. good morning, earn. welcome to the kron 4 news this friday, waking up in most parts of the bay area with lots of rainfall coming up. i drove in from fremont and also rain was coming down. let's head outside to james fletcher who has a very busy day today as far as what we can expect, how much rain we can expect. good morning, james. >> good morning. already the showers are coming down right now. we were hoping to get you prepared for it yesterday, warning you in advance that we would have rain early in the morning and that certainly is the case. you see it right there, over san fransisco, and there's two systems that we're tracking this morning. the one that's overhead right now and that came up off the ocean, slamming

right up against the peninsula earlier this morning n and then the one to our north that is coming down and that cold front will be impacting us later on tonight. zoom in and show you what we're tracking right now, and you can see we have rain heavy at times over daly city, impacting your ride on 280 and 101. the lines is moving through san fransisco. the golden gate bridge dealing with light showers this morning as is the richmond san rafael. we have light rain moving across the span from richmond over to marin county. you can see it's the entire stretch from the oakland side all the way into san fransisco with rain impacting 880. as we slide the map you'll see a loft the east bay shoreline impacting 880, 580, down to 185, down to castro valley where we see a little bit of a break but then more rain again. all our bridges are seeing it this morning. there's the san mateo bridge,

pockets of heavier rain moving on shore. union city seeing some light showers, and as we keep sliding it down, fremont, into warm springs. it's just one of those mornings where we're dealing with light to moderate rain activity throughout peninsula and east bay shoreline but also portions of the south, a pocket overhead between sunnyvale and downtown san jose. so rain to talk about for sure this morning. as we slide the maps over you'll see it's beginning to encroach into the east bay valleys. at the moment impacting 680, and making its way out towards livermore, dublin and pleasanton as well. lots to track on storm tracker 4. we'll follow this this morning, stay tuned to that. here's what it looks like live right now. we had decent rain coming down, we can see it live in this shot. what it's left in the wake is

damp pavement. chance of rain all throughout the day today. make sure the kids are ready for that. cool start 50s and 40s, with temperatures getting into the 60s later this afternoon. stay with us, more on the rain coming up in a minute. we'll see how it's impacting the ride with robin. >> you want to be extra cautious and careful driving around the bay area this morning on the slick roads. do not forget the headlights and wipers. and don't forget to reduce your speed. the ride here into san fransisco looks good. pavement wet it rolling in but no big problems so far. clocking at a quick 8 minutes from the maze over to fremont street. here is 92, no big trouble spots, rain coming down now, and you know it tends to slow down traffic and the accidents increase in wet weather. off to a great start but not going to stay this smooth and quiet. 12 minutes here on the san mateo bridge to make it to the peninsula.

wet golden gate bridge, crews just cleared an overturned accident, spun out, flipped over, landed back on its wheels. that's cleared. looking at sausalito into san fransisco right now is 12 minutes. rest of the bay area, hot spot free, drive times on time, they will increase, leave as early as you can. >> robin, the rain could be bad news for the fire ravaged north bay. there's serious concerns that toxic pollutants could be washed into the streams and possibly into the drinking supply. charles clifford reports on what crews are trying to do to slow down the threat. >> reporter: with the north bay fires fully contained the focus now is cleanup and the impending arrival of rain has injected urgency in that effort. there's concern that pollutants could wash into nearby streams and rivers. many of them lead to the russian river which is the drinking water supply for

hundreds of thoses of people across sonoma and marin counties. in order to keep pollution out of the water a cleanup is on the way. hazmat teams have been combing through every single home in the burn zones looking for pollutants. if they find a toxic substance it's removed to a temporary storage city. the city has been working with homeowners to remove burned vehicles. thousands of sandbags and special filters around storm drains in order to catch pollutants before they enter the watershed. the sonoma county water agency and other agencies in the area say they're monitoring water quality and they'll be keeping an eye on it in the days and months ahead. . in less than two hours from now, kron 4 will be teaming up with the salvation army for the victims of the

firestorm. we'll be hosting a telethon to raise money for get back on their feet relief effort. the donation lines will be open until 10:00 this morning and if you cannot do it this morning because you're in a rush to take your kids to school, you can could it again from 5:00 -- do it again from 5:00 to 10:00 tonight. the number you can call is on your screen but they do not open until 6:00 this morning. the approach of the winter rainy season there is a new flood protection system in san jose. they're creating a new levee along coyote creek the scene of widespread flooding last winter. it's being built between the homes and apartment buildings that make up the brock springs neighborhood and it was unundated with thousands of gallons of water last year. there is a 300 long path to

falin avenue south to rock springs park. >> we did this on a short order to get this temporary fix in place. it doesn't provide 100% protection for a 100 year flood but it is an improvement from last year. >> the rising water chased hundreds of people from their homes. many of those homes suffering major damage. something many homeowners do not want to live through again. a lot of them were low income families. police, body camera video has been released about a deadly office involved shooting the reporters asked for it and they got the body camera. that particular police officer, this shooting happened in santa clara back in march. the district attorney's office is calling the shooting justified. we have reaction from the family attorney and a closer look at this video. >> reporter: these are the final

seconds of jesus geney-montes's life. cron 4 has frozen the body cam here due to the graphic nature. geney-montes was killed and the district attorney's office has concluded the shooting was legally justifiable. >> it is not justified in any sense of the word. >> reporter: matthew haily represents the dead man's family. >> it is inconsistent with good police practice. it should not have happened. >> reporter: the full video goes on for more than 10 minutes. initially police are called to the scene, their fourth visit of the day, after reports that geney-montes had stabbed himself, was covered in blood, and was running through his apartment complex and the one nearby with a knife. negotiations to get him to surrender began with officers on one side of a fence and geney-montes on the other. police say he refused to take his hand out of his pocket and threatened

to shoot himself and officers. video shows him running down the fence line. officers follow on the other side. officer stewart jumps what appears to be a wall. geney-montes is located behind another fence. a taser is fired, and appears to hit that fence. less than two seconds later, geney-montes is shot. [ gunfire ]. >> reporter: no weapon was found on him. the district attorney's report says prior to the shooting, geney-montes turned toward officer stewart and charged toward him and then lunged at him from eight feet away while raising his right hand. the report goes on to say, officer stewart reasonably believed he had no other means to neutralize the threat than to fire his gun. the attorney for the dead man's family doesn't see it that way. >> i don't see the charging, i don't see any threat whatsoever. i see a circumstance where the officer

did not shoot a bad guy, the officer shot a sick guy. >> reporter: the da's office says its decision not to charge the officer is based not just on his body cam video, but other police officers' body cam video as well as interviews with police officers and civilian witnesses. oakland mayor libby scha delivered the "state of the city" ... hours e- . oakland mayor delivered the state of the city hours after a one-day city worker labor strike. in the address he focused on policing, housing and education and touched on hot button issues such as homelessness and rent control. the speech came after 2,000 city workers went on a one-day strike to protest against what they call unfair labor practices and claiming they're understaffed and overworked. >> we felt some unfair labor practices on safety and one is in communications with fire police dispatch where they're forcing our workers, our workers

are mandated to work mandatory overtime it is in excess of 80 hours each of mandatory overtime. >> the union has filed unfair labor charges against the city but the mayor did not address the strike in her speech. pg&e is being sued over the north bay firestorm. why three families who lost homes claim the power company is the one to blame. the hunt for the bay area teens who used hallowe'en as cover to commit serious crimes. rain actively falling across 92. in fact, all of our bay area bridges seeing rain in one form or another.

(robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning . welcome back to the kron 4 news. chances are you have rain in your area this morning, driving northbound on 880 and saw it started in oakland.

>> oeshgland oakland and on shoreline. a mix of both the clouds and the radar imagery, and can you see we're overcast and in those clouds we have rain to talk about. let's zoom in here and talk about it more. san fransisco, the bay bridge, the richmond center fell bridge impacted by showers this morning. light in nature but at times we see pockets of more embedded heavier rain. in fact as we zoom in we'll see that the situation we're seeing right now over union city, fremont, especially along sonol where pockets of heavier rain are moving through. this moves to the north and east. basically toward the upper right-hand corner of your screen. in the south bay right now, you can see we have millipedes, sunnyvale as well, it impacts that stretch of 101 and 880 and 680, too. slide up 680 and show you what we're seeing is the rains are beginning to go

over the east bay hills and impact the valleys, the livermore valley, down near pleasanton, the trivalleys and san ramon valley, soon to be wet as this rain comes in. slide up 680 and you'll see the showers and the rain moving over loma linda. all moving in the direction of walnut creek, should be overhead in 15 minutes. as for where it goes from here, we're going to run futurecast forward and watch the time line, 6 a.m., still heavy rain, that will continue to move off in that direction. by 8 a.m., spotty showers around the bay. a lot in the north bay by still dealing with it in portions of the east bay as well. by noontime another band of showers comes into view and that will impact us for the rest of the afternoon. 3:00, pick up time for the kids, could be

rainy conditions. the kids need to be ready for rain throughout the day. and you might be dealing with it as you're getting home from work. this is 6:00, the evening commute, and more rain moving into view, and that's going to impact us into the evening hours and take a look at 11:00 tonight, a nice line of heavy rain moving on through. this is the actual front now beginning to push on through. everything we've seen before this have all been showers in advance of the main front that comes in tonight and can you see that friday overnight into early saturday morning, widespread rain coming down. pretty scary outside. you'll want to make sure you stay inside throughout the overnight hours and not have to deal with that. by 3:00 in the afternoon the bulk of the energy moves off. so this is reaching its peak tonight into tomorrow, and then begins to taper as we head into tomorrow afternoon. here is the live look outside, our live camera here at san fransisco international airport, you can bet they're dealing with delays today as a result of the storm system. temperatures mild, a lot of 50s out there right now. and even some low 60s. we have warmer air mixes in with

some of the cooler air from the north and that's what's sparking a lot of this rain activity. we also have some winds, kind of swirling around a bit, but on the mild side. single digit wind speeds, temperatures today in san fransisco, around 61. and keep in mind we're dealing with showers all day long so be prepared, be dressed for it especially if you take mass transit, you may be standing outside waiting for the bus or train, be ready for the rain. on the mild side today, nobody will get out of the 60s at all. we have a lot of activity and energy still to deal with over the next 24 hours. so just be ready for it. keep it tuned to kron 4. download the mobile app and stay updated with live radar while you're making your way around town this afternoon. unsettled through saturday, another sprinkle sunday night into monday is there. we'll talk about that with your seven-day forecast in a bit. to the traffic center any problems with the rain?

>> reporter: lots of spinouts, an overturn at spencer drive, flipped over, and report of a driver that spun out after trying to avoid a deer and crash. and one in the south bay. but they are clearing. nothing is sticking right now. but the roads are wet so be extra cautious and drive at a reduced speed around the bay area this morning because you could easily spin out. it's been happening. a ride here into san fransisco, 8 minutes right on time to make your way from the maze over to the fremont street exit. the richmond center fell bridge looks good. no problems here from the east bay to the north bay. 80 is clear, 580 is clear, 101 no trouble spots. so your morning commute is off to a good start for now but with the wet weather moving through the bay area it's not going to stay this light and quiet. east shore freeway, 20 minutes from crockett out to oakland, west 24 out of walnut creek, no problems for 580, no

problems for the nimitz freeway. 11 minutes to make your way north from 238 to 980. do not forget to use the headlights and the wipers. police are trying to track down the teens behind a hallowe'en crime spree in alameda. these are the areas that they hit, its see how fast it is. it's all over alameda. 9 mob style robberies were reported during trick-or-treating time. we talked to police will how they're trying to uncover the masked thieves. >> reporter: a woman is out trick-or-treating on hallowe'en when suddenly she's surrounded by a mob of teenagers, one of them snatches her purse. >> that's scary. >> reporter: the incident was one of three robberies allegedly by a mob of costumed teenagers in alameda hallowe'en night. >> and you guys are serious about hallowe'en here? >> yeah, we have fun with it. >> reporter: christian gonzalez lives in this neighborhood. his home is fully decorated to

welcome trick-or-treaters every year. he said the mob on hallowe'en is a new one on him. >> especially with people around to witness or help out or apprehend the individuals, but yeah, again, with hallowe'en, that's the cover, you know, everyone is in a mask, everyone is a costume so you don't know. >> we had white masks, black masks, clown masks. >> reporter: teens are responsible for six robberies here on park street hallowe'en night. >> they were inside starbucks, some juveniles, going inside businesses and snatching the cell phones. there were some electronics and some were purses and some were cameras. >> surprised to hear about that here in alameda. >> yes, we're carefully monitored, police on top of these things. >> people go out to enjoy themselves, dress up and things like that, and i don't feel that was right.

>> we have video footage, we're talking to the school resource officers and hoping that can lead to information and maybe identify some of the responsibles we've l a east bay mom has been rested ... . we've learned an east bay mom has been arrested after a confrontation aft great america last weekend this. is a suspect with 'tissia facto. she was at the park with her daughter. the daughter got into a fight and the mom used a stun gun. they expect to make more arrests after the chaos hat great america's hallowe'en haunt, the event. can you see there's an ambulance rushing to the scene. multiple cell phones fights were reported at the park on saturday night. berkeley police are asking help to identify suspects in a violent protests. these are new released photos from the protest at civic center park last august. the prosecution has rested in the

pier 14 murder trial. the defense begins its case next week. jose garcia rose ati is charged with murder. the undocumented immigrant intentionally fired the bull let that hit and killed kate styly as she walked along the pier with her dad. a malfunction caused a lucky supermarket to catch fire. it happened on by centennial way and florida. it's been closed because of the north bay wildfires. the fire destroyed a refrigeration unit. the store is set to reopen today. the wildfires have left thousands of people desperately seeking housing as the bay area faces a housing shortage. many fire victims have doubled up in bedrooms or slept on livingroom floors at the homes of family or friends. now they're struggling to find long-term housing. the bay area was already dealing

with a rental shortage before the fires destroyed more than 6,000 homes. in an effort to help, local officials voted to temporarily block rental permits and trailers can function on homes on residential lots. coming up on the kron 4 news, a local restaurant got cooked, accused of sex crimes on a young girl. where it happened and the charges being faced. james. looking outside, the golden gate bridge wet this morning as we're looking at showers moving across the bay. more on what we'll expect as we work our way through the morning commute and the evening one as well. we'll be right back.

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of making sexual advances, variety and entertainment weekly reports that sony and tristar are shutting down their plans to push for an oscar for spacey. a live look outside at the bay bridge, toll plaza, but rainfall, if you're leaving your house this morning at this time, you're going to use the windshield wipers and won't have any problems just yet at the bay bridge toll plaza but robin winston and james fletcher have a busy day tracking rain and traffic.

(robin) welcome back. checking in on your . welcome back to the kron 4 news. time now is 4:29 on this friday. >> friday. >> we would love to end it obviously sunny and cruise into the weekend but it's going to be rainy. >> yeah. it is. all our live cameras right now, the bay bridge, don't matter which one you pick out, showers, and wet roads.

you see the batch of wet weather moving overhead, two systems we're tracking. still the one coming at us from the northwest and that's the one that will bring the cold front later on tonight. this bit of moisture came up, pulled in from that system, came off-shore slamming the peninsula, working its way across the east bay. it is impacting the golden gate bridge as we speak. showers are falling with a pocket of heavier rain moving across san fransisco in the direction as you can see of the financial district. that will make its way overhead in the next ten minutes as this thing marches across the city. we have spotty shower activity currently on the bay bridge. it's a bit more active out in the east bay. take a look, that stretch of highway -- or interstate 580 between dublin and hayward, spotty rain coming down. quarter of an inch or more per

hour and hammering pleasanton, right underneath the heavier rain at the moving toward livermore. active scene at 586-80 interchange. and then along the peninsula side we are looking at palo alto, san mateo, spotty activity right now on 101. live look at the bay bridge approach, you see a water droplet on the lens, a wet approach as you make your way towards the bridge and across the span and if you're heading right now into san fransisco, it will be in the next ten minutes, you're driving into the wet weather we showed you on the radar that's working its way across the san fransisco perimeter right now. so here is your ready for school forecast, and be prepared for light shower chances all day long. we'll be seeing that play out into the afternoon, especially by 3:00 when kids are getting out of school. and in the evening hours we have that

main rain system from our fort that will moving overhead -- from our north that will be moving ahead. here is where temperatures are right now. widespread 50s with just a few places register 60 but for the most part it is a cool and more importantly a wet start to this friday morning. let's see how it's impacting the ride with robin. >> reporter: good morning, we've had issues around the bay areas, spinouts, overturns, they have cleared so there's nothing that is sticking or backing up traffic. but you need to be extra cautious this morning as you drive around the bay area. when the water comes down, the oil comes up out of the pavement and you spin out. it happens all the time. and we always see an increase in the number of accidents when we have wet weather. so you don't want to be that person. even consider mass transit this morning if you don't want to deal with the wet weather and driving. here is the ride into san fransisco under 10 minutes from the bottom of the maze to fremont street. hot spots, no big issues, and

you're right on time, just don't forget the headlights and wipers. north bay, 101 nice and smooth. we m an overturn in sausalito at spencer, that cleared. no delays. 21 minutes, very quick, to make your way from navado to san fransisco. traffic tracker shows you we have green all around the bay area. no major slowdowns but it shows you at the same time where that wet weather is. so you're going to be dealing with it on the nimitz, on 580 traveling through oakland and san leahndro. no problems for 880 south, know problems for 237 west. three families who lost their homes to the north bay firestorm suing pg&e for what they believe is negligence. this lawsuit has already started despite no official cause being determined yet. we have the details. >> reporter: this is video taken by a 17-year-old boy as he was forced

to flee the home he's known most of his life. this is a snapshot of what it looked like before the fire. here is what it looks like now. >> nothing. everything is gone. >> reporter: nemesio ruiz is the patriarch of that family, this is the snapshot celebrating their son's birthday before they had to leave. >> they had 5 minutes to get out or they'd be trapped. they lost everything. >> reporter: a lawyer filed a lawsuit in san fransisco superior court on behalf of three families whose homes are now ashes in the redwood valley area of mendocino county. >> these families deserve to be compensated because of the negligence of pacific gas & electric company and their failure to keep the trees, the bushes, the shrubs, trimmed and to maintain their power lines resulted in these terrible fires and loss. of property and lives. >> reporter: why she came to

this courthouse, her answer: >> this is the headquarters, this is where they set the policy. >> reporter: the attorney has gone before pg&e. affecting families affected by the san bernardino pipeline explosion. and the tragedies are connected by pg&e's disregard for safety. pg&e said nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our customers that we serve. our thoughts are with those impacted by the devastating fires. we're focused on doing everything we can to help the communities rebuild and recover. there's a series of concerts slated to help victims of the north bay wildfires, three being put on by bottle

rock featuring the counting crows. it's called for the love of sonoma. michael fancy and spear head are performing for a similar concert called for the love of napa and train will be at the napa valley opera house. over 60 students, faculty and staff members lost homes during the sonoma fires. we're supporting them as best we can, but it's been humbling to see people support each other through this disaster. >> all proceeds will go to organizations to help victims. another big concert takes place next thursday. stars metallica, the dead, and the dead and company, with john mayer. we have put up information on these concerts at kron4.com. a north bay cook is facing child molestation charges. he sexually assault add 8-year-old girl

say police. -- assaulted an 8-year-old girl, say police. jesus bellen was arrested at 11:15 at mh bread and butter. it's where the san rafael police department says he works as a cooks. the police think he has been the focus of a criminal investigation since september 20th when a mother reported to police that he allegedly sexually assaulted and exposed himself to her daughter somewhere in san rafael sometime in august. >> he was charged with one count of annoying and molesting a minor under the age of 18. >> reporter: those are felonies. it doesn't appear any of the crimes happened at the restaurant. the owner of mh bread and butter declined to speak on camera for the story but tells us she's cooperating with detectives in their investigation. >> we're going to arrest them

wherever we can find them. it just so happens we had information he was at work and that's why we arrested him there. >> reporter: customers were disturbed by the allegations but say bellen's alleged crimes were not a reflection on the business. >> people who do terrible things often don't seem like people who do that. it's a great place to eat. >> reporter: bellen is being held at the marin county jail. . [ muse inc. e inc. -- music ]. more rain to come, especially as we head to bed tonight it will be more untense. your complete outlook coming up.

. welcome back. since the big earthquake backs in 2004 in napa the usgs has been working on a detailed map of fault lines. there was millions of dollars

worth of devastation when the earthquake happened in the overnight hours. clifford shows us it's all -- all of this is to help us better understand where and when and most importantly how often earthquakes strike. >> reporter: deep in the heart of napa wine country the u.s. geological survey has been digging trenches, 4 feet wide, 16 to 20 feet deep, and 100 feet long r down in the trench a small team of geologists have been looking for a fault line, the west napa fault. >> a minor felt, part of the broader system. it was known prior to the earthquake but had not been studied much at well. >> reporter: the earthquake she's referring to was the south napa quake which struck on the southern end of the napa fault on august 24th, 2014. that 6.0 quake caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage

across napa county. one person died and hundreds were injured. the quake was also a wake-up call for the usgs. >> we shouldn't be ignoring these minor faults. they may have earthquakes only several hundred or several thousand years but they can be damaging. >> reporter: prior to the quake geologists mapped 22 miles of the west napa fault seen in yellow. the trenches they've dug sit north of st. helena where they expect the fault continues been hasn't been mapped yet. you might be wondering why in all of the napa valley the usgs chose to dig in this spot. this begins with this round rock found on top of a hill. eons ago round cobble stones were left on the napa valley. an earthquake or a series of quakes lifted the ground up and created hills in an otherwise flat valley. the usgs's trench cuts into one

of the hills. belle and her team are looking through layers of ancient sediment. when they are lifted up that indicates past earthquake activity. >> it gives us an idea of how fast the fault is moving in this area. >> reporter: they'll analyse their findings and then make a better map and try to predict when the next big earthquake will hit. >> to be able to determine when the last earthquakes or last several earthquakes occurred and that gives us an idea of how approximately how often earthquakes occur and knowing how long it's been since the last one is what enables us to begin forecasting when the next one is likely to occur. >> reporter: charles clifford, kron 4 news. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news we're learning more about the suspects in the new york city

terror attack. before we get to that story, a live look at sfo, it's raining right at this time. could be foggy and we know it doesn't take much for delays to happen at sfo. we're not hearing just yet, but be prepared. we'll be right back.

. good morning. storm tracker 4 in effect. a couple of systems rolling through. one batch that's been giving us showers since early this morning and the main cold front is coming at us from the north and some of the advanced showers across the north bay as a result of that. talk about where it's raining right now. showers over downtown san fransisco in our last update but that has moved on but they're moving on the richmond san rafael bridge and portions of the bay bridge on either end of the span. on the east bay shoreline, union city, fremont, that is being impacted by light

rain affecting the dunnbarton bridge. but 880 being impacted by that and 680, too. we'll talk more about the issue with the east bay valleys in a second. this is san jose, look like out near east foothills, every green, light showers as that begins to push off into the diablo range. points north you're wet, points south you're doing okay. east bay valleys, we have these impressive showers with an occasional downpour working their way through the trivalleys, livermore being hit by periodic downpours, pleasanton, san ramon looking at that as it works its way up 680 northbound heading toward walnut creek. in fact walnut creek getting wet weather as we speak. moving into concard and clayton will see a little bit of that. martinez catching the showers on the southern edge of the city. going forward? as we look ahead toward 6 a.m.

still showing the possibility of pop-up showers in the east bay with more coming on shore. by by 8:00 or so, peak of the commute, start of school, we could be looking at scattered showers in the south bay, east bay, and portions of the north bay. by noontime, scattered showers still in the mix. just plan on it being unsettled today. keep the umbrella, rain hood handy because we could be looking at these popping up in random locations. the 3:00 time frame that great example of that. we have pockets of green just speckled all over the map. going to be hard to predict who is going to see t who is not. just plan on the possibility of a shower moving overhead at some point today for you. 6 p.m. the drive home we could be looking at some rainy conditions. and then things pick up as we head into the overnight hours. that's when the main front to the north finally makes its appearance and can you see it's going to bring with it moderate to heavy rain at times and a nice line pushing on three from about 11 p.m. tonight into through 5 a.m. tomorrow morning on saturday. you can see it's fairly

widespread and in pockets, pretty intense. that's what that yellow means on the map. and then by 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon, i think most of the energy will have moved off. some may be lingering in the south bay but then as we head into saturday night, i think it will really start to taper down. here is what we're expecting. the live look outside at sfo. look for delays at the airport today. temperatures in the 50s, but a cool and wet start. winds aren't an issue just yet. temperatures this afternoon are not going to warm up, mid-60s bay area wide. now to traffic. >> reporter: good morning. starting off with a look at traffic into san fransisco. you can see the camera here at the bay bridge toll plaza is wet. it's coming down out there as james said. be extra careful working your way around the bay area this morning. leave a little early in case you run into problems or issues. we are hot spot free right now.

just minor delay in some of the cash lanes. 92 from the east bay to the peninsula, looking good so far. no big problems on the san mateo bridge. do not forget the headlights and the wipers. the nimitz, that's clear. hayward to san mateo, 12 minutes for the drive. you can see here that the drive times look good. now we've had some problems out there, minor spinouts, an overturn in the north bay, that cleared. spinout in the east and south bay. but nothing that's sticking or jamming up traffic so if you take 680, 12 minutes, that's quick. east shore freeway light and 880 good ride from san jose. learning more information about the man police say is responsible for the terror attack in new york that killed 8 people. it's believed he planned the attack for nearly one full year. at the scene of the attack

investigators found multiple knives in the truck and a note pledging allegiance to isis. according to police officer, the suspect moved to the u.s. back in 2010, was likely radicalized while living here in america. president trump is preparing for a wide ranging tour of asia and north korea will be one of the topics. >> reporter: president trump is going to be busy during his 12-day trip through asia. he'll visit five countries. mr. trump's goal is to include promoting a free indo pacific region and then the elephant in the room. >> north korea is a thing that i think we'll solve and if we don't solve it it's not going to be pleasant for them, not going to be pleasant for anybody. . >> reporter: although the

president isn't visiting north korea, it's an unavoidable issue. president trump will reiterate the plain fact, that north korea threatens not just our allies, south korea and japan and the united states, north korea is a threat to the entire world. u.s. officials believe it's possible during 2018, north korea could put a minute minute tur miniature nuclear war head on a miss i'll. the u.s. will keep a close watch on their underground nuclear test site. >> i tell china, you're going to have yourself a big problem with japan pretty soon if you allow this to continue with north korea. if you have membership at 24 hour fitness could be getting money

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. well dock back, the time is 4:56 on this rainy friday. roads are slick. be careful out there. watch your speed. bay bridge toll plaza, no major issues right now. getting slow in the cash lanes on the left, but only 8 minutes from the bottom of the maze to fremont street. more traffic checks coming up on the kron 4 news at 5. zebras have new companions. two new zebras were donated. the two male zebras named beaker and beetlejuice. they have joined two females, stormy and jamalki. zoo officials say they're a heard again which consists of four or more

zebras. they lost a couple of zebras to old age recently and time to bring in two new ones. they came in at the beginning of september before the north bay wildfires broke out last month. the zoo is offering free admission to those affected by the north bay fires to come in and enjoy yourself from now until the end of the year. you need some identification. coming up, kron 4 news teaming up with the salvation army to help those affected about by the firestorm. fire victims are concerned about possible flooding and pollution. we'll explain why, coming up on the kron 4 morning news.

( darya ) this is the bay area's news station. >> the rain has started now. here we are at 5:00, and this is future cast, as you see. we go throughout the morning where this storm goes, with totals up to an inch

depending on where you are. and that's what we're cover being morning as we head into what will also be an off and on wet weekend. in the's pretty heavily used commute corridor. right now just minimal. mid-span. tracking a few light showers on the richmond san rafael bridge. san leandro, heyward, we have light showers impacting that stretch of 880. as you can see, the tail bridge, at leastton hay ward side of it, we've got some showers working their way just about right at

the toll plaza. elsewhere in the east bay, a lot more activity. we have the livermore valley being hit with light to moderate, pockets of heavy rain at times. right there over the atmont pass, between tracy and lovermore, we're looking at decent rain coming down. if leaving in the next 5 to 10 minutes, you're going to be dealing with that. also tracking it on 680 northbound from dublin to san ramon, impacting danvi will,le through lafayette. looks like you got a bit of a break, but concord is dealing with it, and so is martinez. we've got the east bay seeing the bulk of the weather. this is the part of the bay that saw those fires not too long ago. santa rosa hit hard, calustoga. a line of rain impacting both of those communities. this is going continue to march across the wine country through the course of

the morning. a live look outside, the bay bridge approach, wet on the road at the moment. we had some active rain falling in the live shot earlier this morning. we'll look for more of the same through the morning. here's your ready for school forecast. have the kids be ready for an off and on shower throughout the day. starting off cool, 40s and 50s. warming only to the low 60s under cloudy and possibly wet skies. so be ready for that. we'll have your extended out look coming up in just a little bit. . robin, you probably have your hands full today. yes, i am just waiting for traffic to pick um. right now it is calm, it is quiet. not tracking any hot spots or major issues. every time we get even just a little bit of rain, the number of accidents always increase. we have so many spin outs. right now we're hot-spot free. wet, but moving well. 8 minutes from the bottom of the maze to make it over to the fremont street exit. nice and light leaving hay ward. just remember, leave as early

as you can. with the wet weather and potential hot spots, want to make sure you get to work on time. you should be driving at reduced speeds on the slick roads. do not forget the highlights and the wipers. i will be reminding you through the morning commute. 13 minutes from heyward to san matteo. thanks a lot. it's 5:02. a big story we're following. flooding and pollution concerns following their fires there and with the rain we're getting now. crews in santa rosa are racing to prevent anything toxic washing into creeks and rivers and streams. there's fear that pollutants could end up in the water. now a multiagency clean-up effort is underway. the city of santa rosa is working with homeowners to remove burned-out cars. crews, they are placing sandbags around storm drains to catch as many of the chemicals as they can. three family who is lost their homes in the north bay fire storm are suing

pg&e, alleging negligence. no official cause have been determined for the fires, but the ruiz family filed a lawsuit. they lost their mend see know home. the lawsuit was filed on behalf of their family and two others in their neighborhood. their attorney says pg&e knew a wind storm was coming and should have shut off the power proactively. pg&e said it is aware of the lawsuit, but it is focused on helping communities recover, and has no other comment beyond that. a team of appraisers is going to -- go south through the burned areas of sonoma county to inspect fire-damaged properties. the appraisals could lead to lower property taxes for people who live there. if the loss estimate is less than 10% of the damage, the property will be reassessed and property taxes will be adjusted accordingly. the assessor's office will be working with cal fire to inspect the property. time is now 5:04.

the recovery efforts continue this morning in the fire storm as well. and we have got our team coverage going on today. camilla burr nell is live in napa with more. >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. i just wanted to talk about sort of it experience that has been this fire. for the past couple weeks, we've been here early in the morning. we've been here in the most affected areas. the fire broke out sunday night into monday, and i was here monday morning. and as i got here, i was able to see families who were just devastated, families who stood in front of their homes who were shocked, who didn't know what was going on. many of them were very sad. they were crying. they were angry. and i spoke to a lady who was just mad, but she was also telling me how thankful she was to be alive. . and those are the stories that touched me the most. i was at the shelters, and people were telling me the stories of having only 5 minutes to just grab anything they had with them and got out of their

homes. they told me the stories of having to leave and being surrounded by the flames, and they were terrified, just seeing the flames and knowing that it was just feet away from them, and they weren't even sure if they were going to make it out alive. when i got to the shelters, many were asking, hey do you know if the home in this street or that street is okay. we were trying to go in the streets, go in the homes to be able to report, tell people exactly where their homes were, exactly what was burned and what wasn't. so it was a process of days where we were going through this. i met a woman later on who had to clean up her home after it was just completely burned, and that was one of the most touching stories for me. she cried. you know, she told me she had nothing left, but that she was thankful to be alive, and thankful to have friends and family members who were there for her. so even -- you know, she said she couldn't sleep, really, that it was just complicated for her to be able to move on. but the support of the

community, the support of the people in santa rosa were what mattered to her, what was most important to her. of course these stories are just touching, and it's been an incredible past couple weeks covering these fires that have just left a huge impact on this community. guys, back to you. >> thanks a lot, camilla. less than one hour from now, kron 4 will be teaming up to help the victims of the north bay fire storm. starting at 6:00 this morning, we will be hosting a telethon to raise money for the relief effort. the donation lines, if you can't do it today or this morning, well, you can do it tonight from 5 to 10:00 in the evening. we've got you 4 hours from 6:00 this morning until 10:00 in the morning. the phone number is right on your screen. we hope you donate. we just heard from camilla how they desperately need your support. police body camera video is released in a deadly shooting in santa clara. the da's office calls the march

shooting justified. police were called to jesus jenny monte's home. the fourth time, police shot and killed the 24-year-old. his family has filed a lawsuit against the city of santa clara and the officer who shot him. the police video runs just over 10 minutes. police say that jenny monte stabbed himself and threatened to shoot officers and himself. they say then he charged at an officer, and that is when the officer fired. no weapon was found on jenny montes. an east bay mother is under arrest after a confrontation at great america. it happened last weekend, and here is the mom who was arrested. laticia sacksstau. police say she was in the park when her daughter got in a fight with another teenager, and they say the mother used a stun gun. police also say they expect to make more arrests after the chaos at great

america's halloween haunt event. multiple cell phone fests and fights happened at the park last saturday. this morning, police trying to track down the teens behind a halloween crime spree. a total of nine mob style robberies were reported, targeting trick or treaters. three of those robberies happened near grand and encino avenues. in one case, police say the group of teens surrounded a woman and then stole her purse. police say they are also investigating reports of six robberies on park street. officers are reviewing surveillance video and working with school officials to try to identify the thieves. a north bay cook is facing child molestation charges. police say jesus milan assaulted an eight-year-old girl. they arrested him wednesday morning where balum works as a cook. police say they eve been investigating balum since september. berkeley police are asking for your help in identifying those who were in a

violent protest, and here's some photos of the protest and who they're looking for. it happened at the civic center park back in august. several people who were at the protest were punched, kicked, and hit with improvised weapons. the prosecution rests in the trial of the man accused of shooting and killing kate stiley in san francisco. the defense takes its turn on monday. jose garcia is charged with second-degree murder. prosecutors are trying to prove that the undocumented immigrant intentionally fired the bullet that killed stiley as she was walking with her dad. the defense argues the gun went off by accident. still ahead on the kron 4 news, libby shaff delivered the state of the city address. what she had to say. >> and later new details emerging about the man accused of the terror attack in new york. what he was doing in the week leading up to his attack >> and a wet start to this

friday morning with more rain on the way. we'll have your complete forecast heading into this afternoon. >> and i'm tracking that wet commute around the bay area. we started off with several spin outs and an overturn. now it's quiet. here's a live look at the ride into san francisco. there's a backup developing at the bay bridge plaza.

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storm tracker 4. ( james ) welcome back. here's a live look at storm tracker 4. green is good when it cops to money. green is bad when it comes to rain. we will see that. james, fletcher, throughout the morning. >> it's a double-edged sword, because we want to get the rain. ton backs of the fires that we had in the north bay, in's so much ash and social potential hazardous material on the ground, worried that's going to wash down the streams.

>> yeah. >> that's going to be the big concern up in the north bay. everywhere else, of course, it's impacting our commute. we have potential showers this morning. et auto break it down. where is it raining right now? let's answer that question first. storm tracker 4 giving us a good look at that with the live radar sweeps. we have rain, as you can see, impacting interstate 80 from about berkeley down through downtown oakland. we have showers in richmond as well. the bay bridge and san rafael bridges are fine. here's what we're also tracking. showers from san leandro down 880. no longer tracking active showers on the san matteo bridge. we are following rain in the south bay. downtown san jose, a lot of those communities against the diablo range dealing with light rain at the moment. it's making the roads wet, but it's probably not causing any ponding or puddling, because it's just not as intense or intense enough to to that.

this will continue to move off to the east and hopefully clear out of the south bay before you have to get out on to the roads. the east bay valley, they're dealing with it. it is fairly widespread, especially through the tri valleys. we have the livermore valley dealing with it. the entire stretch all the way out to tracy, you've got light rain falling. 680 south through pleasanton down through senole dealing with light rain activity. through the san ramon valley, danville, walnut creek dealing with light rain. that's also spilling over into martinez and concord. then the rain that's pushing up against mount deablo will soon be impacting places like ant i don't care, pittsburg. here are the showers i was talking about a moment ago. we've got a lain of them stretching right across santa rosa through saint helena and calustoga. here's how the rain is expected to play out for the

rest of the day. we talked about where it is now. now let's answer the question, where is it going next? future cast for 6:00 shows we still have the chance of seeing sporadic moderate rain in the east bay. by about 7:45, 8:00 when kids are getting off to school, still looking at the chance of some scattered showers. you want to make sure you've got the cuds properly prepared for any rain. noon, they could be dealing with recess with showers out. by 2:45, 3:00, when you're picking them up, scattered showers all around the bay. if they're getting home on their own, make sure they've got an umbrella or something to get through that without too much worry. by 6:00 tonight, we have a pop- up shower potential for san francisco. looks like a brief pause for the evening hours, but still a chance of a shower. then it really does fire up. friday night into saturday, that's when the front finally arrives, and you can see it brings with it some pockets of moderate to heavy rain. and that will last all through the overnight hours. 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, still dealing

with lines of heavy rain, and widespread light to moderate rain. it won't be until finally maybe 4:00 p.m. on saturday when the last bits of it will start to clear out of the south bay. basically plan on it being unsettled through the 1st half of saturday. there will certainly be delays. we'll keep track of that for you. temperatures mild, 50s for the most part around the bay now with calm winds or single-digit wind speeds. the exception is concord, where it's kicking up to 12 miles per hour. highs today, not very high. low 60s at best for just about. it is going to be a cool, damp day. here's the wider perspective. as the systems are kicking up, the winds and grabbing the moisture from offshore and blowing it across the bay area, and that's going to be with us throughout most of the weekend. it finally calms down a little bit sunday. but then there's a chance it could flare up again sunday night into monday. just bank on the chance of a sprinkle or 2 all weekend long. we'll have your seven day

forecast coming up in a bit. >> all right, robin. how do the roads look out there? . >> roads are okay so far. traffic is picking up. it's getting a little crowded. here's a live look at the ride into san francisco. check out the cash lanes. it's getting sluggish. then you'll also know it's wet. you want to be extra cautious, extra careful in the 3:00 hour, we had a number of spin outs, even an overturn in sauce lee toe. now that's long gone. it's cleared. but, you know, the wet weather combined with the slick roads, just not a good combination. do not forget the highlights and the wipers. i will remind you through the morning commute. here's highway 92 and your commute across the san matteo bridge, looking good. no big problems. san matteo is clocking in at 12 minutes. you can see the wet roads from here as well. 20 minutes, that's fairly quick to make your way from arvada to san francisco.

no issues on san francisco city streets. let's switch over to traffic tracker and check in on more drive times. highway 4 looking good so far. senoll and fremont that southbound commute is looking really good. and 101, a good commute so far from san jose to sunnyville heading north. >> thank you, robin. oakland mayor libby shaff delivered the state of the city address, and she focused on policing, housing, and education, and touched on hot button issues, like homelessness and rent control, too. the speech came as 2000 city workers were on a one-day strike to protest against what they call unfair labor practices, and they claim that they're understaffed and overworked. >> we have some unfair labor practices over safety, and one of them is in our communications with fire, police, dispatch, where they

are forcing our workers, our workers are mandated to work mandatory overtime in excess of -- i believe two month ago it was an excess of 80 hours each of mandatory overtime. >> the union has filed unfair labor practice charges against the city. the mayor did not address the strike in her speech. happening today, a school will be back to normal at dublin high school after a bomb scare. dublin high school was evacuated because of a threat. police searched the entire school, but did not food any explosive devices. police have not said where the threat came from. on the peninsula, police arrested a man believed to have robbed nine people of their cell phones. police say 24-year-old lester wayne louis of san francisco was arrested on wednesday on bancroft avenue. louis is suspected of robbing customers at the t-mobile store at the 30 geller boulevard in daly city at around 4:00 saturday, and then leaving the

store in a stolen car. investigators are learning more about sayfullo saipas, the man who is arrested for tuesday easter roar attack in new york that killed eight people, most of them on bicycles on that bike path along the hudson river. investigators believe that he hand the halloween attack for nearly a year. why do they think that? because they had been interviewing him in his hospital room, and that's what he told them. neighbors say he saw them go on test drives in that very same rental truck that was used in the terror attack. the married father of three was not on any terror watch list before this. neighbors in his hometown in uzbekistan say that he came from, quote, "a good family that was not overly religious." . >> what i'm hopeful is that we'll be able to perhaps do a psychological profile here

and learn what makes these people tick. when do they cross over that line? . >> house speaker paul ryan held a moment of silence on the house floor yesterday in honor of the victims. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, we are tracking some wet weather obviously falling now. if you look outside, you'll see it's damp. more rain on the way. we'll have your complete forecast coming up in just a minute. >> i'm tracking that slippery commute around the bay area. i don't see any major problems, but it's picking up and crowded in the cash lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza.

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( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less the happy friday. it's wet and slippery. james has been tracking your forecast. i am tracking your commute. i say leave as early as you can. i don't see any big problems. the morning commute will be challenging to say the least in this wet weather. it's slippery, too. we already have spin outs. it's picking up at the bay bridge toll plaza, mostly in the cash lane. 10 minutes from the bottom of the maze to fremont street. that is going to grow. a complete check coming up in a bit. the iphone will be available in apple stores about two-and-a-half hours from now. there it is. isn't it pretty? . >> don't touch. a thousands bucks. people who preordered started getting notifications their phones are now shipping. the phones are available for

working customers who didn't preorder ifuate in line and they're still there. >> buyers are encouraged to arrive at the apple store early. you know they stayed the night, wrapped around the building. the iphone 10 the most expensive iphone ever. >> one thousands bucks. not for me james. and i hope they all have umbrellas. >> they're waterproof or whatever. i thought you were worried about the phones. >> no, no, no. i'm not too worried about the phone. i's the people we have a lot of wet weather on tap. we'll have your complete forecast coming up in a minute. the deadly fire the north . >> and i'm teresa stacio. so many people rescued by first responders because of those wildfires. we are here in santa rosa police department. some signs of gratitude, all that coming up. . >> we are at pacific heights

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back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... when i got here early this morning, there were so many accidents working. they're already gone. we have an overturn in sauce lee toe. >> they cleaned up that fast? . >> they cleaned up that fast. more is to come. >> more rain is to come. let's get to storm tracker 4, show you where the radar has the train -- the rain at the moment. you can see the majority of it actually in the east bay and south bay. you've got across the north bay. want to zoom in, point out a couple key parts of the bay. first off, the main bridges. the bay bridge heading into the san francisco, richmond, san rafael bridge both doing just fine. the rain overhead has moved on. we're also seeing things clear out nicely home run for the east shore freeways. we're looking at 880 looking pretty good. 580 coming out of castro valley looking all right as well. those were both under light rain in our last update. so the picture's improving for these parts of it bay. however, the rain has moved on,

and has really begun to develop the east bay valleys. the livermore valley, we're looking at that xdalong 580 to dublin. it's lightened up nicely in pleasanton as the showers continue to move toward the upper right-hand corner of the screen. it is beginning to slowly move out of 680 and the san rajon valley. it means that folks in the delta are now beginning to see the rain enter your neighborhoods, ant i don't care, discovery bay, knights, beth el island, pittsburg right there. showers beginning to enter your communities. some of it on the heavier side. that pocket of yellow indicating heavy rain. we expect all of this to begin to transition over you. you saw the live radar sweep updated over the curse of the next 10, 15 minutes. i think about in a half hour's time, the bulk of this should have moved on. in the north bay, we are following this line of showers cutting from santa rosa

to calustoga, drawing a line from pet aluma past salina. with oar going to keep track of that. also have the latest on future cast, talk about how the rain is going to develop over the course of the day ahead in about 15 minutes. so stay tuned. >> thank you so much, james. it is looking good so far. just pretty slippery out there. we're checking the ride to the richmond san rafael bridge. nice and light so far into the north bay. you can see, from this camera shot, that roads are slick, too. so be extra careful. it is 8 minutes to make your way from the tolls out to 101. here is the bay bridge, our busiest bridge for now. it's backing up at the toll plaza, as expected. filling in quickly. it stretches beyond the 880 overcrossing, and now it's crawling from west grand right through the tolls, but no traffic alerts, no major hot spots so far, and you're averaging 11 minutes. just remember to leave as early as you can, and do not forget the highlights and wipers if you find yourself in an area where it's

raining. will? a federal loan program and local economic agencies are teaming up to help north bay businesses affected by the fires. a business recovery center is now open in santa rosa, expected to help close to 2,500 businesses, including a nonprofit that helps children who have been abused and abandoned. once a year caballo's holds a big fund raising event. the fire destroyed parts of their property right before that event. >> and we had a barn that collapsed on 12 of their performing horses, and we had ten of our own in the storm, and we had to evacuate. it is 5:33. the wildfires left thousands of people desperately looking for a place to live. they need housing as the bay area is facing a housing shortage. this is also the time the bay area has some of the

nation's highest rents and real estate prices in the country, too. many victims have doubled up in bathrooms or sleeping on living room floors or homes of friends and family. now they're struggling to find something long term. the bay area was already dealing with a shortage before the fires destroyed more than 6,000 homes. in an effort to help the fire victims, local officials voted to temp rarely block new vacation rental permits, and trailers are now permitted to function as homes on residential lot. happening now, the recovery efforts in the north bay fires obviously continuing. it could take months, years before they even get back to normal, daria. >> let's go to teresa. she is live this morning in santa rosa with more from there. >> reporter: i'm here at the santa rosa police department, and behind me i just want to show you some of the signs people have put out here, thanking first responders for all of their effort, that they risked their lives to alert residents that the fire

was coming. now, thousands of people were told to leave immediately. i spoke with one family that told me that they woke up to a police officer shining a light in their faces as they were asleep in bed. . the officers told the couple to grab their family as fast as they could, that the fire was coming. they fortunately were able to get out, their home completely burned down to the ground. back here live again, take a look at all of these signs. signs like this are all over santa rosa, as so many people are so grateful that the officers risked their lives to go into homes and save them. we're going to be talking to the chief of police about the effort all the officers have made. >> thanks, teresa. >> nothing short of heroic, what they did. a series of concerts held to help victims of the north bay fires was so popular that the web site for

total weight the tickets actually crashed. the concerts are being put on by bolt rock. one features bay area favorite counting crows. tickets went on sale yesterday morning. they are performing in a concert called for the love of sonoma. michael frampton and spearhead are performing in a similar cob setter. another performance by bay area based train will perform at opera house. >> over 60 students, faculty, and staff members of sonoma state university lost homes during the fires, and we have been doing all we can to support them, but it's been really humbling how so many different people have come together to support their families and neighbors and friends through this disaster. >> bottle rock, the group that puts on the annual spring concert is produce being series with all proceeds going to organizations to help the fire victims. another big concert takes place next thursday. now, that show will happen at

at&t ballpark. that stars metal is a and dave matthews and tim reynolds, the company and company with john maher. we have put information on our web site at kron4.com. in less than 30 minutes, get your checkbook ready or your credit card and get your finger ready to dial kron 4, because we are teaming one the salvation army for a fundraiser. we're going to have a telethon starting in about 20 minutes all the way until 10:00 a.m. so that we can get money and give that to all the folks suffering up in the north bay who need your help so they can rebuild and try to get back on their feet. it's a simple way you can help. we're going to open those phone lines starting at 6:00 this morning until 10:00 a.m. and then again tonight, if you don't participate this morning, call us tonight from 5 to 10:00 a.m. there's the number on your screen. so get your telephone ready. all right. still ahead on the kron 4

morning news, we are tracking showers as you can see here rolling through the north bay. we're going to have much more on the forecast coming up in just a minute. >> i'm tracking your morning commute. it is slow out there. we already have a full house. here at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is crawling back. plus with the wet weather you know the morning commute will be challenging. i'll be tracking it for you. more drive times coming up after the break. what if the measure of working, was that you never had to think about it. ♪ what if it was so easy to use, you actually used it. [alarm] you have 3 minutes to exit. what if it gave you time, and what you really need from home security. a sense of security. ♪

welcome back. the time now 5:40. almost said "9:40." . 5:40. checking in on your morning commute, here is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, heading into san francisco. it is crawling out there, as expected. i don't see any hot spots or major issues. the stop-and-go traffic starts at west grand. it's a great ride across the upper deck. right now you're averaging 10 minutes in the wet weather we're doing just fine. same story on 92. it's filling in quickly. lots of brick lights leaving

heyward. it's pretty much crowded to the flat section. 13 minutes from 880 out to 101. as you drive in the wet weather. do not forget your highlights and the wipers. the warriors, those hands on the steering wheel. >> they only lost a few games. now it's all sun. >> well, it wasn't at first in his last game any way. another western conference power house, the san antonio spurs. that's what caused this to be a challenge early on. >> he's on fire. he wasn't happy with the officials, how they were officiateing the game. mike brown had to hold them back >> hold me back. >> the doves pick it up in the 2nd half. the 1st half not so good. kevin durant had the lead. trailed by 19 in the 1st half. then seth curry tweaked his knee in this one. he was back on the floor later. things wound up god in the end.

steph finishing with 21 points. it was clay thompson, who it was lights out with a game high of 27 points. >> greg popovich, he's always on fire, too. they were losing, right. let's just take a shower, get ready for the news conference after the game. >> war words win 112 to 92. steph curry being mentioned in the gop tax plan. is it the steph curry tax plan? . >> he wants to to sports, but he's in so much news. >> he's mentioned in an official tax thing, like 500 pages. so it's kind of funny. i put it on facebook. guys, we've got rain still to talk about this morning. we've got showers on storm tracker 4. i'll map out where we're seeing it and where it's going. more importantly, what's going to happen later on today.

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no major hot spots. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. bay bridge wb 80 time to check back in on that wet and rainy commute. your wide around the bay area, slow. the bay bridge, one of many slow spots. it's backed up beyond the west grand exit, and it's almost into the maze, and it's moving fairly well across the upper deck. . your drive time looks good, 12 minutes.

the san matteo bridge, no issues. roads are wet, so remember to reduce your speed. take it easy out there. 7 minutes to 101. i just got word of another crash in saucalito. we had one earlier this morning in the same spot, spencer. got word of an overturn blocking the 2 right lanes. after that it's a good ride across the golden gate. 22 minutes to make your way into san francisco. checking in on traffic tracker, the drive times here look really good so far. 684 highway 4 to danville, 13 minutes. no issues for -- the east shore freeway is nice and light. under 0 minutes for that ride from crock et out to oakland. 880 so far, pretty good commute, leaving san jose rolling into milpedas. storm tracker 4, and we have radar all lit up this morning with showers falling mainly in the north bay, east bay, and the south bay. want to zoom in, show you the heart of the bay.

if that's part of your commute, you're doing okay. some light rain falling currently in san jose and out to the east. neighborhoods like evergreen, neighborhoods like allen rock, as you can see. those communities nestled up in the diablo range, you're getting light showers, which is okay. it could be worse, obviously. you're going to be dealing with wet roads as you wake up and head out the door. also 101 southbound toward gilroy and morgan hill, you're tracking light showers. the east bay valleys beginning to see things lighten up just a bit for the livermore valley and for the san ramon valley. that's good news for you guys. the situation is calming down outside now. walnut creek still dealing with a few light showers. and parts of pleasant hill as well. then clayton and eastern portions of concord and points to the east -- we're talking about pittsburg, which is right there. you see that fleck of yellow? that's what that indicates. farther out, you have about i don't care and

presentwood. you're dealing with that light rain throughout the area. we're also tracking nit the north bay. this is that part of the bay area we're paying attention to, because we have the fire damage, burn scars on the hills and communities that have burned to the ground. there's potential hazardous material that could wash up into local rivers and streams, and that could impact not only wildlife. light showers throughout the morning. stay tuned for that. we're going to walk you through the timing of this through the day. you can see we're looking at conditions that are going to stay unsettled. noon, scattered showers. 3:00, kids getting home from school, scattered showers as well. we're also looking at that situation for the evening commute home as well. that's what we have at the moment. i'll be back with more on this coming up in a second. stay tuned. now let's head it back over to robin >> thank you so much, james. this year, kron 4 has been honoring exceptional teachers all over the bay area. this morning, it's jeremiah

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no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. the time 5:53. the wet weather has arrived. i'm tracking your wet commute around the bay area. this is the ride into san francisco, westbound 80. it is slow rolling into san francisco. backed up here at the toll plaza. it stretches just beyond west grand, and that is going to continue to grow. so we already have the heavy traffic. then we have the wet weather moving in. so make sure you leave as early as you can. give yourself extra time. when you get out there, don't go frying down the street, because it's so slippery. 11 minutes from the maze over

to fremont street. head over to 29 and check inton san matteo bridge. lot of break lights. leaving heyward you're averaging 17 minutes to make your way from the nimitz to 92. we are hot-spot free. no big problems, but definitely crowded. . southbound at spencer, our 2nd accident in the morning. that's blocking 2 lanes. after the crash, it's a great ride into san francisco. you're averaging 23 minutes head over to traffic camera and check out drive times. it's picking up from ant i don't care to hillcrest over to 242, and concord. no big issues. dublin to fremont right on time. 17 minutes from the dublin

interchange to mission south. it's filling in southbound, but no big issues. fairly quick to make your way from 238 out to 237. 101 looking good. from 85 up to 237 in sunnyville. your drive time 23 minutes. this morning i'm just going to say "highlights and wipers." "highlights and wipers." i'm going to say that over and over again until they get it. >> we can't say it enough because there are going to be people who don't heed the warning. expect. expect delays because of the stormny weather. i showed you how the rain was going to develop during the course of the day. temperatures, as you're heading outside, it is wet, but cool. the kids are going to want to bundle up. not only is it on the chilly side, but wet at times. we could be looking at scattered showers throughout the day. make sure they've got whatever they need in case they got caught under some rain or perhaps as

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this is the bay area news station. the kron 4 morning news starts now. good morning. thanks for waking up with us. i'm dria along with will. this is a special edition to help the victims of the north bay fires. >> we talked about it for the past week. people want to help. superstars like met allica, they want to help. you could be a superstar. just call these people. pick up the phones. they are ready to go to get your information on how to donate to the fire vips. if you donate, you are helping yourself. we're all in this together. when they're strong, you're strong. >> we're helping a lot of people. it was october 9th, almost a month ago now that the fires broke out. thousands of people need your help in rebuilding their hopes so we are going to try to help them this morping from now until 10 a.m. taking your calls. i'm going to direct you to the number to call, which is

415-561-8063. we are doing this telethon in combination and collaboration with the salvation army so we are going to take your calls. we are going to have all kinds of live reports from santa rosa, from napa, see how the victims are doing, what they need. in the meantime, real quick here, we are going to do some weather and traffic for you, which by the way is a big news story and big disaster for the north bay because of the fires. we don't want those to happen. >> all those contaminants could get into the stream, the drinking waters. we wish we had this rain when the fires were happening. we didn't. now, it's a double-edged sword because we need the rain. not so much in santa rosa. >> we'll be back. we'll be answering your calls the whole time. first, let's get you some weather and traffic to start off this friday morning. hello, guys. here in the studio, let's walk you through it with storm tracker 4. we are checking the radar, and following the latest as it continues to move showers throughout the bay. a lot of activity between the

east bay and south bay. portions of san francisco, let's zoom in. nothing on the span itself so if the bay bridge is part of your morning commute and it is for hundreds of thousands of peerjs it's looking like you are doing okay, but it is going to be damp. keep that in mind. in the south bay, the showers are falling right now. they are moving out of downtown san jose and moving. you just saw with the live radar sweep, now moving more and more to the east. that's good news. a lot of those communities that are in these foothill areas are dealing with that light rain right now. other communities like sunnyvale that had the rain earlier, we 've seen that move off. right now, we are seeing it. that stroech of -- stretch of 680 seeing rain activity in the moment. livermore, this is coming in your direction. expect another round of wet weather, probably in the next 15 minutes at the rate that this has been moving, should be about 15 minutes time before you start seeing showers from it. concord, martinez, that highway

4, i-680 corridor and that connecter, you are seeing light rain moving across right now impacting the venetia bridge. also tracking those showers out into the delta. pittsburgh, ant i don't care, brentwood, you are dealing with light rain at the moment. it is moving fairly quickly. we'll expect that to move off probably within the next 20 minutes, things will start calming down for you. things are calming down thankfully in the north bay. we had a pretty impressive line moving off through the wine country. now, it's out towards napa and heading into solano county impacting interstate 80 and those communities like fairfield right along the freeway. that's the situation with the north bay rain that was light and stayed light throughout the morning, which is nice, but we are not out of the woods yet. we have more coming our direction. in fact, it's going to intensify as we head into tonight. by 745 teem time, 8:00, dropoff time for kids at school, look for

scattered showers still impacting the north bay and east bay. noon, same story. not going to get out of it at all today. 3:00, picking up the kiz from school and scattered showers throughout the bay area. make sure you and the kids are preparing when you head off the school to deal with that potentially on your way home. the compute at night could very well be wet. looks like we may have rain over the bay bridge as a lot of folks are going to be impacting that and trying to head home as safe as possible. look at 11 p.m. tonight. that's when the main event comes. all the showers we see are just a precur core south and east front that moves through overthieth tonight and into tomorrow and at times it's going to be heavy. early tomorrow morning, 5 a.m. saturday, still dealing with it. in fact, most of saturday, at least the first half of it is potentially going to be wet. it's not until, like, 5:00 at night before finally the bulk begins to move off. right now, the bay bridge, damp in spots. be careful of that. it is mild. temperatures in the 50s. the winds have been fairly calm.

single digits. not seeing too much in the way of gust -- gusty winz. it's going to feel like winter. going to be wet and cold and that unsettled weather is going to stay with us because it's a big system out in the pacific that's going to continue to throw moisture our way, at least for the next couple of days. that impacts us today and that impacts us most of tomorrow and sunday, we may be getting a little bit of a breather but, yeah, we got more on tap for next week. we'll have that in your extended forecast in just a bit. all right. so what are we seeing out on the roads this morning? >> it is picking up out there. we've had a number of spinouts around the bay area. just a reminder that you need to be extra cautious in the wet weather this morning. here is a live look into san francisco stack eded up. it is railroad creeping along backed up moving well across the upper deck. put it all together right now, it's under 15 minutes for the drive in and car pool lanes

on the far right and far left, they are wide open. in the maze, coming out of open, i just got word of a new crash, 580 west at the 80 split. looks like we have injuries roared, -- reported, least one lane mroked. we have chp on scene. that is creating a backup. so that's mixing in with all of the commute traffic that's heading into san francisco and a little heavy here on 80 both directions east and west between powell street and the maze as well. over to the san mateo bridge checking in on 92. lots of brake lights here backing up on to the nimitz, as well. it is getting sluggish from 238, 292, more crowding here on the bridge. will pick up at the high-rise. right now, you are looking pretty good. it's averaging 14 minutes to make it over to the peninsula. there is an overturn that crews are dealing with south 101 at spencer, our second accident in the same area. it has the two right lanes blocked so it's heavy just

before and after the scene of that crash, but the rest of the trip will be fine. you can see how wet it is here across the golden gate as well. take it easy. watch your speed. i'll be reminding you throughout the morning commute. do not forget the headlights and wipers. let's check in on traffic tracker. 23 minutes from antioch to concord. dublin to fremont for 680 south and drive times are going up southbound nimitz and 101. 23 minutes to work your way from san jose to 237 and sunnyvale. that's a look at traffic. now, back to our telethon. thanks a lot. so, yeah, you are worried about the rain. the rain is a pain for you. now, imagine, it's raining now. your house has been burned down. you have nowhere to live. you're getting your kiz just -- kids just back to school. this is what's going on for people in the north bay. >> and it's not just today. it's for the weeks, months and

years ahead. the housing shortage already bad. now, with about 6,000 homes wiped out in santa rosa, imagine three or four people in those homes alone, that's thousands of people who need help desperately. >> right. that's why we're having this telethon this morning with the salvation army. call the number on your screen, 415-561-8063, and if you want, all of the money you donate to go just to the north bay fire victims, you can say that to our operators who are standing by, otherwise, your money will go to help other causes in the bay area that the salvation army attends to, which basically it's the same boat for other people. they are just suffering not because of fires, but because of other circumstances. >> they need help year round. but, again, if you want specifically to say this money that i'm sending in goes to the north bay fund relief, just tell them that, and 100% of that money goes to them. >> so please call us. and as you're calling, and i hope you get that done before you head

out of the house this morning, just takes like a second, we'll take your calls. say hold on, get me on the phone, and we'll run over and answer. in the meantime, though, will, you are one of the first people, as the salvation army has been out there from day one when the fire broke out and so you saw these people firsthand. now, you know how they're suffering. >> they were there day one. i was there at one hour or two hours right after it started. i was at kaiser permanente when they had to evacuate. remember the hospital? i was at kaiser permanente, and they brought in city buses. people came in. they evacuated the elderly, the sick, because the fire was right behind the building marching closer to the building, and they wanted to do that, the evacuation before it got too close so they wanted to do it early and see these elderly people being helped out slowly but surely. >> and they made it out with their lives. as we know, 43 people died in these fires, and those that have

survived, there's nowhere to go. their temporary housing is running out. they just need everything from toiletries to clothing to really a permanent place to live. >> meals, right? >> yeah. >> a lot of places. a lot of them are staying at family and friends, but after a while, you exhaust your -- you wear out your welcome. let's face it. >> right. it costs a lot of money to fund a relief effort, and that's why we're asking for your callings this morning with the salvation army. 415-561-8063. we got plenty of phone lines for you so they shouldn't be busy when you call. you can see one of our volunteers right now taking a donation. thank you. now, in the meantime, let's go out live. we are also sharing some of the stories today with survivors and with first responders. theresa was out there this morning. she's going to be talking to some city officials and first responders about what they are doing. >> she was out there from day one, as well. theresa, tell us your story about your experience. people talked about how it was -- it smelled horrible here

in san francisco. it was fresh care compared to where we were. >> that is definitely the case, will and daria. i mean, when i was driving in to santa rosa, i described it as driving in to hell. the whole sky was lit by fires and super, super dapgous. right now, i'm here at the santa rosa police department. these people were absolute heroes. i heard so many stories about police officers going into people's homes at the very last minute shining lights into people's faces telling them that they had minutes to get their entire families out of the home before the fire swallowed up their houses. i spoke and they shared with me this story. >> we are, you know, of course, not happy our home burned, but i do not feel sad, you know. everything that's important is

in this room so, you know, we feel -- we feel grateful, really grateful. >> it's hard to put the words to how i feel when i think of them risking their own lives and their own families, knowing that they're out there heading into the fire and risking their lives, and i dish think the families are supporting them to save our family. >> i know i'm not supposed to cry, but i was crying with that family as they were sharing their story because they were just so heartfelt with gratitude about what the first responders, what the police officers did for their family. i mean, they truly. they were able to save their dog. they were able to save their children so they say that they were just, to this day, even

though they've lost everything, they are very indeed happy to have their lives. now, behind me, you can see some of the posters that have been put up here in the halway in front of the santa rosa police department. so many thank yous. thank you for helping with the fires. thank you for risking your life for our life. we are going to be talking to officials, including the chief of police later on, but here in santa rosa, theresa, kron 4 news. back to you guys. >> same thing. can count the number of times i've broken up on the air. one is probably about to be now because once again, i was talking about the lives lost in those fires. as we go to the break, we are going to take a look at some of the faces and names of the 43 people who died. >> the faces always gets me. it's not just the name anymore. now, you can associate a face to it. it always gets me. >> we'll be right back on our telethon.

welcome back to the kron 4 news to help the victims of the

north bay. fire storm, you can see the number on your screen to call to donate, and you know what, we just got a woman who called from oakland, and on behalf of her business, she donated a thousand dollars. we've gotten $20, but we've also gotten a thousand-dollar donation so far this morning so thank you so much. it can't go to a better cause than really our neighbors to the north. >> we saw some people in the news room started cheering, and yes, yes. you guys were so generous. we did this before with hurricane harvey and raised so much. the bay area is so classy and so supportive. >> this is right in our own backyard, foebs, so please call to help people who are suffering and try to help get them back on their feet. if you want the money to go specifically and only 100% to the north bay fire victims, you can tell our volunteers that. when they answer the phone and tell them you want all of your money to go to that. otherwise, it'll go to that and, of course, all of the great causes that the salvation army helps. >> right. because they need the money year

round, but let's face it, the fund raising, let's help the immediate victims first. i mean, they were wiped out of their homes, no jobs, because their businesses -- their place of work was gone, as well. so it's going to be a long healing process. >> and we talk about the emergency responders that stepped up, but also, a lot of people themselves in their own neighborhoods did what they could. alice has the story of a napa man who jumped on his bulldozer to save the neighborhood. take a look. >> two locals saw flames through the windows of their napa valley homes on sunday morning. they headed for the hills armed with only bulldozers. >> these are the lines that we made to save that neighborhood right there. >> this is video of eli and dan. the bulldozer fire breaks four miles long directing the fire away from the neighborhood. >> you can imagine a really big challenge out here being in the nighttime is this steep, hilly terrain. these guys were in bulldozers in the middle of the night and encircled by flames and smoke, which made it really difficult for them to see. >> worked like this for six

days. >> this fire came straight down on us. it was extremely hot. we bulldozed all this to put the flames out and then this particular part right here, we were actually in the flames to put that out. a lot of credit to my boss, eli, he actually took his dozer and went into there. i kind of covered and was watching for him and telling him to turn around. we were con sumd -- consumed in fire a couple times out here. >> they refuelled a couple times, which runs about $900 each, but the reward of possibly saves thousands of homes is worth the sacrifice and danger. >> we don't expect anything from anybody. we were just happy our equipment was here and able to help these people we're back. not daria, obviously. if you want to talk to daria, though, she is saying thank you to some folks that have been calling in this morning so keep those donations coming in. i'm here with will, and it's kind of intregs to have you here

with us during the fundraiser. as you know, will was out on the front license as these fires are being fought. for a lot of folks, you were their only information source about their neighborhood. >> not just me. just kron 4. we pull ed ed up maps, showed them if their home was okay or not. the first few hours, we had access. we were allowed to go through the check point lines, and people have asked can you drooi down this neighborhood, can you check this house. that's the hard part. you come back, if i had time, because obviously covering the fires, the most important thing, but if you had time, you come back. i, unfortunately, have had to tell people, i'm sorry. your house is gone. >> we saw firsthand the am of deskruks people are trying to recover from as we salespeople. as daria mentioned earlier, people lost not only their homes but also employment in some cases. we saw that hotel burn to the

ground near kaiser. it's a real tough situation for folks out there. that's why they desperately need our help. >> the first day, even businesses not affected. they were closed. they put makeshift signs on white piece of paper closed because of the fire. it's not just businesses that were burned or damaged or destroyed. they all took a beating up there, and then one of the most chilling things i heard, james, when i talk to cal fire is scott, and he's been doing this for years. one of the higher-ranking cal fire people. he gave me chills when he said no longer a battle. it's a war. >> it does look that way, too. you see that on your screen on the right-hand side. just the level of deconstruction, not only santa rosa, but other communities that are having to claw their way back from. that's why we need you to help out. donate today. you can see the number here.

415-561-8063. that's the number you want to call. we are working in partnership with the salvation army. as daria and will -- >> as they call, we'll answer. if they ask for us, we'll do anything for you. >> absolutely. >> anything to raise money for these people. >> absolutely. >> i was talking to one viewer. she actually sent me a note because i said after the fires, everybody was on, all the news channels were covering the fires then just dropped the story like, okay, we're done now. we are so not done. so channel 4 is continuing this because we want to help all these people recover. >> behind the devastation, there were deaths. we want to show you, remind you, we have not forgotten those who are no longer with us. here are their pictures because of the deadly wildfires. [ music playing ]

all right. just heard a 40 drs. donation come in frr the north bay wildfire victims. that bripgs our total, $1,480 just in the last 25 minutes. do the math. we are a little over $1,500 now.

>> one person actually donated $1,000. how cool st that? you know what, people, i always prague to the rest of the country, on facebook. i have friends in other media markets. i say the bay area is the best. >> yeah. >> we're just classy. we care about each other. we're there for each other. show it again. >> so we are maybing it easy for you. all you have to do is call before you head out of the house for work or school today. be happy that you have a home to leave on this friday morning. a lot of people in the north bay don't have homes, and they need your help. 415-561-8063 is the number to call. you can tell our volunteers you want 100% of the money to go to the north bay fire victims. they will get that money immediately to help them in their short term and long-term needs. >> they could be meals, shampoos. some of the things -- i mean, when you pack to go on vacation, how many things you bring. imagine all of that gone. >> yes. >> now, things like your socks. you take it for granted. you need those things, as well.

>> right. so we are asking for donations, large and small. anything you can give me. it's a huge difference, please. these are people in your own neighborhood here in the bay area just to the north who really feed your help. take a moment to please call us. our phone lines are open now up until 10:00 this morning. we'll be back with more of our live team coverage in our north bay fire telethon right here on kron 4 with the salvation army in just a few minutes. don't go away.

i'm just talking to jose. he wanted to say hello and thank you to kron, and i'm thanking him. jose, we really appreciate you calling in this morning.

we really appreciate the good work you are doing. all right? you have a dpraet -- great day, too. thanks jose. >> just during the commercial break, we have raised another $16 o for the north bay fire vips skrus in a minute and a half so please, keep the calls coming. >> i walked over. this is sight for sore eyes. look at this. they are busy. keep it up, daria and i will start answering phone calls as well. i've been walking back there fwrabing the -- grabbing the pieces of paper from them watching the donations come in. obviously i'm not going to show the name or bank account numbers, but if you could zoom in, this wonderful person in san jose donated $100. i mean, we have the biggest heart, i think, in the bay area. >> you know what i saw is a hundred dollar donation, salvation army, they said give snacks and drinks to 125 people in need. so the salvation army helps everybody in the bay area. if you want your money to just go to the north bay fire victims

and that disaster relief, you can say that on the phone when you call in. you can also say you want to say hello to us, and we'll pick it up, too. we're continuing our team coverage this morning. we are out live in the neighborhoods in santa rosa and in napa talking to first responders and talking to people who lost everything. i know you were out there in the neighborhoods as people weren't able to go in and the reporters were and it just broke my heart because i -- i know they wanted to see the ashes, but i thought, there's nothing there. >> it's a little different to tell somebody to their faces. >> yeah. >> that their home is gone. i mean, it's one thing to go on camera and then report this street or that street is gone. >> yeah. >> okay. that's -- i care, but you don't have that human face-to-face contact. but when i walk up to you and i go -- and i've done this, it's one of the worst things about my job, to walk up and go, i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> i know. and, now, there's a way you can help. we see all the video and devastation. i'm sure that you want to do something so the thing to do is

call 415-561-8063, and we'll answer the phones and say thank you so much for taking part in this telethon. we're going to continue until 10:00 in the morning. right now, you are probably getting ready for work or school. again, i say lucky you if you are able to go to work or school. a lot of these people in the north bay can't. they're still trying to recover. keep the calls coming. right now, we are going to check the weather and traffic for you. here in the studio, we are following the forecast with storm tracker 4 tracking the radar. we do have showers still falling outside right now. that's what we are seeing at the moment. so take a quick look at the radar. i'm going to zoom in here. san francisco fine. there is some shower activity, though, out near the bay view district. we've got that going on. in the south bay, it's clearing out nicely. we had some showers earlier, but as you can see, they've moved off so we're doing dpraet. again, as we zoom in here, you'll see evergreen beginning to come out in the clear. that's good news. we are still tracking showers. you can see that there in the center of your screen. that stretch of 680 all the way down

in towards fremont. the livermore valley doesn't look too bad. as we slide the maps, you'll see walnut creek, the southern edge of the city seeing showers still. danville looking like you've got decent activity, too. alamo, danville, black hawk right there in those foothills along mount diablo certainly getting wet and the delta still dealing with the light rainfalling along the entire stretch of highway 4 from brentwood all the way out to the west, out towards martinez, in fact. martinez still looking at showers as is the bridge as you can see there heading up to solano county. the north bay quieted down quite a bit, which is nice. a few showers out to the west of santa rosa, but other than that, that's all we're tracking this morning. as for where the rain is going the rest of the day, got to turn over to future cast 4 now. these are the computer models trying to predict where and when we might see showers. non. all right.

we're still at the lunch hour dealing with unsettled weather so bank on it just being like this all day long. 3:00, that's an important time. kids are getting out of school. a lot of folks will be on the roads picking them up, bringing them home. be prepared to possibly do that under rainy conditions. for the commute ride home, still tracking the possibility of a few showers as well. and then things really pick up as the actual front passes overhead. overnight tonight into saturday, you can see by the yellow on the screen, the intensity just really does magnify, and that'll be with us all night long into the early-morning hours saturday and even in through the first half of saturday, really. you can see by 5:30, we finally get some of those clouds to clear out and the rain to exit the bay area. so saturday, in all likelihood, you are going to catch showers off and on throughout the day. that's what we have future cast for with this rain. have your extended tore -- forecast, talk more about the weekend coming up. i'm tracking a couple trouble spots, a couple overturned accidents as expected in this wet weather.

we've been telling you to be careful, to slow down. you can easily spin out. now, we have an overturned accident in the santa cruz mountains, northbound 17. looks like a couple of vehicles are involved here, and we have at least one lane blocked. far right lane. you can see that backup developing because it is the commute direction so it is very slow now on northbound 17 out of scotts valley approaching laurel curve there. after that, it's going to be a nice ride continuing through the santa cruz mountains. it's off to a very slow start. i'll keep an eye on it, let you know when crews have it out of the way. in the north bay, crews are dealing with an overturned accident as well. our second overturned crash in the same spot, south 101 at spencer. we had one in the 3:00 hour. this one happened at around 5:30. a traffic alert issued. it's in the clearing stages. they are pushing this over to the shoulder right now. you can see it's backed up. keep that in mind, very slow heading in because of that overturn. after the crash, a nice ride into san francisco.

you skrus have to get through that slowing. so you are vrjing 30 minutes over to the toll plaza. checking in on the always busy bay bridge commute into san francisco, lots of headlights out of oakland. it's quiet. you'll need the headlights, wipers, and watch your speed. it is very slippery out there. you are backed up into the maze, but a good rise across the upper deck. checking in on 92, this is the ride on the san mateo bridge. small motion here leaving hayward. no big problems but it's packed. lots of commute traffic heading to the peninsula. it's averaging 21 minutes, which is good for a friday. 580 westbound crawling with commute traffic. right now, you are averaging 12 minutes to make it into the north bay with lots of brake tapping back from richmond parkway leading up to the toll. all right. back to our telethon. robin, the donations are coming in by the hundreds and by the thousands. i just found out that mary, mary in napa, mary, why didn't you ask to talk to me?

she said she loves us and obviously loves the folks in the north bay. mary from napa just donated $5,000. i'm just -- it gets mae teary. do you know how far that money is going to go for all of these people, your neighbors, mary, in napa and santa rosa, who lost everything. we are taubing about rain here closer into the san francisco circumference and what that means for work and school. can you imagine what it means for the people in the north bay who have lost everything? it means ashes. it means rubble. all of their stuff is gone, and they need your help. this is your chance. you see it on the news all the time. you saw all the flames. you saw the destruction and deaths that happened from the fires. now k finally on this friday morning, the time has come where you can pick up the phone and actually make a difference with 5, 10, or 20 dollars or mary's case, $5,000. thank you so much. keep the phones ringing, 415-561-8063.

we are keeping our team coverage going all morning until 10:00 this morning and again tonight. if you want 100% of your donations to go just to the north bay, you can tell our volunteers that that's what you want, otherwise, it'll go to the salvation army and all of the folks they help here in the bay area. right now, let's go live to carmelo. she is one of the crew out in the field this morning to see what's going on and how first responders and people up in the north bay are coping today. camila. >> hey, daria, good morning. we've been out here the past couple weeks both in santa rosa and napa. it's been devastating to see what this fire has caused, but i wanted to talk about one of the most memorable stories for me. i met a woman named paloma. she completely lost everything. she lost her home, and i met her as she was cleaning up her home the days after they were allowed back into the neighborhood, and what she told me was just shocking. she said she didn't have time to evacuate. basically, she received a call from a friend who told her to get up and get out of their

house, so that's exactly what she did. she woke up. she woke up her husband and her teenage daughter, and as she looked outside her window, the whole neighborhood was already on fire, and so she basically grabbed whatever she could and tried to leave, but she was telling me that her husband started knocking on the doors of all her neighbors, and she was telling me that they was basically panicking and getting a panic attack, but she couldn't get her husband to stop knocking on doors because he was worried about the whole neighborhood. finally, she got her husband to get in the car. she said it was such chaos, she was trying to exit, and all the streets were blocked: she said she saw her neighbors skrus leaving their cars and running because they were seeing the flames, they were seeing the fire, so it was just complete chaos. so she was able to get out with her husband and her teenage daughter, but she was worried about all her other neighbors, and she was -- she was cleaning up and trying to if i can up, she was not finding anything, and that's the same situation as so many other people that they basically have nothing left

over. they just are going back to these homes that are complete destruction. she was telling me that one of her nieces was basically not able to sleep at night. she was having to sleep sitting down because she was getting nightmares of that fire, and unfortunately, that's the situation for so many people and those are the stories that really touched my heart and touched me and those are the people that were trying to help, the people like paloma and her family, who completely lost everything, and that's what i think about when i think about donations and when i think about the help that kron and all our viewers are giving to these people who have lost everything, just the stories like the one that i heard from paloma because she has nothing. and she's not the only one. there's so many people and so many families who at this point have nothing when they go back to their homes and are now trying to rebuild, they are trying to figure out where to go from now. that is what i think about when i think about donations. guys, back to you. >> gosh, i know. thanks. i'm going from happy to sad, you know, because we get these calls

with all this money to help people. i'm so happy, and then i just realize all of the lives that were lost in this fire, and i just want to say thank you for helping the north bay fire victims recover, and we're so sorry for your loss of all of your things, your homes, and mostly, your loved ones who lost their lives in this fire. >> to me, covering death, it's sad, but when you see the faces, it just -- you relate. you -- it's a humanity thing, and to see wonderful, beautiful faces. as we head to commercial break, let's remind those who are no longer with us. >> be right back.

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we've got gloria from castro valley donating 50. thank you, jocelyn, a hundred dollars. these are the people making a difshs this morning. >> this gentleman here is consistently getting $100 donation. it is music to our ears, music to people in napa, sonoma, mendocino county. take a look at your screen. this is what we've done so far. i say "we" because we're in it together. we are a big family here in the bay area. i say "we. " 8,250 raised so far in just 42, 43 minutes. >> please keep the calls coming. we want to give as much money as we can this morning with your help. we will be taking your calls up until 10:00 this morning. tell us that you want all the money to go to the north bay fire victims, and we will do that. we'll be right back. ♪

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telethon edition to help the wildfire victims recover from the north bay fire storms. how about this. if you are waking up happy this morning with your kids and going to work or school today, donate to those who are not in such a good boat this morning. >> be grateful. the bay area not the cheapest place to live. people are donating. if you donate, can i go ahead and say you are a rock star for even finding money to help. you may not have the money, but you can afford to help. >> disasters bring out the best in people. you guys have really been helping us with your phone calls coming this this morning. so far, since 6:00 this morning, we raised $8,675. please keep the calls coming. 415-561-8063. if you want 100% of your donation to go to the fire victims, you can say that. otherwise, it will go to help the north bay fire victims as well as disaster relief here in the bay area that the salvation army provides. we were talking about what would you do in a disaster and what

are you made of this morning is about giving money, but when the fire broke out, it was about doing whatever you could, in some cases, grabbing a garden hose to save your neighbors' homes. >> we've seen that time and time. there are those not only worried about their homes. they are worried about their neighbors' homes. >> i met a man who was being called a hero here in santa rosa after what he did to save his neighbor's home. >> really sad to see what happened to your neighbors, huh? >> i can't believe it. >> that man saved my home. he's my hero. >> this man here? >> yeah. >> tell me that story. that's a dpraet -- great story. >> he's a wonderful neighbor. he saved my home. he worked so hard, and i'm so proud of him. you're the greatest.

>> thank you. >> thank you. >> what did he do exactly? >> oh, he -- it was burning and so he got leaves, he got hoses, he just banged on -- >> got the hot spots. >> -- hot spots because there was no one to help him. >> have you ever done anything like that before? >> not here. in mexico, i remember a long time ago, somebody asked me same question, did you see something like that, i said no, but i don't know how old i was when i seen my dad cry because he lost everything in his house, everything was -- we have, he lost everything. but none here. that's the first time in my life, and i -- like i said, i still don't believe it, you know. >> this is that spirit of community that's bonding these neighbors together. they tell me that they will rebuild again. in santa rosa, kron 4 news. another hundred dollars just

came in. please keep the phone calls coming. in fact, you know what, rather than tally it up, i'm going to go answer phones. james fletcher is here tabing a break a -- taking a break from the weather coverage. please, call me, give anything you can. >> as daria said earlier, your donations go a long way towards helping a lot of folks. every hundred-dollar donation helps more than a hundred people. >> 125 firefighters, food, water. they know how to make that money stretch. >> yeah. pretty incredible. all those first responders there coming in from all parts of the state, even out of state. really incredible to see that type of marshalling of resources to fight this fire. now, of course, today, we want you to marshal all of your financial resources across the bay area. you can see daria is back there. >> hi, gigi. lives in nng nj. she calls and

gave $250. you know what, this is your chance to help. we helped with hurricane relief in other states, and now, it's right here in the bay area. people need your help. thanks, gigi. >> thank you, gigi. >> this's incredible. >> $250 from nng -- nng nj. this was not just a local story. i saw reporters who spoke different languages out there. it became a huge story. >> we saw that story, too, speaking of people who used to live in the north bay and moved away and came back to help, that rancher who used to live up in santa rosa, then moved to nevada, was growing hay, raising livestock. heard what happened. he loaded up a whole trailer truck full bails of hay and brought it back to help all the large animals that have been dismaced because of the fire. really heartwarming stories from all over. >> and there are people who rushed in to save pets. they did everything they possibly could. talked about the firefighters. i was at the sonoma county fairgrounds. you saw it looked like a military operation.

just to give you some perspective, maybe ten years ago, i don't know the exact year, but i was covering the tahoe fires, and the tahoe fires, if you might raul, that was -- i mean, so much smoke for weeks and weeks, there was so much smoke. >> i thought it was my imagination. i bounced it off cal fire. i thaug that was a bad fire, is this one worse, and they said absolutely. >> by far. >> that one was -- as horrible as it was up in tahoe, it does not compare to what we saw up in north bay. >> yeah. and that just further exemplifies how much help those folks need. that's why we are doing this today, not only during the morning broadcast but also the evening, as well, from 5 to 10 p.m.. we're trying to get everybody to donate, whatever you can. cow don't have to donate a hundred dollars like we've been seeing come in. anything you can spare goes a long way. in many cases, they need to buy just simple things, like tooth paste, toothbrushes, shoes for their kids, things like that, and every dollar helps. >> you know how much a hundred dollars does?

it gives sthaks and -- snacks and drinks to $125. that's what saronda just gave. >> thank you so much. >> really makes a difference. >> if that just inspeiered you, we've got that big board behind us there with the phone number. you were saying if people do want all of their donations to go to the north bay. >> yeah shs please. we are coordinating with the salvation army. you can give to the salvation army general fund, which helps everybody, including the north bay fire victims, or when you call that number, you can specify and say, please, i want all of my money to go to the north bay fire victims, and we will make sure they get all of that donation from you right away. >> all right. good enough. so we've got that going on this morning. like i said, they'll be here tonight for the evening broadcast. if you don't have time, you are rushing out the door, but you want to donate. >> thank you, christine for hundred dollars from concord. >> skrus know we are going to be here tonight as well if that time frame works better for you. >> i'm amazed whenever we go to commercial break. commercial breaks are about a

couple minutes long. we asked what's the very latest, and it's so and so. then all of a sudden, we come back. new numbers, new numbers. so the bay area, i brag about you guys all the time. not to get cheesy, but when you help them, you help yourself because it helps the economy, it helps things get back. we're helping each other. another hundred dollars? >> $500. >> $500 donation. >> we got to give him some props. >> this has ez automotive so it's not just people. this is a company. ez automotive just donated $50 o. >> we have to take a quick commercial break. we'll be back with more of our fund raising efforts. as we go, are we going to show more? >> we've shown the victims. we want to let you know we will never forget you.

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