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Winds, the Sierra Nevada pummeled with where blizzard conditions as the bay area wakes up to scattered showers and some cold temperatures. Good morning. Its sunday, march 3rd. Im stephanie sierra. Lets get right to lisa whos in the Weather Center tracking. Level one storm on our exclusive. Abc seven storm impact good morning. Good morning to you. We still are in this system where the low to the north of us is gng to rotate some showers into the bay area. So level one system, you can see some showers offshore there. They are light. They will ou in santa cruz by aptosrting corralitos highway one. Some wet weather further to the north over into the east bay. 580 in livermore and 680 scattered showers. Mount diablo, some snow there. And this is where we have our winter storm warning for the next couple of hours. Lake Mendocino County, where you can see all that white and pink, indicating some accumulating snow showers down towards saint helena. The level one system today with us throughout the entire day. Snowy peaks, gusty winds and the cold temperatures for us until 9 00. Sonoma napa numbers down into the mid 30s. For some of you it is 41. In oakland, 39 in sonoma, 48 San Francisco with 44 san mateo. Were anywhere from about 4 to 5 degrees cooler this morning on the peninsula, and same in the north bay. So a chilly start out there. You can see the scattered showers 8 00 from the coast. There Half Moon Bay to petaluma and then as we stop this at noontime time, maybe a good downpour for fairfield and napa, Mountain View, a few scattered showers. But there we are. Towards the end of the day, and theyre more isolated. So well talk about a few breaks. When we can see some bigger breaks in between these leftover systems coming up, stephanie. All right. Looking forward to that. Lisa thank you. Stretches of interstate 80 are buried under snow throughout the tahoe area, and the storm is keeping Highway Patrol officers working around the clock. This is what things look like at donner summit, right near kings beach. Officers close to the california nevada border have been helping drivers who are trying to beat the blizzard conditions. If youre planning on heading that way before the weekend is over, the chp says dont. The road is closed at this point, or theyre holding traffic. Uh caltrans is trying the best they can. Uh, we have zero visibility up here on the summit to get over, uh, into nevada or from nevada, over into california. For now, chain controls are also required. And if youre traveling on highway 50, the blizzard warning issued by the National Weather service. Has been extended a. M. On monday. All right, heres another reason not to drive there. This is what it looks like for people who live in truckee. Video overnight shows those whipping winds blowing snow all over the place as the snow continues to pile up this morning, people who are from the bay area. But in the sierra right now are hunkering down and waiting to get home. Abc seven News Reporter cornell bernard spoke. To some of them who say the snow piled up fast. Interstate 80, in the Northern California area and Sierra Nevada is closed from colfax to the nevada state line due to spinouts. Interstate 80 remained closed saturday afternoon over donner summit. The winter storms slamming the sierra with rare blizzard conditions, creating a bone chilling mess. Trucks were stranded in heavy snow. The chp says Emergency Personnel and tow trucks had a tough time reaching drivers. Oh my gosh, such an epic storm. Definitely. Especially in march. Renee adelman from marin county is riding. Out the blizzard in south lake tahoe. Our house was rocking last night. There were gale force winds. The windows were creaking. Um, it it was the worst that ive seen in a few years. This was the view from renees place before the blizzard. And after getting out will be challenging. This is our neighbors house, by the way, that the snow is up to halfway up their door. Um, but we brought groceries with us and supplies so we didnt have to go to the grocery store, and we figured that we were just going to stay home today, and well see what the ski conditions are like tomorrow. Right now, i mean, were working to open the mountain, but its this storm is coming down heavy, fast and hard with really high winds. So its going to take some time for us to get back open. Ski resorts like palisades tahoe were closed saturday due to Severe Weather and unbelievable wind gusts overnight. On top siberia ridge, which is the top part of our mountain, we were reaching wind uh up to 190mph, which is, you know, im pretty sure its Hurricane Force winds. So were obviously going to be seeing a lot of this today. My neighbors are uh did going out retired abc seven news photographer randy davis lives in truckee, where the snow is being measured in feet. Im walking. Feet of powder. Light snow, very light snow. But theres a significant amount of it. We filled our cars up with gas. Not that were going to go anywhere. It looks like its going to be a while before anyone gets out of town. Cornell, bernard abc seven news now all of the lifts at heavenly Mountain Resort are closed because of the blizzard. The nevada side is closed because of the road conditions. But if the weather permits, heavenly is still planning to hold its big air show featuring a pro skier and rider stunt show along with a party today. So well see if that happens. Thats not the case, though. For other lake tahoe ski resorts, most are shut down by the storm and that includes sugar bowl resort because of scenes like this. Can you believe it . People cant even get through the door. All you have to do is send this to the ski group. No caption needed, right . The resort says it got 20 to 24in of snow overnight into saturday, so as you can imagine, that number has increased since then. A few resorts are open with reduced operations. Mammoth mountains ski area is also closed today. Theres low visibility and powdery conditions on the slopes. As you can see, at last check, the mountain received over two feet of snow. So now here in the bay area, pgandes crews have been working around the clock restoring power to thousands of residents who lost electricity during the storm, according to pgandes outage map, there are fewer outages to report, which of course is good news. But this morning, one of the largest areas affected is in the east bay, where about 140 people are still without electricity. In vallejo, warming shelters are open across the bay area as the rain and cold temperatures continue. Abc seven News Reporter ryan curry explains how this service is saving lives. Fresh food and cupcakes for the dozen people who checked into the alameda warming shelter saturday for some, its either spend the night here or possibly spend it outside. Where would you be if you didnt have a place like this to stay tonight . Honestly i dont know. Its a vital resource, one that allows them to avoid potentially dangerous weather conditions, fulfilling, nurturing, um, deprived me of being cold. Christ Episcopal Church in alameda teamed up with the city and other churches to provide a place for the citys unhoused population. Christ church used to only offer a space like this a couple times a week during the winter months, but with the last two years seeing intense storms, they expanded. This year theyre operating until march 14th, a space where they can be cared for, get food, um, feel connected to the Greater Community and hopefully get some more resources to lead them towards paths for housing. The bay area is once again enduring another strong storm, this one bringing intense winds and high surf along the coast. Thats why we stay away. But look at it from afar and cold air. It is expected to drop below 40 degrees in some spots. One of those spots is sonoma, where the city also opened up a warming shelter. After we realized the cold temperatures, especially with the wind chill in the early mornings, both last night and tomorrow, um, warranted us doing something for our most vulnerable population because for those staying in these shelters, there is a comfort knowing they can stay safe. It means a lot to me. Its like almost opening a key to a door to your own apartment. But its not yours. But almost like that safety in the east bay ryan curry abc seven news. The storm left behind a mess at San Francisco National Cemetery in the presidio, a 50 foot eucalyptus tree fell onto several different grave sites. It also landed on a water main, causing it to break. A Tree Trimming Company and San Francisco firefighters did clean up the damage in the south bay. Caltrans says a slide on highway nine and Santa Clara County may be cleared by tomorrow evening. This morning, though, traffic is still blocked between sanborn road and Redwood Gulch road, right near saratoga. The incoming rain is causing concern that debris could come down onto the roadway. Lets check in with lisa. Hows it looking outside . Well, its a little cool. Mid and upper 40s from San Francisco. Pretty shot though, right . You can see the mostly cloudy sky. And look at that sun coming up. We have some scattered showers and breezy winds. That will be the order of the day. Level one system today and getting further and further between those rain clouds. Ill explain next. Lisa, thank you. Also ahead, middle east tensions and u. S. Action. Whats next after israel accepts a cease fire and hostage deal as thousands of bay area residents rally. 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Were also learning a hamas delegation is in cairo for further talks on a ceasefire deal. This morning, sources confirm to cnn. The negotiations will include officials from both the us, israel and egypt. The new developments come after the Biden Administration said israel had, quote, basically accepted a six week cease fire proposal in gaza. Now, here in the bay area, emotions were high as thousands gathered for a rally in San Francisco. Abc seven News Reporter Tara Campbell caught up with organizers who are calling for a cease fire. Propalestinian protesters taking to the streets of San Francisco, joining cities worldwide saturday calling for a cease fire as human beings, it feels like the only moral thing to do to stand together and say that its not acceptable. From oakland to richmond and beyond, people here from throughout the bay area. One Mountain View resident described his reasons for marching the death of all those children uh the people starving, the indiscriminate bombing of civilians. This comes as the u. S. Joins several other countries in carrying out air drops of food and other humanitarian aid over gaza. People are so desperate that innocent people got caught in a terrible war, unable to feed their families. The u. S. Dropping about 66 pallets of food, including 38,000 meals, Central Command saying these air drops are part of a sustained effort to get more aid into gaza and back in San Francisco. So the wet, wintry weather wasnt holding protesters back. I think folks are tired and cold, probably weary in their hearts, but this is exactly the moment you come together. You dont stay alone because theres so much power and collective solid. Suzanne aboushi has family in palestine and says so far theyve stayed safe back home. Theyre resilient. Theyre very resilient. I mean, theyre with god. God gives them resilience. Thats all i can say. Hey, please listen to me. And some tense moments between San Francisco police and protesters near the israeli embassy. Police blocking the street where you can see an altercation between an officer and protesters. Emotions running high. Tara campbell abc seven news happening today a rally in San Francisco is set to show unity for the jewish community. The march begins at 130 this afternoon from the embarcadero and will go down market street, ending at city hall. Mayor london breed, state senator scott wiener and Sheryl Sandberg will take part in a rally after this march. Staying in San Francisco, sfusd announced a plan that could lead to closed schools within the next two years. The chronicle reports. Superintendent matt wayne outlined a plan to address the loss of about 10,000 students since 2015. Now that plan could force an undisclosed number of schools to close by the fall of 2025. Wayne says theres no specific schools being targeted for now, but the new plan comes as the district is addressing several issues, including a massive budget shortfall and replacing a faulty payroll system. Now to your voice. Your vote. Congresswoman barbara lee spent saturday campaigning in irvine. She made it a point to focus on the Younger Generation as she tries to round up votes ahead of super tuesday. First of all, young people, all uh your uh generation is the generation that we all are fighting for. I am running for the United States senate, not for barbara lee, but for you. Lee is running to replace the late Diane Feinstein as us senator. She is falling behind republican steve garvey, democratic congressman adam schiff, and congresswoman katie porter. San franciscos supervisor aaron peskin, spent the day urging residents living in cramped quarters to vote. And tuesdays primary. Hes trying to build support for proposition a, a 300 million bond that would help pay for more Affordable Housing. Peskin talked with voters living in single room occupancy residences in chinatown, San Francisco has a very large chinese american population, and getting the word out, getting it out in language, in cantonese and mandarin is very important to winning. And the Chinese Community really understands how important Affordable Housing is. Opponents of the proposition say the bond will negatively affect the character of San Francisco neighborhoods. The passing of prop a will require a yes from two thirds of the votes cast. Well, we are now two days away from super tuesday, with primary scheduled in 15 different states, including right here in california. Polling places will be open starting at 7 a. M. Through 8 p. M, and you can take your mail in ballot there or to a dropbox or a county Election Office as long as its delivered by 8 p. M. If you prefer to mail it, your ballot must be postmarked marked no later than tuesday, and you can actually still register to vote. California allows people to do same day voter registration. Continuing our storm coverage this morning, take a look. The snow continues to pile up in the sierra. This is a live camera atop heavenly Mountain Resort, and you can see the snow is up to about half the height of some of those trees. New this morning, the blizzard warning in that area has been extended to 4 a. M. Monday morning. As we mentioned, most ski resorts are closed today. Amid this near record breaking blizzard. Lisa is tracking the impacts up north and here at home, and the question that is becoming more desirable now is when will we see the sun again . Yeah. You know, solid sun will be the end of the week. So were going to see another weak system head our way midweek. And were not done with this one yet. So we are on the backside side of an area of low pressure. Getting on the backside of that as it rotates to the north of us, keeping us in this cold and slightly unstable format, but not unstable enough for those thunder storms. That is a thing of the past, and were looking at some cold rain showers. Live doppler seven. The snow in the mountains continues and you can see the west to east trajectory of the rain. Clear lake Mendocino County looking at some lower snow levels. And this has been the case for the past couple of days. So very wintry with another inch or two possible below 1000ft. Calistoga some wet weather out through vacaville. So very light this morning over into the east bay around walnut creek and clayton. Maybe a few light showers. But as we continue to loop this, youll see that theyre moving from west to east and well get into some scattered rain showers. So if youre headed out, it wont be totally dry, but probably wont be caught in a downpour for uh throughout the morning hours, maybe throughout the middle of the day , well see a heavier pocket of rain. 48 San Francisco. It is 47. In hayward you can see the clouds over the city. 50 and Half Moon Bay and look at that view. Looks like a stencil right from mount tam, 38 degrees, santa rosa, 37, in petaluma. So this is where we have those colder readings. Low 40s. Fairfield and concord will continue that frost advisory into monday morning for sonoma and napa. So scattered showers today. Its our level one system tomorrow maybe a lingering light isolated shower. But as we get into tuesday and wednesday, the next system arrives. It will be drying out by midday wednesday. So part of the day will be wet, part will be dry and then thursday and friday our entirely dry day. So hour by hour notice that we have the scattered showers throughout the region and could see a moderate downpour. This is through 330. Notice that still have a lot of clouds and some precip out there into your monday. Well stop this at 330 and notice a lot of cloud cover. A few showers here and there, but overall monday not a washout by any means. Getting into early tuesday weve got a dry commute tuesday afternoon. This is looking dry as well, but by tuesday night here comes a line of rain, maybe a 10th to 2 10 of an inch for your tuesday. This is sunday. Stopping this late tonight with about a 10th over in oakland. Maybe a little more in hayward, and then adding in the tuesday wednesday system. This could be overdone anywhere from a half inch to an inch, perhaps if youre under a heavier downpour here. So this is the projected outlook for the next several days. The leftover system today and tomorrow and then into tuesday and wednesday. Breezy winds will be with us again today up to 25 and 30 miles an hour from the coast and inside the bay. So certainly chilly out there. Maybe not in the low 50s. More like mid 50s today. Another foot of snow, possibly 18in with our blizzard warning as we get through early monday. This forecast model takes us into tuesday with about two feet for donner. The highs today in the mid 50s with with some shower activity out there. Level one system tonight the cold temperatures marin sonoma and up through napa. The accuweather seven day forecast. So some scattered showers today. Mostly cloudy for your monday. Well see rain at night on tuesday. I think its going to linger into wednesday. And there you see the drier days. All right. Thank you lisa. And a reminder this morning weve got the dubs on seven. The warriors take on the celtics today at 1230 right here on abc seven. The big matchup is immediately followed by after the game well lets go win this thing then we hit the road and never stopped. You shared with me your frustration at working harder to barely get by and afford a place to live. Your fears for our democracy and freedoms and your dreams for yourself, your family, and the future. It is not too late to realize those dreams. Im adam schiff, and i approve this message because together we can still get big things done. Coming up here on gma. We are watching the weather from coast to coast in the west. Millions are on alert. That dangerous winter storm slamming california with snow. And on the east the warm up after that sweep of wet weather our team has it all. Plus super tuesday just days away. Donald trump and nikki haley going head to head on that critical day of voting. The odds for haley Going Forward and hoop dreams. Big night last night for lebron james passing a new milestone. 40,000 points and all eyes on Caitlin Clark set to break another major basketball record today. Thats all coming up right here on gma. And the east bay a portion of 880 is back open after a tanker truck overturned yesterday, causing a fuel spill and traffic build up near fifth avenue in oakland. It happened after a car hit the median around 230 in the morning and stalled out in the second lane. An estimated 500 gallons of fuel spilled out up to 150 gallons went down a storm drain. Thankfully there were no injuries. Well, we have some good news for 135,000 Cancer Patients living in the east bay. They will no longer have to seek testing and treatment at a patchwork of facilities. Thats because John Muir Health and ucsf opened a new state of the Art Cancer Center in walnut creek thats right adjacent to the Medical Center at john muir hospital. Abc seven News Reporter Leslie Brinkley took a tour of the new facility with gardens and sculptures and artwork. The new ucsf John Muir Health Cancer Center on la casa villa in walnut creek. It will serve people from southern Solano County to parts of Alameda County and contra costa county. One one stop shopping for diagnose and treatment. Were moving lab services and imaging outpatient into this location that will free up space in the hospital and make it easier for patients to access care. The stats 155,000ft■ s, with local donations exceeding 110 million to build this futuristic Cancer Center here we have four vaults for radiation therapy. All three are equipped on day one and one is future expansion. Get the latest and greatest there are 58 new bays for chemo with views of mount diablo. We have an on site pharmacy and oncology lab, mixing drugs right there on the spot and taking care of the patients. John muir says pairing their oncologists and equipment with the Clinical Research and access to trials through ucsf will reap huge benefits for patients. Its sort of the best of both worlds because you can get access to that without having to go to the big institution, cross the tunnel, the bridge, park in the city, you know, having all of that in this community, i think were really fortunate. Were going to treat Breast Cancer already. All gi cancers. So that would be colon cancer, stomach cancer, hepatitis, biliary cancers, um, will treat lung cancers. Well treat prostate and bladder, well treat ovarian cancers and endometrial cancers, melanomas, brain tumors. Patients are already using the facility by midmarch, it will be fully operational. An aging east bay population means more cancer. Getting diagnosed and more cancer survivors. Hopefully in walnut creek. Im Leslie Brinkley, abc seven news in our next half hour on abc seven mornings a story of survival, one texas woman recalls the moment her house went up in flames as the state battles its largest wildfire in history. 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Yeah, we do have more of it. Just a little bit. But we were talking about that 16 day outlook, which i said, rain next weekend, more rain. Oh, um, as we look at live doppler seven today, you can see the rain showers offshore. Theyre going to be rating across the bay area. Thats why we have a level one system. Rain around pahharoe capitola and morgan hill. But its the rain and snow mix from mount hamilton. Not a lot of moisture out there right now, but just off of San Francisco. Theres a little shower over into san ramon, 680 and the north bay here, some scattered light showers and the snow from lake in Mendocino County. So level one system, scattered showers, snowy peaks, breezy winds. What a view. Isnt that beautiful . From mount tam, where it is 48, San Francisco 50, in oakland and Half Moon Bay with 45. San jose and the golden gate bridge. Uh not one person there. A couple people with the cloud cover 38 santa rosa. So napa, sonoma, the frost advisory until 9 00. 41 by the delta anywhere from 2 to 5 degrees colder this morning. So you certainly have felt that chill out there. So not only do we have the scattered showers, weve got a slow warm up, breezy winds by noontime. Weve got a line of rain there from the north bay, the peninsula and then pushing across into the east bay. So well tell you how much to expect and when to expect that sun returning in a few minutes. Stephanie. All right. Lisa thank you. Yeah. Speaking of the cold and we have some hail to tell you about. Weve heard reports from Placer County all the way to the bay. This was the scene in contra costa county. A family in el sobrante said they saw a layer of hail in their yard and on top of their cars. You could certainly hear it. This is the hail pounding down in the peninsula. This video was taken in san mateo. As lisa told us, rain will continue to move through the area on and off throughout the day, and the Sierra Nevada heavy snowfall with a blizzard warning continues. This morning. And in texas, more extreme weather. The states largest wildfire ever has killed at least two people. Heres abc News Reporter Chuck Sivertsen. The Sierra Nevada mountains hit hard by a powerful winter storm with blizzard conditions and a high risk for avalanches. Wind gusts up to 70mph reported, and the wind. It was so windy. We see big storms like this, but when they say blizzard, that means wind, forecasters say some areas could see several feet of snow by the time its over. The storm, expected to last through tuesday, the next round arriving late monday in truckee. Some people overwhelmed. Ive lived here my entire life and im over it, the storm forcing some ski resorts to close 200 to 300 vehicles stuck in blizzard conditions along interstate 80, which was shut down friday night for more than 70 miles. The california Highway Patrol says nobody was injured, and eventually everyone got out further east in the texas panhandle, strong winds fueling the largest wild fire in the states history. More than a million acres destroyed by the Smoke House Creek fire. As many as 500 structures destroyed. The National Interagency fire center says the fire has spread to oklahoma. The Chuck Sivertsen abc news, new york among the devastating wildfires in texas is a miraculous story of survival. One woman narrowly escaped her house after it went up in flames, and she says she only had seconds to get out. It wasnt seconds and it was at my back door and i was trying to get dog kennels and i couldnt. I had to leave and then i had to drive through fire to get out of there. I was going to die. Well, she managed to evacuate the region with thousands of others. It was 15 contained as of this morning. The countdown down to super tuesday is on, and former President Trump and former South Carolina governor nikki haley both ramping up their campaigns. And three days, 15 states and one territory hold primaries with more than one third of 2400 delegates up for the republican nomination. All up for grabs. Polls showing trump vastly ahead of haley by 60 points nationally and leading in every super tuesday state. Thats according to fivethirtyeight. But the former president , facing 91 criminal charges could be on trial in at least one case before the november election. Haley saying those legal woes are hurting the party. We need a new generational leader that can put an eight years, day and night fixing the things we need, fixed with no negativity, no drama, no vendettas. Now, there are not enough delegates at stake. This week for trump to technically clinch the nomination. On tuesday, but he could get close. And if he dominates like the polls are suggesting, he could make it very impossible for haley to catch him. Governor gavin newsom is calling for more cooperation from gop congressional members on immigration issues. This comes after his latest stop along the california mexico border. The governor was briefed by the California National guard and u. S. Border patrol friday. He also met with Community Leaders at a shelter supporting migrant families in san diego. Governor newsom toured portions of the border that have seen increased migrant arrivals in recent months. His visit comes after both President Biden and former President Donald Trump paid visits to border towns in texas. Coming up on this week, democratic senator chris murphy will discuss how the president and his party should address the migrant crisis leading up to the november election. You can watch the full interview on this week at eight this morning right here on abc seven. Stay ahead this morning, flood protection in the south bay. A closer look at the barrier. Officials hope will prevent major flooding in a disaster prone neighborhood. And heres a live look from santa cruz this morning. You can see the Breakwater Lighthouse there. Its 636. The abc seven storm impact scale. Todays storm is level one. That means light rain. So keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. Track todays storm anytime on the abc seven news app. Download it now you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. Existing customers can get a free line of our most popular unlimited plan for a year not only will you save hundreds but youll also be joining millions who have connected to americas most reliable 5g network. Sure is a lot safer than becoming a stuntman for money. Get a free line of unlimited intro for a year when you buy one unlimited line. Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. The live look from our pier 39 camera. Looking at the sky star ferris wheel this morning at 639 to consumer news and sticker shock for airline passengers. Yeah, were talking about paying more just to check your bags. United airlines is set to charge 80 bucks to check one bag for a round trip flight this month. Last week, American Airlines increased its fee by 5 and jetblue and alaska both announced price hikes this year. The Transportation Department says baggage fees generated nearly 7 billion for airlines in 2022. New this. Morning, General Motors is recalling about 820,000 pickup trucks because of a potential safety issue involving tailgates. The recall affects some 2020 and 2024 Chevy Silverado and gmc sierra models. The issue revolves around the electronic gate latch mechanism used to secure the tailgates. If water gets in, the unit could short circuit and the gate could accidentally open. Gm says it will start letting customers know whether their vehicle is affected. By march 18th, the city of San Francisco hasnt given up on trying to get pandas to the zoo. Mayor london breed asked chinese president xi jinping about the situation again on thursday. Thats according to our Media Partners at the sf standard. Now this time she was joined by a list of chinese american leaders who cosigned her letter. If confirmed, themed Habitat Construction is expected to cost tens of millions of dollars in the south bay valley water wants to ensure future storms wont cause coyote creek to flood like we saw in 2017. Abc seven News Reporter Dustin Dorsey shows us how they are working to protect communities in this flood zone. With every major storm that hits san jose, residents that live near coyote creek cant help but say a silent prayer. A wish that nothing like what happened in 2017 ever happens again. Everywhere were standing right now is basically underwater at this. Yes, youd have been standing at least ankle deep in water up here if you had gone over to like 17th street. There are some houses where you would just see the peak of their roof sticking up out of the water. Valley water is trying to give residents along the creek a little more peace of mind. The Flood Protection Agency is literally building a barrier between water and land. A nine mile stretch of the coyote creek from montague expressway to tully road will soon be protected by these flood walls. When a creek overflows it, it basically exceeds the capacity of the water that the creek itself will carry. So when you build flood walls on either side, youre providing more of that space or volume for the water to be held back. A large stretch of the walls are installed near berryessa. They stand between 3 to 10ft tall, depending on the creek capacity in that area. What you dont see is the 30ft of reinforced steel below the surface, providing a strong force to keep flood waters at bay. Engineers tend to avoid the word never, so while they cant say 2017 will never happen again , valley water is confident these walls will work. A 20 year storm is essentially the design year that we are designing this project around approximately and likely that that kind of recurrence interval storms will not cause cause as as much of a damage as we saw back then. For people who live through that damage a little peace of mind for the next storms, it should work. Well only well have to wait and see. Im willing to wait 100 years to find out. Construction started last summer. The first 40 of the project will finish by next summer before its on to the next phase in san jose. Dustin dawsey abc seven news. Certainly a significant need in that neighborhood. Well, for us right now, lets check in with lisa. Hows it looking outside . It is still awfully cold out there. Stephanie, 36 degrees on top of mount tam, ben lomond and 31 on top of mount diablo. So we will warm up maybe a few degrees today, but were keeping the showers in the forecast. A level one system today. Well skip a day and then bring the rain back. Ill explain next. Thats coming back. All right lisa, thank you. Also next history on the court nba superstar lebron james reaching a large career milestone. Chris alvarez breaks it all down after this break stinging, 5timesaday,. Makeup smearing drops user. I want another option thats not another drop. Tyrvaya. Its not another drop. Its the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. Tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. Common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. Relying only on drops . Not me. My own real tears are my relief. Ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Thanks to skyrizi, im on my way with clearer skin. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. 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Prior to that, he was the jaguars special teams coach in 2021, spent eight seasons with the seahawks as an assistant defensive backs and secondary coach. He replaces former dc steve wilks, who led the defense last season and was let go days after the super bowl. Espn also reports the 40 niners expected to hire Brandon Staley as their assistant head coach. Staley spent the past two plus seasons as the chargers head coach and was the rams dc back in 2020. He replaces anthony lynn, who moved on to another job in washington. The warriors look for a perfect four and oh road trip later today when they head to boston. 1230 tip off right here on abc seven, immediately followed by after the game, steph curry listed as questionable with right knee bursitis. You saw it right here on abc seven last night. History in la as all time scoring leader lebron james became the first player in nba history to score 40,000 career points. He did it on this driving layup, spin and in in the second quarter, lebron finished with a team high 26. Another milestone for the king, but the nuggets went on a 16 to 4 run to close things out. Nikola jokic up top to san jose native aaron gordon, who throws it down. Denver wins by ten. La is currently the 10th and final play in team in the west, and in case you didnt hear me, weve got the dubs on seven later today, 1230 right here on abc seven, immediately followed by after the game, larry and the crew senior night in moraga last night, Randy Bennett and saint marys hosting gonzaga gaels, looking for a perfect run in the wcc and looking to extend their win streak to 17. The bulldogs took control of the 24 to 6 first half run. Ben greg, the corner three fired up zags are up 4428 at the half and Ryan Nembhard and the gaels student section. They were going back and forth right there as they head to the locker room early. Second half down 1310. Campolindo highs aidan mahaney, two of his team high 16 that made an 11 point game. Gaels trying to stay in it. But gonzaga always had a response and usually it was graham ike gamehigh, 24 points, ten rebounds. Gaels win streak is over 7057. Theyll have a bye to the semis of next weeks wcc tournament. Lets kick it, quakes home opener against the la galaxy. Chris wondolowski pumping up the ultras 18th minute. Las joseph pantsil in his very first mls game. He has a goal. Quakes were down three nil at one point. Second half substitute preston judd and a cluster of quakes and he kicks it off the goalie and it goes in his first goal of the young season and first against his former team as the quakes fall three one. That is your look at sports. Have a great sunday. Make sure to watch the warriors right here on abc seven. Well send it back to you. We move up to the starting gate and theyre off the worlds most famous sled dog race, known as the iditarod, is underway in anchorage. There are nearly 40 mushers or drivers in this years contest, along with their canines. As you can see here, the cross two mountain ranges from the frozen yukon river and along the ice covered bering sea. This is the 52nd running of this legendary race. So i did check and its around three degrees in anchorage right now, so i am impressed. Cant say id be up for the challenge. And now that ive thought about it, lisa, i think baba would just stare at me and say, really . I. I dont think so. Yeah, hes smart, all right. Good morning everybody. Were looking at live doppler seven. Were still looking at showers rotating through the entire state of california as low pressure slowly departs to the north of us. And right now its a little snowy up in the north bay. Heres our sweep on top of mount saint helena, and you can see the snow from clear lake, Mendocino County, and scattered showers from guerneville, santa rosa, and penngrove. Rain showers over San Francisco. The sunset and the bay view and over into the east bay. The hills above fremont. There some snow Discovery Bay highway for wet weather and most of the activity from the peninsula on south through santa cruz and monterey. As the system continues to slide slowly to the east, but theyll will be more rain showers throughout the middle of the day. Today, 48, San Francisco 47. In hayward it is 43. In san mateo. Great view of emeryville. All the cold numbers and our frost advisory for sonoma and napa through 9 00. Where temperatures are hovering in the mid to upper 30s. 39 by the delta 45 in livermore. And this is our beauty of the morning right from mount tam. Scattered showers today. Level one system tomorrow. Were looking at maybe an isolated shower, but overall the bulk of the day will be dry for your monday. Wait until tuesday night. Really until the rain comes. It ends on wednesday and then thats when we get into a dry afternoon, a sunny thursday, a very mild friday looking at the rest of the day today, stopping this at 1 00, you can see the rain from oakland to livermore, San Francisco and then into the evening. Its pretty quiet. This is your monday through 430. Mostly cloudy skies and then into tuesday. Not a lot going on stopping this at about 11 00. And theres a line of rain offshore and that will bring us more in terms of accumulation. But this is your sunday not much a 10th to 15 100 across most of the bay. Maybe 2 10 if you get a heavier downpour and then were going to add in late tuesday into wednesday. This could be overdone. A third to a half inch, maybe some areas an inch. So a little more out there. But as for today, its breezy and those winds are going to make it feel even colder. Were below average once again. Winds gusting to near 30 miles an hour throughout the entire bay. For the most part, thats 1 00 and then taking you through the 4 or 5 00 hour, its still cold out there. Its windy and highs will be feeling like theyre barely in the 50s. Winter storm warning will take over after our blizzard expires for through 4 00 on monday. Because theres more snow behind this system as it exits. So 6 to 12in of snow left, maybe two feet in some areas up towards donner. But for the most part, the heaviest wind and rain is behind us, but still very dangerous. A lot of accumulating snow through monday and tuesday, and then well be looking at digging out right highs today with the mid 50s around the bay. So chilly, scattered showers, breezy winds overnight tonight. Back to that frost advisory for the north bay. The interior valleys and sonoma napa and the accuweather seven day forecast level one system today cloudy day monday. Rain arrives late on tuesday. Lingers into early wednesday. Well salvage the second half of the day. It looks like at this point for some sun and then for thursday. Friday looking nice. But we could see some rain after saturday so were not done with it. But well just, you know, dodge some showers here. Were just talking about how much we enjoyed the sun last weekend when we got that day. So enjoy it the latter half of this week i guess while we have it and the breaks we get out there. Yeah. Thanks, lisa. Well, you can get the latest forecast and track the rain and snow anytime with our live doppler seven radar. Just search abc seven bay area and your devices app store [storms sound] whatever weather comes your way [wind and snow sounds] weathertech has you covered. [bird chirping] [laughing] with our laser measured cargoliners. No drill mud flaps and floorliners. To secure your phone dont forget the cupfone. Order yours today at weathertech. Com. You never know when its gonna be a weathertech day. Perfect weather today. Overflowing with ideas and energy. 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The chronicle reported about 10,000 people showed up to the first ever sunset night market on irving street, and its coming back friday, march 8th, and its scheduled for every second friday of the month until november. Our Media Partners at the San Francisco standard say the market will be held on grant avenue under those festive lanterns. Well, we are counting down to hollywood. Big night. The oscars, officially one week from today. Oakland native zendaya, along with daly city native sam rockwell, will present actor ryan gosling will also perform his viral song im just ken from the barbie movie and jimmy kimmel is the host. For the second straight year, it will be his fourth time hosting the show overall. Its a classy year than any of the other award shows. I mean, it is the, you know, the oscars are the original. This is the big one. Its the granddaddy of them all and everybody is aware of that. And pretty excited to be there. And were excited to see him. Dont miss the oscars right here on abc seven. You can actually watch it live right here on sunday, march 10th, starting at 4 00. A big night for oppenheimer expected. Excited for that . Yeah, we are excited to see some breaks in the rain. I am anyway, you can see live doppler seven a lot of snow still in the Sierra Nevada, but in the north bay theres scattered showers from santa rosa. Highway one down through pngro and San Francisco has some rain right now through the bay view and into the south bay. Mount hamilton and also looking at the livermore valley. So this activity will continue to rotate from west to east throughout the day. Today, theyll be breaks. Well have downpours. But look at that sky. Isnt that pretty . Well be enjoying, you know, more breaks as we get through the second half of the work. That makes two of us to just to be clear, for lisa and i and all of us here at abc seven, thanks for joining us. So well see you back here at nine. This is abc. 724 seven. 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