♪ we are on storm watch for a bigger storm expected to hit the bay area tomorrow. >> the one that soaked the bay area overnight caused power outages and knocked dow trees. one giant tree in marin county crashed into a business. terry mcsweeneyoins us from san anselmo where more trees could come dow terry? >> you could say ten trees down and 40 to go on red hill avenue. the biggest tree came down last evening and land on spotless cleaners. all morning longen have been up in those cranes, dangling, swinging from those cranes. everyone agreeon one thing. if the trees up there had only been done properly. and with that certified, zachary goes up up and away to the tops

of some eucalyptus trees which appear on the verge of falling. another tree came down last night right on top of spotless cleaners whose owner says that didn't have to happen. >> the neighbors in the back, we try to work it out with them to remove it several years ago. but it's never worked out until now. now everybody is cooperating to get it done. >> aaron is keeping one eye on his crew in the trees and one eye on the live doppler 7 hd. >> watching the doppler radar off you guys' website because if we have yellows anreds coming in, the jibs on the cranes, they have to come down immediately. >> one is seven-year-old june ellsrth. she lives up the street and was home when the tree slid off the hillside and cut the power line. >> cut down for a while and you

had use flashligs. >> our up, up and wyman zachary wild wilder says all this can be minimized or avoided. >> if you have large stature trees, i can't encourage you enough to have them inspected where you don't have this situation where we have traffic stopped and extra cost compared to regular maintenance. >> as far as the cleaning business goes, they plan to be open for business tomorrow. and he says not one pair of pants, not one shirt was damaged or even dirti by the falling tree. giving new meaning to the concept of spotless cleaners. live in san anselmo, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. cirque du soleil. officials in every bay area county say they expect many trees to fall as the ground gets more saturated. in santa cz county overnight saturated soil caused a tree to topple over clipping powe lines

and damaging a garage. it turned out the lights for several nearby residents. officials restored the power after one ur. >> we are getting a little bit of a break but another big system on the way. >> let' get the time line from mike. we have showers right now, mike. >> still up mainly in the north bay but you can see over the bay itself things pretty quiet. gusty winds causing flight arrival delays into sfo this morning. let's say we go up to the north bay and show you what is going on up there. you can see strong storms coming in the marin couy coast. some of this slipping into sonoma county around santa rosa, petaluma towards novato. this has been the trend all throughout the morning hours. waves of showersa little stronger over the ocean, even thunder. then they come ashore and they kind of quiet and they kind of fall apart in the north bay leaving you with a quarter to about a half inch of rain today. around the south bay and the santa cruz mountns, the steady rains from the morning are over

but as we look at the big picture, we still have snow up in the sierra. winter storm warning until 4:00 and more showers and thunderstorms veloping out over the ocean. those are coming in before that big orm comes in. we'll give you timetables for that. >> mike, thanks. in sonoma county rescue teams are retching the rushing river where a 62-year-d woman is believe theed to he driven off the road. she disappeared from a drive to her santa rosa hotel. she was last seen 10:00 saturday night leaving a restaurant with friends. investigators say they believe she was dring back to santa rosa when it appears the minivan she was driving veered off the road in an area where highway 1 intersects with highway116 and the rushg river. authorities found fresh tire tracks on a grassy shoulder in the area. they spotted an oil sheen in the water below. >> san francisco police ar asking for help finding two men

who robbed a 14-year-old girl at gunpoint. it happened yesterday morning. police say the two men approached the girl near gary boulevarand laguna street. one of the men reportedly demanded money while the other flashed a gun. the suspects got away with the girl's purse, jewelry and cellphone. she was not hurt. >> an dit of the pg&e pipelines just four months before the deadly san bruno explosion is suggesting the utility company took shortcuts during its inspection of natural gas lines. the san francisco chronicle reports the audit was done to determine how well pg&e was complying with the 2002 federal law requiring inspections of all natural gas lines in urban areas. the audit says the utility had used a method called direct assessment on about three-quarrs of the gas pipelines it test, including the section of pipele in san bruno that later exploded. that cannot detect some problems in pipelines including weaknesses in wells. a member of the transportation

safety board told residents at a town hall meetin in san bruno that the agency may subpoena witnesses to testify at a federal hearing in washington d.c. early nt year. >> for the second year in a row, congress isorking right up to the christm holiday and president obama is staying in washington d.c. with them delaying his vacation. there e outstanding issues to wrap up before legislatorsead home. >> is a sprint to the finish on capitol hill. several ke items remain. the nuclear treaty with russia, the healthcare bill and the measure to fund the government for th next two months. the nuear agreement is the most contentio issue on the agenda. >> we made real progress in this. i do hope this matter can pass. we're gonna work on that as long as it takes. >> the senate will hold a vote on tuesday to end debe on the start treaty. if that passes a final vote would come sometime before

thursday. 67 votes are needed for ratification. it's still not certain that democrats can corral enough support to get the measur passed. republicans are standing firm in their opposition. >> this treaty needs to be fixed. >> i think the verification provisions are inadequate and i worry about the misse defense implications of it. >> they're hoping for a christmas miracle, passing the 9/11 first responders healths care bill. that measure would give extra benefits to those who were first on the scene at th world trade center and were exposed to the thick clouds of dust. >> we have a moral obligation to these men and women since 9/11. >> they're our heroes just like veterans. they volunteered and risked their lives for us at a time of war. american tradition is we don't turn our backs on them. >> presint obama is working the phones today trying to round up votes for the start treaty. he's delayed his hawaiia vacation and will stay in

washington until congreswraps up their business. >> coming up next why you should have your christmas cards in the mail. >> kids go on a very exclusive shopping spree. >> a royal endorsement, the piece of memorabilia you can own from prince=c

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christmas, today is your last day to accepted them out. 800 million pieces of mail are expected to be sent today making it the busiest mail day of the year forhe u.s. postal service. it could be more chaotic tn usual as the postal service struggles wi a $8.5 million deficit. >> something that we've looked into. and there's actually a couple of bills in congress of that asked us for the flexibility to move from six day delivery to five day delivery. that's because the mail volume is way down. >> if you still have packages that need to arrive by christma priority mail can be sent tomorrow and express mail on wednesday. >> old navy's flagship store on market street in san francisc opened early today for a very exclusive shopping spree. more than 200 kids from glide family services program were each given a $100 gift card from gap which owns old navy. the kids had the store all to themselves and were told to pick

whatever they wanted. gap volunteers served as their personal shoppers. >> these kids, you know, they've done thr best this year and they are part of a group that we support. and then, you know, they deserve to be here. >> frosty the snowman was on hand for pictur wearing a little scarf there. the children all take part in glide's after schl program. they range in age from four to 12 years old. >> wonderful! on the peninsula, the samaritan house s issued an urgency for new holiday toys. volunteers are selecting toy and sorting on south claremont street in san mateo. the agency says this year toy donations have dropped while the need has increase the 50%. they're asking anybody who can help to drop off new unwrapped toys or gift cards to the facility. they need new or gently used bicycles. that's one of the most requested items from kids every single year. the samaritan house will be open

through thursday december 23rd. >> the british royal wedding is now just over four months away and starting today you can buy a little piece of it. prince william and kate middleton have endorsed the first official memorabilia for the closely watched event. >> first came the official announcement. then the official photo. and now -- (horns) >> the official wedding china. these souvenirs, a plate, cup and pill box went on sale today and the only memorabilia personally approved by the couple. the desig made of 22 karat gold features a princess cornet and the wedding date. what it doesn't show is an image of william and kate. but for people who prefer their piece of history to show their beaming smiles, there's already a booming market of unofficial mementos for just a fraction of

the price. >> it's a good way to keep a memory. >> this past weekend came another milestone. future king and queen making their first public appearance since announcing their engagement attending a fund-raiser for a local cancer charity. >> she was actually great. >> she was really lovely. they look happy together. that's really nice. >> and while kate's commoner status has reignite the debate over the role of british society, one perso who doesn't seem to care at all about kate's lineage is her future brother-in-law who told a german newspaper who said i've always wanted a sister and now i've got one. it's fantastic she's becoming part of the family. >> the entire set cost $155. we're talking about the china. or you can buy the three items. the proceeds wilbe donad to the charity which cure rates the

royal family's artwork. >> might have to wait until it's a gift. >> yeah. >> meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. >> take a look outside. our camera from emeryville on mount tamalpais this morning. see how low the clouds are. that's a storm. just got a couple lightning strikes headed to the northeast. i'll show you where and more of the showers coming our way. >> michael, thanks. and talks in the water. the new research showing residents in the bay area's biggest city are getting something they don' want in their daily dose of tap water. >> a big myth. a loaded gun that managed to make it all the way thrgh airport security in houston. [ female aouncer ] why watch regular tv when you can eerience thnext generation of television service? at&t u-verse tv. tv like you've never seen before at a really great price. switch tot&t now to get u-verse tv starting at just $39 a month for six mont, dvr included. or get up to $300 in protion cards

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♪ a new study finds boys who are breast-fed as infants do better in the classroom during childhood. researchers in australia sa kids predominantly breast-fed for six monthor longer had significantly higher test scores on math, reading and spelling than children breast-fed for shorter period or given formula. the researchers say the results appear to be much stronger for boys than for girls. studies have long shown that breast-feeding has been beneficial for mother an newborn. it was published online in pediatrics. >> an environmentalatchdog says the city of s jose has one of the highest levels in the nation of a cancer-csing toxin

in its drinking water. the environmental working group study found 31 out of 35 cities tested had the presence of this. san jose had the fifth highest levels dected trailing oklahoma, riverside and madison, wisconsin. it ces as the environmental protection agency considers a national standard. in the sier, avalanche danger is high this morning causing the forest service to issue a warning near interstate 80. the weekend storm dumped heavy wet snow on top of light dy snow. that creates what's called an upside down snow pack that is prone to avalahes. today caltran is plowing the major highways and they occasionally closed section of highway 50 to conduct avalanche control. even drirs with four wheel drive have been struggling to make it over the past. >> can't go anywhere, the storm, whiteo, can't see anything. >> and it's night.

what are you gon do? >> slp in the car. >> below the snow line there is the danger of rock slides where all the strong runoff is loosing rocks and gravel along the highways. >> that must have beeone cold night. the snow's not done yet, not by a long shot. >> no, a winter storm warning until 4:00 this afternoon and do it all over again starting tomorrow and wednesday. take a look at some of the skiing conditis there as we look at heavenly mountain resort. a few people on the slopes enjoying that new powder. i hear at times it was so deep it was hard to si in. too much of a go thing? really? really? just being there out of work is not enough i'm kidding. let's bring it back here. looking at san jose who received the leasamount of rain over the weekend. about 9400th to your west nearly 9.5 inches. we set the reco yesterday, oakland 1.4 and livermore 1.13. those were daily record

rainfalls. yesterday s pretty impressive. you see those two lightni strikes. starting to weaken a little as these stems tend to do. they're more unstable over the ocean. that why you see a lot of lightning strikes over the ocean but once they come to shore they drop their rain and we'll bring as little small hail possible, even thunder during the afternoon hours. those shers offshore heading for all of us. looks like the widespread showers will touch more than just the north bay did this morning. here's a look at our temperatures, 49 los gatos. low to mid-50s elsewhere. montereyay and inland upper 40s to near 50. waves of scatter showers, possible thunder. a little break tonight. i'm sure there's a stray shower possible. mainly dry, same thing for tomorrow and tomorrow night. that's when the big rain comes in, gusty winds. i think we'll see flooding and the possibility of more power outages and rock slides. this weekend another chance of rain. for today we talk about low to

mid-50s for high temperatures. low 50s in the north bay around the monterey bay, you're starting to see that persistent rain tar a little. mid to upper 50s. for tonight mostly cloudy. may be able to see the lunar eclipse between the breaks and the clouds. patchy fog will form also. pair of lows sitting off the pacific northwest rotating. this is the low i'm concerned with. the steady rain that moved to the south and bring it back up towards us tomorrow. especially in th evening hours with the cold front that will provide the lift needed for the brief heavy rain and th flooding that it willbring. here's a look at today. you can see the scattered showers mainly across the north bay exct when that one batch moves across the bay during the afternoon hours. pretty quiet tonight. especially the north bay and along the coast. tomorrow afternoon looking quiet once again. isolated sprinklesossible and by 6:00 you see the wall of water come in. by 10:00 rather heavy with yellows and oranges. that's when we get the brief

heavy rain, the flooding, potential for mudslides and power outages. this wednesday looks pretty quiet. may see some sunshine in the afternoon. rainfall totals near three-quarters of an inch around the bay where you see the green in the north bay and also around the south bay, that's an inch and a half once that passes, there's a chance of a stray shower thursday and friday just because we have thisoist flow and saturday and sunday looks like more rain's in the forecast. temperates in the 50s all week. >> mike, thanks very much. >> listen to this. tsa officials say addional training and better images equipment have been provided at houston's bush international airport after they let a male with say loaded gun go through security. a busineman discovered it and reported it hielf after getting to his destinion and remembering, oh, he forgot to remove his glock from his carry on bag. the businessman says he doesn't understand why screeners didn't catch it when the was nothing else in the bag.

the tsa won't say how often they fail to catch banned items in random tests but told our sister station in houston this "was not uncommon." >> that's not good to know. especially with people travelg. ";

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