Cheryl, larry . Sandhya, see you in a few minutes. Several days of heavy rain caused problems on the roads in San Francisco. A sinkhole at sixth avenue and lake street and this thing is huge. Yeah, about ten feet across and 40 feet deep. Abc 7 News ReporterCarolyn Tyler is at the scene with the details. Reporter that sinkhole has now been stabilized so it should not swallow up any more of the street. People who lost their water service, most of them have that back and now the sewer pipes are being repaired. One neighbor says hes been worried for months about a small hole on lake street thats now this big sinkhole. Its bubbled up because it was a patchwork piece of asphalt that was done a long time ago. Reporter police say this morning a drivers tire fell through the asphalt. She wasnt injured but the accident set off a chain of events involving a 110yearold water pipe and an aging sewer system. When a sewer pipe collapses, that has a lot of storm water in it, not sewage, it has storm water in it, when that collapses, it pulls the roadway or sucks the roadway into it. That compromised the street and sort of left the water pipe sort of hanging there exposed. Reporter when the water pipe burst, Marcia Chisholm felt the effects. The water went off, i knew right away, called several neighbors and could tell that this was a bigger issue than just my home. Reporter this man watched the repairs from his window and went outside for a closer look. Scary thing is like is it going to be me next or who is going to be next in the sinkhole . Reporter in may of last year at second and lake street, just four blocks away, another sinkhole opened up. Mark farrell is the district supervisor. I think we are going to look at the entirety of lake street right now. Obviously two incidents within a very short time span is something where we need to look at the entire corridor. Reporter many pipes in the citys sewer system are a century old, and each year, 10 to 15 miles are replaced. In San Francisco, Carolyn Tyler, abc 7 news. All that rain is introducing drivers to new bonejarring potholes are bay area roads. One of the biggest we found on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. A steady rain can uncover a roads imperfections and turn it into a pothole even on a nearly new 6. 4 billion bridge. Big mess today in marin county. Mill valley officials actually asked residents just to please stay home unless they absolutely needed to go out because so many roads there are flooded and traffic was a nightmare. 101 southbound at the marin city exit just one of many roads that were flooded earlier today. The good news is it is now open. Abc 7 News ReporterElissa Harrington joins us in marin county with the very latest. Reporter police really wanted people to stay home to lighten up the traffic. Many emergency vehicles were stuck in the backup and as you can see, traffic is finally moving. The rain and wind has let up but many people are left cleaning up damage the storm left behind. I called to see if i could reschedule what i needed to reschedule. Reporter Deborah Roberts from mill valley walks her dog after rearranging her schedule to stay home for most of the morning. I walked, did things locally that i would normally drive to down the street. I just walked. I left my car home. Reporter things got so bad in marin county, the Mill Valley Police department sent out this tweet. Due to heavy Traffic Congestion and flooding in mill valley, everyone is advised to remain at home unless you must leave. The lieutenant says the idea was to get people to work and emergency crews where they needed to be as fast as possible. Also for Public Safety, that are trying to get these things open. The less traffic, the quicker we can mitigate everything. Reporter people who did go out in mill valley dealt with this. Massive grid lock extending for miles. Accidents and flooding were reported from novato to marin city. The storm mixed with the mornings high tide flooded three lanes of southbound highway 101. The on and off ramps were closed. The park and ride, under water. So was at least one car that was left there. I have seen it flood and i have seen it but not gridlock. You couldnt go nr. It was a standstill. Reporter several homes were damaged by the rain. Pumps could not keep up with the runoff. Pablo castro takes us inside his home. All the rooms in my house, they were flooded. Reporter he was up in the middle of the night frantically moving paintings and furniture as water poured in. He will have to replace his Hardwood Floors which are already beginning to warp. It was a shock for me. First of all, these wood floors are very important to me. Reporter neighbors stacked up sandbags preparing for another round of wet weather. But the worst of the storm seems to have passed. Elissa harrington, abc 7 news. Just because theres a break in the rain doesnt mean the dangerous driving conditions are behind us. The california Highway Patrol says you still need to take it slow because there is Still Standing water on the roads. Some drains on the freeways are clogged and that makes it tough for the water to drain. We have had some flooding thats deep enough, people will have to stop and actually go around until we can get crews out there. If you do end up on the flooded road, the officer says the best thing to do is let off the gas and stay off the brakes so you dont lose control, then start hydroplaning. Pooling rain water busted through the roof of an Apartment Building in antioch this afternoon. This was on l street around 2 00 today. The man who owns this unit says the water just came gushing through the ceiling and right into his living room. He says all the rain just collected on top of the roof and then simply gave way. A homeowner faces a big cleanup job after a big tree fell in Half Moon Bay. A eucalyptus tree at least 80 feet tall but not anymore. It collapsed and covered part of a home. Nobody was hurt amazingly. The tree also smothered a couple of cars. The homeowner told us he had to crawl through his front door to get outside. A tree took out power lines after it fell across minor road and oak arbor road. Crews are working to repair the power lines and clear the roads. Slick roads also led to dozens of spinouts and collisions in the south bay. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie joining us in the stoouth bay. He has been covering accident after accident. David . Reporter we sure have. I thought we would show you what all the storm runoff is doing to the guadeloupe river in downtown san jose. Its rolling at a pretty good clip. During and after storms, the Highway Patrol tells us in addition to what tips they gave you a second ago is you forget certain things when you come into intersections such as an intersection where the signals are out. Drivers on san joses Far West Side thought the worst of the storm was over but they forgot what to do when the Traffic Signals lose power. Two vehicles collided when one didnt stop. These folks have been flying through here, 45, 50 miles an hour. Clearly we have already had one incident with multiple other near misses. Folks, you got to slow down. Reporter it took flares set out by firefighters and temporary stop signs to get drivers to obey the rules to treat this as a fourway stop. The reason power was out, power lines came down. Apparently the result of gusty winds. This resident saw sparks coming from a pole in his yard. Sparks came off, the power flickered but never really went off. And it was windy at the time when that happened. Reporter two people were injured when a mini van lost control, striking an oncoming suv. It was raining hard just before the accident. One in serious condition, one in minor condition. Additional patients signed a recusal of care and was not transported. Reporter the driver, whose suv was struck, was luckier than the people in the mini van. There is one person in the passenger side which was the side that rammed into my car, he was trapped for a few minutes. Then the driver, he looked like he banged his head pretty good, too. Reporter up the peninsula, the Highway Patrol says the driver of a pickup may have been driving too fast on the 280 offramp at farm hill road. The pickup skidded, went down an embankment and caught on fire next to a cal trans building. The driver escaped without injuries. In redwood city, david louie, abc 7 news. Check out these images tweeted out from the san jose fire department. You can see a car on interstate 280 at highway 87. According to the tweet, the tree actually prevented the car from tumbling 150 feet down that hill. You can see whats showing up on live doppler 7 hd any time with the abc news weather app. You can use it any time. Its easy to install. Heres a look at it right now. San Francisco Police say an off duty officer got into a life and death struggle for his gun when a suspect tried to rob him this morning. This all started around 6 00 a. M. Near knob hill when the suspect smashed a car window with a stick. He then hit a man with that same stick and robbed him. The suspect later threw coffee on a woman in a nearby cafe, then went into an Apartment Building where he tried to rob the officer. The suspect, who was shot once in the chest, is in Critical Condition at San FranciscoGeneral Hospital. Police say the officer is okay. A grand jury has decided not to indict a white new York City Police officer in the death of an unarmed black man last july. 43yearold eric garner was stopped in a Staten Island neighborhood on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes. Video shot by an onlooker showed him refusing to be handcuffed. The officer then put him in what looked like a choke hold. That is banned under new york Police Department policy. Garner had asthma and a bad heart and started yelling i cant breathe. Heres what his stepfather said a short time ago. We dont want no violence from nobody. Its not going to help. A media protest was staged at Grand Central station. The decision comes nine days after no indictment in the Michael Brown case. Here at home a small group of protesters is gathering in oakland concerning that decision. Right now its very peaceful. There is an equal number of police in the area there to keep things calm. We hope that it remains that way all evening. Just ahead, an incredible story of survival. New details about the condition of the window washer who fell from his perch nearly two weeks ago. A story you will see only on abc 7 news. Plus new fallout over airbags. What one company is refusing to do tonight. 7 on your sides Michael Finney breaks it down. All this wet weather not a problem for everybody. We will show you some of the people out enjoying the rain. We have an update now on the condition of the window washer who fell on this car from an 11 Story Building in San Francisco. That was nearly two weeks ago. He is still in Critical Condition at San Francisco general but he is talking. His daughter monica peres spoke only to abc 7 News Reporter lyanne melendez. She joins us now. Well, his name is pedro peres. He is still in the intensive care unit at sf General Hospital but his family told me today they see him improving a little every day. They too are amazed that he survived that fall. This is a picture of pedro peres on a job site. The san leandro resident had 15 years under his belt as a window washer. Thats why his family doesnt know how he managed to fall from the roof of this building on montgomery street, landing on this moving car. Monica peres is his 19yearold daughter who didnt want her face shown on tv. He knows how equipments supposed to be set up. He knows how one little thing not being set up right can cause an accident. Reporter peres, who is 58, was helped by several pedestrians. Minutes later, a confused coworker who mistakenly thought peres was dead called the family to say he had passed. For about an hour you didnt know he was alive . No. Until the hospital called us and told us he was alive. Reporter the moving car he landed on helped break his fall. Since the november 21st accident, peres has had several operations. He fractured his pelvic area so its completely shattered, then he had internal bleeding. Reporter while peres broke his right arm in several places, his legs and back were not broken, and according to the family, he suffered no major head injury. Hes not on a breathing machine anymore. He can breathe on his own. Reporter he is trying to talk . Hes talking. Reporter the family reached out to us because they need help. While he has medical insurance, his unions seiu United Service workers west has not contacted the family directly until today, when we called the union. During our interview, a union rep called to offer help. We are probably going to put him on disability. Its in progress. Reporter peres has a wife and three daughters. The family remembers watching the accident on tv in disbelief. Its a really big fall. How does someone fall from that height and survive . Reporter people who witnessed the fall are still asking themselves the same question. In san leandro, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Amazing story. So glad hes doing better. The company that makes those potentially explosive airbags is refusing to issue a nationwide recall. Thats because in spite of pressure from the federal government, executives from the company testified before congress today. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is here to tell us more. Consumer advocates were expecting this today but still are amazed. Absolutely amazed. It seems to defy logic but the company says a nationwide recall would put more drivers at risk. Federal regulators say takada airbags can explode, sending shrapnel flying through the car. They are blamed in five deaths and many injuries. So far, the airbags are recalled only in states with high humidity. You see, high humidity is suspected of causing the explosion. Today, takada told congress a recall should be confined to those states to ensure those cars get immediate repairs. Takada continues to believe that the Public Safety is best served if the area of high absolute humidity remains a priority. In spite of that position, car maker honda said it will go ahead and recall all cars nationwide that have the affected airbags. Nine other auto makers also use takada airbags. The shopping season is gearing up and two Big Companies want to make sure you make the most of every minute, including the time you spend in public restrooms. Amazon, Proctor Gamble are teaming up so you can buy items while in a toilet stall. They are calling it, not kidding, a stall mall. Ads on the back of the door will offer products like toilet paper, whitening strips. You scan a bar code with your smart phone and just like that, you have done your business while doing your business. It sparks a lot of puns but will the sales be flush . Okay, im done. Stop you probably didnt ask for a salespersons help when you were in the bathroom. Probably dont want one. It turns out you probably dont want their help in the rest of the store either. A new survey finds nearly 60 of shoppers would rather consult their smart phones than a salesperson. The Consumer ElectronicsAssociation Says customers are whipping out their phones for help buying gadgets, groceries, clothing, even toiletries. Shoppers are looking up not only prices but product reviews and descriptions. They also are hunting for coupons. Smart there. Many hope to avoid the aggressive salesperson who might steer them in the wrong direction. Leave it to you. Thank you, michael. Well, all this rain is making for gorgeous scenery. This is the Upper Yosemite Falls at Yosemite National park. This is from the park service. Park Officials Say its going full force now. Many of the parks waterfalls are completely dry up until the recent storm. The wet weather did not keep kiteboarders off the bay. You can see this guy here catching some big air. The video was shot near crown memorial state beach in alameda. This is our fifth straight rainy day. Yes. Feels like it. The storms started early saturday morning. Its been ten months since the bay area has had five days of rain in a row. Last happened back in february. Meteorologist sandhya patel, i joked with sandhya for awhile when we were only getting little bits of rain. I was calling her puddles patel. You are indeed now thats just not nice. Stormy patel. We should vote on it. Puddles or stormy. You have to be stormy. Im sure the hash tag, we can come up. Im sure we can. This is welcome, larry and cheryl. All these storms after three dry years in the middle of a drought, now our season to date has pushed well above normal which is great. Right now out here, a few sprinkles which is why my umbrella is out as we take a look at live doppler 7 hd. We are still tracking some pockets of moderate showers from Half Moon Bay main street heading towards 280. Watch out, brief rainfall there expected and from basically the Santa Cruz Mountains towards monterey, still seeing scattered returns. 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