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a few pop-up showers over the diablo range. that's it. a little bit of low cloud cover. how much rainfall? north bay santa cruz mountains slightly over an inch of rain. san rafael less than that. markch is one-third inch. concord less than a quarter inch and san jose only .08" rainfall. tonight the clouds roll back in. by 4 a.m., the rain is approaching from the south this time. but it will be a wet morning commute once again. some rain heavy at times from morgan hill all the way north to marin county. and napa county. with that rain will come some wind. there is a wind advisory in effect for the east bay hills and diablo range including san jose and morgan hill. we could see wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. there are still more storms beyond this one. we'll talk about which one looks to be the wettest coming up. >>> thank you. wet weather is being blamed for a chain reaction crash involving two big rigs on the nimitz freeway. the first truck driver lost control striking another big rig. two people in that vehicle were ejected from the cab. what's more, they fell abou

we have lightning strikes right here over areas of the diablo range.ittle bit of thunderstorm activity reported in spots as well. let's get back to the radar. we have seen it wind down over the last hour or so. but in areas right around east of morgan hill, over mount hamilton, a thunderstorm there. as we look towards the central bay, not too bad. to the north bay, we have light rain still falling. not too bad. but, again, as i mentioned before the damage is already done. we have the warnings in place and the flooding going on. novato, napa, all covered in green. vallejo. over the east bay. we have light showers reported along the peninsula we have areas near it looks like south of san mateo over the coastal range and the santa cruz mountains light rain there. san jose, scattered showers reported here. and, again, to the east bay we go where 680 is covered in rain and portions of highway 24. there's a wind advisory in place. we will check in on your winds coming up in ail little bit. i will have a timeline on the system. we have another system on its h

. >>> kpix5 hi-def doppler tracking a few light showers popping up east of santa rosa over the diablo range toward mount hamilton. the radar will fill in considerably overnight. we'll have the forecast at 4:30 tomorrow morning. lots of rain for the sierra and more snow. the snowiest place on earth right now, up to 500 inches of snow. we'll add 16 to that at the highest peak, winter weather advisory through saturday morning. low to mid-50s outside now for san francisco, san jose and livermore, 48 in santa rosa, 54 in concord. tonight we'll hang out around 50 degrees. the big story will be the rain moving in. our area of low pressure will pass by to the south this morning. the front this morning that was in and out in about three hours exited stage right. this one will drop into southern california which will be a significant problem from santa barbara to san diego. our local weather 4 a.m. rain begins. the steady rain begins to move out by lunchtime tomorrow leaving scattered showers in its wake. we'll have scattered showers until saturday morning. most of saturday will be dry, although clou

it's prompted a wind advisory for the east bay hills in the diablo range. gusts up to 45 miles per hour. sustained winds between 25 and 35 miles per hour. trees may go down. it's going to be difficult driving on the roadways. 6:00 a.m., gusts well over 30 miles an hour in some spots. the bridges will be rough. at 8:00 a.m., 41-mile-per-hour wind gusts at half moon bay. isolated spots not out of the question and winds subside by the afternoon once the system passes through. in the sierra, they will see snow. it's not going to be a lot. 6 to 12 inches. the thing that you need to worry about, mudslides are possible. winter weather advisory. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow until 10:00 a.m. saturday. tomorrow morning, plan on another stormy ride. temperatures, mid-40s to low 50s. and for the afternoon, 50s with a few showers. download the abc7 app. it's free. you can keep a tab on all of these storms. here's the accuweather seven day. next storm is tomorrow. wet and windy. a few showers saturday morning. you get a break most of saturday afternoon and evening. another system

and numerous showers over the diablo range, santa cruz mountains and a few over milpitas. san jose and santa clara. snow, yeah, we still have another six to 12 inches of snow in the highest elevations of the sierra. the winter storm warning will not expire until 4:00 tomorrow still windy with heavy snow in spots. heading to tahoe slight chance of rain or snow shower depending on the elevation. 41 at lake level saturday. 43 with more showers sunday. so an active weather pattern continues until lunchtime tomorrow because the low pressure system that gave us rainfall the last few days the boundary got through, steady rainfall this morning, showery behind the front. when this low moves through the state of oregon, we'll see showers decrease. that does give us a window of opportunity without rainfall over the weekend. tonight, scattered showers. nothing too heavy but they are still there. tomorrow morning, scattered showers. nothing heavy but they are still there. it's not going to be dry until lunchtime tomorrow through the evening. we are dry saturday evening. we're dry sunda

peninsula san mateo, burlingame getting showers, light rain over the santa cruz mountains and diablo range and a few showers toward the state capitol. winter storm warning will wrap up in about 4 1/2 hours. just tonight another 1/2 foot to a foot of snow, heavy snow and wind winding down tomorrow morning, tahoe, it's going to be building for boarding or skiing. a slight chance of a ran or snow shower, at lake level 41 degrees tomorrow, 43 degrees on sunday. we had a storm pass by to the north. a front moved through overnight. maybe you heard the heavy rainfall at 2 or 3:00 in the morning. that tapered off to showers. we've had scattered showers up and down the west coast the entire day. tomorrow morning 8:00 rain is still there, went to start your day but not -- wet to start your day but not wet to finish. tomorrow afternoon and sunday morning will be dry. it's not until after the super bowl is finished sunday night, the drive home from your friend's part of, the rain begins again -- party, the rain begins again. both hands on the steering wheel. next week we have the potential for heavy r

4:00 up in the north bay, until starting at 7:00 until 4:00 around the east bay hills and the diablo range in the santa cruz mountains, gusts up to 60 miles per hour. this is the time for downed trees and power outages. now, flooding, flash flood watch means be prepared. a warning means take action. be prepared until 10:00 in the north bay, and then until 7:00 tomorrow morning in the santa cruz mountains for rapid rises in streams and mudslides and domestic violende those burn scars. we have the chance of some flooding. now, the heaviest of the rain is going to fall from about 9:00 in the morning until about 4:00 so between the commute so. my biggest concern is up in the north bay during the morning commute. my biggest concern during the evening commute will be in the south bay. an hour-by-hour look at today's march of heavy rain coming up next. any hot spots yet? >>> no, we are enjoying a pretty quiet start so if you are heading out right now, you should get a relief from the crazy week that we have had. here's a look at southbound 680 through the walnut creek area, dry pavement for now a

diablo range, some downed trees and power lines could be seen. hour by hour, winds up to close to 40 miles an hour in the south bay and continue into 8:00, 10:00. still breezy rest of friday afternoon. tomorrow morning a wet, windy ride. mid-40s to low 50s. afternoon, scatteed showers. hang onto the rain gear. mid-50s to low 60s. download the abc7 news app and keep track of the forecast. send you push alerts shoulded weather change drastically or alerts up. wet and windy, linger showers saturday. more wind and rain sunday into president's day. stronger winds on holiday monday. scattered showers for tuesday and another system on wednesday. friday, sunday night into monday, and wednesday. three storms, next seven days, ama and dan. >> thanks sandhya. >>> several people contacted us to investigate by big rigs keep rolling over in south bay neighborhood. >> dug for answers and uncovered accidents at same spochlt what cal trans did to the road and what it's doing now, investigation tomorrow night at 11:00 on channel 7. >>> first the group hoping to re

diablo range, oakland hills. the possibility of frost over there. it is still closed. highway 1 to the beach. things are shaping up across the bay bridge. 24 minutes slowing for the upper east shore towards richmond. and the span from emeryville. traffic moving very well. chp says watch for higher winds across the bridge. >> devastated flood anything san jose. another aerial perspective from yesterday. these floodwaters are receding this morning. thousands of people under mandatory evacuation orders. there's widespread damage left behind. >>> the story has been developing overnight. evacuations are still in effect for thousands of people. we're learning it could be weeks those people are allowed to return home. >> they are likely contaminated my the floodwater. >> we have full team coverage tracking the developing situation. bob redell with the cleanup efforts that are now under way. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and sam. we are in one neighborhood where residents were able to to return. you see a couch, stereo equipment, more furniture out

for damage starts at 7:00 through 4:00 this morning and afternoon for the east bay hills, the diablo rangend the santa cruz mountains. we got dpuss up to 60 miles per hour. flooding, flash flood watch, be prepared when a warning's issued, that's when you take action. flooding any time now until now until 7:00 tomorrow morning in the santa cruz mountains. coastal flooding will happen from 7:00 this morning until noon. for the rush hour this morning, heaviest will be in the north bay and then in the south bay this evening. the heaviest of the rain is going to fall pretty much between the two rush hours. here's another look at that rain as it encroaches upon napa, down towards vallejo and cordelia. hour-by-hour time frame for this heavy rain next. here's alexis. good news? >>> yeah. still looking pretty good but we are definitely starting to fill in and see things slow down here. so here's the bay bridge toll plaza. that pavement starting to slicken up a little bit as the rain pushes in and we do have a high wind advisory just issued for the bay bridge too. gusty when i drove across several h

thunderstorms are reported over the diablo range earlier. but, we again, the key being here that we will see this taper off. i will have the timeline in a little bit. talk about how much rainfall we have seen with this system. what is expect today come and when we will finally dry out in the meanwhile. back to you. >> thank you, rosemary. >>> let's get to paul chambers up in shellville up in sonoma county. somebody is rescued from the flooded highway that you have been reporting from all morning. >> reporter: that's right, gasia. this roadway is closed half a mile down. the person drove around a closed sign and as you can see got stuck in the water. he is being rescued by the fire department. the fire department says this is the eighth or ninth rescue they have done since last night because people are not paying attention to the signs and they think they can make it through. you can see they get stuck in the water because this is a roadway. if you can swing around the other way, george, this entire thing looks like a river or creek. it's not

even a few thunderstorms over areas of the diablo range.this point a lot of just scattered shower activity. here say look at your future cast. we get through the next few hoursw. he rehabilitative continue with just the possibility of on and off light showers. notice we are already into tonight and it doesn't go away completely. we are going to remain with the very moist pattern in place. scattered showers. wednesday we will have scattered showers before the next storm rolls in. it has been windy. all morning long and in to the afternoon. we are still looking at winds 24 miles an hour and gusting in napa. 35 in fairfield. a sustained wind at 14 and oakland and as we shift to the south bay we have winds and san jose a light breeze at this time. slowly improving with the wind advisory expected to expire at one. the afternoon highs for today, low 10's for most of us. we started out with upper 50s. low 1oo a. the temperatures haven't changed over the course of the last few hours. not going to change as we get in to the afternoon. here is a lack

you can see the best radar returns are in the diablo range and now out in the central valley. the sunol grade, now, you can see it's wet just about everywhere this morning, like 101 and 880. scattered showers at noon and 4:00, and then we'll have some more scattered showers at 7:00 and then that is just about it. but it is affecting the commute this morning, alexis. how is it going? >>> you know what, i just got some really bad news or at least potentially bad news in for the central valley commute. remember a couple days ago when we had that huge pothole open up just past altamont pass. we've got another one just before that, westbound 580 near north flynn road, at least three vehicles already have flat tires. they're on the right shoulder and they are calling for caltrans to come out to the scene likely to make repairs so this could potentially be a major issue. take a look at that drive time coming up. >>> once again this morning, we're looking at a mudslide problem in the santa cruz mountains. >> this is not far from the always troublesome highway 17. abc7 news reporter ma

and so an hour into the flight, over -- coming into fresno county, fly over the diablo mountain range into fresno county, the plain had difficult withty the left engine issue it caught fire, tomorrower to etched the waning off. the -- attorney torched torchedg of and crashed into los gatos canyon, 60 miles southwest of fresno, and all of the folks fos who -- ranch owner, this gaston family owned the property, they witnessed it. a near fresno county prison, road camp there, minimum security place. all of the prisoners saw it happen and all witnessed it. and so a lot of those folks are the ones who i interviewed for the book, the eye witnesses who saw the plane crash and changed the life for not only the passenger buts the people who witness it. and so that was what was happening that morning. the media's reports of the indent -- it was at the time label the worst airplane disaster and california. and they were referred to as deportees, the "associated press" was the 28 mex yap deportees send back to mexico, all killed. bull all of the -- there was no mention of the names, with the exce

about an hour into the flight coming into fresno county, leaving the bay area flying over the diablo mountain rangeinto fresno county the plane experienced difficulty with the left engine. the plane began to tumble in the air right as is coming into the valley, it tumbled in the air and it crashed right in los gatos canyon which is about 60 miles southwest of fresno. it was annihilated and all the folks, ranch owners, they witnessed it. there was a nearby fresno county prison camp, minimum-security place. all the precious route in the art and all saw it happen. they all witnessed it. and so i love those folks with a 120 use for interviews in the book, the eye witnesses who saw the plane crash. it changed the life for the people who witness it, changed their lives. that was what was happening that morning. a media report of the incident, it was at the time it was labeled the worst airplane disaster in california's history, 1940, gender 28. the media and a lot of media reports referred to them as deportees. the ap is one of the more popular ones, the 28 mexican deportees being sent back to mexico all

flight, cominge into fresno county, flying over the diablo mountain range the plane experienced difficultyith the left engine. it caught fire. the plane began to tumble into the air. the ranch owners, the family on the property, they witnessed it. prison campnearby there. a minimum-security place. they all saw it happen. they witnessed it. a lot of those folks, i interviewed for the book. it changed the life not just for the passengers of the people who witnessed it. that was what was happening that morning. the media's report of the was the, at the time it worst airplane disaster in california's history. media, a lot of the reports referred to them as deportees. all of the newspapers, there was no mention of the names with the exception of one newspaper. to newspapers. attemptno bee made an to publish the names a couple of days after the accident. they were badly misspelled. some look like they were spelled inadequate. it was an attempt. they only a published a dozen names. the only newspaper that actually did publish the names, the popular belief at the time was maybe they didn't have ac

are seeing it taper off a little bit, have some right there along 580 in livermore and over the diablo rangego to the north bay, maybe a few sprinkles falling but for the most part it's to the north of us in areas very north edge of the sonoma county and into lake county. here's a look at the watch in place. starts later today, will go until tuesday morning for the entire bay area, that means all of us have the opportunity or are at risk, i should say, of flooding. wind advisory also in place for the entire bay area. the wind gusts could reach 50 miles per hour in some spots. not everybody sees those strong winds but definitely going to be widespread enough that there's an advisory in place. so rainfall amounts anywhere from an inch and a half to 5 inches and that's a lot to try and figure out, am i going to get the inch and a half or get the 5 inches? looks like areas like san jose, anywhere from about an inch and a half, maybe 2 inches, some areas over portions of the north bay could get up to 5 inches and we could see more than that in the santa cruz mountains, could see more than that al

we have some light rain showers right now around the diablo mountain range backing through mount hamiltonulfing the golden gate bridge. you can see the tip-top of the tower there. above it mostly cloudy skies. temperatures cooler this morning. you will feel the difference. 50 to 58 degrees. now later today, mostly cloudy conditions. a stray lingering shower certainly possible. notice the numbers. they are seasonal into the 50s and 60s. not feeling as balmy as recent days. tonight a stray shower possible, as well. temperatures into the 40s. saturday cloudy then partly cloudy. full sunshine sunday. 67 inland tuesday. ♪ ♪ ♪ it wasn't love it wasn't love it was a perfect illusion ♪ >> james cordon singing carpool karaoke with -- who is that, anthony? looks very family. lady gaga. he will be joining the greatest names when he hosts the grammys this sunday night. later this hour why he says he's looking forward to adele's performance the most. a lot of people are. how cordon is preparing for music's biggest show. >> like the ultimate fan boy. >> yeah, he is. >>> time to show you this morning's

diablo 64. rainfall totals have ranged from 0.96 in san rafael to 0.75 in san francisco. ben lomond picked up almost 2 inches of rain. the current storm is a 2 still. next few hours brief downpours, breezy to gusty conditions, so this moderate strength storm could still cause some downed trees and flooding issues. in southern california, it has just been a mess. they have seen half a foot of flan some areas. if you're traveling down south, this is going to be treacherous traveling conditions. just check the roadways. all roads leading to tahoe except for 50 requiring chains. so 88, 4 and 80 all requiring chains. winter weather advisory for the sierra until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. they're expecting up to 18 inches on the peak's dangerous driving conditions. it becomes a winter storm watch. if you're thinking maybe i'll get away on sunday morning, winter storm watch through late monday night, significant snow expected so expect travel impacts. here's our lake tahoe camera. mid-50s san francisco to san jose. as we take another live picture from our south beach camera, it's pret