thank you, kera. san francisco public work crews are cleaning up a gas station's tap he would metal canopy that fell over during friday afternoon's storm. fortunately no one was injured at this 76 station located at 17 and potrero when the roof came crashing down. the attendant quickly shut off gas to the pump so mow gas spilled. and it was an unoccupied car here but a few hours earlier the owner of that disabled car was sitting inside waiting for help. you see challenging conditions crossing the sierra. gains are required at gold run, but it's open again for both cars and big rinse. u.s. 50 to south lake tahoe also has chain alcohol starting east of placer placerville. and crews say holiday travelers should expect chain controls to stay in effect through christmas. >>> there's definitely going to be chain control for the next two days at least going into christmas. >> well, here's the good news about the five feet of fresh snow. the ski resorts, they are happy, reporting excellent condition force the

for now, live in downtown napa, kera clapper, abc7 news. >> thank you. sonoma county fire department is telling us they have already respond today half-dozen downed trees this morning. one collapsing on to a house in petaluma. two came down yesterday, closing this stretch of napa's redwood road, creating a 45 minute dedoor for locals. the trees took out power lines on their way down leaving 50 homes without electricity. the wind and the rain are bringing high surf advisories this morning. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live in pacifica where the waves are pounding the pier. nick, the wind has picked up there, as well. >> carolyn, the wind pounding me, not just the pier. >> well, we are having problems there with nick as he was talking about how he was getting pounded by the wind as well. we will try to get back to him in just a few. right now pg&e reports three major power outages and numerous smaller problems all over the bay area. the biggest outage is in larkspur, where more than 2300 homes and businesses are in the dark. pg&e is checking the cause.

abc7 news reporter kera klapper is live in los gatos this morning. good morning. >> good morning, katie. as you and francis mentioned, the rain has stopped for now. our drive down here from san francisco about two hours ago was very wet, though. conditions on 101 through san mateo, redwood city and south were very slick. highway 17 behind me is still wet from the overnight rain, but people around driving as though it's wet. of course, that rain, as you mentioned, has head to full reservoirs across the bay area. we actually have video from yesterday in marin county where lake lagunitsa is overflowing into alpine lake. reservoirs, as you may or may not know, they don't typically top off until april. the marin municipal water district said all of their reservoirs have reached capacity already this winter. it's only one week into winter. it's the earliest it's happened since 1983. >> i lived here when we're were on water rationing back in the '90s. it's great to see you have it a leg up on it already. >> the san francisco public utilities commission tell

reporting live downtown napa, abc7 news. >> thank you, kera.pdating major power outages around the area right now. rodeo has more than 1,000 homes and businesses in the dark. the cause has not been determined. san rafael has seven outages with more than 600 customers affected. 600 customers in richmond are without power and the cause is undetermined. and boulder creek in the santa cruz mountains has 1600 customers in the dark. high winds and downed trees are the likely culprit. >>> power has been restored in homes near san francisco's mount davidson, but other utilities like phone lines and cable may still be out this morning. the trouble there started just before 9:00 last night when a dead, rotted tree fell ondalewood way. it pulled down power and utility lines affecting a half-dozen homes. residents tell us they still had cell phone service overnight. in marin county neighbors are braced for more possible outages because of fallen trees. a tree fell on to some power lines yesterday afternoon. it happened at lucas valley road. authorities clo

we know from kera klapper who is live in los gatos, the drops have started falling there this morningu can go to abc7news.com and track the storm on live doppler 7hd no matter where you are. >>> 'tis the season for making new year's resolutions and a week or two later usually the season of breaking them. what if you could get a little help following through? jonathan bloom has a look at a bay area social media company that has found a way to do just that. >> the start-up, i want the start-up to grow. that's my new year's resolution. >> ken is thinking big, but for most people few years resolutions sound something like this. >> this year i need to cook for myself better and do more exercise. i want to travel more this year. >> they are lofty goals and for some folks a little help to reach them would be worth something. >> i would pay $30 a month maybe. >> send me links or deals i don't know about or secrets off the path, destinations. >> there's a website for that called rewarder and it's a place you can offer up a reward for specific kind of information or expertise. >> they say i wan

. >> good morning, kera. >> good morning. they want the salvation army off their campus saying it's anti-gay and has a long history of discrimination, citing a radio interview last summer with a charity official that said, quote, according to scripture, gays must die. so berkeley first banned bell ringers on campus. that's after they accused them of discriminating against gays and lesbians in their shelter and preventing fun to go some groups. now they want to do a bits further and do away with two clothing donation boxes that are in front of a campus dorm. >> they should be replaced with an organization like the good will that doesn't discriminate based on sexual orientation. >> donating to the salvation army doesn't mean that you are prejudice against gays and lesbians, it just means that you want to help people. >> obviously varying opinions here on campus. in a statement to abc7 news the charity says, quote, the salvation army believes all people are equal regardless of sexual orientation. we firmly oppose mistreatment of

abc7 news reporter kera klapper joins us live from the scene. good morning. >> good morning.you mentioned, three people are dead this morning and crews are still here on the scene more than six hours after the initial calls came in to report the fire. this is in an multi--building apartment complex but fortunately it was kept to one building on bridgeport court in san jose. you are seeing video from overnight. the two-alarm fire engulfed the building and gutted the apartment where it ignited. it originated in a second floor apartment. witnesses called 911 saying three people were trapped inside the apartment. at this point the three people are being identified only as a man, a woman and a young child who all died from their injuries. three other people, including a san jose police officer, are currently being treated for smoke in hal lays. >> combating the heavy fire conditions, and we had a san jose police officer who suffered smoke inhalation early on trying to get in there. actually he was able to get one of the residents out. that officer, along with two other people, are

. >> kera? actually she is unavailable. we will get to her in a bin she becomes available. and this is another fox news alert. what the world has been alert for on edge, north korea launching a long range missile. it is the latest move by the very secretive country. japan said part of the rocket landed west of the peninsula and another part in or near the philippines. we are joined on the phone. good evening, sir. >> hi, greta. >> well this, is certainly a surprise because they had extended the window until december 29th for the launching of this rocket. do you know anything about at least the reported rocket, how far the range is, if it's a successful launch? >> nobody knows right now or at least it's not been released the rocket achieved orbit but that's not the issue. the issue is this rocket, after four failed attempts, has fired all three of its stages. in other words, the rocket fired all three stages and eventually put some kind of payload almost due south over the pacific ocean. what that means is that after five attempts the north koreans have masterd it.y could de

reporting live in pacifica, kera clapper, awc7 news. >> we are disappointed for that crabber, too. that's too bad this morning. >>> the weather has been causing problems all over the bay area. one of the biggest, let me show you, at the corner of 17th and potrero in san francisco. abc7 news reporter john alston said it's going it take a few days to clean under the mess after a storm toppled a gas station canopy along with a tree. >> it could have been much worse when a large canopy toppled next to the gas pump on 17th and potrero. public works will remove branches from a tree that crashed through the window of a parked car that had broken down next to the gas station friday night. >> i'm thank god that none of us got killed sitting in the car because we were sitting in car last night. >> the square, metal post that held up the covering snapped during a strong rainstorm about 3:30 in the afternoon. the fire department thinks it crashed down after a branch fro% the tree landed on top of the metal structure. gas station clerk hit the automatic shut off valve and cut electrical power t

we have kera live in petaluma. good morning. >> good morning. just within the last few minutes it started raining ever so slightly here in petaluma. nothing like we saw yesterday. the rains yesterday caldwell low brook creek to go from empty to nearly full. and it was happening all over sonoma county, as you just mentioned napa county a problem as well. one man whose trailer sits right on the banks of the russian river told abc7 news he watched the river rise 17 feet. flood signs popped up across highways and low lying back roads. some drivers ignored the warning signs and tried to cross anyway with no luck. >> we were coming from windsor. we were going to santa rosa to the mall and then we took the back roads up to santa rosa. once we got like to the water, you could see the car, just like smoke started coming out and aaron tried to turn the car off and turn it back on. didn't work. and then so we opened the doors and all the water just came in. >> everybody thinks they can come through it, and they don't make it. >> they really don't. time and

abc7 news reporter kera is live in pet aluminum ma where willow creek is a good example of how wild it's yeah, willowbrook creek behind me was empty, if you can believe me. ofjust two days ago people who work around here were surprised how quickly it filled yesterday. this is all over sonoma county. here's the russian river. residents are being a dramatic change in the river levels. one man whose trailer sits on the banks of the river. he watch the river rise 17 feet yesterday. flood signs popped up across highways and low-lying back roads. some drivers ignored those warning signs and tried to cross anyway with no luck. >> we were coming from windsor. we were going to santa rosa to the mall and then we took the back roads up to santa rosa. once we got like to the water, you could see the car, just like smoke start the coming out and aaron tried to turn the car off and turn it back on. didn't work. and then so we opened the doors and all the water just came in. >> everybody thinks they can come through it, and they don't make it. >> a windsor resident told abc7 news he pulled three cars o