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wettest winters in nearly two decades. hi, everyone. frank mallicoat. >> i'm maria medina. the newly released federal emergency response plan lays out scenarios for worst case scenarios for el nino. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: it was only lightly drizzling outside as city leaders made their announcement this morning planning for a major el nino dousing ahead. >> if we're lucky, we'll be overprepared. i think that's the way we deal with expected dangers. >> reporter: while we need the rain, officials are hoping it won't be as strong as 1997-'98 when widespread flooding and mud slides wreaked havoc in the state. this year the earth is too dry to hold much water. >> there's going to be a lot of trees coming down because they don't have the root structure they would have had before. >> reporter: the city's already given out 13,000 sandbags in preparation for street level flooding. >> crews have been scheduled to

work around the clock. and they have been performing inspections. >> reporter: and for the homeless, san francisco is planning to open additional winter shelters. >> we will be learning as we go. it's difficult to assess demand. >> reporter: the city is preparing an extra 1100 beds for anyone in need. the city is working closely with the federal emergency management agency, which is holding drills in sacramento today. in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. i don't know if it's el nino but we have rain coming. >> we do. >> let's check in with roberta and see how much and when it's all coming. >> let's go ahead and address the first thing. it is not el nino. it has nothing to do with el nino. this is a classic cold front that will be bearing down on the bay area. we see some renegade showers right there in the north bay. that's all according to our live hi-def doppler radar. most of the activity has been dissipating at the lake tahoe. you see light rainfall around quincy through colfax. now, this is what it looks like on our satellite and radar.

and you can see the bands of precipitation just disintegrating as it continues to go east. but we still have some drizzle and you can see that visible on our live kpix weather camera look out towards the transamerica pyramid. light drizzle throughout the day today, temperature right now look how mild it is. 67 degrees in san jose. 67 degrees in concord. our daytime highs today will top off high 60s. the winds are now increasing, in fact, we do have a wind advisory in place for later o tonight. i'll have more on that and when you will hear raindrops on the rooftops later in this newscast. new details this afternoon about the san bernardino shooter's sinister plot. according to the fbi, sayed farook and tashfeen malik were planning an attack long before they were married. intelligence officials say the pair were inspired by foreign terrorist groups and they were tactically trained. >> working very hard to

understand whether there was anybody else involved with assisting them, with supporting them, with equipping them. and we're working very, very hard to understand do they have other plans, either for that day or earlier. >> in the wake of the attacks, president obama urged the american people not to turn fear into hate. he pointed out muslims are often the target of terror. at a south bay mosque last night muslims gathered to condemn the violence in san bernardino as well as donald trump's message. organizers also said that isis hijacked the religion of islam and doesn't represent muslims in the world. donald trump's call for a ban on muslims coming to the u.s. sparked outrage. but as weijia jang reports, the comments won't hurt trump at the polls. >> reporter: condemnation of donald trump's call for a ban on muslims entering america has spread around the world. [ chanting ] >> reporter: students in turkey

organized a protest against his comments. this man says a witch hunt against islam and muslims has started. hatred of islam is trying to show islam as a source of terror. >> it's not about religion. this is about safety. >> reporter: trump appeared on kelly & michael wednesday morning and said a ban on muslims is necessary in light of the attacks in san bernardino and paris. >> we are going to have tremendous problems. it's getting worse and worse. and those problems are coming from a certain sector. >> reporter: while republican party leaders are blasting trump's proposal, some potential voters say they agree with him. >> what do we do? we're in a tough situation. otherwise there will be more 9/11. >> reporter: a republican pollster held a focus group of voters for "cbs this morning." >> how many people in that group of that 23 do you think support what trump is recommending? a ban on muslims coming into this country temporarily?

>> i would say 40%. >> reporter: he said trump supporters like him because he says what they are thinking. weijia jang, cbs news, washington. today administrators at an east bay high school are using an online threat as a lesson to its students. last month a berkeley high student used a school computer to threaten a public lunching on campus on behalf of the kkk. in response, school leaders dubbed today, take back the day. they plan to hold events to talk about racism. >> teachers who have said yes, great, it's great we can advocate for other groups too and then like anyone, like the feeling that we can kind of fix problems like this just by awareness and that kind of thing. >> and school administrators identified the student behind the threat who has been disciplined. big changes are coming to our nation's education policy today. any minute president obama will sign a bill to replace the controversial "no child left behind" act. the new bill would allow states to intervene at failing schools. the bill still requires standardized tests but states

and counties will be able to decide how to measure success. up next, volkswagen's emissions problems with its diesel vehicles may not be as bad as first predicted. details on what an internal investigation is revealing. >> and a live look in san francisco where rain looks like it's already here. roberta gonzales with more on how much rain we can expect. ,,

want to do something special this holiday season? support i have a dream foundation. help a child achieve the dream of a higher education. cbs cares. police officer charged in t death of freddie gray took e stand today... in his own defense. officer william po is one of six officers accud ng to get medical he new at noon a baltimore police officer charged with the death of freddie gray is testifying in his own defense. he is one of six police officers who are accused of failing to get medical help for the man who died in the back of a police van this year. porter said gray didn't show

any signs needed medical help. police are preparing for large protests at today's commissioner meeting here in san francisco. it's in response to the deadly shooting of mario woods in the bayview neighborhood. woods was holding a knife when he was killed by five officers last wednesday. the police union and the department say the officers were justified in shooting woods but community members say lethal force was unnecessary. levi's stadium transformed into a laboratory today. the home of the 49ers hosted the inaugural chevron stem bowl for students in 4 to 8th grade. it means science, technology, engineering and math. students at the event learned "stem" lessons relating to football drills and the structure of levi's stadium. >> i'm teaching the physical station where we, um, apply math to physical activities. this is a broad jump over there. and kids are going to measure how far they can jump without a running start. >> kpix 5 by the way is a

partner in the "stem" bowl. volkswagen claims its cars suspect of misreporting carbon dioxide emissions are not as widespread as first thought. the car company admitted to using software to cheat emissions tests. initially volkswagen identified 800,000 cars with co2 discrepancies but today company leaders say its internal investigation found slight discrepancies in nine models with an annual production of 36,000 cars. a new effort will track where whales are most likely to get tangled up near boats. this year more than 60 whales have been entangled like this one near san diego in october. warmer water in the pacific ocean may be the cause for them to follow prey closer to shore. negotiators at the u.n. climate summit in paris just released its latest draft detailing how world leaders will fight global warming. the draft is shorter but fails to resolve a few key issues including a long-term goal of

whether to remove carbon emissions from the economy altogether or just reduce them. the talks in paris will end in two days. another round of powerful storms is expected to pack a punch in the pacific northwest. overnight downpours and mud slides forced evacuations in parts of washington and oregon. wind gusts as strong as 40 miles per hour toppled over trees and in portland, landslides and mud forced the closure of highway 30. >> about 3:30 it started raining. it didn't take long for things to fill up. we have some serious problems here. >> even in part of the country that's used to seeing rain, the amount of wet weather drenching portland this week has set records. forecasters predict it will get worse in the coming days. let's take outside for a live look here in san francisco. pretty cloudy, i'm told some sprinkles too, out there. and the heavens, well, they are about to open shortly. here's roberta with your forecast. >> good afternoon, everybody.

it's time to call on our weather watchers. these are people perhaps living in your own neighborhood checking in with their weather stations. 58 degrees willie in sonoma. he says he has picked up today from the drizzle .08" rain. what willy has to say, persistent drizzle all day long . thank you so much for checking in with us. we have in brentwood paul smith checking in with 60 degrees. 57 degrees now in napa and steve in los altos in the mid- 60s. it's very mild. it's very muggy and as willy was alluding to, we have some drizzle according to our live hi-def doppler radar. if you look very carefully across the north bay, you begin to see a little green on the screen. this is the scene to the south in the south bay. partly to mostly cloudy skies over san jose where currently we have the winds that are beginning to pick up ever so slightly and the air temperatures very mild at 67 degrees. 58 degrees for one of the cool

spots in san francisco. the winds have been nonexistent for days now. they are now beginning to increase out of the south, southeast. variable winds for the most part 5 miles per hour in hayward picking up to 15 later this afternoon. we are seeing a 10-mile-per- hour wind now in napa. we have a wind advisory in effect for the north bay mountains, we'll highlight that when it goes into effect. but first, winds up to 20 miles per hour during the afternoon and into the evening hours. this is the leading edge of a band of showers that were scraping up against the northwestern section of the state of california earlier this morning. and they go east, they dissipated. that's are renegade precursor showers that we have been experiencing in the north bay today. watch futurecast. i love this computer model because it allows you to plan properly for the next 24 hours. here you have tonight 6 p.m. really no rain showers just a lot of cloud cover.

rain far reaches of the north bay. and then overnight we begin to see the rain generating and then by the morning commute tomorrow you see the more moderate to heavy rainfall slicing across the north bay traversing across the central bay and sliding into the santa clara valley. this is where we are going to see the heaviest rainfall. also, remember, our mild temperatures right now going to be replaced by the cooler air mass associated with this classic cold front. this has nothing to do with el nino at all. so when you have the cold air overriding warm air there's the potential for an isolated thunderstorm at any point of the day tomorrow with small hail. meanwhile, some gusty winds up to 45 miles per hour especially with this wraparound moisture throughout the day on thursday up into your friday morning. and by the time all is said and done we could easily see over an inch of rain in the far reaches of the north bay. oh, boy approaching three- quarters inch of rain along the coast into the east bay. 60s throughout the central valley today. 53 in the high sierra where we have a winter storm warning in effect for tomorrow.

your heavenly report your ski report you're expecting two feet of snow over the next 36 hours, same at squaw valley. please be very mindful of the conditions if you are driving to the sierra. sun goes down at 4:51. and by then, we'll have realized temperatures into the 60s. the winds begin to increase again later on this afternoon out of the south up to about 10 and 20 miles per hour. your extended forecast, again, we have that wind advisory in effect for tonight. and here you have your temperatures across the board. we are talking about numbers streaming all the way into the 60s and into the 50s with more rain on tap for your sunday. so that's another cold front, too. hey, you know, all year long, we can't get rain but all year long we can give. especially at this time of the year. and this is time for our "food for bay area families." today i'm being joined by paul ash of the marin san francisco food bank and jerry canale. jerry, you're from riverbed technology. what's that all about? >> it's one of the large

technology employers in san francisco. we sell large-scale network technology to the biggest government and corporate networks in the world that make them fast and efficient. >> so how do you become hooked up with "food for bay area families"? >> we're a long-time supporter of the food bank. we have done it for years and years and this year we started -- decided to double down, you know, we believe that the city needs a social fabric that includes taking care of the less advantaged, number one, and number two, our employee base is very socially conscious and so it's important to our employees that we participate both financially and with activities with the food bank. [ pause ] [ no microphone ] [ no audio ] [ please stand by ]

thank you so much. and i got tell all of you if you want some loving, you got to give. just visit us online at cbssf.com/give. frank and maria, what do you think? $100,000! >> awesome! >> german chance lower angela merkel is -- chancellor angela merkel with honored by time mag for preserving and promoting europe despite economic turmoil and growing refugee crisis. she is the first woman to be named person of the year since 1986. let's take a peek on wall street on this wednesday. see how we're doing on the stock market. not so good. down over 100 points at this hour. we'll be right back. stay with us. ,,,,

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asia! time to hit the grocery store this noon. >> here's toning shopping for fruit from asia. >> reporter: today's today's is with dragon fruit. look at how beautiful this fruit is. it's dragon fruit. it's mainly used in asian communities. as a matter of fact, you can find it in many asian

supermarkets but now it's making its way to mainstream and it is wonderful. it looks intimidating like what do i do with this! well, let me tell ya. you cut it in half, and then it looks like this. then you get a spoon and you just eat it. it's like dessert. i'm not kidding you! this texture is wonderful. the sugar, the sweetness, you will love this. but selection and storage is important. when you buy them, you want to make sure they have this beautiful color all the way around. very beautiful. heavy for their size. when you bring them home, mainly tropical fruit, so store it at room temperature. do not store it in the refrigerator. you're going to love this. dragon fruit, it's like mother nature's dessert in your hand. i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. dry eye is one of the most common reasons people go to the eye doctor but soon a common food supplement may offer relief. a new study is looking at

whether fish oil may ease dry eyes because of its anti- inflammatory ingredients. previous studies were inconclusive but a larger study may determine the effectiveness and learn more about dry eye. in today's jobs report, jill schlesinger looks at the booming demand for web developers. reporter: 'tis the season for online shopping. the national retail federation reports that almost half of all holiday shopping will be digital this year. consumers will likely spend $95.5 billion online in november and december up from $85.9 billion in 2014. and it's that growth in ecommerce that's boosting career prospects for web developers. job openings will rise 20% by 202 much faster than other careers. they will rise faster than other careers by 2022. more shoppers heading online and brick and mortar retailers building out their digital offerings explains some of the demand. the other key driver? smartphones. as more people use their phones to access the web, companies must create mobile-friendly websites. developers are responsible for designing, building, testing and deploying websites. while they do play a role in

the creative side of projects, the bulk of their time is spent on more technical duties, turning a designer's vision into a functioning online destination. on average, web developers here in the bay area earn over $91,500 a year. and those with some graphic design know-how could make even more. i'm jill schlesinger for kpix 5. ,, ,,,,

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your pet from mutant fleas!t coming up on kpix 5 news at 5:00, a warning for dog owners. how to protect your pet from mutant fleas. that story and more at 5:00. a warning for everyone, the rain is coming! >> big rain tomorrow morning's commute adversely affected and the evening commute will be affected, as well. >> watch us tomorrow morning brigh and early! captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,

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