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Lily and emma had a hunch something was up saturday night. All night long, they palsed up and down the house barking, just barking all night long. Reporter sometime during the night there was a rumbling sound. It was like a heavy truck going down the treat. Reporter in the morning this is what mortimer saw out her window. I thank god i wasnt injured and its only a house. Reporter she said her sons truck took the brunt of the trees fall. Im very calm. I suppose its my age that has something to do with that. Its a very small crisis when youve faced other crises in life. Reporter today as crews cleaned, drivers around pet lum o its nuts. Reporter contended with the conditions. Couple potholes, roads are flooded. Nasty day out here. We left snow in boston, so this is very nice. Reporter mike and Amy Mcwilliams hope they catch their flight to sydney tonight, while a family from Mountain View wondered if theyd get home. We hope that we had enough charge. Reporter downed trees, standing water and whipping winds, making petaluma precarious. In petaluma, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Crews around marin county are working to clean up mudslides. This one shut down Paradise Drive in tiburon for more than ten hours. Lets get to meteorologist sandhya patel for the latest. Lets check out live doppler 7. The entire bay area is lit up in green or yellow indicating that it is raining out there. Its a soggy start to your week. Street level radar, pleasanton, 580 seeing moderate pockets of rain. San francisco down the peninsula, it is lighter. And around the north bay were seeing pockets of moderate rain around novato, ignacio plv boulevard. As we head into the south bay into los altos to campbell, saratoga avenue, there are some downpours between san martin and gilroy. We do have a number of warnings. A Flood Warning continues for coyote creek and a flash Flood Warning for the other part of coyote creek. Weve already seen flooding. When you get more rain, 1 to 5 inches already in the bay area on top of saturated ground, youll see more potential for flooding. We also have a flash Flood Warning until 6 30 tonight for alameda creek. On our storm impact scale, this is a strong storm, continues as a category 3. Scattered downpours, flash flood and Flood Warnings, winds will increase 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour. As you take a look at the satellite, the moisture source is extending all the way back towards hawaii. What we call an Atmospheric River or pineapple express. This is why were not done with the drenching yet. Hourbyhour look at whats ahead and how long well remain in this category 3 coming up. Dan. Check out the water rushing across a roadway. This is no accounted a. Water officials opened a spillway for the first time in 20 years. They wanted to alleviate pressure at the don pedro reservoir. The sheriff has called for voluntary evacuations. Laura anthony is live in Stanislaus County with the story. Laura. Reporter hi, dan. We havent seen this in two decades. Im standing at the end of a closed roadway here. You can see the spray behind me from the spillway just opened at 3 00 this afternoon. Now, this is a novelty for some, but with serious consequences for those living downstream. With a major spillway set to open, police went door to door in this lowlying rv park in modesto, urging people to get out before its too late. So far i havent met anyone thats actually going anywhere. It is concerning, especially when theres health issues, medical emergencies, and the trucks and ambulance cant get down to them. We want to give people an opportunity to collect their belongings and move to higher ground. Reporter for the first time in 20 years, officials opened the spillway at the don pedro reservoir, californias second largest dam. This decision was made in conjunction with the army corps of engineers. In order to minimize downstream flows that could potentially be damaging reporter that means the already swollen tuolome river could go up another five feet. Theyre saying this could raise another five feet. So every foot it rises, it moves 18 feet up land. Reporter some are choosing to stay or at least leave their rigs, protect them as best they can, and hope for the best. So what are you guys doing . Covering the roof so it doesnt leak that much. Reporter the river is coming up. They expect it may come up more. I know. Im just going to put more sandbags. Reporter the Stanislaus County sheriff has a message for anyone thinking about taking advantage of those who do leave their homes. If you decide that you want to exploit them, guarantee there will be a strong response from the sheriffs office. Reporter were back live here. You can see the spray from the spillway. The plan at this point is to leave this open for at least four days. That is to hope to get the level down to a safe level so they can bring more water in or set more water into the reservoir, and theyre expecting that this water will flow down to places like modesto tonight or tomorrow morning. So there will be a delayed effect. Live at lake don pedro, laura anthony, abc 7 news. Thank you, laura. Dozens of people have opinion told to grab essentials and leave their homes in lake port, a city on clear lake. They issued evacuations for the aqua village mobile home park. The red cross has set up a shelter at the Seventh Day Adventist church. Water overflowing from Anderson Reservoir may force evacuations in san jose. This was taken by firefighters. It shows water rising above the mobile homes. The trailer park on oakland road is located right next to coyote creek. Firefighters are pumping water out of that lot, but if the water keeps rising, as many as 40 homes on oakland road may have to be evacuated. Flooding on another part of coyote creek led to two people having to be rescued. Abc 7 News Reporter Jonathan Bloom was there and joins us live with the story. Jonathan. Reporter thats right, dan and ama. Were here in morgan hill for the start of this story. This is where it all originates. There is a water fall right here at the edge of this neighborhood, not something you see every day. But as beautiful and magnificent as it may be, that water fall can cause a lot of problems. That is the Anderson Lake spillway and it drains, yes, into coyote creek. So farther on downstream, coyote creek has turned into essentially a rushing river, and that has been where firefighters have been out all day pentagresg to calls for help. The 911 call came from an island in the middle of coyote creek. The water was rising on both sides of a piece of land that they used to be able to walk to. And so that became an island . It became an island. It wasnt an island a week ago. Reporter sky 7 shows how the creek has flooded its banks and into the woods which was a popular spot for transients to set up camp. How many of you are there . Reporter san jose has the countys only rescue team thats allowed to enter the water and this was their second rescue of the season. They work out of an inflatable boat wearing helmets, life vests and dry suits in water thats anything but inviting. It is contaminated water. And then theres the debris. All these years of drought have allowed garbage to collect along the waterways, plant material, rocks, that are all being displaced by the fastmoving walter and being carried downstream. Reporter using paddles instead of the boats motor, they got the two stranded people onboard and paddled their way back to shore. Both suffered hypothermia and one sustained minor injuries. I dont have any details on the injuries. Theyre both very cold and going to the hospital to get treated. Reporter first they had to take a very cold shower. The rescue was only complete once firefighters washed off the contaminated water, yet another reason they say for residents to stay far away. At coyote creek, Jonathan Bloom, abc 7 news. A road near oaklands airport continues to be impacted by the accident that happened this morning. Authorities say a driver lost control, slammed his vehicle into a power pole on dolittle drive. The pole cracked near its base and was in danger of falling. Crews closed the road to stabilize the power lines. It was very precarious. The road partially reopened this afternoon but repairs will continue until tomorrow. And you have to see this video. Terry robinson shared it with us. You see people helping remove a tree that came down on highway 17 at summit road. Look at them all there. That tree had blocked all lanes of 17. Traffic in the area is a mess. You can see all the red on highway 17. You see it there on this map as well as the red along 280 through san jose. Thats where theres a lot of flooding on the roadway. Remember, traffic and weather where you live all day every day with the abc 7 news app. Download it for free and enable push alerts to get breaking news updates sent right to your phone. All right, well, this is turning into a troubling trend. Jewish Community Centers targeted by bomb threats. Thats next. Antitrump activists seize a federal holiday to honor president s. Youll hear from local support rz of President Trump. A gray, rainy day today and meteorologist drew tuma looks at whether we will see any sun at all this february. Abc 7 news continues in just a moment. Today is president s day and many protesters are using it to demonstrate against president donald trump. These rallies behind me are in new york, atlanta and chicago. Here at home, many turned out for the rally in san jose despite the rain. A rally just wrapped up at the San Francisco Federal Building too, and thats where abc 7 News Reporter Carolyn Tyler is live with more. Carolyn . Reporter well, dan, all of the demonstrations were dubbed not my president s day and despite this weather, about three dozen or so protesters showed up across the street to denounce President Trump and everything from his immigration policies to his pick for education secretary. Not my president. Not my president. Reporter on this federal holiday, demonstrators rallied in the rain outside San Franciscos Federal Building to protest the presidency of donald trump. The protest here and in cities all over the country come exactly one month after mr. Trump took office. In san jose, protesters gathered outside City Hall Plaza to oppose what they called the president s regressive agenda. Retired superior court judge ladoris kordell says its impossible to honor the office on this president s day. As long as donald trump fails to recognize that he is our public servant. That he works for us. We have a president who is actually delivering on his campaign promises. Reporter jason clark is chair of the San Francisco republican party. When you go out and say not my president i think its more destructive and obstructive than going out and saying, okay, heres an issue, lets advocate for this issue. Reporter the president of the San Francisco Young Democrats tells us they are urging demonstrators to back up their outrage with action. Were also asking folks to donate or volunteer hours at a number of community organizations, anything from, you know, the American Civil Liberties union to planned parenthood, et cetera. Reporter for his part donald trump tweeted happy president s day, make America Great again. No mention of the continuing opposition to his presidency. Carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. New at 5 00, the fbis investigating more bomb threats at jewish Community Centers across the country. 11 locations were targeted today. This follows three days of bomb threats last month at dozens of jewish Community Centers. The one in san rafael was one of them. All of the incidents today and last month were determined to be hoaxes. The white house issued a statement on the threats saying, quote, hatred and hatemotivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom. The president has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable. Lets move on and back to the weather for a few minutes. Todays rain has caused more flooding and that has a lot of people wondering about whether they should get insurance for that. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is here with na. The fine print is super complicated. The rules of thumb not so much. With the rain still falling, there are plenty of questions being asked about homeowners insurance. The rules like i say are Pretty Simple for rules of thumb. If water is coming from the sky, damages your house, think rain, then youre probably covered with homeowners insurance. If water is rising, think in terms of a stream or a river, youre not covered by homeowners. That is where Flood Insurance kicks in. If you have it, most people dont. Mudslides are generally not covered by homeowners and often not covered by Flood Insurance either. The exception is if the water is carrying the mud. Then it does cover it. Are you keeping up with this . There is an Earth Movement policy commonly called difference in conditions, but it is very expensive and rarely, rarely, if ever, purchased. A couple of weeks back i reported on things that come with trust funds. Siblings who have been waiting for an option for months after our show have now been adopted by a sonoma woman who wants to keep her identical private. Now, she had seen these cats before and seen the posters. Then she watched them on tv. We highlighted the cats on our newscast and on facebook live. The two cats come with a 3500 trust fund that can be used only for their care. Mill valleys Kitty Charm School put the whole thing together. Want to save a quick 5 or 10 on nearly everything you buy . You can just by selecting which day you make your purchase. Really the shopping rebate app ibotta found you can save big bucks just by waiting a day or two. Heres brian leetch, founder and ceo. We thought people would just want to know that if they bought their beer on a monday, they would on average pay 9 less than if they bought their beer on a saturday. If you are buying beauty products, those tend to be around 11 cheaper when you buy them monday versus if you buy them on a sunday. Ibotta looked at 50 million receipts submitted over three years. The big takeaway, get this, shopping on weekends tends to be more expensive for many items, like snacks, Beauty Supplies and beer. Really . Yeah, about 8 to 10 . Good to know. Thanks, michael. Well, after years of drought, much of the bay area is experiencing a deluge of rain. So much so were all wondering is this ever going to end . Meteorologist drew tuma is here with a long range forecast. Yeah, at this point people arent asking when its going to rain, they want to know when the sun will come out and for good reason. Only four days this month have we had completely dry weather. Look at that, the map shaded in green showing you 16 days in february we had rain. So everybody wants to know what can we expect for the next several weeks . A good indicator is temperature. The reason why storms love to bring in colder air, so the temperature outlook, this is for the next three or four weeks, well below normal across much of the west coast. What that means, likely that storm track once again will set up shop right over california. So what can we expect not only to end february but also into march . More moderate storms ranking a 2 on the storm impact scale. I would expect at least one more Atmospheric River event before the rainy season is over. Below average temperatures and above average rainfall. Certainly adding to those rain totals today. More on that. Ill send it over to sandhya patel. And the Atmospheric River is what contributed to the rainfall that weve been seeing today. Take a look at live doppler 7 and youll see it is still coming down in parts of the bay area. Liht to moderate in the east bay. As we take you to street level dublin across 580 into livermore, its a good thing that many people are off today and its not a high commute time. As you look from burlingame to bunker hill road seeing pockets of moderate rain. The Santa Cruz Mountains getting slammed with moderate to heavy rain right now. And in the south bay, it has lightened up in places like san jose. But look at the totals. San jose over an inch and a half, ben lomond more than 5 inches of rain. This is all because of the pineapple express, the stream of moisture coming right at us. San francisco, oakland, mill valley well over an inch, livermore as well. Notice st. Helena 2. 33. I do want to tell you many of these cities, these cities that are listed here, San Francisco, oakland, sfo, santa rosa, livermore, have exceeded their yearly rainfall already and this is since october 1st. Were not even done with the rainy season so this is a good sign obviously from our perspective of not having enough water. Remember, we need to replenish our groundwater supply. Even though were out of a drought. In the sierra it is turning to snow. Chain controls on all roads leading to the tahoe area. If youre off this week, winter storm warning continues until 10 00 tonight. They are going to be counting the snow in feet in places like donner. 40 inches expected. So some fresh powder for them. Temperatures right now in the 50s, 60s. A look at our storm impact scale. We currently have a strong system, a 3 on our storm impact scale. Tonight well continue to see scattered downpours, flash floods and Amy Mcwilliams<\/a> hope they catch their flight to sydney tonight, while a family from Mountain View<\/a> wondered if theyd get home. We hope that we had enough charge. Reporter downed trees, standing water and whipping winds, making petaluma precarious. In petaluma, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Crews around marin county are working to clean up mudslides. This one shut down Paradise Drive<\/a> in tiburon for more than ten hours. Lets get to meteorologist sandhya patel for the latest. Lets check out live doppler 7. The entire bay area is lit up in green or yellow indicating that it is raining out there. Its a soggy start to your week. Street level radar, pleasanton, 580 seeing moderate pockets of rain. San francisco down the peninsula, it is lighter. And around the north bay were seeing pockets of moderate rain around novato, ignacio plv boulevard. As we head into the south bay into los altos to campbell, saratoga avenue, there are some downpours between san martin and gilroy. We do have a number of warnings. A Flood Warning<\/a> continues for coyote creek and a flash Flood Warning<\/a> for the other part of coyote creek. Weve already seen flooding. When you get more rain, 1 to 5 inches already in the bay area on top of saturated ground, youll see more potential for flooding. We also have a flash Flood Warning<\/a> until 6 30 tonight for alameda creek. On our storm impact scale, this is a strong storm, continues as a category 3. Scattered downpours, flash flood and Flood Warning<\/a>s, winds will increase 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. As you take a look at the satellite, the moisture source is extending all the way back towards hawaii. What we call an Atmospheric River<\/a> or pineapple express. This is why were not done with the drenching yet. Hourbyhour look at whats ahead and how long well remain in this category 3 coming up. Dan. Check out the water rushing across a roadway. This is no accounted a. Water officials opened a spillway for the first time in 20 years. They wanted to alleviate pressure at the don pedro reservoir. The sheriff has called for voluntary evacuations. Laura anthony is live in Stanislaus County<\/a> with the story. Laura. Reporter hi, dan. We havent seen this in two decades. Im standing at the end of a closed roadway here. You can see the spray behind me from the spillway just opened at 3 00 this afternoon. Now, this is a novelty for some, but with serious consequences for those living downstream. With a major spillway set to open, police went door to door in this lowlying rv park in modesto, urging people to get out before its too late. So far i havent met anyone thats actually going anywhere. It is concerning, especially when theres health issues, medical emergencies, and the trucks and ambulance cant get down to them. We want to give people an opportunity to collect their belongings and move to higher ground. Reporter for the first time in 20 years, officials opened the spillway at the don pedro reservoir, californias second largest dam. This decision was made in conjunction with the army corps of engineers. In order to minimize downstream flows that could potentially be damaging reporter that means the already swollen tuolome river could go up another five feet. Theyre saying this could raise another five feet. So every foot it rises, it moves 18 feet up land. Reporter some are choosing to stay or at least leave their rigs, protect them as best they can, and hope for the best. So what are you guys doing . Covering the roof so it doesnt leak that much. Reporter the river is coming up. They expect it may come up more. I know. Im just going to put more sandbags. Reporter the Stanislaus County<\/a> sheriff has a message for anyone thinking about taking advantage of those who do leave their homes. If you decide that you want to exploit them, guarantee there will be a strong response from the sheriffs office. Reporter were back live here. You can see the spray from the spillway. The plan at this point is to leave this open for at least four days. That is to hope to get the level down to a safe level so they can bring more water in or set more water into the reservoir, and theyre expecting that this water will flow down to places like modesto tonight or tomorrow morning. So there will be a delayed effect. Live at lake don pedro, laura anthony, abc 7 news. Thank you, laura. Dozens of people have opinion told to grab essentials and leave their homes in lake port, a city on clear lake. They issued evacuations for the aqua village mobile home park. The red cross has set up a shelter at the Seventh Day Adventist<\/a> church. Water overflowing from Anderson Reservoir<\/a> may force evacuations in san jose. This was taken by firefighters. It shows water rising above the mobile homes. The trailer park on oakland road is located right next to coyote creek. Firefighters are pumping water out of that lot, but if the water keeps rising, as many as 40 homes on oakland road may have to be evacuated. Flooding on another part of coyote creek led to two people having to be rescued. Abc 7 News Reporter<\/a> Jonathan Bloom<\/a> was there and joins us live with the story. Jonathan. Reporter thats right, dan and ama. Were here in morgan hill for the start of this story. This is where it all originates. There is a water fall right here at the edge of this neighborhood, not something you see every day. But as beautiful and magnificent as it may be, that water fall can cause a lot of problems. That is the Anderson Lake<\/a> spillway and it drains, yes, into coyote creek. So farther on downstream, coyote creek has turned into essentially a rushing river, and that has been where firefighters have been out all day pentagresg to calls for help. The 911 call came from an island in the middle of coyote creek. The water was rising on both sides of a piece of land that they used to be able to walk to. And so that became an island . It became an island. It wasnt an island a week ago. Reporter sky 7 shows how the creek has flooded its banks and into the woods which was a popular spot for transients to set up camp. How many of you are there . Reporter san jose has the countys only rescue team thats allowed to enter the water and this was their second rescue of the season. They work out of an inflatable boat wearing helmets, life vests and dry suits in water thats anything but inviting. It is contaminated water. And then theres the debris. All these years of drought have allowed garbage to collect along the waterways, plant material, rocks, that are all being displaced by the fastmoving walter and being carried downstream. Reporter using paddles instead of the boats motor, they got the two stranded people onboard and paddled their way back to shore. Both suffered hypothermia and one sustained minor injuries. I dont have any details on the injuries. Theyre both very cold and going to the hospital to get treated. Reporter first they had to take a very cold shower. The rescue was only complete once firefighters washed off the contaminated water, yet another reason they say for residents to stay far away. At coyote creek, Jonathan Bloom<\/a>, abc 7 news. A road near oaklands airport continues to be impacted by the accident that happened this morning. Authorities say a driver lost control, slammed his vehicle into a power pole on dolittle drive. The pole cracked near its base and was in danger of falling. Crews closed the road to stabilize the power lines. It was very precarious. The road partially reopened this afternoon but repairs will continue until tomorrow. And you have to see this video. Terry robinson shared it with us. You see people helping remove a tree that came down on highway 17 at summit road. Look at them all there. That tree had blocked all lanes of 17. Traffic in the area is a mess. You can see all the red on highway 17. You see it there on this map as well as the red along 280 through san jose. Thats where theres a lot of flooding on the roadway. Remember, traffic and weather where you live all day every day with the abc 7 news app. Download it for free and enable push alerts to get breaking news updates sent right to your phone. All right, well, this is turning into a troubling trend. Jewish Community Centers<\/a> targeted by bomb threats. Thats next. Antitrump activists seize a federal holiday to honor president s. Youll hear from local support rz of President Trump<\/a>. A gray, rainy day today and meteorologist drew tuma looks at whether we will see any sun at all this february. Abc 7 news continues in just a moment. Today is president s day and many protesters are using it to demonstrate against president donald trump. These rallies behind me are in new york, atlanta and chicago. Here at home, many turned out for the rally in san jose despite the rain. A rally just wrapped up at the San Francisco<\/a> Federal Building<\/a> too, and thats where abc 7 News Reporter<\/a> Carolyn Tyler<\/a> is live with more. Carolyn . Reporter well, dan, all of the demonstrations were dubbed not my president s day and despite this weather, about three dozen or so protesters showed up across the street to denounce President Trump<\/a> and everything from his immigration policies to his pick for education secretary. Not my president. Not my president. Reporter on this federal holiday, demonstrators rallied in the rain outside San Francisco<\/a>s Federal Building<\/a> to protest the presidency of donald trump. The protest here and in cities all over the country come exactly one month after mr. Trump took office. In san jose, protesters gathered outside City Hall Plaza<\/a> to oppose what they called the president s regressive agenda. Retired superior court judge ladoris kordell says its impossible to honor the office on this president s day. As long as donald trump fails to recognize that he is our public servant. That he works for us. We have a president who is actually delivering on his campaign promises. Reporter jason clark is chair of the San Francisco<\/a> republican party. When you go out and say not my president i think its more destructive and obstructive than going out and saying, okay, heres an issue, lets advocate for this issue. Reporter the president of the San Francisco<\/a> Young Democrats<\/a> tells us they are urging demonstrators to back up their outrage with action. Were also asking folks to donate or volunteer hours at a number of community organizations, anything from, you know, the American Civil Liberties<\/a> union to planned parenthood, et cetera. Reporter for his part donald trump tweeted happy president s day, make America Great<\/a> again. No mention of the continuing opposition to his presidency. Carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. New at 5 00, the fbis investigating more bomb threats at jewish Community Centers<\/a> across the country. 11 locations were targeted today. This follows three days of bomb threats last month at dozens of jewish Community Centers<\/a>. The one in san rafael was one of them. All of the incidents today and last month were determined to be hoaxes. The white house issued a statement on the threats saying, quote, hatred and hatemotivated violence of any kind have no place in a country founded on the promise of individual freedom. The president has made it abundantly clear that these actions are unacceptable. Lets move on and back to the weather for a few minutes. Todays rain has caused more flooding and that has a lot of people wondering about whether they should get insurance for that. 7 on your sides Michael Finney<\/a> is here with na. The fine print is super complicated. The rules of thumb not so much. With the rain still falling, there are plenty of questions being asked about homeowners insurance. The rules like i say are Pretty Simple<\/a> for rules of thumb. If water is coming from the sky, damages your house, think rain, then youre probably covered with homeowners insurance. If water is rising, think in terms of a stream or a river, youre not covered by homeowners. That is where Flood Insurance<\/a> kicks in. If you have it, most people dont. Mudslides are generally not covered by homeowners and often not covered by Flood Insurance<\/a> either. The exception is if the water is carrying the mud. Then it does cover it. Are you keeping up with this . There is an Earth Movement<\/a> policy commonly called difference in conditions, but it is very expensive and rarely, rarely, if ever, purchased. A couple of weeks back i reported on things that come with trust funds. Siblings who have been waiting for an option for months after our show have now been adopted by a sonoma woman who wants to keep her identical private. Now, she had seen these cats before and seen the posters. Then she watched them on tv. We highlighted the cats on our newscast and on facebook live. The two cats come with a 3500 trust fund that can be used only for their care. Mill valleys Kitty Charm School<\/a> put the whole thing together. Want to save a quick 5 or 10 on nearly everything you buy . You can just by selecting which day you make your purchase. Really the shopping rebate app ibotta found you can save big bucks just by waiting a day or two. Heres brian leetch, founder and ceo. We thought people would just want to know that if they bought their beer on a monday, they would on average pay 9 less than if they bought their beer on a saturday. If you are buying beauty products, those tend to be around 11 cheaper when you buy them monday versus if you buy them on a sunday. Ibotta looked at 50 million receipts submitted over three years. The big takeaway, get this, shopping on weekends tends to be more expensive for many items, like snacks, Beauty Supplies<\/a> and beer. Really . Yeah, about 8 to 10 . Good to know. Thanks, michael. Well, after years of drought, much of the bay area is experiencing a deluge of rain. So much so were all wondering is this ever going to end . Meteorologist drew tuma is here with a long range forecast. Yeah, at this point people arent asking when its going to rain, they want to know when the sun will come out and for good reason. Only four days this month have we had completely dry weather. Look at that, the map shaded in green showing you 16 days in february we had rain. So everybody wants to know what can we expect for the next several weeks . A good indicator is temperature. The reason why storms love to bring in colder air, so the temperature outlook, this is for the next three or four weeks, well below normal across much of the west coast. What that means, likely that storm track once again will set up shop right over california. So what can we expect not only to end february but also into march . More moderate storms ranking a 2 on the storm impact scale. I would expect at least one more Atmospheric River<\/a> event before the rainy season is over. Below average temperatures and above average rainfall. Certainly adding to those rain totals today. More on that. Ill send it over to sandhya patel. And the Atmospheric River<\/a> is what contributed to the rainfall that weve been seeing today. Take a look at live doppler 7 and youll see it is still coming down in parts of the bay area. Liht to moderate in the east bay. As we take you to street level dublin across 580 into livermore, its a good thing that many people are off today and its not a high commute time. As you look from burlingame to bunker hill road seeing pockets of moderate rain. The Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> getting slammed with moderate to heavy rain right now. And in the south bay, it has lightened up in places like san jose. But look at the totals. San jose over an inch and a half, ben lomond more than 5 inches of rain. This is all because of the pineapple express, the stream of moisture coming right at us. San francisco, oakland, mill valley well over an inch, livermore as well. Notice st. Helena 2. 33. I do want to tell you many of these cities, these cities that are listed here, San Francisco<\/a>, oakland, sfo, santa rosa, livermore, have exceeded their yearly rainfall already and this is since october 1st. Were not even done with the rainy season so this is a good sign obviously from our perspective of not having enough water. Remember, we need to replenish our groundwater supply. Even though were out of a drought. In the sierra it is turning to snow. Chain controls on all roads leading to the tahoe area. If youre off this week, winter storm warning continues until 10 00 tonight. They are going to be counting the snow in feet in places like donner. 40 inches expected. So some fresh powder for them. Temperatures right now in the 50s, 60s. A look at our storm impact scale. We currently have a strong system, a 3 on our storm impact scale. Tonight well continue to see scattered downpours, flash floods and Flood Warning<\/a>s continue. The winds will increase. 40 to 60mileperhour gusts later on tonight. We do have a flood watch until 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. Heavy rain continuing to cause rapid rise in streams, creeks. Watch out for rock and mudslides. Heres the hourbyhour forecast. You see pockets of moderate rain between 6 00 and 7 00. At 10 00 p. M. If youre thinking about taking a little walk, still watch out for rainy conditions out there. Midnight, scattered showers and we will continue that theme into tuesday, which leads us to our high wind warning. Southerlily wind gusts could reach up to 60 Miles Per Hour<\/a> at the coast and higher terrain. Downed trees and power lines not out of the question. Lower elevations under a wind advisory until 3 00 a. M. , gusts to 50 miles an hour. This is later tonight. So heres a look at those wind gusts. At 9 00 p. M. , this is lower elevations could be approaching 40 miles an hour. Around midnight still gufsty. But tomorrow morning winds ease up. It is going to be breezy. Our storm impact scale tomorrow becomes a light system, a 1. Morning showers, isolated chance in the afternoon and the winds do relax. Hourbyhour forecast, midnight those showers are going. Around commute time back to work for many of you. 5 00 a. M. , light to moderate showers. Same at 6 00 and 7 00. About noon time theyll become less widespread and then really isolated at best for the evening commute. In terms of our rainfall totals, from 7 00 tonight all the way through 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow were looking at an additional over an inch of rain in some spots so just keep that in mind. Tomorrow morning temperatures 40s, 50s. Youll need the rain gear tomorrow afternoon. You also need the shades. Cooler day, mid50s to the low 60s. You can download the abc 7 news app and keep track of these storms with live doppler 7. If we do need to send you a push alert, well send it out to you. The accuweather sevenday is showing a 1 on our storm impact scale for tuesday, wednesday, light systems. A few showers. Thursday you get that chance to dry out. Friday night chance of some rain but its really on saturday and oscar sunday were looking at another system returning with rain coming into the picture. Monday could see not just lingering clouds but rainfall by nighttime. Thats something else. Sandhya, thank you. Well, todays rain didnt stop hundreds from lining up outside in San Francisco<\/a>. Yeah, just ahead, the special screening of the Ground Breaking<\/a> abc died by suicides in states where samesex marriage is legal. Thats the finding of new research out of Johns Hopkins<\/a> university. The biggest impact was on gay and bisexual teenagers with the overall rate of suicide attempts dropping 4 . Again, this is Johns Hopkins<\/a> University Information<\/a> with a small decrease for teenagers. Researchers say the marriage measures may create more tolerance and less bullying. The findings dont prove theres a connection between the laws and suicide attempts, but researchers say policy makers should be aware of the measures potential health benefits. Right now hundreds of people in San Francisco<\/a> are getting an early look at the upcoming abc docu series when we rise. People waited in the rain before the special screening started this afternoon. I chronicles the personal and political struggles of lgbt men and women who fought for equality. Some of it was filmed here in San Francisco<\/a> and it was partly inspired by the memoir of cleve jones who was mentored by gay rights pioneer harvey milk. It also weaves in the stories of some of my dearest friends, people ive worked with over the decades here in San Francisco<\/a>, and that makes it particularly wonderful because were all still friends and still doing the work together. When we rise premieres next monday here on abc 7. Well, we are now under one week away from the oscars. Hours and hours of hard work must be put in first before the show can start obviously. Thats next. First we want to thank abc 7 news viewer brandon for this picture from San Francisco<\/a>. Its gorgeous, a beautiful sunset before this latest storm system. You can share your pictures with us on social media using coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 6 00 i ran over and asked him for help. He basically said im the one who shot you. New at 6 00, a man grazed by a snipers bullet challenges oakland police. He says fridays deadly standoff could have been avoided. Also the local river rising at an amazing clip putting residents at risk, plus the cities that have already received a years worth of rain. And the change of tone from provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos<\/a> following comments that cost him a big book deal. Thats all coming up on abc 7 news at 6 00. Finally tonight, all the wow of the oscars, it takes a lot of work. Its a lot of work. In fact the setup has taken over parts of tinsel town completely. Streets around the dolby theater are closed as they transform it into the worlds red carpet. Many people in the area dont seem to mind. I havent seen it shut down before, but so far getting around hasnt been too much of a problem. I mean its not ready yet, its not set up yet, but it looks like its going to be pretty big, know. One nominee has already gone down in oscar history. La la land ties with alltime record holders, all about eve and titanic for most nominations, thats 14. You can watch the oscars live only here on abc 7 this sunday. The live coverage begins at 2 00. Jimmy kimmel is hosting for the first Time Starting<\/a> at 5 30. World news tonight is next. For all of us here, thank you for jo tonight, several breaking stories. President trumps new pick after firing general flynn. Tonight, his new choice for National Security<\/a> adviser. General h. R. Mcmaster. What we know about him already. Our Team Standing<\/a> by. Also breaking, several tornadoes. Four confirmed. More than 100 homes hit. A train blown right off the tracks. Were there tonight. Two officers suddenly facing fire. Responding to an accident, when a man pulls out a gun. One officer dead tonight. The major new headline at this hour after two girls are discovered dead in the woods. Their final snapchats, and tonight, the new development involving this man. And the Airport Security<\/a> breach. Tonight, the new surveillance right here. 11 people passing through the security checkpoint in new york city. 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