advisory in affect for the richmond-san rafael bridge, bay bridge, san mateo bridge and just issued by c.h.p. for the golden gate bridge, as well, so it was with the east-west bridges and now we have a north south bridge, a day to have both hands on the wheel and live doppler hd is on the traffic maps, a lost wet areas including 680 in alamo southbound 680 beyond stone valley we have reports of a collision involving some of those going over 100 miles per hour and that is what the reporting opinion said to c.h.p. it doesn't sound like it is a block situation and i will watch tat. we will look at drive times next. >>> a new way get from point "a" to point "b" is the next generation of navigation devices with 20,000 people already pre-ordering. >> a friend told me of the program and i thought this is perfect what i need. >> how you never have to take director eyes off the road in a special "7 on your side" report tonight at abc7. >> the largest online brokerage is buying a smaller rival, and will acquire scott trade financial services in a $4 billion deal. the combined company will have m

rafael to san francisco is 18 minutes with a rollover. new at 6:00, a frantic search for a kidnapper in he and why the f.b.i. is putting out a call for help. >> still not sure about the flu shot? the impact your decision could have on your wallet. >> person any here, a nickel this, the staggering amount of loose change we are literally throwing away. >> the storm-impact scale, the storm today is level "2", more road rain. so gear up. drive safe. track the storm on the news app by downloading it now. >> what does that "2" on the scale look like in real life? this is a shot from the richmond-san rafael bridge where you can see the rain is impacting the north bay this morning. it is coming to the rest of us soon. >> a man on the most wanted list in san rafael for years is in custody this morning. police arrested barry griff accused of stalking a woman he had a child with and violateing a stalking order, they believe he fled to laos to avoid being charged. >> crazy video of a michigan judge taking the law in his own hands, takes off the robe,

this is southbound highway 101 headed to san rafael. we wanted it show you where it would like -- look like. it is moving slowly. northbound san rafael, coming down heavier then, and it is not letting up. it has been coming down for a few showers and the roads are very wet. we have not encountered ponding or flooding or standing water but the windshield winds are doing heavy cut this morning, and do not forget the rain gear and allow for extra time, in the north bay, but, according to the doppler i am watching on my newsup i am seeing green and i have been listening to the reports, the entire bay area other than the south bay needs to be aware of this. lighting up. first light, crews are back out in berkeley. they will finish removing a giant elm tree. it fell against a building. the 80' tree fell yesterday at college avenue during the rain and the wind. it struck the bay area yesterday. a revel tree care company works late into the night chopping up the tree. they said it was a tough task. >> guys are using power tools. usually what is

this is the traffic camera in san rafael, 101, right at san pedro road. the crash is on the nobody side. the southbound side although it is does not look like it, is fully cleared. only the far right lane on the nobody side. however, that is really encouraging and it looks like they are close to clearing it. the residual delays hanging around from novato on the southbound side, if you are headed northbound, it has spilled over to 580 northbound 101 from larkspur area. good news i want to what up, bart issues we had today are getting much better and the early problem has been solved. still a 20-minute delay around the system but it and bouncing back. helpfully we will not have more issues with mass transit. >> now, an alert from abc7 mornings. >> hello, we are on storm watch. i want to open up the weather window looking west because i am watching the rain overtake the bridge at winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour the on live doppler hd you can see better radar run. green headed through the santa cruz mountains and toward san leandro and oakland. this has been

rafael to san francisco with the crash up to 26 minutes. we have an upstate on the messes all next. >> uber on the defense, again. the new allegations against the san francisco-based company that have it facing off in federal court. >> the weather team has been wanting us all week and now the rain is here. this video from windsor and sonoma and mike is and they lied about it thatfor decades.ls. now they're lying about prop 56. if you don't use tobacco, you don't pay. smokers pay - their fair share of the 3 billion in health care costs all taxpayers are paying now. and there's one more thing: our kids. every state that's significantly raised tobacco taxes has reduced youth smoking. please. vote yes on 56. if we can save even a few lives, it's worth it. >> now an accweather update. >> we are on storm watch almost on time compared to what we talk about yesterday. rain in the north bay .25" and moving south and bring us significant rain through the morning commute and the early afternoon. i will have an more by hour look at this and the rain fo

outside we go, a live look from the san rafael camera showing the downpours have arrived. it is a wet evening across much of the big bay. the golden gate camera will show you the camera working through san rafael, that is it right now and that will move through the entire region and bring us more rain. look at the three day totals. this is great to see so early in the storm season. most areas have seen over an inch of rain. the in order bay saw higher than that. oakland nearing two inches of rain. the santa cruz mountains getting close to ten inches of wet weather and more is on the way. out there right now, limited sunshine, limited cloud cover, we're holding 60s in a lot of spots. overnight, we'll hang out in the 50s. we'll track the impact. radar storms all season long. this will be light. it is a one. we're tracking it moving through tonight. bay area, less than a half inch of rain. the good news is we won't see the gusty winds like we saw yesterday. hour by hour we go. the rain is first in the north

it's slow going from san rafael into san francisco now. this person right there -- very smart with her umbrella and rain jacket ready to go. you will need it pretty much all day. back to you. >>> wait, there's more. we want to check out conditions in burlingame where avery harper is stationed this morning. the roads look moisture but not raining. >> reporter: yeah, it's not raining. last time i talked to you there was a slight drizzle out here, even that has stopped at this point. but i can tell you the roads are slick and in some spots you should still give yourself extra time if you will be driving. you can see here the traffic here is moving quickly. i've seen cars speed past me this morning here but again, my suggestion is to slow down. we are expecting heavier rain as the morning progresses. you should slow down and put your windshield wipers on should it be raining and use your headlights out here. i'll be here monitoring condition here on northbound 101. back to you in the studio. >>> a lot of different conditions around the bay now

san rafael arborist natalie kasey spent part of her day examining trees in the san rafael neighborhood, the same neighborhood where a 77-year-old man was killed by a falling eucalyptus last saturday. >> we've gotten about three or four calls so far from just this neighborhood. >> reporter: kasey says eucalyptus can be vulnerable because of their shallow roots. >> it's good to just have a look at your trees. if you have movement, definitely call someone. if your trees haven't been looked at in a while, call an arborist to have them look. >> reporter: but once the rain hits, it's time to break out the storm gear. for humans, that usually means umbrellas. for dogs, that could mean a special coat. >> i notice a lot of dogs around here have rain coats. >> yeah. i mean, i think this is a community of people who love their animals as family so why not protect them from rain? >> reporter: jake's owner tells us he has a fear of the rain and flat out won't go out in the rain without his rain slicker. >> he has a lot of sweaters, a lot of different outfits and he loves being dressed up. >> report

high wind advisory for the richmond-san rafael bridge, bay bridge, and san mateo bridge this morning. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, in the yellow negotiation delays. northbound 85 in the south bay, looking okay between 101 and cupertino at 22 minutes. >> from abc7 morning, an update. >> the vatican is issue guidelines for catholics who want to be cremated saying you cannot just ask for the ashes to be scattered anywhere or kept at home but remains must be stored in a sacred church-approved place. for most of the 2,000-year history they have only permitted burying but in the late 60s they started allow crowmation and the new document they issued just this morning calls cremation "a brutal destruction of the body," coming out against the idea of scattering ashes which is a lot more stringent than we have seen. that story is just coming to the live desk. natasha: lives can snow ball out-of-control but there is new research that explains why that happened. >> also, how may we serve you? the first-of-its-kind kiss inform service agents at mineta san jose inernational airport. >> we need

there is crossing the san san rafael ridge, a bit of rain. the whipped will impact the sierras today. its going to be -- wind will impact the sierras today, here's a look at the wind at home. we do not have an advisory in place but it's gusty. novato, 18 merp. at the coast -- 18 miles per hour. at the coast, gusty. by 7:00 the rain is along the peninsula. by 9:00, still hoovering over the central bay. notice the south bay is dry through 7:00 to 9:00. by 11:00 it's going into the south bay and the north bay is clearing out. by 3:00 most of us are dry. the evening cleut look good, dry conditions. sears a look at santa rosa, rain and windy at times. ooze we get into noontime, notice the sky, it's partly cloudy and dry in the north bay. so the north bay is drying out first. it's not an all day event. the rain passes in six hours and we see dry weather on the back end of the afternoon. most of us get half an inch to an inch of rain. the mountains get an inch and a half to 3 inches. we only warming a bit as we get into the afternoon. lower 80s for

reporting from san rafael i am amy hollyfield. >> thank you. a coastal flood and high wind advisory is in affect on the peninsula with 16' waves expected. pacifica coastline cannot take much more. parts of the avenue are fragile after years of wear and tear. in march, the crumbling hillside led to the demolition of an entire apartment building. oakland hims are ready clearing out storm drains clog by loaves praying up debris and cleared out gutter lines yesterday. the concern is that standing water can flood the city's narrow streets. >> this here, along the trees, and piles of debris build up and clog the drain. >> reservoir at 73% but they could always use more. >> mudslides are a big concern in the santa cruz mountains after the loma fire burned almost 4,500 acres and destroyeded 12 hems. people are putting up sandbags to protect the homes that survived the fire. the county has been studying the soil there to see how well it will absorb rain and the study should be ready in another week or two. >> a lot of you have listened to the forecast t

this is richmond-san rafael bridge on the richmond side. even if you are not seeing a lot on live doppler hd it doesn't mean we don't have wet conditions. you want to slow down and take it easy. we are still dry at the bay bridge toll plaza. one note, it is breezy. both hand on the wheel especially if you drive a hey profile vehicle. >> you will feel the wind. >> since the rain started in the north by we will start our coverage there on the ground this morning. >> we will bring in amy hollyfield. how far have you made it, amy? >> good morning, we are in san rafael. we are headed to rain trying to catch it. we are noticing wet streets, so rain has come through here. we first noticed it in the east bay on richmond on interstate 580 before the toll plaza the interstate was wet. no need for our windshield wipers, so we have not -- we just missed it. there was a light shower that got the streets wet enough to notice but no rain dumped on us. we are headed that way to bring you updates in the morning and health you know the conditions. in san raf

right now, a live look at 101 through san rafael. that's your southbound traffic moving better than your northbound on the left-hand side. stay with >>> we are in the middle of a soggy thursday. you can see the rain moving through the bay area. that's the green on the screen from live doppler 7. spencer will be a i long in a few minutes with the latest on the forecast. >>> well, just one rainy weekend separates us from halloween. >> natasha latest. >> have you ever wanted to be in a michael jackson "thriller" flash mob? this weekend you'll get your chance. ♪ he's so good, right? time to get your classic zombie on. you can get a virtual tutorial and then you can perform with them on thursday. "thriller" will blast through the speakers and then you'll have your moment on sunday at 3:00 p.m. it's a good time to go to the zoo. animals are hiding out in jack-o-lanterns. celebrating boo at the zoo on saturday and sunday. come in costume and trick-or-treat. at 11:00 a.m., there's a contest with judges. >>> three, two, one. >> if wearing y

san rafael, 1.77. fairfax 1.67. yet you go south to san francisco and the golden gate bridge, you can't find much. the sun is breaking through for some. 56 in daly city. with .11. that's it. south wind. there has been a south/southeast breeze. capcapitola. a rainbow. so we will get some sun today as the system lifts out. we're about done with this. rain around discovery bay, antioch. not much left. a little bit in the east bay. again, hardly worth mentioning. less than a couple one hundredths. south wind will still be with us. mild and muggy. temperatures could be almost tropical like. 59 sacramento. it looks like we're about done with the rain. the reason that this is happening, this system is digging here. as it does, it just lift that's ban northward. that's why we will see a decrease in the rain. we will get a little break tomorrow. then look this is accelerating towards us. it will be here thursday. the rain won't be focused on marin county but it looks like everybody will get in on this. i'm concerned for the

i live in san rafael. and it still took me 35 minutes. >> reporter: the accident made getting anywhere in the surrounding area challenging. movie-goers raced the clock to get to the mill valley film festival in san rafael. >> i went north to highway 101 and back through fairfax to san rafael. and i made it just in time. >> reporter: with more rain in the forecast throughout the weekend, chp officers say if you want to get to your destination on time, remember to leave early and please be careful when you get out on the road. reporting live in sausalito, i'm kim yonenaka, nbc bay area news. >>> one of the biggest areas without electricity tonight is richmond. thousands of people throughout that area still have no power. strong winds are to blame for bringing down power lines. and a transformer fire caused the top of one pole to snap. we spoke with folks who live off of richmond parkway as they waited for the lights to go back on. >> suddenly we get a part of the scale, we can probably do something. but it l

it happened in san rafael in lincoln avenue. a construction crew broke the gas line. firefighters had to evacuate while waiting for pg&e to arrive. they say the breezy weather quickly cleared the fumes so neighbors were never in danger. >>> we're going to go back to election news. today is the last day to register to vote in california. and if you haven't registered yet, you have a few hours. nbc bay area's mark matthews is at the elections office in san francisco, saying open until 8:00 tonight. how are numbers looking so far this election? >> reporter: well, they're looking strong. we are outside of city hall. but come on in. they've got an elections office drop box here in the lobby of city hall, and i've got to tell you. 860,000 people live in san francisco. a little bit more than 500,000 or more than half a million, are registered to vote. what we're hearing from the director of elections here in san francisco is that more people are registering to vote in this election than in 2008. when barack obama was turning out record numbers. >> these are high. this is a l

and san rafael to richmond, over to el~cerrito. light rain into the east bay and light rain into san francisco with heavier rain about to push on shore. see 80, almeda, very light rain. further south along the san mateo coast and the east bay, it's quiet right now, but this is what will come. you will see the passage of the cold front seeing the gusting of the winds. more rain in santa cruz, monterey and los angeles today. in the sierra, mid-and upper 40s. it's rain right now but you see the higher elevations detecting a rain-snow mix. so winter weather advisory and a winter storm warning throughout the day. it's all due to the system offshore that will continue to press to the east, bringing a cold component with it. that could trigger a thunderstorm this afternoon. look at the wind gusts. now this is at the surface. upper level winds have been over 40 miles an hour. so out ahead of the front, some gusty winds. sharply cooler behind it. a dramatic view from our east bay hills camera u see how dark it is out there. 62 gilroy. half

before they stop reporting, we had 2" in san rafael and it is still raining there. the big winner is santa rosa at 2" and friend not even .1" and palo alto and san jose, nothing. it is a north by event through the afternoon hours. kristen sze? >> the north bay was first to get the rain and last to be done with it. amy hollyfield is in santa rosa with a look at the impact. amy: yes, kristen, the only breaks we have is in the intensity of the rain. right now it is lightly falling. so not so intense as throughout the morning. still, coming down. >> the rain was constant in the north bay this morning. as it came down, people got up early to deal with it. or some entertained the thought of not getting up at all. >> hard to get up. today i want to stay home. hot chocolate, movie. like the perfect day to do that. >> i come from cloverdale so it is like drive through the car wash. the wipers are high. the lights are on. slowing down. >> slowing made a difference. c.h.p. report as quiet morning on the highways. in major insurance continues. >> no spinouts or anything so that

fairfax 1.41, san rafael 1.10. after that hardly anything, a quarter of an inch at pacifica, and some areas not one drop. nothing at crockett, benicia or vallejo. there is still some coming up, but it looks from calistoga northward up to lake county in mendocino county. there is still some scooting through, the breeze south that 21, south-southeast in oakland at 18. san jose in mountain view up again, the peninsula, santa clara valley, and some of the wind gusts in the higher elevations could be rather blustery. 60s on the temperatures, very mild. before in palo alto, stanford also close at 63. a few upper 50s and a lot of 60s, mid-60s for a few. the rain will let up and lift to the north, and this system will deepen, and lifting this backup to this line. this next system is on its way, taking aim more widespread, and it will not be favoring the north bay, more into the santa cruz mountains. in the next five days through sunday, really good totals, so be advised. we are better off today, wednesday is fine, the tran

and the richmond-san rafael bridge bridge. a little rain into the north bay. you can see how the focus continues to be mainly areas north of san francisco and another storm starting to lurk offshore. the trend upper '60s. central bay to north bay transitions to the north heading into the afternoon. >>> a rain combined with wind. likely to see reports of trees down. other debris in the roadway. so far most of the bay moving well. that has cleared from the chp report. no problem for the nimitz. we had slowing showing up northbound north of san pedro. the southbound is where chp reports a branch in lanes at north san pedro. we have a camera right there. we don't see anything disturbing the flow of traffic. we'll update you. back to you. >>> back to breaking news we're covering this morning. a patrol car rammed leading officers to open fire in a san jose neighborhood. still a very active scene this morning. that's where we find "today in the bay's" bob redell this morning. you just talked to officers, tell us where you are right n

across the richmond san rafael bridge, san mateo bridge, same thing. dunb dumbarton bridge getting wet again. if you are trying to get into or out of sfo, delays are 30 minutes. if you are commuting standing water through the morning commute. everything is wet. you may be able to get in a bike ride later on. good news, it is fairly calm. almost 3/4 inch of rain on the san mateo bridge. temperatures in the 60s the next couple days with more rain. i'll have a look at that next. >> thank you, mike. >>> a massive scam that reached to india. >>> plus, uber says it is ready to fly, literally. the new clues about the possibility we could one day commute in the sky. >>> back live to the bay bridge where the big back up leaving san francisco as crews work to >>> welcome back. we want to get to the breaking news we have been following throughout the morning. a big rig crash leaving san francisco. >> you can see the picture chp tweeted out and shows the problem there. it makes for a huge mess for people trying to leave the city. amy hollyfield in san francisco an

we're also watching san rafael, look at the conditions on our camera. wet conditions over there. keep that in mind anyone north of the golden gate bridge. >> we're tracking breaking news out of oakland this morning where a car slammed into two police cruisers and also two other cars leaving at least one person dead. this happened off 35th and brookdale avenue. we're told no police officers were injured and the person who died was in the suspect's car. that car reportedly had five people in it at the time of the crash, but there could be more injury news to come. officers responding to an unrelated shooting at the time when the car smashed into the police cruisers. "today in the bay's" pete suratos is there right now gathering information and will bring us an update at the top of the hour. >>> a well-known bay area filmmaker is under arrest accused in a deadly shooting. the incident unfolded yesterday afternoon at a home in san francisco's glenn park. the man under arrest is documentary filmmaker and activist kevin epps who won awards for films on san francisco's hunter's point. t

san rafael, almost 2 inches. rain along 101 in the north bay. you've got sunshine in san jose and almost 70 degrees right now. this trend will continue through the afternoon. periods of rain from the central bay northward. not so much around san jose, as we see clearing skies in the south bay, still maybe another .25 inches to .5 inches possible in the north bay then the storm moves on. here is why storm two has a subtropical boost that could increase rain rates in the mountains thursday and friday. here is the projection in terms of estimated rainfall. you'll see a huge change with storm two, especially if you're in the south bay. you notice here, no rain shadow this time. you can see san jose and the santa cruz mountains should see 1 to 2 inches of rain, locally higher around the loma fire burn scar and the so beranes fire. we'll show you that in a few minutes. >>> a 50-foot tree came down in just moments. you see it resting there pretty much on nearby homes. it was brought down by yesterday's rains and wind in berkeley. that is just one place

truck overturns on 101 in san rafael snarling traffic for thousands. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am reggie aqui. >> it is a big mess with coverage with alexis smith and latest on the impact. >> we start with our reporter, amy hollyfield, at the scene. >> look behind me on the northbound side of 101. the lanes away free in. sweeping up right now. the truck has been towed. they getting close to opening all of the lanes. they sweeping up all of their debris. it looks like we are minutes away which is good news. look at the backup. this created a mess for the morning commute at 8:30 this morning impacting traffic on both sides. both directions of 101. this is at the san pedro off-ramp. part of it landed on the southbound side after crash the center divide. can you imagine seeing the truck

then san rafael, 1.66. sausalito, .12. this was the line north where the heavier rainfall was. the system moves through. south san francisco as well. and also still going in marin county. san raphael back over to the richmond bridge and over to berkeley and san pablo bay. it's been missing there in the last 24 hours. south, south and there's going to be pretty blustery conditions and mild on the temps. in the mid-60s here. a few upper 50s. but very mild and persistent breeze for the last two days. we will get a break on wednesday. then the next system will give us widespread rain but not until probably thursday. 60s and 70s and maybe even mid- 70s. sal, it took a while, but i know that san francisco has

san leandro is 50. san rafael is cloudy and 56. not much fog here. if you have a convertible today is the day to have the top down with the sunshine and calm conditions. exercising wet trails if you are doing hiking. if you are on the water it will be fairly calm. the next three days, temperatures in the upper secretary to mid-70s, 80s showing up tomorrow, and, again, on thursday and it could be warmer on friday. i will let you know about the weekend forecast next. alexis? >> we are okay to kick off tuesday morning commute. a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, very light across all lanes. cash lanes, fast track, and car pool lanes okay. we are close to an hour at 50 more minutes until the toll follow toll lights turn on. the drive time westbound 580 tracy to dublin, in the yellow at 32 minutes. yesterday we were already an hour on the drive time so better today. southbound 680 is okay. dublin to mission boulevard south at 15 minutes and northbound 85 between 101 and cupertino in the green at 16 minutes. we will look at our super maps next. >> macy's

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in san rafael, a half inch of rain. the rain is fairly light right now on highway 101 south. we are going to have steady, light to moderate rain. it's going to taper to scattered by noon, isolated by 7:00. >> mike, thank you. you know, we have been seeing that steady rain come down throughout the bay area. i think alexis said 20 cars that crashed at some point, even just by themselves spinning out. a big concern everywhere. >> yes, including the south bay getting rain. matt keller lives in the south bay. you know how much you kind of miss over the past few storms. >> reporter: yes, we know. we drove from san jose to redwood city. in the south bay it was raining. in redwood city, if you are waking up, it is still raining. the beautiful sign proclaiming we are in redwood city and a lot of people are walking, no, they are running to peet's coffee to get something to drink and stay

rafael to san francisco is slight delays. two problems in hayward and we will check on that at 8:00 a.m. >> scientists are using new gene editing technology to try to sped up the discovery for a fewer for h.i.v. the tool is showing that not everyone exposed to hi develops it. there are certain genes at work. researchers are suing this to see what cells can edit, infection. the scientist say more studies are necessary with the study in the journal "cell." >> napa native kate rubins is return homelanding in kazakhstan on saturday. she conducted hundreds of permits at the international space station. she took time to tell the conference students at her alma mater. >> she is just sequencing the human genome. >> san francisco supervisors are concerned about a plan to build thousands of homes. >> a dmv computer out amendments -- outage causes major headaches. >> and an nfl star got the super bowl ring stolen caught on camera. >> could president obama end up >>> good morning, thanks for joining us on wednesday, october 26. i am matt

one north heading into a lot of san rafael the connection to south 242 south 680 will be fine on the to men from copper to and bill it diminished nominal loss from 85 to 237 the on the totals is because they lost their lease the store and in business for more than 50 years it sold five winning tickets to the million dollars on more than will soon be no more stanley and was outside at&t park of the giants' playoff game and there was plenty along on the ball park but you don't usually hear much about >>stanley roberts: f will come to at&t park in san francisco or don't need a map to find park the giants allowed people to celtic is a long was it on to tom at&t properly when across the street there was a call out of pocket he will also try to sell insurance call me out. remember to buckle up and stay off your phone. >>james: the police special event for cancer survivors that is coming of next meanwhile here is what conditions look like at the bay bridge approach was bound 80 alive approach showing you like commute we will be right back >>male announcer:this is the bay area news station,k

san rafael, it is quiet. it is very isolated. here are the temperatures, notice mid-to-upper 50s for our inland east bay neighbors and mt. diablo is 44, and the sun will hold the temperatures below average because of the clouds much upper 50s until oakland at 62 and hayward is 61. 50 in los gatos. the green is dominating our neighborhoods and maybe a few 70s in the south bay and more widespread to the north bay tomorrow and it makes its to the bay on wednesday, on way to the coast with 80's developing inland. a warm track is coming your way in the seven-day outlook. >> new details this morning about another effort by a half moon bay land owner to keep his private beach, private. venture capitalist has filed a federal lawsuit claiming state agencies violate his constitutional rights according to our media partner, and he locked off the gate six years ago preventing surfers and the public from getting to the beach. the suit claims that the california coastal commission, state lands commission and san mateo county, violate the his 1

. >> lee martinez spent the day in san rafael. >>reporter: san rafael's appeal important many hope ownerses its nature. a command community between all the trees. >> i've grown up with eucalyptus trees my whole life to me they are part of home. >>reporter: but a very persistent crowd drought has killed 30 million trees in california. dry trees become weak trees. >> i think the drought's concerning all around for any kind of tree especially eucalyptus. >>reporter: eucalyptus trees also present a bigger threat of wildfires. the van ralph fire chief says eucalyptus trees ignite faster and can help send embers far from being blown from its top branches. in petaluma last month a fire that started on highway 101 ended up destroying four homes after the fire child the eucalyptus trees. >> i notice my commute home have been cut down but not very many. i thought they were well regulated. >>reporter: marine county tree removal services have a backlog of homeowners requesting the trees be taken down. on friday san rafael man was killed in hi

. >> rain started in the north bay and a look at san rafael. abc news meteorologist drew tuma is tracking the timing. >> what's the latest? >> a tail of have and have knots. we'll take a much closer look at this current system over us, and we're tracking a stronger storm on the horizon. all the details and the full accuweather forecast ahead. >> drew, thanks a lot. track the rain where you live with the abc 7 news app. download it for free and enable push alerts and we're going to send you up to the minute updates to your mobile device. >> law enforcement upgraded a missing child search to an amberg alert this afternoon. the concern is growing about the safety of 7-month-old henry massy believed to be with his mother hannah ashley who doesn't have custody of him. an amberley alert has been issued for california license plate 5jk 7 it 35. >>> a woman riding her bike was hit by a driver this morning, a white acura on fremont acura at the sunnyvale intersection. sky 7 shows you the area where it happened. the car sped away. police in sunnyvale say

>>james: you concede it is hit or miss as you move along 101 the richmond san rafael bridge mill valley is not so much down there's also little what we have some rennet coming in the open side it will intensify in fact expect showers to pop into the north bank that line will over san francisco by 9:00 into the 10:00 hour we should expect some moderate to heavy rain also along the peninsula as we had scored three in the afternoon by 6:00 in planning the ride home from work perhaps and shaw was wearing in the south bank things will start to come down and will stay that way as you can see it as we headed to the overnight hours. >>reporter: you and see a continues to come out to the south is still with us and it takes to 15 this is a heavy rain with flashes of thunder and the wind an already saturated ground could be problematic the rain fall appears to be a little bit less that what we were talking about from yesterday to men and perhaps a nice trend because of a cut down on some flooding problems and is already jammed growing and least four west land and we are tracking and accident was a

san rafael appeal for many homeowner is its nature. a planned community between all the trees. >> i've grown up with eucalyptus trees my whole hive and to me they are part of home. >>reporter: a very persistent drought has killed 30 million trees in california. dry trees become weak trees. >> i think the drought's concerning all around for any kind of tree especially eucalyptus i suppose. >>reporter: eucalyptus trees present a bigger threat of wildfires. the van ralph fire chief says eucalyptus trees ignite faster and can help sends embers far from being blown from its top branches. in petaluma last month a fire that started on highway 101 ended up destroying four homes after the fire child the eucalyptus trees. >> i always thought they were kinds of well regulated. >>reporter: marine county removal tree services have backlog of homeowners requesting the trees being taken down. a san rafael man was killed in his yard when a tree fell don on his deer park avenue property. officials say by their observation the tree didn't appear to be d

in san rafael you are driving into it south on we but the golden gate bridge is clear. low-to-mid 60s at noon, and the rest of us in the upper 60s to low 70s and back in the 50s and 60 by 7:00. accidents this morning. alexis? >> we have westbound 92 before the san mateo bridge toll plaza, i told you about that, and, southbound 880 near mission boulevard we have a call to c.h.p. and that was a three car crash that turned into an eight car collision, and last we check we had one lane blocked and southbound 101 in marin county, we had a motorcycle hit a deer this morning and it sounds live the motorcyclist is okay but we have it pushed to the shoulder where onlooker delays. we have a problem in walnut creek and a disabled vehicle on southbound 680. back to our top story in marin county. >> three people died after a terrible crash. it was so powerful the car was split in half on sir francis drake boulevard at highway 1. amy hollyfield is there on scene. >> they just reopened sir francis drake in the hour. they were fear for 5 1/2 hours at scene. look at officers saying it i

san rafael, nearly half inch of rain. here's what's happening on the satellite and the radar. as you can see, the bulk of the action focused in the southern portion of the bay area. things beginning to dry up. some low-level moisture. you can still have spotty drizzle or light showers. close to santa cruz and gilroy, quite a bit of activity on the radar. take a look, out toward santa cruz, ben lohman over the past two days picking up over 2 inches of rain. they could pick up more rainfall later on tonight and into tomorrow. as far as wind speeds, the winds have backed off a bit but still a bit of a breeze out there, 8-12 miles an hour and more strong winds. they have been backing off to nearly 40 miles an hour in san jose. we still have more rain chances in the forecast. we also have the weather to talk about. heavy rain, strong winds. the storm is causing serious delays and problems. we're live with the very latest.>> reporter: we're on matteo avenue in millbrae where some homeowners had pretty nervous moments. you can see there is still street letting. take a look it would i

abc 7 news was in san rafael with a big rig accident for hours. >> and big waves are still pushing further onshore. >> team coverage for the damage caused by today's tomorrow beginning with spencer christian for a look at what's still ahead. >> all right. here's live doppler 7, and, of course, it's still wet over most of the bay area. although at the moment there's not much activity up in the north bay so a closer look at where the rainfall is at the moment. let me close it a little bit here. line of rain moving into marin county and eastward over to el torito. patches of rain around san francisco, concord and livermore and east bay, hayward, milipitas getting light to moderate rain and san mateo and redwood city getting rain. view of the san mateo bridge and these are rainfall totals, an inch and a quarter in kent field and .7 in richmond and oakland and san francisco.33 and under .1 in palo alto. storm impact skill, the rain and intensity of the storm is ranked 1 from light to 45 severe and the remaining of this evening's storm remains 1 on the impact scale. less than a quarter inch of a

and gusting to 24 in around novato and san rafael. and low to mid-70s. and as we get into the afternoon we're looking at temperatures in the 60s to low 70s. so fairly mild. and sierra snow will remain high. here's a look at the extended forecast. showers likely tomorrow. and we dry out on wednesday, and then another round of rain coming in thursday and friday. and now the models want to keep that going. saturday, sunday. maybe into halloween. we'll hope for dry weather by trick or treating evening. >> we need the rain. >> that's how it goes for now. >> now to the breaking news we brought you. in san rafael. pg&e crews are working to cap a natural gas main that ruptured. thanks to live pictures. roads in the area are closed. people who have been living and working in the area are evacuated. fire crying say that the wind is helping to blow away the glasses. that intersection is essentially closed as crews do their work. >>> iraqi forces are getting help from the u.s. military led coalition against isis. >> reporter: iraqi forces battling for control of mos

golden gate bridge from san rafael, marin area, 580 to golden golden gate toll plaza 15 minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza, carquinez bridge to the maze will take you 20 minutes. and expect no delays as you go through the toll plaza but -- 205, 18 miles per hour, so things are getting pretty slow on your monday morning commute along the altamont pass. north tracy boulevard to the pass will take you a long 34 minutes but you can breathe a little bit through livermore and then to the dublin interchange here and here's a live look at that slow traffic in the commute direction. altamont pass to 680 will take you 17 minutes now. >>> moving over to the peninsula commute from hayward into foster city, that's 880 to 101, it will take you about 15 minutes so a different story on this end. and if you want to head over to the south bay right now, looking good, all green from 101 northbound, 280 northbound and also the guadalupe parkway. roberta. >>> roqui, this morning i was making tracks out of that 580, 680 corridor in east bay and once i hit the dublin gray, bam, i got smacked with a wal

golden gate bridge to the richmond/san rafael bridge, that is another alternate, as well. now let's move over to oakland side. we have a crash southbound 880 at 5th street is an overturned car off to the shoulder. but as you can see in the area cars moving at just 17 miles per hour heading to the maze. and if you want to avoid all the roads, that's definitely a great suggestion here. mass transit all on time. roberta is busy with the rain to talk about. >> roqui, i'll take that. thank you. >>> in pacifica crews are watching for forceful waves and heavy rain as they work to protect the coastline. kpix 5's maria medina has the latest from pacifica. >> reporter: in case you can't see that it is raining, we are going to show you how much water has checked on our live truck just the last hour here. they are concerned about minor flooding. you can see a little bit of ponding in the street. not very dramatic. this is just the beginning of the storms this weekend, right? so they are concerned about the coastal bluffs right down the street from me. they saw a lot of erosion there d

no word on what the device turned out to be. >>> happening tonight, the san rafael city council will consider establishing smart train quiet zones. neighbors are complaining about the horns on the new smart train and now the city council members want to establish certain areas where those horns can't sound. if approved, train engineers would not have to blow their horns as they approach and pass through intersections. >>> later today, federal investigators will be back on the scene of a deadly train crash in new jersey. they are trying to figure out what caused it to crash through a terminal in hoboken. yesterday authorities revealed they found another record but it wasn't working when the train crashed. one woman died and more than 100 others were hurt. the engineer who was in control of the train says he can't remember the crash. >>> in los angeles police blocked off an intersection last night as a protest over an officer-involved shooting became chaotic. >> everybody grieves different so if that's how they feel and they want to do that and they really can't do too much because the

no reprieve in san rafael. rain falling fast. >> i didn't believe it when i saw it. >> firefighters worked to remove a large tree limb which fell on hi pickup. >> i see these trees every day and know they're not in the best of shape. but i never thought of one falling on my truck. >> reporter: his german shepherd, max, was trapped inside the truck for a time. max was fine-happy to be free. >> dog is fine. pretty tough. >> reporter: the golden gate, more like the stormy gate. rain was keeping drivers on alert. the storm making quite a mess in the oakland hills. a mudslide came down across pinehurst road. rock and deeb slowing the drive. another slide nearby brought down this tree. slick roads are blamed for this six-car pileup on interstate 280 near 25th street. the accident sent several people to the hospital with minor injuries. one driver said cars hydroplaned. >> water on the road, and that made the brakes slow down. >> reporter: the oakland chp sent this tweet, asking drivers to slow down. later the rain mo

the golden gate camera will show you the camera working through san rafael, that is it right now and that will move through the entire region and bring us more rain. look at the three day totals. this is great to see so early in the storm season. most areas have seen over an inch of rain. the in order bay saw higher than that. oakland nearing two inches of rain. the santa cruz mountains getting close to ten inches of wet weather and more is on the way. out there right now, limited sunshine, limited cloud cover, we're holding 60s in a lot of spots. overnight, we'll hang out in the 50s. we'll track the impact. radar storms all season long. this will be light. it is a one. we're tracking it moving through tonight. bay area, less than a half inch of rain. the good news is we won't see the gusty winds like we saw yesterday. hour by hour we go. the rain is first in the north bay. dropping the front through the 11:00 hour when we're back on-air for abc 7 news at 11:00. live doppler 7 likely tracking showers scattered and light in nature. we can't rule out the chance of a scattered shower, 6

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new moving over to the golden gate bridge looking good from san rafael into san francisco. i-80 to the golden gate toll plaza, 15 minute. high wind advisory by chp this morning, 20 minutes, then across the span of the bay bridge will take you about 15minute. we do have backup in the cash lane. >> high wind advisory on the san mateo from hayward to foster city. # 80-101, 15 minute. >>> the november 8th general election is just 15 days away and today is your last chance to register to vet. you can register to vote online at register to vote.ca .gov. paper registration forms are also available and at libraries, the dmv or the county election office. those forms must be postmarked no later than today. >>> on the campaign trail now, new polls show hillary clinton with a double digit lead over donald trump. according to the latest poll, 50% of likely voters across the nation support clinton. 38% back trump. and hillary clinton and donald trump are stepping up their efforts in key states today. after making four stops in north carolina on sunday, clinton campaigns with massachuset

no reprieve in san rafael. rain falling fast. >> i didn't believe it when i saw it. >> firefighters worked to remove a large tree limb which fell on hi pickup. >> i see these trees every day and know they're not in the best of shape. but i never thought of one falling on my truck. >> reporter: his german shepherd, max, was trapped inside the truck for a time. max was fine-happy to be free. >> dog is fine. pretty tough. >> reporter: the golden gate, more like the stormy gate. rain was keeping drivers on alert. the storm making quite a mess in the oakland hills. a mudslide came down across pinehurst road. rock and deeb slowing the drive. another slide nearby brought down this tree. slick roads are blamed for this six-car pileup on interstate 280 near 25th street. the accident sent several people to the hospital with minor injuries. one driver said cars hydroplaned. >> water on the road, and that made the brakes slow down. >> reporter: the oakland chp sent this tweet, asking drivers to slow down. later the rain mo

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the richmond-san rafael bridge and the bay bridge and san mateo bridge, you are going to feel the cross wind all through the day. be prepared. lack the at winds and our temperatures, mid-50s in daly city, half moon bay is 57 and low 60s for the rest of the peninsula and mid-60s from oakland to san jose we have low-to-mid 60s inland east bay and upper 50s to let 60's in the north bay where san rafael, looking south on 101 it is dry. we will talk about the activity planner on the bay small craft advisory, chopping and breezy, caution if you commute because of the breezy bridges and exercising on the north bay you will be wet. san jose and 280 at 18, an area that will not be wet, today, but you will have some rain coming in tonight and tomorrow and we have the hour-by-hour look at what coming our way next. >> one of the days you will want to have both hands on the wheel especially in the high-profile vehicles. another issue with the wind this morning, we will have trees down to a couple of locations, so i will get you to pleasant hill, foothill road, we have a tree down and it is blocking

: san rafael firefighters worked to remove a large tree limb which fell on this pickup. >> i see these trees every day. i know they're not in the best of shape. but i never thought of one fauming on my truck. >> reporter: his german shepherd max was trapped in the truck for a time. >> the dog seems fine. the dog's pretty tough. >> reporter: the golden gate more like the stormy gate. rain was keeping drivers on alert. the storm making quite a mess in the oakland hills. a mud slide came down across pinehurst road near the contra costa county border. rock and debris slowing the drive. another slide brought down this tree. slick roads are blamed for this six-car pile-up on interstate 280 near 25th street. the accident sent several people to the hospital with minor injuries including a woman and her baby. one driver said cars hydroplaned on the roadway. >> so much rain, there was water on the road. and that made the brakes slow down. >> reporter: the oakland chp sent this tweet asking drivers to slow down in the rain. later in the day the rain moved out just as new storm clouds rolled in fr