as for le bonbon, dozens of candy displays and unopened packages were ruined. >> see the water? >> reporter: even the cash register was knocked out. hamid thinks he has $100,000 worth of damage plus whatever money he would have made if he could have kept his store open. he hopes to get his ducks in a row and open soon as easter is right around the corner. and as a matter of fact, the rain continues as does the clean-up. if there is any good news for the folks around here, the candy shop is actually passing out free samples right now as they are hoping the rain will finally dissipate soon. >> oh, that's an awful big loss for the owners. is that his store or is he a tenant? >> reporter: he is a tenant. the owner is not on premise. but he had a lot of explaining to do. i guess it happens sometimes. it gets clogged up on the roof. it's their day. >> thank you, joe vazquez in montclair. >>> len ramirez going to continue tonight's team coverage with a bay area city that until now has been asking, storm? what storm?! len? >> reporter: that's right, allen. i can tell you that down in sa

at hotel they check into bonbons. at mandarin, boasting some of the best views they get chocolate cup cakes. >> i would say that -- with particularly this is the year. i think there is a real focus on the celebration. >> reporter: restaurants have added inspired dishes. >> to be able to put something on the menu for a week like this is -- is a treat. >> reporter: diners compare it with a sip of vintage 1912 wine. the inspiration for a big celebration with big economic impact. in washington. >> now, maryland's most popular doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate. >> a couple years back -- it was a behind peek scheduled. this year it's ahead of schedule on the blossoms and no sign that will change. 71 the air temperature, 71 the humidity. 7171 if you are a player. baltimore today, fog, that was the story. it held tough through out the morning even in the midday. finally the sun broke through. owe never saw it yesterday but the fog was widespread and dense. annapolis you can see it. finally the sun comes o

oakland getting the brunt of the storm and elizabeth, le bonbon chocolates getting the brunt of the brunt. >> thank you. >>> this is a live look at orinda via mobile 5 if we can get a look there. there it is now where a few dozen homes are without power after several trees knocked down power lines today. pg&e says about 85 homes are in the dark because of those wet conditions. early estimates say that power won't be fully restored until at least 8:00 tonight. >> all right. let's go to roberta with the latest and we did, the higher elevations -- santa cruz mountains got a lot of rain in certain parts. >> that was a big part of the problem for the san jose area. it's called orographic lifting with all that flow in the santa cruz mountains and we have a dumping of rain showers there. and then on the other side of the mountain range, it's that rain shadow effect. it was left completely void until now. in fact, let's go ahead and take a look at some of these rainfall totals starting off with ben lomond in the santa cruz mountains. nine inches of rain, that rain shadow effect there, in that oro

the owner of la bonbon arrived to find a soggy mess. >> it was just like unbelievable. if there were to be one place, two place, i would have put a bucket in there but there was maybe like 20-30 different places water was coming like a fall and i couldn't help it. just all gone. >> the owner says he lost most of his easter merchandise, a big part of his business. he estimates the damage will cost him more than $100,000. >>> in the sierra today's storm is dropping tons of new snow. the snow pack is now up to 34% of normal. ski resorts and businesses are thrilled. and residents are remembering what it is like to use a shovel. more tonight from abc 7's laura anthony. >> in the serene lake sub division digging out used to be a regular thing until this winter but now it is back as one storm after another moves in finally. >> it has been a very mild winter. we started seeing late and haven't had a lot of snow. this is the first big storm. >> cathy even enlisted the help of two friends a brazil who are more than happy to oblige given where they are from. >> we don't have snow,

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bonbon thank you. these programs will -- ms. bonamici: thank you. these programs will help. there's a strark contrast between the republicans' budget and what the democrat colleagues and i are proposing. we're at a fork in the road and i urge my colleagues to avoid the path to poverty by rejecting the republican budget. and coming to get to support the balanced approach. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. mr. ryan: i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. kingston. the chair: the gentleman is recognized, two minutes. >> america is on the economic road to greece. mr. kingston: our debt is 100% of our gross domestic product. did you ever think you would hear that, that our national tet is 100 pk of our gross domestic product? it's mind-boggling if you take a step back an think, for every dollar we spend, 42 cents is borrow. what would a business do, what would a family do, what would you do with your own individual finances? obviously you would chame your ways. today we have that opportunity. that's what the ryan republican budget is all abo