live in shellville, lilian kim, abc7 news. >> thank you, lilian. new at 11:00, heavy flooding has closed woods and parks. this was the pellican inn. visitors looking to visit those locations should check to see if they are open beforehand. floodwaters covered parts of here is how it looked at the elementary school. it didn't cause too many headaches for drivers. investigators in the north bay are looking into whether the storm was a factor after a driver was found dead in the backyard of a mill valley home after he crashed his car nearby. sergio has new details on what happened. >> reporter: emergency crews found the body in the back of one of these homes. he was spotted after the rescue teams were called in. the neighborhood is built into the side of the valley and the streets and hills were slick from the storm. this whole search started when somebody spotted an overturned suv down a hill just before 10:00 a.m. >> there is no one inside the vehicle at the time of the officers responding. we tried to determine if the person was able to get out of

lilian kim joins us with more. lilian? >> some of the films he was in were shot here in the bay area. philip seymour hoffman was known for depth and versatility. playing a man in "boogie nights" and it was shooting" money ball" that appeared to have had a special place in hoffman's heart. hoffman played art howe and wheel howe criticized him for how he portrayed him, he had fun shooting the film. >> i went to batting practice and it was something. i grew up playing baseball and it was a treat for me. >> hoffman was only 46 years old. a friend called 9-1-1 after finding him on the bathroom floor with a syringe in his arm. they say bags of what appear to be heroin were found at the scene. hoffman had been sober for 23 years, but admitted in interviews last spring to falling off the wagon and spending 10 days in rehab. bay area moviegoers are saddened. >> in screen writing, that is the kind of actor you hope and wish and would give your firstborn child to work with. >> he was nominated for an oscar three other times. >> he go

live in shellville, lilian kim, abc7 news. >> thank you, lilian. new at 11:00, heavy flooding has closed woods and parks. this was the pellican inn. visitors looking to visit those locations should check to see if they are open beforehand. floodwaters covered parts of here is how it looked at the elementary school. it didn't cause too many headaches for drivers. investigators in the north bay are looking into whether the storm was a factor after a driver was found dead in the backyard of a mill valley home after he crashed his car nearby. sergio has new details on what happened. >> reporter: emergency crews found the body in the back of one of these homes. he was spotted after the rescue teams were called in. the neighborhood is built into the side of the valley and the streets and hills were slick from the storm. this whole search started when somebody spotted an overturned suv down a ust before 10:00 a.m. >> there is no one inside the vehicle at the time of the officers responding. we tried to determine if the person was able to get out of the ve

it happened on snell avenue and that's where abc7 news reporter lilian kim is live with the story. >> what happened here apparently stemmed from the argument at another location. as a result one man is dead while his killer is on the loose. homicide investigators converged on snell avenue shortly after witnesses reported seeing a man bleeding in the middle of the street. san jose police say it was a pedestrian who was run over by a car. edgar gnaw navarro and his mom heard it outside the house. >> i heard a car screeching. >> police say the pedestrian had been fighting in the traffic lanes with either a driver or passenger of a car. witnesses told police someone then got back into the car and ran the pedestrian over. investigators are looking into whether he was also stabbed during the fight. >> the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. the investigation is on going. we don't know what actually caused the fatal injuries. that would be left up to the coroner's investigation. >> the person or people responsible are still at large. it is not clear what the fight was over, but witn

abc7 news reporter lilian kim has the story. family members gathered at the law office of john burris after he was shot to death in his san lorenzo home. he was a husband, father and grandfather. >> i can't call him between -- again. i can't ask him for help and my kids can't see him. i want it to be serve the the right way for my father. >> reporter: they shot at him when he came at them with a baseball bat. they said he assaulted a paramedic trying to take him away in an ambulance. but they say deputies had no right to enter the home in the first place. >> knew he had mental and em limitation physical limitation. there was no need to enter the house in the manner in which they did creating a confrontation which they in fact did. >> reporter: sergeant jd nelson said it is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. if we didn't enter and something bad happened we would have been villa fight for not going in. they plan to sue the sheriff's department when the attorney completes the investigation. lilian kim, abc7 news. >>

abc7 news reporter lilian kim has the story. family members gathered at the law office of john burris after he was shot to death in his san lorenzo home. he was a husband, father and grandfather. >> i can't call him between -- again. i can't ask him for help and my kids can't see him. i want it to be serve the the right way for my father. >> reporter: they shot at him when he came at them with a baseball bat. they said he assaulted a paramedic trying to take him away in an ambulance. but they say deputies had no right to enter the home in the first place. >> knew he had mental and emotional and physical limitation. there was no need to enter the house in the manner in which they did creating a confrontation which they in fact did. >> reporter: sergeant jd nelson said it is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. if we didn't enter and something bad happened we would have been villa fight for not going in. they plan to sue the sheriff's department when the attorney completes the investigation. lilian kim, abc7 news. >>

lilian kim joins us with more. lilian? >> some of the films he was in were shot here in the bay area. philip seymour hoffman was known for depth and versatility. playing a man in "boogie nights" and it was shooting" money ball" that appeared to have had a special place in hoffman's heart. hoffman played art howe and wheel howe criticized him for how he portrayed him, he had fun shooting the film. >> i went to batting practice and it was something. i grew up playing baseball and it was a treat for me. >> hoffman was only 46 years old. a friend called 9-1-1 after finding him on the bathroom floor with a syringe in his arm. they say bags of what appear to be heroin were found at the scene. hoffman had been sober for 23 years, but admitted in interviews last spring to falling off the wagon and spending 10 days in rehab. bay area moviegoers are saddened. >> in screen writing, that is the kind of actor you hope and wish and would give your firstborn child to work with. >> he was nominated for an oscar three other times. >> he go

it happened on snell avenue and that's where abc7 news reporter lilian kim is live with the story. >> what happened here apparently stemmed from the argument at another location. as a result one man is dead while his killer is on the loose. homicide investigators converged on snell avenue shortly after witnesses reported seeing a man bleeding in the middle of the street. san jose police say it was a pedestrian who was run over by a car. edgar gnaw navarro and his mom heard it outside the house. >> i heard a car screeching. >> policedestrian pedestrian had been fighting in the traffic lanes with either a driver or passenger of a car. witnesses told police someone then got back into the car and ran the pedestrian over. investigators are looking into whether he was also stabbed during the fight. >> the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. the investigation is on going. we don't know what actually caused the fatal injuries. that would be left up to the coroner's investigation. >> the person or people responsible are still at large. it is not clear what the fight was over, but witn

live at sugar bowl, lilian kim. >> just what the skiers want. we'll be here throughout this wet weekend to bring you the news. you can track the storm yourself. it's a key feature of the abc7 news weather app free of charge at abc7news.com/apps. follow us on twitter. >>> and we're following breaking news in oakland right now where police are investigating what appears to be a fatal home invasion robbery. this happened on 34th avenue near foothill boulevard. that's where allen wong is with the latest. allen? >> this two-story apartment building behind me is where the crime scene is. i have to tell you, right now, there are a lot of holes in the story, and police aren't helping us fill those in. but in fact, they probably know a lot more than they're telling the media, but this is what they are telling me. around 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, police got a call from outside of this house, asking them to check in on the people who are living at this apartment in the 1800 block of 34th avenue. when they showed up, they found a woman in her 70s dead on th

lilian kim has more on the first lady's bay area visit. >> about 600 people paid anywhere from $500 to $3,200 to hear the first lady speak at the fairmont hotel in san francisco. after her speech many were inspired to give even more money to the democratic party. >> are you going to write a check? >> got to. there's a lot of people to support in oregon and florida and new york and other states where they are under very heavy, you know, competition. >> early money is like yeast. it grows. this is the time where money can be very, very effective to give people the resources to start off being competitive. >> michelle obama said the elections ten months away are critical. she said she was counting on bay area residents to not only donate money but to help get out the vote. >> women are young people and minorities, we need to show up for midterm. she said it's on us we don't show up. >> she also touched on some of her husband's state of the union themes, that had women succeed, women succeed. >> like michelle happy said, if she's happy, her husband is happy. if we make the world go, the wo

live at sugar bowl, lilian kim. >> just what the skiers want. we'll be here throughout this wet weekend to bring you the news. you can track the storm yourself. it's a key feature of the abc7 news weather app free of charge at abc7news.com/apps. follow us on twitter. >>> and we're following breaking news in oakland right now where police are investigating what appears to be a fatal home invasion robbery. this happened on 34th avenue near foothill boulevard. that's where allen wong is with the latest. allen? >> this two-story apartment building behind me is where the crime scene is. i have to tell you, right now, there are a lot of holes in the story, and police aren't helping us fill those in. but in fact, they probably know a lot more than they're telling the media, but this is what they are telling me. around 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, police got a call from outside of this house, asking them to check in on the people who are living at this apartment in the 1800 block of 34th avenue. when they showed up, they found a woman in her 70s dead on th

lilian kim has that story. >> in calistoga the days of the week will take on a whole new meaning. starting march 1st homeowners with odd number addresses will only be able to water their lawn tuesday and thursdays and those with even numbers will be restricted to monday and wednesdays. some wonder if their lawns will survive and others say the new rules are not going to be a problem. >> i don't water very much anyway because most of my yard is -- survives on rainfall and even though we haven't had very much this year, what we had brought up all my daffodils. hosing down driveways and side walks will be prohibited >> violators will face fines starting at $50. while this is considered a stage two water emergency, the deputy city clerk says it could be much worse. she remembers the drought in the '70s. when you showered you brought a bucket in with you and as the water was getting warm, you captured that water. we called it gray water. i'm not sure what they call it now but we called it gray water then. we would water our plants with that, as well. calistoga relies on water from the

lilian kim has that story. >> in calistoga the days of the week will take on a whole new meaning. starting march 1st homeowners with odd number addresses will only be able to water their lawn tuesday and thursdays and those with even numbers will be restricted to monday and wednesdays. some wonder if their lawns will survive and others say the new rules are not going to be a problem. >> i don't water very much anyway because most of my yard is -- survives on rainfall and even though we haven't had very much this year, what we had brought up all my >> violators will face fines starting at $50. while this is considered a stage two water emergency, deputy city clerk says it could be much worse. she remembers the drought in the 70s. when you showered you rut a bucket in with you and as the water was getting warm you captures that water. call it gray water, i'm not sure what they call it now but we called it gray water then. we would water our plants with that as well. >> the reservoir is now filled to capacity thanks to the last storm but city leaders say it's still not enough which m

lilian kim has more from sugar goal with a look at all the new snow. >> skiers and snowboarders were wondering when the show would -- no would come. some had given up hope. >> we had given up. we made plans to go camping. we got rained out. >> many played hooky to be here. >> took off work, took the kids out of school. don't tell anywhere. >> and as a result, sugar bowl ski resort plans to open 20 more runs from 25 to 45. locals who have been eager to work part time had been called in. as for the snow itself, sugar goal is happy with the sierra cement variety. >> we want to to pack down the base and get lighter after that so this is perfect. >> while everyone is welcoming the snow, it's bringing some headaches. the chp had to deal with spinouts and accidents on interstate 80 and there were the issues of chains. >> always the question will i get it to really stay on. it fell off a couple times already. kind of a pain. >> chain in stillers are easy to do the job. like everyone else in the sierra, they have had little work all year. >> it's been busy but nice but it's nice because we ha

lilian kim, abc7 news. >> it's 5:35. happening today the nation's oldest black bookstore will launch a crowd funding campaign to keep the doors open. marcus books in the fillmore district features books on after can american culture and history. supporters need to raise $1 million by the end of february to keep the store open. >>> happening today, mills college in oakland will unveil a postage stamp dedicated to the first black woman ever elected to congress. barbara lee will unveil the testimony dedicated to shirley chisholm. it's the 37th stamp in the black heritage series. she was elected to congress in 1968 and ran for president in 1972. congresswoman nonecy pelosi is expected to attend the unavailable today which take place at 10:00 a.m. >> a ruthless computer virus discovered last september is still terrorizing users and making millions of them in the process. we have more >> brian douglass opened a e-mail that looked like it was from many done but it wasn't. >> i i had a pretty bad feeling. but two or three weeks

lilian kim has more on the first lady's bay area visit. >> about 600 people paid anywhere from $500 to $32,000 to hear the first lady speak at the fairmont hotel in san francisco. after her speech many were inspired to give even more money to the democratic party. >> are you going to write a check? >> got to. there's a lot of people to support in oregon and florida and new york and other states where they are under very heavy, you know, competition. >> early money is like yeast. it grows. this is the time where money can be very, very effective to give people the resources to start off being competitive. >> michelle obama said the elections ten months away are critical. she said she was counting on bay area residents to not only donate money but to help get out the vote. >> women are young people and minorities tend not to show up. she said it's on us we don't show up. >> she also touched on some of her husband's state of the union themes, that had women succeed, women succeed. >> like michelle happy said, if she's happy, her husband is happy. if we make the world go, the world is a be

lilian kim has the bay area response. >> we are uncool. while women will always be a problem for guys like us. >> philip seymour hoffman didn't have movie star looks, but they could love the actor for his raw talent. >> definitely one of the greats. >> hoffman, considered one of the world's greatest actors died from an apparent drug overdose in his apartment. law enforcement officials said he was found in a bathroom with a syringe in his arm. the 46-year-old battled addiction over the years. after 23 years sober, he admitted in interviews last spring to falling off the wagon and developing a heroin problem. >> it's a huge loss to hollywood and to all of us who enjoyed his films. >> hoffman won an aacademy award for capote and was nominated three other times. some of his films took him to the bay area, including the master and honeyball. he said that was a lot of fun to shoot. >> i got to the batting practice, it was really fan, grew up playing baseball. it was a treat for me. >> hoffman was as productive as he was acclaimed. he appeared in

at sugar bowl, lilian kim, abc 7 news. >>> the weather is causing power outages around the bay area as well. in oakland this morning, falling trees have caused an outage affecting 117 customers in the area of 23rd and wakefield avenues. pg&e crews are there. another outage in berkeley affecting 219 customers. you can track the rain in the bay area using live doppler 7 hd on our abc 7 news weather app. our weather app also makes it easy to share photos of how you're welcoming or dealing with the rain. download it on our website, abc7news.com/app. >>> new this morning, president obama is drawing attention to his go it alone strategy emphasizing steps he's taking to spur economic activity without congress. in his weekly address, the president lists initiatives already under way this year. among them are an overhaul of job training programs, creation of new retirement savings program and commitments from ceos to do more to hire the long-term unemployed. >> i want to work with congress on this agenda wherever i can. but in this year of action, whenever i can take steps without legislation t