about 700 ft. the westbound is covered by water. the flooding has been here since tuesday evening. the big storm we have had is appearing not to go anywhere. >> reporter: they tried to pump some of the water but it did not go anywhere. the ground is very such waited and there is nowhere for the water to go. we have more rain showers and the extended forecast and this area could be closed down for quite some time. if you have to drive 37, east for west he will have to be toward. looking at atherton right now is very slow going so plan ahead. >> reporter: charles clifford kron 4 news. >> catherine: 1 of nablus

counting most troubled world remains closed for miles. and it looks like is going to stay that way for at least two weeks. --one of napa's county road >> catherine:a rockslide came crashing down monday afternoon on silverado trail at pratt avenue. more of the hillside there in saint helena fell. >> catherine:it appears that most of the wall of rock will have to come down before drivers can safely get through. just how helpful were the most recent storms they've been so beneficial. that 40 percent of calfironia is now out of the drought. >> grant:just look at this video of the lexington reservior. which is over flowing. but we can find kron 4's dan kerman live in the east bay tonight at san pablo reservoir with more on the drought. >> reporter:it's truly been a stunning area. >> reporter:the recent

series of storms filling lakes, overflowing rivers and covering the sierra mountains in snow. >> reporter: it is at 100 percent capacity. >> we had a very wet october and one of the web system and our history in effect. >> reporter: >> our snow levels have doubled since the first of january so things are looking up for us. p >> reporter: drop monsters think that half of california with the same thing. only 3 percent of california was out of the drought. but things have steadily improved. --out monitors >> reporter: the white

indicate no drought at all. 62 percent of the state has emerged since the drought. >> reporter: it is no time to go get to water wasting time spherical--habits >> we have 40 percent of our season left. so we never want to count those chickens even though things live good. it has happened that we have had a what november and december and began in january, is off. >> a month from none of it may not be. a year from now may not be. >> reporter: back at some of hubble was of law, while the

federal officials is 42 percent is out of a drought. it's still up to the governor to lift the drought emergency which has been in effect for the last several years. he may wait until the end of the snow season to make that decision. >> reporter: dan kerman, kron4news >> catherine: thank you, dan. >> catherine: it really has been stunning over the bay area. >> brittney: yes, stunning in a great way. >> grant:for more on the drought numbers. we turn to chief meteorologist brittney shipp.

>> technical difficulties deposit.. >> brittney: as far as the bay area we are looking pretty good.

>> catherine:turning now to southern santa clara county --- where wednesday's storm unleashed a flood which devastated a rural neighborhood near hollister. >> catherine:kron four's rob fladeboe joins us live from hollister. on how flood victims are trying to dry out and clean up. rob? >> reporter: once again set up a command post not far from where the flood zone is located. the office has issued a water contamination health alert. informing all

the people in the zone not to drink the tap water. a couple of crews just pulled here with a couple of free bottled water. but they are disturbing and the flood zone. people are trying to come back bay cleanup work --clean up their house, as if they do not have enough to worry about. >> reporter:the flood waters that wreaked havoc with scores of homes here on lovers lane in hollister left it's calling card in the form of thick, greasy mud. dennis palmer says it's eveerywhere and the damage is widespread. >>dennis palmer/home damaged in flood-- i will have to live up all my carpet and drywall. both cars are damaged with water inside the cars. >> reporter:palmer says the water was two feet deep at one point. the flood has reced some but the road and many a driveway are still underwater. residents can be seen ripping out ruined flooring. garages are trashed, fences are down everywhere and farmers have suffered big losses too. >>chuck lenzi/farmer --

our crop that is in the ground, which is covered crop is all lost. we have 5 a. of these beans and mounted are lost. -- and now they're all lost. >> reporter:the flood occurred after pacheco creek over flowed it's banks early wednesday, sending a kind of inland tsunami across the largely rural landscape, flooding fields, orchards and vineyards. there is growing sentiment that the creek has been neglected and the flood a disaster waiting to happen. >>dennis palmer/home damaged in flood-- they used to clean the creek years ago and now they did not. all the debris from the drought is just building up. claudia up the bridges and knocking down levies >> reporter:palmer has flood insurance, but some of his neighbors, whose homes were also caught in the flood,

but are outside the flood plain boundries, do not and will have to cover the losses on their own. >> reporter: we are back out live here in hollister, and post. kevin what is the concern with the water tonight? >> essentially how the water ran barack the creek seoul, we are concerned about pesticides. fertilizers, that may be in the water. it will get soaked into the earth. and a lot of the homes are operating off of small funds operating systems like a whale. -- small operating systems like a well + >> reporter: and you cannot boil water? >> no you cannot boil the

water. the only drink bottled water or use bottled water. --you can >> is a state of an embassy as well to open up services for the county and other areas that were impacted. >> reporter: this someone dropped the ball in regards to the creek? >> last year, and anticipation of the season. we cleared out 100 ft. in both directions. however we are utilizing a drone to survey the area and it does not look like a failure came to either of the bridges. it was down spring. --down stream and the levy wasn't high enough.

>> reporter: once again, water hazard contamination warning curious--warning. >> grant:thanks, dan >> grant:although the russian river >> catherine: coming up on kron4 news at 5. the sierra is really getting pounded by snow and measure by a foot. the latest after the break. >> reporter: the charges just lost san diego. >> grant: the chargers will

be sharing a stadium with the rams and l a. which means the raiders have a future in oakland. >> catherine: storm damage cleanup is continuing and the bay area. that story is next!

>> catherine:there are more road closures in the east bay today. this one is on marsh creek road in the brentwood area. during this recent storm mudslides have become an ongoing problem along marsh creek road. >> grant:out of an abundance of caution, contra costa county public work crews have closed the roadway.for now, we sent kron4's haaziq madyun out to marsh creek road to get an update on how long the road will be closed. >> reporter:so you guys had to turn around here huh? >>"yes" >> reporter:what's the problem? >>"it's flooding i guess that way" >> reporter:a dangerous mix of mudslides and flooding here on marsh creek road in unincorporated brentwood.means this road is closed contra costa county public works crews spent the day this hill above the roadway >>"marsh creek road, we've had numerous mud runs,

rockslides, just debris on the road, so our crews have been cleaning it since the storm occurred on tuesday" >> reporter:multiple days of rain has saturated the hills creating hazardous conditions for motorists. just take a look, driving across this mud covered road is slippery business >>"the only thing we can do is to close the road" >> reporter:that is bad news says alaina preston >>"well we are already like, lost, so we had to come up this way just to turn around" >> reporter:contra costa county public works crews were also busy here in martinez, clearing a mudslide between highway 4 and carquinez scenic drive >>"it also has multiple mud runs that are being cleanup right now" >> reporter:contra costa county public works officials say the closures for both mcewen road and marsh creek are expected to continue until 5pm friday.in contra costa county haaziq madyun kron4news.

>> reporter:county crews have been working hard to clean up debris and quickly repair a large section of alhambra road that collapsed into pinole creek during the storms. >> reporter:today a fence went up around creek.blocking anyone from getting too close to the area as repairs are underway. >> reporter:pinole creek washed away more than 10- feet of roadway during tuesday night's storm.making the area dangerous and the ground unstable. >> reporter:the mayor of pinole found the new fence reassuring. >> reporter:alhambra valley road will be closed from castro ranch road to bear creek road indefinitely. >>crews are unsure how long exactly the project will take. >> grant:another sinkhole that crews are dealing with is in orinda.where road closures heavily trafficked area. this is northbound miner road near camino lenada. >> grant:and because of the size of the sinkhole crews say it could take a couple of weeks to repair. they say it's about 15-feet deep right now.

>> grant:luckily no one was injured.the drivers who discovered the sinkhole were able to stop before they drove into it. >> catherine:storms this week have brought the sierra nevada its heaviest snow in six years. crews have been moving tons of snow off the roads - around the clock. inches of new snow expected today. >> catherine:there's a winter storm warning for the sierra.in effect until 10- pm. several ski resorts have closed.some of them getting blasted with as much as 9 and 10 feet of snow in just a couple of days. >> catherine:and it's been a struggle to keep i-80 open - with wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. travel conditions remains dangerous -- and even the locals are amazed at the huge amount of snow. >> catherine:he's talking about downed power lines and outages. crews are cutting down snow- covered branches hanging near power lines. >> snowboarding. but, it is too much snow to snowboard.

>> the want to make sure that the public is aware from this area. with down powerlines >> catherine:also today -- there were some scary moments for a fedex truck driver.who began sliding and losing control as he headed down a mountain highway in truckee. >> catherine:something apparently went wrong with the brake lines - and they locked up. the c-h-p stayed nearby and the driver eventually managed to get down the mountain safely. >> grant:there is a winter storm warning still in effect in the sierra - with more snow on the way. chief meteorologist brittney shipp is back with more on this. brit? >> brittney: that is going to be the place to begin this weekend. but, we do have a winter storm warning

and a fat and you want to reschedule your plants. it is nothing to play with if you are trying to get to the high country. so you may want to reschedule your plans >> brittney: we see great numbers, with a record snowfall. and we have not seen this much snow in six years with more snow on the way. so, these are all the changes that we are tracking for you. we will start to see the snow tabling later tonight a round-the-clock. we are also seeing scattered showers. that is moving through the region. we will start to dry out after this. >> technical difficulties.

>> brittney: we do have some flooding near along the coast. 46 and 7 fell, a cooler evening in san francisco at 51 degrees, slightly below average. 48 degrees and concord and as we go into the rest of tonight some 30 degree temperatures are on the map like and santa rosa or same thing before livermore.

>> brittney: you will notice pushing into tomorrow that to purchase will start to recover. closer to 64 napa and concord. >> brittney: we will track your 3 the forecast to let you know what is in store for the end of the work week and then we will look after 7 day forecast. >> brittney: guys? >> grant: sounds good, brittney.

>> catherine:still ahead. >> catherine:president obama honors the vice president he 'loves like a brother' -- with one of the nation's highest honors. this as he and joe biden prepare to leave the white house. the emotional send off - just ahead. >> grant:and next, >> grant:flood waters in the south bay - trap a man on an island. how crews were able to rescue the man.

>> grant:a homeless man in milpitas has been rescued after finding himself trapped on an island in coyote creek this afternoon. rescue crews from the san jose fire department were able to reach the man by boat. >> grant:they say he wasn't injured. this is video courtesy of our helicopter partnership with a-b-c- news. >> grant:it shows where the

man was -- just off highway 237 near north mccarthy boulevard. >> grant:the island is normally a peninsula -- but the rain has been so heavy - water eventually surrounded the spot on all sides. >> grant:authorities say they circled the area to make sure no oneelse was trapped there. go ahead an use sky 7! maybethe warriors recently made

>> reporter: a community about a half mile away from the raging russian clipper. --river >> it was flowing at one point. >>, that it's a good 2 ft. up. >> reporter: as you can see is not much left. >> is an ankle that it normally would not be at. so it was lifted by the water. all of this law amber was stacked up against the wall that i was using. then had a little bit of organization to everything. >> reporter: the side everything he is thankful.

his blood adults will come up to inform him what was going on around him. --his beloved dog woke him up >> catherine: another critical day for the trump team. has the team faced tough questions on capitol hill. >> grant: the rainshowers may be out of here for now but a lot of people in the east bay are faced with lingering issues. we will east bay are faced with lingering issues. we will explain after the break. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. and, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. to get covered, you've got to get going.

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> catherine:the rain is easing off -- but there are still big problems in the east bay. tree companies are fielding one call after another -- removing downed trees from homes and power lines. >> grant:right now, kron four's philippe djegal shows us exactly what's keeping crews so busy. >> reporter: >>nats- woodchipper >> reporter:from wood to dust. in lafayette, one family's headache nearing resolution. >> reporter:after rain and strong winds tipped a large

tree onto this house. >>- "lot of water, lot of trees down. its, uh, almost too much to juggle." + >> reporter:dustin waraner owns waraner tree experts in the east bay. and, says the past two weeks have kept him and his crew busy, mostly in orinda and lafayette. >> reporter:where water soaked roots are giving out, and so are the trees. >>- "so, we pieced everything out. roped and lowered everything. and, then we brought the crane in which you can see in the garage. we actually had to fit it into the garage in order to reach the tree, so we're getting the tree off the home." >> reporter:the modesto ash tree fell down on this home at around 1-30 wednesday morning. the family inside was asleep at the time. >> reporter:no one was injured, but the tree did damage the roof and obliterated the chimney. >>- "it's a disiguous tree, which usually disiguous trees aren't as prone to toppling over, but with these soils and all of the drainage, and -- it just didn't have the stability." >>nats- walnut creek tree >> reporter:and, in walnut creek, another one of waraner's crews on ygnacio valley road near san carlos drive. >>- "pretty dangerous." >> reporter:the city contracted this dead pine

tree was almost leaning on to powerlines and was on the brink of toppling over. >> reporter:francisco valdez -- taking it down. >> "yeah, we might be saving some lives." >> reporter:waraner says many of these problems can be prevented if addressed ahead of the rain. >> reporter:and, he expects to stay busy through the end of the month. >>- "have an arborist out, look at the trees. anything leaning over roads, wires, homes, uh, address it before the storms come, otherwise it could be a potential problems like we see here today." + >> reporter:in contra costa county, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> catherine: < a check on the weather. we have a beautiful shot! >> brittney: scattered showers all round and black ice. and temperatures are

possibly getting down to the '20s. >> brittney: we have seen a lot of rain fall and snow in our higher elevations and as we go into the rest of tonight we will see the cold conditions settling in. we will see a gradual warming trend of the next few days. >> brittney: right now, it looks like possibly a tuesday night into wednesday or thursday. so we will keep you updated on that a little early. but it will be an atmospheric reversal it means we could seek more rain showers with this system. >> brittney: in san francisco, barack the day with on and off light showers. --throughout the day with on and off light showers.

>> brittney: we will see partly cloudy skies, temperatures at 33 degrees. saturday, at 38 and a few more showers. >> brittney: we do have a weathered the seventh that will move to the west--we do have a weather disturbance that will move to the west of us prepare >> brittney: we have black eyes of the possibility for tonight. petaluma at 31 degrees. , santa rosa thirty 1. >> brittney: dry conditions and slightly warmer temperatures as siegel into the weekend, will have more of the later in this broadcast pericope--dry conditions as likely warmer temperatures as we go into the weekend. we will have

more on the forecast twitter and this broadcasts. >>"this was an aggressive action taken by the senior leadership inside of russia.donald trump's nominees for defense secretary and c=i=a chief -- reading from a >> catherine:differnt scri pt. >> catherine:than the president elect. general james mattis and representative mike pompeo - both blame kremlin hackers for trying to interfere with the presidential election. >> grant:both of them also declaring their support for u=s intelligence agencies. steve aveson is here with some new developments on donald trump's stormy run=up to his inauguration. >> steve:eight days to go before he takes the oath of office. and it's hard to tell which of mr. trump's relationships is worse: with the intelligence agencies or with the news media? >>"you are fake news" >> steve:the president

followed up his put=down of c=n=n's jim acosta with a tweet claiming the network is in a a total meltdown and warning that their credibility will soon be gone." >> steve:the cable network joined the c=i=a on trump's hit list told trump of an unconfirmed dossier making its rounds in the news media. >>"i think it was disgraceful -- disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out. i think it's a disgrace, and i say that -- and i say that, and that's something that nazi germany would have done." >> steve:c=n=n did not post the document, but buzzfeed did, describing it as an unverified report of trump's supposed encounter with a pair of moscow prostitutes. >>"as far as buzzfeed, which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it, i think they're going to suffer the consequences." >> steve:buzzfeed responded by offering a limited edition t=shirt bearing trump's words. it sold out within hours, with the money going to a nonprofit group working to protect journalists rights. today the president=elect tweeted that national intelligence director james clapper called him to denounce what trump called the false and fictitious report that was illegally circulated. >> steve:and he added,

"made=up, phony facts. too bad!" clapper gave his own version, and it was quite different. >> steve:he said he told trump the document came from outside the u=s intelligence community, that he did not believe it was leaked by the intelligence community. >> steve:and that the intelligence community has not made any information in the document is reliable. >> steve:we have our first look at the ex=british spy named as the author of the dossier. christopher steele has reportedly gone into hiding, saying his life was in danger. >> steve:the daily mail says he's a veteran agent of britain's m-i-6, serving in moscow and paris. he works out of this office in london. >> steve:his private security firm reported making a million dollars in profits last year. >> steve:the fbi and the justice department will be investigated over their hillary clinton's private email server.

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nation's highest civilian honor. >> catherine:biden was in tears.and he was stunned. he'd thought he was coming to an event to toast senior staff members. >>"i am pleased to award our nation's highest civilian honor; the presidential medal of freedom." (cheers & applause) >> catherine:before surprising biden with the award, obama gave lengthy and colorful remarks praising biden, his wife dr. jill biden and his children and grandchildren. >> catherine:obama said that while their term is almost over - the two will be "forever binded as a family." >> if you can knock admired joe biden has a problem as a person, you have a problem. >> i do not deserve this. but i know that it came from the president's hard. --

heart >> catherine:the past three presidents have only given such an honor three times, with pope john paul ii, president ronald reagan and general colin powell receiving the citation. >> grant:coming up next, with the chargers now relocating from san diego to los angeles. could the raiders be on the move? >> grant:more details after the break.

(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich with sports! >> catherine:big news in the n-f-l today.as the san diego chargers are no more. >> grant:the bolts. are bolting for los angeles. after going decades without an nfl franchise, l-a is getting one for a 2nd- straight year. >> grant:mark carpenter joins us with the details. and also tells us how this affects the raiders. (crying) >> mark:not, not yet.

(crying) >> mark: preview of what raiders fans in the bay area may experience a couple months from now. after a longtime struggle between chargers ownership and the city of san diego, the team is packing up and moving on to the nation's 2nd-largest media market. >> mark:franchise owner dean spanos announced the move this morning.ending a 55- year stint in san diego. and fans not happy. >> mark:some burned merchandise and others egged team headquarters. 09 the chargers first received the option to relocate last year.after the rams got the green light to go to inglewood. the two teams will share a 2-point-6 billion dollar stadium.once its finished in 2019. a stadium has been the sticking point for this move. >> mark:because spanos wanted a new venue and san diego rejected a proposal to use public money to pay for it. spanos addressed the move this afternoon.

>> obviously the fans are upset and they should be up said. but i cannot change in motions of the tide. i'm sure that they concede of what public changes the have been occurring. --i am sure that they can see what type of change is the habit of calling. -- changes occ uring >> mark:and it didn't take long for the chargers.to unveil their new imaging for their new home. once the move was announced, the team posted this logo on their twitter page. looks very similar to the la-dodgers logo, but with a lightning bolt tacked on. >> mark:and fans.wasted no time making their own alterations on social media. there's a version that says lame, lazy, and of course, no spoof is complete without the crying jordan. >> mark:apparently, the team

says it's a working logo.and has not been approved by the league. turning now to the silver and black-- it's still very in the moving trucks in the near future. + >> mark:the chargers announcement has no bearing on what happens with the raiders, so the nfl could still sign off on relocation to las vegas. yesterday-- mark davis updated the league's stadium and finance committeess.on the latest regarding the sin city plan. >> mark:while nothing official was decided in that meeting, it appears the vegas movement is gaining momentum and more owners are offering their support. davis has still yet to officially file for relocation, but is expected to do so very soon. >> mark:the league may vote on the issue in march. >> mark:finally, some news from the raiders football operations.defensive all-pro khalil mack will reportedly not be playing in this year's pro bowl. >> mark:due to an undisclosed injury. the edge-rusher has been one of the league's top players.with 11-sacks and 5- forced fumbles. he is one of a league-high

7-pro bowlers on the raiders roster. >> grant:mark, thank you! >> grant: turning to the weather with, chief meter ologist, brittney shipp. >> brittney: sunny skies for a change for us tomorrow heading into the weekend. it will be a little warmer closer to 60 degrees. >> brittney: you can see the counterclockwise circulation. >> brittney: spotty showers just about finished. we

still have more snowfall and the sierra. we will say what of date on the snow storm warning. >> brittney: technical difficulties.

>> catherine: terrorist jackson, is asking where is the respect?-- paris jackson >> reporter: dealing with another blow as she deals with her struggle to maintain her father's legacy. >> i am proud to be a black american. >> reporter: the trailer

showing her father-to-per tram her father is honestly makes me want to vomit " to rid its bankers me to see how obviously intentional for them to be this and salting. not just toward my father but my godmother elisabeth as well. >> reporter: reported road trip to have taken after night 11 with a good plan marlin brando and elizabeth taylor. >> went with the mind that this was a pause of comedy. --positive comedy >> reporter: this is a huge blow to the jackson family. >> for a wide sector to play my own " a black pumps --a black man is an salting.

--insulting >> catherine:that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. steve aveson and pam moore are here with kron 4 news at six. >> pam:and the snow keeps falling in the sierra. >> pam: now, is not the time to stop and serving. -- conserving. >> steve: what could be a few days before serving both lee open. kron4 news as six next-- why certain roads can reopen can reopen it provides estrogens to help rebuild vaginal tissue and make intercourse more comfortable. premarin vaginal cream treats vaginal changes due to menopause and moderate-to-severe painful intercourse

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam:we are seeing spectacular reservoirs as they fill up. thanks to all our recent rain. >> steve:this is the spillway at phoenix lake in marin county. and that reservoir is now at close to 80-percent of its capacity. >> pam:and this is what it looks like at lexington reservoir in santa clara county today. it is full and water is rushing over the spill way there. >> pam:it is one of the biggest reservoirs in the south bay.

>> pam:and this is another vital water source in santa clara county. anderson reservoir. it has reached its capacity and water is now being sent over the spill way and into coyote creek. >> pam:good evening. i'm pam moore. >> steve:and i'm steve aveson. >> steve:some pretty startling numbers about the drought. and just how much things have shifted in a matter of weeks. on january 3rd. the snowfall in the sierra was 67 - percent of average. >> steve:as of today. it is a whopping 161- percent of average.

>> reporter:the state's reservoirs are now 1-point-2 million acre - feet over their storage average. for this time of year. >> reporter:sections of hollister are still underwater tonight. this video from our helicopter partners at a-b-c 7. it shows the muddy mess that some businesses and homes are still dealing with tonight. >> reporter:hollister is also a big farming area. and we have seen some fields that are swamped and livestock holding areas. which look like mud pits. >> reporter:flood victims around the bay area. are heading home to assess the damage and begin cleaning up. >> reporter: fellow monetarists believe 42 percent of california is now out of the drought. >> reporter: we are back live at san pablo was a block. if you are going to live the state of the month to see in california, the only person to do that is the mayor and he will likely do that at the end of the season to make that decision. dan kerman- kron4news

>> pam: thank you, dan! >> pam: the state reservoir are now 1.2 million acre- feet overbear storage average. for this time of the year. >> technical difficulties

>> reporter:kron four's rob fladeboe tells about what's ahead for one homeowner. >> reporter:matt clapp spent much of the day wednesday hosing the mud home , the sickening memory of the wall of water that flooded his and other homes here on lovers lane still fresh in his memory. >> reporter:the carpet was ruined, of course, along with the dry wall. but clapp suspects the water may have seeped under his home and could cause problems in the days and weeks ahead. a contractor, clapp is worried about the potential for mold, saying there is no time to lose getting rid of any and all moisture. >>matt clapp/flood victim everything has to be dry. we have to take the dive--have to take the drywall out to make sure there is no motion. --moister. we will have fan is going as well.

>> reporter:most of his furniture escaped the flood but there is damage to some fences and equipment elsewhere on his boundrey. as such, clapp does does not flood insurance and expects his home owners insurance wont >> matt clapp/flood victim no flood insurance. blood will not cover it because of an act of god. i do have an adjuster coming out but i'm sure of i know what they are going to tell me. so we cannot wait for them to move forward. >> reporter:in hollister rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> steve:the russian river is still above flood stage tonight. this video from our helicopter partners at a-b-c 7 caught some of the high water in guerneville. roads are still blocked and people are still facing challenges just to get around. we have seen people using canoes. >> steve:while the russian river is now receeding - residents are facing an enormous task of cleaning up. >> pam: that job is even more difficult for many people because they still have no power and no running

water. >> pam: kron four's terisa estacio met up with one man who says, he is just waiting for help. >> reporter:tony mares walked around this giant tree that knocked out the power for himself and many others living here at this rv park. the tree is one of 14 that toppled down taking away vital electricity and smashing several cars. >> tony mares/stranded from russian river flooding it has been pretty hectic. no power, no running water. >> reporter:tony and his wife and daughter were living here - near the raging russian river at the rv campground. : we all had to get out or be submerged. >> reporter:mares is now on higher ground, but - >>: we are completely wiped out. ive been here 3 years, haven't seen this before. >> reporter:mares says he lost a few items when the banks of the river collapsed -

>>: steps, i made hoses, floated away. >> reporter:he like others here in this part of northern california says everyone is leaning on each other for strength - yet - he still deeply craves one thing right now - well, two. for the rain to stop and - >>: i really am looking forward to a hot shower. >> reporter:near guerneville, te. >> brittney: >> gabe: >> pam: less take a live look outside tonight. significant drop in temperatures. and increased risk of black ice. >> pam: britt?

>> brittney: cold air continues to come to rep tonight. --cold air continues to cover the va area. --bay area >> technical difficulties >> brittney: over the next three hours, we would drop to the low '40's and the met when locations. and closer

to the day covered with a bit warmer and the for the spirit we would take a closer look for your 7 day forecast. we are tracking yet, another system. guys? >> steve: thanks, britt. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. >> steve:in the north bay tonight. a major roadway remains closed due to the weather. >> pam: highway 37 is an important from marin county and parts of it are still flooded. >> pam: kron 4's charles clifford is there. any word on when the road may reopen? >> reporter: know, pam l looks like highway 37 will be closed for some time. >> technical

>> reporter: if you have to use the the seven you will have to take effort to hear or headed eastbound you would have if you don't have written over in--after 10ton over in nocado -- novado >> steve:some popular bay

area parks are going to be closed for a while. >> steve:we will tell you which ones are shut down tonight due to damage and flooding. >> pam:plus an east bay monastery is one of places that is trying to figure out how to right itself after this storm. >> pam:the key services it has lost due to the weather. >> steve:and on the move. the iconic san francisco bar and restaurant that says it needs to leave union square.

>> pam:we have more coverage of the storms on our website. kron four dot com. you will find links at the top. to live radar. the current conditions. as well as the latest video that has come into our newsroom.

>> steve:a popular san francisco bar and restaurant plans to leave its union square location. lefty o'douls has been on geary street for nearly 60 years. it will close down next month and open at a new location not far from its current spot. >> steve:the official announcement is set for tomorrow. lefty's is best known for its annual christmas toy drive and for hosting breakfast for survivors of the 1906 earthquake. it got its name from the baseball player who was a san francisco native and went on to play for the giants when they were in new franciscoseals minor league team. >> steve:the president of taiwan is set to visit the bay area this weekend. america on a diplomatic trip. she is due to arrive tomorrow night and leave the following day. honor. >> steve:the trip is a bit of a contentious one since china does not recognize taiwan and objects to other countries welcoming its leader. amazon has announced plans to hire 100- thousand full- time workers over the next 18- months. >> pam: the online retailer did *not specify what types

of positions will be posted. but said, opportunities will be available for workers with varied experience. education and skill levels. >> pam: the jobs will all be u-s- based. some hires are expected to come to the fulfillment center in tracy. and they will include full-benefits. >> pam: amazon is already one of the country's biggest employers. >> pam: according to a quarterly filing, amazon had 300- thousad employees globally by the end of september.

>> brittney: coming up we would take a closer look at a 7 day forecast and track the next system. >> brittney: guys? >> pam: tragedy in baltimore. 68 guys and a house fire in the neighbor that tried to rescue them. -- 6 children died in a house fire >> steve: and a growing problem on the peninsula. the weather that is wrecking the effort to fix a gaping hole along the water. >> pam: news tonight at 8. the pros, cons and unknowns about marijuana. a new study that dig deeper into the

health effect of the drug with a cane for and what it could cost tonight at 8.

>> steve:the fire killed 6 of 'nine' children in that family. the mother and the three other children survived -- but were injured. >> catherine:the mother works as an assistant to baltimore congressman elijah cummings. >> catherine: who has asked for prayers for the family. she was reported in critical condition earlier tonight.along with two boys ages 4 and 5. their 8-year- old sister, who helped rescue them, might soon be released from the hospital. releasedhe fire broke outl. overnight. >> catherine: when firefighters arrived, all three floors of the home were already engulfed in flames. a neighbor says he tried to help -- but couldn't. >> that is one of the flames

were just much at that time. i kept screaming for some help. i asked, where are the babies? and she said they are in the house. >> it is so hard to say any think but to ask for prayers. >> catherine:the 6 children who died ranged in age from 9 months to 11 years old. >> catherine:their father was at work at a restaurant when the fire began. investigators say it may be some time before they can figure out the cause. - >> catherine:pam and steve? >> steve: thank you, catherine catherine

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>> reporter: water levels are looking great at san pablo reservoir like most of what the state. the reason the recent storms. >> reporter: 42% of california is out of the drought. >> reporter: it is still up to the governor to lift the flood emergency that has been in place for several years. most likely, he will wait until the end of the season to make that decision >> pam:

>> catherine: you stop it there. look at this giant hall. --hole >> catherine: it is getting better. they are out there with a summit trying to clear things up. the tides are making things were rough. >> catherine: so far, not having much luck. the repairs could take a long time. >> catherine: steve and pam? >> brittney: we are going to see another system headed and to next week and is

something that we are already trafficking. -- tracking >> brittney: technical difficulties >> brittney: gradual warming

trend will begin this weekend. things will begin to dry it out over the weekend. >> brittney: we will have more details in regards to the weather coming up later in our broadcast >> reporter:the cia and it's intelligence officials have been soundly criticized by president elect donald trump.

>> reporter:and today the man who wants to run the c- i-a got a grilling from a capitol hill committee. >> reporter:chief national correspondent jim osman was on hand and has this report. return to >>the hearing room plunged into darkness after a power outage. that once fixed. led way for kansas political icon bob dole to introduce congressman mike pompeo >>i know this man i know he will will do a great job there's no politics in the cia. harvard grad is no stranger to public service >>in: if confirmed >>oc. keep america safe >>. >> reporter:pleasantries aside pompeo public. one he had to offer up to california senator attacking her personally for public on harsh cia interrogation practices. >>in: i appreciate the >>oc. it was offered. >> reporter:it's no surprise pompeo was pressed by the senate intelligence committee on russia. and his view of russian president putin's interference in our presidential election. >>in: i have no doubt

>>oc. not unique. >> reporter:pompeo will have no easy cia director with the president elect recently communities assessment of russian interference. the senate stands between pompeo and the job. >> reporter:there are two steps to this intelligence committee will need to approve pompeo and then the full senate. jim osman washington. return to heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask

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>> steve:vice president joe biden was brought to tears today during president obama's farewell address. >> pam: in a touching moment. biden was overcome with emotion, being awarded the nations highest civilian honor. the presidential medal of freedom. >> this, honor.. is well beyond what i deserve. but it is a reflection of the extent and generosity of yours. . spirit. >> pam:everyone in the room rose to their feet following

the annoncement. and biden immediately had tears in his eyes. the vice -president thought he was was only coming to an event to toast senior staff members. >> pam:he was clearly overwhelmed with by emotion when given the surprise. >> pam: president obama calling him - quote- "as good a man as god has ever created." this is the fourth medal of freedom given by president obama. this time being his final award during his service to the american people. >> steve: coming up in sports! the chargers moved to los angeles. >> pam: gary is coming up with sports!

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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich with sports! >> sponsored by your honda dealer! >> gary: good evening!

>> gary:justin wilcox is the new headcoach at cal! >> gary:there you go! >> gary:in sports. we have reaction from the san diego chargers' move to los ange;les. the good, the bad and the ugly.

london-wipe vo >> gary: chargers move to la . >> >> gary: there is the new logo. and it is not dynamic. charges. you can make a case. this uniform and a ball with a baby blue and white. and this is? unlike

the two together and five minutes. but, there it is. the new logo. however, el they had no date-- la had no sports teams in like decades. and now they have to new teams. >> gary:we will see what happens. >> gary: a bills interm coach. he takes over for mike mccoy. >> gary: the rams has the youngest coach, at 31

years-- 30 years of age >> gary: one team without a head coach. forty-niners really want this mcdaniel. he was the one that had the best pedigrees reported >> gary: 49ers, still have other candidates to interview. but they interviewed the yuck mac daniels. -- the young mc daniels. >> gary: people do not want to get in there and risk of getting injured. >> gary: no khalil mack.

>> gary: kevin the bo dyguard >> gary: in charge of 60 t v's at a local bar. states he can't get kron on comcast either. i shared my trials with the

station. >> gary: well, now it's everyone some kind of contarct -- contract issues >> gary: we shall see. (laughter) >> gary: early morning game with the nuggets winning. >> gary: it will be yeras, and years before you see the

nba in europe because of the travel wearing you out. >> gary: when i came home... i did have an exercise bike waiting for me from my wife. >> gary: thank you, grant!

>> pam:a full hour of entertainment news is on the way. at 7:00 it's the insider, followed by entertainment tonight at 7-30. >> pam:then we're back with kron 4 news at 8:00 return to index

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