i'm pretty well done. >> lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> work crews in san francisco have closed busy owe seancy boulevard because of an unstable hillside in glenn canyon park. it could crumble because of this week's rain and wind. the crews begin knocking down loose rocks that are in danger of falling. across the bay area, about 3,000 homes are without power tonight. most of those are in the south bay where over 1800 customers are in the dark, more than 900 are in the east bay. more than 700 on the peninsula. on the north bay, 455 customers are impacted, and there's only one customer in the dark in san francisco. and remember, you can monitor live doppler 7 any time on our abc 7 news app. be sure to enable push alerts. >>> three people went to the hospital after a fire erupted in san jose. a neighbor captured this dramatic cell phone video of the flames. abc 7 news reporter joins us with the latest. katie. >> you can see what's left of the burninged out apartment out here. the windows are all boarded up, it's an elderly couple whoive wills here, everyone who first saw the smoke and flame

i'm pretty well done. >> lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> work crews in san francisco have closed busy owe seancy boulevard because of an unstable hillside in glenn canyon park. it could crumble because of this week's rain and wind. the crews begin knocking down loose rocks that are in danger of falling. across the bay area, about 3,000 homes are without power tonight. most of those are in the south bay where over 1800 customers are in the dark, more than 900 are in the east bay. more than 700 on the peninsula. on the north bay, 455 customers are impacted, and there's only one customer in the dark in san francisco. and remember, you can monitor live doppler 7 any time on our abc 7 news app. be sure to enable push alerts. >>> three people went to the hospital after a fire erupted in san jose. a neighbor captured this dramatic cell phone video of the flames. abc 7 news reporter joins us with the latest. katie. >> you can see what's left of the burninged out apartment out here. the windows are all boarded up, it's an elderly couple whoive wills here, everyone who first saw the smoke and flame

. >> lilian kim is in the newsroom with the local congresswoman now trying to assure her constituents. >> peninsula congresswoman jackie spears town hall and pacifica tonight was the first time she held such a gathering for invited guests only. the guest list was made up of worried constituents who contacted her office after election day. >> have you been to one of the town halls before? >> absolutely not. i became an activist on election day. >> that was the case for just about everyone else in the room. jackie speer calls them first time activists. many of whom attended the women's march on saturday. >> i'm signing every petition i can, and i will be as active as i possibly can. >> much is at stake over the next four years. the congresswoman urged everyone to continue with the protest. learn and read about rural america which played a key role in trump's victory. >> i hope i'm going to instill a sense of empowerment to you. our country has with stood terrible presidents and we've survived. >> the rnc committee woman applauds those who become more engaged in the process. >> there are

. >> lilian kim is in the newsroom with the local congresswoman now trying to assure her constituents. >> peninsula congresswoman jackie spears town hall and pacifica tonight was the first time she held such a gathering for invited guests only. the guest list was made up of worried constituents who contacted her office after election day. >> have you been to one of the town halls before? >> absolutely not. i became an activist on election day. >> that was the case for just about everyone else in the room. jackie speer calls them first time activists. many of whom attended the women's march on saturday. >> i'm signing every petition i can, and i will be as active as i possibly can. >> much is at stake over the next four years. the congresswoman urged everyone to continue with the protest. learn and read about rural america which played a key role in trump's victory. >> i hope i'm going to instill a sense of empowerment to you. our country has with stood terrible presidents and we've survived. >> the rnc committee woman applauds those who become more engaged in the process. >> there are

lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> a fire drove 30 people from their homes in concord. it broke out just after 6:00 this evening. the fire damaged four units. paramedics took two girls to the hospital, they suffered minor injuries while escaping the flames. >>> oakland's new permanent police chief shared her vision today for holding officers more accountable while making the city safer. the search for a new police chief -- >> i don't consider it a mess. it's an opportunity. and it's all about going-forward. it's about going from good to great. >> kirkpatrick plans to live in oakland. unlike some of her recent predecessors as chief. >> why police leaders in chicago were impressed by her plus those who had their doubts. >> kirkpatrick will have to deal with several scandals. it appears she's suited for the job. she has her critics. >> the police board chose ann kirkpatrick as one of the top finalists last year. the mayor picked kirkpatrick to head police efforts after a shooting of a 17-year-old boy. >> i'm confident she'll be very successful in oakland. >>ed chicago poli

abc 7 news reporter lilian kim picks up our team coverage from sfo. lillian?> reporter: eric, despite the exemption people we talked to said they aren't going to rest easy until they're reunited with their loved ones. >> haven't slept for like two days, and i would just keep hearing contradictory stories. >> reporter: hamid carcaran of walnut creek is anxiously awaiting his wife to arrive at sfo. after visiting family in iran she tried 20 come back friday but was told she couldn't despite her green card status. finally after two days she was allowed to board a u.s.-bound flight. she's due to arrive monday afternoon. >> i went to the airport where i spoke with three officers, border protection, and every single one of them they gave me an entirely different answer. >> reporter: the changing dynamics has many families worried. yale professor amin karbasi is a research fellow at uc berkeley. his wife and daughter are currently in iran on vacation, but he wonders what the future may hold. >> if i cannot see my family, then you know, we have to -- i cannot be separ

lilian kim, abc 7 news. >>> all right, we are on storm watch once again. meteorologist drew tuma is tracking a series of storms. >> we're coming off a quiet holiday weekend, but we tracking not one but three storms headed our way in the next seven days ms you wi you will squeak out a couple more days, and then we have shower chances through early next week. wednesday, the first storm headed our way, this will be a two. it starts off with morning showers. they intensify in the afternoon and evening, and with it, strong and potentially damaging winds will accompany this storm. we'll take a much closer look in the accuweather forecast. >>> a road is still closed because of last week's storms. no date has been set to reopen t the highway patrol posted this video over the weekend. cal trans crews are pumping the water out. one east bound lane did reopen on friday. the westbound side is still completely closed. >>> an american is one who was killed in mexico. cell phone video captured the moment it happened as everything turned to chaos. people ran for their liv

lilian kim, abc 7 news. >> a fire drove 30 people from their homes in concord. it broke out just after 6:00 this evening. the fire damaged four units. paramedics took two girls to the hospital, they suffered minor injuries while escaping the flames. >>> oakland's new permanent police chief shared her vision today for holding officers more accountable while making the city safer. the search for a new police chief -- >> i don't consider it a mess. it's an opportunity. and it's all about going-forward. it's about going from good to great. >> kirkpatrick plans to live in oakland. unlike some of her recent predecessors as chief. >> why police leaders in chicago were impressed by her plus those who had their doubts. >> kirkpatrick will have to deal with several scandals. it appears she's suited for the job. she has her critics. >> the police board chose ann kirkpatrick as one of the top finalists last year. the mayor picked kirkpatrick to head police efforts after a shooting of a 17-year-old boy. >> i'm confident she'll be very successful in oakland. >>ed chicago poli

lilian kim continues our storm watch team coverage. >> this is where the road crosses pinol creek. because of all the water, it ended up watching away a huge chunk of road. the breach is 70 feet wide and 30 feet deep. it's a long way down. and at the bottom, pieces of the road. this busy thoroughfare has become a destination for the curious. >> this is just absurd. >> it's really crazy to see how things play out when you're in a drought and all of a sudden there's goes 20 inches of rain. >> martinez, another trouble spot. a large you can lip tuesday branch fell on the road. there was damage to this car, he's reportedly going to be okay. as for the crew, it didn't take long to chop it up and remove it. >> this particular you can lip to us has lost a branch before. i think the city's doing a great thing finally cutting it down, you hate to lose a tree, this is a safe move right here. >> back here. contra costa county's department of public works says they don't know when they can begin repairs, this road remains closed indefinitely. >> in hollister, more rain is expected overnight. s

in los altos, lilian kim, abc 7 news. >>> all right, let's get back to spencer and the forecast and the morning commut tomorrow will be -- treacherous. >> even worse as the day goes on. the afternoon and evening commute will be even more so it's just a mess. here is live doppler 7, not looking very messy yet. at the moment we have areas of scattered light rainfall, more steady in some spots, as you probably know, snow is falling in some of the bay area's higher elevations. here is a live look over san francisco right now. 49 degrees in the city, 46 degrees in oakland, upper 40s, in mountain view, gilroy, half moon bay, a look at emeryville, under increasingly cloudy, 41 degrees, napa, 47, 43, and livermore, and here is a view from the roof top camera, and abc 7 looking over the embarcadero, showers tonight with snow levels getting lower and lower, heavy rain with gusty winds, and a little break here and there, the forecast starts 9:00 a.m., widespread rainfall most of it light to moderate until a little bit later just after about 11:00 a.m., and through the entire afternoon we'll see ar

in the south bay lilian kim, abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 reporter katie send us pictures and video. we can find it easily if you use hashtag abc 7 news. download the aabc 7 app. constantly updated live doppler 7. just look under the weather section and make sure you enable push alerts when you download the app and you'll get weather alerts right to your phone or tablet. >>> b.a.r.t. is trying to find out how a man wound up on its tracks beneath downtown san francisco. firefighters say the man was conscious when they reached him around 3:40 this afternoon. it appears that he rolled into a gap on the trackway out of the way of the trains. paramedics took him to the hospital. b.a.r.t. police do not suspect foul play. commuters faced delays for a short period of time. >>> united airlines domestic flights are on the move again after being stuck on the ground for about 2 1/2 hours because of computer problems. abc 7 news was at san francisco's international airport where only united passengers have been affected and could experience delays through the rest of the night. computer and softw

lilian kim, abc 7 news. >>> all right, we are on storm watch once again. meteorologist drew tuma is tracking a series of storms. >> we're coming off a quiet holiday weekend, but we tracking not one but three storms headed our way in the next ms you wi you will squeak out a couple more days, and then we have shower chances through early next week. wednesday, the first storm headed our way, this will be a two. it starts off with morning showers. they intensify in the afternoon and evening, and with it, strong and potentially damaging winds will accompany this storm. we'll take a much closer look in the accuweather forecast. >>> a road is still closed because of last week's storms. no date has been set to reopen t the highway patrol posted this video over the weekend. cal trans crews are pumping the water out. one east bound lane did reopen on friday. the westbound side is still completely closed. >>> an american is one who was killed in mexico. cell phone video captured the moment it happened as everything turned to chaos. people ran for their lives from the

in los altos, lilian kim, abc 7 news. >>> all right, let's get back to spencer and the forecast and thening commut tomorrow will be -- treacherous. >> even worse as the day goes on. the afternoon and evening commute will be even more so it's just a mess. here is live doppler 7, not looking very messy yet. at the moment we have areas of scattered light rainfall, more steady in some spots, as you probably know, snow is falling in some of the bay area's higher elevations. here is a live look over san francisco right now. 49 degrees in the city, 46 degrees in oakland, upper 40s, in mountain view, gilroy, half moon bay, a look at emeryville, under increasingly cloudy, 41 degrees, napa, 47, 43, and livermore, and here is a view from the roof top camera, and abc 7 looking over the embarcadero, showers tonight with snow levels getting lower and lower, heavy rain with gusty winds, and a little break here and there, the forecast starts 9:00 a.m., widespread rainfall most of it light to moderate until a little bit later just after about 11:00 a.m., and through the entire afternoon we'll see areas

lilian kim tells us the idea was in response to the high number of teen suicides in palo alto in recent years. >> and i really realized when i looked in the mirror that i wasn't happy with who i was. >> reporter: the concept is simple. a website for teens that's operated by teens. young people from all over the world sharing their stories of survival and hope to let others know they're not alone. >> like research has shown that if a teen is in trouble or like they want advice from someone, like they're much more likely to go to someone their own age. >> reporter: los altos junior nadia came up with teens talk.org after reading a research article handed out in our psychology class. it was about the suicide clausteres in palo alto, the city next door. high school students killing themselves on train tracks. >> it was brushed under, teachers didn't want to talk about it. i just felt like this needs to be talked about and we need to get everyone the help that they really need. >> reporter: nadia designed teens talk herself and much of the content is driven by her handful of so-called ambass

. >> abc 7 news reporter lilian kim is live in gilroy with more. lillian, not the time to be driving on the roads. >> reporter: ama and eric, this is where 101 is closed southbound. there's just too much water that's accumulated. so much so that emergency crews are conducting a car and house rescue on and along the highway. highway 101 in gilroy is closed southbound at 10th street. northbound is closed at the highway 25 connection. water from uvas creek is to blame for the closure. whereas farther north -- at the guevara home in san martin family members brought in sand bags to keep the flood water fre entering their house. it's already crept into the garage. >> it was unexpected. well, we heard it on the news. we had a few warnings on our phone but we didn't think it would get this bad. turns out it got worse than what we expected. >> reporter: roads have transformed into rivers. this is what it looked like on yagas avenue. salvador naranjo lives around the corner and he too is hoping watt grert week doesn't go beyond his garage. >> my concern is

lilian kim continues our storm watch team coverage. >> this is where the road crosses pinol creek. because of all the water, it ended up watching away a huge chunk of road. the breach is 70 feet wide and 30 feet deep. it's a long way down. and at the bottom, pieces of the road. this busy thoroughfare has become a destination for the curious. >> this is just absurd. >> it's really crazy to see how things play out when you're in a drought and all of a sudden there's goes 20 inches of rain. >> martinez, another trouble spot. a large you can lip tuesday branch fell on the road. there was damage to this car, he's reportedly going to be okay. as for the crew, it didn't take long to chop it up and remove it. >> this particular you can lip to us has lost a branch before. i think the city's doing a great thing finally cutting it down, you hate to lose a tree, this is a safe move right here. >> back here. contra costa county's department of public works says they don't know when they can begin repairs, this road remains closed indefinitely. >> in hollister, more rain is expected overnight. s

. >> lilian kim has detailed. >> we need you to get ready to leave the neighborhood. >> reporter: volunteers of the felton road disaster planning committee went door to door warning residents about the rising river. they say so far the process has gone smatly. >> i feel like people are doing a good job. we give them lots of warnings. the county has used the reverse 911 system. >> reporter: people came to the covered bridge in felton to get a good look at the san lorenzo river. they haven't seen it this high in a while? in 2008 it got pretty high but usually it's very, very low. 'cool to come out and you know see what's going on. >> reporter: homeowners have been through this before. many have elevated their homes over the years but the peterson family still did what they could to keep potential flood water out of their garage. >> this is nothing new. it's the same thing. we stay here. the water comes in. it goes out, we clean up. then it's over. i was hoping it wasn't going to be last night. >> reporter: the water appears to have creditsed below flood stage late this afternoon but county off

in santa clara, lilian kim, abc7 news. >>> in response to the firings, sports director larry beil tweet add, classic 49ers move by jed. leak firings, confirm nothing, ensure awkward finale. wait for reporters to leave, issue release on firings. and you wonder why the 49ers have become a last place team. it starts at the top. >>> now, as rick kwan just mentioned, jed york is scheduled to address the media tomorrow morning at 10:00. we will stream that live on our news ap and send out a push alert as soon as he starts speaking. the abc7 news ap is free on the ap store and google play. >>> now to the weather. a live look from our sutro tower camera. it is rather foggy out there. a wet pattern is headed our way. drew tuma is here. >> we're seeing isolated showers live tonight. right down the street level. live doppler 7, a couple sprinkles. half moon bay, redwood city, woodside at this hour, as we take you into closer to san francisco, some light showers even into so ma. into the south bay, a few sprinkles around evergreen. that's about it for the time being. a much stronger system, look an