it's a little drizzling out there. we're in the weather center on this tuesday with erica as we track a pretty big storm moving towards the bay area. a lot of people are waking up to rain today. >> it's pretty light in nature, but take a look at the yellow on your screen. it's actually going to sag southward and make its way to the bay later on this afternoon. let's look at current conditions. you see areas of moderate

rainfall just southwest of rafael, you see it raining near the i-4 by pass. you see light to moderate rainfall near 101, but that looking tore the driest spot. rain along highway 101, potentially a break and you see it crossing the san rafael bridge and making its way down the freeway. you can see into the 6:00 hour we'll see periods of moderate rainfall isolated to the north bay. you can see south of the golden gate bridge. heaven rain for the livermore valley. closer to lunchtime you see the rainfall begins to shift southward. you can see it south of the golden gate bridge, hugging the

peninsula. it seem to be the most intense as we head into the 3:00 hour. we could see periods of pretty heavy downpours, hazardous conditions on the roadway. you can see in the south bay waking up tomorrow morning, but for the most part, plenty of cloud cover and residual showers as we head into tomorrow morning. along with the rain, we're dealing with gusty conditions and the wind speeds will actually increase in the afternoon. you can see 25 miles per hour sustained winds. we're seeing gusty conditions for some of our east bay valleys, potentially on the coastline as well. as you look at the bay area forecast, you can see we're not done with the weather just yet. we have showers waking up tomorrow morning, potentially a dry break on thursday and it

looks luke it's going the -- looks like it's going to make its way with hopefully dryer conditions as we start the work week. >> we'll do a quick bridge check for everyone as we take a look at the ride on 80. we saw wind speeds up to 20 miles per hour. be careful out there. a look now at the san mateo bridge. both going towards hayward, not a lot of cars out there this morning. have not heard anything about the wind advisories on the bridge. you're looking at 101. we're seeing the road wet. headlights showing glare. suspected of killing five people in san francisco, and the suspect was not even supposed to be in the u.s. at the time of the crime. this is video of ben thai's arrest. it was shot from a neighbor above. it was then posted on you tube.

the swat team was called to bring him into custody. he was supposed to have been deported back to his home country of vietnam in 2006, but a legal loophole allowed him to stay. and this was not his first run- in with the law. now, we'll show you details of his criminal past and why he was never sent back to vietnam. >> friends and neighbors continue to drop off flowers at the san francisco home where five people were murdered on friday. we're learning more about the man police have arrested for the killings. ben luck was arrested in 1996 for robbing a chinese restaurant and a wholesale business. in '98 he was convicted of robbery and using a gun and sent to state prison. after his time, he was turned over to i.c.e., the immigration

and customs enforcement agency. a judge ordered him deported and in 2006, luck was released from i.c.e. custody because they were not able to secure the travel documents from vietnam. a u.s. supreme court ruling allows them to detain an alien for 120 days after ordered to deport them. after that, i.c.e. must release the alien. that's why luck was on the streets of san francisco instead of the streets of vietnam. investigators were back on the scene monday processing more evidence, but still plenty of questions remain, such as how the five people were killed, whether there was one weapon or more than one weapon. as for the suspect, no formal charges yet. if and when that happens, he'll likely be arraigned later this week. and we still don't know whether he's the only suspect or if police are searching for other suspects. >> and without a passport, the

u.s. can legally not deport someone. an immigration expert says it's not uncommon for some countries to refuse to issue a passport. the university of san francisco law processor explains that leaves the u.s. stuck with a criminal that it can't send back home. >> it's not that they failed to deport him. it's that they could not deport him because they could not get the documents from vietnam. >> i.c.e. could not deport him because vietnam would not issue the documents. >> certain countries like vietnam don't have a relationship with the u.s. and a lot of times they won't issue this paperwork; correct? >> that's correct. although we're on diplomatic terms now with vietnam, we have not been deporting many people to vietnam. from my research i don't think we've deported more than a dozen or so people to vietnam.

i.c.e. has a duty to determine whether or not he's a public safety problem. and apparently they made a determination that he wasn't a public safety problem at some point and they released him. again, that's not uncommon. in fact, every year i.c.e. releases about 4,000 people in this situation, not from vietnam, but from all over the world, that they cannot deport. >> and from outside the house, you can see a small memorial has been set up. people have been stopping by periodically to pay their respects to their victims. and police have released the names of the victims. three of them are female. two or male, all of them between the ages of 30 and 65. flowers have been left at the scene in memory of the victims who were described as quiet,

fun loving, and hopeful. san francisco police say a man tried to use a stun gun on friday in an attempt to kidnap a teenage girl. this happened in the willow glen neighborhood. the man approached the 16-year- old, hit her with the stun gun, and tried to drag her into his car. the girl did manage to break free and run away. >> she described the feeling of having something pressed up against her and feeling an electrical shock. the victim is understandably shaken. anytime something like this happens in a neighborhood, the down side is it's scary. the good side is it brings the neighbors together and they watch out for each other. >> he's in his 30s, 5'7", and he left the scene in a red compact car. >> back with more headlines in a minute. let's give you a lookoutside where we have a view, looking

out at the bay bridge.

good morning. 4:11 is the time. we have rain falling. it's light but we look for it to intensify as we head into the later hours. your afternoon commute is going to be wetter than your morning commute. more weather in a moment. now back to the news. this scene is all too familiar for bay area drivers. traffic is crawling or at a stand still. they're trying to help but there's a rush to make improvements on a roadways. it's a 2012 deadline to begin on state funded projects. some of the bigger projects using portions of the $5 billion include some of the following. more than $200 million for upgrades to this portion of the

585 and 880 corridor. also $108 million for a southbound carpool lane on 880 in oakland. plus, $95 million for interstate 80 upgrades to the bay bridge. that will include widening ramps and installingstalling meters. and then bart. $2.3million. on this bart extension and how it's creating jobs -- >> reporter: the bart extension to san jose will create thousands of jobs for bay area residents. >> 18,000 jobs by the time this project is done. >> reporter: when it comes to creating jobs, the valley transportation spokesperson says this project is one for the record books. >> this is the largest infrastructure project that we've had in its history.

we're looking at 2500 average jobs per year each construction year, and the project is going to take five years to construct. it's already under way here on chato road in free mont. -- freemont. >> that translates to a major boost in the economy. it gets people moving. >> all right. a break at 4:13, let's give you another live look as we go. checking the roof camera. it looks calm and clear out there, but there's a lot of cloud cover and light rain coming down. more drizzle actually. but it will grow. we'll give you more details in just a minute.

good morning. 4:15. let's talk politics and update

here on decision 2012. republican presidential candidate mitt romney made a stop in the bay area last night. california could actually play a key role to a romney victory to win the republican nomination. kate thompson has details from the redwood appearance. >> reporter: he did not get exactly a warm welcome. a number of different bay area organizations out here protesting his fundraising drive through the area over the next two days. he is at a 1,000 to $25,000 a plate dinner tonight in redwood city. the organization is taking issue with his stance on many things, including labor and immigration. >> he said the first thing i'm doing is getting rid of access to health care and i'm going to degrade the wages of construction workers. that doesn't work for me.

>> his corporate greed, the fact that he flip-flops, the fact he doesn't worry about the poor. >> security is also very heavy out here this evening. hotel guests are being told to use the back entrance as the protesters begin to walk back and forth, blocking many cars from entering. there's at least a dozen police outside the hotel. reporting in redwood city, kate thompson, kron news. >> rick santorum confronted a reporter. you can see the anger on his face. the issue was whether santorum meant what he said when he said romney was the worst republican to run for president or whether he's the worst to run for

health care issues. he took issue with the statement. >> i've been saying it at every speech, quit distorting our words. if i see it, it's -- come on, man. what are you doing? >> well, santorum defended his outbursts, saying you haven't cursed out a campaign reporter, then you're not a real republican. >> what he said was not consistent with what i said. so he said mitt romney is the worst republican. >> at romney folks say templettally you're not suited to be president. here's a statement they put out. in the final stages of his campaign, rick santorum is lashing out with desperate and flailing attacks, and now he's in full panic mode, his behavior is sad to watch. >> after i won louisiana by 23 points. >> well, the next big primary date is april 3rd, that's this coming tuesday, a week from

today when wisconsin, maryland, and washington, dc will hold their primaries. rick santorum is scheduled to arrive early next week. the tickets will be from $25 to $125. the supreme court is going to hear arguments over president obama's health care law. every american will be affected by the outcome. the court kicked off what will be three days on the argument on whether the law is unconstitutional. now, first up, whether the court should be discussing this. if it's found to amount to a tax, legal challenges would be halted until penalties are imposed in 2014. >> this is not in the internal revenue code but for purposes of collection. so why is is this a tax?

-- >> this is challenging the must- buy provision. >> there were long lines of people waiting outside to get a seat. it's going to be in the summer during the heated heated campaign. it looks like this morning everyone is waking up to light rain around the bay area. now, we're getting some breaks along the peninsula. for portions of the south bay, we head into the afternoon and the rain will be widespread, a little bit more intense and aside from the wet weather, looks like we're seeing uptakes in the wind speed and we'll continue to see the moderate rain and after that, we're left with showers into tomorrow morning. here is a look at storm tracker 4. you can see where the rain

is currently falling around the bay area. take a look at the yellow around your screen. we're getting moderate rainfall. you can see it raining in concord, walnut creek over the bypass, pretty much the livermore valley dealing with that weather. looks like we're getting a break in the south bay. not so much in san jose and for portions of -- you can see pretty dry conditions, maybe some wet roadways. it's really not raining over the bay front freeway, but that will change over the next couple of hours as we'll continue to see on and off showers, just a lot of cloud cover sit waiting there. -- sit situated there. not only are we dealing with the rain right now, but that will be the case as we continue

with future cast 4. it looks to the north of the golden gate bridge. check out 3:00 p.m., heading into your evening commute home, looks like we're seeing yellow and moderate rainfall, especially over 101 and portions of interstate 80. that will continue to push its way into the overtime -- overnight hours and it looks like we'll see windy conditions. as you take a look at your afternoon highs, we'll stay in the upper 60s, low 60s. 59 for santa rosa. cooler than that through downtown san francisco. and your around the bay forecast shows we're not ready for the weather just yet. looks like we could catch a dry break for thursday, but showers headed into friday evening. that will most likely be the case as we head into the

weekend. i've been looking at some of the extended models. looks like we could see dryer conditions as we start the next work week. we'll be monitoring your forecast for you because as we take you over to the traffic center, we'll show you how the wet weather is impacting your commute. there's a lot of accidents out there, but they're not on the freeway, so it's not affecting drive times. same store rate the san mateo bridge. a wind advisory has not been issued just yet, but i wouldn't be surprised if it's issued later this morning. one has been issued for the golden gate bridge this morningment morning. be aware of this as you make your way into san francisco this morning. all is well in the south bay, no problems for highway 101 and interstate 280 is problem free with lots of green on the roadway sensors, indicating speeds over 50 miles per hour.

a former giants employee will go to jail for embezzling from the team. she was sentenced to 21 months in prison. she must also pay back $1.4 million. in november, she pled guilty to wire fraud. she admitted to embezzling $2.2 million from the team and its employees. a break for 24 on the clock. we'll be back with more news in a minute. let's check the ride in the east bay. this is walnut creek. we'll be back in a moment.

and we're back at 4:26. storm tracker 4, we have wet weather to talk about. the north bay seeing the front of it right now. we'll all be enjoying rain come later this afternoon. well, the bay area is the

capital of technology and startups. we want to show you the kind of ideas that are coming out of a tech boom we're experiencing right now. we're introduced to wallace in this profile of startups of the week. >> it's a new free app that lets people leave their mark digitally. when we're carving images in caves to putting initials in trees to spray paint, it's the common public places can post messages too. >> people are going to be able to be at those places and are going to be able to see those virtual marks. >> he launched wall it.

they're based off university av. they use a virtual walls. this radar come pass. you can see something at the isle tow they are summer that a complete strange ear year from now may see. it's a cool leave your mark aspect, but there's realtime benefits to the app. it's a combination of twitter and four square. the digital benefits are based on where you go in the world.

we're back at 4:30, talking

weather. we've got a lot of wet weather out there to discuss and more on the way. erica, good morning. >> take a look at fairfield, pretty moderate to heavy rainfall. looks like we're dealing with rainy conditions up in the north bay on highway 101. you can see clear conditions for portions of i80, however it's rain over the bypass into san ramon, you can see the rain extends all along the 880 corridor. looks like we're catching a dry break through the south bay. we could see instances of light drizzle, so you may still need your windshield wipers, and certainly keep your umbrella handy today. you can see dry conditions along the bayshore freeway.

over the san mateo bridge, we had rain in downtown san francisco. looks like another wave is headed our way. all the rain is going to continue to sag southwards, so we'll see things progress in the next couple of hours. you can see into the six hour, actually the rain will become moderate to heavy. now, looks like the moderate rainfall will stay to the north. we could see dry conditions into the 6:00 hour. as we head into lunchtime, it looks like by 12:00 the rain will push through to oakland and san francisco, stretching into the delta. you can see people dealing with a healthy dose of wet weather and that will be the condition as the main front passes

through. on the tail end, it looks like we'll see scattered showers and windy conditions. here is a look at your current temperatures. we're running on the warmer side because that cloud cover is keeping us instigated. napa, 52 degrees, same thing for downtown san francisco. upper 40s for pleasantton. and your 7-day forecast shows we're not done with the wet weather just yet. more showers are expected friday evening into saturday morning with hopefully dryer conditions into the next work week. guys? let's give you a quick traffic check, not seeing a lot in way of traffic spots. here is your bay bridge drive. we have some windy conditions, especially on the san francisco side. know about that as you plan to make your trek across that bridge. we have the san mateo bridge.

i think the cap has issued a wind advisory for this bridge. no. it was the golden gate bridge. obviously as you saw here we have gusty conditions across all your bay area scans this morning. so keep that in mind. justine? the guy suspected of killing five people in san francisco was not even supposed to be in the states at the time. this is video of police arresting him. they're taking him around the corner. a neighbor took that video and posted it on you tube and that's the swat team taking that accused killer into custody. now, 35-year-old luck was supposed to have been deported back to his home country vietnam in 2006, but a loophole allowed him to stay in america. this was not his first run-in

with the law. >> reporter: here in san francisco, investigators were back on the scene of that five- person murder, processing more evidence on monday. in the meantime, we're learning more information about the suspect, ben luck. he has a previous criminal record for robbery and assault. also, he was supposed to be deported in 2006. however, due to an administrative paperwork snafu, he was released instead. also this morning a story of a bay area teen now missing for 12 days. the investigation into the disappearance of sierra lamar continues. so far, crews have only found the teen's cell phone and purse with clothes folded inside. the deputies recan advanced advance -- recanvassed the area around her home. they plan to interview her friends and classmates. they've received 350 tips so

far. they've assigned 40 investigators to the case, and volunteers plan to conduct their own search. it's being organized by the class kids foundation. >> class kids founder mark class is preparing a search team to help find sierra lamar. class met with her parents monday afternoon to discuss the organization's six-day search effort to find their daughter. >> they can ask any questions they might have so we can ask any questions that we might have and also, you know, explain why we do things the way we do so that there is not any confusion as we move forward. we're using volunteers from the community and oftentimes we'll be doing it in larger numbers

than law enforcement will. we have to impress certain things on people so we don't go out and in some way compromise or violate any evidence that might be found. >> sierra's parents thanked everyone for their support and ongoing effort to find their little girl. >> we're establishing sierra lamar fund, and we really appreciate the community's response. >> my daughter is a fighter, you know. she's going to find her way back to us. >> volunteers are needed. the search starts at 8:00 a.m. at burnett elementary school. they plan to search until 5:00 p.m. the volunteer search will continue through sunday. >> today's new search effort is being run by a volunteer group that has had success in one other high profile missing person case. >> reporter: here you can see

the advance team for the cloth kids foundation. they prepare volunteers for the search for sierra lamar. they found the body of nursing student michelle lee nearly four months after she went missing. now her brother michael has come forward, even though it's been difficult for him emotionally. >> it makes me feel like my sister is missing again. it's really hard, but at the same time it gives gives me some sense of -- i don't know what it is, but i feel luke i'm paying -- like i'm paying it forward. it hurts to do it, but it feels good to help the family. i see my family, and i see their minds strained. i see them hurting, and i see them kind of just all over the place. i know exactly how that feels.

i feel for them so much. i hope we can bring some comfort emotionally and hopefully we can help bring a conclusion, closure for them. >> marine kelly, kron 4 news. we'll take a break right now here on the kron 4 morning news. we'll take a look at the golden gate bridge. rainy out there this morning. we'll track the storm when i come back.

this is a rally called a stream out. police say trayvon martin was wearing a hoodie a month ago.

>> they say speaking out is not enough. a rally supporting trayvon's family was held. george zimmerman admitted to doing this in self-defense. he has not been charged. >> in kentucky and ohio, in georgia and tennessee, across the country, monday, supporters of trayvon martin and his family rallied. on the one-month anniversary, the crowd swelled in florida outside the city's convention center. inside, city officials held a meeting with trayvon's mother was one to step out. >> i know i cannot bring my baby back, but i'm sure there's going to be changes so this does not happen to another family. >> new details came to light in the case. the martin family confirmed on

the day of his death, trayvon was visiting his father from a ten-day suspension for school, a bag in his possession tested positive for marijuana. >> whatever he was suspended for had absolutely no bearing on what happened of the night of february 26th. >> his grieving parents remain steadfast in their quest. >> they're not asking for an eye for an eye. we're asking for justice, justice, justice. >> george zimmerman remains in hiding. he maintains he acted in self- defense when he shot martin. >> they're confirming a report that zimmerman claims martin beat him up before he shot the 17-year-old. >> it's now in the hands of a special prosecutor. >> well, we're going to take a quick break and then we'll follow the story as it continues to develop. here is a live look outside.

we've got a shot from our roof camera here in san francisco. we've got rain on the way. we'll get with erica and get full details on the weather forecast.

good morning and welcome back to the kron 4 news. we're tracking the storm for you. you can see very white. we do have dry breaks with the heaviest rain up in fairfield. drive with extra caution because it's been pretty steady and constant since we've started our newscast. wet roadways there and you can see raining through san ramon, pleasantton. looks like we're seeing dryer conditions for palo alto and southern areas. just because we're not picking up rain on the radar doesn't mean we're not getting light rain. certainly keep an umbrella handy. we do have spots of isolated

showers on the peninsula. you can see it raining right now. last check it wasn't raining over highway 92. it looks like conditions have just changed there. looks like the rain is pushing its way through downtown san francisco over the golden gate bridge. you can see all this rain indicated by the darker green. it looks like heavier rain is going to continue southward. it's near san ra fell. -- san rafael. as we take a look at exactly what's on tap with this storm, looks like today we'll see rainy and windy conditions persist. you can see future cast four shows the heavier rain in the north bay first and as we advance across 12:00 p.m., you can see it cross the golden gate bridge. looks like everyone is dealing with a heavy dose of that wet weather. looking at what's on tap for

tomorrow, the front will pass and looks like we could get rainfall totals. almost an inch through san rafael and san francisco. you can see who and a half inches expected for santa rosa. two for napa and that will be the case into wednesday morning as well. you can see over an inch for fremont and heyward. this is a slow moving system. as we take a look at what to expect for beyond. scattered showers and then things will dry out. hold on to those conditions through thursday and parts of friday. the rain will move back into the forecast friday evening, stretching into saturday morning and as we look into the extended rainfall, models look like we'll see dryer conditions as we see the next work week. over in the traffic center, take a look at the approach.

the jason bay bridge toll plaza. the san mattel bridge moves well in both directions, just 14 minutes from end to end. as we take it over to the golden gate bridge, a wind advisory has been issued. drive with caution, keep both hands on the steering wheel. picking up traffic maps for you, all is welcoming off the pass and no accidents on 880 this morn. south bay, a lot of green on our roadway sensors, indicating speeds over 50 miles per hour. if you're taking public transit, no problems. all right. thank you, erica. >> more than 40 sea turtles have watched up in mississippi over the recent weeks. you can see photographs of the turtles. scientists are puzzled at why they're seeing the deaths. some say the mild winter could

be a contributing factor. the water is warmer than usual, and that's causing turtles to return sooner than they should. >> the biology has to be right for them, you know, the temperature, the food has to be near for them. so we really have not identified the factor that's affecting them. there could be several. >> well, there were also a lot of deaths last year and it's unclear as to why it's happening. an overpass continues to act as a shelter for homeless people. stanley roberts returns now to the san jose location to see what the city and county are doing about the situation. in this edition of people behaving badly. >> reporter: i returned to the over pass near communications hill boulevard after getting new information. apparently the city of san jose

and the county of santana clara got involved and sent some county outreach people to look around. at least one of the people living under the overpass spoke with the workers. this man had been living here for about three months. he came from chicago. >> you're a veteran, and you can't get in to get a hot meal. >> he accepted help and was transported to the veterans affair center in palo alto. it's admitted there's a systemic problem. >> it's been a problem for our city and most major cities across the country. it's within of the things there's no easy solution. we're sensitive to both the needs of people who need housing and find shelter under bridges, and we're sensitive to concerns over resident who is

live nearby. >> as they try to offer help to one, someone else takes their place. >> this is a newcomer to the overpass. this is what he told me. >> i got out of jail three days ago, had no place to go, so somebody said stay here. >> he also said he was heading over to the catholic charity for help, which i'm hoping hoping is a good thing. >> in san jose, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >> if you have a comment for stanley, you can e-mail him at peoplebehavingbadly at kron.com. coming up, we'll talk about tebow and how excited he is to be a new york jet. rain out there this morning. we'll be right back.

it is official. quarterback tim tebow is now a pa trammy sandwich and new york new york jet. >> reporter: tim tebow seemed perpetually amused by the attention at his product tour meeting. >> i'm proud to being a jet. it's an honor to be a jet. >> even his jet was honored, the one that flew him into new york last week. it had his number 15 15. the jets used an indoor playing field to accommodate all the media wanting to cover tebow's

first press conference. i can tell you, we're not used to this kind of treatment from a celebrity. >> it's an honor for all you show up. >> how dare he. this is the kind of treatment we're used to. tebow said nice things about everybody, especially jets' first string quarterback mark sanchez, the one he'll play backup too. >> how much pressure are you feeling at this point? >> none. >> none? you expect us to believe it's no pressure being the world famous carnegie deli name a sandwich after you. >> bob bronson had a better name. >> why aren't we calling it the bl tebow. >> probably because it's one of the things not in this $22

monstrosity. >> usually it's rye bread and mustard. >> it's the size of a football. easier to hike than to eat. >> 16, 32, hut, hut, going long. >> incomplete, but at least impossible to intercept. >> i'm humble to be a jet. >> now being a jet, it's awesome. >> when you're a jet, you stay a jet. >> could you please pass the pastramimy, new york. for. much for ahead here. our big stories, top stories are all after this break. that includes the rain for today. we'll be right back in two minutes.

joining us on this tuesday, march 27th, top stories we're following. wet morning around the bay and a lot more rain and wind on the way. we'll bring you the latest from the kron 4 weather center. volunteers are planning to span out across morgan hill to look for clues in the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl. a man accused for a mass murder in san francisco was not supposed to be in the united states. we'll tell you how he was able to remain in the country. let's start off live in the weather center with james fletcher. it doesn't look like we're seeing this much yet. it's a slow starter. >> it's widespread but light at this point. a lot of locations actually reporting. i took a look at the rain totals. we had santa rosa at 600ths of an inch. it's light right now, but it

will intensify and that will be the story with the rain today. let's focus in on the east bay. we've got problems here at brentwood. walnut creek to san ramon, you will see 580. through dublin and livermore, the east shore free from oakland through alameda and you can see 880 past union city. it's these areas of darker green where the rain could be potentially heavier for you. the latest readings out of a lot of locations is recording this as a heavy drizzle as opposed to rain coming down. things will change as we head particularly into the afternoon. the peninsula, hit or miss, looks like we've got rain around san mateo. little more by the airport and a few bits and pieces of it

floating around san francisco, but right now it's scattered on the peninsula. we've got your 101 ride through san rafael, seeing light rain at the moment. as we slide over you will see light rain at the moment. as we move on to future cast 4, an hour from now we expect the rain in the north bay to begin to intensify. you can see the the color change. as we advance to noontime, the lunch hour, we're expecting the rain to sag far enough south that it will begin to impact san francisco and portions of the east bay. now we're going to run the clock to 3:00 p.m., the peak of the afternoon in terms of temperatures and, look, in terms of rain as well. widespread moderate to heavy rain at that hour. it will take it until 6:00

tomorrow morning for that system to finally push on out and leave us with scattered showers in the break. we'll be back with more in the long term. now a quick check of -- well, continuing with 13 coverage. >> let's keep it going. let's go to one of our solo reporters to get you more news faster. jackie sizzle at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> reporter: it's not raining yet, but it sure feels like it's real close is to starting out here. starting to feel a sprinkle or two. i came in from the north bay early this morning and it was windy over there. the wind is starting to pick up. i would not be surprised over the next couple of minutes you see the bay bridge toll plaza and the wind doesn't look like it's going anywhere. let's go to traffic right now and find out if there are any problems out there. >> jackie just mentioned the windy conditions at the bridge

this morning. so the chp has issued a wind advisory. keep both hands on the wheel. you can see the conditions on the san francisco side. the drive is just eight to nine minutes towards fremont street. now, we're seeing windy conditions. the wind advisory has not been issued yet, but i wouldn't be surprised if that happened soon. just 14 minutes from end to end, and a quick look here at the golden gate bridge. no problems to alert you to as you make your way into san francisco this morning. dare ya. 5:04, our story out of morgan hill, the 15-year-old girl who's been missing since march 16th. at 8:00 this morning, just a few hours from now, volunteers led by the class kids

foundation are going to spread out and look for her. she vanished before she reached her school bus location. finding her cell phone and a bag with clothes needily folded inside. investigators have not been able to determine if she ran away or was abducted. will tran is in morgan hill with more on the search. >> reporter: as you can see behind me, volunteers will gather about two miles from sierra's bus stop. here's video from yesterday as people showed up for this search which will last until sunday, rain or shine. they've helped with the searches and last year also with the missing nurse. there will be an officer with the sheriff's department on hand to answer any questions the volunteers might have.

sierra's mother called class last wednesday to ask if he could help. the search will go on each day from 8:00 until 1:00 in the afternoon. volunteers are told to dress warm because it will be cold and likely raining during the search. in morgan hill, will tran, kron 4 news. a man accused of killing five people in san francisco, as it turns out, he was not supposed to be in the united states at the time. here is video on sunday. this was shot by a neighbor and posted on you tube. the swat i'm, as you can see, they're rounding the corner, they were called in to bring luck into custody. he was supposed to be deported in 2006 back to vietnam. he was convicted of robbing a chinese restaurant and a wholesale business. he was arrested in 1996 and sentenced to more than 11 years in the state prison. then immigration and customs enforcement took him into custody after he was released.

that's when an immigration judge ordered him removed from the country, but the vietnamese government never furnished the documents. people facing deportation cannot be held for more than 120 days, so i.c.e. had to release luck in 2006. police are releasing the names of five victims, all san francisco residents, three females, two males, all between the ages of 30 and 65. 5:07 is the time right now. we'll be back in just a couple of minutes. let's get a live look outside. it's widespread across the rain, but it's going to get heavier as the day goes on. there's a couple of cars on the golden gate bridge right now. not much fog to keep you back.

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morning news. tracking a storm that's moving into the bay area. traffic moving smoothly here into san francisco right now. it's been fairly dry over the eastern side of the bay. we're seeing rain continuing to move through. let's go to storm tracker 4. you're seeing trace amounts of rain showing up. rain starting to show up in the north bay. we're expecting heavy rain this afternoon with strong gusty winds. we have a wind advisory posted posted on the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with the team coverage in just a couple of minutes. let's take a live look at the san mateo bridge. looks like it may be windy there. the roadway looks dry. so we're seeing light rain everywhere now. we're going to follow this storm as it develops. we'll be right back.

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5:14 is the time right now.

we want to focus on the weather and traffic. it could get nasty. right now it's just rain. >> the radar is impressive. we took samples and a lot of this is coming down in trace amounts. so far we're getting by with a mild morning commute. a little damp out there, but there's it's not -- at least it's not coming down in sheets. you can see rain coming down potentially wet for highway 4. i want to take a quick sample of rainfall rates we era seeing at -- we're seeing at the moment. 100th of an inch per hour in the light green. sliding the maps down to the pleasantton. you can see some of the darker greens from san ramon down to dublin. maybe that's where we're seeing the 300ths of an inch per hour. you will be driving into it and out of it. your windshield may get

speckled with water and you may need to run the windshield weepers a couple of times and then that's it. you're on your way. there's potential for light sprinkles. the south bay is doing well as is most of the peninsula. it's just in patches. there may be a few more bits and pieces out near dale lee and san francisco. you can see it here from the golden gate bridge all the way up to mo vatto. past santa rosa, you will see potentials but more often than not you're encountering drizzle. the winds are picking up too, so don't be surprised if as you're crossing the bridges you get knocked around a little bit. future cast shows how the rain is going to progress. we've got the clock set for 6:00 a.m. still the majority of the action is up in the north bay.

we're going to push it forward until noontime. you can see moderate to heavy rain. light rain is just about everywhere else. advancing even further now to 5:00 p.m., that's when the moderate to heavy rain will be cutting through the heart of the rain. this is your evening commute. we'll be looking at a wet won. just be prepared for the slow go as you make your way home. people try to navigate through the wet weather. still dealing with moderate to heavy rain through the east bay and south bay. most of the overnight hours, we advance to 6:00 a.m. leaving us with some showers in the wake of it. that's because wednesday we'll have chance for scattered showers, at least few the 2nd half of wednesday. seems you will fair better. thursday actually looks pretty good. models point to it being another dry day for us.

friday looks okay. later in the evening we'll start to see showers in advance of a system that pushes through on saturday. it's going to be a story of on again-off again showers. let's get a look at traffic. good morning. we're not looking at any hot spots around the area. that's the good news. however, the rain is increasing and we're seeing windy conditions. a wind advisory has been issued for your drive along the bay bridge this morning. no problem from any of the approaches. the ride is 8 minutes right now from the foot of maze this morning. you will see traffic building in the westbound direction out towards foster city. you can see the camera shaking around. we're seeing gusty conditions here. we don't have a special wind advisory just yet, but i won't be surprised if we get one later this afternoon. a quick look at the golden gate

bridge. quiet conditions for your drive into san francisco. we're not seeing any delays coming off the altamont pass. a look here at conditions in the south bay, interstate 280 looks good. 101, a smooth ride coming out of the coyote valley and the you're taking westbound or eastbound, we don't have a single accident to report. >> okay. waiting for the opening bell on wall street, thoughts mixed. comments from chairman ben bernanke with support from the u.s. economy. the dow was up. today they will be watching the schiller home price index to see how the home market faired in january. those numbers coming out in a few minutes. right now, dow and s&p futures are all down just a few points. in national news, arguments

continue in the supreme court over president obama's controversial health care reform law. the thing they're looking at is if the government can force people to carry insurance or pay a penalty. supporters say the law is constitutional and helps get insurance to 30 million americans. >> we feel very confident that the individual responsibility provision within the affordable care act was constitutional. it was supported by a number of republicans before it became a bipartisan idea and it was implemented in massachusetts. i think that speaks to the broad consensus out there that it's constitutional. >> virtually every american will be affected by the supreme court ruling. the group opposing the law say congress is using its power to overstep its boundaries. >> this is clearly

unconstitutional for any majority in the house and senate to tell all americans just to live in this country you must buy a product. we're told it's for the greatest good for the greatest number of people. that's a socialist idea. here we believe in individual liberty. that's gotten shoved aside. >> the court will only hear arguments through tomorrow and they will then make a ruling if the law is unconstitutional. and to the latest out of florida where the parents of slain trayvon martin are blaming parents for leaking information about their son. it's know he was suspended from school the week before his death for having marijuana in his details. also, details were leaked about the fight with the man that killed him. it portrayed his son as the aggressor. the parents are saying they're trying to demonize their son.

>> it tears me apart to listen to the slander they're giving to my son and not arresting the murder of my son. >> i know i cannot bring my baby back, but i'm sure going to make changes so that this does not happen to another family. >> the sanford police department insists there are no authorized released of information in this case, however, they acknowledge there may have been a leak. trayvon's parents are on their way to washington, dc to attend an issue regarding hate crimes. we'll keep you posted with everything you need to know about your commute to work and school. here's the shuttle. walnut creek, looks like things are light right now, but everybody is getting light rain too. that could make your commute take longer this morning. we'll give you more details in a moment.

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morning news. it's just starting around the bay area. rain is mainly in the north bay. east bay seeing some sprinkles and livermore valley starting to pick up. there's a wind advisory on the bay bridge. presidential hopeful mitt romney is in the area. this is a video of protesters. when romney attended a fundraiser in redwood city, the protesters set up a demonstration outside the hotel where the fundraiser is being held. they're upset with romney because they say he represents the wealthy. and you can see rick santorum pointing in this video. he was campaigning in wisconsin. the issue was when santorum called romney the worst republican in the country to run for president, especially when it comes to the health

care issue. santorum refused to answer any questions about the comment when repeatedly asked about the reporter. however, in a second interview, santorum said held consider serving as romney's running mate. >> i've been saying it at every speech. quit distorting our words. if i see it, it's -- come on, man. what are you doing is this. >> santorum defended his outbursts, saying that if you haven't cursed out a new york times reporter during the course of a campaign, you're not a real republican. santorum is set to arrive in the bay area later this week. the ticket for the private fundraising event at a home in -- is from 2500 to $25,000. in two minutes we'll have the latest. you're looking at san francisco

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back welcome back. at 8:00 this morning, volunteers led by the class kids foundation will fan out to try and look for sierra lamar in morgan hill, the girl who vanished before reaching her bus stop not far from her home. investigators have not been able to determine if she ran acor was kidnapped. live here in the weather center, we were just talking about the rain. sit a slow starter and sit going to hang over us and give us a lot of rain? >> that's the thing. it's going the take its sweet time moving over us through the

next course of hours. we'll see anywhere from an inch around most of the heart of the bay all the way up to three inches or more in the north bay hills. so it could be a pretty decent rainmaker for us. this is what we're seeing on the radar right now. storm tracker showing widespread moisture. is all of this rain coming down? no. that's where it gets tricky. a lot of it is trace amounts. a lot of this is being recorded as trace amounts. looks like we have a little popout in antioch. we've got 500th 500ths of an inch per hour, and that's better than some of these spots here. that's what we're seeing right now. as we slide the maps farther to the south, you will see the dublin and pleasantton areas.

livermore and the east shore seeing rain. it breaks up around haward. the south bay, though, still not seeing a whole lot in terms of rain right now. san jose is doing all right. a lot of the lower peninsula is doing well, palo alto, sun city, doing well at the moment. most of the peninsula continues to be dry. you have to get up to the golden gate bridge and marina before you finally start to pick up some of that light drizzle. that's all it is right now, misty, hanging around the air, and it collects on your windshield as you drive through. 101 through marine county from the golden gate bridge up to nevada we're seeing light sprinkles. it picks up again as you make your way to santa rosa. our future fast 4, as it takes a look at the expected amounts, it shows up like this.

i've got the clock set at 6:00 a.m. i'm going the advance it to 6:00 p.m. we'll look at the 12-hour period, you will see santa rosa could see total rainfall amounts of two and a half inches, especially around the hills. look at eight-tenths of ap inch in oakland. lesser amounts down in san jose. now, i'm going to run the clock from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. these are the totals we're expecting. 3 inches possible up and around the hills hills of santa rosa. two in napa and san rafael. 1.3 down in san jose. that's kind of what we're expecting with the system. not a huge rainmaker, but a decent one. obviously with the winter as dry as it has been, we'll take what we can get. now, hit or miss for the rest

of the week. thursday we look fine. friday most of it is actually going to be pretty good and the rain picks up into saturday and sunday looks good. your weekend is kind of a half and half for you there. that's a quick look at weather. >> good morning to you, james. i'm surprised we're not seeing any major accidents out there, especially with the wet roadways. you're pretty much good to go around the bay area. drive with extra caution, but this live look here back at the toll plaza shows great conditions with no problems from any of the approaches. your san mateo bridge ride, you can see it building. so traffic is beginning to slow down. on top of that, we're seeing the cameras shake around. we're seeing windy conditions here, no special traffic advisory has been issued as of yet. the golden gate bridge, we're seeing lots of space between cars and top speeds coming out

of the north bay. developing story out of morgan hill, the 15-year-old girl has been missing since -- despite numerous findings, her cell phone and a bag containing clothes neatly folded inside, investigators are still searching for sierra. will tran and -- in morgan hill tells us more. >> reporter: they plan to retrace their steps, talk to people they've already talked to, hoping that now since it's been more than a week, maybe they know something, maybe they have something they can tell. i asked why they can't to call it a missing person's case when just about everyone out there

believes sierra was abducted. he said they work on facts and they don't speculate. right now there's no evidence that leads them to believe she either ran away or was abducted. will tran, kron 4 news. and now to san jose where police say a man tried to use a stun gun on friday in an attempt to kidnap a teenage girl. it happened in the willow glen neighborhood. the man approached a 16-year- old girl and hit her with a stun gun and tried to drag her in his car. >> she described that feeling of having something pressed up against her and feeling some type of electrical shock. the victim is taken, but she's getting through it. anytime something like this happens happens in a neighborhood, the down side is it's very scary, the upside is it tends to bring neighbors closer together. they tend to keep an eye out for one another. >> this is a vague description,

but he's an hispanic man in his 30s. they think he's about 5'7" and police say he left the scene in a red compact car. and the man accused of killing 5 people to in san francisco was not even supposed to be in the u.s. at the time here's a video of his arrest. this was shot by a neighbor and posted on you tube. you can see the swat team rounding the corner and a swat team coming down to bring into custody. luck was supposed to have been deported back in 2006 to vietnam. luck was convicted of robbing a chinese restaurant and wholesale business in san jose. he was sentenced to 11 years in state prison. u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, i.c.e., took custody of them. that's when an immigration judge ordered him removed from the country, but the vietnamese government never provided the

documents to process him. people in deportation cannot be held for more than 180 days, so i.c.e. has to release luck in 2006. we'll be back with team coverage of weather and traffic on this tuesday morning. taking a look here at the san mateo bridge approach, and it looks like light rain, if anything, happened right now. that's the story around the bay. we do have a few heavier downpours, and we'll show you what's going to happen next with this showery morning. we'll be right back. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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welcome back. a 5:14 is the time now. we want to keep your eye on whether this is going to follow your commute or not. at this point, not too much, as far as the heavy rain goes, but it's widespread. that's all the showers.

the heavier stuff, the yellow and little bit of red we see, to the east of fairfield, that's heavier. we'll be watching the storm as we head through the morning. it's going to give us a dose of rain in the next 24 hours. >> kron 4 newsroom, we have new video right now of a wildfire in colorado and we're learning now that at least one person has died because of the flames, and several homes have been destroyed during this 3,000- acre wildfire. the biggest area is in the northern folk pyre. folk-- fire. hundreds of people have had to evacuate. as we see, authorities are about to give an update on the situation in colorado. i will will in and keep you posted from right here in the kron 4 newsroom. we'll take a break and be right back.

welcome back to the kron 4 morning news getting you caught up with that storm moving in.

here's storm tracker 4 showing you exact whether i what the radar is -- showing you exactly what the radar is picking up. now, all this green does not represent what's coming down. it should represent moisture in the air and a lot of drizzle. not a lot of accumulation yet, but we expect stronger rains to come later this afternoon. i want to show you what we have. this is a great job of painting the picture of how the rain will adopt throughout the day. we have the clock set at 6:00 a.m., you can see the models predicting stronger rains to the north and lighter rain everywhere else. we're seeing that on the radar. heavier rain now blanketing the north bay. it's more widespread across the bay. we expect the rain to head southward. all right. watch the clock as we advance

it to about 5:00 p.m. here we are with moderate to heavy rain all over the bay. everybody is going to be getting a good dose of it. plan on your evening commute, taking longer than normal. expect traffic to be slower than normal. we'll advance the clock to 9:00 p.m. it begins to break up in the north bay. now, i'm pushing the clock to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. it will take that amount of time for this system to push on out and on the backside, we'll deal with showers. when we come back, we'll have another check and we'll walk you through the rest of the week with the forecast. now, a quick check on traffic with erica. well, i'm not looking at any hot spots despite rain we're seeing. you may encounter wet roadways and here at the bay bridge toll plaza, looks like you will

encounter some issues. smooth conditions up the incline and across the upper deck. now, the san mateo bridge, no problems. despite the camera shaking around, we don't have any special traffic advisories just yet. there's a live look out the golden gate bridge. no problems here. as we back the ride up, we're seeing good conditions. top speeds reporting. the south bay moves well, no problems for interstate 280 or highway 101. east bay, highway 104, snow coming out of antioch where speeds dropped down to 45 miles per hour. as we update conditions for you on the peninsula, the bayshore looks good and stop speeds reported for interstate 280. door ya. in news around the bay a

suspect is on the run responsible for stabbing another man at the occupy san francisco camp. it happened at the market street camp on sunday. people in the camp say the man got into an argument with someone over a camera and that argument turned into a fight and the man was stabbed, and the attacker ran off and has not been found. a former giants employee is going go to jail for embezzling against the team. robin o'connor was sentenced to 21 months in prison. she must also pay back the club $1.4 million. in november she pled guilty to wire fraud, admitting to embezzling $2.2 million from the team and its employees. and to the south bay where an overpass continues to act as a shelter for the homeless.

>> reporter: i returned to the overpass near communications hill boulevard after getting new information. apparently the city of san jose and the county of santana clara got involved and sent some county out reach people to look around. at least one of the people living under the overpass spoke with the worker. this man came from chicago. he's a war veteran. he's been living here three months. >> you're a veteran and you can't even get in there to get a hot meal. >> he was transported to palo alto. it's admitted there's a systemic problem with the homeless and it's not just limited to san jose. >> homelessness has been a

serious problem for our city and most cities across the country. it's one of those things that it's not an easy solution. we're sensitive to the people who need housing and find shelter you should the bridges an we're sensitive to the neighbors who live nearby. >> reporter: as the city tries to help people, shortly after, someone else takes their place. >> how are you doing? >> all right. do you have a smoke sch. >> i don't smoke. i'm sorry. >> this is a newcomer to the overpass. this is what he told me. >> i got out of jail three days ago, had no place to go. so somebody said stay here. >> he also said he was headed over to the catholic charity for help, which i'm hoping is a good thing. ? san jose, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >> if you have a comment or story, you can e-mail him at

peoplebehavingbadly at kron.com. right now it's light downpours but widespread even here at the bay bridge, ever you can see from the distance, plenty of cars making their way over the bridge doing the speed limit.

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and we're back. time now, 5:55, taking a look at the weather out near tahoe. you can see a lot of wet weather over northern california. let's push in over the tahoe area. obviously all of that is coming to that direction. i was looking at the national weather service. the advisories will stay in effect until 5:00 p.m. on wednesday. about 6,000 feet, they're calling anywhere from one to

three feet to fall. those higher amounts will be above the 7,000 level. good potential to be a problem for you. bring your chaining. let's look at your tahoe forecast. ski run, we've got rain-snow mix for today and tomorrow as the system mushes on through and then it mellows out for thursday. the highs for the days will be primarily in the 40s for the next couple of days and then we'll wrap it up as we get more sunshine. we'll have more ski report coming up later this morning. >> let's take a look at the 7- day forecast. as you can see, once we get through this rain, we'll have a better chance of seeing the sun on thursday and maybe friday, but then the rain chances move back in friday night, so it does look like a wet saturday but sunday it looks like we start to dry it out and as james was saying, it looks like it's going to be dry for much

of next week. san jose sharks playing perfect hockey. they were in 10th place and now they're first in the pacific division. they rallied the colorado avalanche. that was the team's third straight win. that moves up after the kings and stars lost. there's only four games left and it's going to come down to the wire. >> we're down to the last week and a half. >> it's strange. >> it's weird you can go from first to ninth. >> it's all about the point system. >> or tenth. >> it's all going to be within a point or two of each other. i think it's going to come down to the last game of the season. we'll be back with more in a carpool of a -- we'll be back with a couple of minutes. 3q

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