And heavier cell right here pushing out of richmond. Watch out 580, you are looking at heavy rain right there. Take a look at south bay, blossom hill road, san jose, almaden expressway, it is really coming down, down around watsonville a break. Within the next hour to an hour and a half, this system continues to sink to the south and east. Then well get into a break. Details and foggy sunday is coming up. Katie continuing our storm coverage, we want to take you live to in as many. That is where he take you live to san mateo. Good morning. Reporter the rain is not as heavy as it was when i last saw you. Its moderate rain right now, but it is steady and like before it is windy and wind is pushing it in gusts. Horizontally, were here in a fairly empty parking lot. I think people are arriving to work to set up shop but we are pretty alone and cold. The wind gusts that are pushing the rain horizontally are creating standing water across san mateo, parts of san mateo. I would imagine most people wont be standing out in the rain at any time this morning. If you headed out to last minute shotgun or hitting road to go visit family and friends for the holiday, be sure to allow you extra time. Be sure to check your abc app, i have my phone in a bag so it doesnt get wet. But i see that more rain is headed our way for the peninsula and headed south. My photographer and i were bracing ourselves for more wind, more rain and a little more chilly temperatures will bring you the latest in about 30 minutes. For now, were live in san mateo abc7 nice. Katie happening right now, chp says both directions of highway 1 in marin county near olema is blocked. Drivers are advised to avoid the area otherwise expect delays. No estimated time for the roadway to reopen. The wet weather has been causing different problems all over the bay area. Some of those problems may linger for the next fou few days joe stopped at the waters edge west of santa rosa and decided to roll the dice. Came through a couple of hours ago it was pretty light but i thought i could make it through this time. Unlike these trucks and suvs that made it across, the toyota got swamped in a foot and a half of water just like the car before him. Saw a found out otherwise. Michelle and her husband narrowly escaped serious injury when this douglas fir crashed through their home. It just crashed. I was probably two feet, i was underneath all this rubble. Also in marin county, floodwaters shut down a portion of highway 1 south of tomales and petaluma road. In pacifica, crabbers are playing it safe. They wont head back out for at least two more days. Back here, public crews were patching up potholes from the last storm that swept through here. They expect to have a lot of work to do in the coming days. Crews in mendocino are preparing a huge sinkhole that opened up just as truck was driving by on 162 this morning, the semi was torn apart when the gaping hole gave way but the driver was not hurt. Caltrans is working to have the road passable some time today. You may remember a sinkhole in lafayette earlier this month. It has been repaired. The mayor ghrialtd crews for getting it fixed by yesterday which was ahead of schedule. A 56yearold woman has died from her injuries after a hitandrun injury. Rescuers lifted three people off the hillside off the Christmas Tree road after they were hit by a car. A foot pedestrian was also hurt. Police did find and arrest the 23yearold driver. California law banning therapy aiming at turning gay minors straight has been blocked by a federal court of pleams. The law was passed in the state legislature and signed by the governor but the court blocked the law to take effect until it can hear arguments on whether or not it is constitutional. The last weekend before Christmas Shopping frenzy is under way and retailers are trying something new to help the last minute shoppers 24hour sales. All the last minute stuff, i got but i still have a few to go, but im close. Reporter richard is last minute shopper who has come to mall. They have en ties. For people like humphrey. There are some offering 75 off but full two days of shopping and sales is macys this is one of more of 800 Stores Nationwide that is staying open a full 48 hours. The idea is to make sure that shoppers can find a store open. Im concerned about who they will have coming in at 3 00 in the morning and shop. That is kind of crazy. 57 macys stores will stay open around the clock until Christmas Eve. Bridge Point Shopping Center the Toys R Us Stores will stay open 24 hours until 10 00 p. M. Christmas eve. While that may seem excessive to some, he says it works all week. Its nice they are open 24 hours and i can get my gifts for my family. They say its too late to shop on line because the gifts wont be delivered by christmas day. Daly city police are going to be increasing patrols around this macys because it will be the only store open all night long. Katie coming up next, abc 7 news iteam takes on a dangerous south bay intersection. Dan noyes looks into the problem. And were continuing to track the storm as more rainfalls in the bay area. This is a live doppler 7hd, you can follow it in your city as lisa argen is doing for all of the bay area. Heavy rain and wind, as well. Good morning, you are looking at live at san jose where it is pouring. Scene is lot of places around the bay area and will be for the next couple of hours. 52 degrees down in san jose and i was watching a car going through the intersection and kicking up a lot of water. You be careful if you are heading out this morning. Katie a san jose parent is worried that children walking to school in her neighborhood will get hurt dodging cars in a busy intersection. Problem is in the seven trees neighborhood in san jose where there are five schools near central road and easy street. Dan noyes has the story. Reporter neighborhood children try to navigate an anxious line of commuters every morning here at corner of center road and easy street in san jose where there is no crosswalk. The cars arent even stopping to let us cross the street. If they do, i feel like i have to run because they are not stopping. There isnt much here to separate cars and kid. We saw how aggressive drivers use the entire stretch of this neighborhood road as a shortcut to get capital expressway or the freeway. How students are forced to walk close to the busy expressway. Some take their chances cutting between cars, car after car blocking the way. Many jay walk down street to avoid the intersection altogether. Its an issue to everyone that is here in this community. Reporter there have been no pedestrian accidents, there were 17 car crashes and many near misses. Sophia says she and her Young Children have come close to being hit more than once. This is huge problem. Im just like fed up with it. I have been taking my son to school since kindergarten. Since then, ive had to deal with this. Some parents have given up. I know a parent that lives down street. She drives her child to school when she could just cross the street. After we heard from her, we went to city hall. Weve known that for a while. Assistant city manager and Department Transportation manager say they are familiar with the problems in the area. They have installed Safety Measures here in the past, crossing guard on center road, speed monitors on occasion and stop signs and crosswalks in other parts of easy street but nothing at center and easy. Things are quiet we know all is well. When we start on to get, its time to relook at it as conditions changed. After our call, more changes are coming to easy street. It pointed out an issue. We are in response to what has come up, going to be installing a krouk e crosswalk there. We will be looking to see if it warrants a crossing guard there. We will be looking to do spot enforcement to learn correct behaviors. That means traffic tickets for speeders. We need people accountable for their action and taking pride in the community so doing the right thing is really the primary message. After the iteam called, he and city engineers walked the area themselves to see what was happening here. He is making lopez an offer. If they would like to do a walk along with us, were happy to walk to school with them and see the issues firsthand. Well make sure sophia gets the message and time line on the crosswalk is four to six weeks. Were told the city will hold more Safety Education in those schools to teach kids how to dial with the traffic and cut down some of the risky moves you saw. Katie bay area charity has put out a holiday wish list and its in dire need of christmas hams. St. Anthonys foundation needs to collect 500 hams so it can serve traditional christmas dinner. It made a similar appeal for curbing can i and was able to surpass its for turkeys and was able to is your sur pass its goal. You still have just a few hours to make sure bay area kids get a toy for christmas. East Palo Alto Police department is asking for last minute donations. Department provides more than 1500 toys to families every year. Organizers so far have come up short this year. Bring donations to East Palo Alto stil city hall until 9 00 this morning and toys will be handed out an hour later at 10 00. For most on that drive and others, go to abc7news. Com and click on see it on tv. Hopefully everyone will get what they need over the next few days. Everyone needs an umbrella. Lisa we have thunderstorms in the area and High Surf Advisory. A lot going on this morning. There is a little break from the roof cam you can see the embarcadero, elsewhere around the bay, north and south we are looking at very gusty winds, heavy rain. Well talk about a window of drier weather coming up in the next couple of hours. Then more heavy rain for your sunday. That is all coming up. Lisa also next, warriors get back on track with david lee again pitting up allstar numbers. Larry beil has yes you did. No i didnt, no i didnt. Yes you did, yes you did. No i didnt, no i didnt. Yes you did. Did not. [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. Get an 8 piece meal now with a dozen delicious cookstore. The kfc festive feast. All for just 19. 99. Today tastes so good. Katie well get right to lisa because its a mess out there. Lisa we have a little break in the city but not for long, as we head outside, lake tahoe under winter storm warning and looking at very gusty winds. Temperature is 33 degrees at tahoe Valley Airport and reporting light snow. Temperatures are hovering above freeing but looking at one to two feet in the tahoe basin. Closer to home, east side of san mateo you see the rainy weather, gusty winds up to 30 miles an hour out of southwest. Now in on the west side of san mateo near foster city, light to moderate here and everybody getting a good dose. Two and a half inches and three inches in the north bay in the last 24 hours. Some of the rain over the past hour in the north bay is, an a quarter of an inch an hour in some areas. South bay and also parts of the east bay but look at the north bay, you can see the rain line from Santa Rosa West of petaluma everyone looking at gusty winds from friends in the valley. Livermore gusting to 24 miles an hour. 30 miles an hour n over in hayward. 54 mileanhour wind gusts at sfo now reporting 3035 miles an hour with delays over an hour. Sonoma, east of highway 101 up through novato, big time rain, a little break here on the peninsula, San Francisco down through daly city but you have more rain offshore. Over into the east bay, look at all this rain, from the livermore valley, dublin, heavier up through san leandro and south bay, getting nailed right now with moderate to heavy rain. I along the coast, looking at gusty wind, more enhancement a as the wind and rain goes up over santa cruz mountain. Up to three to four inches. 53 in mountain view. 52 in san jose. Were looking at heaviest rain right now through the next two hours or so as it sweeps through the bay area. Then scattered thunderstorms in addition to that and another round of heavy rain this time tomorrow. Were looking at a High Surf Advisory until 4 00 this afternoon. Swells 1619 feet so this impulse pushing through the bay area and cold air behind the system but we do have a little break. Take a look at 9 00, 10 00 in the morning, scattered showers through the rest of the day. This is huge because tomorrow another round of very heavy rain right through the morning and this time through the midday. It doesnt look like until the later afternoon we clear on out. This is through tomorrow. Still looking at several inches from the south bay up to 4 inches in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Inch and a half to three inches around the central bay. Here the winter storm warning we are looking at 25 feet above 4,000 feet. This has brought in warmer air so the snow levels have begun to rise around lake county. Rainsnow mix but right now, looking at rain changing through showers through the rest of the morning, next two hours or so. Still looking at possibility of rain but the heaviest rain comes in again tomorrow. A break Christmas Eve and more on christmas day. Be careful. Katie thank you, lisa. We want to our reporter from new york to tell us what is coming up at 7 00. Good morning to you. Huge holiday headache, snow and wind causing misery for millions of travelers including ginger zee. What happened when she tried to go from iowa to chicago . Youll have to see. Retailers plan marathon hours as they try to help the Holiday Shopping numbers. One is opened 583 straight hours. Is 3 00 a. M. The best time to shop . Some of the deals i can get then. Plus, an activist ben affleck will talk about going into politics. Will his next career move be going into office . And magic moment. Watch him turn a pile of dirt and rock into a diamond Engagement Ring and pop the question to the unsuspecting girlfriend. The happy couple will join us live to tell us all about it. The good news is she said yes, katie, it would have been bad if she said no. Katie thank you. In sports tonight the warriors face kobe bryant and oracle. Golden state played the Charlotte Bobcats. Larry beil has the highlights. Good morning, after losing to sacramento, warriors were back home against light night the Charlotte Bobcats that came in with a 13 game losing streak. Warriors passing suburb. David lee behind, to drop it off nicely. David lee deserves not be the allstar game, jeff curry, penetrating, lee with authority. Curry with 8 threes in this game. Lee and curry fchbs with 27 points. Curry finds coverage and perry with the long two. That was tenth assist and got the triple double they play lakers tonight. With under two minutes left. Wildcats, three of his 12. Tied it up at 67. Stanford at an 18point lead and he counters with his own. 11 seconds left, down last chance for northwestern, no he couldnt get it to go. Stanford hangs on 7068 and 84 on the season. To the n. F. L. , justin smith did more rehab on his injured elbow. 49ers is being nebulous as whether hell be able to play. Official Injury Report smith is questionable. He hasnt practiced at all this week. His streak of starts very in jeopardy. Ricky will get the started and he says she ready. Tampa bay, Everybody Knows to have him play or start. But that is the best part about it. Which will come first, the as move to san jose or the real end of the world as predicted by the mayans . As a result, as owner sent a letter to oakland mayor requesting a fiveyear extension to remain in oakland. The as lease is up next season at coliseum. Wolf still wants to move the as ultimately to san jose but the team needs a place to play in the meantime,. That is wrap on morning sports. Have a great weekend everybody. Im larry beil. Coming up next, the storm is bringing more snow to the sierra. Well tell you how much could fall this weekend. Live in san mateo where the wind and rain are steadily coming down. Well have the live report after the break and let you know how long it will last. 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From American Canyon through sonoma, highway 1, rohnert park, petaluma, break across into berkeley right now. San francisco is looking at more heavy rain, sloat boulevard, down to moss beach, half moon bay, taking you to east bay with rain everywhere. Light to moderate, dublin, 580 and 680. This is san jose, very heavy rain. A report of gusty winds and thunderstorms rolling through this area. So the rain from half an inch to threequarters of an inch in the next hour from watsonville to the south bay. Santa cruz mountains, but we are looking at a little bit of break pushing through the bay area in the north bay. Katie continuing our storm watch coverage, well head to the peninsula where other reporter has been keeping an eye on the storm all morning. Steady rain, at times coming down horizontally you said. Reporter you said. Earlier it was. Unfortunately for television purposes it is not coming down as hard as it was. Its better for me. I was just looking at my alive doppler 7hd on my abc 7 news app, a break is on the way to san mateo which is good for us. As i said, for the news, we need more rain. Well be following it after were done here. Lets take you to some video we shot 15 minutes ago when the rain was coming down more heavily. Wind gusts are pushing the rain horizontally. There is standing water on the roadways in san mateo. We want you to be safe