and testing drivers' patienn bay area roads good afternoon, i'm michelle griego. i'm fr water everywhere. the latest storm bringing river levels up and testing drivers' patience on bay area roads. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. we have live team coverage

around the bay area today. first roberta gonzales tracking the storm. >> our live hi-def doppler radar has been working overtime. in the past 24 to 48 hours we have seen up to 6" of rain in the north bay. we have heavy rain, a band of heavy rainfall from rio vista into antioch. these storms could contain thunderstorms at any time. behind it there you see that secondary line of showers. flash flood watch in the bay area minus the santa clara valley until sunday. this means be mindful of the potential of ponding on the roads and sidewalks at any time. a wind advisory in effect for the blue highlighted area up to 50-mile-an-hour wind gusts anticipated along the coast and the higher elevations of the

bay area. so there will certainly be downed trees between now and tomorrow. and we still have two more storms to talk about. we'll track those coming up a little later in this newscast. >> thank you. heavy rainfall in sonoma county is causing the russian river to live. jackie ward has more from guerneville. >> reporter: michelle, i don't know if you remember where i was standing. but i do. eight hours ago, i was behind that barrier. this is actually a parking lot. it's a beach when it doesn't look like this. you can get a kayak, burger and beer and hang out along the russian river. not today in the way that people would in the summer that's for sure because water levels are rising so fast. so back if he beginning of the month, water was only 6 feet high. yesterday it was 15 to 22 feet high. the national weather service says it will get up to 26 feet. that number is changing. it's lower than what we reported last night and this morning because the national weather service looked at the

models from the river forecast center and combined it with the current stage of the river. if rain is less than predicted that will lower predicted flood levels. so because of that the nws has canceled its flood warning near guerneville. flood stage is at 32 feet for the russian river in guerneville. at one point the nws thought levels would be up to 34 feet. but that's not the case anymore. now they think it will only hit 26 feet at 5 a.m. tomorrow. shouldn't say only. that's still quite a lot of water. and for the napa river, levels predicted to hit 1 1.5 feet by 2 p.m. which is also lower than what the nws reported earlier this morning. typically at this neighborhood they stage a fire engine because water can block access to and from the neighborhood. they are not doing that this

afternoon but they are remaining cautious so they are reevaluating that plan at 3 p.m. in guerneville, jackie ward, kpix 5. a tense drive for commuters in the south bay today and things aren't getting better as the rain picks up. kiet do is live at the lexington reservoir near los gatos where showers have been spotty this noon. >> reporter: absolutely. you know, this is really just a sight for sore eyes out here. we have not seen lexington reservoir this full in years. in the past six days, get these numbers, the water levels went from 22% to 45% of capacity. el nino, bring it on! as if bay area traffic wasn't bad enough, morning commuters had to deal with this. moments of pounding rain combined with spray coming up from the tires, made it hard to see more than just a few car lengths ahead of you. ponding on the roads made for some white knuckle moments on highway 17. if you opted to telecommute or

work from home today, good call. >> i just spent an hour on the freeway trying to get to work. half-hour late. >> reporter: how was the drive? >> terrible. people are -- it's hard when it's raining. >> reporter: the showers lasted through the morning with the south bay getting a soaking from sunrise to lunchtime. the guadalupe river had a decent current. expect the water level to rice. the south bay was spared from flooding or accidents for now. where's the umbrella? >> left it at home. [ laughter ] >> reporter: what are you going to do now? >> i'm home. so no worries. the rain never did any harm. >> reporter: at a park in the east san jose foothills this flock of wild turkeys had the right idea, hunker down and try to stay dry. so we are at 45% of capacity at lexington now. wait until all this water drains off of the hills and the mountains. expect that capacity level to go up. we are live here at lexington

reservoir near los gatos. kiet do, kpix 5. >> looks like the rain picked up, too. thank you. now to kpix 5's anne makovec live in the oakland hills where the storm is bringing high winds and low visibility. anne. >> reporter: it has been pretty foggy here for most morning. a little break in the rain but you can see the huge puddles that are forming and the water flowing like a river downhill. okay. we know we need it. but that doesn't make driving in the rain any less painful for many commuters out today. >> i just -- it's hard to maneuver. >> reporter: from the freeway to the city streets, drivers and pedestrians are having to navigate around the puddles all over the bay area. >> i got drive around all day and no one knows how to drive in the rain. it's crazy. >> reporter: air travelers are

facing major delays at sfo including dozens of canceled flights and 100 delays many for more than two hours. back on the solid ground, drivers are hoping to make it home safely and semi dry. >> especially when it's windy when you have your umbrella. it's just like flying all over the place. >> reporter: we want to say something afterwards. [ pause ] >> reporter: and it is the wind that's the main concern whiff ground that's as saturated as it is right now. that's when you see the falling trees and the power lines. we'll be watching out for that throughout the weekend. live in the oakland hills, anne makevoc, kpix 5. highway 1 along the northern coast is closed indefinitely after overnight slides nearly toppled a caltrans dump truck. one employee was inside. caltrans says crews were responding to an initial slide around 3 a.m. in mendocino county near westport when a second slide came down. you can see it nearly pushed the dump truck over the edge of

the highway. hundreds of power outages in the bay area right now most on the peninsula and san francisco. more than 100 people without power in the north bay. 46 outages in the east bay and just 16 in the south bay. we'll continue to monitor hi- def doppler and bring you storm updates as we get them. some other news now. police are looking for the driver who hit and killed a yesterday san francisco today. the hit-and-run crash happened just before 6 a.m. in chinatown at broadway and powell streets. the man who died was in his 60s lived in the neighborhood there. witnesses saw a white van with no back window making a right turn towards the broadway tunnel when it happened. >> we don't know if it was -- in the pedestrian was in the crosswalk, don't know if the light was green or red. it's under investigation. >> police say the van involved probably had some front end damage. they are looking for surveillance tape to establish the driver's identity. campaign 2016 now. the gop front-runner is picking

up an endorsement from a former rival. just about everyone is reflecting on last night's kinder, gentler republican debate. craig boswell has more from the white house. >> reporter: dr. ben carson endorsed donald trump during a news conference in florida friday morning. >> there are two different donald trumps. there's the one you see on the stage. and there's the one who is very cerebral. >> reporter: perhaps it was the more cerebral trump who showed up at last night's debate which left out the usually personal attacks. >> last night's debate was fun. it was different. it got wonderful -- there were a lot of good feelings in that room. >> reporter: it remains to be seen if the good feelings in the debate will continue as the candidates hit the campaign trail ahead of tuesday's primaries. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. florida, ohio, north carolina, illinois and missouri all vote next tuesday. it's winner-take-all in the delegate race on the republican side.

florida is the biggest prize with 99 delegates. still ahead, saying good- bye to an influential first lady. the funeral under way right now for nancy reagan. >> and our latest storm also bearing down on the sierra. what you can expect if you are heading to the mountains to ski over the weekend. ============b r e a k ============== >> this is a live look at the bay bridge right now. we continue to keep our "eye on the storm." ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a live look at the "sierra at tahoe." you can see that wind is really starting to pick up there. it's snowy a little bit of rain, as well. so if you are heading up to the mountains this weekend, you certainly want to be careful. and a live look at the hi-def

doppler shows lots of green, yellow and red. and roberta has taught me this means a lot of rain. [ laughter ] >> going to be the talk of the whole forecast. >> she will be here in a couple of minutes. right now hundreds of people are paying their final respects to former first lady nancy reagan. she is being buried next to her husband ronald reagan in simi valley at the ronald reagan library. chris martinez reports. >> reporter: the funeral going on now for just over an hour or so and the guest list here today about 1,000 people with every detail of this ceremony today planned by nancy reagan herself. dignitaries and celebrities gathered on the grounds of the reagan presidential library for the funeral of former first lady nancy reagan. >> grace, courage will power. >> she would call and say i haven't seen you, where's my

avocados? >> reporter: first lady michelle obama former president george w. bush and former secretary of state and first lady hillary clinton arrived ahead of the procession. reagan library officials say nancy reagan personally created the guest list for today's funeral and had a hand in other details like choosing the flowers. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the music includes the battle hymn of the republic and god bless america. former chief of staff james baker delivered the main eulogy. >> when they were together, he hid love notes around the house. >> reporter: nancy is best known for her support of her husband ronald and for her just say no to drugs campaign. her final resting place will be on the grounds of the library right by her husband's side. she asked to be buried as close as possible to her husband, just inches from her husband

facing west towards the pacific. >> they are back together again. chris, thank you. back to the storm now. it's bringing gusty winds and rain to already snowy "sierra at tahoe." a winter storm watch is in effect in the notice driving could be treacherous heading that way. of course, carry chains. the snow level through the weekend will drop to 6 to 7,000 feet where you can expect about 2 feet of snow. >> get the chains ready if you are headed that way. this is what i-80 looks like right now at soda springs. also slow going along highway 50. not many cars near twin bridges as you can see. but over at ski run you can see conditions are dicey. flags are whipping in the wind. >> the hardest working weathercaster in the land, you have been busy. >> it's like my super bowl, right? good afternoon, this is when i love to call on my weather watchers because they give you an eye in what's going on the neighborhoods. i get a good flavor for what's happening around the bay area. robert sullivan reports 52 degrees in redwood city.

good afternoon sir. he says it's raining. no, it's not. yes, it is. yeah. that's been pretty much the case all day today. lindsay along the coastline in pacifica has also said that he has had squall after squall rolling in. and he picked up quite a bit of rain over an inch in the past 24 hours. it continues to rain and we have scattered showers now but we do have a line of heavy precipitation in the eastern portion of the bay area as seen by yell row and orange on your screen there. it's going from concord to cowell road and right now looking out at the golden gate bridge mostly cloudy skies. we have seen some sun, a good rainbow picture there, as well. that he flag is on the fly. flash flood watch in effect for that whole highlighted area so just about 8 million people experiencing this watch through

the weekend which means out the door at any time ponding on the roads and sidewalks. high winds in the area. that wind advisory will expire 2 p.m. we come a watchful eye on that for the possibility for them to expand it. atmospheric river pushing subtropical moisture into the bay area. the core of the center of the area of low pressure pushed through, as well. we had a severe thunderstorm warning in effect at 11:15. it expired. now we watch our futurecast, hit-and-miss scattered showers for the evening commute. a bit of break later on tonight. you will wake up saturday for the most part with mostly cloudy skies and there's the rain in the north bay scattered showers during the afternoon hours and then it reaches the santa clara valley by the evening hours. so many little league baseball games will be rained out. sunday it's wet just about all day long. we'll be picking up more rain monday before it's sunny on tuesday. another couple of inches of rain in the santa rosa area by monday. otherwise, winter storm watch

in effect for the high sierra. picking 2 feet of snow above 6,000 feet. cloud cover and temperatures in the 50s and 60s today. here's your extended forecast: at that particular time we'll be looking for a drying trend here in the bay area. but boy, have we had beneficial rains. >> i guess. yeah. >> we felt all right, roberta. >> enjoy your weekend. a live look from wall street as we close out the week. the dow looking good. up about 198 points, now 200. ford is looking to gain a foothold in sillicon valley to get into the booming rideshare market. a subsidiary will operate in palo alto and in ford's hometown of dearborn michigan. a current ford board member will be in charge. still ahead, it's a challenge for new parents who also have pets at home.

>> we talk with our pet expert about introducing your new baby to your fur babies for the first time. >> we want to know what's cool about your school? email your nomination to us at coolschools@kpix.com. we may come and feature your school on the show. ====== b r e a k ============== bringing home a new baby is challenge in itself.. an ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

there's another layer to ado the adjustment. our pet expert dr. jill cha talk about it... bringing a new baby home is a challenge and with pets at home there's another layer to

aadd to the adjustment. dr. jill joins us to talk about with cubby. >> hi there, sweetheart. how are you? >> this is second appearance. >> he is a dog star. [ laughter ] >> tell us, i guess you have to do a little prep before that baby comes home. what should you do to get the house ready? >> this is a question i get asked frequently because people have babies and they already have a pet usually in the household so one of the things that we recommend is that you bring something home from the hospital that smells like the baby whether it's a blanket or article of clothing so that the dog has an opportunity or the cat has an opportunity to smell it and get used to that smell and when you bring the baby home, it's very important to not just put the baby on the floor and let everybody come by. >> cubby, meet max. >> exactly. you want to, uhm -- animals pick up on what the owners are thinking so if you are relaxed about it and not worried, then they will not perceive the new baby as being a threat to the household. >> is there a time when you can finally just say, you know, is it two months, three months or just call them as you see it?

>> that's great question. so here's the thing. infants have a unique cry and even the most well beloved and behaved pet in your household could potentially attack an infant simply because that cry sounds like a predator, like prey in the wild and the dog feels like a predator and it's an instinct. so you never leave your pet unsupervised with the baby and we are specifically talking about infants. there's a different plan of action with a toddler. >> is there an adjustment with a different type of pet or say a different breed of dog? >> so every animal is different, that's right. so some animals are chilled no matter what like labs are chill. cubby might be a little more anxious. >> sometimes you see a newborn with a german shepherd. but it works out. >> honestly, never leave your pet unsupervised with an infant. >> okay. cubby, nice job. thank you, dr. jill. if you would like to talk to dr. jill and ask her a question, nice and easy to do, just send us an email at just email pets@kpix.com or on our facebook page, and we'll have our pet expert give you an answer every friday right here at noon.

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area. what both companies have planned. that's coming up today on kpix 5 news at 5:00. roberta is talking to kcbs radio right now so we are going to talk about the weather. let's take a look at the doppler and see how we're doing out there right now. is that roberta over there? >> i'm here. >> okay. take it away. >> i was on kcbs radio updating everybody but we'll have scattered showers throughout the day today. a threat of a thunderstorm still exists. high 50s, 60s and boy, rain all weekend. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,

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