fewer people were in town friday night, this was a welcome sight after recent storms tore through oceansideinesses and left others in the dark. >> it feels like whiplash. [laughter] it feels like you cannot catch your breath. amanda: this business owner described badly weeks of bad weather after years of the pandemic. she wants to make a difference so she is raising money for the santa cruz county disaster fund. it has established a home for those who rely on businesses that were hardest hit. >> a lot of the musicians who play here play over there. i feel a sense of responsibility top and provide a venue where people can come. : amanda the overall goal -- get people to come. many feel there is a misconception that the area is shut down. this posted sign reads loud and clear -- capitola village is open. >> we had a business meeting with a lot of owners this morning. that touch base with them and make sure everything is ok. where do we go from here? >> as a business owner, you could see this too often. this village is very tightknit. we are all friends. amanda: friday, kathleen grabbed a mic

this was a welcome sight after storms tore through oceanside businesses and left others in the dark.> it feels like whiplash. it feels like you can't catch your breath. reporter: this capitola owner describing battling weeks of bad weather after years of the pandemic. she wants to make a difference so she's raising money for the santa cruz county disaster fund and has established a home for those who relied on businesses that were hardest hit. >> is going to make me cry. a lot of the musicians that play here i feel a sense of responsibility to help and provide a venue where people can come. reporter: the goal, get people to come. many feel there's a misconception that the village has shut down after seeing properties with severe damage. this sign reads loud and clear, capitola village is open. >> the business meeting this morning with a lot of business owners. that was really touching, to touch base and make sure everything's ok and where we go from here. >> as a business owner, you don't see this often. it might be spread out. this village is very tightknit. we are all friends here

this could ever happen to an area that is historically known for fall festivals and, you know, an oceanside community. that is a blast with the beautiful weather and beautiful people and to have such a violent gang you're up to in their hometown is just really a lot to deal and it's something that sadly we've become accustomed to it. some level. >> theresa in half, moon bay, thank you. theresa authorities have called monday's massacre. >> an example of workplace violence and now it turns out this was not the first time there's been a shooting at one of those half moon bay farm as kron four's. dan kerman reports tonight. there was also an incident back in july. monday's to have clean bay farms was not the first time a workplace dispute, but the violence that one of those locations. >> back in july of last year, 2 managers that the california tara gardens farm were involved in a shooting. it was a dispute between them. work-related sounds familiar, work-related where our defendant, mister medina. >> was angry at our victim. and so what 11, 31 night he just got. got a gun and went over to conf

this was a welcome sight after storms tore through oceanside businesses and left others in the dark.> it feels like whiplash. it feels like you can't catch your breath. reporter: this capitola owner describing battling weeks of bad weather after years of the pandemic. she wants to make a difference so she's raising money for the santa cruz county disaster fund and has established a home for those who relied on businesses that were hardest hit. >> is going to make me cry. a lot of the musicians that play here i feel a sense of responsibility to help and provide a venue where people can come. reporter: the goal, get people to come. many feel there's a misconception that the village has shut down after seeing properties with severe damage. this sign reads loud and clear, capitola village is open. >> the business meeting this morning with a lot of business owners. that was really touching, to touch base and make sure everything's ok and where we go from here. >> as a business owner, you don't see this often. it might be spread out. this village is very tightknit. we are all friends here

were just last week a rain swollen socal creek pommel popular oceanside businesses. >> central coast, nothing like it anywhere in the world. >> that iconic coastline now transformed. newsom says he's been in shut -- in touch with president biden who declared an emergency declaration in at least 31 california counties, commending residents here for their action. >> we will need that continued community spirit in order to get through what might be one of the worst winters we've had on record. greg's this encompasses another beach town torn apart by mother nature. he points to two feet of rainfall in the coastal area over the last 10 years as residents brace for more bad weather. >> there's people that just in the last storm suffered damage. there's people still building out of the storms for new year's eve and a little bit into earlier january and people haven't yet experienced day and with the upcoming rains, we expect more flooding and damage to come. >> we know it isn't just the coast, strong winds sent this giant eucalyptus tree into a 137 foot transmission tower, taking it down to

were just last week a rain swollen socal creek pommel popular oceanside businesses. >> central coast, nothing like >>haoastlineanord. ws ss ch with president biden who declared an emergency declaration in at least 31 california counties, commending residents here for their action. >> we will need that continued community spirit in order to get through what might be one of the worst winters we've had on record. greg's this encompasses another beach town torn apart by mother nature. he points to two feet of rainfall in the coastal area over the last 10 years as residents brace for more bad weather. >> there's people that just in the last storm suffered damage. there's people still building out of the storms for new year's eve and a little bit into earlier january and people haven't yet experienced day and with the upcoming rains, we expect more flooding and damage to come. >> we know it isn't just the coast, strong winds sent this giant eucalyptus tree into a 137 foot transmission tower, taking it down to the cities willow glen neighborhood early tuesday morning. the towers toppled powe

half moon bay, whether you know someone who lives and works here or you just come here to enjoy the oceanside, the chowder or the many hikes and recreation. it is something we all love and this is now affected this community very much so. and so back out here live, the scene still active. as i said, they're searching joust car right now. he is in custody, apparently is being cooperative. >> the sheriff believes he came to this parking lot to turn himself in. once they're done searching his vehicle, they're going to tow the suv. and then this yellow tape will come down and this will become a parking lot of the sheriff's substation yet again. but for now, it remains a crime scene. and sarah stinson reporting live back to you. >> it just breaks your heart, syria, so many people, as you alluded to know, half moon bay's this idyllic little coastal town, the child or some ppo. the pumpkin patch is people do that. that go down. 92 to get a christmas tree. maybe grab, you know, some food along the coast. it's it's just a it breaks your heart to have this sort are that community now. but i'm wondering

california with a smattering of precipitation from the l, a basin all the way through carlsbad in oceansidento san diego, otherwise cold slot. it's a pool of colder air that is drifting in from the arctic. this is our future cast notice. what do you say? it's what you don't see a cloud in the sky over the bay area all the way through tomorrow morning at this time, and then we start just increasing cloud cover. tomorrow night. we'll call it partly cloudy for your wednesday and due to that blanket of clouds, it becomes a little bit more seasonal as far as our air masses concern temperatures today banking between 50 and livermore to 55 in santa rosa low in the fifties. comment around the central bay 2 53 in oakland bottoming out again tonight, 35. 28 santa rosa, qatari windsor, sebastopol. how about 30 fairfield and below freezing and conquered and clayton all the way through any og 28 degrees tri valley? yes, these are bone chilling temperatures, and that's why i freeze watch goes in effect tonight for inland areas. that's tonight into tuesday morning about nine a.m. and notice we start to se

this was a welcome sight after recent storms four through oceanside businesses and left others in thek. >> is feels-like whiplash. it feels like you cannot catch your breath. reporter: kathy bentley describing weeks of that whether after the -- of bad weather after the pandemic. she is raising money for the santa cruz disaster fund and established a home for those who rely on businesses who were hardest hit. >> is going to make me cry. a lot of the positions that play here play over there so i feel a sense of responsibility to help and provide a venue where people can come. reporter: the overall goal, get people to come. many feel there was a misconception the villages was shut down. this posted signs rates loud and clear capital a village -- capital village is open. >> we had a meeting with business owners and that was touching to touch base and make sure everything is okay. where do we go from here? >> you don't see this too often. you might be corporate or really spread out. this village is stagnant. -- is tightknit. reporter: effort being taken on in part by friends of santa cruz

in oceanside, miami and washington, d. c the protesters are calling on the foster city based drugmaker to do more to make life saving medications more affordable and accessible. they're accusing gilead of refusing to provide a discount of price for hiv drugs , as well as a drug for hepatitis c under a government program. gilead ceo daniel o'day has not yet commented on today's protest in the east bay is asking for help to find her son ktvu. amberleigh brings us details surrounding his disappearance and the police search. the family of damon lazenby of pittsburgh, is desperately searching for him. the posting flyers near the north concord, martinez bart station in the area where the 19 year old was last seen. they say he has been missing since the early morning hours of new year's day. he's just gone. no one vanishes. no one vanishes. where is he? at mom to need a lesson be tells me she received a phone call from damon. about four am told her she was driving from their family home in pittsburgh and wanted to meet with her i

while fewer were in town friday night, this was a welcome sight after recent storms tore through oceansideusinesses and left others in the dark. >> it feels like whiplash. [laughter] feels like you can't catch your breath. amanda: the owner kathy bentley, , describing weeks of that -- of bad weather after the pandemic. she is raising money for the santa cruz disaster fund and has established a home for those who relied on businesses who were hardest hit. >> this is going to make me cry. a lot of the musicians that play here play over there, so i feel a sense of responsibility to help and provide a venue where people can come. amanda: the overall goal, get people to come. many feel there was a misconception the villages was shut down after seeing waterfront properties with severe damage. this posted sign reads loud and clear, cap attila village is open. >> we had a meeting with business owners and that was touching to touch base and make sure everyone is ok and where do we go from here. >> as a business owner, you don't see this too often. a lot of times you might be an covert or very sprea

the popular oceanside spot was pummeled this month by rain and high surf many of its restaurants liketai were severely damaged in the storm, but the places that are open some of which you can see here are letting everyone know. hey, they are back in business and they would love see people come down and visit pg&e has made some major progress on restoring power outages at last check about 2,500 customers were still affected mostly in the south bay at the worst of the storm. we've seen outages reach nearly 100,000 customers. a list of resources to help with the extreme weather things like sandbag locations warming centers and shelters good to abc 7 news.com/take action people are not venturing out and as a result these storms have had a dramatic impact on blood donations here in the bay area blood donations are at the lowest level in a year abc 7 news reporterly leeann melendez. has that story? so we've been telling people to stay home for their own good road conditions are not good the potential for flooding and this has had an impact on blood donations add to that the flu and covid. a