>> olivia lindauer and her father are wasting no time moving her house trailer out of downtown guerneville. her neighborhood could be under several feet of water by saturday. >> i mean, it's not as big of a pain as moving your entire house that doesn't have wheels on it, but it's still not fun. that's for sure. all right, let's go, let's go. >> brianna homes is already on the move to higher ground with her trailer. >> just like getting uprooted from your home and stuff. have to go find somewhere else to live for a few days. >> pet care, all of it. >> i might even probably gonna miss work tomorrow, too. so that's unfortunate. >> super stressful. >> it's so stressful. it's probably the. it's probably the most stress i could have. are you okay up there? >> some guerneville neighborhoods are starting to flood. firefighters going door to door, checking on residents. all eyes on the russian river, which is expected to reach flood stage soon. >> it's in monitor stage now, but it's looking at this time to be about at 34ft. so as you can see, the neighborhood we're in, this is a pretty good indicator to us. these are the first

areas that start to flood for us from some of the creeks. >> but it's nice. it's high up there. so hopefully we don't get water, won't get us water won't get us. >> everything that isn't nailed down is being moved up and away from the floor. at the surrey glamping resort, the resident cat is also ready for transport. the resort sits on a low lying spot where flooding is almost guaranteed. >> today we're just having the staff basically clear everything out and then, you know, if the flood waters come up, you know we'll clean up, put the tents back up before next season and we'll be ready to go. >> an rv on the property got stuck in the rising water and mud in nearby healdsburg. heavy rain caused this mudslide on buena vista drive. city crews are waiting for drier weather before they can shore up the hillside. back in guerneville, it's time for neighbors to move out. in a couple days home. >> don't go anywhere. >> the fire department says no evacuation orders have been issued as of this hour.

but neighbors living in low lying, flood prone areas near the russian river or local creeks should be ready to go at a moment's notice. and the rain continues to fall here by the way, we're live in sonoma county. guerneville, cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> cornell. thank you. a flash flood warning in san francisco just ended a few minutes ago, and there's definitely lots of street flooding in parts of the city. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn live with a look at the conditions there. hi, suzanne. >> hi. so tonight we are in the marina district at marina and divisadero, and i can tell you when we first got here two hours ago, there was so much water on the street here. it came up to my calf. and tonight, much of the water is gone. the ponding water is gone. but i can tell you so much rain has fallen in such a short period of time. there are streets all over san francisco underwater. the storm hammered san francisco this afternoon, dumping a significant amount of rain on the city. >> there are certain neighborhoods that are going to flood down in the mission flats. i'm sure there are a couple of feet of water down

there already. that's pretty intense, but it's a lot. we were down there and there was a lot of water going everywhere. >> so much water that it flooded streets in numerous neighborhoods. this is how it looked in one part of the marina district. here's how it looked in the mission district over by 23rd and dolores. and here's how it looked at pine and masonic streets all over san francisco. the deluge of rainwater is overflowing streets. san francisco public works says it's the first major storm of the season, and they've got their crews working hard. >> everyone kind of has their game plan for what we're doing. again, this is not new in san francisco, but when the rains get really heavy and the winds start really howling, we do our best to keep up. but there is going to be some localized flooding likely. we are likely to see some trees come down. we just want to keep people safe. >> meanwhile, a lot of people are checking out the impact of the storm. very aware of the power of mother nature. >> we wanted to see how big the waves are. how are they? they've been pretty gnarly. they've almost hit 12ft a couple times and very storm,

very choppy out there. and yeah, the wind's been picking up a lot and there was a wind warning on the bridge. >> so yeah, you just got to be careful and be alert. >> flooded streets are just one thing that city crews are worried about. they're also worried about trees falling on cars and people and they're worried about downed power lines. the san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco public works department want you to know that if you are concerned about a tree falling. to call 311. and if you're worried about a downed power line, call 911 so emergency crews can respond quickly. we're live in san francisco. suzanne fawn abc seven news. thank you. >> suzanne. gnarly is definitely the word of the day out there. lots of flooded roads and intersections in daly city. the chp blocked off part of 280 near westlake to help drivers avoid a flooded out portion of the highway. and here's what it looked like on 101 near sfo. this afternoon. if you can see through all the raindrops there, no flooding in that area, but a lot of rain

made for difficult driving. >> and here's what it looked like. just a short time ago near sebastopol. no flooding herenear either, but definitely wet and quite dangerous driving conditions in the south bay. residents are hoping to protect their properties from likely flooding. the rain isn't very intense there yet, so people are taking the opportunity to fill up their sandbags. santa clara county residents can pick up some for free from valley water. >> now to the east bay and abc seven news reporter tim johns. >> all right. tim is live in berkeley, where they would be getting ready for big game activities. but maybe fewer ones outdoors today. yeah. >> yeah. larry. kristen, i got to tell you guys, the rain is causing some serious disruptions here in the east bay. there's a flash flood warning in effect until 6:00 for cities like oakland. and here in berkeley, there's also thousands of people without power with some of the biggest outages being in concord and walnut creek as intense storms continue hitting our region on friday. the east bay getting

drenched with rain in berkeley share team manager daniel marroquin tells us the bad weather has been good for business over the past few days, with customers opting for more hot tea options. >> they stay inside, get the hot drink and they just stay for a little bit and they leave the bad weather not making everyone's job better, though. >> outside the tea shop, we ran into fedex worker michelangelo rosales. rosales says the rain can destroy many of the packages he's delivering. >> it spoils the packages inside, so we kind of have to force ourselves to bring the packages back and bring a new batch campus of uc berkeley this weekend is one of the biggest football games of the year. >> the school's team is set to play arch rival stanford saturday for the annual so-called big game. the game expected to attract fans from all across the country. >> while my parents went to cal, i got some other siblings. they went to that the, you know, the farm down there, the junior university. so you know, the rivalry. it's fun. it's fun. we always dig on each other on that. >> cal alumni walter

bierbaum says he and his family came up from san diego early to attend a planned pep rally friday outside sproul hall. >> but we're ready. we have our ponchos, so we're ready for the atmospheric river, river or whatever they call it these days. so we're good. >> that rally was ultimately canceled as the rain continued to pour down. despite the setback, though several students say they don't expect it to kill the energy on campus or diminish turnout for the big game that includes isaac davis and his classmates, who were selling game shirts outside of the hall friday afternoon. >> it's about the camaraderie, i think. berkeley. rain or shine, we're going to still show up. big game is one of the biggest games in the year. again, like you know, fight the trees, go bears. >> and guys back here at the cal campus, we did go down to the football stadium itself just to check it out. staff is really working hard to try and keep the field as dry as possible. with conditions like this. that task is easier said than done. i'm live in berkeley. tim johns abc seven news. >> all right, tim, thank you. well, you know, the storm is causing power

outages throughout the bay area. this is a live look for you at p-g-and-e's outage map. the green dots represent up to 50 outages per dot. this is actually really not too bad given the conditions. yellow means an outage of up to 500 customers. so a few of those and there are a few orange ones and those represent larger outages affecting 5000 customers. even more rain is on the way this weekend. you can track the storm as it moves through your neighborhood by scanning the qr code on your screen with the camera on your phone. then bookmark the page and you can easily check the latest forecast from abc7 anytime. >> coming up on abc seven news at four, the busy thanksgiving travel week kicks off right in the middle of this storm. we'll tell you what it means for you. cal researchers focusing on plastic pollutants and the new international effort to get rid of them, and the new warning from

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take that up a little bit higher. you should feel that, like, right back here. oh, yeah, i felt that! good, that is so much better than last week. thanks, i've been doing 'em every night while i'm watching tv. - oh, what are you watching? it's a mystery. high quality care that meets you where you are. of about a week's worth of rain here, and you can see live doppler seven on the left, and the view on the right is from our exploratorium camera. although you'd be hard pressed to identify it with all the water on the lens and the cloudiness there. >> and talk about timing because, you know, thanksgig travel crush is just getting underway on this rainy friday. >> triple-a predicting a record number of travelers on the road and in the skies, many trying to get a head start this weekend.

here's abc news reporter morgan norwood. >> the nation's roads and airports expected to be more crowded this year, with 80 million people set to make the mad dash for the thanksgiving holiday. but with severe weather stretching across both coasts, experts say it's time to prepare now. the holiday travel exodus is on, and once again, we're prepped to break records. the tsa is bracing for sunday after thanksgiving as the busiest day in the agency's history, with more than 3 million people taking to the skies tuesday alone. the faa is anticipating more than 50,000 flights. >> thanksgiving is the busiest travel holiday of all. this is the time of yer when most people travel, so already you're comparing a very high number from last year. the fact that last year was a record and that we're even going to surpass that this year means a lot. they're expecting consistently high numbers all next week, and airlines, they're preparing to. >> united airlines says this thanksgiving stretch will be their busiest travel season ever, with 6 million passengers. american airlines expecting 8.3 million. in the big tip from

experts if you haven't booked your flight or you can move your schedule around, try to take off earlier in the day. flights between 5 and 8 a.m. will greatly reduce your risk of delays, and when it comes to the roads, you won't be alone either. millions more will drive to their holiday destinations. >> more people are leaving on tuesday before thanksgiving. a lot of schools are closed on wednesday, so families with kids are taking off on tuesday instead of wednesday. and then instead of coming back on sunday, they're coming back on monday because sunday traffic has historically been just so bad. >> and if you are hitting the roads, it may not cost you as much to fill up this year. as triple a says the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is 305, and that's down from 328 a year ago. morgan norwood abc news, new york. >> all right, let's take a live look at the roads around the bay area right now. one camera, upper left. uh. it's so bad. it's so bad. it's blue. yeah. you don't want to look at it. uh- the east shore freeway and bay bridge toll plaza. you can see bay bridge toll plaza. is not that bad. uh- upper right on

the bottom. golden gate bridge and the richmond bridge. and for everybody who's out there, just please drive slowly and calmly. next wednesday is expected to be the busiest travel day on the roads during the holiday week, and today's storm bringing a lot of snow to the sierra. good news for ski resorts. palisades tahoe officially opened today for the ski season five days earlierthe than planned. the resort said recent snowfall and their snowmaking efforts made it possible. >> okay, so it is kind of wet snow they're getting today, but i think i took a peek at lisa's forecast. i think it's colder, so maybe a little more powdery, a little less wet. >> well, that will be okay. so i got to tell you, i'm driving in approaching the metering lights toward the bay bridge. car in front of me spins out. no crashes into the concrete barrier on the side. i was like 3 or 4 car lengths away. well, i hope so, but it was just madness out there. i mean, the rain was coming down so heavily. lisa, i know you bumped the storm scale

up to number three, and i think you were wise to do so. >> oh, thank you. because, yes, we heard of the flooding right in the middle of the afternoon. and, you know, the streets, the urban cities with the smaller storm drains really can't handle it. and we didn't get a chance to really absorb the rain into the soil. a lot of runoff. and what we're looking at is right now the rain rates getting a little bit less in san francisco. so instead of a flash flood warning, it's just a flood warning. so that's some good news we had today. over an inch and a half in novato. 0.58. orinda 1.53 san francisco. just trace amounts in san jose, but a half an inch in redwood city, a third of an inch in hayward and still counting downpours. gusty winds. level three with the flooded roads, mudslides, downed trees and that train of steady moisture beginning to sink to the south and east. so look at the lighter shades up in the north bay. now, we've had over 11in here in the past couple of days, setting a record in santa rosa. so the folks up to the north need a break.

but this highlighted area here is all the areas we're watching for flooding, flood warning until 5:00 here for san francisco. we go in closer and you'll notice over into the east bay it's until 6:00 down the peninsula. following that line of heavy rain until early tomorrow morning. pescadero there and up in the north bay, those rivers guerneville, the russian river still flooding and looking at until about 4:00 on monday. so it takes about a day or so for the water to recede after the rain stops. and it is barely stopping. in parts of the north bay, you can see mill valley still some light rain. the heaviest rain though. look at san francisco, the bay view 280 here, the reds and oranges there up to a half inch to an inch an hour down the peninsula you can see through san mateo very heavy rain over into the east bay. oakland got hammered and still continues to see the heavy rain out towards san ramon valley. lighter rain into fremont. but you're getting into the moderate rain and you can see also filling in here down around

morgan hill. so the wind advisory dropped for the north bay for the east bay, the peninsula right on through tonight as current surface winds up to 32 miles an hour. half moon bay, upper elevations. we're at 55 miles an hour behind the front. that cold air settles in and we'll be looking for a cooler day tomorrow. the winds continue to stay up to 20 to 25 miles an hour through seven, 8:00 tonight. and that's when the front finally pushes along the central coast. a live look outside there doesn't look too bad at the golden gate bridge, but look at here in san francisco. still, a lot of raindrops out there and the temperatures are cooling off hour by hour. here we're looking at the heaviest rain, continuing to press to the south and east by 8:00 it's pushing out of the south bay, so the next 2 to 3 hours the rain will continue to lighten up in the city. but over into the east bay, still another hour or two. you can see saturday morning some light showers. nice sunshine for the big game tomorrow and then by sunday clouding up a few

scattered showers. level one both days and then by monday we have less rain. and in fact, as we look at the next several hours into saturday night about a, you know, you can see under an inch here. so that is some good news. winter storm warning. now this has been heavy in terms of wet snow above about 9000ft. so 2 to 6in is all we can get at around lake level. but this will change as the cold weather moves in through sunday. you can see two feet there. that would be good news in kirkwood 60s tomorrow. kristen, your game looks dry. the accuweather seven day forecast notice dry for thanksgiving. that's the only day we don't have a storm impact scale number. but these are weak systems. after today this is it. so after today we all can get a big break. >> that's good news. >> we'll be dodging some showers. >> yes. great. i don't have to be in a poncho tomorrow from 12 to 4. okay. thank you. lisa. >> all right. crews are still on the scene of a fire

at a warehouse in south san francisco. started this afternoon at the facility off canal street near spruce avenue. this is an industril area of south san francisco, and you can see the flames there. thick smoke billowing from the building. no injuries yet reported. >> oakland's teachers union wants the school district to rethink how it's approaching its projected $78 million budget deficit. one of the plans being considered is merging ten schools. actually, the oakland education association says this would disrupt students learning. it also says previous closures did not save the district any money and led to declining enrollment. >> we are seeing growing administration, central office and contracts while our teachers are doing more with less, and this has been going on for years. ousd has continued to push more cuts to schools and balance the budget with discriminatory closures. >> osd says the mergers will save the district $3 million.

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progress right now in the bay area, and you can just tell from our radar how heavy the precipitation is throughout the bay area right now. and on your right, you have a live picture from our mount tam camera. as you know, it's very high up there. you can see the winds are whipping the trees and the visibility is poor because of how badly it's raining right now. >> we do have some sports news to squeeze in here. the 40 niners just cannot catch a break when it comes to injuries. quarterback brock purdy and defensive end nick bosa are both out sunday in a virtual must win game in green bay. purdy dealing with a shoulder injury. the niners were hoping he could play this week. they anticipate him coming back soon, but not by sunday. sow the team turns to brandon allen as their backup quarterback. he'll move in as the starter. he's only played 16 games in his whole career. >> it's definitely an opportunity for me to go out and play well and put our guys in a, you know, a good position to win the game and obviously we want brock back

and healthy and all that. but you know, for the time being, you know it is an opportunity for me. we're going to have 40 guys 48 guys in uniform. and i knowr guys believe in themselves i believe in them. and we're missing two good players. definitely. but we got a lot of good players out there. so by no means do you not have a chance to win. so we're going to go fight our tails off and expect this to be a real good game. >> allen has not thrown a touchdown since january of 2022, so this is going to be quite the test on sunday. the nba is urging players to upgrade their home security this following a rash of burglaries targeting professional athletes. the league advised players to remove real estate listings with interior photos of their homes, and perhaps even get a dog. both the nfl and nhl issued similar warnings to their players this week. >> our weather coverage continues next with a look at the impact the weather is having on the start of the thanksgiving holiday travel weekend. >> the abc seven storm impact scale. today's storm is level three. that means a strong storm

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you can see the rain is still coming down this afternoon. pretty much wherever you look on the screen, it's wet out there pretty much. >> meteorologist lisa argen is back here with a look at what's happening and what is still ahead for us. lisa. >> okay, we saw 3.69 on top of mount tam about an inch and three quarters at sfo, and only about 2/10 around palo alto. but more is coming your way on the peninsula level three system with downpours, flooded roads and some mudslides out there just running the gamut, with the

heaviest rain getting the flooding now in the east bay. the peninsula and the south bay. so we will watch out for that. and i know what is going on here. this is. yeah, that is pretty wild. okay. that was emeryville. but as you see, the steady line of rain here. notice it is sinking to the south. so that lighter shade up to the north is where the rain has ended in the north bay. that's some good news. so the green here represents the potential for flooding along the peninsula until 5:00. we're looking at that flash flood warning in the east bay until 6:00. further down the peninsula towards pescadero. not until early tomorrow will it expire. and this is the warning up towards guerneville. so it's going to take some time for the flood waters to recede. but good news there in the north bay. check out san francisco. those reds there it is still coming down very heavily, anywhere from about a half an inch an hour. and we take you a little bit further down towards san bruno. and you can see how heavy that rain is there over into the

east bay. oakland, orinda not getting a break very heavy rain right on through six 7:00 and then over into sunnyvale and cupertino. it's been light rain, but more is to come. so through about 7:00 we'll see this continue to sink to the south and east. that's our wind advisory. and looking at those gusty winds to accompany the heavy rain this evening. so we've told you suggested stay off the roadways and you know you've seen the pictures for yourself. so after 9:00 things really do improve. all right. >> good news there. the rain and wind really slowing travel at sfo. just in time for the busy thanksgiving travel week. at least 50 flights had to be canceled and hundreds of other flights faced delays. >> the faa issued a ground delay for the airport this morning. it's in effect until 11 p.m. abc seven news reporter lena howland has the latest from sfo. >> stormy weather is slamming the bay area just as holiday travel gets off to a slow start. >> we were thinking it would be quite busy, but it's not. >> i think yeah, we're getting away at the right

time, but other travelers weren't so lucky. >> hundreds of flights have been delayed all before noon. the friday before thanksgiving because of reduced visibility, the onset of rain and gusty winds. although peak traffic is not expected until sunday, airport officials are still expecting around 160,000 people in and out of sfo friday alone. >> the strength of the winds and the direction that they're coming from has caused us to reconfigure how we're using our airport, so we're taking off and landing in kind of a different configuration than we normally see. and that's really contributing to the delays and cancellations that we're seeing today. >> meaning typically flights will take off in the direction of either oakland or pacifica. but today they've taken a 180. >> in other words, our flights are taking off towards the san mateo bridge, and they're landing coming from oakland. this is what we call a southeast plan because of that unusual direction of the winds associated with this storm. >> and it doesn't end there

because of reduced visibility for safety reasons. sfo is increasing the separation between planes on the runway. that's why by mid-morning, sfo arrivals were experiencing delays of two hours and 30 minutes on average. but no matter what time the flight, the best advice the baines family had for fellow travelers is to give yourself more time to get to the airport during these conditions. >> earlier the better, right? earlier, the better. plus, you get to your destination on time with this many delays and cancellations, this is a good reminder to check your flight status before actually coming to the airport. >> and keep in mind there are new federal regulations in place this year that mandate all airlines to issue automatic refunds for domestic flights that have been delayed for three hours or more, and all international flights that have been delayed for six hours or more at sfo. lena howland abc seven news. >> severe weather causing some other transportation issues around the bay area.

the alameda oakland water shuttle has suspended service until the weather clears up, and all pier 41 short hop trips are canceled for the rest of the day. >> in pacifica this morning, surfers were undeterred by the weather. there was no surf warning today. winds were high, but otherwise surf reports showed clean, not choppy conditions with waves up to seven feet. track this weekend's storm with the abc seven bay area app. you can get the latest forecast and look at the same live doppler seven radar that our weather team uses. search abc seven bay area in your device's app store to download it now. >> one of the cutest holiday traditions has returned to san francisco. a adoptable and adorable puppies and kittens from the sf spca are back on display in the window at macy's. you can check them out wednesdays through sundays, 12 to 6 p.m. through december 31st.s all dressed up for the holidays. the spca is waiving adoption fees for all cats and dogs five months and older. >> we have found over 10,000

animals homes over the last three decades. and this year, our goal is to find homes for over 600 animals as part of today's unveiling, macy's presented a $5,000 donation to the sf spca. >> and starting tomorrow, the return of the annual life sized gingerbread house at the fairmont in san francisco. the house is madf hundreds of real gingerbreadmadf bricks baked by the fairmont pastry team and see's candy. so tomorrow at 11 a.m, there will be a ribbon cutting and tree lighting ceremony, along with the debut of the gingerbread house. >> the capitol christmas tree is now in the nation's capital. it spent three weeks taking a 4000 mile journey from alaska to d.c. the tree lighting ceremony will take place on december 3rd, and in vatican city, a 90 foot tall christmas tree was erected in saint peter's square in front of saint peter's basilica. the red fir tree came from northern

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lisa and monica joining us. coca-cola is facing criticism for its newest holiday ad. you take a look. the holidays are

coming up. >> something magical in the night. >> so can you tell what the issue is here? the new commercials were made using ai. the company says it stands by the ads, but professional designers say the company is just trying to save money by not hiring real artists. that's sort of what ai is supposed to do. i mean, i don't get it. it's not good news. if you, you know, you make commercials and you can come up with animation and designs. but i mean, this is the direction we're going in. >> i'm telling you, i literally last night had a conversation with my boyfriend. very doomsday ish about ai and how it's going to take over everything and already is. so i don't know, it's doing its job. it's a little scary though. >> i mean, as long as you know, it's christmas scenes, i'm okay with it. >> yeah, it's a cute commercial. at least. >> yeah, it looks fake, but it's not like, remember the 70s where they had the people, the real

people, the coke commercials? yeah, that was kind of fun. i'm just worried it was the 70s. >> it's like, what if somebody says, okay, here's a news story. this thing happened, but we don't have the video to go with. so let's generate this. describe and boom. i mean, we would never do that here. but you know, you can imagine the applications and the uses eventually. >> well that is that is going to happen sometime in the future. but in terms of a coca-cola ad, yeah, i can't get that worked up about it. i mean, they need to put it on though. >> generated by ai. like slap it all over it. >> disclaimers are good. >> yeah, it looks sort of artificial anyway, so it really does. >> okay. you may remember the barbenheimer box office battle of 2023. well, this year it's glick and gladiator two, and wicked will face off in theaters starting today. gladiator two stars. heavyweights denzel washington and paul mescal. wicked features ariana grande and cynthia erivo, michelle yeoh, bowen yang

goldblum, jeff goldblum. >> yes, he's the he's the wizard. >> the wizard. yeah. oh my gosh. okay. you can tell which part of glick editor that i'm more interested in, but what do you guys think about the combo? could you. because wicked is already two hours and 40 minutes, so i can't imagine sitting through another movie like as a combo. >> you could or could not i could not. yeah. okay. all right. >> no, i didn't partake in the back to back feature of barbenheimer. saw them separately. would probably do the same for this, but i got my pink on. not intentionally, but you probably can guess which one i'm more excited for because you're so popular with us. >> monica. >> popular. that was cute. yeah. >> i don't think it will come to a huge surprise for anybody, but i'm more of the gladiator. no. >> we go. >> yeah. yeah. i know it's shocking. it's shocking. >> yes. >> lisa. >> i saw a movie recently. it was cowboys and zombies, and i didn't think i would like it, but it was kind of cute. so, you know, this kind of makes sense, but, you know, i like them both. >> cowboys and zombies. yeah. i

mean, they zombies. >> that's this. definitely. both of them look good, larry. yeah. >> yeah. all right. do you have a crutch phrase, like, with authority or something like that? according to stanford researchers, these are phrases you should steer away from, especially in professional settings. we'll go down the list. i think sort of kind of it seems perhaps it might be. looks like possibly. maybe. i feel like instead the recommendation is use declarative statements, which will make you appear to be more confident. so i k i sort of feel kind of like perhaps it seems maybe i should choose other words, possibly, maybe. but that's how i feel like. >> i feel like i probably use some of these sometimes, but maybe i should refrain more. i don't know. >> i don't know. kristen, you're kind of a wordsmith.

>> i am yes. yes. yes. >> i tend to be a little declarative. >> that's a good thing. yeah. >> i have noticed that. >> and sometimes i can be adamant, but only occasionally. no. i don't know. i just think it's situational in the sense that you don't want to come across like you have the answer to everything all the time. quite frankly, none of us does. that's a little close minded. right. so i think it's okay to hedge a little sometimes. >> sometimes when appropriate, realize you're saying all these words so it's good to just listen. and i don't say that. yeah, maybe you do. >> yeah. >> slow down. when you're talking out loud. it's hard when you're going fast. and i certainly talk fast. >> so i think that's something we all do here. okay. yesterday we told you about a very expensive cup of coffee. today it's about free coffee. but once again, there's a catch. a massachusetts coffee shop is giving away free coffee to people who walk into their shop dancing like that. and let the owner post the video on social media. the owner says it's been so popular he plans to do the

promotion every month. >> i love it, i would absolutely dance for free coffee. i just hope they're playing good music. at least something for me to groove to, you know? >> i think that's a great idea and, you know, totally out of the box. and it gets people in a good mood. you come in dancing, you see other people dancing. it just changes the vibe totally. instead of, oh, well, it's another day. i got to go to the office. i better get some coffee to wake up. >> it promotes happiness, i think. >> yeah, yeah. >> and fun for people sitting inside, too, to get a little free show. >> yeah. >> lisa's too busy with the doppler radar to dance, i'll tell you. >> i know. is it crashing? is it up? yeah, yeah. >> she's got the jitters from all that. yes. right here, right here. >> no caffeine needed. rain. >> you're

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this is why starlight exists. to bring happiness to hospitalized children when they need it most. because happiness matters. heavily in some parts of the bay area. all the colors you see red, green, splashes of orange. that means it's coming down. there's a few spots you can see behind us where the rain has passed through, but otherwise slick conditions on the roads and everybody's just got to slow down when they're driving. and be careful. >> right? right. all right. so let's get the details on how much more rain we can expect and who can get it from meteorologist lisa argen. >> lisa, we are looking at the tail end of this. so this is some good news in the next couple of hours. it pushes out of san francisco, maybe less than two hours in the east bay, and it's already lighting up in part of the peninsula. so level three system with the downpours

from the east bay to the south bay stopping in the north bay, here are the advisories from a flash flood warning along the peninsula until 5:00. that's northern san mateo. the east bay oakland, 6:00. further south, 1230 in the morning down towards pescadero and those rivers still rising for another day or so. the russian river at guerneville. this is the best news we've been able to pass along the north bay. just some very light drizzle out there. but look at the east bay from 580. we're looking still at those heavy downpours towards danville, san ramon and finally union city. you're getting some heavy rain down towards 680. and this continues to sink to the south and east from pescadero. los gatos and over in santa cruz. but you can see walnut creek there. now getting the heavy rain. danville as well. so we will have the winds accompanying this front as it pushes through. now this is about another two hours or so, but as it pushes south, the winds will lighten up. the rainfall lightens up, but still,

looking at 25 to 30 mile an hour winds upper elevations still over 45 miles an hour in the north bay. but we'll look for the winds to subside overnight. you won't be hearing those raindrops overnight. and then to early tomorrow we'll see a few light showers, but it's a much better day out there in fact, a better weekend. we'll get into some sun. there's how it looks outside 50s behind the front. temperatures are really cooling off and so we'll look for the system now to push on out of here larry. >> all right. thank you. lisa. sun sounds really good right about now. becoming climate ready can mean searg for big solutions. and now a research team at berkeley is focusing on a pollutant found around the globe. we're talking about plastic. they've created a tool to help get rid of the plastic. here's abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma. >> it pollutes the oceans and countries in nearly every continent, making its way into the food chain and our bodies. but a team from the university of california believes eliminating plastic pollution is

not only possible, but achievable. this month, the united nations will conduct final negotiations on an international plastics treaty. >> it is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity to actually end this, because plastic is such a global problem, it's really hard to solve with san francisco doing the right thing, california doing the right thing, even the us doing the right thing. this is our one chance to come together as a planet. >> they're hoping to influence the outcome with something called the global plastic policy tool that we first profiled here on abc seven last year. the current version allows policy makers to click on any number of data points to see what the effects of a specific policy would be. among the possibilities requiring 40% of global plastic waste to be recycled invest 50 billion in expanding waste management and introducing a packaging tax, a combination they believe could nearly eliminate most plastic pollution. >> and the first thing we

discovered was really exciting observation that actually, you can at least theoretically, end plastic pollution using this treaty. >> data scientist cierra martinez helped develop the tool. she says the challenge was to get it into the hands of decision makers, to help them understand the data and really put a connection of humans making decisions that really led to an improvement in our model, improvement in our tool. >> and i think that was the missing piece to kind of actually get it into the, the, the hands of people who could actually use it for good. >> they point out that microplastic particles are already making their way through the marine food chain and showing up in drinking water, and even the human bloodstream. and they believe an enforceable global treaty may be the best chance to turn the health threat around and potentially life saving for the planet. >> so it certainly has the potential to be the thing that sets the stage for the rest of my life. the rest of our kids

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that became an animated global sensation and now the sequel hits theaters next week. moana two features a whole new adventure and some new friends for moana. reporter alicia vitarelli met one of them in

hawaii. >> we are here on the absolutely beautiful island of oahu with hualalai chung, who is the voice of moani in moana two. we are here for the world premiere in your hometown. >> oh yeah. totally. i'm so excited to share this movie and share everything going on with my community. oh moani mystery island. cool. all of us have an opportunity to just put our faces on the map and be part of the story, and that is something that's so special to me because so many people reverberate and resonate with the story of moana and who we are as polynesians. so i can't wait for everyone to experience it. >> yeah, i had a chance to watch you perform with your fireknife skills. am i getting this right? i mean, this is something you've been doing since you're three years old. >> yeah. yeah, totally. all the burns and all. that's one of my first loves. and it's something that is so identified throughout the world as being polynesian. and now, with the movie and with the momentum that this story of moana is building, we're able to showcase so much more of our

culture and who we are as people to the world. >> what was your reaction when you got this role? >> oh, i almost dropped dead. like, seriously, i'm a small town, kaneohe, oahu boy. so to be part of a disney movie and to be told you're going to be in moana, i mean, i don't think anybody knows how to react after that. do i hear people? >> those aren't people. kakamora. >> okay, listen, moana is a little bit of a scene stealer, right? i was like, this is. this is the friend of moana we have been waiting for. >> i love to say money's everybody's best friend. he's so warm hearted and fun loving. whimsical. he's the one that's researched and retold some of the greatest stories of motunui. and he can't believe that he gets to be in one. and that's something that i resonate with entirely. >> super fun. and that's going to do it for abc seven news at four. i'm kristen sze abc seven news at five with a storm is next.

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you for joining us for abc seven news at five. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. we're back on stormwatch big time tonight as this atmospheric river we've been dealing