we're on forestville with photographer irene johnson behind watson. as you can see out in front, the roads are dry. tlp is no snow, thank goodness. we talked a lot on facebook live about what you have to look for on the dry runs to prepare for a real snow day. what is your biggest concern as a driver? >> the citizens staying out of the way. >> citizens staying out of the way. we talk about that all of the get folks back to their real life, right? >> yes. >> this is a fun thing to do but on a real day it is dangerous and tricky and that is why they have to do the dry runs. 1900 roads in the county that we have to take care of and this is part of of the deal to do that. that is the latest in forestville, back to you guys. >> thanks molette. >>> 5: 33 now. we expect a nanny accused of killing an eight month old girl in prince the original hearing was postponed so prosecutors could find an interpreter. police say the nanny force fed the baby too much milk causing her to suffocate. she died at the hospital. >>> a baltimore man will appear in court on charg

in forestville, essential personnel are keeping a close i on these monitors that tracked the close to 2000 miles of roadway in the county. last year. during this controlled try run, we have been riding along in the salt trucks. they have about 130 salt and plow trucks on the roads in the county today. definitely not vanessa gordon watson's first rodeo. she has done this for 34 years. >> this gets us prepared for when it does snow. john: she was the $4.40 an hour when she started. does it ever get any easier? >> no. john: it is a lot of driving. how many hours have you put in? jummy: a live look outside right now, down pennsylvania avenue at the capital. a little bit of a breeze. i was out at the british and busy. a little breezy. at noon. we will have a warm up for the weekend. the good news a not be for everybody competing in the marine corps marathon. temperatures will climb. jummy: lots of water. doug: from champ high school in all the, virginia, a beautiful sunrise across all the -- across out this is kind of the way the sky will look mostly today. partly to mostly sunny, and the

that is the latest live from forestville maryland. this dry run, no snow. back to you guys. >> molette and the facebook followers, don't worry it will be near 80 on sunday. >> we still have that. >>> pence plane drama. what happened after his plane skidded off of a run way. what to expect fort next commute. >> they're making a big splash across the pond. we're live in london with the ? i'll get you dancing... ? ? to the diggy diggy diggity do. ? ? this is my town. if you dont know now you know. ? ? do that thing that you do. ? ? i'll show you a new move. ? ? check out the diggy diggy diggity do. ? ? i'll get you dancing to the diggy diggy diggity do. ? "save five when you spend thirty >>> good morning. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell. it is 6:40 on a friday morning. an insulated one at that. this is what your kids will look like at the bus stop. doing a little bit of this in the breeze. breezy and cool. temperatures near 50 now. 52 at 8:00 this morning and near 60 degrees for afternoon highs. just about average and if you're going to the high schoo

this is the situation in forestville early yesterday evening. also some road closures because of flooding. chp saw spinouts and crashes in the rain. slow it down. >>> rain and strong winds giving san franciscans problems. a tent blew over, a pier closed for a time and on the roads, flooding. one man dropping off a friend said he hoped everyone would try to drive safely. >> don't drive right in the rain. they never drive right in the rain. it's california. >> pg&e said around 250 people lost their power. crews worked overnight to bring that back and we thank them for that. >>> the rain and wind causing problems that airport. sfo 52 flights canceled so far this weekend. more than 200 delayed. san jose, one flight canceled and oakland one, as well. we're tracking that storm, as rick mentioned, you have the map and the interactive radar in there and set weather alerts for your neighborhood, as well. that helped you keep your family safe. >>> the rain is an inconvenience to some, a danger to others. here's news that really matters. we're learning new

this is the situation in forestville this even. there were road closures and fort baker because of flooding there. chp saying they saw a lot of spinouts and a few crashes because of the rain. >>> slick roadways even at this hour. this is the camera at 101 in san jose. the pavement is a bit slick there. not much traffic going southbound. the rain in san francisco has slowed but that does not mean there weren't problems there. christie smith is joining us from san francisco. how is it where you are? >> not raining right now in san francisco but it was coming down hard earlier and it was quite windy. for drivers there are still areas to watch like this corner that clearly have not drained. the rain that moved through san francisco left bnehind standing water tonight. earlier there were weather related flight delays and cancellations. he is just trying to get there safely. >> never drive right in the rain. it's california. >> reporter: but evening a second day of rain was heavier than the rain that fell yesterday. near the marina more

this is video from forestville where the wipers were going full speed. >> wind and rain plus an out door music festival makes for a bad combination. people at treasure island learned that first handled. >> reporter: we were on the lower deck of the bay bridge, heading to treasure island, we could not see treasure island because of the rain, and the storm clouds. from astancethe rain held in the bay area, gave the san francisco skyline a cinematic quality. the up close reality of the second wave of storms from the atmospheric river was something entirely. >> i'm a little miserable, head to toe. >> are you wet everywhere? >> everywhere. >> reporter: at the treasure island's music festival, festival wear didn't mean fringe and tatoos, but ponchos and early exit. >> the at a certain point, we'll wait it out, but then everybody was leaving. i saw tour buses taking off. >> reporter: back ups at bay areas of airports. earlier, rain, high winds and -- and also toppled over a vending machine on to a concert gore. all acts are being pushed back an hour because of the weather. >> hopefully tomorrow

she joined us live from forestville. good morning, what are you seeing? >> reporter: oh, my goodness, i'm i my photographer irene and vanessa gordon watson who has been driving these things in the county for 28 years. in fact, was one of the first or is the first woman in the county to be able to do this. we're going on a dry run, leaving the command center now at the department of public works and transportation hub here and we're going to just take a -- >> so, technology being what it >> she is in a moving truck. we lost the signal. we'll try to get her back a bit later. let's turn to chuck bell. >> this is way advanced preparation. way advanced. >> last year, we didn't get our first inch of snow until the blizzard started. the third week of january before we had any snow last year. >> let's do that again. >> i don't want a blizzard. >> i'm okay as long as it is another 20 and 30 inches, i'm okay with waiting. >> i was going to say, you meteorologists! >> if it is only going to snow two or three times a winter, let's make them count for something. >> oh

it dumped sand and gravel on to river road in forestville. nobody was hurt. a number of trees also came down in sonoma county. for more now on today's rain let's go to abc 7 meteorologist >> live done ter 7 still tracking a little bit of moisture out there. pockets of green on the screen and getting a little tighter on live doppler 7. right down to street level and you get into the north bay, napa, pockets of drizzle and take you over to san francisco, a little bit of green on the screen. probably mist around the mission and even a little bit around the sunset district and east bay and inland. probably a little bit of damp moisture. san ramon and into the south bay, mainly dry skies except around palo alto. final pockets of drizzle and that's the theme over the next 24 hours. we'll begin to dry out our skies tomorrow morning. of course, you can track those showers any time using live doppler 7 and the abc 7 news app. wet weather all season long. >> thanks a lot. >>> the chp is investigating whether this suv which burst into flames in oakland was stolen. this

forestville 3. winds are almost 3.nd other locations, oakmont and sleepy hollow over two inches of rain. other locations as well. russian river, sonoma county and marin county. we're almost done with this. a little bit left for today. we will get a break tomorrow. and then more rain. the next one looks like it will be widespread on thursday. >> thank you, steve. >> you're welcome. >> today is the day. we're excited. basketball back in oakland. the golden state warriors tipping off the new season tonight at oracle arena. allie rasmus is live inside the arena which of course is going to be packed with very excited warriors fans in just a few hours. allie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alex. tipoff, warriors versus the spurs. giving you a look around here, it is empty and quiet. but you can bet that roar-acle will live up to its name tonight. the folks making sure that everything is spic and span. tickets are still available on the resale mark e if you want season tickets, you may be out of luck. the waiting li

investigators say that the slick roadway was a factor in this dump truck accident on river road in forestville between 6 a.m. and noon yesterday. the chp and the santa rosa area responded to 34 collisions most blamed on people driving too fast for the conditions. >> we don't get rain very often so it's hard to remember how to drive in it right? >> usually with light rain it allows the oil to come closer to the surface and you have slippery conditions. something very dire right now that we have been monitoring here at kpix 5 is the landfall of a catastrophic hurricane named matthew. it's a category 4. it's hitting haiti on the southwest, the tiburon coastline. behind it you have the mountains. we expect landslides and mud slides. it's projected to continue on its past across cuba as a category 4 hurricane still gathering more strength over the warm open waters and then hitting the bahamas. right now it's projected path is to make landfall in miami, florida by friday. this is a dire situation that bears watching. we have hurricane watches in effect for the area. we could see 10 inches of rain in

a few days ago in forestville you couldn't see the bottom of the russian river.ou could see it actually. looking at it now. a lot more water up there. river flow will triple to 2500 cubic feet per second. by tomorrow you can see the difference in water levels of at north bay lakes from this year compared to drought-stricken 2014. it's a very good start to the storm season for sonoma county water agency. 600,000 customers in sonoma county and it's also beneficial to wildlife and the fish. >>if we machine the reservoirs to meet the needs of people and fish, mother nature is taking care of the flow for fish this year, but throughout the drought it was a tricky balance. >>endangered salmon are migrating upstream from the ocean to spawn in freshwater. the stream starts to flow and form a spawning habitat for the fish. >>> we always need rain. >>yes. >>> and at 8:21 rosemary's about to therefore. we want the rain but -- to deliver. we want it timed so it doesn't spoil our plans. >>we're spoiled yes indeed. the models have been flip-flopping on this. one day it looks dr