i walk into the sir francis drake, i look around and say it looks nice, i like these people, i enjoyed this hotel. i never have any idea that the hotel monaco is owned by the same company and i'll probably have a similar experience. >> yeah, you think that would be a problem for you. >> we actually started out with never putting the name on everything. in 2005, people would come out and say, i love this. are there anymore? if we put the name on it, people are going to think, i used to stay at this great hotel, sir francis drake, then these guys bought it. then we started putting it after every name. that's where we are now. how do people know? if they can read, they know. >> maybe that kind of squares the circle on these are boutique but collective. one might argue you're buying on an economy of scale. really, you seem to be engineering a series of experiences to justify a net price, right? and that's something you made consistent across the line. >> it's not that efficiency is not important, but efficiency is only important to us in things the customer doesn't really care as much abou

nothing reported on sir francis drake yet this morning and 101 is quiet down 101 towards the golden gateraffic flowing nicely there. we did have one earlier fender- bender at the bay bridge toll plaza. so they waited to turn on the metering lights. they are on now but look at this. traffic is completely cleared out. so not much of a delay at all right now getting into san francisco. lawrence has been warning us it could be a very wet evening commute. so even though things look dry for now, if you do want to use mass transit might be a good idea for bart, no delay right now. does this drive anyone else crazy? we got this email from robin unger and she hates it when people park like this. she sent us this photo which has been attracting attention on facebook. people have also been sounding off there. we hear you, robin. no one likes a parking space hog. you could try to get the violator towed if it happens in a private lot. it looks like that was. and you can't quite fit in the next space over. parking over the white line is illegal on a public street. you can get a ticket if you are not c

highway 101, a boulder burst through the retaining fence and landed on the roadway near the sir francis drake exit. a lot of these minor issues are what these emergency crews have to deal with, and as i mentioned, this can liaos to be a problem that's going to be near sonoma county at least until 11:00 p.m. tonight so people should start looking for diversions to get around here. reporting live, abc7 news. >> the storm is keeping pg&e crews busy. the utility is reporting power outages across the bay area. strong winds and rain knocked out power to about 1500 people on the peninsula. 1700 customers in the north bay. 114 in san francisco, and 49 in the south bay. the east bay reports 402 outages. power has been restored for some customers and crews continue to work on getting the power back on for others. >>> here is a live look now from our sfo camera. our soaking is causing massive delays at san francisco international. it's operating under a delay program for the entire day. most delays range between 30 and 90 minutes but some flights are delayed by two hours. 59 flights have been cancelled

. >>> ribbon-cutting ceremony marks the come lotion of construction work along marin's sir francis drake boulevard with the work on the five-mile stretch has been going on for a year and a half with crews repairing pavement, cleared storm drains and fixed retaining walls. the project was decided into three phases to deal with the environmental concerns along the roadway and carries a last tourists from marin county to the coast. >> how a bay area man became the state's newest millionaire with a single tweet. >>> new details on the toothpaste terror threat that could threaten the olympic games >> stepping up to save san francisco figure heads. >> mike nicco will be ahead with the covered california is howt californians can take advantage. we can help you get quality health insurance right now. to sign up, call 800-787-9159 or go to coveredca.com. you can also use our website to find local, in-person help. one of the biggest questions we get here is, "does covered california offer financial assistance?" yes. covered california is the only place that gives you financial help with your cover

. >>> also in marin county, along sir francis drake boulevard a pick-up truck landed in a ditch. amazingly november here amazingly nobody was hurt. oil in the road comes up, the highway patrol has said a light rain can be just as dangerous as a heavy downpour. can you follow mark and rest of our ktvu meteorologists on-line for the very latest on bay area weather conditions. they are posting updates to twitter and facebook even when we are not on the air. >>> new at 10:00 a berkeley woman is hospitalized after police say she was shot in the back. it happened around 6:00 in oakland near the emeryville border around 57th and lowell streets. initial reports indicate that the woman may have been shot by a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend. police say that the gunman remains on the loose. officer have not been available to offer any description of that shooter. >>> muni stations in downtown san francisco have re-opened after a deadly accident. the san francisco fire department says a 45-year-old man fell from the platform at the powell street station and was struck by a train and killed at abo

we want to point out one traffic alert is 101 south bound in the fast lane near sir francis drake drakeficant amount of water on the roads there. this is just a flood advisory at this point. there is a different, the flood advisory is a little less significant. it means we won't see as much of the flooding in the creeks and streams. we could see three to seven inches just here. live, mark kelly, kpix5. >> mark live in the north bay. the south bay is about to get hit too. >> yeah, a bit. there's not going to be anything like the totals they're getting in the north bay. everybody's going to get wet today. you can see the showers now. especially on the coast side. by the time it gets there a lot of this has got rung out. they have extended advisories to a quarter to 11:00. it should include san francisco and san matao. it's heavily traveled and the rain is coming down. i have no idea why they haven't posted it there. on 280 there could be some significant ponding because this is the first rain fall of the year. the biggest rain fall event in more than a year in the bay area. all the stuff

francis drake boulevard which has been going on for a year and a half with construction crews repairing pavement defend the bridge and the state park, cleared the storm drains and fixed the retaining wall. the project was divided into three phases to deal with environmental concerns along the road which carries tours from marin county to the coast. >>> mike is tracking the rain. how do you characterize this? showers? rain? >> steady rain. light-to-moderate rain. with the radar, it is hot down south and it could be shooting into the clouds and seeing small, maybe pea-sized hail and that is why the radar runs are not in sync with the rain that is falling. if i zoom this out you can see the national weather service radar and the radar returns are in the circular nature. that means it is hitting the same elevation through the clouds and bouncing off the hail. right now, the reports from the field in mountain view in san jose are saying "rain." not saying "heavy rain," or "hail," but there is the possibility that one or two hail stones could ship through the air before melting and reach the

large boulders came crashing down on highway 101 near sir francis drake boulevard. and a flash flood warning was issued today for parts of sonoma county. abc 7 news reporter sergio campana live with a look at the flooding. >> reporter: sonoma creek jumped its banks around 2:00 this afternoon, overswept through here, and watched out this intersection. a lot of the residents here know that this place is prone to flooding. so they quickly adapted the detours. but tonight the chp is telling anyone who happens to be touring through here tomorrow and even tonight to pay attention to those detours because there's a good chance this intersection is still going to be flooded out and closed. >> the flooded out intersection didn't stop a few drivers from trying to get through. this person finally realized it was a bad idea and turned around. chp officers say this is one of the biggest dangers when it rains. >> there's a lot of standing water. so we want to try to have people avoid the standing water. standing water is very dangerous. you can't tell the depth of it. you don't k

large boulders came crashing down on highway 101 near sir francis drake boulevard yesterday.nd a flash flood warning is issued and 101 and schellville is expected to be reopened this morning due to flooding. abc7 news reporter has more from the north bay. >> reporter: the flooded-out intersection didn't stop a few drivers from trying to get through. this person finally realized it was a bad idea and turned around. chp officers said it is one of the biggest dangers when it rains. >> there's a lot of standing water so what we want to do is have people avoid the standing water. standing water is very dangerous. you cannot tell the depth of it, you don't know what is inside of it, and you don't know how your vehicle is going to react. >> this happened during the afternoon flash flood warning. a flash flood watch throughout the north bay remains in effect. the deluge of rain caused a series of problems throughout the north bay. in santa rosa, parts of tanglewood park were under water because a nearby creek overran it's banks. standing water here caused a stretch to be shut down ju

large boulders came crashing down near sir francis drake boulevard yesterday. and a flash flood warning is issued and 101 and schellville is expected to be reopened this morning due to flooding. abc7 news reporter has more from the north bay. >> reporter: the flooded-out intersection didn't stop a few drivers from trying to get through. this person finally realized it was a bad idea and turned around. chp officers said it is one of the biggest dangers when it rains. >> there's a lot of standing water so what we want to do is have people avoid the standing water. you don't know when is inside of it, the depth and you don't know how your vehicle will react. >> this happened during the afternoon flash flood warning. a flash flood watch throughout the north bay remains in effect. the deluge of rain caused a series of problems throughout the north bay. parts of tanglewood park were under water because a near buy creek overran it's banks. standing water here caused a stretch to be shut down just in case. and we talked with one resident as he shored up his home withst

and reports of flooding near sir francis drake. small stream flood advisory is in effect until 10:45 this morning. line in san san anselmo, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the steady rain is causing dangerous conditions on bay area highways. officers say the first rain of the season creates slick roadways, which can easily cause a driver to lose control and the chp is warning drivers to slow on down. >> a common mistake during the rainy season, apply the brakes really hard. >> it's scary. it's wet, and there have been a lot of accidents going on. i just try to go careful. >> the highway patrol says there was a spike in accidents yesterday due to the wet weather with almost triple the number of incidents officer normally see. alex savage is out there, we'll check with him in a moment. slippery roads may have caused this propane truck to crash. it over turned and hit a tree. the propane truck was empty. no hazardous materials spilled. the driver also wasn't hurt but a firefighter was injured while trying to cut the tree off the

there are issues in some areas, roadway flooding in lane one on highway 101 south of sir francis drake boulevard right here, and some ponding beneath area overpasses. now, our dry weather has transitioned to a storm system with the potential to bring up to 7 inches of rain. the drought we're experiencing now rivals the one we experienced back in 1975, but if current forecast holds, this pocket of heavy to moderate rain called an atmospheric river will last through the weekend. the moisture stretches all the way to the hawaiian islands. the bull's-eye of heavy rainfall will be right here over the bay area. right here in the north bay we could see as much as 3 to 7 inches of rainfall. again, we cannot help but notice how lane one of highway 101 have that flooding and that ponding. if you take a look at the cars flying through, you'll see how they are moving rather quickly and they need to slow down in these trouble spots. we'll continue to stay here, go around the area and see if we see any flash flooding. we'll have more weather updates on abc7news.com and i should have a live report to

ashbery club will hold a ceremony at the sir francis drake hotel.francisco supervisor malia cohen, surer for sheriff ross mirkarimi, fire chief joe and hayes-white and police chief greg suhr. >> com watching wall street, this morning, investors are wondering whether stocks will rally after a long holiday weekend. the markets were closed yesterday for president's day. the stock market closed out to its best week of the year on friday. also today, the federal reserve will release minutes from january's interest rate meeting. >> a new investigation is being launched into the traffic scandal plaguing new york--new jersey gov. chris christie's administration. that head of the port authority of new york and new jersey ordered an investigation into the actions of the agencies to police. it comes following reports that officers told frustrated motorists who were stuck in traffic to complain to the mayor for fort lee. several lanes were closed for days in september on the busy george washington bridge near fort lee. this created gridlock traffic. some state

it's taken 18 months to complete the work on sir francis drake boulevard through samuel taylor park.celebrate the end of the road work with a ribbon cutting at the group's picnic area and that starts at 2:00 this afternoon. hopefully the rain will be cleared out by then. >> hopefully. that would be nice. >>> time now 8:56. let's go to sal. there's so much for you to tell us. >>reporter: there's a lot going on still. just want to mention the highlights, the bay bridge still very, very slow this morning at the toll plaza. we also have very slow traffic on 80 and on 880, and traffic is slow coming up from the coliseum. the south bay is still a mess. northbound and southbound 101 and 280. now let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. most of the rain is about done, maybe a little bit left here for in our hour or so and then we'll get a break until tomorrow afternoon in the north bay and then for everybody over the weekend things really begin to get into the heavy category, especially north and for all of us on sunday. could be moderate to heavy, i mean, four to eight inches possible. >> wow!