When you have traffic going slow, there could be more than one car that gets hit. We have to do the thing thats safer. An engineer and geologist evaluated its potential to send rocks, boulders, trees and mud into the road below. They are so covered by a slide that overturned a pickup truck and tesent it to the opposite side. They dispatched an expert to do additional expert. On top of detouring traffic, chp officers intercept aed a driverf suspicion under the influence. Calls came in who seaid they sa him drinking beer and urinating in public. He got aggressive with an officer. He was trying to pull out a pocketknife. Wasnt going along with the instructions the officer was giving to him. He secured him in the car until other units could get here. They have made no decision about reopening the lanes of highway 17. We will keep you posted as they decide with the help of a geologist and land slides expect what do next. Its possible the detours could continue into the weekend. Live in scotts valley, abc 7 news. Thank you. You can see the closure on our drive time traffic map. Thats the red section you see there. Sky 7 is over as you can see the empty freeway now which is always very strange looking. If you are heading to tahoe this weekend, expect major delays and really dangerous conditions. Check out this muddy mess on i80. They posted video of crews cleaning up the second mudslide of the day west of blue canyon. The free didway is closed. You can take highway 49 and 20 to get around the slide. Thats a long detour. The chp says they will not reopen the freeway until its finish and the hill stops sliding. An update. In the last 30 minutes, another mudslide closed down highway 50 in both directions at kyburz. They were able to clean that up quickly. Height way the highway is open again. A section of highway in nevada wont be open soon. A Spokesman Says crews are busy trying to pump the water out. The highway will remain closed until at least february 24th, thats two weeks from day. Cars are being divert around the flooding. People trying to get around the Santa Cruz Mountains faced big challenges because of storm damage. Sinkholes like one along glenwood drive kept public works workers busy. Its covered in tarp and gravel. Of it could be weeks before the county is able to repair it. A Sleepy Hollow neighborhood. A home threatened by a landslide remains red tagged. The rain may have stopped but the slide sk watched closely. The mud may start cracking as it dries out. More the hillside could give way. Our first sunny day in a long time reveals a devastating scene in the north bay. Over the Russian River. The river peaked at noon today. Dozens of homes are surrounded by water. Everybody is trapped in there. You can kayak in or out. The vineyards are swamped. Theres a large landslide north of the river near the community of rio nito. The Russian River is expected to remain at flood stage until 11 00 tonight. This beweeks heavy rain is causing flooding in sacramento. You can seat flooding in sacramentos discovery park. Obviously, we dont need more rain any time soon. Big difference today from the past few days. We will look outside. San francisco to the east bay, the sun coming out slowly and drying us out. And hopefully, drying my nasal passages as women. I would rather not sound this much like lou rauls. Here is a look at live doppler 7. Sunny skies. Theres moisture reaching from east and out to sea. Theres are light scattered showers around. We still have flooding concerns. A Flood Warning over the Russian River until 9 50 tomorrow morning. An area of central Sonoma County until 8 30 tomorrow morning. A large portion under Flood Warning until 9 15 tomorrow morning. Right now, clearing skying over t the golden gate. Here is our forecast. Partly cloudy skies and mild conditions from 6 00 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. Then 10 00 p. M. And midnight, it will get clearer and cooler. Its going to be a pleasant evening for enjoying outdoor fun. A look at the seven days ahead in a few minutes. Thank you. In the south bay, the rain has brought too much of a good thing to santa clara valleys biggest reservoir. Its too full. Officials are releasing water as quickly as they can to protect a dam which not earthquake safe. Eric thomas is live. Reporter note the sound at the furry of the water thats being released from the rain swollen anderson reservoir. As much water is coming out, its not enough to keep the water level from rising. Its at 91 right now. Its only supposed to be at 68 for seismic safety. It may be weeks before its where it is supposed to be. Water is gushing out of the reservoir through this outlet and into the creek as 3,000 gallons per second. Folks are coming to Anderson Lake county park to feel the intensity. Its awesome, were lucky to have it here. We useed to come out here. Our parents would bring us out. We would watch the water. They are releasing water as fast as they can. Its not enough. The pace of rain thats been pelting us has been so great that the water coming in has been greater than the amount of water we have been able put out through the outlet. Thats a problem because anderson you reservoir is only supposed to be 6 full. Any more than that and the dam could fail under the pressure of too much water during an earthquake of mag ani too much water during an earthquake of mag antude of 7. 2. Right now its 91 full. The risk of an earthquake happening at any one point in time or any month is very remote. A 400 million onearthquake retrofit is in the planning stages. It will take four years to complete. One more thing. We are driving aup along the dam. It looks full. Its so full that officials expect the water to spill over the dam and down a concrete spill way designed to relief pressure when its too full. No major flooding is expected. Eric thomas, abc 7 news. Near sacramento, emergency crews are cleaning up a mess caused by flooding. About 3 hours ago a Freight Train went off a breath that collapsed. 17 train cars tumbled into a river. The river is swollen because of the recent storms. No one was hurt. Emergency crews had to park far away and are walking down the tracks to get to the crash scene. This is happening near highway 99. After months of closed door meetings, Millennium TowerHomeowners Association hired an attorney. They intend to sue the building developers, transit project next door and others responsible for the sinking of the 58story tower. Here is kate larson with more on the suit and the controversy over the lawyer they picked. Reporter amongst telling cracks along the Mission Street sidewalk, attorneys immediate outside San Franciscos Millennium Tower to discuss a lawsuit they intend to file soon. The puddles and pits, a reminder it subsided 16 inch e es it was built in 2009. The goal is to get the money from the responsible parties to fix this building. Reporter the millennium Homeowners Association board hired a wellknown Trial Attorney from los angeles to litigate their case over the infamous sinking skyscraper. The homeowners blame the poor design for the problems. This is not a case that should requite litigation. The association and homeowners are innocent victims here. The people who are responsible know they are responsible. And they know they have to pay. Reporter a representative of the hoa tells me the board interviewed lawyers up and down california. Landed on him because they believe he is the top trial lawyer in the u. S. He successfully represented the Goldman Family in a wrongful death suit against o. J. Simpson. And he represented President Donald Trump in several cases involving trump university. This case has been contentious among the homeowners and not everyone, including the doddsons thinks a celebrity attorney is the right hire for a case this affected 1200 residents. The safety of this Downtown Neighborhood and the city of San Francisco. We would want to have a construction defect attorney, someone who has the knowledge and the experience to be able to try this very complicated case. Were not looking for an attorney and we dont believe an attorney that has a high profile is going to win this case for us. Reporter not only is there in fighting but there are also multiple lawsuits coming up at 6 00 why he says the hoas lawsuit is about trust. Also, another lawsuit filed by 50 of the building unit owners who have filed the lawsuit for fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud, why they say the responsible parties knew the bidding had defects when they sold them the units. Live in San Francisco, kate larson, abc 7 news. Thank you. A terrifying accident and a warning. Check this out. A truck came crashing down on a Highway Patrol car. How Authorities Say this happen and what the driver should have done. Live in daily city where we have a 7 on your side. All these people are here with their consumer issues and problems. You should join us, too. We will be here until 7 00. Putting the finishing touches on the floats for the big Lunar New Year parade. Wh the Hydrogen Fueled mirai. Its only emission is water. Toyota. Lets go places. The dow and nasdaq and s p closed at record highs today. The dow gained nearly 100 points. The nasdaq added almost 20. The s p went up by eight. Do you have tough consumer questions . If you do, we are ready with answers live. Take it away. Reporter were having a great time down here. We are going to be here until 7 00. We want to invite everybody to come down with questions or concerns. We will work on them now. If we cant get them solved, we will get them solved and get back to you. Come down and join us. We will be here until 7 00. What is your question . I got this gift card from u. S. Bank last year. I used up as much as i could. Now theres only about 1 or 2 at the most. It keeps getting declined. I cant seem to figure out how can i get a refund. Reporter here is the law. In the state of california, if a gift card thats issued by a retailer goes under 10, then they have to give you the cash if you ask for it. If you ask for 1. 02. The problem is, this is a bank card. Because its a bank card, you are under federal law and they dont have to do that. Pi wish i had better news. Go in and spend the 1 or 2 along with other money. Thats what you are going to have to do. Thank you. I appreciate your time here today. Questions like that, we can solve them or give you the bad news like we did. Come on down here live. By the way, we are at the food court. Cant miss us. More than 80 bay area schools took part in a special event that helps make sure all students feel included at lunch. Abc 7 news was in San Francisco for no one eats alone day. Teachers held discussions and exercises s exploring sociali e isolation. Isolation. Have them socialize with people they dont know. Its up to me to go in and let the kids know that its going to get better. If. If we start early and do it in middle school, we have the chance of creating citizens that are more inclusive and kinder. That matters. Nationwide, 2,000 schools take part in no one eats alone day. San francisco is putting the finishing touches on an annual event tomorrow expected to bring 1 Million People to the city. Do we are talking about the chinese new years parade. Hi. You know that the San Francisco chinese new years parade is the largest celebration of asian culture outside of asia. What a spectacle it is. The floats, firecrackers and the finale. The 22food Golden Dragon dancing through the streets powered by a team of 100 men and women. Abc 7 news went to peer 54, where builders are putting the finishing touches on the floats. There are 19 this year. All grlittered up and ready to e pushed outside. We are keeping everything covered to avoid yesterday it bo have been a disaster. Today, the weather is looking better. The parade is a gray way for the community to learn about Chinese Culture and a great way for Chinese Americans to celebrate their heritage. I marched in it when i was a teen. We reenacted a traditional wedding party. Can you tell which one was me . Some you have guessed. Right there, you are correct. If you are going here the parade route begins at 5 15 p. M. At market and second streets, zigzags, goes up through the heart of chinatown and then finally ends at columbus avenue. If you cant make it to San Francisco, redwood city has its Lunar New Year celebration tomorrow as well features lion dancers and family activities. Find your way to welcome this year of the rooster and practice the phrase. Come on, who is game . Happen if happy new year. A students. That was pretty good. Now i will do the weather. I dont think thats going to work. A little bait and switch. No lying about this. Clearing skies over the bay area. Its great to see the sun. We have patches of moisture moving through. Scattered showers widely scattered are possible into the evening hours. Check out this view. Looking out over San Francisco. Beautiful blue sky and with a few low clouds mixed in. 59 in San Francisco. A mild 62 across the bay. 62 in gilroy. How about this view looking west from the east bay hills . Its 58 in santa rosa. We have a 58 in novato. This is the view from our kgo roof top camera looking back towards quake tower under partly cloudy skies. We will see sunny and dry pattern tomorrow. Mild springlike afternoons into early next week. Rain returns the middle of next week. 5 00 this afternoon, we will see clouds passing by. Maybe a spot or two of light shower activity. Best chance this evening appears to be over the Santa Cruz Mountains. Tonight, clear skies, a few patches of fog may form. Generally, conditions will be clear. Overnight lows will drop into the upper 30 s to low 40s in the north bay valleys. We havent seen whetheather tha chilly for a while. Tomorrow, under sunny skies, high temperatures will rise into the low to mid 60 near the bay and inland. Looking ahead to next week, when we have our next storm coming in, it will probably be next thursday a storm whose components at the moment give the storm a ranking of two on the impact scale. A storm of moderate intensity. Forecast next wednesday night at 9 00 shows a wave of rain and continuing into thursday night. Right now, we are looking at sunny skies with the immediate four days ahead. Tomorrow through tuesday. Next wednesday, under mild conditions i might add, we will see clouds increasing. Then we get rainy, breezy weather on thursday. A storm ranking two on the storm impact scale. Maybe a lingering shower into friday morning. We have sunny skies ahead for the next four days. A lot of good weather to enjoy. Make your list of everything for outside. Thank you. Going green takes on a new meaning this weekend at the special site just for sky watchers. This is going to be a sight tomorrow. Abc 7 is your home for the warriors show down tomorrow night with the Oklahoma City thunder. Catchall the action in okc from the comfort of your living room. Coverage here on abc 7 at 5 00 tomorrow followed by after the game, mike shumann is in oklahoma. Tomorrow night all here on abc 7. Grwow means you savehome of wo50 or more. There are three stages of wow denial. Is this price right . Acceptance. And boooyah. Wait for it. Boooyah has three os. Grocery outlet bargain market right now, get ball park jerky in assorted flavors for just 2. 99. We have a visitor. Sky watchers will be focusing their attention on a comet streaking by earth. Its being called a green comet because of the greenish color in images captured. Its 7 million miles away. The comet was discovered in 1948 and passes us once every five years. Its big. Thats why were able to see comets when they come close to the sun and blossom so a big piece of popcorn in space that gets large and bright. Your best chance of seeing it will be very early tomorrow morning before the sun comes up. You will need a telescope or really powerful binoculars. A revealing new insight into the life of anna nicoles daughter danny lynn ten years after her mothers unexpected death. Deborah roberts sat down with her father for tonights 20 20. Who would have caguessed thi baby girl was the baby. The center of a media storm. A paternity scandal. I told you so. Today, danny lynn is a typical 10yearold living with her dad outside louisville, kentucky. But for a twist of fate, her life could have been so different. Look closely and you can spot the resemblance to the mother she doesnt remember but who so many others cant forget. This week marks ten years since the larger than life platinum blonde known as Anna Nicole Smith to the hospital. 2 49 this afternoon, an na nicoe smith died. Of an accidental overdose. She was just 39. She will always be her daughter. How much is she like her mom . I would say she is fearless like her mom. She will get on any roller coaster you put in front of her. She can work people. I could stand next to my daughter and we could look like twins. The first thing they will say is, anna nicoles spitting image. Its like any other kid who lost a celebrity parent. They think that the child is automatically destined for the same path. The fathers determined his daughter takes a different path from her mother. You can see more tonight on a special edition of 20 20 remembering Anna Nicole Smith 10 00 tonight. Chaos erupts at a soccer stadium. Thats left more than a dozen people dead in angola. We will be extreme vetting. President trump moving fast as yesterdays Appeals Court decision. Now he has a new security measure in the works. Watch the truck. Yes. The extraordinary out