matt keller and amy hollyfield are in that evacuation zone. alexis is tracking the trouble for everybody driving this morning. >>> we want to start with mike nicco. you say the threat is not over yet, mike. >> it's not over, but it's improving and it's improving faster than the original forecast. so let me give you the newest numbers. this is just south below anderson reservoir where the flooding first began because of the overtopping there. flood stage is 9 feet. we're at 9.1 and almost below 9 so this flood

reporting live in san anselmo, matt keller, abc7 news. matt keller, abc7 news. >>> it's going. >>> gosh it's hard to forget this video. just heartbreak for the family that lived inside of this home, destroyed by a mudslide in san rafael on tuesday. and neighbors are now very worried. nearby homes have already been red tag, including one that usually serves as a day care center. >> with my wife, talked to the insurance company, and they said that this type of emergency, they don't cover much. actually, they don't cover anything. >> the evacuated homeowners don't know if or when they'll be able to get back into their homes. the go fund me page was set up to help the family whose home was already destroyed. it's jumped $1,000 since last hour, now at $37,000. we have a link at abc 78 news.com if you'd like to help. >>> in danville, diablo road will not reopen for several hours as crews work to clear a big eucalyptus tree. crews had to replace several poles. diablo road is closed until 9:00 this morning. >>> happening now, the northeast gettin

matt keller is live at e-bay headquarters in san jose. matt. >> reporter: kristin, here is the brief. and in it they argue the president's executive order violates immigration laws and the constitution. tech is taking a stand. 97 companies, you including apple, facebook and google and netflix said the president's recent executive order is bad for their businesses. they are not a party in the lawsuit but this friend of the court filing could allow them to submit the brief with the intent to influence the court's decision. in that brief they argue the travel ban on refugees and travellers from the seven muslim countries would make it more difficult and expensive to recruit and hire and retain some of the world's best employees. >> tech is here to stay. it impacts every aspect of people's lives. and they have a job, both to their customers and to their investors to grow their companies, and having the right people in place is critical for that growth. >> reporter: president trump said he's trying to protect americans. in a couple of tweets o

so again, listen to me, matt keller telling you, if you're in your bed, don't go outside. you do not want to go outside. back to you. >>> i think that would be the best option possible. if you are able to fulfill that. matt, that was great. thank you. >>> this storm system is pounding the sierra. look at conditions on the way to lake tahoe from these caltrans cameras. chains are required on 80 and highway 50 #. tahoe under a winter storm warning that ones through tonight. >>> make sure to download the abc7 news app. we have live doppler 7 and it's where you live so you can see if the rain is coming. i just pulled up the south bay here and pressed animate. this is underbeneath the weather section and you can see area of red moving through. we will send you breaking news updates to your phone. >>> all ears focused on san francisco this afternoon as oral arguments are going to be made between both sides of president trump's immigration ban. three judges with the ninth circuit court will hear organize arguments this afternoon. each side gets 30 minutes to make their case on wh

matt keller and amy hollyfield are in that evacuation zone. alexis is tracking the trouble for everybody driving this morning. >>> we want to start with mike nicco. you say the threat is not over yet, mike. >> it's not over, but it's improving and it's improving faster than the original forecast. so let me give you the newest numbers. this is just south below anderson reservoir where the flooding first began because of the overtopping there. flood stage is 9 feet. we're at 9.1 and almost below 9 so this flood warning that you can see from the dam all the way up to the 85/101 split is until 11:30 this morning. as the waters going to remain outside of the bank until that time. now, we've got to turn our concern to edenvale where it is also falling faster than originally thought. right now, we're at 11 feet. noon, they're saying 11 feet but they really need to update that. i think we're going to be below that. by 4:00, 10.6 and by 7:00 this evening, below flood stage at edenvale. still flooding possible through friday morning in san jose and milp

abc7 news recorder matt keller is there live. kmat t? >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. the rain had lightened up but the winds are gusty so that rain is going sideways. i want to show you the headlights here. you can see how that wind is pushing the rain in one direction here and we have that wind advisory, wind gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour, it's going to make it very dangerous out there on the roads. here's some advice from chp. >> keep your eyes open, go slowly, have alternate routes planned because if some of those things do happen, great potential for back-up or any closures that may occur that people need to go around. >> reporter: yeah, how right he is. this is the kind of trouble you may run into. a large tree crashed down into power lines, crews eventually took care of the tree but really, anywhere you go, you may run into a problem like a tree limb in your lane, mudslides, slipouts, you name it and it's probably happening up here in the santa cruz mountains. dangerous to be driving here in the rain. i just checked

i'm matt kellerment eric thomas is off tonight. you can see this is dry now but will change tomorrow. meteorologist drew tuma is tracking several storms. >> this time tomorrow see heavy rain move into the region. live doppler 7, what you see is light showers, infancy of the storm approaching the coast. going to strengthen the next 24 hours and sunday evening becomes a two. moderate storm. downpours, quarter to inch of rainfall and kinds gusty. but then continues to strengthen more on monday. serious storm. three, strong, moderate to heavy rain and winds continuing. high concerns for flooding in urban creeks and streams, trees down also high and mud and rockslides a big possibility. flood watch is up, wind advisory is posted. we'll give you details coming up. >>> biggest reservoir in santa clara county is 100% full and spilling over for first time in more than a decade. plenty of potential hazards to consider. lisa joins us live from a water outlet at the base of the dam. >> hi matt. it's really amazing and forceful. look behind me,

matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> thank you.rump reveals details about his claims of voter fraud in november's election. >> you take a look at the registrati registration. illegals, dead people, it is a really bad situation. really bad. >> remember, so far, there hasn't been any proof that there was widespread voter fraud. mr. trump tells fox news channel's bill o'reilly he is going to put vp mike pence in charge of the investigation. >>> the fremont police department is investigating the first officer-involved shooting of the year. it happened last night, where police were called to look into a disturbance. all we know is that the shooting took place after officers found one of the suspects involved in a dispute. that suspect was killed. >> it is up to us to do our best to de-escalate the situation. unfortunately, it doesn't always turn out that way. >> no officers were shot. one was hurt. we don't know how at the time. all we know is he was rushed to a nearby hospital with what authorities are calling non-life threatening inju

matt keller is live in san anselmo with the situation there. matt? >> reporter: we're in the downtown area and it has been raining and pouring for the last two hours or so. windy conditions out here. but all of the businesses are really prepared. as you walk down the street, you could see a lot of sandbags, you got the flood gates as well. so far so good here in downtown san anselmo. the downpour started around 6:30 this morning in san anselmo and haven't stopped. marin county is seeing a lot of rain and wind making it very uncomfortable to be outside. >> part of me loves it and part of me wants to get home real quick. >> reporter: san geronimo was closed due to a tree into a power line. the wind knocked down the road closed signs. san anselmo creek was rushing through the downtown but at normal levels. somewhat of a relief for ross valley firefighters. >> the creeks are doing well and everything is swelling well so, so far so good. >> reporter: a lot of kids had the day off from school after classes were canceled because of today's storm. so that me

reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> and more now on those shelters. matt was just talking about it. the red cross is trying to find new places for tlem to stay. the shelters at james lick and evergreen valley high schools will close when students go back to school next week. yesterday, evacuees were surprised by a visit from some of the san jose earthquakes. >> the type of distraction, i think, helps. so we've been juggling the soccer ball a little bit, and sharing some stories so it's been good so far. >> it's actually pretty awesome. i even got to play with them a little. >> reporter: what'd you think about that? >> amazing. >> local teams are donating money. the 49ers pledging $20,000 while the quakes are giving $10,000. plus free tickets to saturday's match at the stadium. >>> let's go over some of those numbers. 49ers donating $20,000, earthquakes, like you said, $10,000, california water service donating $10,000 too, and the silicon valley autosbs dealers association has pledged $100,000. also starting today, lucky supermarkets will be collectin

matt keller abc7 news. >>> that rain is coming down hard this morning. thank you. >>> flooding has shut down a stretch of highway 37 in novato. the closure runs from highway 101 to atherton avenue. caltrans is trying to pump that water into nearby fields but the ground is so saturated from all of our storms, that runoff is flowing right back on to the road. the chp says that stretch of highway 37 may not reopen for several days. >>> in hollister, lovers lane is closed again. there were voluntary evacuations yesterday because of the flooding. the levies there broke last night, causing widespread floods and the concern now turning towards tomorrow's storm is if those levies will hold. >>> take a look at this on the peninsula where they are rushing to clear damage and debris before the next big storm moves in. yesterday, some mobile home parks in redwood city flooded because of heavy rains and high tides from a nearby bay canal. people who live there are now loading up with supplies in case they have to make a quick get away. >> water, dog belongings and pr

he's tracking a 1 on the storm impact scale today. >> abc7 news reporter matt keller monitoring conditionsvictsanta cruz mountains fo. matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. the rain has started to go a little bit sideways. the winds have picked up a bit. it is wet here in santa cruz mountains and that can make driving on highway 17 very, very tricky but get this, the chp reporting now incidents right here in the santa cruz mountains so i am now running to knock on wood. check this out. this is video we shot since we last saw you, the showers picking up at times but no review downpours. past month has been rough for people driving on highway 17 and many other roads here in the santa cruz mountains. mudslides and debris blocked roads for hours and sometimes even days. but today, so far so good. there is a wind advisory in effect through early tomorrow monday morning. wind gusts may cause trees or power lines to fall. if you want to know what kind of weweather is heading your way, there's a very easy way to do it. you can check in with mike nicco. he's very accurate and you can

matt keller is live in one of the neighborhoods that has been greatly effected. matt?> reporter: reggie, the neighborhoods have been impacted. just look at this. all of this debris that has been put out on the sidewalks and believe it or not, this is the second time that these residents have put the debris out on the sidewalks because they are filling up dumpsters here. you could see they are taking away the dumpsters. they filled up several of them. residents feed like this is a never-ending process but at least today they have some help. a busy day for san jose city workers. parking enforcement made sure curbs were clear of cars this morning. >> the city is taking care of it. they are doing this so they could clean the city. >> reporter: groups from several different city departments, including the conservative corp and environmental services met up to go into the recently flooded neighborhoods. dumpsters were delivered to the williams street neighborhood at about 9:00 this morning. families are placing items damaged out on the sidewalk. today thef they -- they had a

so of course matt keller telling us about that slide on 17.t south of here, so we've got another crash north of that past the summit. vehicle actually flipped over and landed on its side and there's that closure there on northbound 17 between granite creek and vine hill and vehicles are sharing the southbound side of the road so one lane open in both directions. sate route 37 fully closed between 101 and atherton due to flooding. chp is arriving on the scene to provide traffic control this morning. lot of lingering weather issues. let's check in with mike nicco. >>> one of those areas still dealing with flooding is the russian river. some minor flooding right now as we're at about 34 feet. we're going to crest here in about 20 minutes at 34.4 feet and we'll stay above flood stage until about 6:00 this evening. so the minor flooding will continue. look at pleasant hill and pleasanton. 60 degrees. the rest of us, 57 to 58 inland, we've got 60 in oakland, san carlos, noun view at 61, hayward and soenls at 62, 55 is the cool spot up in santa rosa.

matt keller is live in half moon bay. matt? >> reporter: natasha, no one i spoke with today would go as far as to say that the contest was canceled for this season. but there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered. the mavericks big wave surf contest came crashing down today. cartel management filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. the documents show the company has more than $1.8 million in estimated liabilities with less than a $1 million in assets. surfing community was blindsided. conditions were ideal last week but the contest was never called. >> there was definitely some confusion. people were frustrated because conditions were perfect. it was ideal on thursday and everyone was here and it was a beautiful day. so, um yeah, there was some concern, but there wasn't direct communication so we didn't know. >> a person close to the management said cartel management that took over permits as well, and surf legend jeff clark started the contest in 1998 but clark and others who run the actual contest haven't s

matt keller is there live to explain. matt? >> reporter: natasha, so much water up here in the santa cruz mountains, lexington reservoir cannot handle it. it is at 104% of capacity and that is why it is spilling into the los gatos creek. the wet weather is causing problems up here. something beautiful is around every corner in the santa cruz mountains. in fact, we found waterfall after waterfall after waterfall, some runs in creeks and others creating creeks out of roads but with that beauty comes a lot of danger for drivers. santa cruz county public works reports 56 incidents in the mounts and forcing the closures, including on bear creek. and on glenwood we came across a sinkhole but it pails in comparison to what we saw south of the glenwood cut-off. >> i am standing at what used to be glenwood drive. i've never seen such a massive hole in a road before and a lot of people use this road to get to work in the morning. but it will be a long time before this is fixed. >> and more damage just around the corner. a mudslide create

reporting live in warm springs, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> the shake up in washington continues. who is now stepping down, leaving president trump with a crucial choice to make to defend his family. >> then a warning for dog owners in san francisco. the potentially deadly problem popping up in dog parks and why the recent rain could be to blame. >>> and love is in the air. how local couples are mak ♪ >>> new this morning, authorities in malaysia are searching for two women who allegedly assassinated the estranged half-brother of north korean leader kim jong-un. this is video of kim jong-nam from 2007. reports say the women attacked the 45-year-old with poisoned needled at kuala lumpur national airport. he died on the way to the hospital. the women rode off in a taxi. kim jong-nam was considered the heir to power in north korea but is believed he fell out of favor after trying to take his son to tokyo disneyland with a fake visa. >> new at 11:00, more shakeup in washington on the heels of president trump's security adviser resigning. we are getting word the director of the secret

let's get to "abc 7 news" reporter matt keller live in morgan hill. matt. >> reporter: kristen, really crazy out here in morgan hill, especially for the last hour and a half, two hours. check this out. this giant branch sitting here in the tree. then i want to show you something here. check out these power poles. apparenly a tree or something happened where it went into the line and knocked these power poles over, causing a huge mass of power outages in the whole neighborhood. started a fire in a house as well. pg&e is here on the scene taking care of power issues, but, yes, this is not the only damage here in morgan hill. the wind had its way with this tree that crashed into the middle of cochran road. crews were busy trying to clear it away so commuters could get to highway 101. less than a mile away these two giant trees were pushed over in their giant planters on cochran road as well. then over on east main avenue, this tree crashed into the middle of the road. so windy and so dangerous. >> leaning. >> reporter: then several power poles pushed over

i'm matt keller. eric thomas is off tonight. to our other top story tonight the storm about to hit the bay area. looking at live doppler 7. see the green, that set to drench the bay area while you sleep. when you wake up tomorrow, you may want to stay put. looking live from our camera, it is dry now. high winds, flooding. downpours could cause problems, well into tuesday. we have live team coverage tonight. let's begin with meteorologist, drew tuma tracking the storm. drew. >> matt, about to get soaked once again. live doppler 7 showing you the next storm about off to move on shore. want to go in tighter, live doppler 7, north bay. look at this. we are seeing four lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes. just an indication that this storm is strengthening. what i want to do, want to team out when you could expect the first drops where you live with the storm system. right around 11. 4678 -- 11:44. 12:45 in concord. 1:00 a.m. you can see san jose, expect the first drop before 1:00 in the morning. livermore. after 1:05. rain move

matt keller is live at the scene in scotts valley. matt. >> reporter: you could see the northbound lanes are moving slowly but they are moving. that is the good news. caltrans hopes to have this cleaned up by later today but once they dig in they may find out there is more work to do. this is an improvement. the southbound lanes of highway 17 north of scotts valley are now split in two. one going northbound and one going southbound until the mess can be cleaned up. this mudslide came down yesterday morning crushing a truck and forcing the chp to shut down all of highway 17 until late last night. >> i would say 35 would be a good speed to drive on 17 in the current conditions watching out for slides and the rain. >> reporter: caltrans is in charge of getting the mud and debris cleaned up and stabilizing the hillside. >> this is the biggest mudslide i've ever been involved with and have seen on this highway. >> reporter: caltrans is using special equipment called a spied tore get up the hill to get up to the unstable debris. if this seem

reporting live in san francisco, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> thank you, matt. this morning, a van remains stuck in a sinkhole on a rural county road in santa cruz. skyland road suddenly collapsed late tuesday night. you see that blue van ended up inside that gaping hole, wedged at both ends. the driver wasn't hurt. with another storm today, people who live in this area are concerned about getting around. >> it's going to be a while before we get to use this road to go to town. so hopefully the other only road out of here stays open. >> so, crews say they're not going to take that van out until they can stabilize the area around it. >>> caltrans now saying highway 17 will not fully reopen through scotts valley until monday at the earliest. crews are working to clear a giant mudslide. there is one lane open in each direction. you're looking at video of crews working through the night, clearing mud and debris from the northbound lanes and tuesday's slide hit in the exact same place where one of our morning photographers was hit by a land slide last month. he is st

matt keller is live at the reservoir in los gatos. >> reporter: water, water everywhere. this is the reservoir here in los gatos and it is almost full. that is why water officials are doing this, they are releasing water to make room for more rain. the rain and wind created a mess for the morning commute. at one point abc 7 morning traffic reporter alexis smith was tracking 78 incidents on the road. >> that includes flooded roadways and collisions. so we've got so many going right now. >> reporter: one of them was here on highway 9 in saratoga east of sanborn road. a tree fell across highway 9 around 6:00 a.m. blocking traffic in both directions for several hours. this came after a huge tree branch went down across the street in the santa cruz mountains yesterday afternoon. water was rushing, including in saratoga creek. it is a beautiful site but safe as well. wter officials don't expect any rivers or creeks to reach flood stages with the storm. >> i brought my oldest umbrella. >> people like betsy had to strategize when going out to get morning coffee. >> it is already

abc7 news reporter matt keller live for us at the warm springs b.a.r.t. station. >> reporter: good morning. the lights are on and there are actually people home here at the warm springs b.a.r.t. station but no passengers and no trains. we saw a few workers walking around here about a half hour ago. according to "the chronicle," b.a.r.t. has been staffing the warm springs station full-time with eight workers even though no trains will be running for at least two months. the warm springs extension project is a 5.4-mile b.a.r.t. extension. b.a.r.t.'s website says only a small amount of relatively minor work remains to be complete. but why staff it with someone here every weekday from 4:00 a.m. to midnight and a little bit shorter hours on the weekends? "the chronicle" quotes b.a.r.t. officials as saying the union contract allows employees to sign up twice a year in january and august and officials put the warm springs station on the august list thinking it might have opened before now, but it didn't. this is what they're paying their employees here. the five

matt keller is there for us live. >> reporter: good morning, reggie., we used to say, well, we can really use the rain but this is difficult to say through all that training but we really don't need the rain and this is why. we can't hold the water that we have. this is the anderson reservoir. it's 99% full and all of this water is heading into the coyote creek. all these releases. we have more rain in the forecast, which is going to make this worse. once it reaches full capacity, the water also begins spilling over the top of the dam into a concrete spillway designed to relieve pressure. all that water will do this. let's show you this video, create a swollen coyote creek. there are a number of low-lying communities that are close to the floodplain so there is a risk that they could flood. the reservoir is only supposed to be at 68% capacit because of seismic concerns so they have no choice if you release all this water. it's a sight to see here certainly, but just hope that there's no flooding because of it. reporting live in morgan hill, matt keller

abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at the station in san jose. matt?>> good morning, natasha and reggie. it is cold out here. my abc 7 news app says it is 44 degrees right now. let me say this. don't be left out in the cold if you're waiting for the ace train. it is not coming today and it is not coming tomorrow. blame it on the weather. it is causing a lot of problems along the tracks. ace train says washouts, heavy rain and rapid snow melt effects caused damage to the tracks. officials are working with union pacific to restore service. for today and tomorrow, no service. what can you do? riders being told to find alternate modes of transit. rdt will help you get to the communities. tickets between fremont and san jose will be honored today and tomorrow. go to our website for options. reporting live, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> police wearing body cameras. the new technology may not be reducing the number of use of force incidents. force incidents. >>> making san [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! the price you see is the price you pay, unlike cable. [crying] ahh

matt keller is live in san jose. matt? >> good morning, natasha and reggie. if you're sitting on a bench on a train platform, from stock ton do to san jose, you'll be here a long time. possibly until wednesday because of the cancellations. here's my advice, stand up, go somewhere else, find a different way to get to work this morning. here's the reason why. it is things like this that are happening on the tracks for ace train. that's why they are forcing the cancellation today. ace train says washouts, heavy rain and rapid snow melt effects caused the rivers to flood and damaged their tracks. ace train officials are working with union pacific to restore service. for today and tomorrow, no service. what can you do? riders are told to find alternate modes of transit. couple options, rdt will help you get to bart from the san joaquin valley communities. capital corridor will honor ace tickets between fremont and san jose today and tomorrow. for more information on how you can get around, you can go to our website, abc7news.com. we set up a link there. reporting

let's get straight to matt keller. >> reporter: good morning.through the flood waters here on 26th street at santa clara street. we've seen several vehicles thr. we were told by someone here that they are going around, police are going around, and asking people to leave. one man said he is just coming out here to check it out and see if he really does have to leave the area. police trying to get ahead of these flood waters and make sure that everybody is safe so they don't have to go back in and rescue people, but the thing about mandatory evacuations is this. people aren't required to leave. but once they leave, it's very difficult to get back in. so that's the problem for a lot of people as they see if they leave their home and they want to get back in later on, they're not going to be able to do that. listen to this number, though. the san jose fire department has helped evacuate 246 people who were stuck in the water. about 14,000 people are in this evacuation zone and we are being told that evacuations have been taking place early this morn

. >> abc7 news reporter matt keller live for us in that mandatory evacuation zone. >> reporter: we are standing in a mandatory evacuation zone, but when you look on the ground here, there's no water, and in fact, maybe wondering where we are standing as far as coyote creek goes. this is coyote creek right here behind me. and now for everybody to get back home and to get back to normal, everyone's working on stuff out here, we've got a crew getting the fiber optics line back up and running, and let's show you that. and they're trying to get it up so they can have their internet again but even where the water receded, you have some problems. a thick layer of mud is left behind. flooded cars line the streets in the williams street area, brian rodriguez showed us the damage done to his home. furniture is broken. everything touched by flood water is ruined. the water destroyed a backyard remodel for him as well. he says he has flood insurance and already has a construction crew ready to go to fix their downstairs. he's staying at a neighbor's house. others are staying at shelters. many peop

matt keller is live in san jose. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. look at all this stuff that is on the sidewalk next to the streets. so much of this stuff has to be thrown out and that is why the city of san jose is going to be providing dumpsters in the williams street and rock springs neighborhoods. here's some brutal truth. toxic flood water ruined almost everything it touched. piles of soggy, contaminated stuff line the street. skpu her friends did as much as they could by themselves but this is dangerous work. there are dozens of workers the flooded neighborhoods. they've even hired temps. the first priority, pump out the water. next, clear out the debris. >> it's highly contaminated. i'm seeing oil paint, toilets are flooded out so there's tons of sewage. personal preview wear is mandatory out here. respirators so we're attacking it as hazardous waste. >> reporter: i've heard this a lot while out here. let the professionals do their job. being in these homes can be bad for your health. lots of folks are staying with friends and family. people

reporting live in san francisco, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> thank you, matt

here is matt keller. >> reporter: this is an improvement. southbound lanes of highway 17 just north of scott's valley are now split in two, one going northbound, one southbound until this mess can be cleaned up. this mud slide came down yesterday morning crushing a truck and forcing the chp to shut down all of highway 17 until late last night. >> i'd say 35 would be a good speed to drive on 17 in the current conditions watching out for slides and the rain. >> reporter: caltrans is in charge of getting this mud and debris cleaned up an stabilizing the hillside. >> this is the biggest mud slide i've ever been involved with and have seen on this highway. >> reporter: caltrans will be using special equipment called a spider to get up the hill to start removing unstable debris. if all this seems like deja vu to you, it did happen before in this exact same location. mud, rocks, trees and debris hit our abc 7 news van on january 9th sending a photographer to the hospital. caltrans engineers say they thought they did their job, but there are some th

reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> some vietnamese evacuees say that the city of san jose is not doing a good job of sharing updates about the clean-up and when they can go home. the city has put out flyers with information in vietnamese, spanish, and english. volunteer organizations are trying to fill in any gaps and translate information that they're getting. >> at this point, it's very stressful right now, because they cannot get the belongings, they cannot go into their houses and they have problems getting transportation and stuff like that. and i just hope that this information gets out to them. >> city council member tam nguyen is asking landlords to suspend recent for three months for people affected by the flood. >>> we have an update on the animals that you have been asking about. abc7 news returned to the area along rock springs drive yesterday where at one point nearly 30 horses and mules were stranded in chest-deep water. 12 horses remain on the property this morning with food and water their owners have brought into them. now that some of that water

abc7 news reporter matt keller is live in san jose. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. the lights are on here at the chavez supermarket on blossom hill road but nobody is inside. in fact, this is going to be closed all day today in support of the day without immigrants protest. now this comes in response to president trump's travel restrictions and crackdown on illegal immigration. thousands of people are expected to participate or show solidarity with the protesters here in the bay area and across the country. in oakland, the owners of this supermarket closed all five of their stores for the first time ever. >> we decided that the 13 years of business we've been here, we've got closed a single day, and it should be a big impact. >> reporter: the owners say 20 other east bay businesses have also agreed to close. handful of bay area restaurants have tweeted they will be closed today as well. a rally is also taking place in san francisco city hall. is th that starts at 9:00 this morning. >>> oroville dam's flood control manual has not been updated for half a century. acco

investigation underway after a violent crash just blocks from city hall. >> abc7 news reporter matt kelleror us now. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. since i last saw you, this has become a more active scene. officers are speaking with someone out there. not sure if that is someone with the million examiner's office or the homicide unit out here. they're checking out vehicles and they're checking out this vehicle in particular that crashed into another vehicle and pushed it up on to the sidewalk, crashing into a tree as well. a person was found dead inside a personhat vehicle.ead inside air bags went off. they were deployed. the officers are also dealing with people coming down and getting their vehicles out from within the taped off scene so they're having to deal with the residents of this area coming out and trying to leave for work this morning. this happened at about 2:15 this morning. they arrived and found that person in the vehicle. that person died from head trauma. they are trying to figure out exactly what happened here that led to what happened

abc7 news reporter matt keller is live in san jose with what's being done about it all today. hey, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. it is cold out here this morning. that's just one more factor that people have to deal with here in san jose, especially in these flooded areas as they're trying to get rid of all this stuff but here's some good news. they are going to get some help getting rid of this stuff today off these sidewalks. the city of san jose will be delivering dumpsters to the williams street and the city of san jose will be providing it for those neighborhoods that have been affected by this flooding. the williams street and rock springs neighborhoods. people who live in the flooded areas can use the dumpsters. san jose fire department will monitor how the process is so they can help out. this has been a difficult process. so many homes need repairs to take care of the contamination and it's unsafe to stay there until that's done. >> it feels bad that -- i mean, this is people's lives and their homes and people are displaced and we've heard that f

matt keller is there for us live. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. i just checked the chp website, and since i last saw you, we have one new incident up here in the santa cruz mountains on graham hill road. there was a mudslide and it went and took out the northbound lane so you got to be careful if you're driving up here in the santa cruz mountains and check out why. look how much water is here. i'm going to just trudge over here. this is up to my ankle, and this is a pipe that's coming down from the hill. you can see how much water is collecting here. and then, more water is coming from over here. that's highway 17 right behind it. so you can just see how wet it is out here on the roads. of course this is a reality up here in the santa cruz mountains, and it doesn't look like we're going to have much relief any time soon. >> it's a bad scenario. luckily the people up here in the mountains are pretty familiar with these and are very responsible when these kind of things happen. unfortunately, we're on the beginning of what looks like a five, six-day

abc7 news reporter matt keller is live in that red zone for us. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie, we are in the williams street park area. this area is under mandatory evacuation. but we've noticed that a lot of e-ma people have actually gone home. there's power in this neighborhood as well. when you look on the ground, you can see that it is dry and we are standing next to the coyote creek so as my photographer patrick comes over here, i want to show you over the banks here, you can see that it's full but it is not overflowing. great news here but the damage has already been done to many neighborhoods. mandatory evacuations have been reduced in size. they are now just the neighborhood around the williams street park area where i'm at, the rock springs area and the old oakland road area. even where the water receded a thick layer of mud is left behind in some spots. you still have major problems for homes and cars. >> a lot of people are going to need help. pretty much getting back up on their feet. a lot of cars damaged, >> reporter: city officials are optimistic about th

for that part of the story let's turn to "abc 7 news" reporter matt keller in san jose. >> the officialttendance numbers for san jose unified school district won't be available until tomorrow. i went to one campus today and an official on the campus told me the absence numbers were up. >> good morning. san jose unified. may i help you? >> reporter: the largest school district in santa clara county received a lot of calls today from parents saying their student was going to be absent. >> we do have a lot of immigrant families and students in the district. i couldn't quote you the number because we don't track immigration status amongst our families and students which is one way to protect them. >> reporter: students and workers in the bay area and across the country in cities like l.a., new york and chicago are staying home today to take part in a day without immigrants protest. they want to show how critical they are to the economy and way of life. but as for san jose unified, officials are encouraging parents to send their kids to class. >> as far as we're concerned it is our job to ed

matt keller takes a look at how much water is in bay area reservoirs right now. >> reporter: it was a dark and stormy night in the south bay. okay. it was dark but the storm wasn't like what we saw recently. light showers for the most part. when your ten reservoirs are above normal, even filled to the brim for some, you've got to prepare for the wet weather. >> with the dry weather, we've been able to release water from most of them to get them to a safer level to make room for the floodwaters that are coming in, inflowing into the reservoir. >> reporter: the reservoir in morgan hill is more than 100% at capacity. that's why we were able to capture this video. water spilling over and out and in the uvis creek. lexington reservoir in los gatos is about 85% of capacity. the santa clara water district has done releases getting ready for more rain to fill up. anderson reservoir in morgan hill has reached its limit. releases have been taking place and mother nature has been cooperating, too. giving us a chance to dry out recently to help with the flooding. more will be coming to keep our w

i'm matt keller in for eric thomas. let's take a closer look at damage we showed you there. abc7 news there in noli valley where a tree fell into a car, smark windows and caving in the rough. this is obviously not that video but a live look from the roof camera. don't ge fooled. drew tuma is there with the time line of the next storm. >> you can see rain developing, spotty and well north of saptta rosa at this hour. getting new information and looks like strengthening much quicker. we changed the number on the sunday evening, upgraded to a two, moderate storm. especially sunday evening. downpours will develop. and winds will turn gusty and down trees like limit on monday is strengthens even more to a three. really a day of high concern. moderate to heavy rain, strong winds and flood concern very high. urban and creek flooding. trees town, mud, power outages. a concern. we'll doe in depth hour by hour and how much rain you can expect. >>> in the north bay, oak tree tell causing a water line break that flooded cemetery. rushed into homes behind the cemetery. and got close to g

matt keller spoke to people getting a first look today. >> reporter: coyote creek dropped below flood stage this morning, but that doesn't mean there aren't flooded neighborhoods. >> it's all flooded. >> reporter: this street continues to sit under water as the city is trying to get a u pumping station that was flooded back up and running again. residents near east williams street were evacuated. the worst part -- >> we were able to see the water coming and we couldn't stop it. you feel so powerless. >> reporter: peter showed us these photos from tuesday night. his partner, gary johnson and a friend, tried to save what they could. >> it happened to fast. we managed to get back here and get the dogs and medications and passports. everything else stayed. >> reporter: what was left behind ended up soaking in seven inches of a mix of water, sewage and chemicals. >> yeah, that's the water level. >> reporter: in the basement, the water has nowhere to go, creating a costly toxic soup. >> clothing and extra supplies, you know, food pantry was down there. also, a furnace and air conditioning s

abc7 news reporter matt keller is live at the warm springs station. morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. the lights are on here at the warm springs station, and there are actually people here. they're home. they're workers. but there are no passengers and there are no trains here this morning. this is new video from this morning. we saw a few workers walking around here. according to "the chronicle," b.a.r.t. has been statuing the warm springs station full-time with eight workers even though no trains will be running for athlete two months. b.a.r.t.'s website says only a small amount of relatively minor work remains to be completed but why staff it with someone here every weekday from 4:00 a.m. to midnight and a little bit shorter hours on the weekends? "the chronicle" quotes b.a.r.t. officials as saying the union contract allows employees to sign up for station postings twice a year in january and august and officials put the warm springs station on the august list, thinking it might have opened before now. but it didn't. and

reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> the office of emergency services tells us city inspectors will be out today surveying the damage. abc 7 news was there yesterday when officials began spray painting x's on homes indicating they have been evacuated. today they will be going door to door noting how many homes, if any, will need to be red tagged, meaning uninhabitable. >> the police department asked more than a dozen officers to stay on the clock working overtime to help with evacuations. and new video shows there is still some livestock stranded in the floodwaters. this video was captured at needles and senter drive. some of you tweeted me where these horses will go, but they're in the process of rescuing all the livestock and moving them to safe places. we know that yesterday some owners actually opened up their fences, allowing their horses to run for higher ground. >>> we're still tracking several flood warnings stemming from the coyote creek flood. lisa is on top of the flood and the timeline. lisa? >> reporter: we are still looking for a flood warning in effect

abc7 news reporter matt keller is live for us at the reservoir. matt?> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. i've got some good news this morning, over the last hour since i last saw you, we haven't really seen any significant rain here in morgan hill. in fact, it's been just a light drizzle on and off for the past 60 minutes or so. now why is that good news? because we have more than enough water here in morgan hill. check this out. i just checked the water level's website and anderson reservoir is at 99% capacity and that's why they're doing this, getting all that water out but while they do that, it causes another possible issue, flooding down the coyote creek and this is what it looks like when it gets a little swollen down there. a number of low-lying communities close to the floodplain so there is a risk they could flood. the refb war is supposed to be at 68% capacity because of seismic concerns so water officials need to get it below that level to make it safe in case there is a really big earthquake and with the rain today and over the nex

matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> a young girl from yemen finally reunited with her family who lives here in california. her parents are both u.s. citizens. because of immigration laws, it further co -- further complicated by president trump's travel ban, she was stranded in yemen for years. >> reporter: after four years apart, ali waited anxiously for her little sister, i mman, to arrive at sfo on u.s. soil for the first time. >> over here! >> reporter: with a grin across her face, the 12-year-old walked out of customs and into selma's arms. iman's story began 12 years ago when her mother, a u.s. citizen, was traveling and gave birth to her in yemen. it wasn't until this past friday, when a federal judge in seattle signed an order to temporarily stop president trump's travel ban, that iman, accompanied by her father, was able to complete her journey home to california. >> waited for a long time. seven years already. after seven years, finally to be home. >> reporter: seven year it is the length of time it took iman's parents to get their daughter a vehicle, to travel to the u.

matt keller, abc 7 news. >> rain here means snow in the sierra. you can see plenty of fresh snow which is good news for california's drought recovery. today's snow pack survey is expected to bring more optimism. right now state water fishes are out there getting ready to measure the snow pack for the second time this year. water experts are hoping for a positive result after january storms brought almost a year's worth of snow and rain in a single month. >>> there's gnaw development today on president trump's executive order on immigration. the oversight arm of the department of homeland security is reviewing how the department implemented that order that led to this weekend's protests. there are claims that dhs officials defied court orders suspended deportations and were expected to do so by higher ups. this morning president trump is breaking away from talk about the immigration ban and defending tough talk about the governments of iran and austr austral australia. >> reporter: this morning president trump vowing to fix what's wrong with the wo

reporting live in morgan hill, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> matt, thank you. pg&e is putting its mobile generators on stand by in case of major power outages. abc7 news was in benicia where many of the units are already loaded and ready to go. pg&e is using emergency power systems more often to get the lights back on in storm outages. in fact, they've already been used in san rafael, diablo, and fairfield. >> pg&e has a plan when it comes to a storm event like the one that's coming this weekend and part of that plan is to prepare for large-scale outages and that's when we call on a greco. >> we can power anything from a single home, single residence, up to, say, 5,000 or >> the generating systems can also be pre-positioned ahead of the storm in places where outages are expected. you can track the weather with the abc7 news app. we have live doppler 7 on the app and you can enable push alerts to get any weather updates on your phone or tablet. >>> developing news this morning in solano county. public health officials with trying to calm fears at a tuberculosis

in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you, matt. >>> the old oakland road area still has extensivelooding and could you see it from sky 7. this shows the south bay mobile home park where 200 units are under evacuation orders. pg&e crews were there yesterday and assessing the situation and keeping an eye on a retaining wall preventing a lot of water from flooding the park. and work will continue in the rock springs neighborhood to determine which residents could safely come home. abc 7 news was there last night as the water still filled the street and mud and debris lined homes and cars. the director of the emergency operation center says crews are going house by house. >> there are areas where the floodwaters will not naturally recede and we're going to have to do pumping operations. >> officials say their top priority is safety before making the call to lift the evacuation order and allow people back in. >>> meanwhile, shelters are shutting down and the red cross is trying to find new places for flood victims to stay. schools will close when students come back next week and the sa

abc7 news reporter matt keller is live on tully road. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie.last saw you, my photographer patrick and i actually walked up into the crime scene to see if we could find anything there. the man was found with at least one gunshot wound in front of the optometrist office here but officers say a lot of people were at the nearby vietnamese restaurant just a couple of doors down and check out what we saw there. a lot of surveillance cams. now, this could be really helpful to police as they investigate the latest homicide here in san jose. a lot of vehicles were trapped inside the crime scene. once police started their investigation, the man was shot just before 10:00 last night and he died here at the scene. no arrests have been made and it does not appear that they have a suspect. victim's name has not been released. this is interesting. just a few buildings down is another vietnamese cafe. that one was part of a huge bust in 2015 by san jose police and the fbi an illegal gambling machines were taken from there. no word on the motive from this shoot

abc7 news reporter matt keller is there live this morning. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. it actually rained a little bit up here in the santa cruz mountains. they don't need any more rain. it's already saturated and there's so many issues up here in the santa cruz mountains. last night at 7:00, the santa cruz public works department updated their website and showed there were 48 incidents all up here in the mountains. there are a lot more now, overnight. this is one of them. this is bear creek road. this is closed off because of mudslides, trees down, power lines down, you name it, it's happened on this road and just down the road from here is black road. it happened at about 1:00 this morning just south of gist road. another mudslide and a pickup truck with a trailer came up on it and couldn't turn around so get this, the chp officers got out in the pouring rain, helped take the trailer off, turn it around and reattach it not truck so the people inside could drive out. all of this while they were standing in a very dangerous area. >> well, it's a rather steep cliff, full