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today's level one storm brought us plenty of rain, with a bit of street flooding and some tree trouble for parts of the bay area. good evening, i'm dion lim and i'm ama daetz. this is only the beginning with more rain on the way this week, let's take a live look out at a chilly night in san francisco. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the rain, the snow, and when our next storm will show up, she is standing by with more sandhya. yeah, and i want to show you some incredible pictures right now. diane and ama, take a look. this is a live picture from the sierra where it is snowing right now. this is what it should look like in november. certainly the snow has been piling up in the mountains right now. still some snow showers on live doppler seven. so we're going to get you in a little bit closer. we do have a winter weather advisory until midnight. several more inches of snow with gusty winds will lead to hazardous driving conditions. we've seen off and on chain controls, so that's just the start of what's to come. here is our next storm. it is due in

midweek and it will bring us some more rain. we certainly had not just the rain here in the bay area, but the snow in the mountains. i want to take you back in time. do you remember? we got a good soaking here locally. several hours of good rain for parts of the bay area added up close to an inch there in santa rosa, 8100 ben lowman 9700. a half an inch and half moon bay, about a third. oakland san jose, napa 4000/100 in the city. so we definitely got our dose. and there is more snow coming. it is just arlier tonigs well. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast with the timeline of that next storm coming up dion. all right. sounds good sandhya. thanks. now speaking of lots of spinouts today in the sierra as drivers dealt with that snow, wind and ice, it all created major backups along highways and shut some critical sierra roads down for hours. ski season is just getting started with mount rose, the only ski resort currently open. but with all of that said,

lots of smiles with a fresh snowfall. abc7 news reporter j.r stone shows us the excitement. >> reporter this is what it looked like in the south lake tahoe stateline area early monday night. snow on the ground and slow cruising. it may not be winter for a month and a half, but it certainly feels like it along lake tahoe, la nina's traditionally, historically are better than el nino's colorado seeing a good hit, utah seeing a good hit. >> we're ready for it. >> so you're optimistic. >> absolutely. always optimistic. j.r. you've known me for a long time. >> yes. the stoke level for our gnarly friend coop is high. but he's also well aware of the traffic backups and problems we saw monday. >> i-80 highway 50, state route 88 207 kingsbury. grade 28 267. all closed today. people got caught off guard. remember? you

got to bring that emergency road kit. we're going into winter. your flares, your water, evs. you have to have a full charge when you come over the summit. slow your roll. >> no problems for the reed family, though. recorded these beautiful shots of the snow in southlake. >> we're actually celebrating our anniversary. wedding anniversary seven years in. my husband. >> congratulations. >> thank you, thank you. >> so we woke up this morning. it was perfect weather. it started getting windy about 10:00 and then it started snowing right at 12:00. >> and no problems here at california ski company in berkeley. even if the huge growth they saw over the last two years seems to have subsided and gone back to 2019 levels. and that was a huge growth because people had money and time would that be accurate? >> yeah, people seem to have more money, more time and maybe more flexible schedules. i don't know if like people are returning to the office more is

kind of stopping that or what that trend might be. >> greg winkle says he won't be wasting any time and will be out on the road early tuesday in route to mount rose ski tahoe to get in his first turns of the season. j.r stone, abc seven news. >> some beautiful pictures and don't forget you can keep an eye on the forecast all week long using our abc seven news bay area app. it gives you the very same access to the live doppler seven tools. our weather team uses. just download the app and be sure to turn on those notifications. deputies in the north bay arrested a man accused of murder near a historic bar. the sonoma county sheriff's office found a man dead in petaluma yesterday not far from ernie's tin bar. the century old bar along lakeville highway. deputies tracked the suspect to a to san jose and arrested him this morning. he is in jail tonight, accused of murder, carjacking and being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition. happening tomorrow. graduate student workers at

stanford are set to go on strike. the union and the university negotiated late tonight, but couldn't reach a deal. thousands of workers who grade papers and teach classes and do research will start their picket in the morning. they shut down stanford's latest offer as they asked for higher pay, better benefits and worker protections. the university shared a statement saying in part, quote, while we respect the unions right to call for a strike, we are disappointed that it has chosen to do so. considering the progress we've made at the negotiating table and the very competitive contract offer, the university has made. now to your voice, your vote as president elect donald trump's team takes shape. he is quickly staffing up for a second term in the white house and moving fast on one of his top priorities border security. abc news reporter melissa don has new details on the incoming president's picks. >> president elect donald trump assembling his second administration ahead of inauguration day. abc news sources say trump has asked florida representative mike waltz to be his national

security adviser, and is expected to nominate senator marco rubio for secretary of state. waltz, the first green beret to serve in congress and former white house and pentagon policy adviser. trump naming two longtime loyalists to be part of his immigration crackdown with plans to implement the largest deportation program america has ever seen, calling for former white house adviser stephen miller as deputy chief of staff for policy. also announcing that the former head of immigration and customs enforcement agency, tom homan, is coming out of retirement to serve in a position trump is calling the border czar. miller and immigration hardliner has made it clear he wants all undocumented immigrants out of the country. miller seen at trump's rally last month america is for americans and americans only. trump saying hom in charge of all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin. the president

elect has not said how the mass deportation would happen or how much it would cost. homan led ice during trump's first administration, when thousands of migrants were separated from their children. he was recently asked on 60 minutes if that would happen again. >> is there a way to carry out mass deportation without separating families? >> of course, there's families can be deported together. >> trump also naming lee zeldin as his epa administrator and new york representative elise stefanik as un ambassador. now opening the vacancy to her seat in the house, miller said on abc news los angeles. >> sources tell abc news tesla founder elon musk is playing a significant role in the president elect's decision making, weighing in on trump's staffing choices. tesla stocks are up 35% since the november 5th presidential election. today, shares of the company were at their highest value in two and a half years. during the campaign, musk contributed at least $119 million to a troc

trump spending group. governor gavin newsom is on his way to washington, d.c, tonight to meet with the biden administration. he's discussing disaster relief funding, as well as pushing for federal approval of state climate rules and health care updates. newsom is concerned those policies could face opposition under the trump administration. last week, the governor also called for a special session of the state legislature to prepare for president elect trump's second term. leaders at the state capitol are raising concerns tonight about new state fuel standards that could drive up prices at the gas pump after a marathon ten hour hearing on friday. the california air resources board, or carb, approved stricter clean air requirements that will change the gas wiget. the rules are intended to fight climate change but are likely to drive up costs. carb's original estimate found gas prices could rise as much as $0.47 next year, though the board has since walked that back. >> we know that in order to be successful in addressing climate change, we must continue to

reduce our fossil fuel consumption. >> assembly speaker robert rivas and senate pro tem mike mcguire both raised concerns about the policy today, indicating the legislature will have questions when it comes back in session. positive developments tonight in the work to build a better bay area, with a big boost to our water supply. our partners at the bay area news group report there is a new deal to expand one of the state's largest reservoirs. water agencies and the federal government will spend nearly $1 billion to raise the dam at san luis reservoir. it's located between gilroy and los banos along highway 152. more than a mile of the highway would have to be rerouted to make room for the growing reservoir. santa clara county would get the largest share of the new water. tomorrow night, leaders in fremont are set to discuss a plan to restrict parking in the city as part of its shifting approach to the homeless crisis. if passed, the proposal will ban parking rvs in residential areas. it will also require people to move their

cars after 72 hours. cities across the bay area have been adopting new restrictions for unhoused people after this summer's supreme court decision gave cities more freedom to conduct sweeps. san francisco just lost 14,000 parking spots, all because of a new state law. the sfmta is now giving warnings to drivers who park within 20ft of a crosswalk. the goal here is to help pedestrians with and drivers with visibility. advocates hope the policy known as daylighting decreases crashes. >> this is not just for pedestrians. this is also for the driver. what daylighting does is it gives clear sight lines to the driver, to the person that's standing in the crosswalk. >> the sfmta will give warnings through the end of the year and after that it will be citations. they'll start at $40. even if the curb isn't red or there isn't a sign, the law does not provide funding for cities to paint curbs or remove parking meters. about 5% of the city's

parking spots are impacted. dust swallowing up one california city with wild winds causing all kinds of problems. what drivers had to deal with the tea inside? one major tech company is that the tea is back. they laid off hundreds, then revived. one simple perk plus making a difference for veterans one poor at a time. the powerful program helping these vets and dogs save each other. first, a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. >> jimmy thanks, ama and dionne. watch tonight before the monkeys take over. ho ho ho ho ho ho ho.

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dampen the tribute to america's service members at the largest veterans day parade in northern california, san jose's parade has been held for 106 years, a tradition for many families. crowds lined the streets to cheer on groups from all over the south bay, and a similar show went for on locals over in the north bay. today was the 58th year of petaluma's veterans day parade, also one of the biggest paying tribute to veterans of all ages and generations. >> it's good to be honored. we enjoy the freedom that we have, and i think, you know, it's greatly because of the ones on the battlefields we fought for our country when it was in trouble, and that's so what. >> nice turnout there. well, on this veterans day, we're

highlighting one local group changing lives by helping vets connect with man's best friend. >> abc seven news reporter lauren martinez takes us inside a training tonight where veterans are taking shelter dogs and helping them learn to be so much more. >> stop, sit. so the program normally takes one year, but then again, it could take more than that. we work at the speed of the veteran normal pace. >> operation freedom paws in san martin is an organization that changes two lives in one team. veterans get to train their own service dogs. >> before i came into the program, i was in a real dark place. i tried suicide a couple times on the brink of divorce, a psychiatrist recommended ramon reyes get a service dog through operation freedom paws. >> reyes was paired with huey. >> i always tell everybody, you know, that same milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hands. this guy melted. you melted in my hands and then after that, that's my life changed. step off. >> reyes has a traumatic brain

injury, so he suffers from dizzy spells or migraines. >> he woke up, come next to me on the bed. i tell him, check me out. he starts smelling me. and if he starts licking my right ear. later on in the day, i'm going to have a migraine. >> 60% of its brain is dedicated to the sense of smell, and your body is made up of a whole lot of chemistry. so when your chemistry changes, the dog is going to know it. >> mary courtney is the founder. >> i am a female veteran from the vietnam era, and i learned to train dogs in the military. >> courtney pulls all of the service or therapy dogs out of rescues or shelters, watching them grow together in the sense that they have to learn to trust. >> and that's one of the great gifts. >> jeff wilson has been in the program since 2011. he has ptsd, chronic pain and mobility issues so he can hold me up and keep me balanced so i don't fall. logan is his third service dog. >> all he wants to do is help and have fun and be in our presence. he's like my little. i would call him a shadow, but

he's white, so he's like my ghost. i never knew how deep a bond between a person and a dog could be, and i never knew how empowering and how much love that is. >> each service dog team would cost around $28,000 to train, but operation freedom paws provides the healing journey for free in san martin. lauren martinez, abc seven news. it really does melt the heart. well over in the east bay, a world war two veteran was put to rest at long last. his remains were finally identified after 80 years and returned to his family. army first lieutenant herman jerry sustad was killed in world war two, in the jungles of what's now myanmar. he was buried as an unknown soldier in hawaii for 80 years. but in june of this year, dna analysis finally identified him. his remains landed in the bay area last friday, received by his 80 year old daughter, diane carbin of clayton. her father died a month before she was born.

>> friday night i got to meet my dad for the first time, and i got to touch him for the first time. and then just this afternoon, i said goodbye to him. when they closed the caske. so it's just been a lot of tears and a lot of joy. >> wow. >> sunset's daughter and his grandchildren memorialized him today at oakmont memorial park in lafayette. >> bay area genetic testing company 23 and me announced it's cutting 200 employees. that's about 40% of its workforce. the pre-holiday layoffs are part of a bigger cost cutting push at the south san francisco based company 23 andme is also stopping the development of therapeutic programs and may sell them off in september, the entire board of directors resigned suddenly over the ceo's push to take the company privat. it has been a tough year of layoffs for the bay area's tech industry. intel is among the companies cutting hundreds of jobs in the bay area. weeks later, the company is bringing back a small employee perk free coffee and tea. that's according

to the portland newspaper the oregonian. the paper says it's an attempt to address low levels of morale at the company, as well as the bay area got rain and the sierra got snow. >> take a look. parts of the central valley got dust and lots of it. strong winds kicked up massive dust clouds in fresno today, and it made it very difficult to see, as you can see. and the winds knocked out power to thousands. >> i'll take the rain any day. yeah. >> got to get that goggles for that type of condition. all right. sandhya patel is watching some different conditions here in the bay area. things drying out, but not for long. >> that's right. diane and ama, we're talking about a brief break before more rain comes into the picture. so good evening, everyone. let me show you live doppler seven right now because our next storm is already developing and it is heading our way as we go into wednesday afternoon, that storm is going to kick up the surf, so they've already issued a high

surf advisory that starts at 6:00 tomorrow morning, runs until 6 a.m. wednesday, breakers 14 to 15ft will bring dangerous swimming and surfing conditions, especially for northwest facing beaches. so keep that in mind as we look at live doppler seven. we do have a few clouds around right now, but we certainly got poured on earlier today. it was a welcome sight. temperatures right now 40s and 50s. you're feeling that chill. you'll need that extra blanket tonight. or turn up the heat because look at the temperature change down 14 degrees in novato. down ten in santa rosa, four degrees cooler there in san jose and 11 degrees in half moon bay, certainly from our sierra homewood camera. you can see that there were still some snow flurries earlier this evening. a lot of snow on the ground. this is what it looks like in the winter and it's already feeling like it. there's more snow coming to the mountains by sunday night. we're talking about another 12in at kyburz 13 kirkwood, donner, blue canyon, eight inches of snow. live view from emeryville.

camera a beautiful view overnight tonight. chilly, especially inland. tomorrow a mix of sun and high clouds after some patchy morning fog. and then wednesday afternoon going into the evening, we have our next round of rain coming. so midnight tonight. an isolated shower up around mendocino county can't be ruled out tomorrow morning. watch out, there is going to be some areas of fog, and it may be a little bit on the dense side. later on we'll see the sun and then high clouds will stream in from time to time, filtering the sunshine, your morning temperatures. it's almost like a winter like chill 30s and 40s with some areas of fog. so definitely bundle up tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at highs that will range from the upper 50s to the mid 60s. it should be a nice break. and then we'll bring in some gusty winds wednesday afternoon as that next system gets in here 25 to 30 mile an hour winds topping 30 there along the coast at 4 p.m. on wednesday. and that's basically around the time that we're expecting some of the wet weather to move in. 2:30 p.m. in the north bay, scattered showers for 4 p.m. or a little bit of drizzle. i don't think

the model really is picking up on this, but certainly as we head into thursday afternoon and evening, some more rain coming through going into early friday, sierra is picking up rain and snow and then we have another system due in here sunday night going into monday. so i'm going to add this all up okay. so the next system taking you right on through wednesday. and then the sunday night system at least the start of it about a 10th to just over a half an inch of rain expected for most areas. ukiah over an inch of rain. here's the accuweather seven day forecast a chilly morning we are looking at a level one for wednesday afternoon. going into thursday. lingering chance of showers on friday, but really it's sunday night into monday that we have another opportunity for some wet weather coming to the bay area, so keep those umbrella

a little members of the military on the red carpet tonight as everyone arrived for the 18th annual stand up for heroes charity event at lincoln center. it raises awareness and money for the bob woodruff foundation and its mission to help veterans, service members and their families. >> my husband, john, was killed in afghanistan in 2009, and the bob woodruff foundation has come

alongside wear blue, run to remember to help build a mentorship program for children of fallen military. so all three of my children have really benefited. >> we don't support the military. we have a weak military, a weak military. we're going to have a lot of security issues in this world. so i think people want to do something. and, you know, this is a way to kind of escape from everything that's happening in the world. >> the annual event started way back in 2007 and is co-presented by the new york comedy festival.

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on this season. the 40 niners have actually won two games in a row. it's been that kind of up and down year, including a sideline dustup yesterday in tampa. deebo samuel took a swipe after jake moody missed his third field goal. the long snapper taybor pepper wasn't happy when deebo said lock in. well, today, coach shanahan said he felt pepper overreacted. clearly everybody was frustrated. >> it was just like, frustrated in the heat of battle, you know, really close game. and you know, i kind of got out of character a little bit. but you know, i'll talk to moody and you know we'll get past it. >> heat of the moment. it happens. you know i do. got to

make those kicks at the end of the day. so that's that's all i'm focused on. i'm not worried about anything like that. >> well this is a plus. christian mccaffrey played his first game of the season for the 40 niners yesterday. incredible catch right here to set up a touchdown mccaffrey 107 yards from scrimmage. and after missing half the season with achilles tendinitis he is just grateful to be back on the field. >> i'm just happy i'm i'm here man. i mean that was that was a long journey and a lot of long days. so it feels good to win and it feels good to just play in a football game again when you miss time due to something like that and you know, nobody wants to be on the field more than me, you know, you really realize how much of a privilege it is to play football. >> dolphins and rams and monday night football. the great dan marino in la for this one. first quarter miami reverse malik washington sixth round pick with speed to burn 18 yards to paydirt. lunging for the end zone his first career td. tua tagovailoa only threw for 207 yards but here to tyreek hill one yard score. hill's first touchdown since week one and the wwe celebration. i know you want

to do that. dolphins win 2315. clay day is less than 24 hours away as klay thompson returns to chase center as the dallas mavericks. klay was not happy with the contract offer. the warriors presented in the summertime, feeling he deserved more after his role in helping the dubs win four titles. warriors going to have a tribute video. they're giving away captains hats in clay's honor and will be live tomorrow at chase center with all of the klay thompson coverage you could ever want. to the ice we go. sharks in philly. team teal was down three. nothing in this one. came all the way back under 2.5 minutes to go. cody ceci to barclay goodrow who slaps it home. and that would send this game to overtime. tied at three. but then in the shootout travis konecny. oh he made it look so easy. a little soft wrist shot and that's your game. winner. fliers prevail four three. sports on abc seven, sponsored by river r

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