>> our top story this thursday morning. rain makes a return to the bay area.

live look at stormtracker four. we'll have more on what areas are seeing the most rainfall. >> and we're already seeing the impact of the wet roads. as one driver crashed overnight in san francisco. >> and new overnight. investigators are on scene of san jose's 5th homicide. details on what happened coming up. >> we're here in the weather this morning. more now to our rain coverage. four. you can see where the rain is falling in the bay area. >> there was a big rig that was traveling and ended up in the westbound lane. >> this is the only vehicle involved? >> i am not sure yet. there

are multiple vehicles involved impossibly head on because they believe that it struck one of the vehicles. >> it makes me wonder about the rain. maybe he just lost control. >> sometimes you hear this when people cut in front of the men that have to swerve. >> this will be at least 2 hours and they're saying now two hours, that could mean more than two hours to clear this. there are reports the there is concrete debris from the center divider that is over the freeway. we have as much as one to three lanes are blocked eastbound but also westbound. people are going to be thinking about using highway 4 or highway 780 or even 680 to get over to the walnut creek

interchange. depending on your destination this will make sense for you if your headed to the bay bridge. if you are better off staying on a 80 or using the richmond parkway. >> you can see it is already getting jammed up. over one hor the 580 bride was a bomb which is still backed up through the alta mount pass through tracy. we have flooding that is being reported. there has been flooding in san francisco here on the connecting ramp but moments ago the caltran crews left the scene and the minister to pump all the storm drain that is backing up traffic. maligned let's go to the weather center. >> as we go to storm track for you can see light rain stretching from santa rosa

to about the san francisco bay. south of that is where we are picking up heavy rain. you can see moderate rainfall falling all around 92 interchange a little lighter closer to palo alto. you will notice that the heavier rain is pushing east into the south. it is accident downtown san francisco but it on red is actually live held that is falling. moderate rain around concord there will stretch it lines up again at highway 24 approaching the caldecott tunnel. >> san francisco is as the light rain and it will continue to work its way east. we will continue with showers for least the next couple of hours. here is a look to some of the right rainfl

totals. future cast 4 shows by 7:00 a.m. the rain will be scattered and the heaviest is to the south. by 10:00 a.m. we will not have much. just a little light rain. mostly cloudy conditions drop the day but a course the possibility of a pop a shower. today, storm one will be over and done about we have a another one coming. full details coming up. >> we have team coverage this morning with kron four's will tran live in san jose and mike pelton live in berkeley. >> a welcome sign today. let's go live to kron four's will tran in san jose. it is coming down pretty good at this time. if you do not believe me take a look. there is a lot rain and

puddling. people are using their windshield wipers. today, it is coming down pretty good. i think i live in a bizarre world and i never thought that i would want to ram this is something we have been waiting for. now, i find for the first time in my life i really love to see it. not justice rain but any time that it comes down. >> good morning. i am loving it. it is the kind of thing that you want to put on a song and dance. >> it is definitely needed. is important. let's see how long it lasts. >> have you found yourself cutting back on your water usage? >> yes, absolutely. if my coffee is not the same when it is dry. so, i am down here is starbucks. >> he calls this liquid

sunshine, be careful when you hit the road way. >> we're also tracking the rain in the north bay. on the left. stormtracker four. and on the right. a live look out of san rafael with kron four's jackie >> it is not hard. mother nature is to what all the work. it has been raining pretty static since about 10:00 p.m.. i am in downtown san rafael. everyone has their umbrellas out. all so you will see the water that is standing now. you can see people have their rain gear. this is the first significant rain that we have seen in a while. i am

so happy to see this. >> we will keep track. you can see what the rest of the bay is dealing with. this is mostly moving out to the east. we are going to look for a break within the next couple of hours.

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>> new overnight in the south bay: a murder in downtown san jose. police say a man was stabbed in cesar chavez park. on south market street. it happened shortly after midnight. the man was taken to a hospital, where he died. the police department's homicide unit has taken over the scene. this is the 5th homicide of the year in san jose. >> and live in the weather center. we have heavy rain affecting some of us. i will talk about just how long this rain is expected to talk about just how long this rain is expected to last. almond.

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>> welcome back. here in the nose room we are tracking the problems of the rain has caused. check out this video from earlier this morning. >> the driver of a portion slammed into a tree on southbound 11 in san francisco. it happens on the paul off from their south

third street just before 2:00 a.m.. the car looks to be a total loss. >> we're talking about this major incident. here is a view from the scene. >> the off crews are busy trying to clear up this accident. it is not clear on what the chopper is showing. i can show you the location. this is the situation, on al sorrento, egg big red jumpe and a brief across the lanesa big red across the cr divider and the debris is over the lanes. >> it did go ahead and tell ongoing traffic and there were reports that one bioko had a head on collision with the stroke. these are

initial reports that are found and by citizens who see the accident. so whether or not this is exactly what happened it is not clear what it will take chp to build first. kron4 mike pelton will be on the scene to gather information. >> i think we're trying to get a another look. >> again, it is impossible to say which direction we are looking at. likely, the headlights, are the west about commute direction but you can see it is affecting both sides of the freeway. if you can expect delays for about two hours and that is the minimum, the chopper is a standing around. >> we will switch back to the traffic maps and i will show you the light of the backups. it is beyond highway 4. the back of will continue to grow. this is not the only problem coming interstate 80 we started out

with a crash that block lanes and in fact there is one and it is affecting the ride on interstate 5 a.80. are looking in a long drive time to livermore valley after early morning accident back things up all the way to trace it. the bird off ramp is still shut down due to flooding. >> the bay bridge toll plaza--i will try the san mateo bridge to show you the ride westbound the volume is up and it is still--we apparently do not have been shot either. this is a ride on 92 heading westbound. >> a much-needed rain for the bay area now is pretty light out, santa rosa through papilloma even the heart of san francisco bay is dealing with light rain.

take a look at the south bay. rain is coming down by the buckets. in the areas of red, this is falling at about 2 in. per hour. in fact, hale is currently called fallen in san jose. the heaviest rain will continue to accept. in fact, we may accumulate the most amount. light rain right now for concord down to the san ramon and heavier rain pushing through to the delta. just light rain to deal with for your ride out alameda. san francisco is actually catching a dry breaks, south city is not dealing with any brain. >> this rain will continue to cross the bay and it will work its way into oakland. you can see that the rain started to let up and here is a look this satellite radar. if you can see the rain is pushing out and we do have snow in the sierra

nevada. a winter weather advisory is in affect because there may see two to 6 in. of snow. gusty winds and you will have to use your chains. >> we are dealing with a another storm headed our way, storm number two will arrive late friday into saturday. this is a pretty significant amount to about 7 in. for the north bay hills. >> here is a look pitcher 7 day around the bay, unsettled weather for the week can and should keeper number of handy. partly cloudy conditions as we head into tuesday and wednesday and the temperatures are warmer by the middle of next week. >> to the northeast, where hundreds of thousands of residents are waking up without power this morning because of ice and snow. off the storm brought down trees on to power lines. some 750,000 people lost

electricity in pennsylvania yesterday, most of them in the serb birds of philadelphia. new jersey gov. chris chris the has declared a state of emergency. people may have to wade through the weekend to get their power back. and even though the storm forced the cancellation of nearly 3000 flights yesterday, fewer cancellations are expected today. >> the majority of u.s. athletes are expected to arrive in russia tomorrow for the start of the 2014 olympic games. u.s. officials are warning of another potential threat, especially concerning traveling to sochi. the state department warns toothpaste tubes in cosmetic containers could be used to smuggle explosives materials on to fly's head into russia or into sochi. dullard is

specific to the start of the olympics. intelligence is also picking up increased chatter about regional transportation outside of the area. some say that the security alert leaves a lot open in questions. >> and a selling-as in a setting like this, what is an airline to do or what is the tea as a to do or a passenger to do with regards to two space? are you going to put i place immediately restrictions on any kind of two or any kind of cosmetic scorn on flights? >> secretary of state john kerry says the people who want to go to the olympics to still go. he says that the venues will be as safe as a female announcer: female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models, including the new tempur-choice

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direction. some will come to march with the government's jobs report for the month of january. >> the dow fell five. just today. the s&p 500 slipped 3 1/2 points. the nasdaq dropped 20 points. futures point to a slight gain at this morning's opening. >> order is not seen a lot of subscribers. that will have their quarterly report coming out. >> now it is time for the tech report with gabe slate. >> good morning. target wants to prevent future data bridge by issuing smart cards or credit cards to protect customers. these are cards with a built-in computer chip and almost the entire banking history agrees that our credit and debit cards should have this type of technology to keep

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not work. the u.s. is way behind in ad in this security measure to our cards. with all the fraud lately let's talk about the downside. >> you will have to remember another four digit code. the card readers are expensive so it can also hurt businesses who cannot upgrade. it is likely that a lot of mom-and-pop shop will have to go back to the old days of just accepting cash or check. >> the big story this morning is the rain. you can see it moving through the bay. on our storm tracker 4. it is not much of an issue in san francisco right now. we are keeping an

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is still early. this commute does not pick until about 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m.. >> this is likely to be there for while. kron4 mike pelton is live on the same so we would try to get information from him. >> not surprisingly, there are looking to see if this was a rain related. this is a mile and a quarter from a stuffed richmond sambar failed. a semi truck crossed to the center divider in the chp stated that it is unclear who called what. they tell me that at least three vehicles are involved amazingly, no one was transported to hospital and they stated that this is more of a nightmare. they're want to tried get this semi truck out of the area because it is impacting the traffic. if they have three lanes that are close and

caltran just brought in a closure. you will see this is causing bad traffic. this is the westbound commute and i asked chp when they expect have this clear. they stated that they have no estimated time. >> you should just plan ahead. >> it looks like it is just up on there, but yes it is. this is going to further complicate the clearing. this is the first trailer that was hung up. you can see the tail lights. the cap of the truck is on the westbound side of the road and the rest of is on the east side. >> there was concrete, >> they are talking about

part of the center divider is in the eastbound lane. that is problem with they are talking about. i did not see any road with concrete but is going to a pack the side because part of the truck is hanging there. >> so if i understand you, was this truck traveling westbound and ended up eastbound? >> all the traffic was heading westbound. the chp stated that were going west and a semi trailer crossed as you can see on your screen. all the traffic was born westbound about 5:30 a.m.. >> george, look at the back up. >> that is new information and we're really hurt that the truck was traveling eastbound and it jumped into the westbound lane. >> as you look this you can

say how far back it goes. let's switch over to the traffic maps. this is a short segment of the road way. this by the way is not the only incident in the westbound direction our accident at gilman is still blocking at least two lanes of traffic. it is double jeopardy for this westbound ride. 680 and 24 are alternate routes. >> let's start off with storm tracker 4. we have difficulty driving conditions. half of us are deal with moderate to heavy rain. the rain is continuing to work its way east. let's focus on the mid peninsula, light rain in burlingame and san mattel. it is starting to pick up. >> focusing on the south,

the last of the very heavy rain just east of san jose and still pretty difficult driving conditions. as we shift to the east, the rain is letting up and it is not as heavy as what we have experience. you can expect rain for the ride through the san ramon valley area and we may catch a minor break just west of what the creek. as we focus on the rest of the east, oakland and alameda just have light rain. light rain for most of san francisco. >> the rain is starting to become a little scattered so it is not as heavy. right now here's a look that the rainfall totals. as we take a look at future cast 4 rent

will taper off by 7:00 a.m. and will become scattered. as to put the clock into motion by 10:00 a.m. we have just lingering showers for the livermore valley area. you could expect mostly cloudy conditions into afternoon with just a slight chance up a pop up shower. this is just the first storm, we have another one that is coming. i will break down your details coming up. >> we have team coverage, rain in the bay area. we will now go live with will tran. >> looking all the rain that is in the roadway. over the past 15 to 20 minutes things have picked up. unfortunately, people still,

this is a sunny day you concede cars are still flying past year. if you should be careful. if this is happening here, it is happening in your neighborhood. people are very prepared, they have their rain gear and drum rolls out. others, are just walking around caught off guard. >> some people stated that they are just dealing with it. no one is complaining about. here is the smile on my face. it is running right now. >> this man across the street has no topper rain gear on. it will bear long day for a lot of people pripet >>the time is 6:37 a.m.. here

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--and this car is going slow. it is wanted to feed a water and it is just early in the morning. besides the flooding, there is flooding also to the right and left. there is just over there all over this area of the raindrops are falling. certainly, a lot rain is coming down and it is still very early. in sausalito, terisa estacio kron 4 news. >> live in the weather center rain is really coming down. we are starting to catch some drive breaks. i will have full details when the storm will end.

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jumped the center divider. >> we are talking earlier about the record that tracks the incidents and that mostly are generated by drivers will call in. it takes a long time before the real story to come clear because are originally they stated that it's started is eastbound and westbound the defect was the opposite. right now, we have lanes that are blocked in both directions. let's switch over to the traffic maps. i will show you the extent of the back up. this is 80 in the westbound direction. this is a hard, hard back up. here is the crash and look at the traffic after the crash site. is now solid all the way to deal men. we have a second accident that is blocking lanes. this is an blocking up the ride on

580 out of richmond. this is a bet commute. >> this could be used as an alternate, westbound 24 from interstate 680 in the southbound direction but this is still going to be heavier traffic and a long drive time. the ride on interstate 580 in the westbound direction continues to be extremely slow and the drive time has dropped. southbound 680 is also still slow and we was like the map down to show you the ride and they have reopened the lanes at bird avenue from 280 and it is heavy at the 880 interchange, 1 01 is backed up and so is the guadalupe parkway ride. >> you're ride across the san mateo bridge you concede the traffic is

getting heavy at a much earlier than usual hour in the drive time is 15 minutes to foster city. >> let's get over to the weather center. >> the rain in the south bay as had been. storm tracker 4 shows that it is starting to let up in places like concord and san francisco bay but in livermore valley and down in the south that is where we are picking up significant rainfall. some spots on the rates are about an inch per hour. this is very steady rain for portions of interstate 280 and highway 101. take a look a sunnyvale, cupertino and san jose. they all have moderate rain falling. we are catching a few dry breaks in the east, take a look at what the creek. in walnu

can expect sprinkles for highway 24 are urging the caldecott tunnel. moderate rain for alameda and san leandro. >> focusing on san francisco, the entire city is still a with a way. we are just a light rain in daly city. as we focus on the north, you concede that the rain is starting to break apart but again, it is still running from santa rosa all the way heading down to the golden gate bridge. >> here is the bigger whether pitcher, satellite and radar shows that iran is moving south and we're also tracking snow. we have a winter weather advisory in effect, heavy snow is expected and chains are required if you are going in this direction. we may see two to 6 in.. of course, we may accumulate more above

7,000 ft.. good news, i know alatas no bordea lot of snow bod skiers are loving this. >> it is a fairly lengthy system and it will carry us into saturday and sunday. rain will taper off monday morning and you can expect dry conditions for the start of the next work week. in fact, two state into wednesday will be slightly warmer conditions. >> we are watching wall street with a rob black. the dow was up 94. but there was a big loss in twitter. their stock just lost a fifth of its value. >> this is a very big drop. it fell $14 a share. >> yesterday, i told jim that we did not want in turn, we want this company to grow to show a great revenue but it is not happening. the base and that

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>> this was the scene at to berkeley this morning. we came across consistent rain. berkeley has already save over 3 tens of an inch. that may see more by the time the morning is finished. >> one man that we spoke with stated that he can use as an umbrella. >> now i get to use it. >> we are light green is gone. we need it the right.

it cleans up the earth. >> absolutely, hopefully we will get enough. it may be wet, there is not a lot a win associated but this is just round one. >> we continue to follow the storm and we will keep you current throughout the morning. the heavy rain is now on the south. >> we are following the latest with a accident in san tableaux that shut down interstate 80. we will have the latest. >> we are watching the latest in the sierra. we will talk live with heavenly. >> in the gary's world at 7:45 a.m.. stanford and cal stand after last night's game, plus a crazy role in pro basketball and a crazy san at the seahawks parade

>> our top story this on thursday morning, and rain is making a return to the bay area. here's a live look as storm tracker 4. >> the biggest accident this morning is the one on interstate 80. >> it is just a mess. they managed to separate this rate and they have a tow truck in position. we are looking at courtesy from mike pelton is that this truck that jump to the center divider--might did you have a chance to talk to chp? >>