announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. liz: across california. the worst of the storm has passed the damage left behind is far from gone. where we are seeing the worst of the impacts as more rain is expected this weekend. good morning. i'm liz kreutz. we have team coverage this morning following this storm. cornell barnard is in marin county and meteorologist lisa argen. lisa, let's start with you. lisa: we are looking at scattered showers. live doppler 7 in the north bay and that has been the last couple of hours. highway 1, bodega bay certainly

wet, but further to the north, granville, highway 116, little more water and we do not need it. anywhere from one third to a couple of hundredths. here is where we have the flood warning the next hour or so. else where the flood watch has been discontinued for the bay area but for the delta, looking at excessive rainfall. it will be in the 50's today. scattered showers today will be the less rainy day and look at that feathered friend saying hello. by the afternoon we pick up on a little more rain through the overnight. we will talk totals and a rainy oscar sunday, as well as the atmospheric river moving on in monday night. liz: thank you. people in the north bay are cleaning up, drying out and assessing the damage after getting hit by the storm. cornell barnard is live in mill valley with the latest. good morning.

cornell: good morning. we are seeking light rain right now but here we go again, another wet week for the bay area. many streets in mill valley are still flooded. it was quite a day yesterday. the last atmospheric river brought flooding to guernsey thursday and friday leaving mill street underwater. the water was too deep. one had to be rescued by the chp. the road was closed. in mill valley it was quite a sight. one family returned home to find a giant redwood tree had toppled and split their home in half. luckily, nobody was hurt. here is the homeowner.

> the storms took down a tree that was dead and we already identified the tree was going to need to come down. but seems like itself down early. cornell: the family cannot stay. safe to say that driving has been challenging if not dangerous. the chp urging everyone to take it slow, another storm is fast approaching. be careful. live in mill valley, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. liz: it really has been relentless. our first responders are concerned about the next round of storms. cornell: they are very concerned because the ground is so saturated there was literally nowhere for the water to go. firefighters across the bay area from santa cruz to santa rosa will be watching rising creeks

and rivers closely. there is hope, although it is raining slightly, over the next 48 hours that there will be a brief respite to allow things to drain. but it may not be enough. we will see what happens. one thing is for sure, i have gotten my money's worth the last couple of months on my rain boots. [laughter] you have rain gear too. i am not putting it away anytime soon. liz: all of the worst storm days fall on the days you are in the field. [laughter] we appreciate everything you have been doing. cornell: right? liz: thanks. new this morning out of monterey county, evacuations underway after the river levy breached overnight. national guard high water rescue and swift water rescue crews have been requested. two evacuation shelters are open at the santa cruz county fairgrounds and compass church. restoration work on the levy is

expected throughout the morning. also in monterey county, a scary situation as authorities rushed to pull people out of their cars. this happened overnight near the river. we are working to get more information on what happened, but you can see in this video authorities pulling a child and one adult out of the car as the water around them comes up around their car. thankfully, everybody appears to be ok but it shows how fast things can change. we want to show you more of the damage left behind. we are going to do that in the south bay where we are once again seeing widespread floods, swamping roads and major highways. that includes highway 101 which has since been reopened. lauren martinez reports from gilroy. lauren: the 101 interchange was closed until 6:00 friday evening, forcing people to take

the back roads to hollister. >> i might have to take balsa which i never take because it is too windy. the other thing is i might have to come up the other way. lauren: caltrans says crews started working 12 hour shifts and if you can, try to stay off the roads. >> if you have the luxury of staying or working from home, please do so. liz: issue with that piece. in the east bay, niles canyon road remains closed between pleasanton and fremont. cars were forced to turn around mission boulevard because of the closure. alternate routes are interstate 680 or 580. yosemite national park is closed through thursday, march 16, and possibly longer. a spokesperson said a partial reopening march 17 is the best case scenario. record snowfall has buried much of the park which has been

closed for almost two weeks. park crews are continuing snow removal operations. across the state of california nearly 10,000 people are under evacuation orders, this at the flooding along the coast is expected to worsen. take a look at the moving waters in central california. this is new video from kernville. at least two people have a result of the recent storms. as more rain moves through the bay area this weekend, you can keep track of the changing conditions and access the same live doppler 7 the weather team uses on-demand, the abc 7 wherever you stream. now to a bizarre story out of hayward where cremated bodies were left in storage, some up to 10 years. in many cases, families have been trying to locate the remains of loved ones but have not been getting a response from the company.

an investigation is underway by local and state officials to figure out what happened. anser hassan has the story. anser: inside this warehouse six bodies were found and 154 remains that have been cremated, some held almost 10 years. >> i think you families had not started complaining we would not be here right now. anser: the lieutenant with the alameda county sheriff's office, speaking on behalf of the coroner's office says, oceanview cremation had allegedly been operating on a suspended license going back to 2018. it may have been allowed to cremate but not store the remains. >> that is how they ended up incorporating the warehouse and having them stored there so that they were not on the premises. but the issue is that the warehouse was not licensed to store the remains either. anser: february 28 of this year the coroner's office was

notified of the cemetery and funeral bureau of what was going on. the next day the coroner's office went to retrieve the remains. >> of the six bodies and 154 cremated remains that were located, that is a large span of time from 2013 to 2021. anser: yelp reviews document the struggles families faced try to find loved ones. some said the company's website was suspended. >> of the six deceased we recovered, five of them have been identified and those families said they had attempted to follow up with oceanview and they were not able to get into contact with the owner. anser: many families assumed the bodies were cremated and the ashes dispersed as per their contract. but these 154 bodies were labeled and the families are notified. >> some of the remains were supposed to be scattered at sea and that clearly did not happen. anser: oceanview did not return

request for comment. anser hassan, abc 7 news. liz: let's get a check outside. lisa: you sure you want to do that? [laughter] liz: are things turning? lisa: we have clouds and fog and you saw cornell with the scattered showers. more of that today. nothing excess of. no rainy day all day long. we save that for next week. i will explain, next. liz: also, silicon valley bank shut down. how the second largest bank in the country

liz: regulators have closed silicon valley bank and taking control of its assets, leaving customers confused and frustrated. this is the second largest bank

failure in u.s. history. suzanne phan how this collapse happened. >> it seems like a big surprise. suzanne: news of this ordered shut down sending shockwaves across the tech industry. the bank does business with venture capital backed companies. >> it is a shock to a lot of people. there are a lot of conversations on what is after. suzanne: we saw a number of people anxious to get answers. others wanting to withdraw money at the san francisco location. one man told me he was a startup founder. each person was all turned away, told to go to the branch in palo alto or call this number. >> you have reached silicon valley bank. please read the announcement about silicon valley bank from the federal deposit insurance corporation. suzanne: this woman is a startup founder. news of the closure came as a big surprise. she chose not to withdraw her money. >> it is very sudden and maybe we should give it some time to let things settle. there is fdic insurance up to

$250,000. i do not know how many are affected. my balance is insured, so i was not super word. suzanne: this startup co-founder does not bank with svp. >> we are working on diversifying our funds. suzanne: the bank was taken over. >> the bank carelessly said it would have to support some of its asset base and sell off some of the assets that are now under the price they have paid for these assets. suzanne: this professor with uc berkeley says these assets are now underwater and silicon valley bank had to sell them off. >> the other problem is the bank is hopelessly overexposed on cash from all of these entrepreneurs. 96% of its asset base, or some such thing, is based on cash from startups. suzanne: the professor says there is important things to consider. >> try to keep calm. the situation is not helped by

the panic. let the regulators do their work. let the bank management do their work. we are going to have to work this bank out but a quick and hasty withdrawal of everything is not helping anybody. suzanne: suzanne phan, abc 7 news. liz: happening today, san francisco's 172nd annual st. patrick's day parade. they are expecting a big turnout. it starts at 11:30 this morning, rain or shine, at the corner of 2nd an market street. traffic will be rerouted on market street throughout the day for the parade. we said rain or shine. is there going to be rain in san francisco? lisa: we could see a little bit of rain. not a whole lot but it will not be sunny. you can see the clouds offshore and we are locked into the system where things in the north are not moving. that has allowed for some tropical fetch to bring in moisture. somewhat of a zonal flow.

north of santa rosa seeing some wet weather. we have had breaks but has been on and off throughout the morning. along the coast looking at marshall, west marin county has seen the creeks overcome their banks. we are looking at light rain from time to time over the weekend with a level 1 system. this flood advisory has been allowed to expire for the bay area and through the delta more shower activity. 53 palo alto, 50 two half moon bay, fog in san francisco and 48 degree. wind not much of an issue but the visibility really reduced. the level 1 system on saturday and rain picking up into sunday. looking at the strongest storm after the commute on monday into tuesday. let's track it for you

hour-by-hour stopping this at 2:00. 's body, light showers. maybe two downpours into sunday morning. your monday. a soggy morning commute but look what happens throughout the day on monday night into tuesday. this is our atmospheric river. level 2 system with the possibility of thunderstorms. this weekend rainfall amounts primarily in the north bay close to half an inch. with the rain changing over to snow back and forth in the mountains just a couple of inches at the snow resort. mid 30's right now. upper 50's for us and we lose an hour of sleep tonight. a later sunset and more rain tomorrow with the rain picking up monday into tuesday. a break wednesday and thursday. liz:

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liz: we are counting down to oscar sunday tomorrow. the countdown clock is on the screen. they start at 5:00 p.m. on abc 7 hosted by jimmy kimmel. dion lim is in los angeles for the awards ceremony. you can catch her all weekend long. she got to talk to some excited fans, and is a preview from jimmy kimmel. dion: not even the cold and rain of southern california could dampen the spirits of people from around the world excited about the 95th annual academy awards. there have been a number of changes since i was here last. the first being the carpet itself. for the first time since the 1960's the red carpet is gold, or shall i say, champagne. an ode to the champagne toast. some parts have not even been rolled out. that will soon cover the steps. friday we met locals and

tourists from over the globe that wanted a souvenir of hollywood's biggest night. >> this is the most hollywood you can get. it just happens to be that we come at the perfect time. dion: then there is vivian robinson who showed why she is known as the oscar super fan. >> this is a patch from the curtain. they only made 15 of these. and all of the patches on my jacket i cut up the hats from the workers and put them on my jacket. dion: you actually have parts of the carpet when it was red. >> they give me pieces every year because everybody knows me. dion: jimmy kimmel is hosting the show for the third time and told me earlier in the week what he does to prepare. >> sadly, it has been eating food out of a little cooler that gets delivered to the house every six weeks. it is incredible when you realize how much food you are supposed to be eating or not supposed to be eating. it is sobering to see the portion sizes. i am very much looking forward

to not doing that anymore. [laughter] dion: as for me, part of my preparation find perfect gown. dion lim, abc 7 news. liz: our coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 with coverage on the champagne carpet. countdown to the oscars begins at 3:30 and the show gets going at 5:00 p.m.

liz: let's get a final check on the forecast. lisa: it has been a rainy start to the weekend. around santa rosa and westwood off the coast you can see scattered showers. level 1 system today. they will pick up tomorrow and again late monday for a level 2 system and thunderstorms possible with another atmospheric river. liz: we are off early today. thank you for joining us. i'm liz kreutz, along with lisa argen. the news will continue at 4:30. have a good day.

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