sandhya patel. she is tracking the rain. >> yes, dan, and the rain has made its way around many parts of the bay area. let's show you live doppler 7hd. let's go to the radar and we will show you what it looks i can like. we are tracking the storm around the monterey bay. let's show you where it is moderate around boulder creek and scots valley and summit road as you cansee here indicated by the yellows. we are seeing some moderate rainfall. and as i pan around to other parts of the bay area, you have to check this out. this is really interesting from cobb mountain to the hills surrounding ukiah and heading down or heading up depending on where you are. look at this, saint helena and we are seeing some pink here in the hills. it is an indication of a mix of rain and snow. of course we are getting the rain at the lower elevations around novato and santa rosa and tib by ron. as i take you down to street level, ignacio and petaluma and san francisco lighter returns although i am getting reports from at

sandhya patel is live with live doppler 7hd. you will see a few leftover clouds, but we are going into a cold night. check out our temperatures. we are down to 37 in fairfield and 39 in napa. most other areas in the 40s, but make sure you bundle up as you head out the door. you are going to feel the chill in the morning. here are the rainfall totals. it is more than an inch in san francisco. 1.17 in san rafael. .91 of an inch. .47 in concord and look down south in san jose. .61 and ben loman picking up an inch and a half of rain. i just updated the computer models and i want to show you when the timing of the next storm is and when we are expecting. the storm is different from what i showed you. dan, i will be back with the details. >> i will see you shortly. lots of snow for skiers. avalanche danger is considerable for the sierra. two skiers died in two days at donner ski ranch as the result of avalanches. an expert lists the way you can tell that an avalanche is likely. >> we feel the snowpack collapsing underneath us. if we s

sandhya patel is wi with live doppler 7hd.ou will see a few leftover clouds, but we are going into a cold night. check out our temperatures. we are down to 37 in fairfield and 39 in napa. most other areas in the 40s, but make sure you bundle up as you head out the door. you are going to feel the chill in the morning. here are the rainfall totals. it is more than an inch in san francisco. 1.17 in san rafael. inch..91 ofd .47 in concord and look down south in san jose. .61 and ben loman picking up an inch and a half of rain. i just updated the computer models and i want to show you when the timing of the next storm is and when we are expecting. the storm is different from what i showed you. dan, i will be back with the details. >> i will see you shortly. lots of snow for skiers. avalanche danger is considerable for the sierra. two skiers died in two days at donner ski ranch as the result of avalanches. an expert lists the way you can tell that an avalanche is likely. >> we feel the snowpack collapsing underneath us. if we see th

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sandhya patel. is tracking the rain. >> yes, dan, and the rain has made its way around many parts of the bay area. let's show you live doppler 7hd. let's go to the radar and we will show you what it looks i can like. we are tracking the storm around the monterey bay. let's show you where it is moderate around boulder creek and scots valley and summit road as you cansee here indicated by the yellows. we are seeing some moderate rainfall. and as i pan around to other parts of the bay area, you have to check this out. this is really interesting from cobb mountain to the hills surrounding ukiah and heading down or heading up depending on where you are. look at this, saint helena and we are seeing some pink here in the hills. it is an indication of a mix of rain and snow. of course we are getting the rain at the lower elevations around novato and santa rosa and tib by ron. as i take you down to street level, ignacio and petaluma and san francisco lighter returns although i am getting reports from at dgp1

. >> we begin with meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at what's happening right now. sand -- sandhya? >> we have rain on live doppler hd. a flood warning was just issued, and we will talk about those in a moment. let's get to the live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is tracking moderate to heavy rain around the windsor area. sweetwater springs road. as you can see highway 101 here. as we head up, we are getting light to moderate rain there. this was worrisome because it will only get worse. and that is why a flood warning has been issued for the russian river until 6:00 p.m. on monday. the russian river and it is also under a flood warning. that is until 8:00 p.m. on sunday night. let me show you some of the other areas seeing showers in the north bay. around santa rosa light to moderate rate. the showers #r* quickly developing -- the showers are quickly developing spotty in nature. east, southeast of the morgan hill area, rain shower totals are impressive, over eight and a half inches, the santa cruz mountains and almost nine inches. al

let's start with sandhya patel to begin our storm watch coverage. sandhya, how does it look on live doppler 7hd? >> the storm is getting its act together and we are see something downpours. i am going to show you whenner it is raining moderate to heavy at this hour as we take you down to street level here around had to drive and santa rosa. you can see stoney point road. we are seeing heavier returns here and petaluma heading out toward bennett valley road. we are also seeing some moderate rainfall around the boys hot springs area and some lighter rainfall out toward the fairfield area. it is just beginning to move into the fairfield area. san francisco has now started to see some of the rain. it is coming down. at least moderate rainfall right around a lincoln boulevard and maureen gnaw boulevard and out toward the embarcadero. as you can see, lighter rain around potrero avenue. as we pull out, we do have more moisture working its way toward the bay area. it is going to be coming down during the morning hours. the morning commute does not look good

sandhya patel is here with what is to come. >> what is to come is the chill, carolyn and dan. lucky because the weather did cooperate. right now no moisture to be tracking, but our radar will be watching more rain developing. so we will talk about that in a moment. speaking of rain, check out this time lapse. we did still have some showers out there and into the evening hours. but it has all since dropped off. rainfall totals .02 in santa rosa. got up to a third of an inch in half moon bay. .06 in oakland. head sout toward the -- head out toward the livermore valley. .07 in san jose. it is not expected to be a big rain event. it wasn't, but now we are feeling the chill. check out these temperatures. they are falling. down to 36 in fairfield. they are updated 36 in santa rosa. it is 37 right now in napa. compared to 24 hours ago, and i will step off screen here so i can tell you what people are saying. 4 dries cooler in san francisco, but down 14 in fairfield. on facebook people are writing about this. turning the electric blanket up high. paul baker says brr. it is going to be

sandhya patel is here with what is to come. >> what is to come is the chill, carolyn and dan. you got lucky because the weather did cooperate. right now no moisture to be tracking, but our radar will be watching more rain developing. so we will talk about that in a moment. speaking of rain, check out this time lapse. we did still have some showers out there and into the evening hours. but it has all since dropped off. rainfall totals .02 in santa rosa. got up to a third of an inch in half moon bay. .06 in oakland. head sout toward the -- head out toward the livermore valley. .07 in san jose. it is not expected to be a big rain event. it wasn't, but now we are feeling the chill. check out these temperatures. they are falling. down to 36 in fairfield. they are updated 36 in santa rosa. it is 37 right now in napa. compared to 24 hours ago, and i will step off screen here so i can tell you what people are saying. 4 dries cooler in san francisco, but down 14 in fairfield. on facebook people are writing about this. turning the electric blanket up high. paul baker says brr. it is goi

let's start with sandhya patel to begin our storm watch coverage. sandhya, how does it look on live doppler 7hd? >> the storm is getting its act together and we are see something downpours. i am going to show you whenner it is raining moderate to heavy at this hour as we take you down to street level here around had to drive and santa rosa. you can see stoney point road. we are seeing heavier returns here and petaluma heading out toward bennett valley road. we are also seeing some moderate rainfall around the boys hot springs area and some lighter rainfall out toward the fairfield area. it is just beginning to move into the fairfield area. san francisco has now started to see some of the rain. it is coming down. at least moderate rainfall right around a lincoln boulevard and maureen gnaw boulevard and out toward the embarcadero. as you can see, lighter rain around potrero avenue. as we pull out, we do have more moisture working its way toward the bay area. it is going to be coming down during the morning hours. the morning commute does not look good

let's start with abc7 news sandhya patel who has a look at where the rain is falling right now with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> so far the rainfall amounts have been light. but our own radar is now starting to pick up a little more activity. let's go to it. i'll show you where it is coming down. it is light, but in some spots moderate. let's close in on the north bay. i will pan in as we take you down to street level. you will start to notice around petaluma and sue trough avenue we are seeing some light to moderate rainfall. as we go down toward the east bay and the peninsula, you will notice light to moderate rain around the dunbar ton bridge and heading out toward newark, newark boulevard and fremont area. and there is some mixed precipitation that is just to the north of the clear lake area. this is an indication as to how cold this storm is. this storm could even bring snow at low-levels over the bay area 's highest peaks. >> thank you. the search continued late into the night for possible victims of a mall shooting in oregon. police say a man opened fire into a crowd of holiday s

. >> we begin with meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at what's happening right now. sand -- sandhya? >> we have rain on live doppler hd. a flood warning was just issued, and we will talk about those in a moment. let's get to the live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is tracking moderate to heavy rain around the windsor area. sweetwater springs road. as you can see highway 101 here. as we head up, we are getting light to moderate rain there. this was worrisome because it will only get worse. and that is why a flood warning has been issued for the russian river until 6:00 p.m. on monday. the russian river and it is also under a flood warning. that is until 8:00 p.m. on sunday night. let me show you some of the other areas seeing showers in the north bay. around santa rosa light to moderate rate. the showers #r* quickly developing -- the showers are quickly developing spotty in nature. east, southeast of the morgan hill area, rain shower totals are impressive, over eight and a half inches, the santa cruz mountains and almost nine inches. al

abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> tonight is a night where you will want to bundle up and stay warm. if you are not heading out the door, you may want to turn up the heat. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we have high fog and clouds around, but neither one insulating us. here is the deal. the temperatures are dropping and the visibility is also dropping in santa rosa down to .5 or half a mile right now. it is getting thick. you are going to have to be careful if you have early morning plans. check out the temperatures. 40 in santa rosa and 41 in fairfield and down to 42 degrees in los gatos and 45 in half moon bay. i will be back to show you exactly how low those temperatures will go and whether you will get a chance to thaw out under sunny skies or if you will need the umbrellas over the weekend in a few minutes. dan? >> sandhya, thanks very much. >>> a major rock slide has shutdown highway 128 near lake berry ease saw. the chp is asking people to avoid an area near napa county. that road is expected to be closed

abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at live doppler 7hd. sandhya?o bundle up and stay warm. if you are not heading out the door, you may want to turn up the heat. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we have high fog and clouds around, but neither one insulating us. here is the deal. the temperatures are dropping and the visibility is also dropping in santa rosa down to .5 or half a mile right now. it is getting thick. you are going to have to be careful if you have early morning plans. check out the temperatures. 40 in santa rosa and 41 in fairfield and down to 42 degrees in los gatos and 45 in half moon bay. i will be back to show you exactly how low those temperatures will go and whether you will get a chance to thaw out under sunny skies or if you will need the umbrellas over the weekend in a few minutes. dan? >> sandhya, thanks very much. >>> a major rock slide has shutdown highway 128 near lake berry ease saw. the chp is asking people to avoid an area near napa county. that road is expected to be closed until at least tomorrow. >>> san jose polic

. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it closely. sandhya? >> dan and ama, over 250 lightning strikes off the coast. some of the strikes have made it to land. let me show you live doppler 7hd. right now as we take you a little bit closer, i want to show you the strikes that are right around the area that is north to the west. i will loop this for you so you can see where these strong thunderstorms moved in. as i pull out here, i do want to show you many strikes showing up just west of sea ranch. there are heavy rains showing up there as well. i am watching this for you because as you look out over the pacific, check out the trail of lightning strikes off the coastline here. let's take you in closer now and show you where it is raining. around mill valley, ricardo road and paradise drive. we'll show you some other parts of the bay area, some moderate to heavy rain around vacaville and pleasant valley road. as we pan around the east bay 80 and san francisco is now starting to pick up some light rain around the presidio, california street and ga

let's start with abc7 news sandhya patel who has a look at where the rain is falling right now with live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> so far the rainfall amounts have been light. but our own radar is now starting to pick up a little more activity. let's go to it. i'll show you where it is coming down. it is light, but in some spots moderate. let's close in on the north bay. i will pan in as we take you down to street level. you will start to notice around petaluma and sue trough avenue we are seeing some light to moderate rainfall. as we go down toward the east bay and the peninsula, you will notice light to moderate rain around the dunbar ton bridge and heading out toward newark, newark boulevard and fremont area. and there is some mixed precipitation that is just to the north of the clear lake area. this is an indication as to how cold this storm is. this storm could even bring snow at low-levels over the bay area 's highest peaks. >> thank you. the search continued late into the night for possible victims of a mall shooting in oregon. police say a man opened fire into a crowd of holiday s

sandhya patel.s tracking the rain. >> yes, dan, and the rain has made its way around many parts of the bay area. let's show you live doppler 7hd. let's go to the radar and we will show you what it looks i can like. we are tracking the storm around the monterey bay. let's show you where it is moderate around boulder creek and scots valley and summit road as you cansee here indicated by the yellows. we are seeing some moderate rainfall. and as i pan around to other parts of the bay area, you have to check this out. this is really interesting from cobb mountain to the hills surrounding ukiah and heading down or heading up depending on where you are. look at this, saint helena and we are seeing some pink here in the hills. it is an indication of a mix of rain and snow. of course we are getting the rain at the lower elevations around novato and santa rosa and tib by ron. as i take you down to street level, ignacio and petaluma and san francisco lighter returns although i am getting reports from at dgp1 a

let's start with sandhya patel to begin our storm watch coverage. sandhya, how does it look on live doppler 7hd? >> the storm is getting its act together and we are see something downpours. i am going to show you whenner it is raining moderate to heavy at this hour as we take you down to street level here around had to drive and santa rosa. you can see stoney point road. we are seeing heavier returns here and petaluma heading out toward bennett valley road. we are also seeing some moderate rainfall around the boys hot springs area and some lighter rainfall out toward the fairfield area. it is just beginning to move into the fairfield area. san francisco has now started to see some of the rain. it is coming down. at least moderate rainfall right around a lincoln boulevard and maureen gnaw boulevard and out toward the embarcadero. as you can see, lighter rain around potrero avenue. as we pull out, we do have more moisture working its way toward the bay area. it is going to be coming down during the morning hours. this point.commute does not we are look

a team asked him to tryout. >> and i'm sandhya patel.m our sturo camera looking towards mount diablo there. it's going to be cold tonight. bundle up. i'll show when you live doppler 7 hd will be tracking a storm. >> outside we go. golden gate bridge looking sticky getting into san francisco. not so bad heading into marin. stay with us. abc 7 news >>> a viral video did more than just make a norwegian man famous but got him a tryout with the nfl this, is he kicking the ball with amazing accuracy and the video has been seen a million times and a pro scout saw it and got him to tryout this week for the new york jets. >> and watched the video them. want immediate to go dry tri out. >> good leg. scouts compare him to kicker sebastian janikowski, who is polish. >> i like the little banner, kick alicious. >> sandhya patel is back with the forecast. is there more rain come something. >> yes. as you look here, now, just high clouds approaching but we'll be seeing rain in the very near future, if you have plans, snow is winding down in new england

. >> we begin with meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at what's happening right now. sand -- sandhya? >> we have rain on live doppler hd. a flood warning was just issued, and we will talk about those in a moment. let's get to the live doppler 7hd. we have our own radar on mount saint helena and it is tracking moderate to heavy rain around the windsor area. sweetwater springs road. as you can see highway 101 here. as we head up, we are getting light to moderate rain there. this was worrisome because it will only get worse. and that is why a flood warning has been issued for the russian river until 6:00 p.m. on monday. the russian river and it is also under a flood warning. that is until 8:00 p.m. on sunday night. let me show you some of the eeing showers in the north bay. around santa rosa light to moderate rate. the showers #r* quickly developing -- the showers are quickly developing spotty in nature. east, southeast of the morgan hill area, rain shower totals are impressive, over eight and a half inches, the santa cruz mountains and almost nine inches. almost an inch

sandhya patel is live with live doppler 7hd. you will see a few leftover clouds, but we are going into a cold night. check out our temperatures. we are down to 37 in fairfield and 39 in napa. most other areas in the 40s, but make sure you bundle up as you head out the door. you are going to feel the chill in the morning. here are the rainfall totals. it is more than an inch in san francisco. 1.17 in san rafael. .91 of an inch. .47 in concord and look down south in san jose. .61 and ben loman picking up an inch and a half of rain. i just updated the computer models and i want to show you when the timing of the next storm is and when we are expecting. the storm is different from what i showed you. dan, i will be back with the details. >> i will see you shortly. lots of snow for skiers. avalanche danger is considerable for the sierra. two skiers died in two days at donner ski ranch as the result of avalanches. an expert lists the way you can tell that an avalanche is likely. >> we feel the snowpack collapsing underneath us. if we s

let's start with abc7 news sandhya patel who has a look ith linowlerve doppleralling 7hd. sandhya? the rainfall amounts have been light. but our own radar is now starting to pick up a little more activity. let's go to it. i'll show you where it is coming down. it is light, but in some spots moderate. let's close in on the north bay. i will pan in as we take you down to street level. you will start to notice around petaluma and sue trough avenue we are seeing some light to moderate rainfall. as we go down toward the east bay and the peninsula, you will notice light to moderate rain around the dunbar ton bridge and heading out toward newark, newark boulevard and fremont area. and there is some mixed precipitation that is just to the north of the clear lake area. this is an indication as to how cold this storm is. this storm could even bring snow at low-levels over the bay area 's highest peaks. >> thank you. the search continued late into the night for possible victims of a mall shooting in oregon. police say a man opened fire into a crowd of holiday shoppersing befor before killing

that is some banks caution they've shed jobs and bad loans. >> sandhya patel is here. >> yes. now, it's getting interesting. we have snow mixing in. weather is changing from mount tamalpais camera. you can see&añ clouds out there. it's breezy. rain has been falling in the north bay. check out our live doppler 7 hd. we have radar on mount st. helena. this is in combination keeping you haeftd storm and right now, you'll see rain. i'm going to switch it over to rain-snow mix. we're seeing some snow. peak is indicating rain snow mix. also, around cobb mountain. these are high elevations. this is rain taking you in closer, you can see around sea ranch, highway 1, stewart point. light rainfall now. it's not raining everywhere. around marin county area, highway mill valley seeing light returns, temperatures on the cold side. these are current readings. it's only 43 in fairfield. 44 in antioch. and 49 in fremont. snow is possible here in the bay area, we're seeing it to the north. you're looking at a cold start with patchy frost. weekend is not a complete wash out. here is the system.

. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it closely. sandhya?> dan and ama, over 250 lightning strikes off the coast. some of the strikes have made it to land. let me show you live doppler 7hd. right now as we take you a little bit closer, i want to show you the strikes that are right around the area that is north to the west. i will loop this for you so you can see where these strong thunderstorms moved in. as i pull out here, i do want to show you many strikes showing up just west of sea ranch. there are heavy rains showing up there as well. i am watching this for you because as you look out over the pacific, check out the trail of lightning strikes off the coastline here. let's take you in closer now and show you where it is raining. around mill valley, ricardo road and paradise drive. we'll show you some other parts of the bay area, some moderate to heavy rain around vacaville and pleasant valley road. as we pan around the east bay 80 and san francisco is now starting to pick up some light rain around the presidio, california street and gary

we have live storm team coverage with meteorologist sandhya patel in a moment. first to abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley who has more on downed trees that have become a bad problem. >> it is a bad year for falling trees. the saturated soil and the lean lead to this one falling over. >> this arborist says the ground is super saturated, but what is toppling many of these trees is the wind. >> especially swirling winds that aren't coming from the standard direction can really cause a lot of damage. >> a huge tree came crashing down along dwight way and fell on to a passing berkeley police car driven by this officer. >> i heard a couple of loud cracking sounds and saw a couple of pedestrians pointing upward. a couple small branches fell

here is sandhya patel with a look ahead. >> looking ahead, we have a few showers out there. worst has moved off. getting down to street level around napa we're seeing light showers and dry creek road, around sonoma, light showers. around novato we're seeing light to moderate rainfall south novato boulevard. it's slick in spots. around south bay, east bay, spotty showers. fremont parkway, light rainfall returns. here is a look at storm three. it's developing in the pacific getting in here this weekend. so tomorrow afternoon, just some showers if you have outdoor plans, temperatures upper 50s to mid-60s then as we look ahead to sunday there is a big game going on. raiders will be playing at coliseum up against browns. at 1:25, i think clouds will be there but rain shifted out. 59 at 1:25. if you're heading to the game make sure you bundle up. the heaviest rain late saturday night, sunday morning. that is when you'll need to watch out. >> duchess of cambridge went back to school for a visit telling teachers and students at st. andrews school her 10 years there were among the ha

now, schools could pay if they don't need meet a mandatory requirement. >> i'm sandhya patel.just a few showers now. when we'll see another round of rain here and what could settle in coming up. >> people rush to protect pipes and plants from the frost, there is one item depending on the sun that often gets overlooked. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> survivors of the school shooting will trourn class, soon. >> back in class this week, now, skill tradesmen have donated their time to fix up an unused middle school in monroe township. the future of sanldy hook elementary school remains undecided. head of schools says the school may see a renovation like columbine high school saw after the 1999 massacre. tonight sandy÷ funerals, mourners talked about love of animals and tacos. he and his twin sister celebrated their birthdays last month. she was in another classroom and survived. >> newtown community buried another 6-year-old boy today, jack pinto abc 7 news is live in that deaf stated small town. the young new york giants fan was remembered today. laura? hi, dan. i'm in the c

sandhya patel is live.b3g4Ñ >> hi dan and cheryl.ive doppler 7 to keep me head of the storm. it's dry out here, bewe do have low level moisture in the wake of the storm. so we're going to see some fog tonight into tomorrow morning commute. as look towards the bay you can see clouds starting to break up a little bit. checking out live doppler 7 hd still watching showers. veryf0zkykccppsÑÑi sunny day as head turning milder this weekend. here is a look at satellite radar. you can see a cold front came through and is now on the way out. high pressure building in. you can know what this means for your weekend. we're looking at a nice, dry pattern. tonight looking for possibility of residual showers, then, tomorrow morning we're looking at fog. you can see it 5:00 a.m. thursday, make sure you give extra time for morning commute. could be slow going. right now sfo reporting delays around two hours due to low ceilings. this may be a case again, in the morning, temperatures in morning mid 40s to low 50s. bundle up, make sure little ones have

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the latest on the forecast. >> the rain we had today is long go gone but more rain coming in. live doppler 7 hd, shows you what it is look like, skies are clearing out other than a few clouds. temperatures are falling, so looks at these temperatures, already down to freezing in fairfield. 35 in napa. santa rosa and livermore going down. 38 in concord. it is going to be a cold start for your weekend. i'll be back with the lows and partial look when the next system will bring us rain over the weekend. >> dan: thanks very much. >> up next, new calls for gun control as people struggle with the strategy in connecticut. they are thinking about how to keep it from happening again. >> stay with us, our coverage of the school tragedy in connecticut in a moment. >>> gun control is once again being did he baited after the tragic school shooting in connecticut. >> please lay out a plan of action how we may address this sewage of gun violence in our community. >> the elementary school shooting in newtown gave rise to anti-gun rally. they are calling on cong

sandhya patel is here now with a lock at live doppler 7. sandhya? it's quieter today, check out live doppler 7. we do have a few showers but they're mainly around the monterey bay heading out towards morgan hill and gilroy. light returns, most g wet weather is out of the bay area and here is what was receive flaftd 24 hours, 45/100ths in napa just over a third, 43/100ths in oakland. take a look at san francisco. 22/100ths. san jose, less, only 15/100ths. 7/100ths inétlr livermore, and santa cruz mountains over an inch of rain. and we have rainy days coming your way getting closer to holidays. we'll talk about the potential for frost. i'll be back with a complete forecast coming up. >> thank you. see you shortly. police asking for the public's help in solving a murder in the bay view district saturday night. the victim, a 17-year-old football player, a promising young athlete. heather? >> dan, there are many unanswered questions tonight about just what happened in san francisco. over the weekend. and why, a 17-year-old montreal blakely was so far f

. >> i'm sandhya patel. winter will be paying us a visit. cold rain, possibly snow. and frost.i'll have details coming up. >> stay with us. the news continues in one minute >>> security video posted on you tube appeared to have caught a thief in the act. it shows a man taking items that is steven, living in the same neighborhood as the victim. he says he set up a camera to catch the person. police say he admitted to being the person but says he was just picking up cigarette butts from an ash tray. >> turning around the san jose state football program has now scored mike mcentire a new job at university of colorado. in three seasons he led spartans from a 1-12 record, terrible to 10-2. and a number 24 national ranking. it's quite a success story. the spartans will play in military bowl december 27th. he told his team this morning that he was headed for the new job )cw colorado. and by this afternoon, the school announced he had sign aid five-year deal worth $2 million. >> something host of us take for granted will be available for almost everyone in california. ready to sign of

. >> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it closely. sandhya? dan and ama, over 250 lightning strikes off the coast. some of the strikes have made it to land. let me show you live doppler 7hd. right now as we take you a little bit closer, i want to show you the strikes that are right around the area that is north to the west. i will loop this for you so you can see where these strong thunderstorms moved in. as i pull out here, i do want to show you many strikes showing up just west of sea ranch. there are heavy rains showing up there as well. i am watching this for you because as you look out over the pacific, check out the trail of lightning strikes off the coastline here. let's take you in closer now and show you where it is raining. around mill valley, ricardo road and paradise drive. we'll show you some other parts of the bay area, some moderate to heavy rain around vacaville and pleasant valley road. as we pan around the east bay 80 and san francisco is now starting to pick up some light rain around the presidio, california street and gary

sandhya patel is here with what is to come. >> what is to come is the chill, carolyn and dan.ou got lucky because the weather did cooperate. right now no moisture to be tracking, but our radar will be watching more rain developing. so we will talk about that in a moment. speaking of rain, check out this time lapse. we did still have some showers out there and into the evening hours. but it has all since dropped off. rainfall totals .02 in santa rosa. got up to a third of an inch in half moon bay. .06 in oakland. head sout toward the -- head out toward the livermore valley. .07 in san jose. it is not expected to be a big rain event. it wasn't, but now we are feeling the chill. check out these temperatures. they are falling. down to 36 in fairfield. they are updated 36 in santa rosa. it is 37 right now in napa. compared to 24 hours ago, and i will step off screen here so i can tell you what people are saying. 4 dries cooler in san francisco, but down 14 in fairfield. on facebook people are writing about this. turning the electric blanket up high. paul baker says brr. it is going

here is abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> looking at doppleran see it is quiet for a change. we have our own radar. it was keeping you ahead of the storm. here is what the storm brought, an inch in santa rosa and 1.19 in sonoma county. san francisco over an inch and oakland picked up .89. a third of an inch in concord and san jose and livermore just over half an inch. the fog has formed and look at the visibility. it is just over a mile in half moon bay. three miles in santa rosa and novato. we are looking at poor visibility around livermore and the napa area, 7 to eight miles there. in the morning the fog may be dense in pockets. you will want to give yourself extra time. the temperatures will be falling, and it will be a chilly start. we will be back with the numbers and a look at your weekend in a few minutes. >> chilly, but dry. >> a portion of highway 1 is closed because of a rock slide. it hit the road between fort ross and meyers grade roads just north of generaller there. you can see it on the map. the debris is gone, but you can see th

abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at live doppler 7hd. sandhya?night is a night where you will want to bundle up and stay warm. if you are not heading out the door, you may want to turn up the heat. let me show you live doppler 7hd. we have high fog and clouds around, but neither one insulating us. here is the deal. the temperatures are dropping and the visibility is also dropping in santa rosa down to .5 or half a mile right now. it is getting thick. you are going to have to be careful if you have early morning plans. check out the temperatures. 40 in santa rosa and 41 in fairfield and down to 42 degrees in los gatos and 45 in half moon bay. i will be back to show you exactly how low those temperatures will go and whether you will get a chance to thaw out under sunny skies or if you will need the umbrellas over the weekend in a few minutes. dan? >> sandhya, thanks very much. >>> a major rock slide has shutdown highway 128 near lake berry ease saw. the chp is asking people to avoid an area near napa county. that road is expected to be closed until

sandhya patel is here. and our radar will be watching rain this weekend.ic or cancel your plans. it's not looking that bad. we're looking across the bay there. and we have a few showers out there. they're decreasing in coverage. here is what it's raining right now. it's mostly around east bay to south bay. santa cruz mountains they're getting rainfall. south bay as we head towards south king road and highway 101. allen rock. towards the east bay, you'll notice cherry street, fremont boulevard, light rain. sprinkles or lit rain is all we're expecting. it's snowing in the sierra nevada. so if you have plans to go there, more snow is inm- thejuia forecast. now temperatures are calling and it's been a chilly afternoon. most areas into upper 40s to 50s this afternoon. numbers into upper 40s along coast we have low 50s around the coast and bay. so chilly conditions and showers early in the morning on sunday here, is a look at satellite and radar. this is a system bringing us rain now. we're watching another system that will produce rain for saturday. let's check

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the latest on the forecast. >> the rain we had today is long go gone but more rain coming in. live doppler 7 hd, shows you what it is look like, skies are clearing out other than a few clouds. temperatures are falling, so looks at these temperatures, already down to freezing in fairfield. 35 in napa. santa rosa and livermore going down. 38 in concord. it is going to be a cold start for your weekend. i'll be back with the lows and partial look when the next system will bring us rain over the weekend. >> dan: thanks very much. >> up next, new calls for gun control as people struggle with the strategy in connecticut. they are thinking about how to keep it from happening again. >> stay with us, our coverage of >> stay with us, our coverage of the school tragedy in you know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in h

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tonight officials explain why they want to study the gunman's brain. >> i'm sandhya patel.peratures this morning and how chilly tonight and when rain will be moving in, coming up. >> and our breaking news story. the brazen freeway shooting into a car on a south bay freeway. shattered windows only tell part of the frightening story. >> good evening, i'm ama daetz. >> the freeway shooting happen today. >> police shut down the freeway, searching for evidence of who fired several shots at a marine recruiter's car as he was driving southbound. >> that marine able to pull over. >> have you to say it's a lucky man. thetgbe three or more bullet that's pierced the card him as he was driving southbound between sievens creek and deanza boulevard. now, you can see from sky 7, video. the vehicle shows evidence of three bullet holes in the left rear passenger door. investigators are not sure if the shooter was in an adjacent lane. marine not been identified was wearing a coat over his wearing a coat over his uniform and thebg] marine corps insig kneea. the patrol shut down southbound la

here is abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> looking at doppler 7hd you can see it is quiet for a change. we have our own radar. it was keeping you ahead of the storm. here is what the storm brought, an inch in santa rosa and 1.19 in sonoma county. san francisco over an inch and oakland picked up .89. a third of an inch in concord and san jose and livermore just over half an inch. the fog has formed and look at the visibility. it is just over a mile in half moon bay. three miles in santa rosa and novato. we are looking at poor visibility around livermore and the napa area, 7 to eight miles there. in the morning the fog may be dense in pockets. you will want to give yourself extra time. the temperatures will be falling, and it will be a chilly start. we will be back with the numbers and a look at your weekend in a few minutes. >> chilly, but dry. >> a portion of highway 1 is closed because of a rock slide. it hit the road between fort ross and meyers grade roads just north of generaller there. you can see it on the map. the debris is gone, but you

here is abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> looking at doppler 7hd you can see it is quiet for a change. we have our own radar. it was keeping you ahead of the storm. here is what the storm brought, an inch in santa rosa and 1.19 in sonoma county. san francisco over an inch and oakland picked up .89. a third of an inch in concord and san jose and livermore just over half an inch.med the fog has formed and look at the visibility. it is just over a mile in half moon bay. three miles in santa rosa and novato. we are looking at poor visibility around livermore and the napa area, 7 to eight miles there. in the morning the fog may be dense in pockets. you will want to give yourself extra time. the temperatures wwill befallina chilly start. we will be back with the numbers and a look at your weekend in a few minutes. >> chilly, but dry. a portion os closed because of a rock slide. it hit the road between fort ross and meyers grade roads just north of generaller there. you can see it on the map. the debris is gone, but you can see the damage to highway 1

for mike shumann and sandhya patel and everyone here thanks for joining us. and the abc7 news alarm clock app is available for an droid, the kindle fire and the iphone. you can download it for free and get headlines the moment you wake up. have a great night. 1ñ

let's turn to sandhya patel for a look. >> yes. let me show you live doppler 7.ll show you timing of the next storm. we're seeing high clouds move nchlgt our radar will be tracking a storm early as tomorrow evening. so you'll notice cloud cover. the marine level starts to spread. but the rain will skirt the coastline. a system going to remain you'll see rain starting to move in towards east bay. i'll be bac'0zn with a look and let you know if you'll need those umbrellas for the weekend. >> thank you. >> we have breaking news out of the south bay right now. sky 7 is over the scene of a crash. four southbound lanes were blocked there. >> and an off duty chp officer called in the crash. you can see the traffic is >> starting tomorrow, thousands may be owed money and not know it. abc 7 news explains now the race is on to find customers of a pay day qlernd being forced to pay up. outside of this store on market street1uc÷, john is a is been figuring a bill. >> for $100 loan he'll pay $17 finance charges. believe it or not that, is legal for pay day loans but for bigg

. >> he i'm sandhya patel. live from the roof of the broadcast center it's breezy.t storm is approaching. i'll let you know what it's going to bring for morning commute. in just a few minute autos fight for nude any san francisco gets nasty. one advocate tries to snap bathroom photos of an opponent. >> crews spent the day mopping up this mudslide. you can see rain delayed damage from sky 7 hd, making interstate 8 until two hours ago. >> near the coast, caltrans crews are busy doing road work repairs to prevent erosion on highway 1. drivers had to alternate a lane to get by the work most of the day. >> this is a live picture from our camera. you can see some rain drops on the lens. >> good evening. how much is coming? when? that is the question. let's start with our storm watch coverage with sandhya patel. >> right i wanted to come up here to take a look at what it's like here. it's breezy. clouds gathering and still dry now. it's raining north as you look at a loser view, we take you up to yu kaia. some rainfall. showing the sea ranch area, along highway 1 we're see

live doppler 7 obeys sandhya patel. >> not touching that one. >> good choice. do have some brief down pours developing. we take you in and get closer. i'm going move around. we're seeing heavy returns showing up around bloomfield road. and we're seeing some showers actually moving quickly to the east. the showers are moving quickly and they're going to be around lighter showers towards san francisco, peninsula, south bay. back into the north bay here. i want to show you what it looks like here. we do have some moderate to heavy rain around fountain grove parkway. river road. fulton road. showers moving quickly. here, east of novato some moderate rainfall. we're on storm watch here, this is a concern. flood flood watch through sunday evening expecting several more inches of rain, smaller streams may overflow banks. we have a high surf advisory. i'll be back with another update in just a few minute autos thank you. >> stay with abc 7 news for continuing coverage on storms hitting the bay area, you can track the rain yourself online with live doppler 7 hd on abc 7

. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. frosty cold night ahead. how low the temperatures will drop.hen rain will be returning to the bay area and you'll need those resign gear. >> and local business answers the call of the holiday sweet tooth. a made in america treated look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. >> larry: in stanislaus county a marine is on mission after the shootings in connecticut. a young father wants to make sure the kids feel safe. >> he served two terms in iraq and one in afghanistan. the sergeant felt a new call to duty

sandhya patel will have your accu-weather forecast a little later. and... care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the family. you just ate dallas! >>> a break in a murder case today a woman arrested in connection with a murder last month. >> we broke the story today and joins us now from the upscale, silicon valley neighborhood. >> right. this does appear to be a big break in a very high profile home invasion case. the district attorney's office is charging an alameda county woman with being an accessory to a homicide. and of a businessman. a 22-year-old

new graduates of the fú1f8 fighter academy. >> i'm sandhya patel.his shot from our camera. we have sun, and light showers on live doppler 7. and... rain could be impacting weekend plans i'll have details coming up. >> breaking news in redwood city. sky 7 is live over over a car scent that left three people dead on northbound551v 280 north of edgewood road. of edgewood road. and it's trying -- tying up and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. >>> fire department graduated in its 146 years histry. 48 recruits took the oath following a 17 week course. the chief then pinned badges on the new firefighters. some of who will report to work tomorrow. the new firefighters left careers in education, medical field and police force to join the department. >> ready for the san francisco fire department it's a dream come true for me. you can help and serve the community. help people. >> san francisco now has about 1500 firefighters. the fire department has another academy set f

sandhya patel is here to answer the question for us. >> yes. it's going to happen in the morning.day's high tide was just over seven feet. tomorrow, it's higher. the king tides highest tides of the year, we have two more coming up thursday, which is tomorrow, just over seven feet, 10:34 in the morning. friday going to be seven feet at 11:24 in the morning so watch out. low lying areas, coastal areas could see flooding. other concern is we're heading into a cold night z we'll see the phone shall for frost. p show how cold it's going to get and we'll talk about more rain coming in the forecast in just a few perhaps an off duty officer breaking the law? those questions after a police sargeant posted a video online. it shows a wild ride through san francisco broadway tunnel. the video posted on the facebook page of sargeant carl t who wrote on that page, quote, 100 miles per hour in the labo. and sf reports he commented that he and his friends quote were all drunk. the head of the san francisco police officer association says he's never seen anything like this.7/ñb this would be on a

we have pictures to help victims find stolen zponz computer autos i'm sandhya patel. of the kgotv broadcast center, tracking a few showers when a drier pattern will come in coming up. >> and after ground topples trees around the bay area like this one crashing through a home. >> a sea ofut.u umbrellas lined streets this morning and today's storm hit while folks were heading off to work. >> and it left a mark on the morning kmult, flooding areas like this section of interstate 580 near 14th park boulevard exit. >> and rain or shine, crews were hard at work after the storm left behind a huge sink hole. >> sun tried hard, but never showed up today, you can see from the live shot from our camera, there are still clouds in the sky tonight. but conditions are a lot calmer. >> nice to see that. good evening. >> we have live team coverage on the problems the storm left behind. >> yes. nick smith hzv<.t the east bay covered. let's begin with abc 7 news sandhya patel tracking this storm from the roof of the abc 7 building. >> hi, dan, cheryl. it's dry up here, we have cloud co