>> top story japan. the latest set of libya they have closed airspace to all traffic. >> live from the bay area news station this is the kron 4 morning news. >> i'm just teen it is finally friday march 18th, a big storm system that are we right now let's get the very latest.

>> james: we have traffic moving well, it is getting what on the roadways. our assignment manager is saying it wasn't wet when he woke up but now is getting wet. lets take a quick look at the storm trucker for. a lot of rain to our north. the lower sections of it starting to bring in the rain. heavy stuff north of san rosa coming our way, we have a decent selling for san francisco right now. i took the measurement of the rainfall rates, we are in the half inch per hour range. it is tracking in general from the north to the south although there is the west-east slant to it. keep

track of that and we will let you know how and tetzel's ranch chores are. the peninsula also seen light grain right now. we are seeing a flood watch now in affect for solano county. this flood watch is in effect until sunday night, friday and sunday at the two-story is coming and rapidly rising creek and stream levels with the spirit also looking for the potential for flooding low-lying areas. that what has gone out for solano county. we are waiting to see this move through noon-1:00 p.m. hour. by 8:00 a.m. we are starting to see heavy stuff come into view. by 11:00 a.m. heavy to moderate rain through the heart of the bay area continuing to track in a southerly

direction by 1:00 p.m. the heavier rain gets past the heart of the day. fairly strong scattered showers in the wake of this bank. he continues into evening commute 5:00 p.m. it will be it wet day all day today and into a tie. 10:00 p.m. sporadic shower activity some of that moderate to heavy. we will stick with scattered showers tomorrow as well. we are right now in the low 50s, 49 in san jose. it is a mild start, it will warm up this afternoon but cooler than yesterday. mid to upper 50s nobody really getting into the '60s at all today. the storm system with the cold air moving in snow levels will drop 3,000 ft.down to 3,000 ft. we ha

winter storm warning in the sierra. we will get a lot of rain out of this we will break it down coming up in our next update. >> erica: keeping a close eye on the weather and the impact it will have monday morning commute but so far no problems to report. alive look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it traffic flowing freely. we hear reports that the rain is starting to come down here is a drive with extra caution. over night construction between the incline and treasure island. san mateo bridge traffic nice and light no problems reported. all that space between cars as you approach foster city this morning and at the golden gate bridge no problems here. a bit of the wet deck here but excellent drive times for your

trip on bring county. picking up one last camera for use in the upper to the lower east shore freeway. alive look near golden gate fields. we have no accidents or incidents to report of a good drive time from about 16 minutes to san francisco. >> the very latest on the concern in japan. they raised the rating from 4 to 05 on as as of level 7 rating. they are scrambling to shoot water in and around the power plants to no. 3 reactor. this is the fourth round of this operation that involved crops over water from helicopters all in an attempt to cool the poll. white paper could be seen rising as

after was doused from water. it has been 1 weeks since a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. survivors have a moment of silence. 6500 people confirmed dead, at 10,300 people missing. 452,000 are without homes. the head of the u.s. regulatory system says it could take days and possibly weeks to get japan's mass under control at the power plant. u.s. is helping japan deal with this crisis. president obama spoke about the situation yesterday. mr. obama visiting the japanese embassy in washington d.c.. he wrote a message in a book of condolences. he told americans not to worry about an nonnuclear plume causing damage in the nine states. --nuclear--

>> we don't expect to nuclear clouds to reach united states. let me repeat that. we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, alaska, hawaii or the night is states territories. we are sharing expertise, equipment, technology so that the courageous responders on the scene have the benefit of american timor and support. >> reporter: the u.s. must learn from the power plant crisis he ordered a comprehensive review of all safety plans in the united states. there are more than 100 and nuclear reactors in the united states environmental

protection agency says the same thing as the president's. new radiation monitors in alaska, hawaii and guam. so far all the monitors have regular meetings. >> reporter: epa says there's no need for people in the bay area to worry about radiation. radiation levels are normal here. you are looking at it detector be used in san francisco to measure radiation levels. there are dozens of these a lot less coast. they are monitoring these devices closely, the bay area is simply too far away from japan to be affected. japan is more than 5,000 mi. away. in the newsroom kron 4 news. >> reporter: stay with us for continuing coverage of the japan quake, require recovery. we have

a section set up on our web site to followed the latest developments. nagle on boys are meeting to consider ways to golf course and no fly zone over libya. they pass a resolution yesterday, it was enacted to prevent khaddafi forces from attacking libyans who are trying to relieve him from office. he promises to make any response. obama administration will participate in the no-fly zone and help. coming up on the morning news, we will take a look at the wild weather happening on this friday. i wet forecast on the white. alive look outside on this friday morning.

>> reporter: a look outside that

san francisco this morning, wet roads and more rain is on the way not only today, but for the weekend as well. a full lookit that in a few moments. lawmakers took a break from the budget votes. there's problems with cuts loans and transfers. a call for a special luncheon so voters can consider extend their those tax hikes. they installed over revenue to fill the other half of the shortfall. president barack obama is taking a trip to latin america over the next five days, he will travel to their cell, of salvador, chile. it is to create job opportunities for the united states and address safety concerns. rebounding

slightly as the stock market in japan which is the news this morning. his side huge crops earlier in the week, they are feeling skittish wondering how they will should react. >> reporter: when disasters like the one in japan occur, it's not unusual for the stock market to react. in japan it shows it has over the past week. financial planners say it doesn't mean investors in this country should start getting rid of their international holdings. >> don't let the news of japan drive your investment decision making. you're following a good strategy, you have a diversified portfolio stay the course. >> reporter: a typical portfolio has 60% invested in stocks. of that 20 percent maybe in

international funds. of that 20% invested internationally, typically 20% is invested in japan. that turns out to be only 2.4% of your entire portfolio. experts say that is no reason to panic. >> even if the japanese market declined by 50 percent, the impact in terms of return reduction might only be 1%, is going to be modest. >> reporter: investment experts say like all countries that experienced disasters, japan will rebound. >> reporter: coming up on the morning news, alive look outside on the wet friday that as parisd our way. we will be right back.

>> caller: >> reporter: we are tracking the storm we are on market street under an umbrella. yoli could morning. >> reporter: it is definitely wet, we are catching a break here within the last hour it was no rain, then rain came down, it came down hard for a while now it is seized at this moment. that's seems like it will be like that throughout the day. be prepared and bundled up. wind has not picked up as bad yet, but i do see a big gust come along. >> reporter: in looks like a good day to stay inside and watch marremarch madness right james? >> james: look and all of this rain, the bulk of it to the north to slowly tracking our way. we are getting bits of rain

in the bay area and as yoli says heavy at times. it will push and, i took a simple reading of rainfall rates in the yellow sections. half an inch per hour. it is coming down decently this morning-make your way out. in richmond along 80 the upper e. shore freeway we have heavy rain coming down right now. by sausalito don't be surprised if rain gets heavy there. we are following stuff outside off the coast as well. yoli will be seeing more rain here and so will everybody else. we will be dealing with this all morning long, a high surface advisory, in effect from 3:00 p.m. today until 9:00 p.m. on saturday. swells up to 17 ft., rep currents and minor coastal

flooding all possibility. how much grain will we get? beginning a 8:00 a.m., all the way through till 11:00 p.m. tonight we are up almost an inch in novato, a 10th of an inch in san francisco. heavier to the north and the santa cruz mountains. now run it through saturday, by 11:00 p.m. on saturday it gets up to 1.2 in. in novato almost 1.4 down in boulder creek. we have a heavy storm on sunday as well, let's see what happens then. we are up almost 3 in. in santa rosa, we top 3 in. in napa, 2.6 in novato, 3 in. in total for this weekend's series of storms in

the senate chris mountain spirit there will be a lot of runoff and the possibility of urban and small stream +. temperatures are our in the low 50s, this afternoon upper 50s but not into the '60s. it is courtesy of the cold air coming in with the system. that front pushing our way, it will be intense. between noon and 3 we will see the heavier rain falls throughout the day. keep that in mind as you make your way to the bay this morning. the wet weekend continues through saturday wrappingtoday ramping >> erica: no hot spots on our radar but we have overnight construction at the bay bridge.

to lanes are shutdown and that is going to be in effect until 5:00 a.m. this morning. so far, so good no slowing. over at the san mateo bridge, no problems, no delays, no slowdowns. traffic on the right hand side of your screen making their way into foster city, bright lights coming towards 2 headed towards he would.he word. southbound 1 o problems for your southbound ride traffic moves well prove novato. one muscari across town freeways in san francisco little wet out there been no problems to report a drive time towards the san francisco airport clocking in at 15 minutes. public transit off to a great start nothing reported yet for ac transit board or me.

>> reporter: the largest earthquake to strike in japan hit one week ago. >> reporter: the mass of 9.0 magnitude quake struck japan to 40 6:00 p.m. on friday march 11th. the epicenter was 230 mi. offshore from the country's capital and largest city tokyo. it was strong enough to move the entire island of japan by 8 ft.. and shifting earth on its axis. within an hour a tsunami reaching as high as 30 ft. washed over the japanese coast sweeping away trees, cars, homes. >> i saw my dog swept away by the tsunami. >> reporter: more than 5000 people have been killed in the

disasters, and the death toll continues to rise. 10,000 are missing. in the days following the country has endured strong aftershocks as many as 6 million homes lost electricity, stores ran out of food, water, gas thousands of people were forced to move to shelters. morning after the quake and the killer nuclear who emergency. four of the six reactor suffered damage. 200,000 people have been evacuated from the surrounding area. and miss numerous evacuation's explosions they are trying to cool fuel rods with the water. the effort could take months or years. currents turned over leaking radiation has caused many to flee the country including several u.s. diplomats

and their families. officials say radiation levels have fallen, but remained high. president barack obama as assuring americans they are not in danger. i know that many americans are also worried about the potential risks to the united states. so i want to be very clear: we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the united states, whether it's the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. le >> reporter: japan's prime ministers has called the disaster the most difficult since world war two. the emperor made a rare televised address. >> i hope we can save lives and improve the lives of victims. and hopefully with these efforts we will be able to encourage victims, offering hope as they try to recover. >> reporter: he expectin atlantt

santa clara. >> reporter: stay with us for continuing coverage of the japan coverage. we have a special section set up on our web site. news around the bay the california highway patrol arrested a suspect who led them on a chase on speeds up to 100 mi. an hour. it became in oakland and ended near livermore. the suspect was weaving along traffic along 98580 location like crossing the divider. during the chen he plays several phone calls, he told police he wanted to get his life in order, before he pulled over to surrender. it lasted 40 minutes. police looking for a car jacking suspect, here's what it looks like at the interest

section. the vehicle that cause the accident was a car that was carjacked on march 10th. the driver ran to stop sign colliding with the vehicle. the carjacking suspect made off on flood, the other people in the vehicle did not have any life- threatening injuries. an attack over richmond woman in our own home have people police looking for the attacker. daniel has spoken with the richmond fleecing.police. >> reporter: it was here were a woman was attacked by a man. 9:00 a.m. february 5th, she answered a knock at the door. it turned out to be a man who was there to attack her. he demanded

money forcing himself into the house. he beat her unconscious. >> she was rendered unconscious two times, the second time he cut her throat. he then fled. >> reporter: she was able to crawl outside for help and now they are trying to find the attacker. they're described as black man with a light complexion he had been shopping around for several months. he may have had contact in the past with the attack there. she may have given him money one location, and he may have come to one of her yard sales. they're seeking the public's help. in richmond kron 4 news. >> reporter: police arrested a janitor for groping a female student after a four month investigation. it took 52 year- old andrea into custody on a $200,000 were deciding to felony

counts of molesting a child. he previously worked at ralston middle school where this took place. coming up on the kron 4 morning news, alive look first at santa clara 101, 2 cars making their way to work on this friday morning. your forecast r.

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news, a lot is still ahead on this friday morning, your forecast is coming up. will it rain today or the will weekend? we will find

>> reporter: storm trucker taking a look at what's going on outside. it is raining in san rafael, grab your umbrella let's take a look at your fall forecast. >> james: you saw that shot that was jackie sizzle giving us a look this morning, it is interesting what we will see today let's show you were jackie was up in san rafael. we have a cell moving through where we have rain coming down half inch per hour fairly intense there.

here's another cell over vallejo, some decent ramet this morning. san francisco about to see more as well. we have this pushing in from offshore. if you haven't seen rain yet hold on your will not be left out. half- inch for everybody just with today's storm. a lot of cold air with that that's what's dropping our temperatures and snow levels. giving us threats of thundershowers this afternoon. future cast 4 shows you when we will see the heaviest of rains. 4:00 p.m. i will advance it we expect a cold

front to push through, that is when we see the heaviest rain. 9:00 9:00 a.m. we are looking at rain, by noontime we are seeing some heavier cells, and then it will push past san jose. but we will have instability behind it. even into your afternoon commute at 5:00 p.m. you will deal with moments of moderate rain activity. it will be it wet day all day today and into the night. they scatter well into the evening 10:00 p.m. tonight and even tomorrow. it will be a wet weekend to be sure. we are in the low 50s right now, cooler than yesterday. our highs this afternoon will be it good handful of degrees cooler than

yesterday as well. and a good bit wetter. sat. scattered showers sunday another storm coming in just as powerful. scattered showers next week as well. we don't see the we will get out of this wet weather pattern for a while. >> erica: we do have some wet road ways to can with but we have no accidents to report. traffic conditions still good around the bay area. just a few cars making the way towards in francisco this morning. no back up at the pay gates but we do have that overnight construction still ahead. over at the same tale bridge, accident and incident rate. take a look at how nice the traffic curious. a wet deck 13 minutes between 880, and 1 01. coming out of the

north bay you can see traffic flowing freely, lots of space between cars. i know it's dark out there but i will show you alive look at walnut creek into and out of it along 680. headlights in the northbound direction the counter float direction. no problems there if you are taking westbound 24, it is a clear shot towards macarthur maze. >> reporter: tracking the storm towards the bay area jackie is live right now and san rafael on highway 101 right now middle of thick of it. >> reporter: it's not headed here, it is already here. two or three minutes ago we had a tremendous help broke blow through here, a couple of minutes ago was torrential rains. you are starting to see

the cells rowland and there's a lot of puddling going on in out here. the last cell that rolled through is any indication buckle up it will be above your ride today. >> reporter: 80 jackie greg your umbrella. emergency operations continuing japan a week after the devastating earthquake, the following tsunami. they're hopeful they can never a meltdown, they used water cannons on the ground with helicopters and dousing those reactors with water to keep them from overheating. the community steps in to help hundreds of thousands of families that have been left homeless. the unusual steps they are taking on working. >> reporter: japanese and government officials are cautiously optimistic about the state of the nonnuclear power plant in northern japan on thursday they connected the cooling equipment to diesel

generator of allowing them to pop seawater into too of the reactors. they expect another power source on mom by friday. >> the work is continuing to feed the power into the power plant from outside. at the same time, the effort is going on in order to evaluate the results. >> reporter: disaster teams continued operations at the most trouble director. for second day they doused no. 3 reactor with water cannons from the ground. on thursday president barack obama condemn commended the work. >> even as they do hold work we know the damage to the reactors plant poses a substantial risk to people were nearby. >> reporter: the united states

joined other countries around work world helping out japan. >> search and rescue teams are on the ground in japan to help the recovery effort. to date we have flown hundreds of missions to support recovery efforts and distributed thousands of pounds of food and water to the japanese people. >> reporter: president barack obama one on to assure wall radiation exposure is an ongoing concern to emergency responders and others near the power plant, dangerous levels are not expected to reach united states air traffic from japan to the united states is being monitored by the department of homeland's security. radiation detected on some cargo from japan at chicago, dallas, chicago. that amounts are not harmful. there was radiation the

sudden no radiation at s.f. all. >> reporter: plains people, baggage are all being screened here. here on the lookout for potential contamination, this is done 365 days a year ever since 1911. wednesday they ask the field agents to be on heightened alert because of the on going crisis in japan. passengers are being screened as they go through customs without liberalizing it. customs agents that goes off if they detect radiation on clothing on body. that person would be subjected to further screening and if necessary be immediately evaluated by medical personnel.

>> reporter: a former usgs geologist predict some of the major earthquake in california might hit later on this month. he has been known to predict earthquakes, the best was the world's series quake in the '80s. he had a bed with a news publication that it would actually happen. he is back with his strongest protection since the '80s in what he is calling a major earthquake. between tomorrow, and a 26. he says moon proximity and fish death and breaching its signs of massive earthquakes. they state quakes are not per predictable he disagrees. obviously we will watch this. coming up on the morning news more on the wet

friday forecast, not only for today but it looks like through the weekend. alive look outside the it is already training. james takes a

>> james: storm trucker for shows decent cells through the bay, toward north we have a heavy sell over 1 01 right now headed to the east. we have on a cell in novato right now as well. it looks like we could be looking lighat to 10th of an in just off shore we have another heavy sell towards the city. we will be back with more in just a bit. >> reporter: new details as nissan has scanned vehicles made in japan for traces of

radioactive material. a spokesman says nissan will use all appropriate measures to make sure its products are entirely safe when shipped. sources in china and the company says there's virtually no sense of risk. nissan says it is monitoring again this week because of public concern. production at nissan remains suspended after last friday's earthquake. the dispatchers in japan could cause sorry the disaster could cause car prices here at home to climb. dealers are beginning to have to hike up prices because shipments have slowed down. buyers will have to pay the sticker price instead of enjoying those little discounts for hybrid cars that are imported from japan. here's a quick look at the gas prices

around the bay area oakland $3.97, same in san jose, san francisco about $4. --above--, stocks continued their rebound the dow added 161 points to just about 11,000. the s&p gained 17 points, the nasdaq went up 19 points. and the stocks in japan are up more than 2 percent today after the group of seven major industrial nations intervened in the currency markets to help the earthquake stricken nation. the federal reserve plans to tell banks whether there healthy enough to boost stock dividends. they can increase dividends if they pass stress test showing

they can whether another recession. coming up on the morning news, alive look at market street and a wet san francisco. nobody's on the roads and that will change soon.

>> james: wheeler, we have rainfall on san francisco, have very through the day today looking for possibly 1-2 in. to accumulate in the north bay hills and santa cruz mountain spirit everybody else about half inch. today we will have that cold front passing through between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. that is a period of the day we will have the heaviest rain.

scatter charts for the day after that cold front passes. once a heavy rain and still put the number low weight we will have scattered showers through the day. all lot of activity right now to the north, you see all one between novato and san rafael. further to the east we had a heavier cell near fairfield that is now breaking up. rainfall rates there of less than quarter of an inch falling right now. further out of shore we have that yellow moderate to heavy rain, that is moving towards an francisco on the peninsula. expect rainfall to intensify over the next 15-20 minutes as at some exits' way).

this bill makes its way in. we have a high surf advisory from 3:00 p.m. today until 9:00 p.m. saturday. up to 17 ft. swells, there could be coastal flooding with this as well. the storm system is a powerful one, expect order to be rough. a lot of cold air coming and we will have snow levels down to 2,500 ft., it will be cooled storm. a lot of snow in the sierra. but stock but will we expect the heaviest rain. lets that bans the clock to 9:00 a.m. that's when we see the cold front papen did you appeacold front. by abo.

that cold front clears san jose, then we have popped up showers in the wake of the spirit it will stay relatively in tents for the day for you. it will be one of those days we will be hit or miss with the rain showers. here's where temperatures are right now low 50s, warming to the mid to upper 50s today. 74 creche shows once we're done with the rain today, we are going to be off the non showers again tomorrow. sunday we have back another big system head again. at 4:40 a.m. let's see how the right is. >> erica: all is quiet on the traffic front, no hot spots to attract. the major accidents around the bay area. looking here at the approach to the bay

bridge toll plaza, a few more cars than we sought to minutes ago. traffic is flowing freely, the overnight construction is wrapping up right now. if you're headed over to the san mateo bridge no accidents hot spots or incidents to report. traffic moving well on the right hand side of your screen in the foster city. over at the golden gate bridge south about 1 01 moves well and a marin county. just a few cars on this ban right now of the drive time 23 minutes into the city limits. one final camera for you no hot spots down and the south bay, alive look at 1 01 near santa clara. all is quiet here traffic is moving freely. public transit no problems reported. >> reporter: we are following the latest out of japan as well

as the cleanup efforts here in santa cruz. officials say a federal disaster declaration could come at any time in the wake of friday's tsunami. the search swamp the harbour causing three sorry $30 million in damage. we're looking at some of the video we shot. kron 4 said rob has the latest. >> reporter: recovery in selvage crews were back at it thursday clearing the harbor of boats and debris. tobacco is set work at the ramp hauling large chunks to dumpsters. the number of sunken boats was revised down to 11. all of which have been a cut of four. thursday afternoon just to boats remain under water. a survey from the a crook was size

sonar scans the bar from looking for more hazards appeared rain now the director says plans are on schedule to reopen the harbor as early as sunday. >> reporter: if radioactive material riches the bay area uc berkeley's engineering department has an air felting service in place. we are not told, we are told sorry the amount of radiation will be relatively low. >> if you look at the ct x-ray scan, when you fog lights, over one of the polls. the types of dose you get there are much greater than what we would expect. it is hard to really determine exactly what is galling to be here, but the dose will be at that level or lower.

we get doses every time we have radiation all the time impinging upon us. we don't have anything to really worry about with respect to these isotopes that may come over in a small amount. >> reporter: the experts say it takes about 12 hours to process each sample. uc-berkeley will post the results from its eight air quality testing on its web site. the radiation exposure scale has boosted the sales of hand-held radiation scanners here. >> gabe: the most popular detector at the highs reviews are sold out. the web sites have

a message saying the situation in japan has caused a shortage of supplies. warning buyers to purchase one it would take months to deliver and the unit. and he bay they have 270. this one has 24 beds at $305 with over day left in the auction. they say the amount of radiation will not be a dangerous level so you don't have to go by one of these detectors because of the situation. it has raised awareness that we have nonnuclear power plants in america in the future it could happen in our country. they are not a common consumer product. i caused called dozens of stores they do not sell them. as far as i can tell you can only find them online. there are hundreds of different miles with different price tags. they have

one for $250, for empire died with information like features to look for and recommended models look on to kron 4 dot com. they bleed kron 4 nuanced. >> reporter: coming up wet weather on the way, all live look and outside. it is already running.the reigning. james fler will show

>> reporter: 4:56 a.m. a rainy friday morning. it looks like a wet day is on the way. a full look at the forecast in a few moments. this weekend if the moon looks bigger and brighter than usual there's a reason. it

will be is super preachy tone in is the biggest month in 20 years. is are rare event one in reaches its closest point to the earth. it will appear 15% larger, 30% brighter than usual. i recommend catching this if you can if you miss it you will have to wait 29 years to see it again. a sea of green on this past st. patrick's day helped a robert getting caught. the 26 year-old woman was immediately arrested. maybe you should change to green it may have been different. coming up on the morning news we definitely want show you the

forecast not only for today, as you can see this rain could extend throughout the weekend. james has the 7 day around bay when we

>> mark: 60 a.m. >> darya: one week after the deadly tsunami and we have a desk to call on the rise. of former geologist has the earthquake prediction for california. the kron news at 5:00 p.m. starts now. >> mark: on this wet friday, thank you for joining us it is march 18, 2011. >> darya: we have a big storm

hitting the bay area today so we will start with james and a look at the weather. >> james: a wet start this morning, alive look at the golden gate bridge. let's bring down what we are looking at. it will be heavy all day today possible accumulation 1-2 in. half-inch for everybody else. the cold front is expected to pass between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. you will see that don future cast 4.on future cast 4.a bigger storm also coming in on sunday. it will be a wet weekend. the bulk of the showers right now from san francisco north. we will show you the heavier cells, one pushed over san rafael a few moments ago. be ready for the showers to

intensify, rainfall rates at about half an inch per hour peace and still there. also 80 between fairfield and back the bill. as we look out to the pacific moderate to heavy cells. we see a rain in the city, it will intensify as the cell draws closer. we are keeping an eye on the flood problems that this storm is bringing to us as a lot of county we have a flood watch in effect until saturday, the maine sunday night. we could see rapidly rising stream and creek levels. we could also see the possibility of flooding for low lying areas. we have are really wet weekend on tap. at the pacific the cold front which is the main brunt of this system

expected our way at 9:00 a.m. future cast 4 at 4:00 a.m. for the beginning of our broadcast, at 9:00 a.m. we see the cold front coming to view, by noon it cuts through the bay area with the orange and red signifying heavy showers. it will push pass south of san jose by 2:00 p.m. for so from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. the bay area will get the heaviest rain. on backside of the school from we have scattered showers as well. for 5:00 p.m. we see pop some water rainfall throughout the day. it will be wet all day long, continuing into the night on friday in baltimore as well.int temperatures sitting in the '50s and not really getting into the '60s today. tomorrow scattered showers, sunday

another big storm kicked said.c let's go traffic. >> george: you're just a lot of fun this morning james. traffic could be bad this one but so far it is not. because traffic has been lighter the past several days we may be able to get away with a relatively trouble-free commute. currently no problems or hot spots, the bay bridges still light here, that very light even for this early hour. san mateo bridges problem for you know delays westbound. they're right side did you of your screen. they are in the process of reconfiguring the bay bridge so southbound will see crews working in the center lanes. marin county the ride on

1 01, southbound. or not in marin county we are actually in san clear on 1 01. this is a northbound an easy ride they're coming up out of the south bay. >> darya: we tried to lose you. you can't lose a traffic die. we look at the traffic and weather yoli is in san francisco. it looks like market street has a good direction. >> reporter: it started about 10 minutes ago, we have had a couple of breaks. if you're headed out the door get prepared it will be off and on, it will get worse as the day goes by pierre just a reminder if

anybody sees any kind of broken branches or that kind of stuff make a call to the department of public works. 311, reports that in case you see that. >> darya: they are talking about possibly some hail. what you think is is that chile? >> reporter: it is a big cold, you might want bring an extra layer with you, even though it's not as bad now, you might feel the cold when you go home. >> mark: the latest in japan, the agency is raise the severity rating of this incident from a four, 25. that's the one-seven scale. level five wider consequences. officials are still evaluating results of

the water spraying operations they've been doing to cool the plant's reactors, they using firetrucks and radiation levels have dropped a bit. they have cooling equipment to diesel generator so they can pump see water directly into too of the six reactors. they doused the most trouble reactor with the helicopters and the ground. word out of japan they may have power pop back up to the reactors by late tonight. we monitor the radiation plume that will reach california today. we are watching on google earth, the power plant's location, this has been traveling out across the pacific as we say where was sunday, monday, tuesday. following the jet stream on wednesday off the coast of british columbia on thursday. that is making its way toward

southern california later this evening. it will be extremely diluted and will not likely have health impact here in united states. they continue to monitor from stations they have deployed across the western united states. they no >> darya: operators didn't realize this system to pump water into one of their reactors during emergency was not working. it had been accidently disabled by the engineers 18 months ago. the report from the union of concerned scientists list 14 near misses incidents in which serious problems required federal or later regulators to respond. >> mark: we will be right back

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>> darya: a copy get storm trucker for to check out where the strong results of the storm are. san francisco will, cement used in the thing is moving in right now. reno as ours did the rain that is mostly in the north bay. >> darya: futures are up this morning, we're ready 11,007 seven five. japan's markets rose 2%. after a g seven intervened. it had a turbulent week after the earthquake and tsunami. with the first-tea >> darya: will be back with more

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more >> mark: on the storm with jackie. >> reporter: a man downtown san rafael, if these earlier cells are any indication of what we're in for but look, it will be a bumpy ride this morning. a cell blew through about 25 minutes ago, a torrential downpour. as heavy as i had seen it for all seats in all this season. if tha'y indication in what we're looking for two it will be it wet morning. you will definitely have to grab the umbrella. >> mark: let's go to james with

more on the forecast. >> james: we see quite a bit of rain activity, most of it down and sinkers mountains.in the saa cell above us, it will move on, and then you'll get another one. to the north we have the cell over san rafael tracking towards vallejo, that rainfall rate is about 50. as we pulled out that cell is headed in the direction of the city. this rain will hit may be within the next half-hour or so. this is moving fairly fast. yoli is station near the

ferry building, she will get this very soon off half moon bay we have another heavy sell intense rains tracking towards the peninsula. this is an and fans of the cold front. that is right about here. this is going to drop personal levels, and give us hale, we've had some lightning strikes, expect that through the day. how much do we expect? today at 8:00 a.m. we advances toward 11:00 p.m. the expected totals in novato0.70 in rosa, napa 0.95. sunday is the

next system comes in and look at how much accumulation over the weekend from friday through sunday, 3 in. of rain in napa, 2.6 in nevada, 3 in. in the santa cruz mountains. we will have run off and creeks and streams swelling. it might even have localized flooding. it will be a very wet weekend. strong winds as well with today's storm as well as sundays. i know pg&e has been out there cutting levels but don't be surprised if we have power outages at some point throughout the weekend appeared >> george: even with the wet pavement things are quiet on the roadways, no major incidents or problems, there are in pfizer reason we will tell you about those. 580 ride, is not a bad

ride today. the bay bridge westbound still very light, since our last check only a slight increase in traffic for the west bound upper deck. this san mateo bridge, no traffic reported right now. that bit of vibration in the images because the wind has, but that at the toll plaza. there are no winded pfizer is at the bridge, as james said the will be some associated with the storm appeared highway 1 01 some spray on the bridge because of the rain coming down. no problems for the ride through marin county, or on the stand. an advisory for highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains, rid at the summit continuing up to 85 rain and high winds, changeable message signs have been

activated, chp is asking for reduced thspeeds. >> darya: 5:21 a.m. the head of state commission says it could take days and possibly weeks to get the message in japan's planned under control. the u.s. is now helping japan deal with crisis. president barack obama spoke about the urgent situation. this is video of him. he wrote a message in a book of condolences and during a press conference he told americans not to bring about a nonnuclear plant causing damage in u.s.. >> i know that many americans are also worried about the potential risks to the united states. so i want to be very clear: we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the united states, whether it's the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific.

let me repeat that: we do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the west coast, hawaii, alaska, or u.s. territories in the pacific. we have deployed our experts to contain the damage and strict sharing expertise, equipment and technology so that the responders on the scene had the benefit of american team mark and support your >> darya: president barack obama says the united states must learn from this crisis. he ordered a review of all of the safety and new killer plants.at >> darya: the united nation of passing a resolution yesterday, this is celebration by rebels won a pass their resolution. it

was to prevent gaddafi from attacking. they have attacked the rebels throughout the country, his troops are 80 mi. and poised for attack on this stronghold of the rebel spirit he says he does not knowledge that no fly zone, he promises to respond. president barack obama is ready to participate. it is possible that you went led attack on the dock before this could happen either later today or sometime this weekend. >> darya: we will be back with more in a couple of minutes, the big story is the rain today, it will get worse as the day goes on. alive look at the james lick it is like.

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combined. we have a lot more work to do. >> mark: the big storm is moving in to the bay area. rain up the

san mateo coast, we are watching this cell making its way into marin, heavy rain around the 580-1 01 interchange. this is the first wave of the heavier rain. >> darya: the 100th annual bay to breakers race has sold out. this is the first time in history it has sold about, it has done so with two months ago. bay to breakers announced saddle has become the title sponsor. >> mark: federal judge barred angry voice mails barry bonds left his mistress. they wanted to turn to sit at his perjury trial on monday. they tried to

show he was experiencing steroid rage. the judge says it was of little relevance. >> darya: 5:28 a.m. morning moment. a lot of love,

>> darya: we have are eye on the sky. everybody is getting wet but this is the first round. yoli is taking all look, it is quiet this morning but how was it as far as rain? >> reporter: it has been off and on all morning. i've been here since 4:00 a.m., it is the way this, it comes down hard for bed, then it lets up. 10 minute intervals of rain will happen. definitely a wet friday morning in the city and through the bay

area. come prepared it will only go get worse. >> darya: that's the thing, is this short spurts, or will it pour all day? >> james: between 9 and noon it will slap you in the face. lets going to the city where things aren't letting up just a bit. we had a cell just go through. we have another cell coming inbound. whether will intensify over the next few minutes or so here. light rain but it is over sonoma and napa. it is headed towards fairfield, showers and east bay as well, richmond you have a cell moving over your city. we have rain over what it creaked and 1 01. south of

brentwood moderate showers there, as we pull back we do have heavy rain near half moon bay near 2 80. in the pacific off the coast we have heavier rain headed toward the half moon bay. we are keeping track of it. this is not even the heaviest rain yet. it looks like it will come into place in about 9:00 p.m. tonight.a.m. today. it wils noon you see the intense shower right across the bay area. it pushes through about 2:00 p.m. or so passing san jose leaving scattered showers behind it. by

5:00 p.m. water shower activity through the bay area. that will be like that throughout the night and the day tomorrow. 70 forecast we see the rain today, tomorrow. another storm on sunday could be just as powerful. heavy winds with that one as well, the wind, rain, soggy ground don't be surprised of trees come down. let's check the roadways with george. >> george: it has not yet. so far no hot spots, incidents reported traffic is lighter on the bay area. it is after all friday and it has been a light week. at the bay bridge we have not seen much traffic in the last two days. yesterday was a light and easy right, they turn the meter lights off before

10:00 a.m. yesterday. san mateo bridge looks good no problems to the stand or crops that, you'll notice the image is jittery because the wind is blowing. the golden gate bridge, very light traffic here, 101 through marin county and across the span no problems. three san francisco the james lick freeway, is the wet deck but no problems on the inbound central freeway. it is still very light. >> darya: 5:34 a.m. the latest on japan this morning. japan safety agency has raised the rating of the country's crisis from off for up to 05. that is the scale between 1-7. a level four has local consequences, a level five has wider

consequences crews are scrambling to shoot water in and around the power plant's no. 3 reactor. this is the fourth round of this. in an attempt to cool the unit's spent fuel pool. all white vapor was rising after it was doused by water. now let's go to the newsroom. >> reporter: japan engineers conceded bearing the crippled plant in sand and concrete, maybe their last resort. the method of dumping sand and concrete on the plant is the same method they used in trouble in 1986. engineers hope they can solve this by fixing power cables to two reactors. this

would hopefully restart water pumps that are needed to cool the overheated fuel rods. maybe if they buried the plant that could solve the problem i will keep you posted. >> mark: if radioactive material riches the bay area at the engineering department has a air filter place that will test the levels. however the amount is expected to be low. >> if you look at this ct x-ray scanner, when you fly, say over one of the polls, the type of doses you have there are much greater than what we expect. it is hard to really determine exactly what is one to be here, but the dose will be at that or lower. i should is the we have

radiation all the time in pension upon us, so we don't have anything really to worry about with respect to these one set of isotopes that may come over. >> mark: he says the pay takes about 12 hours to process air samples, they will pose the daily results on its web site. >> darya: 1 weeks since the 9.0 quake, and the tsunami. to mark the day survivors observed a moment of silence. 6500 turnout counted among the confirmed dead, another 10,000, 300 are missing.10,300 are missing. relf supplies are writing, the port

that had been closed has been reopened. a vessel carrying a large amount of relief goods as reached the poor. a geologist predicts a major earthquake in california this month. jim has been known to predict quakes, his best prediction in san francisco. he is back with his strong this prediction since the '80s on what he is calling a major quake to strike california with a window between tomorrow, and the 26 the. the geologist says moon proximity and fish deaths and teachings are the signs of mass of earthquakes. the usgs states quakes are not predictable brooklyn disagrees. >> mark: we all hope he's wrong. we will be right

>> mark: all in the cells of rain coming up rain fell, heavier cells your morning caffeine is really coming down at the interchange. we're watching it tracking ups in the northeast, also headed towards their courage in this bridge. heavy downpours picking a in intensity through midday. gm has decided to hold production intrude part louisiana because of a shortage of parts from japan that will close the next week, it is the first time and on a maker will stop production in north america over parks shortages. the automaker says it has plenty of cars to meet demand, they hope to have the plant running soon. >> darya: it causes include cause car prices to rise, in

being forced to rise to the price because the shipment has slowed down. they will typically have to pay sticker price instead of enjoying discounts. toyota's prius as wallace honda is are the models that suddenly cause more. >> mark: nissan is scanning for radioactivity. a spokesperson says they will use all appropriate measures to make sure their products are safe when their ship to. sources said the company says there's no risk of contamination of the cars. nissan said it began monitoring this week because of public concern. >> darya: 5:43 a.m., the approach to the bay bridge looks quite nice, and no puddling. we will be right back.

>> mark: we have had heavy downpours in some areas. jackie is like the san rafael. >> reporter: this is the third cell that has come down, is lit up within the last 30 seconds. the other thing you'll notice mark, it is extremely cold. you have a nice breeze blowing, the rain, the cold. it is in trouble with me. >> mark: we continue to track the storm coming in james tracking the latest. >> james: over the bay you can see their returns on our radar system showing you rain over the bay, the north, the peninsula. let us assume and and let's how look at what is falling out. the heavier rain going to the east right now. it curves around the

underside of the larger low. it will track down later this morning. wider view of the north bay, napa getting rain, led at the moment moderate showers getting to the east of one to one. sledding the mets for their showers over the heart of the bay itself headed towards all media.towards alameda. we hy shores from half moon bay towards redwood city. that line moving slightly north. if your on 1 01 in san mateo expect rain to get heavy as you head out the door. this system will make its way across the peninsula. we will follow this activity all day long in advance of the main

front whiches right here. cold air behind it all of it pushing down. by 9:00 a.m. we will see it in the north bay future cast 4 will advance the clock in tilden.to noon. you can see it o sacramento, by 2:00 p.m. it pushes past san jose, still heavy with thunder and lightning in the mix. by 5:00 p.m. heavy cells moving through the bay area, that's the way will be into the overnight and tomorrow night as well. we have a high service advisory from 3:00 p.m. today until 9:00 a.m. saturday. mile coastal flooding possibility with this. today's rain annually when we deal with over the weekend, sunday another

powerful storm comes through keeping temperatures down to the low 50s bringing snow levels down. we will have more throughout the morning. >> george: still a quiet start for your traffic around the bay area. it has been, in the traffic center, not tracking in the hot spots. you're looking at what people and all around the bay area. and the bay bridge and as we checked the bridges you will see volume is building slightly approaching 6:00 a.m. no problems for the bridge or the drive. your ride to the san mateo bridge, a good one here. i will show you that advisory in a minute. whereat looks good westbound across the span out towards foster city. more

shaking meaning more wind. here is the advisory for highway 17. chp has the traffic in 534 high winds and wet pavement. they say the best thing to do is to reduce your speed, they have activated the changeable message signs. if you want to avoid their roads and take public transit that is an easy one this one and no delays reported. >> darya: time now is 5:51 a.m. radiation exposure spare has led to have high demand to hand-held personal detectors. gave take a look at where to find them. >> gabe: the most popular one is the highest reviews are sold out. the web sites have a message saying the situation in japan has caused a shortage, warning buyers of the purchase one it could take months to deliver unit. on the bay they

have 270 of them a lot of them have been announced. this one has 24 beds. >> reporterthey say the amount n will not be a dangerous level, still feel you have to buy one in the detectors because of the situation in japan. however has raised a of burn tests. in the future something could happen in our country, you might want to keep one of these devices in your tool kit. they are not a cup, and consumer product. i went into deemed her home depot and called many stores they don't sell them. as far as i can tell you can only find an online. their hundreds of different models with different price tags. for comprehensive fire died with information like what features

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>> darya: storm tracker for we zoom in on the head the hit area of san mateo. the yellow indicates a strong downpour. let's get in deeper to the area so you can try and pick out your area. they're getting hit hard right now, this will be the story throughout the morning. these heavy downpours and especially by about 9:00 a.m. in a few hours we will really get hit hard. it will be very windy as well. that will anchor into

saturday with showers instead of downpours. then another storm comes back sunday. and it lingers in the next week where we might see sunshine thursday. >> mark: yesterday morning and we have a full moon coming tomorrow night, the moon will be super. jeanne moon the biggest in 20 years. it reaches that possible point in its orbit around the earth, it will appear 14% larger than usual. catch it while you can. we will have to wait until 20294 to be this close to the earth again. >> darya: 5:57 a.m. back with more a couple of minutes. are two big stories japan and the storm hitting the day. >> mark: the latest rate after

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