reporter: hi, ama. here's the latest on the investigation. the police had a press conference this afternoon. they have collected a large amount of evidence from the home the shooter shared with miss mother. if they found evidence of a motive they're not sharing that information just yet. why tide -- what they told us is the hundreds of requires fired inside the school, he left behind a large cache of ammunition. >> high capacity magazines. >> today connecticut state police revealed that as much damage as he did inside sandy hook elementary, he was poised to do much more. with hundreds of round of unspent bullets found inside the school in 30-round magazines. >> high capacity magazines for the rifle. and multiple magazines for the rifle. and multiple magazines for both handguns. reporter: meantime, thousands came to this tiny new england village to mourn those that lanza did kill. most of them children and the teachers and administrators who gave their lives trying to protect them. near the entrance to the elementary school, the door is surrou

i'm ama daetz. we have live team coverage on the storm aftermath in san francisco and the north bay. but first let's check in with meteorologist leigh glaser. we're in the clear now, right? >> leigh: we are but what a morning it has been across the bay area. golden gate bridge this morning, recording wind gusts up to 60-miles-an-hour this morning, and the heavy rain that moved through the bay area earlier in the day. live doppler 7hd, signaling pretty much all clear across the bay area. still picking up just a few lingering showers from gilroy down into -- heading into the central valley. looks like we will get chance to dry out tonight. here is a look at that cold front. boom. just moves through. over the golden gate bridge, 7:00. you can see the clearing behind it. well enjoy some clearing tonight. rainfall, the last 4 hours, -- 24 hours, clearly this is a north bay storm. over two inches in santa rosa, over one inch petaluma. lesser amounts towards the south bay. i do want to tell you that all of

they're playing very well. >> ama: thank you. coming up. see how one city is >> ama: coming up in a half hour at 6:00, a woman robbed in san francisco, and her dog killed right in front of her. tonight we'll hear from the victim of the vicious crime. >>> and taking a stand against crime in oakland. one group is honoring one of the youngest victims of violence in oakland last year. join it at 6:00. >> the fast-approaching fiscal cliff is no laughing matter but sometime you have to have a sense of humor. some portland, oregon residents have taken their disappointment in congress to the street, or street sign. this road sign, now instead of road ininstructions it reads, fiscal cliff ahead. turn around, don't go over. captioned by closed captioning services inc. >>> this is "world news." tonight -- round two. the newest holiday storm to hit, stretching from missouri to maine. the accidents tonight. the snow falling where there was already a foot or more. tonight the latest trap, where it's heading. abc meteorologist ginger zee is standing by. >

>> ama: this just in. the men low park fire protection district is warning a creek is overflowing on roadways in east palo alto. the water is likely to cover polk street and possibly highway 101. two fire engines are driving through the area to alert residents. we'll have updates tonight at 6:00 and 11:00. >> coming up in half hour at 6:00, rising flood waters in the north bay. we'll have a live report and the flood advisories you need to know about. >> the dam from high winds and too much water all over the bay area. join us at 6:00. >>> and a last look at the weather. >> leigh: the live doppler 7hd. much of the storm front has started to exit the bay area. i'm going to an -- animate this. the rain is moving from north to south and moderate rains to the east of milpitas and san jose. all of this will be rotating the south overnight tonight. so look for clearing in the north bay to the south bay, and does look like we'll gate dry day tomorrow, which is good news. >> ama: thank you for joining us, that does

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. >> ama: we have some breaking news from the east bay. oakland police say a teenage girl was shot and killed in the coliseum this afternoon. the shooting happened on lion way. a second juvenile was out shot and rushed to a hospital. that victim is expected to survive. no arrest has been made. >> the investigation continues after a fire inside a south bay apartment building where a children's sleepover was being held. three members of one family never made it out, including a four-year-old. her grandparents also died in the fire. sergio quintana has the latest live from the scene of the fire. reporter: that family that has been hit so hard by this fire is actually setting up a memorial right now inside one of the apartments in this complex. earlier today, i talked with the woman who lost her mother, her father, and her daughter. >> sill the says the last time she saw her daughter was last knight at bedtime. >> she was staying with your parents? >> yes. she was in their room. >> just at 1:00 p.m. she noticed a fire in her brother's other. y

. >> ama: a fishing trip gone horribly wrong. three people sweapt in waters and a father and son are dead. we're learning more about juan escamillo rojas, and his father, who died yesterday afternoon. tomas roman spoke with family men's a short time ago. tomas? >> it's a very taj jig -- trajectoryic store. they were last seen trying to reach shore by a friend who joined them on a friday fishing trip. the friend told us how he struggled to try to save them as they tried to reach shore in the frigid waters. the family has gathered to grieve and say a rosary for juan and his son, one -- juan carlos. he describes it in his native spanish how juan screamed out, my son, my son, and dove into the water to save the boy. he told us how giant wave after wave washed over him and tried to find a way to save him. he tried a fishing rod and line which he managed to get to the pair. the line snapped. he had no other choice, ran up the hill to call 9-1-1. the rescue boat plucked the pair from the water. the gray blanket is covering the bodies of

she really believed that, and now, of course, she's gone. >> ama: thank you for the update. we appreciate all you have been doing in connecticut. >> we're getting more information today about the gunman who employs identified as 20-year-old adam lanza. this as a picture of him from 2005. described as some by brilliant but remote. a law enforcement official who was briefed on the investigation says lanza is believed to have suffered from a personality disorder. his parents filed for divorce in 2008. lanza lived with his mother in an upscale part of the city. neighborsneighbors who knew they are stunned. >> it's like a normal, everybody else in this neighborhood. decorate the house, and the house is always pristine and just like any other house wife. >> other newtown residents are still struggling to deal with the tremendous loss. many say they feel hopeless. others now fear for their own family's safety. >> they -- i have a daughter who is an adult and she is a fourth grade elementary cool -- i'm sorry -- teacher, and she could be in jeopardy for her entire life now, and it's

we'll'll keep you updated. >> ama: winter is coming. >> leigh: winter on friday, you're right. >> amake is here with sports. >> mike: the niners facing the patriots today, and michael crabtree working on his dance moves. we have it next in >> mike: the 49ers-patriots matchup has the makings of a great game. tom brady against the 49ers defense, and the patriot defense trying to confuse colin kaepernick, michael crabtree has 66 catches, 761 yards, averaging almost 12 yards per catch. biggest improvement this year has been what he does with the ball everywards according to his coach. >> his yards after catch, he has been doing that the entire year. he is -- playing as well as anybody in the game running with the ball after the catch, yard after catch, yards after contact. as good as anybody in the league. >> mike: going to need a lot of those touchdowns. >> players get days off. they rest or take care offer rans but mr. crabtree is helping kid that remind him of himself growing up in texas. >> video game publisher was demonstrating its latest game this week, hip-hop dance experience, to

in sandy hook, connecticut, abc-7 news. >> ama: thank you for that. a friend of the family says that adam lanza learned how to shoot guns from his mom. he says they were her holiday. authorities found three guns used in the shooting that belonged to his mother. they include a glock ten millimeter, a signature sauer nine millimeter hand gun and a bush master assault rifle. the same type of rifle used in the 2002dc sniper attacks. senator dine feinstein will call for a vote on an assault weapons ban. the nation's gun statistic may surprise you. there are more registered gun sellers than mcdonald's restaurantness the u.s. there are an estimated 270 to 300 million guns and 313 million people. senator feinstein says it's too many, especially easy to load automatic weapons. this morning she offered details of the ban. >> it will ban the sale, transfer, import addition, and the possession -- not retroactively but prospectively, and will ban the same for big clips, drums, or strips. of american ten bullets. we exempt over 900 specific weapons that will not be

ago am -- >> ama: the federal government is planning for the possibility of cuts. the white house ordered the military to plan on slashing 500 billion from the military, and funding for schools well be cut 8.2%. some outside a void the cliff including eliminating the tax deduction for charitable donations and home owners will not be able to deduct their interest, and this area, nobe. north oakland, berkeley and emeryville. >> one business owner says the name nobe may be young and new and fresh but the old name is fine. residents would like this area to remain the golden gate district of north oakland. >> amelia has lived in the north oakland house for 30 years. >> this is a long-standing north oakland community being swallowed up by real estate agents. reporter: she does not like the idea that real estate agents and brokers are selling her neighborhood as nobe. north oakland, berkeley, and emeryville, she says it's a plan to sanitize the year and boast prices. >> we're being a pawn right now in this game of real estate prices and people wanting to think of oakland

i'm ama daetz.big turn tonight, flooding, sergio quintana is live in napa where they're keeping an eye on the river level. >> the most rain is supposed to come down tomorrow morning but the napa river is expected to get to its highest point sometime tomorrow afternoon but those rains have already started causing problems around tonight tonight. on redwood road, two trees came down, taking a powerline with them, knocking out electricity for 50 pg&e customers and it turned what usually would have been a five-mint -- five-mint drive into a longer detour. residents are filling sandbags to shore up their properties. one resident says he bought his home a few years ago, but back in 2005 the flood did some serious damage to that property. those flood caused tens of millions of daryls in damage the area. the heaviest rain here in the napa area are forecast for tomorrow morning, and the napa rein could rise as high as two feet, but it is not expected to overflow its banks, especially along the flood control

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i'm ama daetz. we have team coverage tonight. abc-7 news reporter sergio quintana is in napa, john alston is live at a power outage in san francisco. we begin with meteorologist leigh glaser. >> leigh: right now we're in a lull across the bay area. live doppler 7hd picked up heavier cells as the warm sector moves through. but what we're keying spot -- seeing spotty rain, san ramon, towards the livermore valley area, and just to the east of morgan hill, little not -- spotty pain, -- spotty rain but where the rain is coming down, very heavy rainfall amounts in the north coast, pushing into crescent city. this where is the leading edge of the cold front is. it has to swing south and we are doing for heavy around and wind tomorrow morning. this is the timing. 11:00 this evening, and tonight and early tomorrow morning, stormy conditions, 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m., that's when we'll look for very heavy rainfall, very strong winds to move into the north bay. 6:00 a.m. red indicating very heavy rain, from napa

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. >> ama: it was scary situation a short while ago. we were over the scene. fire crews had to rescue two drivers whose cars got caught on flooded highway 1. the storm caught many drivers offguard due too the downpour and sudden rise of water. >> the have where rain is being blamed for an accident that injured four people. three of them are firefighters who work for the moraga orinda fire district. reporter: all four people who were injured were rushed here to john muir medical center, three of them needed emergency surgery. >> you can hear the crunch of an out of control vehicle making impact, followed by some moments of confusion. then screams for help from firefighter kelly morris. one of three fire team members injured in this accident. fire crews were investigating a series of rain-related crashes. >> a third card hit the side of our fire engine, and then actually rolled over up on to the embankment and hit three of our firefighters and also the person we were taking the report from. >> firefighters and fire captain were rushed to john muir medical center

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we'l >> ama: good evening, i'm ama daetz in tonight's headlines we're keeping track of the happen stormand a canopy at a gas station fell. nobody was hurt. in the oakland hills a tree fell and took powerlines with it. 1500 people were without electricity for an hour. >> there are just a few hours left to finish your holiday shopping. many stores are offering deep discounts and others are staying open longer. one poll says two-thirds of shoppers have not finished getting their holiday gifts. in many instances it's a battle just to find a spot in the parking lot. >> the country is nine days away from falling off the looming fiscal cliff. tonight there are some who think the matter will be resolved and some who think otherwise. >> the first family arrived in the dark but woke up to paradise for the holidays. however the president may not stay because he didn't get his wish, deal with coverage members streamed out of the capitol last night with no agreement to avert the fiscal cliff. john boehner is home in ohio tonight but left a video behind. >> washington is a serious spending probable h

i'm ama daetz. a mexican-american music star is believed to be dead. jenni rivera was last seen on a plane over northern mexico. authorities believe they found the wreckage. there are no survivors on board. she was from long beach. she sold 16 million albums was nominated for three grammy awards. she was 43 years old. we'll look how she touched the lives of fans especially in the latino and gay communities. >> rescue crews are on the lookout for a man who may have fallen into the mare island strait. s. he was last seen in valtz last night. his family says he never came home. his dad's car is still at berth. >> a 14-year-old boy is expected to survive at san jose christmas in the park celebration. it happened last night. police are looking for three people they do believe it is gang-related. it's highly unusual for violent crimes to happen at christmas in the park which attracts nearly half a million visitors each year. >>> north oakland neighborhood may get a new image with a new name. real estate agents are selling the area as north oakland berkeley e

. >> ama: a man who shot three people to death and injured up to four more at a indian reservation is dead from gunshot wounds. the tragedy began last night at the indian reservation near porterville. sheriff's deputies say the 31-year-old man was shot at 2:00 this morning after being tracked through his cell phone. he is said to have opened fire when caught but not before wounding his young daughter who was with him. one suffered life-threatening injuries. the tribe said he had a real hard life. >> the coast guard and a solano county dive rescue team are looking for 577-year-old man who is believe to have fell into the mare island strait. he was last seen on his tug boat. he never came home. his son found the tug boat unlocked and his dad's car parked at the berth. >> this area is being sold as nobe. north oakland, berkeley, and emeryville. tomas roman is live in the neighborhood with more. >> some realtors started to use the name nobe to describe this north oakland neighborhood known usually as the golden gate district. and some resident wes spoke to say this name change is just a p

some of the best views >> ama: join my tonight at 9:00 on cable 13. are alloff your electronic devices zapping you of your creativity? then at 11:00, the christmas shopping frenzy, and it's going to be a long weekend for some. the big deals and what makes this final shopping weekend so unique, all at 9:00 and 11:00. >> with a mix of sun and ran there were rainbows today. we want to share with you this rainbow as seen from our rooftop camera here on the embarcadero, and we have this picture of a rainbow over oakland this afternoon. and do stay with abc-7 news and abc-7 news.com for the latest on the storms. >> that will do it for us at 6:00. i'm ama daetz. for leigh glaser and mike shumann, thank you for joining us. you can share the holiday spirit with a greeting card from our facebook page. go to facebook come come-/abc-7 news and click the holiday cards captioned by closed captioning services inc. the following is a paid advertisement for the best of the carol burnett show dvd collection. (tarzan yell) you laughed with her... you sang with her... yo

we'll keep you update on that. >> ama: thank you so much. mike shumann, warriors are going to pick up momentum. >> they got it going. they won their first two including win over brooklyn. number three should come in washington today. wizards have won only two. they are warming up their legs but it did slow i am down. he drains a three. he had 22 points. curry, he would come out limping. he did come back later in the game. golden state had a strong performance from clay thompson, 91 healing 85. david lee double-double tonight and another one tonight. 101-97. warriors have won ten of 12. >>> heisman trophy handed out in new york for the best player in the land. three finalists, notre dame linebacker. johnny manzel and colin cline and your winner is .... >> and now the 2012 winner of the heisman memorial trophy is... johnny manzel. >> throwing for 3400. >> leading them to a 10-2 record. he becomes the first freshman to have win the heisman. >> what a pleasure this is. i would like to thank everybody that makes this weekend possible just great g

it's incredibly tragic. >> ama: saidanha's husband is said to be distraught.e posted this message on face book. >> a waiter is suspended and three restaurant patrons are reeling because of two little words with a big impact. fat girls. the description was printed on the check of three friends dining at the casino restaurant in stockton. they complained to the manager and he offered them a discount but that didn't make them feel better. a woman took a picture of the check and are sharing their story so people understand it was wrong. the restaurant is apologizing. still can't believe it. >> we'll do everything in our power to milwaukee shire that's never happens to anyone. >> the server who typed the word admitted he did. so the manager says it's not likely the employee will keep this job. >> americans living in san francisco are missing their voices heard on recent developments in their home country. [chanting] >> chanting that egypt is for all, is a message demonstrators are sending from the u.s. to president morsi them group gathered to express opposition to

we'l >> ama: good evening, i'm ama daetz in tonight's headlines we're keeping track of the happen stormand a canopy at a gas station fell. nobody was hurt. in the oakland hills a tree fell and took powerlines with it. 1500 people were without electricity for an hour. >> there are just a few hours left to finish your holiday shopping. many stores are offering deep discounts and others are staying open longer. one poll says two-thirds of shoppers have not finished getting their holiday gifts. in many instances it's a battle just to find a spot in the parking lot. >> the country is nine days away from falling off the looming fiscal cliff. tonight there are some who think the matter will be resolved and some who think otherwise. >> the first family arrived in the dark but woke up to paradise for the holidays. however the president may not stay because he didn't get his wish, deal with coverage members streamed out of the capitol last night with no agreement to avert the fiscal cliff. john boehner is home in ohio tonight but left a video behind. >> washington is a serious spending probable h

i'm ama daetz. we do have one lane around richmond is open after a big rig struck a person on the road half an hour ago. we'll have details coming up at 11:00. let's check in with leigh glaser when the rain will return. >> it's been a crazy morning around the bay area with that heavy front moving through. you can see behind me live doppler is quiet right now. most of the storm system has moved to the south and east of the bay area. we're not picking up any returns at all. let me show you our 24-hour rainfall totals mainly that occurred this morning. over 2 inches in santa rosa. three inches in mounted st. helena. san francisco inch and a half and lesser amounts as you head towards the santa clara valley. let's take a look at the five day storm totals. three storms moved in here. you can see mount st. helena, close to 13 inches. santa rosa, close to 8 inches as well as san rafael. san francisco close to 4 inches. oakland close to 4 inches and san jose racked up close to 2 1/2 inches. as you mentioned

i'm ama daetz. we begin with developing news tonight. we apologize. an american doctor abducted by the taliban identify daves ago has been rescued in afghanistan. he dr. joseph was captured in kabul. the mission was a nighttime helicopter raid by u.s. special operations forces in a remote area. no u.s. forces died in the raid but several taliban were killed. joseph was beaten severely but will be joining his family and loved ones. >>> tonight, oakland police are trying to find the killer who shot a map to death in broad daylight near jack london square. it happened this afternoon. john alston says the shooting hag raised concerns about growing crime in oakland. >> nearly four hours after the killing, the victim's body was removed in oakland police opened up third street between broadway and franklin. the mid-afternoon shooting took place just a few blocks from the entrance to jack london scare where a lick -- lake merritt resident. >> i feel unsafe in oakland. i'm afraid for my chirp to walk by themselves. i feel like there's -- it's not older, younge

prepare for it. >> ama: good day to sleep in perhaps. thin and shiny and lights up when you touch it. you have to extra good to find one in your stocking. the tablet craze is huge but not every tablet maker is a winner. >> the bright red holiday shirts are out in the apple store and so are the curious fingers of shoppers looking into buying an ipad but the ipad and ipad minitakes second place the most desired tablet computer. >> one in three people want the google nexus seven. i attribute that to googles wonderful job for turning out a tab let for $199. >> more than half of online shoppers surveyed say they want to buy some kind of a tablet this holiday season. most as a gift but some for themselves. >> everyone seems to have one and now i feel like i would like to have one, too. >> tablets may be the hot item but there's one off to a lukewarm start. >> i can't figure out how to get to the home screen. >> the microsoft surface, winning the new windows rt operating system, had one reviewer saying the wanted to throw it out the window. ano

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the government pulls the plug on a free >> good evening, i'm ama daetz. in tonight's headlines it's already been a violent weekend in oakland. a man was shot to death in broad daylight. the city's third homicide in two days. san francisco police are looking for five men suspected in a home invasion. 6:00 30 this evening the men broke into the home, stole a number of items. they were gone by the time police arrived. >> in concord, strong chemical smell forced the closure of a food max story on monument boulevard. people were treated for burning eyes and breathing problems. no word on what caused the smell. >>> south korean rap sensation psi, famous for his viral video gun national style but is now facing anger over a 2004 performance of a song against the iraq war. here's the story. reporter: all this controversial gangnam style. long before his youtube hit sparked a nationwide dance craze, he performed as a politically charged concert in 2004 with antiamerican sentiment running high after a korean missionary was killed in iraq. psi joined another band on

am aa >> ama: join my tonight. stormy weather is creating a big mess for travelers but your return trip could be worse. new worries about the nationwide holiday travel nightmare after christmas. >> anyone at 11:00 here, we're following severe flooding around the bay area. what you need to look out for at 9:00 and 11:00 on abc-7 news. and a last check on the weather. leigh glaser you can see the worst is just about over. the heaviest rain has pushed almost out of the viewing area. san jose, still seeing pockets of moderate rain but give it another couple of hours and we'll start to see some signs of clearing, and we get a dry day tomorrow which will be nice. >> thank you so much. that will be us for abc-7 news at 6:00. leigh will be back for another update. captioned by closed captioning services inc. >> right now, sitting down with the stars of les mis! >> you wait long time in this career for opportunities like this. >> reliving a devastating disaster on the big screen! >> it is very difficult to imagine something

and the department of justice to stop the rise of crime in oakland in the east bay, abc-7 news. >> ama: a stretch of storm damaged highway one will be closed, went fort ross and mirier road is badly damaged. mud and rocks fell on the road wednesday. you can see a lot of the highway is simply washed away, and that's going to take time to fix. officials are looking to re-open the road next friday afternoon. >>> still to come, homemade explosive detonated and tonight the two bay area teens in big trouble. >>> the backpack that does more than just carry around your books. it could help save a life. >>> the propose s.a.t. -- proposal that got a bit turned around. >> leigh: we're expecting warming. we'll look at the numbers. >> ama: tonight al alameda fire officials are calling a fire at a restaurant suspicious. firefighter arrived on scene after 6:00 this morning and managed to contain the flames to the interior of the building. >>> pleasant hill police arrested two teenagers suspected of blowing up a mail box with a pipe bomb. the explosion shook neighbors' windows and woke up several peop

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at&t. ♪ >> ama: several new laws will take effect beginning new year's day.ne is underage drinking on party buses. one person died after being on party bus in 2010. the law requires a chaperone placed on buses. few other laws, auto dealers to help finance car purchases must provide 30-day warranties for any vehicles they sell. it will be illegal for college administrators to ask to access facebook account. private companies that provide space travel will be immune from civil suits. the state reptile will be named the sea turtle which is day of conservation in october. >> this was the last sunday in san francisco to park at meters for free. in one week you'll have to pay from noon to 6:00 p.m. at fisherman's wharf it will be noon to 7:00 p.m. >> coming up, highlights of the niners and raiders of the and russian plane crashing into a highway. what you need to know weather-wise for new year's eve. leigh glaser has the forecast after the break. >> i'm rick kwan. pryor shows his potential in his first star [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama dates. carolyn johnson has the night off. rain and lightning showing up on live doppler 7hd tonight. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it closely. sandhya? >> dan and ama, over 250 lightning strikes off the coast. some of the strikes have made it to land. let me show you live doppler 7hd. right now as we take you a little bit closer, i want to show you the strikes that are right around the area that is north to the west. i will loop this for you so you can see where these strong thunderstorms moved in. as i pull out here, i do want to show you many strikes showing up just west of sea ranch. there are heavy rains showing up there as well. i am watching this for you because as you look out over the pacific, check out the trail of lightning strikes off the coastline here. let's take you in closer now and show you where it is raining. around mill valley, ricardo road and paradise drive. we'll show you some other parts of the bay area, some moderate to heavy rain around vacaville and ple

. >> ama: tonight investigators say a fire at a restaurant in downtown alameda is suspicious. it happened this morning at the american oak restaurant on santa clara avenue a a block from city hall. there was heavy known and firefighters say it appears the fire had several points origin. >> we got on scene. we found a building charged full of smoke and appeared to have a fire inside. we were able to contain the fire to the perimeter of the building itself. >> ama: damage is estimated at a quarter million dollars. no one was hurt. >>> in the east bay, police arrested two teenagers after officers say the boys used a pipe bomb to blow up a woman's mail box. alert neighbors helped police track down the teens before they could do more damage with a second explosive device. >> mangled remnants of what used to be a metal mail box is in the front yard of this home the morning after teenagers put a pipe bomb inside it. the explosion rocked the quiet

i'm ama daetz. let's check in with leigh glaser >> i've doppler hd a bit calmer than it has been all day long. you can see the latest returns, the cold front that brought us very heavy rainfall has pushed to the south of the bay area heading towards the central valley as well as southern california, still picking up some areas of rain near morgan hill, gilroy, you can see the intensity has started to lessen. a green on the map, more like blue we're looking for some light rain showers moving through that particular area. you can see near santa theresa boulevard hit and miss activity. it was crazy earlier today. look at the rainfall, four inches in some parts. mount st. helena, two inches. inch and a half in half moon bay and close to an inch for san jose. is this it? is there any more out there? we'll take a look at seven-day forecast coming up. >> ama: one of the biggest trouble spots is where parts of the creek is threatening to overflow the banks, it runs through east palo alto and menlo park and

i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama dates.arolyn johnson has the night off. rain and lightning showing up on live doppler 7hd tonight. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it closely. sandhya? >> dan and ama, over 250 lightning strikes off the coast. some of the strikes have made it to land. let me show you live doppler 7hd. right now as we take you a little bit closer, i want to show you the strikes that are right around the area that is north to the west. i will loop this for you so you can see where these strong thunderstorms moved in. as i pull out here, i do want to show you many strikes showing up just west of sea ranch. there are heavy rains showing up there as well. i am watching this for you because as you look out over the pacific, check out the trail of lightning strikes off the coastline here. let's take you in closer now and show you where it is raining. around mill valley, ricardo road and paradise drive. we'll show you some other parts of the bay area, some moderate to heavy rain around vacaville and pleas

. >> ama: developing storm news out of san francisco where cleanup concludes after a tree came crashing down. it smash the oning of this gas station. a branch of the tree smashed a car window. no one was hurt. john alston is on the scene and will bring you a live report tonight at 6:00. >>> the weather system has created delays and traffic jams, on the ground and in the air, as travelers head to their holiday destination, we're live at san francisco international airport with more. reporter: we have had some heavy rain for the past hour or. so this unsettled weather brought with it some flooding and also a change in wind direction. the wind shift has caused sfo to cut back on flight arrivals and departures by more than half. the more than rain flooded some city streets. here in san francisco, deep standing water caused drivers to slow down before merging on to highway 101. the weather brought scattered showers and a change in the morning's wind direction. san francisco international airport duty manager says a wind change at the airport equals a change in flight patterns, and in how man

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. >> i'm ama dates. carolyn johnson has the night off.in and lightning showing up on live doppler 7hd tonight. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it closely. sandhya? >> dan and ama, over 250 lightning strikes off the coast. some of the strikes have made it to land. let me show you live doppler 7hd. right now as we take you a little bit closer, i want to show you the strikes that are right around the area that is north to the west. i will loop this for you so you can see where these strong thunderstorms moved in. as i pull out here, i do want to show you many strikes showing up just west of sea ranch. there are heavy rains showing up there as well. i am watching this for you because as you look out over the pacific, check out the trail of lightning strikes off the coastline here. let's take you in closer now and show you where it is raining. around mill valley, ricardo road and paradise drive. we'll show you some other parts of the bay area, some moderate to heavy rain around vacaville and pleasant valley road. as we pan around th

i'm ama dates. it began just after 8:00 tonightment the victims were found unconscious in the middle of bros sell street in visitation valley. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live at the scene. nick, what do we know so far? >> ama, we are still trying to figure this out ourselves. we spoke with police investigators and residents in the neighborhood who tell us this is not common for their neighborhood at all. what we do know is that police tell us that a man and a woman were found unconscious in the streets behind me. now, what we know is this. two victims a female and male were rushed to san francisco general after being found in the 900 block of bros sell street 8:30 this evening bound, gaged and unconscious. medical aid was initiated at the scene, but both victims were rushed to san francisco general with life-threatening injuries. >> first we want them to be stabilized medically, and then we are going to try to see if we can ascertain some information from them after they have been medically te

abc7 news reporter ama dates is live with the latest on this. ama?ire officials will confirm one person was found dead in the house. they will not say anything about the victim's identitiment we are are -- identity. we are a block away from the house. you can see what it looked like when we arrived on scene. it broke out about 8:40. about 40 firefighters responded, and they were able to put the fire out in 40 minutes. it burned through the garage and the second floor of the home. one person was found dead inside. now it wasn't the resident or the neighbor who called the fire in. it was an off duty firefighter who smelled smoke. >> firefighters have had good noses. they smelled like some wood was burning somewhere. they let the you are fireman know. >> reporter: and most of the damage was contained to that house on the corner. there was some smoke damage to the house next to it. one person has been confirmed dead, and they are finishing up at the scene. the fire officials tell me they will board it up as a crime scene so police and arson investigators

abc7 news reporter ama dates is live with the latest on this. ama? >> dan, fire officials will confirm one person was found dead in the house. they will not say anything about the victim's identitiment we are are -- identity. we are a block away from the house. you can see what it looked like when we arrived on scene. it broke out about 8:40. about 40 firefighters responded, and they were able to put the fire out in 40 minutes. it burned through the garage and the second floor of the home. one person was found dead inside. now it wasn't the resident or the neighbor who called the fire in. it was an off duty firefighter who smelled smoke. >> firefighters have had good noses. they smelled like some wood was burning somewhere. they let the you are fireman owkn. >> reporter: and most of the damage was contained to that house on the corner. there was some smoke damage to the house next to it. one person has been confirmed dead, and they are finishing up at the scene. the fire officials tell me they will board it up as a crime scene so police and arson inv

abc7 news reporter ama dates is live with the latest on this. ama? >> dan, fire officials will confirm one person was found dead in the house. they will not say anything about the victim's identitiment we are are -- identity. we are a block away from the house. you can see what it looked like when we arrived on scene. it broke out about 8:40. about 40 firefighters responded, and they were able to put the fire out in 40 minutes. it burned through the garage and the second floor of the home. one person was found dead inside. now it wasn't the resident or the neighbor who called the fire in. it was an off duty firefighter who smelled smoke. >> firefighters have had good noses. they smelled like some wood was burning somewhere. they let the you are fireman know. >> reporter: and most of the damage was contained to that house on the corner. there was some smoke damage to the house next to it. one person has been confirmed dead, and they are finishing up at the scene. the fire officials tell me they will board it up as a crime scene so police and arson inv

ama, larry? >> so disappointing for that woman. >> oh, the holidays, and she really wanted something to boost her spirits. it is not going to happen it looks like. >> hopefully she will get a dog one way or another. >>> let's move to the forecast. >> just call me eyey. we have an icy cold night ahead as the temperatures are going down at or below freezing in some of the inland valleys by morning. that means you will see some frost. live doppler 7hd is showing you that it is clear outside, but our radar on mount saint huh lean -- helena will be tracking the next storm as early as tomorrow night. it will be coming in from the northwest. we will keep you ahead of the storm. freezing cold with some morning frost. watch out for the rain in the north bay tomorrow night. and it is going to be wet and windy on friday which is the start of winter. tomorrow morning we are heading into another cold one. 28 in napa and santa rosa. down to 30 in vallejo. 27 in fairfield. very dry air mass in place. bundle up.

ama is here with the locale effort to force change. ama?e woman's name has not been made public, but people in india are calling her damini. in hin de it means lightning. it is planned as a peace vigil in honor of the rape survivor. the group didn't learn she died until just before the vigil. >> it is horrible. it is very, very sad. >> concerned bay area residents and other organizations gathered in front of the indian consulate for a candlelight vigil in honor of the woman who was gang raped in nu do -- new delhi and died. >> the violence is shocking. >> the 23-year-old was gang raped and severely beaten while riding this bus. indian police have arrested six men in connection with the attack. the crime sparked massive protests in india, and the outrage has spread. >> it is part of an alarming trend of violence against women. >> he is the executive director of a bay area organization working to end domestic violence in south asian communities. she helped organize the vigil to send a message to the indian consulate. >> this is not okay. >> t

ama is here with the locale effort to force change. ama? >> the woman's name has not been made public, but people in india are calling her damini. in hin de it means lightning. it is planned as a peace vigil in honor of the rape survivor. the group didn't learn she died until just before the vigil. >> it is horrible. it is very, very sad. >> concerned bay area residents and other organizations gathered in front of the indian consulate for a candlelight vigil in honor of the woman who was gang raped in nu do -- new delhi and died. >> the violence is shocking. >> the 23-year-old was gang raped and severely beaten while riding this bus. indian police have arrested six men in connection with the attack. the crime sparked massive protests in india, and the outrage has spread. >> it is part of an alarming trend of violence against women. >> he is the executive director of a bay area organization working to end domestic violence in south asian communities. she helped organize the vigil to send a message to the indian consulate. >> this is not okay

ama dates is there live with the story. ama, incredible what police say he did. >> it is, dan.n fact, stealing mail is a federal offense. but the feds don't take the case. it will be left to the san mateo county district attorney and his office to prosecute this. the mail carrier is from san bruno and tonight is behind bars facing several charges including credit card forgery, identity theft and possession of stolen goods as well as commercial burglary. 38-year-old postal worker romeo won't be handling mail anytime soon. >> he will spend the holidays in the county jail. >> that's because the mail man is accused of stealing mail from residents along his route, primarily in this san carlos neighborhood. district attorney steven wags wagstaff said he appliedin th credit cards in those names and went shopping. >> you and i as victims may not even know that, oh, there was a credit card envelope taken out of my mail and somebody filled it out and put my name on it and got a credit card. >> natan gave stolen credit cards to the friends arrested first. police got him later when he was

ama dates is there live with the story. ama, incredible what police say he did. >> it is, dan. in fact, stealing mail is a federal offense. but the feds don't take the case. it will be left to the san mateo county district attorney and his office to prosecute this. the mail carrier is from san bruno and tonight is behind bars facing several charges including credit card forgery, identity theft and possession of stolen goods as well as commercial burglary. 38-year-old postal worker romeo won't be handling mail anytime soon. >> he will spend the holidays in the county jail. >> that's because the mail man is accused of stealing mail from residents along his route, primarily in this san carlos neighborhood. district attorney steven wags wagstaff said he applied for credit cards in those names and went shopping. >> you and i as victims may not even know that, oh, there was a credit card envelope taken out of my mail and somebody filled it out and put my name on it and got a credit card. >> natan gave stolen credit cards to the friends arrested first. police got him later when he was

ama dates is there live with the story. ama, incredible what police say he did. >> it is, dan. in fact, stealing mail is a federal offense. but the feds don't take the case. it will be left to the san mateo county district attorney and his office to prosecute this. the mail carrier is from san bruno and tonight is behind bars facing several charges including credit card forgery, identity theft and possession of stolen goods as well as commercial burglary. 38-year-old postal worker romeo won't be handling mail anytime soon. >> he will spend the holidays in the county jail. >> that's because the mail man is accused of stealing mail from residents along his route, primarily in this san carlos neighborhood. district attorney steven wags wagstaff said he applied for credit cards in those names and went shopping. >> you and i as victims may not even know that, oh, there was a credit card envelope taken out of my mail and somebody filled it out and put my name on it and got a credit card. >> natan gave stolen credit cards to the friends arrested first. police got him later when he was