melissa harrington is in the newsroom now with how he's dealing with the sudden loss. melissa? >> reporter: he calls it a huge loss for the music industry and nor george michael's fans. he helped produce a grammy-winning hit and says he has only gratitude and love for the late singer. narda michael walden is a three-time grammy-winning producer. he has worked with george michael. george michael has always stood out. >> george michael is brilliant, a perfectionist, very talented and gave 110% to make sure everything was always as he wanted it to be. there are only a few artists that really go to that extreme, and he's one of them. >> reporter: like the rest of the world, walden learned that michael died on christmas. the two worked together on the grammy-winning duet with"i knew you were waiting" with aretha franklin back in 1987. ♪ >> reporter: that same year, walden won a grammy for producer of the year. he keeps the award in his san jose home. >> i am saddened, but i can't say i'm surprised, with prince leaving, whitney leaving, all these people, it's like, okay, god is takin

melissa harrington is in the newsroom now with how he's dealing with the sudden loss. melissa? >> reporter: he calls it a huge loss for the music industry and nor george michael's fans. he helped produce a grammy-winning hit and says he has only gratitude and love for the late singer. narda michael walden is a three-time grammy-winning producer. he has worked with george michael. george michael has always stood out. >> george michael is brilliant, a perfectionist, very talented and gave 110% to make sure everything was always as he wanted it to be. there are only a few artists that really go to that extreme, and he's one of them. >> reporter: like the rest of the world, walden learned that michael died on christmas. the two worked together on the grammy-winning duet with "i knew you were waiting" with aretha franklin back in 1987. ♪ >> reporter: that same year, walden won a grammy for producer of the year. he keeps the award in his san jose home. >> i am saddened, but i can't say i'm surprised, with prince leaving, whitney leaving, all these people, it's like, okay, god is taki

melissa harrington tweeted about the awful traffic on the way home. >> matt kelly had this photo. you can do up to the minute weather forecast. >>> now an accuweather alert from abc news. >>> the up to the minute forecasts will help you out. download the abc news 7 app. the rain continues to fall. it is moderate in intensity around parts of the east bay, newark, patterson ranch road. don't be surprised if you run into a downpour. if you are heading out on the roadways in the next couple of hours, lighter rain across el camino and in the south bay we're seeing light bay around evergreen, allen rock as we take you down towards dell roy, san martine area, monterey boulevard. highway 101. morgan hill. it is also slick out there. definitely the leftovers of the strong storm that pounded the bay area. it was a level three and as you take a look at the numerous reports of flooding and mudslides, debris flows, about 52 to be precise. you know that this storm verified it was a soaker and it definitely kicked up the winds. 40, 50-mile-an-hour winds. 80 and 88 heading to the sierra. lake lev

melissa harrington tweeted about the awful traffic on the way home. >> matt kelly had this photo. you can do up to the minute weather forecast. >>> now an accuweather alert from abc news. >>> the up to the minute forecasts will help you out. download the abc news 7 app. the rain continues to fall. it is moderate in intensity around parts of the east bay, newark, patterson ranch road. don't be surprised if you run into a downpour. if you are heading out on the roadways in the next couple of hours, lighter rain across el camino and in the south bay we're seeing light bay around evergreen, allen rock as we take you down towards dell roy, san martine area, monterey boulevard. highway 101. morgan hill. it is also slick out there. definitely the leftovers of the strong storm that pounded the bay area. it was a level three and as you take a look at the numerous reports of flooding and mudslides, debris flows, about 52 to be precise. you know that this storm verified it was a soaker and it definitely kicked up the winds. 40, 50-mile-an-hour winds. 80 and 88 heading to the sierra. lake lev

. >>> and now live coverage from melissa harrington live in oakland. families of missing loved ones are gathering at that center. >> reporter: yeah there's a disaster relief team inside along with counsellors. we're at the family assistance center in oakland off of east 12th street and miller avenue. we've seen a lot of people come by, including a lot of young people. teenagers, people in their early 20s looking for their friends who were at this event last night. i spoke with one family searching for a 22-year-old from san bruno named alex vega. he was at the event with his girlfriend. today they're not answering phone calls or texts and their car hasn't moved since last night. another man i spoke with was looking for his girlfriend. now the place that burned is nicknamed ghost ship. a lot of people know that space as the art house. i was there two years ago. this is video from the story back then. an arsonist damaged the outside of the warehouse. flames were coming in. some artists were inside. one of them helped firefighters battle the flames with t