for the i team, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> they are doing something about it. >> well, it is time to check our weather which has been stormy all day. >> sandhya patel is here. >> dan and ama it is starting to intensity. i will tell you what we are seeing right now. numerous lightning strikes, now over 270 lightning strikes from the mendocino coast all the way out over the waters. i want to show you the lightning strikes with the thunderstorms that rolled through near manchester north of point arena, and we are still watching the potential for some of this to reach land. there is heavy rainfall here and lightning strikes. 20 miles away from highway 1. be careful if you are heading out the door later tonight and doing some traveling for the holiday weekend. as we look at other parts of the bay area, mill valley, paradise drive, we are seeing moderate rain falling right now. as we head out toward the east bay out toward el cerrito and richmond, moderate rain. very light returns showing up. trace amounts. heavy rain is expected after midnight. scattered thunderstorms and rain again on sunday.

for the i team, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> they are doing something about it. >> well, it is time to check on our weather which has been stormy all day. >> sandhya patel is here. >> dan and ama it is starting to intensity. i will tell you what we are seeing right now. numerous lightning strikes, now over 270 lightning strikes from the mendocino coast all the way out over the waters. i want to show you the lightning strikes with the thunderstorms that rolled through near manchester north of point arena, and we are still watching the potential for some of this to reach land. there is heavy rainfall here and lightning strikes. 20 miles away from highway 1. be careful if you are heading out the door later tonight and doing some traveling for the holiday weekend. as we look at other parts of the bay area, mill valley, paradise drive, we are seeing moderate rain falling right now. as we head out toward the east bay out toward el cerrito and richmond, moderate rain. very light returns showing up. trace amounts. heavy rain is expected after midnight. scattered thunderstorms and rain again on sunda

for the i team, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> they are doing something about it. >> well, it is time to checkn our weather which has been stormy all day. >> sandhya patel is here. >> dan and ama it is starting to intensity. i will tell you what we are seeing right now. numerous lightning strikes, now over 270 lightning strikes from the mendocino coast all the way out over the waters. i want to show you the lightning strikes with the thunderstorms that rolled through near manchester north of point arena, and we are still watching the potential for some of this to reach land. there is heavy rainfall here and lightning strikes. 20 miles away from highway 1. be careful if you are heading out the door later tonight and doing some traveling for the holiday weekend. as we look at other parts of the bay area, mill valley, paradise drive, we are seeing moderate rain falling right now. as we head out toward the east bay out toward el cerrito and richmond, moderate rain. very light returns showing up. trace amounts. heavy rain is expected after midnight. scattered thunderstorms and rain again on sunday.

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dan noyes looks into the problem and we are continuing to track the storm as more rainfalls into the area. this is live doppler and you can see the rain falling just about everywhere making its way from north to south. we'll have your forecast coming up. >> katie: good morning to all of you, you are looking live at emeryville this morning, i don't need to tell you, it is raining on the lens and also 56 degrees. meteorologist lisa argen is tracking the storm to let you know where and when the rain is falling today. >>> a san jose parent is worried that children walking to school in her neighborhood will get hurt dodging cars in a busy intersection. the problem is in the seven trees neighborhood in south san jose where there are five schools near the intersection. i-team dan noyes has the story. >>> neighborhood children try to navigate and anxious line of commuters near center road and easy street where there is no crosswalk. >> the cars aren't even stopping to let us cross the street. if they do, i feel like i have to run because they are not stopping. >> reporter: there isn't much h

dan noyes and the abc news i-team take on a dangerous intersection and they look at solutions. we are continuing to track the storm as more rainfalls in the bay area. this is live doppler 7-hd. you can see all the blue and green. that is lot of moisture out there. meteorologist lisa argen will have your full forecast coming up. >> katie: good morning, welcome back. thanks for watching this morning it's 8:12, you are looking live at san mateo bridge, what a gray wet mess it is out there. san mateo has seen its share of rain coming down horizontally at some point. the cars will keep it slow hopefully and stay safe. >>> san jose spiarnt worried that children walking to school in her neighborhood will get hurt dodging cars in a busy intersection. the problem is in the seven trees neighborhood in south san jose where there are five schools near the intersection of center road and easy street. the i-team dan noyes has the story. >> reporter: neighborhood children try to navigate and anxious line of commuters every morning here at the corner of center road and easy street in san jose

dan noyes looks into the problem. >> and we're continuing to track the storm as more rainfalls in the bay area. this is a live doppler 7-hd, you can follow it in your city as lisa argen is doing for all of the bay area. heavy rain and wind, as well. >>> good morning, you are looking at live at san jose where it is pouring. scene is lot of places around the bay area and will be for the next couple of hours. 52 degrees down in san jose and i was watching a car going through the intersection and kicking up a lot of water. you be careful if you are heading out this morning. >> katie: a san jose parent is worried that children walking to school in her neighborhood will get hurt dodging cars in a busy intersection. problem is in the seven trees neighborhood in san jose where there are five schools near central road and easy street. dan noyes has the story. >> reporter: neighborhood children try to navigate an anxious line of commuters every morning here at corner of center road and easy street in san jose where there is no crosswalk. >> the cars aren't even stopping to let us cross the stre

if you have something you would like dan noyes and the i-team to investigate for you, you can call the tip-line. you can also e-mail the i-team through abc7news.com. >>> breaking news out of new zealand, preliminary magnitude 6.3 quake has struck the north island of new zealand. it hit 10:20 our time, two hours southeast of auckland. tsunami alert has not been issued >>> residents of northern japan still feeling aftershocks following a 7.3 quake that hit overnight struck the north eastern japanese coast near the miyagi preeffect ter not far from the fukushima region where a devastating quake and tsunami hit last year. -- cameras were rolling when the quake hit tsunami warning called off, a number of aftershocks have been aorded -- have been recorded. no reports of serious injuries or deaths. >>> a viewer from pleasanton took in, this morning captured shaking inside a building east of tokyo. you can send your video and photos of breaking news worldwide and here in the bay area to ureport. >>> the san mateo county sheriff's department is asking for help in finding an elderly woman who wa

if you have something you would like dan noyes and the i-team to investigate for you, you can call the tip-line. you can also e-mail the i-team through abc7news.com. >>> breaking news out of new zealand, preliminary magnitude 6.3 quake has struck the north island of new zealand. it hit 10:20 our time, two hours southeast of auckland. tsunami alert has not been issued >>> residents of northern japan still feeling aftershocks following a 7.3 quake that hit overnight struck the north eastern japanese coast near the miyagi preeffect ter not far from the fukushima region where a devastating quake and tsunami hit last year. -- cameras were rolling when the quake hit tsunami warning called off, a number of aftershocks have been aorded -- have been recorded. no reports of serious injuries or deaths. >>> a viewer from pleasanton took in, this morning captured shaking inside a building east of tokyo. you can send your video and photos of breaking news worldwide and here in the bay area to ureport. >>> the san mateo county sheriff's department is asking for help in finding an elderly woman who wa

watch this investigation tonight from abc 7 news i team reporter dan noyes. >> this is how june matthews spent the last month. >> thank you for calling the state disability insurance program. >>reporter: listening to automated menu. >> press 3. >>reporter: always getting the same response. >> we are sorry maximum number of callers waiting to speak to representative has been reached. >> i have heard that recording on average 8 to continue times a day for a month. just hurts. >>reporter: she's on disability for shoulder injury and wants to know the status of her claim. without a check from the state she could be kicked out of her house. >> for us not to be able to get any help any assistance no communication back on funds that we have paid that a system is very aggravating. >> we are unable to assist you at this time. >>reporter: sounds like you are going to be put through to an agent. they said they got too many phone calls. goodbye. >>reporter: dave asked us not to use the last name. so the state won't come after him for complaining. he's been unemployed since july and says repeatedly be

watch this investigation tonight from abc 7 news i team reporter dan noyes. >> this is how june matthewsnt the last month. >> thank you for calling the state disability insurance program. >>reporter: listening to automated menu. >> press 3. >>reporter: always getting the same response. >> we are sorry maximum number of callers waiting to speak to representative has been reached. >> i have heard that recording on average 8 to continue times a day for a month. just hurts. >>reporter: she's on disability for shoulder injury and wants to know the status of her claim. without a check from the state she could be kicked out of her house. >> for us not to be able to get any help any assistance no communication back on funds that we have paid that a system is very aggravating. >> we are unable to assist you at this time. >>reporter: sounds like you are going to be put through to an agent. they said they got too many phone calls. goodbye. >>reporter: dave asked us not to use the last name. so the state won't come after him for complaining. he's been unemployed since july and says repeatedly being

watch this investigation tonight from abc 7 news i team reporter dan noyes. >> this is how june matthewsmonth. >> thank you for calling the state disability insurance program. >>reporter: listening to automated menu. >> press 3. >>reporter: always getting the same response. >> we are sorry maximum number of callers waiting to speak to representative has been reached. >> i have heard that recording on average 8 to continue times a day for a month. just hurts. >>reporter: she's on disability for shoulder injury and wants to know the status of her claim. without a check from the state she could be kicked out of her house. >> for us not to be able to get any help any assistance no communication back on funds that we have paid that a system is very aggravating. >> we are unable to assist you at this time. >>reporter: sounds like you are going to be put through to an agent. they said they got too many phone calls. goodbye. >>reporter: dave asked us not to use the last name. so the state won't come after him for complaining. he's been unemployed since july and says repeatedly being told to call