wild weather this weekend in the bay area! more is on the way. and a crisis in japan gets even more critical as radiation seeps into food and the water supplies. and crews respond to a huge early morning fire in the east bay. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, march 19th. a wild weekend of weather is ahead of us after really what

has already been a pretty wild 24 hours. we have a crew at one of our hardest hit areas, but let's check in first with rosemary to see what is happening right now. >> good morning to you! a lull in what we're looking at for the weekend. we had wild weather yesterday, the thunderstorms we know we had a small tornado in one of our local areas. but we do continue with this weather. getting a little break but a high wind watch expected to move into places overnight. yesterday we saw the gusts reaching 40 miles per hour. they could reach 60 in the overnight hours and tomorrow. we're also tracking radar, little light rain falling in some areas and we'll show you the very latest on that and when we expect the heaviest rain with this next storm coming up in just a few moments. the last time a tornado caused damage in the bay area was -- we'll talk about the tornado here yesterday. first want to tell you about 150 pg&e customers in richmond that are still without power.

pg&e saying right now that there are about 12,000 customers who lost power overnight due to weather- related outages. pg&e expects that power to be back on by noon today for most customers, and by 6 p.m. for everyone. the power is also back on this morning for 5600 customers in kensington and berkeley. they lost power last night after storms knocked down power lines. take you outside and give you a live look at sierra nevada right now, chains are required on all vehicles without snow tires and four- wheel drive. there's some images yesterday of a crash on interstate 80, all lanes on 80 are now back open after a 45-car chain reaction crash in the area that did shut down traffic in both directions. the truck carrying hydrogen flipped over near donner pass. several cars were caught under the big rig while many more slid right into that pile-up, unable to stop on those snow-

chord roads, one person was killed and 20 were injured. >> we've called in every available officer today that can come in and work. >> the injured were transported to hospitals in sacramento and reno. highway patrol says traffic on interstate 80 was backed up for miles. many drivers were turned around and sent back down the mountain. let's turn now to tilden park. crews are still there trying to figure out what caused an early morning fire there. it happened at 4 a.m. at a large building in tilden regional park. look at that firefight a couple hours ago. that building was destroyed. it served as a maintenance facility for the park. the fire was under control about an hour and a half blue it's not clear if anyone was

inside or injured. the japanese government adds announced radiation from a damaged nuclear power plant is now being detected in its water and food supply. the government says it found the abnormal levels of radiation in spinach and milk taken from farms near the fukashima dai-ichi power plant. more tests are now being done on other foods. if further radiation is detected, japanese officials say shipments of food from the area will be stopped. radioactive iodine is detected in the drinking water, as emergency crews continue and try to cool the reactors at the fukashima plant. closer to home, california health officials say they will start screening milk produced in state for any signs of radiation. the freer is grass-eating cows could transmit radiation to their milk. health officials admit the tests are just a precaution. radiation from the damaged

plan in japan has now reached california. but experts continue to say there is no threat to the public. the environmental protection agency is keeping track of the radiation with a dozen different sites across the state, including one in san francisco. that is the machine on the roof of a building that monitors the air 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. officials say right now the radiation in the air is at a normal level. >> i think one of things to remember is that the fuel that is in the reactors has to make it into the atmosphere, then it has to travel 5,000 miles across the ocean before we would see any effects whatsoever. >> at uc berkeley engineers are doing their own measurements by testing rainwater and say tests yesterday don't give them any reason to worry, we are going to talk live with a radiation expert later this hour. a warplane crashes in libya and it's all caught on camera. take a look at these pictures

showing what appears to be a fighter jet plunging down from the sky. you can see flames surrounding the entire fuselage of the jet. this happened early this morning in the city of benghazi, under control by rebel forces. it's not clear who the jet belongs to or whether it was shot down. this morning's plane crash comes hours after moammar gaddafi declared a cease-fire in his country in response to possible military invention from the united nations. rebel forces against gaddafi says that cease-fire is a lie, claiming forces to the libyan leader fired on them yesterday. but a professor believes they might be willing to change sides. >> many of those people are looking for a way out themselves. they're trapped in their support for gaddafi. there are many people in the military who would be glad to abandon them if the opportunity are rises. the hope is that will happen and a great deal of military force will not be necessary.

>> during a news conference yesterday, president obama said the u.s. is committed to using military force against gaddafi to save the lives of the civilians in libya. back here at home we want that talk about the crazy weather. this morning residents in santa rosa are cleaning up after winter storms brought a tornado to the area. ktvu's ali rasmus is live with a look at the damage left behind. good morning, ali. >> reporter: the damage was caused by an f-1 tornado. the national weather service says wind speeds were about a hundred miles an hour. it was strong enough to tear a metal roof off the shed. and this is what is left of that metal roof. you can see the owners have already started to do some of the clean-up. they've kind of corraled all the wooden shards, metal side into a giant pile here. right now it's not raining in santa rosa but this is the calm before the storm. the bay area is expected to get hit with another round of strong storms later tonight and into tomorrow morning, and this

is after we had some severe weather already yesterday. thunderstorms, flashing the lightning, knocked out power to thousands of pg&e customers, in the north and east bay. there was hail in some areas, like the berkeley hills and other parts of the east bay. and earlier in the day yesterday the national weather service issued a very rare tornado warning for san mateo county, and that warning went out around the same time that f- 1 tornado touched counsel in santa rosa. the national service has already put out an alert about the next storm system. they're warning that there's a high wind advisory with this next round of storms we're specified to get tonight it tomorrow morning and winds could be about 40 miles an hour. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. good morning to you. a few moments away from sunrise and we're dealing with gray skies. a little peek of sunshine there and that will add to the instability we have in store for today. scattered showers and even the

possibility of maybe a thunderstorm or two. but as ali mentioned the bigger storm rolling in tonight. scattered showers this morning around petaluma, north of santa rosa on highway 101 richmond, oakland dry at the moment and san francisco. but here between the pacifica and half moon bay we continue with with light scattered showers. campbell seeing scattered showers this morning. this will continue to the east. we're chillier than we were yesterday morning by up to 10 degrees so it's going to feel damp and cool this morning. 40s across the area. 45 in san francisco. 43 in and around palo alto. as we work our way through today we could see maybe a little sunshine but it's not going to last for very long. take a look at the satellite and radar. we continue with this low in the left side of the corner. that descends the energy over and over again. we're looking at active weather tomorrow, even no monday. is shall we run you through the

forecast? scattered showers for us today. but there it is, that heavier line of rain moving in by saturday evening. the north bare gets it first. santa rosa by 9:00, and the overnight hours it really begins to pick up. 1:00, still hanging over the north bay. and then sliding in east by 2 or 3:00. it's probably going to be heavy enough to wake you up and with the front strongest winds between 40 and 50 miles per hour and could gust to near 60. i'm going to roll you through monday morning because it looks like our monday morning drive could be soggy as well. so we are not going to get much of a break and with that high wind watch we could definitely expect the possibility of power outages a as well as toppled trees and these winds are expected to last through at least the first half of sunday. highs today, not very high. take a look at this. we're well below average, widespread lows in the 50s across the region. 56 in fremont. 56 in morgan hill. extended forecast, perhaps we could consider this a little bit of a break although we keep

the possibility of scatter showers in the forecast today. the next system rolling in by tonight, and going to linger through monday. we do get a break on tuesday, more rain in the forecast by wednesday. and our temperatures struggling to get into the upper 50s for the afternoon. we'll talk about how much rain we do expect with the next storm coming up. >> thank you, rosemary. signs of stress inside two muni tunnels. what was found that may show us where we could see trouble in a major earthquake. and it became official overnight, netflix is going hollywood. content it's going to carry and why you won't be able to see it anywhere else. and let's give you the live look outside. there's the approach to the bay bridge, still under high wind advisory. do not forget about the big rally down at 7th and market beginning at 11:30 this morning.

good morning for you, a live look at walnut creek there. we've got ominous view for you there. we are expecting a rain-snow mix over mount diablo as snow levels fall down to 2500 and 3,000 feet. this morning the fbi is investigating a possible bomb left inside a federal building. the suspicious device turned up yesterday inside the mcnamara federal building in detroit. security officers found a metal coin box inside a nylon bag. the box was x-rayed and determined to be suspicious. the bomb squad was called in and detonated the box. no one was hurt during the incident, and detroit police say they do not know what exactly was in that metal box. this morning part of interstate 95 and new york city will be closed for a ceremony to honor 15 people killed in a bus crash. the accident happened last week after the bus headed to manhattan from a casino in connecticut flipped on to its side in the bronx. a pole sliced through the bus.

the bus driver's license has been suspended and police say speed may have been a factor in the crash. former secretary of state warren christopher has died. he died in los angeles last night after complications from bladder and kidney cancer. he served former vice president al gore. he got his start in politics working for former governor pat brown. he was 85 years old. president obama and the rest of the first family are in latin america. today's stop in brazil is the first in what will be a five- day tour of latin america to discuss economic and security issues with key leaders in several countries. during his weekly online video address, the president talked about the importance of going on this trip. >> we've always had a special

bond with our neighbors to the south. it's a bond born of shared history and values and strengthened by the millions of americans who proudly trace their roots to latin america. >> other countries the president plans on visiting include el salvador and chile. officials in brazil and rio de janeiro have spent the last week putting a finishing touches on their city's streets as they prepare to welcome president obama. security is expected to be very tight, and residents in both sights are boeing asked to avoid the roadways during his visit. president obama is also planning on coming back to the bay area next month. during his most recent visit in february, he met with high-tech leaders in woodside. details of the upcoming trip are kept secret for security reasons. but the white house says the president is going to talk about job growth and the economy. it will be his nine the visit to california since taking office. the scandalous winter that led former hewlett-packard ceo marks herd to resign could be

made public. on thursday a delaware judge order the letter detailing allegations begins him to be unsealed. jodie fisher sent the letter to herd last year accusing him of sexual harassment and other wrongdoing. that letter led hp's board to investigate her, which ended with his resignation. herd's lawyer says he plans to appeal the ruling. the tax break plan designed to keep twittered headquartered in san francisco is facing new opposition. the bay citizen is reporting the largest public employee union has now come out against the plan calling it a taxpayer handout to a billion dollar company. the local 1021 says it wants major changes to the plan, including forcing twitter to pay the city if it moves jobs out of san francisco. the union says if the changes aren't made, it will try to launch a referendum campaign on that tax break plan. netflix is launching its own television series. the company confirmed overnight that it has sealed a deal to

exclusively own and debut house of cards, a political doctor. a starring kevin spacey. netflix will begin stream that series next year. the two-season deal is worth more than $100 million. the america's cup is coming to san francisco in 2013. and that could lead it a major expansion for a historic streetcar line. a new proposal by the national park service would extend muni's f line streetcars all the way to fort mason. the park service is pushing for the project, saying it's needed for the big crowds expected in the city during the competition. the plan would extend the f line by a mile from jones and beach streets through the old state belt railroad tunnel, and out to marina boulevard and ending at fort mason. an environmental impact statement on the plan is now being made available for public comment. also in san francisco, muni says repairs will be made to recently discovered cracks in two tunnels. the cracks were discovered in the twin peaks and sunset tunnels. officials also say they have discovered steel and concrete and say the problems will be

fixed as well. the transit agency says the tunnels are safe despite the problems but seismic studies have never been done on the tunnels so it's not clear how they would hole up during a major earthquake. >> at this point there hasn't been a need to take a look at -- seismic retrofit study bus we're constantly looking at the tunnels, doing maintenance on them to make sure that nothing is a problem in the future. >> it's not clear much seismic studies would cost but they could run in the hundreds of millions of dollars. hope of finding loved ones alive in japan are fading. why the news of a miracle rescue was short-lived. >> starting the morning with a live look at san jose, where we've got water on the lens and perhaps all over your area as well. we'll continue with the wet weather and the winds will be picking up as well. talking about the next storm already approaching, coming up.

news of a miracle survivor

is being recalled by the japanese media this morning. rescuers of a man rescued yesterday survived eight days in the rubble from last week'sand tsunami. but as it turns outs, he had been in a evacuation center and had gone back to his home, and that's when he game trapped in the rubble. he was rushed to the hospital and was weak and unable to talk but he is recovering this morning. a virginia family is still waiting for word this morning on their missing daughter who was in japan when the quake and tsunami hit. 24-year-old taylor anderson lived and worked in the city of where she taught english. a 15-foot tall surge reached that city but her parents say her school and her apartment building re still standing. newspaper to the couple is hoping for the best as they wait for any word on their daughter. >> she just loved that country. she loves the people. she loves the culture. you wake up every day thinking this is the day we'll find her. >> we sent communications out

to all the people we know and asked hem them had help us find manager. >> there are 10 other americans missing right now. wisconsin governor scott walker responding to a temporary block on his controversial law that takes away collective bargaining rights from public employee unions. as we first reported yesterday, a wisconsin judge issued the temporary block. the decision came after democrats in the state filed a lawsuit accusing lawmakers of passing that law illegally. governor walker says he is confident the legislation will work its way through the legal process. >> it's clearly a number of legal challenges, but in the end the measure will become law. the question is, what additional steps have to make place from now, but i think there's no question that at one time it's going to ends up being delayed, and this measure will become law. >> another hearing on the law is scheduled for march 29th. it's election i did in egypt, the first days of democracy for the country since

former president hosni mubarak resigned last month. the country's military is now in charge, and now they're asking egyptians to vote on several key referendums, including one that will determine what an elected civilian government will take office. defense secretary robert gates is spend this is weekend in russian. it's expected to be his last trip to the country before he steps down as defense secretary. gates' trip comes days after russia decided it would not block a u.n. security council move to support military action ending no-fly zone in libya. that earned russia's praise from defense officials. today the eighth anniversary of the war in iraq invasion will will be marked by a rally in san francisco. the group act now to stop war and end racism is voicing its on somethings to the war. it will also be joined by labor and student organizations to protest what they call the war on working people here. the group says this is part of

a national day of action. the rally began around 11:30 in san francisco at 7th and market. organizers say it will be held rain or shine. we've had some crazy weather and the weather was booming overnight. heard thunderstorms going. we're getting a break now but rosemary says it's not going to last robert. >> you're right. it's not going to language very long. scattered showers will continue in the forecast today. with the next system rolling in by late tonight, early tomorrow morning, in addition to some pretty heavy rain. we're looking at very strong winds. if you're just joining us a high wind watch for the coast, peninsula and our hills starting late tonight. your forecast, will continue just a few scattered showers here and there but notice how we pick up rain in the overnight hours, shades of red over santa rosa and indicating from 2 to 3 inches of rain possible. now this stops sunday evening, so we're looking at more than 24 hours worth of rain here. but we are likely to see from one to two, maybe even three inches of rain at the low-lying areas. and more than that for our

hills and higher elevations. snow levels should remain right about 2500 feet and 3,000 feet. so we are looking at possibilities of a little rain- snow mix. your extended forecast, we're going to continue with this active pattern, sunday into monday. monday morning soggy. and then we will get a little break with the next chance of some rain moving in by wednesday. so the last weekend of winter going out with a bang and the rain will continue on. mid-50s for the afternoon. below average for this time of year. the latest storms are causing some problems for ranch workers in southern california. this is video near simi valley. yesterday workers were feeding horses when trees and rocks started sliding downhill the about 15 to 20 acres of ground moved during the slide. there were no reports of injuries, but residents in one home had to be evacuated. 63 horses were moved to nearby ramps.

the new plan by santa clara to keep critical funds away from the state while trying to secure a move for the 49ers. >> there are more storms on the way. coming up we'll tell you what the national weather service is warning about for the next round of storms.

more wild weather is in store for the weekend, as the

clean-up continues after a tornado touches down in the north bay. good morning, and welcome back to mornings on 2. >> let's get right to that crazy weather. the winds, rain, hail even that tornado and it's not over. ali rasmus is live now with a look at the damage caused by the tornado as we prepare for this extra storm now heading our way. hi, ali. >> reporter: hi, claudine. the clean-up has begun here in santa rosa, just a day after the f-1 tornado hit this landscaping company yesterday. the owners here put up this temporary metal fence so we can't get any closer to the debris to show you but which can walk around and show you just how big this pile of debris is. you can see shards of wood, some metal siding, and over here on your left this big sheet of white metal is what is left of a roof on the shed here that was actually torn off during that f-1 tornado. it's raining right now here in santa rosa. it's very light rain, but if we

turn the camera around and show what you it looks like on the horizon, there are clouds coming from the west. there's more storms and more wet weather expected for today, and that's after the very severe weather we had just last night. thunderstorms, flashes of lightning, knocked out power to thousands of pg&e customers last night. and the north and east bay. there's even some hail in some areas of the east bay and berkeley hills. and earlier in the day yesterday the national weather service issued a very rare tornado warning for san mateo county. it was around the same time that tornado touched down here in santa rosa. the national weather service has sent an alert about the next system we're expecting. they're saying the storms will come in tonight, early tomorrow morning, and we could expect winds 40 miles an hour. reporting live, ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. with more rain expected to the next 48 hours, steps to prevent flooding with now underway. yesterday the santa clara

valley water district started releasing millions of gallons of water in from three south bay reservoirs, at about 90% capacity. water officials say the district released about 58 million gallons of water into the bay. south bay residents say the more rain, the better off we all are. >> we need the water. we need the rain. it is good for the plants. it's good for the planet, and it's good. >> all the rain does make for those slippery roadways. yesterday highway patrol says it responded to multiple weather-related accidents from overturned vehicles and drivers spinning out on freeway on and offramps. officials are surprising people to slow down, with more rain on the way. one resident in the right place at the right time to film an unusual sight over ocean beach. yesterday rick guitterez said he noticed a strange dark cloud outside his black window. he noticed a funnel starting to form. now if you look at the video,

you can see the splash where the funnel makes contact with the ocean. >> i was really worried it was going to hit the beach and the houses, but just watching for it and i was getting ready to call 911. >> after a few minute the funnel cloud or that funnel disappeared back into the clouds. there were no reports of any damage or injuries, but there was a tornado warning for san mateo county. emergency management officials say that tornado warning was clear just before noon. officials say a very unusual situation for that area. the weather is hampering efforts to repair a section of highway 1 that gave way in man ray county. the highway was shut down near carmel and big sur. crews yesterday installed a pipeline to funnel rainfall away from the damaged area. but engineers say the road won't reopen for at least another month. businesses and campgrounds in the area will remain open while the repairs take place.

good morning to you. a live look at the bay here where we've got overcast skies and light rain falling from the skies. we will continue with scattered showers, possible of even a few thunderstorms rolling through today, before the next big storm arrives for tonight. we've got more on the way. storm-tracker 2 showing light rain on the coast, north bay and the peninsula. if we get in a little closer, calistoga seeing light rain. a break in st. helena but an inch the last 24 hours for areas right around there. stinson beach moderate rain. mill valley and sausalito, all dealing with light rain. how about millbrae, burlingame and pacifica? also looking at some rain. hasn't let up around wedwood city, palo alto and we continue with scattered showers and this morning we're colder that on we were yesterday.

that system again now off to the east, bringing us from half inch to the bay area. just very widespread across the area. this low in the gulf of alaska off the gulf of alaska continuing to send waves into our area. this next storm could even bring stronger winds and more rain. if you can believe this. your rain is snow forecast, scattered showers today, the winds yesterday gusting to 40 miles per hour in some cases, this time around could be gusting to 60. by tonight, already over the north bay it looks like 10:00 here so between 7, 8:00 it. will begin down to about golden gate and it really doesn't let up in the overnight hours, noontime -- midnight, 1:00, there it is. a noticeable line rolling through the area and the overnight hours. likely to wake you up because the winds will be gusting, strongest when the front moves through. and then sunday soggy, and we don't really let up because monday morning looks to be pretty wet as well. we'll get a break monday afternoon and tuesday looks to be dry. next week looks active.

so by mid-week wednesday possibility of more rain. we do have a high wind watch beginning in the overnight hours for the coast, peninsula and our hill locations. expect the last to midday sunday. so it's going to be pretty bad out there in the overnight hours and tomorrow morning. temperatures right now in the 40s. 46 san francisco. and we'll be in the 50s for the afternoon. 55 expected in areas around san francisco. 56 in oakland. upper 50s san jose. as well as morgan hill. your extended forecast, we are going to be with this active pattern, showers today. the big storm rolling in overnight through the first half of tomorrow. we continue with the soggy weather through monday afternoon. scattered clouds tuesday and a chance of rain on wednesday, sitting in the 50s as we head into the second half of march. that's cool for this time of year. now you are likely to see mostly cloudy skies. but if weather permits you may notice a larger than usual full moon it. will be awfully pretty. the moon will be at the -- the

point when it's at -- closest to the earth or orbit. that's still 212,000 miles away but it appears 30% brighter if 14% bigger than normal. it happens only about every 20 years, and you can see the big moon starting when it rises at 7:48 this evening. hopefully we'll see a break in the clouds and you'll get a glimpse of that because it's going to be gorgeous. search and rescue efforts continue in japan this weekends following last week's deadly quake and tsunami. cold weather continues to make the job difficult for rescue crews. snow still covers the ground in much of the quake zone including the pictures you're seeing. 10,000 people are still missing in that country. the death toll is also approaching 10,000 with the confirmed number now above 7,000. the japanese government announced overnight radiation from a damaged nuclear power plant is detected in its water

and food supply in spinach and milk from farms near the fukashima dai-ichi power plant. more tests are being done on other foods and if further radiation is detected, japanese officials say shipments of food from the area are going to be stopped. radioactive iodine has been found in tokyo's drinking water and this all comes as emergency crews continue to try to cool the reactors. radiation from the plant has now reached california. but experts continue to say there's no threat to the public. the environmental protection agency is keeping track of the radiation with a dozen different monitoring sites across the state. you're looking at one at san francisco at ellis and van ness. officials say now the radiation in the air is at a normal level. coming up in a few minutes we'll talk live with radiation expert about the local monitoring and about those levels. the u.s. state department urging family members of u.s. personnel in japan to get out of the country. last night the state department expanded its evacuation order

for family members to 13 areas across japan. that's up from three before. the evacuation order is voluntary, but no reason is being given for the expansion of the evacuation. the state department is also still advising americans to avoid travel to japan. this morning union city police are looking for a man accused of trying to kidnap a 16-year-old girl. she was walking home thursday night near the union square bart station and a man grabbed her around the neck and stomach and she escaped after hitting him in the chest and elbow. you're looking amount a as much now on the screen. he is described as a black man, 20, tall with a skinny build and a goatee. police say he was les seen running towards the union square bart station. anyone with information is asked to call the union city police department. on monday the santa clara city council will vote on whether to give the 49ers $4.5 million. it's all in an effort to keep the money away from and the state. the $4.5 million is set to be

used for the proposed stadium in santa clara. but the state could take the funds to help close the budget deficit. if the council votes to pass the money to the 49ers, the santa clara city council hopes the state will not be able to get its hands on the money. lawmakers in sacramento could vote on the elimination of redevelopment agencies next week. that and the issue of a special election to extend taxes are the only elements of governor brown's budget proposal that still needs to be decided. over the week lawmakers agreed to cut $14 billion from the budget. among the items cut, one billion dollars from the state colleges and money for state parks that could result in more closures. some republicans are trying to dissuade their fellparty members to reach an agreement on the budget convention at the convention in sacramento this weekend. they're schedule touchdown debate a resolution branding any republican a traitor, if they make a deal with governor brown on a tax extension vote.

the governor is pushing for such a vote to help close the projected $26 billion budget deficit. the resolution would also call for those republicans to resign from office. we have new video of the search for sunken boats in the santa cruz harbor. what divers found and why the clean-up efforts were delayed. and another live like outside of the bay area. there's the approach to the bay bridge. things looking smoothly for all you headed into san francisco this saturday morning.

good morning to you! giving you a live look at san rafael. 46 degrees this morning.

and we've got showers continuing to stream over the area. could see it lighten up just a bit before the next storm rolls in tonight. efforts to try to cool the reactors at the damaged fukashima dai-ichi nuclear plant in japan continues this weekend. meanwhile, radiation has been detected in california for more on what is going on we're joined on the phone right now by thomas mccone, an environmental health professor at uc berkeley. good morning, professor. >> good morning. >> thank you for taking the time. i want to get out of here. traces of radiation from that japanese plant have been detected in california. what can you tell us about the amount seen here in the bay area? >> the levels i looked at, nuclear engineering site at berkeley, what they're measuring is within the limits of detection so really statistically zero, just little blames only significant is our own natural background of potassium 40. iodine and ccm and other things

they're looking at were essentially zero, which means they may have picked them up. they're not measuring any increase in radiation. they're actually locking for specific radio -- that would be a signal. also sacramento has picked this up. they haven't revealed the exact numbers as far as i'm aware. >> professor, does the weather have any impact on these numbers, the weather we're seeing now, the wind and rain? >> well, across -- i think the wind and rain works in our favor across the ocean, because these knew collides are susceptible. there's a enormous amount of washout over the ocean so by the time it gets here there's nothing left. >> because of these numbers, that map that u.n. put out showing radioactive plume crossing the pacific, do you see that map that they've been showing the last 24 hours in any way misleading? >> well, yes. it's a -- not a radiation map. they don't have the radiation

numbers. that's a delusion map it just dilution, on more than 10 to a hundred billion times, showing that the air mass is diluting the concentration by enormous amounts. >> and the particles that landing in the water, say the bay or out in the ocean, is that going to impact -- people who there are folks who swim in the bay or some of the fish out there that are being pulled into the boats. >> absolutely not. we're looking at numbers that are almost unmeasurable. i uc berkeley they're at the limit of what they can detect so they're not really seeing anything. >> that's more of a serious issue in japan right now showing up in the food sources and water. >> right. the food sources there and actually said people within 20 miles if they eat the food grown if that area, they're worried they might get doses that would be above level, six to 10 -- >> all right, professor.

[not understandable] thank you for taking the time and joining us on mornings on 2. >> thank you. the crisis in japan is galvanizing opponents of nuclear power here in the bay area. >> activists who want to see the power plants shut down held a rally on the steps of oakland city hall last night, part of a second annual clean power healthy communities conference. groups like grown peace and bay localize want federal government to deny the renewal of nuclear plant licenses. they want more green energy instead. >> solar plans don't explode. windmills don't explode. they're so much safer? to many ways. >> activists say they're with the people of japan and what happened there must never happen here in california. they hope an economic stimulus program will boost recovery efforts in japan following the quake and tsunami. a new report from japan this

morning says the government plans on lending more than $100 million to japanese businesses to help get them become on their feet. low interest loans will also be made available to businesses so they can make quake related repairs. this morning we do have new video of the damage in the santa cruz harbor from the tsunami. this is underwater in the santa cruz harbor, shot by california fish and game. yesterday divers continued to search for sunken bets and damage beneath the water of the harbor. 10 poets sank and 100 others were damaged during the wave surge. eight of the 10 boats pulled out. and yesterday diver found one of the two remaining sunken boats that until now had been unaccounted for. >> it was a sailboat, past on its side. >> when kind of conditions was it in? >> it's down there on the bottom. it's not coming out without a great amount of effort. >> further clean-up efforts were stalled yesterday by the storm. crews are hoping to resume the accept today and tomorrow but right now the harbor remains closed. office are still working to

assess the amount of damage done to the harbor and it's still unclear whether or not the state will qualify for federal disaster relief fund. a crackdown may soon be coming on the price scanners we see when we shop. according to one report, san francisco city workers are now in the process of compiling a list of stores that use them. the plan is to eventually conduct surprise inspections at those stores. last july the board of supervisors passed a law requiring registration, but it is yet not complete. the department weights and measures says it's received hundreds of consumer complaints every year. the san jose earthquakes kick off a new season tonight in santa clara. and the team is helping launch new technology at same time. a free am cakes will allow fans to pull up the stadium's menus and order food and pay through a paypal account. the concession operator will deliver your food and drinks within 20 minutes. the app is available for both

android and iphones. san jose firefighters have agreed to a 10% cut in wages. yo one city councilmember now says that might not be enough. >> good morning to you. we continue to see scattered showers, a little sunshine adding to the unstable air mass, possibility of a thunderstorm for the afternoon. the big story will be the big storm that arrives later tonight. we'll show that you coming up in just a few moments.

firefighters and oakland officials are clashing over the budget deficit. officials are trying to trim expenses from the 46 million- dollar deficit, but say firefighter contracts leave no wiggle room. the contracts have staffing guarantees and specified the minimum number of firefighters, firetrucks and engines until 2015. city councilmembers say the city? a fiscal crisis and say everyone needs to share in the pain. firefighters in san jose are feeling that pain after agree to go give up 10% of

their wages and benefits. one city council person has decide that's not enough. the city is facing a $105 million deficit and is asking all unions to take a reduction in wages and compensation. the firefighters union was the first to agree but now councilman mccartedo says both sides need to go back to the table, hoping the city will stick to their original agreement. >> bewildered by the bizarre actions taken by the councilmembers to implode the good deal we have going. >> the challenges that it's not enough, what we know now is that the budget situation is far worse. >> a spokesperson for mayor reed says the mayor agrees 10% is not enough but wants to wait for the other unions to weigh in before starting any other new negotiations. the council will meet again on tuesday to discuss the issue. despite the nuclear crisis in japan, one california county is giving its stamp of approval for a new nuclear plant. the proposed plan would be

built in madeira county, north of fresno. on tuesday the board of supervisors there voted to support the plan. if built the plan would be the first one constructed since the diablo canyon nuclear power plant in san luis obispo. activists will appeal a judge's ruling a loss expansion of the toxic waste dump. it was approved of the dump. the dump site is located in kettle man city. overly environmental organizations and a group of kettlemen citigroup sued saying it violated state laws. but in january a judge ruled in favor of the county. residents have blamed the dump site on a number of unexplained birth defects in recent years. a free clinic is offered today in san francisco for students in response to new

school immunization law which requires all students entering grades 7 through 12 to show police officer of the whooping cough vaccination. students who don't show proof will not be allowed to attend school. today's free clinic will save parents $70 for the vaccine. in about 30 minutes, hundreds of people will start cleaning up bay area streets. today is the 11th annual great american litter pickup. volunteers will be across several locations to volunteer their time. last year more than 600 people participated in san jose alone and they collected more than 370 bags of trash. if you would like to find out where you can volunteer your time this morning, just go on our website at ktvu.com. today six flags is opening its doors for the season at 10:30 this morning, six flags discovery kingdom will celebrity the season opening. the park is recognizing its 25th anniversary in viejo. today's festivities include the debut of wild knife survival and the return of old favorite

shows. >> let's hope they get some sunshine. but rosemary, not lock look likely? no, bring the umbrella, it will be a soggy one. we i have possibility of a thunderstorm or two for today and you can see san rafael or you can see it? it's tough to see with the rain on the lens this morning. gray skies and again in a bit of a lull but we will continue with the possibility of just a few light showers running through the afternoon and then the rain expected to pick up once again this next storm could bring us from one to two, maybe three inches of rain. lower lying areas, the north bay could see up to three inches in some spots. coastal hills two to five inches, and the national weather service has extended some of that wind watch that will start tonight, lasting through tomorrow into areas for our valley locations. so a high wind watch now widespread for the bay area. starting tonight, lasting through tomorrow, scattered showers today, the rain picking up in the overnight hours, lasting the first half of

sunday. it's going to taper off but we'll continue soggy, scattered showers through monday. tuesday we get a break. wednesday the rain is back. in the meanwhile, we'll start the first week of spring wet and school. temperatures below average, look at that, in the afternoon mid upper 50s, not expecting to hit 60 next week. back to you. >> thank you. we want that take you outside now to 80 at kingvale, because and is a mess out there in the sierra. chains are going to be required. you can sri the roadway covered with snow this morning. they've had a busy flight after that big crash over on the 80. you do need chains on both highway 50 and interstate 80, and it may be a slow ride. brides to be in georgia kicked into high gear to get their hands on a dress for their big day. yesterday was the annual running of the brides event at filene's basement in atlanta, georgia. hundreds of brides lined up for

a shot at the dresses. one woman brought her fiance who was not allowed inside the tressing room but did play an important role in securing her a dress. >> no, i have to -- i have runners. i have runners so we have a complicated system here. >> many people camped outside the store to get their hands on the dresses first. the event features designer wedding dresses that usually sell for thousands of dollars, but during this one-day sale the dresses are discounted to as little as $250. >> crazy scene! nice groom. oakland police officers will have a lot less hair after today. the good cause they're going bald for. plus, a move to make bay area waters safer for surfers of

a weekend of severe weather in the bay area and more on the way. we'll it will you how people in santa rosa are preparing for it and what the national weather service is warning about for the next round of storms. >> flames engulf a building in a berkeley park, how long firefighters get control of the flames. new developments from japan overnight where abnormal levels of radiation have now been found.

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, march 19th. we have live team coverage on stormwatch this morning. ali rasmus is live in santa rosa, where they're cleaning up from a tornado. but first we want to get to the latest on the rain headed our way. >> good morning. we continue with scattered showers this morning. we have the gray skies, temperatures cooler than where we've been. five and 10 degrees chillier than just yesterday morning. storm-tracker 2 just peppered with scattered showers. right around san francisco, daly city, pacificca, burlingame, redwood city seeing light rain. north bay continues with the showers, right around santa rosa seeing light rain at this time. and it is going to continue even the possibility of a thunderstorm for the afternoon. the big story will be later tonight, the winds expected to increase you have a high wind watch to talk about and the next storm expected to bring us more rain than what we saw yesterday. it's certainly a busy 24 hours and ktvu channel 2's ali

rasmus is live in santa rosa with a look at the damage left behind by a tornado yesterday. and also one preparing for the next round of bad weather. >> reporter: just it to give a an idea now unsettled the weather is, we have two examples of we are, sun peeking out on the clouds in the east. but in the other direction, over the west, you can see it dark clouds heading our way. there are more storms on the way today. and later tonight. and the owner of this business here is getting prepared for it. this company, landscaping company, was hit by an f-1 tornado yesterday. those wooden beams that you're looking at used to have a metal roof on top of them. but the tornado with this 100- mile-per-hour winds ripped the roof off and this is what is left of that metal shed. you can see a pile of wooden debris and some cream colored slab of metal used to be the roof that sat over those wooden beams. we talked to the owner this morning and we asked him if he

was preparing for the next round of storms. >> he said we're -- tarp over there, something to make sure any debris doesn't -- across the street. >> it has been a wild 24 hours for severe weather here in the bay area. last night thunderstorms and flashes of lightning knocked out power to thousands of customers. there's even reports of hail in the east bay and berkeley hills. and the national weather service has already sent out alert about the next weather system. they're warning this next round of storms expected to hit later tonight and early sunday morning could pack winds of about 40 miles an more hour. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the last time a tornado caused damage in the bay area was almost six years ago to the damon march 20th, a twister hit south san francisco. officials say it lasted 10 minutes and caused quite a bit of damage.

there were no reports of any injuries. 550 pg&e customers in richmond are still without power this morning. pg&e says 12,000 customers lost power overnight due to weather- related outages. pg&e expects power to be back on by noon today for most customers. the power is also back on this morning for 5600 customers in kensington and berkeley. they lost their power last night after storms knocked down power lines. this morning interstate 80 is back open after a 45-car pile-up. it happened yesterday i don't know in placer coming up. it shut down traffic in both directions. let's show you the pictures. they're pretty incredible. highway patrol says the truck carrying oxygen flipped over and several cars were caught underneath it. and then more cars slid into the fileup as they couldn't stop on the snow-covered roads. one person was killed, and more than 20 people were injured. >> it's shut this place down. >> we've called in every available officer today that

can come in and work. >> the injured were transported to hospitals in sacramento and reno. highway patrol says traffic on i-80 was backed up for miles, many drivers were turned around and sent become down the mountain. good morning to you! giving you a look at the gray skies out there this morning. we're dealing with just a little bit of sunshine with very cold air aloft, and the possibility of a few thunderstorms in the forecast for the afternoon. the scattered showers will continue throughout today. look at what is going on out there. we are seeing just a steady rain over the coastline. if we get in just a little closer, seeing light rain out there this morning. in and out of redwood city we've watched scatter showers and we have more to come. you can see it it right off the coast. north bay it's been pretty steady. and we will continue with again that low, you can see it low,

spinning. it continues to just send the energy our way. so yesterday's storm in addition to bringing us dangerous weather brought us from half inch to an inch of rain. this next storm one to three inches for the lower lying areas. your forecast here, we will be scatter showers throughout today. could see a few breaks in the clouds and that will add to the instability and possibility of thunderstorms but it's about 9:00 this evening areas on the north bay, santa rosa seeing good rain over the area eventually sliding inland and by 1:00 in the morning most of us getting pretty heavy rain. when this front moves through, this noticeably -- line of heavy rain, we're expecting some very, very gusty conditions. by tomorrow morning, it is moving up off to the east. scattered showers in the forecast through sunday lickering through monday. it will be a slow back to work morning. this evening, the high wind watch now very widespread

starting late tonight, lasting through tomorrow. the winds will be strong but the gusts even stronger. perhaps 55 to 65 miles per hour at times. again it looks through the overnight hours when the front rolls through. we are expecting the strongest winds. so with the soil already sat right and the high winds could be dangerous out there. make sure you plan for this. a widespread 50s in the forecast for today. below average for this time of year. this is the last weekend of winter, and boy, it sure does feel like winter. mid-upper 50s for the afternoon. 40s this morning and we're not going to change that. we're not going to budge for the next several days. by monday afternoon we begin to get a break, we look to be dry on tuesday but the active pattern continues. wednesday through friday, possibility of rain is with us once again. we'll look at some of those rain totals we're expecting with this next storm and we have a high surf advisory coming up in just a little bit. crews in berkeley trying to figure out the causes of an

early morning fire that happened around 4 a.m. at a large building in tilden park. the building was destroyed, it did serve as a maintenance facility for the park. it took firefighters about 90 minutes to knock down the flames and this morning it remains unclosure whether anyone was inside the building when the fire started. we now turn to the crisis in japan. the government now says radiation from a damaged nuclear power plant is being detected in its water and food supply. the government found the radiation in spinach and milk taken from farms near the fukashima dai-ichi power plant. if further radiation is detected, shipments of food from the area will be stopped. radioactive iodine is also detected in tokyo's drinking water and this all comes as emergency crews continue to try to cool the reactors at that fukashima plant. a man thought to be rescued eight days after the earthquake and tsunami had actually been

inside an having ways center before returning to his destroyed home. officials are not saying when he went back to his house and somehow became trapped inside the rubble. japanese rescuers say he found the man on the second floor of the house. she was wrapped in a blanket and said to be physically exhausted. the death toll in japan continues to rise. officials say 7,000 plus are now dead, nearly 11,000 people missing. they say some of the people missing may have been out of the region when the disaster struck. it's also believed the massive power of the tsunami sucked many people out to sea. radiation from the damaged plant in japan has now reached california. but experts continue to say there's no threat to the public. the environmental protection agency is keeping track of the railed agrees with a dozen sites across the state including one in san francisco at ellis near van ness. it's on the roof of a building and monitors the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

officials say right now the radiation in the air is at a normal level. >> i think one of the things to remember is that the fuel that is in the reactors has to make it into the atmosphere, then it has to travel 5,000 miles across the ocean before we would see any effects whatsoever. >> experts say tests so far don't give them any reason to worry. uc berkeley nuclear engineers arguing their own radiation testing. we'll talk live with one of professors within the next hour. stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for the latest on the crisis in japan on our website we have the latest news and video and information on how you can help in the recovery efforts. just click on the japan quake tab on ktvu.com. this morning union city police are looking for a man accused of trying to kidnap a 16-year-old girl. police say the girl was walking home thursday evening near the union square street bart station. she said the man grabbed her around the neck and stomach.

she escaped after hitting him in the chest with her elbow. the man is described as a black man, 20 years old, tall with a skinny build and goatee. he was last seen running towards the union square bart station. anyone with information is asked to call police. today a rally and march held in san francisco to mark the 8th anniversary of the war in iraq. the group act now to stop war and end racism is holding the rally to voice its opposition to the war. it will also be joined by labor and student organizations to protest what they call the war on working people here. the group says this is part of a national day of action. the rally begins at noon at the u.n. plaza in san francisco. organizers say it will be held rain or shine. we are following the littest developments in libya this morning. an announcement just made minutes ago by world leaders. and it's something that has not happened in decades, what egyptians are casting ballots

for today. and here's a live look outside at the san mateo bridge. you can see traffic moving smoothly but remember the rain is coming, so is the wind, so be careful if you're on the roads today.

welcome back. good morning. live look san francisco there, gray skies, little lighted rain falling in the mid-40s with a light breeze. and it's going to be a soggy day! new this morning, within the last 20 minutes allied world leaders have announced the start of military action

against libya leader moammar gaddafi, this after a warplane crashes in libya and it's all caught on camera. it appears to be a fighter jet plunging down from the sky. you can see flames surrounding the entire fuselage of the jet. this happened early this morning in the city of benghazi. one every cities under control by rebel forces. it's still not clear who the jet belongs to or whether it was shot down. news after gaddafi declared a cease-fire but rebel forces against gaddafi say it was a lie. they claim forces still loyal to the libyan leader fired on them yesterday. but the government is blaming rebels for breaking the cease- fire. a berkeley professor believers some of the pro-gaddafi forces might be willing to change sides. >> many of the those people of course are looking for a way out themselves. they're trapped in their support for gaddafi. there are many people in the military who would be glad to abandon them if the opportunity arises. i think the hope of the united states government among other

governments is that that will happen, and a great deal of military force will not be necessary. >> a doctor in libya says it 27 people have been killed today as gaddafi forces attacked a rebel stronghold. robert gates is spending this weekend in russia. it's expected to be his last trip to the country before he steps down as defense secretary. gates' trip comes days after russia decided it would not block a u.n. security council move to support military action in libya. that earned russia praise from defendants officials. it is election day in egypt and it's the first tastes of democracy for the country since former president hosni mubarak resigned last month. large protests in january and february around egypt led mubarak to step down. the country's military is now in charge and they are asking egyptians to vote on several key referendums, including one that would determine when an elected civilian government will take office. wisconsin governor scott walker responding to a temporary block on his controversial law that takes

away collective bargaining rights from public employee unions. a wisconsin judge issued the temporary block. that decision came after democrats in the state filed a lawsuit accusing republican lawmakers of passing that law illegally. governor walker says he is confident the legislation will work its way through the legal process. >> it's clearly a number of legal challenges, but in the end the measure will become law. the question is what is additional steps have to make place from now but there's no question that at one time it will end up being delayed. at one time or another this measure will become law. >> another hearing on the law is scheduled for march 29th. firefighters in san jose are clashing with a city councilmember over budget cuts. they agreed to give up 10% of their wages and benefits but now one city councilman has decided that's just not enough. the city is facing a $105 million deficit and is asking all unions to take a reduction in wages and compensation.

the firefighters union was the first to agree but now councilman says both sides need to go back to the table. firefighters hope the city will stick to the original agreement. >> bewildered by the bizarre actions taken by the councilmembers to implode the good deal we have going. >> the challenge is that it's not enough. what we know now is that the budget situation is far worse. >> a spokesperson for mayor reed says the may over agrees that 10% is not enough. but the mayor wants to wait for the other unions to weigh in before starting any new negotiations. the county sill will meet again on tuesday to discuss the issue. in san francisco, muni says repairs will be made to recently discovered cracks in two tunnels. the cracks were discovered in the twin peaks and sunset tunnels. officials also say they have discovered corroded steel and concrete, and that those problems will be fixed as well. the trance the agency says the tunnels are safe despite the problems, but seismic retrofit

studies have never basketball done on the tunnels so it's not clear how they would hold up during a major earthquake. >> at this point there hasn't been a need to take a look at the -- seismic retrofit study because we're looking at the tunnels, doing maintenance on them to make sure that nothing is a problem in the future. >> it's not clear much seismic retrofit studies cost but they could run in the hundreds of millions of dollars. this morning community members will be coming together with state lawmakers to call on banks to take on more responsibility for the foreclosure crisis. the meeting in oakland will call on banks to offer monetary relief for communities are high rates of foreclosures. the groups organizing today's meeting say banks need to be held accountable for what they describe as serious wrongdoing, including possible criminal activity. this morning's meeting will take place at the church. it's on the corner of 14th avenue and east 14th street in oakland and that meeting starts at 10:30 this morning. in just about 10 minutes, hundreds of people will start cleaning up streets across the

bay area. today is the 11th annual great american litter pickup. volunteers will be out a across several locations across the bay area to volunteer their time. last year more than 600 people participated in san jose alone. and they collected more than 370 bags of trash. if you would like to find out where you can volunteer your time this morning, just go on our web link section on ktvu.com. some oakland police officers are going to show solidarity with children battling cancer. they are going to get their heads shaved today as part of the foundation fund raiser for cancer research. the officers raised money that will be going to children's hospital. last year the oakland police department raised mohr than $18,000 for the controversy. why symptom people are not happy about the state's newest symbol in utah. plus it's not the usual dui, what a texas man did instead of getting in his car that still landed him in jail. >> soggy this morning, but not too bad. we're looking at light rain across the area, giving you a

live look from walnut creek where we do continue with the possibility of scattered showers, maybe even thunderstorms for the afternoon. but the storm connected to arrive tonight. we'll talk about that after the break.

this morning, part of interstate 95 in new york city will be closed for ceremony to honor 15 people killed in a bus crash. the accident happened last wreak after the bus headed to manhattan to the casino in connecticut flipped on to its

side in the bronx. a pole sliced through the bus. the bus driver's lance has been is spended. speed may have been a factor. the fbi is investigating a possible bomb left inside a federal building. the suspicious device turned up yesterday inside the mcnamara federal building in detroit. security officers found a metal coin box inside a nylon bag. the box was x-rayed and determined to be suspicious. now the bomb squad was called in and detonated the box. no one was hurt during the incident and detroit police say they do not know what exactly was inside the metal box. there's controversy this morning over utah's newest state symbol. the m1911 pistol has been named the official state firearm. the law sponsors says the gun was chosen but the gun maker was born and used in utah. he used to be the military standard issue firearm, until about eight years ago. utah is the first state in the nation to have an official firearm, and critics say the new state symbol con goes gun violence your a texas man is

facing charges this morning after he was arrested for riding a horse while intoxicated. 19-year-old omar was leaving a party near houston wednesday morning and says he didn't think twice about riding his horse home. hes says he thought he was doing the right thing by not driving but police say it was more dangerous. >> if he's not intoxicated he's not paying attention. and the horse is a big animal. car hits a horse, it will hurt lot of things. >> i got plenty of laughs. obviously that's -- made me so mad like -- because who will get charged? >> the district attorney's office says it is going to charge him with public intoxication. if the weather cooperates you might notice a larger than usual full moon tonight, at the point when its orbit is closest to the earth. that's still 212,000 miles away. but the full moon appears 30%

prettier and 14% bigger than normal. this is a sleptal ideal event that happens every 20 years and you can see it tonight at 7:48. if weather cooperates! >> the clouds will pass overhead. we could see a scat schwarzenegger the afternoon but the clouds will be back. we're looking live in santa rosa, where hail was falling there just moments ago. and the scattered showers do continue. ali is live in santa rosa and will bring us the latest in a few moments. meanwhile, again we're looking at the possibility of scattered showers throughout today, maybe even thunderstorms, high surf advisory lasting until 9:00 this evening. for the coast, and we want to show you how much rain we're expecting with this next storm. it really starts to pick up in the overnight hours, when the front will roll lieu. if you are just joining us, we're expecting high winds. but by tomorrow evening, anywhere from two to three inches expected in lower lying

areas. two inches possible for areas right around santa rosa, almost 4 1/2 inches above normal for the season already. your forecast for today, we're going to leave scattered showers, perhaps a little sunshine, not too much. mid-50s which means five to 10 degrees below average for this time of year. sunday looks to be the big storm. it will roll in in the overnight hours, linger through the midday and scatter showers sunday through monday morning. we do begin to dry out monday afternoon. tuesday we get a break, more rain in the forecast for wednesday. this weekend the last weekend of winter. but the active pattern will continue through next week. >> thank you. big wave surfers are calling for new safety precautions after the death of a surfer at mavericks. 34-year-old -- died wednesday while surfing 50-foot waves. surfers and photographers are now renewing their call for a volunteer water patrol. surfers say they want to raise

money for jet skis to patrol the area because right now the closest rescuers are a mile away but they say and it cake about 10 minutes to get out to maverick's to provide assistance. president obama landed in south america just hour ago, who he is meeting with on his five-day trip to several countries. >> it's just sprinkling now but a short time ago we saw hail coming down in santa rosa. coming up we'll it will you how people are preparing for the stormy weather.

taking a live look outside this morning. we're monitoring the latest on the bay area's wild weather including tornado damage in santa rosa and where it can be

expected later today. welcome back to mornings on 2. we do have live team coverage this morning on our stormwatch, beginning with ali rasmus, who is live in santa rosa. there are reports of flooding there on 101 and you're seeing rain and hail, right? >> reporter: that's right. just about 10 minutes ago, right now just sprinkling but 10 minutes ago we started seeing hail coming down. you can see it coming down, it was short lived, probably only about a few minutes. but it was small pebble sized hail, hitting the roof of our truck. you can definitely see and hear it. right now it's melted pretty quickly so there's none here. but it was pretty impressive womaning down, very short- lived. santa rosa getting a lot of stormy and severe weather. this landscaping company we're standing next to is here live, we want to show you this sequoia landscaping company was hit by an f-1 tornado here in santa rosa yesterday. the wooden beams used to have a

metal roof on top of them and that roof in the hundred-mile- an-hour tornado winds got blown off and what is left of the shed is now in this pile of debris here. you can see there are some stacks of what used to be concrete that had been stored in that metal shed. we talked to the owner here, he says the insurance a justers haven't come out here, they don't know -- have an estimate on the coast of the damage, but he says there are more storms on the way and he is getting prepared for the next round. >> odds of another tornado hitting here i imagine are pretty far-fetched. probably throw a tarp over there, make sure any loose debris doesn't fly across the street. >> we had severe weather in the bay area for the past 24 hours, and last night thunderstorms with lightning knocked out power to thousands of pg&e customers in the north and east bay. the reports and pictures of hail and berkeley hills and other parts of the east bay and it's plot it over yet. again, 10 minutes ago, there was hail coming down here in

santa rosa and the national weather service is already warning about the next round of storms expected to hit later tonight and into sunday morning. and the winds could hit about 40 miles an hour. there's a wind advisory scheduled for tomorrow. reporting live, ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. there was a tornado warning issued for san mateo county yesterday but there were no reports of damage or injuries but it did spark an unusual site over san francisco's ocean beach. rick guitterez says he noticed a strange dark cloud so he grabbed his smart phone. it looked like a funnel starting to form. and in the video you can see the splash where the funnel makes contact with the ocean. >> i was really worried it was going to hit the beach and the houses. but i was just watching for it and getting ready to call 911. >> after a few minutes, the funnel disappeared. back up into the clouds. more rain is expected to hit us over the next 48 hours

and steps to re vent flooding are underway. the water district began releasing millions of gallons of water from from three reservoirs, which are all above 90% capacity. the district released about 58 million gallons of water into the bay. >> we need the water. we need the rain. it's good for the plants, it's good for the planet. and it's good. >> all the the rain does make for a slippery roadways. yesterday the highway patrol says it responded to multiple weather-related accidents from overturned vehicles and drivers spinning outs on freeways and on offramps, officers advising people to just slow down especially with more rain on the way. good morning to you. a live look from our roof cam at estuary. you can see plenty of gray. it looks pretty ominous out there. we are going to continue with scattered showers, we see some breaks in the clouds. thunderstorms a possibility.

we had eyalee reporting hail just moments ago. santa rosa dealing with just some light rain but look hat the peninsula and down into san jose. we're continuing to see the late rain. we started the morning with a bit of a low but now it's moving widespread, campbell into tune tino. moderate rain over half moon bay. redwood city, and we move a little north daly city, across the golden gate bridge. slippery one. mill valley. sliding east. oakland, san leandro and it goes on and on around livermore, pleasant valley. napa and into san omm'a. our temperatures this morning, cooler than yesterday. if you're getting out early you may notice, mid upper 40s around the region and this will be what we're going to see the first half of the day. only warming into the 50s by the second half and we will be below average for this time of year. a view from up above, that apparently low that continues to spin the energy our way. the system that rolled through yesterday brought us from half

inch to a inch of rain. this next storm moving in along the coastline by tonight could bring us from one to three inches for the lower lying areas, two to five inches expected in some of the higher elevations. and we are looking at snow levels between 2500 and 3,000 feet. the heaviest rain will roll in later tonight. looks like the north bay around 8 to 9:00 this evening. it hangs around but by one or 2:00 shifts east. most of us will get it and i now in the overnight hours and strongest winds will also roll through. we'll see it pass through and the showers will continue all the way through monday morning. so monday cargo a slippery and tough ride. in addition to heavy rain, we're looking at wind. so 1 to three inches possible for some of our coast and valley locations. and more than that for the higher elevations. i want that talk about the high wind watch for later tonight. winds to 40 and 50-mile pictures hour. gusts to 60 and 65, possible when the front rolls through. we already know our soil is

very saturated. we could see some pretty hazardous conditions in the overnight hours and early morning. widespread 50s, 50s in the forecast for the afternoon. typically in the low to mid- 60s. scattered showers today, the rain really going to hit us in the overnight tomorrow, and tapering off but lingering showers expected sunday into monday. we get a break on troos, but by wednesday we have the rain returning to our area. we do have a winter weather advisory for the sierra. if you're going to chance it, we'll bring that that in just a bit. thank you. top officials from the u.s., europe and arab world have launched immediate military action in libya. they made the decision just before the top of the hour. french warplanes are already flying over benghazi and could strike libyan tanks. no to the crisis in japan, the japanese government has announced radiation from a damaged plant. they say it's now detected in the water and food suppliers. the government says it found abnormal levels of radiation in

spinach and milk taken from farms in the power plant. more tests are being conducted on other foods. if further radiation is detected, the japanese officials will stop shipments of food from the area. radioactive iodine is also being detected in tokyo agrees drinking water and all of this comes as emergency crews continue to try and cool the reactors at the fukashima plant. california health officials say they will start screening milk in the state for any signs of radiation. the fear is grass eating cows could transmit radiation to their milk. health officials admit the tests are just a precaution, saying the power plant in japan does not pose any serious health threats to california. the u.s. state department is urging family members of u.s. personnel in japan to get out of country, expanding its evacuation order for family members in 13 areas areas across from japan. the evacuation order is voluntary but the reason is being given for the expansion of the evacuation. the state department is also still advising americans to avoid travel to japan.

this morning the state department says there are 11 americans missing and the northern area of japan following last week's quake and tsunami. one of those missing includes virginia native taylor anderson. she lived and worked where she taught english in japan. a 15-foot tsunami surge reached the city where but her parents say her school and apartment building re still standing. now the couple is hoping for the bests as they wait for any word on their date daughter. >> she just loved that country. she loves the people, she loves the culture. >> you wake up every day thinking this is the day we'll find her. >> taylor's parents are now searching the internet to find any information that might lead them to their daughter. stay with us for the latest on the crisis in japan. our website we have the latest news and video and information on how you can help in the

recovery efforts. just click on the japan quake tab on ktvu.com. ly . president obama and the rest. first family are in south america. air force one touched down in brazil just a few hours ago, where officials greeted the first family. today's stop in brazil is the first in was will be a five-day tour of latin america to discuss economic and security issues with key leaders. another stop includes el salvador and chile. president obama is expected back here in the by area next month. details of the upcoming trip are being withheld for security reasons. the white house says the president will talk about job growth and the economy. the president was in the bay area last month when he met with high-tech leaders at a home in woodside. this will be his nine the visit to california since taking office. on monday the santa clara city council will vote on whether to give the 49ers $4.5 million, in an effort to keep the money away from the state. the money is set to be used for the proposed 49ers stadium in

santa clara. but the money comes from a redevelopment agency and the state could take away the funds to help close the budget deficit. if the council votes to pass on the money to the 49ers, the city council hopes the state won't get any of the money. check for radiation in the bay area, scientists are monitoring levels. coming up one of them joins us live to discuss the find sogs far. and let's take you outside right now. you're looking at the sunol grade. sue he traffic moving along quicki. the next storm is on its way.

just a dreary start to the day. we've got light rain falling over the peninsula and widespread this morning, san francisco sitting at 47 degrees, scattered showers in the forecast, stronger storm arriving tonight. radiation from the damaged plant in japan has now reached california. but experts continue to say there is no threat to the public here. the environmental protection agency is keeping track of that radiation with dozens of different monitors sites across the state. including one that is in san francisco at ellis. right now the radiation in the air is at a normal level. uc berkeley is also testing

for radiation. for more we're joined live by professor ki vetter. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's get to it. what levels are you seeing out there? >> so as of yesterday evening, no instrument. we were not able to see anything much from our air monitoring. but radiation by other stations has supported some small amount of radiation in their systems. >> every time you say any level, people get nervous. even though experts have said don't worry about it, what kind of everyday things would provide any levels fog up? >> just to put in context, because at ends we do these measurements for two reasons, one for our scientific curiosity, to see what we can observe and how we can relate that and better understand radiation, but secondly also to inform ourselves and you about the measurement, the level of radiation we might measure and put it in context.

that's also a inform you about the context of these radiation. so what is being reported is about counts normally into the -- count is radiation, which again sensitive tools. you've got about counts per minute up to 10 counts per minute. just to put it in context, the radiation levels would be tens of thousands of counts per minute some the level of radiation via measuring is being measured now, far the natural level of radiation, for below than -- >> professor, we only have 30 seconds, we keep showing that map of the -- united nations put out. do you think that map is misleading on the radiation coming in. >> so not really. certainly radiation coming in, being released and we're going to measure it here. so this is not misleading. you just have to be careful about the amount of radiation which will be transported for

the jetstream here. we will small amounts and it's only because of our highly sensitive instruments we have here that we'll be able to measure that. so that's the reason you're going to measure that. and just measuring the small amount, does not mean it will be harmful to us. >> and rain making it easier or making it better? >> rain will make it easy you're because you'll water out the radioatively inner activity so we should be more sensitive to see. that as a matter of fact, there will be an -- increase in levels due to rain at the beginning, but after the rain visibility will be less radioactivity in if the environment after the rain. >> professor vetter, taking time to join us on mornings on 2. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. >> all right. despite the ongoing nuclear crisis, one town is giving

approval for a new plant built near fresno. if built, the plant would be the first one constructed since the diablo canyon nuclear plant in san luis obispo in 1996. activists in the bay area rallying against nuclear power. >> there was a rally on the steps of oakland city hall by those who want to see california's ban on the diablo canyon power plant shut down. it was all part of the second annual clear clean power healthy communities conference. groups ranging from greenpeace to bay localize want the federal government to deny the renewal of the nuclear plants licenses, they favor green energy. >> solar panels don't explode. windmills don't explode. they're so much safer. >> activists we spoke with expressed solidarity with the people of japan. they said what occurred there must never happen in california. we have new video this

morning of a damage done to santa cruz harbor in last week's tsunami. yesterday divers continue to search for boats and damage. officials say 10 boats sank and about 100 others were damaged during the wave surges. eight of the 10 boats have been pulled out. and yesterday diver patrick fully found one of the two remaining sunken boats that until now were unaccounted for. >> it was a sailboat, the mast was on its side. what kind of conditions this seem to be in to you? >> it's down there, on the bottom. it's not coming out without a great amount of effort. >> further clean-up efforts were stalled yesterday by the storm but crews are hoping to resume the search today and tomorrow. right now the harbor is still closed. officials are still working on assess the damage down and it's still unclear whether or not the state is going to qualify for federal disaster relief funds. a portion of highway 1 will remain closed for at least a month after a cliff wall gave way. about 100 feet of roadway

dropped on to the sea wednesday between carmel and big sur. yelled crews installed a pipeline to funnel rainfall away from the damaged area. but they stopped early because of the rain. businesses near the collapse are expected to remain open and the department of parks and recreation say campgrounds have not been closed. >> branch workers in southern california are facing tough working conditions thanks to the latest storms. early yesterday morning, workers were feeding horses when trees and rocks started sliding down that hill. about 15 to 20 acres of ground moved during the slide. fortunately there were no reports of any injuries but residents in one home did have to be evacuated and 63 horses were moved to nearby anxious. the ground in parts of washington state are still unstable after rain that that area. engineers in everett say many homes have already been damaged after they moved several inches overnight. residents are being evacuated from that area as the winter weather continues this weekend.

>> everything goes right down that creek and just keeps washing the bottom of the hill out. there's nothing to hold the top of the hill. just keeps getting worse. >> many of the homes are being yellow tagged, meaning homeowners can go in to retrieve personal items but they're not allowed to stay. officials say they're doing what they can to stabilize the homes but the ground continues to give way. forecasters are predicting more rain for the area tonight and early next week. environmental activists plan to appeal a judge's ruling allowing the expansion of the largest toxic waste dump. the board of supervisors approved the expansion of the dump. the dump site is located in kettle men city. several organizations and a group of residents sued, saying the expansion violated state laws. but in january, a judge ruled in favor of the county. residents have blamed the dump site on a number of unexplained birth defects in recent years. former secretary of state

warren christopher has died. he died at his home in las vegas night after complications from bladder and kidney cancer. he served under the clinton administration and he also assisted former vice president al gore during the disputed 2000 florida recount. he worked for former governor pat brown. he was 85 years old. >> now a ucla student from northern california is leaving school. why exactly she says she is choosing to come home. >> we've got widespread light rain falling across the area giving you a live look from bay point where we have that light rained from our east valley locations to the coast. we're watching another powerful storm as and moves closer to the coast. more coming up of

we have developing news to bring you. american warships in and aircraft poised for mill air action against libya. one u.s. officials says the navy is launching a sea launch attack against libya's coastal air defenses. officials say the u.s. intends to limited its involvement at least in the initial stages. to helping protect french and other air missions by taking out libyan air defenses. additional attacks could be launched depending on how forces respond. the southern california college student who made a youtube rant against asian

students is now dropping out of school. alexander wallace says she is leaving ucla because of the harassment she's received following her video going viral. she criticizes asian students for talking too loudly on their cell phones in the library including those who called home following the japanese earthquake. she is leaving ucla even though officials decided she would not face any punishment. the america's cup is coming to san francisco in 2013. and that could lead it a major expansion for a historic streetcar line. a new proposal by the national park service would extend muni's f line streetcars all the way to fort mason. the park service is pushing for the project saying it's needed for the big crowds expected in the city during that competition. the plan would extend the f line about a mile from jones and beach streets through the old state belt railroad funnel out to the marina boulevard, ending at fort may stop. an environmental impact statement on the plan is now being made available for public comment. today the women's basketball team kicks off what

they hope will be their run to a national championship. they face uc davis this afternoon in the first round of the ncaa tournament. this is uc davis's first trip to the tournament before the game st. johns will take on texas tech at maples, the winners of each game face ear each other on monday in palo alto. over the last 24 hours and, we've had rain, a tornado, hail and rosemary, i think over the next 24 hours you're talking about wind also being a major factor. >> you're right. and increasing tonight and the gusts we see tonight could be stronger than yesterday. if you're going to brave it and head to the sierra, there's a winter storm warning lasting until monday morning. so be advised and maybe a avoid it altogether if can. today showers and thunderstorms a possibility as we do remain unsettled. but overnight hours into sunday morning, another dose of heavy rain, very strong winds. we have a high wind watch anticipated for late tonight, through tomorrow, and gusts could reach 60 miles per hour. we already know the soil is very saturated. i hate to be an alarmist but

just take it easy, especially the overnight hours through tomorrow morning, it could be really, really messy. mid upper 50s as we kick into the first week of spring. this is the last weekend of winter and it's going out like a been. we'll continue with scattered showers today, the big storm moves in tonight through tomorrow. lungering showers through the first half of monday. and then we're not done. we'll get a break on tuesday, more rain in the forecast on wednesday. >> so it sounds like if you have any errands, go now. >> yes. may see sunshine in some areas, that's just instability. >> the wind, the ground is saturated so watch for that too. have a great day!