okay, let's look now at vacaville. westbound 80 after cherry glen road. this is a tour bus that has been out there for a couple of hours now. partially blocking the right lanes and we have a heavy-duty tow truck on the way and it's been taking awhile. ive if yourself plenty of time to get through there and 10 miles per hour. and moving to the bay bridge toll plaza. the lights year and it's a 30- minute drive from westbound i- 80 and expect 15 minutes through the toll plaza and into downtown san francisco. that is your traffic and it's you. >>> thank you. >>> and happening today, week two of the tear of garcia torrez starts in san jose and is expected to resume at 8 there are time this morning. garcia-torrez is accused of kidnapping and killing the 15- year-old sierra lamar five years ago. her body was never found. the case is heavily based on dna and other physical evidence, which defense attorneys say investigators mishandled. >>> an officer-involved shooting in the east bay turns deadly this morning. investigators are trying to piece together how it all

vacaville, still rain coming down. spotty showers for san francisco through the peninsula. and this is what we can expect as we go through the day. we'll talk more about this and look at what else we expect for the afternoon. in the north bay, we have this closure. both directions of highway 37. closed between atherton and 101. four times before. it is the cut through for folks between 37 and 101. the flooding there and throughout santa rosa, city streets. be careful in that area. westbound 580. this happened last storm as well. a big pothole out of the altamonte pass. they closed a couple lanes. we'll track that as well. and the continuing saga. highway 17, traffic control. we know what happened weeks ago. i hope you have better news. >> today in the bay bob redeal from highway 17. >> a continuing saga. we have seen mudslides wreaking havoc for commuters. good morning. >>> good morning to you, sam and laura. behind us where the white lights are at, that is the location of the mudslide blocking northbound highway 17, which is still shut down. you should be able to see that

in vacaville... peaceful sunday afternoon for one family ends with a giant redwood tree falling on top of their house. kron four's philippe djegal reports from peach tree avenue... where the family says the end to this story could have been a lot worse. the home isn't totaled... but the damage is significant...sot- "estimate of this whole thing is probably in the hundred thousand dollar range. does the insurance cover any of that? yeah, fortunately, the insurance is covering it." billy mitchell, like the rest of his neighbors on peach tree avenue in vacaville, a specator now... watching crews remove the downed 90- foot redwood tree from his roof and back porch...sot- "do you feel fortunate that it did not land on any of you? believe me i do."bridge mitchell says the tree came crashing down at around four o'clock late sunday afternoon... while he was watching a golf tournament on tv with his father and a friend... his mother in the kitchen baking.sot- "it came into the living room and the family room

we have a stall in vacaville causing trouble.e'll tell you the details. >> good morning, it's monday, februaryix th is. im -- february 6th. i'm michelle griego. >> fremont police are searching for answers after an officer is involved in a deadly confrontation. kpix 5 reporter jackie ward is live at police headquarters with the details this morning. >> reporter: fremont police say this started off as a disturbance call and then once on the scene, one of the people involved confronting -- confronting one of the responding officers. so far, police are not releasing details on what may have ledum to the shooting. -- led up to the shooting and we don't know what caused the officer to fire the weapon. they offered the suspect medical aid after he was shot, but the man died on the scene. >> in all investigations, particularly these, we want to do a complete, thorough job from beginning to end. we want to know what happened at the onset and here and what happened afterwards. >> reporter: at this point of the investigation, we don't know

dance competition after party in vacaville turned violent. vacaville police say hundreds of college students from several different universities were at an event early sunday morning near the outlet. these are photos of vacaville police posted to social media. police were told about fights breaking out and spilling into the streets. then just before officers arrived, someone pulled a gun in the parking lot and started shooting. police did an extensive search but couldn't find any victims or the gunman. >>> pleasanton police say a fight over the weekend led to one person being stabbed several times. police say a man showed up at a hospital on saturday night. he is expected to survive. and officers responded to a fight at a home and found the suspect at the scene and is now facing assault with a deadly weapon charge. >>> coming up next, a lot of people rubbing sleep out of their eyes after watching postgame. patriots fans happy but will wall street react with joy. the reason the new england's super bowl victory could mean a down year for the st

in vacaville, philippe djegal, kron four news. still ahead.evacuate... now hundreds are without their home this morning. i'll break down the flooding in the south bay, break. and here's a no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 breaking news. thousands of people who live in san jose, foreced to evacuate this morning because of major flooding. city officials declared a local emergency and are now expanding a mandatory evacuation order. the problem is connected to the anderson reservior, which is at capacity. all that water is flowing into coyote creek and flooding the surrounding area. people are now being warned to stay away from standing water, avoid downed trees and power lines and to get out of any area where water appears to be rising. we continue to follow this story all morning long. we have team coverage live from the

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we are seeing some pockets of heavy rain moving through vacaville and yountville and napa. pocket will approach san mateo and redwood city in a few minutes. and the rain we talked about in the santa cruz mountains, one area of concern, it is raining there right now. if you're following me on facebook and twitter, i'm keeping you updated on what's going on. and a second storm system expected in the forecast. we might have a spinout in the north bay. >> as you talk about, rain coming into the san mateo area. looking for wet roadways. very calm right now anywhere around the san mateo bridge. we are looking over here in novato southbound 101, past highway 37. reports of a spinout there. the car blocking one lane. chp lending a hand. be kaeuflg. there is some build. kari talked about the rain coming of. upper east shore freeway. that's where they are taking the weather data. slick conditions. richmond, minor delay for the bart system. it's a track issue. not related to the weather, from what i understand. and metering lights are on. we'll send it right back to you. >>> thanks, m

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. >>> it start out as a dance competition, after-party in vacaville and descended into violence early this morning. vacaville police say hundreds of college students from a number of universities were at an event center on orange drive. the calls started coming in from the center about fights breaking out and spilling outside. then just before officers got there, someone pulled out a gun in the parking lot and started shooting. police contained the area, did an extensive search and they couldn't find any victims and they couldn't find the gunman. >> chp officers found a car they believe was used in a deadly hit and run last week. a big rig driver saw a body lying on the freeway at 6:00 in the morning. the man was the victim of a hit and run. they released a picture of the suspect's vehicle. it is a silver nissan versa like the one you see here. that car now has been located, but the driver remains at large. the victim's name so far has not been released. >>> at this hour, tracking our next round of heavy rain right now in san francisco where our storm ranger mobile doppler radar picki

westbound 80 through the vacaville area, and leisuretown highway so just gives you an idea of the kind of commute that we are starting with. we'll talk about that flooding coming up. >>> and one of the areas we are closely watching this morning, the santa cruz mountains. >> the storm has only just begun and we are already seeing dangerous conditions. abc7 news recorder matt keller is there live. kmat t? >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. the rain had lightened up but the winds are gusty so that rain is going sideways. i want to show you the headlights here. you can see how that wind is pushing the rain in one direction here and we have that wind advisory, wind gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour, it's going to make it very dangerous out there on the roads. here's some advice from chp. >> keep your eyes open, go slowly, have alternate routes planned because if some of those things do happen, great potential for back-up or any closures that may occur that people need to go around. >> reporter: yeah, how right he is. this is the kind of trouble you may run into. a large tree crashed

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a gunman is on the loose this morning after a shooting during a dance party in vacaville.pened early yesterday morning on orange drive, inside the sunrise event center in vacaville. the chaos then moved to the parking lot where there were hundreds of college students fighting. officers raced in but found no one who had been shot. police say the scene was so violent, they had to wear riot gear. the event was put on by u-c davis students. but police say whoever pulled the trigger, does not go to that school. a man is in jail this morning for allgedly setting a car on fire. around 8:00 yesterday morning, c-h-p officers found a car burning near fruitvale avenue and east seventh street in oakland. according to officials, witnesses helped c-h-p locate the a suspect connected to the burning vehicle. c-h-p identified the suspect as 20 year-old jose dejesus hermosillo. it's unclear this morning why he would set the car on fire. thousands gathered in golden gate park in san francisco for the annual kaiser permanente half marathon the event started back in 19-84 and it promotes a hea

over in vacaville nothing. it will be hit and miss showers, probably missed showers. you have to put them in. temperature in the morning are cool when you wake up. mild when you get through the day. going to be a brisk february day for us. here's the system. saturday morning, it's going to push this way. it rotates and goes back down. it goes to southern california. we end up on saturday and sunday, not looking bad. by sunday evening it gets going. snow in the mountains. winter weather advisory, snow levels will be low. that could get you know on mount diablo. the five-day forecast, there's the slight chance on saturday. there it is sunday. neither day will be half bad. compared to what we've been seeing this isn't much of a kersh in terms of any kind of flooding or warnings. just a nice weekend compared to what we've been seeing. >> it's so nice the dry out. >> it is. >>> a 16-year-old soccer player from holster is recovering at the chirpiest hospital. jose was playing in watsonville when he was hit in the chest. at first he thought he just this the rained knocked ou

. >>> violence broke out in vacaville. police posted pictures on facebook. officers got calls about fights, then reports of gun shots outside the sun rise banquet hall and event center at around 1:00 a.m. police contained the crowd. they did not find anyone injured. they were hosting an after part for a dance competition involving a number of students from universities. >>> a warning was issued to students following an armed robbery, about two blocks from campus. just before midnight friday, two people held up a group of students, one was injured but was okay. the robbers took off in possibly a gray dodge charger. >>> a rally in the central valley. tensions running so high, a california congressman needed a police export. up next, what he's saying about the angry protests. >>> up next, keep clear. what led to bart delays for much of the day. >>> abc 7 news was along bart's tracks near the san francisco daily border when trees were trimmed. tracks were forced to be closed and commuter ts faced delays. they hope pruning the trees will prevent future delays. >>

farther north, showers near vacaville and fairfield.we will continue to see that moving off to the east. light rain for parts of the peninsula. getting heavier for spots that are getting closer to redwood city. so a lot of rain here off and on. we will see this throughout the day. more moisture streaming in. and also more snow for the sierra. the bigger picture shows the weekend storm down the line. this is the next thing we will be watching as it winds down and moves off to the east. we are not completely done with the rain just yet. you are seeing that on the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen. still seeing a chance of scattered showers, possibly an isolated thunderstorm. as the storm system winds down and even at 11:00, as you get ready to head out for lunch, it is is still going to be raining. a few more breaks this afternoon, into the evening. and we will start to see dryer air and clearing skies for tomorrow morning. looking at additional rainfall fort bay area, many of us seeing trace amounts of rain. there could be s

these are photos vacaville police posted to social media.ice were told about fights breaking out and spilling out on the streets. then just before officers arrived, someone pulled out a gun in the parking lot and started shooting. police say they did an extensive search but couldn't find victims or the gunman. >>> back to our microclimate weather forecast as we take a live look outside everything all calm and easy at the bay bridge. shimmering bay there. we do have changes here. >> changes in the works. let's turn to kari hall now for a look at the forecast. >> more rain will move in. now at 5:37, some spotty showers and some light rain as you head out the door. still some wet weather after having to deal with such a very wet weekend at times. as we get a closer look at american canyon, vallejo, you see the rain moving in. also for fairfield and for much of the north bay a little bit of slight rain here and there in spots. mill valley, tiburon seeing steady downpour at this point. we're also seeing some rain right there over oakland, west oa

let's start in vacaville. cherry glen road, a stalled tour bus was out there for three hours and 45 minutes and it is now cleared. you have a six-mile backup to deal with and driving 17 miles an hour. if this is a part of your morning commute, give yourself time to get to west 180 in vacaville. the bay bridge toll plaza, there is wet roadways with rain coming down and windshield wipers moving. i will take a 25 minutes and here's a live look at northbound 85, not looking good in to oakland. >>> live high doppler radar picking up rain in the bay area near the 680 corridor and in pleasanton, showers around the santa cruz mountains. there. there is a heavy downpour outside vasco road. if you are a in discovery bay or brentwood, give yourself extra time before you go out the door to avoid that. >>> a high wind advisory in effect and some of the winds are up to 30 miles an hour. heavy rain tonight and lingering showers on wednesday with a storm on thursday and lingering showers into your friday. >> the biggest comeb

these are photos vacaville police posted to social media. police were told about fights breaking out spilling onto the streets and then just before officers arrived, someone pulled out a gun in the parking lot and started shooting.extensive sear but couldn't find victims or the gunman. >>> investigators found dead on highway 101 last thursday was a victim of a hit and run. the victim's name has not been released. chp says the car involved has been found. a silver nissan but the driver still not located. >>> let's get you caught up right now on some events happening today around the bay. hayward city leaders will outline their actions to protect immigrants and oppose workplace immigration raids. that's happening at 11:00. plus, u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is speaking at stanford. she'll offer her personal reflections on life during stanford's lecture on a meaningful life and practice rounds begin today at the at&t pebble beach pro-am golf tournament. a popular event every year. golf pros will play alongside celebrities like

. >>> vacaville saw major flooding this morning. the road was totally swamped in this video posted by vacaville police. the water in alamo creek also rose fast. police asked people to avoid that area for their safety. >>> city crews made quick work of this downed tree in walnut creek this morning. this is on main street near creek side drive. huge limbs and branches were all over the cars and the road. and it seemed to be raining sawdust this morning in san francisco. abc 7 news was on pine street as crews cleared a large tree that crashed on top of a tesla. no one was injured, though. dozens of trees have fallen since last night. pine street was shut down at scott for several hours while crews chopped up the tree. >>> the hunt for a suspected serial killer and his accomplice in the southeast is now over. authorities say 41-year-old william boyette is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a motel in west point georgia about 80 miles south of atlanta. boyette is suspected of killing three women and wounding anothe

. >> in vacaville this is new video of the flooding. you can see the roadway flooding from this video posted by the police department. the water is rising fast at the bridge. people are being told to please stay out of that area. >>> if you're flying out of sfo today, i probably don't have to tell you this, it's going to be a wreck. this weather could affect your plans. 89 cancellations in and out of the airport today. there are 24 out of oakland and 8 out of san jose. neither reporting any cancellations right now. >> our storm watch coverage continues. >> today's storm bringing more snow to lake tahoe as we look live at heaven mountain resort. you can see how a at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no

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. >>> the heavy rain was too much for storm sewers in the vacaville neighborhood. the street in the area more like a small lake. no one risking the drive through this water. >>> and saturated hillsides not standing up to this latest storm. this is one of many mudslides reported in marin county this morning. mud and tree branches covering olema road in fairfax. >>> a look at warnings posted in the sierra, track the storm using the hi-def doppler radar at cbssf.com. >>> now turning to president trump's first 100 days in office. a contentious confirmation vote in the senate. betsy devos has been confirmed as the president's secretary of education just a short while ago. senate democrats debated all night trying to derail the confirmation but the vote in the senate ended with a 50/50 tie with vice president mike pence breaking the tie. he is the first vice president to resolve a deadlocked vote on a cabinet nomination. >>> also today a federal appeals court in san francisco will hear arguments from the justice department in two states over president trump's immigration

westbound 80 if you are driving from let's say vacaville, fairfield and vallejo. it still looks goodall the way to the bridge. now to some live pictures. the bay bring toll plaza is light. its been raining there as you know. the photograph sick okay on to the bridge. in san jose northbound 280 traffic is also right. at 4:34 let's go back to the desk. >>> happening today the state will carry out its monthly snow pack measurement. it's expected to bring good news for the water supplies. state water managers say the snow pack is at 177% of average. that is the most snow we have is seen since 1995. the water content is at 108% of the usual average for april despite that and be are only in february. the drought restrictions expected to stay in place because of extremely low ground water. >>> in delaware two correctional workers still held hose teenage this morning at a maximum security prison. we don't now how many inmates first held four hostages before releasing two. a correctional officer who wasn't one of the hostages was beaten during the take over. the inpaints h

there are some pockets of heavy rain stretching vacaville. over to oakland and then over to san jose. its going to be with us. o, rrville. the good news is they have the lake down pretty far. now the rain has returned. 870 feet. it went down 32 feet. out flow is 115. the inflow 119. i think it'll go up. i think it'll really go up toward friday and next week. they are getting rain toward orrville and it's starting to move through the front. you can see the line. santa rosa toward point reyes. that north of that is calming down. rain wise. 50s,60s on the temperatures. howling breeze. gusts of 40 to 50. 20 to 30, the front will barrel through or blast through but it'll be with us for a couple of hours. we will get a break later today and this system is on the way for tomorrow and it'll hit southern california. we will be on the northern edge and it'll be extremely windy tomorrow for up with some rain. 60s on the temperatures. >>> this afternoon you said sun and clouds. it's a possibility. >> i think this afternoon we are all right. >> okay. >> i

rainfall including antioch, discovery bay, rio vista may get a few showers and showers just leaving vacaville and fairfield and one batch of some light rain over vallejo. futurecast says a continuation of scattered showers a couple here and there, nothing too widespread. that continues through 11:00 tonight with another round of some light to moderate rainfall while we're sleeping tonight into tomorrow morning. so the timing of this is great. the steady rainfall out of here before the morning commute. snow in the sierra continues above 5,000 feet in elevation, another winter storm warning lake level up to 6" of snow. the higher elevations, peaks one to three feet of additional snow by saturday morning. speaking of the sierra, the numbers are in. and california's snow levels the highest they have been since 1995. emily turner live in the sierra with all the good news, lots of snow, emily? >> reporter: yeah, lots of snow. we saw some of that snow this morning when we were there for the snowpack survey. i was here a month ago for the first one of the year 53% of the historical average. in one mo

cordelia junction, vacaville. fairfield. let's move along to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's raining here right now and that looks like hard rain. we saw it earlier like at 4:00. it was dry. what steve said goes. showers, rain, heavy rain. other areas are not raining. it's kind of hit and miss this morning. let's move along to 280 at the 880 interchange. the traffic is light. doesn't look like its raining now. >>> people in the santa cruz mountains have really suffered with all the rain we have been getting. stormy weather has knocked down trees and fences down the san lorenzo river. one man is using plywood. he said it works better than sandbags. many residents are being hurt financially. for mark holt the damage to his property is not covered by insurance. >> hot tub and deck and the storms in january and now the retaining wall. the only professionally built one that went down about four feet. was t shaped, rebar. it got pushed over. >> and a lot of sight seers spent the holiday at the lexington reservoir after five- years of drought many say that they are happy do see

. >>> a dance competition afterparty in vacaville descended into violence early this morning. hundreds of college students from several universities were at this event on orange drive. calls started coming in about fights breaking out and spilling outside. then just as officers arrived, someone pulled out a gun in the parking lot and started shooting. police contained the area and did an extensive search but could not find any victims or the gunman. >>> next at 5:00, truck drivers worried about their safety and yours. >> i timed it. eight minutes, that truck was burned to the frame. that's all it took. >> you could have been inside that truck. >> i could have been sitting in there when it caught on fire. >> next, we investigate claims that a device designed to cut pollution could actually be sparking fires. >>> the rain has arrived in san francisco. marin county, starting to arrive in the south bay as a series of three storms arrive as we head into the new week. the full forecast and hour by hour outlook when we come right back. sweetie, you know what we're craving right now?

vacaville, solano. nice drive here if you are going into vallejo. if you are on highway 37 all the way over to nevado. you can do that now. traffic is looking good and so this entire area of the bay including solano but also just -- as i'm kind of search around for slow traffic. i like when i do this i don't see any red. i'm look for -- let's -- i see something here. there is a little bit of slow traffic. we found a little bit of stop and go traffic. let's go out to the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic moving along nicely into san francisco. in san jose northbound 280 through downtown. it's looking good. it's a good drive right now for you to get things done if you want to get on the road. let's go back to dave. >>> we have a better look at the massive damage to the spillway at the orrville dam. the crews reduced the water flow yesterday. eventually stopping it completely. you can see the lower part of the spillway has been washed away. the water flow has eroded the hillside under it as well. state officials hope to keep that out flow of water turned

traffic on 80 westbound as you drive from vallejo to the -- from vacaville to vallejo. not a bad drive. it is okay. now you heard rosemary said it's going to be raining this morning. your drive even if it's light may be an adventurew. very flooding standing water and several crashes reported. i just want to let you know that it won't be a great the drive. one thing that is good is that they didn't find that accident southbound 101 near the robin williams tunnel. they went to look and it wasn't there. that's good. traffic is light on the bridge. westbound you can see the rain is coming down in sheets here. traffic is light. 4:34. let's go back to the desk. >>> the chp is reporting traffic hazards caused by the storm throughout the bay area. >> yeah and napa several road right side closed because of standing water. mudslides and downed power lines. paul chambers you are -- tell us more about the road conditions so far. >> reporter: i tell you what. good morning. it's raining. it's coming down. it's windy. we are headed up there to n appa and sonm. you can see cars behind

fairfield light rain, vacaville, rio vista junction. there's a swath of precipitation around oakland on highway 13 connecting to 580. we have the rain streaming back to the 580/680 corridor. santa cruz mountains which has already seen half a foot of rain yesterday alone light to moderate rainfall continues in the ben lomond area. right now river levels 33 approaching 34 feet at the russian river near johnson's beach in guerneville. we anticipate it to recede later today but it's cresting now. high wind advisory not for today. tomorrow it's going to be very windy again very similar conditions to yesterday. here is the setup. we now have a series of little cold fronts that are going to begin to roll through on thursday. today just some light precipitation here and there mostly right now during the morning hours. lunchtime hit-and-miss scattered showers. breaks afternoon into the evening mostly cloudy skies and then here comes the rain just in time for your morning commute on thursday or an hour or two later than what we experienced yester

westbound 80 through the vacaville area, and leisuretown highway so just gives you an idea of the kinde starting with. we'll talk about that flooding coming up. >>> and one of the areas we are closely watching this morning, the santa cruz mountains. >> the storm has only just begun and we are already seeing dangerous conditions. abc7 news recorder matt keller is there live. kmat t? >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. the rain had lightened up but the winds are gusty so that rain is going sideways. i want to show you the headlights here. you can see how that wind is pushing the rain in one direction here and we have that wind advisory, wind gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour, it's going to make it very dangerous out there on the roads. here's some advice from chp. >> keep your eyes open, go slowly, have alternate routes planned because if some of those things do happen, great potential

in vacaville. . .after a giant redwood tree falls on top of their house.damage to the now totaled peach tree avenue home... looks to be thousands of dollars. billy mitchell says the tree came crashing down at around four o'clock late sunday afternoon. . . while he was watching a golf tournament on tv with his father and friend. his mother was in the kitchen baking.the tree crashed through the living and family rooms. . .luckily not hurting anyone.mitchell says his grandfather planted the tree nearly 60-years ago.crews were called in to remove the redwood. . . which is said to have been unhealthy and weak. trt:20/ "across the house" the mitchells are staying in a hotel until the roof is repaired. now to the sierra...where traveling to the lake tahoe area has been an incredibly difficult task tonight. it has been snowing hard. grant lodes has been monitoring the problems there...and is here now with the latest on the winter storm warning...still in effect. i-80 eastbound has just reopened to passenger ve

and okay, moving over to vacaville now, westbound 80 after cherry glen road. a stalled bus blocking the left lane out there and no delays, though. we have crews on the way trying to clear that out for you. if you would like to avoid the roads, they're wet. take mass transit and everything is on time. over to you. >> thank you. >>> and if you're waking up and miss super bowl 51, the umpire state building has you covered. red, white, and blue. the colors of the new england patriots. the pats beating the atlanta falcons in overtime. throwing fashion. thor-28 and there were for a few first last night, the biggest comeback every by a team in super bowl history. the first time a super bowl went into overtime and the first time's quarterback won five super bowls and that quarterback, bay area native tom brady. san mateo's finest. after the game, they celebrated on the field with family and friends. the team trailed in the second half but the pats roared back. scoring 31 unanswered points, including a two-point conversion with less than a minute left in the game. >> a

as we head of to vallejo, vacaville, any of the contributory tors will be flooding until 4:00. this will be reassessed once we see the water levels dropping. i've been sending out updates on everything that's going on. let me know what you're seeing. following the alternatives for highway 17. >> thank you for pointing out the colors. my kids heard about alameda county. they were concerned it was every single house. so i had to show them. so thank you again. the roadway is drying out. we're still suffering from the after effects. we had more mudslides and trees down. highway 17, just about highway 9 they closed it again because of mud and rock slides. caltrans will check it out after the sun rises you have to go down to 156. or 92 to the north. at least the roads are open. we'll tend it back to you. >> that is a road trip. >>> an emotional reunion. a decorated war veteran ran. how he got a precious piece of his past back. (coughs) cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all

some of the heaviest rain approaching vacaville as well.the east bay, light showers through richmond, emeryville, berkeley, as well as oakland. a little bit dryer in the south bay. a lot of rain in the santa cruz mountains. south county, we are seeing light showers in. slippery for gilroy. and the delta as well, light showers. it looks like as we go through the day, there will be breaks in the rain. any rain we do see will be light. this is ahead of the next round of heavier rain arriving for tomorrow morning's commute right there at 9:30 tomorrow morning. heavy rain north to south. and month fg in throughout the day. several more hours of heavy rain will add to more downed trees, power lines and more flooding. the rainfall totals look to be anywhere from two, possibly two additional inches of rain. and about an inch of spots for spots like the silicon valley area. we see the atmospheric river into deep moisture. i'm tracking it all. trying to keep you updated on facebook and twitter. heading into the weekend, we are so looking forward to t

all of these areas still seeing the rain this morning, towards napa county and also for spots like vacaville. still tracking more of the rounds of rain moving in. this will be lighter compared to what we have had recently. berkeley, west oakland seeing showers. and lighter rain heading into parts of the south bay right now. i'll have more on this. as we head oever. >> no delays yesterday. we have those for this morning's commute as well. overall, traffic flowing very well. major roadways flowing nicely. we still have the closure for highway 37 between 101 and africa. pothole repair work the second time here. positive there. this continuing issue. for much more, back to you. >> this could be the new normal for highway 17. a live look at crews racing to open up at least one northbound lane. you see lights in the distance. that's where they are doing their work. right now one southbound lane is open in each direction. a mudslide shut down a popular roadway scotts valley between sugarloaf and vine hill road. it closed all lanes in both directions. it is frustrating drivers throughout the winter.

the line is sliding east, there is still more rain in walnut creek and san jose, fairfield and vacaville. look at the snow falling above 6000 feet. yreka also. this is a stormy day again. new flash flood warnings extended and niles canyon at alameda creek. how many times that we talked about this text it's been extended until 10:30 pm. the snow in the sierra when you add it all up, we are talking upwards of 60 inches of snowfall in the highest elevations. temperatures outside mid-50s we are drying out at the golden gate and downtown san francisco where it's 55 degrees. san jose soggy two inches of rain and it's currently 60. conquered 66 oakland 54. tonight mid-50s vallejo 53. redwood city 54. another storm passing by to the north counterclockwise flow is drawing up tropical moisture. i've been calling it a tropical tap. we couldn't buy one of these any winter for the past five and now we've had five this was -- past winter. we will see scattered showers and the steady rain is gone by this evening. it's still wet in a few spots tomorrow morning and mixing in with some sunshine scattered

fairfield, vacaville below freezing. napa close.nd san rafael dropping to 45 degrees overnight tonight. things are changing the patterns are calming down. no atmospheric rivers no significant storms just kind of more normal late february weather. our storm will become a big problem in the midwest but moving away from us. ridge of high pressure being bashful stays to the south and west. look at this guy right here that's going to miss us diving off the coastline. a cool and dry northwest flow of air is what we get for the next 34 to 36 hours. temperatures tomorrow, not really that warm. despite the fact we will have mainly clear skies. you need some help, san jose big time flooding the last couple of days. rain free tomorrow and really the stuff over the weekend is nothing to worry about when it comes to flooding. it's minimal amounts of rain. tomorrow sunny and dry. saturday, notice there's some on the radar. there will be some light rain especially in the morning and mid-afternoon. and then it's gone. and now sunday looks completel

traffic is going to be slow in vacaville. want to get to fairfield it looks good.problems getting into vallejo this morning. let's go to the toll plaza. the traffic here is backed up about 10 minutes. getting into san francisco. the san mateo bridge traffic does not look back. heading over to the peninsula. >>> we are following a developing story in fremont. and man is dead and a police officer recovering after a shooting. question is in fremont. tell us what you know. >> reporter: the scene is clear right now. this is where that deadly encounter came to an end. police officers were here for our -- hours last night. it all started with a report of a battery about a half-mile away. officers arrived in the area and track down the involved parties here neil lowery in such a drive. the responding officers in the suspect got into a physical altercation. which escalated to the point where an officer drew their weapon and fired. other officers responded and tried to save the suspect. the person was declared dead at the scene. the officer was taken to a hospital for non-li

fairfield, vacaville 39 degrees. santa rosa will start in the upper 30s. we're getting cloudy because of this. this is the first storm of february. it looks pretty impressive and it is. if nothing had happened in january, we would say it's a pretty moderate storm. but compared to what we had early this month, it is not as strong. winds aren't as severe. that said, this will all begin to move in tomorrow. numerous places i decided to stop one the onset of precipitation. the rainfall begins right around this time tomorrow. there's light rain. it's green, it's not the yellow or red we saw. we will see a front moving through thursday morning and for a time it is going to pour. you'll likely be sleeping during that time. 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 thursday morning. we will see rain heavy at times. scattered showers continue friday afternoon. scattered showers continue thursday night. scattered showers continue friday morning. you kind of get the point. we're going to see on and off showers for about two or three days after the front actually gets through. so how much rai

if we look a little further in this county -- solano county you can see traffic coming in from vacaville and fairfield does not look bad. westbound 80 is slowing down as you approach interstate westbound 80 is slowing down as you approach interstate 780. that's move along and take a look at a picture of highway 80 westbound at the toll plaza. they have turned the metering lights on. 5-two-minute delay before the bridge. northbound 101 the left approaching the 80 split looks good. it is a big benefit for the commute not to have wet weather. it is looking more like a normal commute. >>> a bridge in big sur that has cracked after the rain now has to be completely replaced. the pfeiffer canyon bridge along highway is so bad now it cannot be fixed. it has been closed since last week after cracks caused by the rain caused the bridge to start thinking. it will take caltrans 6 months to build a new one. the closure means drivers can no longer take the complete highway 1 scenic route at least for now. >>> that all flooding problems are in the south bay. there is an emergency in lake county. it co

. >> and in vacaville, a tree fell on top of the bridge. look at this. no one was hurt.ws are working to cut up and remove that tree. >>> it was a tough day to travel by plane. there were nearly 150 flight cancellations at san francisco international airport. take a look at the board. there's a list of cancellations for flights coming from the east coast. it didn't end there. the rain pounding the west coast caused cancellations from oregon to palm springs. travelers are taking it all in stride. >> and that's all you can do, really. we packed a bag full of toys and snacks that she has no idea are for her. and we'll pick them out when it's appropriate. >> many more flights are being affected by delays of up to 1.5 hours. >> the storm has caused extensive route to state route 70. heavy road flooded the roadway and poured from a water fall, as you can see here. this was just one of several mud and rock slides that blocked traffic. look at those boulders. this has since been cleared to traffic. >>> snow and ice in south lake tahoe are creating a flooding problems. drains are

right there in vacaville. we have cloudless skies right now. a shield of clouds brought a field of rain showers to north western section of the state earlier this morning. we are dry. this is a beautiful view. looking out from our tower. in a northerly direction at the golden gate bridge. clear skies. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. no reports of any local airport delays. weather watchers from fairfield and alameda. all reporting temperatures in the 30s. here's what you need to know on this valentine's day. very mild temperatures. temps will peak today and tomorrow. by thursday we have a very fast moving system that will bring us rain and wind. but a bigger one on friday. in and out of the rain showers in the extended forecast. satellite and radar shows the clouds banked up against the state of california. we had the clouds wiping away earlier today. due to a north breeze 5-15. as we move out of the way, we see a series of storms stack up out of the motion. those will train into the bay area from thursday to next wednesday. here's lunchtime to

heavy rainfall from vacaville south through american canyon back through marin county and the city of francisco. but once that moves through, we calm down again. just some scattered showers with cloudy skies. humid conditions throughout the afternoon tomorrow. scattered showers continue tomorrow night so, so many us having plans on a friday night make sure you bring the umbrella. it's not going to pour. we'll have scattered showers. wake up saturday morning still a few showers. drier saturday afternoon. and the showers will return quickly also on super bowl sunday. it's not the wettest pattern but persistent rainfall. next week interesting we have a ridge of high pressure which will be building from southern california. we have the potential for an atmospheric river event moving into california but right now, look like the ridge is going to win and all the heavy rainfall will stay hours to our north. if that changes and moves farther south, which is the question i'm posting here, we maze some heavier rainfall for those of you in lake county, mendocino county, and sonoma county. but ri

as we get a closer look at the north bay from napa over towards vacaville, and we are still going to see this rain off and on through the rest of the day. also the winds picking up. winds are rushing in from the south. we'll start to see more of a stronger southerly wind later on this evening along the coast line, that's where the winds will be the strongest. and we will have the highest gusts at about 2:00 to 3:00 in the morning with more of those scattered showers starting to move in. half moon bay looking at those wind speeds sustained at 37 miles an hour, may be even higher with gusts up to 50 in the inland areas, at about 20 to 25 miles an hour with some of those winds picking up. and it still stays breezy throughout the day tomorrow. looking at the time line for when we'll start to see some of the heavier rain moving in, looks like by our 11:00 newscast we'll start to see some of the showers becoming more scattered and then some heavier downpours early in the morning, three or 4:00 we'll have rain moving in that will briefly be heavy and scattered activity throughout the day to

this is a look from vacaville to fairfield and vallejo. and eastbound traffic a little slow in vallejo when you get to the bring it looks okay. driving through. let's go to a live mechanic church of highway 24. you can see it's interpret they slow here. westbound and also eastbound approaching the or ind a crossroads. a couple of tweeters saying what is going on? the rain is coming down hard. that's just slowing people down. we don't have any major accidents. we had a few earlier move agriculture long to the bay bridge. here the metering lights are on. you can straff sick backed up already. approaching the toll plaza. let's go back to the desk. >>> sal and steve told you parts of the bay area really getting a lot of rain and strong winds right now. the drive is a tough one and expects some flooding too. we are in emoryville. what's it like out there? >> reporter: what's it like? it's rain upping. we are in the middle of it. we are seeing a steady rain. he said the rain was mainly going to be in the east bay, south bay area. we are seeing t

in vacaville.oved to the parking lot where there were hundreds of college students fighting. officers raced in but found no one who had actually been shot. police say the scene was so violent they had to wear riot gear. >> we have ballistic helmets that we put that on our head. also have either shotgun rifles or equipment that would be utilized and then go in. >> reporter: the event was put on by uc davis students. police say whoever pulled the trigger doesn't go to that school. >>> joined right now by meteorologist lawrence karnow. you have been busy tracking all of this rain outside. >> a lot of rain around the bay area. those which is really picking up dusty out there. the rain continues to pour. we've got plenty more to come. we have to watch this really closely i think as we had in towards the next couple days and i'll show you why. taking you for a closer look now we can see those scattered showers continuing to pop up outside. heavy downpours moving onshore as we take you in for a closer loo