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play. how to avoid the latest ticket rackets. but first, a wet drenching storm is here in the bay area. now it's a level three on abc seven's exclusive storm impact scale and has caused by the years first atmospheric river bringing heavy rain, winds , flooding and power outages. you're watching getting answers. i'm kristen sze right now. we are on storm watch as that rain really starts to pick up. here's a live look at the conditions from our live cameras. so for the very latest, let's get right to abc seven news. weather anchor spencer christian. hey, spencer. hey, kristen. >> i want to give you a couple of images of this storm. let's go right back to that one. you were just looking at showing that low pressure system up there in the gulf of alaska, and that long plume of moisture reaching way out to sea. that's the storm is tapping into that. that's that atmospheric river you've heard so much about. and of course, it's producing rain here in the bay area right now. let's see. let me move along here because the spacebar wasn't moving my images. here we go.

this is what's happening right now. we've got rain across the entire bay area right now. it's been generally light to moderate throughout the day, but it's becoming a little bit more intense right now as the moderate to heavy rain starts to move into the bay area, indicated by those yellow and orange and red colors. and so go back to the well, i'll tell you, this thing is not let me use my other button here to move things along. there you go. so this is the pattern. we've got these waves of rainfall coming in wave after wave. and that's going to be a steadier pattern going into the late afternoon and early evening hours, which means a very challenging evening commute. this as kristen pointed out on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale, is a level three storm producing rain that will be heavy at times. gusty wind down trees. we've had that already flooding, of course, possible power outages, forecast animation starting at four 430 this afternoon. see those reds in there in that line of showers coming onshore? those are the heaviest downpours and they will be with us through the 5:00 hour, through the 6:00 hour into

7 to 8:00 before for the strongest part of the storm starts to move out to our east and giving way to showers later tonight and during the overnight hours. so you can see why this is a level three storm. it's a very strong storm and it will continue to produce pockets of rain and showers through the day tomorrow and into friday. as a matter of fact, rainfall estimates by 7 p.m. tomorrow. generally up to about an inch in the south bay. nearly an inch around the bay shoreline. 1 to 2in or more up in the north bay, we have a flood watch in effect for the entire bay area, indicated by this dark green that's still 4 a.m. friday. you see those light greens up there near ukiah? that's where a flood warning is in effect, because flooding has already begun. or is imminent. we have a wind advisory in effect for much of the bay area indicated by that sort of tan ish beige color, but that means that's in effect until 4 a.m. tomorrow. that means winds will be gusting up to about 45mph in those areas. but in the purple color areas in our higher elevations, the santa

cruz mountains and north bay coastal ranges and some of the east bay hills, we will see we have a high wind warning in effect, and that means winds could gust up to 60mph or higher again, bringing down trees and causing isolated power outages. right now we're looking at gusts on the coast at nearly 40mph. they'll get stronger from time to time. we have a high surf advisory in effect until 3 p.m. tomorrow. a wave heights are elevated. large breakers may reach heights of 22 to 26ft. risk of rip currents and sneaker waves localized beach erosion, dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. obviously so excuse me. so look at the storm concerns. we have high concerns right now for flooding on rivers, streams, creeks and roadways. uh, high concern for shallow landslides, high concern for downed trees and power outages. and i mentioned river flooding. i should, uh, clarify that the concern right now is low for river flooding because our major rivers can take in a lot of water without overflowing . but the creeks and the smaller

streams and the roadways are likely to see flooding from this storm. and in the sierra, a big storm winter storm warning in effect until saturday morning, 1 to 2ft of snow expected generally up to three feet of snow across the peaks and wind gusts will be up to 65mph in the higher elevations. so let's move along and take a look at our accuweather seven day forecast. this is still starting with today because this is a level three storm. level two tomorrow. not because the storm will be that intense tomorrow, but because its impact may be great even if it's a lighter storm. level one storm on friday, maybe a break on saturday, maybe another level two wet and windy storm on sunday, followed by level one storms monday and tuesday. we are not getting a break for a while. kristen. >> yeah, those stormy period of weather. all right, tumultuous week spencer. thanks so much. well storms like this one can cause floods, landslides as well as downed trees and power lines. and as spencer just told us,

we're facing several days of potentially damaging weather. so to talk more about the response and preparedness, this is rachel gordon, the communications director for san francisco public works. rachel, a busy day for you. so thanks for coming on. >> hi, kristen. thanks for having us. uh, it's let's just be able to talk. >> where are things right now in terms of situation out there? i'm sure you're monitoring, you know, flooding roads, drainage trees. >> right. so i just got off of a coordination call with other city departments in san francisco, and so far, so good as spencer mentioned, the rains have been relatively light, so we haven't had big problems here, but we have had crews on the ground in san francisco starting very early this morning , making sure that the storm drains are free of leaves and debris litter, so that if the water comes down fast, it can go into the storm drains and not cause localized flooding. we also have in san francisco flood barriers that are out, and the lower mission area at folsom and 17th street, which is a known flood area. so that is trying to keep the any rains that come in

keeping them out of the homes and businesses there. we also have hydraulic engineers at the ready in case there's a landslide or any kind of mudslide, so they can go and respond. tree crews are ready to go in case there's a tree emergency, and we have given out so far in san francisco, about 400 sandbags that are operational yard in the bayview district. it will be back open again tomorrow morning and stay open until 2 p.m. every day. >> so you just told me about preparedness from your end, right? both before the storm and during the storm. what you might be doing your crews. but what about for the general public, for folks? what are the things that they should have on hand? ideally, i guess they should have them before the storm arrives, but what could they do now? >> right? there are a few things to do. of course. make sure that you have a flashlights on hand and extra batteries in case the power goes out. that's a key thing to do. um, if you have if you have a broom and a dustpan, it seems like a little thing, but it can really make a difference. go in front of your home and business and sweep up the leaves and litter. put them

in the appropriate bin so it doesn't end up in the storm drain. we really want to try to minimize any kind of localized flooding we can. if you see a problem in san francisco, contact sf 3-1-1. if you see a downed tree or if you see that there's an intersection is flooded, let us know so we can have our crews go out there right away. if there's something that's an emergency, if there's property or a person that is threatened by some kind of danger, a hazard, please make sure you call 911. that way we can have emergency responders go out there. so far, we're holding well. just simple things too. if you're out on the roads driving, please be safe. don't speed. look both ways. pay attention. the roads are going to be wet. if you're bicycling, be extra careful. there really common sense precautions right now in san francisco. >> so absolutely, a few weeks ago we had that eucalyptus tree that toppled over and hit a few cars in golden gate park. i'm wondering, have you mitigated the danger from eucalyptus trees and falling trees for this round of storms? so that

unfortunately, that was a tree that did come down? >> fortunately, nobody got seriously injured in that. that was a recreation and park department tree. so they have arborist crews as well as san francisco public works, which has the street trees that we're paying attention to. our arborist and tree crews have been out there really. they're out there every day. but leading up to the storms, taking a close look to see if there are any trees that look vulnerable to failure. so if there's a hanging limb or if a tree is really leaning those get top, top priority from us. we want to make sure that we try to stop those hazards before it causes any kind of danger. so we do again have our tree crews ready to go in case an emergency is happening. and they have been going through the city trying to see if there are any dangerous trees that we can see just from view, or if we're hearing from members of the public if they're calling in and saying, look, this tree in front of my house or in front of my business is really leaning. we'd like to get someone out there right away to take a look. >> all right. you saw the forecast that, you know, we're going to be stormy for seven,

six days. there are breaks in between. but what i want to know is, um, are there residual dangers when you have kind of a serious round pass? should people still be careful? >> yeah, you should always be careful. if the grounds get really saturated, that's when it can make the trees more vulnerable to failure. if it's a saturate ground and high winds, that's when trees can come down. we certainly saw it last year in the winter storms when we had hundreds of trees come down in san francisco, really throughout the bay area and northern california regions there. so we just need to pay attention to what's going on. again if you see a hazard of any kind, if it looks like a tree might be coming down. i was in glen park earlier today, and i saw that a large metal, uh, a traffic sign was dangling and the fire department was out there cordoning off the area to make sure that that sign could be made safe. again, common sense. if you see something that looks like it might be dangerous, please contact sf 3-1-1 for non-emergencies 911 for emergencies so we can have the professional crews go out there and assess.

>> yeah, don't deal with that yourself. rachel gordon, communications director for san francisco public works. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> and don't forget, you can track the rain storm anytime with the same live doppler seven radar that spencer and the rest of our weather team use. just search abc seven bay area in your device's app store and download it now. after a short break, safety concerns in the air. the warning from a former high level boeing manager who says he would quote absolute, not fly a max are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr positive, her2 negative metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs.

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a boeing 737 max nine flown by alaska airlines, had a door plug blow out mid-air, which could

have led to disaster. although the faa has now allowed that type of aircraft back in the air after inspecting every single one of them, one former boeing manager says she would he would absolutely not fly a max airplane. joining us live now to discuss his views is ed pearson, who is now executive director of the aviation watchdog group foundation for aviation safety. ed, thanks for talking with us. thanks for having me. i'm not sure we can hear you right now. i'm not sure if it's a microphone you want to check that real quick. can you hear me now? ah, i can hear you now. all right. fabulous. we got the connection. thanks, ed. so, what did you do at boeing? and how long ago was it? >> um, i worked in the, uh, 737 factory as a senior manager, and i retired in, uh, 2018, just prior to the first crash of the max. >> right. that was the first of the 787 eight max eight. right there were two fatal crashes that in the following year, it was actually the 730 7-8.

>> but yes, there was one that crashed in, um, uh, august of 2018 and another one that crashed in march of 2019. >> and of course, those preceded the latest round of concern with that alaska airlines flight near portland. and you wrote an op ed in the la times this week, and you said you would absolutely not fly on a max plane right now. why why? >> well, unfortunately, this problem has been going on for several years, and what we've seen is, um, uh, pressure being placed on employees that work in the factory to produce these airplanes, you know, and everybody can relate to schedule pressure. and any job. but, you know, when you're building an airplane, you can't afford to have those kinds of issues. and those planes are being pushed out. and we've looked at the data and incident report data. and, you know, there's been unfortunate at least 20 serious production quality defects that have come to light in the last couple of years. so all all these indicators are telling us that the plane is not really

safe. >> do you feel that way even after the recent inspections that were required of each plane that was put back in the sky? >> i mean, yes, i mean, i'm sad, sad to say this, i mean, as a retired boeing employee, to say this, but, you know, when you go in there and you fix the problem with, you know, and we've all heard the story about maybe there was some missing bolts or some hardware, but, you know, if you had a new car that had a you know, part fall off of it and you had to pull over to the side of the road, and then you went to the shop and the mechanic said, hey, i'm finding some other things wrong with it. and but here you go. ready to go? get out on the road. you would probably have some questions about, you know, is anything else been missed. and so that's a concern that we have. and we've seen other incidents. i mean the focus is on the 730 7-9, but the 730 7-8 just this month, we've had at least four, um, serious, uh, events. we had two, uh, airplanes that had engine anti-icing issues that required emergency descents. we had a plane that had a stab trim failure, which is the wing in the back of the plane, to

controlling that. and then there was also a, um, a compressor stall on a plane that took off and an engine. so so this is concerning. and you know, we think that the, um, faa needs to do a much better job in getting involved and, and really doing a much better job of overseeing the manufacturing operations at the boeing company is that what it is? >> um, you know, is it related to the outsourcing, for example, the body write that the max nine was made by, um, somebody else, and i wonder if when you talk about culture, um, how is that related to outsourcing and, and just profit and all that. how does it tie together? >> well, i mean, it's all important, right? and anybody can relate to if you have a culture where people are afraid to speak up, um, you know, the, the, the problem is that we have , um, a really talented workforce, frankly, and people that have worked a long time to develop their, their skills and their and their trade. but we also have a lot of new employees . and unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a valuing of

those individuals who are working, you know, building these products by the senior executives. i mean, as evident that we never really see them there, there, you know, rarely come down to the factories. um, not just the 737 factory, but the other planes, you know, and he would say that any, any leadership team, any board of directors or ceo or c-suite, they need to be down and watching their product made and be involved and hear what the issues the employees are facing. so, you know, you know, there have been supply chain issues. there's been issues with, uh, removal of quality control inspections, if you can believe that, even in light of the two crashes. so these things are all warning bells and, and, you know, we were hoping that this alaska, uh, accident, it traumatic. you know, accident, you know, because these people were traumatized. we would hoping that they would stop and really do a thorough assessment of what is wrong and what do they need to do to fix it. and really, the opposite occurred as we expected. they just patched it up and said everything's good. and it's not. >> well, realistically, right.

what can be done in terms of slowing down, paying more attention to safety when you've got a huge backlog of orders? partly because really all you've got is boeing in the us and then you've got airbus in europe, pretty much a monopoly. um, how do you achieve those goals that you're talking about with regard to safety, given the actual constraints as well? >> so those constraints, i mean, look, there's a need for airplanes, but there's a greater need for high quality airplanes. right? and it doesn't help the company. it doesn't help the country. it doesn't help the economy if we rush planes out, i mean, just because we can make a plane and get it out the door quickly doesn't mean that's a good thing. so slowing down and doing the job, right? i mean, it's really kind of back to basics. i used to coach football at the high school, and it was blocking and tackling. i mean, you have to slow down and do the right. i mean, people are getting on these planes and they're going to be, you know, for the next 30 years. and so you can't just say, you know, hey, wall street, we're going to

produce 38 planes in the next month. we're going to produce 42 or 44, whatever it is. i mean, these are people that are putting these planes together. it's not like there's a bunch of robots in this factory. all right. >> well, ed pearson ex boeing and now executive director of the watchdog group foundation for aviation safety, thanks for coming on the show. >> thanks for having me. christine >> still ahead, protecting yourself from scammers. we'll talk to the better business bureau about what you need to know. if you're thinking about shelling out thousands

for just one ticket is above $9,000, although you can still find some in the bargain $6,000 range. so if you're thinking of shelling out that much money, you'd better make sure that ticket is legit. joining us live now is ama galvan, spokesperson for the better business bureau, to talk about how to avoid getting scammed. ama you've started to see super bowl scams

as we start seeing them. >> when we have large events like this. we actually even saw a high amount when taylor swift was in town. and beyonce. so so these are trends that we've seen in the past before. but this time, because it's closer to home, we want to make sure that we let the public know about what to look for when purchasing tickets and how to do it safely. like you mentioned, there's a bargain price right now of about, you know, i think the lowest price i saw was $7,600. and that was right before i logged in. >> i know, okay, so given that we want to be careful, you give us some good tips on how to ensure that you are getting authentic tickets and not being taken for a ride. >> exactly. first and foremost, uh- purchase from a venue that is well known. take your time to do the research from the venue. make sure that you understand the return policy. what about if something happens and you can't attend uh? make sure that you understand the insurance information from the ticket.

i've been unfortunately in the area where i haven't purchased insurance and i'm at a loss of, you know, 2 or $300. consider your source. if you're starting your search on instagram or facebook. a lot of times that is where we see these scams coming through with links to fake websites. so you want to make sure you see the source that it's coming from, and then know the seller and the broker. they should be licensed with the national association of ticket brokers. so you always want to make sure that information is available. and you can actually find that information on their website. and again we can't stress enough to know the refund policy. as mentioned, these tickets are not cheap. so make sure that you understand that along with anything else, if you're going to go and take that trip to vegas, look into the hotels. make sure that if something happens with the weather, you know, like it is right now, that you could actually get a refund back. um, and then use the payment method, protection and try not to buy tickets. or please don't buy tickets if you have to venmo anyone or using any form of

cash, uh, applications for the same reason is that it's not a trusted or insured transaction. so those are red flags to look out for. and then be wary of advertisements that you may see. again, a lot of times they start on social media. you know, i've been seeing some pop up, um, a huge 40 niners fan, by the way. so i've been seeing some for really cheap jerseys or like 75% off. the tickets are really cheap and it's all in all just a big you know, i like to call it a bowl of cereal, but with scams when it comes to events like this. so just make sure you understand what you're clicking on. look at the advertising rates and understand what you're purchasing, and then know the price. it's really important that we don't get stuck in situations like this where not only are we at a loss of money, but most of the times what they're after is our banking information. >> yeah, look, i know it can be tempting for some people, though, to use social media because, you know, you're thinking, oh, i can get the tickets. then without that, you know, commission, you know, if you go through stubhub or any of

those, right, there's a percentage. so you try to save money. is there a way to do that but still protect yourself? for example, meet up in person, make sure you have a physical ticket and, you know, wait till you get the ticket before you send any money. are there ways you can do that safely? is what i'm saying. >> yes, a lot of venues now that we're in the digital world are not allowing, uh, the actual tickets. so that's why a lot of scammers have also taken advantage of the situation, is that some of them don't even offer an actual ticket. it's all done through mobile apps. uh, one of the things that you can do to verify your ticket is to actually call the venue and ask them if this ticket is available, or if it's for sale and who has it. um, if it's through the national association of ticket brokers, they should have that information available to you. i you know, when we're talking about the best way to verify it is obviously going in person and making sure that you have the transaction or go to will call. but in situations when you're talking about the super bowl, most of these tickets will be sold online. and

again, transfer tickets are always done through trusted websites. so make sure that you verify the website and if it's a well known venue or a well known website, verify it beforehand. it's really easy to do so.ou leu could actually click to see if it's a secured transaction and what they're doing with your information. so that's always good to consider. and you know it's a lot of work when you're just thinking, i just want to go and enjoy the game for the super bowl. but you know we want to make sure that we get you to the game and you're not, you know, stuck at home at a loss of 7000. >> all right. great tips. go niners. ama gavin. thank you

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