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latest storm is not done yet. >> not quite, anyway . it is still raining steadily through portions of the tri-valley and santa clara valley and santa cruz mountains. i'm tracking how long this will last in the first alert weather forecast. first, we are celebrating world aids day. good afternoon, i am reed cowan. let's start with that mess of rain around the bay area . in the sierra there is a freeway under their . this is eastbound i-80 at soda springs. you can see traffic sitting still for now, the freeway, kind of a parking lot. it has been shut down between alta and the state line. and we are drying out in some spots as we give you a snapshot of our bay area bridges and roadways. but as you know it was a different scene earlier . look here, on echo drive where the water was pouring. some of it covering a

hubcap, looking to get close to car doors also. no word if anyone was flooded out, but across the san francisco bay area we saw a fallen tree making a mess of traffic over on mission street . that one took out a light post, a power pole, it toppled near 11th . the roots broke through the concrete in this sidewalk , and 14 service has been down for cleanup and repair service. at fremont and san jose in that split screen, slick freeways, and windshield wipers are earning their keep. chief meteorologist, paul heggen, has been tracking all of this. we needed this rain, paul, but we needed the patient's today. >> we did not need the wind to go along with the rain, the powerlines falling causes all

kinds of havoc. this is very beneficial rain though, for most of northern california, the rain, still potentially going to mess up the afternoon commute as we go through 580 in the tri-valley. in livermore it's still falling, the rain has stopped farther north near san ramon . some of the heaviest rain is and santa clara . san jose, still getting a good amount, that will maybe be up to a 10th of an inch per hour. that rain will be slacking off by now in the santa cruz mountains as well . will continue to push east. things are drying out in san francisco as we look over at the salesforce tower. about 2 inches for ben lomond and up to around an inch of rain . but

the wind, 30-40 miles an hour, strong enough to cause significant problems. well track the more calm rain in a few minutes . b.a.r.t. delays were caused due to the weather, this morning . passengers experienced heavy winds followed by swift downpours. obviously not heavy winds, but the lease moving around, there. definitely a rough start to our friends' thursday their . >> it was freezing . i have layers, it's freezing, and i have to go to school. >> and look at this, b.a.r.t., with photos of too much acceleration , wearing down the wheels. in vallejo, cars splashed

around, slow down, everybody. we saw wind on the water, but notes appear to be weathering the weather well . through the sierra, snow is coming down in the mountains. >> people are showing the chains on their attires, and i was talking to california highway patrol earlier, and they have some advice for folks that may be headed on those roads. first off if you can avoid it stay off the roads. they are saying if you need to make it out to tahoe, conditions for tomorrow seemed just fine. so if it can wait, make sure to wait. if there is a reason you need to be heading out to tahoe they also tell you that even if you have a four-wheel-drive, you still want to make sure you have chains in your car, because you never know, and you'd rather be

safe than starry sorry. lastly, if you are going to be in your car, you want to make sure to bring blankets, food, just in case you get stranded, again, be safe is always better than eating sorry . so take as precautions when you can . >> as the storm moves through we have you covered here on kpix 5, streaming on cbs news bay area. if you have pictures of the rain in your area and you can safely do so, share them with us and use the #kpix on facebook and instagram . today serves as a reminder of the epidemic that claimed so many lives right here where we live and the continued fight against aids and hiv . in san francisco's golden gate park, mayor london breed joined advocates at the national aids memorial grove for a traditional reading of names lost to aids and a call to action for the future. >> this year's theme is change the pattern for a world without

aids . san francisco has stood at the forefront of the response to hiv and aids since the very beginning. >> and in the south bay, san jose city hall, displaying large sections of the aids memorial quilt . every one of those squares, somebody is a somebody . a candlelight vigil is planned for later this evening . the founder was at today's event in san francisco, and ahead of that, our own john ramose sat down with the man whose idea it was to change the course of this deadly disease . >> sitting in his garden, his greatest achievement he says, is probably just being alive . at 17 he was a scared, lonely kid, planning his own suicide . >> then i read about gay liberation, and i flushed the pills i had been hoarding and hitched a ride to san francisco. expect the street

kid became a supervisor of the state's first openly gay elected official, but then aids began its deadly attack on the gay community, and as the nation turned a blind eye to the pandemic, his fear turned to rage . on the night harvey was murdered, he led a defiant march to the building where he plastered it with the names of those who died . >> as i looked at that patchwork of names on the wall i thought to myself it looked like some kind of strange quilt, and i thought , aha. >> from that moment , the idea was born, and soon, panels were inundated . >> these are people who are loved, these people had families, these were people who

made enormous contributions to their communities. >> jim bunn was a kpix5 reporter covering the blanket, and the coverage he said, changed the view about the disease . >> each one of those quilts was a human loss, and it was a human loss felt by the people who experienced that loss. it changed how anyone, who was a skeptic in those days, looked at this as anything other than a human loss. >> later, bunn began working for the world health organization, where he worked to get panels displayed in new york, launching the quilt in the fight against the disease is a worldwide effort . >> that's one of the things the quilt became was sort of an entry point for people to join the movement against hiv and aids. >> he is still fighting for

causes he believes in, and as a man living with hiv he marvels at his own survivability . while he's proud of the lifetime commitment award he has a tongue-in-cheek response to it. >> it's a little alarming. i'm thinking of someone talking to my doctor? am i on my way out? and this is their one last chance to say, good job? >> if so it would include his old friend and co-conspirator, jim bunn. >> this is one of the truly special people got put on this planet. he's never lost his fire. when i grow up i want to be jones. >> john ramos , kpix 5. still ahead, celebrating fresh snow in tahoe, and here at home, how one bay area ski shop is getting ready for the rush as you gear up for the

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or visit anthem.com/answers and get a medicare plan with zero compromises for you and your wallet. well, the snow is piling up at the central sierra snow lab in soda springs. they got more than 5 1/2 inches overnight, and they are expecting another 20 to 30 inches today, and more this weekend . heavy snow in the sierra, good news for the tahoe

resorts the open early this season. as kpix 5's katie nielsen is about to show you it also means big business for ski shops . >> have you tried them on? >> one of the owners of the canfield snow shop, they can barely keep up now, with all the other business. expect the minute the first snow hits it's like i've got to get all my gear ready, except there's only a small number of stores in the bay who do this as a specialized line of work. >> the shop has been family owned since it opened 50 years ago, in 1972. they sell see ski and snowboard equipment and do tuneups, but they are best known for boot fitting. >> we need to have a talk about, these are threaded. >> it hasn't always been the case, especially when mother nature doesn't cooperate . >> in 2013 the drought was awful, and in '14 it was brutal. instead of going to ski, families said maybe instead of going skiing we will go to hawaii, or mexico,

or we'll know somewhere else . >> this year's snow that came early changed everything. >> we are worried mother nature will shut us down one day. but it's not today. >> today the rush of customers started first thing in the morning and never let up . >> if the past is open i will be able to swing it . >> dylan mcmillan came to the shop, because he's going to heavenly this weekend after seeing the forecasted storm. he said he needed all-new gear . >> i've been off the mountain for a couple years, just getting back and i'm excited to be in some powder. >> one piece of advice, get to the shops early because they are expecting another big rush of people before the holidays. katie nielsen, kpix 5. time for a look at the forecast with chief meteorologist paul heggen.

looks like a nice time to get the skis ready . >> i would wait to travel up there, though, because we showed you the view from i-80, and it's a parking lot. travel, strongly discouraged in that direction until the snow stops. we can expect clear and cold conditions tonight, patchy fog in the valleys, and as a potential it would be freezing. it's not widespread though. mostly sunny on friday, but chilly temperatures throughout the day, for five to 10 degrees below normal . let's take a look at what is on first alert doppler right now, the last of the rain, falling most heavily around san jose . that will push farther and farther east oma and you can see a very well defined back edge to this rainfall that's pushing everything away from the bay area, so the rain will move out, the clouds will move out, and that's where temperatures drop off . clear skies overhead tonight and tomorrow . there's that fog through the central valley. i don't think we will have to worry about it a whole lot. tomorrow clouds start to return, moisture moves up from the south big some

models bring that towards us, others bring it further off to our south and southeast, i think that's the more likely scenario, but we'll keep reevaluating . but rain chances will most likely return ayanoor plants , just make sure to have that rain plan in place. it will sweep across the we will have break, but more showers are lined up the rest of the saturday, sunday into monday, as well. adding up the rain through sunday we are talking about attends to a quarter of an inch for most of us, a little more in the higher elevations and santa cruz mountains, but more rain will fall sunday night into monday, very much-needed rain for the bay without the threat of flooding or wind damage . more snow in store for the high sierra into early tomorrow morning . we are looking at the potential for a couple

inches to a foot of total accumulation. but they will add more on top of that with another few inches to a couple feet in the higher elevations as we head through sunday morning, and they will get more snow sunday and monday . at side, still what in san jose where the temperature is 49 and still raining in livermore where the temperature is 47 degrees . for everybody else, with clearing skies it's going to be cold tomorrow morning, mid to upper 20s in the north bay valleys with low 30s inland, and upper 30s around the bay and along the coast. so a freeze warning is in effect for the santa clara hills, but most of the north bay with temperatures dropping down in the mid to upper 20s, so any plants you have, you want to bring inside, and make sure animals have a warm spot for the night. they will appreciate it. things are going to warm up, but mostly 50s with cold spots not even hitting 50 during the afternoon. we'll

see temperatures staying in the low to mid 50s for the foreseeable future in most locations. the next chance of rain showers is not a washout, it won't rain everywhere this weekend, but pinning down the dry breaks will be the challenge of the next couple days, because this weather isn't very organized, which means it's hard to give you an exact time frame for when you can get stuff done outside . reed? >> paul, thank you. a good reminder to take care of our animals in this weather. perry has passed away at his home he was the youngest player to win the cy young award in both leagues. willie mays called perry a good man and good baseball player, and a good friend. perry was known as a master of doctoring the ball . in 2016 the giants dedicated a statue of him at at&t park. perry is survived and celebrated by his wife and children.

the 49ers was on the field, and here is more with vern glenn. >> this is the red and gold report. >> christian mccaffrey did not practice, wednesday, due to knee soreness. if he can't go, sunday, the 49ers will lean more on jimmy garoppolo. he's gone four straight games without throwing an interception. the only quarterback down longer without throwing an inter- a section . he has speed all over the place. it will be up to the 49ers defense to slow them down. >> he's just in a really prolific offense right now. what makes it so special? >> he's playing at an insane level, he knows exactly where to go with the ball right now and has not lost a game as a starter, because is been so efficient with the ball . >> with the radical report, i

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our food for bay area families drive is under way and as we partner with you , we are highlighting our bridge builders in our community, people who connect communities by finding common things with us like food . to our story . >> it is bad when you know what hunger looks like, so we are going to try and change that. >> montgomery took his first steps at the san francisco state in 1997 and has not left since . he graduated with degree in pslogy and became a university employee. he wanted to make change with the first standalone college food pantry in california . in this video, you can see there is a lot of need . students line up, they do that in the back and boxes and decide what to choose for the week . the food pantry is set

up to look and feel more like a farmers market . >> i've got some bread, a cabbage, some potatoes, some milk, and a few snacks. >> just some basic stuff? >> just some basic stuff to get me through the week . >> having the dignity of choice is huge. dignity is a huge thing and a huge part of us, as people. >> 300 to 400 students are helped every week. horace's work helped him earn a spot with the marin county food bank. fight food insecurity by donating your time or money to our food for bay area families drive . scan the qr code on your screen or go to our website , kpix.com/give. to florida neighbors have a special bond even with their 40 age gap . will thurman, or he loves to yard work then started on hineighbor

moved in across the street, and as a first-time homebuyer there was a lot she wasn't expect ding. especially a helper like willie. >> his thing was i'm going to help you out if you need the house, the lawn, any stuff, so it's a nice balance. >> it added some years of happiness to my life. and i can't say how many, because it just feels like , why am i here, you know? i will do anything, i am just here, but i look forward to a good morning, mr. willie. >> when you have that question, why am i here, maybe reach out and get to know somebody and know their needs and try to meet those needs, you'll find your answer. his greetings are now daily check ins, and they have shared baked treats. what's old is new again for

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coming up at 5:00, bay area businesses are helping out santa this year. a plan to build 500 new bikes in one day. tom petty and the heartbreakers is out with the bad's first release in years, and there's a big bay area connection. >> 25 years ago the band performed 20 shows at san francisco's fillmore. they played their own songs and their hits by their favorite influences. it was around that petty described as the hi point of our time together as a group. tom petty and the heartbreakers live at fillmore is live on different packages, a great stocking stuffer. that's it for kpix 5 news at

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