closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc the rain brings slick roads to the bay area this morning causing numerous accidents. east bay was the scene to a few crashes. get ready for more scenes like these as several storms line up to hit the bay area this week. rain here means much needed snow in the sierra, heavenly and south tahoe and other resorts are thrilled. drivers heading up there need to be very careful and carry chains. good morning i'm eric thomas in for cheryl jennings. and i'm kristen sze. we have live team storm coverage. amy hollyfield is in san francisco, katie marzullo is in marin county. >> let's begin with mike.

let's take a look right here behind me. good morning. continuing coverage here you can see the live doppler radar sweep on mount st. helena and the other are picking the best radar returns in the higher elevations and through the north bay where it has been for the better part of the morning hours. half an of petaluma, napa, more that an inch in santa rosa, now the cold front is starting to stall. that means we are going to have a moist southerly flow throughout the day into tonight with the heaviest rain ahead of us winds gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour through the early evening. complete forecast in just a minute. amy hollyfield is live in downtown san francisco preparations being made? >> reporter: people are getting ready, they are taking this storm seriously. we aren't getting any breaks.

we are expected to have steady rain for several rains. it -- for several days. it is all about being prepared. a dozen people picked up sandbags this morning in san francisco to try and keep the water out of their homes. >> right now it is fine. if the rain continues, on a daily basis, grounds get saturated and the rear of the house starts to flood. it is not bad, but any water in the house is not good. >> reporter: the rain started this morning. it wasn't heavy but it was still enough to cause problems on the highways. >> 25% increase in 911 calls from this morning's commute between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m.. i don't think this weather was bad i think the worst is coming. people need to remember to slow down, slow down, slow down. >> reporter: the chp has another tip. if you are involved in a collision do everything you can to move to city streets. >> get off the freeway not

just on to the shoulder because you can be on the shoulder which is hazardous and a car spins out and you get hit. get off the freeway and exchange information there. >> reporter: it was rough this morning, the chp is aware it is supposed to be worse tonight that is why they are working hard to get that message out to slow down. they are beefing up patrols for the commute. they are expecting it to be problematic on the roads tonight. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. katie marzullo has seen a lot of umbrellas live in downtown marin county. >> reporter: the rain is always the sensitive subject here we know when the creek floods it does have disastrous results for downtown. take a look at the creek nothing major now i've been keeping on the creek gauge and it looks like it has risen in the last 12 hours from little

over two feet last night to about under 3 1/2 feet now. no damage to report at this time for the most part what we found in marin county is a lot of soggy commuters. you think it would be great morning to take public transportation but they are braving the elements. >> we are walking in the rain today. >> reporter: also putting a damper on the commute at the landing especially for one dad. >> i'd be on my bike if it wasn't raining and my boys, because it was raining we drove. >> reporter: this family is on vacation they are not in a hurry. >> we were hoping for sun. what can you do. >> reporter: the roads proved to be a dicey cute one woman went to the hospital after this wreck southbound 101 at the golden gate bridge traffic was backed up for miles. back to the benefits of public

transportation. >> i'm if the going to tell you at 6:00 when i'm coming home and i'm really wet and my umbrella turns out five times probably going to be swearing to god about >> reporter: being soaking wet may be the worst of it for now public works has crews checking on hot spots, nothing to report. they are looking ahead to overnight into tomorrow is when they expect to see the worst of it. they've set up several locations that you can get sandbags if you want to do protection around your home or business most at local pump stations and fire departments. they don't have it listed on their website you have to call for more guidance. if you go to your nearest pump station or fire department you should find what you need there. katie marzullo, abc7 news. you might have guessed if you are flying today call ahead. weather is causing big delays at san francisco international airport.

arrival flights are delayed an average of more than three hours. no major delays at oakland or san jose airports. for information on delays and security check points check out our flight tracker on the bottom of abc7news.com. you can also take advantage of our weather resources, find interactive maps with street level radar and send us any weather-related pictures to ureport. we appreciate it. in richmond, an 8-year-old boy is in good condition after he was wounded in a road rage shooting. police tell us a driver got angry when the driver of a vehicle containing a mom, dad and two kids possibly cut him off monday night. the shooter followed the victim's vehicle pulled up along side and fired several rounds into the family's car hitting the boy. police are still looking for the suspect's car, older model crown victoria. four students and professor at uc berkeley charged with resisting arrest

this morning. they were among 39 arrested during an occupy demonstration november 9th, 2011. the video shows police jabbing at some of the protesters with batons as they removed occupy tents. the five facing charges range in age from 21 to 54. breaking news out of uc berkeley. chancellor is stepping down. he will leave office at the end of the year after eight years leading one of the nation's premiere public universities the physicist intends to remain to teach and do research. key events under his watch, state budget cuts, student protests, balanced by achievements like continued high academic rankings. investigators still don't know what caused this morning's fire in three carports of an apartment building in oakland. a resident of the adams street complex captured this cell phone video of the flames after 4:00 this morning.

the fire spread quickly. tenants credit the manager for helping them get out same >> manager, she kept on screaming, "fire, fire" out front and it is bad. >> i think we are all trained for earthquakes, but fire was a big shock, i didn't know what to do. once i started yelling fire and coming out everybody started knocking on everybody's doors. >> nobody was hurt a half dozen vehicles were damaged it took firefighters 20 minutes to put the flames out. the red cross is assisting some residents. president obama promises a thorough investigation into the shooting massacre in afghanistan. growing outrage and protests again the u.s. soldier accused in the killings and the taliban launches retaliation attacks. later, what is coming out of your faucet? new concern being raised about

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anger growing in afghanistan obvious last weekend's shooting deaths of 16 civilians by a u.s. soldier. afghans burned an effigy of president obama and a cross today while students shouted death to the soldier who killed our people. taliban fighters opened fire today on president karzai's two brothers who visited the

village where the shooting took place. president obama has directed the pentagon to spare no effort in conducting a full investigation. >> the president: the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. we're heart broken over the loss of innocent life. >> u.s. officials say the shooter is a married 38-year-old father of two. the trained sniper had three deployments to iraq before this deployment to afghanistan. he's accused of putting on his night vision goggles and methodically going door-to-door shooting citizens, including nine children, as they slept. president obama is putting china and america's other economic competitors on notice they won't get away with skirting the rules of international trade. he made the statement this morning in the rose garden. he says the u.s. is bringing a new case against china because of export restrictions on key materials used to manufacture high-tech goods. the u.s. is taking the case to

the world trade organization with the european union in japan. first lady obama will lead the official u.s. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the 2012 summer olympic games in london. it is somewhat of a tradition for first ladies. laura bush headed the delegation to the 2006 winter olympics in italy. hillary clinton did the honors at the 1994 winter olympics in norway jaycee dugard the kidnapped victim rescued after 18 years tells die and sawyer she doesn't always -- tells die and sawyer she doesn't always intend to live in hiding. this week she spoke exclusively with diane in new york city after being recognized at an award to honor rain women. >> you felt more anger? >> i am angry for what they

did, -- what they took away. on the other hand i have two beautiful daughters that i can never be sorry about. >> you can watch diane sawyer's entire interview with jaycee dugard tonight on "world news" at 5:30. >> walt disney company announcing new program to help returning veterans find new jobs. announced in kansas city, disney will provide at least 1,000 job and career opportunities for returning service members over the next three years and launch a public awareness campaign to convince other businesses to follow suit. we have a link on our website abc7news.com look under see it on tv. by the way, disney owns abc7. that's nice. maybe the mouse ears may keep your head dry in the bay area. not so much. let's take a look at

mount tamalpais good indicator of what going up in the clouds at 2800 feet. plenty of winds and a lot of rain. how the homeless helped patch up the wifi dead spots in one texas city. what you may have in common with lindsay lohan and kim kardashian. do you all have money coming to you?

this is not how you want to start your day. a jet was badly damaged when it rolled off a taxiway at one of the world's busiest airports in atlanta. one of the wings sticking up in the air mechanics were testing the engines on the delta 737 when the braking system failed. two maintenance workers were onboard, they were not hurt. cranes were brought in to move the jet. they have some explaining to do. >> yeah, nothing like that but we have our own share of airport problems locally too. >> three hours 15 minutes last time i checked and they are getting longer every time i checked, so i stopped checking. flight tracker abc7news.com go to the bottom of the page. some regional flights may be

cancelled because of the rain and snow. good morning again. 11:19 snow falling in the sierra they are going to get more snow pack now around 30% of average. we could use as much as they can give us without the avalanches that could be a concern towards the weekend. from emeryville, can't see san francisco because of the low clouds, a lot of moisture in the air. live doppler you can see the best radar returns across the north bay that's the way this system is going to be because of the front stalling to the north and also because we have this southerly wind and the natural topography of the north bay lifts it and creates more rain than any other area except for the santa cruz mountains you are going to have a lot of rain too. san francisco up towards rodeo, concord, san ramon, a quarter to a third of an inch, mill valley about half an inch south san francisco and hayward around 2/10 to a 10th

of an inch some of the areas south bay haven't reported yet they are receiving rain just very light now that is going to be the case you are going to get a lot of rain in the south bay because the santa cruz mountains are taking most of your moisture as air as sends into the valley it dies out. waves of rain across our -- neighborhoods, temperatures wholing in the mid 50s low to mid 50s monterey -- holding in the mid 50s. low to mid 50s monterey bay. breezy today on and off rain heavy at times heaviest coming in tonight and tomorrow then storms possibly thunderstorms with hail and snow over the weekend. today we could hit 60s around the bay south bay east bay valleys mid to upper 50s probably the most dominant temperature because of the rain low to mid 60s monterey bay and mid 60s inland, breezy everywhere today, south winds 20 to 30 fire miles per hour, best rain 80 and -- north

tahoe getting snow, palm springs tate the temper with a lot of -- 80, the temperature with a lot of sunshine. right now you can see the front we talked about this yesterday it was going to stall and it is starting to do that now. as long as it stalls we are in that southerly wind with that moisture that being the lifting mechanism and our topography don't see how we are going to get out of this front. the front will ooze towards us by 5:00 steadiest north bay overnight with front stalling on top of us heavier rain moves in the entire bay through tomorrow's morning commute by noon we start to see it slide a little south in a slight tapering during the afternoon. during the evening and overnight it becomes light drizzle before the next system moves into the north bay 7:00 thursday morning most of the scattered showers hang out there thursday.

thursday night the next system gives us all rain. one to two inches around the bay three to possibly five inches in the north bay and santa cruz mountains. that storm will move out friday evening and then that next system moves in saturday and sunday when we could have snow levels down to 2,000 feet thunderstorms with hail and a lot of snow in the sierra. >> don't have to look so hope -- so happy about it mr. meteorologist. >> just happy it is finally here. new warning about drinking water contamination in parts of california. researchers are finding nitrate in water in california's agricultural heartland the central valley and salinas vally chemical fertilizers and manure are contaminating under treated ground water over one million people rely on that water. high levels of nitrates have been linked to cancer. marketing that pays

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