marin county, and sonoma county and flooding is occurring in sonoma and napa county through the nextthank you, lisa. abc7 news will continue at 9:00. >>> good morning, america. this morning -- tragedy in the nfl. a kansas city chief star kills himself at arrowhead stadium minutes after shooting his girlfriend and mother of their 3-month-old child. new details this morning on what happened in the final moments before the shocking murder-suicide. >>> the mcafee manhunt.

written down that i just wanted to point out there is about 60 design professionals in the western sonoma area and about 40 within the valley area and so we would like to stay, continue and continue to grow our businesses there. >>> good afternoon commissioners my name is jeffery miller with miller company architect i want to follow up on the previous speaker i have a business that has been there for 50 years and in my building there are several interior designers and lighting designers my wife is a designer who has a space had the building as well. we actually share facilities copy machines and thing like that, that we cross fertilize, it seems that we are part of the creative density of the area and having designers, landscape architects and argument connects architects and interior poem shrewded from the area i do not understand that. i have been to several meetings and i support the plan in general but it's just in this particular matter, i do not support the purpose in that. >> is there any additional public comment? okay seeing none of the public comment it's closed and opening up t

in sonoma county high water is still a big issue. the intersection of highway 12 and 121 was under water yesterday when sonoma creek overflowed its banks. today the water is still spilling into nearby vineyard. >> looks like the ocean. is throughout right now. the only nice thing is it's all the vines are dormant so no harm

gnome sonoma. >> yeah the destinations here, distinction here, all of the height the zoning districts in split height are larger lots above half an acre and so for half an acre to three ache retro customers the special zoning use calls them out and says we are going to give you some additional height but to take advantage of that height it require an additional use and one of those pro visions that instead of paying a higher tier impact fee you pay a tier one impact fee for residential but instead of paying 15% or providing 15% on site affordable it refers to the tier b for afford. and so you do a higher rate of affordability which, is 20% and exchange essentially and if we don't adopt these changes to thezoicking map and planning code, then none of those parcelels and that pro vision that increases the affordability could not apply to those zones split of hair son street. >> i think we are still going to get significant housing there and 15% affordable and it's going to be built at a height and bulk that is more appropriate. >>> so as i understand it, it's about there was a deal that

we have a flood warning for sonoma county until 12:45 and a flood watch for friends up in sonoma valley is a know a creek. flooding occurring from petaluma. here is a look at the north bay. down through forestville. highway 37 and 121 and the flash flood warning until 12:45. down further south heavier rain for sierra road east of milpitas. parts of the peninsula from redwood city and middle field road and east palo alto looking at heavier rain now. lawrence expressway, santa clara looking very wet. the santa cruz mountains with the gusty winds as well. 50 miles per hour. 1:00 north bay and 3:00 the rest of the bay try to stay dry if you can. thank you for joining us on the abc 7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa. stay with abc 7 news for storm watch updates every hour and all day long. check live doppler 7hd any time >> welcome to the national constitution center the people on independence mall. we are here for the presentation of the 2012 liberty medal celebrating the 225th anniversary of the us constitution and honoring boxing

sonoma creek, 200-yard from where we are tonight, sonoma -- chardonnay graips over -- grapes over here, and behind us, where the traffic signals are, water is three to four feet deep. anyone's guess when that's major intersection will be re-opened to traffic. we're live in the sonoma valley, abc-7 news. >> a stretch of stoney point road just re-opened after a sink hole closed it for several hours today. sergio quintana is live at that scene. reporter: the big problem here was runoff following those really heavy storms earlier in the day. that runoff basically overwhelmed a drainage culvert, creating this huge sink hole. crews were able to install these steel plates over the road so the cars could safely pass. rushing runoff from heavy rains earlier in the day overwhelmed this drainage culvert under stoney point road and threatened to chew up more of the pavement. >> water is traveling underneath the pipe, creating a cavern, and potential -- basically a sinkhole. >> crews installed the greats to help with the weight of cars passing over, and in petaluma, the river crept up to the downto

and the eastern neighborhoods didn't have adequate space and so they put the burden onto western sonoma and so given the limited amount of space that we have, we took s l i area where there is currently no housing accept for 100% affordable and where the intent of the board of supervisors was to limit the use and set aside it to be a loan area where the city would still provide support for service, slight industrial and pd r uses. >>> are you satisfied with that. >> i'm satisfied with that, yes. >> commissioner hillis. >>> yeah just that i don't know how i would vote on this or on the c u for this i think it's awkward that we are short circuiting a c u that is in place. >> commissioners there is a motion on the floor that has been seconded to endorse the 3b option on 11th street and grandfathering 34,011th street only. >> commissioner antonini. >>> no. >> hillis yes. >> commissioner sugayaa eye, commissioner fong no. >> that move passes for to three with commissioners antonini, hillis and fong voting against. so i'm want to go make a motion for 113. commissioner sugayaa. >> yeah, i woul

water topped levee at sonoma creek.area where people expect flooding in heavy rain not a big problem for the chardonnay lines this time of year and there are long term benefits. >> for the vineyards it recharges water supply, allows us to -- we get the topsoil from the valley. the bada;hjç news is every yeart costs 10 to $15,000 to clear out. >> they repair broken levees once a year. >>> commuters crossing santa cruz mountains have more water on the roads. typically, it is where most of the rain falls since pacific storms dump water as they cross this first mountain range. fog could be a hazard hill are saturated and prone to rock and mudslides. crews have been cordoning them off quickly. mountain residents had to spend christmas sandbagging their property. >> the big concern why you guys are filling up on sandbags? >> keep the hill from sliding into my neighbor's house. i got water runoff on the top of my driveway. >> creeks and rivers in the santa cruz mountains are running high they are -- [ unintelligible ] be caref

. >> it is flooding in sonoma county. we have a flood warning and it has been flooding in petaluma and willow creek. you can see the back edge of the front. this is where the winds have died off and the rains have ended. still some very heavy rain through novato and southward. and there is also flooding reported in marin county with a flood warning through 10:15 from the creek to the east bay, hercules and vaw knee shaw, 580. flooding in santa cruz, santa clara county. moderate rain in fremont and gusty winds in union city. on the peninsula, a heavy downpour and winds have lightened up here. but still some light rain. the front has yet to move through san francisco. some heavier rain on the peninsula from woodside to 280 and flooding is happening in the santa cruz mountains. we are looking at rain rates of an inch an hour and another additional inch is forecasted. take a look at these current wind gusts. you can see where the front has moved through. it is breezy and dangerous out there. and throw 10:15 we will be looking

in sonoma county, high water is forcing road closures. the chp issued a traffic alert in shellville south of sonoma. thomas roman is there live with the latest. thomas? >> dan, if there is any consulation here it is late on christmas night and most people are already home. this flooding and road closure won't cause much of a traffic problem. >> this is all too common a sight in sonoma and napa county. highway 121 and highway 12 floods after a heavy rain and then becomes a river when the high tide occurs and pours more water into the area. the road will be closed until sometime on wednesday. the rain was heavy throughout the bay area. the streets became flooded after 5:00 p.m. umbrellas were a necessary part of any wardrobe on this christmas day. the rain poured down on richmond and mcdonald avenue slowing traffic. the frontage roads were partially covered. few drivers slowed down. roads were filled with people returning from spending the holidays with family and friends. they were very busy due to twice the usual accidents. cedric emerson

live doppler zoomed in north west corner sonoma county, king ridge road towards annapolis road, sea ranch to fort ross sprinkles even light rain in the grind -- in the green around sea ranch, mendocino, lake county up towards eureka and crescent city the steadier rain now. around the bay mainly cloudy, 50, by noon steadier rain starts to move into the north bay where it will stay by 4:00 then all of us light rain during the evening temperatures in the 50s inland a few sprinkles this morning rain in the north bay by noon, rain will stay there through 4:00, then light rain will move into the east bay valleys after 7:00, temperatures around 50 at the coast mainly cloudy upper 40s to near 50 now rain along the north bay beaches noon stays there 4:00 then starts heading south at 7:00. >>> still following breaking news out of . crews on the scene of major -- house fire, large home on stagler lane still burning that is a rural area. dispatchers got the call after 3:30 this morning they are still trying to put it you, no injuries reported. >>> in san francisco, nudity rights activists are promisi

in sonoma county, high water is forcing road closures. the chp issued a traffic alert in shellville south of sonoma. thomas roman is there live with the latest. thomas? >> dan, if there is any consulation here it is late on christmas night and most people are already home. this flooding and road closure won't cause much of a traffic problem. >> this is all too common a sight in sonoma and napa county. highway 121 and highway 12 floods after a heavy rain and then becomes a river when the high tide occurs and pours more water into the area. the road will be closed until sometime on wednesday. the rain was heavy throughout the bay area. the streets became flooded after 5:00 p.m. umbrellas were a necessary part of any wardrobe on this christmas day. the rain poured down on richmond and mcdonald avenue slowing traffic. the frontage roads were partially covered. few drivers slowed down. roads were filled with people returning from spending the holidays with family and friends. they were very busy due to twice the usual accidents. cedric emerson

in sonoma county, high water is forcing road closures. chp issued a traffic alert in shellville south of sonoma. thomas roman is there live with the latest. thomas? >> dan, if there is any consulation here it is late on christmas night and most people are already home. this flooding and road closure won't cause much of a traffic problem. >> this is all too common a sight in sonoma and napa county. highway 121 and highway 12 floods after a heavy rain and then becomes a river when the high tide occurs and pours more water into the area. the road will be closed until sometime on wednesday. the rain was heavy throughout the bay area. the streets became flooded after 5:00 p.m. umbrellas were a necessary part of any wardrobe on this christmas day. the rain poured down on richmond and mcdonald avenue slowing traffic. the frontage roads were partially covered. few drivers slowed down. roads were filled with people returning from spending the holidays with family and friends. they were very busy due to twice the usual accidents. cedric emerson is

also north bay good morning you can see yellows taking over most of marin and sonoma even oranges starting to take over windsor just getting out ofzt?h)he heaviest rain still hanging around latest update we still have yellows around windsor pleasant>j hill road down to old redwood ride to the -- road south;o of santa rosa stone any point redwood drive petaluma hill that whole area getting heavy rain some of the heaviest where valley ford and walker road connect where we had the reds a few seconds ago. to the south heading towards novato watch out on novato boulevard as you come into novato from the west this is slowly sinking south right now anywhere south of9(f the north bay not raining but it is going to be in the heart of the bay in about an hour and probably south bay by 8:00 9:00. >>> good morning. flooding where mike was talking about in theÑco! windsor area north 101 windsor river road high winds on all bridges extra caution late traffic coming into san francisco still two lanes in the southbound direction they will reconfigure that as the commute getsomw)r underway light trafficxpi

old sonoma road getting a heavy downpour. in the east bay we go through street out to albany berkeley dwight avenue lighter rainfall but we have some moderate rain showing up here so we are watching that for you. few scattered showers and other parts of the bay area mainly the peninsula south bay rainfall total have been excessive in some of our hills. almost 9 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains. in the far northern end of sonoma county one of the wets location. 8 and a half inches in the past 48 hours. three inches in san rafael. 3.7 in santa rosa. san francisco almost an inch and half. livermore pushing close to 2 and oakland got 2 inches of rain with more significant rain ming flash flood watch up through sunday evening. small streams may overflow the bank and here's a timing of the next storm. 9:00 p.m. it's north of santa rosa saturday night. at 11:00 p.m. it's still in the northern part of our viewing area as far as the heaviest part of the storm. heavy rain and wind coming through. 5:00 a.m. in the north bay su

>> reporter: dan, the sonoma developmental center had a troubling history. reported abuses and poor investigations by its police force. and now the department of public health has moved to shut down a major portion of the center. the program that cares for patients with severe disabilities who aren't bedridden by live on the premises. >> if they close us, i mean, i don't know what we're going to do. >> reporter: she heads the group of family members and advocates of those being treated at the sonoma developmental center. her autistic son, dan, is one of some 300 residents with severe disabilities. if the sonoma center is shut down, she will have to find someplace else for him. >> i don't know where that's going to be. i mean, that's what's really scaring families like me because that's my kid. >> reporter: miller says the institution was making positive changes. that's why she was truly surprised by the news. but that's not how the state regulators see it. the public health department which monitors the state's file developmental centers concluded after year

low-lying area between sonoma and pablo bay floods frequently.he water will recede enough to hope later today. >>> in east palo alto, people living along the san francisco key toe creek are hoping the rain -- san francisquito creek are hoping the rain won't bringing flooding. the weak levee is off east bay shore road the system needs to be strengthened construction project begins in the spring to do that. this morning a stretch of highway 1 south5: big sur remains closed after rock slides from the weekend storm. these are pictures from caltrans. the slide happened sunday afternoon, crews are working to clear the debris and repair a 60 foot section of damaged roadway. here's the specific stretch of road closed no word on when it is going to reopen officials hope to have one lane open later this week. >>> in the north bay rain and runoff have napa river swollen, but well within its banks other parts of wine country looked more like lakes, water topped levee at sonoma creek where it borders on 70 acres of vineyards, an area where people expect floo

we have a flash-flood warning for sonoma, including the city of petaluma. the waters are at or above flood stage right now officials are reporting. >>> we are taking a look at our health watch right now. we are talking about one of the last complication that is we would fear from surgery, but it happens too often. the problem of surgical objects left in patients is so bad, three hospitals sited for leaving tools behind locally. we have more on the effort to change that. >> reporter: soon after marta gold be a hysterectomy, she knew something was wrong. she had pain and a fever. two surgical sponges left inside her body. >> it was a mistake, material a mistake. >> reporter: each year there are hundreds of cases are surgical items are left inside patients, most of them gauze sponges. >> i think it happens everyday somewhere in the world, probably every other day somewhere in the united states. i know we can do better. >> reporter: general surgeon gibbs run as national public safety project called no patient left behind. >> the goal is zero. not just 50% reduc

on 3b we had discussed the 3b and i guess to clarify to the public one of the reasons for western sonoma zoning is there was an incompatibility with the night time uses with housing because people move in and then they complain and there was a desire to try to avoid that and so pretty much the zoning is an either or proposition. it's not -- we did it is not plated as both a proposition and members of the public cannot speak and so when the 3b option came forward to make those none conforming and could not expand, you know, there was an acknowledgement that that was an entertainment area and we would toying to continue it being that way and then the proposal chooses one use over the other unfortunately and we have learned that although people have claimed that they can co exist with entertainment uses they don't always do a good job of that and so that things us to the other issue about the 11th street project and it seeps like there is a two projects on the whole list that would be impacted and so there doesn't need to appear that there is a need for a larger grandfathering and for this

in sonoma county, high water is still a big issue. intersection of 12 and 121 was underwater when sonoma creek overflowed its banks. today the water is still spilling into nearby vineyards. >> it looks like the ocean is out there right now. only nice thing is all the vines are dormant so there is no harm. >> dozens of roads are still flooded. george lives near sonoma creek and he is frustrated. >> every year there is more water in the creek and less creek to contain it. >> as for the man who wound up in the river, firefighters suspect he was intoxicated. he told them he had jumped into the river because it seemed like fun. >> are you okay? >> hello. >> reporter: that man will be okay. it's unclear if he will be cited. he was taken queen of the valley hospital for observation. he thanked firefighters for saving him. >> dan: more storm aftermath, rock slides brought traffic to a stop on highway 1 south of big sur. they closed the road. slide happened yesterday at 5:30 in the evening. no word on when the road will be reopened. >> carolyn

the sooner you get in northern sonoma the more likely you are going to be dry.upper 40s concord, live more, redwood city, los gatos, everybody else in the low to mid 50s. monterey bay, upper 40s to near 50. let's move on and talk about this forecast cycle, rain best in the north bay during the daylight hours today spread to the south evening and overnight drier pattern tomorrow thursday as far as what is going to happen, warm front going to bring us sprinkles now next storm not as strong as the preceding three but does have a mild air mass, healthy rain especially farther north you are going. right here you can see next batch hugging the north bay through the lunch hour the rest of us scattered sprinkles possible this is where the steadier rain will be during the daylight hours. during the evening rush starts to push into the heart of the bay it will hit all of us overnight through tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning the rush hour is going to be the worst off as far as wet weather. taper to scattered showers by noon, by 5:00, one or two showers around, by 9:00, 1

carter evans in is sonoma. with 30 days to the fiscal cliff anna western never washington tells us both parties are talking tough. >> rates have to go up. >> i think we're going over the cliff. >> jeff: they were helped by new york's firefighters

upon is the design on the larger streets and take some clues from the industrial buildings and urn sonoma and the the strength of the corner and is the visual large windows with a lattice exterior which we see so often on garage and is industrial buildings there and also the use of arduouses is often what you see in those areas and those are element that is we will be able to put in which will further individualize the buildings and if we had a few of those elements in their own genre that would be great and i'm not sure that i like the color of the one that has red or pink on the outside but that is something that can be worked on as we move forward. >> commissioner sagaa. >> i really like the concept here and it's not quite like president seeddo tare reticular activating system where feinstein lives but this is better because it's mixed use and you know, as everybody has said it really epitomizes south of market and sonoma and i think this is one of the reasons that we we want ahead and today adopted the plan ahead of this, i assume going to be approval and i think it points out to the

westbound 37 near sonoma raceway car off the roadway you can see it, no emergency crews to pick that up, they are on the way. south 101 before cesar chavez earlier accident cleared. >>> 5:01. developing news from japan a powerful 7.3 quake hit overnight followed by powerful aftershocks. there are injuries. cornell bernard is live in the newsroom with the latest. cornell this had to be deja vu for many folks. >> reporter: scary reminder no tsunami warnings for us here on the west coast most of japan's north eastern coast has been hit and on high alert rather for a tsunami since that quick hit after 5 p.m. japan time, epicenter north eastern japan near the city of miyagi lots of shaking felt across japan in tokyo news agency lights were situation, workers held on to directions until the shaking stopped. shortly before the quake, japan's television broke into programming warning it was due to hit. people told to flee to higher ground right way that warning has been lifted. the same region hit by last year's massive quake which killed 20,000, triggered a nuclear disaster. the power compa

north bay rain around sonoma. yountville and napa and airport boulevard further to the east, looking at rain north of milpitas and mission boulevard. down into the south bay, we have fog, breezy winds, cupertino and campbell light rain down to theness mountains. we're getting into a break. you can see plenty of clouds and light rain throughout the day today before the next system heads our way with gusty winds. as much as three to five inches of additional rain and that put many rivers in the warning stage and flood watch locally. >>> as lisa told us, watches around warnings. let's go to our reporter in petaluma. rising water out there, as well. >>> good morning, there has been a steady rain. it's just letting up a little bit. just a little bit of drizzle but it helped fill willow brook creek behind me. people that work nearby were surprised how quickly it filled. it was completely empty on thursday. we have video from the guerneville area yesterday where one man whose trailer sits on right on the bank he watched

alan wang is live in sonoma county. sergio is in santa cruz county. >> 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 a

. >> the russian river is also creating avenuity for sonoma county residents where the river expected to get dangerously close to flood stage in the next few hours. ktvu's jade hernandez was in flood-prone guerneville and joins us live from a fire station in forestville. >> reporter: that is right, the roads are wet and there has been steady light rain since sundown. it appears threats of nearby guerneville are going to see how much rain they get before they start filling their own sandbags. they took orders by phone, so customers could honker down into today's study, but light rain. >> everyone is talking about it and said this is minor compared how to it has been. >> reporter: shirley banner remembers of flood of '86 where the russian river rose to 17' above flood level. >> everybody comes by here to go to the bridge and see how high it is. >> reporter: in the dark it's hard to tell but the national weather service reports that the river is well below any flooding stage. residents are used to watching and waiting. >> they should be prepared and everything ready to go and have food i

the national service has again issued a flood watch for parts of sonoma county. headlines for the rest of us, anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees cooler, mostly sunny and a cooler afternoon is in store and forecast shows wet weather in time for christmas. 49 in san francisco. 49 mountain view, livermore antioch checking in around 48 and mid-40s for you fairfield. temperatures are right about the seasonal average, 53 in concord and napa will have a cool day and we will have sunshine and it feels pretty good out there and a nice winter's quiet day. rain is lasting from tuesday into wednesday. partly cloudy and mostly cloudy on saturday. afternoon highs in the mid-50s. i will have a timeline of tomorrow's rain coming up. >>> well, we are counting down the final hours until christmas day. we will be in good company if you are headed off to the mall today. >>> he didn't die on the front lines, what officials are saying about their investigation. >>> here is a look at the san mateo bridge, traffic is looking good in both directions and we will tell you about the incident com

sonoma and napa dropping off into temperatures right above freezing. west winds gusting to 22 at te airport. novato, 26. and at the coast north wind at 29. napa sonoma could see a little bit of frost. otherwise patchy fog and sunshine on top tomorrow. a cool day. still in a northwest flow. numbers in the mid 50s but we will see rain returning to the north by friday and then much of the bay wet overnight friday. we have the 30s from napa, santa rosa. a little wind should keep the numbers up in san francisco and oakland. a few clouds around as well. 41 san jose with 40 in half moon bay. 39, though, santa cruz. definitely chilly coast. so that area of low pressure the pop-up showers that we had throughout the afternoon quickly scooted off to the east and most of the precipitation running parallel to the coastline and we have weak high pressure off shore that is going to build on in' louing for a break in the rain. sunshine after some of that fog burns back but it will be cool. so have a long ways to go tomorrow to reach highs. highs in the low to mid 50s.

flooding a concern in sonoma countiful 121 shut down. both directions in highway 12. same spot with flooding on sunday's storm. mass transit back to a regular weekday schedule. so far no issues to bart, ace, muni caltrain or ferries. golden gate bridge flowing nicely towards san francisco. no delay across the span. the milpitas commute is good as well 880 and 237. east bay 880 looks good headlights moving southbound toward oakland airport. that's a check of traffic and weather. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> no major delays so far at the san francisco airport. this is a live look right now. let's take it. today around 108,000 people are expected to pass through sfo. you can see a lot of passengers being dropped off right now. 54,000 travelers coming in and roughly the same number leaving. and we're told that's not an unusual high total. the next heavy travel day is projected to be on new year's eve. >>> checking your world, an attack on a u.s. military base in afghanistan. the taliban claims responsibility. a suicide bomber blew up at the gate to camp chapman. an

at this hearing for this project is contingent upon and subject to the commissioners adopting the sonoma general plan, the planning code and zoning amendments i would like to give those to you right now. >> commissioners you will note that the executive summary on page three reit rates the motion in consideration and you will find them on page two and three. >> condition one reiterate and states that any changes to this project is subject to the approval of the board of supervisors and commissioners also included in that, stack had a i just gave you there is a copy of the how kins agreement regarding the sponsor election to provide affordable units on side with rent restriction in according corns with the how kins act. >> we reiterate -- under the final selection for the following reasons the project proposed 4510 units and it bridges a gap in housing in fraction it provides mix in unit times types, unit and loft style apartment and is these variety of unit types provides a wide array of opportunity for various howing types and proposes a higher and better use of this large site and the

this is just one of the many flooded areas in sonoma county tonight.ere are several washed out roads west of santa rosa. and the public works crews are expecting it to get a lot worse this weekend. joel stopped at the water's edge west of santa rosa and decided to roll the dice. >> came through a couple hours ago and it was pretty light. i thought i could make it through this time. >> unlike these trucks and suvs that made it across, their toyota was swamped in a foot and a half of water just like the car before him. >> made a dumb mistake thinking i was bigger than that car. >> and according to the mayan calendar, today was supposed to be the end of the world. >> in the town of inverness, michelle and her husband narrowly escaped serious injury when this douglas fir crashed through their home. >> just one step and crashed. >> i was two feet and i was under all of this rubble. >> also in marin county, floodwaters shutdown a portion of highway one south of petaluma road. and in pacifica, high winds tempted the surfers, but the crabbers are playing it sa

in sonoma county high water is still a big issue. the intersection of highway 12 and 121 was under water yesterday when sonoma creek overflowed its banks. today the water is still spilling into nearby vineyard. >> looks like the ocean. is throughout right now. the only nice thing is it's all the vines are dormant so no harm there. >> does he says of road like this one are still flooded. towards sonoma creek he's from frustrate the. >> every year there's more water in the creek and less creek to contain it. >>reporter: the man in the river firefighters suspect he was intoxicated. he told them he jumped into the river because it seemed like fun. >> are you okay. >> hello. >>reporter: that man will be okay. it's unclear if he will be cited taken to queen of the valley hospital for observatio observation. he thanked firefighters for saving him. in napa, abc 7 news. >> and about 20 homes in mill valley without water because of a water main break. sky 7 hd flew over the scene after the main broke loose you can see the result marine avenue

it was issued until 8:00 for sonoma and napa counties.ing for petaluma along the creek where we had problems yesterday. in rosemary, -- and rosemary has been watching this all morning. if this thing slows down and stops, that's what happened a few years ago when we had the big flood. >> could be in trouble. after various. it is really kicking up some action as it moves through. areas of the northbay, the lightning continues to fall. the winds, although they are breezy, have pretty much turned off. thus have done -- gusts have gone down. areas reporting 44-mile per hour gusts. ocean beach is 33. we continue into the late morning. by the evening hours, we will actually be dry with partly cloudy skies. then our attention will turn to the rivers because that will come later. the russian river and the napa river expected to crest or go above flood stage by later today into tonight and perhaps tomorrow morning. giving you a look at the latest. again, considerably dropping off. the napa had reached 53 miles per hour gusts earlier today. you can

alan wang is live in sonoma county. sergio is in santa cruz county. >> 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 a

i'm talking sonoma and marin. if you have plans tonight you will be in the rain but the heaviest rain when you are sleeping. we will detail the flood watches and the timing of the rain coming up in a little bit. katie. >> thanks so much. as the next big storm moves in, the big concern is the north bay. take a look at this video from outside of the stump down brewery in this time-lapse webcam video. you can see how quickly the river has risen. allen long reports from sonoma county where the national weather service has issued a flood warning. >> certainly it will be up to here. the flood stage or the expectations at gurnville is 32 feet. >> his trailer sits on the banks of the river and he has watched the river rise 17 feet. he's packing up and heading for higher ground. >> it's not fortunate it. fortunately my little house has wheels on it. >> even the crete us are headed for higher ground. and several low lying back roads of flooded and it only took a foot of water to stall out this car. >> we were coming from wi

this is just one of the many flooded areas in sonoma county tonight. there are several washed out roads west of santa rosa. and the public works crews are expecting it to get a lot worse this weekend. joel stopped at the water's edge west of santa rosa and decided to roll the dice. >> came through a couple hours ago and it was pretty light. i thought i could make it through this time. >> unlike these trucks and suvs that made it across, their toyota was swamped in a foot and a half of water just like the car before him. >> made a dumb mistake thinking i was bigger than that car. >> and according to the mayan calendar, today was supposed to be the end of the world. >> in the town of inverness, michelle and her husband narrowly escaped serious injury when this douglas fir crashed through their home. >> just one step and crashed. >> i was two feet and i was under all of this rubble. >> also in marin county, floodwaters shutdown a portion of highway one south of petaluma road. and in pacifica, high winds tempted the surfers, but the crabbers are playing it

authorities of sonoma, east of napa, american canyon out to vacaville, it's a nasty time of it. a little brit of break in san francisco and down through 280 and 101, you have nothing but light to moderate rain and into the east bay from walnut creek and heavier cell right here pushing out of richmond. watch out 580, you are looking at heavy rain right there. take a look at south bay, blossom hill road, san jose,

talking about patchy frost in napa and sonoma and we will give you the numbers and outlook when the run returns coming up in the seven day outlook. >> you saw from the map mr. how much rain fell in the north bay. while the break is nice there are still worries in the north bay about the threat of mud slides and weakened trees. cornel has the store arery now from mill valley. >> tree crews say it is not what they wanted for christmas. so much work they can barely keep up. a family snapped a picture east after a 50 feet tree blocked the road. >> when i saw it, it was like a massive just like mess so i was kind of like shocked. >> arborists say storms weakened the earth and created danger for the public. >> how saishow saturated is th?

alan wang is live in sonoma county. sergio is in santa cruz county. >> 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 sho

rain is coming down pretty good north of sonoma.er rain from san francisco and east bay to walnut creek to san ramon valley, it is raining everywhere. south of morgan hill and gilroy, not much action now. rain is headed your rain. heaviest rain is next one to two hours to mid bay and south bay. >> katie: next at 6:00, we are continuing our storm watch coverage. let's take a live look at bridge point shopping center in san mateo. it is pouring out there. >> our reporter will have a live report. shop till you drop. where you can find the last minute gifts in the final days >> katie:

>> yes, we do continue with a flood watch for parts of sonoma county and the flood will rise another foot before it crests. it is around sonoma county and in the area of boeheim highway and we'll see minor flooding which will be taking place and i will show you what you can expect for christmas eve coming up, here is tara moriarty. >>> some flooding near the sonoma raceway, just be aware it is causing some delays. san francisco you can see traffic on the right as you make your way towards fso and traffic is flowing well into san francisco, let's head back to the desk. >>> police are searching for a missing man. police say he may be in a creek in fairfax. here is alex savage who will report on what happened just moments before the man went missing. here is alex. >> reporter: the search has been temporarily called off for this man at the creek and the police chief just told me a short time ago, they will be back out here and searchers will later on this morning at first light continue that search but for now the search has been called off. th are looking for a suspected drunk driver wh

terry mcsweeney is live in sonoma county.t(a!u will probably find it. if morning if you look for rain you will find it. heading north, no rain sonoma county and we met it as it was heading down south. we are at the south petaluma exit. v here dry, here north very wet minor flooding in windsor northstng of4#hw santa , the rain coming down in santa rosa, i did call the santa rosa police department reports of accidents or troubl217ñ as a result of the weather. in marin county, you could feel the wind and the storm heading that way right now rain coming down here in petaluma i'd like to hears?ñkv m mike niccow#rÑ, where we shoulde in one hour if

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news for the morning commute, sprinkles possible, as you head north especially northwest corner of sonoma county up to sea ranch on 1 scattered sprinkles even light rain in the green heading across annapolis road, this will start to head off to the east and looks like by noon most of the north bay will have steadier, light rain while the rest of us will be waiting on this system. the coast best chance of rain up north, upper 50s to near 60 around the bay mostly cloudy, low to mid 60s inland north bay 50s with rain, everybody else mostly cloudy and low to mid 60s. >>> 5:03. san francisco's ban on public nudity could be official today when supervisors take a final vote. protesters promise to be at today's meeting to make their opposition heard as well as seen. terry mcsweeney is live in the castro with more. >> reporter: here in the castro is where this push to allow public nudity began and really where a lot of opposition came up and big reason why it may be ending today. there's been a vote, 6-5 in favor of covering up. the vote may not be the only thing revealed today. take a look. membe

all the wet weather in sonoma and napa counties.hiter before you on satellite and radar there is a lot of cloud cover associated with this system. the majority of the bay area is dry for now but it will not stay that way. this is a slow-moving system but it is carrying a lot of some of the rain with it. and to the 7:00 hour this is pretty much what models are selling right now more rain for oakland stretching into alameda. later this afternoon the rain will grow in intensity. a lot of yellow and orange on your screen but it will taper off as we head into tonight. storm no. 2 rolls through the overnight hours and need to see heavy rain for just about everyone waking up saturday morning. temperatures, 53 of the board's efforts to discuss upper '40's and allow. this is the instability in the atmosphere thunderstorms are a possibility for saturn and. the rain will not start saturday night and expect rain throughout the course of the day and steady heavy rain. when this is all said and done some totals four to 6 in. for the north bay a l

this is just one of the many flooded areas in sonoma county tonight.here are several washed out roads west of santa rosa. and the public works crews are expecting it to get a lot worse this weekend. joel stopped at the water's edge west of santa rosa and decided to roll the dice. >> came through a couple hours ago and it was pretty light. i thought i could make it through this time. >> unlike these trucks and suvs that made it across, their toyota was swamped in a foot and a half of water just like the car before him. >> made a dumb mistake thinking i was bigger than that car. >> and according to the mayan calendar, today was supposed to be the end of the world. >> in the town of inverness, michelle and her husband narrowly escaped serious injury when this douglas fir crashed through their home. >> just one step and crashed. >> i was two feet and i was under all of this rubble. >> also in marin county, floodwaters shutdown a portion of highway one south of petaluma road. and in pacifica, high winds tempted the surfers, but the crabbers are playing it s

heaviest returns from yountville and sonoma. east of highway 101. the break is in santa rosa and that is where the rain ends. winds have been a story, as well. out of south, up to 25 miles an hour from livermore, 30 mile-an-hour gusts from oakland to the airport. when you have a thunderstorm we've been getting wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour over hour delays at sfo. we're looking for conditions to improve just n the later morning hours. right now in yountville, american canyon and benicia and berkeley, very heavy rain. here a little lighter blue around the san mateo bridge. it is still raining. you get that break and then you get this again, heavy rain from san ramon valley, 580 and 6080 very rough weather. on the peninsula we've seen gusty winds and thunderstorm just rolled through here. right now, a few breaks around san jose but the heaviest rain pushing south. i assembling the thunderstorms there. from watsonville, santa cruz mountains and the rain continues to pile up in the mountains there. with upper 40s and low 50s right now. this is the f

it has been running for sonoma and napa counties overnight. have seen up to two-thirds of an inch of rain for the santa rosa area. >> that is just the past 12 hours. >> novato 101 at 37 current the drive it would not say that with a long period up north you can see heavy rain. the yellow and orange on your screen that is currently moving past santa rosa but expect wet driving conditions area >> to a wider view satellite and radar shows rain in the bay area that translates to snow in the sierra. the rain will only intensify after the course of the day. >> off 7:00 a.m. a lot of people out on the freeway is the peak of your morning commute. heavy rain for the north bay. heavy rain picking up in san francisco to about the bid peninsula. that is at the clock into motion the rain will intensify a letter this afternoon. than it will start to taper off in time for the evening hours. >> a lot of people have outdoor plants again keep an umbrella handy if you will be out overnight. storm to will grow through 2:00 a.m. on saturday. >> impacting the north