live in marin county wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> yeah. thanks wayne. traffic accident on the golden gate bridge closed several lanes for about an hour today, three cars were involved just after 8:00 in the morning. a car traveling south rammed into a vehicle going into the opposite direction. the second car careened into a third n all, three people went to the hospital. with just minor injuries. in east bay a slow morning commute for drivers near oakland. sky 7 flew overhead, you can see flooded interstate near 14th avenue and park boulevard below here, crews cleaned out drains and managed to clear flooding. >> one step forward and two steps back today in the santa cruz. one big problem is fix bud more rain, of course, brings more trouble spots. abc 7 news is live now from a a.long highway 17 in santa cruz mountains tonight with a story there. >> yes. it was heavy rain this morning. a wreak break this afternoon. it's raining again here in santa cruz mountains capping a day some problems solved and others, created. the storm damage vine hill road couldn

as wayne freedman experienced today a few fortunate east bay residents don't have to worry about that anymore. >> we already knew that this day 12-12-12 would have memorable significance but at this auto body shop they will remember it as the day that christmas came early. there is reason she named her baby adrian. that was the name of her fiance who got killed in an accident. >> it's been hard. >> amid the hardship letter, one of 150 and people from mike's auto body poured through this year, every christmas they work with insurance brokers to take otherwise total cars and give them away to few fortunate recipients. >> it's very tough. you have to go through all of them. then we actually give them to our technicians. >> technicians like cameron who donated a combined hundred hours of labor to turn this wrecked chevy to practically new car for amanda. >> we have little kids, it hits home to everybody. >> the coming together of donors and recipients. >> by the time this ends, they will have given away in total 40 cars. first car went to a military family in need. another to single mothe

freedman abc 7 news. >> every wednesday this month world news is airing special made in america reports tonight at 5:30. viewers and some members of the abc family share their favorite made in america products. >> good stories. we lucked out on weather. >> oh, my goodness. >> cool now, but nice. >> we thought goitsing to rain. >> we got lucky. that is all i can say. >> yes. we still have showers into afternoon. and evening hours. they were hit or miss showers, waits all g the chill is settling in. we're in for a very cold night. not just tonight we're going to see cold nights coming up. plural. live picture new from our east bay hills camera. you can see leftover clouds out there. the clouds will just be very few overnight tonight. temperatures will be dropping, though. let's check out another live picture. from four to 12 inches of snow. yes. fresh powder. this is a cold storm. it's still winding down. i'll show you what it looks like at this hour. we have returns here. and a lonely shower. and you can see just east of the area, it's isolated in nature. here are the rainfall totals, an

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> cookies are good, too. coming up, leading lawmakers raising occasions to the new osama bin laden movie. >> mail to the chief. students write to the president and the >>> senators dianne feinstein and john mccain describing the new movie zero dark thirty as inaccurate and misleading. >> it's the story for the hunt for osama bin laden, voted year's best film by new york film critic autos let's see what don sanchez thinks of the movie in tonight's review. >> biggest manhunt in history. the search for osama bin laden. one woman discovers a courier is the path to the september 11th mastermind. >> jessica chastain as the cia agent on track to find the terrorist. >> is that who i think it is? >> wrong directions, pressure. >> we're spending billions of dollars and no closer to defeating the enemy. >> there may be hollywood embellishments in the movie but it's unrelenting and nudging is qlosd over. like tore toour. -- torture. >> not your friend no. going to help you. i want to break you. >> a lot of this is explic

wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >>> i bet you are hungry now. south korea has elected first female leader in more than a thousand years. we'll hear from a bay area man. and president obama promising swift action in the aftermath of the connecticut school tragedy. a solution that involves more than just gun control. >> tis the season to write letters to santa and the president. you may be >> larry: good evening, president obama says words need to lead to action. he is putting gun control on the top of his agenda. the story from mark matthews. >> reporter: the president started by saying this task force will produce change. >> this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets read and pushed aside. >> reporter: the president wants congress to vote early next year on an assault weapons ban, a ban on high capacity ammunition clips and closing the gun show loophole so all will be subject to background checks. he wants recommendations that go beyond gun control. >> we need to look mor

. >> we'll first go to wayne freedman live in shellville. wayne? >> you night mite wonder why is this man standing in the middle of a highway during a busy hour? it's route 12. it's flooded and closed all day long. there is the water there. nothing compared to the ways was earlier. where i'm standing right now we would have been underwater, here, this is one of the side roads. this looks more like a river down, nothing but water. that is some of the result of the rain that fell last night. let's show you what it looked like earlier. >> going to try it? >> no. no. >> sure? >> positive. >> all that nan baker needed was one look. in sonoma county objects in mirrors are closer than they appear, flood waters, deeper. especially at route 12 and highway 121. it's almost common that after heavy rains a creek washes out the intersection. the fix would be easy from a civil engineering point of view. dredge the silt. but the chief of public works tells us its hands are tied. >> their argument is that it would be some serious environmental impacts if we dredge

wayne freedman shows us the moments of raw emotion today, between headlines. >> this is the day when the names sandy hook elementary school and newtown, connecticut changed forever. once obscure, they're now infamous. >> like you, you know, you read it in the paper and see it in the news, you're like, oh, my god, then, you heard something happened close to home. it's like... i think i'm still in shock. >> but relieved shock as difficult as this story is too believe, imagine living it. learning your child's fate in bits and pieces. >> my neighbor heard gunshots. and then, i just said to her don't worry. she said no. i called the school, no one answered. >> someone came into the room and shotju4u a teacher. that is all i know. sorry. >> i just heard the principal was shot and killed. i heard kids were shot. i -- a teacher, miss ham ons was shotted. >> they waited. fearful parents and children. >> there were three children that came out. one was, had a very bloody face, it was very violent scene z there are two other ones that they were you know, they were in the arms of the state troo

as wayne freedman tells us, too good gourmet is a made in america business with a long reach. >> i love snicker doodles. >> don chased wind mills. jason of greek mythology the golden fleece and glen wong is more reasonable. he wants holiday cookie deals. >> $2. how about this house? the packaging alone is worth more than that. >> which explains the daily frenzy at too good gourmet. a fantasy large of the bright, cheerful, tasty and obsess. >> came saturday and sunday and monday. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: blame it all on the marketing instincts of jennifer finley. the cookies around h her offense. >> it began as trying to do one better than the animal crack. >>> a sweet tooth twist on the made in america theme. woman earns mba and learns business and in 1998 starts a cookie company because she wanted something to market and sell. >> just go for it and go do it. see if it works and be willing to fail and then change and then try again and fail again and try again. >> reporter: the concept is tasty cookies combined with irresistible home grown house created packaging. >> i think peo

wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. on the coast tonight, heavy flooding closed highway 1. this video shows a situation just south of t petaluma road. caltrans tells us highway will remain closed until water recedes whenever that may be. >> farther up the coast this is highway 162. near where the weather opened up a billing hole in the roadway. both lanes washed out. it and looks like big rig had to be pulled out. these pictures on facebook today by the sheriff's department. >> let's check in now with john alston live tonight. john, the surf has been rough there, today. >> this will continue to be rough there. is a high surf advisory in effect. they're expecting swells between 16 and 19 feet, wind and rain made for a nasty day. this is not a day at the beach for ken in san francisco. >> oh, oh. >> i'm ready and taking this down. >> waves and high surf did not scare off a few surfers in rockaway beach. it was a risky afternoon. and these guys took a beating. fisherman won't go go near open seas. gale warning flag tells t

wayne freedman is live tonight. wayne? >> that is napa creek behind me it's a notoriously fast trigger finger. there it is now. take a look. does that look like an angry creek? that looks like the creek might flood last weekend and it's not. what happens? with high water coming to napa people know the drill. >> with flood warnings we have a little bit. everything off the bottom shelf autos what is wrong with this picture? sandbags or need for them? >> we'd probably be standing in a mud and... a big mess. >> as waters rose last weekends, plenty of residents expected another scene when napa creek overflowed its banks, this time, it didn't thanked to a funded bypass project by army corps of engineers. >> this is work. >> the project simple, concept more difficult. in execution, really just a matter of rechanneling water below my feet here this, culvert doubled if it weren't here last weekend, the marry probably would have flooded. >> this could be dramatic and fast. it can create damage. >> napa suffered through 24 serious fl

wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. crews are racing to fix a problem from the last series of storms. heavy rain eroding a huge chunk of roadway. the road not just ahead for@x3tz residents. there is a popular short cut in high one in the other. >> we had a slide out. a little down the road here about six years ago. it took many months to get the road open. we're -- we had to make the circuit. >> crews laid down 120 feet of pipe today, they've carried out a preliminary evaluation of the soil to see how soon they can rebuild the road. cruise hoping to have a lane of traffic early as tomorrow afternoon. >> traffic moving again. sky 7 overhead, caltrans trues -- crews did work today. they want to prevent slides following these storms. one way traffic control was in effect until 3:00 into the afternoon.'bmy this slowed folks down. stay with us for continuing storm watch coverage. you can trach systems coming in any time you wish. at abc 7 news.com. >> workers continue their search for a nevada couple who went missing during

wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> funny sound byte from the woman. she always on yeahs authority. another woman who always obeys. live doppler 7 obeys sandhya patel. >> not touching that one. >> good choice. we do have some brief down pours developing. we take you in and get closer. i'm going move around. we're seeing heavy returns showing up around bloomfield road. and we're seeing some showers actually moving quickly to the east. the showers are moving quickly and they're going to be around lighter showers towards san francisco, peninsula, south bay. back into the north bay here. i want to show you what it looks like here. we do have some moderate to heavy rain around fountain grove parkway. river road. fulton road. showers moving quickly. here, east of novato some moderate rainfall. we're on storm watch here, this is a concern. flood flood watch through sunday evening expecting several more inches of rain, smaller streams may overflow banks. we have a high surf advisory. i'll be back with another update in just a few minute autos thank you. >> sta

. >> in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc-7 news. >> ama: tonight is a nice night to be cuddled up inure bed. it's cold out there. >> leigh: it's been cold all day long. the showers moving across the bay area. want to show you honor honor honor one more time. you can see much of the heavy showers passing through the south. we'll see some stray showers here and there and throughout the day tomorrow, and also some sun breaks. if you're traveling tomorrow, headed back east, from new york down toward d.c., atlanta, new orleans, we have a line of showers that will continue to push towards the south and east. maybe some imbedded thunderstorms. the snow in the rockies and look for a new batch of rain to move into the pacific northwest and that will move into the bay area as we head into the middle part and latter part of the work week. if you're traveling across the state, few lingering showers expected. l.a. towards san diego, watch out for fresno, and pockets of dense valley fog there and if you're head tolling tahoe, a little light snow expected. 37 degrees. here's a look at the accuweather

. >> wayne freedman picks up coverage now in marin county overlooking sausalito. >> best we can tell you is that most of us survived this latest wave of storms unscathed. there have been more than a few. we tracked some of them down, today. here is a question. if a giant oak crashes down and no one hears it does the tree make a sound? if it close that's road five hours, is a nuisance? katie kerr two who found the fallen tree would give us a resounding yes. but she's positive... >> it could be snow. that would be worse. >> could have fought faulen on the car. >> yes. really. disaster. >> sonoma county has a program to trim the!!9u overhanging branches of the road-hugging trees but can't get all of them. four have fallen in four days. tangled remains of this one looked like surewood forest. now to southern marin. yet another tree fell across sausalito boulevard. residents heard that one. and they have had three down now and more trees to follow. >> all right. we lost wayne's audio there. i think we got the gist of the story. a three-car accident closed three roads and it was a nightma

we're live, wayne freedman, awc 7 news. >> the storm is whipped up waves off the coast. water pounding the shore, crashing here a high surf advisory is in place but that didn't deter surfers. >> storm caused major problems at sfo. this is one of the airport's busiest travel days of the year. some 50 flights have been cancelled leaving passengers frustrated by delays. >> this is is decreasing my visit of a week by a day that. is unfortunate. >> i'm tired and have been wearing the same clothes for three days. so. >> that says it all. for information on flight cancellations and delays just go to the flight tracker on the front page of our web site. >> there a truck driver escaped injury. a huge chunk of the road gave way, the truck lost an axel. cruise are on the scene to repair the massive 20 by 25 foot sink hole. a portion of the highway is closed in traffic being rerouted. >> if you see any weather swaigsz taking place where you are, let us know bit. send us your videos and photos. >> an arrest has been made in connection with last month's murder in a mansion. >> raven c

wayne freedman tells us too good gourmet is a made in america business with a long reach. >> oh, i love snicker doodles. >> and glen wong of oakland is reasonable. he wants holiday cookie deals. >> two dollars. how about this house? the packaging along is worth more than that. >> which only begins to explain the daily frenzy at too good gourmet in san lorenzo. it's a fantasy land of the bright, the cheerful, the tasty, the obsessed >> she with came saturday and sunday and monday. >> merry christmas. >> blame it on the marketing instincts of jennifer. that's her. the one with the boxes of cookies all around her office. >> it began as trying to do one better than the animal cracker. >> it's the sweet tooth twist on the made in america theme. woman learns mba, learns business with big corporate bands good in 19978 starts a cookie company because she wanted something to market and sell. >> i'll just go for it. just go do it. see if it works and be willing to fail and then change and try again and fail again and try again. >> the concept, tasty cookies, combined with house created packaging.

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wayne freedman tells us too good gourmet is a made in america business with a long reach. >> oh, i love snicker doodles. >> and glen wong of oakland is reasonable. he wants holiday cookie deals. >> two dollars. how about this house? the packaging along is worth more than that. >> which only begins to explain the daily frenzy at too good gourmet in san lorenzo. it's a fantasy land of the bright, the cheerful, the tasty, the obsessed >> he with came saturday and sunday and monday. >> merry christmas. >> blame it on the marketing instincts of jennifer. that's her. the one with the boxes of cookies all around her office. >> it began as trying to do one better than the animal cracker. >> woman learns mba, learns business with big corporate bands good in 19978 starts a cookie company because she wanted something to market and sell. >> i'll just go for it. just go do it. see if it works and be willing to fail and then change and try again and fail again and try again. >> the concept, tasty cookies, combined with house created packaging. >> i think people are impulsive and they see something th