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and san francisco receives its first ever tornado warning. heavy winds causing lots of damage and more than 150,000 people lost power in the bay area from the powerful storm. the news starts now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. oh my god. >> okay. oh my god. >> an apparent tornado in the santa cruz mountains. a tornado warning in san francisco, as well as the peninsula. and widespread power outages. the bay area gets pounded by a powerful storm. good afternoon, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm dion lim. we are following developments from scotts valley where a tornado appears to have hit this afternoon. that is according to the national weather service. now, they won't be able to confirm it until they are on the ground investigating, but as you can see, photos and videos from social media show cars flipped over and multiple power lines down. there are also reports of minor injuries,

including to a police officer who was in his car when it was flipped over. the scotts valley police department says most of that damage was near a target store in a shopping center off mount herman drive just after 130 today. that is the heart of the scotts valley commercial district. now let's get to frances dinglasan hearing more from the national weather service about exactly what happened. frances. yeah, diane. >> and it looks like the national weather service has recently confirmed that they do think a tornado touched down in scotts valley. i want to take you to live doppler seven right now where it is quiet. but boy, was it a busy morning. in fact, i'll take you back to the 5 a.m. to 6 a.m. hour in san francisco when the tornado warning was issued. you can see a very strong line of thunderstorms moving through the city. the national weather service will continue to investigate if anything happened in san francisco, because they were seeing possibly up to 80 mile per hour winds in san francisco. i also want to take you to scotts valley this afternoon. we saw some

thunderstorms moving through, and at around 145 to 215, 230, that's when we thought we got the tornado in scotts valley. there are many, many, numerous reports, social media and the national weather service did confirm that it was a tornado. in addition to that, i want to show you some of the very strong winds we experienced today. pablo point in marin county, 85 mile per hour peak gusts at sfo, 83mph. monterey airport had 78mph. mount eminem 68. mount diablo 62. oakland airport 59. most of the peak wind happened during the morning hours. rainfall amounts really strong. also in santa rosa over three inches san rafae. over 3.5in san francisco almost 1.6. oakland 1.6, mountain view 1.34. and that's a stark contrast to san jose at just a little

over half an inch. now, the big weather story for tomorrow will be the below freezing temperatures, and i'll talk about that in my next full report. >> dion all right. watching it closely francis. thanks. moving now to san francisco, which is cleaning up and drying out from that fierce storm. it moved, leaving behind lots of damage there, you see. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live for us in golden gate park, where you see that huge tree behind you. big cleanup ahead, cornell. >> yeah, for sure. diane. that storm definitely leaving its mark here in san francisco, as you pointed out. check this out. giant eucalyptus that has been toppled here on jfk drive. now, just the roots of this tree are about ten feet tall. there are more to the east and more trees just down the road which have fallen. a big cleanup is happening right now across san francisco, and some neighbors say the winds were so strong overnight, it certainly felt like a tornado, but it was the scariest sound i've ever

heard. >> like, this loud roar is the best way to describe it. >> carmen marin woke up to heavy rain and strong winds outside her family's folsom street home in the mission, and then a crash. >> and then we came out and we saw both of the trees down. and then, unfortunately, our car was in the way. >> the family car was totaled by the large trees. other cars on folsom street were crushed, too. >> and then when i finally looked at the app to see what that message was, it said tornado warning. >> thousands of people in san francisco and daly city got this tornado alert early saturday on their phones. it expired a short time later, but many swear it felt like a twister moving through. >> we heard a swirling like this going around and around. it was like it just came all the way through like that. like a tornado. it was a tornado. >> i mean, it's a tornado warning, which confused me because i'm like, tornadoes are like in kansas and stuff. and so i thought, i thought it was an

earthquake because it was the house was shaking. >> a toppled tree took out alex's front window. the fierce winds left a trail of debris through many parts of the city. department of public works crews on cleanup duty. >> we're trying our best to get get it together and make sure everyone is safe and we're safe. and you know, it's a mess everywhere. every street, every other street. trees are falling. just a mess. >> across town, large trees fell on fulton street. the cleanup lasting for hours. here and in golden gate park, several giant eucalyptus trees came down on jfk drive and chain of lakes drive east onto boston mission. this tree also toppled. san francisco fire department says it got more than 100 calls about the storm. >> as it relates to the damage that we're seeing here in san francisco, we're seeing it spread throughout san francisco. we're seeing a lot of it in the avenues, mission district, downtown san francisco. nobody has been immune to the effects of this storm. in san francisco.

>> yeah, the cleanup continues. san francisco fire department says the good news no injuries were reported this morning. the national weather service says there is no confirmation that a tornado touched down in san francisco. that agency is still investigating the incident. live in san francisco. cornell,. live bernard. abc seven news. >> and we will stay on top of that. cornell, many thanks to you. now in the east bay, we are working to learn more about this eye catching sight along i-80. it appears a barge just drifted from its moorings. it's now along the coast between emeryville and berkeley. no word on where it was anchored or who exactly owns it. officials tell us a tugboat will try to pull it back into the bay during high tide tomorrow. and this was the scene in livermore. two cars almost completely submerged in a flooded overpass. underpass. this was at marietta and stanley boulevards. that area of road was closed for several hours today, while crews worked to clean up debris on the

peninsula. that storm caused problems all around san mateo county. as you can see, the heavy winds knocked trees onto homes, cars and power lines in burlingame, belmont and woodside. several homes were also damaged. heavy rains caused flooding on the roadways and to the north bay, where drivers took their chances going through flood waters in mill valley. miller avenue between camino alto and altamont boulevard and redwood highway. frontage road south of hamilton drive, were closed for about four hours due to flooding. our crew also captured this video of a tree down on a home in novato. no word on whether anyone was injured when it fell. well, check this out. a christmas tree lot in petaluma flooded after a nearby creek rose above the bank. it flooded the field, causing christmas trees along with bales of hay and hundreds of decorations to just float away. the owner of mickelson, christmas trees tells abc seven that this weekend was their last chance to sell trees this

season, but instead they are cleaning up and assessing the damage. we are tracking the power outages across the bay area and central coast tonight, and at the peak of the storm, more than 150,000 customers were without power. here's a look at the current power outages around the bay area. most of the major outages are in alameda, santa clara, and santa cruz, along with marin and monterey counties. there were travel disruptions at san francisco international airport, all because of the weather. there was a temporary ground stop this morning where airport officials say there have been more than 220 delays and five cancellations. meantime, snow is blanketing the streets and highways in the sierra. this is how it looked in truckee this morning. so if you are heading to the lake tahoe area, chains are required on interstate 80. all eastbound tractor semitrailer combinations are being held at applegate in placer county due to spinouts and on highway 50, chains are

required on all vehicles from three miles east of kyburz to myers in el dorado county. a reminder now you can get weather updates on this wild weather in the bay area with our abc7 bay area app. it gives you the very same access to the live doppler seven our weather team uses, and will also send you alerts on important updates. well, much more ahead on the news at 430. speaker emerita nancy pelosi is on the mend after her fall in luxembourg that sent her to the hospital, and donald trump reaches a settlement in a defamation lawsuit that will pay him $15 million. >> and a live look outside. there is some more rain on the way, mainly in terms of scattered showers. tonight we'll see some very cold temperatures when you wake up tomorrow morning, and then we have a next round of rain, so tomorrow will be a good break from the rain, and i'll let you know what you can expect i

video of a levee breach in redwood shores near the redwood life development project. he says it flooded in the same area last year but was fixed. san jose police are asking for help to find a kidnaped 17 year old girl. she is now the subject of an area wide amber alert. her name is yasmin carrera. bravo. you see her here? police say she

was forced into a car being driven by 25 year old noah pimentel late last night. she was last seen wearing gray and white pajamas, and pimentel was driving a silver 2006 honda accord wih license plate nine, nnz977. anyone who sees them is asked to call 911. now to the latest on speaker emerita nancy pelosi. her office says she underwent a successful hip replacement surgery today and is doing well and on the mend. pelosi, who is 84 years old, fell while walking down a staircase at the grand ducal palace in luxembourg. she was part of a congressional delegation commemorating 80 years since the battle of the bulge. pelosi's spokesperson says she can't attend any of the other ceremonies, but will continue working a settlement today in a case between abc news and donald trump. abc agreed to pay $15 million to trump's presidential library to settle a

defamation lawsuit. trump sued the network and anchor george stephanopoulos after a this week interview in which stephanopoulos said a jury found trump liable for rape when he was really found liable for sexual abuse. still ahead, it's rare, but this isn't the first time the bay area has had a tornado warning. we'll take a look at the most recent events coming up in sports. >> the warriors feel like they should be playing in las vegas for the nba cup. we're not going to talk about the houston game anymore. but today the dubs playing let's make a deal. help is on the way. dennis schroder headed to the bay. the dubs trying to improve that

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a warning ever issued for san francisco. these kinds of warnings are rare here in the bay area, and the last one actually happened this past march. but before that it had been 13 years. now, despite the lack of warnings, there have been tornadoes. back in march of 2011, thunderstorms movingrch of across california spawned a waterspout off ocean beach and a tornado that destroyed a building in santa rosa. the closest tornado to the city was an ef one that was back in 2005. it damaged 54 homes as it tore through south san francisco. san francisco state professor emeritus john monteverde studied severe storms, and he says this is not normal. >> in one week, a tsunami

warning and a tornado warning. that's pretty remarkable in terms of how often we get those. >> monteverde says the 80 plus miles per hour winds at sfo this morning hint at a tornado. keep in mind, though, the national weather service will determine if it actually was the situation in scotts valley. francis, we found out just a few minutes ago that has been confirmed. >> they did confirm that tornado in scotts valley, and they're going to continue investigating the ones in san francisco, because they did get some preliminary reports that some winds were even up to 80mph in san francisco, although some of our records are peak ones in certain spots in san francisco are already measured at 53 miles earlier this morning, so we'll keep you posted on that. in the meantime, we can enjoy a little bit of a break right now from all the wild weather we've had. we could still see some scattered showers, particularly in the north bay, and we won't rule out the possibility of a thunderstorm through this evening. now, winds are still gusty, but they have

definitely died down from those 80 plus mile per hour winds we saw at sfo. right now sfo is 17mph, gusting to 25mph in san mateo and 20mph in santa rosa. live shot. you can still see it's pretty breezy out there in san francisco right now it's 54 degrees. oakland, hayward, san jose at 57. redwood city 55. half moon bay, 54 degrees, and most temperatures are cooling into the low 50s in parts of the north bay like petaluma, down to 50. santa rosa 53. concord and livermore also 53 degrees. so here's the forecast animation. what you'll notice is the winds will really start to die down. since that cold front moved through today, they'll be calm. we'll have clear skies overnight. even into tomorrow afternoon. the winds will be lighter, but because of the light winds and clearer conditions tonight, temperatures will be very cold tomorrow

morning. so there is a frost advisory that starts at midnight and continues until 9 a.m. we could see temperatures drop below freezing as low as 31 degrees through parts of the north bay valleys and some of the east bay valleys, even possibly in some of the peaks and some of the south bay valleys. lows tonight will be in the 30s, like santa rosa 31 degrees. lakeport 34. so it is going to be cold even around the bay. it's going to be in the low 40s tomorrow morning like san francisco 43, oakland, san jose at 42 degrees, and also possibly 38 in santa cruz. so tomorrow it's going to be very cold. by lunchtime, we'll still be in the low 50s and we stay in the low to mid 50s, even in the afternoon hours. then we have another system that will be coming through monday morning. in addition to that, high surf advisory will expire tonight at 7:00. we're going to still see some high breakers. and there's also a coastal flood

advisory. this continues all the way through monday morning due to king tides will generally see the king tides during the morning hours. and here's a futurecast. this is our next system. notice it's going to bring us some moderate rain on monday morning. and then it moves through pretty quickly. so the accuweather seven day forecast that level storm two is mostly over dry tomorrow. so we can continue the cleanup before morning. rain arrives again on monday and then hopefully dry the rest of the week. >> well, the warriors much rather have been in las vegas right now, getting rey for the nba cup semifinals on abc seven. but today they shake up the roster, trading for veteran guard dennis schroder. according to espn, nba insider shams charania, the warriors are finalizing a deal with brooklyn to acquire that guy schroder or schroder. that is for de'anthony melton. melton, of course, underwent season ending acl surgery a few weeks ago. golden state will also get a second round pick from the nets while sending three second rounders

over. deal not official quite yet, but it's going to happen. schroder is averaging 18.4 points per game, a career high 6.6 assists. so the 31 year old playmaker or playmaker. excuse me on an expiring contract worth 13 million. can't wait to see him in blue and gold. three years ago today, steph curry became the nba's all time three point leader. he broke the record. on this date in 2021 at madison square garden against the knicks, three pointer number 2974 gave him the all time lead. i love this video. remember where i was in the newsroom when it happened? curry has currently 3825 threes. so he's just 175 three short of 4000 for his career. projections potentially have him breaking the record in mid-february if he stays on his career average pace. so steph is closing in on 4k nba cup semifinals in vegas. how about a cirque de la cirque du soleil show during halftime of the bucks and hawks? that's pretty good right there. trae young he's good as well from steph. range at the logo in the third. game high 35. it was a close one into the fourth quarter. but giannis antetokounmpo taking

over down the stretch. the bucket there. good luck stopping that. and then a huge block on clint capela. meet me at the rim. access denied. just missed a triple double 3214 and nine. and the bucks win 110 102. they'll face the winner of okc and houston tuesday night right here on abc seven. of course those two teams playing right after this newscast. the sharks are back at the tank tonight taking on the utah hockey club. sharks rookie will smith returns to the lineup. a very brief stint on the air with the upper body injury. through 32 games, sharks played 19 of them on the road. team returns home tonight after a lengthy six game, 14 day road trip. but with young guys like will smith and macklin celebrini, these trips are they're a great bonding experience. >> it was a long trip, you know, the longest one i think i've been a part of since the american league, probably. but it's good to get on the road and just be with the group. and, you know, it wasn't a lot of back to back, which was probably the positive. we could kind of just get going and had some days in between to reset and meet and practice. yeah, it was long. i mean it was fun though. we hit

some good spots and obviously florida's a big one. so you know, just getting to go to the beach with the boys and kind of chill out there and go on the ocean. it was fun. and besides that, just kind of exploring, getting some good dinners in. and it was it was good. >> no need to change channel. we got nba cup semifinals. and

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holiday share toy and drive in novato is bringing magic home to 400 kids in need. today, they gave away many of the gifts they collected. plus, they let people pick out squishmallows and bikes at north marin community services. love those squishmallows. if you'd like to contribute, you can still go to their website to select a gift from a child's wish list, or donate target gift cards for those teens. what a turnout. all right, that's all the time we have for the special edition of abc seven news at 430. we have nba countdown next. you should read this at sports, followed by nba cup semifinals between the rockets and thunder. >> then join chris alvarez. that's me and a foil for toyota after the game. we'll be right back. that's you at

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