downpours. a closer look here, a can see some heavy downpours a long i itft. 0-80. tahoe continues to give blanket this morning was no fault. active looking system expected to push on through. 7 and other wednesday. watch for the active stuff is out to the north, santa rosa, advance order gathers as we head into the afternoon. chances once again of some pretty heavy downpours. similar story of consistent, and light rain. occasional thunderstorms as well. you can see the ring

purchased through around 1:00. portions of downtown san francisco, through the afternoon the better chance " shift to the south. livermore, fremont, and aren't you, san jose getting the bulk of the wet weather. in fact, plenty of rainfall tomorrow. 41 in santa rosa, 39 napa, you'll feel the chill as he stepped out the door. in the afternoon highs will break into the 50s. >> james: and we are back, watching this year, a lot of wet, windy weather expected snow coming down. we have for today in tomorrow. more than a foot of snow fall expecting another 1.5 expected to taper off by today, another 1.5 tomorrow. saturday. next week who keep three-4 ft. of snow by the weekend here's where it's

a chance of showers are falling rain now, it's around. coming down on interstate 80 were looking at maybe 3,200 >> erica: i have no hot ft., it will drop even lower than that of getting down to near 2,000 ft.. here's a live spots, what i do have is wet road ways. there's some look good 50, a lot of snow is on the ground, snow plows strong wind advisories in effect for the bay bridge. have not had a chance to get traffic is nice and light. some of that fresh snow off the ground. bring your be aware of some of the chains, you will need them. interstate 80 there is a standing order in the toll plaza. pretty similar change, last time the update conditions at the san mateo to it was colfax to stabilize the snow level is now high enough that they've bridge. you can see the camera shaking around in moved it up. it will be so- both directions. strong wind called or ruuntil the gold run d advisor for the san mateo bridge. the strong wind advisory is in effect. it is the genes. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in not the case here at the just a few moments. wet golden gate nice, light conditions although there weather rolling to the bay will be wet road way is in area, we will be back in a weather rolling to the bay area, we will be back in a minute with that. the southbound direction. drive times have not suffered. he sure freeway an unmanned car driven by a search engine company.

we've seen that movie. looks good, taillights going it ends with robots harvesting our bodies for energy. [ engine revs ] this is the all new 2011 dodge charger. eastbound. easy conditions, leader of the human resistance. 16 minutes past golden gate. if you're going to bypass bay area traffic heading up to the sierra, chain requirements are in effect. also on highway 50. keep your chains handy for highway 88. james. >> james: pete g n e is scrambling to stay ahead of the storm. --pacific gas and electric company 1700 customers without power. out news reported that 3:15 a.m. pacific gas and electric company is in route unclear of this storm related. and no estimate on the time for

restoration. this return to where weather has been a headache for a lot of people left in the dark. jonathan bloom has a rundown on which part suffer the most. >> reporter: 280 pouring rain have made a lot of work for pacific gas and electric company, like this 21,000 v power line that snapped him on the creek as picking crew had to drive in for martinez to repair the damage. it took several hours to get the car back on. the utility says it types of vegetation your around, trent keeps records close to where they're needed. when an hour this does happen they stressed the need to fix it safely. in walnut creek, jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >> james: 70 before she

caught off guard, and what bay area cities are doing to prepare. >> reporter: a storm dumped or have san francisco without warning late wednesday night. some did not have an umbrella, this man was fortunate enough to have a large towed to cover himself. at this ticket slow as they try to avoid walking impose. most people were prepared including the city, they place sons along the embarcadero warning drivers about potential flooding. in mill valley, caltrans artie had a sign lit warning people about high tide flooding. barricades were placed in certain sections where rain, sea water turn into large pools which can cause water damage inside cars. when i was there did not find any cars with water damage but some moved not use the parking lot in the boss, did

not know about the risk. >> i guess when it starts raining i will parked there 2 storm tracker 4 we are or find a different watching a monster storm terminal. i have seen the signs but haven't really hitting the bay and this year. you can see the approach to the bay bridge, seen how bad it was. >> reporter: those who live puddling, wet roads. >> louisa: to the north bay nearby know firsthand how we are seeing the bulk of but the flooding is. the activity, we will take >> like him by one day and i you closer in rate around saw all the was sticking out san rafael just above the of the water was the windshield. that's why many richmond san rafael bridge. who have read the signs, we're seeing some very heavy rain and to american canyon know about the flooding to as well, american canyon to leave their car in the upper parking lot. >> james: all the rain that highway 27 also along i 80 we have here in the bay area through vallejo getting some of course means no for an very heavy downpours. along article x zero. the rogues the peninsula starting to dry out the east bay, it is may be slippery but the slopes are covered with continuing to see some skiers. showers and looks like from san leandro, hayward into >> rob: this notice to come livermore to the south bay we're continuing to down, 10-12 in. of snow on raindrops to los gatos. the ground. despite chain

highway 17, lexington help getting a bit overcooked dusting. at into mount hamilton getting some snowfall. 1:00, the bulk of controls on interstate 80, highway 50 to much of the the activity will continue, day, many skiers are making their way here to talk to as we had further, watch take effect of the scheme conditions. many skiers these cells with the red, that they're showing some telling me this is the first heavy downpours. potential real pattern they've they've had since christmas. there for thunderstorms. weirton is more on the way, it will had some this morning. from be snowing off and on for the rest of the week. many antioch down into san bruno picking up the heaviest of those folks are finding rain, best chance for rain places to stay throughout continues into late lake tahoe. as you drive afternoon and evening. sting around, lake tahoe into the south bay. continue with these rain chances even into your friday. 41 santa boulevard, the pioneer trail, lots of people shoveling out. that is the way it's been on and off rosa, napa. 46 oakland, throughout the day. some hayward about the same for cases shovelling those cars out twice. a lot of snow san francisco, monday, san coming down. jose rate around 45 degrees. >> james: amazing pictures here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. by the

afternoon we could warm up of tahoe. weather coverage into low 50s, keeping it wet, windy for today, continues online you can always get the latest forecasts and details by tomorrow backing of the going to our website at chances of rain for www.kron4.com click on the saturday, send a 20-30 weather like. let's go back percent chance to the weekend and into next week outside, another live look keep an eye on those in plan this morning as we continue to robfollow whether around to those by your saturday looks like they could dip down below the freezing mark the bay. much more coming into the '20s could have an up. overnight low on saturday of about 27 degrees. sunday keeping below freezing you could wake up to some frost. >> george: we have been tracking a hot spot in san francisco, the good news is the lanes are a clear and so is the right-hand shoulder interchange. there was a multicar crash that blocked for a number of lanes awhile. it is now locked gone so where the vehicles. we're likely to see them back up dissipate pretty quickly. i don't think we

will see any ill effects because it occurred so early. we are starting now to see a back up westbound on highway 4 heading out toward interstate 80 in hercules where a tree got struck by a car. right here on the connecting ramp, it is blocked from westbound highway 4 of interstate 80. tying up the traffic coming >> james: welcome back to at franklin and highway 4 the kron 4 news. a live look westbound. caltrans is at storm tracker 4, you can responding with cruz to see where the rain is falling bay area right. crank up the tree. no indication of how long that although green = rain. more will take. you could cutover to the sky way, take that on moderate showers coming down in the east bay. they will to interstate 80. that will get to around the back up. probably built in intensity continuing with a bridge later on this morning. state check, wind advisories again today, not as many issued as here and we'll have much more on this. here's a live there were yesterday. in look from our roof camera, fact, the bay bridge does the rain is not too bad. not have one. san mateo that is all changing minute

by minute. headlines around does, you can see that camera jiggling a little bit. the changeable message the bay, president obama will be in the bay area sign has not been activated. today technology leaders golden gate, trouble-free, including facebook founder. south bound, it appears to the visit will focus on job be raining rain now, darya? creation, as part of the ongoing dialogue with the >> darya: team coverage, business community. the will trenchers as the present is set to arrive conditions at the summit on 5:00 p.m. travel between san highway 17. francisco and the big easy >> will: driving lane, to study this year. more than five years after united strong wind gusts, throwing airlines suspended the in the potential for heavy service they announced their fog, not to mention it is first direct flight since dark, it makes all of those hurricane katrina. truck things together is a tough service had been suspended morning commute of highly-17 immediately following the fortunately, i don't see any hurricane will resume with the flight departing from accidents. make sure you drive below the speed limit new orleans. we will watch because there's so much water on the road way that for it to arrive. new driving up here i details on another auto hydroplaned a couple of times of course we don't want that to happen to you. recall. honda is recalling 7000 vehicles worldwide. highway-17, will tran, kron4

news. three models to fit, freed, >> mark: the your pictures city cars have defective of the hail and stormy weather coming here's a springs words that may cause picture from melissa, the engine to stall. one pacifica showing the hail engine 22,000 of those and pacifica last night. vehicles are in north america. the national retail this is the hail on the hood of a car their in carmelo. federation expects sales to rise 4% this year that would lookit this street in be the biggest increase hayward, covered in hail. it since 2006 that would be looks like a snow scene. higher than the past decade's average annual other pictures showing the growth rate by less than the hail on the sidewalk. if you 5% rate which signifies a have pictures, send them in, robust economy. here's a we will assure them on the air than the two breakingnews@kron4.com. i weather coverage on air quick check on wall street. continues on line, latest on we're set for a sluggish the weather conditions you start. teachers are down at can pinpoint these heavy cells before you stepped this hour. on the agenda today that it promotes outside. >> darya: oakland police are released weekly jobless claims, the conference board looking for this man 31 year-old jerry williams a second suspect in connection is going to release the with the kidnapping and assault of a 25 year-old index of leading indicators.

woman earlier this month. also testimony on tap. then police believe he's in the oakland area. the victim was burnett he will testify on new financial oversight. we chased down, beaten she later checked herself into a hospital for medical treatment after she got away from the men. larry wilson will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few jr. has already been moments. including the arrested for kidnapping and search continues this assault they were both of morning for missing man, involved in this and believe to be involved in similar we'll tell you why police believe his disappearance is incidents as as well. police suspicious. >> louisa: here's a look and ballet are asking for the public's help define outside the bay bridge, wet this man, missing for 12 road race will be a problem days. on february 5th, the once again this morning. we have party had reports of 45 year-old robert massed lending, held, very active turkey stock for a walk. the morning. details coming up. dog a pit bull, returned from dragging her leash. he has not been seen. the circumstances they're ñ calling suspicious. >> mark: other news, a lot of enforcement officer who keeps narcotics of the street has been charged with drug possession. he is

accused of distorting method penance, medtronic and steroids. he was arrested along with a private investigator who's facing the same charges. they don't expect to make any other arrests in this case but there may be additional charges coming. new this morning, steve jobs is undergoing treatment reportedly at stanford cancer center this is according to radar online he was recently photographed by the national enquirer outside of the clinic. apple announced they were going on medical leave. tim cook took over day-to-day operations. there's no word on whether not is related to his liver transplant or his battle with cancer or if it's something new. >> james: welcome back to >> darya: we will be right the kron 4 news. this note is really coming down in the back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in sierra. iis is the scene just a few moments. this is a live shot of 50 m. meyers, you can see how quiet it is it is not the, before the people were trained to deal storm is the storm. it will with the forecast comes for

be difficult to drive up the snow to come down as fast tahoe but boy if you get there is no will be great. as 3 in. or more prior.per our. there could be more snow in the future for ski week we will be right back. another strong likely to hit this afternoon to tomorrow. expect more snow before the weekend. let's get the latest on the forecast. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: rainfall totals, check it out in san francisco 46. novato 1.29, san rafael 1.67, not up 0.73, richmond 1.23. these are pretty impressive rainfall totals we have more on top of that. once again storm tracker 4 is all lit up, showing us that wet weather. the prepared to use

those wiper's give yourself extra time this morning. the peninsula from san francisco that the san mateo getting wet weather. 30 reports of lightning and thunder storms. we will take a closer look show you rainfall rates coming down 0.2 in. per hour. heavier rain ran along 580, 680. and as you take it over to i- zer80 we had some rain coming through. we're also seeing some snowfall and the higher elevations. not just in this year, plenty of that beginning 80, 50. let's take you through future cast it will auction look fairly similar to yesterday with

instability certainly being a factor. the threat of thunderstorms, hail could be another factor. notice these cells bring some really heavy downpours this is where were expecting showers with the occasional cell moving through bringing this heavier downpours. better chance of rain by the afternoon into into the evening. places like livermore, san jose expecting to get plenty of what weather. 9:00-10:00 and continue to see the wet weather to the south. even as we wrap up the day rain- forest. starting off with cooler temperatures. will

bring this ties into the fifties. another wet, windy day tomorrow saturday, they better off slight chance s shares into next week certainly nothing like what we are looking and now into mob. >> darya: >> mark: in the heavier cells, very heavy rain moving due that day, but to move into the east shore freely along highway-4, also watching a heavy sell moving towards 29. some of these cells are yellow, orange, they could contain some hail. >> darya: let's take a look at the bridge commute, projects, the approach to the bay bridge, it looks pretty quiet. we do out peddling in a few planes. no leading lights rain now. over at the golden gate

bridge, you can see traffic is pretty heavy for this time of the morning. it is moving out kate, but it is raining really hard that could slow your commute. one more bridge check? now we will check that out only continue in a couple of minutes. bezique muldoon.

>> reporter: the overnight storm caused a huge tree to come down with that taking out those airlines backing of power. both the tree in the parlance landed on cars parked nearby. david d. tourists set up on skyline. the work was done to restore our, a clear the tree from the road. >> reporter: the rain and high tech combined made for some conditions. despite the warning signs some drivers like the ones you see here clearly did not pay attention. high tide is expected to be an issue until saturday. >> james: weather pictures coming in a lot of viewers out there being active. this

was shot last night showing you the hail on the s u v. that something on lot of folks were seeing. this street is covered in hale. some spots for this hale has had problems. another shot at hayward, this is the hell up their north bay, as >> mark: 6:00 a.m. on the kron 4 investors took, east bay, everyone is seeing some morning news. tracking the storm help. expect more of the day to a wild weather moving through the bay area. heavy same today. weather coverage continues on line. you can cells are moving through the bay area right now. team coverage coming up. up in the sierra this get a specific forecast for your neighborhood at www.kron4.com you can put in snow is piling up in ft. winter years occurred coming your street address and get a storm warning continues through customized forecast. more the weekend. coverage throughout the morning. police and vallejo >> darya: this is a big storm as are asking for the public's promised. we have the warning in help to find this man he has been missing for 12 days. the sierra lasting until 4:00

but on february 5th he took a.m. saturday morning. they have his dog for a walk. the 6 ft. of snow by the time it's daughter came home, dragging done. and the rain inches of her leash. the honor know where to be found. the rain. >> louisa: let's show you up in circumstances surrounding the north bay you can see the his whereabouts are suspicious. oakland police heavier downpours for the napa are looking for a man 31 valley. we will show you this year-old jerry williams. cell here, a potential for thunderstorms imbedded in it. it police believe he's in the looks like word pushing towards oakland area, the incident happened back and figured that he's connected with the the napa valley. right around kidnapping of a woman. the victim cheese, beans, she checked herself into a local the pool are hospital after escaping. the first suspect has been arrested and charged. williams and a wilson are believed to be involved in other similar instances. meanwhile firefighters responded to a residential fires in less than two hours. we put here on the map allocation for each one.

one is located at 8 critics circle. to paris or burned in the attached draft. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. there was a chimney fire at home at 375 kill would drive. it was ruled accidental. meanwhile of volunteer firefighter who was seriously injured six months ago but 12 doesn't fund airline is suing pacific gas and electric company. he says the high tension line was from felt wronged and they should know the pros a special danger. he sustained severe burns and related injuries to his feet. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a big star to get it is the weather. giving a better idea of what you can expect purely is, over the

city but that is that the same situation in the bay, storm tracker 4 is led up. lit . will get a full breakdown with louisa coming up.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a delicate the bay bridge approach. you will look company there, one of hedges seems to be sitting there in backing up. the nets never a

good media. every now and then we see people doing this. do not do that. traffic is coming. (laughter) our overriding the bay bridge is uneventful they fully. san mateo bridge is moving well. although it is there. it doesn't look like anything is falling rain no more is on the way. golden gate, wet rag coming at of marin county. greenhouse and standing water, you know the usual spot. just keep him 90 never know when you may have a paddle. both hands on the wheels. more weather in a minute weather had sons, a judge will continue hearing testimony before deciding whether to grant an injunction that would prevent 46 suspected gang

members from gathering in a free daily bread. this is the area they're looking at inside they would bar the alleged gang members running it with his mother. we will not know until next wednesday weather not the injunction will be held. a law-enforcement officer church roof near kiev across this street is now a this is the opposite. details on the rest to the commander of the narcotics task force. >> reporter: under arrest norman wells the commander of the new card it is important team. 12 year veteran. he's accused of that distribution of methamphetamine steroids. also under arrest as a private investigator who's facing the same accusations.

the investigation began in january. he's a lot behind bars bill is set at $665.000. officials say they don't expect any additional arrests. they say there could be additional charges as opposed for the district attorney's office they say they are reviewing the case and they will decide what charges to file by the end of the week. >> james: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. much more straight ahead including the latest on weather in the sierra, as well as right here. >> louisa: we're already watching some cells moving in the party had reports of lightning. check at the east bay hills, plenty of rainfall there. details coming up.

>> james: keeping an eye on

storm tracker 4 breaking down weather vanes are falling. pretty big cell working on its way in. >> louisa: notice that area of yellow is showing some pretty heavy downpours. let's take a closer, red terror in walnut creek, i don't be surprised if you feel heavier rain, at a rate on to the caldecott kind of like yesterday. as the action taken her to the peninsula watch this cell starting to push its way in a long 280, towards 101. heavy rain stretching down just north of pacifica. as we take steps the north bay you can see some showers along 101, napa, showers and the delta as well. elicit the heavy stuff pushing off to the east and also getting

some snow fall into high country. ritter and the they were getting some snow in the hills. this year is continuing with that snowfall over the passes. another active day threat of some thunderstorms continuing. even some small hill. folks will cut in the east bay to some small hail. notice all of these cells tran heavy downpours similar pattern to yesterday. occasional cells move through very heavy downpours potential of more hill embedded.hailed indebted. d towards the afternoon, in the evening, the best chance of rain continues to say to the south bay. we'll keep that threat of rain around to the good version of the

day.portion of the day. 39 napa, still too early in the napa valley. 46 for san francisco. by the afternoon highs into the fifties. wet, windy weather expected to persist. backing of those chances but still keeping the slight chance of showers or around freer saturday, a better chance for saturday and then into next week. >> erica: the unstable weather is certainly having an impact and your commute, solos spinets reported mostly in the south bay. we're following the strong wind advisory in effect for the bay bridge, traffic is still nice, light heading toward san francisco. leading lights are off. reports of standing water in some of the fast track lanes headed towards the bay bridge. allow yourself extra

time, keep those hands on the wheel. tracking a strong wind advisory at the san mateo bridge. you can see the camera shaking around, traffic is nice, light, so far so good, no reports of any accidents along span. golden gate bridge is wet. southbound looks good, reports of some standing water right you're lucky drive. picking up another camera, it is raining in san francisco, traffic is that is, like nono reports of any sledding. heading to the sierra you will need to keep those genes handy. you'll also need them for highway 50, highway 88, james? >> james: we will continue our team coverage by heading

outside we have yoli out side i understand it is raining? >> reporter: that is what they hear it is off and on for last hour that i've been out here. some drivers need to be alert but the fast lane southbound anywhere between berlin gained and the san mateo bridge i notice there's a lot of peddling. snow slowed down, if your gonna be in the fast lane you have to slow it down because some of those panels can make he's been out if you're not careful. no major fighting does puddles that if you take it too fast they could cause as pinot. >> james: good tips there. thank you, forgotwe will visit with her and get a firsthand account this morning. let's

continue our team coverage we sent will tran into these big, here's what he found. >> will: and light rainfall is coming down for drivers in the east bay, the lights behind their cars going said fund-800. the light rain is not really a problem at this time, like this, look at this light. if the rain except, you have a 1-2 punch of heavy rain, strong winds that could make driving tricky. make sure you take it easy, much more weather updates through the morning. fremont, spent 800 will trent, kron4 news. >> james: pacific gas and electric company is scrambling to stay ahead of the storm. we got word half an hour ago new adages in vallejo. total number of customers without power is 1700, they were first reported 3:15 a.m. pacific gas and electric company is

on scene, it's and king lear yet if this is related. still looking for the cause. no estimate on restoration because they do not know the cause yet. the return of this wet weather has been a headache for people of losing power for a last 24 hours. jonathan bloom has been running down which parts of the base suffered the most damage yesterday. >> to night's narrow of pouring rain have made a lot of work for pacific gas and electric company like this 21,000 votes power lines snapped in walnut creek after workers there waterlog tree came in contact kedging fire. >> i really thought there was gunfire next door. i called 911. >> the sun was a transformer that blew leaving thousands without electricity. >> of that some candles, google library. >> reporter: a second crew at the drive-in to help

battle the damage. it was part of an ongoing battle on wednesday which reported last 2000 customers without power as a 10:00 a.m.. largest share in san francisco they made progress by noon and a lot more by 3:00 p.m. the no sooner had they finish was san francisco's then the trouble began in walnut creek. a spokesperson told us that when the outage started its impact 5000, but pacific gas and electric company restored power to the bulk of them within the first hour. by sunset only 250 customers for lack of good service. the utility says cuts recitation year-round keeper or calling and tries to keep spare parts close to where they're needed. when an outage happens they need to fix it safely even if that means for another crew to arrive. >> james: the rain was falling less say in san francisco, reggie kumar shares this hall people were dealing with it.

>> reporter: caltrans has started warning drivers about leaving their cars here you can see this and is led up behind me it says high tide of flooding in february 19th. many people who choose to ignore the signs come up barricades have returned to the kurds and found them filled with sea water. while i was here thursday, there wasn't enough rain to create sledding so many of the drivers that did parking areas prone to flooding did not have water. >> james: of course are weather coverage continues online to skoda www.kron4.com click on our weather data, you'll find the latest imagery, and the tool or you can type in years it could get forecasts for your area. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. outside, another look at things, as you prepare prior to make sure we're at the door. those

have led to evidence is san francisco, standing water on their roadways once again this morning. we will be re bac

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is storm tracker 4, a look at that i concord a fairly heavy cell working its way to 600. from martinez down to one leg creek, pleasant hill, concord, you're getting hit. that will be the situation on the along with sporadic cells of moving their way through. lookit then, some yellow popping up in the city of san francisco. as you had a long 280. isolated patches of heavy rain has to make your way around the bay will get even heavier in the afternoon. here's a look at

the bay bridge approach, water droplets on milan's, standing water to. in the the center lanes oftentimes you get deepwater we're starting to see once again this morning. another set of headlights, seminal stopping and putting it in reverse. autonomic times we can say it that is not a good idea. do not enough. kron views reasons. hopefully things turn out fine. the latest on the recovery of congrescongresswoman gabrielle giffords we're getting word from close friends, she is speaking more. were partly responding to questions, laughing at jokes, recognizing her video or visitors. she is still in rehab but she's improving much faster than expected. sarah pailin is in the big

apple to >> with new york business groups, she's being paid to the answer questions on camera from the president of the long island association. she's been briefed on the u.n. not been given any specifics. there was a major analysis of crib of lehman accidents of fines, thousand infants and toddlers are injured each year by a defective cribs, talbots. toddlr beds. the children are old enough to trying climate of those trips. let's give you another live look outside as we continue to follow the conditions out there as you make your way out the door here's a live look good over stanford's is go moving its way to the city we have

modern shares coming down in san francisco also in walnut creek. we will be right back wih the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. were you one of the many in the bay area who saw this? hail coming down. we have reports of hail in san francisco, north bay, antioch. a lot of folks at this and we could see more today. in fact thunderstorm's do. louisa is following that. there's a lot of stuff going on rain now. >> louisa: a lot of rain, when then starts to happen even have the possibility of peddling on the roadways. keep that in mind. here's a shot of downtown san francisco, you can see the wet weather, you need your

windshield wipers this morning. in san francisco, 0.6 in. of rain. novato 1.29, san rafael 1.67, napa 0.73, richmond 1.23, san jose 0.43. we'll start kron4 storm tracker 4, showing you where the active weather is, let's give you an idea some really heavy stuff coming down a great amount 680, won the creek, highly- 24highway-24. you can see some heavy downpours bridging their in to san francisco, daly city. as you head and 1280 into brotherhood, picking up some pretty heavy downpours. moving towards

the hill. you'll start to notice heavier downpours there, as we take it over to the napa valley into the delta, seeing consistent lighter rain and we're also getting some snow falls. notice the snow fall into the mount hamilton, lexington hills getting some snowfall. showers continue along 101 from morgan hill. as we wide in el we will continue with snowfall in the sierra. over 80, 50, when a storm warning in the sierra until tomorrow. looks like we'll see those levels of dipping down to 2,500 ft. really low snow levels with that we will continue to see rain to get the day. noon, known as all of these cells bringing in the red in to the pitcher. as we get an organized band of rain together by the afternoon in looks like it will pushed to

the south best chance of rain stays to the south big places like mountain view, san jose have the potential of staying wet. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. and other wet, windy day tomorrow, saturday, send a slight chance of shares into next week. erica >> erica: ? no hot spot, we do have reports of solos been towed particularly in the south bay. keep that in mind as you head out the door aside from the wet weather we're also talking gusty winds. traffic is building westbound towards san francisco, where of the following reports of standing water in the middle lanes. be extra cautious. no reports of any accidents or incidents, drive times 9-10 minutes. bridgeport, said retail looks good, no problems to report, strong wind advisory in effect in

addition to the bay bridge, san mateo bridge, strong wind advisory. said is not the case at the golden gate,-101 nice, quiet, no accidents to report. southbound-101. it sure is windy, and traffic is building. traffic maps, aside from the wet weather, windy weather we are following some fog down in the santa cruz, dense fog advisor in effect for highway-17. synthesis group, a southbound of the great highway issue it should come due to flooding. >> james: james we have word ths

morning that pacific gas and electric company has 1700 customers to track and vallejo. that is the lead is that they're dealing with. we just heard word that pacific gas and electric company has a person on site, there still trying to track down the cause. they're not sure if it's whether or not. because they don't know what caused it, there's no estimate on restoration. were hoping for fresh word shirley. we will let you know when that comes in. a live look at it tahoe, snow, in the higher elevations. this is 89, they saw over a foot of snow early yesterday, possibly 2 ft. before the end of the day. now they're dealing with more snow on the roadways, snowball try to keep the roads clear, a lot of people tran make their way up there for the weekend. putting up there is going to be a little

difficult, we'll get an update for america in a bid. the blue canyon, snow came down as fast as 3 in. or more per hour. rob flood 0 was up there he gives a salute . >> caller: >> gary: >> gary: >> gary: >> we could not be more excited, 11 in. since 2:00 a.m.. it couldn't come at a better time. we haven't had snow and a little while. this is welcomed >> rob: . how much of the mountain is open? >> 40%. the lives up from the ridges, the wind is blowing, we'll take a few close in vimy's 2-3 ft. of snow. with the president's state coming, essex these routes and senate, gorges people start to put this

piece away, take out bikes, this really gets them back in the winter frame of mind. we couldn't be more excited. >> rob: thank you, skiers are rejoicing about what is it a classic power conditions. >> james: from the mountains to the gross, weather coverage continues with a look at what they were dealing with out at--ocean beach coast. a lot of folks the dave brubeck, at times a little dangerous. the waves crashing up on the rocks. all and all fairly mild. there's a lot of foam up on the water, expect more choppy conditions today. we had a lot of pictures coming in this as a viewer who posted this video on twitter. you see all that snow on the ground, we had a

similar sites done in the bay area, this is san bruno, it looks like snow, this is 9:40 p.m. is hill.ail. you can see on the sidewalk as well, one more shot, this is out of pacifica, someone grabs a handful of it. so you could see was coming down. this is what it look like small, she sized hail falling. weather coverage continues on mine, if you want get the latest on the forecast goethe www.kron4.com click on the weather tab, you can put in years dickered and get a forecast for your neighborhood. more weather to come, a quick break as we go, another live look at the burlingame showing you the situation on 101, you can see those headlights, we have rain coming down heavy-

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expected is fairly easy. it is just wet. be careful of standing water. lucky drive is one of the common culprits when we get rain. one of san francisco's largest producers is leaving the city. this is as crews began taking down that 26 per quarto buddha statue. the piece of our was brought to san francisco from china it was part of an anniversary celebration and the corporation that we've enjoyed with shanghai. it will take three days to dismantle. it seems that eagles quarterback michael vic has tamed his mind about going on over. he canceled his appearance yesterday on oprah is talk show. he was supposed to tape yesterday. none of that will happen over is production companies as he backed out for "

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>> darya: we're seeing not only heavy downpours, we're seeing hail already. >> louisa: some folks reported waking up because of the heavy hail. that's how active it is. let's take you close, you can see in a justice of of richmond. you can see some heavy rain through berkeley, heavy steps just coming down with a long interstate-80. in highway-24. this is a cell that worked its way earlier this morning, pushing to the north of highway-4. this is a cell that did produce some thunderstorms, still seeing heavy downpours. the peninsula is watching more showers bridge in. ritter

and sunset, richmond. up into the napa, darker shade of green indicates the heavier rain. it looks like a vacaville is getting light showers, heavier in fairfield. you can still see plenty more moisture expected to push him. future cast is set for 10:00, active weather, the most active weather is to the north bay santa rosa, petaluma. by about noon, known as all of these cells with the red embedded in that that indicates heavy downpours. it certainly does increase today into the afternoon. 1:00, the bay and organize, pushing southward. continue to keep wet weather in the picture to the afternoon. the best chance

of staying wet is in through the south bay. we started off with cool temperatures, 46 san francisco, 41 napa, 43 fairfield, by the afternoon we warm up. we will keep you windy, iranian to tomorrow. backed off on chance of rain but it's still there a slight chance. >> george: we are starting the morning with the rain, wind advisories once again. no hot spots, we do have the potential of one in san francisco we will get to that in a moment. first, bridge check, wind advisories in place, they had won for the bay bridge currently it is now listed by the california highway patrol as one of the bridges under advisory. there are from time to time testing

conditions here. san mateo looks good, no problems, when the advisory here, and at the golden gate bridge. and that the ride down 101, traffic is being held southbound we don't have any information about why this is being done but it looks as though the california highway patrol unit and golden gate cruwork crews are holding the traffic. this could be because their position vehicles to reconfigure the new lanes. there's no information from the california highway patrol as to why this is being done. let's check the red and interstate-80, westbound, here you see this move, no problems. light, easy ride to the lower east shore freeway. there was an accident in san francisco it's here and 280. there are a number of

vehicles involved. it appears it's only blocking to lanes. golden gate, the traffic hold is still in place, southbound direction. we'll put in a call to the golden gate bridge and the provider why this is happening. >> mark: as i drove by there were two police officers, they're examining the area around the bus stop. there may be some sort of police investigation. we continue our weather coverage, yoli is covering the weather in early game. >> reporter: the rain seems to be coming down. it seems it's been like that all morning long. it is coming down, not really big drops, it's consistent. just be aware of your driving on the fast lane between here and san mateo bridge, be careful on the number one lane.

there is some paddling. not really heavy flooding but some puddling if you take it too fast it could cause you to spin out of control. avoid that land or take it slower. >> mark: we're getting clear pockets, heavy downpours we will check back with you. >> darya: continuing our team coverage of the weather, we sent will tran to the east bay. >> will: a light rainfall is coming down for drivers in the east bay. those cars are going said fund and 800. the light rain is not a problem at this time. look at this flight, and how hard it is blowing. if the rain picks up, 1-2 punch of heavy rain, strong winds, driving could be tricky. make sure you take it easy. many more

updates coming up. >> darya: pacific gas and electric company is scrambling to stay ahead of this storm, some new adages reported in vallejo, 17 customers are without power. which is connected 1700 pardon me. the affected reason we are zooming in, it is from state highway, redwood city, broadway, this is a ring around the area, the editors reported around 3:15 a.m. pt in the is on the scene, we don't know if it is storm related. -- pacific gas and electric company is on the scene. we don't have an estimate on when it will be restored. >> mark: update on the golden gate bridge, traffic

helps us bound, it was a step to track the hold is now gone. and live look from the camera, the traffic that was being held is now cleared. no major problem as the stuck truck has been cleared. here's a close eye on the sierra, to feed snow, continues,. it officially started seven another winter storm warning going into the hours tomorrow night, we'll follow it is, update on what's going on in this era as we leave you here with a live look at 89.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. keeping an eye in the sierra, a lot of snow coming down. heavy at times the wind is blowing from the next heir to the getting up there will be unchallenged. a challenge. you e

this , expecting 1.5 ft. of snow. another foot and a half tomorrow, by the time saturday comes around we could have three-4 ft. of new snow. we still have that winter storm warning in effect. the start time is little earlier at the western slopes. combined advisories in effect from 7:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. saturday. that's how long the heavy snowfall will be. snow levels down about 2,000 ft., gusting winds to 45. if you're making your way over the higher passes expects some difficult going with the snowplows having a hard time keeping up with all that snow. we're watching this year, jean still in

effect 80, highway 50, 8. keep that in mind. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. much more at your weather coming up in a bit.

>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. we have storm tracker 4 for swimming and on the heaviest area's, if you look at the whole area, look below this is where it's coming down the heart is louisa? >> louisa: we are continuing to see heavy downpours here's a shot from albany, where it roadways in fact take a look the rainfall totals, san francisco 0.6, novato 1.3, san rafael 1.67, napa 0.73, richmond 1.23, san jose 0.43. let's start york with the radar it will show you were the heaviest rain is. taking a closer and, the showers up and do

the peninsula pushing into the east bay right now those cells producing those heavy downpours that did pushed to places like berkeley, albany now pushing over highway 24 just to the north. another sell up to concord is action producing some heavier rainfall rates along 680, highway for producing some heavy downpours up into mill valley as well we're continuing to see some heavier rain as well. elsewhere all light steady rain than oregon have the occasionally downpour's continue. this threat of thunderstorms does continue as we take it to the day, down into the subway san jose still seeing some sprinkles we've even seen some snowfalls up around mount hamilton. so, at your future cast by the time we had a 10:00, the best chance of seeing some heavy rain up into the north bay kind of

spreading southward by noon, a good chance of seeing thunderstorms. notice all of these cells with some red coloring, that indicate really heavy downpours pushing through we will notice this band coming together moving to the south as we had to the afternoon into the evening, it looks like the best chance of rain, wet weather to the south bay. still keeping the chance of rain around in through friday. not getting rid of the wet weather, forties' this morning, 41 santa rosa, napa, by the afternoon warming it into low 50s. wet, windy weather persists in to tomorrow slight chance of showers to the weekend. george? speak-e thank you, california highway patrol is responding with a number of emergency vehicles on interstate 280 this is northbound, san francisco, the potential for hotspot certainly exists there were when this accident occurred

multiple lanes blocked. yoli is in route, right now the report is one, two lanes are blocked, injuries at the scene, it is just before the 280 interchange part to meet 1 01 interchange on 280. there is 30 some slow traffic here coming up from san jose, approaching the 280/101 interchange. we'll keep an eye on that. the potential for this to be a hot spot exist. rainouts as the slowdown. bridge check, they bridgebay bridge, early whe advisory it does not appear to be in effect, there are with the advisor is for the other bridges. there's not one for the golden gate. the camera is shaking, is indicative of the winds there. if you drive a van or

other high-profile vehicle you will be affected. golden gate, a trapper coal, that was because they had a truck that was in the toll lanes they had to stop it will they cleared it. that is an accomplished, and no backup, a delay. >> mark: we continue to follow the weather kron4 years of and sending in pictures, were sharing with you. here is one of the pictures that came in from jewel in tahoe, this is this note piling up with a foot on the curve. here is one, san bruno, pictures of that hail that came down. pacifica, p sized hail showing up. the hail is on the back of his vehicle.

beautiful pictures from san leandro, of sunset, the sun is coming on to the tribes. a little hail is coming down as well. send your pictures to say whether we will share them on the air. all the rain that we have had in the bay area means more snow. >> darya: is not stopping any time soon rob flood about takes is to draw , where the roads are slippery. >> rob: in south lake time of the snow keeps coming down take a look, 10-12 in. of snow on the ground at lake level that is about six dozen feet. a lot more snow perhaps a foot-enough about a dozen feet. despite gene controls through much of the day many skiers are making their way here to talk to take advantage of some of the best skiing conditions since late last year many telling me this is the first

real power day they've had since christmas. there's more snow on the way of course. it will snow on and off for the rest of the week. many of those folks here are finding places to stay thrill lake tahoe, as you drive around, you see lake tahoe boulevard the pioneer trail lots of people shoveling out their cars that is the way it's been on and off throughout the day some cases showing those cars out price for the day. a lot of snow coming down. >> darya: that morning as all the way intel 4:00 a.m. on saturday. the snow is going to keep coming, the rain is coming down. let's take a peek yet storm tracker 4 her, as we zoom in on the heavier cells happening in the east bay out near walnut creek, concord. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. .

>> james: welcome back to

the kron 4 news. here's a quick update on the the new requirements. light-80 now start delta-state line, highway-50, highly eat. expect bad conditions as you make your way up. highly-88. will break down coming up. it's >> darya: new the and another auto recall condyles recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles, three of its compact models of the fit, free, city haven't affected spring part that make as the engines to stall. one ad in 22,000 ados recalls in north america. the rest in a share. retail sales are expected to rise biggest increase since 2006 to 4%.

it would be less than the 5% rate that signifies our robust economy. it follows a robust holiday season for november and december. >> mark: waiting for the opening bell on wall street stock futures are pointed lower. everyone is watching to see if inflation is in check. also due out is the january consumer price index. wholesale prices rose yesterday. there are concerns about inflation creeping back into the economy we will find out this morning if it's creeping in at the retail level. 280 treasury secretary is appearing before the banking committee he is talking about the presence three and three-quarters 20 trillion dollar budget. >> darya: we will be right

back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. as we track the storm, they get elected to james lick, there roadways is wet. you'll want to speed up getting ready so you can leave the house earlier. we will be read back. ñ

>> mark: our top story the weather, moving to the bay area, heavy rain as well as hail in some spots. when did rise a, a golden gate, san mateo on the top, bay bridge on the left. louisa? >> louisa: we want to see were the strong cells are, san rafael they're getting ready to get this big storm. this is a slow-moving, we're getting some of these cells sitting over one place for a good amount of time, the season's not thunderstorms in hail. in looks like me

are seeing some heavy showers right along highway-37. just to the north up in all. in fact, stinson beach we're watching a cell move its way through highway-1 as it moves towards a mill valley, mill valley, it could even see some thunderstorms. as we head into the next few minutes. there is a threat of small hail. as we take it to the north, heavy rain, along the peninsula just light showers to the golden gate on the bay bridge we're seeing light showers. certainly keeping some wet weather there. showers moving to vacaville starting to dry out. still keeping rain around vallejo. as we had to the cells, palo alto down to san jose picking up raindrops, snow along mount

hamilton into lexington hels. certainly those higher elevations dealing with snow fall. 10:00, continue to see active weather to the north as we head towards noon notice of the cells with red, they indicate heavy downpours the threat for thunderstorms continues through the afternoon. 1:00, it gathers together into this band is spreading the south toward bringing the best chance of rain for the north bay into the late afternoon and evening. looks like we will continue to keep the fat threat but wet weather around. current temperatures are sitting in the '40's, low 40 santa rosa. no. 46, by the afternoon warming it up into the low-mid-50s windy, wet weather continues into to mark another busy day i am sure. to morning. george. >> on hotspot for interstate

280, they have managed to clear the lanes of what was a multi vehicle accident that had blocked multiple lanes on to beat your northbound it is on the shoulder is backed up traffic to the 19th avenue off ramp. now, the crash itself has been cleared but there are a number of emergency vehicles on the shoulder. for-drive vehicles involved in the accident then at least that many emergency vehicles brought to the scene. california highway patrol had four units responding. yoli is on scene she will let davis from there. we did get word or problem in pinole highway-4, there was a report of an accident where a vehicle struck a tree. the tree is now blocking the ramp. that means traffic coming at franklin canyon

west highway-4 could be affected. if that's your room, you may want to change it to port chicago highway. caltrans crews will be responding. when the advisory up for bay area bridges, san mateo, benicia , a richmond san rafael bridge coming here at the bay bridge, no backup or delay. san mateo, windy as you can see the camera shakes around just a bit. for your ride to the golden gate, no wind advisory, pretty good traffic conditions cents bound, early-morning problems with a truck that got crossed up in the toll plaza meant the traffic was held, no residual effects. >> mark: thank you, we're tracking power edit this pacific gas and electric company is scrambling was some outages, we will take a look at the area where the outages are. 1700 customers

with a out power. the affected area is to this out of 37, fair grounds of drive, redwood street, at broadway, the outage was reported around 3:15 a.m. pacific gas and electric company is on the scene it is unclear but storm related it doesn't appear likely there could be some people late to work without alarm clocks. and the return of the wet weather has caused a lot of problems not just for those customers with other customers. jonathan bloom has the run down. >> reporter: two nights in a row pouring rain have made a lot of work for pacific gas and electric company. like this 21,000 v power line that snapped in walnut creek. a water clock tree came in contact kedging fire. as a kicker had to drive in from martinez. it took several hours to get most of the power back on

the utility says it has visitation your rag to keep it from falling. they try to keep spare parts close to where they're needed the win in edit happens they need to fix it safely. even if that means waiting for another work crew to arrive. walnut creek, jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >> mark: president barack obama will be in the bay area today he's meeting with a group of technology business leaders. the visit will focus on job creation. >> darya: california supreme court agreed to decide where the official sponsors of profit eight have the right to defend the band before an appeals court. they would give the case extradited consideration and could hear arguments as early as september. its decision will be due within 90 days of that hearing. >> mark: weekly jobless numbers coming out, we are seeing a jump in unemployment claims over

410,000 americans filed for unemployment this past week. the week before we saw a drop to the lowest level in nearly three years. a big jump in unemployment claims setting stock futures a bit lower. for 10,000 americans filing last week, the number under for 25 indicate modest job growth. the number is not a horrible but not as good as last week. wall street futures or 40 lower on the news. >> darya: justin, the vallejo power of which has been restored, just getting into kron4 within 15 seconds we found that they do have power again in vallejo. here's a live shot 80, truckee, or big story, the rain, this note, if you're headed there it could be tough but what will you ever have fresh stuff when you get their winter storm warnings lasting all the way duke saturday morning at

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