rare tornado touchdown in the first alert forecast. there is still a lot of storm cleanup to do before the next round from flooded roads and vineyards to fallen trees causing headaches around the bay. >> i was out having coffee and i come home. all of a sudden there's no power in the house. and the 49ers back at work before they take football's biggest stage, how they're preparing for a super bowl showdown with the chiefs. >> the quarterback is as hard to beat as anyone who ever played the game. it doesn't get more dedicated than this, a 49ers fan scheduling his life saving treatments on the road to cheer on the 9ers, how the team's winning season has helped him through a tough year. >> 2023 has been real rough, but i'm still here. home of super bowl lviii between the 49ers and the chiefs, this is kpix cbs news

bay area. but first another one-two punch, we're in between that atmospheric river of sorts, a chance today to clean up some damage from last night before the next big storm arrives sunday. there is still some wild weather today. check this out. it's a tornado caught on camera in rural sonoma county. this video was taken around 11:00 this morning in two rock west of petaluma, the first time in more than a decade a tornado's touched down in sonoma county. for most of us it was hit or miss showers. so this time lapse video shows a cell moving through oakland this morning, a dark cloud, well, then giving way to a beautiful rainbow and eventually blue skies. then just before we caught this rainbow on our sfo camera, there were reports of thunderstorms and lightning near the terminal. as we look live around the bay area, much different from last night's commute when the rain was really starting to pick up.

you'll want to keep that umbrella handy the next few days as we check in with chief meteorologist paul heggen. let's take another look at that video of the tornado in sonoma county. paul, this is pretty rare. you posted that to the newsroom. we all were in shock. was this california? >> i had to check to make sure it was actual video, but the radar matches up. let's point out where we're talking about here in sonoma county. it's west of 101 which runs the length of the petaluma river valley in some of the higher valleys west of highway 101. it was a brief tornado touchdown, but it's exceptional because it's the first in sonoma county since 2011 and if i'm checking the records correctly, the first in any part of the bay area since 2011. let's look at what's on radar now. we'll zoom in at where the tornado occur canned. we have scattered showers at the moment, including some wetting down the roads for the tail end of the evening commute. zooming

into that portion of sonoma county where the brief tornado did occur just southeast of two rock which is southwest of rohnert park, northwest of petaluma. we can look at what the radar looked like when the tornado touched down at 11:00 this morning. the red and green, we're in velocity mode on radar. you can see which way the raindrops are moving. we're looking at the red area where the raindrops are moving away from the radar site in davis and the green area where the raindrops are moving towards, the center of circulation. how did this happen today? the way the winds were aligned in the atmosphere, winds at surface level and winds farther up in the atmosphere moving two different speeds. that gets the air turning over horizontally. that's not rare. what's different today is we had showers that grew into thunderstorms. there was instability in the atmosphere around the bay area. as the thunderstorms grew, the updraft of the growing clouds takes the horizontal circulation and tilts it into a vertical

circulation. as that vertical circulation gets more established and reaches down closer to ground level, first you get a funnel cloud. if it reaches all the way down to ground level, an actual tornado touches down briefly, only about 60 seconds or so. no concerns like that this evening. we'll track this moving forward into the weekend coming up. this was one of the big worries with the wind. a tree fell and took out a few forward lines near the border of mountain view and los altos. crews have been working to clearly the area for hours. as loureen ayyoub shows us, it was one of a few trees to come down and will likely not be the last. >> reporter: more wind, more rain and more trees falling down. we're here at keizer stadium where some trees went down causing damage to the fences here. it's a scene that has become all too common, trees coming down in san francisco and

throughout the bay. this morning at the keizer stadium, former home of the 49ers, a eucalyptus tree split in half knocking down two cypress trees and damaged the main gate at the stadium. this local runner heard the sounds. >> it was not that unexpected. trees have come down here before. >> reporter: the tree also hit a lamp. so they've temporarily cut power on site until repairs are complete. rec and park says it's due to the tree's limb failure. cam, who is a big fan of the surrounding trees, still remains cautious around them. >> i generally try to spend as little time under large trees as i can. >> reporter: another tree fell at the border of los altos and mountain view, that affecting residents who had their power cut as officials repair the damage. one local neighbor is relieved for his safety. >> i'm glad i wasn't standing

there when it fell, but the tree is huge. >> reporter: as large as it is, miraculously, no injuries reported. >> whenever you get saturation, there's always a higher risk. when you've got wind coming in, they can knock down those trees. >> reporter: at keizer stadium, no injuries reported, just another good-bye to some longstanding neighbors. >> it's kind of sad when they come down, too. >> reporter: an unavoidable cycle of life. officials are encouraging residents to try to stay away from trees during wet and windy conditions. >> thank you. flooding has also been a big issue. high waters from the russian river washed over highway 175 in hopland in mendocino county. the area is prone to flooding, but the river surged above flood stage overnight, quickly receded falling below its banks this morning, but it's still left a lot of damage. a nearby winery

was impacted. you can see some grapevines just drenched in floodwaters. in sonoma county crews trudged through this flooded road to rescue a driver who was trapped in a car in the community of windsor. a look at road conditions in the sierra, few cars on the road. the uc berkeley snow lab says they got more than ten inches of snowfall overnight and heed this warning. they're expecting plenty more the next 48 hours, even more from sunday to monday. chain controls are in effect this evening along highway 50. we will track the remnants of this storm and the next atmospheric river coming. you can find first alert updates anytime on kpix.com or watch us free streaming on the cbs news app. a preliminary report is in on the release of coke dust by

the martinez refinery on thanksgiving 2022. an independent investigator revealed workers at the refinery weren't aware of this release until the next day when they started getting calls from people finding the dust on their yards, homes, and cars. the report listed several factors for the release and slow response, things like worker fatigue and the company ignoring warnings from their own engineers. we'll know more when the final reports are released the end of the month. san jose police caught four burglary suspects during a home invasion last week. they believe the group is connected to a string of burglaries that have taken place all across the bay area, including san jose, san bruno, fremont, milpitas, and union city. police say the suspects boosted jewelry, high end watches, purses, and firearms. after searching the suspects' homes, they found more than $100,000 in cash and stolen property. police say they also found a cache of

weapons. really liking this. we are less than ten days out from super bowl lviii. the 49ers will face off with the kansas city chiefs in las vegas right here on cbs, but they're getting some final work here at home. we're talking about workouts. matt lively is here with an update from practice today. >> they were back on the practice field, not like ripping out weeds from the backyard. about a two-hour practice and they got some main guys some rest, arik armstead, trent williams, george kittle. the game plan for the chiefs is being installed this week. there's one obvious discussion how on earth does the defense slow down chiefs pat mahomes and his favorite target, travis kelce? kyle shanahan is glad they have all this time before they really have to do it on february 11th. >> i know john lynch, they had

to go like that monday after they won the nfc championship in philly. i couldn't imagine that. you try to get as much in this first week as possible. if you put stuff off till that week, you'll get to that thursday and friday and not feel as comfortable. >> it's a good thing they have this rest week. i was in that 9ers locker room sunday, a lot of champagne bottles, cigars smoked. the hangover effects last a few days. >> your hangover or theirs? >> theirs. >> just checking on you before you head to vegas. >> i don't know what you're talking about. stay with us for a story of a south bay 9ers fan who scheduled his life saving treatments around the team's road games. >> good morning. i'm currently in dialysis. >> how the 9ers winning season has helped lift his spirits through a health crisis. also, february marks the start of black history month. we'll take you live to our

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because this is who we are. welcome back. today is the start of black history month and we will be celebrating the unique voices making a difference in the bay area's black community. our own devin fehely celebrating the reception right at our own station. hi, devin. >> reporter: hey there. the kickoff of black history month, we've invited about 300 members of the community to celebrate with us. you can see them downstairs at kpix 5. we've got musicians, vendors, a whole host of people celebrating the accomplishments and excellence of the black community. you can see we've got a number of vendors, candlemakers, people in the food industry as well. this is a line of barbecue sauces that are out here tonight. we also

have someone who was a cobbler, a shoemaker and designer showing off their wares as well as we've got a florist and someone who has kind of a nursery, plants for sale, all these things highlighting different aspects of the black community and businesses for this wonderful celebration. of course, we're also showing off many stories that our viewers are eventually going to see over the course of this month, stories that highlight both the struggle and strength of the black community, its resilience, its excellence and its joy and the party is just getting started. we'll be here a couple more hours still. i'm going to send it back up to you. >> i'll sneak down there, look forward to the highlights as well on your show and later on. thank you so much. we'll bring you stories throughout black history month. be sure to catch our special "black in the bay" on friday, february 23rd at 4:00 p.m. right here on cbs news bay area. still ahead, one

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the atmospheric river that hit us is now causing flooding in southern california. multiple cars are trapped in rising floodwaters in long beach. everyone inside got out safely and unscathed. a tow truck arrived to the scene to pull the vehicles out of the water. as the skies clear at home, we've been spotting rainbows all over from our tower cameras. you've been sending photos in. one over the bay bridge this afternoon, another one from our san jose camera and our chopper caught one just a little over an hour ago near benicia. paul, we are not done with the rain just yet as you've been telling to us brace for more. >> yeah. tomorrow and saturday

will be a lot like today where there will be dry breaks, some sunshine and also showers coming back through, more rainbow spotting weather over the next couple days. let's look at the big picture pattern. it's that area of low pressure, the center of this storm system, still spinning away off the pacific northwest coast. that directed the atmospheric river into the bay area yesterday and last night. that has shifted farther south and really soaked southern california this morning. there's still enough leftover energy spinning around that storm system to produce the scattered showers activity that we've dealt with throughout the day, a few thunderstorms popping up as well, just showers on the radar now as we look at the north bay, showers right over santa rosa and rohnert park, another shower just north of downtown napa. heavier rain is moving back into san francisco, the northern path at least pushing across the golden gate. that will continue moving over the bay bridge into oakland. there's more shower lining up farther offshore that will continue making its way through tonight and there's more rain moving into the santa cruz mountains. we'll see this off and on pattern not just tonight

and into the first half of tomorrow, but it will keep repeating itself, little ripples kind of pinwheeling around the parent storm system squeezing out additional brief heavy downpours. while the showers are inconvenient for planning anything outdoors, they won't exacerbate the high water concerns we had last night. the last few raise of light on the horizon, temperatures in the low to mid-50s, 40s by early tomorrow morning with enough cloud cover even with breaks for temperatures to stay a few degrees above average. then despite the ongoing showers it's not going to be a complete washout tomorrow. put yellow paws on the forecast tomorrow. the hour-by-hour icons, the computers doing their best to guess exactly when the showers arrive, not that kind of pattern. it will be a random distribution of rain showers throughout the day. when one shower moves out, you'll likely get a little

break before the next one. we'll look at that momentarily. let's look at our forecast high temperatures for tomorrow and come back to the next atmospheric river that hits the coast of california. temperatures will hit the upper 50s for the warm end of the spectrum tomorrow, a few degrees below average for the 2nd day of february in san jose, groundhog today tomorrow. the rodents will likely see their shadow and after that wet rodents. a degree or two below normal for early february, but we can handle it, similar story on the weekend with the scattered shower pattern saturday. that is what futurecast forecast models indicate as we head into the weekend, but then they really diverge sunday. that's when the next atmospheric river will be aiming towards us. let's look at them side by side. the american forecast model has consistently pointed to a wet, windy pattern for the bay area

sunday with widespread heavy rain, lots of snow in the sierra and the center of the storm system close enough to squeeze the atmosphere and result in 30 to 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that's what the european forecast model said until about 12 hours ago. now it's shifted its forecast towards the central coast and southern california. still producing plenty of snow in the sierra and giving the bay area some rainfall, but exactly where this is going to set up will determine the specific impacts around the bay area. be prepared for rain and wind, very similar to yesterday, but there's still a chance the worst impacts miss us down to the south. it will be a mess in southern california and we're likely to get lingering shower activity monday and tuesday next week. we'll be here to keep you updated as we head through the next several days. it will be an active weather pattern. it's the specifics of the forecast the second half of the weekend that will occupy

our attention. we're continually getting new ensembles of data where you run the same model over and over again to get a range of possibilities. at this point, outdoor plans discouraged sunday because of the rain and wind which could be very similar to yesterday, but there's still a chance the greatest impact will be a farther to our south. >> thank you so much. coming up, it is the story of a truly dedicated 9ers fan who put his own health at risk to follow the team on the road, how the two leading candidates for senate. two very different visions for california. steve garvey, the leading republican, is too conservative for california. he voted for trump twice and supported republicans for years, including far right conservatives. adam schiff, the leading democrat, defended democracy against trump and the insurrectionists. he helped build affordable housing, lower drug costs, and bring good jobs back home. the choice is clear.

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we've heard from a lot of dedicated 49ers fans this season on the road for the super bowl, but we found one fan in the south bay who puts his health at risk to support the team and the 9ers winning season for him has been like therapy. >> reporter: the term die hard 49ers fan gets thrown around a lot, but few actually meet the literal definition the way san jose's bruce ventura does because when he's not sitting in the front row at levi's stadium or traveling to away games to support the 49ers, he's here in a kidney care center for life saving treatments. >> good morning. i'm currently in dialysis. i get up at 4:30 a.m. >> reporter: he does this three days a week. >> this is how i get my day

started. >> reporter: it wasn't always this way. it was just last january when he got very sick at the 49ers/raiders game in las vegas. doctors diagnosed him with kidney failure. >> it was definitely life changing. i remember getting picked up by the ambulance and i told my dad i'll be back and i never came back for 11 days and it was just -- i'll never forget that day. >> reporter: he got on dialysis and was stabilized, but he was not free from risk. infections put him back in the hospital twice in eight months. >> it's been real rough. 2023 has been real rough, but i'm still here. i'm alive. >> reporter: which makes what happened next even more

remarkable. he bounced back enough and had an out of town dialysis treatment in pittsburgh just so he could go to the game in person. >> at the clinic we're like you came all the way to pittsburgh to watch a game and you're on dialysis? i said i know. it's my first time. i don't know. i had to be there and they were just laughing at me. >> reporter: you guys won? >> we won the game and we beat them bad. >> reporter: and he did all that again in los angeles to see the 9ers take on the rams and now he's got a dialysis date in las vegas, the saturday before the super bowl, which is where he will be with or without game tickets. >> with the prices dropping, it could be promising. >> reporter: bruce is now hoping prices drop into his range as a recently retired group counselor for the probation department. >> should i buy it? >> reporter: but when it comes to his health, what bruce really needs is a kidney transplant. he's on the list and waiting. >> as far as the 9ers, they're

like a family and you'll do whatever it takes just to be there for them. >> reporter: he says the waiting and the worry has been a lot more bearable in this, his most difficult year ever, with his beloved 49ers boosting his spirits along the way. >> he is a dedicated superfan. we wish him all the best and great health. i got the chance to meet a man who spent a lot of time with the 9ers over the years. bronco hennick is their former equipment manager. he's got something pretty cool to show for it. take a look. >> reporter: bronco, what do i have on my hand? >> you have four of my super bowl rings with the 9ers. unfortunately, i was not there for the first one, but i was there for the rest. >> reporter: we need one here. >> i think you'll get one. >> i did return them, for the record. you'll hear more of his stories from his time with

the team at 7:00 on a special super bowl edition of the red and gold report. we'll leave you with a special guest who just happened to stop by our newsroom, 49ers mascot sourdough sam, greeting some of the people who work behind the scenes taking pictures and handing out high fives, a lot of excitement leading up. cbs evening news with norah o'donnell is next on kpix. we'll see yo you want to see who we are as americans? i'm peter dixon and in kenya... we built a hospital that provides maternal care. as a marine... we fought against the taliban and their crimes against women. and in hillary clinton's state department... we took on gender-based violence in the congo. now extremists are banning abortion and contraception right here at home. so, i'm running for congress to help stop them. for your family... and mine. i approved this message because this is who we are. not just any whiteboard... ...katie porter's whiteboard is one way she's: [news anchor] ...often seen grilling top executives of banks, big pharma, even top administration officials.

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he voted for trump twice and supported republicans for years, including far right conservatives. adam schiff, the leading democrat, defended democracy against trump and the insurrectionists. he helped build affordable housing, lower drug costs, and bring good jobs back home. the choice is clear. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message. >> hey! a boat is in the water! they are coming! >> we've got big rain, big snow, feet of it, and unfortunately maybe some big wind. >> crews have closed off roads, keeping drivers away from floodwaters. >> major: california lashed by the first of two major storms. >> check out this road. >> major: the "cbs evening news" starts right now. ♪ ♪ good evening, everyone. i'm major garrett in for norah. we will have more on the massive atmospheric river barreling through the west coast in just me