around the bay area... snow! a fresh coat blanketing our hilltops... making for some postcard scenes. , now at noon, a rare sight around the bay area a fresh coat making for scenes. i'm kenny choi, check out views from the north bay to east and south.

parts of the area looking like the sierra. >> kiet do flew sky drone 5 into south bay, starts our team coverage. >> reporter: it is hard to believe we are still in the bay area right now. who needs tahoe when you got all this? it has not snowed on the highway 17 summit for years and so you got the feeling like mother nature was making up for are lost time. it was off and on since 2:00 a.m., when it was on, boy was it on. at times the huge flakes fell in big chunks. hearing about the storm and got up at 4:00 a.m. to make sure he got over the hill okay to get to work on time. >> it's peaceful. i live in tahoe a little while, it's gorgeous anytime you are in the snow it's peaceful. it's just nice. just is gorgeous. i love cold weather. alone, traffic was heavy and slow going over the summit especially in the hours before sunrise. cal trans had easy since

accumulation was only 1 to 2 inches and only needed to plow 2 miles down on either side of the summit. still, snow has not stuck on the summit since jase was born, making it a good reason to be late to school. >> get out and about to enjoy things. nature phenomenon that we don't get all the time. >> the best part with the sunshining brightly it was gone by mid morning. >> brings a little natural happiness to people. just makes people more excited and happy. >> reporter: bay area snow happens rarely enough that we love it but not so often that we hate t in the santa cruz mountains kiet do, kpix 5. this ra fall giving us stunning sights. >> it is gorgeous up here, i'm

here at june inner campground which is the highest point where you can actually drive and only this opened up late this morning. a lot of people waiting to come up here to get the rare chance to play in the snow. it's only a couple of inches, this low level snow in the bay area has people of all ages catching that magical winter feeling. i get like a kid. >> reporter: others took advantage for a limited time only determined to find their own fresh slopes. >> try to get there before it melts. >> reporter: use today driving not sierra for snow, this is one of those rare times when it comes to us. >> we were supposed to go to tahoe this weekend but it was too dangerous,. >> reporter: this family has root in chicago but now live in alamo passing the winter wonder through the generations. >> when he was his size i took him up in the snow along with his brother and sister. >> reporter: a rare tradition.

>> yeah, first time in the snow and he is loving it. >> reporter: if you want to get up to the summit you are going to have to hike a mile. the rangers say that these roadways won't be open for at least a up coal days. anne makevec, kpix 5. and chopper 5 giving us an aerial view of all that snow at mission peak today. a blanket of fresh powder covering the mountain tops there. and check this out, there is so much snow in castro valley, people in this neighborhood woke up to snow on top of their cars and hillsides layered with snow. in the north bay, the napa hills also got a dusting of snow. chopper 5 giving us a look from above of the serene setting. also in the north bay petaluma police of a snowy mountain road. meteorologist mary lee is here. for sure, a rare weather event for the bay area with

snow for all of bay area mountains including mount diablo, can you see the snow cored peaks of mount diablo. and this showing that snow earlier this morning especially for the diablo range, santa cruz mountains, wrapping up quickly for the sunshine. mount st. helena, mount tam, mount diablo, and also for twin peaks, national weather service reporting that a trained weather spotter saw a dusting of snow around 3:00 a.m. for twin peaks. so that is a very rare occurrence in the last time san francisco saw snow was on this day back in 1976, can you see the snow over sutro tower, we will talk about if s the week and what you can expect tomorrow

morning. turning very cold, how low those temperatures who go coming up. take a look at this, this is how it looked in parts of the sierra foothills this morning. this is in downtown placerville. interstate 80 in the sierra is back open. this after snow shutdown that freeway in both directions this morning. reporter laura wallace is in placer county. >> in applegate you can see a dusting here of snow on just about everything, so just enough to leave a little bit a mess, make the roads icy, it is going to get a mix of rain and snow early part of the afternoon here. also a lot of trucks pulled off along 80 because there are closures farther up. a lot of excitement about the low snow in the early morning hour, headed over to auburn where we saw a lot of cars covered in snow for those that parked outdoors overnight, there was some scraping to do. and just this thin layer left behind as that storm rolled through.

again, if you are heading up this way give yourself some time. lauri wallace,. the snow has a lot of people running outside to snap pictures. a viewer sent us this photo of the east bay hills. you can see the mountain covered with with a dusting of snow. santa clara county fire department tweeted out these pictures, you can see their patrol cars, trucks covered in powder. we want to see your snow pictures, share them on our facebook page. in just a few hours president trump delivers his state of the union address to a joint session of congress, it comes after a one week delay prompted by governme th atwe can expect to hear tonight. >> president trump is putting last minute touches on tonight's state of the union

address. >> sharpening up a lot of passages, his speech writing team understands the president's priorities, his tone, his intonation, the content of what he expects from these addresses. >> one of the speeches major theme is a call for bipartisan ship and unity. >> more compromise and cooperation and less divisiveness, retribution politics as it calls. >> president trump will be faces a divided congress and democrats are already signaling they don't expect to hear much that will prompt them to stand and cheer. >> blatant hip occ crease of this chief reasons americans feel so divided. >> the president is expected to renew his call for a wall along the southern border. >> he is as committed to today as he has been to get real border security that includes a wall. he will make that case tonight. >> congress is working on a bill to secure the border, lawmakers face another

government shutdown if they cannot resolve differences by february 15th. >> they get a strong bipartisan agreement. and we have to get it done by the end of this week because you have to get the paperwork all done and filed. >> in addition to border security, tout the economy, talk about terrorists and international trade and call for a strong military. natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. former georgia gubinatorial candidate stacey abrams will provide the democratic response immediately following the president's speech and can you watch it all starting at 6:00 right here on kpix 5. just as the russia probe appears to be wrapping up a new investigation could cause headaches for the president. federal prosecutors are demanding troves of documents from the inaugural committee. a source telling cbs news investigators are seeking information relating to done ors and benefits they may have received for their money, looking for evidence of illegal donations by foreigners and

whether they sought to gain influence over the administration. federal law prohibits foreign convicted tri buses to campaigns, inaugural funds. the subpoena asks also for information about the inaugural events and who attended them. >> this doesn't have anything to do with the white house. i think the biggest focus and the thing that most americans care about has nothing do with the inaugural and everything to do with what the path forward looks like. >> a smokes person for the committee telling cbs news while we are still reviewing the subpoena, it is our intention to cooperate with the inquiries, at this point nobody has been charged for their work with the committee, the subpoena is in the initial step in the information. earlier today tens of thousands d the reets to watch pope francis to deliver the first pay pal mass, message of peace went out ton an audience to catholics in

the region. the pope about the value of simplicity in a country known for 80,000 people came to listen. today marks the beginning of the year of the pig. lunar new year kicking off celebrations under way right now in san francisco's chinatown neighborhood. fire crackers kicked off festivities a short time ago. golden dragon and some lion dancers are there with drums providing music. the procession started on walter, ulam place on clay street and ends on kearney street. backlash after a stunning admission regarding grace. ra. iscovered this racism, and y it's there. m nissansays he is trying to. rare snow, people stepping outside to the usual sights

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neeson is facing social media backlash... after admitting he once considered carrying out a racist revenge attack. now, adriana diaz shows us: the hollywood star is speaking out. (package script) actor liam neesam. now adult rhiannon diaz showing the hollywood star is speaking out. >> actor a rare black man. >> there were some nights i went out deliberately into black areas in the city looking

to be set upon so that i could unleash physical violence. >> the controversy began with. >> i asked what color were they, she said it was a black person. >> reaction to the original comments was overwhelming critical. reminds me of a time i got provoked by a rich white guy i didn't know hoping would do something. thank god i never took the bait. neeson understands the hurt his comments have caused but he shared them to open up a conversation. >> we all pretend we are politically correct. in this country it's same in my own country, you sometimes tch discover this racism. and bigotry and it's there.

>> neeson says it happened nearly 40 years ago and he sought help from priest and friends. neeson says he asked his friend other descriptive questions about his attacker in addition to race. new england patriots are celebrating their 6th super bowl victory today with a huge duck boat parade. thousands of fans lined boston streets. julian edelman working the crowd. quarterback tom brady waived to fans with his kids in toe. the dow is up about 150 points. wall street paying attention to the state of the union address tonight as investors are looking to see if the president strikes a bipartisan tone and watching to see if he speak with prescription drug pricing and u.s. china trade talks. back to our top story. bay area snow, this wintery scene in the santa cruz

mountains, you can see highway as the sun comes over the mountains. marin county share's office using this snow day as a photo op, they tweet you had out this photo of their vehicle. >> not something you see every day. we'll enjoy it. >> yeah, michelle and kenny, just a butch sight waking up to snow on many of our bay area mountains there. this is a great viewer photo, he said an inch of snow fell on sky way in the santa cruz mountains. really cool sight. well we are looking at plenty of sunshine now, so we're seeing that clearing and some clouds on our sales tower camera. our temperatures are on the chilly side, 48 in concord, oakland 43. livermore 46. downtown san francisco, san jose 47.

san to rosa at 46. satellite and radar view, drops snow levels down to the lowest levels since 2011. so in 8 years and we are looking as we go through the day with that clearing, here we are at 4:00 p.m., we are done with the winter weather, now in the big weather story as we go through tomorrow morning will be the cold temperatures. so behind that cold low pressure system we are going to wake up to temperatures tomorrow morning in the 20s and in the 30s. winter storm warning still in effect from the west slope to the sierra from lake tahoe, dangerous travel limited visibility, an additional 2 to 7 inches of snow for the sierra there. our sunset at 5:36 and sunrise at 7:10 tomorrow morning. daytime highs not all that high below average for this time of year. 52 palo alto for a high. 53 in san jose. half moon bay at 50.

pacifica 49 as we look to danville high of just 49. also for antioch and brentwood. fairfield, berkeley a high of 50 degrees. 51 in almeda. 52 for oakland and san leandro. 52 for petaluma. so, we are wrapping up, we're done with the winter weather, we are looking at partly sunny skies for wednesday and thursday with showers back in the forecast friday into the weekend, but you can see temperatures in the 50s all week long. so it's going to be a chilly week over the next several days. >> i will take it as long as we don't have polar vortex. >> nothing like that. all right, harris boulevard mary thank you. new skills for smarter robots, how technology could change how we interact with the machines in our daily lives.

skills - that could change how we work and live. researchers are developing a new generation of robots. >> the machines can learn new skills that could change how we work and live. scientists are using a combination of algorithms and sensors designing smarter robots like this device that can learn the floor plan of a house or business and pick up misplaced items it finds. we're back with a final check of the weather next.

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