and sonoma raceway still has possession of the pinto. it's still investigating. meantime, the wednesday night drag races will continue. reporting live at sonoma raceway, i'm sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. >> sharon, thank you. >>> on the peninsula, stipulated patrols in palo alto. the search continues for a man accused of sexually assaulting a young jogger. this is part of our breaking news coverage last night at 5:00. a teenaged girl was jogging on a trail near deer creek road when a man pointed a gun at her. he then allegedly sexually assaulted the girl in some nearby brush before rung off. >>> a federal judge today denied porn star stormy daniels' request to speed up a trial. the judge called the request premature because the president and his attorney have not had enough time to respond to the complaint. daniels wants to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement she signed days before the 2016 election. her attorney says he'll refile the motion later. >>> well, today thousands of kids marched through the streets of san jose. this was not a protest, it was a wa

sonoma raceway says rambo was the only racer on the track at the time.. the wednesday night drags program has been going on for 30 years and opens the track to 300 competitors every wednesday night to race raceway calls and environment. on track program's dan kerman 55/std (robin)coming up on the kron 4

sonoma raceway. the driver slammed into a wall at 100 miles an hour during a race. >>> a drag race turns deadly on the sonoma raceway. >> the driver slammed into the wall at 100 miles an hour during a race. sergio quintana is live in sonoma with the details. >> reporter: this was the first night of the season that amateur drivers were able to come here to the sonoma raceway and get onto the track. unfortunately, the night ended when that crash happened. the experienced driver unfortunately died in the crash, according to the sonoma raceway. his souped-up hot rod was going more than 100 miles an hour. we're told the 75-year-old driver was the only one on the track when he crashed. it happened just after 6:15, only a couple hours into the event. >> this particular participant had a full roll cage, had all the proper harnesses, proper helmets, all the safety gear appropriate. >> reporter: the event is called drags and drift. anyone can pay a fee, get a safety inspection, then speed down the drag racing

>>> breaking news in sonoma county where a man has died after a crash at sonoma raceway. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. get to kate larson live. what are you learning? >> reporter: a 75-year-old man is dead. opening night of the wednesday night drag racing program. big turnout, about 190 cars. ca. sonoma raceway is pointing us in all their years, first time somebody has died. races happening earlier in the day. objective of the program is give people from teenagers to professionals a safe place to race. staff do inspect each car. man was driving 1976 ford pinto, going at least 100-mile-an-hour when he hit only driver at the time. before the fatal race, had taken one prior lap, everything seemed fine. >> had acage, proper harnesses, helmets and safety gear appropriate for his class. our safety record speaks for itself. it's a tragic accident. we're grieved by it. >> reporter: after the crash sonoma raceway shut down the event. it is under investigation and unclear exactly what happened. wednesday's races will go on as planned. kate larson,bc n7 you. >>> thanks. i-te

. >> reporter: this is not the first time and like this has happened in sonoma county. less than a month ago a very similar story, people from out of town from the east coast, flew in to commit a similar crime. i talked to the sonoma county sheriff's office about whether or not this is a trend and what people need to know about that. we have that story tonight at 6:00. >> emily, do the deputies have any idea what connection all these people have to sonoma, in particular? >> reporter: well, at this point we know that one of the people at least was from the sacramento area and that's about as close as they say they can get to the sonoma area other than the fact this is the first rural spot outside of the bay area where they know there is a lot of marijuana grown. as you know, sonoma county is one of the few counties that has open arms embraced the cultivation of marijuana and possibly that is why, but also they say it makes them a target. >> emily turner live in novato tonight, thank you. >>> a few minutes ago the sheriff's office said it had no reports that the combat ve

rain starting to make its way into northern sonoma county and being picked up there nicely. the high level of detail that's just offshore. we'll be tracking that with more rain possible throughout the late morning commute for the north bay. the rest of the bay area will see that rain developing by early afternoon continues to become a lot more scattered, and we will have the potential of some thunderstorms popping up today. another chance of a few of us seeing lightning and small hail. we'll talk more about that and what's ahead as we get closer to the weekend coming up. mike's getting you out the door for a look at the morning commute. >> and relatively calm. the conditions are great for driving right now. check on this crash that popped up. coming down from the top of the screen, a car went off the roadway and up a hillside there. we'll track it to make sure they didn't have any updates. back to you. >> thank you, mike. a threat in the east bay high school keeping students out of class today. school leaders at san leandro high school say they want to investigate this furth

. >>> breaking news in sonoma county where a man has died after a crash at sonoma raceway. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. get to kate larson live. what are you learning? >> reporter: a 75-year-old man is dead. opening night of the wednesday night drag racing program. big turnout, about 190 cars. ca. sonoma raceway is pointing us in all their years, first time somebody has died. races happening earlier in the day. objective of the program is give people from teenagers to professionals a safe place to race. staff do inspect each car. man was driving 1976 ford pinto, going at least 100-mile-an-hour when he hit wall at 6:00 p.m. only driver at the time. before the fatal race, had taken one prior lap, everything seemed fine. >> had a full roll cage, proper harnesses, helmets and safety gear appropriate for his class. our safety record speaks for itself. it's a tragic accident. we're grieved by it. >> reporter: after the crash sonoma raceway shut down the event. it is under investigation and unclear exactly what happened. told that next wednesday's races will go on as plan

it's been quite a morning in roanoke park and in sonoma county. i'll back out of the way and show you an evolving situation. this is roanoke parkway expressway east of stoney point road. when we arrived here, the water covered the entire roadway. it's still closed but receding. elsewhere we have other problems. let's show you video from shellville also in sonoma county. highway 121 at highway 12. another of the first places to flood. inevitably, drivers always underestimate the water. it was about one foot deep this morning. more than enough to stal a toyota camera. the driver is okay but wet. at last report, this intersection remained closed. it's going to put a crimp in travel plans for anyone moving between marin and sonoma county over to napa or napa counties. we'll keep an eye on this. to be safe, check with the highway patrol or try an alternate route. once flooding starts, it returns in a hurry because the ground is saturated. here back at rohnert park speedway. the water is creeping down. we have late news, however. we just picked this up.

the sonoma county sheriff's office and the f-a-a are investigating the crash. (catherine) lawmakers on capitol hill are pushing a plan to clear a nearly 16 billion dollar backlog on maintenance in national parks. washington correspondent drew petrimoulx reports on how they're hopingto pay for the fix... during a recent hearing federal officials showed pictures of crumbling roads and bridges to highlight the backlog of maintenance at national parks.bruce westerman, r-ar:"there's been too much focus on acquiring new land verses taking care of what we got."congressman bruce westerman says in arkansas improvements to buffalo national river and hot springs national park are among the 37 million dollars worth of work needed in the state.he's sponsoring a new bill to fund park maintenance by curtailing new land buys. drew mcconville, the wilderness society:"it would sacrifice and really hijack and a very popular and important program." environmentalists agree national parks need major work but they oppose westerman's plan to pay for it.drew mcconville is with the wild

there are reports that home prices in sonoma county have shot up 15%. the semper cisco-based company cites the fires last october as the reason for the increase. joined me now via skype is patrick carlisle of paragon real estate group. tell me is this the case of low inventory so the prices shoot up? >> is two things. it is certainly low inventory. but when 5000 households lose their homes, the market only has 6000 homes a year, that is a lot of pressure. >> so we are looking at 50% of a hike here. you see home prices going up even further or have we leveled off with this 15%? >> the market has been crazy all over the bay area. especially the beginning of the year defined by it too little supply for the buyer demand. i do not see it coming off in current circumstances. it looks like it is going to keep cooking for a while. >> so we are talking it gone up in a few months. you see this doubling in the same amount of time in a few months from now? >> the rate of appreciation in sonoma has certainly outrun that in other bay area communities. i don't know as

if it gets into the hills now you are talking mission peek, sonoma mountain. if it gets below that you are a grizzly peek. below that the san bruno mountains. it is in the forecast later today and tonight into tomorrow. we get a little break. a front went through yesterday. for me it is all about me right here, when that front went through at about 1130 i was like, wow. that was pretty intense. i'm sure you encountered it if you were out driving. now we are in between. the front has gone through and now the colder air is filtering in. once it does it will destabilize the atmosphere and we will pop-up is widely scattered showers. 30s and 40s on the temperatures . more cloud coverage to the south. they are held up a little bit more in the 40s. a lot of 30s. lafayette, walnut creek, blackhawk. there are some partly cloudy skies and there. this will be an active pattern. the cold air arrives today and it will really arrive by later today. off and on rain. hail and low snow levels possible tonight and into tomorrow. 4:31 on a friday. let's hope today is a little qu

as a way to help their sonoma county neighbors devastated by the destruction. so when a person placed an order over the phone in late january for several of these thousand dollar generators, cables and oil cans claiming they were for food trucks used to raise money for fire victims, the small business was happy to accommodate. sot they needed 8 of these generators to power their food trucks logical makes senseat the time, nothing seemed suspicious when the caller used two credit card numbers. rick springer sot we did everything the way we were supposed to be the credit cards ran throughnow, months later the credit card companies have declined the transactions. because the cards used, were stolen from fire victims.leaving reeds out thousands of dollars and questioning the good in people. sot it is the lowest of low i thinkperhaps feeling sorry about the sob story the generators were to help fire victims, the sonoma county sheriff's office says the store cashier did not check the ids of the two people who came in to pick up the order. sot i am not happy with thes

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downtown san francisco topping out at 63 degrees. 73 in sonoma. east bay highs 70 at oakland and san lee andro. and the inland east bay warming up. on we go to a maximum temperature trend over the next several days. wednesday it is warmer. highs in the upper 70s to 80s inland. low 80s thursday. and we won't see significant cool down until the weekend. and even they, not a sharp cool down. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. a few clouds in the sky. high temperatures reaching into the mid-70s. easter sunday looking much like saturday. upper 60s around the bay and about 60 on the coast and little change going into early next week. the weather is looking nice and spring like. >> stay with us. you will see a lot more pink on california roads. >> the license plate that were the brain >>> uber is selling its southeast asia business to a competitor. and uber ceo will join grab's boards. >>> baurt is expanding its program with app scoop. several other stations are also part of the program. an and. >> licse plate will be pink. helping to raise mone

downtown san francisco topping out at 63 degrees. 73 in sonoma. east bay highs 70 at oakland and san lee andro. and the inland east bay warming up. on we go to a maximum temperature trend over the next several days. wednesday it is warmer. highs in the upper 70s to 80s inland. low 80s thursday. and we won't see significant cool down until the weekend. and even they, not a sharp cool down. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. a few clouds in the sky. high temperatures reaching into the mid-70s. easter sunday looking much like saturday. upper 60s around the bay and about 60 on the coast and little change going into early next week. the weather is looking nice and spring like. >> stay with us. you will see a lot more pink on california roads. >> the license plate that were the brain >>> uber is selling its southeast asia business to a competitor. and uber ceo will join grab's boards. >>> baurt is expanding its program with app scoop. several other stations are also part of the program. a and. >> license plate will be pink. helping to raise mon

my own staff went up and managed the emergency operation center in santa rosa and sonoma county. the city had over a thousand people go up to help in the response efforts. i think it was -- i view anything like this as a good experience for us because we knock on wood, have not had as many horrible disasters here in san francisco itself, so it's a learning experience for us when we go and we help our neighbors, but also we are going to be relying on the support of our neighbors when the big one hits here. so, linda? anything you would like to add? >> so i think what was interesting for me, i've been working emergency management situations for a number of years. it was the first time i saw an organization not have their staff. so what was interesting, these are small cities. and their staff were very busy trying to help their families. and could not be available to do the work that needed to be done, especially on the mapping side which was proving to be so critical as people were trying to understand where evacuations should take place. the fact that mutual aid was there, they kn

sonoma raceway says rambo was the only racer on the track at the time.. the wednesday night drags program has been going on for 30 years and opens the track to 300 competitors every wednesday night to race in what the raceway calls a safe legal and controlled environment. this is the first on track program's history.dan kerman kron 4 news.55/std (steve) a warning tonight for parents-- after a man was seen taking pictures of kids at popular beach...and exposing himself. find out what police want parents to know... (steve) next: your starbucks coffee may be dangerous for your health. the new warning you'll might see next time you grab a favorite cup of joe. get ready for spring-at the ross spring shoe event. ross has the must-have styles and brands for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross. step two: walk out with top brands at big savings... ...at the ross spring shoe event. ♪ for the latest styles where you'll spend less. ♪ spring dress. ♪ ♪ you gotta go to ross. if you want to save big on dresses for every occasion, you go

in other areas of sonoma county we're seeing sunshine. we'll check in with abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in santa rosa. hi, amy. >> reporter: hi. the winds are starting to pick up here. we are getting a break from the rain, but it did rain. you can see how much. by looking at the empty lot and the standing water in the fountain grove area. this gives you an idea how much rain came down overnight. here's video of rain at about 5:30 this morning. santa rosa crews are worried about rain and runoff. they had city workers on call, but they didn't need to call them in. they were relieved the rain didn't come down too quickly to overwhelm their system. necessity are also concerned about the predicted wind gust this storm is supposed to bring and that that could do to all the dead tries that happened during the fires. >> we're expecting sustained winds with 20 to 50 miles an hour. that presents a unique challenge with the sheer volume of trees that were affected by the fires that could have been weakened, that would be susceptible to a w

john molinari, sonoma county sheriff's office// "i think after the florida incident everyone is trying to be precautious and they want to be safe in nature each time they get a threat it could be something that happened today we have to take it seriously.">( lydia ) the oakgrove unified school district superintendent telling me they're exploring the best times to have conversations with students to have an opportunity to talk and have a voice. ( james ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) also in the north bay... a teenager is hurt in a drive-by shooting... and right now police are looking for the gunman. it happened in fairfield yesterday morning on clay bank road near sprig court. police say a 17-year-old girl was walking when someone drove by and shot her. the girl is expected to be okay. police say they do not believe the shooting is random. ( darya ) in the south bay... a man is dead after a hit-and-run in san jose. it happened on southbound 280. police say the driver of a honda lost control... and hit a toyota sedan. when the honda driver

a large bay tree fell on a house at roughly 8:00 a.m., as for the rest of sonoma county? in other places the more predictable minor calamities, at the junction of highway 12 and 121 in melville, there's a history of flash floods, today another one on queue, the driver of that toyota escaped welt but uninjured. we also saw flooding on this roadway. an overall theme, a forgettable storm. for most of us. but not for angelina. what's the lesson here? >> that maybe an angel was watching over us, or maybe we got lucky because that's a big tree. >>> close call in folsom as a car gets trapped in a flooded roadway. the fire department took this dramatic picture this morning as a rescue crew went across what looks like a raging river. a man climbs outside of the window and gets on top of the car, the crew in the boat then tosses a rope to that driver could crawl to safety. >>> fires and pg&e's plan to reduce the threat from wildfires. that story tonight. >> reporter: following the massive wildfires that devastated part of sonoma and napa counties, pg&e says it wants to be pro activ

sonoma raceway says rambo was the only racer on the track at the time.. the wednesday night drags program has been going on for 30 years and opens the track to 300 competitors every wednesday night to race raceway calls and environment. on track program's dan kerman 55/std (robin)coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... police rush to a south bay school campus after a threat. hear from students who were forced to "lockdown". (robin)plus... new details about a correctional deputy accused of having sex with an inmate. the policy changes that are coming as a result. (robin)and.... a warning to parents after a man was seen taking pictures of kids at popular beach... and then exposing himself. find out what police want you to know. (robin) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge.bridge. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. (mabrisa rodriguez)seasonably warm today with high pressure over the region. continued seasonably mild over the weekend with a gradual cooling trend back to normal early

. >> now to a developing story, a drag race turns deadly at the sonoma raceway. that driver slammed into a wall at 100 miles an hour. this was during a race last night. >> this is a very rare crash at the popular raceway. >> reporter: it was the first night of the season that amateur drivers could come here and get out onto the track. unfortunately, it ended in tragedy when the experienced driver smashed into a wall. according to the sonoma raceway his souped up hot rod was going more than 100 miles an hour. the 75-year-old driver was the only one on the track when it happened just after 6:15, a couple hours into the event. >> this particular participant had all the proper harnesses and proper helmet and safety equipment for his class. >> reporter: it's called drags and drifts. anyone can pay a small fee, pass a safety inspection. it's a popular night that up until now had a clean safety record. >> we've been doing this for 30 years and it hasn't happened. that speaks for itself in my mind. >> reporter: jerry sparks says the car has been in the family for years.

all three men were booked in the sonoma county jail. ( terisa ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a helicopter crashes in the east river in new york. coming up... we have brand new information about what may have caused the helicopter to go down. ( terisa ) plus... a 10- year-old girl and her family displaced by a fire in the east bay. how firefighters are helping reunite her with one of her prized possessions. < "wonderful woman -- i mean, just wonderful.">( terisa ) and after the break we are learning more about the women killed after the hostage situation in yountville. how those victims are being remembered this morning. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (áábreakáá)(ácommercialá) (ácommercialá) ♪ ♪ my husband is probably going to think i'm crazy. he thinks i'm going to see my sister! ♪ ♪ sometimes the confidence to be spontaneous starts with financial stability. once i heard it i was shocked. i just thought, i have to go get it! ♪ ♪ it's our tree! ♪ ♪ see how a personalized financial strategy and ac

maybe a sprinkle up in sonoma county. that cool northwesterly breeze will be with us, but we do warm up. the accuweather forecast tomorrow, tuesday, even wednesday when we increase the clouds, then the rain comes back on thursday. it looks like a weak system of 1 on our storm impact scale. >> it looks like a good-looking week. thanks for joining us on abc 7 mornings. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. the news continues now on line on twitter, facebook and instagram. news continues at 9:00 this morning. "good morning america" is up next. have a great sunday. >>> it's the job of everyone here on abc 7 to tell your story. help you tell the truth. help you understand the truth. empower your family. whether you worry about your daughter at work or your son at school, we're here to connect you with local experts and resources whenever you need them. because anyone can cover local news, but it takes a trusted ally to do your story justice. ally to do your story justice. find your ally at ♪ ally(door bell rings) justice.

. >>> a man died after being tased by police in sonoma. sonoma police got several calls from people in a mobile home park who was naked and breaking street lamps. officers found the man and he did not respond and they used the tasers on him and he continued to resist. he was taken to the hospital where he died. >>> putting the pressure on google when it comes to making women equal with men. gasia mikaelian has the story. >> reporter: heidi lamar is in a david versus goliath battle. she just joined a lawsuit against google where she was a preschool teacher. >> all of the work was play based. we used a lot of repurposed materials and created the highest quality environment we could. >> you look like your love your job. >> i did. >> we start all new educators at a level one. >> she started at the lowest category in the tiered pay scale, making $18.50 an hour. 31/2 years in a conversation with a coworker opened her eyes. >> isn't it frustrating and one of my colleagues said i got hired at a level two. and he was a man. >> a man was making $2 a

the sonoma county sheriff's office and the f-a-a are investigating the crash. this was the scene in miami sunday when a driver tried to leave the scene of a car accident. you can see two men yelling at the driver to stop, yelling at the two men yelling at the driver to stop, (catherine) caught on camera: a woman in ohio apparently stealing money out of a donation box for two officers killed saturday in the line of duty. bar owners say the woman went up the box pretending to donate but flipped it over to see if she could get the money out. she returned a short time later - pulling the money out with something from her purse. from her something from her purse. workers at the bar say she then played all the money in the lottery machine. police are still looking for her.. 'did you call 911? dominick, i've got a blanket in the back of the car....") police have charged a new york mother with endangering the welfare of a child... after her baby was found in the middle of a busy street. luckily two good samaritans stepped in and held the nine-month old boy until author

county, the sonoma county sheriff's office, napa county, other law enforcement agencies, the fbi. they are all trying to do what they are trying to do but as you can take a look over here, this is a wide and open facility. it is back there behind those tree branches there, and this is a golf course that is actually tied to this particular facility and it is very easy to gain access here because it was intended for that. there is a theater, a public theater, and of course the state run veterans home and agency to deal with that, so it's a very lovely place and on any other occasion, it would be one of those ideal napa places. but right now it is a place of intention because once again, they simply have no idea, and apparently they had tried to make contact and maybe have made contact to the fbi but they really don't know what this person is going to do and as long as that person has that weapon, then those hostages, this is going to be handled very coolly unless they see no other way to do it besides you take this person down and i don't get the impression that they are anywhere cl

state campus as a new resident tonight. >> she is ouit with the sonoma state gear, you can find lucy right outside the schultz information center. >> it's one of several lucy statues that serve as a tribute to peanuts creator, charles schultz. >> there's a nice burst of joy every time you walk by. >> for all of us here, we appreciate your time. we'll see you again in half an hour. >>> tonight, the nor'easter hitting in just hours. slamming the east coast, up to two feet of snow expected in some places. schools in philadelphia already closed. bracing from philly to new york city to boston tonight. nearly 200,000 without power, without heat, already because of the last storm, and now this. >>> also breaking at this hour, yet another major departure at the white house tonight. just as the president declares everyone wants to work in the white house. >>> the emergency evacuations tonight. the train slamming into a truck hauling hydrochloric acid. a dangerous chemical cloud above the crash site. families rushed to safety. >>> former doctor larry nassar. first, more than 260 women coming f

a lull for sonoma county and napa county. not the case for marin county. back to san pablo bay. alamo and you can see the lines coming in on the peninsula picking up there as well. all the way down to the santa cruz mountains. 40s and 50s. it's a cool, cool pattern. and the coldest air is yesterday to arrive. it's winter storm city up in the sierra, nevada. the winter storm warning goes until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. that is the main line for now. there could be hail embedded in that. just a bit south of the santa cruz mountains but the cold low right there is going to keep us

. >>> a man in the city of sonoma died last night after being tased by police. officers say they received calls from people who live in a mobile home park on ramon street about a man who was naked, yelling and breaking street lamps with his bare hands. officers found the man but say he didn't respond to their commands. they used their tasers, he continued to resist and then went into medical stress. he died at the hospital. >>> new information tonight about a deadly crash at sonoma raceway. today we learned that the man who died was 75-year-old james kenneth rambo from napa. he was taking part in last night's drags and drifts event when the crash happened. paul chambers has more on how his family is remembering him. >>> reporter: drag-racing was a passion of james kenneth rambo. off camera, his son said the two of them built the car that rambo died in when he crashed into a k-rail at sonoma raceway. >> this was a race-prepared car. he was a drag racer. he had experience with drag- racing and had built this race car for that purpose. >> reporter: investigators sa

we have light to moderate showers moving along the marin and sonoma coastline. rain increases tonight. it's mild out there, humid, too, san jose 66, concord 68, livermore 64, santa rosa 59. with the clouds and humidity and rain only dropping to 57 in mountain view, napa tonight 52 degrees. atmospheric river is hitting central and southern california. looking at the rainfall predictions, anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain by tomorrow night for a good swath of the california coastline including ventura county, including montecito and all the way north up to big sur. they are expecting a 1/2 foot of rainfall by tomorrow. for us stormy weather, not

tow trucks rescued stranded drivers after the water spilled over from the nearby sonoma creek. trucks made it through, drivers in the small cars tried. they got out of the water. it's the type of conditions officials in sonoma and napa counties have been bracing for warning of possible flooding and mudslides for months. crews have been clear lots, storm drains and securing hillsides. lots are being cleared and hundreds are up for sale. property owners have to continue to maintain lots throughout the rainy season. they still have to ensure that the properties will be stabilized and not lead to a bigger issue. authorities are reminding people to report any signs of erosion, mudslides and don't try to cross flooded roads. >>> we have downed trees. anne makovec is in the santa cruz mountains. >> reporter: the rain has been pretty steady all morning long here in the santa cruz mountains causing slick conditions here along highway 17 and making people wonder how much is too much rain when it comes to the ground and the trees. even in a downpour, this santa cruz mountain native is unf

. >>> the sonoma county share of twitter account suggested a name change, sonoma county after a deputy captured a picture of his suv covered in snow. this morning snow cover the top of mt. diablo. to friends woke up early for chance to play in the snow. >> it's incredibly beautiful. >> we were so excited we made plans to come out last night to mount diablo. but the road was closed off by rangers into reach the summit visitors had to park their cars and hike more than a mile. >> it was a bad because we just looked around and took pictures of everything with so much snow. it was beautiful and we kept getting distracted. it was really nice . >>> the morning brought light to heavy rain in the south bay. in boulder creek the girl scout stuck it out to sell cookies during the last week of sales. >> rainy and windy. >> in santa cruz if you don't sell during the reign you won't sell during the winter. we just try to keep the girls warm and we rotate the gross out so they can get warm. >>reporter: the girl scouts and others out say this winter weather was nothing compared to last year. >> drivi

it beat -- williams-sonoma. they enjoyed very good holiday sales for williams-sonoma and pottery barn. shares are up over one percent. job market continues to chug right along. the initial jobless claims down 4000 this past week. unemployment remains at a 17 year low. employers across the country are struggling to find talented workers and are starting to increase wages to get those workers. stock market trying to rebound after a couple of tough days. got off to a decent start, starting to lose the gains once again. the dow syllabi 20 points but the nasdaq is down by eight and the s&p is up by onepoint. back to you. >>> a new bill aims to address the housing shortage in california by opening the door to a development near transit stations. in san francisco some worry it could radically change the landscape of the city. we're live on twin peaks with more on a rally planned for later today. >> reporter: a lot of people want to live here in this beautiful city. you can see why. there is a housing shortage up and do

the cause of the accident is under investigation. ( robin ) a 75-year-old napa man was killed at the sonoma raceway. officials say the man was taking part in the "wednesday night drags" program when his car hit the wall at over 100 miles an hour... killing him. the victim's name has not been released. officials say this is the first on-track fatality in the 30-year history of the wednesday night drags program. ( robin )two people are in the hospital after being run-over by a driver in san francisco's dogpatch neighborhood. this all happened just before

cupertino, around parts of the north bay, napa, old sonoma road, wet and slippery for your commute. if you're in the east bay from fremont and south san francisco heading down towards the san bruno area, it is also gusty out thaye there. it's a level one storm, tonight through tomorrow, light to moderate rain, gusty winds. your travel will be impacted but tomorrow is what you need to watch out for as we see light to moderate rain. i'll be back with the hour by hour timeline coming up. >> you can track the rain where you live with the abc 7 news app. it has live doppler 7 so you can get hour by hour conditions in your neighborhood. >>> s.w.a.t. teams searched the city of novato looking for men and women involved in house raids. >> reporter: in normally placid marin county, the rare sight of a manhunt that was also aftermath. armed officers blocking intersections, looking in tunnels, using dogs, going house to house, all in search of five armed suspects who began the day with attacks on eugenia drive in petaluma. warren purcell lives right next door. >> this location where we're at, j

sonoma were worried about the clogged roads and did notutut one in the thomas fire, they use sem. the statepped in and said, we will do it and overrode the county. and i think changes at the federal level to how they work will help them be more effective. >> we have 30 seconds what are the things to pevent it from happening again? >> we mentioned the utility, pg&e isooking at shutting down power prentatively, and i think the lessons that are being learned in the fire are finally being elevated to the state level, so they are talking about new state level standards in terms of requiring people to have, requiring counties to have a certain level of alerts h s i place before the next disaster strikes. >> great work, good investigation, thank you both. >>hank you. >> thank you. >> and amid the news of immgration raids and detentions, we take a look now at what happens to family members that are left behind. our next story is about a high school senior, jennifer bravo. >> it all started at the ihop in lodi. >> i remember we were eating t was a normal day. we were going to go to church,

a 75-year-old napa man killed in a violent crash at sonoma raceway. the driver hit the wall at 100 miles per hour at the dragon drift event last night. he was racing a 1976 ford pinto on the quarter-mile dragstrip. he was the only driver on the track. the dragon drift event is very popular, it gives people a place to raise their own cars legally. this video is a past event at the raceway, the sonoma raceway says this is the first on track death in the history. the crash is under investigation. >>> president trump made another change to his cabinet firing the veteran affairs secretary david shulkin, he was the only obama administration holdover in the cabinet. there was speculation for weeks he was on his way out, the president wants the white house physician ronnie jackson to take over at the va. >>> north and south korea announced the leaders of both countries will be meeting at a cross-border summit april 27. greg palkot has the latest from london. >> the leaders of south and north korea will be meeting for the third time since the end of the korean

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you can see right here through marin, nap park sonoma counties, heavier rain. that stays here into sonoma through 11:21. and some of those heavier pockets into napa at 11:42. off to the peninsula, we're starting to see things pick up in san mateo. that will be the case through 11:28. into hayward through midnight tonight. we have seen things right across the santa cruz mountains and the south bay also starting to increase, especially through the higher elevations along highway 17. we saw our report ian cull there earlier tonight. this is the highway 17 summit we have coming into our news desk. you can see how slick and slippery the roads are. it's hard to see how hard that rain is coming down but when headlights come up against it, you can get an idea of how slick things are. let's get you back into storm ranger. i want to show you this zone of moisture we're dealing with. this is going to continue to move into parts of the bay area through tomorrow morning's forecast. let's go ahead and get you to that hour by hour look. 2:00 a.m., it's a split picture here. m

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