in nature. we had about 1 to 2 inches of rain overnight. if it's possible to go to live stormtracker2 because that will give me a better look. if not, i understand. you can see -- good. there's the wide shot. about five to ten inches south shore. in the bay area we're starting to see some lines forming here. see how these are starting to form? that's gonna be the pattern. parts of the north bay are not that bad so far but the cold air is coming in. they will get their fair share. but right now a few lines are starting to stretch across, especially towards the east bay and the peninsula and the south bay. look for a very active day today. now, a very active pattern in the traffic. here's sal. just a few moments ago, you saw claudine out here just outside the macarthur tunnel. this is before doyle drive. as come through the tuble on park -- as you come through the

tunnel on park presidio, you will see a big problem. there's no drain there. let's talk about the san mateo bridge. sanmateo bridge is going to be busy because of the high winds. it's windy on those spans as well. use care. we also have a problem in san francisco that is closed -- that has closed a major access point to the extension. let's go to kraig debro. >> reporter: this is where you have to choose to go 101 or 280. by the time you get it this point -- to this point, you are expected to go southbound. you can't tell what's going on up there at silver and bayshore. you might not see a problem. but on the deck, the vehicles

are being diverted away from 280 into the city because of a sign. now, this is what the belly of the 280 to 101 southbound looked like within the hour. caltrans crews cut away a road sign hanging above the 280 split to san francisco. after sawing the sign in half, crews removed it from the moorings. the sign on the other side of 280 also had to be taken down. the chp stopped traffic going southbound 280 at about 6:00 a.m. this morning, in order to make this adjustment. the chp says a big box truck hit the northbound 280 sign. minutes later, a motorist come thug reportedly suffered injuries from falling debris. in fact, an ambulance was called out. despite the hazard, because of the bad weather, the chp and caltrans did issue a sig-alert within the first hour of the

problem but the problems remain this morning. work is supposed to be finished at 7:45 this morning. and that's kind of good news even though the commute is already underway. after 7:45, it really starts to get backed up. people start to head into the city on 80 northbound, so they are kind of hoping to have this problem finished by 245 time. otherwise it could be a big mess. we'll be monitoring that. we got calls into the chp trying to figure out if that time has been adjusted at all so you will know whether you will be able to head in taking that route. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we'll check back with you for an update. there are still reports of standing water throughout the bay area this morning. here is an example of some flooding in the east bay. this is the corner of jackson and oak streets in oakland where a driver just abandoned the car after driving into a large puddle. this video was taken along interstate 80 in berkeley overnight. it shows the dangerous

conditions drivers face. cars hydroplaning and spinning out of control were a mon site. we could be in for large -- were a common site. we would be in for a large storm. pg&e crews are repairing downed power lines in the oakland hills. the power lines came down about four hours ago. a tree toppled over on skyline boulevard. tara moriarty has more on -- has more on how the customers are affected. >> reporter: we just spoke to pg&e and they said power will not be restored until about 1:00 this morning. so quite a bit of time. we noticed that two trucks pulled up. you can see them behind me. crews have been surveying the damage here looking up at the power poles. they've been inspecting the wires since this tree took down several lines with it. and just down the road where

we're standing on dieline and ever green -- evergreen, a three came right down. this is the second tree to topple during this recent storm. >> approximately an 18 -- an 18- inch tree trunk -- it took down multiple wires, the one burning was the -- melted -- melted in the middle of the street. >> as we mentioned, it's not going to be -- the power will not be restored until 1:00 this afternoon. reporting live from oakland hills, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. we want to go back to sal castanedo. there's so many traffic is to focus on -- traffic issues to focus on. >> i'm looking at the commute.

we've had a lot of slow traffic all over the place. first of all, we want to go out and take a look at the south bay and kind of light up the maps there. it appears that some people have been either staggering their commute or perhaps they are gonna take transit today because we've had commutes that have been better but 880 northbound and southbound at 2, we have a couple of different crash. in both directions there, we have very heavy traffic. again, in the south bay, 101 is doing okay coming out of the silicon valley, or coming into the valley. let's go to a live picture. i want to show you how windy and all of a sudden it looks like it could be raining there on the bay bridge. this is a look at the bay bridge commute. now, remember, if you are driving across the bay bridge, the traffic is going to be affected -- there we go. i'm trying to -- you can see that traffic is going to be okay. one of the things that i want

to mention, there are high wind advisories on every bay bridge. we have a look at the sierra. this look like a winter wonderland here. our camera mere highway 89 and highway 28 -- near highway 89 and highway 28, definitely need snow chains here. bring it to -- bring them to the sierra. this is not good driving conditions, obviously. >> winter storm warnings are out until 4:00 a.m. in the mountain, on thursday. very active on friday. we have signs of a very interesting day and by that i mean, there will be some possible thunderstorms and hail, cold air is beginning to move in. there will be some sun, it won't last very long. let's get right to it here. the pattern has established itself. it's a cold one now. we had the wind yesterday, the rain last night. there will be gusts 25, 30 miles an hour. but the big news had be the cooler air and the showers and

possible showers and lowering snow level. this may be like the leading edge over the next five to seven days. it could get brutally cold. we'll see. today, colder, breezy to winy. showers, possible showers under mostly cloudy skies. temperature more rain returns, probably in the afternoon evening we'll keep carry. we'll keep showers in. it will still be cool, breezy and very cold sunday morning but we'll get a little bit of a break here on the weekend. one front went through. is what we have to deal with later today. this will be really intense. we've had some report of hail up in eureka. i think it was karen that just tweeted me up there. spweather. see the lines forming here? you can see one line forming. just went over the dumbarton bridge, stretches from the east bay back to palo alto, mountain view, into the santa cruz

mountains. and another one right there in the east bay. also just went through marin county now lining itself up from berkeley to san francisco. lake berryessa, 1.74. oakland, 1.20. petaluma, 1 inch. 42 in santa rosa. it's been going down every hour since 4:00 a.m -- since 3:00 a.m. 40s and 50s for many. we'll have to deal with very cold air and the possibility of thunderstorms. as the front slides by, here comes the low. midwest weather as we call it. sun, clouds, showers, possible showers. highs in the 40s and 50s. the 40s will be to the north, or in the higher elevations, but very low 50s for the north bay. it's not gonna get any warmer for a while that's for sure. back to you. >> thank you, steve. united airlines, bowing -- boeing fleet is slowly

returning to service, this after the jets were voluntarily grounded. one of those planes was at sfo but we just checked back with the airport and there are no flight delays for united right now. united says the computers are fully functional but they recently discored that they had not complied with some faa rules. a va spokeswoman size a clerk became ill after opening an envelope containing a gritty substance. no patients were affected but employees from the first floor of the va hospital's business office were evacuated. the first floor will remain closed until the fbi identifies the substance. we're gonna stay on storm watch all morning long and tell you where the power has been

knocked out. we'll also show you how pg&e is able to anticipate where outages will probably happen.

well, it's a lovely day up in blue canyon. 27degrees. it's also 27 at tahoe, 27 at truckee. blue canyon has gusts to 36 miles an hour. wind chill is 17. other than that, not much going on. it will be a very, very wintry day up in the mountains. >> thank you, steve. as we reported earlier, the storm is blamed for power outages in the oakland hills.

but hundreds of others around the bay area are also without electricity. pg&e tells us some 400 customers are without power in half moon bay in the miramar area. there are nearly 300 outages in millbrae and in orinda, roughly 200 are affected. in danville and alamo, there are more than 430 outages. power is back for some 2,000 customers in hayward and la fayette. pg&e has a system to help predict where damage to power lines will be the worst because of high winds. the company has its own weather department to track storms. they do that by evaluating the storm's strength and path. pg&e uses the information to position crews before trouble strikes. >> the idea is to have crews ready and in the right position and in the right place, in order to keep the outage duration time to a minimum and

that the customers can have lights on with minimal disruptions. >> pg&e says the speed of its response often depend on the number of outages and that the largest outages usually get top priority. well, your time now, 7:16. word from egypt of even more anti-government protests and demonstrations and strikes, despite a call two days ago by egypt's new military rulers for the labor unrests to stop. now, since the military took power from long time leader hosni mubarak on friday, at gyp shins have been -- egyptians have been taking to the streets, protesting everything from low pay, even corruption. we're also hearing that foreign correspondent, lara logan is being released from a u.s. hospital and will continue her recovery of home. the mother of two was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted by an angry mob in cairo while

hundreds celebrated the president mubarak. lara logan has not said anything public about the attack but we're hearing she's in remarkably good spirits. now the state department is expressing concern about violent row -- protests in bahrain. the u.s. has critical interest in this small kingdom. >> reporter: here's alison burns. >> reporter: it looks similar to egypt. this is video that we pulled off youtube this morning of the thousands of protesters pouring into a main square in bahrain. it's home to the u.s. navy's fifth fleet of ship. the war ships filled with military personnel are in bahrain, keeping an eye on iran. two people have been killed in

confrontations with police and --ed a in a rare speech, the king of bahrain expressed his condolences for those killed. the question is, is that going to be enough? it's unclear if this is a full- blown revolution like we saw in egypt. i've been following the tweets about -- one said he was heading to make history today. certainly the united states has a lot at stake in bahrain. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay. thank you. 7:18. back here at home, san francisco police are hoping a new police sketch will help them catch a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a teenager. suspect described as asian about 18 to 19 years old, 5'10" weighing about 160 to 180 pounds. he may have a mole on his upper right cheek. now, this suspect is wanted for

the fatal stabbing of 16-year- old victor zing. and a court battle is brewing. this involves a convicted killer who died in prison. edward shaffer there was stabbed to death in san quentin by another inmate. he was sentenced years to live for killing 9-year-old medical doily osheroff -- melody osheroff and injuring her mother on a motorcycle. he was ordered to pay recipe tuesday -- recipe tuesday. the public defender want -- to pay restitution. the public defender wants that restitution thrown out. investigators say derrick washington cheated several families who came to his funeral's home in s an francisco's bayview district. they say he presold funerals and then spent the money.

investigators say washington swindled his customers in at least -- out of -- swindled his customers out of at least $30,000. two san carlos is businesses are suing belmont and san mateo county for flooding to damage to their buildings last year. the lawsuit claims belmont creek overflowed its banks in january last year because the city and county did not perform proper maintenance up stream. the owners of the kitchen warehouse and the twin dragon say the flooding cost them more than 140,000 for repairs and to replace lost inventory. water rates may go up soon in one bay area city for the fifth year in a row. we'll tell you why. also, trouble surrounding apple's app. who is angry and why. good morning. the south bay traffic, not quite as bad as some of the other areas that right now are getting hit by some showers moving through.

steve and i will be back with more traffic and weather just minutes away.

welcome back. marin county you could be hit with another water rate hike soon. a 4% rate hike is being considered to help balance the budget. if approved, it would be the fifth straight year for rate hikes. 7:23. weeks after the first talk of filing for bankruptcy, the borders group filed the papers this morning. the company which owns border and walden says it will close about 30% of the stores. apple's new subscription

service for apps is meeting with publishers and other content providers. apple requires providers to pay 30% of their revenue to the cupertino-based company. the subscription allows them to set a price and customers buy them with a single click using the itunes account. but content provider say the 30% fee is a hardship. with all of the rain, sal has a lot to handle. >> it's been a tough one out there. we've had a lot of collision, standing water and slow traffic this morning because of the wet weather. let's take a look at highway 24. it look likes some -- it looks like some rain is moving through here. traffic is going to be busy. that collision is gone near saint stevens. when you get to the bay bridge, a lot people are on the bridge.

here's steve. >> thank you, sal. we do have sun, clouds, rain. that will be the pattern. getting much colder today. breezy but not as windy. there you go. i got a twitter picture that said blue sky and then there's sal showing us la fayette and it's raining that's the pattern today. so the front has gone through. snow is just incredible up in the sierra. i know has tas -- that very speckle has moved through. middletown, 4.60. santarosa, over 2. boulder creek, along with ben lomond,

1.92. blossom hill, .80. you can see the lines forming. that's what's gonna happen. sun, cloud, showers. sun, cloud, showers. 42 in santa rosa. it's getting colder. it's getting much colder. we'll have this system go through and the possibility of hail today, thunderstorms and i would not be surprised if there's funnel clouds. it will still be a mostly cloudy, cool, breezy day. some of this rain will be moderate. then it will be gone. we do have temperatures. they are going over the -- they are going down over the next few days. tori? dave? the great highway is shut down. this is why. there's flooding here. we'll show you the situation -- coming up. rain here means snow in the sierra. a live look at the wintry conditions and an update on how it is affecting traffic there. and we'll tell you when

hundreds of oakland unified school district employees could get lay-off notices in the mail.

we now continue our storm watch coverage and ktvu aclaudine wong is known as san francisco long highway, known

as a trouble spot. >> reporter: we're on the great highway. they've shut down this area from lincoln all the way to sloat, just in this one direction. this puddle i'm in is probably about a foot. but enough to block one lane of traffic and really cause issues out here. this roadway is shut down. i want to show you one more picture. it's gorgeous. you talk about the high surf. that's what it looks like in this area of san francisco. it's ocean beach. the waves are really kicking up here. if you are come out here, certainly people know this great highway gets flooded during these times. but it looks like last's tomorrow did -- last night's norm did what we expected it to do. there is a gate that's shutdown. something to keep this find this morning if you are headed in this area. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2

news. >> thank you, claudine. now, earlier claudine warned us of another area along park presidio boulevard as it connects to doyle drive north of the bridge. caltrans came by to clear a drain on one side of the street but the other side doesn't have a drain right now so there's still standing water. crews plan to put up a sign warning drivers about the flooded area. 7:1 of the big storm caused big -- 7:31. the big storm -- the big storm caused all kinds of problems on the highways. look at the right of your screen -- look at the right on your screen. kraig debro has more. >> reporter: good morning. we're at bayshore and silver. take a look at the 280 northbound ramp here. it's-- you can't even see any cars right now. but just a few minutes ago, this ramp was opened.

this is after where you split off from 101 where you have a chance to go 280 southbound or northbound. northbound has within closed for quite some time. so caltrans crews had to fix this just before the bulk of the morning commute. that's good news. this is what the belly of the 101 southbound or at least the connector between the connect -- connector between 2 0 looked like a few minutes ago. they sawed the sign in half and then the crews removed it this morning. the 80 southbound didn't have to be removed. it was damaged. both signs were damaged by a big box truck. chp stopped traffic going southbound for a little while so they could make that adjustment. it all began after midnight. the chp says a big box truck

hit that northbound sign. one individual reportedly sufficiented injuries from fallen debris -- suffered injuries from fallen debris. an ambulance came out to treat her. crews didn't to actually come out here until:00 a.m. it wasn't until 4:00 a.m. that the chp and caltrans crews were on the scene. the sign is missing. by the time you reach this point you might know where you are going. how far, they are probably gonna make some plant to -- plans to reinstall it at some point. back to you. >> okay. kraig, you can listen to steve paulson and get the weather but you can also go to ktvu.com.

click on the storm watch tab. a stranded -- stranded barge is docked in oakland following an emergency cleanup operation that may have prevented a disaster. the barge ran aground earlier yesterday morning. our news crew was there last night when the barge was finally removed at high tide and moved a -- moved across the bay. it was carrying thousands of gallons of fuel. vallejo police now say the disappearance of a man who has been missing for a week is suspicious. 45-year-old robert took his dog for a -- robert mast took his dog for a walk 11 days ago and has not been seen since. the dog came home that night alone. his family says it's highly nub for him not to be in -- highly

unusual for him not to be in contact. thomas adams was a two-year veteran of the police force the chp said he was killed in a head-on collision on the humboldt line yesterday afternoon. we still don't know who crossed the line. two people were taken to the hospital and have been released. a judge will listen to testimony on a plan to impose restrictions on dozens of suspected gang members in the fruitvale neighborhood. now, the city attorney says the existing injunction has been a great success in fighting violent crime. last year, a judge barred gang members from hanging out together and imposed a 10:00 p.m. curfew. there are critics who say the

city should focus more on creating education and job programs that will steer young people from gangs. layoff notices could soon be going out to hundreds of teachers and staff in the oakland unified school district. a letter posted on the district's website said the district may be short as much as $12.6 million in next year's budget. some principals and other managers might be reassigned to a new position in the fall because of the deficit. state law requires school districts to warn employees of the possibility of a layoff by march 15th. >> well, this time lance armstrong says i really mean it. lance armstrong told" the -- told "the associated press" he's ready to retire.

>> he's kind of like the brett favre of the cycling world? >> yeah, three, four times. >> yes. we want to check in with sal. >> finally, i was able to calm this dunn a littleby. i think people are taking a deep breath now. we're looking at a live picture, looking at the bay bridge, high winds on all of the bay area bridges aid cording to the chp -- according to the chp they've issued wind advisories. i'm just going to check that all of them are up there. for the benicia bridge it's been lifted. so that's food news. the-- that's good news. let's move along to marin county. southbound 101, some slowing here from about almeda del prado exit as you drive down to terra linda.

it will be slow and go. not all that bad and things are beginning to dry off. in the south bay, as we look at our maps, 101 slow getting up into sunty vail. it will be tough. 85, slow as 1. 17 not a real treat driving today on highway 17. we've had a lot of tree limbs and that kind of stuff down but nothing major yet. i'm getting word of an accident -- of a new accident. sir francis drake boulevard at barry way in marin county. watch out. drake may be a little bit slow today because of the weather moving through marin county. let's go to steve. >> this will be the forecast. sun, clouds, showers, breezy, cooler. there will be midwest weather. the blue sky will be there and then go away and then come back. we had the winds last night. boy, did we ever. and the rain overnight.

now we'll get the mixed bag. a lowering snow level and i think around the bay area peaks will get some snow. there is a lot of snow on the go. hobbability of thundershowers and hail -- possible possibility of thundershowers today. and hail. if you are near this area, you -- this is early to start seeing things build up like that and it will even get stronger in the afternoon as this all right there slides in. the heaviest will be to the north. everybody is covered. middletown 4.60. santarosa, 2 inches. boulder creek 1.92, ben lomond also 2 inches of rain.

oakland 1 inch, petaluma 1. concord .71 -- redwood city 70. temperatures have been going down. right there. that's all sliding in today. we'll have to deal with that today, tonight, into early tomorrow. and then we'll get some rain tomorrow night i think into friday morning and then after that things should come down a almost bit. winter storm warnings are out until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow.

tori, there are signs of really cold air next tuesday. >> all right. it's already pretty cold up in the mountains. if you are driving up to the seer ray today, you may -- sierra today, you may want to bring your chains. chains are required on 80 and 50 right now. the snow has been falling since yesterday afternoon, catching many drivers by surprise leaving some stranded. here is a live picture of the snow. you can see it falling and clinging to the trees there. caltrans is increasing the staff and equipment by 20 p, to 30% to -- 20% to 30% to try to clear the roads in time for holiday weekend. a big part of the baseball tradition could be snuffed out by politicians.

stocks are rising. oil prices are rising as traders watch what's going on in the middle east where labor pretests -- protests flared in egypt and antidemonstrations spread to libya. it is 7:44. senator john kerry is in pakistan trying to win the release of an american embassy worker charged with murder. president obama sent senator kerry to pakistan to argue that the embassy worker, raymond davis, should not be tried in pakistani court because he should have diplomatic

immunity. davis has been detained in pakistan since january 27th, after he fatally shot two pakistani men on motorcycles. davis claims the pen were trying to -- the men were trying to rob him and he was acting in self-defense. many pakistanis took to the streets because they want davis to be tried in pakistan. the taliban has warned anyone who helps in his release will be punished. 7:45. well, they said no in berkeley last night. two guantanamo bay detainees will not be offered invitations to re-settle in berkeley once they get out of prison. about 11:30 last night, the berkeley council rejected the resolution to welcome two detainees from guantanamo bay to live in berkeley. it's an issue that puts berkeley in the national spotlight with strong opinions on both sides. >> i want to know if the peace and justice commission really did their home work on these

detainees. just because they haven't been charged and convicted a crime doesn't mean that they are innocent. >> in the independent, we don't have a decision -- end, we don't have a decision coming out of berkeley. >> some berkeley council members say they can't support this right now because federal law prohibits detainees from coming to the u.s. but they also said if the law changes they may redid the -- reconsider the issue in the future. bradley manning has been held in solitary confinement since being arrested in may. the pentagon denies any

mistreatment. officers seized 200 ounces of heroin with an estimated street value of $300,000. the bust happened last saturday at a home on 61st avenue. officers arrested 35-year-old isaac perez. police say he was the ringleader of heroin trafficking operations from mexico. in mexico, an american immigration agent was killed. a second agent was wounded. the two i.c.e. agents were traveling from mexico city to monterrey, they apparently were ambushed by gunmen. attacks on american officials in mexico are rare. some inmates in california prison have been using their time behind bars to try to cheat the irs. the irs says california, florida, georgia lead the nation in fake tax rushes followed by prison inmates.

prisoners in those states received nearly $19 million in royce refunds in 2009. that's after filing tax rushes. two u.s. senators are taking a swing at the smokeless tobacco habit. they want the league and players union to ban chewing tobacco. democrats frank lawsuiten burg and dick durbin are teaming up. city officials in san francisco are saluting desmond right there. he's the linebacker for the green bay packers. yesterday, supervisors held a city hall ceremony honoring him for his accomplishments on and off the field. he's a graduate ofle a he holds an annual youth football camp

as well as conducts other activities to help. going bald at able 20 could be a red flag for prostate cancer later in life. french researchers found 20- year-old men who have gone bald are more likely to get the disease. diet pepsi has a new look and they are choosing to show it off at this week's new york fashion week. the drink itself is not changing but the can is. pepsi says it's celebrating beautiful, confident women who drink diet pepsi in the new skinny diet pepsi can. it almost looks like those energy drinks we talked about yesterday. >> it does. the father of the ma -- of

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right now, california's government is under a hiring freeze as it tries to deal with

the $25 billion deficit. the freeze applies to vacant and seasonal positions as well as full and part-time jobs. there's an exception in safety and revenue jobs. it's still unclear how much money the hiring freeze will save. governor jerry brown is also dropping a 3-year-old lawsuit filed by his predecessor. the suit questioned whether arnold schwarzenegger had the authority to cut state workers' minimum wage. brown's office says the state plans to stay out of the courtroom and will try to work out employee pay issues with the controller's office instead. 7:53. soon it may be harder for those illegal cabs to pick up passengers in san francisco. tomorrow, a public safety committee will vote on whether to fine cab drivers who are not permitted to drive in the city legally. the citations could reach $ 5,000. some of the limousine and lincoln town cars have been offering rides to customers without having a license to do

so. santa clara valley transportation authority will start phasing in clipper cards today. they are the last major bay area transit system to except those cards as a form of payment. while many riders say they've been happy with the cards the there are also complaints that they don't always work like they should. parents of teen drivers may find a new smart phone app pretty useful. it's called safety information and protection system to keep track of teens when they are behind the wheel. you can set a boundary as small as a city bock or as big as an entire city. if they are speeding or out of bounds or texting while driving, you ket a -- you get a text message on your phone. it's available for androids right now. >> that sounds useful. >> well, whenever i want to

know about the commute, i have an app for that. i just ask for sal. >> that's right. the human app. >> there you go. let's go out and take a look at what we have now. 24. it was raining and showering here. traffic is still slow driving in from la fayette over to orinda. this is the route that the boss takes. it will be about 12 -- a 12 -- let me say that again. between 1 and 15 minutes to get into oakland. after that, it's more. got it? okay. westbound bay bridge as you drive from the toll plaza, that's about 15. this is the biggest backup we've seen this week, 15 minutes at the toll plaza once on the bridge you are okay. southbound 280 at 8 there's slow traffic there. 85 northbound getting up to cupertino will be slow.

we do have some slow traffic. on peninsula, between san mateo and palo alto, 101 isn't great. i would say 280 is better and then hayward union city, southbound slow from about 238 all the way down to the fremont area. most of it is stop and go. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. is up, cloud, showers, colder. possible thundershowers. that's what i'm talking about, if you like the big, towering cumulus clouds -- and i know you are out there -- today is your day. this will be one of those wait five minutes for the weather pattern. now the cold air has to come in and all of that rotating off shore, it has to swing in there. there's hail and possible thunderstorms later on. some great weather rainfall totals coming in.

>> the power is still on in lompico. that's a story in itself. some of these bands are starting to form now. wait until the afternoon heating to really kick in. that's when we'll start to see the possibility of some thunderstorms. it's getting colder. fair field, napa. santarosa is 42. ukiah is 41. here comes the whole mess for lock of a -- for lack of a better word. 50s for temperatures and off and on showers, possible showers. it looks like rain returns

tomorrow night. toppled trees, downed power lines. we'll show you the -- we'll show you what crews are doing to clean up the mess. and new this hour, what doctors are not telling wounded congresswoman, gabby giffords.

the green on the map means rain -- means rain. the strong winds knocked down some big trees. we'll take a new look at the overnight storm damage. the second hour of "mornings on 2" begins right now. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's wednesday, february 16th. we're getting a mix of rain and there's some stun. let's check in with steve with the forecast. >> all right, tori and dave, yes, that's correct. we do have some breaks in the clouds and we have some partly to mostly cloudy skies. colder air is beginning to work its way in. we have had scattered showers and they will pick up late he

on. the front came last night. a lot of snow up in shasta/lassen, truckee. we're kind of in between. there is a little bit of a break. these little speckles. watch these -- they don't look like much now. they will later on, especially when they come in late morning, early afternoon. so the possibility of thundershowers and hail. >> right now traffic is going to be affected in san francisco because there's gooding on the great highway. frequently they close it for sand removal. these are pictures here of standing water. they thought it would be best for you not to drive through this area. so the best thing for you to do is to avoid the great heir. if you are just going locally,

you can i would -- i would suggest using sunset and avoid the great highway. right now, they have to clear this water. ktvu's claudine wong is out there now and she's going to tell us more about this. she's out there gathering more detail. this is a look at the san mateo bridge. most bridges are under a high wind warning in the area -- in bay area. use caution. we'll run down the list of that. 8:02. let's go back to kraig debro who is looking at a problem in san francisco. kraig has it cleared up? >> oh, yeah it has, sal. it's cleared up here. we're at bayshore and silver. it's also not raining in the area. this is one of the patches where we're not getting any rain. you are looking at a truck san francisco and 280 northbound. the problem started about -- what is it? eight hours ago, with the sunshine but now that problem is fixed. it was fixed about 40 minutes ago. just before the bulk of the moving commute.

so that's good news. this is what the belly of the -- what was the 280 southbound 101 connector looked like about an hour and a half go. caltrans crews using a saw to cut through a roadway sign above that 280 split. after sawing from that -- that sign, they removed it. this all began shortly after midnight, about eight hours ago. chp says a big box truck hit the northbound 280 sign. kind of an unusual happenstance. that sign has been up there for years without any big box truck hitting it. maybe the truck was sitting higher than they normally do. minutes later after that collision, the motorist came through reportedly hit by either debris falling from the side or a compact impact, the sign hitting a windshield.

the ambulance was culled out -- was called out. despite the hazard, chp, the caltrans crews couldn't get out of here until about four hours ago. they did shut down the 280 connector to downtown san francisco t was scheduled to reopen around 7:25. that was good news. it happened, as i said, just before the bulk of the morning commute. so they avoided some of the disaster that might have been going otherwise. we've been telling you about power outages and here is an update from pg&e. about 30 minutes ago, pg&e told us that in orinda, power knocked out the two -- knocked -- the power knocked out to 220 customers won't be back on until 6:00 tonight. crews are replacing large spans of wire that fell along with some other equipment. in millbrae, power for almost 300 residents won't be restored

until at least 7:00 this morning. in danville, about 135 customers, you should get your electricity back in about 30 minutes from now. outages in half moon bay have already been restored into there are reports of standing water in the bay area. that's always a problem for cars. ktvu shot this. this is fifth street on the onramp to 880. and this vi taken along interstate 08 in berkeley. shows the dangerous conditions drivers face. cars hydroplaning and spinning out of control were a common site. steve mentioned, we could be in for possible thunderstorms later on today and along the coast, large waves are expect. so it you are heading to the beach, you need to be extra careful. we sot some shots where claudine wong is now and very high surf. >> it was churning. big stuff. >> uh-huh. let's see what sal is

teeing -- is seeing in your commute to get you where you need to go. >> the bay bridge has taken a turn for worse. i want tee shue the -- i want to show you the bridge itself. that's because they are metering the traffic. they want to give people a lot of room. the bridge itself looks okay. let's take a look at the toll plaza. it's backed up big time. it's about a 15-minute delay, which is big for this time of the morning. usually it's beginning to clear up. you will see some slow traffic there. to the sierra we go, check this out. there goes a -- there goes a snow removal machine. wouldn't it be nice if it were stand -- if it were -- my goodness. it's like a winter wonderland, like a postcard, except when you are driving in it -- our camera went to black. 8:06.

let's go to steve. sal? >> yes. >> the twitter nation is very funny this morning. >> they are? >> yes. very funny. now, i -- as i say to tori, that's an angry sky. it's going to get even mean -- even meaner later on today. some sun, clouds, possibility of showers and maybe some hail. very intense system tarting to work -- starting to work its way in. there still could be gusts 25, 30. showers, thundershowers, tomorrow, colder, cloudy. with we'll carry that into friday. i still think the weekend won't be bad. it will be cool and breezy but i think we'll get a break as the next system goes offshore and more into southern california. we'll fine tune that but that's the way it's looking for me. but next tuesday, there's one forecast model we have and i'm getting ahead of myself brutally cold. i mean, arctic cold. in the meantime, the rain is

winding down but there's so much juice in the atmosphere, see -- see these lines stretching from antioch to danville, san ramon, one line -- one line right there over towards the bridge. boulder creek, los gatos, there's been good rain totals. about .50 to upwards of 4 for some. 42, santa rosa. 44 fairfield. 50s in this -- and this cold air begins to work its way in. missing satellite image. that's what's coming in. that's the cold unstable air. winter storm warnings go until:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. snowfall will be in feet. last i heard -- i think i heard about 8 to 18 on north shore with a lot more at the ski resort. for us, it will be colder,

showers, possible thundershowers, breezy and cool out there. but mostly cloudy skies with highs in the hee 50s or mid-50s at best. it's only going to get colder over the next few days. rain returns thursday night into friday. maybe some -- we'll mention it now but sunday looks good in advance of the system. at this however, pg&e drews are making -- crews are making repairs in the oakland his. we mentioned earlier power outages, power lines came down about five hours ago after a tree toppled on skyline boulevard. tara moriarty is live in oakland with more on what's happen -- dash what's happening there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 56,000 are without power. that's down from the 99 reported earlier. now, the power is not expected to be restored until 1:00 this afternoon. if you take a look behind me,

you can see where there's power lines on the roadway there. new-- now high winds knocked down a huge tree sometime before 3:00 this morning. this is what happened as a result. a bunch of wires snapped, and melted into the asphalt creating what look -- what looks like a mini lava flow. oakland crews were on scene. now it's just the pg&e crew. they will now get ready to remove the angled -- remove the angle causing the problem. >> reporter: 67,000 people are without power. until crews repair problem, you won't be able to drive through and we spoke to a police officer and he said it shouldn't be fullny for another

nine hours. the hills around here, all of the roads are very windy. you need to map out to where you need to go before then. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. time no is -- time is -- time is now 8:11. the boeing fleet, slowly getting back to service dread. the jets were founded on the air data computers. one of those planes was at sfo that we did check with the airport earlier this morning right now we're told there are no delays,-- delays. united said the computers they were checking are fully functional -- the airline admitted they didn't comply with faa requirements in the past. the fbi expects to have results back this morning after unyou are -- after running tests on a suspicious neighborhood. a virginia spokesperson said a -- said a clerk became ill

after evening up an envelope -- after this. the third building will stay with us until the fbi identifies what that is. we will ally continue our storm coverage on ktvu with weather and traffic updates to the next hour and also throughout the day on our website. looking ahead -- her doctors say congresswoman gabby giffords is making a tull recovery. but there's one one new -- there's new information on an attack covering the protests -- protests in egypt.

good morning. beautiful shot if you are puttering around the house. turn around and look at the screen. there you go. that's your day. the sun breaking through the clouds. like that. some showers, possible thundershowers. highs, 40s and 50s with a very cold air mass coming in. >> that's a spectacular picture. 8:15. the chief of staff to congresswoman giffords says the congresswoman has not yet been told the details of the january 8th shooting rampage in tucson where she was shot in the had. the chief of staff said during an interview this morning that the congresswoman is aware a tragic event occurred. he also said it wouldn't be fair

to tell her everything yet. meantime, the arizona community college that expelled the accused gunman had some serious fearies he could show up -- fear es would show up on the -- heres he would show up on the -- fears he would show up on the campus. the college planned to hand out photos -- fliers with his photo on it. one of the officers became very concerned after finding a youtube posting. he was kicked out of school after several run-ins with class. 8:16. egypt's ruling military council is out with a new warning in a text message to egyptian johns -- cell phones. we've just learned for the second time in three days, it's calling for an immediate halt to all labor unrest. and the warning raises

expectations of an outright ban eventually on protests and strikes. since the military took power from hosni mubarak on fry, egyptians have -- on friday, egyptians have taken to the streets. we're also learning that lara logan is being released from a u.s. hospital today and will continue her recovery at home. network executives say the 39- year-old mother of two was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted by an angry mob of about 200 while thousands of people celebrated the resignation of president mubarak on friday. she was rescued by a group of women and soldiers. logan has not spoken publicly since the attack but is said to be in good spirits. the protests in the middle east are now spreading to the persian gulf. alison burns is tracking the latest violence in bahrain where the united states has very vit cal military interests

-- critical military interests. >> reporter: thousands of u.s. military personnel and a fleet of american warship the are in -- war ships are in bahrain. this is video that we pulled off youtube this morning from amnesty international this morning of the clashes between police and -- police and protesters. police have been using rubber bullets to try to control the crowd. the war ships and thousands of u.s. military personnel are in bau hayne keeping an eye on iran and protecting the oil through the gulf. two people have been killed. and in a rare appearance, the king expressed his condolences.

8:196789 general motors is recalling more than 50,000 cadillacs worldwide this morning. the auto company says equipment in the rear suspension of the cadillac cts could almost loose making it hard for driver to steer. there have been no reports of death or injuries to the -- related to the recall. it affects models 2009-2010 models. and this just in. like california's high speed rail plan, florida would get billions of dollars in federal help but governor scott says the skate would be on the hook for billions more and it's just too expensive. he also criticized the president's budget proposal, saying it will increase the country's debt.

8:19. caltrain holding a -- hoeds a second community meeting -- holds a second community meeting tonight about possible service cutbacks. now, caltrain is considering eliminating weekend service and cutting weekday trains and closing stations. there will be two mor meetings tomorrow in gilroy and san carlos. 8:20. really sad story. a woman dies at work sitting in her cubicle and the amount of time it took before anyone noticed. and after a drunk driver dies in prison, there is a debate other hear is owed to the victim's family -- over what is owed to the victim's family. these are pictures of the camera.

they are waiting for the paramedics. chp has just arrived along with the tow trick. but the fire department is on the way. we have a lot of lanes closed. we'll tell you more about this straight ahead.

welcome back. sanfrancisco police hope a sketch will help them catch a

suspect. the suspect is described as asian, between 18, 19 years old, 5'10", he may have a mole on his upper right cheek. this suspect is wanted for the fatal stabbing of victor zen. it happened in the city's engel side district on february 6th. in just about two weeks, the judge will make a decision about whether to hold a restitution order -- to uphold a restitution order. edward shaffer was sentenced to years to life for killing a girl and seriously injuring her -- injuring her father in a motorcycle crash. he was ordered to pay restitution. it's reported that the public defender wants that restitution order thrown out. a los angeles county employee apparently died while working in her cubical but no

one noticed for hours. she was found slumped over on her desk. the exact cause of death is unknown. coworkers said they didn't see her because she working in a line of cubicles where she was the only occupant. let's go to sal a crash? yeah. it doesn't look good. the motorcycle went down here. we have a picture -- we swung the emeryville camera around here to show 580. you can see the police officers there are around that motorcycle person. the paramedics are there as well. so we have a couple of lanes closed on 5le 0 -- 580 approaching the bay bridge because of this crash. hopefully the person -- i'm gonna see if i can get more information about the severity of this motorcycle's injuries.

but it's not -- motorcycle rider's injuries. but it's not looking that good right now. i want to show you the bay bridge. look. it became empty almost. people aren't getting through. so if you are coming from 880, it should be much better for. this is a look at 80, if you are driving in oakland, not all that bad. 8 at 26. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. partly sunny, partly cloudy, cool, colder, breezy with scattered showers and the possibility of thundershowers and hail. look at that. we're starting to see the sky get dark. it's very early. reports all over the place coming in. the reports of hail up at shelter cove from our observer. we do have some sunbreaks. the biggest cell i can find right there by the hayward side. as it goes over 880 and the entrance there. after that, though, you might have sunshine.

but that's the biggest i could find -- that's the biggest i could find the incredible totals coming in from lompico's 2 inches to four and a half. i want to mention el cerrito. we're getting good totals out of this. as george in the control room just said, it's getting cold out. yes, it is. 40s now the only hayward's holding 0. i don't know. it's that system rotating in and that will continue to give us a very dynamic pattern. colder showers, some sun, blustery at time but there two be -- there could be brief heavy downpours. 50s on the temperatures and they will go down further. i-- i think tomorrow. after that, we'll get some rain thursday night into friday. i think the next system goes off the coast and teases us. well, the rain is gone but the great highway is still a mess. one lane is blocked by all of this water. it's shut down. we'll show you the conditions

-- coming up. also, budget problems could mean some hard times ahead for oakland teachers. the warning from the school superintendent posted online.

we have a motorcycle crash on 508 westbound, approaching the maze, west of 24. blocking a couple of lanes. traffic is stocking up -- stacking up quickly. these are pictures cleaning up the accident scene and traffic is also slow on 24 coming on down the hill. coming up in a few, i will tell you what may have made it a lot easier for this motorcycle driver to -- to not sustain

major injuries. time now is 8:30. let's get more on your storm watch coverage for you on this wet and very chilly morning. claudine wong is out and about in san francisco along great highway, i believe you are. it's a troubled storm spot and i know there's flooding out there. great highway, oh, they just disappeared, we had a double rainbow out there. it was beautiful. the other thing that's not so fleeting is this puddle. it has shut down one lane of this roadway. great highway always has problems every time there is a storm. so people out here are used to them shutting down the area. you can see people walking their dogs, taking advantage of it. this is probably about -- i would say about a foot deep. not too bad. but it will take a while for it to clear out. again, it's shut down. i want to show you this, too.

there is a heavy surf advisory in place. it got into effect at 7:00 a.m. this morning. it will be in effect until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. they are expecting 15 - -- 15- foot waves. it's made for a gorgeous site. we've talked to some people out here who said they call out here to try to enjoy it. steve's been talking about the temperatures dropping. i taked to one person who came out here with a blaine -- blanket, thinking she could enjoy the site but went back in because it was too cold. they have a detour set up in place. keep in mind there's flooding in and out throughout the day and -- throughout the city and bay area. this storm passes and we wait for the next one to arrive. right here in live in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. now, earlier claudine warned us about another flooded area in san francisco, it's right along

park presidio to doyle drive to the construction bridge. that's a construction area and caltrans came by to clear a drain on one side of the street. the other side doesn't have a drant right now. you will find standing water. the crews plan to put up a sign just to warn you drivers about the flooding in that area. in fremont, one of our coworkers sent us these pictures of a fallen tree this morning. it toppled down overnight outside of a complex near mowry and perata. luckily, nobody was hurt. we don't know of any damage. as of right now, the tree is blocking part of the driveway. we want to see your photos of the tomorrow. just e-mail us at foe totes@-- e-mail is photos@ktvu.com. a stranded barge is docked

in oakland. the barge ran aground earlier yesterday morning. our news crew was there last night when the barge was finely removed at high tide and moved across the bay it was carrying thousands of gallons of fuel and hydraulic fluid. but the fuel tanks held tight and only about one gallon of oil leaked into the bay. vallejo police now say the disappearance of a man missing for a week is suspicious. 45-year-old robert mats took his dog for a walk 11 days ago and has not been seen or heard from. his dog came home that night alone. his family says it's highly unusual for him not to be in contact. investigators want to know who was at fault in a fatal crash that killed a chp officer in northern mendocino county. the officer identified at 24- year-old thomas adam of

foretuna, a -- for tuna. he was killed on highway 101 near the humboldt county, yesterday afternoon. we still don't know which vehicle crossed the line 0 over to oncoming traffic. two people were taken to the hospital. they've been released. a hear something set for a program that had crack down on violent street gangs. a judge will soon hear testimony on the -- in the city's fruitvale. city attorney says the existing injunction in the northern part of oakland has worked very hard for fighting violent crime. last year, a judge bar the gang members from hanging out that together and imposed a 10:00

p.m. curfew. layoff notices could soon be going out to hundreds of teachers and staff in the oakland unified school district. a letter posted on the district's website says the district may be short as much as 12.6 million in next year's budget. some principals and other managers might be reassigned to a new position in the fall because of the deficit. state law requires school districts to warn employees of the possibility of a layoff by march 15th. weeks after the first talk of viling -- filing for bankruptcy, borders filed the papers this morning. the company that owns borders and walden books says it had close about 30% of the store. borders has struggled to keep up with digital competitors, including amazon.com and apple. and tesla reports its revenue almost doubled last year. but so did the losses. the palo alto based company

says revenue hit $336 million. but losses copped $51 million. currently tesla makes one type of car, that one, the $1,000 roadster. a less expensive moodle is expected to go on sale next year. let's go to sal. we have a major commute problem in the emery ville area -- emeryville area. >> that's right i whatten to show you this picture. it's-- i want to show you this picture here. it's raining really hard. this is not going to make it easy for the crews to -- well, to fix the problem to -- to clear this motorcycle accident. watch for very slow traffic. 880, just down the road, there's sunshine. that's why we be seeing a -- seeing a rainbow.

heavy traffic headed up north. this morning on the east bay avenue, 880 hayward, very slow traffic both directions. adoctors the bay, you can see in san mateo and -- across the bay, i can see in san mateo and southbound 101 slow. highway 101 eastbound and 280 there is sa crash. so this commute has not been teller. let's go to steve. sun, clouds, showers, rainbows, i believe it was peggy in la fayette about an hour ago, sent me a twitter -- twitter picture of a rainbow. maybe, just maybe we'll find the pot of gold. cold air is coming in. very cold air. possible reports of hail and thunderstorm. we'll get some thunderstorms.

it won't be as bad. i hope not. the front went through about 4:00, 4:30 this morning. right here, those bands, that's really cold air. sal just showed you the emeryville picture. that's the rain that's falling. some of the arrest totals, berryessa, 1.74. >> that's our system starting to rotate in. as it does, the skies will darken. the cold air can come in and we'll get a very unstable atmosphere. i would not be surprised with funnel clouds out in the valley and very low snow levels, too. it's getting cold out there. breezy, chilly, forecasted highs, 50s. but i'm -- i might be a little high on some of these.

it's gonna be noticably cooler and breezy. there could be brief heavy downpours. chilly, rain moves back in thursday night a early friday. next system looks like it will be offshore. 8:40. this time he says i really even it. we're talking about lance armstrong, the cycling star, told "the associated press" now he's really ready to retire from cycling. now, his official retirement announcement ends a comeback effort but it has not stopped all of the talk about his alleged use of performance- enhancing drugs. i'm tara moriarty live in the oakland hills where this tree toppled into the street because of last night's storm coming up -- last night's storm. coming up, we'll talk to a man who will tell us what he saw

and heard last night.

we're getting a better look at a downed tree in the oakland hills causing some power problem. tara moriarty has moved locations with a better look at what's happening there. tara? >> reporter: it's some pretty dramatic pictures here. if you take a look behind me, you can see where this tree

just toppled over into the street. the roots got so saturated from the rain and then the win judd knocked everything over and -- and then the wind just knocked everything over and it came on the car and it just narrowly missed this man. you were actually asleep last night. what did you hear? >> well, about 3:00, i heard a very large crash and then kind of the sounds of kind of electrical wires missing -- buzzing and everything. so i woke up and i looked out the window and there was an electrical wire down -- down the tree. and it was giving out a very, very bright light that lit up the whole neighborhood. there was fire coming -- coming out of the end of the electrical fire. and then i went out in front and i saw this tree that had fallen on me -- had fallen down on my car. >> so luckily, it missed your

house. >> yes. we were very lucky it missed the house. >> had you ever seen anything hike this before? this was a close call. >> well, it happens up here in the hills, actually it happens every winter. something similar happened a few month ago, very near here, a few yards from here. it didn't hit anyone's house or property at that time. >> thank you for joining us. as you can see this is quite a mess that pg&e is going to have to clean up. there's a bunch of wires all snarled in the tree. they are gonna have to clean that up. they are gonna come in with the wood chipper and chop up -- chop up this tree piece by piece and haul it out of here. in talking with the police, they say this roadway is not gonna be open again for another nine hours. as of now, 67 are without power. i'm-- as of now, 67 people are without power. we want to check in with steve, apparently we're getting reports of hail in certain parts of the bay area this

morning. >> that's right. here comes the told, up stable air, as advertised. so san francisco, also told the dublin hills. let's go to live stormtracker2. right into san francisco. i will slow it down a littleby. that's what's moving into san francisco, right there. look at that. that's-- that's the exit on frommont street, the bay bridge -- freemont street, the bay bridge -- fremont streets the bay bridge. along-- in the calldy kit, i imagine there are -- caldecott, i imagine there are brief, heavy downpours. the point i want to make these lines are forming right there and here comes the next line but right now, right there over oakland -- well, near oakland, in the oakland hills and then right back over san francisco, right over the bay bridge. pretty intense. so there's going to be -- that's our pattern today.

we're going to have cold, unstable air and a lot of reports of hail today. 8:46. let's bring you up to date on tom of the other top stories -- some of the other top stories we're following for you. this is another live picture. if you are driving on 80 and 50, changes are required right now. that big truck may or may not need it. you are looking at a live picture of blue canyon, this area -- these are the two main highways limbing the bay area with the -- linking the bay area with the lake tahoe area. the fbi is testing a suspicious letter mailed to the va hospital in virginia. the first floor of the va building, that will stay closed until that fbi investigation is completed. and service is getting back to normal this morning for united airlines. tear are -- their 757 jets were

voluntarily grounded for inspections yesterday because united didn't comply with some of the faa requirements but we're told this morning those jets checked out okay. breaking news right now. we've just learned that egypt's health ministry says 365 people were killed since the anti- government unrest began there and we're continuing to follow the revelation on the violence of lara logan, who was sexually assaulted and beaten during the unrests in the street, nicole collins has an update on her condition and how she was rescued. >> reporter: tori, lara logan is reportedly resting here in washington with her husband after what many would call their worst day in their

career. >> we do want to report some disturbing news about a colleague of ours here at cbs news. chief foreign affairs correspondent, lara logan. >> reporter: logan seen here was surrounded by a mob after getting separated from her crew. she suffered what is being describe as a brutal beating and sexual a -- and she was sexually assaulted. judith matlock, a former correspondent who trains people, tees people how to deal with these investigations. she's known lara for years. >> it just shows -- goes to show no matter how experienced you are or careful you are, bad things can happen. >> reporter: during an interview with cnn in september, she talked about the dangers of reporting in

volatile region. >> i'm absolutely committed to this. >> as the 39-year-old mother of two recovers at home in the u .s., matlock says she attacks the -- doubts the attack will diminish had her commitment to her job. >> knowing lara, she will get right back on the horse and ride again. >> reporter: matlock says this report shows how vulnerable many female voters can be. reporting live in washington, i'll nicole collings. >> we learned that noggin was detained in egypt about a -- that logan was detained in egypt before the attacks. sh. >> reporter: she was detained by the egyptian military the week before this, you are right, but she was also rescued friday by egyptian soldiers. remember, this happened on friday during the celebrations when she was detained, thats -- that was during the period of time where the mubarak regimes

with attacking and detaining. it's a very disturbing story that we're getting this morning about these details. >> all right. thank you. 8:51. senator john kerry is in pakistan trying to win the release of an american embassy worker charged with murder. president obama sent kerry to pakistan to -- to argue that the embassy worker should not be tried in pakistani courts because he should have diplomatic immunity. davis has been sustained in pakistan since january 27th after fatally shooting two pakistani men. david said he acted in self- defense. many pakistanis have taken to the streets and they want davis to be held and the taliban warns anyone who helps in his release will be punished. they said no in berkeley, two guantanamo bay detainees will not be offered invitations

to re-settle in berkeley after they are released. last night, berkeley city council rejected a proposal to have two detainees in guantanamo to come live in berkeley. there's pretty strong opinions on both sides. we're getting word of hail in a you foo parts of the bay area. we'll have some pictures for you and also where downed trees are causing problems. that and more coming up on "mornings on 2."

welcome back. just got some video in. we have to show you this. a downed tree in sonoma county. this is a large oak three that fell on porter creek road about:0 this morning. knocked down some utility lines as well. the power lines came down. traffic was affected around here almost four hours while the chp waited for a tree removal company to get there. the lanes reopened shortly after 7:00 a.m. at noon, father of john walk irlindh, the so-caued american taliban from marin county, will discuss his son's case at a university of san francisco event. john walker-lindh was arrested at an enemy combatant in 2001 during the u.s. invasion of afghanistan and is currently serving 20 years. a registered sex offender

accused of another sexual assault will have a -- will have another psychological evaluation. the judge ordered the evaluation after ramos stopped responding to his lawyer. police say ramos attacked a 2- year-old store inside a union city dollar tree store. he's due back in court on march 25th. a rags to riches story. anna nicole smith. you may recall she married a millionaire oil tie con. there are warnings that the movie contains sex, drugs and violence. the shows are all sold out. and there's only six hours. the great highway is closed

between lyndon and vote -- between lincoln and sloat. this there are no cars here. this is because of the flooding here. they don't want people to be surprised by this. they will get out there and make the water go away. they will reopen it. we're looking at 101 approaching the 80 split. that traffic is okay. if you are driving on the westbound bay bridge, the traffic is backed up for about a ten-minute wait. 8:57less go to steve -- 8:57 let's go to steve. we've had reports in san francisco, also in the oakland hills, two reports, one says hail, now sun. that's gonna be the pattern today. we'll have some mostly cloudy skies, cold, breezy. hail. major reports of hail in the oakland hills i'm hearing and berkeley hills, too. if you are getting report, and

you get video of it, we'll be happy to so it when we can, if we can. >> thanks for watching. stay dry. >> bye now. and we leave you with a look at the tree down in oakland.

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