spencer? >> we may see more outages in the next day or two.e have lots of light rain, light to moderate across the bay area right now. it's going to intensify overnight as the storm ranks 2 on the storm impact scale. a storm of moderate intensity. occasional downpours. localized flooding is likely. gusty winds and a chance of thunderstorms with this system tomorrow. meanwhile, in the sierra, a winter storm warning in effect until 10:00 a.m. thursday. expect 3 to 7 feet of snow over the higher terrain. gusty winds, white-out conditions. back in the bay area, until noon thursday, white out -- high tide will reach 7 feet which could produce localized flooding. storm ranks 2 on the impact scale. we have storms ranking 1 on the impact scale. finally, a string of dry days, friday through monday. asking for rain the last few years. now i'm going to stop singing. >> so the kids can get out of house. it's driving the parents crazy. thanks, spencer. >>> the warriors once again have one of the best records in the nba so far. >> that's right. >> what a su

. >> first to spencer christian. spencer? >> kristen, we're going to focus on the flood warning and the russian river. it will crest again on wednesday at 6:00 p.m. flood stage is 32 feet. it's forecast to crest at nearly 36 feet. that's 4 feet before flood stage. moderate flooding is expected. it's under a flood warning until 6:40 p.m. for this portion of the russian river outlined in green. a large portion of it. this is current conditions. we have light or light to moderate rain. the heaviest concentration in the north bay. this storm ranks 2 on the storm impact scale. it will develop overnight and be raining heavily in some spots by early tomorrow morning. expect brief downpours with the storm. localized flooding, downed trees and a chance of thunderstorms. there's a forecast animation starting at 11:00 tonight. notice how it's more organized in the early morning hours, certainly from the morning rush, we'll see widespread areas of moderate rainfall and heavier later in the day. here's what to expect during the rush hour

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but others stood up for spencer.g violence against speech even the most detestable disgusting variety,. is it ever okay to punch a nazi in the face? only in self-defense. >> reporter: and a rabbi told me he believes the battle against hate must be won with words and votes, not fists. >> the public can't be ple >> the spencer has filed a police report with mpd for assault. no one has been arrested or charged as yet. >>> we wanted to get your thoughts on spencer and whether you think it's okay to punch a nazi in the face. enter the wusa 9 facebook page to join a lively conversation that is ongoing. we'll share some of your responses later in the newscast. >>> to prince george's county where police are urging anyone who sees this man to call 911. ronald sims has been charged with attempted first-degree murder murder. he's accused of shooting at a woman at a school bus stop this morning. this is another incident of domestic violence. sims is considered armed and dangerous so if you see him, don't approach him, call polic

let's get the very latest on the conditions from spencer christian. >> okay, that strong storm will be with us at least a few more hours. here's a live look at doppler 7 and all of the bay area is covered with rain, most of it moderate to heavy. this has been the pattern the last few hours. most of the moisture moving up from our southwest coming along with it some milder subtropical air. it's not going to be cold the next 24 hours. check out the rainfall totals. only 0.07 at san jose. over half an inch at napa, inch and a hal at mount st. helena. up to two more inches could fall and minor flooding is possible. a wind advisory is in effect until 1:00 tomorrow morning. winds will range from 20 to 30 miles per hour with gusts 45 to 55 miles per hour especially in the higher elevations. downed trees and power lines are a possibility. here's the forecast animation starting at 7:00 this evening. notice there's not much let-up in the intensity of this storm as we get into midnight. and of course there will be more rain tomorrow. i'll give you a closer look at this storm and what's to follow

weather anchor spencer christian has the full forecast. plus?>> i don't know what the name is but i like it. i don't know. >> the musical is back and if the oscars are any indication we could soon see a lot mor (vo) when i first took jake home we ate anything. until i decided we both needed to eat better. now jake gets purina cat chow naturals indoor a nutritious formula for indoor cats with no artificial flavors. it helps to control hairballs and maintain a healthy weight. so these days, we're both eating better. naturally!! purina cat chow. nutrition to build better lives. anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live channels. plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. you can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. click, call or visit an xfinity store today to learn more. or, get started with this great offer. >>> on to storm watch, all lanes were opened again along southbound highway 13 and the oakland hills. you can see crews finishing up emergency repairs,

from "hidden figures," octavia spencer. this week in unnecessary censorship, and music from sza. and now, like it or not, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very nice, thank you. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks to all of you for coming. i'm gladou lucky, you know, i have a lot of good stuff tonight. i will start with the local news. as of this morning, we have another nfl team in l.a. the san diego chargers have announced they will be known now as the los angeles chargers. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you don't have to. two teams is a lot of teams. i was ready for some football. i don't think i was ready for this much of it. you know? they've already changed their logo, the chargers to the dodgers' logo. so that makes it official. reaction from fans here in l.a., i don't know if i'd call it mixed. they reacted the same way to opening a bed bath & beyond coupon in the mail. [ laughter ] this was a solid take from a gentleman outside the stadium where the chargers are going to play. >> what about football fans in >> i mean, i thin

caroline: spencer, what about jobs in the united states?e have known before that offshoring has been the way to go. a key for labor and stronger talent pools in many ways. is this the right time to be onshoring these jobs? spencer: they are not on shoring any warehouse jobs. you cannot offshore a warehouse job. that has to be here close to people. that is one thing that differentiates amazon from other operations. they need that infrastructure close to people. they need american workers. so, offshoring is not much of a threat from amazon as much as automation might be. but even with automation, they are using more robots, using more automation in warehouses, and they are still hiring thousands and thousands of people. so, i don't see off shoring is really an issue so much for amazon. caroline: i think this is an interesting element when there has been much concern about automation that will be the death of many jobs, rather than international trade or growth of other countries. is automation going to be a job killer, or can you have the two

spencer is live in castro valley tonight. spencer the details of survival are incredible. natalie griffin and jenna santos were friends and graduates from castro valley high school. as part of winter break from college, the two went on a road trip up north on tuesdayand came back during the thick of wednesday's rainstorm. "it was dread before we even knew what happened. and the worst possible thing happened that you could possibly imagine." jenna santos and natalie griffin had enjoyed a quick trip up in the humboldt area tuesday to visit humboldt state where santos attended. griffin's parents had urged the friends to wait until thursday to come back, because of the storm that rolled through wednesday. she assumed they *did stay an extra night up there, until she got an early morning phone call from her daughter's boyfriend. "he had basically said, 'i'm worried about natalie. is she home?' i went to her room and she wasn't in her bed. so everything started rolling after that." >> reporter:it wasn't until about three hours later that midge griffin was able to talk to her dau

blake, kron four news. >> pam: thanks, spencer! >> pam:tonight. as rain falls. .and the clean-up in many cases, are still dealing withgrant lodes is here with some of the most dramatic images from around the bay area. >> grant:when cars and suv's are good. you see how close the water is to homes as well. >> grant:all this water.is from the russian river.which spilledthe river floods when it reaches 32 feet.early this afternoon at high tide, it was around 35 feet. >> grant:this video comes courtesy of our helicopter partners at a-b-c 7. >> grant:a vineyard along the river is partially underwater. on the vines at the moment. some farms will definitely be shutdown for a while. >> grant:building after building. is flooded. they aren't quite underwater but you get the idea. we saw what looks like a greenhouse that was flooded and then as you move along the river. you see just how swollen it is. bridge but it came pretty close. and the road next to the river. flood-free for now. >> grant:now to the south bay.where silva's crossing on mil

spencer christian tracking live doppler 7. you can see the green. that is just the first part of a major storm heading our way. >> a digital library with millions of books and years worth of television takes on a new project archiving the words of donald trump. i'm jonathan bloom here at the internet archive ahead on abc7 news. >> and an emotional good-bye at the white house tonight for the first lady. >> being your first lady has been the greatest honor of my happy anniversary dinner, darlin' can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah one bottle has the grease cleaning power of two bottles of this bargain brand. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. hdid you get that email i sente wyou...before you wake up. ... when life keeps you up... zzzquil helps you fall asleep in less than 20 minutes. because sleep is a beautiful thing. >> live where you live. this is abc7 news. >>> tonight a former u.s. service member is accused of killing five people at the fort lauderdale airport. investigators say esteban santiago pulled a gun and a

>> thank you, spencer. we first started to hear about snow overnight. look at this. it came down hard in napa county along highway 29 by mt. st. helena. snow was reported as low as 2,000 feet. >>> we captured light snow flurries around 9:00 this morning along marin county. only enough to make the roads a little wet. the last measurable snow on mt. tam was last march. >> snow on mt. hamilton in san jose today. what they found in the bay area was pretty great. here's reporter alyssa harrington. >> reporter: a dusting of snow at the top of mt. hamilton brought this family up the hill for a rare bay area snowball fight. >> right now it's really cold. i'm not used to it. i could hardly feel my hands right now. >> they had planned to visit lake tahoe but took a shorter drive to santa clara county and ended up closing for the day anyway. >> snowball fight. it's closed. we have a -- >> cal trans closed the road to the summit. this is our drive up. the long windy road, wet and foggy with at least an inch of snow. >> i'm stoked on it. >> matt brooks works at the observatory. l

>> spencer, thank you. all you have to do is download the abc7 news app. >>> san jose firefighters rescued a man trapped by the fast-flowing water of coyote creek. >> he had been stranded there for two days. we're talking about 48 hours in your car. more than 20 water rescues have taken place since the weekend. >> katie utehs is there to explain the danger that still exists even though the rain has stopped. katie? >> reporter: ama, it's sunny and nice out but the creek is deceptively swift. right now it's moving very fast. this was the scene of the rescue earlier today. firefighters have been working around the clock actually pulling people from floodwaters. sky 7 shows a coyote creek. >> for example, it could move your car across the roadway. it's a lot of force. it's moving much faster than that right now. >> reporter: a man trapped on a an island created by high water levels yelled for help around 11:00 this morning. he spent the last two days stranded near ranch dry and north mccarthy boulevard. >> his

>> thank you, spencer. we first started to hear about snow overnight. look at this. it came down hard in napa county along highway 29 by mt. st. helena. snow was reported as low as 2,000 feet. >>> we captured light snow flurries around 9:00 this morning along marin county. only enough to make the roads a little wet. the last measurable snow on mt. tam was last march. >> snow on mt. hamilton in san jose today. what they found in the bay are . here's reporter alyssa harrington. >> reporter: a dusting of snow at the top of mt. hamilton brought this family up the hill for a rare bay area snowball fight. >> right now it's really cold. i'm not used to it. i could hardly feel my hands right now. >> they had planned to visit lake tahoe but took a shorter drive to santa clara county and ended up closing for the day anyway. >> snowball fight. it's closed. we have a -- >> cal trans closed the road to the summit. this is our drive up. the long windy road, wet and foggy with at least an inch of snow. >> i'm stoked on it. >> matt brooks works at the observatory. like many employee

spencer christian tracking live doppler 7. you can see the green. that is just the first part of a major storm heading our way. >> a digital library with millions of books and years worth of television takes on a new project archiving the words of donald trump. i'm jonathan bloom here at the internet archive ahead on abc7 news. >> and an emotional good-bye at the white house tonight for the first lady. >> being your first lady has been the greatest honor of my of reach for far too long:s have health insurance.that's been out how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. and, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. to get covered, you've got to get going. open enrollment ends january 31st. visit covereca.com today. >> live where you live. this is abc7 news. >>> tonight a former u.s. service member is accused of killing five people at t

, spencer? >> the approaching weather and storm may give us more photo ops. light rain falling becoming more wide spread in the north bay and down to the golden gate. let's take a look at how much rain we've had since sunday. a lot to give you the short answer. nearly a foot of rain over a foot and nearly 14 inches and down at sea level or bay level or where most of us live, danville 6.75. normal rainfall for the season to date, 175% in santa rosa. we're well above average everywhere although san jose is just barely above average. here is the impact scale for our next storm, arriving storm tonight and tomorrow ranks one on the impact scale. light intensity expected to reduce pockets of moderate rainfall and snow will pound the sierra. winter storm warning is in effect until noon tomorrow. so here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll get five days of dry weather through next tuesday before the next storm arrives next wednesday. >> thanks, spencer. >>> are the. it's the business of basebal

marks & spencer had an —— essex.yea rs. sales including the first time in years. they put it down to range and availability. to christmas 2015 wasn't great for that particular section, marks & spencer homeware and clothing was down about 5.8%. they said the better range and availability help them. they also pointed to how christmas fell in 2016. it was on sunday so it meant more shopping days so more time for us more shopping days so more time for us to spend our money. tesco's also reported steady progress as they called it. there was an increase of 9.796. called it. there was an increase of 9.7%. more sales —— 0.7%. more sales of food and clothing but they were operating under different conditions in respect that they had a decent 2015. slightly different but generally the overall message was quite positive. broadly how have other retail ‘s been saying there sales were and have they been looking ahead to this year at all and giving any predictions about how shopping trends might continue throughout the year? you me

i'll answer them here in a few minutes. >>> i'm spencer christian. raindrops keep falling on the lens of our golden gate bridge camera and around the rest of the bay area but a little break is coming our way before the next big storm. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. >>> there is no break if you are driving on interstate 80 in emeryville heading toward berkeley. that is the right-hand side, that is interstate 80 eastbound. on the left-hand side, folks heading pack toward san francisco. it is about 2 to 5 miles an hour, 5 being the top speed i saw on our abc 7 news app checking the traffic situation. just very slow going with slick everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. keep it simple. make every piece count. let other people know what you're made of. always be real. don't be fake, don't be artificial, but always be sweet. and of course, wear sunscreen. nature valley granola bars. no artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners. just good. >>> there is now a place in china with people can literall

let‘s start with marks & spencer.p by 2.3%. familiar tale over the last few yea rs has familiar tale over the last few years has been clothing sales have fallen at marks & spencer and it has been food sales that have been propping everything up but in this update they tell us clothing sales are up by 2.3%. just a rise of 0.6% forfood, are up by 2.3%. just a rise of 0.6% for food, not are up by 2.3%. just a rise of 0.6% forfood, not doing quite are up by 2.3%. just a rise of 0.6% for food, not doing quite as well on food, but overall sales up at marks & spencer by 1.3%. at tesco, slightly different, we already heard this week from sainsbury‘s at hand morrisons, today it is the turn of tesco telling us that sales rose by 0.7% over christmas —— at morrisons. good for them. looking at the quarter as a whole, the last three months, not just quarter as a whole, the last three months, notjust christmas, they we re months, notjust christmas, they were up 2%. some others, debenhams telling us sales were up by 1%, a good result

i would recommend up for spencer's team. yes, it moves. you get a freebie. that's ok.one move. yes, it moves! first to five points wins. you are annoyingly good at the game. i'm very excited because normally are not allowed out of the house. they hunt people playing, they will lose their minds. they are going to lose their minds, it's going to be awesome. work together. that's better. oh my goodness me, that's fast! keep playing! one more point will do it! you aren't even looking! a single point for spencer. it's a victory for the red team! mate... you guys! i'm exhausted! thank you so much for coming. goodbye, and get out of here! applause can you see the sweat? this is the most work i've done in a long time! what a buzz. it was brilliant! the game was quite exciting at the end! hello there, good morning. quite a widespread frost to start the day today. most of us are firmly in some really quite cold air coming down from the north. and the cold feel to things is accentuated by the northerly breeze along the eastern coast. but, elsewhere, the winds are a little bit lig

a-b-c 7 knocked on spencer's door to get his reaction.ened the door for our collegue q mccray -- and shut it in his face seconds later. the city of alexandria says as long as spencer is not breaking any laws and following his lease, there is nothing it can do. happening today. a sentencing hearing for alicia schmuhl for a bizarre home invasion back in 2014. she and her husband-- andrew schmuhl-- plotted an attack on leo fisher after she was fired from fisher's law firm. andrew scmhul broke into the couples home-- tased, beat and stabbed fisher before stabbing and shooting his wife-- leaving both for dead. andrew schmuhl was arrested wearing only an behind the wheel of the getaway car. she faces up to 45 years in prison. andrew schmuhl is serving two life terms plus 98 years. a prince george's county police officer has admitted to taking photos under women's skirts. james sims pleaded guilty today to recording women without them knowing. some of them -- during traffic stops. sims will be sentenced next month. he's been suspended from his j

spencer says the stronger storm is ahead. we'll have an update. >>> getting serious about homeless nest. helping those most in need. >>> the tweet by donald trump that had republican lawmakers today changing course. it's beautiful. was it a hard place to get to? (laughs) it wasn't too bad. with the chase mobile app, jimmy chin can master depositing his hard earned checks in a snap. easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. . >>> as you well know, we're dealing with drenching downpours around the bay area. >> some areas could see up to 7 inches of rain this week. let's take a live look at doppler 7 showing us the rainfall. the areas in yellow and orange are more severe weather happening now. >> it's a wet ride home. drivers are dealing with flooding along sir francis drake boulevard. >> our storm watch coverage does continue. abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera has been taking a look at the situation in berkeley tonight. >> reporter: the soggy weather didn't keep people from handling their business. >> t

it's a bumper day of retail results, with news from the likes of marks and spencer, john lewis, tescosos. after results from morrison's and sainsbury‘s this week, and disappointing results from next last week, we now have a good idea how our retailers did over christmas. theo leggett is in our business newsroom, and he's been crunching the numbers. quite a few out today to tell us their numbers over christmas. a lot of numbers up today and far too many for me to go through one by one. let's look at some of the big ones to begin with. let's start with tesco. it took the last quarter of the year and the christmas period together, over that period, the year and the christmas period together, overthat period, its like—for—like sales rose 14%. not a bad performance although it tailed off a bit in the christmas week compared to last year. food sales did pretty well but what's interesting to me is that clothing sales were up 4.3%. you mentioned we had a trading statement from next last week. retailers like next have been struggling a bit but its statement showed a big increase in clothing sa

. >>> i'm spencer christian. a very chilly night. i'll have the forecast coming up. >>> and tonight, a special edition of "20/20," mary tyler moore after all, honors her life after she passed away earlier this week. over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long: health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. and, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. to get covered, you've got to get going. open enrollment ends january 31st. visit covereca.com today. >>> surveillance video captured immigration agents visiting a community center in san francisco today. turns out they went to the wrong address by mistake. but there's no mistaking the fear that it put into some people that use that center. kate larson joins us live to explain what has changed since that visi

spencer. what prompted the declaration? .kron four's spencer blake is in the east bay.where more rain could cause more problems for a dangerous section of road. >> reporter:we've already seen how recent storms have helped create or worsen sinkholes. there were a couple in pacifica, as well. this one opened up in orinda on wednesday, at miner road and camino lenada, which is' currently closed. but you can get a better look at the sinkhole in this video taken during daylight hours. today, the city council met in a special session to ratify city manager janet keeter's declaration of a state of emergency. why an emergency? lets them apply for state and federal funding very complicated project a lot involved in this one sinkhole. janet keeter orinda city manager "it involves two sewer lines, one gas lines, one water main, a culvert, a creek, and a main, heavily-traveled collectors road." sounds like a lot adds up to a repair of anywhere from one million to one point three million initial estimate closed for three weeks alternat

that's fantastic. >> can you imagine two spencer christians? >> no. >> i have no twin for which the world is thankful. here's live doppler 7. we have little pockets of twin showers moving into parts of the north bay right now. mainly light rainfall, may get a little heavier overnight. how much rain have we had since sunday, though? some in locations like ben lomond, almost 14 inches. up the amount st. helena almost a foot as well. over 3 inches at san francisco and oakland, so we've had a soaking. our percent of normal rainfall for the season to date, most bay area locations are over 100% of the average rainfall totals for this point in the season. santa rosa closer to 200% of average. the approaching storm is coming in tonight and will continue to tomorrow. it ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. there is the potential for more flooding as the ground is already saturated. and more snow will come to the sier sierra. a winter storm warning is in effect until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we expect 12 to 18 inches of snow. snow levels will come down to 3,000

spencer christian with a look at a dry forecast for a change. >> i think we're all happy to see the sunoday. the rainy season has lived up to its name in recent days. not showing any green or areas of precipitation today so let's move along and take a look at recent rainfall totals. over the last seven days we've seen 10 inches at ben lomond. nearly 8 inches at san rafael an just under 4 inches in san francisco. not so densely populated area, 7.5 inches of rain. percent of rainfall for the date, santa rosa and livermore are nearly at 200% of the normal levels of rainfall at this point of the season. over 150% here in san francisco. snowpack statewide is at 197% of normal, which is pretty good. so even though right now we're getting a little bit of a break from precipitation, our statewide totals for snow and rain are looking pretty good. fighting that drought. i'll show you what's coming our way here in the bay area for the next seven days in just a few minutes. >>> our last round of storms put california well over the top when it comes to snowfall for an entire winter season. the golde

>> thank you, spencer. >>> we have a list of sandbag locations throughout the bay area on our website at abc7news.com. >>> another group of people concerned about this weekend's storm live on houseboats, strong winds and waves can cause some serious damage to their homes. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas live in redwood city with how people are preparing for the storm. >> reporter: people who live on houseboats take life a little differently. you can see that at the dock town arena, different size house, age, design house boats but they have one thing in common, they have to get through this weekend's storm. rule number one of living on a house boat when a big storm approaches, make sure the mooring lines are tied tight. >> when the wind starts coming in, it slams on the docks. it gets pretty extreme. >> it gets a little rocky for sure. you can feel it. >> reporter: james grew up on a houseboat here at dock town mari marina. he and his parents are among the 80 or so who reside here, a mixture of young families, retirees and veterans drawn by lower rent and of course the water. >> it's ni

. >>> i'm spencer christian. a very chilly night. i'll have the forecast coming up. >>> and tonight, a special edition of "20/20," mary tyler moore after all, honors her life after she passed away earlier this week. for millions of baby boomers there's a serious virus out there that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. one in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most don't even know it. because it can hide in your body for years without symptoms, and it's not tested for in routine blood work. the cdc recommends all baby boomers get tested. if you have hep c, it can be cured. for us it's time to get tested. ask your healthcare provider for the simple blood test. it's the only way to know for sure. >>> surveillance video captured immigration agents visiting a community center in san francisco today. turns out they went to the wrong address by mistake. but there's no mistaking the fear that it put into some people that use that center. kate larson joins us live to explain what has changed since that visit. kate? >> reporter: hundreds of peop

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live in napa spencer blake kron 4 news. stack also sunlight of highway 13 and oakland were shut down this afternoon after a tree fell blocking all of the lanes. this is video of the incident you can see directly behind me. it happened at redwood road and took crews nearly 2 hours to clear the area. over in san ramon a woman was killed this morning after another tree fell on top of her and the canyon lakes golf course. kron 4 is live in san ramon. ella. >>reporter: we are in the neighboring town indiana with the fire district is located because their crews were the ones who responded to the golf course for the unfortunate incident. battalion chief is actually confirming that was probably because of the heavy wind they observed other once they go to the golf course but unfortunately wasn't the cause for the tree to come down onto the woman. they arrived on the golf course just before 11 am where they found a woman between her 50s or 60s and she was pinned under this tree by the seventh hole. she was later taken to a local hos

kron four's spencer blake is live in walnut creek. spencer - you were all over contra costa county today.sounds like lots of issues. >> reporter: there were a whole lot of issues. it was a writer " long with a chp officer--it was all part of a ride-along with c-h-p officer brandon correia. i'm near where 24 meets up with i-680and we drove right through this area earlier today. >> reporter:it didn't take long before we came upon an accident. we pulled up to where other first responders were already working, and found a car that had rolled over. >> reporter:this is not uncommon on days like today. >> reporter:officer correia says a lot of people go too fast, or they slam the brakes too hard and hydroplane.and they end up in situations like things worse for everyone on the road. >>"they're waiting for a tow truck to come and right it so we can get it off to the side of the road, and there's tons of backup right now." >> reporter:no injuries. >> reporter:marsh creek road mudslide - between clayton, brentwood. expect ther small mudslides o

and across the north bay as spencer mentioned. wayne freedman is live in petaluma with more. wayne? >> good afternoon, good evening, dan. saturated ground below us, a beautiful day today. we know what's coming, and people are getting ready for it. they're making plans for it whether they want to or not. >> let's put a damper on this bright blue day. >> it's gorgeous today. >> sky blue produce at the marin county farmer's market. a perfectly sunny interlewd between gloom and doom. especially come the forecast for next sunday. >> i'm going to be very wet and dealing with the wind. hopefully i don't fly away with my tent. we're going to tie it down, but it's going to be rough. >> in a downpour, showing up it's called being a professional around here. just bring your ga loves, come on, doesn't a big rainstorm hurt business? >> this is a good day to hopefully make up for sunday which will be a bad day. a nonexistent day for me. >> to the north, they'll be watching the river. >> that was the highest i've ever seen it, i've been here eight years. >> two weeks ago, water nearly reached the

and across the north bay as spencer mentioned. wayne freedman is live in petaluma with more. wayne? >> good afternoon, good evening, dan. saturated ground below us, a beautiful day today. we know what's coming, and people are getting ready for it. they're making plans for it whether they want to or not. >> let's put a damper on this bright blue day. >> it's gorgeous today. >> sky blue produce at the marin county farmer's market. a perfectly sunny interlewd between gloom and doom. especially come the forecast for next sunday. >> i'm going to be very wet and dealing with the wind. hopefully i don't fly away with my tent. we're going to tie it down, but it's going to be rough. >> in a downpour, showing up it's called being a professional around here. just bring your ga loves, come on, doesn't a big rainstorm hurt business? >> this is a good day to hopefully make up for sunday which will be a bad day. a nonexistent day for me. >> to the north, they'll be watching the river. >> that was the highest i've ever seen it, i've been here eight years. >> two weeks ago, water nearly reached the

alison: abc 7 knocked on spencer's door to get his reaction. he opened the door, only to shut it seconds later in our reporters face. the city of alexandria says as long as he is not breaking balls or breaking his lease, there is nothing they can do. jonathan: this summer, amazon will start accepting food stamps. the stamps can be used to pay for online grocery orders through amazon. it is part of a program from the u.s. department of agriculture. the goal is to bring more produce to those with limited access to fresh produce. alison: general motors is investing more money in u.s. factories and adding thousands of new jobs. ory said they will create keep 7000 jobs in the next few years and invest $1 billion in u.s. operations. this comes as president elect donald trump has demanded the auto industry build more cars in the u.s. a live look right now at our nation's capital. you can ha you canook at the map, see exactly where the visibility czar, 2.5 miles at reagan national, not as much downtown d.c., a half-mile frederick, one mile leesburg, on

good evening, spencer. >> reporter:the storm drains were filling. gutters were dripping. and streets were gushingall signs of yet another bay area winter rain. "a little bit of the freeways - it's kinda hard to see some other people." but all things considered, traffic could have been worse where highway 24 meets up with i-680. this driver from martinez was careful on her way in this morning. "just a lot of wet weather. the streets are wet, there's a lot of cars. no matter which way you go there's always a lot of traffic - especially with the rain." minor construction projects were put on holdas the water flooded some of the workspaces. but despite up to an inch and a half of rain today, some people have to go right on with their jobs, no matter what. "i'm mailing a letter, and i'm out for a little walk." there were umbrellas everywhere downtown, though none in the hands of these labor disputants. but maybe it's not so terrible where they are - that's what other people said. "just been driving around. we got lunch together a little while ago. it doesn't really affect me m

case the food side of things are helping at marks & spencer's. space they are around clothing. performed well and the outlook is unchanged. they still see that they are in this financial year. sales, they are up. hayes,critical lines on total growth of 2%. fees rose byr net 17% on the headline basis so set of not a bad numbers. nestle's raises by 17%. conditions remain good. we will have that conversation with mr. paul venables. to sort out how good, bad, and ugly it can be. future suggesting we could have a weaker start to the trading day. weakness in the dollar has been a theme since the trunk conference. we did not get anything on fiscal stimulus and we got a few tidbits on his attitude to trading partners and that was enough for people to start worrying about protectionism and the dollar was weaker. pervasivebecomes most in dollar-yen. there is no desire to lift yourself into the dollar yet -- dollar-yen. sideline this morning. the peso at .1 .90. he talked about mexico quite a bit and said he wanted to get that wall built. weakness for the t

kron four's spencer blake is live there tonight. spencer, what's the big debate about? >> reporter:the argument is between the handlery family, which owns the building the restaurant is in, and their tenant, nick bovis. his family has been operating the restaurant for ten years. we found out last year that bovis' lease will end on february third, but it's what happens *after that that has the two sides arguing. the handlery family says, because they originally leased the space to lefty o'doul himself in the 50'sthey own the restaurant and almost everything in it. they claim that management has changed hands, but that they own the name and the restaurant. but bovis and his attorneys say that's absurd. at a press conference today, they held up the trademark document the bovis family filed with the government for the name 'lefty o'doul's.' "i've never been involved with, or even heard - and i represent both landlords and tenants, by the way - i've never heard of a landlord claiming that at the end of a tenancy that he's entitled to the business name, the business personal

. >> let's begin with abc 7 news anchor spencer christian. >> motherhere's a look at live r 7. the heaviest rainfall is in the higher elevations in the santa cruz mountains. in the los altos hills area you can see it's raining along university avenue, all the local roads are pretty wet right now. we'll go in a little closer and you can see el monte road. but once again, this is mainly light to moderate rainfall. a little heavier in the wod side area where we see yellow and orange showing up. interstate280, downpours. highway 35. we had rain tallifalling along richmond bridge. no heavy downpours with that little batch of rainfall. this ranks two on the scale. gusty wind, possibly mild flooding. we'll see pockets of moderate to heavy downpours developing along the bay area but swinging southward and eastward. there will be enough left as the commute begins. the heaviest rain will be out by midmorning. i'll show you what's to follow a little later. >>> in the north bay, the storm knocked out power to thousands. >> we continue live team coverage from guerneville. >> reporter: the r

spencer christian is here with some impressive storm totals, spencer. >> impressive they are, dan. now that the rain has ended, we can comfortably and casually look back at rain totals. a few clouds are lingering. seven-day rainfall totals are impressive. nearly eight inches in sandra fell, four inches in the seven-day period in san francisco, 2 1/2 in santa fe. santa rosa and livermore are just under 200% of the average amount for this time of the season. even san jose, which had been lagging behind, is at 136% of normal. and snowpack is impressive as well. statewide, our snowpack is at 197% of normal. so either without snow falling over the next several days, it's not likely that snowpack levels will suffer significantly. i'll have a look at our accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes, alma. >> thank you, spencer. >>> california's first latino attorney general was sworn into office. javier beccera told californians he would work to block trump administration actions to dismantle civil rights and the environment. he said today he's eager to get down to business. >> we

more intense storms on the way. >> spencer as the timing of it all. spencer? >> the umbrella that cost you more seems like a good deal, that doesn't mean it won't blow way this weend. light rain over the bay area. this storm is winding down. tomorrow we'll have a sunny day. we haven't seen one in awhile. high temperatures in the low 50s. but coming our way this weekend, we have strong stormy weather. here is the three-day outlook. friday the first storm, the storm moves in on saturday morning and it will rank two on the impact scale and will quickly intensify by sunday to a stronger storm ranking three on the impact scale and here are the impacts we expect morning heavy rain and strong gusty wind and there will be concerns about flooding and wind damage because a tremendous amount of rain will fall. over an inch and a half to three inches of rain from the storm. three to eight inches in the santa cruz mountains and a winter storm watch is in effect for the sierra from late friday to late saturday. 8 to 15 inches of snow from this storm. here is the accuweather

more intense storms on the way. >> spencer as the timing of it all. spencer? >> the umbrella that cost you more seems like a good deal, that doesn't mean it won't blow way this weekend. light rain over the bay area. this storm is winding down. tomorrow we'll have a sunny day. we haven't seen one in awhile. high temperatures in the low 50s. but coming our way this weekend, we have strong stormy weather. here is the three-day outlook. friday the first storm, the storm moves in on saturday morning and it will rank two on the impact scale and will quickly intensify by sunday to a stronger storm ranking three on the impact scale and here are the impacts we expect morning heavy rain and strong gusty wind and there will be concerns about flooding and wind damage because a tremendous amount of rain will fall. over an inch and a half to three inches of rain from the storm. three to eight inches in the santa cruz mountains and a winter storm watch is in effect for the sierra from late friday to late saturday. 8 to 15 inches of snow from this storm. here is the accuweath

>> i know you have richard spencer hair. [laughter] >> anthony, you said.achian trail. is that where the property is? i think that is where -- and whatnot. [laughter] >> the "oregon trail," the video game. >> i can imagine the people standing up. yes, i'm a racist. one day, i was cut off by somebody and of course they were asian. >> and you tell the story of how you are getting over your trying. >> it was featured in ""mother jones"," they featured one of the meetings. people were getting up, they were confessing to their racism, they said that one woman said it was hard to pronounce some other weird names names. and then they said -- that's what they said, that's the first one. you probably shouldn't call our names weird. >> i haven't dropped the f-bomb in ten days! >> anthony, the most difficult step is the first one. what would you do if you get to the point where you contact everyone that you defended and make a phone call? >> i would strap on some kevlar, first of all, i don't think people are going to take too kindly. >> well... coming up. he is the w

somebody stabbed him to death on new years eve and darcy spencer is in southeast d.c. near the crime scene tonight, darcy? >> reporter: erica, we're here on east capital street near where this crime happened by benning road and if you're familiar with the shrimp boat, that's a landmark. i'm going to step out of the way. you can see family members still here setting out teddy bears in the area they lost their loved one. they were out here today trying to draw attention because this is an unsolved murder case. it was right around midnight the start of new years eve when a passer by found his body in the street in the 4600 capital street unconscious and unresponsive at that time. he had been stabbed. he died later at the hospital. he's identified as 25-year-old antoine butler. family members are looking for answers. his mother just gave a very emotional plea for the killer to come forward. >> whoever did it, even if you ain't mean to do it, you need to turn yourself in. the only one you need to answer to is god. is god. [crying] >> and how i'm looking at it and putting al

spencer christian is here with some impressive storm totals, spencer. >> impressive they are, dan. now that the rain has ended, we can comfortably and casually look back at rain totals. a few clouds are lingering. seven-day rainfall totals are impressive. nearly eight inches in sandra fell, four inches in the seven-day period in san francisco, 2 1/2 in santa fe. santa rosa and livermore are just under 200% of the average amount for this time of the season. even san jose, which had been lagging behind, is at 136% of normal. and snowpack is impressive as well. statewide, our snowpack is at 197% of normal. so either without snow falling over the next several days, it's not likely that snowpack levels will suffer significantly. i'll have a look at our accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes, alma. >> thank you, spencer. >>> california's first latino attorney general was sworn into office. javier beccera told californians he would work to block trump administration actions to dismantle civil rights and the environment. he said today he's eager to get down to business. >> we

starbucks is still the most popular meal expense. >>> spencer christian is back. you showed pictures earlier, some live shots. it's crystal clear out there. >> it's stunning. but of course it's going to get cold in the absence of clouds. we have a nice, sunny afternoon again tomorrow. here's live doppler 7. you can see the crystal clear conditions about which larry was discussing. check this out. beautiful view of the western sky from our east bay hills camera. you can hardly find a cloud in the sky there. chilly start tomorrow morning but as part of the pattern we've had all week long, milder days lie ahead over the weekend and clouds come in early next week with a chance of rain returning by the middle of next week. overnight, this night, look for it, clear skies and chilly conditions with low temperatures dropping to the mid-30s and our inland valleys will see upper 30s to low 40s and along the coast as well. tomorrow afternoon, under sunny skies, a slight rise in temperatures from today's highs. upper 50s closing in on the 50-degree mark. as we look ahead to t

spencer christian shows us what we can expect over the next few hours. >> there are areas of not so calm. we have scattered showers. that's how we describe this pattern. southerly showers containing locally heavy downpours. berkeley, richmond, up towards hercules and san rafael, a patch of shower activity and numerous reports of hail throughout the day and evening hours. in fact, pea-sized hail fell for about this afternoon and more hail on the way as you can see on this wider view. bands of showers wrapping around, pushing through the bay area this evening, possibly producing more hail. this is a storm of light intensity, but showers continue until the morning and flooding concerns are high. 7:00 this evening, notice we'll see more areas of downpours pushing through tonight and tomorrow. early tomorrow morning, leftover showers and cold air. i'll show you the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> a flooded stretch of highway 37 is open once again. the water receded today between lakeville road and atherton avenue. video from sky 7 this morning shows flood waters still covering part o

, spencer? >> the approaching weather and storm may give us more photo ops. light rain falling becoming more wide spread in the north bay and down to the golden gate. let's take a look at how much rain we've had since sunday. a lot to give you the short answer. nearly a foot of rain over a foot and nearly 14 inches and down at sea level or bay level or where most of us live, danville 6.75. normal rainfall for the season to date, 175% in santa rosa. we're well above average everywhere although san jose is just barely above average. here is the impact scale for our next storm, arriving storm tonight and tomorrow ranks one on the impact scale. light intensity expected to reduce pockets of moderate rainfall and snow will pound the sierra. winter storm warning is in effect until noon tomorrow. so here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll get five days of dry weather through next tuesday before the next storm arrives next wednesday. >> thanks, spencer. >>> are the. it's the business of basebal

spencer christian shows us what we can expect over the next few hours. >> there are areas of not so calm. we have scattered showers. that's how we describe this pattern. southerly showers containing locally heavy downpours. berkeley, richmond, up towards hercules and san rafael, a patch of shower activity and numerous reports of hail throughout the day and evening hours. in fact, pea-sized hail fell for about this afternoon and more hail on the way as you can see on this wider view. bands of showers wrapping around, pushing through the bay area this evening, possibly producing more hail. this is a storm of light intensity, but showers continue until the morning and flooding concerns are high. 7:00 this evening, notice we'll see more areas of downpours pushing through tonight and tomorrow. early tomorrow morning, leftover showers and cold air. i'll show you the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> a flooded stretch of highway 37 is open once again. the water receded today between lakeville road and atherton avenue. video from sky 7 this morning shows flood waters still covering part o