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storm rain is pound in the bay area. showing pockets of the wet stuff. let's check in with mark he's joining us on a stormy morning. we all drove unmarked. we've seen some kind in. >> in the yellow about an hour after hour earlier than expected good news as far as hitting the road right now was the heaviest rain is moving past the i five moving up toward the sierra where it will be heavy snow or less next few hours. watch for more warnings and advisory's. the entire bay area under flood advisory until 9. winter storm warning until 4:00 p.m. where they will pick up the

three-6 ft. above 7,000 ft.. storm tracker for short the scrascattered showers on and off with the possibility of a thunderstorm we are getting showers over the san mateo bridge los gatos still has rained near half moon bay as well. drizzle around san francisco to oakland. and on the richmond san rafael bridge stretching up towards vallejo. over the venetian bridge as well. this year is going to get hit for the next few hours here issue to see the heavy rain will be turning over to snow making its way up 50 and 80 with those chain requirements in place right now. as far as rainfall totals adding things ups 6 in. of rain in the santa cruz mountains. over not inch in san francisco and 40 hours a look close to that call court over

mention that was a happened to most of it falling over night. the future cast as we look from day-to-day scattered showers the worst of the storm moved through all ready. trying out by 8:00 p.m. a few showers popping up and to monday the rain we had this one and probably the biggest rain will see until tuesday night. we will see rainshowers run monday at 5 bay at teapot but showers tournament and into the evening. then here comes the next big storm tuesday night into wednesday. we will get at least two more storms coming through as we move through the next few days. chance of rain all the way through christmas. rain showers scattered and maybe thunderstorms. scattered showers monday heavier rain tuesday night and wednesday morning. we could see showers thursday, friday and the latest model runs. for right now looks like

rain for christmas day. >> a lot of rain in santa cruz mountains it caused down trees and power lines drivers are being urged to slow down because of the right on up highway 17 we will hear from the chp later today. dahlin is tracking the impact. >> the rain has been pouring in santa cruz mountains it's been coming down nonstop since friday. it's breezy as well as the down branches right behind me. people live in the mountains as it prepared. >> one thing i had to do was clear the pine needles out of the daughters because it stopped them up. our driveway is slope dimly have trenches in that i had to clear that so we wouldn't get a run all water. >> the drive on highway 17 has been difficult at times of fax chp had signs asking drivers to

reduce speed because of poor visibility and slippery conditions. people who live here say some drivers are not following that morning. >> of visibility is down there driving too fast on 17 there are a lot accident. >> caltrans workers have also been very busy i've noticed a lot of trucks parked along highway 17 waiting to clear any mudslides were down trees in the santa cruz mountains i'm dahlin kron 4 news. >> turning our attention to the east bay strong winds brought down the street collapsing into a house lastly luckily for the homeowner it did minimum damage to the attic nobody was hurt. the home owner spent the evening with the chain saw. a lot look at s f o that's where arriving flights are delayed by one hour and seven minutes right now because of the weather. >> the storm saved its best shot for today in many parts of the

bay area got rain on saturday kron 4 is jeff pierce checked out the hardest hit areas. >> after friday nights drenching rain fall saturday shower was our recovery preparation for the next room coming in. the flooded section of highway 880 all the traffic had it backed up once again as caltrans crews struggled to on plot of a storm drain. the maintenance yard in oakland had stacked sandbags stacked for home owners concerned about the next bout of water. surely young carried 20 bags stored car just in case. >> and try to make sure it is protected uncovered no going anywhere i don't want it. >> in marin county creeks were swollen and the phoenix late the previous rainfall created a waterfall as the lake reached

its capacity. in san the creek remains manageable levels but downtown businesses put sandbags at doorways and patrons were confronted with reminders of what can happen when winter storms are common. >> we do this every year >> shopkeepers were defending themselves against rising waters. and even a marin storm drains had to be free of debris to be ready for the storm that will be upon us. in marin county judge appears kron 4 news. >> using get the latest on your whether any time at our website kron 4 .com we have forecast temperatures and lack of regard. la bonne to kron 4 .com and click on another tab. >> after the break checking on conditions at the sierra. >> this is to 67 at north star it looks difficult getting their there is no wonder road.

caltrans tried to keep a clear as mark mentioned all the rain we got is causing that snow in the syrup. it will be hard going for folks coming and going. we will have a lot of reports from tahoe later in the newscast. [ female announcer ] safeway talks gift ideas. music makes a great gift. i like rock, hip-hop, country... and you are telling me this, why? i...uh...thought you might be my secret santa? no. i'm giving for skunk. uh, i can hear you. no. not you. the other skunk. [ female announcer ] safeway is the place to stock up on itunes gift cards. right now, save $6 on a $40 4-pack. keep 'em on hand. only at safeway. ingredients for life.

taking a lot look from the sierra highway 52 highway 89 you can see a lot of snow on the ground that area has been cleared it has been very slow going in the sierra. despite that the ski resorts are redressing march fresh snowfall. joining us kevin from kirkwood. >> absolutely fantastic your mother nature just keep sending at and we are getting totally a light dry powder. 44 in. last night. i have not seen 44 in. in years.

>> you got close to 4 ft. over night? >> in the last 24 hours. our base elevation is 7,800 ft.. mother nature's put to smoking barrels in the cross hairs. we have so much skiing. >> what is weather conditions like this snow still falling? >> yes it is we have cast a got crossed the bridge between 40-50 mi. an hour if you look at your doppler it keeps coming and we are looking at another 18-24 in. today and 10-12 over night. their resorts around the bay north star, heavenly, everybody is having a fantastic college season. >> i really have to tell you this is a wonderful early chrism present for you everybody's

interested in headed up there for christmas. have a great day. we will be right back.

welcome back tracking the storm heavier rain moving toward the sierra right now fog really thick. chp putting out an of eyes refer the bay bridge right now that foggy conditions and scattered rain light green. whether headlines here as the next few days heavy rain expected. the next door tuesday night into wednesday's showers and on and off until then. storm tracker here and there you see the last hour the heavier rain moving east of five. showers from the bay for a steady rain right now that would be the case for showers on and off in periods of rain throughout the day. storm tracker for heavy

steady showers from hayward to fremont, that will slide into san jose shortly. showers popping up north of santa rosa and some rain on 101 in petaluma. rain and newt napa. heavier in fairfield right now. the wide view there you see the changeover in the sierra winter storm warning in effect until 4:00 p.m. flooded by israel until 930 that will be allowed to expire as the rain moves east. all this moister off shore. the pineapple express is in full action there's the whole idea islands. moisture from hawaii making a visit to the bay area. it will streaming through the late part of the week into christmas day on sunday. wet weather continues on and off for the next five-six days. scattered showers for future cast that right now by 8:00 p.m.

to pop up showers into monday morning pop-up through the day. the next heavy rain will come in tuesday night and into wednesday. future cast showing the arrival at 10:00 p.m. tuesday evening. scattered showers are today windy, maybe a pop-up thunderstorms in the afternoon. the worst of it is behind us as far as the storm came through today. rain monday, tuesday, wednesday the dry state thursday, friday but still showers around and it looks like rain for christmas day. >> marin county breathing a sigh of relief they were concerned about their downtown boutiques and antiques stores situated along the creek. people in that community remember 2005 floods the put the main street under water. ridgy kumar check it out. >> there will sell in the storm

through the evening last night in san anselmo. some residents were concerned about the creek overflowing its banks. at one point yesterday morning the water did rise to about 5 ft.. the line of where that water was underneath the bridge. it started to receding and receded because there was no rainfall in the town. fire officials say they are concerned about this creek when they're received 10 in. of rain here in town. it can hold 13 ft. of water and there are centers along the creek letting them know how that water level is doing and high how how high it is getting. at this point they say that on expectorate to cause any problems here with the script for the weekend. >> we are dealing with their rain and wind making driving treacherous but look at this video out of washington state.

drivers navigating the spill covered with ice and snow. not having a good time of it there sliding back down the hill and slamming into one another. people sit at one point there were eight cars piled up at this bill thankfully no one was seriously injured. >> minnesota vikings have to go back to school to play monday night football they will face minnesota stadium in minneapolis. they're clearing snow hundreds of them have been added since thursday the game between the vikings and bears will supposed to play their but snow caused that roof to collapse last weekend and repairs are not complete. snow impacting everybody including europe. he throws been shut down for 24 hours. >> people are starting to complain. yes they don't have enough food. >> will have more on that coming up straight on the head the

warriors and sharks taking to the ice. >> good place to be we will be right back. lightning fast. lightning strong.

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checking the condition some bridges the golden gate bridge you can see traffic is moving well but the pavement is very wet. be extra careful their approach to the bay bridge treacherous a lot of standing water the arctic is slow and easy there. there is a fog advisory at the bay bridge as well. a strange mix of weather. san mateo bridge a very wet pavement take it easy as you head out this morning. >> a judge overturned a 20 year- old murder case that is the conviction. maurice found guilty of second-degree murder but all the while has maintained his innocence. rigid kumar talks with his attorney about the key

evidence. >> 1991 jury found this man maurice guilty for shooting and killing 26 year-old judy during a drug deal at the housing project in san francisco. the second-degree murder conviction was from one witness who told police she did not suit killed him but changed her mind after seeing the picture at the police station. for 20 years he has claimed he did not commit the crime. his case wound up been attorney linda star with the northern california in a summer project. they took the case because they believed he was innocent. they say another killer who is serving a life sentence admitted to killing him. >> somebody killed him but the wrong person his wrist at being held responsible he was inside the apartment was somebody ought to was and even outside. he's been saying the same thing since before it was convected which

was he knew who the perpetrators were and it did not include him. his attorney failed to look at any of those other people or do any investigation to see if in fact he could demonstrate they were the perpetrators. apparently no other to the pleas are the district attorney's office we did have lots of investigation that nobody dead. one perpetrator confessed he was in fact the person who shot. and said that he had done up with others none of those others was mr. caldwell. >> they said jury convicted him of killing their loved one the only witness who testified risk her life by coming forward and telling the truth. >> she was a perfect person. not been related and coming forth she actually was given an award from the tops citizens for doing that risking her life.

>> my cousin was with three friends who pointed out to us that he was the shooter. they are lifestyle. we are employing that they come for to help us make sure the d.a. gives justice to our family. >> they will request bail and the d.a.'s office has already said they will ask the judge to deny bail the d.a.'s office has 60 days to decide whether to appeal the ruling retry the case or dismissed charges. reggie, kron 4 news. >> warriors in portland in rosa de the game last night came down to the final shot. blazers' leading by 15 points in the second half but the warriors did narrow the score rodney three- pointer. that's three minutes left and then and drake miller answering for the blazers with his fadeaway bouncing and he hit a free throw and then the final

shot. he led the warriors with 26 he had a chance to win at but the warriors to lose to portland 96-95. in st. louis taking on the blues but they didn't get the blues. they don't like each other they had three fights in the first quarter loan. logan quick tour gain some traction going to do his part the rookie scored twice to add to the 17 goals. sharks won the second straight beating the blues a 4- 1. we will be right back.

light from the new station this is a kron 4 all morning news. 8298 trucker team coverage continues to the south bay rob is live at the which was known

to flood in its title. >> we are on part avenue behind me guadalupe river let's take 11 it actually looks lederer the guadeloupe has been tamed over the years as a result of flood control projects a right now it's anything but tame. no flooding to tell you about as the river makes its way through san jose and eventually into the bay. as we take at look at video we saw earlier. it has a long history of flooding it has flooded 15 times since world war two. the most recent in '95 and again in 97. president clinton had a disaster declaration and we had the big flood back in '82 result of 100 your storm. coincidentally as we also take a look at the rain

half an inch-inch in downtown san jose the worst flood ever was in 1955 in san jose. they called it the christmas week floods 8,000 a. of this area flooded south of downtown. and then over to all be still. we don't expect anything like that happen because there has been products going on over the last several years the one in the bay river walk and they divert water around. back to the live picture. it is starting to get windy not raining all lot but there rain is coming down sideways use when the run quick and we can show you the wind turbines you can see they are going. and then the aircraft going off to the south right now that's what's happening in san

jose the switch flight patterns around on store days so the planes can take off from the north to the south. what debate river rowing and going and we will keep tabs on it through the day. >> so will we rob think you very much remember when that neighborhood was 4 ft. under. i think it postponed a sharks' game one afternoon. let's check in with mark use and there's three-quarters of an inch of rain fell in san jose is that right? >> yes we head heavier rain. as rob mention the winds are picking up a lot look at san francisco fog that in an up around the bay area right now and dusty winds as the " best and 33 mi. an hour weather had blood scattered showers, a chance of thunderstorms but the heavier rain moves to the east.

showers monday, tuesday. next room, tuesday night and during the day wednesday. i will show you what came through you may have been waking up by the rainfall as it came down this morning. it is now sliding to the east. we're looking at the watch as an advisory. wind advisory out and the delta and the central valley winter storm warning very heavy snow in the sierra on 80 and 50. south of carr scored 88 is closed for avalanche control. the chain requirements and four-wheel- drive required as well. storm tracker with the live sweep the scattered showers still around we see a situation like this through the day. showers rows san jose we just had the lead shot. scattered showers are the bay bridge were there some fog by azeri, rain on 1 01 from santa rosa it down near

petaluma. heavier rain through back a bill right now. as we watched the storm moved off the standard shores continues to come in from the west we will continue to add to rainfall every day. since this started we have seen 6 in. in santa cruz mountains, two and half in los gatos, several cisco 1.8, a lot of room 0.7 in., concord 1.15. seven day forecast steady shores may be thunderstorms today scattered showers monday, tuesday heavier wednesday. >> report to spin out of the bay bridge roadway of flooding on highways around the bay area. joining us on the phone is jason taylor was chp in san francisco. >> absolutely we've had

accidents this morning it's been busy i started my shipped at 6:00 a.m. we have of five or five collisions. they increase as a result of the weather. drivers not making adjustments that are needed for weather conditions currently on 280 and i just cleared a traffic collision on mile. we're trying to keep on roadways to make them safe and clear for driving public here. we are encouragement is slow down most filter during during a holiday season to visit family members. and christmas shopping. for

traffic we're trying to keep things clear and safe and we want encourage drivers to wear seat belts, and be prepared for flooding in san francisco and around the golden gate area. >> one thing that is adding to the problem here is a lot of standing water on a swap on highways. >> hello? >> can you hear us. ok looks like we lost him. >> that's a good thing we all came from different directions talking about the speeding people and a lot of standing water worried a lot of hydroplaning. >> now we have the fog i areas as well. it is tough going to give yourself extra time to slow down. >> you will still get to the stores (laughter) they will wait for you with open arms. (laughter) >> we will be right back with

more storm coverage when we come back.

kron 4 is news weekend we will look at storm tracker for giving you a sense of the storm that marked says the worst has passed for today but hang on your umbrella as we have rain rest of the week. >> at the see the yellow its headed up to the sierra past sacramento. we have all lot look at tahoe camera. it is clear. maybe the rain is keeping the roads clear. >> this is a lower elevation. >> luisa is joining us over the fall she spent the weekend snowboarding yesterday she had to abandon it so she could work tomorrow morning. how's it going out there? >> i must have left at the perfect time at 6:00 a.m. it was

snowing at lake level but it actually just her kids knowing right when we left. prehnite over night it was the wet snow which may conditions better on the road. roads are clear. we saw quite a bit of snow over the past but as soon as we came over it tapered off. in fact it was a good drive. however when you get snow like that after a couple of hours conditions start to decline. this morning probably the best time to leave town hall. you can certainly tell snow levels are dropping. snow levels are between five- 6,000 ft.. given below that there was freezing rain. we were below 3000 and we are getting free freezing rain in this era. after several hours of snowfall at el level start to thicken up roads could get bad.

we are highway 50 right here leaving the state line so usually 80 tends to get more. i'm sure mark can tell you how much not on 80. >> they keeley's us drive safely and we will talk to you later. we will be right back.

8:46 a.m. rain making its way through the bay area. the amount him on the left-hand side you can see this breezy at the higher elevations the bay bridge you can barely see the upper right-hand side there is a fog advisory. it is locked in and of course cloudy over cast look on the right lower right hand side of your screen. >> a lot of folks moving to deal and mark with conditions. >> wall 68. probably weather

then we saw yesterday and wind as well. fog at the golden gate the heavier rain came through the last few hours of to the east scattered showers popping up and the potential of thunderstorms in to the afternoon. there's a green right now heavy stuff in the last hour has moved to the east scattered showers around the bay area last week of storm tracker for livermore 58680-241 0137 what rainshowers former county. a few scattered showers around keeping rain rows and detailed bridge to 80 with showers moving through half moon bay walnut creek with rain rain heavier to the east of santa rosa on to all. said helena which rain coming down as well right now. scattered showers today that vary heavier rain came by overnight just now

sliding into the sierra. we have been watching 50-80 they are not closed but they have chain requirements. potential being closed over the next few hours is very much there. they could pick up a foot of snow over the next four-five hours. raiders' home game today against the broncos at want to team. it will be windy and there will be showers is to be interesting to watch. bring heavier jacket it will be colder than yesterday afternoon this afternoon. scattered showers through today may be popular thunderstorms dry by tonight scattered showers for monday scattered showers in for tuesday, tuesday night into wednesday we expect the next big wallop to come through. 10:00 p.m. tuesday that heavier rain. for today scattered showers windy, father around, a slight chance of a thunderstorm. that will be the start for monday

early tuesday dry is days look to be thursday, friday. chance of showers both those days it looks like rain could be heavy at times saturday. but that seven days out. just keep the the idea i on the christmas weather right now looks like rain. >> in europe more difficult driving conditions there. this is england. cars trying to get over the bridge it took awhile for cars to get over but all was well. snow shutting down much of the area. no train service, it limited boss, air travel in europe just about at a standstill because of the snowstorm. >> huge victory in the civil rights miles don't that's what they're calling the repeal saturday of the military's don't ask don't tell policy the senate did so yesterday anxiety followed by a celebration as

they watch this and about 65-31. they've talked to some former service members who kept an eye on the debate. >> retired new commander was nervously watching the vote on tv. trying to keep track of the numbers as each vote was counted. then the moment where the final vote within the long battle to love openly gay people in the military came to an end. >> (cheering) (applause) >> 22 years in active duty and reserves. she was an open lesbian for 13 years during our career it was a victory and a battle she had been fighting for two decades. >> at 18 years working on this i worker the witness the end of these are tears of joy. i'm so happy to be here today so happy to be present for the stake that

i have always dreamed of. we will continue the fight into all every gay and lesbian member can serve without fear. >> they did one warm members to proceed with caution and to the bill goes through the certification process that could take months. >> people on active duty today should be cautious don't come out of the closet yet. >> for members of the military this is a big weight off the shoulders. >> thinking get phone calls from their partner and a partner. without worrying about any kind of ramifications. " we're getting a call from your boyfriend. whether the lieutenant or that a resurgent that's the last thing they need to worry about. >> kron 4 news. >> we are taking a lot look at s f o they are reporting delays on

arriving flights 2 hours 11 minutes because of the weather. as always call ahead. >> that changed in the last couple of hours. last-minute holiday shopping when we come back in case you don't know what that looks like. >>

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this is the kron 4 morning news. >> good morning everybody back here at 9:00 a.m. sunday morning with their rain that really counted as over night. passing through the big yellow part headed towards the era. meanwhile the pounding has passed by for most of us we will check in with mark he is joining us this story morning to tell us what to expect later in the day and towards christmas. >> you are looking at it. the fog at sfo. two or delays on arriving flights. sauce chp if you will months ago issuing a wind advisory on the flat section of this san mateo branch. and out of some of the advisory on the bay bridge. flooding and and the flood

advisory about to expire wind advisory out in the delta and central valley heavy snow falling in sierra. winter storm morning until 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. our live superstore and tracker the worst of it off to the east for today. showers around right now is the dropping to san jose, los gatos, downtown san jose. rain coming down in fremont and on the 880. moderate to heavy rain in around danville sliding up highway 4 shortly. this was the heavy rain we had in the 6:00 our changing over to snow of 80 and 50 we have a chain requirements in place and probably will for a good part of the day a lot more today as we have these impulses coming through. the moisture stretching back in as we pull

out the moisture it goes back to the hawaiian islands. the pineapple express pushing western here with the chance of rain every day all the way through christmas day on saturday. future cast 4 today 1:00 p.m. raiders' game starts few showers around the coliseum foggy and windy. showers around the bay area. popup showers for seven. trying out a bit by 8:00 p.m. the few showers for your early morning commute. as we head through monday night a few showers, tuesday we could get a dry break. tuesday night at 10:00 p.m. the next one moves and heavier rain tuesday night into wednesday. so scattered showers today foggy and wendy. colder today than it was yesterday a few showers tuesday, hearing tuesday night into wednesday, dry thursday, friday. rain and showers for

christmas saturday. >> continuing coverage of the storm by headed to the south bay rockfish is standing by at the guadalupe river. robb last time we visited we were talking about the wind. >> a light drizzle here in downtown san jose right now but what rain in there is is coming down sideways the way the trees are blowing here and the leaves. hard to keep your head on. the parkway the walkway in downtown san jose. it's are rarer right now, marty. they had about two and a half inches of rain in los gatos. as much as 6 in. or the head winders are. a lot of other side streams all that water ends up here in the guadalupe on its way to san francisco bay through san jose out into a all the so.

over the years these bridges over passes are too small to handle the load. with flood control projects over the years that has changed those remaining bridges they are now flood control project that of our water round just in case. we had bad floods back in '95 and again in 97 when an area south of downtown san jose was flooded. there was a disaster declaration and there was problems of our dry bay. there is a levee around so far so good in san jose by the way just in gazers the problem the water district house and in inflatable dam they can actually plugged into one of these overpasses and stop the water. a lot of rain squalls coming in right now along with the wind reporting live from.

>> think you good information. >> you can see the rain on lands. as he mentioned to 6 in. of rain in the santa cruz mountain and that has caused drawn down trees and power lines. drivers and urged a slowdown because of rain over highway 17 which is so hard going anyway. dahlin went to the area he was tracking the impact. >> the rain has been pouring in the santa cruz mountains it has been coming down almost nonstop since friday. it's breezy as well you can see the down branches right behind me people living among say they're prepared for the storms. >> one thing i had to do is go up and clear the pine needles because it stop the mob. the debtors would never fall our driveway is lookit we have trenches and that i had to clear that up so we don't get a run of water. >> the drive on 17 has been

difficult at times in fact chp posted signs to have drivers to reduce speed because of our visibility and slippery conditions. some drivers are not following the morning. >> visibility is down people are driving too fast there are a lot of accidents unfortunately. >> caltrans have also been very busy i noticed a lot of trucks parked along highway 17 waiting to clear any mud slides or down trees. in the santa cruz mountains on dahlin. >> we have this video to show tiu this is oakland the seventh street on ramp south bound you can see the flooding. we spoke to chp their reported several spin out because of wet roads and speeding. definitely be careful lookout for standing water. think it's low behind the wheel. >> we are taking a live look at

s f o where they are experiencing to our and 11 minute delays at the change from an hour ago when they had one hour and seven minutes delays. the weather causing problems on arriving flights was always call ahead. >> coming snow falling in the sierra as the storm the town to test moves through headed open to that neighborhood which is making people very happy. >> we will take a look at the lake tahoe it can see motor arrest taking it slow and easy allot of snow on the side of the road there's well. the latest when we come back. it's really delicious, mom.

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and the golden gate bridge on the right. tough going all morning long on the bay area bridges. >> its the ipad there watching. but check in with mark we have been lucky to have him with us this morning in keep us on top. lookit that wind up there. >> 2,500 ft. and you can see the wind there. this san mateo bridge has a wind advisory the gust are picking up on the backside of the storm and that fog out there as well. storm tracker for heavier rain coming through about 3:00 a.m. until about 6:00 a.m. the sliding towards this year a pop-up shores like we expected guest afternoon. there around with the heavy rain in the early morning hours. same story today in the north bay have a steady rain out on 580 right now the wind as we mentioned latest just 40 mi. an hour at sfo oakland airport gust

in 32. san jose when the gust. minette at 24 mi. an hour. a few showers on the san jose area around campbell, rain coming down at the morning in east bay. 580 and a few showers from danville to walnut creek as well. in the north bay on 80 from back the bill down to vallejo, over toward center rosa and petaluma. still standing water on the road. heavy snow in this year right now with chain requirements on 80 and 50. cold air moving through now. it is also know today with 2 ft. of snow expected around the lake. 3-6 the feet above 7,000 ft.. scattered showers will be in saudi is a story today. pop-up

thunderstorms in the afternoon. chile and windy at the raiders' game at 115. then we will have scattered showers for monday. i think we will try a bit tonight i think will get break through the evening hours to shores on monday for the morning commute by the afternoon may be a shower tuesday. tuesday night into wednesday the next bout coming through. few showers thursday, friday and rain again christmas. >> we are dealing with rain and wind making travel treacherous. this is out of washington state. they were trying to navigate the hell. this is in spokane they could not make it. they would slide back down the hill slamming into one another. people in neighborhoods say there were up to eight cars piled up at the bottom of the hill. thankfully nobody was seriously hurt. >> the snow had impact on

football minnesota vikings have to go back to school to play monday night football. they will face the university of minneapolis. this is them clearing's know if your sitting this snow coming through down through the metrodome. declining thursday tried to get it into shape. the game between the vikings and the bear. snow caused the dollar to collapse last weekend and repairs are not complete >> they expect 20 degrees and more for the game. still ahead the classic art of chinese dance. >> the former lead dancer this performer when we come back.

a sampling of the performance the shows once again being featured at the war memorial opera house. >> joining us this morning previously a lead dancer of the performing arts and now she is teaching chinese dance. the second campus in all of the mud states. welcome and thank you. it is a beautiful show very classic chinese with commendation of western competition. >> its pure classical chinese. in two hours you will experience 5000 years of chinese culture and art. >> tell us what we will see. each year we have a different show because when you talk about 5000 years of culture its

so grand. every year we will have different about what mostly people say beautiful fascinating colors and brand music. mostly they will experience and the spiritual part of chinese culture. >> we are watching some rehearsal that goes on to list a bit about the show behind the show in other words all of the hard work that the dancers and musicians go through to make this come alive. >> all my gosh talking about that. when i was in the company every day we would have to practice from 8:00 a.m. until 12. it is a very long time. i mean 12 midnight. and some of the dancer's day longer everybody was so excited to put the show together. >> was this bill to in the united states or did it come from china? >> the company started in the

u.s. and new york. a group of chinese artists had their heart to promote provide chinese art and culture. so they built the company. >> so you're looking at dance and song. >> we have live on workers' struggle with the show. >> one thing that stands out the choreography and the posthumous. >> was that you do what we just talk? >> york yes it was. i am no longer performing i am now a teacher now the company is opening a chinese dance schools we are excited. bechtel is the makeup of the students? how old they are more the come from? >> mostly christians, from all over the world but now mostly from united states. it's a high school. from 6 until 12th grades

and so they are around 11-12. >> this is becoming a feeder school so it helps populate and two more performances? >> we'll more school because wherever we travel people are fascinated. they ask where to learn so because of this demand we open a second school. >> you talk about chinese dance but he is the people flying through the air and very balletic. the looks modern. >> all of it is difficult flipping in tumbling technique is the. people think is from gymnastics is actually an original from chinese dance which has a 5000 years culture. >> one thing that stands out as a backdrop the beautiful painted backdrops appeared >> that's unique about the show

we use and read the anime. animation. it brings back asian times so you feel like the dance is coming out of the painting. the mud you will see people coming out of the painting because you can see it at the opera house in san francisco from december 28th-30 and. kron is good to give away a couple of tickets. >> all you have to do is log on to kron 4 .com and you can win tickets to see this performance. i saw last year was captivating. >> this year will be the grand opening in san francisco for my company. will whole world will know how beautiful the show is. >> she is very ambitious the whole world. and as a view to come thank you. >> think you point out we will be back.

live from the bay area new station this is the kron 4 morning news. >> we are back on kron 4 news weekend. bay area burgess them until britain on the right you can see the approach to the bay bridge and the view from mt. tam. we want you know sfo is experiencing to our and the last minute delays on arriving flights. so that is making the treacherous going in the airport the camera is moving along peter allergist is an here with the latest. >> 40 mi. an hour got said sfo. 25 mi. an hour as it was a, the overcast the biggest reason that we have the delay said best of all to to. they have to stagger the landings on store trucker heavier rain from 3 until 6. an inch of rain fell in the last 24

hours in the bay area. 6 in. in the senate cruz mountains. the heaviest rainfall in the sierra. scattered showers and that's where we will see today scattered showers, fog, wind and potentials of thunderstorms popping up. we are getting rain in the antioch area, 680 from all muckrake up and pleasant help. vallejo, center rosa.decea winter storm warning in effect until four this afternoon three- 6 ft. of additional snow possible today. one-2 ft. at like levels. we will get a lot of snow in the year over the coming week. over to the y in

and the why and islands. we have a chance of rain every day for the next six days including rain christmas days away looks now. 1:00 p.m. the debtor showers the start of the raiders the game at the coliseum. it will be windier as well. north bay scattered showers the south bay as well. drying up by 8:00 p.m. showers' rump 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for the morning to be it could be heavy in the south bay. scattered showers monday at noon showers popping up here and there monday and tuesday. tuesday night into wednesday we have the next big punch a similar to the weather we had this morning. as we look ahead it will be around for the day to day slight chance of thunderstorms foggy and wendy. cooler than it was yesterday. monday showers, tuesday it widely scattered showers and until tuesday night into wednesday when their rain comes in. showers and thursday,

friday and rain again christmas saturday. >> team coverage continues down the bay that's where last we saw robert hughes that the guadalupe river in san jose he was being pelted by the rain and wind. you were talking about the projects and flood control which is a limited difference for this river walk park in downtown san jose. >> this time the bill we will get you down closer to the water so you can see the slow. we have no flooding per say. the were concerned that it could be a problem but most of the storming the the best. you can see millions of gallons of water pouring out of the mountains downtown through san jose into the guadalupe making its way under park avenue. we have rapids to show you here. just

downstream i don't know what you call these but we have whitewater. on the guadalupe river and san jose that's not something you see every day. by the way keep in mind is not just the guadalupe almost all of this dream the and creeks around the area are swollen right now. the current is very strong. we are watching all manner of debris and logs making their way down the river. to give you an idea of the strength of the current in case you think about getting near the water a word to the wise to be careful. you throw something like that. hopefully the car will pick that up and hauled down the great stream in a matter second spirit world to the wise be careful if you're going near any of the streams. >> think you will appreciate that. >> north east of the bay area sacramento valley getting

drench him. it made for difficult driving in sacramento. the drain and road hazards phone center handles 400 calls saturday. a higher volume than normal. another storm is dumping more rain tomorrow through at least wednesday. third storms forecast for christmas eve m. possible christmas day as well. >> all lot of the wet weather is going to this error bring in more snow. the caltrans crews are busy around the clock as they keep the roads clear of the snow. this is to unveil. 80. not too much traffic out there i don't know folks are enjoying this snow or felt slow to make their way up there. plenty of people enjoying the fresh powder. >> side blowing snow made for

fresh covering and sugar bowl. >> a lot of powder. >> not even a storm could keep them off the slopes. >> a lot of powder but if that's what it's about. >> officials said they had to claudel close down the left due to high winds. >> people are comfortable left because it is rocking. it goes down and we open a back up. >> getting up amount might not be easy if it turns from rain to snow near kingsville working controllers and the fact long flights of drivers to pull in over to chain up. >> its been awhile since i've done this. >> everybody is the social. we have had too many ". caltrans is working to notify drivers to keep things clearer. a tax that

may become clear it harder as we planned it this year. >> more difficult conditions around europe. this is england cars and buses having trouble getting over bridge took awhile for the cars to make it over but we understand all was well. this noted shut down much of the area however no train service limited busing and as you well know air travel in europe just about at a standstill because of the snow. >> still to come checking back again with in lois of she's making her way from up in the slopes. she had snowboarding fun this weekend but we will check them we will take you live to the golden gate bridge traffic there moving smoothly but again a lot of standing water on the pavement. we will be right back.

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weekend. an earthquake hit the peninsula was felt physically from palo alto to send chris mountains. 9:28 a.m. magnitude 3.1. >> it with shallow which is why a lot of folks called and saying they felt the earthquake it was 2.1 mi. deep. >> you want to tell us what you fell >> there was a pretty good shake about 9:28 a.m. and it was rattling my second floor houses and shaking windows but nothing knocked over. i thought it was important to give you guys a call and let people know what was going on and just to be safe with all the wet the landslides and things like that and hopefully this is just a little one. >> about how long did it last? >> i would say a couple of

seconds. >> which you say you're sensitive to shakers like that. we get those three points and the floor all the time you feel then? >> i don't but this one felt stronger than usual. among the second floor it so you don't off that bonds and around too much. >> nothing really fell from your shop or anything? just a gentle way to up this morning i guess. >> hopefully it's the sound of the raiders' winning. >> in the mud marked in the mud. >> there's mark who is obviously a raiders fan. >> we have not had any reports of damage so it seems like it was a very small shake. >> we will be right back.

we are a lot of kron 4 fast moving what appear river this morning. really test moving. >> it's nice to see it within its banks. and remember 1995 were 97 he mentioned it earlier where it flooded over downtown 88 he built civilian was shot down. lots of fascinating information in case you're interested. and is checking with mark who has been sticking by it all morning. >> could work with flood control on the river. it's paying off for now. love look from san francisco the fog and wind blowing we've had strong wind test the wind will test the through the day today as we are

on the backside of heavy rain but more rain over the next few days. scattered showers in chance of it under strong today. sharper monday, tuesday the next big storm will be tuesday night into wednesday, another one after that on christmas day. storm tracker for everything moving through the bay area. sliding from southwest to northeast as we go to our lives we another line made its way onshore not won a one right now drawn closer and take a look at heavy rain, from san rafael up for the nevada highway 37 on 1 01. the rain showing up over the bay bridge reno is of from the price riposte to proceed to be the one test testing 33 mi. an hour oakland airport 40 at sfo 25 head san jose-mineta. this is gonna be a story today showers

popping up here and there could be heavy at time of with gusty winds to three afternoons. the win east weather story is the gust the wince. we will be staying with the wind fast as the fall we will show you the 70 forecast rainshowers today and it will be around for tonight to showers gives the general story as we make our way through the next few days. next out of here rain wednesday thursday, it looks like rain in the forecast for christmas. sold under the umbrella senior at this we have pestilence. >> thinking mark. a lot look from our camera like tahoe. lake tahoe not much traffic but plenty of snow alongside. >> that is surprising because we know is as an epic snow day. dry

joining us live over the phone is lisa haunch she's had it all so low was and how was the snowboarding. among it was great the biggest problem was the wins it was cold and had to shut down a few laughs. oh lot of counter so people are happy this morning we left at 6:00 a.m. i think it just started snowing. the conditions were actually not too bad. we had was no overnight so when we walked toward her there was not much snow on top of the car. conditions were not bad heading up over the passage you can tell the snow levels were dropping. snow was coming down the curve. after a couple of hours conditions are expected to get worse than what they were when we left. as you head down to 5,000 ft. it looks like snow levels are between five-6,000

ft.. >> what has a dry in light? >> it has been good but i think it's because of the timing we left just about the right time and started snowing at levels. he needs several hours of stovall to make conditions worse. but because it was a wet snow overnight really there was snow on the passaging that with that. when he dropped down to the passage or roads were clear. >> that is good news for you so to care. another tidbit of news more than four months after the gas line explosion there congresswoman jackie always members of the and tsb will be on hand to answer questions they will talk about the latest recommendations this includes taking a closer look at

pipelines and operations. it is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at this senior center. >> but in oakland family members will announce a legal actions following jones death. they're holding a news conference will take place at in oakland. investigators say they shot him after he reached into his waistband it turned out later to be a weight scale. jones according to please here refused to surrender. police chief once the investigation into the case. >> needy families are getting a hand several groups have a shopping spree the organizations gathered tupac. if they are your clothes, toys, appliances, the family will be served warm meal

and one family will take home a christmas tree. will leave for the holiday. >> in case you're wondering what you felt it was 321 earthquake in palo alto in los altos. they have a bit of an issue there been no damage. >> it looks like all wire on your screen. lightning fast. lightning strong.

verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. tim miller and the bridges the golden gate bridge traffic is moving well overcast skies and wet pavements to be extra careful there. go to the bay bridge approach and there is standing water there has been over night so be extra careful. you can see cars going through the standing water. san mateo

bridge same situation head lights are on windshield wipers are working. slow going there as it should be. >> we are not out of the words yet this is your seventh day even though its moderate temperatures we are facing rain off and on through the week probably into your christmas. in may dropped out of bed but it looks like saturday you will stay indoors in is enjoy christmas with family. >> we want to end things with this special surprise for some students and an elementary school this and a clause was actually a lieutenant brian champagne he described himself as jollies and neck. losing a close to show his uniform his three sons were at school during the play and the boys at a time of time finding out who was but then he got rid of the beard and

wind. and it's dead. they were expecting him to return until later this week. the best part the tour today is over and he is home for good. >> is in that a good christmas present. >> thank you for joining us for all bus thanks for joining us we will see you back here next saturday morning christmas day be sure to join us you have all lovely week. stay safe and dry carefully we wish you a merry christmas and next saturday.