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one within the urban and small stream flood advisory in sonoma county. around sebastopol, california 116, both lanes covered in water due to the heavy rain moving over the north bay in the past several hours. also reports of boulders on the roadway. don't have specific word of which roadway in far northern napa county. that's the kind to have threat we face through the rest of tonight as the rain keeps coming in rains. gusty winds go along with the heavy rainfall. much more moisture off the coast will continue to surge in. the rain is falling heavily in san francisco, and it extends way out over the pacific ocean. all that still has to make its way through the city. i'm distinctly concerned about urban flooding within san francisco in the next couple of hours. the futurecast shows waves of rain continues. any time you get a break and you think it's tapering off, another wave of rain is localing in. same pattern into tomorrow morning, but gradually the fire hose of moisture aimed squarely at the bay right now will aim farther and farther south. already lo

a dramatic rescue in sonoma county today.hree people had to be pulled to safety after trying to drive through floodwaters. their van stalled after driving just a few yards into the flooded area on armstrong woods road. river road was hit with multiple mudslides on top of heavy rain throughout sonoma county today. it's been quite the day. we've seen so much intense intensity from the wind, the rain. i don't know what to make of it anymore. sandhya: this has been one atmospheric river that did its damage with the drenching rain earlier today and this strong, gusty, powerful wind that hit the bay area. things are quieting down. the atmospheric river has shifted into southern california. so we are actually in a break in terms of the rain, as you will notice here. lingering clouds. there is still concerns. sonoma county under a flood warning as the runoff continues. this is going until 9:00 tomorrow. the river near river mile, there's a flood warning until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. so flooding is still a threat. chittenden, the flood wa

we still have that flood advisory up in sonoma county. 0 minutes or so that cell that was producing that has now moved off to looks like solano county and parts of napa. here it is the east bay shoreline for you again, covered up in the fog. we just referenced that the golden gate temperatures mild as well. lower 50's upper 40's for this time of year. that's really mild. we're looking at kind of a mild week ahead with lower 60's at the same time, as we mention showers in the forecast, let's get to it. we can expect today scattered showers, maybe some breaks of sun happening here. here's in the east. beijing notice bite the mid-afternoon here probably after couple rays of sun later this morning. then overnight, relatively uneventful at first until about predawn. there comes that line you see about 5.30, it's now favoring off towards the east. marching forward quicker. however, we're left with scattered showers in its wake through sunday. this kind of cuts, the events, weather service thinking cuts the events from what we've had to what we'r

a dramatic rescue in sonoma county today.ple had to be pulled to safety after trying to drive through floodwaters. their van stalled after driving just a few yards into the flooded area on armstrong woods road. river road was hit with multiple mudslides on top of heavy rain throughout sonoma county today. it's been quite the day. we've seen so much intense intensity from the wind, the rain. i don't know what to make of it anymore. sandhya: this has been one atmospheric river that did its damage with the drenching rain earlier today and this strong, gusty, powerful wind that hit the bay area. things are quieting down. the atmospheric river has shifted into southern california. so we are actually in a break in terms of the rain, as you will notice here. lingering clouds. there is still concerns. sonoma county under a flood warning as the runoff continues. this is going until 9:00 tomorrow. the river near river mile, there's a flood warning until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. so flooding is still a threat. chittenden, the flood warning is

sonoma county cleaning up after the latest stormy weather. the damage there includes a flooded and washed out roads. kron four's rob nesbitt reports on the busy morning that emergency responders had and the >> damage. that's no counties dealing with. >> communities along the russian river have been on high alert all year. the rain that started thursday overwhelm several creeks that flow into the river. it's why you'll find signs like this, stopping people from driving into harm's way. >> the rising waters of the russian river and its surrounding creeks had nowhere to go friday spilling over in places like slusser road where a fedex driver became stranded in his delivery truck. one of our low lying roads that is known to flood. there's actually a permanent up on posts that say roadway may flood and those are up all year. karen hancock with the sonoma county fire district says in this case the driver ignored the warning signs blocking the road signs that are there for a reason. please do not drive around the flooded roadway. signs because we di

a flood advisory for not just sonoma county, solano county but sonoma county.his is due to minor roadway flooding. creeks and streams flooding. a strong level 3 storm and it will continue to come down hard toward not just the rain but the wind as well. the intensity of the rain continues going into tomorrow morning before the system begins to wind down but it is not done. a look at the we can forecast coming up. >> more than half the bay areas counties are under a state of emergency as declared by the governor. they are highlighted in red. napa, san francisco, san mateo, santa cruz and sonoma. the declaration helps mobilize emergency staff prioritized response the california national guard has also been activated. it is all hands on deck in san jose to make sure all people are prepared. dustin dorsey explains how the community can prevent flooding with a simple call. >> this is met with the city. i'm just hanging out in our 311 call center. >> when it comes with the city of san jose's response to storm preparations the mayor is taking a hands-on approach. >> yo

ama: we have team coverage from the mountains dan: to sonoma county. dan:we will show you snow conditions in tahoe. ama: the latest on the storm. sandhya: we are tracking the strong level 3 storm. we are in the thick of this atmospheric river. heavy rain is coming down across parts of the north bay, just looking at some of these rain rates, .5 inch per hour. as we head into the east, street-level radar across skyline boulevard, pounding rain. same thing from san francisco down to south city, forbes boulevard. in the south bay, it's not quite as intense yet. a level 3 storm on our exclusive storm impact scale. this moisture plume stretches over 1000 miles. it is aimed right at us, which means a get ready for days of rain. 6:00 tonight, it will be heavy rain continuing at 7:00. as we head towards 2:00 a.m., a potential for thunderstorms. tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m., the north bay is in a lola for the time being. the winds are aching up at 58 miles per hour at mount diablo. winds are gusting to 40 at sfo. have a flood watch for the entire area until sun

these are for the streams of sonoma county. if you are traveling around tonight or over the weekend just watch out for one covered roadways because you do not know if the road underneath has been washed out. that is why it is so dangerous. we are still under flood watch, but the rain that we get will not be heavy enough to cause additional problems. it is just the existing problems. the best chance will be in the afternoon to early evening, but even then it is a 50/50 chance. be very flexible with outdoor plants. we will look ahead to the next wave of more substantial rain, coming up in a few minutes. >>> a road washed away in santa cruz county. for one community there's no way in or out. cruiser on the scene trying to make emergency repairs on main street, but there is still no telling when they will be able to rebuild. jose martinez has been up there all day long. he spoke to a resident that is stuck in her home. >> reporter: i am here on main street. this emergency has left many residents on the other side. many of the neigh

now, further north from there, moderate showers continue on up into sonoma county where we are seeing wet conditions on 101, and some snow at or upper elevations, a lake and mendocino counties, snow levels going to climb in the days to come as conditions only get warmer. so a little less the blues going to be seen on the map with more and more green. and that means a lot of snow melt. only upping flooding risk even more 30's and 40's for current temperatures. this is the cold this morning that we have over the next several days. redwood city in dublin at 39 oakland at 46 nevado at 43. good to see a lot less of those 30's into tomorrow morning and into the weekend. high winds picking up later today. wind advisory starting at 01:00pm for a coastal areas and our mountain passes. expect winds to gust well over 50 miles per hour. even areas like san mateo, san francisco. we'll be seeing winds over 40 miles per hour later this afternoon and into this evening. that does increase the risk of downed trees, downed power lines and loss of power for some neighborhoods. so expect that potential wa

of sonoma county roads are still under wart. on the way to guerneville we found two roads were just not passable. this is a road just off river road. most drivers followed the advice and turned around. a few decided to risk it, including this delivery driver who ended up needing to be rescue. >>> in san anselmo a tree came crashing down on the house. the family was home, fortunately they were in a different part of the home when it happened. they tell us the winds were howling at the time. >>> the storm not only created chaos for people, but the storms appear to have claimed a lime. today in thebe's thom jensen continues our coverage from san francisco. >> reporter: in san francisco's panhandle park, a massive yuke eucalyptus fell smashing four cars. >> we came to the deck out front and saw the tree down.

the declaration enables the impacted counties including san francisco, sonoma, san mateo and santa cruz counties to immediately access direct federal assistance for things like generators, road clearance equipment and potential sheltering and mass care assistance. in a tweet today, governor newsom, thank the president for this approval. people living in alameda contra costa and san mateo counties have until next week. >> to apply for federal disaster relief for the damages caused by the january storms. the deadline thursday march 16th. so it's coming up. the small business administration approved nearly 7 million dollars in loans for businesses more than 43 million dollars for residents. and you can find details disaster assistance dot com. investigators trying to figure out what caused a roof to collapse. this happened at a warehouse in oakland, a longtime employee of pete's coffee was killed. another had to be hospitalized. are says he you reports on how the victims are being remembered. >> is he said because like like i as a nice guy, nice person. >> peet's coffee employee tragically

today's stormy weather caused streets to flood across sonoma county. we watched as this truck tried to drive through the high waters. water rescuers responded, waiting out to try to help. >> you can have a four wheel drive but if you get water that goes in your motor, it will kill your motor. >> reporter: rain is causing issues all across the north bay. crews have been busy clearing mud slides, saturated soil and creeks impasimpassable. >> it could have been fine at 8:00 this morning, and then with, you know, a quarter to a half an inch of rain since then, that could be over the banks and across a roadway that a person had driven on just earlier. >> reporter: and the wind is causing another major problem, falling trees. a giant cedar tree came crashing down in this neighborhood early this morning knocking out power and causing a scare. >> the amazing thing, the tree fell down, missed our car. one branch landed on a car here and broke the back windshield. that's the only damage. it missed two cars, missed houses, took down the fence. we're all safe. >>

near sonoma county, as well as the napa county at this time and then farther north into lake county. but again, the bigger system still on the way here is a look into the sierra, where snow continues here, and snow levels will continue to fluctuate between six and 7000 ft. over the next few days. with this new storm moving in, we have a winter storm warning that goes all the way until wednesday afternoon, so getting up over the passes and through the sierra is going to be very hazardous. at times, i imagine they will likely be shutting down the highways and the inner state as well as white out conditions are expected with very strong winds. we have our own advisories already in place is a flood watch, and you can see it as bay area wide. continuing to monitor this for you through about early wednesday morning, and a high wind warning. this is of big concern, because as we know we are so incredibly saturated that damaging winds are likely to bring down trees as well as power lines as in addition to that flooding brain expected to come better details on the timeline of the system and h

pretty widespread up in sonoma county, especially for those of you that are traveling up and down highway, you are running into it right there. snow fall in lake and mendocino counties. then we are also seeing this spot rainfall sitting right here in the core of the bay itself know we will continue to see these rain showers

in the north bay, is sonoma county health officer is resigning next month. the doctor joint at the county in the march of 2020. she sent an email today to the county board of supervisors that did not go into detail but said her resignation will be effective april 7. it certainly appears 2023 has been one of the busiest storm seasons we have ever seen, but what did the numbers actually show? dustin dorsey spoke with experts to provide perspective on how this year compares to others. reporter: when talking about the almost constant storms across our area, stop me if you have heard someone you know say something like this. >> this is the worst i have ever seen it. >> we were expecting a flood, not like this. >> it has never been like this. reporter: this is true it would have seen records fall. with one month remaining in the rainy season, the sierra snowpack is nearing a record from 1982. san francisco saw the quarters record low on february 24 since the gold rush. and areawide, thi brought the highest precipitation and winter months in the last decade, but the

the sonoma county health officer is resigning next month according to the press democrat. the doctor joined the county in march of 2020 right at the start of the pandemic. she sent an e-mail today to the sonoma county board of supervisors that did not go into detail about her decision. her resignation is effective april 7. ama: we are counting down to oscar sunday. the academy awards are on sunday at 5:00 p.m. here on abc 7. dion lim is in los the oscars. you will be able to capture reports all weekend. she talked to excited fans and got a preview earlier in the week of what to expect from the show's host. reporter: not even the cold and rain of southern california could dampen the spirits of people from all around the world excited about the 95th annual academy awards. there have been a number of changes since i was here last. the first one being the carpet itself. for the first time since the 1960's, the red carpet is gold, champagne colored. a node to the champagne toast. you can see parts of the carpet have not even been rolled out yet. that will soon cover the steps up

woman had to be escorted to safety after her car was trapped in flood waters in sonoma county. just people being affected by the storms. heavy snow has left to cows and southern humboldt county starving because we answers could not get to them. how cal fire came to the rescue companies at 10 to the rescue companies at 10 is next. how does mint mobile afford to give you premium wireless for just $15 a month? it's because we sublet our ads. ♪♪ this is now a jack in the box commercial and this is the new mint mobile shake. that's right, we even sublet their name. really, everything's for sale. my mint mobile shake. oreo cookie pieces, cool mint, creamy whipped cream, and a sweet cherry on top. what's not to like? i guess that it's only here for a limited time. ♪ >> when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news. >> now at 10 that atmospheric river is making his way through the bay area, bringing heavy rain and strong wind gusts road starting to flood trapping some people in car. in fact, take a look at this video from sonoma county tonight. a wom

we had mutual aid assistance from the sonoma county sheriff's department and the sonoma county's helicopter. henry won in our search. we eventually got witnesses from saint eugene's cathedral which reported that they had seen a student or young man hiding in the creek behind the saint eugene's cathedral campus. our officers scour that area and were able to locate a 15 year-old juvenile who was hiding in the creek bed there who was laying down in the stomach, trying to conceal himself. officers slowdown that use restraint. they didn't use any force and they are safely able to take this young man into custody. the young man did not have any weapons in his possession. our officers are still scouring the area looking for the knife, which used in this assault. obviously, this is an ongoing investigation and we're going to be spending a lot of resources interviewing the 31 students and the teachers were in the class working with our school campus. and the santa rosa police department is ensuring that when the school does return 2. they're full duties here at the school campus. so have officers he

lines which possibly created pressure on the north marin water district aqueduct, which runs from sonoma county down to marine county. as of now, no gas or water line breach has occurred and no visible movement has happened since tuesday night. there's no immediate need for threat to residents or anyone to evacuate. both north marin, water and pg. e officials are assessing the situation this morning trying to figure out just exactly what to do and how to stabilize things preventing future damage. the genie is also deep pressuring lines as a precaution in the area. and when it comes to highway 101 will you can really see the fence that divides. the 2 is pushed out. but according to officials from the county, they say as of now highway 101 is safe and there's no need to close it. crews have been on the scene all night morning when it comes to an update will be can expect into later on this afternoon. that's from pg e officials and the county. >> that is the very latest or novato. michael thomas kron. 4 news. michael, thank you. >> meanwhile, in fairfield, lopez road is closed until further notice

a lot of rain for marin county, sonoma county, napa county and solano county with plenty of rain across the rest of the bay area. a taper earlier and now the rain is picking up with light rain over the city at the moment with heavier rain over oakland and much of the tri- valley along 680 and 580 with heavy downpours for the peak of the evening commute which is a mess. more rain in the santa cruz mountains with one batch over the mountains through the santa clara valley. a burst of rain in san jose climbing the foothills to the east with more rain on the way. plenty more offshore which will be surging in from the ocean to the rest of the evening. on the futurecast, waves of heavy rain will take a break every once in a while with a tiny reprieve, but not lasting more than 15 or 20 minutes for the next wave moves in. this will be the pattern to the morning rush on friday. a flood watch through 10:00 sunday morning, but the real concern for the greatest flooding threat will be tonight into the first half of friday and watch out for the debris treeonth roadways. nume roflwi thtree damage re

still, we are seeing it becoming more and more of a thing up in sonoma county marin counties and thatht here in the middle of the bay seeing some moderate showers on the richmond center fell bridge right now. light sprinkles, light showers here and there on the peninsula. now we have been seeing such storm systems that resulted in snowfall. low elevations that nice white, powdery snow fall up in the sierra. but now this atmospheric river going to be transporting much warmer air our direction. the snow levels retreating to higher and higher elevations. those areas at the very highest of elevations will still see snow. but the lower elevations of the sierra getting rain and for the bay area, it's nothing but rain that's going to result in a lot of snow melt or her own mountain peaks right here back at home. futurecast shows more and more rainfall post noontime today increasing in intensity towards the afternoon and are very heaviest of rainfall overnight tonight, those areas orange, even red indicating heavy downpours that will continue multiple hours as we move through the afternoon ev

counties. pretty widespread rainfall across sonoma and marin counties and some pockets of rain here.ards half moon bay as well as on up into the mountains above san leandro in oakland. so mostly pretty spotty at this point. but rainfalls about to be increasing. look at this line of showers as it works to the bay. 06:00am to 07:00am for the north bay. 07:00am to 08:00am for the peninsula in just after that for the rest of the bay area. we're actually going to catch some sunshine this afternoon. then rainfall kicks back up into the late afternoon and early evening tonight will see spotty showers overnight. even a few rolls of thunder are possible into tomorrow. we are going to see dry conditions during the morning. spotty showers after that, especially into the evening tuesday night into wednesday morning. wednesday itself will just see showers to start the day. the rest of the day after that will actually clear up really nicely. this is during pre-dawn hours of wednesday morning before the rain pushes out. as for rainfall totals today, anywhere between a 10th and quarter of an inch. w

the sonoma county health officer is resigning next month according to the press democrat. oined the county in march of 2020 right at the start of the pandemic. she sent an e-mail today to the sonoma county board of supervisors that did not go into detail about her decision. her resignation is effective april 7. ama: we are counting down to oscar sunday. the academy awards are on sunday at 5:00 p.m. here on abc 7. dion lim is in los the oscars. you will be able to capture reports all weekend. she talked to excited fans and got a preview earlier in the week of what to expect from the show's host. reporter: not even the cold and rain of southern california could dampen the spirits of people from all around the world excited about the 95th annual academy awards. there have been a number of changes since i was here last. the first one being the carpet itself. for the first time since the 1960's, the red carpet is gold, champagne colored. a node to the champagne toast. you can see parts of the carpet have not even been rolled out yet. that will soon cover the steps up to the dolb

the declaration, including a slew of bay area counties like san francisco. >> the sonoma, santa clara san detail, as well as neighboring county. santa cruz. it allows immediate access to federal assistance for things like generators, road clearance equipment and mass care assistance. in the be east bay. tonight, a water rescue in livermore after the intense rainfall there. police rescuing the victim from a sandbar island under a bridge. it stanley and maria boulevards. livermore. police are urging people, you know, stay away from these rivers and creeks because they can easily reach flood level. >> happening now, highway 84 in niles canyon is still shut down. that's between mission boulevard in fremont and main street in seminole flooding and debris. a big problem there. and this areas prone, of course, to mudslides during heavy rain. no word on when it will reopen. the road was closed for several days during the last round of storms back in january. and this was the scene of highway one gilroy little earlier tonight. southbound lanes. >> those were shut down due to all the flooding t

sonoma county, flone of the pri concerns. the rest of the bay has a flood watch which is a lower degree of concern. we just want to keep your awareness. we are still very much in a high wind warning until tomorrow morning. >> thanks so much. that's it for the - life is uncertain. it's okay to feel stressed, anxious, worried, or frustrated. calhope can help. access calhope's free and secure mental health resources today. call our warm line at 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org. - life is uncertain. with calhope's free and secure mental health resources, it's easy to get the help you and your loved ones need when you need it the most. call our warm line at (833) 317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. [ relaxing music ] >> liam: i don't understand how this is happening. like, we-- we-- we talked about it and you said you-- you weren't gonna let thas bac h >> liam: has he already gotten to you? like, this is exa-- this is the fear, right? this is what i'm afraid of. like, he always takes advantage. >> hope: liam, no. i

even though for sonoma county, heavy rain has come to an end. look at a couple of dry days in a row. >> it is through fairfield. is coming from the frontage road from above the freeway. that road will be closed for a while. southbound drivers will have no option but to slog through that stretch of one lane traffic. if you can believe this, the owner of the tesla was able to drive away from the scene along the 280. crews had to block a couple of northbound lanes to clear the tree this morning. the driver only had minor injuries. >>> another crew was busy in menlo park cutting up the tree that came down between two homes, damaging both. one of the homeowners said he was inside when that happened yesterday and said the tree lifted his garage about one foot off the foundation. he said the tree is 100 years old but otherwise looked healthy. we spoke with an arborist that told us even the strongest trees are struggling. >> it is not so much what we are doing wrong is what the conditions are. three years of extreme drought stressed trees across califor

rain as it does continue to pick up in some spots, especially over coastal marin county, much of sonoma county getting a light to moderate shower. that's going to be filling in a little more for napa county as well. another spot shower moving across the bay over toward oakland and hayward. that will continue to move off to the east in the next 30 minutes. the rain hit or miss and that's what we'll see as we go throughout the rest of the day. it may rain for a few minutes and then stop and then rain again. for our commute in antioch, at least it starts out dry. it's just very cold as our temperatures are now in the upper 30s, only reaching into the low 50s for today, and off and on rain continues in the forecast, even into this afternoon. we're watching all of that. >>> mike, you've been trying to find lower gas prices. >> i couldn't find anything below 4 bucks in most spots. we're looking at the best we can do in contra costa county, for example, the arco in concord, $4.25 a gallon. that's the best throughout marin county. all throughout the north bay. $4.09 is the best in the south bay. santa

north of the golden gate, light shower activity moving through far northern marin county, central sonoma county, and showers mainly in the higher elevations of napa county. this activity won't amount to much more than a few hundredths inch of rain. it won't cause additional problems or exacerbate flooding issues we already have. there are a few light showers in the santa cruz mountains. the flood watch continues through 10 a.m. sunday, but i don't think the showers over the weekend will lead to any new problems or exacerbate the existing problems, but off and on showers are in the forecast. it's close to a 50/50 chance of rain hour by hour throughout the day saturday which sounds like a copout, but that's just the way the math works out. be flexible with outdoor plans. be ready to have an indoor alternative. we'll track it all and talk about the next atmospheric river in a few minutes. >> you've been singing that tune for days, so i made no plans. thank you, paul. >>> still ahead tonight, bodies and human remains piled up in a bay area warehouse where they are absolutely not supposed to be. why

sonoma county arrived early this morning. they posted this video. as you see, a lot of flooding and storm damage. more rain came pounding throughout the day. several agencies send resources. >>> even when we are off the air, we have you covered. you can download our free app to your phone with our exclusive doppler radar. send it straight to your phone before the rains are safar. so mike new developments tonight in the class of silicon valley. the feds made a major announcement to help people with money in svp. marianne? >> it has been a bit of a roller coaster ride. first today on face the nation, secretary said there will be no federal bailouts for the collapsed bank. they would bank safe deposit's. depositors will have access to all their money starting monday, march 13. no losses associated with the resolution of silicon valley bank will be borne by the taxpayer. we talked with a venture capitalist about the latest announcement. >> that is going to be extremely common for the valley. common for any company that banks with this being. any lender

we're seeing this low and i think that's going to track to maybe mendocino, maybe northern sonoma county, but because that low gets this close. but we're going to talk about some very intense winds as the system comes by and likely going to see some damage with trees coming down and power outages to right now, you can see some showers popping up around the bay area. most of that so far a fairly light. but that will be ramping up as we head throughout the night tonight and early tomorrow morning. so, yeah, you got to be prepared. increasing rain and wind overnight. the heaviest really after midnight tonight, probably after 2 o'clock in the morning till about 06:07am, that will probably see the brunt of the storm system. another one to 2 inches of rain in the valleys. 2 to 4 inches in the mountains. that may not sound as significant as the previous storm, but the fact that everything is so saturated, i flooding is likely around the bay area wide spread in spots. wind damage going to be likely as well. trees coming down, power outages. you need to be prepared as the system comes on shore. l

we do have frost advisories up there in light blue for portions of marin and sonoma counties and the and solano counties through 09:00am this morning. temps for most of us are actually pretty mild upper 40's to low 50's right now. you head up to calistoga and that's where you find those 30's sitting at 37 degrees right now. so definitely cooler up that direction. in the little breezy today, we have a cold front passing through which will pick up wind speeds to around 25 miles per hour later today for some root systems on trees that have been weakened from this week's storm that could could pose a problem. but these winds will be nothing like they were earlier this week. all in all today is a huge improvement and only getting better into friday, saturday and sunday. really nice timing for us to dry out yeah. actually. get to enjoy the weekend. already making some weekend plans setting up a friend says he wants to get outside. >> ok, we don't have major issues, but we have red across the board. so that means are slowing down along southbound 6.80, doubling down to fremont this morning.

pretty quiet up in sonoma county. ring light showers and areas like napa and marin counties, moderates for the peninsula in the east bay. and then for the south bay. that's where you're holding on to some heavy rain up in the santa cruz mountains and right around morgan hill down to gilroy these spots right here. definitely still posing a risk of flooding as well as we are seeing flood ad.isories for the east bay shoreline peninsula and then a flood warning for half moon bay down the san mateo coastline throughout the course of the morning. showers will continue over the next several hours becoming a little bit more sparse, less widespread as the morning progresses by the time we reach noontime today, we're pretty much done with that. skies will remain partly cloudy for much of the afternoon, but start to grow clear and clear towards sunset into tomorrow. we do expect a partly cloudy one in a predominantly dry one. you may see a sprinkle or 2 in your upper elevations, but nothing much to know for your thursday friday,

. >>> a handful of sonoma county roads impassable just off river road. most drivers didn't even dare it, if you decided to risk it, including a delivery driver, who ended up needing to be rescued. in marin county, a tree came crashing down on a home overnight. the family was home, but they were in a different part of the house when the tree came down. they see the wind was howling at that time. and the storm not only created chaos for drivers at homeowners, tragically it appears to have claimed a life. tom jensen continues coverage from san francisco. >> reporter: they've been cleaning up fallen trees all day. some dropped powerlines on two cars. a massive eucalyptus fell, slashing for cars and damaging a fence. >> the house shook. we came to the deck outside and saw the tree down. >> she called 911 and shared the video she captured, showing the tree blocking three lanes on oak street. heavy rain continued to pound the city. workers cut up a giant cypress that fell, blocking jeff kate drive. more of the same on the peninsula. a 50 foot oak fell just feet

. >> sonoma county is increasing its living wage for the second time in the past three months. ty workers and those who contract with the county will make $17.65 starting on july 1st. that increase protects low wage workers against inflation. >> san francisco's first health clinic dedicated specifically to serving transgender and non-gender conforming people officially opened its doors today. it's located on pine street in knob hill. it was largely funded by bio tech giant gilead sciences and operated by san francisco community health center to help create a safer space, everyone on staff identifies as trans or non-gender conforming. >> it's been our intention for years to have all of these under one roof. >> reporter: the new facility plans to serve 800 patients each year. >> and a drag performance opened in the san jose city council meeting today. a local drag queen was invited to perform by a council member, performed the broadway song "i am what i am." he spoke with the council about fighting anti-trans legislation. >> we need to let the world know that anti-trans and anti-t

we have a flood advisory parts of sonoma county, flood advisory due to low lying flooding, streams roadways the first part of the system, it is a level 1 system now. the low part of the system has to swing through, which is why we will keep the showers going. you will notice snow showers over mount hamilton, tomorrow morning's commute will include some brief downpours between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. we cannot rule out thunderstorms, which carry on into the afternoon and evening. the winds are gusting to 35 over the oakland hills. the wind gusts right now, 66 at the altar month open airport, 62 miles an hour until 8:00 p.m. tonight. we have a winter advisory tonight, potential for more downed trees. it is a 1 tonight isolated downpours with hail, because the winds, and snow over the highest peaks, as we check out live doppler 7 once again, the southern part of our viewing area getting the brunt of the storm now, but i am not done. i will have the full time i'm coming up ,-- full forecast coming up, ama. ama: abc 7 news reporter brian curry has it all. ryan: the fallen trees as a result of the hig

in the north bay sonoma county, also got a flood warning. you have a flood watch if you're not near those locations. meaning it's not imminent like the two other places where the flooding is happening now. the flood watch tells you we've had enough rain. there will be enough water flowing across a super saturated landscape that we're going to continue to see minor streams and creeks and roadways. that is still possible all the way through tomorrow, even if the heaviest of the rain has passed. when we watch it again on futurecast, you can see how the system clears out. so there is good news on this tomorrow. we'll get a break. when you look at the seven-day forecast, we don't have any first alert days on here, good news. but i know you look at friday through tuesday time frame and you're like what's up with all those rain icons? none of those are going to be as intense as this was. their systems are not going to be fueled by any atmospheric rivers, just more of the run of the mill. we won't get all those days. right now it's a muddy looking f

in sonoma county, all eyes on a landslide. yes, more rain is on the way. highway were a3 floodwater. several drivers got stuck. caroline was turning around to avoid stalling out her car. >> i have to come back, so i don't want to go that way and ruin my car. >> it looks a little too deep. >> yes, definitely. >> steady rain it made north roadways slick and hazardous. we saw this on northbound 101 in santa rosa. a car facing the wrong direction in the center divide. >> scary, i wake up at night when it rains really hard. >> catherine is watching the weather and the unstable hillside behind her home on cooper drive in santa rosa where two neighboring homes were red tagged last week. on friday, sky 7 founded suri cruise using bulldozers to remove portions of a landslide to shore of a hill. but with an atmospheric river in the forecast she's feeling nervous. >> i don't want it to impact the actual structure. i do not want to lose value in my home. >> tarps and rain ponchos are high sellers, even on the last day of winter. sump pumps can be your best friend. >>

of the north bay, especially northern sonoma county. some more showers redeveloping for this portion of the bay area, but as we expand the view, there's a lot of moisture offshore so you can count on clouds and maybe some scattered showers as we head into your weekend forecast and once again another atmospheric river event showing up in the forecast for next week. we have to be ready for it, mark. thank you. a lot of people across the bay area tonight are waiting to have their power turned back on icons here on pg and e s outage map show where those outages are affecting people right now, the last update we got from pg and e. we were told by the utility nearly 3000 customers did not have service. the estimated time for service restoration varies from place to place. some people should see the power restored by 11 30 tonight. the santa cruz mountains have been taking the brunt of these storms about 2000 . people in socal are cut off from the town after a big chunk of the main street just washed away. cruz piled rocks in debates creek or

thanks, kari. >>> parents, school, and community leaders in sonoma county are teaming up for one goal -- keeping students and schools safe. this all comes after that deadly stabbing of a 15-year-old. later today, the santa rosa police chief will attend the upcoming listening session hosted by the santa rosa city schools. he's partnering with the community for events and meetings. he also wants to show he is committed to school and community safety. the district announcing temporary security measures such as increased police presence and locked classrooms. but parents say it's going to have to take a lot more than just police to confront certain issues they have. >> i'm asking that we have the courage to create an intentional school environment that addresses the conditions that lead to violence, not just put a band-aid of more police. >> it will be at the friedman event center beginning at 4:30 this afternoon. many community members also plan to speak in public and make comments at tomorrow's school board meeting. the district has scheduled a study session from march 25th to discuss s

in sonoma county, we went to a winery. they've been forced to close for the equivalent of about a month since december because of all the rain and flooding. rain, rain, and, more rain. for the fourth tuesday in a row, all morning and afternoon, heavy showers poured down around the north bay. in sonoma county, gusty winds toppled this large power pole in bodega. in, several trees fell down, clipping this home. >> this is the road that leads down to the winery. >>ona,he o roat leads to larson family winery flooded yet again. the manager says the only way to get through his and his large truck. the constant rain is taking a toll on business at a time when things have already been tough. larson families tracing room -- tasting room burned out a fire. they've been forced to close down 25 days in the past few months. stm bn lenge>> he says they aret of the city is drying out and we still have flooded roads. the road has become a big issue. >> another big issue where continue to monitor the landslide in novato. >> we have some ge

we do have flood advisory's in ar of the bay area including sonoma county where a flood warning remains in effect as creeks are still going over. a flood warning for the san lorenzo river md pajaro rivers. the full look at the forecast, coming up in a few minutes. >> in san francisco, reports of falling glass triggered a -- triggered evacuations. our reported joins us now with the latest. reporter: this is a very unusual event that the building management has never dealt with. the san francisco fire department rarely deals with this kind of event. this happened right after about 2:20 p.m. in the afternoon, a window blew out on the 42nd floor. another window, i am told, cracked due to the very windy conditions. most of the glass shards fell on the ground. what they did was immediately close the streets, cordoned off this entire area around the bank of america building. fortunately, no one was injured. the people inside the building and surrounding buildings were told to shelter-in-place, because the last thing they want is for all these people to evacuate while glass is fallen from above

the artist cheese festival kicks off tomorrow in sonoma county.t time the event has been held since 2019. the three-day festival includes a cheese crawl on saturday and 80's testing and marketplace -- cheese tasting and marketplace on sunday. today thursday so we are getting a taste test of some of the cheeses that will be featured. kristen: joining us live is cheese expert laura w. how are you doing? >> i'm doing fine. [laughter] kristen: how long have you been ages expert -- how did you become a cheese expert? >> by eating a lot of it. [laughter] kristen: we are all about to become experts. we have a whole bunch here. julian: i like laura's background. >> that is cool. >> marianne brandt -- mary on brandt. kristen: tell us about the festival and what people can do to experience it. >> unlike at the stadium, we will have our own fireworks, but they will be inside at sonoma county fairgrounds, ins think the weather is going to be good this weekend but if it is windy or something, we are going to be inside. we are up to 30 new vendors. attia total

in sonoma county, all eyes are on a landslide. and yes, more rain is on the way. tough go on shoreline highway in mill valley, where a combination of rain and high tide created some very deep water. >> it is so wild to see it this high and so long. cornell: chp had to close portions of the road after several drivers got stuck in floodwater. carolias >> i have toe back, so i don't want to go that way and ruin my car. cornell: it looks a little too deep. >> definitely. cornell: steady rain made north bay roadways slick and hazardous. we saw this spin out on northbound highway 101 in santa rosa, a car facing the wrong direction in the center divide. >> scary. i wake up at night when it rains really hard. cornell: catherine is watching the weather and the unstable hillside behind her home on cooper drive in santa rosa, where two neighboring homes were red tagged last week. friday, sky 7 found citigroups using bulldozers to remove portions of the landslide. but with another atmospheric river in the forecast, catherine is feeling nervous. >> i don't want it to impact th

she works with all students in sonoma county. she said that this culture of fear and frequent fights on campus is very real. >> we hear about fights almost daily, and then, you know, some of the bullying that's happening on campus, it's a common conversation we're having with our youth. yeah. >> reporter: long before this stabbing? >> yes. >> reporter: what do they need the most? >> connection and relationship. i think, you know, something they all continue to talk about is mental health and how important that is. and that doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be a therapist 100% of the time. it just means that caring adult relationship. >> reporter: i should mention that the school board asked to media not to record the parents and the students while they were speaking to respect their privacy, but i can tell you that this concern is not just coming from students from montgomery high school. this is coming from students all across the district. >> absolutely. and we can understand that they wanted things private. but i have he

she was before. >> i grew up in sonoma county, but you're my whole life. i this is nothing new. every 10 years we get a big. >> a big storm surge in that we get 10 years of drought and then we get a big storm rinse and gun was at the home depot in santa rosa picking up a new water heater. he lives in forest bill. he says home isn't flooded, but everything is still wet and giant military above us. so i don't get saturated. and waters got nowhere to go. he was using a tarp to try and keep his new water heater as dry as he could on the way home. i asked if he had any tips for preparing for more storms that nk generator in case a tree falls on a power line. that helps. >> with high winds and more flooding expected, officials are asking people to stay off the roads if you don't need to be on them. they didn't expect conditions to get worse in santa rosa amanda hari kron. 4 news. >> all right. well, are the bay bridge the lights back on? it appears that way for now. we notice this just the last couple of hours. we know that they were shut down last week. there was a big ceremony. of c

really dangerous flood waters trapped a couple of drivers on east side road near trenton and sonoma county. emergency crews were able to rescue one of the drivers but the honda was empty when they got there. >>> mud slides reported in sonoma county but the storm had a different impact in downtown santa rosa. andrea nakano live for us in how the storm washed out business for the night. >> reporter: yeah, this restaurant had one cancellation and one no show. that was it. and workers here like many in the bay area are wondering when this rainy season will finally come to an end. this latest atmospheric river passing through the bay area has added to one of the rainiest winters on record. >> when was the last time you have seen a storm like this in santa rosa? >> i don't think i ever have. >> reporter: ozzy was clearing the patio after the wind knocked over the umbrellas and the rain drenched the tables and chairs. >> people are not eating here, but we can't have them in the doorway. we are basically inventing the wheel as we go. >> reporter: the atmospheric river not only caused problem for b

over the north bay highway 12 and highway one. 21 in sonoma county are expected to be closed through today because of the flooding. chp is reminding drivers to obey road closures to be safe. also, you want to avoid fines for a first resist. also has that story. tilted to the side and engulfed by water? this tesla remained in the ditch. late wednesday is deep. flood waters kept the roadway closed on highway 12 in one. 21. >> on the napa sonoma border. that would. >> around block phone is people want. >> so i'm good with that. well, we little water game. is move? and it's going to this is something did get a little that's chp officer william caltrans shut down the intersection early wednesday morning. >> barriers, signs and cones mark. the closure alerting drivers to stay away, public beneath officer bradshaw says that the area is known to flood enclosures happen often. but despite the warning signs, they often see drivers caught around and veer right into the hazardous conditions. i caught several drivers doing just that. i also saw stationed highway patrol officers write tickets. >>