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KGO ABC7 News 600AM December 22, 2015

And i will show you the maps. We have green in a lot of areas and you will find the normal delays and southbound 880 is slow beyond beyond highway 92 and you need extra time. There are so man spinouts with a couple of major spinouts, and the rio vista with Traffic Control if affect for a couple of hours. In the south bay overnight, you are look at what happened in san jose, police opened up center ride and singleton in the past hour where a man was killed in a hitandrun accident. The driver of a black s. U. V. Want on a rampage, crashing into cars around the city. He is adays of running a red light and hitting a yellow vw beetle and the driver of that beat temperature was killed and the suspect is under arrest. Matt keller will tell you how alcohol may have played into the investigation coming up at 6 30. Check out this weather with treacherous conditions for drivers who dealt with scenes like this, the rain and, also, the wind moving across the bay area. Our reporter is in novato for us where the weather now is bringing down trees. Amy . It is very windy up here in marin county. Not a big surprise to see this. A big tree came crashing down in novato and this call came in at 3 24 and they have been working on moving the tree an hour and a half and it is still here. That gives an idea how big it was blocking hill road and crews are just now saying they think they have another hour, or two, out here. Until it is cleared and opened back up. No one was hurt is the good news when it came down the it is very windy in marin county. We have driven throughout the another bay this morning, making our way through several highways to here in novato and this is the most wind we have experienced so far. Thank you, amie. It looks windy. Pg e is reporting stormrelated power outages, 4,400 people in the dark in the north bay right now. We have seen 1,800 on the peninsula mostly in burlingame, and San Francisco at 328 outages and the east bay is reporting 100 outages combined. Storm has caused travel troubles all over the bay area with traffic at a standstill most onramps over the bay bridge and downpours made for aing soy commute and bart veeps to be a good move but there were wet rails that cause short delays. In guerneville the rain came down so hard and so fast that there was nowhere to drain and Hidden Valley rain flooded year, and a homeowner had to spend the afternoon clearing brush trying to keep the stream of water from coming into his home. Martinez Business Owners downtown have sandbags lined up this morning to keep their shops dry. A creek that usually overflowed, there are tree sandbags available at self locations and we have a lit of where you can get the sand bags on abc7news. Com counties this have suffered major damage in the valley and butte fires have been issued a flood wash. If you travel on those roads in the burn area stay away for flooding problems. We gulf of the rain the bay area is under the longstanding drought and we. Neat a lot more. They advise to conserve as much as you can, the Water District said that this rain is perfect for residents but say cautious of water usage. Last december, it was nice like this, rainy and wet, and in janet was driest january on record. East bay mud said 14 of precipitation has fallen on the reservoir since october but it needs 40 listen 50 more to end the water shortage. A popular muni route may see longer buses, operating on the 30 commuter line and the district, and during october, the 30x carried 72 percent more people than usual and some worry the longer but could cause more congestion during commutes a man who broke into a rohnert park home turned themselves in and there say the witness said he was drink asking try to find the girlfriends apartment but he is covering his hands with his sleeve to avoid leave finger republicans. Officers arrested him and he faces burglary charges. We now know the name of the man who fell to his death from a uc berkeley frat house the 22yearold Jeffrey Engler died from falling from a significant height, at a Holiday Party on saturday night on channing way and alcohol appears to have been a factor. They have not released other details. And he was a member of the fraternity but he did not live at the house. Donald trumps lead over ted cruz is down to only 4 percent after the debate last week. A through poll trump has 28 percent and cruz is at 24 percent. Trump is on Good Morning America this morning and is taking jabs at Hillary Clinton. He said Hillary Clinton is terrible, and demanding an an apology over comments about isis using video of him as a recruiting tool. He said donald trump is on a video, it, it, and this is no argument beyond the video. They using a last things i imagine to recruit but they did not use me on a video and i am not sure they used me at automatic. Can you catch the full interview on Good Morning America at 7 00 a. M. Right here open abc 7. Bill cosby is striking back against one of the many acauseers with a new allegations of his own. First, a Flight Attendant helping get passengers in the holiday spirit is adding only day fun to a serious message. Rain and wind will impact the rain and wind will impact the we coverage commute back at 6 10 on tuesday morning, a noisy night, with winds at 44 at sfo, and nearly 30 at hayward and 37 in oakland, northwest so 36, 15 in san jose of the concord is only five. In the mountains and hills, until 4 00 we could have gusts up to 40 Miles Per Hour with trees down and power outages. I have posted them on twitter. 101 and 880 still light rain. Temperatures in afternoon will fall from the low 60s into the midtoupper 50s that is just isolated showers. Tomorrow, a break for day with scattered showers in the afternoon and it will be wet and windy, though, on thursday much it has been a tricky ride with the wet conditions and, also, slow westbound 80 here for emeryville with headlights moving westbound and drive time 22 minutes and the toll plaza is backed up to foot of the maze, we have delays on mass transit and bart, due to weather, is reporting ten minute systemwide delays and on muni there are electrical problems so there is a bus bridge if place between west portal and cat tremendous but caltran has in delays. I have an upstate on the couple of sigalerts. Those traveling this holiday week foe this well, and are getting to the destination can be very stressful. Ever heard of raven airlines . It is fought new to the people of alaska, here is how the Flight Attendants make it more fun. Ladies ladyies and moving through the snow this are two exit rows run one and row four she turned the flight to jingle bells and it was captured on cell phone. Passengers say the song captured their attention and put them in the holiday spirit and makes me uncomfortable. When people are performing and told to fasten their seatbelts. Look how fast they are jingling now. Some fans are disappointed but Charles Woodson announcing a change for plans. Deputyies were shopped deputyies were shopped suspect got out out of the vehie what. Before the sugarcane. F was discovered. All our favorite sugary foods would be our favorite truviay foods. Truvia. Life with less sugar is just as sweet. Wheall i can think abouthit, is getting relief. Only nicorette mini has a patented fastdissolving formula. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. I never know when ill need relief. Thats why i only choose nicorette mini. Cupertino, concord, wine country and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. And Dramatic Police chase was caught on camera video, ending if a way that no one expected in detroit. These people are running away from the car. It is a thin year old boy and lid 8yearold sister. Athat time of night you would think a drunk driver out there. Absolutely. The kids were staying with their dad and decided to take the car for a joy ride while he was sleeping. The boys with arrested and booked into Juvenile Hall and the young girl was rund to her mother. This morning, bill cosby is suing super model johnson one of dozens of women would have accused cosby of rape. In the lawsuit he said she lied and only made the accusations to revise her career and sell her book. More than 4 women have come forward to accuse cosby of assaulting them over four decade several claiming he drugged them first. No criminal champions have been filed. Happening today, Bowe Bergdahl is arraigned in military court in North Carolina and is charged with desertion. He was held as a prisoner of war in afghanistan by the taliban for five years. The prosecutors say he deliberately left his post and cooperated with the enemy. New, a weekend with Good Morning America at 7 00 from dan. Coming up on Good Morning America donald trump oneonone with the first interview since the Miss Universe pageant and he talked back about Hillary Clinton and saying he is the easiest candidate to beat. Charles woodson said actually he to return to play but mentally. He is done. Ought future half of fame safety is announcing retirement saying goodbye in the final home game the season on thursday again the chargeers. Woodson played 18 seasons two the silver and blue and was years in green bay but paying through the pain of a dislocated shoulder. Talking to reggie and mark today. It was hard to get it out and letting your teammates know, so many your teammates throughout have talk about next year, coming back next year, i know you are coming back and physical i could do it my body has responded but mentally. It is not this. Not happening. 39yearold woodson will miss the game but it is time to labor. Now santa claus. He can do it all. He dipped his sleigh for scuba gear at the cad miff sciences in Golden Gate Park and santa dived into the tank and came out. Looking svelte. Having a hard time getting dry. If you want to see santa underwater the daily santa show is 11 00 a. M. Law thursday. Looks like they forgot their umbrella. Lick a grouped rat. Whoa. We have another day of rain and the wind has pick you. The wind is the bigger story but i want to talk about the rain because you ran the story about people anything the drought is over. Lit me show you we are in the first river event and we got fly percent to 50 percent during the threeday storms but the peoples, we are not at 100 percent. Since october 1. We are only at 42 percent at the oakland airport. 90 percent in san jose and livermore is highest at 9 a and San Francisco is 78 and napa is only 53 so we need more rain and there shoulding no talk of the drought being over or starting to slacken on our method of saving water. Our rain chances show friday and saturday and monday zero, otherwise, we have wet weather that is possible four of next seven days from sky oat and headed to san martin, dill provide, and that area, a is where the best radar republicans, 57 flight arrival delays and this tells the picture the winds are blowing the trees on the embarcadero and it is raining so lightly in many areas in the morning we have the best chance of being wet and breezy and the fastest are in the hills with a fast storm on thursday and dry and warmer on friday and saturday and at 8 36 this morning we will have the high tide in mill valley and flooding. Watch this as we head through the commute the scattered showers and more in the evening but overnight we clear out and we will get ready for that heavy pound on thursday morning with a snow level possibly down to around 3,000 feet with rain ponding and we will give it a 2 which is moderate on storm impact scale. If San Francisco muni is recovering from early delays with west port a. M. To castro but the problem is fissioned they say, with follow toll plaza backed up at 20minute bit at the maze. The ride across the bridge has been difficult toward san mateo and headlights are moving westbound with a lot of slowing 880 toward the bridge and i will show you that so southbound 880 especially slow through hayward and it pick up at 12 Miles Per Hour when you are beyond this area with aing is alert in marin county, and highway 1, closed if both directions because of a downed tree and a b westbound with Traffic Control if affect the next couple of hours the guy service not 9 quiet holiday commute we wanted. A different you have of storm, a post on our page, all of the fall colors are drop by rain in San Francisco. To share your pictures make sure you post they will on social media with abc7now so we can find and it while you are online check out the photo gallery, on instagram. Very nice, mine likes like a mess. Still looking for a holt day gift that is sure to please Michael Finney has you covered. vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive Million Dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Your favor rid brand of eggnog could taste different, some have been forced to eliminate an important ingredient eggs because of the bird flu that caused a shortage this year ofers. Producers say holiday nog could become eggnog when prices come back down. If you are amazon prime member you can still order and get threat in time for christmas if you do it by 9 00 p. M. Tonight. You have heard that . 9 00 p. M. Is the final deadline for guarantee delivery by friday. You have been warned. Now time to ask Michael Finney. Michael finney is answering questions submitted by viewers like you. What is the hottest Christmas Toy item . Hoverboard is the big gift but as we have reported there are safety issues of people falling off them, and some of them catching fire. Another big tie this season shopkins small collectible dolls with new ones this season and they are hot. And the electronic parakeet that responds when you interact with it. Excitement over new star wars movie is driving interest if all things star wars including the toys. Another thing . Hot wheels have been a favorite forever but their ultimate garage holds up to 80 cars and has an elevator is very popular this year. I feel out of the loop. I did not know what a shopkin was. Though are just a new of questions presented to Michael Finney. Ask15any. It could be antid right here the if you want a green sticker that lets you drive soy low in the car pool lane you out of luck. Next at 6 30 we are in the south bay where a deadly i night crash is blamed open a drunk driver. A look at embarcadero and see what live doppler hd is up to, what live doppler hd is up to, fill be who patiently teaches how ta feast comes to life. The family. Who spends their holiday dinner with thankful strangers. The neighbor. Who shares the season with another. You inspire us to do everything we do. For goodness sake. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. A storm is still moving across the bay area and this video shot in oakland shows the rain. Look at the wind. A lot of us are dealing with it right now. As you head outdoor. A picture from our san jose camera show as wet start and slick roads and the compute along highway 87 with some bay area bridges under wind advisory the wind will cause the the problems for us today. All the winds will last long are than the rain. The bestiary car returns are are danville, south, in the east bay and from San Francisco south into the south bay along peninsula and radar run are ever are everywhere from 29 to 40 Miles Per Hour from the southwest. Hold on with both hands all day today. Start in the upper 50s to 60s and we end up in the mid50s with dry air by 4 00. Full rouse citizens this Numerous Accidents this morning. Most have been solo spinouts because of difficult driving conditions and the semi yes bridge and westbound 92 traffic is heavy at hayward and a lot of slow drive times, southbound 880, from san leandro to fremont is 34 minutes. Next i have an update on the muni delays. Thank you. One person is dead. Another facing d. U. I. Challenges after a string of crashes in san jose. Matt keller has the ron behind the crashes. Matt . Reggie this is a wet morning in san jose. Police say it is not the rain but a drink driver who caused problems on road across the city. The San Jose Police say a driver of a black Ford Expedition hit six vehicles in a one mile stretch of road. The first was in den they dennys parking lot and the final crash was at center ride going through a red light hilting a yellow vw beetle that was pushed forward into the intersection account driver of the vehicle was killed at the scene. Half colliding with the second vehicle, our suspect then hit a third vehicle which disabled his vehicle. Driver of the vw who was killed is described as a man about 30 and the hitandrun driver a 19yearold was not injured and backed into jail with felony d. U. I. With moran chaz pending the 56th fatal traffic victim in san jose this year. Matt, thank you. A White Knuckle commute for many drivers in the bay area. Flooding on highways, hydroplaning and a concern this morning, especially, do not brake suddenly, let off the gas and try to steer your way out of the trouble. The bad weather is to blame for three times the normal amount of accidents. Crews worked through the my to clear away the tree that fell on to electrical lines at large oak flocking out power to two dozen pg e customers and pg e specifics to see more of this as the ground is saturated in drought and trees are uprooted. A tough day for travelers yesterday and we checked and so far believe it or not sfo is doing all right. Yesterday, it is a different story, 80 flights were cance

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