The east bay. Accidents were also an issue. 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 todays tomorrow beginning with Spencer Christian for a look at whats still ahead. All right. Heres live doppler 7, and, of course, its still wet over most of the bay area. Although at the moment theres 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 evenings storm remains 1 on the impact scale. Less than a quarter inch of additional rain from this system. Slick rain and light showers will be the rule for the rest of the evening. As 6 company p. M. , patches of rain over parts of the east bay and down through the Santa Cruz Mountains down into parts of the south bay forecast into 10 00 tonight as the rain tapers off into scattered showers, but theres another storm on the way tomorrow. Its going to bring Even Stronger winds with it, and ill give you a look at the complete weekend forecast in just a few minutes. Larry and ama. The rain is causing problems all around the bay area including power outages. Abc 7 News ReporterLaura Anthony tweeted this picture from Contra Costa College today who had to cancel classes today. Reporter theres still a smattering of pout outages in the east way from richmond up to san pablo. Small outages from 1 to 700 people. The main cull tritt not so much high winds or heavy rains but dust mixed with drizzle. Huge explosion followed by an echo. Reporter in Point Richmond it was loud and clear as overnight rains led to a spark that blew a transformer. And then another bright blast and huge explosion. Very dramatic and complete silence and noise. Reporter and a fire that burned through the top portion of the pole. The whole episode knocked out power to dozens of homes and businesses, including this hair salon where the work continued by candlelight. This brave client right here decided, no, were going to do it, and and go ahead and throw color on and lets do it. Reporter in downtown richmond, another transformer failed leaving residents in the area of 21st and sutter also scrambling for light. Its not uncommon for dusty transformers to blow with the first rains of the season. With a light rain its just enough moisture to cause at dust to become a conductor between negative and positive energies which in turn causes electrical fire. Reporter Contra Costa College in san pablo also had a power outage prompting the cancellation of classes for the day. A large tree also fell on a campus that was largely deserted. At last word, the power is back on at Contra Costa College, but they will plan to resume classes tomorrow. As for that larger power outage at Point Richmond, the latest word from pg e that would be up and running again by about 6 00 tonight. Live in the east bay, Laura Anthony, abc 7 news. All right, laura. Thank you. There were major delays on b. A. R. T. This morning as the storm hit the peninsula. A power outage caused b. A. R. T. To lose control of its track system around the daily city station so crews then had to manually switch cars for most of the morning and that means the cars would have to slow down and that caused delays up to an hour for passengers who are heading south of daily city. Delays of up to 10 minutes continued throughout most of the morning. In the Santa Cruz Mountains a light but steady rain has brought some runoff. Abc 7 news was in the area burned by the loma fire with dry soil and all the trees and grass destroyed by the fire so that the water doesnt soak into the ground. The good news is theres no major flooding or mud slides. A produce truck overturned on 101 in san rafael that snarled traffic for drivers this morning. Abc 7 News ReporterWayne Freedman in north bay with the details. Wayne . Reporter larry, big story in marin county has been traffic, between 6 00 a. M. And noon. The chp reported 30 separate accidents. After that they say they have had at least another 20 more, more like the at least part. This would be accident number 21 that happened a few moments ago. Were at lucky drive and clearly no one is injured and the chp is filing yet another report on a day they cannot believe. In marin county today, it could have been and almost was just another rainstorm. The first big one of the season. On Fourth Street in san rafael it might have been a little inconveniencing here and there but no big deal. Reporter good to have some rain and if you live around here maybe you know where this is going because a mile or so north on highway 101 on san pedro road. One jackknifed big rig closed three of four lanes and if youre wondering how this could happen. It appears that the vehicle just lost control. This is an area as we see with wet wet, and especially on hill, get a lot of water on these hills. Leading to a bottleneck and rainy day gridlock that appeared to never end. Not only did it backup northbound 101 but all the surface streets around it in san rafael. Its impossible to do anything in this county. Reporter all in a rainy days work, some might say. And had we asked the statue of yoda he would have said the force is not with you. In marin county, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news found two singlecar accidents just after noon today on highway 240 24 in aroundia. The chp told us no one was injured. They are asking drivers to be earnings tra careful and slow down a bit. The storm cancelled a lot of flights out of sfo today. A total of 81 sonar. Most of them were this morning and when abc 7 news stopped by the airport this afternoon, we found lots of flights delayed about half an hour for departing flights and an hour for arrivals. Have a live look right now hat conditions at sfo. Well, the lens is covered with drops. I think thats kind of selfexplanatory. Residents at oakland and manetta San Jose International tell us that the weather is not impacting their flights. Sfo is always the worst because of the fog, et cetera. We have up to the minute Weather Information for you any time on abc 7 news app so after you open the app, you tap on the temperature at the top right corner, and you can get custom forecasts for where you live or where you work. If you still need to download the abc 7 news app, lets go, come on. Be sure to enable push alerts to get notices about the changing forecast, and you can get it right on your known or tablet. A former contestant on Donald Trumps reality show the apprentice is accusing trump of making unwant the sexual advances towards her. She appeared with attorney gloria all red saying trump kissed her forcefully, grabbed her breast and thrust his pelvis at her when they met for dinner and she said she thought he was there for a job. I needed to speak about your behavior. You have dow not have the right to treat women as sexual objects just because are you a star. Several women have come forward in recent days accusing the republican nominee of groping them or kissing them without permission. Trump has denied the allegation at a rally in North Carolina and said women could, quote, say it about anybody, even president obama. Oakland raiders owner mark davis is calling this the proud new home for the entire raid err nation. Today nevada lawmakers signed off on a plan to build an nfl stadium in las vegas. The nearly 2 billion project includes 750 in million in public money. Davis would still need the approval of threefourths of nfl owners to actually move the team to las vegas. Nonetheless, davis called this an historic day and in a statement he said, quote, all parties have worked extremely hard to develop and approve this tremendous stadium project. Let me just give you my two cents here. Despite the vote today, were still a long ways away from the raiders actually moving to vegas. The nfl has made it clear that the league would prefer to keep the raiders in oakland, so the question now is really whether ronnie lott and his group with or without Eddie Debartolo jr. Who maybe involved, can come up with a stadium deal in oakland, and is the mayor going to help, or is she just resigned to holding on to the as at this point and the raiders leaving . On the vegas side, the nfl is extremely concerned about casino boss Sheldon Adelson having an ownership stake in this team. Fairly certain that the league doesnt want him in their exclusive club so we have to see how that shakes out and i know some people, a lot of loyal fans of the silver and black locally, are really upset right now with owner mark davis. Hes gushing about the vegas vote, but what you have to understand here is hes got to say this, okay. Davis, he pledged full support for the carson project. He was ready to go to l. A. In a heartbeat, full speed ahead. Mark davis would go to neptune if they would build a stadium for him up there. Clearly vegas has momentum but this is not a done deal by any means. They could still get something worked out in oakland, but its up to them to get it done. Todays vote was delayed by two hours because of a fire burning between reno and carson city. Nearly two dozen homes have been destroyed by the fire still burning out of control. Oakland firefighters tweeted this picture as they headed to nevada to help fight that fire due to concerns over high winds. Firefighters from very much did a are also assisting. 50 homes have been evacuated because of another fire burning near emerald bay. The fire has burned 200 acres and 500 homes near South Lake Tahoe are under a mandatory evacuation and another 500 have been asked to voluntarily leave. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00,. You dont think that anybody in this day and age would do Something Like that. The Surveillance Video that caught two students in the act. What they were doing that shocked the campus. And check this out, a judge takes down a defendant in his own courtroom, or did he go too far . Reporter and the changing San Francisco skyline. Todays historymaking sky lynn and what it may soon look like. This is the skyline, raining all day long an and they lied about it thatfor decades. Ls. Now theyre lying about prop 56. If you dont use tobacco, you dont pay. Smokers pay their fair share of the 3 billion in Health Care Costs all taxpayers are paying now. And theres one more thing our kids. Every state thats significantly raised tobacco taxes has reduced youth smoking. Please. Vote yes on 56. If we can save even a few lives, its worth it. Students and staff at Santa Clara University are alaermd alarmed by some hateful incidents at Santa Clara University. Reporter its what some are calling acts of hate. You dont think anybody in this day and age would do Something Like that. Very sad. Reporter this leaked surveillance show some what have happened. Last week two students who have since been identified used their blood to draw swastika on a poster inside an elevator at the catsa italiana and homophobic and transphobic slurs were also found on a Community Bulletin board. A lot of acts of hate come out of like ignorance and stereotypes that arent even true and they should learn like the consequences of the actions. Reporter in a statement to the university community, the president father michael ang said we have a proud tradition of jesuit values at santa clara, and these ideals must inspire our work to support and understand one another, no matter our differences. The santa clara mayor on campus attending an event today echoed those comments. Its a learning experience for everyone around that you can never be too comfortable. Theres people out there with these types of beliefs and we just need to let them know its unacceptable. The Santa Clara Police department has been notified about the incident and is investigating. I was really disgusted by thinking that people at santa clara would, you know, do Something Like that, and my brother is guy and the homophobic thing really hit home. The university will be holding a conduct hearing to determine any appropriate sanctions. . Santa clara, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. A shooting in the Los Altos Hills left one person wounded. It happened near oak knoll circle where they heard shots being fired. Neighbors were told to shelter in place. One resident shared these photos with abc 7 news. All of the occupants of the home where the shooting happened surrendered to deputies. The victim was taken to hospital where hes undergoing surgery. All right. Its official. The Sales Force Tower became San Franciscos tallest building today. Part of the transformation of evergrowing city skyline and its not done growing yet. Kristein sze is here with more. The iconic transamerica building in San Francisco has been the tallest structure in the city for 43 years. That record was wiped away today. This is now the biggest. Only abc 7 news was there as construction crews poured the concrete that pushed the Salesforce Tower to new heights, claiming the record of tallest building in San Francisco. In the First Quarter of 2017, we will top out the structure at its total height of 1,070 feet becoming the Tallest Office Building west of chicago. Reporter the finished Office Building will be the centerpiece of a new south and market. The neighborhood also includes the think transbay terminal. Both are scheduled to open late next year. Now im going to show you the animation of what the area will look like with buildings that have been proposed, approved or are under construction. Im going to pause this video so that we can compare. There you go. Salesnorse tower right there will be 1,070 feet. The transamerica right there, reaching 853 feet and the former b of a building which is right there, 779 feet. Now im going to show you a live web cam, construction cam. Salesnorser to. Follow its progress if youre an architect buck and theres where we should the individual for our piece. For a link, go to the website abc7news. Com. And what about a shoutout for the construction workers out there in the rain and wind and thats a difficult job. Not like standing in a comfy enclosed studio just doing a forecast where youre safe from the elements. Come on. Im going to take a shot, spencer. Im better when im dry. Lets take a look at whats wet right now. Live doppler 7 and a lot of rain is still falling. The bemk has shifted light ly. 59 at Half Moon Bay and mainly low to mid60s hand the mildest spot 69 degrees in san jose. The coolest spot is los gatos with a current reading of 58 degrees. Raindrops on the camera lens at sfo because its raining there, and heres a look at our forecast features. Rain will taper off tonight. Next storm arrives tomorrow afternoon. That could be a doozy, and well see periods of rain through sunday as that second storm swings out of the bay area. Tomorrow under sometime stormy conditions look for high temperatures ranging from mid60s at the coast to some low 70s right around the bay, and mainly low 70s in the mildest inland locations. Our storm impact scale again, this next storm coming in tomorrow ranks two on the impact scale. A storm of moderate intenacity. It will arrive in the north bay and will bring wind gusts from 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour and rainfall totals from a tenth of an inch to an inch in the wettest locations. Wind gusts start at 10 00 and by 11 00 gusts right around the 30mileperhour and higher. As we get later into the afternoon, approaching the evening hours, gusts will range from 30 to 507 Miles Per Hour. Going to be very wind late tomorrow and a wind advisory in effect and the strongest wind gusts will be in the highest elevati elevations. What we have to look out for is the possibility of downed trees and power lines. Gusts ranging from 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour at their peak, and it would be a good idea to secure any loose outdoor objects that you dont want blown away. Heres the animation for rainfall starting saturday morning at 9 00. Notice it wont be the rain wont be very widespread early tomorrow and by midafternoon well see an area of powerful rain swinging through the south bay and down into Sonoma County bringing moderate to heavy rain and pretty widespread by 5 00 p. M. Moving down into San Francisco and peninsula and raining rather heavily in the north bay as the frontal system that brings the rain swings through tomorrow night at 11 00. Rain tapering off in the north bay and it will have shifted down into the south bay and Santa Cruz Mountains. Rainfall totals we