for now, jobina fortson, "abc7 news." >> that is incredible. jobina, thank you so much. >>> this isn't the first time they've been hit with a massive mudslide. in 1982, a woman was killed and 600 people were ordered to evacuate for the same reason. the slide ripped a home from its foundation and sent it sliding nearly a block away, directly into another home. so much mud was dumped on 101, emrgency officials shut down the golden gate bridge. >> that rain is not letting up tonight, as we're seeing some downpours around the bay area right now. let's bring in meteorologist sandhya patel with live doppler 7. sandhya? >> we're seeing a drenching across parts of the bay area. let's look at live doppler 7. getting reports on facebook and twitter that it's been coming down. let's go over to the south bay. north 4th street, you can see street level radar. about three quarters of an inch per hour based on radar. heavy rainfall. santa cruz mountains starting to see that. felton across highway 9, and then as we look at the east bay, fremont area, niles cany

jobina fortson, abcnews. >> okay, jobina, thanks very much. one of the alternate routes was 37. you can see a long line of brake lights as people headed eastbound leaving novato. at one point it took an hour and 40 minutes to get from highway 101 to sears point. that's about seven miles. >> that's rough. it wasn't just highway 37. the traffic problems were felt all the way to san francisco where the evening commute turned to gridlock in the financial district tonight. abc 7 news reporter dion lim talked to some very frustrated drives. hi, dion. >> hi there, dan and am map. along drum street in san francisco, things are relatively quiet as they should be for this time of night. but take a look at the sig alert map. you can still see plenty of red going on to the bay bridge, indicating delays. quite a difference, though, from what we experienced several hours earlier. this is the sound of frustration. how long have you been in traffic again? >> two hours. >> frustration that lasted all afternoon along the embarcadero in san francisco well before the evening rush hour commute. whet

jobina fortson spoke with the family tonight and is live. jobina? >> reporter: dan, that evacuation order lifted this evening, allowing people to come out here and see the damage for themselves. some doing a double take before realizing that this is a roof. it's amazing the woman trapped underneath all of this debris is physically okay tonight. but her son tells me she is shaken. >> she's fine. >> reporter: we talked to brooks gordon in front of the debris he had to see to believe. >> i've got to be honest, i didn't realize what the magnitude was of what had happened until i watched the video after i had gotten on the phone with my mom, who is in the hospital. >> reporter: his 75-year-old mother, susan, was sleeping with her cat, peaches, when her home went sliding down into another house and woke up in mud neck deep. this is a photo of susan at the hospital with just cuts and bruises. >> she's a bit frazzled. >> reporter: first responders evacuated dozens of homes near the scene. >> neighbors were trying to get out. >> reporter: as of 5:00 p.m. peo

jobina fortson is live at the park and ride. >> it closed thunderstois morni because of flooding. how are things now? >> reporter: the winds have picked up, although this area is not experiencing flooding at the moment, the threat is still there, which is why you see these yellow barricades set up along the low-lying areas of the parking lot here, along with the sign that greets drivers as soon as they pull into this lot, letting them know of the risk in this area. about ten minutes up the road, the health and wellness campus set up a severe weather emergency shelter. we stopped by and did see people come in. the shelter has food, a space for 80 people to sleep, and they are not at capacity. >> tonight, people can check in as the storm is affecting the areas they may be inhabiting, the creeks and rivers and such, and they'll be asked to leave by 6:30 in the morning and a shuttle will take them for breakfast if they like or leaving on their own. >> reporter: and while riding around the north bay, we did observe people, lots of people on the road, driving rather quickly for the cond

there will be a vote next week and abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson has the details of the plan. >> there was a lot going on ahead of wednesday night's oakland unified school district's meeting. at one end, librarians. around the corner, parents, teachers and students speaking out against cuts and calling out the board and superintendent. >> we feel like, despite all of the transparency speak, that the district says, like their website and everything, they are still having meetings behind closed doors. >> the superintendent is proposing a cut to the district. we got to see a breakdown of the numbers. these are the five categories that money is coming from. but what does that include? among many things, cuts to school counselor positions, teacher training, central office administration and the restorative justice program, which did not go over well with students in the room. >> we should not have to suffer because of your inability to manage money. >> here's the challenge. we want to be able to pay our staff more competitively, but we cannot maintain the same number of employees and

. >> jobina fortson is live with more. >> reporter: originally, caltrans said work would not begin untilonday, but that's changed. i'm going to step out of the way so you can see that blinking arrow. that's what drivers see when they pull up here, letting them know that a lane has down. crews are doing work on the temporary t bridge. as a t tshawn finds himself goi the bridge multiple times a day. so when that concrete came down yesterday, he was in the thick of it. >> yesterday, it create quite a lot of chaos. >> reporter: caltrans isn't planning to shut down the whole bridge again, but from now until 7:00 a.m., one lane will be closed in both directions while crews replace the metal plate. >> i appreciate the fact that they're doing that at night. shutting it down in the middle to have day like that makes my job harder and i'm sure makes everyone's job a little harder than it should be. >> reporter: the repairs specifically is targeting the bridge's expansion joint. caltrans confirmed what we reported yesterday, that an expansion joint caused the problem. it was worn down from heavy tr

for now, reporting live in guerneville, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> i'm kate larsen here on lucas valley road in san rafael, and boy has the rain started to come down hard once again. i'm going to step out of the way. you can see this portion of the road is flooded. that car is not supposed to be driving through. that is dangerous. it is exactly what we've been seeing all night. not a great idea, especially because of the intermittent rain and the tides here which make these pools of water rise and then go back down again. >> road's closed. go that way, turn around! >> drivers caught up in the confusion of a road closure gone wrong. this man clinging to a fence to avoid the pool of water that killed his car 'fessed up to his rainy day driving mistake. >> i drove through there, and then my engine shut down. >> reporter: nader parvin lives in marin and thought his acura sedan could make it under highway 101 through this swelling puddle on lucas valley road in san rafael that police closed with signs and cones. >> i should have not driven through there. it's my mistake. >> you may th

abc news reporter jobina fortson has the latest. >> adrian burrell paukd walked out of his home to a police officer pointing a gun at his cousin in the driveway. >> i had both hand up like this and said he can't hear you. he has his helmet on like chill out. he tells me to go back inside of my house. >> burrell instead, pulled out his cell phone and started recording. you can hear the exchange between burrell and the officer. >> back of the car. >> that's fine. >> i'm not resisting you. >> the video ends but burrell explains what happens next. >> handcuffed me and threw me into this wall and swung my body into that pole where i knocked my head. took me down the steps and tea tand me and told me i was going to jail. >> then the officer let him go once he realized burrell was a veteran. the 28-year-old was honorably discharged from the marines in 2012. >> i felt violated. felt like my humanity with my agency was taken away in a way it didn't need to be. >> a civil rights attorney is representing him and the police department ordered an internal affairs investigation releasing a stateme

. >> let's get to jobina fortson who is live in sonoma county. >> i'm standing about 300 feet away from the russian river, but if you check out my feet, it looks like i am standing in it. the water has already moved up the roadway here. and it's going to get worse before things get better. we started our trip to guerneville from tt bay, and then didn't see much. until we reached sebastopol. standing water posed some problems, especially for the man who drove his jeep into a flooded street. the water was too deep for a tow. so a good samaritan got ahold of some chains and rescued the ride. but that engine is a goner. as the rains picked up, the trees came down, forcing crews to work along busy streets in the dark. >> people need to slow down. you see emergency vehicles on the shoulder. move over if you can. that's the law. >> as they continued the cleanup, we finally reached guerneville, where the school district is closed thursday. flooding is top of mind for many, especially business owners near the russian river. >> we keep communicating with our friends dan and nick that own johnson'

reporting from san francisco, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> you can track the rain and check weather conditions where you live with the abc 7 news app. >>> in southern california, streets became raging rivers as a powerful storm brought torrential rain. jade hernandez from our sister station in los angeles reports from malibu. >> reporter: all evacuation orders have been lifted in malibu but road closures have still left a few people stranded. paul dalton's parents own this ut were worried their regular customers wouldn't have a place to go. pacific coast pets is the only pet shop in malibu. that same storm earlier brought down enough rain to get this creek roaring and raging between bush drive and bonsall, just above zuma beach, which forced the city of malibu to shut down the road, warning drivers. homeowners a few minutes away put up a sandbag barrier. >> that's the tree branch that olivia used to hang on, woo! >> reporter: laurel thorne captured the flooding field behind her home. this is farmland which has been in the thorne family since the 1940s. you can see where flames from

. >> jobina fortson has details from vallejo. >> what you're seeing is a hot air balloon being pulled from the marshlands after something went wrong and then right. >> at no time was there -- you didn't feel you were in danger. he made the best decisions with what he had to work with today. >> a pilot from sonoma ballooning adventures had to do quick thinking. they started in sonoma. at some point the winds got strong. what happened was not a crash or crash landing by ballooning standards. what happened is called a rip-out or dry landing. >> in this case, this is an unfortunate not greatly accessible area to retrieve the balloon. it was a safe and appropriate landing spot to put the balloon down. better than in the bay or a lot of houses. >> to put things in perspective, that is skaggs island. a chopper brought them to -- it's about seven miles away. >> i was confused what was going on. i didn't know there was a balloon involved. it came from over there, came over here. >> no one was hurt during the ordeal. sonoma ballooning adventures says their pilot did everything by the book. jobi

jobina fortson, "abc7 n "c7ews" whose vehicle was struck by the heavy debris. if it was just seconds later, the debris could have crashed through the windshield. he happened to see the falling debris moments before impact. >> i would say eight or ten pieces. >> raining? >> a small bucket's worth. there was a fair amount of it falling down, yes. >> he says he felt lucky enough after the incident to buy his first ever lottery ticket. >>> a stabbing forced police to shut down a san francisco b.a.r.t. station. around 7:30, there was a fight on a train at 16th and mission. police have a person of interest in custody. the station has now reopened. >>> federal investigators are in san francisco trying to figure out what happened when a gas they pn to develop a timeline of wednesday's events and conduct interviews. one thing investigators will be looking into is why it took more than two hours to shut off the gas. the ntsb decided to investigate because of the extent of the damage. >> we were able to secure three or four -- three to four feet of the pipeline that we ma

for now reporting in sebastopol, jobina fortson. >> jobbina, thank you. >>> a state of emergency to help people affected by the storms. no matter where you live or work the people who oversee disaster response in california are sharing this advice. >> first and foremost listen to your local officials, local authorities. they have evacuation routes in place. so evacuate when told to do so. also have an emergency kit ready. have a plan in place. speak to your family members and be ready to go if asked. >> california's office of emergency services is monitoring the flooding and sending assistance to the north bay. >>> flood control efforts in some parts of the north bay are working but that doesn't mean everything zaz dstays dry. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas continues our coverage. he's live with the overflowing napa river. eric. >> reporter: up to two years ago when the napa river reached flood stage that meant trouble for downtown napa businesses. they would flood. but this bypass behind me is working at keeping the water out of downtown. in fact a lady just walked by and praised it. but

abc7 news reporter j eer jobina fortson spoke with susan gordon, the woman rescued after being buriedin debris. >> oh, my gosh! you've got to be kidding me! i went through that? >> reporter: until susan gordon sat down with us at her hotel, she hadn't seen the wreckage from the thursday morning mudslide. now she can't get the image out of her head. her duplex went sliding down some 200 yards and into another home. gordon was inside. >> tumbled and tumbled and tossed and smashed into things and tumbled and tumbled until it stopped. and i was knee deep up to here in mud. >> reporter: and to sit in front of us 72 hours later with some cuts and bruises, it just makes you wonder how? what did it sound like? >> a roar. a big lion. a big, big roar. >> reporter: how'd she get out? >> one fireman came down and he said, we had to really be careful in how we get you out of here because there's gas lines that are broken. >> reporter: first responders used jaws of life. gordon lost every single thing, including her cat, peaches, who was on her bed before the slide. >> a friend that i share the hou

reporting in richmond, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >>> abc7 news met the driver whose vehicle was struck by the falling debris. graham edwards of sonoma was lucky that the chunks of concrete only damaged his bumper. if it were seconds later, they might have crashed through the windshield. edwards happened to be looking up and saw the falling debris moments before >> i would say eight or ten pieces. >> reporter: rain somethiing? >> a small bucket's worth. there was a fair amount falling down. >> reporter: edwards said he felt lucky enough after the incident to buy his first ever lottery ticket. >>> this b.a.r.t. station in san francisco is back open this morning after a stabbing last night. police responded to a fight on a train at 16th and mission around 7:30 last night. one person was taken to the hospital. police have a person of interest in custody. the station was closed as police investigated. >>> federal investigators are trying to figure out what happened when a gas pipeline exploded in san francisco. the ntsb plans to develop a timeline of wednesday's events and conduct follow-up

reporting in pleasanton, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >>> just ahead, the san jose sharks out for bloodut not on the ice. more on the event the team is holding today. >>> also, one ebay sale nearly brought a couple to tears. we'll explain what they got for selling a vcr that meant a lot can really get you going. but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on... shaky ground. help take control by asking your healthcare provider about vraylar. vraylar treats acute mania of bipolar i disorder. vraylar significantly reduces overall manic symptoms, and was proven in adults with mixed episodes who have both mania and depression. vraylar should not be used in elderly patients with dementia, due to increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about fever, stiff muscles, or confusion, which may mean a life-threatening reaction or uncontrollable muscle movements, which may be permanent. side effects may not appear for several weeks. high cholesterol and weight gain; high blood sugar, which can lead to coma or death; decreased white blood cells,

permanent repairs to the bridge will begin on monday, reporting in richmond, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> abc7 news met the driver whose vehicle was struck by the falling debris. graham edwards of sonoma was lucky that the chunks of concrete only damaged his bumper. if it were seconds later, they might have crashed through the windshield. edwards happened to be looking up and saw the falling debris moments before impact. >> i would say 8 or 10 pieces. >> reporter: raining? >> a small bucket's worth of -- there was a fair amount of it falling down, yes. >> edwards said he felt lucky enough after the incident to buy his first ever lottery ticket. >>> time now is 8:04 and this morning, we have new details on the deadly shooting of a santa clara man. the suspect, 35-year-old ramon of san jose has been arrested in the shooting and is currently being held without bail. abc7 news first told you about this story after it happened on january 13th near parkmore avenue and ray street. 41-year-old matthew cintas, a father and member of the iron workers local was killed. he was taken to the hospit

here is abc7 news reporter jobina fortson with the love stories behind the dresses. >> reporter: wedding could be a blur. >> i'm pinning a corsage on my mom. >> reporter: but there are usually two things you remember, the date -- >> on april 27th or 29th, i'm not sure! >> reporter: okay, okay, if not the date, then the dress. >> i had a friend with me who said, julie, this is the dress. >> reporter: residents at the stone ridge creek retirement community are taking us back down the aisle. dozens of gowns like this one from 1907! and photos were donated to celebrate valentine's day. people can't seem to get enough of the stories behind the dresses. in 1958, sally married her high school sweetheart in this. >> so your mom picked your dress. >> my mom picked that dress out. >> reporter: this gown was made by her mother in 1979. >> then it comes out in sleeve. so, it's all hand done. >> reporter: this was brought from china in 1952. >> there was a tea ceremony for my husband, my new family, my mother-in-law, and that's when i wore this. >> reporter: the second time around was the charm for j

jobina fortson explains his road to hollywood started on normington way. >> so the closest thing i thoughtcar winner in san jose was a plastic trophy in a trophy shop. but that's until we found a garage. yep, this garage right here is where the magic started for film editor john ottman. sunday night he let the world know it as he thanked his parents on the oscar stage. >> for making films in their garage in normington way in san jose, california. >> oh, normington way, what? like that. and that was the reaction of all the other people. ♪ very, very frightening me >> long before the success of "bohemian rhapsody," ottman, or johnny as the neighbors called him was a student at gunderson high school. he lived on normington way, across from tom small, who ottman cast as a bar tender in one of his first films made in his parents' garage. ottman was still in high school. >> it was a ghost spooky movie. we had dry ice blowing through the house. >> small says ottman was dedicated and worked tirelessly to turn his dreams into a career. >> we were so excited. we were happy for john and mary, the mom

. >> the rain is still falling and flooding is causing closed jobina fortson has a live update. >> reporter: the rain continues to come down here as well as watching the creek rise. they spent the day preparing for it. it didn't take long to find the trouble roadways with water. avila's home is next to the campground. rvs and picnic table completely under water. >> this little man should be back in school because of the road closures, we are taking another day off. >> in this section here we have reflective motors on each side. this is mostly technical rescue. up in here, you see we got some forcible entry, chainsaws. >> reporter: their crew checking out the landscape. >> it is one of our last points that we are looking at when we could have a potential victim going through the creek and then any spot where we can get to them in a safe position. >> reporter: the team hopes they won't have to do that. here in marin county, this qr code could be a valuable resource. you can find it in the marin county sheriff's department twitter. >> okay. thanks much. you can see how hard it is raining. >> l

jobina fortson went there today. >> so the closest thing i thought i was going to get to an oscar winnersan jose was a plastic trophy in a trophy shop. but that's until we found a garage. >> your standard suburban san jose house and it is except -- >> we knew john would be up for an award for the oscars last night from his mom. >> leave it to mom to brag on her son. that john was referring to john ottoman. >> won an oscar for best film editing in bohemian rhapsody. as he thanked his parents. >> making films in their garage in normington way in san jose, california. >> i like that. >> that was the reaction of all the other people. >> squjohnny as his neighbors c him put normington on the map. the street has already beginning to develop a new name. >> this is the residence of the stars. yes. >> we're so excited much we were happy for john and mary, the mom and dad, that they were able to experience that. actually be there with him. >> they've learned that he's been working on his craft for decades as a student at gunderson high school. he created a film out of his parents' garage. >> it wa

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> check the weather conditions with live doppler 7 on our webs and the abc 7 news app. you can enable push alerts to get news and updates sent directly to your mobile device. >>> meteorologist lisa argen has been tracking the rain and a break for now. >> what rain, you may pbapthrou. there are the winds, they'll be gusting today up to 25 miles an hour here in san francisco. we picked up 12/100ths this morning. temperature right now is 46 chilly degrees, barely 50 for many cities around the bay. still we're looking at isolated showers. i'll show you where, how much, and a look at a pretty sunny week ahead. not totally sunny. te forecast is next. >> lisa, thanks. >>> also next, a police chase ends in a massive crash in the caldecott tunnel. we look at the extensive damage caused by the suspect, from ramming police cars and a pack of tourists to starting a fist fight with a chp officer. >>> plus our first look inside the orpheum theater after a scare left t what led to a shooting scare during a performance of "hamilton." i'm a close talker. so i was excited abo

jov jobina fortson. >> you can track the rain and weather conditions where you live with the abc7 news app. enable notifications to get the latest news as it happens. >>> in southern california, streets were transformed into raging rivers as a powerful storm brought torrential rain. jade hernandez from our sister station in los angeles reports from malibu. >> reporter: all evacuation orders have been lifted in malibu, but road closures have still left a few people stranded. paul dalton's parents own this shop. they discussed closing but are worried their regular customers wouldn't have a place to go. pacific coast pets is the only pet shop in malibu. that same storm earlier brought down enough rain to get this creek roaring and raging between bush drive and bonsell, just above zuma beach. which forced the city of malibu to shut down the road, warning drivers, homeowners a few minutes away put up a sandbag barrier. >> it's the tree branch that olivia used to hang on. whoo-hoo! >> reporter: laurel thoren captured the flooding water in the field behind her home. this is farmland that's be

reporting in san francisco, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> you can track the rain and check the weather conditions where you live with the abc7 news app. enable push alerts to get the latest news as it happens. >>> in southern california, streets became raging rivers as a powerful storm brought torrential rain. j jade hernandez from our sister station in los angeles reports from malibu. >> reporter: evacuation orders have been lifted in malibu, but road closures have still left a few people stranded. paul dalton's parents own this shop. they discussed closing but are worried their regular customers wouldn't have a place to go. pacific coast pets is the only pet shop in malibu. that same storm earlier brought down enough rain to get this creek roaring and raging, just above zuma beach. which forced the city of malibu to shut down the road, warning drivers. homeowners a few minutes away put up a sandbag barrier. >> there's the tree branch that olivia used to hang on. whoo-hoo-hoo! >> reporter: laurel thoren captured the rushing war flooding the field behind her home. home. his is farmland

jobina fortson, abc7 news. >>> check the weather conditions where you live with live doppler 7 on ourwebsite and the abc7 news app. just click the blue live bar at the top. you can also enable push alerts to get weather and news updates sent to your mobile device. well, lisa has been keeping an eye on live doppler 7 for us and we are seeing a lot of rain out there. >> yeah, it is scattered and it is getting lighter out there, but mainly in the south bay, over into the east bay, and it's cold. we're looking at some snow on mt. hamilton. here's a live look from our roof camera where numbers are in the mid-40s, and once again, lucky to make it into the low 50s today, but you will need the sunglasses. how's that for a change? i'll have your forecast next. >> looking forward to that. lisa, thank you. >>> also ahead, a police chase ends in a massive crash in the caldecott tunnel. we look at the extensive damage caused by the suspect from ramming police cars and a pack of tourists to starting a fistfight with a chp officer. >>> g etting our first look inside the orpheum theatre after a scare