. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. >> wet and windy weather slams the bay area, cutting power to thousands. and even flooding some streets. good evening everyone, i'm heather holmes gram i'm mike mibach in for ken wayne. it soaked the roadways and knocks out power to thousands of pg&e customers and more rain could be on the way. we have team coverage and mark tack yo is tracking it, but we begin with maureen naylor in emeryville. >> reporter: good evening, mike, all is calm and bright,

but that wasn't the case a few hours ago. in emplyville the snowflakes are fake, but the rain was definitely real. bay area gutters gushed with runoff this afternoon as a steady rain drenched the region. >> man, it's crayy. it's raining and whew, it's cold. >> reporter: the chp had its lights flash as this cruiser swerved in oakland. one reason was the hazard lurking here at the flooded market street off-ramp. drivers repeatedly hit this patch of water at full speed, only to find themselves quickly surrounded. >> i didn't realize it was running this hard until i stepped out to get a few items for the week. it's really coming down, especially driving. lots of wait on the freeway. >> reporter: this evening near piedmont, the downpour was a challenge. some huddled under umbrellas and others made a dash for the

door. >> it's raining cats and dogs. it's really just rainy and nasty. in emeryville, shoppers in sweatshirts had umbrellas out as the rain eased a bit. it was reindeer, but rain gear on the minds of workers at this christmas tree lot, where wintry weather typically means less business, but not today. >> the past couple of the days when it was raining it was dead dry and no people. >> reporter: the tree lot manager had to call back workers that he sent home in anticipation of a slow day, but surprisingly customers weren't deterred by the wet and muddy conditions. in the last hour we talked to officials at sfo and say the bay area's wet and windy weather is causing delays up to two hours for some flights, primarily affecting arrivals. we spoke with officials are pg&e and say 10,000 customers were without power because of weather-related outages, but say most of those customers

have their power back. and four a look at live stormtracker 2 and to find out how much rain has fallen in your area, let's check-in with meteorologist mark tamayo. >> the rainfall rates have been decreasing over the past hours, but from late to mid- afternoon we were tracking significant downpours. rainfall totals over the past 24 hours, look at petaluma at .71". and san francisco just over .33". oakland picking up most of the rain and between around 4:00 and 6:00 this evening. and you can see more totals for orinda, dublyun, san josi dublin. on live stormtracker we can show you the coverage. some clouds, a few light showerses in the south bay. you can see activity moving into parts of the north bay from marin county and also for

parts of san francisco. nothing too major, but scattered showers there and you can pick out scattered around towards sonoma and napa. the darker green does correspond to moderate downpours. we till have a chance of rainshowers for monday. i have details coming up in a few minutes. residents of the santa cruz mountains were back at their windows check on the situation outside. the wet and windy weather comes after another recent storm caused some major problems. ktvu's diane guerazzi reports. >> reporter: this was the scene at noon on highway 17. a sudden downpour in sharp contrast to these beautiful south bay skies in the morning. the rain steadily increased in the afternoon, adding to the saturate mountain soil and to the danger of more trees falling, like this 80-foot douglas fir that smashed into this house during the last storm two weeks ago. it fell after dark and after the power went out. we heard the tree start to

crack and if you live in the mountains you have heard a tree go down. so we were waiting to see where it land. >> reporter: jim gram has sealed off the back of his home, now sporting a log through the master bedroom and bath. he is surrounded by trees on a hillside, but he is not panicking. >> i have lived here since 1981 and stuff happens and you roll with the punches. i think pretty much everyone up here is like that. >> reporter: further south in santa cruz a light rain was falling during a contest of the national scholastic surfing association. >> they actually like to surf in the rain. it's a lot of fun, but the conditions aren't the best for the spectators, but they don't care. they have a good time. >> reporter: surfers young and old took in the michael moderately-sized waves. >> i like to drink water and take showers and wash my clothes. >> reporter: speaking one who knows what lack of rain can do.

>> you live through droughts in marin county. so i love the rain? if you also love the rain you will enjoy the unsettled pattern over the next several days and if you don't like it, at least it's a relatively warm storm. in the santa cruz mountains, diane guerazzi, ktvu channel 2 news. you can find the forecast on our website, ktvu.com. there you can also get live stormtracker 2 updates any time, just click on the stormtracker tab. the long-running legal fight over gay marriage in california is set for another round. tomorrow morning the u.s. court of appeals for the 9th circuit in san francisco is set to hear arguments on whether the denial of marriage equality violates the u.s. constitution. the legality of proposition 8 has now reached its highest legal level to date. ktvu's john sasaki reports. >> reporter: a handful of

people braved the rain outside the 9th circuit court of appeals to call for justice. they support same-sex marriage and came in support. >> really glad to be out here and i'm glad that even with the rain, that some people showed up to show how important it is thatpeople of faith stand for marriage of equality. >> reporter: inside the home of stewart gaffney and john lewis, a legal marriage which they had in the short window before prop 8 passed. >> we know what it's like to be deprived of the freedom to be married and we know what it's like to have the joy to be able to marry and i can tell you it's a world of difference. >> reporter: the pair is hopeful that tomorrow's hearing will settle the dispute over same-sex marriage. >> that is what this case is about, to take discrimination out of our constitution, take proposition 8 off the books and restore full equality to the state of california. >> reporter: but proposition 8 supporters who oppose gay marginal plan to mount a spirited battle.

>> the essential public purpose of marriage is to attach mothers and fathers to their children. >> reporter: jennifer roback morse is with the foundation in san diego. >> equality is not a word that has to stand alone, but it needs a reference. who is equal to who for what purpose? in what context? who is equal to who. >> reporter: meaning not everybody is equal? >> of course not. >> reporter: the california republican party also supports proposition 8. >> the republican party in the only values the right of voters to speak tributingly on a subject like this, but believe marriage should be between a man and woman. >> reporter: the two--hour hearing starts with the two sides arguing if the plaintiffs, prop 8 supporters have legal standing in this case. in san francisco, i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. and you can final the history of the proposition 8 case by going to ktvu.com and clicking on the prop 8 trial tab. ktvu also plans to have a live streaming broadcast of tomorrow morning's hearing. tomorrow up in sacramento

lawmakers are expected to open a special session looking to resolve of the current deficit in the state budget, but some legislators said they would rather wait until governor- elect jerry brown takes office. it's governor schwarzenegger who called for the session. this year's budget is running $6 billion short and legislative analysts predict an additional $19 billion deficit next year. two violent crimes, two men dead in vallejo. a shooting in an alley between marin and pennsylvania streets. 25-year-old anthony castillo was shot and killed. another map was wounded. investigators say that man tonight is in dangerous condition at kaiser permanente medical center in vallejo. three hours later a man was

killed in an unrelated stabbing. 35-year-old aaron rudolph was attacked in front of a liquor store. witnesses say rudolph was arguing with another man in front of the store. the two overnight death are the 15th and 16th homicides in vallejo in year. so far no arrests have been made in either case. parents of an antioch toddler who died after a gun in the home went off are free on bail. jyn carr was playing with his brother when he was shot. his mother says she bought the gun more than a year-ago and had stored it inside a safe in a closet. both parents were arrested on suspicious of child endangerment and reckless storage of a firearm. the contra costa district attorney will considering file charges tomorrow. there is reports that

democratic and republican leaders are inching closer to a plan to extend tax cuts and jobless benefits. >> i think it's pretty clear taxes are not going up on anybody in the middle of this recession. we're discussing how long we should maintain current tax rates. >> yesterday the senate rejected the democratic plan that would have limited tax cuts to the middle-class. those bush-era tax cuts are set to expire january 1st. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says now is not the time to cut spending saying that the economy remains fragile. in an interview tonight on "60 minutes." >> the top economist warns it would be four or five years before the rate is back to

normal levels. unemployment rate nationwide currently stands at more nan 9%. bernanke fedded the fed's position to start a bond-buying program. that program is designed to keep interest rates low and promote job growth. critics argue it may spark inflation. the victims irving picard announced a $9 billion lawsuit against the british bank hsbc. the lawsuit alleges that the bank funneled money to madoff through so-called feeder funds in other countries while ignoring warnings from its own accountants. similar lawsuits have named jpmorgan chase and others. the stanford football team is bowling its way to miami to play in its first-ever orange

bowl. the cardinals will also face the hokies of virginia tech. we'll have more on stanford's trip to the orange bowl coming up later on sportswrap. >> a new development in the case of a missing oakland girl. she has been found, but now there are questions about where she was and what happened to her? and could this be it? a huge crowd turns out for a holiday parade in the bay area and why this could be the last time it happens. wikileaks raises the stakes and the founder says information will still be released even if he is arrested or if the controversial website is shut down. details continues as the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds.

. >> an update on case of a missing oakland girl, we first told you about friday night. the 12-year-old has now been found, but the mystery about her disappearance has only deepened. the girl, who had been missing since thursday today showed up at children's hospital oakland. oakland police interviewed her this afternoon and met with family members. the girl tells investigators she tack a bus to a home in san leandro, where she was sexually

assaulted by two adult men. the family is glad to have her back. >> she is traumatized, but happy to be back with us. she said she thought she was going to die, but we're glad she is back home. >> the girl is an insulin- dependent diabetic and family tells ktvu that she went days without medication. if any san leandro police are looking into the. so i allegations. the girl answered a knock at the door when someone fired several shots. the gunman escaped and police have made no arrests. girl suffered injuries to her back and neck and investigators may pe able to talk to her as soon as tomorrow. >> a registered sex offender accused sexually assaulting a 2- year-old girl at a union store is due back in court. eugene ramos is held without

bail after being charged friday with several counts. police say ramos attacked the girl wednesday afternoon at a dollar tree store while her grandmother and aunt were in the next aisle. ramos has not entered a plea yet and he is scheduled back in court at 9:00 tomorrow morning. a plan to boost hiring of local construction workers will be taken up by the san francisco board of supervisors tuesday. the so-called "local-hire rule," would require hiring 25% of construction workers from san francisco. if approved the law would go into effect next year. the local hiring requirement would rise by 5% every year until san francisco residents comprised half of the workforce on a single project. mayor newsom who has a month left in office has no indicated whether he will sign or veto the law. the city council is

considering plans for 137,000 square foot store near home depot. some residents and business owners in the area are worried about potential traffic problems on nearby streets. a study on the project though found traffic would increase by 25% at two intersections. city officials say the problems would not be as bad as opponents predict. target estimates that store would generate 250 jobs and $675,000 in sales tax a year. well, thousands of people gathered in downtown san josi for what could be the last holiday parade. >> it's green. >> no, it's red. >> it was little isabellu as you first holiday parade, so she wasn't quite sure what color santa would be wearing. city officials say budget cuts may make it impossible to put on the parade next year. even though it would be a major loss for isabella's loss, for whom the parade is a long family tradition. >> we have been coming here since i was a little kid and i

would be in the parades when i was younger. >> san josi officials hope they will find a sponsor to pay for the parade next year, but they are not optimistic. the city was forced to cancel its 4th of july fireworks after it failed to secure a sponsor for that event. tonight there are at least 355 so-called wickay leaks mirror sites that are websites said to hold the classified documents gathered by wikileaks. those who run the mirror sites say even if wikileaks founder, julian assange is arrested or the site is shut down, it would run. assange is wanted in sweden on sexual allegations. >> for the first time assange is talking about a massive, heavily encrypted file labeled "insurance," it's and believed to contain the quarter million embassy cables released last

week and documents on guantanamo bay. apparently thousands of the supporters have downloaded the file, ready to post when given the world. assange told the british paper, the sunday times, "we have over the period of time distibuted backups of encrypted material." all we have to do is release the password to that material and it's instantly available." >> i was very much involve back in the day when the pentagon papers came out. this has no relationship to something like that. this is wirism. this is sort of the anarchy behavior you have a private

first class who down rood downloads a quarter million documents and the system doesn't say you may be overextended. this is a system so stupid it ought to be a scandal of the first order. >> reporter: the administration announced a review of the handling of classified information, balancing the need to know and the need to share intelligence. well, what goes up must come down. take a look. how about this for an ending to the football season? a college stadium is readuceed to rubble. plus new release of a felton woman and an update on her condition. still a few rain clouds across the bay area, but we have more in the five-day forecast. coming up, when the heaviest downpours are scheduled to move into your neighborhoods.

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grandstanded at texas christian university. the emplosion is part of $105 million renovation project. tcu's football team will tone to play its home-games at the stadium, even though the project is scheduled to be completed in 2012. nuclear talks between iran and the united states, along with other members the united nation security council begin tomorrow in geneva. iran is announcing its producing its own yellow cake, a coarse uranium powder. shelby lin reports. >> reporter: on nuclear program no longer needs outside help, iran told the world on sunday. years ahead of iran's atomic energy, announcing its producing its own yellow cake. >> the entire fuel cycle starting from the exploration and then mining and then turning it into yellow cake.

>> reporter: observers say the announcement is intended to send a message on talks about iran controversial program. >> iran is telling the community that i am self- sufficient, i don't need anybody. i don't need nid no-how. i have it all. so stop trying to stop my program. >> reporter: the obama administration says it's not surprised by the development and that iran has been working towards this for years. although iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes it might be enough to produce a bomb. i'm shelby lin reporting from atlanta. deadlied intos in south america and europe top other news of the world. according to the red cross weeks of flooding have claimed the lives of 200 people and forced more than 1.5 million from their homes.

meteorologist blame la nina conditions for the massive storms. venezuela's president chavez today said more than nature is to blame. he said the damage is also a product of capitalism. as the rich takes the higher ground, leaving the poor near rivers that overthrow their banks. >> in albanian thousands are out of their homes with flooding. further north in bosnia, at least three people were killed in collapse of homes. forecasters believe the worse has now past. in israel, firefighters say the deadly wildfire that burned since thursday is now under control. the fire claimed the lives of 41 people and scorched thousands of acres. two teenaged brothers are accused of inadvertently starting the fire. and in china, listen to

this, 20-year-old feng today was named the memory champion of the world. he cently memorized the sequence of a shuffled pack of 52 playing cards in just 24 seconds. for his efforts he takes home $20,000 in prize money flood watch a hiker found after i week in the sant cruz mountains is expected to go home tomorrow from the hospital. authorities say deborah collins of felton fell into a ravine. she was located yesterday. this is have of her rescue. it took five hours to pull her out of ravine because of the rugged terrane joachim deguara and his 7-year-old dylan went for a hike to find her and they

did. authorities say collin was hypo thermic and dehydrated. the death penalty on trial. the deadline looming this week about future executions here in california. and a new development with the hundreds of rescue rats being housed at a pet store, will you be able to take one home as a pet?

. the biggest barrier to repealing the military's controversial don't ask, don't tell is the calendar. as heather childress reports repeal advocates fear time is run out to undo the law.

>> reporter: military leaders weigh in on don't ask, don't tell. current policies prevent them from stating their sexual orientation. >> when americans are in combat together they pull together on the task and work together based on a common culture of being an american and a commitment to the unit. >> reporter: a new survey of troops and officers indicates more than two-thirds of respondents do not oppose letting gays serve and say it would not disrupt its ramps, but some disagree one former sergeant first-class discharged after her commanders found out she was gay said it's time to let them serve openly. >> i'm fairly certain that the army wouldn't have promoted me several times if there was a problem with me and unit

cohesion. >> reporter: many are skeptical this can be done by year-ends when the balance in congress will shift. >> we'll find identity when we faithly get around to debating this bill. >> reporter: the don't ask, don't tell policy legislation would be contained in the next defense authorization bill, but with the clock ticking, congress and the president seem to be focused on taxes. in new york, heather childers, fox news. a shortage of one of three drugs used in lethal injection executions has been set off a legal battle nationwide. san francisco superior court judge ordered california correction officials to release records by tuesday that might show where they purchased the scarce drug sodium penothal. the aclu said it's illegal to import the drug from outside the u.s.es because any such supply would lack fda approval. other states have weighed in and oklahoma won a court ruling to go forward with the

scheduled execution to use a substitute drug, while texas says it has enough supply to carry out planned executions. a piece of history with a very dark past is now up for sale. the land in montana where unabomber ted kaczynski is on the market. the parcel has been reduced to $69,000. kaczynski is currently serve a live sentence for a supervisor of bombings that killed three people and injured 23 owners. one of his victims included a geneticist at uc san francisco who was critically injured in a 1993 attack. >> a federal regulators pose a do not track memmism, they sea some websites can gather our browser history. researchers found 44 websites that engage in so-called "history sniff." lacking at browser's cache for

marketing resources. the latest version of apple safari and goal chrome are secure from the practice. faze no longer a rumor, google plans to roll out a new netbook on tuesday. it is is the company's answer to apple's ipad. 65,000 of google's chrome os netbooks are expected to be released. industry analysts say the limited release raises questions about the netbook's readiness market. social-networking site facebook has launched a new facelift, emphasizing one of its most popular features, heighting photographs, showing the most recently tagged photos. update includes a biosection. facebook says the changes are meant to make it easier for users to tell their personal story. rescue workers offered a

guarded assessment of a female sea lion rescued yesterday at an elementary school campus. na'au was found about a mile from the delta and tonight she remains in sausalito. a spokesman says it's a good sign she is eating and moving about. however, this is the third time this year that na'au has ended up at the center. twice before she was rescued after eating toxic algae. algae poisoning can cause brain damage, affecting the sea lion's navigational skills. if it's determined that h5n1 suffers from permanent brain daniel, she may have to be euthanized. about a thousand rats were rescued last month from a los angeles homeowner. the home was being featured on a & e's show "hoarders." 100 rats are now ready for

adoption. the group has rescued many animals left behind in disasters, such as hurricane katrina. rain or shine, the festive celebration of the jewish holiday hanukkah goes on. rain today and more on the way. permanence mark tamayo meteorologist mark tomb yo will tell us how much main we can see.

. an active weather day across most of the bay area with the heavy downpours and gusty winds, primarily coastside and right around the bay. we still have rainshowers on live stormtracker 2. you can see the coverage right now

moving cross the bay bridge towards the east bay. for oakland, berkeley and richmond and also in the north bay, you can pick out from san rafael to vallejo and those darker shades of green correspond to more moderate downpours in marin county. santa rosa reporting moderate rainfall. up in sonoma county, i'm going to push the maps to the south and there is the coverage in the south bay. san josi reporting mostly cloudy skies. still lingering rainshowers in the santa cruz mountains. you can still see a little bit of activity offshore. we're going to keep the rainshowers in the forecast for tonight. this was the scene looking out towards the oakland estuary. a few showers expected overnight. for the most part the trend will be decreasing showers for your monday. there is another storm set to move into the bay area on wednesday. we could be talking about totals again .5" to 1idge in the wettest locations of the region. that is for midweek. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy

skies. a chance of a few showers and temperatures in the upper 40s to the low 50s. san francisco at 50 degrees and livermore, 49 and napa, 46 degrees. here is a the storm in the pacific, 12 hours ago you can see it marching onshore, producing the moderate to heavy rainfall. now moving out to the north and east. so for today we had the rain and wind and showers for tomorrow. monday, the showers on the decrease and, in fact, by monday afternoon, skies becoming partly cloudy with the bulk of activity moving out of town. to our east we have a winter weather advisory for lake tahoe until 10:00 tomorrow morning. snowfall on thard of 5-10" and snow levels right around 6,000- feet. here is our forecast model, taking this into the overnight hours. system lingers rainshowers, so we could have wet roadways tomorrow morning. 48-53 degrees and then into the afternoon hours, skies becoming partly cloudy.

the activity moving out tost east as far as shower activity and temperatures upper 50s to the lower 60s for afternoon highs. san mateo, 60 and half moon bay, 58. here is a look ahead. your five-day forecast, you may still need the windshield wipers first thing tomorrow morning, but decreasing clouds into the afternoon. we'll have showers chances that could linger into thursday, but heather and mike, if you want a break on the rainfall, the forecast models saying possibly next weekend could be completely dry across the bay area. so we could be enjoying that by then. >> great. thanks, mark. appreciate it. even though the ask as were gray in oakland, the mood was bright for a small group that braved the nights to celebrate the fifth night of hanukkah. chabad of oakland sponsored today's event at the splash pad park between grand and lake shore avenues. those who came out found a bit

of the shelter and tasty treats beneath the tents they put out for them to stay dry. coming up, stanford reacts to its first bcs bowl game. and the silver and black play one of their best games of the year. joe fonzi with those stories and much more. sportswrap, coming up next

. good evening everyone and welcome to this late supposed edition of sportswrap. raiders put some streaks to the end and no. 1, they pulled off their first season sweep of the chargers sinc