Bridge this morning and light traffic conditions. Down three lanes in the southbound direction, two north light week this week traffic wise between christmas sonoma flooding 121, 12 closed at 8th in shellville area due to road being closed and flooded. Terry mcsweeney will have an update in a bit. South 101 washington petaluma clearing stages of that accident could be cleared by now. North 680 at mckey, accident in san jose, first reports east al 0 at eden canyon of an accident. You just said it, at 121 and 12 still impassable. Terry mcsweeney is there with more on when the intersection might reopen. Reporter the best i can give you is sometime today. Folks here did not get what they wanted for christmas, a new road. Every time they have heavy downpours and high tide this is what happens here at 12 and 121. Pictures from last night give you a better idea of what it looks like cars couldnt get through, too much water, combination of the down poeur and high tide sometimes downpour and high tide, American Canyon, water piled up highway 12 and red top road, same story in richmond, over on mcdonald avenue, same story in berkeley probably wherever it was you were yesterday you had a moment of downpour, then there is what the story of people who didnt have enough water. We have bottle water. Reporter a woman who lives in marin county near mount tam last night the water main broke and there she was with water, water, everywhere not a drop to drink except for bottled water she had. Another problem on summit road they are concerned when the main broke it might have done damage under the lanes they will check that out it was closed for a time overnight. Here at 12 and 121 its is the same old story, closed. Opening sometime later today. Terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. If you are heading through the Santa Cruz Mountains today you might want to give yourself extra time to get where you are going hillsides are sat waited, prone to rock and mudslides like one near boulder creek, crews are on alert. Stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage on the showers. You can track the wet weather any time with live doppler 7 hd at abc7news. Com. 6 04. Severe weather throughout the south is blamed for three deaths. Video of a tornado touching down near mobile, alabama last night. The tornado blew out transformers leaving thousands without power and damaged homes, high school and a church several injuries are reported this is one of 30 tornadoes that hit the Gulf Coast Region yesterday, coming up, well have more on the tornadoes in the south plus the other Severe Weather that could impact Holiday Travel. Happening right now, the day after christmas that means a lot of you will be heading back to the mall this morning to take advantage of after christmas sales. At the Hillsdale Shopping Center in san mateo some stores Like Old Navy are open now. Has been open an hour. Big deals today, stores are trying to turn around disappointing holiday sales with deep discounts. New report says holiday sales did increase but only by. 7 over the last year. Many shoppers will be making returns today. They are advised to check return policies carefully. Target is among the stores that has changed its policy this year. The big box retailer has a 30 day return window for electronics, down from four five days previously. The 30 day 30 day window does not start until today applies to all purchased after november 1st. We are learning more about the Christmas Eve outage that disrupted netflix. We told you yesterday the los gatosbased company blamed the outage on amazons Cloud Service now netflix is explaining further saying the failure was due to issues at the Amazon Web ServicesCloud Computing center in virginia the outage lasted into Christmas Netflix is trying to figure out how to prevent a similar outage in the future. The season of giving is not over. How about a free ride . To celebrate 100 years in service muni is giving complimentry rides this weekend, bus, light rail, cable cars and street cars. The deal begins 5 a. M. Friday until 5 a. M. Saturday many muni is the countrys oldest publicly owned Transit System and as it does every year, muni will offer the trips on new years eve as well. Traffic and weather together are next on the abc7 morning news. Heres a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge, meteorologist mike nicco will have your full forecast. Well also check with sue hall in the traffic center. Also, paid to be fit. The new plan now under consideration in San Francisco to get City Employees in shape. Welcome back. Port of oakland towards San Francisco around at t 80 to daly city, colma, moderate shower now. Castro valley moderate shower also sliding down across the dumbarton bridge towards redwood city woodside towards los altos, palo alto and going to make night Mountain View and into san jose. A few more scattered showers to the authority, sliding to the southeast. Today we are going to have waves of light to moderate showers temperatures in the low to mid 50s. Lots of rain in the bay area lots of snow in the sierra, chain requirements live shot of tate, truckee scales, snow on the road piled up on the side of the road great for skiers not good for drivers now if you are headed there patience and flexible schedule is key as well as chains and or four wheel drive. Closer to home, mass transit delays, caltrain southbound train delay due to mechanical problems, ace 1 delay into san jose with mechanical problems bart is on time. Accident north 680 at mckey. 6 11. San Francisco City officials could soon pay workers to take care of themselveses away to save on health care. The city is trying to come up with a plan in response to a recent study that found at least 66 of workers were overweight or obese and so were 35 of their kids. The plan is expected to include financial incentives to stay in shape. 7 on your side and Consumer Reports take a look at home theater systems. First tornado outbreak [ inaudible ] welcome back. Good morning im meteorologist mike nicco. San rafael, sir Francis Drake boulevard, larkspur down 101 towards donahue street and tiburon, sausalito and belvedere some of the better radar returns now more guerneville, occidental, that area, bodega bay, heading towards windsor, sliding towards santa rosa, cotati and petaluma waves of showers continue this morning and will continue into the afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 50s. A break from the rain tomorrow light rain develops friday afternoon, better chance of rain saturday. 6 15. People from texas to alabama are surveying damage this morning after severe storms triggered more than 30 tornadoes Christmas Day. Blizzardlike conditions in the nations heartland could make travel difficult. Wendy gillette joins us live from new york city. Reporter good morning. The National Weather service has received reports of 34 tornadoes in four states, now this powerful system is moving east. This is just one of more than 30 reported tornadoes that touched down on Christmas Day. Leaving heavy damage. This one roared through alabama mobile, alabama tearing down parts of the church and downtown businesses. Another twister hit mississippi, blowing insulation into trees and khc peeling back walls of homes. There were some injuries reported, no deaths. Judging from some of the damage we witnessed today it is a miracle that no one was hurt any worse than they were. Reporter further east in the state in stone county, theresa and her boyfriend took shelter in their truck. Started jerking us and spinning us. Reporter the same fastmoving storms brought braise conditions to parts of the countrys mid section, causing 21 vehicle pileup in oklahoma city, the system is heading east bringing treacherous conditions on the day after christmas, often a Business Travel day. Enough of a threat for some in clevelandg z to stock up. Im ready to go. Get what we needed and go home. Reporter the storms are blamed for at least three deaths in three states, texas, louisiana and oklahoma. We have to tell you about numerous flight cancellations, 300 today because of this storm system. Also, many Power Outages 280,000 customers across the country without power this morning. Wendy gillette. What a mess, thank you wendy. I guess we shouldnt complain about the rain we are getting here. Damage has been minimal country. As we look down once again from the east bay hills on to San Francisco, raining there, drops forming therez z on vollr peak. Live doppler is still picking up widely scattered light to moderate showers. Everybody in line with these as they are going to head northwest to southeast over if you are heading out any time today, be prepared for the wet weather. You can see pulling away from hayward and union city towards dublin and sanol and pulling frooio the dumbarton bridge towarding 237 is where your next shower is only a matter of moments before it gets there. Santa rosa 39, rest of us in the mid to upper 40s, 50 half moon bay. Monterey bay and inland low to mid 40s, monterey 50. Today light to moderate showers all day. Brief break tomorrow, one day, light rain friday better chance of wet weather saturday. Warm front yesterday Long Duration rain, cold front comes in more showery in nature, stronger, burst of heavier rain now on the back side of this low, counterclockwise flow wrapping around moisture bringing it off the ocean making it unstable the low is the center of rising air with it so near rising air and showers continue through 5 00, 7 00, instability out over the ocean tomorrow looking at a lot of sunshine rainfall amounts 10th to quarter of an inch for most of the bay. Not a flood producer. Thursday is dry, friday afternoon into saturday, light rain coming in, looks like sunday through tuesday, we end the year dry and begin next year dry. Good morning. Short workweek, sorry you have to work today, here we are with traffic for bay bridge everybody moving nicely no delays into San Francisco, no metering lights yet, no problems upper deck into the city. Eastbound 580 eden canyon accident cleared to the shoulder no delays towards dublin south 8 omi tis Dixon Landing pick south 880, dix boxes this is basco road in brentwood,e ms÷ east contra cosa count , solo spinout on the shoulder, traffic may be slowing as they get a tow truck out of there. You can download this map, it is free from the google new tv you got for christmas maycl. T look great, bt how does it sound . Michael finney and Consumer Reports look at home theater systems and the convenient option that could save you money. We are still tracking the storm bringing showers to the bay area this morning. We will check back with meteorologist nike cope welcome back. Doppler radar across the state Higher Elevation snow, lower elevation scattered showers 50s until you get to l. A. , palm springs and san diego, 60 there. Chains in the sierra. If you got a new highdef tv for christmas you might be considering a new surgeon sound system to go with it. Mike new surround sound system to go with it. Reporter watching movies in your living room with surround sound is great, getting setup can set you back big bucks. Home theater in a box systems can save you money and hassle. Consumer reports tested dozens that cost from 250 to nearly 2,000. A real movie buff getting sound that does justice to his big screen was a must. I was able to get digital highdefinition receiver and all the speakers and the subwoofers to go with it, now i have Movie Theater quality sound and picture in my own home. Reporter he bought his stereo component separately. Another option home theater in a box system with all the components you need, Center Channel speaker two specker for the front of the room, another set for the back of the room and a subwoofer to enhance the bass. Many systems come with a blue ray player. The advantage is all components come in one box, everything matches and less than buying separately. Reporter in the audio lab testers use reference speaker system to judge sound quality. The good news, the quality of the systems improved. Used to mean if you bought a home theater in a box system you had to compromise on Audio Quality that true any more. Models we testified had quality that approached those of buying separate components. Reporter 800 from samsung is among them, terrific sound, blue ray player and ipod dock so you can listen to your Itunes Library as well. Reporter im michael finney, 7 on your side. We are on storm watch. Delays drivers face on the main road to reno following heavy snow Christmas Day and what to expect today. Explosion rocks south of market neighborhood in San Francisco, what led to the blast. Reporter christmas is over, shopping isnt, the deals are huge well tell you about them, where you can find good deals, coming up. You can see traffic is Holiday Light at the bay bridge toll, no metering lights, no problems here, chains required both on 80 and 50 in the sierra. If you do have to work today, short workweek, well be back with the rest of your wednesday morning commute after the break on abc7 news. Very merry morning after Christmas Day everyone it is 6 29 on degrees 26th, thanks for starting on december 26th, thanks for starting your day with us. The rain is coming down in the parking lot there of the old navy which opened early for those looking for discounts or maybe to return a few things. You have to brave the rain if you want to be among the post Christmas Shopping set. Im Katie Marzullo in for kristen sze this morning. Im eric thomas. That Shopping Center has been open or at last old navy for an hour and a half now. Good morning. Heres a look at scattered showers this morning many south bay from 237 lawrence expressway, Great American parkway towards montague expressway getting wet now. From san leandro, hayward across the san mateo bridge back to san mateo where our camera shot was right there into belmont and redwood city light shower roll through the heart of San Francisco near cesar chavez towards south San Francisco, possibly daly city and colma, another shower bodega bay o dental heading towards santa rosa, occidental, heading towards santa rosa all the way down to marin and across the rest of our neighborhoods will have waves of showers today. We have a shine on our camera, the san mateo bridge you can see rain is falling on the roadway, traffic getting busier westbound, tail lights towards the highrise and foster city into the san mateo area, eastbound a good ride, hayward direction, nozu problems there as well. South 88 omi tis dixon disson landing road, you may find slowing slowing westbound 84 at university dumbarton bridge, stall blocking right lane, new accident to report north 280 at westboro blocking left lane. Happening now, shoppers are expected to crowd into Bay Area Stores today to return Unwanted Gifts and score new bargains. Amy hollyfield joins us live in a rainy san mateo. Reporter good morning. The doors are already open at this old navy. I dont know maybe people are tired of shopping, sleeping in from Christmas Morning or they dont want to deal with the rain there are not huge crowds only huge deals. There is big deals on winter clothing, a common item we see up to 7 up to 75 today, sales on electronics. Check out this theres mm] Michaels Craft stores today, 70 off throughout the store. Childrens place we found a pair of girls utility pants for one dollar. Old navy open at 5 00 this morning, 75 off throughout the store. Retailers are hoping to make up for what wasnt a Great Holiday season. Their loss is your gain. The doors are open. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Tune in to Good Morning America at 7 00 this morning,÷w a ecky will hae more on biggest deals today. Watch, drivers traveling i80 face big delays. Caltrans who to shutdown the road several times last night because of hazardous driving conditions, delays as long as two hours when the interstate reopened drivers had to follow to avoid skidding. Ben lomond is where many sandbags were needed you can see the water buildup in the main part of town yesterday people there say they are used to getting soaked our crew got stuck in the mud. All this rain mass brought if flooding ind eh some areas in Sonoma County high water forced road closures highway 12 at 121 in shellville remains closed for now south of pomona. In east palo alto, people ÷ San Francisquito creek arew hoping the rains wont bring flooding. Oakland Police Looking who shot and wounded a Church Parishioner and teenager. Monday night gunfire erupted outside a church on macarthur boulevard the target was a 17yearold boy who left a liquor store, next to the church he was wounded stray gunfire peppered the church and wounded a woman inside listening to a sermon. The teen and woman who w