in napa county, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> thank you, jonathan. take a look at the flooding near patterson boulevard and santa barbara road overflowing storm drains and sewers exacerbated the problem. some drivers ignored warnings and drove around barricades and through the flooded streets. >>> vacaville saw major flooding this morning. the road was totally swamped in this video posted by vacaville police. the water in alamo creek also rose fast. police asked people to avoid that area for their safety. >>> city crews made quick work of this downed tree in walnut creek this morning. this is on main street near creek side drive. huge limbs and branches were all over the cars and the road. and it seemed to be raining sawdust this morning in san francisco. abc 7 news was on pine street as crews cleared a large tree that crashed on top of a tesla. no one was injured, though. dozens of trees have fallen since last night. pine street was shut down at scott for several hours while crews chopped up the tree. >>> the hunt for a suspected serial killer and h

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managed to lower the lake level by 15 feet, which sounds promising but "abc 7 news" reporter jonathan bloom explains there's a long way to go. joining us live in oroville. jonathan. >> reporter: well, the sun is shining but the clock is ticking with more rain on the way tomorrow night. if you look to my right, you will see what is a spectacular sight, a relay of helicopters, one of them picking up bags of rocks and dirt, the other picking up blocks of concrete and carrying them to where they are needed. all happening while they're keeping an eye on the damaged main spill way, using every possible tool including night vision goggles. look at this video released by the california highway patrol as they flew over the spillways checking for trouble. hard to imagine that's only two-thirds tv natural rate for fear of causing more damage. now they'r taking turns picking up concrete blocks, other grabbing bags of rock and dirt to place them on a hillside too dangerous for trucks. here is a better vantage point. chp shows what it looks like from the sky. they are working quickly because it is a race

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in oroville, jonathan bloom, "abc 7 news." >>> thank you so much.he oroville dam emergency is raising questions about california's aging infrastructure. the report from the american society of civil engineers estimates it would cost the state $65 billion per year to fix our crumbling dams, our bridges and old roads. the 2013 report card blames years of neglect. the group said the state needs to spend nearly $3 billion per year for a decade to protect state residents from floods. the group releases its report card every four years, and we're expecting a new one due out next month. >>> more bad news for california's crumbling infrastructure. a new report shows many of the nation's bridges don't make the grade, and a handful of those are right here in the bay area. maybe even one you use in your commute. abc 7's jessica castro has details new this morning. >> kristin, four of california's worst bridges are right here in the bay area. here they are. there's 6 0 over monument boulevard in contra costa county. 880 in alameda county. 280 at lawrence expres

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom is live tonight in berkeley with the story. jonathan. >> reporter: well, dan, neighbors are upset over what they say is a shortage of information. almost two weeks after those -- that couple was found dead, there are still no answers and we've contacted police, the landlord, the humane society even, pg&e and the coroner and no update on what caused the death of that couple and their two cats or whether it could pose a safety risk to others in the building. >> we're just all up in the air about this. >> reporter: and the air is what has marie worried. nearly two weeks after her neighbors and their cats were found dead in their apartment, there's no official word on why they died. >> two cats, two people. about the only explanation that makes sense is carbon monoxide, but they're saying, no, it's not carbon monoxide, we don't know what it is. >> reporter: her carbon monoxide detector is working. in fact in the hours after the bodies of valerie and roger morash were found, police asked pg&e to come test for the poisonous gas. they

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom was there and joins us live with the story. jonathan. >> reporter: that's right, dan and ama. we're here in morgan hill for the start of this story. this is where it all originates. there is a water fall right here at the edge of this neighborhood, not something you see every day. but as beautiful and magnificent as it may be, that water fall can cause a lot of problems. that is the anderson lake spillway and it drains, yes, into coyote creek. so farther on downstream, coyote creek has turned into essentially a rushing river, and that has been where firefighters have been out all day pentagresg to calls for help. the 911 call came from an island in the middle of coyote creek. >> the water was rising on both sides of a piece of land that they used to be able to walk to. >> and so that became an island? >> it became an island. it wasn't an island a week ago. >> reporter: sky 7 shows how the creek has flooded its banks and into the woods which was a popular spot for transients to set up camp. >> how many of you are there? >> report

i'm jonathan bloom. problem that rain is causing in sonoma county ahead on abc7 news. >>> the biggest storm of the season is moving across the east coast. we'll take you live to new york when we come back. >>> today's storm is level 3. that mean as strong storm. look out for flooding, hazards on the road and possible power outages. stay ahead of today's >>> and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. a complete victory. just minutes ago, that's what the attorney general in washington state called the decision from the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco this afternoon. the bay area court refused to reinstate president trump's executive order banning muslims from seven countries. donald trump called it a political decision and tweeted, "see you in court". >>> work to clean up a mudslide is on hold after a tragic accident. a dumptruck hit and killed a worker in scotts valley. he was part of a crew removing rocks from a slide that happened on tuesday. another worker was seriously hurt. la

. >> jonathan bloom is live in san jose. you've been talking to scientists looking for answers? >> reporter: residents here in this neighborhood are trying to dig themselves out. you can see over here, utility workers are trying to get the lights turned on in this neighborhood. it's the u.s. geological survey that's been out taking measurements. one of the things that they've learned, you can see the creek is still swollen but there's an unbelievable amount of garbage and debris and dead trees. that was put there by five years of drought with no water to wash it away. as for the other thing, which is why the warning to evacuate came so late, nobody has ever seen the creek this high so there was no data for what would happen. now, unfortunately, there is. dangling from a cable steering what looks like a toy boat. >> we have to do this over and over again. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey is in unchartered waters. >> they might have made a different decision than was made. >> reporter: that's because coyote creek has never been this high since they began measuring. emergenc

i'm jonathan bloom as he tells his story on abc 7 news. >> stay tuned for that. we're doing the math now. wait until down hear the >>> well, they say lightning does not strike the same place twice. that saying does not apply to mudslides. twice in a month a mudslide spilled on the same place on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains near scotts valley. both times drivers were caught in the debris. now, we are going to say at least both of them are okay. >> yes, one of the drivers is our friend ian babcock. he's a photographer here at abc 7 and on his way to work last month when the hillside came down on his truck. >> it was really terrifying. we were scared when we heard the news. for the first time, ian feels ready to talk about it and show us with video he recorded moments after the mudslide. >> he shared his story of survival with jonathan bloom. >> god, my air bag went off. jesus christ. yes. the whole mountain came down on top of me. >> reporter: these were the first terrifying moments after abc 7 news photographer ian babcock found himself trapped on his ve

i'm jonathan bloom as he tells his story on abc 7 news. >> stay tuned for that.re doing the math now. wait until down hear the >>> well, they say lightning does not strike the same place twice. that saying does not apply to mudslides. twice in a month a mudslide spilled on the same place on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains near scotts valley. both times drivers were caught in the debris. now, we are going to say at least both of them are okay. >> yes, one of the drivers is our friend ian babcock. he's a photographer here at abc 7 and on his way to work last month when the hillside came down on his truck. >> it was really terrifying. we were scared when we heard the news. for the first time, ian feels ready to talk about it and show us with video he recorded moments after the mudslide. >> he shared his story of survival with jonathan bloom. >> god, my air bag went off. jesus christ. yes. the whole mountain came down on top of me. >> reporter: these were the first terrifying moments after abc 7 news photographer ian babcock found himself trapped on his vehicl

here's abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom. >> my air bag went off. jesus christ.he whole mountain came down on top of me approximate. >> reporter: these were the first terrifying moments after abc7 news photographer ian babcock found himself trapped as trees and rocks fell from above. >> we need chp badly. >> we have chp, fire and ambulance. >> reporter: it was 3:00 in the morning and he was on his way to work. >> the whole mountain just exploded in front of me like this. it just -- it didn't come down in front of me. it came straight sideways and then crash. that was it. i hit a boulder at 45 miles an hour. >> reporter: chp video shows what became of the van he was driving, mangled beyond recognition but the impact was just beginning. he says for a moment the world went black but then. >> i could feel the truck getting raised up and the sound at that point was deafening. i'm getting pushed across the highway and boulders are coming in and there's branches coming in and i'm thinking, this is it. i'm done. >> reporter: but the slide finally stopped and a driver pul

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom is live at a san francisco insurance office to explain. jonathan? >> reporter: well, today is the deadline to start your health care application. once you've started now the state's extended the deadline to finish it, so that means if you get stuck and need help you now have until saturday to come to an office like this and get it worked out. >> so she will be getting information in the mail. >> reporter: monica track is having a busy day. >> i haven't had any lunch yet. >> reporter: january 31st has brought her a wave of customers like stephanie lava. >> i'm applying for covered california and hoping for the best. >> reporter: why today? >> technically it's the deadline. >> reporter: she says technically because the deadline has been extended, sort of. >> experience tells us that people often wait until the last minute to sign up for health care, and we want to make sure we don't leave anyone behind. >> reporter: so anyone who started an appliction by the end of the 31st can have until february 4th to finish it. she needs more time. >> an

i'm jonathan bloom with the evacuees returning to oroville.head on the abc7 morning news. >>> and here at the live desk, i keep looking into that new keep looking into that new repo >>> one person is dead after a car crash just a few blocks from san francisco's city hall and homicide investigators are on the scene. >> abc7 news reporter matt keller joins us live now near eddy and van ness. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. since i last saw you, it appears that there are more detectives here on the scene, more crime scene investigators as well. they are placing evidence markers on the ground and i was told that they're also appear to be swabbing for some type of evidence near the vehicle and of course this is where the focus is around that vehicle, that crashed into another car around 2:15 this morning. i want to show you a closer look at what happened. this video was actually really close. a lot closer than we are right now. you can see the suv with both air bags deployed. this was the beginning of the investigation. and they ende

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom is live in morgan hill with a look at what's happening today in the south bay. jonathan. >> reporter: well, dan and ama, this right here is the origin of the problem. that spillway is connected to anderson lake, which is so full that water managers are having to drain the lake out that spillway, which in turn drains into coyote creek. that has caused the creek to flood its banks and turn into a veritable river, a river where we saw firefighters perform a dringing swift water rescue. the 911 call came from an island in the middle of coyote creek. >> the water was rising on both sides of a piece of land that they used to be able to walk to. >> and so that became an island? >> it became an island. it wasn't an island a week ago. >> reporter: sky 7 show how the creek has flooded its banks into the nearby woods, which was a popular spot for transients to set up camp. >> it's a problem we've been dealing with in this neighborhood for a while. the homeless. >> reporter: firefighters say the people they had to rescue were on what's not an island paradise. >>

. >>> i'm jonathan bloom in downtown oroville where life is slowly returning to normal.l. we'll talk to >>> good morning to you. it is 5:30 on this wednesday, february 15. >> yes, all right, you can see a little bit dark behind us. we wanted to zoom in to show you, alexis smith, tell us what's going on here. >> you know what, we've got some type of a power issue, an electrical issue on the bay bridge this morning. and that's why most of it is dark. so, we've been tracking this for you since 4:30 and just kind of an eerie drive into san francisco and i have seen these lights flashing quite a bit. it looks like they're getting closer to getting it fixed but the one place it really isn't impacting you is of course the bay bridge toll plaza. so those metering lights are on. we did confirm that with chp. a few minutes earlier than average too. flipped on about 5:25. so as these volumes fill in, we are seeing folks slow down over that dark bay bridge. it starts at the east bay tower and then goes over the incline into treasure island and then of course beyond into san francisc

. >>> i'm jonathan bloom here, where they're staging at travis air force base. >> don't be fooled by anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. >>> shut down just for one day, this is what the protest called a day without immigrants looks like it was a protest and a strike. some workers decided to protest as a way to show how vital they are. >> for some businesses, closing shop was an act of support. how the day went in san francisco. >> the staff made a tough decision today, cancelling reservations to stand behind a few of their workers who took the day off. >> not only to make a part of the workforce, with it comes a special skills set. >> the nationwide event called, a day without an immigrant was felt most in the predominantly hispanic mission district where many businesses closed shop. zuni's cafe opened but made sure their clients read their message. immigrant

. >>> i'm jonathan bloom here, where they're staging at travis air force base. >> don't be fooled by cle with the xfinity tv app, anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. download the xfinity tv app today. it's okay to cry, right? no more! we don't want anymore! [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! everyday price and no extra monthly fees, unlike cable. speeds up to 45 megs, for $30 a month. >>> shut down just for one day, this is what the protest called a day without immigrants looks like it was a protest and a strike. some workers decided to protest as a way to show how vital they are. >> for some businesses, closing shop was an act of support. how the day went in san francisco. >> the staff made a tough decision today, cancelling reservations to stand behind a few of their workers who took the day off. >> not only to make a part of the workforce, with it comes a special skills set. >> the nationwide event call

jonathan bloom is live near the creek. >> this brown rushing water behind me, this is the stuff thatrunning through the streets, the parking lots even some of the vineyards. the creek is swollen, so is the unhappy river, though neither of them are overflowing their banks at this point. if you want to see what a lot of water looks like, all you have to do is see what we saw about three miles upstream. >> mother nature's on display here giving us one of her great shows of all time. >> even folks who lived here for decades pulled over to look at the lake hensy spillway and take a picture, or try to. >> i sat right in front of it, tried to snap a picture between windshield wiper swipes. didn't work to well. >> that beautiful water can cause ugly problems, problems like this. just up the road, county crews said they were out since 2:00 a.m. trying to cut up a tree tragedy in power lines and blocking both lanes. it's a stone's throw from where they just finished cleaning a road with pebbles and pools. >> i'm on my way to san rafael. >> he found himself heading nowhere fast. >> i thought th

jonathan bloom is live near the creek. >> this brown rushing water behind me, this is the stuff that was running through the streets, the parking lots even some of the vineyards. the creek is swollen, so is the unhappy river, though neither of them are overflowing their banks at this point. if you want to see what a lot of water looks like, all you have to do is see what we saw about three miles upstream. >> mother nature's on display here giving us one of her great shows of all time. >> even folks who lived here for decades pulled over to look at the lake hensy spillway and take a picture, or try to. >> i sat right in front of it, tried to snap a picture between windshield wiper swipes. didn't work to well. >> that beautiful water can cause ugly problems, problems like this. just up the road, county crews said they were out since 2:00 a.m. trying to cut up a tree tragedy in power lines and blocking both lanes. it's a stone's throw from where they just finished cleaning a road with pebbles and pools. >> i'm on my way to san rafael. >> he found himself heading nowhere fast. >> i thoug

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it's sold out. >> reporter: in san francisco, jonath jonathan bloom, "abc7 news." >>> uc berkeley has 22 nobel prize winners and a championship video game team. the team just one a tournament playing entertainment overwatch game. they took ohome $42,000 in prizes. blizzard entertainment expects a college video game tournament to rival college athletics in popularity in just a few years. >>> californians are not talking about the iphone feature. >> they want to see and talk to their senator. tonight, you'll hear from dianne feinstein and see how she responds. >>> and tonight, find out how to spot the differences coming to the port of oakland. >> i'm kristen sze in hollywood. what this year's oscar nominations represent. that's next. >>> only 30 minutes remain to get your questions answered live by michael finney. we'll check in live >>> live where you live, this is "abc7 news." >>> live protests greeted senator feinstein. >> they're demanding answers in town hall meetings both from republicans and democrats. >> kate larson has the story. >> reporter: today, protesters in san francisco

it's sold out. >> reporter: in san francisco, jonath jonathan bloom, "abc7 news." >>> uc berkeley has 22 nobel prize winners and a championship video game team. the team just one a tournament playing entertainment overwatch game. they took ohome $42,000 in prizes. blizzard entertainment expects a college video game tournament to rival college athletics in popularity in just a few years. >>> californians are not talking about the iphone feature. >> they want to see and talk to their senator. tonight, you'll hear from dianne feinstein and see how she responds. >>> and tonight, find out how to spot the differences coming to the port of oakland. >> i'm kristen sze in hollywood. what this year's oscar nominations represent. that's next. >>> only 30 minutes remain to get your questions answered live by michael finney. we'll check in live for millions of baby boomers there's a serious virus out there that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. one in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most don't even know it. because it can hide in your body for years without symptoms, and it's not tested for in

. >>> the oscars are just hours away at the dolby theater, and as abc 7 news reporter, jonathan bloomy is providing far more than just the venue for hollywood's biggest night. the san francisco company has its fingerprints all overt technology used to make and show some of the year's biggest films. ♪ >> it's nominated for 14 oscars, but when "la la land" was screened here at dolby's headquarters in san francisco, one thing stood out as much as the music. >> i looked around when i heard the smoke alarm. that's the kind of experience we are talking about. we want you to feel like you are sitting in the middle of the experience. >> "hack saw ridge," and "la la land," are two that were used. dolby, the latest sound technology allows you to do things easily. >> and i don't see any speakers. >> right. >> if you see speakers, our silence has shown you are distracted by that and you start to look where the sound comes from. >> reporter: so cinemas built with the new dolby sound have hidden speakers in the walls. >> if you imagine a dark scene, you can see in the allies. >> all the light has t

as jonathan bloom found out, it's one of silicon valley's newest inventions. >> through the night. ♪star of the music world in front of a sky full of stars. >> they started moving and changing into different shapes and then you saw the formation of the flag. >> with liberty and justice for all. >> it turns out lady gaga was not the only flying object in this show. >> you can just feel it. it's 280 grams. less than the weight of a volleyball. >> this is an intel shooting star drone. >> you can have green or blue. >> that's really bright. >> even brighter when 300 fly at once. >> in december, intel partnered with disney for this holiday light show and got the call for the super bowl. >> how do we fly here? >> they gave us behind the scenes video, launching from outside the stadium with special permits to fly at night. they flew a lot. >> over a dozen times we did fly different variations especially as they were doing the tech rehearsals. >> flying hundreds of drones is something no human can do manually. they have to take off together and fly without hitting each other. >> it's a three

. >>> the oscars are just hours away at the dolby theater and as abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom found providing far more than just the venue of the big night. the san francisco company has fingerprints all over the technology used to make and show some of the year's biggest films. ♪ ♪ >> it's nominated for 14 oscars but when "la la land" was screened here in san francisco, one thing stood out as much as the music. >> i looked around when i heard the smoke alarm. the kind of experience we're talking about? >> we want you to feel like you're sitting in the middle of experience. >> "hacksaw ridge" and "la la land" is described as sound designer's dream. >> if you want to put a helicopter in or move around over the audience's head, dolby has the latest sound technology allows you to do that simply and easily. >> and invisibly. >> the one think i don't see are speakers. >> right. >> where are the speakers? >> if you see speakers, you're distracted and start to look for where the sound comes from. >> theaters can have dozens of speakers hidden in the walls. they also have something else. a

jonathan bloom explains how they are building their engineering skills while building something to help> this is a solar suitcase. >> reporter: it's the result of a long class project for these seventh graders. they built the blue boxes that store energy from the sun during the day to power the led light bulbs at night. >> we learned new things that i never knew i would ever do. >> this is something they are building, they're creating. when the lights come on, it's a satisfaction that they can say, this is something i have done. >> reporter: the solar suitcase is an engineering project which makes it a special treat. but they say just as exciting is who this will help now that it's complete. >> they're going to send it to uganda. >> reporter: at an assembly, they got to see who they are helping. >> 80% of the kids in eastern africa do not have light. >> reporter: high schoolers taking the college entrance exam study at gas stations after the sun goes down. there are places to study at school. >> they have nine study halls. they are dark at night because there's no electricity. the solar

the oscars are on sunday and as abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom found dolby is providing far moren just the venue. >> the san francisco company has its fingerprints all over the technology used to make and show some of the year's biggest films. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it's nominated for 14 oscars but when "la la land" was screened here at dolby's headquarters u one thing stood out as much as the music. >> i looked around when i heard the smoke alarm. >> we want you to feel like you're sitting in the middle of the experience. >> reporter: hacksaw ridge and la la land are the two best picture nominees described as sound designer's dream. >> if you want to put a helicopter on the scene, dolby allows you to do that simply and easily. >> invisibly. >> i one thing i don't see are speakers. >> right. >> so where are the speakers? >> if you see speakers, our science has shown we're distracted and you look for the sound. >> theaters built with a dolby cinema standard can have dozens hidden in the walls and have something else, a really bright projector that makes the dark stuff look better. >> if

as jonathan bloom found out, it's one of silicon valley's newest inventions. >> through the night. ♪> a star of the music world in front of a sky full of stars. >> they started moving and changing into different shapes and then you saw the formation of the flag. >> with liberty and justice for all. >> it turns out lady gaga was not the only flying object in this show. >> you can just feel it. it's 280 grams. less than the weight of a volleyball. >> this is an intel shooting star drone. >> you can have green or blue. >> that's really bright. >> even brighter when 300 fly at once. >> in december, intel partnered with disney for this holiday light show and got the call for the super bowl. >> how do we fly here? >> they gave us behind the scenes video, launching from outside the stadium with special permits to fly at night. they flew a lot. >> over a dozen times we did fly different variations especially as they were doing the tech rehearsals. >> flying hundreds of drones is something no human can do manually. they have to take off together and fly without hitting each other. >> it's a t

jonathan bloom explains how they are building their engineering skills while building something to help >> this is a solar suitcase. >> reporter: it's the result of a long class project for these seventh graders. they built the blue boxes that store energy from the sun during the day to power the led light bulbs at night. >> we learned new things that i never knew i would ever do. >> this is something they are building, they're creating. when the lights come on, it's a satisfaction that they can say, this is something i have done. >> reporter: the solar suitcase is an engineering project which makes it a special treat. but they say just as exciting is who this will help now that it's complete. >> they're going to send it to uganda. >> reporter: at an assembly, they got to see who they are helping. >> 80% of the kids in eastern africa do not have light. >> reporter: high schoolers taking the college entrance exam study at gas stations after the sun goes down. there are places to study at school. >> they have nine study halls. they are dark at night because there's no electricity. the sol

. >> reporter jonathan bloom has more. >> mother nature is on display here giving us one of her greatll-time. >> even folks who lived here for decades pulled over to look at the spillway and take a picture or tried to. >> your lens fills up. i sat in front of it, tried to snap a picture between windshield wipers swipes. didn't work too well. >> that beautiful water can cause ugly problems. problems like this. just up the road, county crews were out since 2:00 a.m. trying to cut up a tree tangled in power lines and blocking both lanes. it's a stone's throw from where they just finished cleaning up a mudslide on a road peppered with puddles and pools. >> i'm trying to find my way to san rafael guys. >> and? >> having no luck. >> between 12 and 121 heading nowhere fast. >> i thought there was a side street i could cut across. >> and? >> no luck. >> the roads say subject to flooding. >> not the kind of flooding the locals are used to. >> i can't remember snanything like this. >> the gun club is closed out here. >> the lumber yards -- the job may require swimming skills. cars can't swim. s

jonathan bloom explains. >> so she will be getting information in the mail. >> reporter: monica tract is having a very busy day. >> i haven't have any lunch yet. [ laughter ] >> reporter: january 31st brought her a wave of customers. >> i'm applying for cover california and hoping for the best. >> reporter: why today? >> technically it's the deadline. >> reporter: she says technically because the deadline is extended, sort of. >> you know, experience tells us that people often wait until the last minute to sign up for health care, and we want to make sure we don't leave anyone behind. >> reporter: so anyone that's started an application by the end of the 31 s can have until february 4th to finish it. >> it's gotten more complicated because i don't qualify for free insurance, so i have to apply through low income insurance. >> reporter: in this office, they are seeing more urgency than years past. >> i think people were not taking it seriously but now they are. >> reporter: with president trump vowing to repeal obamacare, swirling over the low-cost health plans over cover california. >

jonathan bloom is live in san jose. for the first time today, the usgs has some answers to that question. >> reporter: well, as residents work to dig through the rubble and pg&e works to restore power, the u.s. geological survey has been out doing science. this is still a swollen creek. in fact, it's higher than it's ever been before. one of the reasons that the evacuation order came so late is because we didn't know what would happen when the water got this high. now they are crunching the numbers to make sure they know what will happen if this ever occurs again. >> 20? >> 20. >> dangling over a cable of the russian water, surveyors are gathering data in literally what are unchartered waters. >> we might have known that the river was going to get as high as it was and they might have made a different decision. >> reporter: that's because coyote creek has never been this high. when all of that water led to flooding downstream, emergency managers say they were caught off guard. >> we weren't expecting to have issues at r

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom has a hands-on look at the nintendo switch. >> reporter: in what looks like an airplane, two guys are locked in a serious battle on a tiny screen with even tinier controllers. yes, that's mario cart they're playing on a little device that's nintendo's big new idea. >> nintendo switch is a home video game system that you can take request you and play anywhere and everywhere. >> reporter: in a giant room they're showing it off in settings from living rooms to restaurants using those tiny controllers to take on enemies and dance the night away. ♪ you can play any game on your big tv, then pull the nintendo sitch out of its dock and keep playing on the go. as for those little controllers. >> you can take them both off. you can combine them into one control. you can give one to your friend. >> reporter: game spot's jacob decker says they're awfully small. as for the switch itself, this isn't some miniature version. this is nintendo's flagship device. >> certainly this is our future for the next several years, right? i mean this is going to be our console syst

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom is live at a san francisco insurance office to explain. jonathan? >> reporter: well, today is the deadline to start your health care application. once you've started now the state's extended the deadline to finish it, so that means if you get stuck and need help you now have until saturday to come to an office like this and get it worked out. >> so she will be getting information in the mail. >> reporter: monica track is having a busy day. >> i haven't had any lunch yet. >> reporter: january 31st has brought her a wave of customers like stephanie lava. >> i'm applying for covered california and hoping for the best. >> reporter: why today? >> technically it's the deadline. >> reporter: she says technically because the deadline has been extended, sort of. >> experience tells us that people often wait until the last minute to sign up for health care, and we want to make sure we don't leave anyone behind. >> reporter: so anyone who started an appliction by the end of the 31st can have until february 4th to finish it. she needs more time. >> and

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has more. >> add this to the long list of drivers with calls for help who got stuck. >> dozens in the last few days. most people take a chance that they can't get any deeper than this, and it always gets deeper than this. >> now this driver is in deep trouble with the law. >> since we found it, she was under the influence of either alcohol or drugs or. so she was facing arrest. >> in guerneville a different kind of trouble they're bracing for. >> lots of water. have buckets of water for the plumbing. because where i'm at sometimes, we can't flush our toilets and stuff if it gets too high. >> after years of drought, rain is good for the wine country. >> it's nice. it's a change. >> but it makes it hard to relax. >> scared because of the loose rock and mud slides and now with wind and maybe downed trees. >> trees like this precarious pine on river road leaning dangerously over the roadway. crews were called in to take it out. and chop it up while traffic inched along in the other lane. the problem isn't so much the rain falling now. >> it's like drizzle.

jonathan bloom has a hands-on look at the nintendo switch. >> reporter: it looks like an airplane.s locked in a serious battle on a tiny screen with even tinier controllers. that's a mario card they're playing that's nintendo's big idea. >> a home video game system that you can take with you and play anywhere and everywhere. >> reporter: they're showing it off in settings from living rooms to restaurants using the tiny controllers to take on enemies and dance the night away. you can play any game on your big tv, pull the switch out of its dock and keep playing on the go. as for the little controllers -- >> take them off and combine them into one control. you can give one to your friend. >> reporter: jacob decker said they're awfully small. nintendo sells a pro controller for bigger hands. but this isn't some miniature version, this is nintendo's flagship device. >> this is our future for the next several years, right? this will be our console system. >> reporter: switch will be the only living room console. >> i don't think this will go toe-to-toe with your xbox 1s. the real key to

jonathan bloom explains how they're building their engineering skills while building something to helpers. >> this is a solar suitcase. >> reporter: it's the result of a long class project for these seventh graders. >> power itself up. >> reporter: they built these blue boxes that store energy from the sun during the day to power these l.e.d. light bulbs at night. >> we learned lots of new things that i never knew i would ever do. >> this is something they're building, something na they're creating. when the lights come on, it's a satisfaction that they can say this is something i've done. >> reporter: the solar suitcase is a hands on engineering project which already makes it a special treat for the students. but they say just as exciting is who this project will help now that it's complete. >> they're going to send to where? uganda. >> reporter: a school assembly, they got to see who they're helping. >> 80% of the kids in eastern africa do not have light. >> reporter: that means high schoolers taking the college entrance exam often study at gas stations after the sun goes down. there

. >> as jonathan bloom explains, it's still off in the distance, but it starts with technologies that your phone faster today. >> you know, the birthday party of the future is shot in 4k. >> video live streaming and vr. at&t told a crowd of reporters consumers are gobbling updata. >> we need more capacity asap. >> reporter: it's the same dilemma verizon faced when a certain big sporting event came to the bay area. >> verizon sponsors the super bowl. our name is going to be all over super bowl city, our network has to perform great. >> reporter: the answer was small cells, hundreds of miniature cell to yours hidden atop street lamps. now at&t is taking a page out of that playbook, even using the same contractors and same city-approved design. >> the customer will feel immediately that the signal quality is much better. >> reporter: small cells are perfect for spots like this where you have hundreds of phones on one block but at&t has also announced a solution for rural areas that, like this one, uses poles that are already there. >> this is a radical new approach to delivering multi gi

jonathan bloom has a hands on look at the nintendo switch. >> reporter: in what looks like an airplane, two guys are locked in a serious battle on a tiny screen. that's mario kart they're playing on a little defense. >> nintendo switch is a home video game system that you can take with you. >> reporter: so in a giant room, they're showing it off from settings from living rooms to restaurants using those tiny controllers to take on enemies and dance the night away. you can play any game on your big tv, then pull the nintendo switch out of its dock and keep playing on the go. as for those little controllers? >> you can take them both off. you can combine them into one controller, give one to your friend. >> they're awfully small. nintendo sells a pro controller for bigger hands but this isn't some miniature version. this is nintendo's flagship device. >> this is our future for the next several years. this is going to be our console jeanne moos. >> reporter: the wii-u is being discontinued. >> i don't think this can go toe to toe with your playstations and xboxes. >> reporter: the key to

live in oroville, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >>> california lawmakers in the white house say the oroville crisis is highlighting the danger posed by the nation's aging infrastructure. congressman displayed photos on the house floor as he spoke about the risk of a catastrophic failure. he asked congress to choose wisely between hot-button projects and infrastructure spending. >> choices about building a $30 billion wall rather than repairing bridges. we know that dams are in jeopardy. we should never delay these infrastructure investments. >> there are estimates that fixing and maintaining the infrastructure in california alone could cost $65 billion. >>> we sent out a breaking news alert when the evacuation order was lifted for people near oroville. you could be the first to know news as it happens by downloading our free abc7 news app. make sure you enable push alerts and you can get that for both apple and android devices. >>> work is underway again this morning on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. heavy equipment returned to continue clearing a mudslide that's blocking the northb

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom is live for us in downtown oroville. >> reporter: we're starting toille. the gas stations are open, the roadblocks are down, we saw lights on in the restaurant across the parking lot. of course the return to normal started yesterday afternoon when people were told that they were allowed to return home. some 200,000 people had been ordered to leave on sunday. now that mandatory evacuation order lifted, they're starting to trickle back into town. many of them have been staying in temporary shelters or hotels more than an hour away. some of them said they are worried they could have to leave again. >> we're not sure if we're going to keep our vehicles packed up and ready to go or go ahead and completely unpack, you know? just not quite sure about that one yet. >> i'm still a little wary on it because i don't know with the rain coming in if we're going to go back into evacuation. so we've got everything still packed up. >> reporter: meanwhile, work continues to shore up the oroville dam's crumbling emergency spillway ahead to have the rain expected

i'm jonathan bloom with what you need to know ahead on abc 7 news. >>> as an oakland guy i'm all fortever deal falls apart in vegas, keep it in oakland. >>> two major changes over the last 24 hours breathe new life into the fight to keep the raiders in oakland. >>> the most important decision a president of the united states can make is the appointment of a supreme court justice. >> that decision has been made and just announced live president trump has named neil gorsuch to fill the ninth and final seat on the supreme court. good evening, thank you for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. this could be one of the longest lasting acts of the presidency. justices often serve until their deaths. >> kristen sze with what to expect. >> neil gorsuch is the youngest nominee in a quarter century. if confirmed he could shape our nation for decades to come. gorsuch has served on the 10th circuit court of appeals in denver for more than ten years, attended harvard law school with former president barack obama, in fact, before getting his ph.d. at oxford. he's had prestigio

after talking to students and abc 7 reporter jonathan bloom from space last year, kate rubins got toem all face to face. ♪ >> it was a hero's welcome, our favorite daughter, astronaut kate rubins. >> she's the only one who's been to space and back from this high school. >> i think anybody who decides to go get on a rocket seriously needs their sanity checked. >> of all of the stories she can tell, we spoke to her from the beginning of and he watched her answer students' questions from orbit. meeting her face to face they were excited to find an astronaut down to earth. >> this protect us from the vacuum of space. >> from her study of heart cells under a microscope. >> we can watch them beat and contract. >> to the lessons she learned about eating in space. >> we have to go slowly because it turns into a self propelled rocket. and the food goes all over. >> even questions about grad school. >> science, math, engineering. >> science classes are important for becoming an astronaut but so is something else here at the high school. >> i was her soccer coach. i made kids run a lot. >> and

. >> in santa cruz, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> no to new details, just surfacing on the deadly ghostp warehouse fire. >> this is the fire that killed 36 people a week after thanksgiving last year, they were listening to music inside a warehouse in oakland's fruit veil neighborhood. a lot of questions surround that building and what was or wasn't supposed to be going on inside it. >> laura anthony dug through those documents and here's what she found. >> the oakland police department was a frequent visitor to the ghost ship warehouse. between 2007 and 2016, opd officers responded to 35 calls for service to the three addresses directly associated with the warehouse. on a dozen occasions, officers went inside the building which was being used illegally for housing. among the crimes opd investigated a stabbing, assaults, burglaries and narcotics. officers even responded to an illegal raid with drug and alcohol sales at the ghost ship. the officer says i did not cite, detain handcuff or search anyone. >> there were many calls. many responses. >> he thinks city agencies need to communicate

. >> jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news anchor kristen zee will provide live reports from hollywoodg friday. you can watch the oscars live sunday, jimmy kimmel is hosting the oscars for the first time at 5:30. >>> we have new video today of apple's new spaceship campus in cupertino. they released this drone footage today of what the company has labelled apple park. the $5 billion 175 acre campus will be open to more than 12,000 employees in april. it will feature a 100,000 square foot fitness center and a 1,000 seat theater that will be named in honor of steve jobs. not really a big deal. our office is like that, i'm sure yours is. >> everyone's is. >> drew tooma is next with the forecast. >>> it's tough >>> take a look at this video, rescue of a dog that fell down a cliff. that's a firefighter being plled up the cliff by his colleagues. the rescuer had to deal with the drop and the wind as well as calming down that dog. >> gained the trust of the animal, to be able to secure it. very close to the harness. next to the firefighter. >> once the harness came off. she was glad to rejoin

. >> in san jose, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> today, senator kamala harris saw the damage from lake oroville first hand from the air. her office shared this with us. and meeting with water officials there. they briefed her on how the emergency spillway got eroded due to the massive evacuation. >>> and oroville reservoir, the second biggest in the state down to 80% of its capacity, california's biggest reservoir, lake shasta, is at 92% capacity. >>> and look at this, california is now entirely under the worst two categories of drought, more than 60% of the state is not in any level of drought at this moment, those maps show just how quickly our drought conditions have actually changed from last week and summer from last year. >> yeah, well, let's check on the rain that is comingway, our meteorologist is here with the forecast. >> hi, there, ama and dan, good evening, we're looking at not only the cold showers but -- >> we'll get you a camera. >> we're having a -- hang in there. we're trying to get a shot over there. >>> there we go. we can hear you now. >>> we were talking about the

. >> jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> that sounds fast. >> yeah, well the weather is quickly changing.> drew tracking a series of storms. >> we're starting to see that rain begin to fill in on live doppler 7. right down to street level. one lone shower that's popped up in the past half hour even over south san francisco, light sprinkles that will intensify overnight. this will be a two-way. moderate storm, and the highest impacts are going to come in the early morning hours on thursday. the afternoon is more in the way of scattered showers, there's a slight chance of thunder. rain and wind early on. and then it really just tapers to scattered showers from then on out. still damp by 7:00, we'll have snow working into the sierra, winter storm warning in effect. >> accuweather 7-day forecast showing you the wet whether will stick around. not all of the weekend is damp. >> that's nice. >> thanks, drew. >>> warriors in action, and in town tonight. >> larry beihl has the scoop. >> this was a great three-point shooting exhibition tonight. the warriors bury the hornets and it ooh... >>psst. he