Look at that. Drivers dealing with a foot commute and high winds. In San Francisco, heavy clouds covered the skyline, an indication of the stormy night weve had ahead. Good evening. Live doppler 7 hd shows a size of the storm still moving into the bay area. In tiburon, it hit again. Its coming down harder now in san mateo. Heavy rain slowed traffic to a crawl, rain clogged storm drains also tonight strong winds making for huge waves on the coast. And we do have have live team coverage. Spencer . It is pouring out there. Hard to find where it is not pouring. Look at the line of storms reaching through the city of San Francisco. Lets take you down closer from sunset district over to bay view and embarcadero, across the bay bridge into emeryville and over to berkeley. A wider path of storms reaching south ward and southwest from Castro Valley and hayward across the bay down to woodside down to tescadero. There are waves of Stormy Weather moving towards the coastline rather furiously. A flood advisory in effect for the bay area now until 8 30 this evening and part of the south, a flood advisory until 9 15 for watsonville and into monterey. Here is our forecast animation starting at 7 00. Well see the storms moving east by 11 00 or so, well be left with pockets of showers and rainfall. That will be the pattern into tomorrow morning. Right now the evening commute is a slow, phone shally hazardous one. We know the evening commute is rough in the bay area. Here is what happens when you thrown in rain. We have a look look from Golden Gate Bridge cam. Wayne . Hello there. Welcome to hills of tiburon. Maybe you can see through the rain its been more obscure. We can see the Golden Gate Bridge. Lets begin with this video. Sky seven shot this afternoon, described as a small slide the owner was just a little bit busy and muddy, and they had more than their fill down there as well. Listen to this. That is the result of almost two inches of rain that fell the area flooded due to a clogged creek and drain, meaning bad news in a local area. About six inches in the nail salon. Its sad you know . Any time this happens you can fix it. You can get past it. And this just takes time. Were having a little bit of a challenge because of the werng. Well get back to him in just a moment. Residents had to leave their homes because of flooding. The shelter opened, about 50 people are staying there tonight. Some are displaced from mobile home parks and various agencies are at the shelter to help people get back on their feet we have a Service Center here. We go with our partners and county. This is to make this so it could go back. They are providing special kits to clear out dirty water from their homes. Snow was falling this morning, exactly what is needed down there. Visibility was poor. Wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. You can see what is showingup on live doppler 7 hd any time. One week after it was delayed in a series of destructive protests, the city council is going ahead with a meeting knows hundreds of demonstrators will likely show up as well. Laura anthony has the latest. Good evening. Thank you for coming out. As the Berkeley City Council started inside, crowds gathered outside. Many anxious to get movements on task. I do feel the message is getting lost. Were talking about the killing of black men and struck tralized racism not being addressed. The mayor told us he has no plans to oblige the call for him to resign. This is from a group occupy oakland. I dont know why they should be here that i should resign. Berkeley has seen violent protests in recent weeks. After thanksgiving, a dozen downtown businesses were damaged. The Police Department says 13 officers were hurt over four nights, releasing photos to two of them. Now, some leaders are ready to move on. In a way that restores the previous message. You cant get anything done. We need to communicate with officials to get our point across and get participation in. San francisco supervisors weighed in on Police Shooting deaths and Police Officers are fuming. Calling for more scrutiny, he praises San Francisco police for showing restraint during mars, but Police Officer association is outraged that the measure even mentions their department. There is work to raise our police system. I want to make sure were doing something about it. He is fanning flames and jumping on the band wagon of decisions made on the other side of the country. Avalos wants the Justice Department to review standards for community involvement. The da office suggested filing a misdemeanor charge of annoying or molesting a child under age 18 because the statute of limitations had passed the accuse met the detective ten days ago, claiming he forced her to perform a sex act when she was 15. Ready for the summer olympics . Just ahead on abc7 news at 6 00 why officials think the area has a built in advantage. Also here, the local cops shopping until they drop for a good cause. Plus. Are its the time of year for making lists. At chevrolet, weve made it onto a few lists ourselves. In fact this year, weve been at the top of more awards lists than any other car company. Now during the chevy year end event, put us on yours. Choose an impala in stock the longest and get cash back for 20 percent of the msrp. Thats over sixtyfive hundred dollars on this impala lt. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Femall those who helped make a difference last year for thousands of calnia foster kids. Thank you for helping foster kids. Thank you for the School Supplies thank you for the new shoes. Thank you, secret santa and thank you for donating money. Announcer your generosity proves that while not everyone can be a foster parent, anyone can help a foster child. Thank you thank you gracias por su ayuda [baby cooing] thank you. Bay area is going for the gold and were going to need it. Abc7 news joins us live from redwood city tonight with bay area olympic hopefuls made a pitch today to try to land those games. One for the gold i like that. The cities are los angeles, washington, d. C. And boston. According to the olympic committee, all strong contenders. This final decision will be made next month. Concluded its a good time to throw our hat in the ring again. Last time an American City host theed was in 1996 in atlanta interest there is a feeling that the games have been away from the United States for a long time. The group represefrancisco we bus to Electronic Arts the chairman of the u. S. Olympic committee acts as the executive chairman. I have a guide, i dont have a guide. I share presentations and we do the best we could. San francisco thinks it has an advantage because of the venues. Including a plan to build a stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies. As well as track and field events. Olympic swimmer is a experienced partner and well work to bring the games home to the United States. And we think we would be a great choice. In redwood city, abc7 news. San Jose City Council met behind closed doors for several hours and sources tell abc7 news city managers future was part of the agenda. This after the demotion of alex gerza. He now holds an enti level job making 64,000 a year. A new mayor will take Office Next Year and could launch a search for a new city manager. Police officers have around the bay area are getting into the christmas spirit. Deputies from the Sheriffs Department went shopping today and helping kids by toys clothes and other items some proceeds are donated. Some officers add in funds to make sure that the child is assigned to us. Members of the Police Department spent the day bagging groceries at this whole foods store. Whole foods will donate 5 of the revenue to Police Activities league. Concord Police Officers are donating to the Salvation Army following a theft. Someone broke into this box, stealing food, clothing and toys. The agency expects to provide for this holiday season. The bay area is off to a good start, starting to make a dent in the drought. And nowhere is this more evident than in the south bay. Great news but the biggest reservoirs are still less than 40 so there is still a long way to go. This is really coming down hard. Its causing some problems and a few trees down. You can see how wide spread this heavy rainfall is. Lets take a look at that reaching from emeryville and oakland south of berkeley continuing north and east. Then north weve got a powerful cell moving towards american canyon. Looking at the peninsula, wide spread areas. This is the pattern towards the coastline and beyond. Now were looking at winds picking up as well. 21 miles per hour. 33 in half moon bay. Looking at the skyline, these are the features, well see stormy conditions easing up just a bit giving way to scattered showers tomorrow, then, a weaker storm friday. Well see widely scattered showers the pavement will be wet. And then later in the morning well see a pattern of scattered showers continuing foremost of the day tomorrow. May see more activity late afternoon, early evening, and winds down. Look for 6 to 10 inches of new snow. And satellite shows this next system not quite a storm. 5 00 friday morning well see a third storm arriving in the later hours. Rain will be falling on saturated soil. Tomorrow, scattered showers, high temperatures into mid too upper 50s. Here is the accuweather forecast. Scattered showers tomorrow, maybe a lingering shower or two into thursday morning. Most of thursday should be dry. A dry weekend awaits us. Then, monday, tuesday, milder. Well see areas of fog developing. Were getting muchneeded rainfall. Just ahead, were going to take a look at teen rebellion. It the governments survey of drug use shows marijuana leveling off and shows teenagers are abusing fewer prescription drugs drinking less booze and smoking less cigarettes, however, revealing many children tried e cigarettes. Researchers say its part of a twodecade long trend. A legal victory for april. A jury rejected a Class Action Lawsuit against the tech giant the case dates back nearly a decade apple faced accusations of freezing out competition when introducing the ipod music players. Antipiracy software preventing music from being down loaded by competitors from apples i tunes store. The plaintiffs plan to appeal the loss. U. S. Stocks ended the day lower after an early rally fizzled. The dow closed at 17068 points s and p fell 16. Amma son is extending Free Shipping to friday, assuring packages will reach their destinations in time. Toys are us is ready for the last minute rush. The Company Plans to stay open for 39 state hours on christmas eve. And tmobile plans to let customers roll over data. Most of the 50 million customers will be eligible. Lg getting ready to unveil a new tv that they say will provide the best picture possible for less money. It will show off in Las Vegas Next month. It uses crystals to create more accurate colors and has 4 k resolutions. Lg says it will go on sale next year. A big day for green day. Here is why. Theyre going into the rock and roll hall of fame. They got in. Candidates are eligible 25 years after the release of the first album. Green days debut came out in 1989. Others that made the cut include stevy ray vaughn, joan jett and the black hearts, bij withers as well as rocker lou reed. Ringo starr will be given the award for musical excellence. The group will be inducted next april. Just ahead, 141 People Killed in a school, nearly all children. A group allegedly behind a Sony Pictures hacking attack is threatening to do if a new seth rogin movie is released. Why scientists are taking interest in holiday lights displays. Tag sooner or later, Everyone Needs a helping hand, or a helping paw so mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to help train Assistance Dogs for wounded veterans. Veteran i live independently because of what all it provides for me. And its huge theres a lot of wounded, ill, and injured out there just like myself, who just maybe need a little bit of help. Tag you can lend a helping paw too. Give at mattressdiscountersdogs. Com or any mattress discounters. Mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people. Pakistans Prime Minister says its government will step up after a deadly attack in a school. 130 children between 1216 did not survive. The taliban claimed responsibility calling it revenge for the pakistani militarys operation against islamic militants many children of Service Members attend that school. Taliban militants are calling the slaughter unislamic. This act of terror angers and shakes all people of conscience we condemn it in the strongest terms possible. Pakistani military say the six were on a Suicide Mission and had ammunition and smies to last for days. The world watched and reacted in horror, a north bay nonprofit decided to take action. How you can help rebuild the school. A tall hi ban raid against students, an attack on humanity. My family and i are heart broken. My heart is broken as a mother. Heidi founded a nonprofit roots of peace she and her team enter conflict zones removing land mines, building schools and encouraging agricultural advancement. I believe peace through education is the way forward. She considers it a day of mourning and a day requiring action. Ten years ago with abc7 cheryl jennings, roots of peace raised 60 million pennies to build schools in afghanistan. Now, she wants to renew the fundraiser, this time, to rebuild the public army school. Join me to rebuild this Beautiful School so the children feel the world is behind them. They killed children. So brutal. This is not islam. At all. Those people are not muslim. Theyre not muslim at all. He served as an interpreter and now works for roots of peace. He knows no one can bring back the lives lost, but believes with education, future attacks can be avoided. The key for stopping terror is education. Its economy. We have to build economy. We have to give people educated. If youd like to contribute to the fund we have a link on our web site abc7 news. Com. You can also spread the message of the campaign using hash tag children deserve peace on twitter. In the newsroom, abc7 news. An outpouring of emotion of today in australia following red daedly deadly attack in sydney. A growing memorial outside of a cafe where a gunman killed two hostages that 16 hour siege ended when police stormed the cafe. Identified describe him as a self pro claimed muslim cleric with a violent history. He was expected in being the accessory in the murder of his wife. Authorities in pennsylvania say the iraq war veteran expected of killing his exwife and five other relatives committed suicide in the woods near his suburban philadelphia home. Police found the body this afternoon about a half mile from his home. The discovery came amid an intense manhunt after prosecutors say the 35yearold went on rampage. The neighbors say theyre relieved he cant harm anyone else. Hackers are now making threats about september 11th style attacks in movie theaters. Homeland Security Officials say there is no indication it is a credible threat. There is an effort with the fbi to beef up security at the manhattan premier on thursday. Nasa is going hundreds of millions of dollars into the red on a test tower that will never be used. According to the washington post, nasa wrapped up construction on the a 3 test ban in mississippi over the summer. The Rocket Program it was designed for was scrubbed in 2010. It cost 349 million to build and 700,000 per year to maintain. It wont be used for anything. Well, if you ever joked your neighbors lights are bright enough to be seen if space, turns out youre right. Nasa is showing what it has learned from watching those twinkling lights from above the earth. There are super deluxe ones nasa can see these from space. They can . No way. Way. What youre seeing here is Christmas Lights from space. Up the street, nasa showed images from a satellite. This is a big honking satellite. Were talking like this. And on it, a camera that can see through clouds all boiled down to this. You can see who keeps lights on late. United states grows brighter no matter where you are. They found Something Different here in the bay area. You associate big lighting with big homes, here, brightest lights under the packed city of San Francisco. We have a big window. Researchers say the architecture lends itself to Christmas Lights. Green is spots that were brighter in december than the rest of the year. Other cities like l. A. , its thickest in the suburbs l. E. D. Lights are more energy efficient. The next satellite could tell the difference the point is seeing how these events affect the way we use energy. So we can detect the greening of our nation. Its about time to begin last minute shopping rush. We can wait a little longer, cant we, ama . Why you might want to resist you might be spending a lot of time at the mall. You may be tempted to purchase something for yourself. Holidays are about giving to others and ourselves come on. Sales are designed to lure you in. Reist the urge to splurge on your self, you can save if youre willing to wait just a couple weeks. Is a familiar site. Stores packed with shoppers combing isles, looking for deals. Potential impulse buys surround you. I try to wait. If you want something would be nice to have this is hard to resist temptation. They identified savings ta are greater after christmas. Number one thing you should avoid buying is clothing. 45 of all of the deals after christmas sales were for clothing. Last year, deals included 50 already marked down prices. There is a big surge in deals forfeitness gear in january, but they start ramping up in mid january. Second best time to buy is after christmas. That is when new models are introduced. The same goes for Home Furnishings that is when older furniture goes on clearance. Owe those who wait reap savings of 50 or more. I dont do black friday. Goi after christmas. Many are taking advantage of decorations and wrappings. Have you been to cvs . Show up in the morning. To see my reports go to abc7 news. Com. Then select seven on your side. Yes. Yes. Thank you sure. Just ahead bay area scientists are studying living treasures. Divers traveled to the philippines to explore an area known as twilight zone. Some of the creatures are on display. We show you the incredible efforts to get them here alive. Its the band of association that is not as deep as studied with submersibles. Bart shepherd is director of the steinhart aquarium, sharing this video of the exploration. They have a huge exhibit in San Francisco. A lot of the coral was grown here. The team is doing research. Half is unknown to science biggest challenge with that depth is getting there, getting back. That takes care of the people, but what about the fish . Fish have the similar problems they get the bends. One method to get them alive is poking holes in swim bladders with a needle. My goal is 100 survival. The staff invented its own decompression shame ber for fish. We can stick it inside of the main body here. Divers collect the fish in a jar. The oxygen tank is held in this aquarium using inflatable kiddie pools until it is time for the trek to golden gate park. This is a fairy basslet. One of a dozen species brought to the bay area. You can see the coral that grows in the deep water. Maybe moving into cooler waters is an option for them. It is being done p a part believed to be the most diverse in earth the academy is working to increase protections for this fragile eco sits system. Its still pounding with heavy rainfall. Moderate rains just heavy down pours. And there is likely to be more flooding. There is a flood advisory until 8 30 this evening and for this area until 9 00 p. M. 9 15 p. M. So tomorrow look for scattered showers after heavy rains. High temperatures mid to upper 50s. Here is the accuweather forecast. Showers lingering into thursday morning and then partial clearing. And well have a dry weekend. Some warriors to talk about tonight. Yes. Trying to extend a winning streak but they have bigger concerns. Much bigger. Good evening, warriors have short and long term concerns. Andrew boget could have runners knee. Sitting out and this is a game that warriors really needed his presence. Steph with a miss. Back the other way, warriors get one. Memphis starts on a 200 run. Up, under, using a lefty. Curry knocks down a three. And kings looking for a new head coach. Mullen working for the kings after his playing career. Also working for golden state as their general manager. The owner fired Michael Malone yesterday. Collin kaeper in this case is on Sports Illustrated magazine for the wrong reasons. What happened to the niners . Latest from niners latest linebacker to get hurt. And Desmond Bishop spent six years with the pack. And knew what youre ill do something i love. So i dont have complaints. The geents continue searching for a third baseman and a left fielder their old left fielder joining the marlins. Manic named the beast has big news for the giants. In the year he was hurt a lot. Kind of shaky in the out field. Dodgers dont fear the beard. Theyre just going to preach for them in 2015. Giants closer owed nine and a half million dollars. On christmas, he is bubba clause. Watson no stranger to videos. Hes made them in the past. This time joining forces with his rapper friend sizzle. It does have a nice beat to it. Join us tonight at 9 00 severe turbulence, passengering talking about the panic of the crew at 9 00 then, at 11 00 theaters plan on showing a controversial film tonight. Tonight steps theyre taking to make movie goers safe. We appreciate your time. From the entire news