there's a lot of rain and wind but the cold air is getting close. when will it arrive? we'll talk about that. the cold and wet rain is causing some problems. take a lock at this flooding. the solution just arrived. we'll have a live update. our stormy weather is affecting a bizarre mystery regarding this missing man and the backyard search of his novato home. >> plus, the crimes that

triggered those urgent pleas. good morning to you. welcome to mornings on 2, i'm dave ckark. >> i'm tori campbell. let's go to the weather center and find out where the rain and snow are. >> the low is getting close enough that it's pushing the front through. the system to the south right there, you're seeing what we call a squall line. that forms from napa to san rafael. that's very, very heavy rain going over san pablo bay, oakland and san francisco. that's the source of our gusty

winds from pacifica to the santa cruz mountains. to the north they're in the low 30s. over to sal. the swergt on the san mateo is terrible. we're talking heavy rain, not the kind of weather you want to consider driving in. this is a look at the 880 freeway. the traffic is not doing very well here. the driving conditions aren't doing well, is what i meant to say and windy across all bay area bridges. we want to go to a's where it's been flooding near a major intersection. claudine wong has more. >> reporter: it's miserable.

we're on westbound 92 connector to the southbound 880. you can see there is flooding. the vehicles are moving around. the semis go right through and cause quite a mess. see the folks in the jackets and hard hats. they just brought another pump. they've got one in place. they're trying to get that cleared up. they said this is a temporary ramp. there's no place for the water to go. it made a mess. traffic can get through here but they have had to slope down. every time you have a big vehicle, there's a lot of water pushing around. they're hoping to get it cleared up. a couple of problems. in the meantime, if you're coming through here, especially

these trucks, you're going to want to take your time and know it will be an issue for at left the next little bit. as far as the conditions, cold, wet miserable. live in hayward, claudine wong. >> thank you. now in oakland a huge puddle is trading big problems. cars are having to swing to avoid the standing water. it's at least ankle deep. pedestrians are being forced to cross the street in order to get around the puddle. rainy weather here means snow in the sierras. here is a live look. you can see it at the treky scales. looks like one set of headlights not really moving, and the chains are required on both 50 and 80. the current storm could bring more storm to the sierra and some lower elevations. in fact, we are hearing that trucks are backed up in auburn

this morning. we will have a live report on conditions there coming up within the next half hour. closer to home crews are preparing for treacherous conditions in the santa cruz mountains. there's only rain but colder temperatures coming in later today and tonight could bring snow and caltrans is ready for it. caltrans also has snowplows ready to push any snow off the road. something rare could happen in san francisco. for the first time in more than 3 years -- 30 years our winter storm could bring snow to sea level. the department of public works have loaded sand and will add

track son to slippery roads. >> in my career with the city, never. >> i wanted to show you this, a winter past from the past. we dug through the archives. 1990 in golden gate park. the pond froze over. the ice skating and got a dog braving the temperature there to play a game of fetch. wanted to show you it is possible. we want to see your historical photos. you can e mail them to photos at ktvu.com. we may put it on the air. the stormy weather has delayed efforts to remove a body from a back yard in novato. it will be at least noon today before the coroner can recover the body. the rain soaked ground has created the threat of sliding and other possible safety

problems. the body is presumed to be that of 74-year-old dale smith who vanished months ago. police still do not know how he died or what his wife knows about it. even his wife's whereabouts are a mystery. police removed evidence on rebecca way that could implicate smith's wife. she lived there for months with her husband apparently buried out back. there is a disturbing increase of attacks. the agents are being shoved and punched at bart station. this morning we were at the station in oakland. here's one of the reactions we got from a bart rider. >> they have a difficult job. a lot of times people get frustrated when the tickets don't work.

i mean, i wouldn't do that job. you're standing out in the cold all day or the heat and people are frustrated. >> the ticket agents want bart to get tougher against those who attack the agents and asking bart to fortify the booths with fortified -- bulletproof glass. >> it's treacherous with the weather. >> driving is not the best thing. i realize you have to do it sometimes. it's one of those facts of life. if you have that luxury, you might want to consider putting off your trip. westbound bay bridge, people are out there. it's an eight-minute delay. it's exsphra slow on the bridge -- extra slow on the bridge. when you look at these pictures, even though it doesn't seem like

it's too crowded, the drive will not be pleasant. in the south bay, it seems as if highway 17, if i were to pick the worst sought bay freeway it would be highway 17 over the santa cruz mountains getting down to los gatos and slow in campbell. slow in mountain view and coming up to sunnyvale. let's go to steve. we have a lot of rain. we had torrential rain in san francisco, what we call squall line. we can show you what's going on and what's going on there, that's the squall line. with san francisco gusts 35, 40 miles an hour. now the pressure is rising rapidly. that means the front is going through. that also means the cold air is on the way. there it is in mendocino county.

the high, i think is 32. north bay. that system is moving through. watch the drying. that's the cold air. we still have a ways to g there's very heavy rain, especially along the line which stretches from the east bay, fairfield, concord, oakland to the south bay, especially up in the santa cruz mountains and slicing through the peninsula. sphraps had -- san francisco had a torrential downpour. heavy in spots stretching out from oakland towards half moon bay and moving down the coast. all right. now we can go to the computer. the low is off of eureka and it's heading our way and pushing this front through. morning rain heavy will give way to some breaks in the clouds. we're going to see a this cold air filter in. for the north bay until 4 we

have an advisory. after 4 it turns its attentions to the east bay and mountains. the question is how much moisture will be available. at some of the higher elevations there have been really impressive totals. morning rain, very windy at times. the cold air is on the way. the coldest air arrives tonight. that's when we see the snow levels, the possibility at sea level would be saturday morning. and then the freeze warning tomorrow. >> all right. we've been warned. a little after midnight, an earthquake. it was a small one. it shook san mateo off of half moon bay. it was a magnitude of 3.4. there's no word of injuries or damage. there's a lot going on

involved in libya right now. more deadly violence in the capital. new international reactions, plus an update on that ferry trying to take citizens out of trip mow -- tripoli. security cameras catching burglaries. for tech savvy singles who are lucky in love, a combination of twitter and flirting. we'll explain.

there's all sorts of areas with heavy rains. a squall line went through san francisco and the peninsula, heading towards san mateo and points south. this looks to be collapsing.

you can see there's plenty of rain towards the santa cruz mountains right there. it's by the radar. that's moderate to heavy rain on 101 and 17. we're watching libya because a lot is happening. in fact, breaking developments now. militia loyal to moammar gadhafi started shooting at protesters as they streamed out of the mosque in tripoli. we're told four have been killed. there's word the entire libya militia has quit. and nicolas sarkozy said moammar gadhafi has to design. a ferry carrying americans has finally been able to leave libya. we have all the details on that.

scott? >> reporter: that's what the state department is watching. they've been sending out twitter messages all day about this. 160 americans. they're making an eight-hour trek to a safe haven in malta. attacks near tripoli have killed another 17 today. the white house hasn't ruled out military moves or economic sanctions because of it. the state department, meantime, issuing support to the citizen protesters. >> we support universal rights of the libyan people that includes the rights of peaceful assembly, free speech and the ability of the libyan people to determine their own destiny. >> reporter: the state department still concerned there are americans in libya who are trapped or unable to leave, just a short time ago telling the

americans to contact u.s. officials and gave them an e mail and telephone number, if they need help. that texas college student accused of a bomb plot to kill a u.s. former president, he will appear in federal court sometime this morning. authorities arrested khalid ali aldawsari. they're accusing him of plotting to blow the home of former president george w. bush. aldawsari is also accused of targeting nuclear power plants. he came to the u.s. in 2008 from saudi arabia. the death toll is now at 113 from the new zealand earthquake. at least 200 people are still missing and teacherred dead. authorities are going house to house searching for survivors. 70 people were pulled from the wreckage in the first 24 hours

but since then no ones had been pulled out. >> if you have never experienced a strong quake, here's what this looks like. this is new home video of the moment the quake hit in christchurch. you can hear windows shattering and see things fly through the air. by the time the shaking stopped, it looked like the house was turned upside down. the investigation into the san bruno pipeline disaster is going to shift to washington, d.c. next week. the transportation safety board will release thousands of pages of documents giving us an update on the still ongoing investigation. the bred will also -- board will also question pg&e executives under oath. antioch police are getting help tracking down home burglary

suspects thanks to security cameras. a homeowner showed the footage to ktvu. he says this shows two women coming to his front door repeatedly to case his home. later on two men broke in and ransacked the home. >> every day we find more things missing, things you didn't realize were missing. >> the police were at the home next door. the police were taking fingerprints after someone trayed to break in wednesday night. four homes on you caly this drive have been targeted in the last week. a new study is trying to shed light on the dangers of craigslist. interactions were linked to 330 crimes resulting in 12 deaths over a 12-month period.

it was paid for by rival website oodle. craigslist's ceo said the links are being portrayed dishonestly because there were around 570 million ads posted during that time span. online level is moving to a new level thanks to twitter. the love at first tweet service is a le maintenance dating site for people too busy to create that perfect profile. what you find, the site sends you one question every day. it builds your profile and it determines your best matches from your teated -- tweeted answers. a new debate involving google and privacy. a seemingly innocent art contest turned into speer --

controversy. the bay bridge is busy westbound. you're going to see a backup that's getting worse by the minute as people scuffle to deal with the weather. we'll tell you more straight ahead.

welcome back. sad story. three young girls shot to death in mexico while playing in the yard of the city of juarez. two of the girls were sisters and the gunman was targeting the father. it's across the border from el paso, texas. more criticism for google over privacy. the company wanted to open its doodle for google art contest for children who don't attend schools who already participate.

to make sure there were no duplicate entries, google required the last four digits of the social security number. critics say google could have figured out the rest of the numbers. well, at&t can move ahead with plans to improve its wi -- wi-fi plans in palo alto with two conditions. it could put two towers on university avenue but the towers have to be accessible without going through anyone's apartment. at&t also has to conduct one more safety test. it has to be approved by the city council. the troubles continue for actor charlie sheen. production of his show, "two and a half men," has been canceled for the rest of the see son. taping was set to resume last week after it was halted after sheen tried rehab but after some rants on his boss, the show was

shut down. 200 crew members are out of a job for the rest of the season and that leaves a gab. >> and all of the employees who are out of a job. well, sal is the one man who knows about our commute, right, sal? driving today will not be the best. this is westbound bay bridge. looks like it's about a 15-minute delay. people are going slowly because it's raining. people have been slowing down. there's been flooding in san francisco along 280, cesar chavez. taking a look at 880 north and southbound that commute will be busy. farther down in hayward, 880 southbound another day, another

accident. southbound 880 at ten ni son there's a crash. traffic is slowing down approaching highway 92. if you're driving into south bay, 280 is slow at 17 but 17 north and south not good driving in the mountains. if that is your commute, you need to give yourself extra time. >> the front is barreling through. there have been reports of hail, windy conditions. sal touched on rain. a strong cell around danville, heading towards dublin, pleasanton. we're starting to see a decent system right there. that's heading to hayward in the next couple of minutes. it will be moving through as well. there's some very intense parts that continue to go through. as far as the rain goes throw, if i come out wide, you can see it's gone through the north bay.

put this into motion. there goes the system. right there is that line, pick up towards the south bay. as we come out wider here, i'll go over the east bay. you can see where that's starting to slice through. that's all lit up. that's close to the radar site. there could be brief heavy rain. we also had a couple reports of hail. the system is moving. the cold air has yet to come. now san rafael and napa are dropping. it's mild ahead of it. here comes our system. there's all sorts of advisories until 4:00 and the east pay in the santa cruz mountains. snow will be on the way. but it's a cold windy pattern. the five-day the coldest air

arrives tonight into tomorrow morning. cold sunday but sunny, brisk, windy. a tree has fallen down in san francisco. there's also flooding on roadways. we are live at the scene. also, big airport delays are possible at bay area airports. the plan just there x-rays there's ice forming on the plains.

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the front is moving through. 41 santa rosa. that front has produced heavy rain. it's from the east bay towards the south bay and the peninsula. there's heavy rain. looks like santa cruz, danville, skyline, boulder creek. the heaviest rain is right there. here's sal with an update. >> right now traffic is going to be busy in san francisco. look at southbound 101, partially slow because of some flooding near cesar chavez. looks like we might have another incident. looking on the screen to see if i see anything that popped up. looks like paul avenue we have

one of those storm drains that has flooded. if you're coming in to san francisco, give yourself plenty of time. driving all over the bay area is tough. ktvu's claudine wong is at another bad spot. >> reporter: this is the westbound 92 connector to southbound 880. as you can see, they made good work. the last time we checked in, they were bringing a pump. let me show you a picture of what it looked like. you can see the roadway was about halfway covered with water. it was slowing people down. this is a temporary on-ramp, so there's no drainage system, so they had to bring in a couple of different pumps. it is clear now. if you're coming through here it's a smooth right but there are problems everwhere. there's an accident just down the road from where we are.

roadways are wet. live in hayward, claudine wong. our storm watch coverage continues now with ktvu's kraig debro. he's in san francisco's western addition. what's going on there? >> reporter: i was talking to the department of public works. drivers trying to navigate around between pine and bush. it's closed because of this tree. now the remnants of the trough fell and -- tree fell and brought down a phone line. we've got video of it. you can see crews came out here. what they did, they chopped off limbs and they shoved the limbs into the wood chipper. the chipper chopped up everything. as far as we know nobody was

hurt. we're not sure how many people lost phone service. there is an alternative there. this happened about 40 minutes ago. the department of public works as well as police and fire said they're on high alert because of the weather. they were ready with the wood chipper. they got out quickly. looks like this could hope in the next 10 or 15 minutes. if you come back out live, you can see the tree has been pruned. they have a couple branches to put in the chipper, and this should be done. pine street is shut down. there's one less lane than there normally would be. this is the ciewpped of thing we've been facing all morning because of the weather. kraig debro reporting. also this morning in san francisco, city crews are working to get homeless people indoors as temperatures plunge.

we found people lined up as early as 5 this morning at a homeless shelter on fifth and bryant. it's a dropoff center. the shelter was full when we checked and many had to stand outside in the rain. >> sometimes we're not let inside. they'll come out here and they'll say, okay. line up. okay. it's raining. okay. you can come here land lineup. >> san francisco will activate 100 extra beds at shelters over the next two nights as temperatures plunge. that moans people can show up without a reservation. in san jose centers will be open. things could get icy around the bay area this weekend and that could affect air travel.

remember december of 2009 when ice called several delays at oakland international and minetta san jose. at oakland international, the airline has different ways of responding. >> some wait at the gates. others wait until the temperatures rise. >> sfo has the melting equipment. most airs probably just wait until the sun melts ice. if you have any flight plans, make sure you call ahead. we'll keep you updated all day long. you can also follow the storm system online on our channel 2 website. just look for live storm tracker

two radar on our home page, ktvu.com. there may be potential new clues in the case of jeanine harms who disappeared 10 years ago. police are focusing on items found in the home of the man once considered a suspect. the items include women's clothing, shoes and a few strands of hair. he was killed last hadn't by harm's brother who then turned the gun on himself. a search is on underway -- is underway for a man who robbed a bank in concord. investigators say the man walked into the metro credit union on willow pass road yesterday and demand cash. he was last seen escaping in a white four-door car. walnut police are looking for the man who took advantage of a family's terrible tragedy.

someone broke into teenage drowning victim matt miller's home when the parents were attending the funeral. miller and his friend gavin powell died in an ill fated rafting excursion. let's check in with sal. sal, problems out there? >> yes. right now, dave and tori, san francisco's the worst. we have flooding at paul avenue. it affected the entire freeway system. you see how slow it s we advice you not to use 101. if you're coming in from the bay bridge westbound it's slow because of the winter that moved through. now caltrans is on the way to fix the flooding supposedly near paul avenue. they have the two right lanes closed because ofd inning.

getting across the bridge is going to be tough. it's going to take you a long time. get out there early or you may want to consider using public transportation. 280 some heavy rain moving through. the southbound we have slow traffic and very bad driving conditions on highway 17. let's go to steve. the heaviest rain now is focused on the peninsula. the northbound bay, there mitt be sun breaks as the system has gone through. the colder air has yet to arrive. there's been a lot of snow in lake county, in mendocino county. santa rosa getting on the clear side, same thing for san rafael. the woulder went through san francisco and produced flood problems and gusts of 45, 50 miles an hour. we're on the northwest edge. the low comes in. that means colder air. east bay from san jose, santa

cruz mountains. that's the source of the heavier rains. the system is getting closer. the low is beginning to move in right there off of eureka. it's swinging in over water. it's expected to do that. that's what we're expecting. 40s now. ukia is 32. napa 47. san rafael 46. a lot of 40s and low 50s. you can see the low plunging in. that's what will come in later on. that's when we could get our snow levels. cold, rain, windy at times. the advisory goes in at 4:00. 40s on the highs, very low 50s. a lot of the highs are being set right now. the best opportunity for low snow tonight. sunday morning freeze warnings are out. lows in the 20s.

record setting. it will be sunny. it will be beautiful. it just won't be warm. >> all right. overnight wisconsin's state assembly finally passed that controversial bill. that was the reaction. what happened next could the solution rely behind bars. and a look at the security system at sfo, including 1500 cameras and the unintended benefit provided for the airport.

taking a look at the big board on wall street, some disappointing news coming in on the economic growth in the fourth quarter. state spending cuts slowed that growth. there's good news, however, on oil prices. they are stagnant after the ongoing unrest in the middle east and stocks are taking advantage of that to advance after three days in the red. the dow is up 63 at 12,132. nasdaq up 34. s&p is up 11. we are just getting word from pg&e on a number of local power outages. there were 7,000 customers in both berkeley and el ser rito without pour for a sort time. the el sore rito was just

brought down. as of 7 a.m. 360 customers were without power in san francisco with outages around sage moore to ocean avenue and people without power in the napa yantville area. in wisconsin a controversial measure taking away collective bargaining rights is on its way to the state senate after the state assembly passed it overnight. democrats respond angrily after it was passed. republicans in the senate have vowed to pass it but 14 democrats are still in neighboring illinois. that's preventing a vote in the senate from taking place. the preliminary hearing for a former bell administrator is

scheduled to resume after he was taken to the hospital during his last court date. robert rizzo complained of chest pains and light-headedness during a hearing. he was taken to the hospital and the hearing was adjourned for the day. he is one of eight bell officials accused of misaroasting $5 million in public funds. here's a creative idea to deal with budget deficits, expand prison labor. more and more states are having prisoners do the work that used to be done by private contractors. that includes painting vehicles and sweeping camp sites. it help cut the roughly $20,000 a year it costs to encars rate the innate. >> the irs announced it will reduce the number of tax leans -- liens on homes and other properties by increasing the number of back taxes that

trigger a lien from $5,000 to $10,000. they said this will make it easier to have a lien removed. liens have soared since the beginning of the recession. the devastating credit scores are making it hard to sell houses. a senator from vermont is outraged about the souvenirs being sold in washington, d.c. senator bernie sanders said you can go to gift shops at smithsonian museums and you will not find any souvenir made in america. he wrote a letter to the smithsonian demanding that they sell products made in the usa. policies of them depict images of american history but virtually all have those three little words stamped on the bottom -- made in china. the plan is now in place in

all of california's 58 counties. this week six rural counties near the border joined the database program. it allows agents to review fingerprints of those arrested. bay area counties joined the program last year. a huge network of security cameras watch your every move at san francisco international airport. ktvu got a look at it. check this out. two different groups of security analysts watch a wall full of monitors every day. tsa agents keep an eye on the security check point. even the employees -- they're being watched. >> thefts have gone down because people know we can watch them. employees all know. >> sfo is only a handful of airports in the world with this kind of security set up.

they've got $20 million worth of cameras set up. and you can find out a lot more on sfo's cameras on our website. just go to ktvu.com. look for the special reports tab for behind the scenes photo tour. the crew of the space shuttle discovery is awake and back at work right now. that song is from the prince of egypt. it was the first wakeup call of the shuttle's final mismghts astronauts are spending the day checking the shuttle for damage. some pieces of foam did fall off during yesterday's launch but nasa said it is not a concern. discovery is scheduled to reach its destination, the international space station tomorrow. the top 24 now chosen for season 10 of "american idol."

>> it's you coming through. >> wait. we want rachel. >> rachel, they're not kidding. you saw it last night on ktvu, channel 2. two of the contestants have bay area connections, and they made it into the top 24. the fan voting starts tuesday and for the first time ever you can vote for your favorite singers online but you've got to have a facebook profile to do it. you can log on to the "american idol" website using your facebook account and vote up to 50 times each performance night. china is expanding its internet sensor list.

southbound 101. look at this. the flooding has almost taken over the entire freeway. we're desperately waiting for caltrans to arrive. here they come. hopefully they will get there and do that quickly because the traffic is just a mess. we'll let you know.

caltrans have arrived on the scene. these are live pictures. we just saw them when they showed up. they're using pitched forks to unclog the drain. southbound 101, if they hadn't gotten there soon we would have to close. southbound 101 down to a couple lanes. we'll show you the rest of the

commute coming up. las vegas police investigating another casino robbery. it happened early yesterday morning at the rio hotel and casino. a man with a gun walked into the casino, grabbed some chips and ran out. the chips worth at least $30,000. it comes two months after a man stole $5 million at the bellagio. this is going viral. it's a big hit on the internet. 21-year-old man, his name is anthony plaque. they're calling him the chain saw bandit. he went into a ard wear store in -- hardware store in oklahoma and tried to steal a chain saw by hiding it in his underwear. it wasn't hard to notice. the cops chased after him. the police arrested him, charged

him with larceny, possession of stolen property, and he was drunk, too. the bay area linked in career networking site is on china's censured list. they said access was blocked across the country as of yesterday afternoon. it happened after members used linked in to talk about what's happening in the middle east. there's speculation that could indicate china is even less likely to open its firewall to other social network sites like facebook and twitter that obviously had a big role in some of the uprising in egypt. a big deal is our traffic, our weather, sal. this is wild. >> reporter: this is southbound 101 getting down to the south and of the city. we have workers trying to unclog the drain near paul avenue. it's clogged with debris.

caltrans crew just arrived on the scene less than 10 minutes ago. already we're seeing some improvement. the water was all the way out to the third lane. now looks like it's confined to the right lane. they're working hard and they're working fast. if they open the lanes anytime soon, it will help. i want to show you 101 -- now it's clogged up by rain. southbound 101 traffic is busy. let's go to the bay bridge where the 101 free way certainly does affect the bay bridge. it is pretty slow. if you're going into france, know this. if you want to put off the trip for later, now may be better off. let's go to steve. there are a few breaks in the clouds. this system, the front is moving through. it's blasting through. we had gusts of 45 miles an hour back towards 101, morgan hill to

gilroy, up around foothills. there's some moderate to very heavy rain. also san jose, a couple of reports of super rain. that's coming down. the tweets are coming in. it's heavy rain there and the east bay. the front is losing power -- it was powerful when it went through san francisco. look behind that. north bay there's some breaks. that tells us the front is going through. now it will turn to scattered showers. some of the cold air will work its way in. the low is offshore. it's going to swing in over us late tonight and tomorrow morning. morning rain giving way to colder windy conditions. boy tonight the best opportunity for snow levels early tomorrow morning. the winter weather advisories

until 4:00. so if we get snow, it will be saturday morning. >> our live storm watch continues on this wet and cold friday morning. here's a live picture of some of the backup. this is southbound 101. looks like they have cleared that puddle. caltrans looks like they're leaving the scene. looks like they accomplished their mission. hopefully the traffic will be getting better. the stormy weather is also affecting that bizarre mystery involving this missing man and the backyard search of his home in novato.

rain is moving through. we had reports of heavy rain and hail. there's areas to the north where the cold air is starting to work its way in. >> one problem can have an effect on a lot of people. we'll tell you what happened in san francisco, causing this mess at the bay bridge. good morning. i'm jade hernandez. there are trouble spots on the road. we're in san mateo.

good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark -- dave clark. >> let's find out where the rain is falling. >> there's moderate to heavy reports. now the front has gone through. the cold air is working its way. there's a good line from santa cruz to morgan hill. look at that right over san jose and the east foothills, san jose starting to let up on the peninsula but blasting through towards the trivalley. that's heavy rain and towards clayton and highway 4, antioch. look at the north bay. the front's gone through. now scattered showers. the cold air will work its way. wool rae have more coming up in

the weather segment. now over to sal. this morning at the toll plaza it's busy. getting into san francisco, it's still very slow across there. in fact, our 101 camera -- it's probably raining mist so we can't see it. so 101 is recovering after flooding has taken up a couple of lanes. they reopened lanes. let's go to the south bay where it looks like heavy cells moving through there. 280 is not very good. if you're driving anywhere, give why are self-extra time. looks like the storm is moving through. there's still problems out there. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in san mateo with more on that area of the town. >> reporter: we're live in san mateo. 101 is experiencing problems. we can show you traffic is extremely slow. we were headed to redwood city.

several traffic hazards were in the roadway. we got to this point because traffic was so slow. the california highway patrol responded about 20 minutes ago to another accident in redwood city. now on our way, traffic was so slow along the san mateo bridge, the heavy winds, strong winds just kept our speed down. not only our speed but just about every truck and vehicle on the road. a couple of things we wanted to show you. this is what traffic looks like at this junction here along 101 and 92. this is called the johnson interchange. now we didn't see any accidents along our root -- routes, but drivers all over are suspicious the effect -- experiencing the effects of rain. it's in the raining right here, right now. the sun is even peeking out of the clouds. i want to show you the effects of the rain. we're going to walk over here.

i put my foot in the water over here. it comes up to about my boots. you can see that the rain over the last couple of ours has collected -- hours has collected. this is some of the flooding some of the drivers are experiencing. we'll keep monitoring the situation and give you an update in a few minutes. >> all right. reporting live. our storm watch continues with kraig debro. there's a big problem. so what happened out there? >> not anymore. they cleared the trees and the phone buchanan is opened up. they attached it back on to this building. i doubt it's hooked up again. the tree here. that was just the stumming. dpw made quick work of the problem. got a report that the tree came

down probably around 6:30. it came down with a telephone line. nobody was hurt. police and dpw had to shut down buchanan between bush and pine. people can still use fill moore to go around the area. crews got out here within 10, 15 minutes and brought a wood chipper. they put everything in the wood chipper. then they brought out a chain saw and gist cut down the -- just cut down the remainder of the tree. because a lot of people have cell phones, even if they did lose their land lines, they have a cell phone.

it will be at least noon today before the coroner can recover the skeletal remains of the body under the brick patio. the body is presumed to be that of 74-year-old dale smith who von knished months ago. police still don't know if the body is smith, how he died or what his wife knows about it. even his wife's whereabouts are a mystery. less removed evidence that could emly kate his wife. evelyn smith lived at the house for months with her husband, apparently, buried out back. ticket agents at bart stations are pleading for more protection. the agents said they're constantly being shoved, punched and threatened. this morning we were out at

bart's fruit dale station. >> they have a difficult job. a lot of times people get frustrated when the tickets don't work. i wouldn't do that job. you're standing out in the cold all day or the heat and people are frustrated. >> the agents want bart to be a lot tougher against those who attack the agents and asking bart to fortify their booths with bulletproof glass. we want to check in once again with sal who has been telling us about a growing number of problems on the roadway. >> we've had 101 flooding which messed things up. moments ago the crews and we have these pictures belong almost all the freeway. crews got out there with pitch forks and removed the debris. you can see this made a mess of traffic. moments ago we watched them

clear everything off. even our crew was asked to move off the freeway. everything needs to be open. southbound 101 is getting better by the moment getting down to the city. we still have slow traffic. let's go to the toll plaza as people are affected by 101. getting into san francisco, i wouldn't recommend it because driving across the bridge is slow. if you can put the trip off for awhile, that would be better for you. so let's move along and take a look at the map. the road spencers lit -- sensors lit up red. if have you have -- if you have a flight to catch at sfo, get on the road early. another bad day, i'm afraid, getting down to fremont. let's go to steve.

big thank to the twitter nation, some great reports coming in. raquel said the hail about 15 minutes ago. bob in livermore heavy rain with hail reports out to crockett. a pretty good line through santa cruz. santa cruz mountains towards morgan hill. you can see back over towards los gatos, still the east bay getting rain. now it's turning scattered or spotty showers. the north bay a few sun breaks but here comes the really, really cold air. towards san jose, gilroy, moderate rain. we do have on the satellite

picture -- the low is sing right there starting to work its way down. as it does looks like it will go over us late tonight tomorrow morning. it's going over water. that's good. when this goes over water it picks up some of that water. you combine that with really cold air, which is why we have winter weather advisories until 4:00. there's been a lot of snow in mendocino county. after 4:00 then it's the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains. this may be a bigger snow event say for santa cruz mountains to salinas valley, could be. snowfall could be two to six inches. if we get snow down to sea level it will be early. we're getting a south wind ahead of it. behind this you get a northwest

wind, and that's the colder wind. there's our low. so rain tapering off as it heads south and east but then turning colder. snow then becomes likely if there's any available moisture and there will be for the north bay hills. there will be sun breaks for awhile. the high temperatures have been set for some. temperatures are beginning to drop. in fact, a good four to five degrees, so rain giving rain to colder air and possible snow late tonight into saturday morning clearing saturday neat -- night and cold with a freeze warning. you might want to cover some of your plants, also some of the pipes, let the water run through the pipes and don't forget your pets sunday morning. it will be sunny but it won't be warm. >> we've been warned. the storm will drop more snow on the seer pray nevada --

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lots of reports coming out of the south bay. it's right over san jose over the 101 corridor and the santa cruz mountains and livermore, but the front is going through. it will turn scattered showers, mostly cloudy and the cold air starts to work its way in, especially towards the north bay. >> see, when steve tells you something, you better believe it. this weekend the storm will bring more snow to the sierra nevada mountains. that means driving will be dangerous. look at this. it's dangerous right now. you're looking at a lot of snow in nevada county. we checked with caltrans for you. you need chains on both 80 and 50. a couple more feet could be on the ground by the end of this weekend. there's dusting in lower elevations, includinged

sacramento area. stay tuned. sal will be here in a couple of minutes. he'll have more on the conditions. we want to show you this. just got this photo in. cassandra sent in this picture of snow in lake county in the town of kelseyville. they got snow there. also, kirkwood. all right, now, look. >> you got to be kidding. >> look at that. >> that looks like a canyon. >> oh, man. we're not making this stuff up. steve got it in for us. we want to see your photos. just east mail them to photos at ktvu.com. >> that's an amazing picture. there are several new developments involving libya this morning. right now more than 100 americans are evacuating libya where new deadly violence has

broken out. >> also french president nicolas sarkozy is calling on moammar gadhafi to step down and diplomats said they are defecting to the opposition, another blow to gadhafi. we have the latest on the u.s. government's response. >> reporter: so many developments this morning. the state department confirms a ferry carrying 160 americans has departed libya, headed for mal that. the trip had been delayed for three days because of high seas. an alert has been sent to americans who may still be in libya, asking them to leave now and to contact u.s. officials if they need help doing so. the associated press reporting more attacks. 17 people were killed near

tripoli. the obama administration hasn't ruled out military moves or economic sanctions. >> these are human rights. they are not negotiable and they must be followed. >> reporter: the state department also chartering aircraft to fly americans out, if necessary, later today. here in washington, there will be a 2 p.m. protest outside the libyan ambassador's residence. live in washington, reporting for ktvu. the death toll is now at 113 from the zel -- new zealand earthquake. at least 200 people are still missing and feared dead. 70 people were pulled from the wreckage in the first hour that the 6.3 magnitude quake struck.

if you've never experienced strong quake, this is what this looked like. this is new home video of the moment it hit. you can hear glass shattering and see things fly through the air. it looked like the house was turned upside down? that texas college student accused of a bomb plot will be in federal court sometime this morning. authorities arrested khalid ali aldawsari yesterday. they're accusing him of plotting to blow up the dallas texas home of former president george w. bush. aldawsari is also accused of targeting knew collar power plants. he came from saudi arabia. we are just one week away from a federal government shutdown. budget negotiation between democrats and republicans in

congress remain ongoing but if no budget is reached by next friday, several major government agencies will have to shut their doors including parks, post office, social security administration, but the fbi would remain open. several mayors are in washington, d.c. that give their ideas on the budget. they are lobbying against cuts to the community development grant program. house republicans want to splash $4 billion from the program. the mayors say that cut would be devastating because money is used for infrastructure and social development. selling girl scout cookies is apparently a crime in some places. girl scouts in georgia were told they had to shut down their cook

kip stand. they were set up. the problem is, they didn't have the proper permit to sell girl scout cookies. >> the police showed up. i thought he was a customer. somebody came -- my sister came out saying we're in big trouble. >> well, she and her buddies thought they were going to jai. the police department has since apologized for scaring the girl scouts. they said they were just trying to enforce the law. >> we were talking about our favorite cookies. a new debate involving google and privacy. a seemingly innocent hart program -- art program. cream on craigslist, why a new study has the website crying foul. >> westbound bay bridge. looks like a delay getting into san francisco. we'll tell you or about the morning commute straight ahead.

a new study is trying to shed light on what it says are the dangers of craigslist. it shows interactions were linked to 320 crimes resulting in 12 deaths over a 12-month period in the u.s. the study was paid for by a rival website. craigslist said the other company is using to to steer

people to its site. they said the study is being portrayed dishonestly because there were 570 million ads during that team span. google wanted to open the doodle for google art contest. to make shower there were no duplicate entries, google required the last four digits of the kid's social security number. critics say google could have figured out the information based on a database. how would you like a peek to some of the gifts that will be given out to the movie stars inside this year's gift suites. natalie portman is the ensirration behind this black swan purposes. it's made with swarovski

crystals. another item is this watch. you can swap it to create a totally different look. >> all right. sal castaneda letting us they about all the problems on the roads. there have been a lot of problems all over the place. i want to tell you if you're going to the sierra, chains are required. bay bridge, a backup. it's slow driving on the bridge as well, slower than usual because of the wet weather. this morning's commute will be busy on 880. it seems to be getting better. traffic is getting better on 880 southbound. want to move it top san francisco where we're seeing a little improvement on southbound 101. in the santa cruz we had reports of mud coming off from the side,

i guess mini mudslides and if you drive in the santa cruz mountains, you will be running a little late. let's go to steve. the low is getting closer. it's pushing east and south. there are a few breaks. we do have an incredible system that wind by. it's moving east now. it sliced through the north bay, east bay. it's stretching from the santa cruz mountains back towards the santa clara mountains. the best opportunity -- i mean, i got to tell you. it looks bet are than likely for -- better than likely for tomorrow morning. looks like the low will end up around san francisco or oakland. if there's any snow, this will be the best scenario.

morning rain will give way to colder weather and windy conditions. there are advisories for snow for the north bay hills until 4:00. it goes to the east bay but tomorrow morning very cold and very low snow levels between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. is the best belt 41 santa rosa. see the low. there it goes bayou reca -- by eureka. there's been a lot of snow in mendocino county. 40s and 50s. the highs have been set. the cold air plunges in. sunday morning brutally cold but

brutally sunny. our storm watch coverage will continue all over the bay area. we'll show you everything that we see, including this, a winter time blast from the past. we found this picture in our ktvu news archives. we'll tell you all about it. we are getting a break from the rain in oakland, but the mess remains. we'll show you the live pictures coming up.

good morning. want to see where pour front is. right towards the mon they are

ray highway. the front left heavy rain, san francisco south. it's lining itself up right there. once we get through this system, now we're looking for the cold air. that's going to start working its way. here's sal with an update on the traffic. steve, it's been tough driving all over the bay. the westbound bridge is delayed. it's slower on the bridge itself. people are slowing down because of the puddles and wet weather. there's been a lot of standing water. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in san mateo county. >> reporter: if i stepped in this farther, my whole foot would probably -- i mean, it would be filled with water. that's just part of the flooding that drivers are experiencing.

right here we're at 92 and 101. this is here in san mateo. actually a half hour ago, traffic was moving slow. it's slow farther from our cameras, but this is what commuters have been experiencing this morning. i can show you just across the freeway traffic headed in the other direction northbound 101 still very, very slow. in just the last hour we've been checking in with the california highway patrol. they have reported flooding in santa rosa and san jose. oakland, dublin and redwood city. so the chp is very busy, not to mention the debris and objects reported. we left oakland before 7 and hit very strong heavy winds. every vehicle was forced to slow

down. the electronic message warned drivers about the conditions. we've seen traffic. it's headed northbound towards burlington. anyone headed towards belmont will see traffic easing just a bit. reporting live in san mateo, jade hernandez, ktvu news. oakland has a big trouble spot caused by the rain. ktvu's claudine wong has more. >> reporter: getting some of the mud off that i collected. what a crazy morning. now it's sunny. we've seen a lot of people having to walk around. a lot of cars slowing down. this is one of the problem spots

we've seen. we've seen people trying to get through. they're hugging the wall. we've seen the rain. we've seen the wind. we know snow is on the way. we talked to some people about the snow that's coming. >> i don't believe it will be here. >> reporter: not cold enough yet? >> not cold. >> reporter: it's coming. a few more hours. >> we'll see. >> snow here? if i see snow here, i will be miserable. if they do -- i hope not. that's why i left chicago to come here. >> reporter: you don't want any of that. >> no. i want sunshine. >> reporter: back live here. you ask and you shall receive. i think it really is feeling a lot colder out here. again, we have seen every bit of weather this morning from the cold to the rain to the wind and now the mess that remains. we were in hayward just about 45

minutes ago. it was coming down and making a mess. all along the roadway we've seen flooding. so if you're out, be careful. know the problem spots. live here in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu 2 news. >> crews are putting in pumps to clear flooding. this is hayward. this is what this looked earlier southbound 880. the ramp ised construction and there's no drain, a lot of rainfall overnight couldn't go anywhere. the crews are clearing out all that standing water. there are also reports of flooding and mud in the santa cruz mountains. viewers are telling us they're seeing a lot of mud on highway 17, and the chp has reported flooding along that road wie. colder temperatures later today

could also bring snow and caltrans is ready for it. crews jump -- dumped a peel of -- pile of sand and caltrans has plows ready. something rare could happen in san francisco tomorrow. for the first time since 1976, the winter storm could bring snow at sea level. that's happened three times in the last 100 years. barricades are up at twin peaks. the department of public works hams loaded six tons of coarse sand on to trucks. >> reporter: when was the last time you had to use something like this? >> in my career with the city, which is 28 years, never. >> here's a winter blast from

the past. we dug through the ktvu archives and found this from christmas eve, 1990. golden gate was so cold that a pond froze over. that dog is sliding on the ice. there were dogs playing a game of fetch. obviously, it wasn't snowing in 1990. there have been flurries in the peaks. we're talking snow down to the financial district, downtown. again, that hasn't happened since '76. we'd lick to see your pictures. you can email them to photos at ktvu.com, and we may show them on the air. now sal lives for days like this. sal, you're busy but it brings out a lot in you. >> my traffic life is different from my regular life.

i like helping people out but i don't like driving in it. it will be busy on 237. the rain has been moving through the south bay. 237, 101, but, again, the ugly step child today has been 17. 880 northbound is slow getting up to oakland and, in fact, i shouldn't say step child, the ugly free way is 17. it's ugly on 880 as you drive up to downtown oakland. we're looking at san francisco. it's windy. the freeway has improved getting south on 101. the toll plaza, still about a 15 minutes delay. 839. let's go to steve. >> lots of wind, colder air coming in, couple reports of rainbows. the front has moved through. it's down towards santa cruz and

santa clara. that low gets closer and closer. our highs for the day have been set. you condition see the system right there. that's what we call the squall line, the front. that's where the source of the heavy rain, some hail, reports of gusts about 45 miles an hour. it stretches now from parts of the east bay all the way out there. from mer gan hill towards -- morgan hills, its had been lousy. ben loman, 3.58. los gatos two and a quart. sfo .92. san jose almost two thirds of an

inch of rain. winter weather advisories are out until 4 p.m. for the north bay hills. then it turns into. >> freeze warning. a lot of snow in lake county. then the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains at 4 p.m. and go until 10 a.m. tomorrow morning with a winter storm warning. the morning rain has given way to colder and windy conditions. now the weather will become more showery in nature and windy and cold. tonight, tomorrow morning the best opportunity for snow at sea level if this happens. the message has gotten out there because all the e mails and tweets. do you really think it will happen? we also want to mention the freeze warning for the north bay valley. don't forget your pets. cover your plants. record setting by sunday

morning. 41 santa rosa. these temperatures will change alings the front has gone through. here comes the low. what it's going to low, i've seen a coming of updated projections. one puts it at vacaville. one puts it at san francisco and oakland. the sierras. there's a lot of snow. winter storm warning until 4 a.m. , 2,000 feet. rain is giving way to cold. gifts over 40 -- gusts over 40. the highs are going down. 40s and 50s. tonight into tomorrow morning that's when we meet have an opportunity for low snow levels clearing, very cold sunday morning and sunny, brisk, breezy, looks good monday. the storm could also ground some air traffickers. what airport officials plan to

do to make sure planes can make it. there's a plan on what to do during the day but with temperatures dropping, a shortage of beds in san francisco could make for a life or death situation.

we're definitely on the storm watch. we found out that the eastbound lanes of interstate 80 near col fax were shut down for a short time earlier this morning. it was too much snow. traffic is moving but it's plenty of snow. we're looking at truckie right now. about 50 miles west of this point the highway patrol had to close the eastbound lanes in colfax. single drive or double trailer vehicles are being turned around by the chp. we have been getting photos all morning. gary and darlene from lake view sent this. they've got a winter wonderland at their house. we also received this foe toe. we had to show you kirkwood again. steve, this one goes up almost to the sky.

it's piled up. that's kirkwood, highway 88. we want to see your photos. you can e mail them to us at photos at ktvu.com. photos at ktvu.com. we may put them on the air. >> things could get icy around the bay area this weekend. that could affect hair travel -- air travel. this is how oakland international hall look the in tween -- 2009. this weekend temperatures plnging below the freezing mark. officials at oakland international said airlines have different ways of responding to the ice. >> some airlines deice at their gates. other airlines simply wait until the temperatures rise. if any snow or ice has formed on

the airport, they will wait until it has melted. >> most airlines will probably just wait until the sun melts any ice that forms on planes. so if you have flight plans for the next few days, you may want to call ahead. the cold temperature makes it especially dangerous for the homeless. ktvu's kraig debro joins us live. he's in san francisco. >> most of the homeless shelters in san francisco closed its doors. we're at a recycling center. during the day people try to earn a little money for necessities like food. this is the church on gary and franklin. two hours ago 70 men who spent the night there were preparing to head out into the rain. they face a lot of challenges.

one man shows us how he deals with a pair of holey shoes. after putting his socks on he rolls plastic bags over the socks. the church is one of four winter shelters. >> i would be out on the street and catching a cold because of the rain and would probably and up in the hospital with pneumonia. >> reporter: even when you have a place to stay, it's not a healthy place. that man said some of the places could be ripe with unhealthy conditions such as bed bugs. i can tell you from now until back at 8:00 we're in another location. the temperature has dropped dramatically. we just checked. it feels like 43.

it's actually 49. you can feel the colder air this morning. that's one of the challenges the homeless people are facing because of the shortage of beds here. reporting for ktvu, channel 2 news. >> in san jose warming centers will be open. community centers in 10 neighborhood also open their doors between 8 in the morning and noon on saturday rand sunday and -- and sunday and everybody is welcome. a little after midnight a small earthquake shook san mateo off the coast of half moon bay. it was a magnitude 3.4. people did feel the shaking but there were no reports of any injuries or damage. well, this morning the crew of the space shuttle discovery is wide awake and they are

already at work. that's how we all wake up, through heaven's eyes. that's the song from the movie the prince of egypt, the first wakeup call. today the astronauts are spending the day, they'll be checking the space shuttle for any sign of damage. some pieces of foam fell off right there. during yesterday's launch from florida -- nasa said it's not a big concern. the shuttle is expected to reach the international space station tomorrow. the top 24 have been chosen on season 10 of "american idol." >> we want rachel. >> congratulations, rachel. >> you saw it right here. two of the contestants grew up near the bay area, james dorp bin of santa cruz and the other from mon tan house near tracy.

fan voting begins. for the first time ever you can vote for your favorite syringe -- singers online but you have to have a facebook profile to do it. you can vote up to 50 times each performance night. also, online dating is moving to a brand-new level thanks to twitter. the love at first tweet service is a low plaint nance dating -- maintenance dating site. you sign up by following the love at first tweet account. the site then sends you one question every day. it will build your profile and determine your best answers. >> all right. our storm watch continues. we're receiving new video of accidents that may be tied to the wet weather. >> also, why this cold weather is good news for people -- well,

trying to drop a few pounds.

some people in the bay area have woken up without power. about 2800 customers on the peninsula are without powmpletz 430 in the south bai. 4 00 in san francisco and 190 in the east bay still without

power. we know it's cold outside but if you want to lose weights, you may want to turn down the thermostat. a dose of cold temperatures can clear out fat molecules. that turns it into heat to keep your body warm. they performed their studies on mice that were kept in temperatures about 40 degrees. >> almost 40 degrees right now. let's check in with sail -- sal, a few accidents. >> muni will be doing track work at church and debow saturday and sunday. it may delay the lines. we have new video now of some crashes. this accident on interstate 980 earlier. new that woman looked like she was able to walk away with her things but down the road on 580

at keller we had an accident where people weren't so lucky. it was an gyre crash. people were slowing down. unfortunately, someone was taken to the hospital as a result of this accident. they had to get someone out of that pickup truck and put them into the paramedic unit. that's the kind of weather that we have today, a lot of serious crashes. let's move along and take a look at live pictures. bay bridge is thick getting into san francisco. it's going to be slow. 101 san francisco has improved. you will see slow traffic a little bit on 101 near see -- cesar chavez. >> you can see it. that's the one that went through ant left the gusts of 45, 50 miles an hour. we have hail. that moves out. here comes the cold air. we'll turn showery in nature.

the best opportunity for snow will be late. it's going to be close, really cold sunday morning, so a freeze warning is out. temperatures will be in the 20s. i want top mention, i left the house without a tie on. for the first time i thought who is up at this hour and i called sal. he called me back and brought in this tie. >> it looks good. >> thanks for watching. we want to remind everyone, continuous traffic. don't forget to watch mornings on 2. we'll be covering the possible snowfall at sea level. thanks for watching.

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