The San Francisco coast, the peninsula. By 10 00 today right on through monday and the rest of the bay area will see a wind advisory. But with that warning winds could gust anywhere from 40 to 55 miles an hour right along the coast and could even see higher gusts. For the north bay its a Flash Flood Watch here from 1 00 this afternoon until 3 00 on monday. Those winds should ease up tomorrow. You can see the green shaded area from sanity rosa. Napa into mill valley, the possibility of ponding on roadways. Right now with the cloudy skies its in the 40s. 44 . Frist. 33 in sanity rosa. There we are at 10 00. Well talk about specifics when we see you next. Liz. Lisa, thank you. People are already making preparations for the rain in the south bay. For those needing a warm shower or place to sleep. San jose has two warming centered open from now until april 8 00 p. M. To 9 00 a. M. Anser hassan are showing are thoers are getting ready. Fridays rain friday is light compared to saturday. Dress in layers lots of them doesnt even have to match. Abbey says she is excited for the rain and cold weather and doesnt like a draut but likes the west forecast. But the rain is unpredictable. It changes so fast in the same day. We dress in layers. Solid advise for the Atmospheric River even hitting the bay area on saturday. You got the parkay, the hat. You ready for the cold weather. That includes for some picking up sandbags like those provided by the city for san jose residents. For others getting out of town. Rene and her husband came up to spend time on thanksgiving with family. They plan to leave tonight to beat the weekend downpour. My issues a professional driver. We definitely stay out of the crazy weather. Im wearing about five layers and a scarf. Their daughter desiree says she will stay indoors with her baby but has a reminder for people about driving in the rain. Roads get slippery. I work in era do not want to see people in there with road injures. So definitely stay safe while driving. The bulk of the rain expected to hit saturday afternoon. In san jose, anser hassan, abc 7 news. And the wet weather is spoiling some of san joses Holiday Weekend. Vt says the historic holley trolley debut will be delayed. Transit leaders dont want the cars running on rain slicked rail but in a tweet the vta says the tradition is decorated and ready to go. Leaders will try when its dry. The holley trolley scheduled to run friday, saturday and sundays until december 22nd. Rain could close a scenic highway for the weekend. Caltrans warns people to be prepared foreperson closures on highway 1 in the pig is your area because of possibility of mud and rock slides. The agency will decide later this afternoon if the slides stech will close today at 5 00 p. M. Then the munn creek tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Caltrans said we should expect similar quizries throughout the winter. And snow is pounding parts of the syria. This is i807 closed due to multiple spinouts. Caltrans says drivers should prepare for long delays. Highway 20 is also closed at nevada city because of treacherous driving conditions. And oh another six to eight inches of new snow fell in the sierra thursday to friday. Squaw valley shared this video is steady snow predicted today continuing all day sunday. And you can always keep track of the weather conditions where you live with the abc 7 news app. Get updates from our weather team and maren life doppler 7 on the go. All right process. Developing news in fremont. A driver hit and killed a woman and her dog. It happened around 8 30 last night on niles boulevard and linda drive. Police say the driver stopped walked over to the woman and drove away. The car is a light colored fourdoor and a. The victim appears in her 50s. No other details released. This Morning Police in sacramento are trying to track down the person behind a handful of gunshots fired near a High School Championship football game. Witnesses reported the gunfire last night right after the game ended at the Sacramento City college stadium. Police say no one was hurt. They lekted the shots to be about two blocks south of the college campus. No word on any possible suspects. And residents in a San Francisco neighborhood are assessing the damage after three separate water main breaks flood homes thifrg night. The mains burst around 9 30 thursday night. Running between z kansas and carolina street in petrao hymns. Seeping into garages and basements, the San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission identified damage to 12, 8 and sixinch water mains. Crews shut off water and worked into the morning to repair the mains. Water was coming down the hill like a flood. This is the third time during the week that theyve had our water shut off. So its a bit of a challenge but, you know, these guys have been working hard all night long and we appreciate very messy thanksgiving for a lot of people. Water poured on 101 thursday night forcing the chp to close the northbound lanes a short time. Okay. Pg e says the blackouts have limited wildfires. Though the utility now admits the equipment may have started a recent one. In a court filing yesterday the company did not rule out the possibility that failed transmission equipment may have started the kincade wildfire last month . Sonoma county. Previously processingen the said the distribution lines sparked no damaging wieflds since it began Public Safety power shutoffs. The official cause of the kincade fire hasnt been determined. Fremont Police Arrested five suspects in kweks the robbery and shooting outside of the target store thursday night. Stooif was over the fremont hub store where security guards confronted four adults in late teens and one juvenile around 11 30 p. M. The group accused of stealing items includinged video games. One suspect fired multiple shots into the air as a car pulled up. Into the excuse knee as get away car pulled up. The five jumped in and took off. The Patrol Officer as opposed to spotted the vehicle a mile away. The chase ended in newark where the group was arrested. Thankfully no one hurt. In San Francisco the christmas three tree was lit up in union square last night. City leaders were hoping that people wait to see the tree today to be able to participate in Small Business saturday. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to Small Business owners about what theyre doing to attract shop esper. Reporter black friday is over and Small Business saturday is next. Tomorrow is Small Business saturday are you going shopping . I wasnt planning on it but now i might. Small Business Owners really hope you do. This is a contact us face polish like a face scrub thats moisturizing. From a contact from the cactu zbloochlt for me as opposed to the Big Box Store the money stays in the commune and you get an experience you dont get at a big store. You get to come in here and have a nice vibe and get that really Personalized Customer Service that you wouldnt elsewhere. In the last couple of years weve had about 20 businesses close in the castro. A lot of that has to do i called it the amazon effect, the online effect. To prevent more losses the San Francisco chamber of commerce has several strategies. We do small biz collect asking local residents to pledge to purchase from Small Businesses. And we ask employers to commit five of purchases to local businesses. Thats why Business Owners stay positive having sales and keeping in mind that saturday is a big day to shine. You evolve or die and you must listen to customers. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. All right lisa, we are getting ready for the rain. Yes. Thats right. Now were looking at the snow in the mountains starting out with some pretty good amounts. But then the snow levels rise. Well talk about the effects of the storm but right now youre looking live outside, pretty festive. 44 in San Francisco. Not as icy as yesterday. How about 333 . Santa rosa. Well talk about how much rain and snow and how long the system lasts up next. Thanks, lisa. Also ahead the card board economy what do you do with the empty boxes delivered to you . Some ideas go beyond recycling. Plus the first fully solar powered theme park event in the bay area. What you can expect if you visit this holiday season. I just add a spoonful to my marinades. To stir frys. Sauces. Just whisk it in. Brush it on. Saute it. It adds a cooked all day taste. That doesnt take all day. Better than bouillon. Dont just make it. Make it better. Warm feelings of home this season. With country fried turkey, handbreaded and fried til crispy, and topped with holiday herbed gravy. Our take on a festive favorite is back. And its only at cracker barrel. So, come on home for the holidays. Come on home to cracker barrel. So, come on home for the holidays. My lady those darn seatbelts got me all crumpled up. Thats ok hey, guys hi mrs. Patterson. Wrinkles send the wrong message. Sorry. Help prevent them before they start with new downy wrinkleguard. Thats better. So you wont get caught with wrinkles again. Well back. In the south bay this weekend is the san jose the harvest festival. Offering shoppers the tlerptive to the malls and Big Box Stores. Organizers say its the largest indoor arts and crafts festival on the west coast. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie mass the story. Its an entirely different atmosphere at the san jose harvest festival. Instead of person was little knowledge of the items sold in many cases you buy from the artist creating them. For this first time exhibiter rita this is an selling opportunity. As an artist its becoming increasingly hard to making a living. This show is the first milestone in my career as an art zblieft shop esper seem less hesitant to buy they know what any like and snap up gifts for themselves or others. I dont shop the mall this is where i shop. Because you want something you need. I like the actual afts and crafts stuff. Great prices is buy why laura make the the art such as this eye catching hat. People enjoy the fact this is made locally. Where is your shop. By the san jose airport in the santa clara. More than 350 artist at the festival. They can rent smaller spaces. The more established vendors use elaborate booth displays to capture attention of shoppers. You can support the local artist on Small Business saturday. The owner of the willow glenn collective on lincoln avenue says the special event provides a boost in sales and brings new faces into the shop. Even on a storm day as forecast. Sometimes it brings people out. Its interesting. They dont seem to mind the rain and were here for them. David louie, abc 7 news. The dream season continuing for Paradise High School football. Today the team plays in the Northern Section Division three championship games against sut he were high school. This has been an incredible year for the bobcats. They had to had to forfeit last season after the campfire with the town reside most players had to travel 40 minutes to practice. Amazingly paradise has gone undefeated in season. The championship game will be played at River Valley High School in yuba city. Thats so great for them. Thats so exciting to be following them as well. But its holiday season. It also means a lot of packages arriving. Its been called the card board economy, one that only really heats up during this time. The number of packages shipped each year in the u. S. Is approaching 200 billion. Abc 7 news Laura Anthony looks at marin county looking into how to reuse boxes specifically the ones arriving from amazon. Reporter tis the season for card board and lots of it, the kind generated by all the holiday Online Shopping in the Home Delivery coming with it. So much so that some in marin county call for amazon to rein in its own waste. What do you do with the boxes. We put them in recycle and hopefully it gets recycled. In june abc 7 news introduced to carolyn lund launching a chan change. Org. This she started a petition to have amaze. Pick up empties. Have the delivery trucks pick them up and return them to amazon warehouses for reuse. Lunds petition has more than 7,000 signatures and picked up the support of 7 communities. Korda maderas considering the initiate zbloef we have too many things traveling to boxes and a lot of extra card board. More than a view few of the black friday shoppers we talked with said they feel guilty about all the packages. What do you do with the box. Im going to cut it it up and use it for another package im mailing to support the package. So a little bit of recycling there. Abc 7 news was unable to reach amazon for comment on the marin initiative. But the Company Claims to have dramatically cut use of packaging over the past decade by some 250 million tons. In marin county Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. On the peninsula donations are needed for towels for low income seniors in san mateo county. Drop office will be accepted from 1 00 until 4 00 this afternoon at stamp bar grill on lawyerle street in sand carlos. The Nonprofit Fund a need is organizing the donation. Helping seniors living below the poverty level. They see clone tauls are crucial because germs and bacteria sped through old towels. New this morning for you the First Solar Powered theme park on the west coast. Thats a lot of excitement six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo did it for the holiday inn the park series. You see video of when six flags made the official switching. Millions of twinkling lights powered by solar panels. 80 will be powered solar. The equivalent much taking 1,800 cars off the roads each year. Today starts the 37th year of whats grown to become a holiday tradition in the east bay. If you havent been to deacon davies display in livermore. His monthly daylight show and hillcrest avenue speaks for itself. Take a look. Tens of thousands visit this every year. Its so wellknown now, santa stopts by from time to time, yeah, the theme changing each year and always a secret until Opening Night which begins tonight at 6 30. All right. Lets check the weather. There is the rain on the way which might dampen some holiday events, lisa. Hey, liz. Yeah, you know, this is kind of an intense system bringing a lot of rain in the coastal hills and wind. But we have the strong rain shadow effect bringing much less to the valleys. So big extremes here as we look at live zpler 7. Lots of cloud cover and a bit of a window this morning if you want to get out and get some things done, go for a bike ride. Rain increases by midmorning but a lot of things going on. There is a low offshore here. And you can see the tropical connection all the way down through hawaii. And this will bring in a lot of rain but the line is going to cut off sharply. The Central Coast yand the Santa Cruz Mountains not looking like too much towards sand louise bispo. 45 in oakland. 33 in santa rosa. Temperature are slightly milder than weve been. But the coast here, peninsula, 39, san mateo chilly, 46 in fremont. And looking at current wind flow, the southeast winds will play a huge role in the rain shadow effect from the Santa Clara Valley into the inland valleys. That means its not favoring a lot of rain east of the mountains here. So were looking at winds already getting going from 18 to 27 miles an hour. And we have that wind advisory and high wind warning for everything to develop by midmorning throughout the afternoon getting heaviest later on tonight. So chilly temps this morning. The moderate strength, Atmospheric River arriving today right on through monday and the wet pattern continues on and off through next week. Lets time it out for you. So 10 00 this morning you see the north bay getting wet as we get into about 4 00 or 5 00 just a little bit of shower activity in the east bay looking at heavier cells along the coast. And thats the overnight period where we get more rounds of heavy rain throughout the Early Morning hours still looking at the rainfall. And they into 6 00 tomorrow morning weve got showers, some downpours here through 11 00. And then right on through the afternoon you can see the flow here from the south bringing up more rain, scattered but some of it very heavy in spots. Were putting the we could together from 10 00 this morning through 11 00 tomorrow night. You notice that 0. 4 in the Livermore Valley but over of an inch in San Francisco. Two to 3. In novato. Sanity root. Look at Santa Cruz Mountains over 6 inches of rain. The winds up to 30 miles an hour at the coast now. Then by 5 00 we have got 35, 45 miles an hour winds. The colors and the wind flow indicate how fast the winds are moving. 11 00 tonight 5 a miles an hour winds. Staying with us through the overnight hours. At the coast Half Moon Bay very gusty winds here. Then on through the afternoon tomorrow its breezy to gusty. The winter storm warning effect from this afternoon until 6 00 monday, heavy snow, two feet or more. Here is the way it looks as it piles up. Later on tomorrow, just a couple of inches. Here we are 10 00 on sunday, two feet. Getting into monday, looking at three feet. And then unfortunately, the snow level