and palo alto and richmond. rain total for the last few hours are just about over with an inch with the exception of santa rosa. we will talk to you more about that when futurecast up next! >> catherine: one area that saw a lot of problems today was the north bay. >> catherine: where the heavy rain flooded roads and intersections. >> catherine: kron 4's team coverage continues with scott rates live in mill valley tonight. scott? >> reporter: warning drivers of the flooded streets you are seeing several blood but some streets are able or lolling people to get through. another area of concern is downtown mill valley. right off of miller ave. very prone to flooding

to hit the city has to me that there is an issue. there are san back on standby ready to go as we receive more rain tonight. we did see this last year and they are not taking any chances in that area. i did speak with a director in that area of mill valley and a half claimed some of these two were lines and they hope that this will help but they would not take any chances. the most critical time for the businesses in this area is tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.. more of the showers will come through. >> reporter: with the high tide and overnight rain they are concerned.

>> catherine: about 1500 still without service tonight. >> catherine: rain run-off is pouring out of the oakland hills today. rock slides littered skyline drive and high winds made tree branches hazards for flooded intersections and clogged storm drains gave public works crews >> catherine: another taste of what will be keeping them busy in the weeks to come. >>in this case it's a tree root and we located the problem and it's something that we can't fix right now so we just make it safe and make sure no one gets in an accident. it's going to be a big season for us so hopefully we'll get everything unclogged. >> catherine: their work is made difficult this year as

many of those storm drains haven't been tested recently - because of the winter drought. >> catherine: parts of the 101 got flooding along the peninsula today. our team coverage continues with alecia reed. >> catherine: she's live in south san francisco.alicia? tracking traffic. >> reporter: the rose bowl here are a nightmare. the rain is coming down pretty strong. the high weight of freeway seems like there because of the hard rain damage makes it very difficult to see. we were driving just recently because we were going about 40 mi. per hour in a 65 mi. an hour speed limit. >> reporter: traffic seems to be slowing in the evening

commute. the sun is going down so drivers have to be extremely careful as runways are wet and chp wants us to be concerned and careful. keep in mind, that there is also an experienced drivers that are sharing the road that would not strike as well and these conditions. so bottom line, be careful and the rows are extremely slippery and wet and it is visibly hard to see. >>: grant bay bridge toll plaza moving smoothly. you want to check on the golden gate bridge. moving through

the pc showers on the camera but not too bad for the evening to meet. this tells the story, is pretty slow going. although some cars are moving smoothly. one at 01 in both directions are very slow. a lot of red and yellow on the map. >>: grant kron four's will tran hit the roads this morning.just like everybody else. >> reporter: heavy rainfall for everyone through 880 and milpitas. notice how drivers often popped the bricks because of the heart downpour. ticking off a little bit later possibly

did not dodge a bullet either. it did not stop running at any point during the south bay. like this one on 680 in fremont. >> reporter: there was a similar accident in the opposite direction a little bit later on the guard rail. >> catherine: we're not the only ones getting rain. powerful storms with heavy rain triggered flooding and mudslides in southern california. >> catherine: this is video from camarillo -- north of los angeles. a mandatory evacuation order has been issued there for residents. >> catherine: the rain started early this morning and has been intensifying throughout the day. forecasters are calling for up to three inches of rain.

>> catherine: we have been talking a lot about rain. but in the sierra they are dealing with snow. take a look at this picture from the california highway patrol in truckee. >> catherine: chain control has gone into effect on i-80 kingvale to donner lake. and on state road 267 from kings beach to northstar. >> catherine: talk about a tight squeeze. a car gets wedged into the pedestrian walkway on the golden gate bridge. >> catherine: ahead at 5:15. how police say it happened. plus. ray rice speaks out. >> catherine: what the former running back thinks about his chances of playing pro football again. and next. the warning local police are sending out. >> catherine: about a popular game played by high school students. it's creating havoc in one community. community. a remote that lives on your phone. more wi-fi in more places.

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>> catherine: police in livermore are warning high school students to stop playing a dangerous "assassin". >> catherine: they buy into a pool - and are given the name of another student they have to "assassinate" with mock weapons. >> catherine: ofthe students then stalk each other outside school -- until only one student remains and wins a cash prize. >> catherine: livermore police say students started playing the game monday. and already there's been a report of one of them being knocked unconscious. >> catherine: and -- take a look at this. police say one student crashed into a house

while driving away from her "assassin." >> catherine: police also say say they're getting lots of calls about armed suspects, reckless driving and suspicious people ---- all of it related to the game. >> catherine: kron 4 was the first to show you the video of this brazen burglary in sunnyvale. >> catherine: tonight. those suspects are locked up. >> catherine: still ahead -- where they were found. and next -- how this video could be the key to solving a brutal murder in san francisco.

>> catherine: police and the national guard are scaling back their presence in ferguson, missouri, as night time protests calm down. >> catherine: st. louis county police say their officers are no longer working 12-hour shifts. but a small contingent of officers will continue to prt otecferguson police headquarters at night. >> catherine: missouri governor jay nixon says the national guard has completed its duties and is also reducing its presence. >> catherine: but nearly 1,300 guardsmen are still in the region. >>: grant the burglary surveillance video that has gone viral.has helped produce two arrests. >>: grant sunnyvale police say 34 year old fernando ricardo of los angeles.and 36 year old carrisa barreto of sunnyvale were taken into

custody early tuesday.in the central valley. >>: grant the pair was arrested in turlock.the two are now being transported to the santa clara county jail. really clear high definition footage of their break in has been widely circulated since kron4 obtained it. >>: grant our newsroom then recieved an anonymous tip.identifying the female suspect.which we then shared with sunnyvale police. >>: grant officials say the suspects also have outstanding arrest warrants for parole violations. >> catherine: tonight, dan kerman has more. >> reporter: wanted in connection of the beating of a homeless man. november 23rd between 11 and midnight as the man slept in the doorway near montgomery.

>> he weighed less the 100 lbs. 5 ft. 4 in. tall and able to defend itself and he died and it was to heal from the iran this act. horrendous act. the only crime was sleeping on the street. >> reporter: in fact, video from asset that surveillance camera shows one of the attackers coming back at assaulting him a second time. >> this is one of the worst attacks that i have ever seen. >> reporter: the individuals may have been from out of the area between the early tween late teens and early 20s. >> reporter: there will be

at the bart montgomery station earlier this week handed out fliers. >> catherine: this morning a very unusual sight a car got wedged between a guard rail and the pedestrian sidewalk. >> catherine: as kron four's terisa estacio reports, the driver - who was injured in the crash - was arrested for drivng under the influence. >> catherine: this was the scene on the golden gate bridge early tuesday morning traffic backed up as workers and engineers tried to figure out how to get a car off the sidewalk >> reporter:that's right - you heard me correctly. here's a closer look, curtesy fo the golden gate bridge district >> reporter:district spokesperson priya david clemens explains how the driver ripped trhoguh the parking lot on the west side and got stuckl on the sidwalk. >> priya david clemens/ggb spokesperson >> crash to a barrier and

another still get. before being lashed on the sidewalk. >> reporter:david explains, they had to wait until it got light to map out a strategy. >> reporter: took out a while to find how to extract the vehicle where it was alleged in creek the problem will have to close a line or to to get this car off of the sidewalk. >> reporter:we are going to have to probably close a lane and we want to wait until after the commute so it will have as little impact as possible. >> reporter:the chp says the driver was daniel soto - 20 out of san francisco - he was arrested for dui. >> reporter:te >> jacqueline: a little bit of a low for right now.

maturity of beach hours have passed. we are going to receive a second wave for tomorrow morning. >> jacqueline: as we look off shore to concede the core of the storm is still sitting off shore. we have more waves into tomorrow morning. it will impact the during the morning commute. will continue with the wind through thursday possibly through friday. shourd totals is what we will see for the rest of the couple of days. when it will also pick up tomorrow what down trees, likely. making the branch is heavier and easy to come down when it is saturated. spotty showers is another thing that we will seek going into midnight hours. you did see the

showers will continue through the day on wednesday. rain will continue off and 01 creek and then we will see it continue with spotty showers into thursday. here are the totals for the next couple of days, one to 3 in. for the north bay. same thing in santa cruz mountains and for the east today in south bay still looking at pretty healthy totals there. as for the sierra, chp with snow on the ground. look at the forecast we are one to see grain mainly. by thursday, was the much of the showers to have passed. so here is to look at the extended forecast. another bend of

rain and showers for the afternoon. drier conditions are expected for the weekend. >> catherine: ahead at five. from cleaning up damage to clearing out drains. >> catherine: what crews were up against today as they tried to stay ahead of the storm. >> catherine: and. the material girl is at it again. >> catherine: next -- how the madonna is baring it all. [chris]still smoking up a storm? [tom]yeah.pathetic,isn't it? [chris] ever try to... [tom] quit?of course! my best time was six days. the worst was ...uh...23.4 seconds.

[chris] so can i ask you... [chris & tom] why are you still smoking? [tom] [sarcastic] "it's so much fun." [chris]why not call the smokers' helpline? the program's free,and... [tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you?

>> catherine: the queen of re-invention. is no stranger to controversy. and the one and only madonna is at it again! >> catherine: the insider's louis aguirre joins us from hollywood with more. >> reporter:catherine ....what can i say? >> reporter:the woman still wants us to see her true colors. >> reporter:and this time, she is showing all of them in color. >> reporter:in black and white.

and in sepia. >> reporter:some are questioning her decision to pose nude at fifty-six years old. but clearly madonna is still calling her own shots. >>madonna speaks in native malawi language, its repeated >> reporter:from malawi to exposed mamories in less than 24 hours. it's a feat only madonna could conquer. as the fearless 56 year old queen of transformations bares it all for "interview magazine" >> reporter:the three different covers were shot by fashion photography's famed duo, mert and marcus for the magazine's art issue. these true madonna insiders are the same team who shot her mdna album cover and directed the "girls gone wild" music video >>mert and marcus: we come from a background where things happen without knowing without planning things happen in a moment >> reporter:and this new provocative madonna moment got a reaction from her brother christopher ciccone who told the insider the images are a quote "natural evolution for her. props to her! >>pop of express yourself >> reporter:throughout the years, madonna has proven herself to be abreast with her own "express yourself"

mentality. these latest images are reminiscent of that 1992 moment that brought paris fashion week to a hault- when she strutted the catwalk in the buff for the creator of those iconic cones, jean paul gaultier. >>pop from fashion show >> reporter:gotta love madonna. get more entertainment news on the insider tonight at 7, for kron 4 news, >> reporter:i'm louis aguirre back to you catherine. >> catherine: you can watch all your celebrity news here on kron-4. after the insider -- entertainment tonight airs at 7:30. >> catherine: followed by the local news at eight. >> catherine: coming up at 5:30. we're watching tonight's top story. the heavy rain -- with more on the way. >> catherine: next - how it will affect the drought. also - we'll take you to the santa cruz mountains to take a look at the conditions there.

(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> catherine: right now at 5:30. kron 4 is keeping a close eye on the wet weather. as strong storms move across the bay area tonight. kron 4 has team coverage tonight. >> catherine: chief meterologist jaqueline bennett is in the weather center with the latest. >> jacqueline: it was a large amount of grain. look at the rainfall totals. a half inch of rain. we are

seen scattered showers right there coming into tomorrow it will not bring us this amount of showers. you can see the rain total over-no matter where you go after it half an inch in downtown san francisco and over an inch in mountain view. >> jacqueline: plastic a look at our rain fall totals over the season. nearly 50 in san francisco and 25 in mountain view and san jose so keep in mind over the best three years and where we are with averages. we are still below average creek we are still below average in well below average in certain places like san jose, s f o at mountain view. we certainly need more rain to bring this closer to

getting rid of the drought. >> jacqueline: we do have more showers on the way. we would take a look at futurecast, coming up! >> catherine: walls of water shoot up as cars driving up guerrero street near cesar chavez.hit this puddle of standing water.the cause. a backed up on the list of spots for crews like this one to hit.but they've already been at it..all day long. >> started about 630 in the morning and we are out the gate like silver bullets. you know what i mean? >> reporter:this major clogged drain closed mansell street here the morning. >> reporter:san francisco puc brought out extra crews to deal with

rain. >>we have a major storm coming crew we've had flooding all across the city. >> reporter:workers have been clearing storm drains.either with rakes.or with their vactor trucks.which are basically vacumn cleaners on wheels. >> reporter:the p-u-c isn't the only city agency working hard in the rain. >> reporter:department of public works have been dealing with trees being brought down with the storm. >> reporter:this ficus tree on guerreo is in the process of being cut down completely.after one of it's heavy limbs snapped off.they've had at least a half dozen trees fall tuesday in the city. and some cars were damaged because of it. >> reporter:the city worker's i talked to say.while working in the rain is no fun.they know we need it.just like the city needs them to help clean up when the storms come thru. >> today, it has been busy. hectic. but you know what, this is what we do! >> reporter:maureen kelly kron4 news

>> catherine: people in the santa cruz mountains have seeing heavyand it hasn't been fun for commuters. >> catherine: this was one of the heavier downpours along highway 9 through the san lorenzo valley and into in downtown boulder creek. >> catherine: last week - you could just about jump across the san lorenzo river - but take a look now. there's some real run-off - which should help fill up water wells andmountain reservoirs. elsewhere, there was the usual rash of rainy day fender benders and spin-outs over the summit on highway 17. >> grant: this was at sea and sand beach. this is a harley right here in the bottom left. all wet. someone tried riding a motorcycle. a crossing guard tried to take cover and do her job in the top right. bloodied. that is in mountain view. --flooded.

>> catherine: fighting words from the g-o-p as they take on the president for his immigration plan. president obama's new policy got its first official hearings on capitol hill today. >> catherine: that gave house republicans a chance to weigh in -- as they argued the president has over-stepped his authority. >> catherine: emily schmidt has more from washington. >> reporter:tuesday's immigration policy fight on capitol hill centered on two c's: common sense: the democrat homeland security secretary says: >>"given our limited resources, these people are not and have not been for years priorities for removal." >> reporter:versus the constitution touted by republicans. >>house speaker "we don't believe the president has the authority to do what he

did." >> reporter:these were the first congressional hearings on the since president obama outlined his policy by executive order last month. it shifts the focus to undocumented criminals, shielding from deportation as many as 5 million immigrants who could clear criminal and national security background checks. >>"they're present. they're lawfully present in this country." >>pennsylvania "lawfully? how are they lawfully here when the intention of congress was very clear. they can be deportable. it doesn't mean they will be deported. >>"the congress has not given me the resources to deport 11 million people." >> reporter:despite two immigration hearings in one day, republicans say president obama should have waited until the next congress, controlled by them, convenes in january. >>new york "i think he's just trying to score political points and it's going to long run than good." >>"the closest thing to amnesty is doing nothing, which is what the house gop is advocating." >> reporter:the white house counters that inaction on immigration makes a statement, too. in washington, i'm emily schmidt reporting.

>> catherine: one time n-f-l star ray rice is speaking out tonight. about the punch that changed his career. >> catherine: coming up - what he hopes will happen next. >> catherine: also - a strange ending to a police chase in southern california. wait until you see how a man wanted by police tried to get away. >> catherine: the major stock indexes have closed higher on wall street. shares of general motors rose after reporting stronger sales. >> catherine: and biogen, a biotech company, soared following news that its drug for alzheimer's disease showed promise.

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[tom]and they'll tell me..."you oughta quit." [chris] not so. just tell them you're ready to quit. then,they'll tell you how. [tom] really? you wouldn't have that number on you,would you? >> catherine: nfl executive and former player troy vincent choked up today as he testified at a hearing about domestic violence in professional sports. >> catherine: vincent worked for more than 20 years as an advocate against domestic violence vincent said abuse was a part of his life growing up because his mother was beaten. >> i relate to the victims, domestic abuse and survivors across our great nation. >> catherine: the nfl plans on making major changes in

the way it handles domestic violence and sexual assault cases. former baltimore ravens running back ray rice is talking about the night a surveillance >> catherine: camera caught him belting the woman he's now married to.knocking her unconscious. >> catherine: rice is talking about how his life has changed, and what he thinks about his chances of playing pro football again. >> catherine: reporter emily schmidt hasmore. >> my wife is an angel and she can do no wrong. i take full responsibility for my actions. >> reporter: the football player, surrounded by family members spoke to the nbc today show after his wife, janay sit down and to view was recorded. nbc says rice

was not there when she spoke and he tackled her assertion that the elevator into debt with a onetime case of domestic violence. >> that was just very uncharacteristic of you know myself i would never. i take responsibility that was very un characteristic. >> reporter: the national football league suspended rights for two games in july after t m bezique released a video of him dragging janay from a casino elevator. at the time, both spoke at a baltimore ravens press conference. we're janay apologized for her role in the incident, but ray did not apologize to her. >> reporter: rice delivered

publicly apologized to his wife. >> i made a horrendous mistake not apologizing to my wife. we was going in and were given what to speak about. >> jacqueline: storm trackers showing that the rain has come to an end with spotty storms showers toward the end. taking a look at satellite radar picture pushing to the north and east at this hour. we are still see snow and the sierra with high elevations. looking off shore the core of the storm still sitting here this will be affected the way that will move into more morning and will still have spotty showers afterwards. >> jacqueline: would see a few lingering showers into friday. up to about an inch

and half everywhere else. wind will also continue to pick up and to tomorrow morning. we see the second wave up to 40 mi. per hour dust. here is a look at futurecast. a few spotty showers is what we are seeing right now. it will continue into the midnight hour. picking up again, especially in the north bay. as we pushed into the later morning hours it will not be nearly as widespread as we saw today. >> jacqueline: uc at 8:00 is still running in the north. picking up again in the south bay at hand. range throughout the day until noon. as body more at 3:00 p.m.. spotty. into thursday.

get yourself some extra time tomorrow morning. we will see a good deal of showers but not as much as we did see today. >> jacqueline: as for the sierra, the c h p stacy tusis snow on the ground and the fact for the higher elevations. expecting snow tomorrow. thursday it would drop a little bit at that time. winter storm warning is an off spec for the region. he conceded highlighted here on the screen. thursday morning we are still expecting high elevations with heavy snow. also a flash flood watch for thursday. we are talking 1 to 2 ft. of fresh snow. for tomorrow morning, we do have

showers with more organization coming in. continuing throughout the day on thursday and into friday. >> reporter: winners and losers >> reporter: 75% of cyber monday transactions worth through amazon which is a staggering number. >> the previous year was up 20%. it is slowing but more americans are using cyber monday and i was sucked into would as well. >> so it is nice creek national retail federation says 127 million people shop online. shoppers are getting the entire cyber

week. everything is starting to blend together. the deals are still out there. mark q. but once said that americans are poor and struggling to get by should buy the purchases on cyber monday. take a bandit of the deals, and save money while you can. >> reporter: you can i get this one on amazon. gun sales are up big-time. >> black friday causes huge sales for gun stills which i did not know. up 12% from october. ferguson user rate is one of the reasons why creek and piety and beer. you turn on the television and there are cops being shot and shot by police are shooting none man. young man. plus sandy hook.

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gabe slate tech report >> gabe: a behind-the- scenes tore on how everything worked to keep up with the demand of cyber monday. this warehouse has 100 more of square feet it

is about 28 football fields. there were over 8 mi. of conveyor belts and 4000 people work here with 5000 robot. >> gabe: moving around a large inventory. this is the machine that blows air into the air bubble packing killers. this is the high shelves of products that have been watered. these are key the robot creek exclusive to amazon that can go in any direction in a program to know the warehouse floor and when an item is ordered. >> gabe: the pots are like four cited bookshelves. last year on cyber monday customers ordered 36.8 million items from amazon. that is just in one day. so

they have a lot of information in here to keep up. they are committed to keep and human element here and they are hiring at offering pretty good benefits. you can visit the web site to apply. worked at amazon fulfillment center that come. gate slate kron 4 news. >> catherine: police zero in on the people responsible for the beating of a homeless man on a san francisco street. stick around for the 6:00 newscast.

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>> catherine: a liv wet bay brie tonight. the roads are really wet out there as a fierce december storm dumps much-needed rain on the bay area. >> catherine: good evening.i'm catherine heenan. it's one the biggest storms of the year.and it's not over yet. >> catherine: team coverage tonight. >> catherine: chief meterologist jacqueline bennett is tracking the storm in the weather center. haaziq madyun is in san pablo where some homes are without power. >> catherine: but we begin in the north bay. >> catherine: kron 4's scott rates is live in mill valley where several roads are submerged tonight.scott? >> reporter: that is right. the brain has been coming off a deadlock. we do have a let up right now but it has been on and off. --rain. >> reporter: downtown gabelli is not taking a

chance they do have the stamp act ready just in case. stand back. --sand bags. >> reporter: have been working on this area to clear out the support line. to prevent the business is from becoming flooded. they are not taking any chances. and they will watch very closely creek another thing to look at our the roadways, there are very slick rick and several different places we have seen parking lot at swell. so how cars are having to do with that as well. now we come back alive and i can tell you the biggest concern for a mill valley businesses, will be tomorrow morning because that is when high tide will come in. along with rain overnight

and all of the businesses will be on high alert. reporting live mill valley scott rates. >> catherine: let's check in with jacqueline bennett to get the latest on the conditions out there.jacqueline? >> jacqueline: right now, we do have light showers around the bay area. i will show you the rainfall totals. majority that still in the morning hours about a 8 hour. we have seen about 2 in. of rain in the redwood city creek about to happen in in mill valley. in some and paul alto. well over an inch of rain in a number of places over an inch of rain in mountain view and san jose. and as f o with half an inch of rain. asked after all. --sfo

>> jacqueline: we do have a little bit of a low right now. seen some showers to the oakland and in richmond plus san rafael. down in the south bay few light showers in san jose in their loss gatos. we will see more as we head into tomorrow morning. the majority of this first wave will push from the north to east. the core of the storm is still off shore and it will impact this tomorrow into the morning our spirit would not be that as it would not be as bad as today. we will take a look at that and the rainfall total coming up and just a little bit. >> catherine: in the east bay. p-g and e crews are hard at work after the storm knocked out power to thousands of homes. at one point - roughly 18- thousand homes were in the >> catherine: kron 4's

haaziq madyun shows us the work underway to get the lights back on. >> reporter: a dangerous situation. never touch one of these is best to get lee did to one of the or some of the professionals like cge and each proves accurate-- cge crews, >> are seeing a lot of branches. >> reporter: the down line of course 100 customers are impacted. >> from 6:00 to 230 this afternoon we have a total of approximately 17,700 customers impacted by

weather-related outages. we are able to restore some of them to rid some of them creek we are working throughout the bay area to get those issues taking care of and get power restored. >> catherine: there's also lots of standing water in the oakland hills. rock slides littered skyline drive and high winds brought down tree branches. making things hazardous for drivers along grizzly peak. flooded intersections and clogged storm drains gave >> catherine: public works crews another taste of what will keep them busy in weeks to come. making things tougher for them -- the storm drains haven't been put to the testrecently because of the drought. >> catherine: the storm kept city workers in san francisco busy. crews were clearing a backed up storm drain in mclaren park - to prevent flooding. >> catherine: that section of mansell street was closed most of the morning. the san francisco p-u-c says there was spot flooding on streets all over the city today.

>> catherine: they brought on extra crews to deal with the problems. the workers say it was a hectic day. >>"today, easy" >> catherine: the city's department of public works says their crews cleaned up at least a half dozen trees that fell or were damaged in the storm. >> catherine: in this video you can see a ficus being cut down. this is on guerrero near 23rd street. >> catherine: a large limb had snapped off. >> catherine: there have been no reports of injuries in the incidents of fallen trees. but some cars were damaged. >> grant: and a lot more congestion that what we saw just one hour ago. they are getting died just a little bit better but it is still not a good situation. cars are moving in both

directions here. as we look at a live feed there was a major accident on eastbound 580 near may street in san quentin near the off ramp. also, accident on south now 880 near oakland and 66 street creek impacting traffic you do see yellows and reds. all red light beer. all read it right there. >> grant:don't forget to download our kron four app. you can get weather alerts, forecasts, and see how the weather is affecting traffic -- anytime. >> grant:the app is free to download. >> catherine: still ahead. >> catherine: what a few months the difference will

make. the evacuation orders now in place for southern california. >> jacqueline: you are looking at our storm trackers as our ♪

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>> catherine: will we need rain and we are getting it. at this golden gate bridge. people are driving slowly so to drive carefully tonight. we will receive moorland have it tonight--more rain hit our way tonight. >> catherine: it was a very wet and cold morning in the north bay today. especially in mill valley where all that rain created a lot of problems. as kron4 terisa reports there was plenty of flooding. >> reporter:i am out here in mill valley next to the park and ride and over the years,

i have covered this area, that is prone to flooding, but nothing like this >> reporter:watch as this bus rocks back and forth moving through the deep water over at the nearby intersection - cars navigated deep pools of water as w >> reporter:caltrans put out signs and cones warning people. >> reporter:this driver appearantly didn't realize the signs were for real. check out how water surrounded the vehicle >> reporter:down the way by tamalpais high school a lane was closed because of flooding. in a move to protect themselves from possible flooding, some businesses took precautionary measures >> reporter:see here at the 2am club sand bags lined the entrance >> reporter:and sand bags were also out here next to a shoe store >> reporter:in downtown mill valley - the heavy downpour made the creek swell as far as those who had to be outside. the rain really never let up >> reporter:in response. >> reporter:residents tried to cope. pulling up hoods. and brining out the umbrellas in hopes of not getting soaked by this latest winter stromin mv, te, kron four news >> catherine: it was - and still is - a wet and wild day across much of the santa cruz mountains.

>> catherine: kron four's rob fladeboe has that story from boulder creek and beyond. >> reporter:the san lorenzo looks like a river again and what looks like smoke from a summer wildfire is actually fog and steam boiling out of the trees here in the santa cruz mountains near felton. >> reporter: it was slow going at times along highway 9 through the san lorenzo valley with an occasional downpour thatfolks by surprise as they went about their business here in boulder creek. >> reporter:in a place where the rain in wet years can actually be measured in feet not inches, the drought is still very real amid seriously low reservoirs like lexington above los gatos, which is finally seeing a small but welcome amount of runoff after several days of wet weather amid only a few complaints >> reporter:on the downside, there has been some mostly minor flooding, some nuisance rock and mudslides and the usual white knuckle commute over the summit of highway 17 but it's raining again and >> reporter:we're not the only ones getting rain. powerful storms with heavy rain triggered flooding and mudslides in southern california. >> reporter:this is video

from camarillo -- north of los angeles. >> sometimes ago all went to january but this is a good start. >> reporter:a mandatory evacuation order has been issued there for residents. the rain started early this morning and has been intensifying throughout the day. >> reporter:forecasters are calling for up to three inches of rain. >> catherine: we are not the only ones getting rain. a powerful storms with heavy rains triggered flooding and mudslides in southern

california this is video from camarillo north of loss and tweets. in mandatory evacuation order has been issued for the residents. the rain started early this morning and has been intensified throughout the day forecasters all calling for up to 3 in. of rain. >> jacqueline: pretty much what the extent of it at this hour. most of the showers are to the north and east of us. the storm is still impacting us because it is the same storm that is right off shore creek. >> jacqueline: spotty showers will also belong to the storm as well. this is what to expect when the

rains start back up for your wednesday mainly in the morning showers into the afternoon. for the rest of the week it will go into thursday for the most part and off and on showers are expected on friday. here is the look at futurecast with spotty showers at the 8:00 hour. scenes of intensity and moderate rain in the north and east bay. as we head into the morning commute by 5:00 the rain is not quite as wide spread. it would not be as bad as we picked up less than today. 8:00 still see no. with showers to the north the bus. for the noon hour keep your handy keep your umbrella handy.

>> jacqueline: continuing as we head into thursday to make. it is much more isolated. for tomorrow morning we will see the second heavy wave of showers come through and dance by the shourd for the rest of the day heading into thursday. with an inch of rain for most locations. certain areas will receive more rainfall because of how it is coming in with the direction the storm is coming in. >> jacqueline: we will see it continue with heavy snow with a higher elevation. most of the moisture will already be gone by certain time. looking at all of the pink here on the scoring at 4:00 heavy snow times with

tired train all around 6500 to 7000 elevation. >> jacqueline: showers into the afternoon and showers thursday and friday before think he tried out for the weekend. stay with us in will be back after commercial fabric

>> catherine: the burglary surveillance video that has gone viral.has helped police arrests the suspects. >> catherine: sunnyvale police say 34 year old fernando ricardo of los angeles.and 36 year old carrisa barreto of sunnyvale were taken into custody today. >> catherine: the pair was arrested in turlock. >> catherine: the video of their break in has been widely circulated on oue web. we recieved a tip.identifying the female suspect.which we then shared with sunnyvale police.

>>officials say the suspects also have outstanding arrest warrants for parole violations. >> catherine: next at 6-30. >> catherine: a look at your top stories. including fears of flooding in several bay area cities due to all this rain. >> catherine: plus. p-g and e crews hard at work to restore power to thousands of homes in the east bay. >> reporter:.behaving badly >> jacqueline: plenty of lightning strikes associated with that wave that will move in tomorrow morning and we will talk more about it coming up at 630.

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only from xfinity. >> reporter: here at the san francisco hall of justice if surveillance video release in hope of tracking down three suspects wanted for being a homeless individual.

>> reporter: as he slept in the doorway near montgomery. police are hoping that someone can identify the three young men and the surveillance video who are wanted in connection with police are calling a savage attack. after they begin after they beat him once they become a second time. >> reporter: here in mill valley city they are keeping a close eye on floods in the business area. prone to flooding they have them back on the side. warning drivers of this flooding that has been occurring on the roadways. the most critical time for the people here in mill valley will be tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. when the high tide come in.

>> reporter: here on sector ave though what condition has caused a downed power line to prompt bay emergency. >> have seen branches and down trees of that sort. >> reporter:-majority have been repaired. or restored. >> reporter: hard at work cleaning up because of the storm. this major called support drain for most of the morning would seek h-p bricky an extra crews to a deal with grain and aftermath. clearing sort of dream--clearing seward dr

ains. >> reporter: drivers here on the 101 freeway have to be extremely careful because it is wet. this downpour is making it extremely hard to secret driving much slower than the 65 mi. per hour speed limit. drivers will have to remain vigilant and focused. >> reporter: here in the santa cruz mountain the side of rushing water. just through boulder creek off highway 9. we picked up a couple inches of rain. more rain is on the way. sen lorenzo is what the main

resources for drinking water. in the santa cruz mountains near boulder creek rob fladeboe. >> jacqueline: we are just seeing a few spotty showers. as we look off shore here is the next round of lorraine with lightning strikes and batted. definitely through the overnight hours. pushing to the north and east but we do have the second round of rain with the same storm. >> jacqueline: you see the yellow hear that will move and tomorrow. again, more moderate sales will be embedded in this and especially, the north bay.

was the steady rain moving into the afternoon kind of hit and miss. we are still looking at about and half of inch of rain for the portions of the bay area. maybe a little bit more for the santa cruz mountains in northern hills. >> jacqueline: we will keep the spottyinto thursday and fri (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >>: stanleyriding a bicycle on the sidewalk in san jose is not illegal, meaning it's not against the law so you cant be ticketed if you do it for now >>: stanley it probably would have never been against the law if it weren't for well people behaving badly. allow me to explain. >>: stanley back in 2013 san jose put up signs and

buttons on the walk their bikes on the sidewalk and in crosswalks the honor system >>: stanley well apparently the honor because if you go to downtown just about everyone over the age of 12 is riding on the sidewalk >> i mean there is no one of on the sidewalk. so, it is not like i am going to hit anyone creek. there was plenty of room for it literally nobody? but it was enough space to think that it would not be a problem. >>: stanley of course some cyclists believe that is safer to ride on the sidewalk. almost, for that. the city will install a bike

lanes because you cannot see it here... because there is a huge truck blocking it. >> catherine: coming up. >> catherine: he's never one to mince words. what hall of famer charles barkeley is saying about the violent protests in ferguson missouri >> gabe: tried to text while driving that it's a disaster. we will show you a great new application that will help you what testing while driving. gate slate will help you what testing while driving. gate slate kron 4 news my nai'm a lineman for pg&e out of the concord service center. i have lived here pretty much my whole life. i have been married for twelve years. i have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my hometown. at pg&e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. i'm there to do the safest job possible -

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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary: good evening we still do not know if stepped curry will still be in the liven up because of his brain ankle. --sprained >> gary: orlando vega probably do without curry. but they do have to be o g u

t. ..bogut. >> i do believe that we are doing all of the right thing. we also understand that it is a long year. >> gary: have never seen jason interview someone from ostrow get, have you?-- austrailia >> catherine: jason troubles all lot as well. >> gary: jason, all with the big show at 9:00. >> gary: to the 49ers on sunday. 1-eleven is 1-11.

>> best thing for us is to turn all of our attention focused to this bloodbath we are about to have a get our opposition. >> catherine: bloodbath? >> gary: even catherine is mumbling. >> gary: 50 to the team that everyone talks about a run here? >> gary:--if they could stick it to the team that everyone talks about are

around here? >> it never was or never has to reach the the altercation or cross the line. walking head. that was very uncharacteristic of me. i take full responsibility. --ray rice . >> gary: tiger woods, will play in something called the hero world challenge beginning thursday in florida. with renewed help as he states. from back surgery >> i am past the rehab portion of it. i do not have to do the tedious exercises

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>> jacqueline: we are

seeing are showers across the bay area. with more moderate wing off shore. 100 mi. offshore and a cluster of thunderstorms with a few lightning strikes creek is taking a turn to the north. the east bay and south bay would not be affected by the storm. the first wave, will come off with this cluster of thunderstorms shortly. the second wave will come in overnight. it will bring us a couple more waves before it is all said and done. again, within the next few hours we will be tracking the thunderstorm into the bay area. was also shared it of facebook at kron4 dot com.

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