>> eric: high winds are causing problems all over the bay area. here is an example of damage, trees toppling into houses in san mateo. in san francisco, winds tore lose giant sheet metal from a theater. and home fell on cars and muni wires. i'm eric thomas. >> cheryl: i'm cheryl jennings. it knocked out to power to 20,000 people and left a medication of downed trees and debris behind. now, the cleanup is under way. it made a huge mess for drivers.

ocean beach, high winds are blowing sand cross it,. a huge tree fell on gonzalez drive and it tore up the sidewalk. we have live coverage started with cornell bernard. >> list have just reopened 18th avenue after somebody noticed something strange and pretty dangerous at the top of this abandoned movie theater. a piece of the old marque blown lose by the high winds. >> a large piece of sheet metal hangs dangerously off the old theater. store owners below are uneasy. >> it could have killed somebody. >> san francisco police closed 18th avenue to keep pedestrians away as firefighters use a ladder truck to secure the russ if i piece of metal. >> it would be pretty dangerous.

we got it secured with ropes up there. >> reporter: blocks away high winds toppled a tree causing it to fall on 48th avenue. luckily nobody hurt here. crews removed this tree closing the road for hours. huge tree fell onto this house blocking the front door and trapping folks living inside until crews could clear a path. >> three cars were smashed by the tree including marcus's after the tree toppled into it. >> that house on potrero, nobody hurt. the piece of sheet metal was taken down secured by brave

firefighters. nobody was hurt below. >> eric: here is a breakdown of some of the areas hit by wind related power outages. the power is still out at this intersection in actually and king roads. cars are treating the intersection a four-way stop. right now more than 6200 customers in the south bay are without power. 5500 homes and businesses are in the dark on the peninsula. in san francisco about 200 customers are impacted. live team coverage continues with amy hollyfield in redwood city. >> we've met people in redwood city who still don't have power right now. take a look at the damage they have to clean up. look at this sign that was knocked right over by the winds. there were examples of problems all over the peninsula. unfortunately in some cases, the wind did some serious damage.

>> falling trees overnight did all kinds of damage. the power lines, cars and homes but one thing they all seemed to have in common, the terrifying sound they made when they came crashing down. >> it's not a good sound. you know something major has happened. >> on lowell street the tree branch that landed on power lines caused a scare. >> you heard a crack and fireball at the pole over there. and then, i went outside and end. wire was sweeping down in our backyard and shorting out. it was like fireworks in our backyard. >> but it avoided homes. not the case on hillsdale road in san mateo. they were sleep ai sleep in their bed when part of the redwood landed in their home. everybody was okay, six rooms sustained damage. in redwood city the tree missed homes that knocked out power.

>> it's weird, don't have internet. you go switching on lights. it was crazy. >> winds created a mess all over the peninsula. debris from trees are scattered all over city streets and the howling kept many people awake last night. >> it was really strong and gusts, really strong gusts. we have a roof on the back of the deck and it was hitting and making sounds. >> reporter: even if you did sleep through it all, you didn't have to look for that something happened last night. this is the common theme we've seen, twigs and leaves strewn about everywhere. it's a big mess. there will be quite a cleanup effort, that is if they got enough sleep last night to clean it all up. amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news". >> cheryl: the east bay is also experiencing some weather-related headaches. >> tree branches fell on to several cars parked on ridge

view driver. at pacheco the wild weather ripped plants out. >> good morning. all the advisories out there, north bay valleys, you are not under this wind advisory but everybody else, gusts up to 45 miles an hour until 8:00. we also have at airport warning for gusts around 50 miles per hour especially at sfo to lesser extent san jose and oakland. the water is just as dangerous. gale warning for t and gusted up to 55 miles an hour. for a look at traffic, let's turn it over. >> san mateo bridge is one of many bridges that has a high wind advisory. there is a high wind advisory on all the toll bridges and that should left a little later today. until then, you are still advised to drive a little slower under the speed limit out there. also i want to remind you great

highway, that is still shut down probably until tomorrow. that is due to sand blowing on to the roadways and this area shaded in green, that is high winds affecting your commute. great highway is shut down at least until tomorrow. >> cheryl: high winds are creating dangerous conditions on the water. keira joins us live from fort pointed how fishermen are being affected. >> reporter: their business is taking a big hit. most fishermen can't go out on the water because of the waves and whitecaps. gusted up to 55 miles an hour. one hour ago we were at fishermen's wharf, there were dozens of boats tied up at the docks but what we couldn't see was anybody to interview as most didn't even bother coming out today. i was, however, able to track down one second generation fisherman. he told me it's just too

dangerous to go out in these conditions. >> it was real windy, gusting up to 70 miles an hour, there was whitecaps in the bay here. it wasn't good enough conditions to go out. >> reporter: and he is good company. soul man charter didn't go out. he didn't leave his house. i spoke with him over the phone. he says he'll lose hundreds of dollars in business today. he says it's a matter of safety. he doesn't want to put his people through conditions like this. these conditions could make them sick and get this. he said this is the only the second time in 12 years he hasn't gone out. >> cheryl: nobody likes getting sea sick. you can track weather where you are any time with live doppler 7-hd on abc7news.com and follow us on twitter for the very

latest bay area weather conditions, rain or shine. >> eric: she was once considered the world's most powerful woman. margaret thatcher has died. >> and the major baby food lawsuit happening here light now. now. the [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call to get u-verse tv starting at just $19 a month with our triple-play bundle. get the same great price for two years. plus now get two times the internet speed than before. you get reliable high-speed internet on our advanced digital network. choose from speeds up to 24 megs. [ female announcer ] and with u-verse tv, you can record four shows at once on your total home dvr

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full honors. margaret thatcher died following a stroke. nick takes a look back at the woman they called the iron lady. >> loved at home a towering figure abroad. she transformed her country and helped end the cold war. britain's only female prime minister embraced ronald reagan. she brought american cruise missiles to british soil but she was undaunted then. when she launched a controversial war, hundreds died on the falkland islands that britain won and the nation celebrated with a new found pride. her domestic policy polarized the country. she battled what she called the enemy within. union and government owned companies.

she violently cracked down on strikers and policy infuriated millions but she refused to change course. >> you turn if you want to. it's not for turning. >> she took on the ir have a and in 1984 she survived a bomb attack. >> all attempts to destroy democracy will fail. >> the mother of two succeeded in a man's world but she once thought the josh was unattainable. >> i don't think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime. >> the anger she generated pushed her out of office. she. thatcher was so divisive some are celebrating today, whether loathed or loved, the prime minister was one of the most important leaders of recent

memory. >> eric: hollywood is mourning the loss of annette funicello. she died following a long battle with multiple sclerosis. he was in the mickey mouse club and doing beach party movies. she was most popular mouscatookre getting ten times the fan mail that others did. >> homicide detectives have said they detained a person with a suspicious death with a man in pacific heights. they were called in around 10:00 last night. they declared the death of elias michael as suspicious. they are talking to a person of interest to to find out more about what happened. >> also in san francisco, police are searching for a person who shot a donut shop worker during a robbery attempt early this morning. this happened around 3:00 a.m. at the happy donut on bayshore

boulevard. they say the worker who was shot also managed to stab the suspect. that worker is now recovering in the hospital. >> eric: in east palo alto investigators are announcing an early morning fire is considered suspicious. i started after 3:00 a.m. at a van around stevens avenue. there were five people in the house, all got out safely but the house suffered some significant damage. so they'll have to find a new place to stay. >> cheryl: mike nicco is very busy with all the high winds around the bay. >> let's take a look outside. winds may be a little bit of a lull but they will pick up. we'll have an hour by hour look at select cities around the bay area. >> eric: california gets the first shot at big powerball jackpot. changes that lottery officials are making just for the golden state. >> if you see something happening when you are, a viewer

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>> cheryl: a trial in the east bay over lode in baby food. they are suing gerber and other

baby food makers. both sides products have some lead but the food companies say the levels are so low they fall below warning standards set by the fda. suit claims the companies are violating california's proposition 65 which describes a clear listing of all cancer causing agents. >> eric: still busy at midday with all the winds out there. >> i hate to be a truck driver or somebody that works on the power lines. they are definitely busy. we did have rain overnight but the winds have chased it away from us. it's dry and probably for the next seven days. here the latest gusts and supposedly having a lull but we're gusting to 37 at half moon bay. 30 at santa rosa. rest of us outside of that 31 at san jose, around 20-30 miles per

hour. you get into the central valley, fairfield gusting to 41 miles per hour. here a close look at embarcadero in downtown san francisco. you can see whitecaps on the bay. you can see the trees swaying. it is definitely a rough one out there this morning. temperatures running mild even though it doesn't feel like it. 57 in oakland and san jose. 60 in san francisco and palo alto. mill valley, 62. walnut creek, here is a look, 680 in the valley. you can see this camera shaking. this camera hardly ever shakes and how fast the winds are blowing. santa rosa, 54. fairfield and livermore in the upper 50s. napa at about 61 degrees. it will be the north bay, that a little warmer than everybody else when you get that northerly wind you get a downsloping off the mountains and that tends to compress and heat the air more than everybody else. sunny today, gusty winds.

mainly dry all seven days of the forecast. here is what is going to happen at noon. you can see mid to upper 30s along the coast. the rest of us flirting with 30 if not a little warmer. it picks up as we head into the afternoon hours, up to 40-45 miles an hour along the coast. 30-35 in the inland neighbors. by noon you can see a hush meaning 25-30 miles an hour but still more areas in that slower range. midnight down to 30-35 at the coast. wake up tomorrow morning, we're in the teens at oakland and san jose but still mountain mid to upper 20s in all other neighborhoods. it will be breezy tomorrow, 25-35 mile-an-hour gusts but we won't see them up to 40-55. there is the deepening low

taking away the wet weather and that distance, it creates these lines of constant pressure. more lines you have in a shorter space the tighter the gradient is and the faster the wind is flowing from the high pressure into low pressure. we'll have upper 60s to low 70s in the santa clara valley. 68 in san jose. throw upper 60s on the peninsula and upper 50s to near 60 along the coast. low to mid-60s in downtown san francisco. mid-70s in the north bay valleys. beaches will have blowing sand about 60. we'll have upper 60s, mid to upper 60s in the east bay valleys with breezy conditions. it's kind of breezy at at&t park it will be exceptional so dress for 50-53 but it will be cooler than that and winds will be blowing. >> 70s and 80s for wednesday and back in the 70s on thursday, 50s

60s, 70s for friday, saturday and sunday. temperatures around the bay inland will be warmer than average just about every day. >> cheryl: thank you so much. big excitement today, power baltimore finally in california. >> tickets went on sale at 6:00 this morning making california the p/eth state to take part in the lottery game. giant red ball popped up on the embarcadero in san francisco. powerball boasts some of the biggest jackpots and wednesday night's drawing is to be a mere $60 million. since the game moved to the golden state. drawing will be here. >> i think we have to get more than one. >> cheryl: just ahead, big rush for rolling stones tickets. >> eric: we have to win that jackpot to get some of those tickets. they gear up to play in the bay area.

coming up at 3:00, the cast of the mary tyler moore show. they want to monitor every person after an increase in crime but is it at the expense of people's privacy rights. at 5:00, you know not to use your cellphone while driving but what about gps, asking for directions may be the way to go from now on. >> eric: today is the day that

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