i will speak with the sonoma county sheriff on cleanup efforts in the north they. the spring fishing classic at bass pro shops and cabela's where you can see all the latest gear. with weekly hot deals on popular items-- just in time to stock up for the season. plus bring the kids this weekend for free workshops, crafts, giveaways, and activities. >>> the water is slowly receding, but the damage is done in the guerneville is beginning to dry out as residents relished the day without rain, and for the latest on the developing situation we are joined by sonoma county sheriff mark. i know you the very latest estimates on when you will be able to repopulate the city of guerneville. can you share that with us this afternoon? >> we have some news out of our emergency operations center. our best estimates are that tomorrow morning we will be able to start safety inspections in guerneville, so by midday tomorrow, we will have roads open for the residents only of guerneville to start coming back in. we will be providing the with safety supplies and cleanup supplies, and we h

they are the backbone of the sonoma county county.e have a great deep agricultural roots and sonoma county, we did everything we can to get them back up. >> do we know how many people are still without power if any at all in the area? >> i don't have the exact power numbers for you, but what i can tell you is when i visited guerneville today, i saw dozens and dozens of pg&e crews working hard. i really got to give them a high-five. they are doing a great job, and they are trying to get power restored as quickly as possible. >> chef mark essick with the sonoma county sheriff's office, we thank you joining us today. >> urban cutting was held. the new campus hospital is a state-of-the-art facility that includes 274 bad hospitals, located on been a 70. you can see is the first new hospital in the heart of the city in a generation. >> we are already being position groups locate one hospital. it's not the entire hospital. the entire neighborhood is going to become a healthcare hub, so we need to just keep making sure we are ahead of the cur

it will work its way through sonoma county for the morning hours. re is a view of what is going on at the moment. you can see northern california covered in it and it is all the way down to lake county. we have snow for the sierra and winter weather advisories for the sierra starts later today. be prepared for thwinter travel and you can see a mostly cloudy start to the day and mainly dry start to y. that will change. here is a view of lake county. here is a look at the future caste model reas of northern california sonoma county. this has slowed down a little bit which means for most of us the morning commute looks like it should be okay. as we get into the lunch hour, north bay down to the central bay, we have rain falling. we get into the afternoon and it is finally moving through areas from central to south bay. tonight, it begins to taper off with scattered showers remaining in the forecast. as far as rainfall amounts, anywhere from a quarter of an inch to an inch is expected for this round of rain. we've got snow for the sierras. >> 49 to start

it's starting to ease up in parts of sonoma county and still a heavy wave of rain coming through napa and solana counties. a steady downpour across alameda county and this is what we can expect. scattered showers, even the possibility of thunderstorms as the system rolls across the region. going in to late morning, into early afternoon, which start to see this becoming a lot more scattered. meaning there's some more breaks, but there will be some rain chances in parts of the bay area into noon, as well as early afternoon. it's one of those days where suddenly it's raining, then it's not. then it's raining again. so we have to be prepared for the mixed bag of weather. we are going to talk about the wind and how much additional rain we are going to see. mike, you have two crashes in tough conditions. >> that's right. first, we'll start with the view from the san mateo bridge toll plaza. you see the build that's kicked in over the last five minutes and from time to time we see the soupy mist, it's hard to look at the bridge traffic because there's so much rainfall or at least a mist and

the flood waters in sonoma county have started to recede.n river isn't expected to drop below flood stage until early tomorrow morning. (ken) people who did not evacuate have been stuck -- and for the most part - the only way out of guerneville has been by boat. (pam) earlier this morning -- kron 4's sara stinson encountered a driver who went around the road blocks ... and átried to drive through the high water. (pam) the people inside that car are now safe. as many as three-thousand structures have been damaged in the flood, and many people don't know the condition of their homes. (ken) major flooding continues across much of the north bay. and those who decided not to evacuate have been trapped inside their homes. kron 4's philippe djegal spoke to one man who decided not to evacuate. (philippe)even simple errands outside his house require brad use a canoe in waters now covering his driveway. brad/neighbor- "it'll probably be another 24, 48 hours. uh, at least i slept last night, so that was good because of the adult beverages that helped m

(pam) the flood waters in sonoma county have started to recede. but the river is not expected to drop below flood stage ... until early tomorrow morning. meantime... people who did not evacuate have been stuck -- and the only way out of guerneville has been by boat. (ken) meanwhile today in sebastapol... people spent the day sweeping out floodwater from businesses. this is in a location called the barlow. a former warehouse district turned upscale eating and drinking venue near downtown. (pam) as you can see... there is a lot of water covering the neighborhood. business owners say... about 4- feet of water inundated the buildings there. now they have to wait to see what can be salvaged... at the same time, thousands of people have been forced from their homes as well. (ken) kron 4's justine waldman is live at an evacuation center in sebastopol tonight ... that is at capacity tonight. justine? (justine)she's been tested once in the tubbs fire..and now, by the flood.but nothing is going to keep her down. natswith very little time to evacuate, ki dan

sonoma county says last week storm caused an estimated $155 million of damage. debris from people's homes but the officer says that will change because emergency declaration now allows cleanup crews to start going to homes to collect the hazardous waste. in santa rosa, kpix five. >>> it is 637 right now and it is time for your final five teachers with the teachers -- teachers were trying to avoid a shutdown. the union that represents 1700 teachers and school employees signed 11 different tentative agreements but still no deal yet. the san ramon valley school district had this to say, this constitutes tremendous progress and we have an outstanding day and look forward to returning to the table as soon as possible to reach an agreement on the remaining few issues. >>> oakland police released a report that found a deadly shooting from last year is justified. the city's independence monitor disagrees however. joshua who had accused of aiming a gun at officers. >>> paul manafort will be sentenced today. including defrauding banks and the government. and failing to pa

sunday morning sonoma county pr local assistance center for flood victims at the old bank of america building on main street in guernevillesot michael gossman/sonoma county :09a local assitance center is meant to be a one stop shop for your governmenta and non profit services in time of a disasterofficials say this will really streamline the process for many who have to make repairssotyou can geta permit right here in guerneville and not have to go to santa rosa to start work on your hosue and start rebuidling your propertythat's good news for a lot of locals sot armando mushik/flood victim :32we got about 4 and a half feet of water we are right off the river, lost most of our furniture and appliances are pretty much shot so we are taking everyitng out and eplacing the walls half way upand the assistance center will also offer non rebuilding related services.sotyou will be able apply right here for food stamps, you can talk to our behavorial health folks if yo uneed cousneling , you can talk to our community development comission and if you need help finding housing or housing assist

that's the latest here live in sonoma county..dan thorn kron4 news. (jr) (jr) alcohol and an incredibly high rate of speed likely led to a deadly plunge this morning in marin county. that's from a park ranger at mount tam state park. police say -- a mill valley man in his 50s died after his car fell 600 feet down a cliff. investigators called in a sonoma county sheriff's helicopter to rescue the driver. he was airlifted to the roadway and pronounced dead. police say the driver was the only one in the car. (jr) now to the deadly stabbing at fisherman's wharf. a man charged in connection to the case is expected to be back in court tuesday. police say -- 56- year-old ábruce penná stabbed 44-year-old brook pettyjohn on wednesday. penn was arraigned yesterday but did not enter a plea. investigators are trying to figure out áwhyá the stabbing happened. they say both men frequently visited the fisherman's wharf area. (jr) happening now -- police are still searching for a man wanted in connection to yesterday's stabbing at fruitvale bart station. the victim s

we had an atmospheric river that came and just hit sonoma county, and it really parked itself over the russian river watershed and dumped all of its moisture there. meaning even counties to the south and north of us were not nearly as heavily impacted. had they been heavily impacted, we would have had more damages, more people who were suffering, which then would have gotten us the help that we need. >> now a team from fema has assessed the damage in sonoma and neighboring counties and will determine if it warrants a recommendation for the disaster declaration. >>> good evening, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. tonight, a tale of two restaurants. one dealing with flood fallout. another reopening 17 months after the tubbs fire. it matters as much to the owners as it does to the customers. >> we have more live from outside sweet t's restaurant which has moved to windsor. >> reporter: it has reopened. this is really about policyism. about how places -- symbolism. about how places that make us comfortable can make us feel whole again. it's about fire and water and

went by the same spot and sure enough the mud is still sitting there by dumb luck an employee of sonoma county was there sizing up the spill and trying to figure out what to do with that mouse and i am told that the county is still putting together the list of all of the road closures like you see there. seven, eight days removed from that incredible night of rain and the county is still adding up the problems they will have to take care of in the case of the mudslide i'm told it will get triaged. the county has to decide what they can take care of with their crews, what they need to contract out and what they need to ask ema to help them with. if you live in a neighborhood like that, we have a massive pile of mud blocking the road, the county is still adding up the damage. it tells you something about the force of that storm. they are still putting together the list of challenges left in its wake. that is near guernville. i showed you the mess here at the beach. one incredible couple days of rain, and you are left with the mess that will be sitting around for a long time. >> president trump's

unless you are north of sonoma county, mendocino and lake counties, that is the only place it is having an impact. it is cool and it will be cloudy but any rain would be unlikely. there will be some on the north coast and mendocino and lake counties. a big system is that low that was here for us on the weekend sunday. it is off of southern california and baja and it is going to final and a lot of really active weather. southern california, southern nevada and arizona are going to have a tough day for spring training. there is very heavy moisture moving in. 30s and 40s. it is warmer and even 50s yesterday morning by far. we had a lot of low 30s and upper 20s but it is 10 degrees warmer for some. 36 and paul valley, 38 in hillsboro and kelsey bill. moore 40s now as the system begins to make its way in giving us a bit cloud cover. it is cloudy, raining in southern california. in phoenix or tucson, i would expect a lot of rain. the system will take a turn to really develop and maybe record low pressure as it develops over the rockies and heads to the planes. a whopper of the system. our sys

with love, california. >>> there is a flood emergency and sonoma county. see with the officials are going to do about this. a special meeting called to sort it all out. >>> a stanford employee accused of stabbing his girlfriend, the victim says lsd made him do it. >>> the shocking diagnosis from alex trebek this morning. his plan to fight stage iv cancer. >>> a good morning everyone. it is thursday march seventh and i am kenny choi. >>> we are kicking off the top of the hour. before we spring forward this weekend, and see the sunshine we have to deal with more wet weather? >>> we are finished with this. >> we are going to see more sunshine as we had through at least today and especially for tomorrow. i know a lot of people are saying they're sick of this rain but the dry weather is coming and it is beginning to see some changes for today. high def doppler's coming through we could see a few showers for the peninsula was spotty showers coming through from a break along with the coast at half moon bay here as well as right over san ramon with a sale popping

sonoma county officials say more than 2500 homes were flooded. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency in sonoma and four other northern counties. while the river has dropped about three feet from its height i, the downtown streets though are still underwater. as you can see here cost company surrounded by water all the way up to the roof. >> the only activity was in boats and kayaks as they cruised around looking for anyone who needed help. elissa harrington to one on on one of those boats earlier today. >> reporter: we department. they are taking a closer look at some of these homes impacted by the floodwater. we are also seeing some large pieces of debris, things like locks, even refrigerators floating through the water. they tell me if this was the summer time, it would be on a sandy beach. so forestville residents venture out of their homes for the first time for today afternoon. many of them trapped by floodwater. this morning, the water began to reseed. >> it is dicey. i was driving really slow because you don't know what's under

(ken)(ken) in the north bay today, officials in sonoma county lifted evacaution orders for areas that had been flooded by recent storms. that's good news for the residents of guernville along the russia river. (pam) they can now return to their homes and businesses and start cleaning up. kron 4's charles clifford has details. well here along the russian river on friday the water level continued to drop but as you can see behind me there is a still a lot of water flowing. fortunatly, it is below flood stage and for that reason officials have been allowing people to return to there homes here in guernville and assess the damage from the past week.now, they are finding a lot of mud and debris, tree branches, damage to the lower levels of many buidlings. downtown guernville sits a little higher than some other parts of town so it was spared the worst of the damage.i did talk to the owner of a car wash who returned today and found a mess.sotnow offici

apparently, sonoma county is not allowing residents back into the area until new.just saw a stream of five or six cars continue into downtown guerneville. we are unclear on what is going on. officially, the word to us is they are not allowing people back in until noon and then the public this weekend. >>> we have learned this week's storm has turned deadly. a man died while trying to rescue his children from floodwaters in humboldt county. the sheriff's department says strong currents from the eel river swept him away. authorities found his body yesterday morning just outside his home in ferndale. authorities say the victim was attempting to return home and wading through water that was about 5 feet deep. according to officials, he got caught in a fast current. all three of his children were later rescued and they survived. >>> today is the seventh day of the oakland's teachers strike. the union says there are signs of hopes. >> reporter: they are hoping for a lucky day seven. folks were out here dark and early at 5 am this morning. i am joined now by the strike ca

we got screwed, primary epicenter of the flood, atmospheric river just hit sonoma county and parked itself over the russian river watershed and dumped all the moisture there. counties south and north not nearly as heavily impacted. had they been, would have had more damages and people suffering and gotten us the help we need. >> team from fema has assessed the damage and will determine if it warrants disaster declaration. >>> live doppler 7, most popular on the abc7 news app. check the weather conditions where you live and enable push alerts for latest news. >>> as part of the building a better bay area initiative, diving deep into issues that impact you and possible solutions to those problems. one is infrastructure. last november voters overwhelmingly approved proposition a to give san francisco money to rebuild the aging sea wall. tonight the u.s. army corps of engineers and port authority held first in series of community meetings on this. seeking public comment for study of flood risk to the eastern waterfront. embarcadero is the largest section of the area. >> anyone within se

the center at the center for the arts is full. there is also an evacuation center at the sonoma county fairground, being run by the county, it has more space and about 100 people are there.the centers offer people a place to sleep, eat shower and get medical care. (justine)ki, who you heard from, is being so strong right now. not knowing what if anything is not ruined inside her home.she says it is part of being "sonoma county" strong - the mantra she took on after the fires in 2017. live in sebastopol justine waldman kron 4 news. (anchor) checking in now with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow... lawrence karnow: it was a dry day for the bay area but the flooding conitnues along the russian river. flood waters are expected to recede below flood stage by tomorrow morning. there are only a few showers showing up on doppler radar around the state. we will see mostly cloudy skies tonight but it should stay dry. on the satellite you can see the next storm coming our way. most of friday will be dry but rain will return late night. highs tomorrow will be in the 50s to low 60s. rain will be

cross shelter at the sebastopol center for the arts. here people can eat, sleep and get help...sonoma county is now becoming an expert at caring for disaster victims. sot it gives us an opportunity to demonstrate the resliency of human natureki already lost everything the tubbs fire burned down the home ki was moving into in santa rosa's coffey park.her monte rio home, a place to start over. and she'll be on the move again...ki says she will always be sonoma county strong.. neither fire or flood will destroy her spirit.sot think living through 2 deve at this pont you start to learn not to get too attached to material thins i would say the most precious things i have left are my memories.... memories.... (robin) as we have reported... a lot of people decided not to evacuate... and with all the flooding... now have to deal with the aftermath. this video of the damage on trenton road at covey road in forestville. flood waters, mud and debris have been scattered all over the area... with one car getting stuck in the aftermath. one man saying he's used a canoe to get around... and now has to star

. >>> the sonoma county sheriff office is investigating a murder-suicide at the ocean cove campground. 71-year-old robert wade shot his wife in their trailer before turning the gun on himself. their dog was also killed. the couple had extensive medical and financial issues. >>> an east bay community voiced concern about the plan to allow homeless people to sleep in their car in the hospital parking lot. many of the residents in the hill dread neighborhood are opposed to the plan. >> now that you expose the area, let everyone know, there's an open area, we're taking in folks that have these issues, the homeless people that will bring more. >> no decision was made tonight. similar programs are underway in other east bay cities. >>> now to menlo park, officials decided to allow a property owner to remove seven coastal redwoods. live from menlo park where the city commission made the decision tonight. >> just before 10:00, 9:45 the city's environmental quality can't voted 4-3 to deny the appeal and move forward to cut town the redwood trees. it was a long night. the property owner is sad

guerneville and dozens of other communities in sonoma county figure to be accessible by then. but until then, thousands of people are waiting to return home. (grant) kron 4's dan thorn is live in forestville tonight with the latest... dan? (vicki) fire (vicki) lot of cleanup.>just going to be a mean now there's outside. so i mean now there's just going to be a lot of cleanup.> (vicki) fire fighters are continuing their patrols today out on the russian river. they are looking for any hazards or any one who may need help. earlier today kron4's haaziq madyun went out on patrol with forestville fire department and files this report sot

we had an atmospheric river that came and just hit sonoma county, and it really parked itself over theed all of its moisture there. meaning even counties to the south and north of us were not nearly as heavily impacted. had they been heavily impacted, we would have had more damages, more people who were suffering, which then would have gotten us the help that we need. >> now a team from fema has assessed the damage in sonoma and neighboring counties and will determine if it warrants a recommendation for the disaster declaration. >>> good evening, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. tonight, a tale of two restaurants. one dealing with flood fallout. another

sonoma county begins the long road to recovery.round is still very difficult. >> this is what's keeping people from coming into guerneville. people still going around in row boats. people still if houses. >> a crash killed three siblings. a family already devastated is dealing with the unimaginable. >>> plus, the camp foyer and pg&e's new admission. >>> why teachers are earning 40% more in santa clara than san jose. >>> swift water teams were able to walk in and get her out. she went around the barricades that said road closed. >> i'm trying to get to a doctor's appointment in forestville. i've taken four different roads. >> be patient. there's a lot of heavy flooding. >> when is the last time you saw a log in the middle of the road? >> yeah. >> they'll have to clean the debris sitting on the roads before the cars start driving through. >> cars can't drive through yet but at least some of the water is still start to go recede. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >>> i'm kristen sze. governor newsom declared a st

jackie ward, kpix5 . >>> sonoma county estimates $50 , $50 million in flood damage. >>> police say an officer tried to arrest a wanted fugitive when the shooting occurred in rockford, illinois 80 miles from chicago. floyd brown is in his car after he was stopped by police. for now the identity of the u.s. marshall has not been released. >>> a former florida police officer has been convicted of killing a man whose car was stalled on the highway back in 2015. he shot corey jones while undercover and prosecutors say the officer never identified himself taking jones to leave he was getting robbed and led him to flee with his gun but never firing it. the officer faces life in prison. >>> president trump's formal attorney, former suing the trump organization saying that the company broke a contract and refused to pay his legal fees after he started to cooperate with federal prosecutors. he said he is owed nearly $2 million. in august he pleaded guilty to tax crimes and lying to congress and campaign finance violations. >>> in a few moments manafort will learn his fate. he is in the courtroo

. >>> a health emergency in sonoma county because of flooding, still ahead. what authorities are doing to pro tech the community from hazardous waste. >>> and r. kelly is back behind bars, this time on charges unrelated to recent sexual assault allegations. >>> well, it is a better morning already than it was yesterday. it's not raining and it's relatively dry on the richmond bridge approach heading to marine county. >>> it's 5:13. singer r. kelly back in jail, this time for not paying more than $160,000 in back child support to his ex-wife. a spokesperson says that r. kelly was prepared to pay 50 for $60,000 and walked out of the court hearing. now he's going to stay in jail until he can pay the full amount. r. kelly was already out on bail on charges of sexual abuse which he is still denying. >>> now to today's health check. >> the bay area seeing the first case of measles this year. investigators traced the outbreak to a flight that landed in sfo last month. a person from santa cruz county had the measles but it's unclear if the person realized it. one pas

if you want money, sonoma county, you give us what we need to clean this town up. that is what i'm asking of you. >> reporter: the russian river chamber has more than 200 members, many planning to show up for a thursday morning meeting of the sonoma county board of supervisors. the board will consider allocating funds for this cleanup and so far, and federal dollars have not u want to go this morning. sal is here. he is ready for the commute. how do we look? >> we are looking at the commute and so far, it's better commute than it has been in the last few. steve says it has been raining in parts is the south bay and we are looking at the gilroy commute. i don't see anything major in the way of obstruction or crashes. the gilroy super commute coming up, you can see that track is looking it good. 17 had earlier problems. but the crash has been cleared up. looking at interstate 880, it looks pretty good here. hopefully we'll have a better day. yesterday was not terrible but you can tell it was slower because of the rain the bay bri let's go to my friend, mr. steve paul

it's kind of easing off for santa rosa and then we are seeing it moves into marin and southern sonoma county, over to napa county. san francisco seeing some very light rain and it does get heavier as you head down around palo alto. then also into parts of the east bay where the rain is kind of shifting over towards alameda and contra costa counties. where we see it's yellow, that's heavier rain. and then where it's red that's really heavy rain around hayward. then it's raining quite heavily in downtown san jose. so if you're getting ready to head out in the next few minutes plan on it being really rough for the next 20 or 30 minutes. if you can wait that amount of time you'll have better driving conditions in the south bay. as we get a look at this storm, we are seeing some scattered showers, even some thunderstorms popping up. there will be a chance of some thunderstorms into the afternoon. that's a live look at the golden gate bridge and the driving conditions there. once again they have gotten better. looking at how much rain we have measured, santa rosa almost an inch and a half. over an

it's swirling around in sonoma county. there are drop-off bins around the county and the plan is to transition to curbside ideas and to expedite the cleanup. the cost as they mentioned in the meeting is just over $1 million. but it could come down as much as 75% if the county gets federal help. getting federal help is the big question because all that is still up in the air. >> treat different disaster victims differently. right? that's essentially what happens in the federal system. you have one person who lost everything and one person who lost everything and might not be treated the same way at all just based on the scale of the disaster. >> reporter: now, as far as the estimated costs for sonoma county, we are told it's roughly $155 million and it could go up and they could use the federal funding and the goal is to clean up all of the debris in the next two weeks. we are live here in santa rosa, pete suratos, n bay area news. >> thank you, pete. >>> new at 1:00, we got word that richmond high school is closed for a sec

in the north bay officials in sonoma county lifted sonoma county (ken) another big story tonight....in the north bay officials in sonoma county lifted evacaution orders for areas that had been flooded. that's good news for the people who live and work in guernville along the russian river... now getting back into town to begin the clean-up. still high, the river is finally below flood stage. now, people are returning to find a lot of mud, mildew, debris, tree branches, and damage to many buildngs. downtown guernville sits a little higher than some other parts of town so it was spared some of the worst damage. (ken)start again.>(ken) officials are also asking that anyone who doesn't have a reason to be in guerneville to stay clear for the time being. they want to give residents a chance to clean up first. (pam) our team coverage on the flooding continues now ... with kron four's philippe djegal. he was there when guerneville re-opened today ...

we had an atmospheric river that hit sonoma county and parked itself over the russian river watershed and dumped everything there. the folks north of us were not as heavily impacted. had they been, we would have had more damages and more people suffering getting us the help we need. >> a team from fema will determine if damage in sonoma and neighboring counties warrant a federal disaster declaration. >>> in the east bay, oakland police are asking for the public's help in finding a suspect in an armed robbery as a popular cafe. it is one of the most viewed stores on abc7news.com. a gunman walked into world ground coffee on macarthur boulevard yesterday afternoon and stole half a dozen laptops and devices. employees and customers couldn't believe what was happening. >> he pointed at a guy and handed him a bag and said i want all the laptops in the bag. i ran for my life. >> i saw everybody's hands go up and i heard the guy say raise your hands. that means you too [ bleep ], you too [ bleep ]. >> the man more a bandana on his face and an orange work vest. he left the scene in a light blu

. >>> water is finally receding in sonoma county. >> i'm amanda dullcas. to purchase a tesla? elon musk says bye-bye to brick and more tan stores. >>> the russian river is starting to recede tonight but the devastation is widespread after this week's storm. >> abc 7 news reporter lisa gulezian is live in guerneville where a state of emergency has been declared, lisa? >> reporter: ama, when we arrived around 8:00 tonight only part of this was visible, now you can see all of it including this one, and even part of that third one. water was receding even faster earlier today. >> this is the water line. >> reporter: that was at 2:00 a.m. the water has receded roughly 45 feet down this hill since then. floodwaters surrounded jake hamlin's home. >> that much more and it would have come in my living room. we had sandbagged and everything. but it didn't come in. i mean, how close is that? >> reporter: that is less than 2 inches. >> i'm glad i stayed. >> reporter: over in monterio, several people refused to evacuate for one reason or another. >> i have pets. i have

sonoma county, mendocino county, northern lake county. a slight chance of light rain in the morning while the rest of us have clouds. cold front comes through and loses most of the rain by noon. it's going to be a little breezy tomorrow afternoon with clouds turning back it a little bit of sunshine before the sunsets. then that opens the door to high pressure and mid-60s wednesday. mid to upper 60s thursday. look at the 70s. the first sign friday. away from the coast saturday sunday. temperatures in the low to even a few upper 780s. if you have allergies, that means more things are going to blossom and bloom. watch out for that. otherwise, enjoy the sunshine. alexis? >> okay, i'm sure i will. i'll be seeing you through it. taking a look at the roads this morning. i double-checked.t the metering lights are on. it looks like they are. if they're not officially, they will be. carpool lanes are open. everyone has a wait. we have a sig-alert on the peninsula. although it's not causing any delays. southbound 101 off ramp to wood side road is cl

sonoma county officials hope to lift the evacuation order by noon today. that is when residents would finally be able to come back to guerneville and see what is left of their homes, what is left of their businesses and after that, by the weekend, sonoma county officials are hoping they can get the public back in here. >> it is so heartbreaking to see peoples livelihoods affected and their homes. >>> relief in sebastopol. floodwaters have started to recede after the river inundated homes, businesses and a popular shopping district this week. a line of debris marks how high thter got. one man flew his drone over flooding on highway 12. this is the other side of the bridge, the community market and the barlow shopping district. it is not clear how long it will take to reopen all the businesses. >>> we have learned this latest storm has turns deadly. a father was killed trying to rescue his children for floodwaters in humboldt county. the sheriff's office says strong currents from the eel river swept them away. authorities found his body yesterday just outsid

. >>> a suspect and sonoma counties double homicide will be back in court today.he is charged with two counts of homicide, one count of attempted murder and robbery. investigators in october 2016 he and another suspect arranged for a large marijuana deal at the home of one of the victims. the other suspect reportedly shot the three people involved in the deal. investigators say they took the cash and plan to have the marijuana transported to pennsylvania. the man who survived the shooting provide information about the crime to the sonoma county sheriff's office. >>> chp is investigating three separate shootings on freeways in the past three days. all of them in the east bay including one on saturday where a 25-year-old woman was killed. the highway patrol says all three shootings are believed to be targeted attacks. henry lee tells us more about the investigation. >> reporter: a memorial of lanterns marks the spot were 25- year-old destiny hillary died after someone shot at her car on highway 4 in concord. she crashed her honda near the willow pass grove exit. chp

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weeks later, green's body was found off the side of the roadway in sonoma county. the other man already cut a deal with prosecutors. the case made national headlines when tiffany lee posted $35 million in bonds. >>> alex taylor put red and blue light on a volkswagen jetta and pulled people over identifying himself as an agent with the drug enforcement administration back in dees. taylor pulled over a real government official with the department of transportation and follow up on several report, the fbi located taylor and he was charged with impersonating a u.s. official and possession of a badge. >>> today is the last day of a two-day strike for human services workers. about 900 worked off their jobs on the picket line. the county reach agreement with 10 of 11 sector, except for human services. workers are demanding voluntary timeoff, better pay, and the option to telecommute. the benefits are afforded to other county workers but not them. the county says that it offered a raise but must balance the demands with fiscal responsibility. >>> caught on camera in sun sa

garbage trucks will go door to door to pick up debris in the hard hit areas of western sonoma county much the work could take days given the magnitude of the flooding damage. the county has also set up dumpsters to throw garbage there. they voted to approve a local health emergency because of the hazardous materials in the floodwaters. >> we won't see another wild day of weather. streets and driveways were covered in hail in parts of the bay area. cornell barnard has more. >> booming thunder was rolling through the east bay on sunday. a major hailstorm not far behind. it totally pelted mont claire village in oakland. there was so much hail in the oakland hills, it looked like a snowy tahoe wonderland. >> put a scoop in your hand. let's see. is it like snow? >> yeah. >> there was real snow falling on mt. hamilton at the observato observatory. the rain was back making driving treacherous. the chp says this car spun out on rain-slicked highway 24 near the broadway exit. luckily, the driver wasn't hurt. lots of umbrellas back on duty in san francisco. >> it's getting to be a lot. ts treel

will be available today for residents in sonoma county ...ho are cleaning up after the recent storms. the service is intended only for waste originating from the flood, and those using it will be asked to show identification or any proof they live in the flood- affected community. residents are asked not to mix hazardous and toxic waste with other flood debris. officials are planning to collect toxic materials ... that information will be shared on the sonoma county emergency planning website. residents are asked not to leave debris at unattended sites nor in public areas. (catherine) coming up... nancy pelosi is the first woman we're recognizing in a new series for women's history month. the legacy she wants to leave behind. <"that path was brutal. to the community of lee county, we grieve by your side and we pledge our unwavering support to help you rebuild from the very depths of this horrible tragedy.">(pam) tragedy.">(pam) at least a dozen tornadoes touched down in alabama and georgia sunday...with deadly results. now we will take you to

jurors begun deliberations to determine whether monsanto is liable for a sonoma county man's cancer. 70-year-old edwin hardeman claims he sprayed roundup on his properties for 26 years. he was diagnosed with non- hodgkin's lymphoma in 2015. jurors have already determined roundup was a substantial factor, but now they have to decide whether monsanto is liable and, if so, how much compensation he deserves. he's asking for $200,000 in damages and 1 million per year since his diagnosis of pain and suffering. last year a san francisco judge awarded another cancer patient $289 million in damages which was later reduced to 78 million. >>> some tiny devices are causing big headaches for airports. >> rogue drones have disrupted flights potentially costing airlines millions of dollars in delays and cancellations. officials fear unless something is done a catastrophic event is bound to happen. >> they knew there was a problem, butt but they didn't know where the operator was at. >> this is the whole trajectory. >> are the bay area company at the forefront of detecting rogue drones and the local

up toward mendocino county, northern samara county, and it's all rushing down. >> it has been in areas. you see those pictures are very challenging. for sonomanapa, mendocino county, and especially russian river and guerneville of course it cresswell about the flood stage wednesday night at about 9:00. 45.38 feet. think really that number has been coming down steadily. the most recent observation, 28.9 feet so that is below the flood stage, and this is the forecast into tonight and into saturday, and those numbers continue to come down. by saturday 8 p.m. delta 23.1 feet. that there's another system of sure. we are adding more rain into the bay area for. you see it to our south and west the rainfall expectations. most areas will pick up between habit and to about an inch, maybe the coastal hills just over an inch. even with his rainfall, the rainfall still expected to come down into the weekend as we should you. went back around 20 to 30 miles an hour and in the sierra we will continue to add to those crazy snow amounts from february. take a look at the rainfall projections. the bulk of this activity move in saturday morning for a 5:00, 6:00

. >> reporter: western sonoma county has yet another mess on its hands and this one threatens the money that is supposed to help clean up the first one. you saw people dumping stuff out here. >> yes. >> reporter: and it was not flood debris. >> no, it wasn't. >> reporter: 40,000 soccer fans are loading into levi's stadium. >> the new kpix5 news at 7:00 starts now of with a measles scare unfolding in the south bay. good evening. i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth cook. >>> a tourist visited numerous popular locations while infected. >> more than 20 places in santa clara to be exact. kpix5's len ramirez reports they include malls, the apple visitors center and even an ihop. >> reporter: diners at this ihop restaurant on north first street in san jose said they had no idea a person contagious with the measles had eaten here two saturdays ago between 9:30 and noon. >> they should have at least on the window, at least on the front window or a sign that says that there was measles present, know so i'quitshocked. i'm really disgusted right now. >> reporter: he's had his measles shot, so he's pr

the sonoma county board of supervisors will hold a meeting. you can see pile after pile of debris stacked up along the curb. the storm around flooding of the low lying areas ended up damaging more than 2500 homes and businesses. health officials are worried that household items were not being thrown in the trash instead of being disposed of properly. >> our message is that this is debris that is potentially hazardous to people and animals. we want home openers and businesses to collect it and separate it from other debris. >> we are talking about things like motor oil, antifreeze, propane tank, pesticides and even nail polish and nail polish removers have to be disposed off in a special way. people need to have it piled up and stacked up on their property but close to the curb where they can identify it. the county will be setting up a hazardous waste side. today, at 9:00, the county board of supervisors will meet to declare and agree with the county manager saying that, yes, there is a health emergency going on in those areas. >>> to today's

sonoma county has sonoma bay.. in the north (grant) four news."stinson kron danville, sara stinson kron four news."stinson kron four news."four news."stinson kron danville, sara veda drive. in danville, sara stinson kron four news." four news."stinson kron four news." (grant) in the north bay.. sonoma county has issued a house-hold hazardous waste warning... following last week's flooding. the warning declared several household items hazardous, all of which county officials said cannot be disposed of in normal garbage. among them: household cleaners and cosmetics. the county is asking residents to place the hazardous materials on the side of the road near their property, and trained staff will pick them up. the flooding affected more than 25- hundred homes near the russian river and other low-lying areas. (grant) police in vallejo are looking for a gunman after a woman was shot several times. it happened hear the intersection of walnut avenue and "g" street on mare island. the woman was shot in the leg-- but is expected to be okay. police have not

the old bank of america building on main street in guernevillesot michael gossman/sonoma county :09a local assitance center is meant to be a one stop shop for your governmenta and non profit services in time of a disasterofficials say this will really streamline the process for many who have to make repairssotyou can geta permit right here in guerneville and not have to go to santa rosa to start work on your hosue and start rebuidling your propertythat's good news for a lot of local sot armando mushik/flood victim :32we got about 4 and a half feet of water we are right off the river, lost most of our furniture and appliances are pretty much shot so we are taking everyitng out and eplacing the walls half way upand the assistance center will also offer non rebuilding related services.sotyou will be able apply right here for food stamps, you can talk to our behavorial health folks if yo uneed cousneling , you can talk to our community development comission and if you need help finding housing or housing assistance, you can talk to the dmv to the contractor state licensing board without

the old bank of america building on main street in guernevillesot michael gossman/sonoma county :09a local assitance center is meant to be a one stop shop for your governmenta and non profit services in time of a disasterofficials say this will really streamline the process for many who have to make repairssotyou can geta permit right here in guerneville and not have to go to santa rosa to start work on your hosue and start rebuidling your propertythat's good news for a lot of locals sot armando mushik/flood victim :32we got about 4 and a half feet of water we are right off the river, lost most of our furniture and appliances are pretty much shot so we are taking everyitng out and eplacing the walls half way upand the assistance center will also offer non rebuilding related services.sotyou will be able apply right here for food stamps, you can talk to our behavorial health folks if yo uneed cousneling , you can talk to our community development comission and if you need help finding housing or housing assistance, you can talk to the dmv to the contractor state licensing board without

> the governor declared a state of emergency in five counties affected by the storms, those counties are sonomaelps local officials to secure funding to deal with all of the damage. part of the clean up effort in the north bay includes taking care of all of the debris carried away by the floodwaters. sky fox took these photos on thursday. you can see plenty of places where debris is piling up. look at that. also west of jenner, where the russian river empties into the pacific ocean, you can see more debris along the beach. >>> spent highway 37 remains closed. eastbound lanes are now open and there is no estimate as to when the westbound lanes will be reopened. crews will not be able to start pumping water until the creek starts to receipt. the highway just reopened a week ago, after emergency repairs were done because of the flooding from the previous round of storms picked >>> several north bay school districts are closed again this morning because of flooding and storm damage. this includes montgomery elementary and west sonoma county districts. we will continue scrolling the school closures

stinson with a live look in hayward outside at the (robin) ipads were pulled from students in sonoma county after a mother discovered sexually explicit adult videos on her child's device. kron-4's michelle kingston has the story. (mk)bruce abbott, sonoma valley school district assoc superintendent "quite surprising. quite shocking" sonoma valley school district student ipads were pulled from classrooms last week ... after a parent of a second grade student at prestwood elementary discovered sexually explicit adult videos on her child's device.michelle kingston, mkingstonnews"i spoke directly to the mother ... she was in a parent teacher conference when it was discovered. she said she was numb and the teacher nearly fainted."i sat down with the associate superintendent of the sonoma valley school district ... who explained how he believes this happened. bruce abbott, sonoma valley school district assoc superintendent "they put in some, not grbut not too kissing, in which took them to some sites on youtube and they'll give you other images you can click on and they just kept clicking and clic

sonoma county. flood waters are receding but evacuation orders are in place until inspectors say it is safe. >> we are now in day seven of the oakland teachers strike. coming up, the demands teachers want met before heading back to the classroom. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us here on mornings on 2. friday more than, first day of march. >> i'm pam cook. >> i'm dave clark. the people who evacuated from the flood zones may be allowed to go home as soon as noon today. the public won't be allowed back in gernville until saturday at the earliest. the governor declared a state of emergency in five affected counties. >> we very much governor recognizing the resour only arc lake, mendocino, amador and glen county -- sonoma. >> we are driveway right now. >> yes, we have more wet weather coming this weekend. the aerial flood warning for the sonoma area allowed to expire in the overnight hours. we are still experiencing some flooding as the russian river continues to recede. more on that as we move