Washington retiring in 2014. She previously served five years as chief of the spokane Washington Police department. Oakland has been without a chief now since june when sean wenz resigned in the wide ranging Sexual Exploitation scandal involving a teenager. At that time mayor libby schaaf ruled out what she called a toxic culture under the department, reaching out to several officials for more information where one source is telling us the Police Command staff was notified earlier today to expect an announcement tomorrow, but they were not told the name of the new chief. Now to the weather weve seen heavy rain in the bay area all day long. Thats triggering concerns about flooding. 1. 63 inches in the past 24 hours. For theres been strong winds out there as well causing trees to fall and sparking the Power Outages. In the sierra theres a winter storm warning anyfect right now with up to five feet of new in effect right now with up to five feet of new snow. We have reporters out in the elements covering the rain, the wind, flooding, mud slides, and a lot more. Were going to check in with each of them. First though our chief meteorologist bill martin. The heaviest rain is coming down all night. They issued a National Weather service, the small stream flooding advisory for the entirety of the bay area, the rain was coming down hot and heavy of over a quarter of an inch an hour in some of the cells creating really treacherous conditions on the roadways. Flood advisories in effect for the next hour. Those yellow and orange areas were representing a quartierer of an inch of rainfall warming up out there a little bit. We start increased temperatures, coming up with the strong winds seeing wind gusts around the bay area in the last couple of hours up to 55 and 60 miles an hour. It is howling wind, up in the mountains the snow levels have come up a little bit. I dont know if you can see that, but they are up above 2,000 feet now. The snow level is represented by the purple line right in here and youll see it by the valley moving up as the warmer weather pattern moves in. That means more rain. So here we go tonight after midnight this is a computer model. Heavy rain, more heavy rain at 2 00 a. M. And 4 00 a. M. And it continues on to about 6 00 a. M. When the Early Morning commute will be getting hammered. When i come back we will push the model all the way through. Not only this system thats moving through right now the bulk of it, but throughout the weekend we will be getting really wet around here. When i come back we will talk about that. All right bill thank you, from bill now we go to Debora Villalon in marin county where the reservoir are now filled to 99 capacity. Debora . Reporter yeah welcome 2017. It is really blowing out here. You need to plant your feet or you might get blown away. We are in downtown san rafael where this pumping station caught our eye. Take a look at that churning water, really showing the power of the runoff coming down right now and powerful winds are whipping. That means both hands on the wheel. Reporter our ktvu news van rides high and it rocked and rolled a bit coming across the richland san rafael bridge. Warning drivers to be aware of strong gusts. Weve been driving since 10 00 this morning. This couple came off the bridge and stopped for gas. Their trek home to santa rosa from holidays in palm springs slowed by the storm. It should be eight hours. It will be about 10 this time. It will be over 10 probably. Reporter it could be a long couple of days ahead for public works and the utility crews. This tree service was contracted by pg e to pin tree branches before they could break and yank power lines down. Several communities with more than 8,000 north bay customers have lost service. People have been living there this weekend and they know its a problem. Planners say people need to watch for a sudden rise. The same goes for low lying streets known to flood. We have all the framework in place if they start looking really serious. Agencies have been trying to get ahead of the potential problems since the first big soaker last month. We have been here before and we cannot really predict what they will do, but they need to prepare accordingly. You know, they need to plan for the worse. This is our business. For water districts it is the best at times. The lake was at capacity. And now with todays storm, it is now above capacity. Most of marin depends on rainfall for water supply. And those reservoirs are already spilling over. Its good this early in the season we are already full just in case the weather patterns change and we go into another dry period. Thank god for the rainmaking everything here so beautiful. Despite the snow cold feet with real rain, especially after so many seasons of doing without. Even a wet crawl home cant dim the glow of the holiday. So it is nothing. We are excited with being with family and being home, we had a great time. A little weather is not a big thing. Who cares. Reporter we have not heard of any Property Damage a yet. But that is very likely going to change because we will see strong winds and a saturated soil. It is more than likely, more trees are going to bite the dust overnight. In fact we would have more light on right now if they had not blown over. Back to you. Yeah Debora Villalon in a wet windy marin county tonight, thank you. In the south bay heavy rain is pounding the Santa Cruz Mountains. A Flash Flood Warning is in effect. Azenith smith is live from highway 17 where the rain is steadying, keeping crews really busy. Reporter yes, it is very busy. Heather, i want to mention the wind is starting to pick up. It is raining hard here, raining even harder in felton where crews are busy clearing out a tree that gave way on a hillside. Heavy equipment was brought in just after 6 50 saturating the hillside. Its been very busy. And because of the rain it is going from call to call and the trees are down with the lock slides. They are keeping the roads wet and dangerous on highway 17 heading into the Santa Cruz Mountains. We saw emergency crews responding to a car accident backing up traffic for the evening commute. Santa cruz tells me of at least ten accidents today on the notoriously winding roads. I wish everybody else will be good. A Flash Flood Watch in effect until the morning of the Santa Cruz Mountains. They notified residents of the loma fire burn area a possible slide of flooding. The fire burned 4,500 acres last fall. This evening you can see where a lot of the vegetation is gone. There were some hazards with the fire, to the people who live in those areas are worried about landslides and the earth moving. The rain is good business. This whole area will be from the top to the bottom. Reporter out of stock and out of wood the manager says families are also stocking up on propane, water, and candles in case of Power Outages. Especially in the months of january, its been a pretty cold dry january, so it is nice to see it out here. This resident who lives in the mountain is soaking up the wet weather. It is spilling out, the weather. And i just checked in with chp they opened empire ridge road around 8 00 this evening. Now they are monitoring flooding on highway 9 near glen arbor. Live near the Santa Cruz Mountains im Azenith Smith ktvu fox news. Weatherrelated Power Outages certainly keeping pg e busy tonight. More than 10,000 bay area customers have lost power. The new numbers from pg e show outages are affecting more than 4,000 people in the north bay. More than 4,700 people there in the south bay. 1,500 customers on the peninsula and the east bay more than 300 customers in each area. The largest outages are in madeira and fairfax. Drivers faced a lot of challenges today on all the wet roads and freeways, from downpours to big puddles of water to poor visibility. This is the view on 580 near the Mcarthur Mays in oakland this afternoon as you got a sense of how bad it was out there tonight. Talking to folks about staying safe. Debora . Reporter frank, we are along interstate 680 and it has been raining steadily until just a short while ago where they tell me the number of calls, they would need to double whenever it rains. The treacherous conditions will make drivers nervous. Windshield wipers and their headlights are on where it is still difficult to see. Its a scary tune of people driving crazy. And it is just really scary. I cant really focus much because of the rain. One man blames the rain for bringing out the worse in drivers. There are all those impatient people all the time and they are scared of driving way below the speed limit. I was behind somebody doing 45 on the freeway. You know everybody is trying to get around them, youre stuck. They said drivers should avoid the far left and right lane. There will be a couple of breaks throughout the week just because of the rain stopping, it doesnt mean the roadway is dry and that is always a real fun problematic time for us. This might be the first one of the season to get a run on things like the sandbags. They advise people not to do their outdoor clean up or repair work when it is raining. I dont recommend people trying to get too crazy about it. But they say to wait for a break in the weather. We will get a lot of people getting hurt on ladders, trying to clean their own gutters. Get a professional or get somebody who is really strong so youre not on some cheap ladder up there and fall off and get hurt. Reporter waggle is well stocked on the best sellers such as tarps. This is probably half of our sails, you know, there are huge wins. Staying safe on your home, being prepared and patient. I would go slow into the speed limit and everything. I would stay all the way to the right not to the left. I take my time to be safe. Reporter the Highway Patrol is advising drivers to make sure their cars are properly inflated and they have enough tread. They say it over and over again to please slow down, frank . Yeah, give yourself plenty of space. Amber lee in Pleasant Hill tonight, thank you. The rain is causing delays for some air travelers here in the bay area. The faa is reporting delays up to three and a half hours for arriving flights at sfo. A spokesperson at sfo said about 360 flights were affected to some degree by the rain today. No delays were reported at Oakland International or at the airport in san jose. Weve got winds up to 55 miles an hour with rainfall accumulations over the last 24 hours. Up to three inches, what you can expect for tomorrow. Thieves are targeting homes that have been staged forsale. The evidence one burglar left behind to lead to an arrest. 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Hes 58 years old, a democrat. The assembly and senate will have 90 days to confirm him, expect today be a smooth confirmation. The 151th congress convened today. Its first order of business was to swear in paul ryan as speaker of the house. In a surprise move gop lawmakers reversed course on a controversial proposal. They got a congressional ethics watchdog effort. The speaker of the house paul ryan. [ applause ] thank you very much. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan getting sworn in today along with new members of the 115th congress. His moments before House Republicans announcing they are withdrawing a proposal to strip the office of congressional ethics of its independence. But opposition from speaker ryan and House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy as well as tweets from president elect donald trump proving to be too much for republicans who wanted the change. The white house was quick to criticize. I suspect this wont be the first time we see Congressional Republicans in this congress seeking to help people in positions of power. Reporter its the first time in a decade both chambers of commerce and the incoming president are all republicans. And the shift in power would have gop lawmakers chomping at the bit to move quickly on issues ranging from cutting back on the environmental and financial regulations to repealing and replacing obamacare. Democrats however are vowing to fight the republicans and their conservative agenda. We will fight tooth and nail when they will appeal the debates. Diminishing america. It is sure to be another busy day on capitol hill tomorrow as president obama will make a rare appearance. Vice president elect mike pence also heading to the hill with a message for their incoming administration. Its time to get the work done. It is time to keep our word to the american people. President elect trump plans to hold a press conference next wednesday stayed busy on twitter toddies cussing everything from keeping jobs in america to keeping prisoners at gitmo. In washington Joel Waldman Fox news. The incoming president aimed his twitter account at General Motors today accusing the company of sending jobs to mix co. To mexico as he tweeted they are sending mexicanmade models of the chevy cruze to u. S. Tax dollars, taxfree across the border. Make the cruz and the United States to pay big border tax. Gm defended themselves in a statement saying they are made in ohio and that just 4,500 hatchbacks were brought in from mexico last year. The gm says the hatchbacks are designed for the international market. Ford also made several announcements today including they are scrapping their plans for a new factory in mexico and they are going to use some of the money to build electric cars in michigan instead. The ceo announced ford plans to build a hybrid version of the mustang and the hybrid version of the f150 pickup truck. They could also double as a mobile generator on the work site. A 700 Million Investment and 700 new u. S. Jobs resulting in the transformation of this planet into one of the worlds most flexible and hightech manufacturing centers. The Innovation Center will also work on selfdriving cars. They said ford still plans to move the production to the ford focus to mexico, but it will be built at an existing facility, not a new one. Back in april mr. Trump also blasted ford for sending jobs out of the country. The guest list is forming up now for the upcoming inauguration of president elect trump. Hillary clinton and former bill clinton have now confirmed they will in fact attend the event on january 20. Former president george w. Bush and his wife laura as well as former president jimmy carter and his wife also plan to be there. Tracking the heavy rainfall around here. We have seen upwards of three inches in the Santa Cruz Mountains within 24 hours. Today totals of up to over four and twoday totals of up to over four inches. Over an inch in san rafael. Heavy rain continues to fall out there with the urban small stream advisory still in effect for the entirety of the bay area. Wind gusts are up to 53, gusts in the east bay hills up to 44. They got down to 52 miles an hour. We saw some 60 miles an hour gusts in places as well as showers are continuing. The winter storm warning in the mountains will continue. The Flash Flood Watch in the burn areas of the Santa Cruz Mountains will continue and the rain continues. It will continue past midnight where you see the showers of the north bay and the heavier stuff up around napa and sonoma, not too bad. Getting the rain right now. Morgan hill getting rain. But the Morning Hours and 1 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning the forecast. There is 2 00 a. M. We would look at this, 4 00 a. M. And then they will start 4 00 a. M. And then about the time you get ready to start traveling youll get a break in the roadways out there. By tomorrow afternoons commute mostly dry with a few light sprinkles, so it is all about between now and 3 00 in the morning in terms of heavy rain. We will see you back here with the long range forecast in that. Still to come here they are considered a lifeline for the disabled. Coming up why finding a Wheelchair Accessible taxi in San Francisco may get even more difficult than ever. The raiders are expected to start connor cook. If they do they will make playoff history. Mark ibanez has reaction from teammates coming up later in sports. And in two minutes new evidence of an occurring problem at San Franciscos hall of justice. The sewage leak that forced evacuations today. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. 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