our wayne friedman is in houston for the wild card game. live coverage at noon here on abc 7. t 1:20. wayne will have reports from texas this evening, and live post-game interviews after the game. >>> the warriors hoped to come back against the memphis grizzlies after losing their first matchup earlier this season. here's larry beal with highlights in sports. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. the warriors lost only five games all season long. one of the teams that beat them came to town last night. the grizzlies defeated them 21 in memphis last month. steph curry coming off a win against the trail blazers. 17 in the first quarter. hangs and reverses for the score. a couple of buzzer beaters in this game. look at kevin durant going one-on-one. drills a 34-27 doves. just before halftime, clay thompson wide open. beats the buzzer again, 67-55 warriors at the half. third quarter, curry for three. the fans were yelling mvp! doves up 19 going into the fourth. memphis, zack randolph with 27. look what i found there. steph would finish with 40. makes it a four-point lead. ten secon

we begin with wayne friedman live in the north bay today. wayne? >> reporter: after a big beautiful day like this it's almost embarrassing to stand here under blue skies talking about rain. you know what we've had and what's coming and the dean street bridge in petaluma, yes, they do have concerns. in petaluma along the river this was a good day for looking an inert dean street bridge and taking stock of the past as it might relate to this upcoming weekend. are you worried about this weekend? >> no, i won't be here. >> it's just a storm. us californians aren't used to so much rain so we freak out at the first little sign of it. >> reporter: wellness by design had a great view of the rising petaluma river two weekends ago when waters reached just three feet beneath that fabled bridge but they're not worried now. the last big flood here happened in 2005, with more nuisance water last year on the north side of town. jeff shack is not overly concerned about this weekend. >> we don't have any king tides this weekend but they're pretty close up in that s

>> wayne friedman is live at team headquarters. owners, wayne, do not get dismissed. >> reporter: good afternoon, larry. we hear the word culture. culture, 16 times in the first 25 minutes. that from a man whose team has won 15 games in the last three years. that sets the scene for what we saw here today. if you play a sport long enough, even this ritual is routine. same in the 49ers practice facility as players cleaned out their lockers after a season that began with high hopes and concluded at 2-14. >> we come into a season and hope for the best. after that, hopefully you left it all out on the field. >> for see owe jed york had more to do with management today as he met with reporters to explain the firings of general manager trent baalke and chip kelly. that's his third firing of a head coach in three straight years. >> why are you confident to lead a search? >> nothing i say is a satisfactory answer. we need to make sure that our success speaks for itself. >> it's still wave the 49ers flag to people like a teacher from palo alt

. >> wayne friedman is live at team headquarters. owners, wayne, do not get dismissed. >> reporter: good afternoon, larry. we hear the word culture. culture, 16 times in the first 25 minutes. that from a man whose team has won 15 games in the last three years. that sets the scene for what we saw here today. if you play a sport long enough, even this ritual is routine. same in the 49ers practice facility as players cleaned out their lockers after a season that began with high hopes and concluded at 2-14. >> we come into a season and hope for the best. after that, hopefully you left it all out on the field. >> for see owe jed york had more to do with management today as he met with reporters to explain the firings of general manager trent baalke and chip kelly. that's his third firing of a head coach in three straight years. >> why are you confident to lead a search? >> nothing i say is a satisfactory answer. we need to make sure that our success speaks for itself. >> it's still wave the 49ers flag to people like a teacher from palo alt

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman is live in gernville tonight. >> good evening, dan. this is the first time all day when there has not been a raindrop falling. must be a miracle of some sort. we spent the entire day driving through the north bay, spent a lot of miles looking for trouble spots. fortunately, today at least there weren't too many. but we are worried about the rest of the week. ? the north bay tonight, concerns range from where all the water is coming from to where it eventually will all be going. >> i've been here too long to worry about it. >>> it comes with the muddy turf with bad memories. >> we've been water 3, 4 feet deep here. >> that's the fire chief, steven backs mab checking out a river that swelled over where he stood today and flooded the town in february of 1986. they used a rope ladder to cross the street. they waded through for service at a local restaurant. they evacuated residents by helicopter. if this week brings back-to-back to back storms, he's seen it all and worries about it all. >> if the rain comes like they say, today, tomorrow t

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman is live in gernville tonight. >> good evening, dan. this is the first time all day when there has not been a raindrop falling. must be a miracle of some sort. we spent the entire day driving through the north bay, spent a lot of miles looking for trouble spots. fortunately, today at least there weren't too many. but we are worried about the rest of the week. ? the north bay tonight, concerns range from where all the water is coming from to where it eventually will all be going. >> i've been here too long to worry about it. >>> it comes with the muddy turf with bad memories. >> we've been water 3, 4 feet deep here. >> that's the fire chief, steven backs mab checking out a river that swelled over where he stood today and flooded the town in february of 1986. they used a rope ladder to cross the street. they waded through for service at a local restaurant. they evacuated residents by helicopter. if this week brings back-to-back to back storms, he's seen it all and worries about it all. >> if the rain comes like they say, today, tomorrow t

. >> wayne friedman is live at team headquarters. , wayne, do not get dismissed. >> reporter: good afternoon, larry. we hear the word culture. culture, 16 times in the first 25 minutes. that from a man whose team has won 15 games in the last three years. that sets the scene for what we saw here today. if you play a sport long enough, even this ritual is routine. same in the 49ers practice facility as players cleaned out their lockers after a season that began with high hopes and concluded at 2-14. >> we come into a season and hope for the best. after that, hopefully you left it all out on the field. >> for see owe jed york had more to do with management today as he met with reporters to explain the firings of general manager trent baalke and chip

. >> but first the raiders game is on abc 7 this saturday and wayne friedman is headed to houston for the wild card game against the texans. live coverage at noon, kick yourself at 1:20. he'll have reports from texas saturday and a complete wrap-up with live post game interviews on aft >>> a true crime special tonight "truth and lies: the menendez brothers" lyle menendez speaks for the first time since he and his brother erik were convicted of killing their wealthy parents 20 years ago. the details revealed at 9:00 here on abc. >> should be fascinating. >>> now to what's coming up tonight at 6:00 p.m. on abc 7. >> coming up at 6:00 with all the coverage of the big storm headed our way you'll be hearing about something called an atmospheric river. meteorologist drew tuma will show us what it is and why it's something to take seriously. >>> also a bay area man's effort to buy some shoes online, turned into a giant pain. michael finney explains what went wrong. >>> and something went seriously wrong in the east bay today, check out this gusher. we're going to show you what happened. that

wayne friedman has more on the preparation. >> let's put a damper on this bright blue day. >> it's gorgeous today. >> sky blue, produce bright and at farmer's marked a sunny interlude between watery doom and gloom especially come the forecast. >> i'm going to be wet dealing with wind. hopefully don't fly away with the tent. going to be rough. >> in a downpour so the weather experts tell us, showing up is being a professional around here, just bring gloshs. but doesn't a rainstorm hurt business? >> this is a good day, make up for that. >> in petaluma, watching the river. >> highest i've seen it. >> nearly reached top of the d street bridge. water caused probles last year but not flooded for a while. this weekend tides in petaluma's favor. >> no king tides but seven foot. that high, in the lower river, prevents water from clearing too quick. >> a little we can handle, a lot, let's not worry about that after a perfect post card day. >>> two back country skeers escaped injury after triggering avalanche near ski resort in nevada. also buried parts of the state highway between reno and tahoe. mou

new at 6:00, wayne friedman joins us live with that story. wayne? >>. >> reporter: well, we know about the closure on highway 1 south, that highway is closed there. now cal tran acknowledges there may be another problem developing north of town between the beach and stinson beach which makes only one way out of town that road has been reduced to one lane for a couple of years it has been a content, a matter of contention for quite a while. this winter the concern isn't so much about paradise lost as paradise becoming land locked. but the road to paradise is paved with -- >> obstacles. >> they are marked with hieroglyphics readable only to the crew. this road is closed until further notice while caltrans works a solution. residents have seen this before. >> when that road up there closed, what went through your mind? >> fear. >> because dr. edward and his neighbors and even caltrans noted new slippage of highway 1 on the other side of town between mur beach and stinson beach. a closure there would leave only one lane of frank valley road in or out an

new at 6:00, wayne friedman joins us live with that story. wayne? >>. >> reporter: well, we know about the closure on highway 1 south, that highway is closed there. now cal tran acknowledges there may be another problem developing north of town between the beach and stinson beach which makes only one way out of town that road has been reduced to one lane for a couple of years it has been a content, a matter of contention for quite a while. this winter the concern isn't so much about paradise lost as paradise becoming land locked. but the road to paradise is paved with -- >> obstacles. >> they are marked with hieroglyphics readable only to the crew. this road is closed until further notice while caltrans works a solution. residents have seen this before. >> when that road up there closed, what went through your mind? >> fear. >> because dr. edward and his neighbors and even caltrans noted new slippage of highway 1 on the other side of town between mur beach and stinson beach. a closure there would leave only one lane of frank valley road in or out an

in san francisco, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> in walnut creek, crogan's is closing down after publicomplaints. no other bar in town had more calls for service than crogan's. the bar's owners feel forced to close after 39 years. farewell party set for sunday. >>> on this monday evening, coming off a gorgeous holiday weekend. we were dry. we had a lot of sunshine. one more day before the pattern makes a big change. and the storm door goes wide open. live doppler 7 showing you. quiet out there right now. tracking all the storms headed our way. the first one arriving early wednesday morning. so, out there right now. numbers mainly in the 40s to low 50s. currently, 49 in san mateo. 45, same, livermore. dropping to 42 degrees. the big story tomorrow morning will be areas of dense fog. future weather showing you the gray shading on your screen. that is the fog. as we go through the early morning hours. it will expand a bit. by 9:00, 10:00, throughout much of the bay. then, 11:00, patchy fog will not wait to retreat until the early afternoon. we should squeak out a fair amount of sunshine. a

in san francisco, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> in walnut creek, crogan's is closing down after public complaints. no other bar in town had more calls for service than crogan's. the bar's owners feel forced to close after 39 years. farewell party set for sunday. >>> on this monday evening, coming off a gorgeous holiday weekend. we were dry. we had a lot of sunshine. one more day before the pattern makes a big change. and the storm door goes wide open. live doppler 7 showing you. quiet out there right now. tracking all the storms headed our way. the first one arriving early wednesday morning. so, out there right now. numbers mainly in the 40s to low 50s. currently, 49 in san mateo. 45, same, livermore. dropping to 42 degrees. the big story tomorrow morning will be areas of dense fog. future weather showing you the gray shading on your screen. that is the fog. as we go through the early morning hours. it will expand a bit. by 9:00, 10:00, throughout much of the bay. then11:00, patchy fog will not wait to retreat until the early afternoon. we should squeak out a fair amount of sunshine. a

wayne friedman is joining from levi's stadium where another rebuilding project has begun, wayne. >> reporter: happy new year to you. no surprises at all. jed york came out and said what everyone expected him to say. he did so with the appropriate humility. just call it another black monday in the nfl. at levi's stadium today, more waving of the 49ers flag. outfront we found a diehard like jaime jesus staying true to his 2-14 team. >> today, tomorrow, whenever. >> reporter: inside we had jed york, whose family did own the team, explaining his reasons for firing trent baalke and chip kelly but not firing himself. >> i own this football team. you don't dismiss owners. >> reporter: what jed york said today sounded a lot like last year after he fired jim tomsula. >> this isn't acceptable to me. it's not. like our fans deserve better than this. >> reporter: and it sounded like the year before that after he fired jim harbaugh. >> i can't look backwards. we need to look forward and doing everything we can to get this team back. >> reporter: by instilling a winning culture, he said, by hiring a gener