and the power poles were no match for the winds through vallejo. gusts actually knocked down three poles and a large tree. >> also in vallejo right now, part of interstate 80 is shut down from a downed tree and power line. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings ft. thanks for joining us. let's go live to tiffany wilson in vallejo. >> reporter: well, this is absolutely turned into a commuter's nightmare. if you look over my shoulder you can see one of those downed telephone poles and also the giant blue gum eucalyptus tree that collapsed right behind it. right now crews are working with chainsaws to cut it into pieces. but take a look at this video from the other perspective from highway 80. high wind knocked over the tree and its branches spanned all of the eastbound lanes. a car was even hit by the tree as it tumbled down. then over on the westbound side you can see the wires across the lanes and those are live wires. something even was smoldering that came into contact with them. chp completely shut down highway 80 as crews came to

48-year old man from vallejo was murdered. sot- "it's a suspicious death and we're not classifying it either at this point." the discovery was made just after 7-30 in the morning. the man was alone didn't have car. and, lieutenant bartlett says sot- "appeared to have fallen face forward and had some facial injuries." at this time, police don't know if the man is the victim of a hit and run collision. sot- "we're waiting for the coroner's reports on official cause of death. some injuries may not to be so apparent." investigators are hoping witnesses who passed through this area and may have seen something suspicious. call police to help solve this case. reporter>>:a 21-year-old man is suffering from a gunshot wound. after he was shot last night outside of the concord bart station. police say the victim was waiting for a taxi with friends. when a car pulled up in the taxicab line. they say someone from inside that car shot the man. after they got into an argument with him. the car was a black or dark- colored 4-door sedan. polic

police in vallejo are on the hunt for a killer on the run. as kron four alecia reid reports, neighbors were awakened by a round of gunshots early saturday morning. >> officers with k-9's canvassed the area. >> you wouldn't expect that here. >> on saturday, a man lay dead in hons park with multiple gunshot wounds, a victim, a white or hispanic man in his 20's was found on the trail. a number of neighbors heard the gunshots and called authorities. >> there was no suspects seen leaving the area. >>reporter: attack took place in the morning. for hours, the police had the park closed off as officers searched for clues. >> they were cops all over, i asked if i could walk through, he said no. >> this is my backyard. it is a quiet area it is surprising something like that would happen here. >> once in awhile you hear of somebody having a car broken into, but a murder? no. houses broken into, probably, that is really about it. >>reporter: police are investigating this as a homicide. meanwhile, people who live in the area believe this may be an isolate

. >> vallejo police are investigating a shooting death in a park. there were reports of multiple gunshots at the park this morning. vallejo police found the body man in his 20s on a trail 200-yard from the parking lot. no suspects were seen leaving the area. police closed down the park so k-9 units could search for evidence. if you have information, call the vallejo police. >>> a shooting claimed the life of a young woman in martinez and injured a man. it happened around 9:30 last night. police say 18-year-old judith bean was killed. a second victim, 25-year-old sherman parker, was wounded but is expected to recover. no arrests so far in the case. >>> new details tonight as surprising offer from north korea in the soapy -- sony imagine attack. north korea wants to hundred the united states find out who is behind the attack. the government says it knows how to prove it's not responsible for hacking and has proposed conducting a joint investigation with the u.s. sony says it's had to cancel distribution of the movie "their interview" because theaters

and vallejo.traffic came to a complete halt it was blocking all lanes. the crews have been out trying to fix the problem. joining us on the phone, daniel. >> catherine: kind of progress are they making daniel? >> reporter: i starting to make a little bit of progress. there are trying to tackle the problem with the tree in the number to lange. and vallejo. it will still be a wild. --awhile. >> reporter: eastbound is still a bad situation because of that tree right there and crew members are trying to take a chainsaw to get it out of the way and open up a second late and get things going again. they are adding additional accruals to this project. to get it taken care of, catherine. >> catherine: is to clarify east found is moving but that is just one lane so it is moving slowly, i guess? >> reporter: the tree is completely over lane number two. it will be awhile. it's hard to make it out from here because it is starting to get darker. >> catherine: we will not even guess on when they will -- you hav

a very different rally was held on the streets of vallejo. our joe vazquez was there as people came out to show their support for police. >> reporter: we want to show the police that we -- > we want to show the police we support them and thank them for keeping us safe. >> reporter: this was unlike the rallies we have seen over the past few months. this one was held to say thank you. >> all lives matter. not just black lives, not just blue lives. not brown not white doesn't matter. they all matter. >> we are dedicating this rally to the memory of the two slain new york city police officers wenjian liu and rafael ramos. >> reporter: the killings of the two police officers sparked the rally. folks wanted to let local officers know they have their support. >> i want my young man to be able to have positive inner actions with the police and also to be aware of being cautious and the things that they need to know when stopped. >> my brother mario was murdered by the vallejo police. >> no justice, no peace! >> reporter: within about 20 minutes, coun

they have one running from vallejo to san francisco. 2,000 people are affected.>> our coverage of the major winter storm continues next at 6:00, with coverage from the use reporters across the bay area and meteorologist mike nicco and drew will tell us what to expect for the day ahead. >> the richmond-san rafael toll plaza shows it is rainy and traffic is getting through okay. you can keep tab on weather and traffic with abc7 news now. stay tuned. which means it's timeson for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models. over a million californians have a gotten something that's beend. out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled thro

over vallejo and courter of an inch of rain. to the north and center rosa we are seeing heavier showers. in the south bay, moderate wing over santa clara with a 10th of an inch of rain to a quarter of an inch of rain. we still have blood advisory. until 845 tonight. --flood advisory. drive with caution this evening. tonight, we will continue with spotty showers continuing into tomorrow with a no. band of organized or rain. >> jacqueline: was the on and off showers and another bed of rain as we had until friday. --band >> pam: related problems will consist no one knows solutions for canals that keep flooding over the neighborhoods. >> pam: j.r.? >> reporter: receding in this mobile home park in redwood city directly behind me it is pumping behind me and there are still fears of future flooding. now, the focus rise on this san francisco bay location. >> the solutions are more difficult. >> reporter: bill raines led to back up drains and broken pumps. since that time the manager here at the r c mobile home park has purchased a new

you see a frost advisory in effect including fairfield and vallejo overnight for 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, where temperatures drop into the mid 30s and a freeze warning in effect just to our south. that begins at midnight. temperatures will get to about 32 degrees. i will let you know how high we rebound saturday afternoon when i see you with the full accuweather seven day forecast in a few minutes. >> drew, thanks a lot. >>> this is being called a minor flood. sonoma county officials say damage from a storm that slammed downtown hillsberg earlier this morning pales in comparison to past floods. there is an estimated $9 million in damage, not enough for government assistance. in marin or san mateo county, you can request tax relief from the state board of equalization. >>> we all know how much we need the rain we have been getting. but the runoff it has created has forced the cancellation of an annual post-holiday environmental program. christmas trees have been brought to local lakes and recycled as reefs for fish. the most recent effort to create a tree reef was at quar

in vallejo, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >>> some progress for b.a.r.t. riders but thousands of commuters still find themselves stranded this evening because of several wind-related problems. trains are now running again between glen park and daly city. b.a.r.t. stopped service after a fallen tree blocked the tracks near the balboa park station. the hayward fire department shared this picture showing a large tree that toppled on to b.a.r.t.'s tracks there. that stopped trains between hayward and south hayward. service has been restored between pleasant hill and concord after debris was cleared from the tracks. oakland airport connector service is also stopped because of a power outage. >>> the weather is causing delays on muni. downed trees are said to be causing problems for several lines. ferry service was available this morning but not this evening. high winds forced the cancellation of all ferry service across the bay. water's just too rough. buses will be provided instead. >>> two people were killed by fallen trees in separate incidents, following wi

vallejo and fairfield + livermore. it will still like it's 20 degrees it will collect the is and 20 in oakland. >> jacqueline: the wind will start to die down some it will fall like it is warmer. killing like is more comfortable. coming up for new year's it will become colder and years eve and new year's day. that plusher extended forecast coming up little later. >> catherine:bodies, debris and aircraft parts have all been pulled from the sea near where the air-asia was last reported on sunday. >> catherine:dozens of military divers will be joining the search for debris and the bodies of victims.. >> catherine:the divers hope to continue the recovery effort before some rough weather arrives. as stacy cohan reports the cause of the crash is still unknown. >> catherine:stacey... >> reporter:pieces of lives lost are slowly being brought ashore. >> reporter:helicopters and divers are sent to recover bodies and belongings of the 155 passengers and 7 crew members aboard air asia flight 8501. >>"he's a good husband in my eyes

. >> my trusty abc7 weather app shows it is 37 degrees in vallejo. it could freeze to 7:00 tomorrow morning. that could put all of this yummy lettuce in jeopardy. >> you can see here how it is wilting. it is laying down. >> they took quick action at the people's tbar -- garden in vallejo where they grow gardens for the homeless. they are predicted to be at or near freezing. they should be fine. >> there is more of a concern for people who converted their thirsty lawns into drought resis extent -- drought resistant landscapes. >> there is a temperature tolerance or lack of temperature tolerance. >> he has a garden full of succulents that form and store water, but it causes them to burst. >> this bird of paradise froze to the ground. it was devastating. they say most native succulents are more than nonnative. >> they are common in the bay area and horticulture. they can only take the tiniest bit of frost of the. >> they say thicker is succulents are more saw susceptible to the freeze. >> we are also keeping an eye on chill low citrus -- on chilly citru

vallejo into fairfield. this definitely a little more widespread a very cold number and we are going to continue with this for the next couple of hours. if you have pets make sure they are inside at least for the morning. here we get the 6:00 reading by about seven or eight. not a lot of change going on. still a lot of pink. about nine we start to see more widespread 40s. by ten and 11 we are in good shape and a quick peek at the afternoon highs. 50s in the forecast, 56 for oakland. 55 livermore and 57 san jose with mostly clear skies. temperatures are going to remain on the cool side as we get in to the extended forecast. we will go colder, i will explain why. >> we start with a funeral service underway in new york city. >> we can take you out there live. there is a live picture in front of christ tabernacle church. this is in queens. this funeral for rafael ramos is about to get started any moment now. >> we know that when the ramos is family arrived the oldest son was wearing his father's jacket and then

so look for mid and upper 40s to near 50 degrees. 47 in vallejo. 50 in oakland and 46 in san jose. tomorrow will be a little bit cooler again. in fact we will struggle to get into the mid 50s and some of the inland areas of vallejo and fairfield. a high of about 51. 56 in san francisco and in san jose. you saw how the wet weather will be moving in earlier. i want to give you a time lapse over the next week to give you an idea of how much rain you can expect. so tuesday morning, one moves through, looks like cloud cover just during morning hours. then during the afternoon, that's when storm number two moves in possibly a left over shower wednesday morning. but that is wednesday afternoon all the way through thursday. looks like we have a nice dry break into friday before storm number three comes in late morning and it will hit the north bay still dry in the south bay. this one not as strong so it should be gone by friday night. making way for a pretty dry weekend saturday into sunday. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. so we've got this storm tonight into tomorrow up to two

. >>> in vallejo, police are searching for a shooter after there were reports of a gun fired. vallejo police found the body of a man in his 20s on the trail about 200 yards from the parking lot. no suspects were seen leaving the area. >>> the rain has come and gone but in the north bay there is still flooding this weekend, that is because of the king tide. this is a look at the parking lot along mill valley, we're seeing the tide at the highest level of the year. abc meteorologist drew tuma has more. >> yes, katie, the reason we're seeing the tide high, the moon is closest with the position of the moon. take a look, a coastal flood advisory going into effect tomorrow morning starting at 9:00 a.m., for areas you see shaded in green, and along the bay for localized flooding. that means we could see sea water on roads and trails. so if you flood during high times of tide, you will likely see enhanced flooding throughout the day. on live radar, we'll show you a quiet night. drier skies are ahead. we'll talk about the details with the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you, drew,

the subject property the department received four letters of opposition if to the project 3 from vallejo street and one prove or disprove on steiner street since the staff analysis was distributed one letter from a neighbor in addition to the letter of support from the neighbor in the 24 hundred street of vallejo street the dr requesters concerns are the project creates a shadow and impacts on the property and not respectful of typography and didn't respect the projects floor deck exceeds his and incapable with the middle block pattern of this block and following the discretionary review the project was reviewed by the residential design team it was a reasonable expansion that sets up to the light of dr requesters property are reasonable and that project privacy is minimal the project is not creating extraordinarily circumstances and approve the project as proposed. >> dr requester our team has 5 minutes. >> jose as may we have the screen on and leave it on for the duration of 5 minutes. >> good evening commissioner president wu and members of the commission i'm joe butler an architect s

vallejo, .90. a couple of people from vallejo said it's pouring here. san francisco 1.05.n't remember who sent me that. i will look it up again. 1.08. danville, bob, that's sent 5:00 yesterday. 1.48 and antioch .75. what's great about concord, danville and antioch, they haven't that much over the weekend. there's plenty to go. look at offshore. we're not done yet. it's a steady rain. it will be a rain yip, cold, foggy day. there's been lighter amounts to the north. only about .50 i saw at middletown and far less than that up towards mendocino county. but don't give up. don't give up. there is a lot more on the way. you will see the heavier rain coming in tonight and tomorrow. even a steady rain can stack up and like ross in kentfield and mill valley. all the wait over to tiburon and then over san pablo bay and berkeley. what you are seeing here, that's the wind machines, windmills -- the wind machines. the sacramento radar picks that up. it sends a false return. people ask me that all of the time. heavier rain around concord. looks like that's let up. hercules, rodeo, waln

. >> my trusty abc7 weather app shows it is 37 degrees in vallejo. and it could freeze to 7:00 tomorrow morning. that could put all of this yummy lettuce in jeopardy. >> you can see here how it is wilting. it is laying down. >> they took quick action at the people's tbar -- garden in vallejo where they grow gardens for the homeless. they are predicted to be at or near freezing. they should be fine. >> there is more of a concern for people who converted their thirsty lawns into drought resis extent -- drought resistant landscapes. >> there is a temperature tolerance or lack of temperature tolerance. >> he has a garden full of succulents that form and store water, but it causes them to burst. >> this bird of paradise froze to the ground. it was devastating. they say most native succulents are more than nonnative. >> they are common in the bay area and horticulture. they can only take the tiniest bit of frost of the. >> they say thicker is succulents are more saw susceptible to the freeze. >> we are also keeping an eye on chill low citrus -- on chilly c

helena to napa and american canyon and vallejo and benicia you are ready to get wet. i will show you what happened with the cold front was the focal mechanism for the heavy rain and we don't have that will set coming our way today. we got this moist flow from th south. the mountains will lift it, that creates instability, and will create scattered showers. >> the sun will be out and that will lend heat to the atmosphere and that will trigger a few light showers as we head through the day. at 7:00, to noon, really scattered light showers through 5:00, and tonight less rain than this morning and more like fog. moring for toll morning than this morning. as we head to noon you can see the showers lining up and we have a cold front coming in tomorrow evening so we will have light-to-moderate rain and we could pulse up a thunderstorm or two to heavy rain which could lead to localized flooding tomorrow evening. not on the scale of yesterday. tonight through saturday morning lingering light shower and saturday afternoon into sunday we should be dry. the moist flow will contin

. >> my trusty abc7 weather app shows it is 37 degrees in vallejo. and it could freeze to 7:00 tomorrow morning. that could put all of this yummy lettuce in jeopardy. >> you can see here how it is wilting. it is laying down. >> they took quick action at the people's tbar -- garden in vallejo where they grow gardens for the homeless. they are predicted to be at or near freezing. they should be fine. >> there is more of a concern for people who converted their thirsty lawns into drought resis extent -- drought resistant landscapes. >> there is a temperature tolerance or lack of temperature tolerance. >> he has a garden full of succulents that form and store water, but it causes them to burst. >> this bird of paradise froze to the ground. it was devastating. they say most native succulents are more than nonnative. >> they are common in the bay area and horticulture. they can only take the tiniest bit of frost of the. >> they say thicker is succulents are more saw susceptible to the freeze. >> we are also keeping an eye on chill low citrus -- on chilly c

. >>> the shooting happened four hours ago at columbus and vallejo. those that know our victim says it was only a matter of time, joe? >> reporter: dinner is served here at busters but four hours ago these windows were blown out in the shooting. the victim, well known around the neighborhood. psychological disability. seen shouting at passers byes when he is not on his ms, he yelled at a driver, used the "n" word, the african-american driver got out, pistol-whipped him and a bullet went through his cheek and went into his shoulder. >> reporter: the two gunshots blew out two large window panes as people ate a midafternoon lunch. >> shattered glass hit my head. >> the glass hit your head? >> yes. the glass went around and hit my head and everybody ducked down really, really quickly. >> reporter: the witnesses say that roy was walking across vallejo at columbus when he got angry at a driver. roy lashed out using a racial slur. >> he did not like how close the guy got to him at the cross walk. he started yelling at him and he called him a -- [beep] -- and

vallejo police are searching for a shooter. there will reports of multiple gunshots at the park on skyline drive this morning. vallejo found the body of a man in his 20s on a trail about 200 yards from the parking lot. no suspects were seen leaving the area. >>> the rain is gone but in the north bay there is still some flooding this weekend, and that is because of king tide. this is a look at the parking lot along redwood highway in mill valley. we're seeing the tide at its highest level of the year. drew tuma has more. >> the earth right now is the closest to the sun, and the position of the moon over the next couple of of days will create high tides known as the king tide. we eave -- have a coastal flood advisory, the areas shaded in green. some seawater could spill on to roadways, sidewalks and trails. so if you see flooding during times of high tide, it will be exacerbated of the next couple of days. live doppler 7hd, still tracking light showers across the region. everything right now is widely scattered, but as you head i

and golden gate and a line of pockets of heavy activity through southern marin county out towards vallejo into solano county. more 80's of precipitation developing offshore but they are widely scattered. let's move along to the written fall total since sunday at 4:00 p.m. most location have received up to inch and a half or more in some spots. over 3 and quarter inches in kent field which is really soak. forecast animation at 11:00 o'clock tonight during the over tonight hours. pockets of showers and locally heavy down pour. we continue before the next big wave arrives tomorrow. show you that in a moment. >> thank you so much spencer. today storm didn't bring us much written as we saw last week but still cussed some problems especially in the north bay. another storm set to hit tomorrow residents doing all they can to keep the floodwater at bay. 7 news if continues the storm watch live from sonoma county. cornell? >> light rain falling tonight here at shellville intersection of highway 121 and 12. it's closed. because of flooding at this intersection. cal-trans as you can see working to c

vallejo police are searching for a shooter. there will reports of multiple gunshots at the park on skyline drive this morning. vallejo found the body of a man in his 20s on a trail about 200 yards from the parking lot. no suspects were seen leaving the area. >>> the rain is gone but in the north bay there is still some flooding this weekend, and that is because of king tide. this is a look at the parking lot along redwood highway in mill valley. we're seeing the tide at its highest level of the year. drew tuma has more. >> the earth right now is the closest to the sun, and the position of the moon over the next couple of of days will create high tides known as the king tide. we eave -- have a coastal flood advisory, the areas shaded in green. some seawater could spill on to roadways, sidewalks and trails. so if you see flooding during times of high tide, it will be exacerbated of the next couple of days. live doppler 7hd, still tracking light showers across the region. everything right now is widely scattered, but as you head i

and a tree fell on interstate 80 in vallejo. check out these pictures. it all brought traffic accident to a standstill in both directions. this happened just before 3:00 yesterday afternoon near admiral callahan lanes exit. the eastbound lanes weren't cleared until 7:30 last night. and in sausalito the coast guard stayed steady. at least nine boats broke loose from their post. >>> it is 2015 in some parts of the world. about 90 minutes ago chelsey celebrated. she is from new zealand. new zealand celebrated with a fire works show. san francisco also preparing for several extravagant parties. bill graham civic auditorium is hosting a two-day event that includes electronic music, acrobatic performers. san francisco city hall will have dancing under the rotunda with tickets starting at $100 per person. producers have had a battle with high winds during setup. but they don't expect it to cause a problem with the fire works show. >> we have 4,000-5,000 different effects that will happen over a 15 minute span. they will range in altitudes from 150 feet off the

well, one vallejo man set the perfect trap to catch a thief. >> i opened it from the pack. >> reporter: the first package appeared from brian's doorstep. back in october. >> it never showed up. >> reporter: he thought it was a mixup until it happened again with some christmas presents last week. >> it was just an empty cardboard box with the shipping address on it. >> reporter: brian says he felt violated. >> it is a personal thing. i don't like to get stolen from. >> reporter: not just anybody would set up a booby trapped bait box to catch the thieves. >> so i set the bell upright here on the ledge. then i moved this outside. closed the door. see here. lean up against the door right that. >> reporter: then he set up surveillance cameras and look what he found. a thief in the act. >> he grabbed it and kept ongoing. so he got away with an empty box. >> reporter: here is where it gets good. he decided to take his decoy box to the next level and thanks to his dog chance, this box was not empty. >> i filled up the third box with dog crap. >> reporter: sure enough, the next day, this guy ma

. >> reporter: brian turned the images over to vallejo police. he is done with decoys. it is time to go higher tech. >> we are definitely going to keep on eye on the porch. >> reporter: there have been no arrests so far and brian doesn't think he was specifically targeted. he says he thinks these guys were just opportunists. in vallejo, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> a landslide at land's end has shut down a popular hiking and biking trail on san francisco's western edge. and we are learning the hillside above the ocean may not be done slipping. as sharon chin shows us, tonight, some people are actually ignoring the warnings to stay away. >> reporter: this section of coastal trail is closed off because of a 200-foot landslide. you can see how a 15-foot section of the path is caved in. two 60-foot cypress trees get to come down. it started slides at the popular tourist spot. park rangers put apgar kids and yellow tape. but we saw several bicyclists climb over anyway. >> i'm a big boy. i can figure out what is safe and what is not. there, that's not so bad. >> the small lands

and golden gate and a line of pockets of heavy activity through southern marin county out towards vallejosolano county. more 80's of precipitation developing offshore but they are widely scattered. let's move along to the written fall total since sunday at 4:00 p.m. most location have received up to inch and a half or more in some spots. over 3 and quarter inches in kent field which is really soak. forecast animation at 11:00 o'clock tonight during the over tonight hours. pockets of showers and locally heavy down pour. we continue before the next big wave arrives tomorrow. show you that in a moment. >> thank you so much spencer. today storm didn't bring us much written as we saw last week but still cussed some problems especially in the north bay. another storm set to hit tomorrow residents doing all they can to keep the floodwater at bay. 7 news if continues the storm watch live from sonoma county. cornell? >> light rain falling tonight here at shellville intersection of highway 121 and 12. it's closed. because of flooding at this intersection. cal-trans as you can see working to clear t

still light to moderate rain for san francisco, richmond, vallejo.the north bay, concord, pleasant him. walnut creek. let's talk numbers here. we are experiencing the 12th wettest day in san francisco history. it has rained more than three inches today and a pretty good chance we will crack the top ten by midnight. in san jose, the last time it rained this much was october 13, 1962. we are probably going to beat that. by midnight, i would say it is the wettest day since 1958. the flood advisory is still in effect until a little after midnight tonight. the steady rainfall will cause street flooding. everything that is falling is becoming runoff. one of the wettest days in half a century. we will talk about the seven day coming up. >> thanks paul. >>> a close call tonight in san jose. the refought this safeway just couldn't handle all the rain. the store is at capital express way. betty yu is on the scene. >> reporter: firefighters are concerned that it will collapse. there is already a hole in the ceiling behind me. it is still raining pretty hard. it

mid-50s in fairfield. 56 in vallejo. 56 oakland and san leandro. 50s at the coast, down the peninsuland in the north bay tomorrow afternoon. as for snow in the sierra, it's still ongoing but it's wifernding down. you see the whole region basically only seeing the snow. the green shows rain. snow levels have dropped to lake level. so we'll probably pick up anywhere between 1 and 3 inches of snow at lake level and up to a foot in the higher elevations. that includes what we've already seen out there today. we'll have some snow early tomorrow morning. and then clearing skies but pretty chilly, in the 20s -- in the 20s tomorrow and friday. on saturday we'll start to warm things up a little bit. here is a look at your extended forecast, christmas day, sunny skies, but chilly both in the morning and the afternoon. we'll stay cool into friday, saturday, and sunday. in fact, very similar weather expected all the way through the extended forecast. >>> a developing story, a lab technician working at the cdc in atlanta might have been exposed to the ebola virus. that person now being monitored.

we're live in vallejo where they've been having fun.ing at the best holiday light displays. this is one of the contenders. we'll have more on this touching story, really behind this colorful light display. it's very beautiful out there. >> it's nice it's still out there and we can see it this morning. >> in its glory. >> wednesday, in case you don't know, december 24th. i'm brian flores in for dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. mark is in for steve. a little showers, certain parts. >> yes, a few showers. it feels like a couple of showers and it's near 70 degrees across the bay area. my sister lives in hawaii. it was warmer here and the weather nicer compared to hawaii. i'll take that and keep that in mind. we'll have clouds paying us a visit into northern california. not much in the way of rainfall coverage, that will be changing as we head no the afternoon hours. there's the rain band, that will increase in coverage and head to the south over the next few hours especially by the afternoon. we have been tracki

a rally was held this afternoon outside the vallejo police department. organizers say it's a way to express appreciation for cops who risk their safety every day to protect us. >> i think it's very important that education-wise that you always look at both sides of the issue, that it be an intellectual discussion versus one full of emotion and hatred. >> that woman says she brought her grandchildren to the rally so they can have a positive interaction with police. some other demonstrators were nearby to protest police brutality. >>> also in vallejo a woman is missing and may have been kidnapped. police answered a call about a disturbance at a on marquette avenue yesterday at a house. they were told 29-year-old kristen dennis may have been forced into a car and driven away. she is black, 5'5", 175 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. officers also believe the suspect and victim know each other. >>> a bicyclist is dead after a collision on a popular road in the east bay this morning at highland north of downtown livermore. chp says the man was part of a

we do have a few power outages and vallejo had a couple thousand out and some in saratoga and pacifica, all under 100 outages are less water is importanting on the roads so be careful. >> you can track the weather with live doppler hd and the news weather app that is tree on the apple app store or google will play with more information will play with more information at abc7news.com >> breaking news. there is now the 15 the hour in sydney during a hostage situation at a cafe. the gunman is now issuing demands and claiming to have bombs squattered around the city. dramatic video shows two well running from a downtown cafe with a gunman holding a group people hostage. they are workers for the lindt chocolate and it is believed 15 are inside the building. authorities negotiating but not saying what he wants. he has been seen through the windows forcing hostages to hold islamicing ins against the glass. experts say the flag is not specific to any terror organizations although it is used by jihadist groups. >> we do not know the motivation of the perpetrator, we don't know whether this is p

upper 50s for brentwood, livermore, vallejo. martinez. sausalito, 59 for you. novato, 59. lake port, 51. extended forecast. mainly dry. then sunday, here comes the sunshine. once we get it, we keep it. we may be flirting with 70 on tuesday. christmas day. >> that is fine by me. >> you want to go ride your new bikes, the weather will be perfect. >> perfect. i am so looking forward to that. >> thanks paul. >> thanks paul. >>> tonight, a rare performance by the bay area's very own johnny mathis. >> and a reminder, right here, the 49ers take on the san diego chargers on kpix5 tomorrow night. join us for the fifth quarter. and at 9:00, our special california green rush followed by bay area night beat at 10:00. ,,,,,,,,,, (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over seven years. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and c

the leading edge is over san pablo bay and headed to vallejo and across 37 so the next 20 minutes sonoma and napa and as we look to the southwest moving through mill valley right now, headed to san quentin and fairfax, another batch and southwest which happens to be upstream you can see the heavy rain right off the peninsula coast that will head through the peninsula and into the north bay. here is what i expect, waves of light-to-moderate showers through the evening and steady and moderate heavy rain tomorrow afternoon from another storm and a few left overshoulders and extended dry days until next week. that is in the seven-day forecast. >>> the wet weather makes for a tough day on roads. look out here at the: san rafael and 101 with a lot of traffic coming with the headlights on. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is hard to say through the rain. cars are slowly creeping through to get on the bridge. a different scene in san jose where traffic is moving nicely on 101 and 880. you can seat roads are more dry here. our traffic reporter is tracking it all for us now. >> yes, we have

people are paying a visit to the church on vallejo street.say this scene remind us of the true meaning of christmas. >> it's a good reminder, especially for the young ones, about what christmas is about. >> it was such a surprise. we're on our way to dinner and it's so great to see this. i'm so glad we caught it. >> former san francisco supervisor angela alialo helped put the scene together. she plans to transform this area to a multi-million dollar outdoor shopping center. >>> there has been another deadly police shooting just a few miles from ferguson, missouri. we have new information about what led up to it and the chaos that's following it. >> reporter: we're hoping you are in a generous mood. they are holding the last chance toy drive here at lefty o'doul's near union square in san francisco collecting toys for kids in need in our community. they want to fill these barrels. we'll tell you how you can help -- coming up. >>> good morning. we are looking at a commute here. i'm just figuring out there is a new crash in san jose that has bee

and golden gate and a line of pockets of heavy activity through southern marin county out towards vallejo into solano county. more 80's of precipitation developing offshore but they are widely scattered. let's move along to the written fall total since sunday at 4:00 p.m. most location have received up to inch and a half or more in some spots. over 3 and quarter inches in kent field which is really soak. forecast animation at 11:00 o'clock tonight during the over tonight hours. pockets of showers and locally heavy down pour. we continue before the next big wave arrives tomorrow. show you that in a moment. >> thank you so much spencer. today storm didn't bring us much written as we saw last week but still cussed some problems especially in the north bay. another storm set to hit tomorrow residents doing all they can to keep the floodwater at bay. 7 news if continues the storm watch live from sonoma county. cornell? >> light rain falling tonight here at shellville intersection of highway 121 and 12. it's closed. because of flooding at this intersection. cal-trans as you can see working to c

if and vallejo police said investigators are looking into whether not this 48 year-old man from vallejo was murdered. it is a suspicious death. hot >> reporter: scare was made after 730 this morning in the car he presents fall face toward that and i know if the man is the victim of a hit-and-run collision. some injuries they hope that with this is too placid area may have seen something suspicious get into a to a police immediately to help solve this case and lay helpless and go kron 4 news. >> james: 1 man are run is dead after a five hour standoff with police is a demand barricade himself in his home after firing a gun at police the house of fire of 4:00 p.m. making the situation even more intense place in the mayor refused to surrender and kept firing at least then had to shoot him on is really telling him. he fired hundreds of rounds throughout the day. please soreness across the house of our 11 in the morning there are reports the man attacked his girlfriend with mace she was able to get out of the house the may use the pistol shotguns and automatic weapon during the standoff. >> j

upper 50s for brentwood, livermore, vallejo. martinez. sausalito, 59 for you. novato, 59. lake port, 51. extended forecast. mainly dry. then sunday, here comes the sunshine. once we get it, we keep it. we may be flirting with 70 on tuesday. christmas day. >> that is fine by me. >> you want to go ride your new bikes, the weather will be perfect. >> perfect. i am so looking forward to that. >> thanks paul. >> thanks paul. >>> tonight, a rare performance by the bay area's very own johnny mathis. >> and a reminder, right here, the 49ers take on the san diego chargers on kpix5 tomorrow night. join us for the fifth quarter. and at 9:00, our special california green rush followed by bay area night beat at 10:00. ,,,,,, the sleepless night. (cough). (baby crying). sorry. robitussin dm max nighttime's dual action liquid instantly soothes your throat and delivers fast, powerful cough relief. robitussin. don't suffer the coughequences. the one-and- only johnny ma is i "m >> it is beginning to sound a lot more like christmas. >> yep. the one and only. johnny mathis is in the house. ♪

the two right lanes at the eastbound 80 near tennessee street in vallejo remain closed. they don't know when those will open either. now, bart commuters have had a frustrating day, too, because of this windy weather with trees and debris shutting down tracks between daly city and 24th street in san francisco. also, some problems with wind blown debris on the tracks. between concord and the pleasant hill stations. bart had to set up a bus bridge to transport passengers back and forth and bart service stopped between hayward and south hayward on the fremont, richmond, and daily city directions because of wind blown debris on the tracks there. so, this is the scene on another rail line. this is in jack london square early this afternoon. union pacific and amtrak trains were stalled for over an hour because of a mess of power lines near the track. again, that all happened because of the wind and we talked to one woman who saw it happen. >> i was standing in my loft and i heard rattling. so i looked out of the window and i felt a tree moving and it started to fall. it snapped

by 10:00 the golden gate bridge, ocean beach, vallejo, napa.is what the computer models thing. it carries the heavy rain in the east bay, also along the peninsula. the heavy rain is traveling through liver more by noon and 2:00. really, we are talking about heavy rain at 4:00 in the morning in the north bay, tapering off at 2:00 in the afternoon in the south bay. on top of all of that we will still see showers that you see here, the light green is representing lighter rain that will continue from 3:00 through 11:00 into friday morning when we have thunderstorms. here is the rainfall total forecast, a lot of rain in a short period of time. 3 inches of rain in the south bay and san francisco. north bay 2-4. higher terrain 4 to 8 inches. a flood watch has been issued for the entire bay area. that front will push through bringing flooding. another thing to contend with is a wind warning for the bay area and beyond. gusts up to 60 miles per hour will take down tree and chaos on the roadways. showers continue saturday. we have a blizzard warning in e

i grew up in vallejo and this is where i want to be.e my truck around on the same hills i rode my bike around when i was a kid. as a troubleman, if your power goes out, you call and here i am. i feel like my job is important because all the people in this community are people that i know. my family is vallejo too so i need to make sure it's safe for them. when i pull up to a house, i want customers to know i'm there to help. we need to get the power back on, that's our job. you get a good feeling from fixing stuff. (vo)rescued.ed. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over seven years. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> new developments tonight in a racially charged case we've been following. an investigation into a noose hanging from a truck at a workyard is now complete. and the reports are raising concerns. heather holmes concluded the incide

there is no word of any arrests in that case. >>> and vallejo police are asking for the public's help for finding a kidnapped woman. witnesses told police it happened around 10:45 yesterday morning at the home of 29-year- old kristen dennis on marquette avenue. a man went inside and pulled her out fearing her into a waiting car driven by another man. dennis was last seen wearing a blue-and-red short-sleeved shirt and blue jean shorts. they believe she knew her abduct oh, described as an african-american american, 30 to 40 years old, weighing 250 pounds and the car was a black mered a seize benz with four doors -- black mercedes-benz with four doors. >>> call police if you know anything about her whereabouts. >> the 49ers and coach jim harbah prepare for the final coach of the'sson as a new report has him trending and some 49er fans depressed. >> plus, the rush to return. >> a gift from grandma and family. didn't fight quite right, so. >> and the post holiday shopping frenzy. the amount of gifts going back on the shelves. female announcer: get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempur-pedic

down to the south it let up along 80 from vallejo to emeryville. if you are headed on 12 back to sonoma we have heavy rain along napa road and to arrest million and sonoma up highway 12 and over to petaluma. still dealing with another hour or two of heavy rain in the north bay. look at the interesting nature of the next cells developing along the cold front, localized, heavy rain, localized gusty wind , and not seeing any lightning from the storms. the heavy rain is an hour ahead of time, maybe an hour and a half ahead of time from yesterday moving into san francisco with moderate rain. the plagues are unfurled on the ferry building and blowing straight north along the embarcadero. still pumping in a son of moisture. to the south we have had light rain on 280 and 17 in san jose and you have not received the heavy stuff but i will later in the morning into the lynch hour. steady to moderate, moderate to half rain todays tone, turn over to showers and thunderstorms with localized heavy rain and localized gusty winds that will be the case, tomorrow, t

one home in vallejo won by a landslide with 4500 likes., it is the story behind the lights that tugs at the heart strings. >> reporter: we would like to congratulate you as the winners for our all decked out. you guys get bragging rights! >> thank you, wow! okay! >> reporter: bob and linda taylor got top honors for their christmas lights displays. >> this is beautiful. >> reporter: thousands of people flock to the home each year to check out the best lights in vallejo on old cove road. >> it is like a winter wonder land. >> we have never counted the lights. i tell every we have thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of them. >> reporter: the taylor's labor stemmed from love. in 1999, bob's daughter debbie died in a plane crash. in honor of her, they decided to deck the home. it started off small. >> this is 15 years later. now you see what we have done. i tell everybody, i want this to be big enough and bright enough that you can see it from heaven. >> reporter: each year, more sparkle and shine was added including a merry go