conclusions. 45 degrees and by this afternoon, lunchtime is when we expect rain to hit the north bay first and spread south through the bay area with temperatures mainly in the 50s. we will see the heaviest rain during the afternoon hours. things start to taper off for the evening as temperatures drop down below 50 degrees tonight at around 7:00. then we have showers continuing into tomorrow. but i will tell you exactly when you can expect the rain to hit your neighborhood this afternoon and how much rainfall we expect by tomorrow evening. katie. >> all right, francis, thank you. a tsunami warning that was issued early this morning for parts of southern alaska and parts of the canadian coast has been cancelled. a wave generated by an earthquake overnight is not posing a threat. tsunami warnings were triggered when a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit just after 1:00 our time near craig, alaska. it included coastal areas from cordova, alaska to the northern

tip of vancouver island. the seam warning was cancelled around 3:00 this morning. this weekend hundreds of friends and relatives are sharing their grief and affection for a 19-year-old petaluma woman who was found dead in south lake tahoe yesterday. alyssa burns' body was found in the snow with no apparent signs of trauma. abc7 news reporter john alston takes us to the high school where alisa's brother thanked everyone who helped find her. >> for more than an hour the crowd of 100 stood there and barely said a word. toward the end alyssa burns brother got up to thank everyone. >> all we need to focus on is moving forward and just healing. we need to focus on the healing. so from the bottom of my heart and from the bottom of my family's heart, i just want to say thank you.

>> thank you. thank you. >> she graduated from this high school in 2011, gathering next to the field where she played lacrosse with so many of her friends. >> she was a great person to be around and someone who could brighten up any party, who was the life of petaluma's party. she was wonderful. she was great. >> throughout the evening waves of people approached the fence to place a candle or a memento or to simply write a kind word like your light and smile live on. >> usually i give flowers for someone's birthday. i've never had to do something like this for losing someone so it's really hard. never had to do something like this for someone i really cared about. >> some got turtle tattoos as a way to remember alisa. >> she loved turtles. everyone is a turtle to her. it was just something everyone knows of her. >> at the cattle man's restaurant where she was a hostess, her co-workers are also

expressing her affection for her. >> she's a loved and valued individual in this building and we wish her family the best and we are sorry for their loss. >> the manager said they are planning a fundraiser for the family. an organizer said alyssa burns father wants the money to go to other families who have to go through the torment of a missing child. in petaluma, john alston, abc7 news. it appears alyssa may have taken a wrong turn the night she disappeared. she left a musical festival at lake tahoe community college on foot and was presumably headed for her hotel room at a resort about five miles away but her body was found in a spot in the opposite direction. two utility workers in south lake tahoe found her body on pioneer trail on the other side of a snow bum. investigators say she was fully clothed and there were no signs of foul play. hundreds of leaving condolences on her face book page. you can join that conversation

on facebook.com. all lanes are opening on northbound interstate 880 in san jose. a crash last night just before ten caused a massive backup for more than 3 1/2 hours. three lanes were blocked. you can see what happened after that. the chp had to actually issue a special advisory to avoid the area. lanes were not fully cleared until 1:30 this morning. officers are still trying to determine what caused the crash. part of 101 in san jose was also shut down after a pedestrian was hit and killed on the freeway. it happened in the northbound lane just about 7:30 last night. there was no disabled vehicle near where that pedestrian was hit. officers shut down three northbound lanes to investigate, causing a backup in that area. that reopened around 1:00 this morning. two elderly people have died in the north bay following a severe outbreak of noro virus. more than 60 others have come town with the bug, which is

often referred to as the stack flu. it's happening at the redwood retirement community in mill valley. more from our reporter. these signs warn of a noro virus outbreak at the retirement center in mill valley. >> a lot of people have come and brought their family members home so that they won't be exposed. >> marin county public health officer said of the approximately 250 residents at the center, 63 have fallen ill. six were hospitalized and two died. but he says the deaths will not be attributed to the virus because both patience had serious diseases and neither wanted life-saving measures in the event of an illness. noro virus is contagious. the center has been cleaning constantly to stop the spread of the virus. >> i'm completely confident that not only will it be done correctly, but it will be

overdone. >> every night they are sterilizing, they are going through and they are cleaning all the railings. >> they have posted signs. there are hand sanitizers and all social engagements are on hold. >> no meetings, no classes, no activities are any kind and we are supposed to stay out of the common areas. >> even the dining room has been taped off. meals are being delivered to residents who don't have kitchens. the doctor said the center is following protocol. the outbreak is decreasing and like the flu noro virus is generally seasonal. the doctor said noro virus is so common this time of year they often deal with ten to 20 outbreaks during the season. abc7 news. an obscure california law has allowed a convicted rapist to go free because the woman he attacked was not married. this video re-creation shows what happened when the victim, her boyfriend and some other

friends went home after a party. the boyfriend left after the woman fell asleep and she woke up to find someone was having sex with her. she demanded the man stop but the man continued. his attorneys claim he should be acquitted because she impersonated her boyfriend, not her husband. >> the law requires that that person be someone who i ipersonates her husband. >> impersonation of anybody with rape should be a felony. >> they plan to close the loophole in the california rape law. an evacuation order triggered by a gas leak in brentwood has been lifted. pg&e crews are work to go fix a two minute inch line on saint andrews drive. they evacuated several nearby homes. ten customers are still without gas service.

they expect service to be restored this morning. san pablo police are look for an at risk woman who has not been seen since november. the woman was reported missing on christmas day. her family hadn't heard from her in a month. when police checked in on her they found her dog emaciated in her home. they also found her cane and car in the garage. her family said she suffers from depression. coming up next, it no longer stands for information technology, it stands for intelligent transportation, and it means your car can talk to other cars and drive itself. that story is next. and your tax refund delayed. when to expect your check. and who you can blame if

>> a very good saturday morning to all of you. thanks for joining us at 5:12. you are looking at live doppler 7hd. as you see, it is dry in the bay area right now. but meteorologist francis said the rain is coming. you can track the weather anytime anywhere. go to our website and you will find your own live doppler 7hd >> lance armstrong could come clean about doping. a pap said he is considering a public admission. he has denied it for more than a decade. and teammates said armstrong did use drugs and blood transfusions during his career. the anti-doping agency stripped armstrong of his seven tour de france titles and band him from competition. nancy pelosi is defending a

doctored picture of democratic women in congress. it was snapped on capitol hill thursday. pelosi wanted all 61 female democrats in attendance but four women were late. the photo was taken without them and pelosi had someone add the four in afterwards. you seat change in the back left. pelosi said it's an accurate historical record of what the democratic women of congress are. you can blame the fiscal cliff if your tax refund is delayed this year. irs cannot put out twelve tax forms until it knows what the tax policy is and since congress didn't reach a deal since january 1st, now the agency is trying to reprogram it's system and issued tax forms based on the revised laws. this could delay the filing of the tax season which begins in mid-january. intelligence transportation is expected to be a major focus of next week's consumer electronics show in las vegas, and as usual, the silicon valley is playing a big role in that.

abc7 news business and technology reporter david loui gives us a preview of what the future holds and wham be unveiled next week. >> for two and a half years engineers at cisco in san jose has been working on what they call smart, connected vehicles. they are cars that can talk to each other using wireless networks. by doing so the goal is to avoid collisions and to alert drivers of danger ahead. some of those issues are being addressed by a new breed of self-driving car. google has been test driving them in the bay area and nevada. next week toyota and audi will unavailable theirs there. is a quick look at the toyota self-driving car. but cisco said there's more to be done. >> the self-driving cars, if it's only a segment of the cars and not all cars really doesn't solve the problem. but if we unable all cars to be connected and have the self-driving mechanisms built into them then the future surf report much closer. >> they have been collaborating with automakers, parts suppliers and government agencies both in the u.s. and europe.

universal standards will have to be developed. sis coestimates it will cost 6 to $8 billion to create an intelligent transportation network. the future of tv will also be in the spotlight. audible magic will be announcing new partnerships that test interactive advertising. this is video that shows how it works. it identifies the video and audio of a commercial and delivers pop-ups to allow consumers to obtain additional product information. idea is to capitalize on a viewer's interest instantly. >> that commercial is interesting. they are offering a coupon. let me take advantage of that coupon offer right now. you see immediacy and spontaneity that people respond to. >> this is a shift in consumer electronics. using new technology and integrating it into device wes already use in our daily lives. in san jose, david loui, abc7 news. a pilot for american eagle has been arrested area failing a

breathalyzer test. kobe christensen was scheduled to fly from minnesota to new york yesterday but they smelled alcohol on him as they passed him wait to go get on an elevator. he has been suspended pending an investigation. passengers may run into delays at sfo due run way work. runway improvements will be made in april and june. it's part of a multi-year federal project to lengthen runways to make air travel safer. sfo could see a little bit of trouble later today when the rain starts? >> yeah, we see the clouds moving in already today, katie. i'll tell you exactly when the rain is going to hit your neighborhood with our forecast model. here's a live look right now at the golden gate bridge where partly cloudy condition prevail and some cool temperatures. i'll have those numbers as well with the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> thank you, francis.

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temperatures there hit 108 degrees yesterday. each summer searching temperatures and high winds drive huge wildfires across southern australia. not an issue here. we've seen the clouds rolling in last night and we know what that means. >> it means rain. right now under partly cloudy conditions. we show you this live shot from emeryville looking out from the bay bridge in the background. live doppler 7hd is picking up on the cloud cover. this means rain later on today. the clouds are moving in from the coast. no rain yet falling around the bay area. in fact, it's looking pretty dry through the morning hours. i'll show you how the rain plays out this afternoon. temperatures right now in the 30s and 40s. so still pretty cool in santa rosa. freezing there at 32. 33 in fairfield and some 40s around the bay and into san jose. because of the extra cloud

cover, we are seeing some temperatures a little warmer compared to yesterday at this time, especially in fremont where we are 7 degrees warmer than we were yesterday. so expect the rain to hit your neighborhood today. showers will continue overnight into sunday morning and then we get another nice break. warmer and sunnier monday and tuesday. so that's something to look forward to. it's not a total washout for the weekend. i'll show you what's happening with our satellite radar image. so we have this cold front. we will get the south end of this cold front and that's going to bring us the rain in the pm hours. the forecast models shows it pretty quiet through the morning hours. 9:00 is when we start to see some light to moderate rainfall mainly off the coast coming in toward santa cruz. lunchtime still fairly safe except for parts of the northern bay area. we start to see the rain move in, possibly a cell moving over the bay. the bay bridge into

san francisco. but the cold front makes its way through the afternoon hours. so 2:00 this afternoon most of us under rain. it will start to spread into concord and livermore where it will get cloudy and then as the front pushes through by 7:00, that's when we start to see things change and then turn into showers overnight into tomorrow. but look at sunday. it's actually looking pretty good. after 10:00 shower chances diminish and then we will see some sunny conditions even sunday afternoon into sunday evening. when all of this is over, rainfall totals not too much. mainly half an inch at the most. but look for up to .6-inch in the north bay and possibly up to.eight-inch along the coastal areas on the peninsula and the south bay and east bay .2 to .4-inch. a high of 53 in san rafael, 55

san francisco, 57 in san jose. look for upper 50s as well, mid-50s parts of monterey. and tomorrow overnight lows a little bit more moderate because of the cloud cover. so we will see more 40s and here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. so it won't be as cold during the early morning hours with the rain and cloud cover. just look for the rain this afternoon, continuing the showers tomorrow morning, but then tomorrow afternoon a different story. then sunny and dry monday and tuesday. still keeping an eye on a chance of showers midweek. >> all right. so we just need to get through the weekend for now. >> yeah. >> thank you, francis. in sports some sad news. the coach that led cal to their last rose to bowl appearance in is the 59 has died. pietrus elliot was 86 years old. meanwhile de la salle high school's legendary coach officially announce the he's retiring. here's larry beil with the details in this morning's sports. good morning, everybody. safe to say there will never be

another coach like bob ladouceur. the man who built de la salle into a national power retired yesterday after 34 years at the helm. his legacy amazing. 399 wins, a 151-game winning streak. his spartans have not lost to a northern california opponent in 21 years. at age 58 coach lad will hand over the reigns to his assistant, justin. he will stay there as a consultant and continue on as a teacher. >> it's more important to me that the program remains strong than for me to hang on a few more years and coach. i was kind. getting tired, too. i just didn't think it was fair to him to be basically doing most of the work and not be the head coach. the warriors visit the clippers tonight in los angeles. but last night was the battle of l. a.. lakers and clips, fog but monster jams in this game. first the steal and lob city. blake griffin had 24 points. kobe bryant had a huge night.

the steal and he's going right at paul. come get some! join the party! 38 for kobe but the lakers couldn't stop paul down the stretch. crossing over against kobe. 30 points, 13 assists. the clips and their mini two-game losing streak, 107-102. is and johnny mamzel, and johnny footballmania is everiy. he's electrifying. he ran for 229 yards and two touchdowns. watch him do the tightrope here. down the sideline for the touchdown. 7-0, aggies. texas a&m would break it open in the third quarter against oklahoma. he finishes with a cotton bowl record 516 yards total offense and four tds and he's just a freshman. texas a&m wins the cotton bowl, 31-14. women's basketball, seventh-ranked cal opening play against utah.

brittney, the corner three. got it. she had 11. cal up 31-29. and cal wins 55-50. the program's 600th win all-time. the stanford women taking on 20th-ranked colorado. first half nice ball movement by the cardinal. the penetration and jocelyn with the lay-up. she had 13. stanford bouncing back after a blowout loss to uconn. shenay with 20 pension." stanford rolls and the cardinals now 12-1 overall. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. all right. sticking with sports, kobe bryant isn't a twitter holdout any longer. the los angeles lakers guard sent his first tweet yesterday. the anti-social has become social. he already has more than 417,000 followers. bryant tiptoed into the twitter verse last week when he briefly took over nike's basketball account.

he said those few days made him consider starting his own account. he said he enjoyed connecting with fans with no filters. coming up, state park money hid friend the public for more than a decade. we learn public officials broke the law. and abc7 news follows up on a man who has been busted for conning parking lot patrons. see his extensive wrap sheet

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it detrimental to a didn't we all love, the department of parks and rec ration. >> the parks did stay open in the end. policies were put in place so this kind of deception doesn't happen again. in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc7 news. >> federal investigators now confirm chevron's own firefighters may have contributed to the richmond refinery fire in august. according to a draft report, firefighters were able to put out a flash fire caused by a small hydrocarbon won leak but they may have accidentally punctured a main pipeline, releasing a cloud of bigger flammable gas. pipeline appears to have been punctured from the outside and they are examining the firefighters' tools to determine if one of them did it. the fire sent toxic black smoke throughout the area and thousands of people sought medical treatment. chevron expects the damaged unit to be back on line in the next few months >> new this morning a woman in

the sierra foothills east of sacramento is desperately trying to save a deer that got stuck in a bashed wire fence. melanie discovered a big buck with its antlers stuck in a blue tarp on her ten acre property. she made calls to try to get help for the animals but no agency has agreed to come. sheriff's deputies say they aren't prepared to rescue an animal that large so they could only put it down. >> we don't want it destroyed, we want him rescued. he's beautiful trophy buck. i'm going to cull in eldorado. >> she said the buck has a mate and that they have produced several fan over the years. she's hoping someone will step up and save its life but so far no agency has been willing to do it. bay area native americans who belong to the cherokee nation have a chance to morning to get a new photo i.d. card. starting in october the nation's

largest tribe started issuing citizenship cards for their members from coast-to-coast. today the mobile group is in oakland on international boulevard. they will issue photo id cards starting at 10:00 this morning until 5:00 this average. there will be a general meeting from noon to three. cards are similar to driver's licenses and qualify as photo i.d.. california is home to nearly 20,000 cherokee citizens. he seems to be unstoppable. a serial con-man who prays on drivers along the embarcadero in san francisco. abc7 news first reported on him in 2011 after an arrest, but he's still on the streets. now with the america's cup coming and more possible victims, the question is how can he be stopped? abc7 news reporter vic lee with the story you will only see on abc7 news. this is maybe the most prolific petty theft criminal in

san francisco. police have arrested or made contact with him more than 50 times. this is his wrap sheet. twelve pages long. almost every time he's arrested he spends a short time in jail, then he's back on the streets doing what he does best. he goes to unattended parking lots with pay stations along the embarcadero. he poses as an attendant and collects money from drivers as they pull in. making things worse, the drivers often wind up with a ticket on their windshield from parking monitors who check the lots. he was caught on a kgo security camera as parking attendants grabbed him while he pretended to be one of them. again, he was arrested, but back on the streets just a few days later. >> this type of activity is be absolutely unacceptable, it's criminal and needs to stop. >> the supervisor's district includes the embarcadero. he is worried from him and other imposters will pray on the

millions that will come to the city later this year for the america's cup. >> we were talking to the city attorney's office, as well as with law enforcement to figure out if there are ways for us to both improve on our enforcement but as well increase local penalties for this type of activity. >> the das office said theys pro cuted him and other con men aggressively, but the reality is these are nonviolent misdemeanors and there's only so much they can do legally. district attorney, george, said parking operators should increase security. >> they need an attendant or an electronic gate like many other parking lots do where people come in where they have bought a ticket and they have to pay. >> parking operators say there are signs at the unattended lots warning drivers and that more security would be in effective. the president of priority parking, which has 27 lots in the city, told us the d. a. is making it sound as if this is a business issue. when if you look at the wrap sheet of the prime suspect, it is clearly a lack of effective

prosecution. he was arrested again on november 17th. chances are it won't be his last. vic lee, abc7 news. no more freebies when it comes to parking on sundays in san francisco. starting tomorrow you will have to pay to park from noon to 6:00 everywhere. the city says this will ease congestion and raise revenue. about $2 million in the next year. the city won't actually begin ticketing until later this month. drivers will be issued warnings for the first three sundays. climbing yosemite is a popular goal but the park has approved a plan that permanently limits how many people can do it. a maximum of 400 hikers a day will be allowed to make the trek. that's the same number as an interimlan that went into effect in 2010 as a way to reduce congestion. it's 5:38 and coming up next a new messaging service from facebook that could some day allow you to call your friends

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>> welcome back, everyone. it's 5:41 on this saturday morning. you are looking live from atop the east bay hills back on the city of san francisco where right now it's 45 degrees and dry, but showers are coming later this afternoon. frances dinglasan will have the forecast for you in a minute. facebook is getting into the phone business kind of sort of as abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains.

facebook has become the place to share your thoughts, your photos and now your voice. the app is calmed messenger. it's been around for a while but it never really did anything you couldn't also do with the regular facebook app until now. >> i'm just using the facebook messenger app function. >> instead of typing she's sending a message by recording her voice. you press and record and let go to send. >> it's easy to send it. it's also really easy to mess up a voicemail, so easy to do it. >> it's a novelty some users said they would have fun with. >> you can send a voice rather than a text message. >> a little more personal. >> exactly, especially the holidays. >> but it's a feature facebook said it's rolling over the next few weeks, free internet phone calls, sort of like skype made right through the app. it's available for users in canada already. >> you can call and connect with their facebook friends. you don't need their number then. a lot of people find value in

that. they might not have their number but be facebook friends with them and here's a way you can contact them. >> facebook users were slow to warm up to the idea of making phone calls through a social network. for some the biggest concern was privacy. >> i have become friends with people i met but not close to so i don't want them to contact me unless i give them my phone number. >> i hope privacy settings i can control how easily can call me if they have facebook. >> what i might use it for is international calls. those tend to be more expensive. i use skype a lot to make international phone calls. >> replacing skype like facebook replaced chat rooms and in some cases e-mail, all part of founder mark zuckerberg's vision. >> they keep saying we want to connect people. that's a really big thing for them. here's another way to connect people and they want people to use their app for everything. they want to be the communication network for individuals. >> abc7 news. frances dinglasan is in for

lisa this morning and keeping an eye on the storm which i feel like i say to you every saturday lately. but it's coming later? >> it is coming later. we are okay for the morning hours. looks like after lunch is when we can expect to see most of it, but i'll tell you when you will see it in your neighborhood and how much of did you can expect, as well. here's a live shot right now under partly cloudy conditions over emeryville, but rain definitely on its way, katie. >> on its way. thank you, francis. also on its way, some bay area demonstrators join some prominent lawmakers in giving thumbs down to the hollywood story of the ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪

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>> welcome back, everyone. it's 5:46. you are looking at live doppler 7hd. you want to copy an eye on this today as rain is in the forecast. you can track is online. go to our website abc7news.com. also you can get weather alerts on twitter. a really helpful service lets you know what is going on.

you can follow us on twitter, abc7 news bay area. a controversial new movie is in theaters this weekend about the hunt for osama bin laden. the intelligence committee wants answers about the make of zero dark 30 and protesters in the bay area are worried film sends the wrong message. more from abc7 news reporter mark matthews. >> the movie zero dark 30 is about the hunt for osama bin laden. it is obviously based on a true story but the narrative strongly suggests that cia waterboarding of prisoners is what led to the killing ever bin laden. outside the amc16 in emeryville members of the world can't wait and amnesty international stage add protest, trying to dissuade moviegoers from seeing the film. they are worried the film will lead people to approve of torture. >> have we lost our senses? >> most of the people had the

same reaction. >> it's not a documentary. it's basically a work of fix. >> the film makers have been quick to point out that zero dark 30 is a movie, but the cia did provide some assistance and now senators, including senator dianne feinstein and john are writing the acting director with questions about what sort of access the film makers were given, and what information was obtained through waterboarding or other, quote, enhanced interrogation techniques. >> you believe, when watching this movie, that water boarding and torture leads to information that leads them to the elimination of osama bin laden. that's not the case. >> in december the acting cia director, michael moral, called the film a dramatization and added that the waterboarding techniques as a key is a false impression.

but some protesters said they are wrong. linda of oakland was uncertain what she thought about waterboarding. >> it's really hard to say. >> i'm asking you basically if think it's a good thing or not a good thing. >> i understand that's what you are asking me and i'm telling you it's a really hard thing to say. >> the film director said waterboarding did happen in real life and she wanted to portray that in her movie. although, before the movie came out cia told congress water board doing not provide key intelligence. in the newsroom, mark matthews, abc7 news. >> new this morning, a music video featuring a bay area 11-year-old who survived a rare blood disorder is back on youtube after the website took it down for several hours yesterday. since it originally posted in october, the video, featuring atherton's rig began smith singing "i want to know" has racked up more than 2 million hits. it was produced by a producer, wilson, who is known for viral

pop music videos. youtube got questions about whether the 2 million hits were authentically generated but wilson tells our news partner they did not use spam to bump up the view count. frances dinglasan is here with the forecast and watching the clouds move in, getting thicker as we sit here? >> thicker clouds, limited visibility in parts of the northern bay area and i'll show you about very shortly as well. in the south bay we are under partly cloudy conditions right now, as we look toward the shark tank. and temperatures on the cool side. here's live doppler 7hd showing you the clouds moving into the bay area. so we are starting to see cloud cover almost everywhere as it sweeps around from mount saint helena, but no rain yet. we around seeing green. we will see it today definitely and i'll show you the timing of that, as well in just a minute. temperatures right now in the 30s and 40s. santa rosa near freezing, 32.

that's also where we are seeing limited visibility at three-fourths of a mile. livermore also reporting some fog and visibility reported at 4 miles right now. novato also dropping down to five miles. so today you can expect the rain to return to the bay area mainly after lunch for most of us. then showers continue overnight into tomorrow morning. warmer and sunnier monday and tuesday. we take a look at the satellite radar image. the pacific satellite image shows the cold front moving through. the tail end will bring us the rain this afternoon. doesn't look like a ton of rain but enough to slow down some outdoor activities. 9:00 this morning possibly some rain along the coast. light rain. then lunchtime we are still mostly dry but it's after hundred of that the cold front moves through. 2:00 this afternoon into 6:00 is when we see the heaviest rain with some locally gusty winds as well.

then 7:00 tonight things start to dry out. turns into showers overnight into tomorrow morning. tomorrow, by 10:00 we will possibly see a lingering leftover shower, mainly in the south bay, san jose, morgan hill and then sunshine by sunday afternoon. not a total washout for the weekend. now totals, up to.eight-inch along the east and the peninsula. up to .6 in the north bay. east bay, south bay, .2 to .4 and not as much rain there. this means snow in tahoe but not until late tonight and tomorrow. today it's mostly cloudy. you should be safe driving to and from tahoe with a high of 46. snow showers expected for sunday with a high of 30 degrees. so travel could be a little bit difficult getting back home from tahoe tomorrow. highs today in the 50s. 55 in san francisco. even some upper 50s in san jose and livermore.

we will also get a few more upper 50s in gilroy and hollister. an overnight lows tomorrow not as cool with extra cloud cover. we will see more 40s. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. rain arrives this afternoon. showers into tomorrow morning. then sunny and drier monday and tuesday and keeping a chance perimeter showers in the forecast wednesday, thursday and friday. >> all right, francis, thanks so much. straight ahead, a new san francisco celebrity. the rare river otter that is now a

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yet, now is the time. kaiser permanente predicts california will see a surge in flu case this is month. the result of holiday travelers coming back to california with the virus which is already spreading fast in other parts of the country. abc7 news editor said california cannot escape the earliest flu outbreak in the u.s. in a decade. >> it could be it's a newer strain people in the community have not seen. it could be not enough people are vaccinated. but one of the most interesting theories has to do with humidity. what some scientists are finding the lower the absolute humidity, the earlier flu season starts. dr. besser suggests getting your vaccine as soon as possible. it takes two weeks for your immunity to build up. typically february is the peak season for flu. we will have more on the outbreak coming up at 7:00 a.m.. new numbers show 2012 was

the worst year in six decades for whooping cough in the u.s. doctors report bad 42,000 cases last year. the centers for disease control and prevention is still collecting data so that number could increase to as many as 50,000 cases. the disease killed 18 people last year. health experts think doctors are getting faster at doings and treating the disease. it used to be a bigger problem until a vaccine became available in the 1940s. >> san francisco's rare river otter is turning into a big attraction. sutro sam, as he has been named, took up residence near the old sutro baths and brought in big crowds to the bay area yesterday complete with cameras and video recorders could catch him frolicking in the water. he's believed to be the first river to ther to make san francisco his home in decades. sam has a twitter accounts now. one tweet reads, yes, i am the cutest, don't forget that. sea otters have nothing on me.

got to give it to sam. next at six, a deadly outbreak of contagious noro virus at a residential care facility in the north bay. >> plus fundraisers will be held over the next few days for the petaluma teen found dead in lake tahoe. i'm live in petaluma. coming up i'll tell you how money raised in a

>> good morning. let's start off with a quick first look at the weather. frances dinglasan is in for lisa argen this morning. >> it is starting out partly cloudy and winds are light right now. you see from the live shot from our roof camera. flags aren't blowing. temperatures on the school side once again. low 30s to