i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. a head on collision in byron and two people killed there. and tonight a 21-year-old man riding a skateboard was killed in concord. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live in concord to explain what happened to the skateboarder. nick? >> dan, good evening. police are not saying much about the accident that took the life of that 21-year-old man. but they have confirmed to me that concord was his home. police tell abc7 news that a woman from clayton was driving this chevy tahoe when she hit and killed a man who was riding on his skateboard. the accident happened just after 4:30 this afternoon shutting down the traffic on monument boulevard and erickson road for hours while police collected evidence at the scene. police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21-year-old from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at erickson when he was hit by the driver of the chevy tahoe. when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they immediately learned that the victim suffered major

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. firecrews are on the scene and it is happening at a home in engel side heights. 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 bee

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. firecrews are on the scene and it is happening at a home in engel side heights. 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 bee

i'm carolyn johnson. >> and i'm dan ashley. a head on collision in byron and two people killed there. and tonight a 21-year-old man riding a skateboard was killed in concord. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live in concord to explain what happened to the skateboarder. nick? >> dan, good evening. police are not saying much about the accident that took the life of that 21-year-old man. but they have confirmed to me that concord was his home. police tell abc7 news that a woman from clayton was driving this chevy tahoe when she hit and killed a man who was riding on his skateboard. the accident happened just after 4:30 this afternoon shutting down the traffic on monument boulevard and erickson road for hours while police collected evidence at the scene. police have confirmed the skateboarder, a 21-year-old from concord, was in the crosswalk headed northbound at erickson when he was hit by the driver of the chevy tahoe. when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, they immediately learned that the victim suffered major injuries.

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. we have team coverage for you tonight. alan wang is live in sonoma county. sergio is in santa cruz county. >> we begin with meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at what's happening right now. sand -- sandhya? >> we have rain on live doppler hd. a flood warning was just issued, and we will talk about those in a moment. let's get to the live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is tracking moderate to heavy rain around the windsor area. sweetwater springs road. as you can see highway 101 here. as we head up, we are getting light to moderate rain there. this was worrisome because it will only get worse. and that is why a flood warning has been issued for the russian river until 6:00 p.m. on monday. the russian river and it is also under a flood warning. that is until 8:00 p.m. on sunday night. let me show you some of the other areas seeing showers in the north bay. around santa rosa light to moderate rate. the showers #r* quickly developing -- the showers are quickly developing spotty in nature.

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. >> i'm carolyn johnson. let's start with abc7 news sandhya patel who has a look at where the rain is falling right now with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> so far the rainfall amounts have been light. but our own radar is now starting to pick up a little more activity. let's go to it. i'll show you where it is coming down. it is light, but in some spots moderate. let's close in on the north bay. i will pan in as we take you down to street level. you will start to notice around petaluma and sue trough avenue we are seeing some light to moderate rainfall. as we go down toward the east bay and the peninsula, you will notice light to moderate rain around the dunbar ton bridge and heading out toward newark, newark boulevard and fremont area. and there is some mixed precipitation that is just to the north of the clear lake area. this is an indication as to how cold this storm is. this storm could even bring snow at low-levels over the bay area 's highest peaks. >> thank you. the search continued late into the night

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. we have team coverage for you tonight. alan wang is live in sonoma county. sergio is in santa cruz county. >> we begin with meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at what's happening right now. sand -- sandhya? >> we have rain on live doppler hd. a flood warning was just issued, and we will talk about those in a moment. let's get to the live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is tracking moderate to heavy rain around the windsor area. sweetwater springs road. as you can see highway 101 here. as we head up, we are getting light to moderate rain there. this was worrisome because it will only get worse. and that is why a flood warning has been issued for the russian river until 6:00 p.m. on monday. the russian river and it is also under a flood warning. that is until 8:00 p.m. on sunday night. let me show you some of the eeing showers in the north bay. around santa rosa light to moderate rate. the showers #r* quickly developing -- the showers are quickly developing spotty in nature. east, southea

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.rt with abc7 news sandhya patel who has a look ith linowlerve doppleralling 7hd. sandhya? >> so far the rainfall amounts have been light. but our own radar is now starting to pick up a little more activity. let's go to it. i'll show you where it is coming down. it is light, but in some spots moderate. let's close in on the north bay. i will pan in as we take you down to street level. you will start to notice around petaluma and sue trough avenue we are seeing some light to moderate rainfall. as we go down toward the east bay and the peninsula, you will notice light to moderate rain around the dunbar ton bridge and heading out toward newark, newark boulevard and fremont area. and there is some mixed precipitation that is just to the north of the clear lake area. this is an indication as to how cold this storm is. this storm could even bring snow at low-levels over the bay area 's highest peaks. >> thank you. the search continued late into the night for possible victims of a mall shootin

abc news reporter carolyn johnson has the dooy tails. >> as a breast cancer survivor and advocate she never stopped learning about her enemy. a consortium released results from a genome study. it helped to redefine subtypes of breast cancer based on molecular make up as opposed to where they appear on the body. >> that's a big deal. i went and saw my doctor and said which subtype am i? i wanted that information. >> louis suffered from triple negative which refers to the lack of protein receptors found in other varieties. doctors believe triple negative breast cancer may have month are in common with ovarian cancer. >> exciting because researchers believe they are closer to using gene testing and bio markers to match cancer patients with the emerging drugs. >> it is not oh one kind of breast cancer. each of these are fairly different kinds of disease. you have to test drugs for how they might behave in each one of the tumor subsets. >> she helps with a trial that aimes to develop that sort of precision diagnosis and treatment. in the trial, patients are griffin drugs well before they a

abc news reporter carolyn johnson has the dooy tails. >> as a breast cancer survivor and advocate she never stopped learning about her enemy. a consortium released results from a genome study. it helped to redefine subtypes of breast cancer based on molecular make up as opposed to where they appear on the body. >> that's a big deal. i went and saw my doctor and said which subtype am i? i wanted that information. >> louis suffered from triple negative which refers to the lack of protein receptors found in other varieties. doctors believe triple negative breast cancer may have month are in common with ovarian cancer. >> exciting because researchers believe they are closer to using gene testing and bio markers to match cancer patients with the emerging drugs. >> it is not oh one kind of breast cancer. each of these are fairly different kinds of disease. you have to test drugs for how they might behave in each one of the tumor subsets. >> she helps with a trial that aimes to develop that sort of precision diagnosis and treatment. in the trial, patients are griffin drugs well before they a

abc7 news anchor and health and science reporter carolyn johnson has our story. >>> check out my skinnyans. >> christine's closet is full of so-called skinny jeans, tight-fitting and versatile. >> you can wear the boots over in winter and in the daytime you can wear them with like flats or drive them up at night. >> she admits it's sometimes a struggle squeezing into them. >> they can be hard to get on because you are obviously trying to pull them up. >> but more than an inconvenience, some doctors warn that an overly tight fit could actually cause nerve damage. >> it's called maralgia parastetica, where a nerve in the outer part of the thigh gets compressed and pressure on it causes symptoms of tingling, numbness and pain. >> the doctor said women can even experience symptoms without realizing the cause. >> one woman described it as sort of a floating sensation when she was walking. her thighs kind of felt weak and tingly and she got pain in the thighs. >> she said combining the jeans with ultrahigh heels can worsen the effect. >> because the pelvis tilts some, it can further accentuat

i'm carolyn johnson. >> from all of us here at abc >>> this is "world news." tonight, terror plot. the fbi arrests two men saying they planned an attack in the u.s. with explosives. pierre thomas has the latest. >>> stormy season. we learned today this was a record-breaking hurricane season. what does it say about the future of melting ice and torrential floods?

i'm carolyn johnson. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching.ll see you at 6:00. >>> this is "world news." tonight, pump dreams. a dramatic announcement about the u.s. economy. gasoline prices are plummeting. and we'll tell you how much and what it will mean for the family budget. >>> face of courage. one of america's premier fighting men laid down his life to save a doctor he didn't know. behind the decision to send s.e.a.l. team 6 on a risky rescue mission. >>> on the record. the tearful deejays apologize for the prank turned tragic.

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. we have team coverage for you tonight. alan wang is live in sonoma county. sergio is in santa cruz county. >> we begin with meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at what's happening right now. sand -- sandhya? >> we have rain on live doppler hd. a flood warning was just issued, and we will talk about those in a moment. let's get to the live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is tracking moderate to heavy rain around the windsor area. sweetwater springs road. as you can see highway 101 here. as we head up, we are getting light to moderate rain there. this was worrisome because it will only get worse. and that is why a flood warning has been issued for the russian river until 6:00 p.m. on monday. the russian river and it is also under a flood warning. that is until 8:00 p.m. on sunday night. let me show you some of the other areas seeing showers in the north bay. around santa rosa light to moderate rate. the showers #r* quickly developing -- the showers are quickly developing spotty in nature.

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. it is a tense scene that has been playing out for hours down south. police have the building surrounded as officers search for a man they suspect is armed and dangerous. this is all happening on the cal state university at fullerton campus southeast of downtown los angeles. >> i believe the armed suspect is in the building. >> reporter: police and the s.w.a.t team went from building to building searching for one and possibly two suspects. the school tweeted an alert to students and employers to remain on lock down. people outside were told to evacuate immediately. students barricaded the doors to their classrooms and turned down the rights and stayed quiet. some of them tweeted pictures showing chairs and other objects blocking the doors. all classes were canceled and nearby streets shutdown. the suspects were believed to have run on to the campus after a high speed chase. they were among five people suspected it of robbing a jewelry store and shooting the clerk in morino valley. one

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. are on the scene and it is happening at a home in engel side heights. 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 confirme

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

carolyn johnson is off. let's start with sandhya patel to begin our storm watch coverage. sandhya, how does it look on live doppler 7hd? >> the storm is getting its act together and we are see something downpours. i am going to show you whenner it is raining moderate to heavy at this hour as we take you down to street level here around had to drive and santa rosa. you can see stoney point road. we are seeing heavier returns here and petaluma heading out toward bennett valley road. we are also seeing some moderate rainfall around the boys hot springs area and some lighter rainfall out toward the fairfield area. it is just beginning to move into the fairfield area. san francisco has now started to see some of the rain. it is coming down. at least moderate rainfall right around a lincoln boulevard and maureen gnaw boulevard and out toward the embarcadero. as you can see, lighter rain around potrero avenue. as we pull out, we do have more moisture working its way toward the bay area. it is going to be coming down during the morning hours. the morning commute does not look good

. >> i'm carolyn johnson. let's start with abc7 news sandhya patel who has a look at where the rain is falling right now with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> so far the rainfall amounts have been light. but our own radar is now starting to pick up a little more activity. let's go to it. i'll show you where it is coming down. it is light, but in some spots moderate. let's close in on the north bay. i will pan in as we take you down to street level. you will start to notice around petaluma and sue trough avenue we are seeing some light to moderate rainfall. as we go down toward the east bay and the peninsula, you will notice light to moderate rain around the dunbar ton bridge and heading out toward newark, newark boulevard and fremont area. and there is some mixed precipitation that is just to the north of the clear lake area. this is an indication as to how cold this storm is. this storm could even bring snow at low-levels over the bay area 's highest peaks. >> thank you. the search continued late into the night

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. tense scene that has been playing out for hours down south. police have the building surrounded as officers search for a man they suspect is armed and dangerous. this is all happening on the cal state university at fullerton campus southeast of downtown los angeles. >> i believe the armed suspect is in the building. >> reporter: police and the s.w.a.t team went from building to building searching for one and possibly two suspects. the school tweeted an alert to students and employers to remain on lock down. people outside were told to evacuate immediately. students barricaded the doors to their classrooms and turned down the rights and stayed quiet. some of them tweeted pictures showing chairs and other objects blocking the doors. all classes were canceled and nearby streets shutdown. the suspects were believed to have run on to the campus after a high speed chase. they were among five people suspected it of robbing a jewelry store and shooting the clerk in morino valley. one of the o

. >> i'm carolyn johnson thanks for joining us for all of us here, we appreciate your time. >> we do indeed. morning news starts at 4:30. thanks so much starts at 4:30. thanks so much for watching. good night. >>> tonight on "nightline," after their royal prank call took a deadly turn igniting a global backlash, the australian shock jocks face the music. >> the thought that we may have played a part in that is -- g garishing. >>> on the busiest shipping day on the year they are santa's rivals when it comes to package deliveries. we are beh

carolyn johnson is off tonight. not a great day to play outside with toys. we have live team watch coverage. spencer christian is tracking more rain on our doppler. >> it has been a very wet evening around the bay area. right now though things are relatively calm compared with the downpours we saw earlier. let's go to live doppler 7hd, and we have scattered showers. the heaviest is in the south bay, but let's close in on the north bay where we have a little light rain. some assisted yes, sir rainfall east of santa rosa and moving toward y o -- yountville. mill pea dishas heavier rain pushing into the higher terrain. and then farther south from the ben low man to the bay. heavier rainfall is developing, but it is not even -- even though it is calmer, it is not winding down. more rain coming our way tonight and tomorrow. a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. dan? >> spencer, thanks. >>> all of this rain has brought flooding in some areas. in sonoma county, high water is forcing road closures. the chp issued a traffic alert in shellvil

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. it is a tense scene that has been playing out for hours down south. police have the building surrounded as officers search for a man they suspect is armed and dangerous. this is all happening on the cal state university at fullerton campus southeast of downtown los angeles. >> i believe the armed suspect is in the building. >> reporter: police and the s.w.a.t team went from building to building searching for one and possibly two suspects. the school tweeted an alert to students and employers to remain on lock down. people outside were told to evacuate immediately. students barricaded the doors to their classrooms and turned down the rights and stayed quiet. some of them tweeted pictures showing chairs and other objects blocking the doors. all classes were canceled and nearby streets shutdown. the suspects were believed to have run on to the campus after a high speed chase. they were among five people suspected it of robbing a jewelry store and shooting the clerk in morino valley. one

i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. a 60-vehicle crash has shutdown interstate 5. just south of the oregon border. it all started with a semislammed into the concrete median about 6:20 tonight. >> vehicles had a hard time stoping likely because of black ice in that area. this crash stretches along two miles. the whole section of i-5 has been closed. >> cal fire reports 16 people injured including seven taken to the hospital. the area is under a winter weather advisory tonight. >> well, right here in the bay area, temperatures are dropping for what could be dropping for what could be one of the coldest nights of the season. >> spencer christian is here and he is tracking the current condition. >> first of all you can see we have clear skies. these cloud free skies will allow for temperatures to plummet and indeed they will do so. we do have a freeze warning in affect from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. for the north bay hills and valleys. the low temperatures will drop between 25 and 30 degrees. freeze damage is a possibility. for most of the remainder of the bay area, a fr

for rick quan and sandhya patel and carolyn johnson, thank you for watching. we appreciate your time as always. check out abc7 morning news at 4:30 a.m. have a good night. >>> tonight on a special edition of "nightline" -- a white house christmas with the first family. president barack obama and first lady michelle obama sit down for an intimate and revealing first interview together since the election. only with barbara walters. >> how do you keep the fire going? >>> trimming the trees with the first dog bo. inside a special tradition. how they deck the halls at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >>> and ask mrs. obama. first graders with a very special connection to the white house tree a

i'm dan ashley.caroly carolyn johnson is off tonight. not a great day to play outside with toys. we have live team watch coverage. spencer christian is tracking more rain on our doppler. >> it has been a very wet evening around the bay area. right now though things are relatively calm compared with the downpours we saw earlier. let's go to live doppler 7hd, and we have scattered showers. the heaviest is in the south bay, but let's close in on the north bay where we have a little light rain. some assisted yes, sir rainfall east of santa rosa and moving toward y o -- yountville. mill pea dishas heavier rain pushing into the higher terrain. and then farther south from the ben low man to the bay. heavier rainfall is developing, but it is not even -- even though it is calmer, it is notwn.inding down. more rain coming our way tonight and tomorrow. a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. dan? >> spencer, thanks. >>> all of this rain has brought flooding in some areas. in sonoma county, high water is forcing road closures. the chp issued a traffic alert in shellvi

carolyn johnson has the night off. let's begin with abc7 meteorologist sand yaw patel.ya patel. she is tracking the rain. >> yes, dan, and the rain has made its way around many parts of the bay area. let's show you live doppler 7hd. let's go to the radar and we will show you what it looks i can like. we are tracking the storm around the monterey bay. let's show you where it is moderate around boulder creek and scots valley and summit road as you cansee here indicated by the yellows. we are seeing some moderate rainfall. and as i pan around to other parts of the bay area, you have to check this out. this is really interesting from cobb mountain to the hills surrounding ukiah and heading down or heading up depending on where you are. look at this, saint helena and we are seeing some pink here in the hills. it is an indication of a mix of rain and snow. of course we are getting the rain at the lower elevations around novato and santa rosa and tib by ron. as i take you down to street level, ignacio and petaluma and san francisco lighter returns although i am getting reports

carolyn johnson is off. let's start with sandhya patel to begin our storm watch coverage. sandhya, how does it look on live doppler 7hd? >> the storm is getting its act together and we are see something downpours. i am going to show you whenner it is raining moderate to heavy at this hour as we take you down to street level here around had to drive and santa rosa. you can see stoney point road. we are seeing heavier returns here and petaluma heading out toward bennett valley road. we are also seeing some moderate rainfall around the boys hot springs area and some lighter rainfall out toward the fairfield area. it is just beginning to move into the fairfield area. san francisco has now started to see some of the rain. it is coming down. at least moderate rainfall right around a lincoln boulevard and maureen gnaw boulevard and out toward the embarcadero. as you can see, lighter rain around potrero avenue. as we pull out, we do have more moisture working its way toward the bay area. it is going to be coming down during the morning hours. this point.commute does not we are loo

carolyn johnson is off. let's start with sandhya patel to begin our storm watch coverage. sandhya, how does it look on live doppler 7hd? >> the storm is getting its act together and we are see something downpours. i am going to show you whenner it is raining moderate to heavy at this hour as we take you down to street level here around had to drive and santa rosa. you can see stoney point road. we are seeing heavier returns here and petaluma heading out toward bennett valley road. we are also seeing some moderate rainfall around the boys hot springs area and some lighter rainfall out toward the fairfield area. it is just beginning to move into the fairfield area. san francisco has now started to see some of the rain. it is coming down. at least moderate rainfall right around a lincoln boulevard and maureen gnaw boulevard and out toward the embarcadero. as you can see, lighter rain around potrero avenue. as we pull out, we do have more moisture working its way toward the bay area. it is going to be coming down during the morning hours. the morning commute does not look good

carolyn johnson has the night off. let's begin with abc7 meteorologist sand yaw patel. sandhya patel. she is tracking the rain. >> yes, dan, and the rain has made its way around many parts of the bay area. let's show you live doppler 7hd. let's go to the radar and we will show you what it looks i can like. we are tracking the storm around the monterey bay. let's show you where it is moderate around boulder creek and scots valley and summit road as you cansee here indicated by the yellows. we are seeing some moderate rainfall. and as i pan around to other parts of the bay area, you have to check this out. this is really interesting from cobb mountain to the hills surrounding ukiah and heading down or heading up depending on where you are. look at this, saint helena and we are seeing some pink here in the hills. it is an indication of a mix of rain and snow. of course we are getting the rain at the lower elevations around novato and santa rosa and tib by ron. as i take you down to street level, ignacio and petaluma and san francisco lighter returns although i am getting r

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 pleasant valley road. as we pan around

carolyn johnson is off tonight. not a great day to play outside with toys.have live team watch coverage. spencer christian is tracking more rain on our doppler. >> it has been a very wet evening around the bay area. right now though things are relatively calm compared with the downpours we saw earlier. let's go to live doppler 7hd, and we have scattered showers. the heaviest is in the south bay, but let's close in on the north bay where we have a little light rain. some assisted yes, sir rainfall east of santa rosa and moving toward y o -- yountville. mill pea dishas heavier rain pushing into the higher terrain. and then farther south from the ben low man to the bay. heavier rainfall is developing, but it is not even -- even though it is calmer, it is not winding down. more rain coming our way tonight and tomorrow. a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. dan? >> spencer, thanks. >>> all of this rain has brought flooding in some areas. in sonoma county, high water is forcing road closures. the chp issued a traffic alert in shellville s

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i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. a 60-vehicle crash has shutdown interstate 5. it is just south of the oregon border. it all started with a semislammed into the concrete median about 6:20 tonight. >> vehicles had a hard time stoping likely because of black ice in that area. this crash stretches along two miles. the whole section of i-5 has been closed. >> cal fire reports 16 people injured including seven taken to the hospital. the area is under a winter weather advisory tonight. >> well, right here in the bay area, temperatures are dropping for what could be dropping for what could be one of the coldest nights of the season. >> spencer christian is here and he is tracking the current condition. >> first of all you can see we have clear skies. these cloud free skies will allow for temperatures to plummet and indeed they will do so. we do have a freeze warning in affect from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. for the north bay hills and valleys. the low temperatures will drop between 25 and 30 degrees. freeze damage is a possibility. for most of the remainder of the bay area

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i'm carolyn johnson. >> i'm dan ashley. a 60-vehicle crash has shutdown interstate 5. just south of the oregon border. it all started with a semislammed into the concrete median about 6:20 tonight. >> vehicles had a hard time stoping likely because of black ice in that area. this crash stretches along two miles. the whole section of i-5 has been closed. >> cal fire reports 16 people injured including seven taken to the hospital. the area is under a winter weather advisory tonight. >> well, right here in the bay area, temperatures are dropping for what could be dropping for what could be one of the coldest nights of the season. >> spencer christian is here and he is tracking the current condition. >> first of all you can see we have clear skies. these cloud free skies will allow for temperatures to plummet and indeed they will do so. we do have a freeze warning in affect from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. for the north bay hills and valleys. the low temperatures will drop between 25 and 30 degrees. freeze damage is a possibility. for most of the remainder of the bay area, a fr

good evening, everyone, i'm carolyn johnson. >> we begin tonight with the latest headlines from newtowneral services held for two victims of the shootings friday. both just six years old. police are promising a pains taking investigation into just what happened. it could take months to complete. and sandy hook school may never reopen. and we've learned the gunman, adam lanza shot his mother while she was in bed. he suffered from a condition in which he felt no pain. covering the school tragedy is abc 7 reporter laura anthony live in the village of sandy hook. laura one of many heart breaking days still to come. >> yes. the heart break continues here and while the families begin their private services, their grieve prog ses, center of town here has become a place where the public can come to show support for the community. werk show you ways they're doing that, weather tos]íi÷ come light a candle, drop a stuffed animal, to say a prairks people from around country and the world ar

carolyn johnson has the night off.ain 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 t

carolyn johnson has the night off. let's begin with abc7 meteorologist sand yaw patel.dhya patel. she is tracking the rain. >> yes, dan, and the rain has made its way around many parts of the bay area. let's show you live doppler 7hd. let's go to the radar and we will show you what it looks i can like. we are tracking the storm around the monterey bay. let's show you where it is moderate around boulder creek and scots valley and summit road as you cansee here indicated by the yellows. we are seeing some moderate rainfall. and as i pan around to other parts of the bay area, you have to check this out. this is really interesting from cobb mountain to the hills surrounding ukiah and heading down or heading up depending on where you are. look at this, saint helena and we are seeing some pink here in the hills. it is an indication of a mix of rain and snow. of course we are getting the rain at the lower elevations around novato and santa rosa and tib by ron. as i take you down to street level, ignacio and petaluma and san francisco lighter returns although i am getting repor

. >> i'm carolyn johnson that.hick dark smoke choking the area, not far from interstate 680 in fremont. now more from the scene where firefighters are still mopping up tonight. >> reporter: nobody is going home tonight. firefighters are still cleaning up. i have to say, it was a difficult fire because there was so much heavy smoke and a lot of flames and they couldn't get inside that building. so they had to attack it or hit it from above. now, the roof eventually collapsed. fortunately the 60 or so employees inside that building had already been evacuated. i tell you, there was a lot of flammable stuff inside. >> you could see that there is a plaque card on the corner of the building identifying there are hazardous materials inside. so it just made it that much more toxic. >> reporter: and it's there to let them know there are imussible and flammable -- come buzzible and flammable materials inside. you are see the inside of the building completely open because

good evening, everyone, i'm carolyn johnson. >> oakland certainly has more than its fair share of crime unfair a church youth group from oakland went across country only to be robbed in fort lauderdale, florida. abc 7 news is in the newsroom tonight with the story. what an awful thing to happen. >> yes. it's just heart breaking. locals in south florida were not about to let this church group go out showing them the best that community has to offer. when $12,000 vanished out of their van yesterday, the group was stranded with no way to pay for hotels and food. once it became a news story, floridians came to the rescue. the group of 24 set off yesterday with high hopes for an exciting fulfilling adventure, a trip from oakland to a christian youth conference in fort lauderdale. but within hours after rival, they were crushed to find $12,000 cash, their luggage, and the adult leader passport stolen out of

. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. take a look. we have a live picture.80 through the east bay, you can see it's bumper to bumper in both directions now. luckily, no heavy rain. >> happening now, cardinals playing ucla tonight. a trailing 14-7 early in the game against bruins. an army of grounds keepers worked to keep the field in good shape despite what is a heavy down pour. >> we have live team coverage tonight in the northeast and south bay as well as san francisco and peninsula. but first, sandhya patel is here with what's happening now. >> we still have brief down pours taking place. one colleague says she drove through a down pour so let's take you to the north bay first. we are seeing some yellows showing up. around fair tax,

i'm carolyn johnson. >> that giant sink hole is just one of many problems caused by a weekend of weatherpavement just gave way on mountain view drive. just too much rain, too fast. laura anthony is live tonight. laura? >> this latest here is still going and will be sometime. but yu kilt tilts washed out yesterday have been restored to this immediate area. the city tells me that this culvert dates back to 19 30s. they have their eye on it and thought it might be undersized. that is proving to be the case, yesterday. this is one of the things people have to see to appreciate. that is the newest feature in the roadway here in one of the residential neighborhoods near downtown. the giant sink hole

good evening, everyone, i'm carolyn johnson. >> the tree just one of many that fell around the bay areae is a a tree that punched a hole through the overhang, damage. crews in lay fayette using these rocks to try to stabilize the stream. part of the road washed way during rains over the weekend. crews bringing a larger pipe to help prevent more erosion there. >> skies have cleared as you can see from the live picture from our camera. but the lingering affects of the rain we've received could be felt for some time. >> we have live coverage for you tonight. crews from marin we begin with spencer chris skmin a look at the impress8//#.h)ain total autos we'll start with live doppler 7

. >> i'm carolyn johnson.fr a killer. >> tough sentence, tough words from the judge presiding over the murder case of michelle le. gisele esteban will face 25 years to life for killing student, le, her former best friend. the judge add monday sterd esteban for showing no signs of remorse. it was an emotional day for the victim. -- family. >> it was. the supreme court judge handed down the jents after telling a packed courtroom that gisele esteban quote show nod signs of remorse and that her actions were oh, just without remorse. >> at the least we don't have to deal with this part another 20 years. >> a judge sentencedj6o gisele esteban to 25 years to life for the murder of michelle le then, dumping body in pleasanton calling her actions cold blooded and premeditated. >> we felt she meltfelt no remorse, just stared at our family with a blank stair. >> michelle's brother broke down as he talked about his sister, plans for her life, and how she wanted to follow in their late mother's footsteps to become a nurse.

abc 7 news anchor carolyn johnson has the story. >> my mom wants to be an engineer. >> but the last several months while dylan has been a patient at children's hospital, los angeles he has built 70 planes, trains cars, temples and dralg ons. he doesn't watch tv or play video games and keeps building through blood draws. >> have you put one in the wrong place? >> no. i have one. then, i put in the right place. >> dylan has a severe form of a disease that drolz not create enough energy to sustain his body. parts of him are shutting down. but dwrorktz say petesing together legos is a powerful medicine. >> when you're building how does it make you feel? >> it zrakts the pain. >> as legos are being built it seems like he can focus on what he is achieving. >> nearly a dozen specialists are now working to combat his condition. while focusing on that, he is now graduated to projects so complex they're raitd for teenagers and have more than 1300 pieces. >> this just the way he talks about it, he puts himself into one of the places instead of being here it is easy. for me. >> what a great kid. he say

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i'm carolyn johnson. >> dan: let's go straight to news reporter cornell bernard who begin our live coverage, really dramatic images? >> absolutely. we arrived just moments after this man wound up in the napa river right underneath third street bridge. you what the is very cold tonight. the current extremely swift. it's no longer under a flood warning but firefighters say the man nearly drowned. >> 911 call went out about noon that a man was in the napa river. he was flailing. he needed rescuing. firefighters went into action and threw him a rope and pulled him to the bank. it took about ten minutes, the victim struggling to stay afloat. a ladder was brought in and man eventually climbed out to safety. firefighters say with the water so high, there was really no time to wait. >> might not been able to get to him with all the debris they can get injured on and it's a bad place to be any time. >> reporter: the firefighter said the man was in good spirits and possibly intoxicated. he was taken to a hospital as a precaution. he said he judged into the river because it seemed like a fun thing to