liz kreutz is live in san anselmo in marin county with moe on the impact in the north bay. liz? >> good evening, or i should say very wet evening to all of you, although as bit of a break here in san anselmo in marin county. it has not been like that throughout there. and you cee san anselmo by s looking at the creek through town. the creek levels have gone up. and we do know more rain is on the way. on cecilia's cul-de-sac in novato, the rain has been nonstop. >> over here we have my scientific weather station available at your nearest ace hardware for $2.99. >> cecilia is no scientist, but she enjoys tracking how wet it gets in our backyard. the answer for today, quite a lot. >> that was bone-dry on thursday. and now i mean, it's got a maximum of 5 inches, and it's spilled over. >> it's the same story throughout marin county. novato pd posted these photos on facebook showing flooded roadways near is an marin high and on alameda del prado. by the time we drove the w a the streets were reopen. still, even more rain is on the way. on highway 101, signs are up alerting people to w

liz kreutz, abc7 news. >>> in the east bay, an entire golf course in alameda may have to close because of construction. 12 holes at the earl fry north course are already off limits to golfers because of renovations. now the city council is considering shutting down the remaining six holes until the upgrades are finished. the work is expected to wrap up some time in the summer. the par 3 course and jack clark's south course would remain open. the proposal will be taken up next tuesday. >>> the housing market is so hot in fremont that people there are complaining about too many open house signs. the east bay times reports the city council is a looking to put new restrictions on how many realtors can leave on those street corners. city officials may limit them to be up only for a few hours before an open house, and cap the number per street corner. realtors say they don't think there is a problem and say fremont is the only city that's actually complained about this issue. >>> let's move on to some consumer news. a big recall involving bmws. >> a child's safety could be at serious risk. 7

this is abc 7 mornings. >>> good morning, i'm liz kreutz. or those of you just joining us let's get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at this rainy bay area weather. good morning, lisa. >> liz, you're right, light to moderate rain for most of you, but we have gusty winds as well. it is a 2 on our storm impact scale for this morning. level 2 bringing the light to moderate rain, those breezy winds and the wind advisory and the flash flood watch still up until early monday morning. here is a look at live doppler 7. you can see the moisture pumping in complements of those southerly winds and it's enhanced here in the santa cruz mountains where we've seen over 2 inches of rain. so some wet weather into the higher elevations in the north bay it's been light from hercules to martinez and along the coast up through santa rosa. southeasterly winds 20 to 30 miles an hour from oakland, right now through san jose you can see a big lull from san fancisco to hayward and fremont. that is what happens with the south winds, we get the heavier rain

liz kreutz.parks for a missing san bruno william. 61-year-old lori esposito missing since november 29ing. her dog and car were left at her condo. her krechls and wallet were left. anyone with information is asked to contact the san bruno police department. >>> now for a check of our weather. lets check in with our meteorology lisa argen. hey, lisa. >> good morning to you. starting out with the golden gate bridge. check it out. dry and lacking at sun. 51 in san francisco and 48 in gilroy. view from walnut creek cloudy skies. clear conditions in the north bay. 1 on the storm impact scale for late today in the overnight. upper 50s, light rain and then another sunny afternoon for sunday, li ♪ well if inspiration's what you're searching for... ♪ ♪ follow me to a place i know with endless possibilities ♪ ♪ so you can check your list off row-by-row. ♪ ♪ i'm making this song up as i go! ♪ ♪ come on! look around! ♪ so much in store, you'll spend much less ♪ ♪ but gift much more at the stores ♪ ♪ that you'

i'm liz kreutz. let's start with a quick look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning, liz. here's live doppler 7 where we're clear. we'll enjoy a mostly sunny afternoon, some clouds in the higher elevations. that will allow for a partly cloudy afternoon. there is our next system coming in for the middle of the week. santa cruz, beautiful there. 49 downtown, 50 at the coast, redwood city at the 40s. our exploratorium camera. numbers are finally in the 40s in protected valleys. in t tomorrow we have another chilly start. enjoy the sun and the mild afternoon. an early sunset and patchy frost tonight, liz. >> lisa, thank you. >>> a bittersweet day for raider nation. the oakland raiders plays their very last home game at the coliseum. one man says he was at the first game and plans to be there today too. there is one small problem. abc 7 news reporter anser hassan has the story. >> reporter: dave says he went to the first ever raiders game at the oakland coliseum. >> i was out there the first game. >> reporter: september 18th

i'm liz kreutz. let's start with a quick look at the weather and of course all the rain we are tracking. sheer meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, liz. storm tracking system. we are l a break here. as we get into the afternoon, the brief downpours, the heavy rain and the chance of some minor roadway flooding. as we look at live doppler 7 you can see the showers scatter to the south buy mount hamilton eden vale and up towards the hills looking toward curbing parkway. wet weather to 680 and discovery bay, the altamont pass with a bit of a break in the north bay. towards mount st. helena showers but well forth thunderstorms that's on the way. that has initiated the flash flood watch from 10:00 this morning through 10:00 tonight for parts of marin, sonoma and napa, with rain rates increasing there. it's 59 in hayward. 57 in santa rosa. milder this morning due to the breezy south winds. they're gusty around half moon bay. 26 miles an hour. upper elevations, over 40 miles an hour.

i'm liz kreutz. racking. sheer meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, liz. storm tracking system. we are l a break here. as we get into the afternoon, the brief downpours, the heavy rain and the chance of some minor roadway flooding. as we look at live doppler 7 you can see the showers scatter to the south buy mount hamilton eden vale and up towards the hills looking toward curbing parkway. wet weather to 680 and discovery bay, the altamont pass with a bit of a break in the north bay. towards mount st. helena showers but well forth thunderstorms that's on the way. that has initiated the flash flood watch from

i'm liz kreutz. eturns to tracks. more than 75,000 lights decorate the trap tp will visit nine caltrain stations between san francisco and santa clara on both tonight and tomorrow night. you can take pictures with frosty the snowman, rudolph and santa's elves. in return you're asked to bring a unwrapped toy to donate. the holiday events starts at 4:00 p.m. at fourth and king in san francisco. >> in the middle oflaing asonor tin today the presidio will set a record planting 5,000 native plants. more than 100 volunteers will help out. the plan will help beautify the fort winfield scott meadow. neal do this rain or shine. it's free if you want to help out. you just have to register online beforehand. work gets going in about an hour at 9:00 a.m. and happening today, the san francisco police department will take part in the brave the bay to raise money for make a wish. kicking off at 9:00 this morning with a 5 k fun run at aacquatic park. then dozens of sf p. d. members will take the plunge and a cable ca

i'm liz kreutz. let's start with a quick look at the weather and of course all the rain we are tracking. here is meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, liz. a level 2 on the storm impact scale. because we are expecting pretty strong downpours later on this afternoon. could see a thunderstorm some gusty winds and live doppler 7 right now showing you the scattered activity. you can see the north bay from the novato down through 580 looking at the rain. up to the north heavy rain around clearlake and middletown. into the south bay you can see the showers around evergreen south of san jose. but going offshore widening the view, it's looking like more showers on gathering into just san francisco in the next maybe 30 minutes or so. but it's the feature north and west that ushers in the heavy downpours. because of that the national weather service reissued the flash flood watch from 10:00 this morning through 10:00 tonight for these areas here where we could see anywhere from two to t

. >> liz kreutz is live with more on this huge step forward. liz? >> good morning. yes. this judge signed off on two multibillion dollar plans that will be a key part of pg&e being able to emerge from bankruptcy and do it potentially by the state imposed deadline of june 30th. here's what the two plans would do. first and foremost, this plan is going to allow for 13$13.5 billions that will compensate victims of the catastrophic fires blamed on pg&e's equipment. it a lots $11 billion to settle claims with insurers and investors. included in all of this is that the governor must approve the overall bankruptcy plan. what's significant about that, last week governor newsom rejected pg&e's restructuring plan saying it didn't comply with state law or do enough for the victims. pg&e was able to salvage the deal at the last minute by getting rid of a clause requiring the governor's blessing for the settlement. now they need approval for the overall plan. this should allow pg&e to emerge from bankruptcy by june. we should point out when this announcement came, pg&e's stock went u

i'm liz kreutz. dropping off some loved ones at the end this have holiday weekend. the weather is causing flight delays. this is a live look at the airport where the area got a healthy dosage of rain yesterday. the airport says 78 flights were canceled, another 560 were delayed. the airport was still experiencing several delays and cancellations overnight from weather. >>> let's get a check of the forecast throughout the bay area with lisa argen. good morning. >> good morning. 4 1/2 hour delays on somesfo. you can see live doppler 7 a level 2 storm system where we're still seeing moisture being pumped up from the south. looking at the rain in the east bay, the 680 corridor, orinda and into the north bay, san rafael, highway 1. heavy rain geyserville and healdsburg. looking at the santa cruz mountains, we've picked up 2 to 4 inches and we will continue to see the heaviest rain, the toast al hills and to the south of us the central coast. look at monterey, this is the bull's-eye, until the energy sinks

i'm liz kreutz. start lets start with a quick look at the weather. here is meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> good morning to you. and we do have a few isolated out there. low level moisture has been with us throughout the overnight hours. but you can see from live doppler 7 a lot of clouds. we widen the viewen a a couple of inches of snow expected in the mountains with a winter weather advisory. otherwise cool with numbers in the upper 40s in santa rosa. 54 in oakland. 52 in san jose. and that's a a lot cooler than yesterday at this hour. and the second half of the weekend is cooler. we have a 1 on the impact scale today. it's for the latter half of the day. showers move in by the early evening hours. as a result your plans tonight could get wet out there. but notice highs today mainly in the 50s with some limited sun and we'll talk about the rest of the weekend. the week ahead in a few minutes, liz. >> thank you. chains are required for travel in much of the sierra this morning. including highway 50 and most of the roads around the la

i'm liz kreutz lets start with a look at the weather. good morning, lisa. >>> good morning to you. it's a damp night. and for some of you've seen rain every day this month. but right now things are getting quieter. the low level moisture allowing for plenty of clouds right now and mist appear drizzle on the peninsula. widening the view we still have the clouds. we have the winter weather advisory in the sierra and anticipating another cold front through the bay area later today. it's a weak one, not spreading a lot in the way of showers. but it's a 1 on the storm impact scale. it's 52 in hayward. 47 in napa. and looking at a cool are morning out there. bundle up. but we are looking at some of the coldest mornings in a while by tomorrow morning and monday morning. we have showers hon the way in evening. i'll detail that for you in your neighborhood coming up. >>> chains are required for travel in much of the sierra this morning. that includes highway 50 and most of the roads around the lake and up to resorts. chain controls are required on interstate 80 from playser county to the do

i'm liz kreutz. lets start with a quick look at the weather. sheer meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >>> hey, liz, we are get break in the weather for the time being. a front is on the way but a cloudy start for you from the sought roe tower camera. a lot of low 50s out there. and peeks of sun we'll see. this is sfo. a little damp. we had showers this morning. temperatures in the 40s. but we are looking for the weak system to hold off until later on today. as we go through the afternoon, check it out. at 2:00 we have sun in the north bay. it's cool. mostly cloudy in the south bay. but as we get towards 5:00 here comes the rain. it's in the form of scattered light showers. it will be with us threw the yoernt. not more than a tenth to two tenths. we'll talk about sunday and the rain coming in for the week ahead in a few minutes, liz. >> thank you. >>> chains are required for travel in much of the sierra this morning. that includes highway 50 and most of e roads around the lake and up to resorts. chain controls are also required on interstate 80 from playser county to

but let's begin with liz kreutz. >> we've been throughout marin county all day, and the rain has pretty much been nonstop, though for the moment right now in is an anselmo, you can see this heavywater flow. the levels of creek have definitely gone up. right now there is not so much a concern about flooding, but we do know more rain is on the way. >> yeah, welcome to the sponge. >> at cecilia's home in west novato, the rain has been nonstop. >> this little pond was bone-dry as of thursday. and now it's full. >> in her backyard, she keeps this water gauge. it's currently at 5 inches. over the weekend it spilled over. >> a week ago we were under a fire watch. and this week flash flood advisories. >> it's the same story throughout marin county. novato pd posted these photos on facebook showing flooded roadways on alameda del prado. by the time we moved through, crews had drained the water and the streets were reopened. more rain is on the way. on highway 101, signs are up asking people to watch for flooding. in san anselmo, the rain has caused the creek to rise. >> traffic, busier. >> repor

live in the newsroom liz kreutz, abc 7 news. >>> police swarmed a san francisco neighborhood this afternoon looking for two wanted men. officers blocked off the area of 24th and folsom street during the manhunt. the men are accused of at least two crimes but officers won't give details. the pair may have committed more crimes as they tried to escape today possibly breaking into a home. officers caught up with him. he was taken away in an ambulance. >>> lyft is facing yet another lawsuit over the alleged actions of its drivers. today a suit filed on behalf of 20 women who claimed they were sexually assaulted and raped by lyft drivers, the second filed by the same firm in three months. reporter vic lee has the story. >>> he had his hand down my pants and was groping and raping me. >> that night the lyft driver raped me while i was in the back seat of the car. >> the next thing i knew the driver was on top of me trying to put his tongue in my mouth. >> reporter: three of the 20 women suing lyft appeared before reporters saying they had been sexually assaulted by the ride share company's driver

i'm liz kreutz. >> reggie aqui and sue hall here. holding down the fort all week. >> let's look at what's going on outside. focusing on live doppler 7. i'll talk about those breezes at 4:30. a few showers around, and look at the area of low pressure to our south. we will see increasing sunshine and calmer conditions this afternoon. waking up around 36 in santa rosa. most of us in the 40s, in the afternoon hours with that sunshine and slower breezes, we'll hit about 54 to 57. let's turn it over to sue. anyone on the roads in >> pretty quiet out there, this day after christmas. it will get busier later today with today being one of the busiest travel days of the year. a little stall on the shoulder there at the san mateo bridge with the flashing lights. otherwise traffic is very light on the span for about a 14-minute drive over towards the peninsula. there's golden gate bridge. we have a high wind advisory for the bay bridge and the benicia bridge, but here on the golden gate, you're clear and smooth sailing. you can see the green sen

but let's begin with liz kreutz. >> we've been throughout marin county all day, and the rain has prettyp, though for the moment right now in is an anselmo, you can see this heavywater flow. the levels of creek have definitely gone up. right now there is not so much a concern about flooding, but we do know more rain is on the way. >> yeah, welcome to the sponge. >> at cecilia's home in west novato, the rain has been

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i'm liz kreutz. let's get right to a look at the weather. here is meteorologist lisa argen. >> we are still on track for a level two with our storm impact scale. that means some periods of heavy rain. the focus has been to the south of us around the santa cruz mountains, monterey county and the coastal hills. winds gusting 40 to 50 miles an hour. here is a look at live doppler 7. you can see the focus in the santa cruz mountains from scotts valley to boulder creek and also up in the north bay around san rafael, elsewhere light to moderate rain. we widen the perspective you can see that bull's-eye south of the bay area where we will be getting the heavier rain. that will continue to be the issue today along with our advisories that take us right on through tomorrow morning and that's the high wind warning along the san francisco coast, also the wind advisory for the rest of us and the flash flood watch downstream of the kincade fire from marin, sonoma and n a napa. it is milder out there, 56 oakland, 50 novato. we will look for the temperatur

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