heather ishimaru, abc news. >> thanks, heather. >>> look at this picture sent in from a viewer. a tree fell right on top of this truck here in newark as the storms continue throughout the week. please e-mail us your photos. you can also share them on our facebook page or twitter feed. >> we will get as many on the air as we can. stay with abc news for continuing coverage as the series of storms moves in. live coverage continues at 4:30 a.m. with abc7 morning news and we will have live updates for you all day long. >>> highway 880 is now open, though inspectors are on the scene evaluating the marina boulevard overpass. it may be examined by two crushed cars that fell off the back of a truck 2:30 this afternoon. inspectors had to shutdown two lanes on 880 while they investigated. those lanes reopened in the last hour. a couple of cars actually crashed into those crushed cars that fell off the truck. one lane on marina boulevard remains closed as inspectors continue to do their work, but traffic is moving once again. >>> and late today prison officials denied parole for one of the

heather ishimaru, abc news. >> thanks, heather. >>> look at this picture sent in from a viewer. a tree fell right on top of this truck here in newark as the storms continue throughout the week. please e-mail us your photos. you can also share them on our facebook page or twitter feed. >> we will get as many on the air as we can. stay with abc news for continuing coverage as the series of storms moves in. live coverage continues at 4:30 a.m. with abc7 morning news and we will have live updates for you all day long. >>> highway 880 is now open, though inspectors are on the scene evaluating the marina boulevard overpass. it may be examined by two crushed cars that fell off the back of a truck 2:30 this afternoon. inspectors had to shutdown two lanes on 880 while they investigated. those lanes reopened in the last hour. a couple of cars actually crashed into those crushed cars that fell off the truck. one lane on marina boulevard remains closed as inspectors continue to do their work, but traffic is moving once again. >>> and late today prison officials denied parole for one of the

heather ishimaru, abc news. >> thanks, heather. >>> look at this picture sent in from a viewer.wark as the storms continue throughout the week. please e-mail us your photos. you can also share them on our facebook page or twitter feed. >> we will get as many on the air as we can. stay with abc news for continuing coverage as the series of storms moves in. live coverage continues at 4:30 a.m. with abc7 morning news and we will have live updates for you all day long. >>> highway 880 is now open, though inspectors are on the scene evaluating the marina boulevard overpass. it may be examined by two crushed cars that fell off the back of a truck 2:30 this afternoon. inspectors had to shutdown two lanes on 880 while they investigated. those lanes reopened in the last hour. a couple of cars actually crashed into those crushed cars that fell off the truck. one lane on marina boulevard remains closed as inspectors continue to do their work, but traffic is moving once again. >>> and late today prison officials denied parole for one of the kidnappers. now fred woods seen in prison abducted

heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >>> new from overnight, oregon man stranded on mount hood is safe after0 hours. crews located the 30-year-old midnight. the climb not hurt, just cold. he used his cell phone to call 911 from the mountain yesterday saying a storm moved in and he couldn't find his way down. the climber kept in contact with deputies, he posted his status on facebook. >> he turned out to be lucky. >>> for us another winter storm is coming our way. this -- >>> it is going to be wetter and we are going to leave the strongest system for the last one that comes in late saturday into sunday. right now in between systems live doppler showing shower activity up to the north clear lake, cover , a few showers off the coast around napa, -- sonoma this morning. the roads are still slick, highway 1, also up through 121 through american canyon, be careful. we will look for more showers in the north bay first today. 59 oakland, concord 53, 56 livermore, 57 along our coast. moist flow in the pacific allowing for us to prime up the atmosphere for the next system. the next one this afternoon

. >> heather ishimaru is covering that in sacramento as well. heather?carolyn, the yes on 34 campaign says even though they are trailing right now they are sure they will come back with big numbers. they are waiting for what they consider the key los angeles and bay area counties. those votes to be counted. prop 34 would replace the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole. that is for convictions going forward and also that would apply to the 725 inmates currently on death row. they say the death penalty is too expensive, and it is a broken system with only 13 executions since 1978. again the yes on 34 campaign is waiting for the key bay area and los angeles counties to be counted. for now 34 is losing. >> if for some reason it doesn't turn out our way, we will continue this conversation we have been having with the california voters. we know we have millions to reach with the facts that the death penalty is costly and it risks executing an innocent person. we will continue to work for justice that works for all californians.

heather ishimaru has the story from mountain view. >> 53-year-old lori dolan was perfectly healthy herunday afternoon. she was home in sunnyvale watching her beloved 49ers. husband larry went to get the burgers off the grill. when he came back she was passed out on the couch. >> i said, honey, the hamburgers are here. she had this look and almost instantly i realized that something was wrong. i dropped the hamburgers and ran over.. she was lifeless. >> larry panicked calling to his 17-year-old daughter lyndsay who came running to her mother's side. >> her face was purple. her eyes were rolled back. she was cold, ice cold. >> lyndsay had one cpr lesson two years ago in pe class and knew what she had to do. starting cpr by herself until help arrived. >> she went from the worst low , 17-year-old daughter watching her mother die in her arms to actually saving her life and becoming our hero. >> lori's brain had no oxygen for nearly a half hour. if she lives, the doctors warned that she would probably have brain damage. the chief medical officer says lyndsay's cpr in the critical first three

heather ishimaru has the story from mountain view. >> 53-year-old lori dolan was perfectly healthy her entire life until sunday afternoon. she was home in sunnyvale watching her beloved 49ers. husband larry went to get the burgers off the grill. when he came ck she was passed out on the couch. >> i said, honey, the hamburgers are here. she had this look and almost instantly i realized that something was wrong. i dropped the hamburgers and ran over. she was lifeless. >> larry panicked calling to his 17-year-old daughter lyndsay who came running to her mother's side. >> her face was purple. her eyes were rolled back. she was cold, i ice cold. >> lyndsay had one cpr lesson two years ago in pe class and knew what she had to do. starting cpr by herself until help arrived. >> she went from the worst low , 17-year-old daughter watching her mother die in her arms to actually saving her life and becoming our hero. >> lori's brain had no oxygen for nearly a half hour. if she lives, the doctors warned that she would probably have brain damage. the chief medical officer says lyndsay's cpr in the c

heather ishimaru has the story from mountain view. >> 53-year-old lori dolan was perfectly healthy her entire life until sunday afternoon. she was home in sunnyvale watching her beloved 49ers. husband larry went to get the burgers off the grill. when he came back she was passed out on the couch. >> i said, honey, the hamburgers are here. she had this look and almost instantly i realized that something was wrong. i dropped the hamburgers and ran over. she was lifeless. >> larry panicked calling to his 17-year-old daughter lyndsay who came running to her mother's side. >> her face was purple. her eyes were rolled back. she was cold, ice cold. >> lyndsay had one cpr lesson two years ago in pe class and knew what she had to do. starting cpr by herself until help arrived. >> she went from the worst low , 17-year-old daughter watching her mother die in her arms to actually saving her life and becoming our hero. >> lori's brain had no oxygen for nearly a half hour. if she lives, the doctors warned that she would probably have brain damage. the chief medical officer says lyndsay's cpr in the c

heather ishimaru, "abc 7 news." >> heavy some ron says tonight it will be early next greer before the richmond refinery is fully functional. one unit was heavily damaged by a massive fire that apparently was sparked by a leak in a pipe. before the fire it produced a quarter million gallons every day. the refinery would be operating at reduced capacity through the end of the year. >>> let's turn to the weekend forecast. spencer christian is here and i think you're going to like what you har. >> it's going to be a rerun of summer as we get into monday and tuesday. live view from high definition sutro camera. nice view of the moon actually and that is interesting because we had thickening clouds during the late afternoon and early evening hours. despite the presence of cloud cover, we get a nice view of it. clouds not only near the coast but pushing over land, as well. obviously not very widespread extensive cloud cover at the moment. to our north, rainfall around crescent city and eureka. there is the cold front sweeping into the northern is part of the state. we are getting some of the

on market street, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> boy, it is a cleanup to be sure. very much. wet streets out there. >> yes. and going to be getting wetter isn't it, spencer? >> progressively wetter as we get late into the evening hours. light rain and triglyceride until it san francisco and in many other locations. the more concentrated rain is still to the north. a live view from emeryville looking at the western sky which not only is going darker and darker bus the sun has set but because the clouds of getting thicker and lower. live doppler 7 hd. the bulk of the rainfall is in the north bay but certainly working its way southward right now and some is hitting the streets of san francisco. you can see it from winder in sonoma county south ward. raining now and sweeping east ward and south ward and we will all get a generous you dose of rainfall tonight. mild in most locations. temperatures in the 60s generally across the bay area. cooler in the north bay. these are the forecast features. a rainy night tore halloween. we will tell you again in case you haven't thi

transportation reporter heather ishimaru will have a full report tonight. >>> breaking news on the bppill an executive has been indicted on charges he lied to authorities about the amount of oil leaking from the spill. the oil giant has agreed to pay 4 1/2 billion dollars in a landmark settle for causing the biggest spill in united states history terms of that deal released this morning in addition, bp agreed to plead guilty to 11 fell misconduct charges for the deaths of the men who died. the settlement is said to be paid over five years. >>> still ahead, he admitted the affair. former cia director petraeus is denying another aspect of his sex scandal as big names rush to defend general john allen's reputation. >>> new fear of all-out war in the mideast. the airstrikes goin >>> some big names if government are coming to the defense of john allen. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with today's developments, including petraeus' first interview since the scandal. >> reporter: in that interview, general petraeus says, he never gave his mistress, paula broadwell any classified inform

heather ishimaru joins us live in north san jose with the story. >> reporter: the water recycled here at this new plant will not be for drinking, whether it be for irrigation and industry. it could be that the technology they are using here in 15 years or so could be used to clean any waste water to make it clean enough to drink. >> it is an elaborate and intricate system of pipes and tanks, pumps and valves, designed to produce most basic of our needs. >> water that doesn't make it through or concentrate goes through a second path. >> this is a water district's new advanced water purification center. state of the art three step process will recycle even the dirtiest water. >> recycled water, it's water we can use otherwise that would be going to bay. we're being wise stewards of the resource. >> it's still under construction but when done, the $65 million center will make up 50s million gallons of highly purified water a day. it involves microfiltration where water is pushed through a meam brains. then reverse osmosis where forced through a membrane with holes so small. water molecul

transportation reporter heather ishimaru will have a full report tonight. >>> breaking news on the bppill an executive has been indicted on charges he lied to authorities about the amount of oil leaking from the spill. the oil giant has agreed to pay 4 1/2 billion dollars in a landmark settle for causing the biggest spill in united states history terms of that deal released this morning in addition, bp agreed to plead guilty to 11 fell misconduct charges for the deaths of the men who died. the settlement is said to be paid over five years. >>> still ahead, he admitted the affair. former cia director petraeus is denying another aspect of his sex scandal as big names rush to defend general john allen's reputation. >>> new fear of all-out war in the mideast. >>> some big names if government are coming to the defense of john allen. katie marzullo is live in the newsroom with today's developments, including petraeus' first interview since the scandal. >> reporter: in that interview, general petraeus says, he never gave his mistress, paula broadwell any classified information. there's more

details from news reporters heather ishimaru in san jose. >> that is the sound of success, money and maybe a home being saved. >> on one side of the convention home, homeowners that help with their mortgages. on the others, lenders and bringing them together face to face is a counselor from the neighborhood assistance corporation of america. >> it's much harder for a lender to say no somebody and in person than on the phone. you have a negotiator right there to make sure it gets done. >> he has been at this for 24 years but only took the nonprofit on the road about four years ago after the subprime disaster unfolded. linda came to one two years ago after her house hold income was cut in. >> a they said they couldn't help me. so we stopped plot says, went through the process with the bank only again to try to foreclose on us. >> she came back and got a 200,000 reduction in principle and $700 reduction in monthly payment. >> come, come early. get in line. if you come on the last two are two-or three days and you don't come early -- >> you sure aren't on the payroll? >> i am on excited

abc7 news transportation reporter heather ishimaru explains. >> the aptly-named tamper machine lifts,s and straightens new rails and tamps down the loose rocks underneath. it's a painfully slow process when you consider it has to cover 38 miles of new tracks between santa rosa and san rafael, what will be phase one of the new sonoma-marin area transit or smart train. >> this was measure q. it passed in 2008. we passned it with nearly 70% yes vote by i think by any electoral standard is a tsunami. >> maybe so but it's not been without controversy, especially after the recession slashed revenue estimates. to compensate, it was cut into two phases. phase one will cover from the road in santa rosa to downtown san rafael. old rails and ties, some dating to the 1940s, had to be pulled up from what was once the northwestern pacific line that first operated here in the 1880. >> what can be reused, we will do that and whatever not they are taking the metal off to recycle and grind the ties up and burn them for power generation plants will actually burn them. it's getting 100% reused. >> ten mi

abc7 news transportation reporter heather ishimaru explains. >> the aptly-named tamper machine lifts, and tamps down the loose rocks underneath. and it's a painfully slow process when you consider it has to cover 38 miles of new tracks between santa rosa and san rafael, what will be phase one of the new sonoma-marin area transit or smart train. >> this was measure q. it passed in 2008. we passed it with nearly 70% yes vote by i think by any electoral standard is a tsunami. >> maybe so, but it's not been without controversy, especially after the recession slashed revenue estimates. to compensate, it was cut into two phases. phase one will cover from the gervel road in santa rosa to downtown san rafael. old rails and ties, some dating to the 1940s, had to be pulled up from what was once the northwestern pacific line that first operated here in the 1880s. >> what can be reused, we will do that and whatever not they are taking the metal off to recycle and grind the ties up and burn them for power generation plants will actually burn them. it's getting 100% reused. >> ten miles of new rail

abc7 news transportation reporter heather ishimaru explains. >> the aptly named tamper machine lifts,ils and stamps down the lose rocks underneath. it's a painfully slow process when you consider it has to cover 38 miles of new tracks between santa rosa and san rafael, what will be phase one of the new sonoma-marin area transit or smart train. >> this was measure q. it passed in 2008. we pass it had with nearly 70% yes vote by i think by any elect central standard is a tsunami. >> maybe so but it's not been without controversy, especially after the recession slashed revenue estimates. to compensate it was cut into two phases. old rails and ties, some dating to the 1940s, had to be pull up from what was once the northwestern pacific line that first operated here in the 1880. >> what can be reused, we will do that and whatever not they are taking the metal off to recycle and grind the ties up and burn them for power generation plants will actually burn them. it's getting 100% reused. >> ten miles of new rails have been laid down so far with another shipment of 1500, 1600-foot segments a