rain is not stopping just yet. -had enough? -no... arthritis.

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