now i saw-the saudis the auto what a lot weekend. kron 4 tracking the storm with your storage of flood fears. falling trees and high winds >> pam: a live look at the golden gate bridge right now we're conditions art and to the south >> reporter: 8 have a lot more up lest we get it creates heavy downpours. especially into the peninsular through the east bay until about 10:00 p.m.. the see heavy rain making its way from the san mateo bridge all the way up north into the eastern tier of the delta. heavy downpours possibly lightning. >> pam: and the winds are

really battering sections of the bay area of these pictures are from highway 1 in pacific up area you can see the high winds have torn apart of exit sign there. bay area bridges are also concerned because of the strong winds. jet bush's live in san francisco and dan kerman is a live in san francisco. >> reporter: right now is that along stevens creek boulevard in san jose. it is a steady rain is falling is about 61 degrees out right now. it was not to reindeer around 3:00 but the wind was blowing in pushing my van along with as i was out on 280. this in areas prone to flooding even under some the bypasses. this should

continue delays several hours until midmorning. and several people were without power because of the storm today ruled out picking up the fallen branches and try to get power back up. the raid is starting to pick up here in san jose. the rain >> pam: the strong winds have brought down trees all over the bay area creating dangerous conditions. jet bushes in san francisco where tree has fallen on a home. jack bush >> reporter: in the city's a anglesite district is saying that in just wrapped up cutting history down but with a pretty scary sight just a short time ago here is some video of the wish that earlier. the impact of

the well right over to the power lines of the house. the lands were not helping. this tree fell over >>: district fellow because of some root pruning when the site was repaired. the tree fellow burke because of route running when the sidewalk was repaired. >> reporter: the land are continuing at this moment that have all laundry lists of other places where trees are falling. this sad they're encouraging homeowners to got to check the health of your trees. it when this storm is over >> pam: the strong wind and rains fell all day and pacifica where some residents lost power today.

>> reporter: i've been up and down the peninsula up all day long and now the dust of wan's and pacific up on the worse than i have possibly ever seen a been through out the peninsula today all way down the palo alto and the conditions have been bad much everywhere driving anywhere in the bay area was much of a challenge for friday. low visibility and heavy rain and massive piles up bottles made for difficult and dangerous right. p g and e was trying to restore power throughout the day. daly city's south san francisco am pacific lost power. the high winds of the country's it as well as power lines. trees as

well as our line. >>: i think is right much land the better. >> reporter: and the malls were prepared for the storm with umbrellas and raincoats but most were not. and we're back live in the peninsula and a pleasant but the area pacifica. right now or seeing a very light drizzle we did have hailed earlier today. the wind like 43 m.p.h.. >> reporter: that wind is really going not their

pacific bell. it is of the bay bridge toll plaza you see a lot headlight's try to get around the bay area and is not easy. the golden gate bridge is a little bit better than the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge is really foggy this see that had lights coming very slowly. this is the rich man san rafael bridge you consider the rain drops on the camera right there with a lifetime space was a couple of issues and there's an accident on eastbound interstate 84 treasure island is in our land is blocked. it there is one mostly read very little green. another accident on 101 south bound and one on the northbound side calls in problems in that area.

people tried to get the time hall and the situation is not good there either. tom hall tahoe... as we refresh the right here this is sf all the we're actually showing you right here sfo is down 80 is still closed on westbound is now " open. eastbound 80 is close westbound is now opened. 182 cancellations at sfo today. to cancellation at all cool

and to cancellations at oakland. >> pam: and north bay was the first to see the rain today. mill valley was ready with businesses putting out sandbags. residents weren't prepared for up for the possibility that the russian river could rise. >> reporter: first off the back then the rate is still coming down here but not nearly as hot as it was coming down before. the one who never level was still extremely small below 6 ft.. the main concern today was tree branches like this that have fallen into the roadways and fallen on power lines taking out power. a

top with p g and e crew is the good news there is that they have that into each and every location and been able to do it quickly to get the electricity back on. the russian river flood levels was at 33 warning levels a 29 ft. but expected it to 28 ft. by monday afternoon. so we got under 6 ft. we still have a very long awaited gaulle. before that would be of caused major flooding in the guernville area. live in terms philip j. r. stone >> pam: storm coverage does not stop here tinbergen more trades are crackling across the bay area. more trees are falling. and disturbing

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>> pam: and as we continue our storm coverage as an allied look outside and interstate 680. you could see the traffic is moving right along. but the roads are slick out there today. the storm and and trees were falling. the tree landed on the property of homeowner

how close it came to a crashing through out her bedroom. >>: the tree from across the street came over and i heard a crack in everything and out. and this is how close it came to the house. so we are very very blessed. they did not come any further. that is just part of the tree. i came out to look because and not down a live wire. and p g and e told me about 418 people were out of service. about 1015 this morning. it sounded like just a little crack and then everything one-out. i just said the power is out of thought was a transformer or something. and then my husband came in is that i told you a tree fell.

miasmas more dramatic than miami. my husband is more dramatic than i am. live this is our bedroom and look how close they came and i feel extremely blessed the story >> pam: lee blast she is not the only one. the storm hitting the north bay and the south bay pretty hard. in san francisco is getting its fair share of rain to. >> reporter: eureka see what used to be lot of 20 ft. train that came down to 40 tree... there got to start feeding large grants

of up this chip tree into the wood chipper. this is about 12 trees that have come down because of the course of this storm. i think it adds up to do with route than groups and they said it will have extra crews on over night to deal with any other problems >> reporter: pretty good man video pretty good picture of a lot of viewers have been sharing the pictures with us. kids and pets were ready for the rain and then i'm in this guys came in and look in the upper right we have a lot a tree crews busy rain on the cameras. the big palm tree coming down on a house right there people are fortunate again that no

people have been injured or killed yet so far and goodness with this storm. we thank you for the images and action to keep them calm. you consider as both a video of facebook or twitter or e- mail us at our kron-4-dot- com. >> reporter: the second part of the storm is heading the south bay in the east bay right now. as from san jose all but it's it and sit in it antioch. this will continue to at p.m. tonight. we picked up about half a foot of rain. about half an inch close to san jose. i think over the 24 hours the next 24 hours we should get another half-inch maybe 2 in. are possible. 61 in

santa rosa and as you factor in the wan's is a bigger problem is all whole lot cooler than that genscher said in scanned 43 in navato and 43 in half moon bay. but about 70 mi. an hour went reported at mount diablo. i think about a contingency high wan's this evening into the night but winds will die down tomorrow. were expected downpour's is possibly rumblings of thunder until 10:00 p.m.. coverage will decrease as wheat had pours lunchtime saturday. >> pam: the cruel lesson much that we tried to teach a young boy and how it

landed four members of that family behind bars. and paul france is generating a lot of control controversy following comments he made about spanking. ns where every meal is the most important of the day. [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?

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and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >> catherine: people are saying what happened in this house the missouri is beyond belief. a six year-old boy was kidnapped up, threat was a done an ordeal that lasted for hours. police say was always the mother's approval. the child's mother grandmother i'd better call worker ought i are now facing it felony charges. they reportedly staged the kidnapping to teach the little boy lessened. say he was too nice to strangers. it began when the man involved lore the boy into his truck and drove off with them. >>: he was threatened with

being put into a sex trade. >> catherine: 60 is tied up in his head was covered. he did not realize he'd been brought back to the basement of his own home. he later told police at his school what happened and they call police. incredibly the family is still insisting they did nothing wrong. the mother is charged with kidnapping and felony abuse. and the others are facing follow up felonious restraint charges. at >> catherine: the pup was ok with children being spanked as long is their dignity is maintained. he is getting mixed reaction to that comment. the poll says a good father knows how to for get and how to discipline and that a parent should not be weak or submissive. the use the example of once a year his father say he sometimes as it is children little but never in the face

so as not to demean them. child abuse activists are angry. bundle time magazine's survey says most u.s. parents are in support of the occasional spanking. a lot of your company on our facebook page. >> pam: and we are staying on top today's big story. the much-needed rain and the bay area we'll have the latest on the conditions and forecasts ahead if fire 30 p.m.. plus mark of zucker berg and his wife make a huge donation to a san francisco hospital details after the break.

>> pam: right now and 530 live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. you do not want ahead there right now. as always busy on friday but the rain is complicating matters. it is and the raindrops falling on our camera lenses. the bay area is getting hit hard by the first storm. trees and power lines have been down

causing power outages. it is a lot least club of some of the storm drains causing not on flooding. this is what looks like on high 24 making for a slippery ride across the but the east bay. some people took advantage of the strong winds. kron 4 cameras captured this windsurfer. the reign proved to be a challenge this morning for people just trying to get around the sent roads and the signal right signal lights were swaying with the wind. people in petaluma sloshed through the downpour >> reporter: early this morning the rain started coming down and did not let up. every car heads windshield wipers on full

blast. in downtown battle palo went guests blue old everything around making it a challenge to stay dry. >>: yes i did about the boats a my jacket boots and my jacket the dugout of the closet >> reporter: and we're tracking the second part of the first storm system. as expected to provide more left in more downed power in the east bay area. the rate has pushed just to the east and he does see the storm system the stretch and ride along the coast line. the second part this cluster of clouds will be continuing to push on through until 10:00

p.m. and that's when we're in for our secondary round of downpours. in december the moderate to locally heavy rain was concentrated. a band of rain continues to push off to the east south east. the heaviest rain for the north bay is over. the went damage will continue with us throughout the overnight hours. 25 mi. per hour winds and santa rosa up. i when it buys we will continue into tomorrow morning. we have a three hour delay caught in and out of sfo. saturday afternoon were looking at a nice break in between to storm systems.

the second storm is expected to arrive on sunday. >> pam: if you were shaken awake by mp miles said this morning the usgs said there was a small earthquake near redwood city at 3:44 a.m.. the mac into was 2.9 with an epicenter hall was just north of farm hill boulevard in the emerald field lake neighborhood. >> pam: the sec highway patrol is investigating an accident that killed a 22 year-old woman in fremont early this morning. according to the chp the what was driving the wrong way on high weight 880 when she crashed head on into a pickup truck. the volvo she was driving that caught fire with the santa clara woman trapped inside.

firefighters were unable to put the fire out the driver died because of the crash and sup subsequent fire. the three people in the pickup truck also suffered major injuries because of the collision. >> pam: police are still in castigating of the santa clara county medical examiner identified for to year-old cynthia ramirez as the female who died in mysterious hit-and-run accident wednesday and mel pita as you may remember the accident between the car and a garbage truck. ramirez was found next to the suspect are a quarter of a mile away from the garbage truck at your original accident scene. police are still investigating whether ramirez was driving the car or was a passenger. >> pam: facebook c e all marked zucker berg and his wife priscilla are donating

$75 million to san francisco general hospital. the money will help fund the children's new acute-care and trauma center which is set opened in december of this year. with >>:grant the with a >>:grant the hospital will be able to have state of the art equipment and technology and can convert the existing hospital building into an ambulatory care facility. this is the largest against the hospital has received since the was established in 1994. >> pam: next nba superstars coming under fire tonight comments made about a female rap is a head 5:45 p.m. and then next inside of her will recent headlines hurt the right share.

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comments he made about a female referee. >> gary: to last night's clippers lost and the cavaliers chris received a foul from iraqi referee. one of the two women officials and it in the day. paul expressed his disagreement with the call saying this might not be right for. for her. when he added for her that was he said that there is they said that the was sexism involved and it was inappropriate. those and look past couple hours becky had man came to chris paul's defense. as several people

came to chris paul's defense. three of his four agents of representatives are women. is how you interpret something but to check into these people's backgrounds is a good school thought you can hear some things and i can tell you how the field but to look into someone's background is to counterperson they are that is probably a poor choice of words to say and might not be right for her book chris paul has a pretty good record it applies to male and female officials and i do not believe that this is the gender issue. he does have a lot of people coming to his defense. if he had a history of gender

problems you would not have heard all these people come to his defense. >> pam: grants got some discussion. when >> grant: 11 of the biggest stars is accused of sexism twitter radio those nets. nuts... everything else is a most support chris paul. if this woman was not as if she wasn't one what it does even be an issue. this chris paul walton rafts situation is not sexist in just hired a

woman as director of the union. >> reporter: and today we finally broke a second of august dry spell in the winter seasons as the gold rush since 1849. we're going in with a bang as we head into the upcoming weekend to see the first wave pours through the north bay. in los quicker than what we expect that that's what the flood watch was canceled. the rain is actually divide the direct is further south as we speak retracting the secondary caboose's that's gonna help to can ignite our radar from now till 10:00 p.m. we gonna see some downpour's moving through quickly. we can't rule out

an in that rubble of thunder. and will dry things out as we head into tomorrow. 63 in this city 65 in the tri valley area. 35 mi. an hour winds right now 41 in half moon bay 45 livermore. the winds will slowly diminished this evening. the showers are becoming a bit more scattered in nature. it provides more lift the stronger the downpour that's why we're in for some downpours in the east bay area third 10 to 11:00 p.m..

once the wave pushes through can tell the surprise of a stray showers to on the backside. we still have a good chunk of time for any outdoor plans are next door system will be pushing and as early as 5:00 a.m. portions of through with heavy rains and wan's throughout sunday morning sunday afternoon heading into monday. 54 in santa rosa 53 in sunnyvale will deliver more sunshine in the afternoon. moist onshore flow coming and scupper '60s and san mateo. cannot rule out an isolated showers. to

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>> pam: now let's 6 after a blow dryer whether the raid has returned. the bay area's tried to keep track dry and looking at the bright side we are tracking a storm hitting the bay area right now. rank louder on the mode giving the region some much- needed relief from the from the drought. we've seen everything today from downed trees, power outages. i went and all lot of rain. high winds and a lot of rain >> reporter: 0 the storm is

actually shifted oaf little bit farther south. but a two. storm the first wave went into the north bay overnight and the early morning hours. where the flood watches actually been cancelled. now the raid has transferred itself farther to the east. from santa cruz all went to the north the eastern terror the storm is actually try to regenerate itself. as we continue to monitor the storm system the first wave went on through. here's or trekking write- downs in this cluster calls right here in the west of california that system will actually provide better up left. death from a this is a lot drenching and high winds. you cannot actually

eyes of a lot an isolated punish. take a look at the winds they really ramped up coming out of the south transport and tropical moisture with sustained winds of look upwards of 30 mi. an hour. with the along portions of half moon bay area is gonna be with us over night to rob the first part of saturday. we're talking about a three hour delay out of the sfo airport. here from now about 10:00 p.m. you can expect about half of additional rain and a thunderstorm cannot rule out area as the rain begins to decrease saturday morning we might pick up on a stray

showers were in between to storm systems. it will actually turn out to be a warmer day as we start the weekend off. then on sunday will start another round of widespread rain and high rents. >> pam: charles clifford: is live in san jose were is pretty well at >> reporter: i can confirm what the nasa has sent is ready low heart of the what people expected it started about 11 this morning. it is about 61 degrees adherence san jose. but our our half ago. i check some other areas that are prone to flooding as well as the guadalupe river and when i checked it things did not look too bad. there are crews out working to clear

drains in fall clear up the fallen trees. they have bought for under 90 people throughout the day today and the war without power so they're trying to make sure that all the powers back in working order. and to keep ratings to their evening hours. and probably will stop until tomorrow morning. >> grant: 01 to take a look right now the roads if his try to get around the bay bridge toll plaza this all backed up because the that lights. he is in the rain drops on our camera golden gate bridge is a much better situation. at the san mateo bridge is heavy is the the light on the high wind and bison is on all bay bridges. the chp cruisers center drive is says the their

cruisers are being blown around. rich man san rafael bridge is in the water on the camera as well as a dicey situation at sfo with the delays of up to two hours. 185 + lights have been cancelled. flights have been canceled as an accident on eastbound 80 just before treasure island. and the state 80 and highway 50 there was a blockage in both directions and king veil. certain congested if you try to get the town hall tonight. tom hall tahoe >> pam: a tree service

worker told us that the tree appeared to have signs of decay and there's also been some sidewalk repairs done in that our area that may have weakened the tree's roots. and in the east bay a downed tree not stop our. and the oakland hills was a wet was on sun valley try if about 10:00 this morning. the crew prepared to restore power is been a very busy day today for the utility company >>: most of the impact is been in the northern portion of our system. and has not hit the bay area quite as hard get a were definitely anticipating the weather and winds and making sure we're ready to go we do have the crews ready >> pam: pg&e says the they're using their own weather department to

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>> pam: and we continue to track the storm tonight this is a live look at the radar. winds and a yellow wood orne's the south bay and east bay and getting hit them heaviest right now. the specs of oranges with the rain is really coming down. but most of the areas are receiving costa precipitation tonight gutter's filled up quickly and settlement today the winds were all so problem

they're blowing lights around on highway one no one. many people hope that this is this the first of storms to come because they know that we really needed the rain. because in the much-needed blizzard like conditions in squaw valley. some skinny resorts and lake tahoe had closed because of a lack of snow. and now they're getting a nice midseason blahs because of the storm. now coming up and said the russian river notorious for flooding. and a look at the problem areas of the peninsular the were hardest hit coming up next.

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east and south at this hour fears when hens in oakland as part of a small storm weekend ahead here in the bay area and a chorus and the north bay all eyes are on the russian river in sonoma county. people are hoping that the river will not spill over its banks. >> reporter: the rain is still coming down with the river is actually below 6 ft.. so is still very low. this is what the russian river looks like in guernville flood stage is 32 ft. were at 6 ft. so well well below that. but we are expecting it to go 28 ft.. but flood stage is 32 ft.. is not expected to get to 28 ft. until monday around 4:00

in the afternoon. so doesn't look like a good to run into any major problems but with rain falling like this you just never know. one of the big issues and guernville are the p g e crew is dealing with branches like this. some of these big branches and to have out here like this that are falling down on the electrical wires taking out our. i talk with pg&e crews days is been going from one location to the next location tried to get the electricity back gone. they have been able to work very quickly. getting these limbs off of electric lines and out of the street all along highways to prevent accidents.

>> pam: down trees cost problem on the peninsula to day and people there are hoping that the worst is over. with some of bit the dust of when and almost blow you all over gust of wind... >> reporter: the worst is definitely not over as far the when is concerned. it's still very well and what when the out years gusting up with high winds. that's just tip of the guys burke were people but have to deal with a long the peninsula that. have been rain and drizzle made for a very wet wet day. it was also very windy that coupled with the rain helped bring down his 40 ft. tree branch at

belmont and lincoln in palo alto. at a lot of trees were responsible for knocking out power throughout the area. drivers also had to be especially careful both of city streets and highway as well what rose made for dangerous driving. rose made for dangerous driving roads ... the wind is so fierce that is making the rain that hits you heard a little bit. if you driving a pacifica keep both hands on the wheel. >> pam: the high winds across problems all over the peninsula. >> reporter: if you're driving through this intersection right here you will be hard-pressed to know what because one of the

street signs of been taken out. on the arm this signal like you to see where it the lanes i use the big until it was partially taken down by high winds. this is what look like when a crew adenosine the street sign and payment date when from one bracket. even get a the sign-up singles sketchy at times because the cherry picker was pushed around in winds. this is not the only sign that need tending to in the area. the win gave the went get the crew of the worked out. when mated challenging for anyone traveling roads but top the one person that did not mind. >> reporter: today marks the

person rain in 44 days. we're going into the weekend was the bane. the focus of the storm is shifted farther south along the golden gate. the see the stars are beginning to generate will get once more quickly from southwest to northeast. this last flood watch that we had has now expired. the first fine catch was last night and early this morning the second such as gonna bake making his way to the california coastline that the nexus some that will continue to produce local heavy downpours aleut isolated thunderstorms and high winds until about 10

or 11:00 p.m. tonight. and i next system is headed in on sunday. we continue with the moist southerly low. 59 in oakland apps the in the tried valley area. when you factor in the west and fills a little bit rob their. winds there really grab the. 43 as it we head towards navato 43 at half moon bay. throughout the course of the afternoon we had wind gusts near mount diablo reaching about 70 mi. per hour. west will continue with blustery conditions throughout the evening hours. and talking about rain it would be as organized as we experience earlier today. luckily we're

expecting the downpours to be heavier. because of the left. is in the first will impost is affecting the golden gate point souse to be pretty heavy throughout the first truck of tonight. but tomorrow morning you get a nice solid flow budget can't rely on an isolated sprinkle all lunchtimes son that saturday are next door system is the biggest loss of heavy rain and winds in sunday morning and sunday afternoon. our extended forecast tomorrow morning temperatures will build a comfortable side throughout the afternoon and no get a little bit warmer. next door system sunday morning into

sunday afternoon as we wake up on monday we met at our rollout austrasia hour. that look forward to a nice warm up for next week. >> pam: this reminder you get all of your weather alerts forecasts a check radar by downloading our free kron 4 mobile at will be right back mobile application

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>> pam: folks and the santa cruz mountains were not able to dodge the rouyn and rain. a look at the problem is their policy of tonight. businesses and the north bay also hunkering down hoping all the rain does not lead to flooding. and governor jerry brown is praising california's for cutting back during this historic drought more new straight ahead.

>> reporter: here in pacifica the issue is not just the rain is the wan and gusting up to 43 mi. an hour. making it difficult to keep both feet on the ground. entries have also had trouble staying in place. like this one in palo alto area at pacific gas and industry are of the have been very busy. drivers

should be very careful as the rows are slippery. if you gonna be on the roads tonight take extra precautions. >> reporter: aaron san jose is been a very wet friday on the storm again this morning and now is we're heading into the evening hours the rain is beginning to pick up. as well as the guadalupe river this rain is expected to keep falling to rob the rest of the weekend. p g and e says about 490 people in the south bay area were without power. answer >> reporter: san francisco this is one of about a dozen trees or large land that of grass down on city streets because of finance. this used to be a 20 ft. along the asian trade is now being chopped up by public works crews. the gonna have extra

crews on overnight to deal with any other potential problems concerning the storm hit. >> reporter: here in downtown martine as an area known for flooding storms. at the shop owners know the drill and have sandbags out in front of their businesses to prevent water damage. >>: we tried to prepare for the flooding >> reporter: in mill valley is the storm is leaving pump water pawning in the road a flash flood watch is from must of the bay area. we found mom was royal cafe protected at the front door says the conditions are right for water to reach this restaurant is a did a few years ago. and she the

owner will be keeping the ball and i doubt. >> pam: heavy rain high winds downed trees and slow going on the roads. >> reporter: the first rain in the bay area since christmas days. it took its time arriving. of duties and showers here earlier today then the trees came down and around net about 2:00 p.m. the rain started really coming down. and just like that the streets were terrible a large tree came down here on glyn harbor drive taking our lines landing on a cart as neighbors try to rescue a woman and her young passenger. >>: the branches came down

right upon them and the grateful the nothing happened 81 >> reporter: and celts and this the salaries or wherever is slowly on the rise were people living on the river here in felton growth of all is on alert to stormy weather. >>: will get to what what warnings >> reporter: as the rain and wind gained in intensity as trees came down on hopkins' golf road and the gaf again wrote both close for time. p g and e is on the mold as some residents are doing without electricity parry @ and is been slow one on mountain roads this was northbound highway 17 late this afternoon, lashed by heavy rain and very poor

visibility over the summit. >> reporter: guess is calling for anywhere between three and 6 in. of rain to of all across the santa cruz mountains between now and monday. >> reporter: and and what the department were tracking the caboose the last part of the storm system that the rain for the north bay is now over with. and a flash flood watch that was in fact has now expired. now the sport show you how the focus has shifted south. these hours are continuously regenerating themself offshore. and that's the contract in the last part of our storm that's the last piece of energy that will continue to approached the california coastline. and that's where you'll notice the winds and heavy downpours the winds will

continue to wrap up all through the overnight hours. with the 43 in half moon bay the winds are causing a lot of problems. delays at as low as as all about their up the three hours as of right now. delays at sfo all airport and temperature rise would not only looking dry but fairly mild as we head and lynn lower 60s along the bay and daytime high will be about 64 degrees >> catherine: and governor jerry brown was talking about the drought today sen the californians have done a good job of conserving water mandatory restrictions. >>: governor brown's pricking i am reluctant to

expand the coercive power of the state authority so whenever we can volunteer lot went voluntary citizenship of for that. >> catherine: last week the state announced it water consumption was down 22% in the month of december with an average of 67 gal. per capita per day. of course it was a wet mop of san francisco headed even lower average of 40 gal.. >> pam: february is black history month and to celebrate kron 4 is working on a special call cell malta ferguson what is changed. one of the many people we are talking with the civil rights leader rev. jesse jackson. lowe's latest mission has been to will silicone valley toward inclusiveness of people's color and women. to create a diverse workforce. and digs

and this excerpt explains why the struggles is of particular relevance to african-americans. >>: reverend jackson speaking our struggle is in stages first antislavery second in jim-crow third the right to vote and for access to capital. 50 years ago the largest company in the u.s. was general motors. now it is apple. once given the opportunity does play our wares talents once we've mastered the science and creativity we will kick in and just like an athlete and will take off. >> pam: kron 4 special summit of ferguson will have several hearings the first is saturday february 21st at 7:00 p.m. we hope you'll tune in

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>> catherine: things are not getting better for nightly news anchor brian williams. nbc has now launched an internal investigation amid mounting questions over his credibility. a staff memo went out today saying a team will check his story of being in a helicopter that came under fire in iraq in 2003. he has apologized for in accurately claiming that he was on helicopter forced down by enemy fire. now some blocks and media outlets are questioning his description of seeing a body floating down the street wall covering her tank and train a. it also cannot be it a helping that former anchor tom brokaw are reportedly once williams fired. although broke all claims in an e-mail tonight that he has not made that suggestion. >> catherine: coming up at

70 insider will have much more on the brian williams scandal. and that's followed by entertainment tonight after that is kron 4 news at eight so ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪

>> gary: or an immigrant and the eighth two best teams in terms of record are meeting tonight lana the game is winding down its debt about three minutes left and led to the is in charge by 10 points. seth curry may very well be the best shooter in the game. then he met a 10 year-old. all the networks and getting a part assess

action and this little girl can shoot she's 10 years of age and in ms. jay newman. she beat seth curry 16 of 15 and three-point shots so keep your ears open for jay newman down the road. world champion giants enjoyed some media today they're going arizona later this month but supposing is front center people doing interviews with them and a little bit a bros bolshie air will such a force for its night life. bulgy axed because that's what was his biggest moment bolshiebochie//whether or not what was the biggest

moment thus the team this coming sunday night at 9:00. once upon a time clan norton was the start line back for the forty-niners and then he went into coaching and began the linebacker coach in seattle. in 1995 he was just promoted to that and the candy helps a this is the new defensive coordinator with the oakland raiders linebacker coach in seattle and now he is the coordinator. i did a show with him for a couple years and a note to up that early them new always say my last name very funny. his father was a heavyweight boxing champ. and it's coming back to the bay area is a great guy in and out stain i

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the rest the child may not go to school or that the rest the to wife has the god-given job because of gambling the rest the to wife would have to go out and get shop job.... >> gary: i think tiger woods is above all that the criticism. but i do think his confidence is shot. if you're a salesman you get up every morning a backer to do your best sell it is sitting behind a desk all day and you get arthritis he's injured and and i think that's the bottom line. until he gets is felt back as gonna biggest causes struggle

>> gary: i did criticism all day long. i did 215300 e- mail's now to order and 52300 females 250 to 300 emails daily.. i'll take a eight all take the heat of combustion love somebody don't get mad at them. back to my good friend them more >> pam: a wet weekend in store for the bay area and look at what we can expect for the rest of the night coming up garrett.

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>> pam: 0 we been telling about the stormy weather all day long as gonna continue up to rob the weekend. >> reporter: is the first time in 44 days of winds seen significant rain and we really did need it. 44 days since we saw a train rain... the when will continue to rob the overnight hours. wind up with 30's in the north bay area. were expecting between a half-to possibly two additional inches of rain between now and 11:00 p.m.. to suffuse tracer hours tomorrow through out the afternoon apps that we

might even see the sun.