>>darya: we are tracking a storm rolling through the bay area. the wind was howling overnight. this morning we have seen a storm shift. james fletcher is tracking where the rain is moving out and where it is hardest to drive. >>james: at the moment it is in the south peninsula. you can see where the colors are the most impressive. into the south bay, palo alto and fremont are seeing a moderate-heavy rain. near hayward, as the transition of of 880, the

san mateo bridge has heavy rain falling. the entire band of what weather is all headed toward san jose. in the east bay, we still have rain falling between walnut creek, dublin and pleasanton. the delta have some rain earlier, it looks like antioch is still dealing with a light rain. the south peninsula was what from paul of the south. from san francisco to redwood city we are looking okay and along the

coastline, half moon bay and all points along highway 11 into the santa cruz mountains are seeing light in at times heavy rain. that is the way the weather is looking right now. in my next update we will talk about the rest of the week ended the week and. the wet weather is causing problems from drivers, let's get the latest of a situation from george in the traffic center. >>george: we are looking at what could become our first hot spot of the morning. on the nimitz northbound at 23rd, a big rig is involved in this crash in some lanes are blocked, possibly several. even with light traffic, this could be enough to start backing things up pretty badly. we are still watching chp reports coming in. we know there are at least

two lanes blocked on the nimitz northbound. on the bay bridge, a wind advisory is in effect. credit conditions as far as congestion is concerned. there is no backup of the approach of the toll plaza although the metering lights should be activated in the next 10-15 minutes. >>darya: since most people take the bay bridge, let's take a live look of yoli aceves to see how it is being affected by the wind and rain. >>yoli: we are getting a bit of a break from the rain right now. the wind is still pretty strong and i believe the advisory is still on for the bay bridge. it still seems to be whipping up quite a bit but at least no rain for now which is a good thing. there is some puddling between the toll plaza and metering lights.

that is something for drivers to be aware of when it is coming down hard, be aware of some of those titles. >>darya: at least it is a drying out. stay with kron4 throughout the morning to stay up-to- date and check in with our web site www.kron4.com and our facebook fan page. >>justine: here are live pictures out of the nashville, tennessee. some really bad weather is about to hit. flags are blowing pretty steadily. a line of tornadoes just rocked over the midwest in it being blamed for one death overnight. rescue workers are searching a trailer park where that person was killed and a dozen more injured. storms across the region have left so much damage serious you will see houses that have the flags because of this fall slightly of

furious if we are watching with as norm is headed. state and for that video. we will be right back with that. >>mark: mitt romney has two more coronary victories under his campaign belt. he picked up a win in his clothes -- that in him its home state. he also won in arizona. now, the campaign moved to ohio. facing tough to challenges from rick santorum, newt gingrich now may fare better in the upcoming conservative states. 10 states are voting in super tuesday, 437 delegates are up for grabs. >>craig: more jobs, less debt and a smaller government. >> it is getting harder in america. it is getting harder for people to make ends meet. we have a government that is crushing us every day with

more taxes, more regulations and the idea that they know better than you. >>mark: newt gingrich and what hall were not major factors. up next, wilding holding its caucuses today in washington state on saturday. we're waiting for super tuesday, march 6th. >>darya: pg&e says customers should pay the bulk of the $5 billion plan to boost safety of their gas lines following the deadly san bruno gas last back as september of 2010. a new proposal from pg&e says if that customers should pick up about 84 percent of the cost. the 2010 blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. >>darya: 6 06 a.m., we're back with more in a couple of minutes. we have rain and they have snow in lake tahoe. here is a live look at interstate 50, the roadway is totally covered. we will be right back.

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not welcome back. we're watching storm tracker 4, heavy rain onto 80, of fremont and in the south bay. the rain is starting to wrap up with a few lingering showers. will tread is driving down into the south bay right now. >>will: digest drove by burlingame, you can see that traffic is very light at this hour. i can tell you, the rain has stopped because it did rain hard earlier the roadway is full of puddles. from our paths but

>>darya: a u.s. helicopter crashed off of the u.s. coast. the helicopter went down during a training mission. the rescue crews are searching for the water -- searching the waters looking for the missing. >>mark: we're keeping our eyes on wall street, for the first time since the financial crisis the dow jones closed above the 13,000 mark. the last time that happened was in 2008. the dow is nine 13,005. the nasdaq is inching closer to the 3000 mark.

we're also watching the s&p was a milestone of 1300 a few months ago, now at 1372. >>darya: we're back with martine coverage of the weather and traffic. it is a pretty messy to me. >>george: it is. here is our first hot spot, the nimitz, northbound 880 at 23rd, we're confirming that the two right lanes remained aloft and will require a tow truck to clear. traffic is backing a pretty badly for the northbound 880 rifle vera a complete traffic truck when the kron4 news returns. it's stick

>>darya: we are treading a storm that has swept through the bay area from the north down to stop in the east. it is now moving into san jose. that is where we see the

heaviest cells. the land has been a big issue. extra gusty of places like the golden gate. now that has died down theory this and the tail on the upper right, it looks like traffic is moving up cape. south xi memo from paul also south is a pretty much where

we see the rain. heavyset in the coastal hills. all of this is tracking to the south. the rain will intensify. we're dealing with this rain and mild temperatures. we have upper 40's-low 50s. the crowd cover is giving us a little bit of a blanket. this afternoon temperatures will get into the mid-50s. a mostly cloudy forecast for the afternoon. och

>>james: 70 degree weather for the week. that is a we have to look forward to it. >>george: in both directions of 880 through oakland's, traffic is getting jammed up. here, southbound at 16th is the no. 2 blocked by an accident they have not been able to clear. on the northbound side, there are two lanes blocked. look at how that is backing up the northbound ride costs very quickly towards the coliseum. speeds are in single digits in both directions. this will affect if you're headed southbound from berkeley or san francisco to the oakland airport.

580 is a pretty good ride headed through oakland. checking the bridges as we look first at the bay bridge ride, the metering lights have been activated. there is a would advisory, traffic is still pretty light. foote's, golden gate, gusty winds along the walls of grady and for parts of marin county earlier this morning and made driving pretty hazardous. right now it is a fairly easy trip across the span in the southbound direction. >>mark: as bad as the weather has been somewhat are following severe deadly weather. fast phosphor first offs

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>>darya: in a developing story, the pleasanton school board has voted to approve cuts to education, this is in order to close a projected $5.5 million budget deficit. reggie kumar is telling us many parents are upset about the possible elimination of the district's reading program. >>reggie: school board members voted 3-2 to close a for closed budget deficit for. far from half to does one know if they lose their jobs officially until the 15th.

>>darya: >> in san francisco the school board have the ability to send out nearly 500 king slips. the big controversy of the evening was a steering 14 schools from any layoffs. no teachers at these schools will receive a pink slips. they do not want to lay off teachers and not have them come back next year or in business very controversial with the union. several board members were actually moved to the verge

of tears while they were voting for. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here's a live look instead francisco. a lot of fog. arafat 36 minute delays on arriving flights at sfo and the delays are likely to grow with overcast conditions.

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airtran was between san leandro and oakland. bulk of the wet weather, the most intense of it is down in the south bay. right now, just north of sunnyvale, moderate rainfall in it is all over

san jose and surrounding communities. south san jose is also seen a bit of wet weather, intense at times. rainfall is anywhere from a quarter of an inch per hour to a half an inch in some of the most intense spots. every now and then you hit a wall of what weather as you're driving around. that will slowly exit the area by about 9:00 a.m.. we will be in a scattered showers forecast for the remainder of the day. by noon, more instability into the north bay. by 3:00 p.m. we will still be dealing with pop up scattered showers by 6:00 p.m. the drive home, hit or miss showers. we will be in a mostly cloudy forecast. the sun break may help intensify the showers. depending on where you are you may or may not for get

rain. expect to stay wet. keep the umbrella handy and then, this turnaround saturday and sunday will be looking fantastic with a lot of sunshine and highs in the low seventies. quite a shift over the next 72 hours. >>george: we are picking up more hotspots even as the 880 hot spot has cleared out. the 580 westbound is likely a result of the weather this morning. that weather cell has jammed up the westbound ride. it is almost completely read. in many cases that means

single digit speeds for the westbound ride which should be 32-35 minutes on a normal commute day westbound. the drive time has climbed to 42 minutes westbound. in the non commute direction there is an accident. when the chp has called a sig alert because of the number of accidents involved. again, it is not the commute directions of assistance the 580 looking at the bridges, let's get a quick check of the bay bridge westbound, the surprises here faugh but traffic is a 14-16 minute drive time with no real delays coming from 880 was found fifth in with the

advisory is in place on the san mateo. for the golden gate, 101 northbound and southbound, still a pretty smooth ride. no surprises or incidents for the right to marin county. >>mark: a disappointing day for the california department of water research. the conducted their monthly self survey cut and of course the dismal results. profs even with an unusually high number of storms for the month of march and we would still not approach normal numbers. >> a significant, major turnaround for any

likelihood of a decent performance. obviously, as you move through march that becomes unlikely. >>mark: 4 ft. of snow expected to fall over the next 40 hours of geary typically in february, 4-5 in. of water a " mix -- equivalent windmill the snow down. >>darya: san francisco residents involved in the civil case such as a custody battle were attended landlord dispute will have access to free legal counsel. they could soon have free legal counsel from an ordinance passed by the board of directors. residents would be assisted one of the city paid for a single staff member to coordinate the program. the board gave initial approval to the plan in the under the plan san

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>>darya: sticky and look at storm tracker 4. we have seen a change over night and throughout the morning. the san mateo has some sprinkles but the big activity is in san jose. along a 80, heavy downpours. with the wind, it is making

the difficult for a conditions. the rain will stay with us throughout the day. it will remain wet on and off all day and overnight. we will keep posted on the storm and how quickly it moves through. fifth by friday, full sun shines and it looked like the weekend will be clear, sunny and around 70 degrees. >>erica: this video has of a vital. in an analyst, hundreds participated asked for the largest number of people taking place in human dominance. they strapped themselves to match as to call off the third. i have a link for the video on my feet a fan page.

>>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. we are continuing to track a storm moving to the bay area. the rain is mainly in the south bay right now, the backup on 680 towards laguarta road.