we have the lady if red, leyla gulen. you are look festive. >> i am tracking santa so i will dress the part. we are waking up to foggy conditions. this is the drive through san rafael in the southbound direction. you can barely see the roads. the temperatures are in the lower 50's for most of us. as you head into noon, that fog will dissipate and be replaced with cloud cover and the lows push in over the bay area and it is actually going to squeeze out the rain. nothing like what we had over the last couple of weeks. it will be light. especially through the north bay. and by the afternoon hours into the evening by 7:00 p.m. you will see the rain dissipating and being replaced with stars and gusty conditions. strong winds are expected. now the traffic. the san mateo bridge shows a couple of citizens, and one is in the milpitas area. the san mateo bridge, the fog has lifted a little bit but expect to see that return. walnut creek is clear. 680 headed there in the southbound direction from pleasant hill toward highway 24 the

and gulen supporters would say there is erdogan, essentially taking his revenge on gulen and his supportersiulie. >> but gulen has a lot of followers and a lot of influence in bodies like the judiciary. so what is likely to be the reaction to this in turkey? >> well, this is the culmination, it seems of a year-long investigation. exactly a year ago this week, there was a -- coverage of revelations of corruption allegations against people close to the then prime minister now president erdogan. and a couple of people were forced to resign. after that thousands of members of the police force and the judiciary were forced to resign. they were fired or reassigned if they had been connected with this corruption case and today so far absolutely nobody has been facing any charges with these corruption allegations. but what gulen supporters are saying is that it's suspicious that it's exactly a year since those corruption allegations emerged, and this is erdogan taking his revenge. they have long said that ghoul sen trying to effectively run a parallel state within turkey, and erdogan says this is p

leyla gulen? >> we are starting at the san mateo bridge where it looks like both the travel and the weather are clear from hayward to foster city. as you make it across the water, it will take you seven minutes to get there. the rest of the bay area has a lot of green on the roads so we are at top speeds everywhere but we do have areas of construction and one is through pleasant hill northbound 680 where you will find three lanes blocked and this project is going to last until 6:30 this morning. in the southbound direction you will not have a problem and we are looking at clear conditions into walnut creek. this area is shaded in open as we traffic weather and traffic and c.h.p. issued a folk advisory and that is what the orange is indicating traveling along 85, highway 87, you make it along 101, and into downtown san jose you are going to be seeing some thick fog so use the low peoples -- beams. >> black berry is working on a new self destructing smartphone. >> google is taking the wraps off the

what is the overpass we can't see, leyla gulen? way, way, way too hard to see. >>> as par -- far as the day planner, temperatures are close to where we should be midtown atmosphere 50's. low-to-upper 60's at 4:00, and mid-50's at 7:00. it is way too warm for this time of year. >> okay. the roads? way too warm? >>> we have a couple of sig-alerts with crews move the dirt in the road. this is a major crash resulting in a fatality with a pickup truck hanging over the overcrossing and you can see the cab is just completely smashed in, a serious accident. other injuries are involved and all eastbound lanes have been shut down so they are going to have detours until 10:00 a.m. and i will let you know if they are extended or if the sig-alert will be wrapped up sooner. >>> thank you, leyla gulen. we continue to follow breaking traffic news a landslide blocking two lanes of highway 101 in marin county and it could be hours before it re-opens. >>> they are trying to move huge boulders off the road and look behind me at what they are dealing w

leyla gulen is cupping the accidents.re well over 100. >> yes, right now, though, we have anywhere from 90 to 100 incidents that currently are on the roads. the bay bridge toll plaza is busy. traffic is extending through the drops back from the maze. to get from the maze to san francisco it will take you to minutes so it is not anything unusual. as you can see from emeryville camera to treasure island, it is slow going but it is moving into san francisco so nothing in san francisco can slow you down. however if you leave the city to head into the east bay, we have a new accident and as you know driving in the rain as you head along the lower deck, the drops are 50 times bigger than normal. that could cause confusion as you make the way to treasure island. it could be scary. we have two lanes blocked because of the accident and heavy backup away from the city. i need to drop to woodside and show you this, a mudslide, with the saturated drown coming down and highway 84, and to the east, highway 84 there are downed trees. tr

we have leyla gulen along with mike. he will have the latest. >> the winds are picking up and that will be unfortunate the next couple of hours because we could get the trees letting go that have been stressed from three years of drought and they could fall over so power outans could be an issue. you can see the moderate-to-heavy rain, with no thunder, and no hail as moved through san francisco earlier but los altos has heavy rain from the dumbarton bridge to the san mateo bridge the next ten minutes will be a heavy cell. but at san rafael we have heavy rain falling on 101. sir francis drake up to lucas valley road you can see how heavy the rain is south from san rafael down 101. heaviest rain and thunderstorms now through noon with the fastest wind and thunderstorms are possible but the intensity let up this afternoon through the evening. it is still going to be wet. >> leyla gulen the flooding reports are were positiving up. >> it is too difficult to keep up with each report. it is one after the other. i will take you

the highway patrol and lisa and leyla gulen are warning drivers: slow down. they are bracing if a busy commute with more rain expected in the fiscal year few hours. >> the rain is pounding the entire bay area causing concerns and problems including dangerous driving conditions and of course flooding worries. amy hollyfield is in walnut creek with what is happening. >>> the rain is coming down very steady. it has been a heavy and steady rain for an hour. it is still coming down on north main secret. we are not experiencing any wind. that could be a lucky break. there are concerns about trees handling the rain. especially since this is the beginning. we have a few days to go. it has been so dry. there is concern that the trees will not be able to handle all of what will be lone at them. they have concerns about low-lying flooding and that will be temporary. they are saying because we have been in a drought so long he do not expect long-term big remembers but some low-lying urban flooding which will be temporary. they suggest it could be too late, but if you get

. >>> leyla gulen? >> at the lunch of coal is becoming a diamond. >> you promiseed you would make a ball with the aluminum foil. >> to go along with your foil hat. >>> okay, we have fog, three-quarters of a mile visibility in napa. quarter-mile in san jose. how office den do we talk about san jose having the thingist? the fog is trying to move in but it is not so widespread at yesterday. that is 101 at 880 in san jose. it is cooler this morning, with sunshine and low-to-mid 60's and record highs by 4:00. this evening, the next 12 hours, it will be in the mid-50's. >> the mild temperatures today but as we sanity to leyla gulen, this is fog. >> definitely fog. we do have limited visibility in several places. the golden gate bridge shows we are under a fog advisory coming in from marin to san jose and it does not appear to be affecting traffic with clear conditions. as we move into san jose we are starting to see things clearing out. we could barely see our hand and face long 87 near the tank and north dir

erdogan said that gulen and his supporters were behind allegations of corruption.the months afterwards, members of the judiciary connected to the organization were forced to resign, fired or reassigned. and then exactly a year on, media organizations sympathetic to gulen were raided, people were arrested, and four of those people arrested after those raids. the united states and the european union earlier on this week spoke out against what it saw was a threat, perceived threat to media freedoms here in turkey. erdogan dismissed those suggestions and said the judicial process should be allowed to run its course. >>> in greece a politician says he has been offered an $850,000 bribe to vote for the government chosen president. >> reporter: this cd has the potential to make a general election inevitable, an election the government would be unlikely to win. independent greeks, a small opposition party says it has recorded secret talks in which one of its mp's was offered a bribe of $850,000 in cash. in return he would have to vote for the government's choice of preside

will find out from leyla gulen if the metering lights are on.m leyla gulen if the metering lights are on. eeeeee less than a quarter-mile and that is in the east bay valley. rains are north of 80 with all the 60's throughout the state until around san diego and los angeles or palm springs and low 70's to nearly 80 degrees. winter storm warning 6:00 p.m. wednesday to 6:00 p.m. on friday and 10-20" of feet above 6,000 feet and the biggest problem is thursday. the winds will gust from 50 to 60 american and a lot of snow to be had if you get up there on saturday and sunday. good luck. here is leyla gulen. >>> from emeryville camera this is toward the bay bridge meter lights with a crash on the right-hand side before the meter lights and on the east bound side you could see flashing lights and another incident on the shoulder, not slow things down as you leave san francisco into the east bay. as we take you to the south boy, southbound 101 at 880 that is where we have a report on the other side of the nimitz, and we have possibly three vehicles that

thanks, leyla gulen. >> now a look at the landslide that leyla gulen was talking about and how it is affecting traffic. amy hollyfield is at the scene near 101. amy? >> it is a big mess to clean up. you can see behind me the light pest that came down with big chunks of earth that came out of the hillside and landed on highway 101 southbound 101 at spencer in sausalito two lanes are closed and they need room for the bulldozer to get through here to clear out this mess. it is not creating any backup at this early hour but as the commute is underway it could be a different story, southbound headed into san francisco so the busy side. remember, there are a lot of people working in this zone to get it cleared. they think they will be here for a few hours. >>> thanks, amy hollyfield. it is 5:02. the latest on the deadly shooting of two new york city police officers. the gunman said he was going to kill police in retaliation for the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. >>> this is true. this morning, we are learning more about the 28-year-old who police say killed two new york city poli

with the you it with leyla gulen with the you it way to look at the wet weather. the shopping district. our producer has been drive around tracking traffic. the camera is mounted on top of our van and you can see how wet and slick the conditions are there. we are right at grant, a beautifulshipping district and as i pan around, that is a look at the shops you can see the slick roads, the rain is coming down, a deluge in novato and it is wet and rainy and we have more coming up in a few minutes. >>> thank you. >>> 6:26. the morning news continues at 6:30 with continuing storm watch coverage. >>> if san francisco, high winds have already caused a lane closure on the golden gate bridge and what drivers should bridge and what drivers should necessity >> winds are gusting 35 to 45 miles per hour and we are just now getting into the heaviest part of the storm if san francisco and down the peninsula. the rest of us, it is coming your way. i will have what to expect when i will have what to expect when it gets here, all i will have what to expect when it gets here, all my

leyla gulen? >>> >> good morning, we will talk about mass transit, we have 37 bart trains running on time so for delays, no closures and all power is up and no flooding. bart is find, ace train run, however, is 17 minutes late and this is because of high winds through tracy so expect to be held back for train inspection and high wind. no delays right now. up to 580, all moving along clear with flooding along the center divider and notice the big splashing as cars were driving by but not a problem today as we head up to the poll poll all looking clear. if you are headed out of san francisco we have a crash that is an overturned vehicle southbound 101 at grand avenue blocking one lane and not causing delays at this hour just be aware if you are headed out of brisbane, you could run into this accident. >>> would likes free doughnuts? most people who work mornings were we will tell you where you request get them today, if free, and it is quite a deal. >>> a bay area county cracks down on water thieves

. >> leyla gulen is here. hopefully you have a forecast that will bring smiles to people's faces for the christmas eve. >> it will. you may have to fight a couple of drops here and there. we have another round of showers...rain, but at emeryville area you can see we are under some dense fog with dense fog to get us going this morning but i assure you that will clear by later this morning. at noon, that will be replaced by clouds and it will squeeze out a few drops of rain moving across the peninsula and east bay and south bay by 1:00 o'clock p.m. it will taper. then it will be mostly stars. gusty conditions. the while will replace the rain. that will replace the fog. we have a few steps. christmas will be cool. and dry. >> if you make it to do last minute shopping you will have to find other shoppers but the road are not a problem. traffic is moving along without any problems. we still have folky conditions over the san mateo bridge. that is walnut creek 680 at top speeds headed away from highway 4 to the 24 j

. >> leyla gulen is here for a look at the forecast. >> hopefully it is toasty in the malls and you willneed a jacket if you are headed out. here is a look from the roof camera with breezy conditions and current temperatures are going to be in the mid-50's where the full seven-day forecast and the possibility of snow by >> weeks of controversy around "the interview," helped with the buzz on the limited release christmas day earning $1 million on christmas day showing and is the best seller on google play and youtube movies. bay area movie goers packed the theater including this cinema in san jose. every screening was sold out. >> in oakland, demand is so high at new parkway management decided to give back all the cash $2 from every ticket sold goes to "liberty," an organization in north korea that helps korean refugees. >> two sport teams have high together hiring. according to the "new york times" the washington bucks and washington nationals have fired experts to read the faces of college prospects. the idea is to analyze things that cannot be seen on the field such as personality trai

to extradite gulen. such a request is unlikely to be granted without evidence. turkish state media says that gulen is the leader of, quote, a criminal group. to libya's presidential campaign has been wrapping up this friday. that's ahead of sunday's runoff vote in which the incumbent goes head-to-head with the 88-year-old frontrunner. well after a four-year transition from the decades ruled by the strong man, zine al-abidine ben ali, this is the first time that they've been given a chance to truly elect a president since 1956. results are expected to be announced sometime between december 2 and december 24. well, in the first round of tunisia's presidential elections in late november the incumbent, moncef marzouki, took 33% of the vote leaving him trailing 6% by the anti-islamist party, has been part of politics for several decades. >> he was the minister heading up ben ali's parliament, the political background is certainly solid. >> firstly, i'd like a return to the state. but what state? a state of law in which all citizens are equal in the eyes of the law. a

we have the lady if red, leyla gulen. you are look festive. >> i am tracking santa so i will dress the part. we are waking up to foggy conditions. this is the drive through san rafael in the southbound direction. you can barely see the roads. the temperatures are in the lower 50's for most of us. as you head into noon, that fog will dissipate and be replaced with cloud cover and the lows

leyla gulen? >> we are going to start off by looking at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza and it is empty, a ghost town, maybe one soul coming in, toward the bay bridge toll plaza but you are fog free. at the north bay, this is what you find headed across the golden gate bridge: socked in here and in san jose. everything in betweens though, is nice. we did have construction on 580 headed along the eastbound direction between greenville and north flynn roads with lanes taken away until 9:00 a.m. so if your travels take you against traffic you could see a little bit of slowing. always slow if the cone zone with clear conditions but for westbound, of course, we see a heavy buildup of traffic through the altamont pass and we are down to 36 miles per hour, and you get to this area you will see full speed until dublin from vasco. >>> the dow is flirting with a new milestone and we have america's money report. >> california drivers could be in foe an unwanted january surprise at the gas pump and some ar

leyla gulen? >>> i will get five stars for traffic. the san mateo bridge is clear. but the vie is on the hazy side but traffic itself is not too bad. walnut creek is moving along at top speeds and waking up to clear conditions across the bay area and one disabled vehicle and that is it no accidents to report to get us going. >>> thank you. more news, breaking news, three days after it went missing search parties found tragic evidence today from airasia 8501. officials report at least six bodies and debris from the plane have been retrieved from the water. we are joined from washington with the latest. >>> good morning, investigators are busy studying grim new evidence that is emmessaging from -- only merging from the sea. >> on day three on the search for airasia 8501 a shadow in the sea has spotted the shape of the plane and retrieved the bodies of passengers of the family members prayed and cried and fainted. >> they believe... [ inaudible ] >> ten pieces of debris are confirmed to be from the p

leyla gulen is doing weather and traffic. a day that many people look forward to, the day after christmas with the sales. >> exactly. they will hit the roads going to get some bargains. moreshipping. we will look at live doppler hd and how the weather will shape up. it is hooking clear. not a cloud in the sky. that is a look at lake tahoe. it is cold. expect to see temperatures reaching the single digits overnight. one of the long of the nights of the air so the dry air mass and less wind is causing chilly conditions tonight. expect those to persist. a look at traffic. the san mateo show as high wind advisory and high profile vehicles, be careful. 101 from san francisco to sfo is 10 minutes and 14 minutes from 238 to the maze and 11 minutes from 85 to the san jose airport. >> in the news, shoppers looking for after christmas deals in san francisco's union square could be met by a rest this afternoon, demonstrators will be protesting the recent shooting deaths of two blackmen by white police officers. on christmas night a simi

we'll check things out. >> and i'm leyla gulen in the traffic center. on top the van as we push in towards palo alto, mountain view. that drive is going to take you at least 30 minutes. >>> and a reminder. you can see what's showing up on live doppler 7 hd any time with the abc 7 news weather app. it's free on the app store or google play. google play. female announcer: sleep train's is ending soon!or 3 event! get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, free set-up, and free removal of your old mattress, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> viewers have been sending us a lot of weather pictures. even the pets had to hunker down. his owner says hee would rather be in the snuggle bed. >> wouldn't we all? >> yes. we want to see the weather where you live. e-mail your photos and videos to us. you can also post them

leyla gulen is off today. we will look at traffic.blem at dumbarton westbound 84 a sig-alert blocked because of a collision westbound dumbarton bridge near the high-rise and we don't know what time it will re-open. it is a sig-alert. it will be closed for quite a while. that is westbound 84 at dumbarton. >>> the richmond-san rafael bridge toll plaza is backing up in the cash lanes but the fast track lanes are zipping law without delays. >>> new this morning on cyber monday going inside amazon how they plan to getting you all the stuff you will buy. >> sole media reaches supreme court. >>> more weather and more traffic all morning and this is the abc7 news keeping weather and traffic up through the break so you do not miss a thing. so you do not miss a thing. bay bridge toll plaza is getting ♪ ♪ bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything. with hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious. >>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> 6:13 on december 1.

. >>> along with leyla gulen i am kin christian with meteorologist mike nicco and leyla gulen. it is mindboggling to look at these numbers. >> 4" of rain in 48 hours in san francisco is the wettest storm since 1998. fog and drizzle is the big story we will look at day planner looking at the low clouds from the east bay hills to the west this morning. we will start off mild again with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's. by noon we will be cloudy only at 62 to 64 with sprinkles possible, and mid-to-upper 60's and breezy and mild by 7:00, and mid-to-upper 50's and light rain will develop in the north bay at 7:00. that will be the beginning. >>> on the roads? >> it sounds like we will make left in the weather department. helpfully we will not make history of your own because we do not want to see you get into significant accidents. try to work from home. slow down your speed in the rain. stay in the middle lanes. c.h.p. warns you never go in the far right or far left. that is where the water is pooling. have working windshield wipers and good tires. the macarthur maze shows trav

leyla gulen? >> that i understand. two dry on the weekend sounds great. the drive here across the a nasa, pike has been telling us the heavier rainfall is over the pass and you want to be careful. it is causing delays along 580 from tracy to dublin and 205. there is an accident at grant line road in the clearing stages at 35 miles per hour beyond 84 and it will be worse because now we have a brand new signature alert because of a landslide eastbound and eight highway 84 shut down. so traffic is diverted and turned around and the sig-alert is in we fact until further notice. we do fought know how long it will take to enclue up but the good news is the sig-alert has been cleared a jackknifed sig-alert 680 is cleared and all lanes are opened up. from highway 84 to 680, you will be able to use it without any problem of the it will take time for the traffic to dissipate. >>> what a year for george clooney's new wife, first marrying hollywood's most eligible bachelor and joining the ranks of jackie o and princess di and duchess kate middleton causing some eye r

leyla gulen? >>> we will take you to the macarthur maze with traffic there getting heavier and moving without any problem. accidents there and you get to the bay bridge toll plaza it is fuller at this hour will coming in from the maze from the east bay to san francisco but not going to take you any time at all and the metering lights have not been turn on. we have an accident turning into a multiple vehicle crash that was an accident involving a couple of cars and one flipped open its side and now five to six vehicles are involved. in the westbound direction we are going to find spectator slowing and most of the slowing is through the altamont pass at 35 minutes from tracy to dublin. in san jose northbound 101, an accident there has a lane blocked with light delays up to the 280 and 680 split. now we see the heavy traffic because all cars are turned away at the summit and northbound and southbound highway 17, shut down, sig-alert in affect because of a downed tree. >>> straight aheads seven things

leyla gulen? >> we have big delays for ace train if you are headed through the altamont pass, we had ace train one being held become because of track inspection and high win. they were 50 minutes delayed and now we do not see ace train one we only see ace train three and five. ace train three is 10 minutes late possible they have taken passengers off of one and now they will board them on three. we havedly over the -- we have delay over the altamont pass. no delays across the peninsula and to the south with a full closure of 101 at willow coming off the dumbarton. but everything now is re-opened. you can see in livermore, in the eastbound direction, we have a lane blocked because of the crash but in the westbound direction, look at the green, it is nice and clear and it is 25 minutes to get from tracy to dublin. unfortunately a sig-alert is here in south san francisco because of water that collected on the road and someone did not see it, ran interest it, and flipped the car. sig-alert until furth

. >>> thank you, leyla gulen. investigators in san jose this morning are looking into the origin of an apartment fire indirectlily caused by tuesday's windstorm last night. the man whose apartment burned was outside cutting up a tree that fell and took out the neighborhood power. when he went back inside he saw his christmas tree on fire. the man had lit candles for light before going outside and he and the roommate needed help to find a place to stay. >> winds did a lot of damage on land but also on sea. >> the coast guard rescued betters in distress. amy hollyfield joins us in sausalito we. it was a dangerous night on the water. >> the coast guard had a busy night with rescue boats had a lost trouble. we have video of a rescue coming into the marine that. this is one of four or five that the coast guard had to help and this woman was adrift for hours and out of options. >> the anchor broke. or cut loose. and i needed help. very windy. very windy. >> scary day right? >> very, scary. >> did you call the coast guar

. >>> leyla gulen is with us and following traffic.storm. >>> it is coming tonight. it is slated for tonight. into tomorrow. it will be moving, the heart of it, into the north bay. the commute is full of fog and drizzle. before we get to the details of what will happen we will get you out the door with san ramon valley filling with fog as is 101 in the north bay. you can see the fog and drizzle here in the san francisco area. that is a backdrop to talk of temperatures in the low-to-mid 60's. do not be surprised if you have a few sprinkles. when the sun sets the rain will move into the north bay and we have 24 hours before the heaviest stuff gets to the north bay. >> take advantage of it while we can. it will be mice and clear so far to get us started. the only challenge is the fog. as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza we have cars that are stacking up in the far right hand lane as we take a look at the rest the bay. thing are moving along fine through berkeley to emeryville. you can see it more in the foreground and the rest of the

thanks for joining us. >>> i am kristen sze with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco.e busy but it is calming down. >> it is calmer. you can see the steady rain moved to the east. we will focus on showers. you can see them across the forth bay headed to petaluma and rohnert park and santa rosa and toward sea ranch with a stronger cell developing there and a wall of light rain moving to san francisco and down to half moon bay. for rain right now in the upper 40's to low 50's with scattered showers and thunderstorms and mid-to-upper 50's will taper in the evening. >>> what abut the roads? >> we have a lot of close evening because of the rain. you could wake up, get to the

leyla gulen? >>> my goodness. we are starting off with a look at san rafael.e have a fog advisory in the santa cruz mountains, along highway 17, so be careful there. it looks hazy here. driving down 101 through the forth bay and to 580 we have a problem in the northbound direction northbound 101 at 580 that is where we have extremely deep water and one drove interest it and stopped the car nearly. we have flooding everywhere cross the bay area. heed the warnings. the signs are activated on the freeway. that means you want to be careful and slow down. you cannot see in the dark that far in front of you and how deep the water can be. the golden gate bridge is coming down as you make it into san francisco with slick conditions. the overturned vehicle has no injuries involved, and southbound 680 at sunol boulevard to the shoulder with in lanes blocked and crews are on the scene and employers are out. drive carefully. >> there is an early indication on what the hottest holiday rent could be. >> here is the tech byte. >> smart watches will be on many wish lists in 2

leyla gulen is covering traffic and weather. a lot of people are headed out for day after christmas sales. >> people look forward to it all year long. there are great after christmas sales. dress if layers. it will be a pain in the neck because you are going to be peeling them off later today. here is a look at live doppler hd with radar satellite showing colleague conditions so it is chilly. looking to the golden gate bridge, it is looking beautiful in all the glory. the day planner the next 12 hours, we start off chilly and by noon you will experience temperatures in the mid-fete and by 4:00 p.m. reaching the lower 60's and overnight the temperatures will drop down more significantly and i will talk about that in a few minutes. enjoy, the roads. if you are racing to the stores, do not race. they will be there. walnut creek shows 680 subfrom pleasant hill, a clear drive. san francisco to sfo is 10 minutes. 880 is wide open, and 101 through san jose not a delay to be seen. >>> we have what is becoming a major weapon in the battl

. >>> leyla gulen is off today so we are doing traffic up here. on 580 we can tell you there is a solo spinout near the altamont pass to the east of livermore so be aware of that. we will look outside right new if we can at golden gate bridge they are turning the we markers around so the traffic on this monday, people going back to worth after a long thanksgiving holiday, we are monitoring the trouble spots and we will keep you informed on what the rain is doing. >> it is now 4:38. a new clue if san francisco police after a daytime shooting in north beach. what investigators have found that could lead to the shooter. >> this is a potentially deadly items in your baby's crib that may not appear to be dangerous at all. >> traffic is looking good. the roads are a little wet. the roads are a little wet. stay >> covering daly city, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, this is a look at downtown san francisco with a beautiful shot. but the winds are a20ing the camera bouncing it around. we will learn more about w

leyla gulen will have the traffic problems this morning. that is ahead. >>> this morning, liver pore police are warning of the dangers of a high school game called "assassin," where kids use toy guns to ambush other students. it is a disturbing trend. >> livermore police say a high school senior crashed her car interest this house while playing a game called "assassin." >> people are into it and it is dangerous if you do things...not thinking. >> players are assigned to stalk and shoot a victim with a nurf gun and the last person standing gets cash. >> people go out of the way to make sure the target is killed and will chase people down in cars. >> livermore police are discouraging students from playing the game. they have received sunday sunday call -- 9-1-1 calls receiving produce hers and armed people of the community. >> people do not understand what it is and it could be a serious problem. >> the students are being safe and they set up rules. you cannot play on campus. you cannot use a gun that looks real. >> officials hope the student

leyla gulen? >>> yes, we like winter. shows 42 trains running on time and ace rain one and three on time and no delays on muni. i am sure the cable cars will be running. for the tourists we, you can enjoy the cable cars. the bay bridge toll plaza shes track now is ling up as you make it from the east bay. however, everyone is moving along fine and the golden gate bridge shows it is wet as the rain is moving its way across the north bay and traffic is smooth and we have a sig-alert in affect on highway 9 but in the eastbound direction we have a shoulder open for traffic and that is good news for residents in saratoga at skyline daysing the trouble here and we have a car that can get by so that is better than nothing. 580 westbound still a pothole to be repaired and it is slow at 15 miles per hour. give yourself extra time. eric and kristen? >>> straight ahead seven things to know as you start your day. >> a federal government is auctioning off bitcoin and w it will take to get in on the action. >> you can keep on weather a

we have leyla gulen doing double duty today. how does it look weather and traffic?more like christmas. the temperatures are cooling down. we will start by looking at live doppler hd with clouds moving in over the bay area this afternoon bringing light rain. we have another round of wet weather through the bay area. from the roof camera, gorgeous sight at the embarcadero center lit up in the holiday glory. we have areas of dense fog this morning. cooler today. afternoon showers. it will be sunny and cool for christmas day. the seven-day forecast is ahead. >>> we will talk about traffic. switching gears we look at the golden gate bridge. the drive is moving along without any problems. you can see clear conditions. certainly in accidents. it will be holiday lite i venture to say. we have construction in progress. northbound 680 you will find crews so slow for the cone zone. >>> thank you, leyla gulen. >> breaking news from missouri: protesters clashing with police overnight after an officer shot and killed a young man outside ferguson. a device went off when officers t

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and leyla gulen.umbers. >> 4" of rain in 48 hours in san francisco is the wettest storm since 1998. fog and drizzle is the big

. >>> leyla gulen is here and meteorologist mike nicco is over there, and we will look at the profit and how much time before the rain. >> we have 24 hours -- no, 48 hours. in 48 hours the heavy rain will move into the north bay so we have flash flood watches. they start at 4:00 a.m. on thursday morning to 4:00 friday morning. that is what will happen initially with the storm. this morning, live doppler hd shows plenty of fog in the north bay and the east bay develop. this is how it looks over san francisco. we have our own fog starting to roll in the exploritorium showing low visibility. the next 12 hours are mild, mid-to-upper 50's close to the normal high in the low-to-mid 60's at noon and mid-to-upper 60's at record high at 4:00 and after dark, still will be mild in the mid-to-upper 50's with you have >>> you may need the goggles for the fog. >> we have lights on, on generator power after the bridge went dark. we have light here, and i looks like the traffic is moving along swiftly. on the bay bridge the traffic is busy coming in from the maze at 16 minutes from the east bay to s

leyla gulen is off.e bay bridge toll plaza and it is starting to backup in the cash-paying lanes. fast track is getting through okay and the roads are still wet. the roads crass the bay area, so be careful driving. >> we are not done yet. umbrellas first came out last night when the rains were falling in the north beach of san francisco and despite the rain many people were out and about and car tires are flashing so be careful as you drive. >>> again, police are warning drivers to showdown in the rain of the last night a car flipped and central avenue after hydroplaning. the driver lost control. but the driver escaped. >> in hair wet conditions contributed to a crash on 92, and no major injuries were reported. you can see the damage. heavy rain dropped flooding to 580 in dublin and one car stalled on the off-ramp. >> there were a lot of problems away the bay with a huge tree crash down in the presidio after a round of rain on sunday morning take down power lines and left people in the dark. >>> our frie

. >> i am leyla gulen. >>> merry christmas. >> christmas morning for you means double duty. >> it does. my gift to you: a beautiful day to get started. live doppler hd shows we have crisp conditions to wake up to and no return so the rain made its way through bay area yesterday and it was gone in a flash and now we are left with clear skies and cooler temperatures. in fact, it is a gorgeous sight looking toward san francisco and the bay bridge. we have a cool and breezy christmas day but the winds are subsiding and a cooler night ahead with frost expected overnight. a dry pattern into the new year no more rain on the for try done -- on the horizon. we will look at traffic now: a beautiful drive there. if you are making it cross the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city, you will not see any delays. same in walnut creek at 680, hardly anyone on the roads. be careful if you are headed to the loved ones for christmas day celebrations, drive safely. >> police will be out in first to make sure we all obey traffic laws this holiday season. >> in drinking and driving. >>> we will check

leyla gulen?> we will look at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is quite light and you are making it fine from the east bay where we have light rain and wind blow through oakland and the drive into san francisco will be gusty on the other side of treasure island. the san mateo bridge across the watershedded away from hayward to foster city, the drive is loading up and considerably more dry here as you make it across to the peninsula. headed to the east bay we have a full closing eastbound 80, that is where it is indicated in purple. the closer you are to by -- to pinole valley we had three lanes shut down and they are trying to clean it up. it is creating the detour around the area. they say it will be wrapped up shortly and i will let you know when. until then it is a sig-alert the avoid the area. westbound travel is light headed into el sobrante and northbound 280 we have a crash not an overturned vehicle but it went to the bushes and we have one lane blocked headed into wood side headed a

abc 7 news morning traffic reporter leyla gulen on double duty this afternoon. >> yes, indeed.on. good afternoon, everyone. now that the flood advisory for the bay area has been canceled, we are still dealing with residual flooding in our roadways along highway 4 in antioch, also it was quite evident in san jose. that's where i want to take you right now. we do have this accident right now. northbound side of highway 17 to the northbound highway 85 connector. we are seeing significant delays in that area. 37 miles per hour is going to get you out of cupertino towards highway 17 but this is where we saw significant flooding today. doesn't mean we are out of the woods just yet because we still have the risk of hydroplaning and also spinouts which we have had a lot of those today. 35 incidents so far to speak of at this moment, not like the 100 we saw earlier this morning. want to show you a couple live pictures. this is another live view of san jose, your drive southbound side of 87 past the tank looking quite busy there. this is the skyway out of san francisco, in and out of san

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. >>> leyla gulen we have rough remark? some spots. we have a sig-alert in concord westbound highway 4 at 680. in san jose at 101 pulling away from 880, the headlights headed in the northbound direction pretty light out there in many places. in san rafael look at that we that is really socked in conditions as you head in the southbound direction northbound, as well so be careful and give yourself space use the low beams this morning. >> that changed quickly. just ten minutes ago we could see that. that gives you an idea of what was going on. 49er nation and the search for the next team speech. jim harbaugh is officially out. there is a news conference at 1:00 o'clock at levi stadium. >>> good morning a roller coaster season for the team and for fans. 49er faith say a sad to the jim harbaugh era. some fans showed up with signs thanking him for his work. shortly after the game at a press conference the worst kept secret in sports was made official. jim harbaugh and the 49ers are parting ways. >> he should stay with the nfl not back to co

thank you, leyla gulen. >>> the rain is causing problems before folks get on the road.ghbors from marin to san francisco have clogged storm drains backing up water on the streets. amy hollyfield has an area folks are in for a surprise. >>> look at this standing water there is a lot of water in the low-lying area. it is touching up to the doorsteps, the garage doors of homes. it looks like the homes have been spared. water is not rushing into the homes. these pictures were taken overnight when it was worse. the rain was coming down and the water was rising quickly and it was a particular flooding situation with so much water so quickly and the water just had nowhere to go. san francisco public works is just getting so many phone calls for help and reports of flooding. we are getting a nice break right now in the weather and we have not had rain in an hour since we have been here. when we were driving to work it was coming down. hard. we were not surprised to fine the flooding happening in the city. we hope that people's property will be okay and survive the few cars that

. >>> i am with sue and leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco checking out a calmer morning. >> calmer. >> and i will show you what is going on with not many of us traveling through wet weather, some sprinkles out there and heavier drizzle and once in a while drops are falling and the bestiary car return is pretty much over in the diabolo range from mount hamilton headed to gilroy and one trying to push through the is fell grade. we have a few drops on the golden gate bridge and you can see some of the water kicking up there by the cars so, yes, it may not be rainy where you are but it is still wet. temperatures in your day planner are 48 to 52 but the next 12 hours we will go up to the upper 50's by noon and nearly 60 by 4:00, and the commute home is in the my 50's and dry. >>> what going on, sue? >>> as you probably know, the golden gate bridge is wet much the bay bridge has an accident if lane 5. the tail lights approaching treasure island, the lane number 5 is the right lane so if you are trying to get that out of there they have requested two tow trucks and you could find sluggish

. >>> i am eric thomas with meteorologist mike nicco and leyla gulen. >>> you have time to prepare forrd a lot of lawnmowers and trimers and leaf blowers and i heard my neighbor's sprinkler going this morning... >> here are the sprinkles coming down right now cross the north bay. you have a little bit of fog there and inland east bay. but that is the only play that really is going to get wet this morning with the sprinkles. walnut creek 680 southbound headed into the san ramon valley and toward 24, our day planner for today the fog will list and haze and like yesterday a lot of cloud cover and less sunshine than yesterday but we will make a run into the low-to-mid 60's at noon and mid-to-upper 60's near record highs in the afternoon and very mild evening so even if you cannot do anything now in the evening can you be in the yard and temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 50's. >> it will be a tough commute on thursday. >> you may want to think of other lands if you can commute from him, telecommute, as we look at the san mateo bridge we can see a few more cars from hayward to if step cit

leyla gulen, abc 7 news. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, final respects.allen new york city police officer is remembered today. how his death is changing the debate over police conduct. >>> plus -- >> it was just kind of like a black blur and it was on my back biting me. >> attacked by a bear. a florida girl talks for the first time about barely escaping with her life. what she did right. >>> later, it is more than a restaurant. why the closing of this nearly six decade old institution is such a huge loss for palo alto. >>> good afternoon once again. here are your headlines at 4:30. a resident in hillsborough spotted a mountain lion early this morning just a few hours before police found a deer carcass. the big cat was on el cerrito avenue little more than a block from south school. animal control and wildlife officials have been contacted to deal with it. >>> protesters marched through union square in san francisco today with signs reading black and brown lives matter. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman tweeted this picture this afternoon. it says now mar

. >>> leyla gulen has details. >> the holidays can be stressful we. that is why comic reheave is in order. begging the question: a makes people laugh? you can find out when the "complete history of comedy," is in mill valley. for many of us holidays are not complete without catching charlie brown open tv. this year, they come to life during premiere of a charlie brown christmas live at the symphony hall in san francisco with live singers, actors and dancers while the orchestra and chorus lead a sing along of christmas carols. adelighting children and adults, oakland ballet is the "nutcracker," ringing in the christmas season. tickets are still available if all three performances this weekend at the historic paramount theater. go to abc7news.com for more information. >>> amazon is offering new delivery obligations for holiday shoppers. new york city customers can test out the most speedy option, rolling out one-hour delivery in manhattan for a shawl fee for prime members. amazon expects today to be the business of the ordering day because tomorrow is t