toght even emergency crews had trouble getting help into a bay area neighborhood. we are insi the emergency meeting going on right now. plus, tellingtime today from a boyhood friend of barry bonds. what he says he saw and heard that made him think bonds was taking steroids. next at 5 p.m. >> couldn't get it to you. >> we may end up in the hudson. >> it will be less traffic to runway 31. >> unable. >> do you want to try to go to peterborogh. >> we can't do it. >> which runway would you like there? >> we are going to be in the hudson. >> say it again, captain? >> i think he said he was going in the hudson. >> wow. imagine that. [ applause ] >> that proves positive that a disaster can have a happy ending. because flight 1549 landed in the hudsonúcyon where they are more snow tonight. ken? >> reporter: frank, you can see it is snowing right now. although it is not snowing as hard as it was earlier this afternoon. right now i'm at blue canyon standing on about -- about 6 feet of snow i loosenedded up the snowshoes just to show you how deep it is when you walk on it around it is coming up to your knee. snow is far deeper than just up to my knees right here. i have covered blue canyon for sometime. more snow than i remember in the past few years. i talked to a guy on the job for 30 years saying this is the

most intense winter that he remembers. >> reporter: the snow was so heavy. it was relatively clear. the chain installers were busy and chain controls were up. >> pretty much off and on every day seems like. >> reporter: it has been almost a week long stretch. >> did you know you were driving into this today? >> not this bad. but that's okay. >> reporter: steve was prepared with proper chains but that's not true for everyone. >> my chains got switched on me. somebody switched them. >> reporter: ross is headed to reno but his chains are too wide for his tires. >> do you know what you'll do now? >> no. >> reporter: despite slow travel and a constant snowfall all morning the chp said there were no significant accidents as of this afternoon and they hope it stays that way.

>> keep it under 30. they will be fine. come up here with the chains. be prepared. it has been snowing for several hours since our drive up interstate 80 this afternoon. so the conditions have changed. i can tell you that blue canyon -- you're looking at the interstate 80 here at blue canyon. there is more snow on the road than early creditor this afternoon. but the plows are coming by. chain rule is in effect from baxter to truckee. train controls in effect over the summit. we are seeing fairly light traffic and driving is not too bad despite the controls. ken pritchard, channel 2news. more snow in the sierra. more snow on hamilton in the south bay today and road leading to the top of that mountain is currently closed. our reporter was allowed past the barricades and she will show us how they are dealing with the new snow. we have continuing storm watch

coverage during this newscast and on our website. you can track this next storm as it moves in with live radar from storm tracker 2. just go to ktvu.com. providing dramatic testimony today in the barry bonds' trial. >> reporter: prosecutors today called their first witness to testify that he actually had firsthand knowledge of barry bonds using steroids. for the first time since a bitter breakup in 2003, barry bonds came face-to-face with a childhood friend who testified against him in court today. steve hoeskins taped the giants trainer in the locker room so he could prove to bonds' father bonds was taking steroids, that he was worried about barry's

health. the recording is hard to hear as anderson talks about cysts forming if steroids are injected in the same spot. listen and read it now. >> reporter: he testified he saw anderson leave bonds' bedroom during spring training 2000 with a syringe and assumed anderson had injected bonds with steroids and he said in 1999 he ordered him to search the benefits and side effects of a certain steroid. bonds' lead attorney accused him of taping anderson to extort money from bonds. he denied that. the attorney then accused hoeskins about an allegation from bonds' previous attorney that hoeskins was forging

bonds' name on baseballs and he asked the fbi to investigate. >> it is not a likeness of bonds' signature. >> reporter: there was no reaction from barry bonds during the testimony today. tomorrow the cross-examination of hoeskins continues here. reporting live in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2news. >> we have continuing coverage on the barry bonds trial on our website. there you will find information on the history of this case, pictures of bonds over the years as well as grand jury testimony. just go to the home page and click on the barry bonds trial tab all at ktvu.com. an oakland police officer testified today that he found two loaded sawed off shut guns during a raid of 2007 of the business known as your black muslim bakery. this comes on the third day of the trial for the two accused of plotting to murder oakland

journalist chauncey bailey to keep him from writing a story on the bakery's finances. one of the shotguns found was used to kill bailey. allied forces air strikes and patrols over libya are continuing tonight for a fifth day and they appear to be having the desired effect. people living in the western city say forces loyal to moammar gadhafi have pulled back. the u.s. commander says the coalition is targeting gadaffi's mobile mission sites. defense secretary saying nato forces could take over as soon as saturday. an admiral at the pentagon say they are attacking government troops who have been storming population centers in libya. according to the admiral the eastern city is now in rebel control so coalition forces have shifted air strikes west to try to protect a threatened city. however, president obama is categorically ruling out a land

invasion to force colonel gadaffi out. >> we don't just have military tools at our disposal in terms of accomplishing gadaffi's leaving. we put in place strong international sanctions. we have frozen his assets. we will continue to apply a whole range of pressure on him. >> president obama also says the u.s. will pull back from its lead role in the international effort. he says the military will begin providing intelligence and signal jamming. some people are upset of the president for taking action without a full debate. john baynor called on president obama to answer questions. senator barbara boxer today said the president did not overstep his authority, however. >> this isn't america versus libya, this is the world. this is an extraordinary's chievement by our president and secretary of state -- extraordinary achievement. my view he is did the right

thing. >> the senate passed a resolution three weeks ago urging them to take action. right now in san francisco a demonstration is getting underway to protest u.s. military involvement in libya. these are live pictures here of the protestors gathering outside the federal building at 7th and mission streets. the protestors are calling for an end to the bombing in libya. organizers say they are opposed to, quote, a third u.s. war in a muslim country. a similar protest is taking place in new york city. others are set for tomorrow in l.a., chicago, and baltimore. same-sex marriages will not be allowed to take place while the legal fight over prop 8 continues. today the 9th circuit court of appeals refused to allow those marriages while it considers the constitutionality of the ban. they urged the appeals court to lift a stay on the marriages.

same-sex couples argued gays and lesbians are being hurt each day the ban remains in effect. new home sales dropped last month to the fewest on record dating back nearly half a century. according to the commerce department 250,000 new homes were sold in february. that is down 16.9% from january. the median price of a new home dropped to its lowest level since december of 2003. it was down nearly 14% compared with february of last year to just over $202,000. wall street stocks staged a late comeback today despite all the concerns. by the closing bell stocks advanced as investors took an optimistic view. overriding concerns about the other international problems. dow closing up 67 points to

12,086. nasdaq up by 14 at 2,698. >> i'm flattered. movie fans mourning a loss tonight. here in the bay area, hiv aids activists are remembering elizabeth taylor. but it is nothing to do with acting.

issuing a warning in japan about the tap water there. the levels are about two times the recommended limit for infants. parents are being told not to give tap water to babies in tokyo. radio active iodine can cause thyroid cancer. health officials say the current radiation level is not a danger for adults. japan's government tonight says the cost of the earthquake and tsunami could reach $309 billion making it the most expensive natural disaster in history. the death toll tonight continues to rise with more

than 9400 bodies recovered and more than 14,700 people listed as missing. we first reported on this yesterday. the united states has now become the first country to ban food imports from the areas closest to japan's damaged nuclear power plants. the food and drug administration says the ban includes milk, vegetables and fruits. another concern for some consumers is the safety of sushi and fish caught in the pacific but some food experts say you don't have to worry. >> the fish that is here is probably coming out of the pacific where any radiation would have been well diluted and the fish wouldn't really be a concern. >> some experts say it is unlikely food from the affected areas would have made it to the united states before the ban came into effect. japanese food imports make up 4% of all u.s. food imports. toyota will delay the debut of its newest hybrid vehicle a minivan. toyota had planned to roll out

the new version of the prius in april but now the car maker can't say when its prius minivan will be introduced. tributes pouring in from all around the world tonight for elizabeth taylor who died this morning at the age of 79 of congestive heart failure. from her work on the screen to her activism in real life, many are mourning the loss of this hollywood icon. she was only 12 when she became famous worldwide in a 1944 film "national velvet." by the 1950s a london born american with box office magic. an official movie star. she was a celebrated beauty but all was not picture perfect. taylor would later say she was rushed into womanhood for the movies. describing herself as having the emotions of a child in the body of a woman. taylor was plagued with ill health and addiction throughout her life and then there were

the many, many marriages. her first white wedding came when she was 18. she married nick hilton. that lasted only a few months. she became the first star to be paid $1 million for a film for cleopatra. she was paired with her two- time husband richard burton. >> as in almost all greek things i'm flattered. >> reporter: taylor would marry eight times in all. over the years her dual love of men and diamonds often went hand in hand. >> each day in this world 5000 people become infected with hiv. >> reporter: after the death of actor and close friend rock hudson in 1985 taylor focused her attention on aids and aids research later calling acting artificial and said seeing people suffer is real. tail or leaves behind two daughters and two sons as well as 10 grandchildren.

there is talk of a public remembrance. elizabeth taylor used her celebrity status to raise millions of dollars for aids research and she was one of the first to do so. she was well known for her long time efforts to help people living with aids including many here in the bay area. >> elizabeth taylor's name was very much out there and as i say what made it so important is her name was out there and her voice was out there when very few others were. >> paul chambers will have more on what elizabeth taylor meant to hiv aids research and bay area survivors of the disease tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news. talking about the weather now. bill we can had a sudden downpour here in the heart of oakland and we all just rushed to the windows to watch it. >> dynamic weather pattern. we see hail. this just into the weather center. there is a severe thunderstorm warning up in the central valley. let's go to that right now and i'll show you what we have. it is outside the bay area but a severe thunderstorm warning is a big deal.

this one i'm going to switch radars now. could produce a funnel cloud or tornado. this is what the national weather service had in mind when they issued that severe thunderstorm warning. this system moving off to the north and east. again, you're getting hail. you could even get a funnel cloud out of this. so this weather pattern that we are under right now we noticed it all week. extremely dynamic. nothing severe around here. but as mentioned we have had heavy downpours out by mill valley. you've got rain falling in the marin headlands. showers continue tonight on and off and then, boy, tomorrow morning it is going to get real wet around here. we have got heavy rain in the forecast and that has prompted a national weather service for the hours of about 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. tomorrow to issue an urban and small stream flood advisory. not for the rivers, not so much for the big rivers and big creeks but for the small creeks and for commuters concerned about maybe some slow roadways

tomorrow. standing water in many locations as we get an inch to 2 inches of rain in a very short amount of time. this system tomorrow hits as i mentioned this last night, hits right on the morning commute. tomorrow morning the same time and even a little earlier but more rain than we saw this morning. a wind advisory as well for the morning hours. that impacts the bay area bridges. so tomorrow will be one of those days where the rain really comes. the wind really comes. and out along the coast, the coastal hills will get real wet. the lifting by the hills will produce rainfall accumulations near 3 inches up around the santa cruz area. scots valley. a lot going on. big hit tomorrow morning. i'm going to time it out in the computer model. we will have the latest forecast for your area as well. more rain expected for the weekend. i'll see you back her . could be the smoking gun from last year's massive oil spill in the gulf. a trapped piece of drill pipe is the reason a blowout preventer couldn't stop that spill. blowout preventers are supposed to lock in place to prevent a

spill in the case of an explosion. the pipe prevented the device from properly ceiling. the blowout preventer was raised from the sea floor last september and nasa has been testing it since november. embarrassing moment for a mayor. what he said about a senator and why some say he is, quote, not quite ready for prime time. a new exclusive field poll takes a close look at california's two senators and one of them is clearly in the lead when it comes to what voters think of her. you first heard about it right here on ktvu's 10:00 p.m. news but tonight we are learning more about a bomb square on a philippines airline jet including the celebrity who was on board.

california voters are divergent views in our poll released today. senator barbara boxer won reelection last year. the opinions of boxer grew more negative throughout her last campaign and remain mixed. 42% of california voters overall say they approve of the job senator boxer is doing. 40% disapprove. but she draws strong support from democrats with 64% approving of her job performance. 48% say they approve of diane

finestein. the field poll says the numbers have remained pretty much consistent over the past three years. it is a somewhat different story though when voters are asked if they would be inclined to reelect senator finestein if she decides to seek another term next year. 46% say they would support her. 42% say they would not. among democrats, 67% say they are inclined to support her. so far no major republican candidate has come forward as a potential to run against finestein. republican surge over most of the country could be good news for senator finestein. facing a political backlash off a blunder. the mayor of newton, massachusetts was asked on a local t.v. quiz show the name of the san francisco mayor assassinated in

1978 along with harvey milk. >> he answered diane finestein. this mistake has republicans saying he is not ready for prime time. warren who once worked for senator john kerry is considering entering the massachusetts senate race. a phoned in bomb threat that prompted police to search a plane in san francisco last night was a hoax. the airline says the plane was moved to a remote area, all 357 people on board were searched and bomb sniffing dogs inspected every inch of the cargo area. no threat was found in that flight. passengers told us that they initially were told there was a medical emergency on board and were confined to their seats for more than two hours as the plane sat on the tarmac. >> people started getting pretty tense after hanging around on an airplane for two, three hours, not knowing what's going on. >> one of those people stuck, the lead singer from the rock band journey was on that flight. it is blustery and a light

snow is falling here on the top of mt. hamilton. we will tell you about a new effort to keep people off the mountain. >> angry. the message being sent to state legislators.

complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2news at 5 p.m. a treacherous track. one that was closed off until just a couple of hours ago. while we are seeing some pretty intense rain in parts of the bay area, people who live on mt. hamilton in the south bay are dealing with snow. let's continue our live team coverage now. we will get to maureen naylor live near mt. hamilton. snow isn't the only hazard. >> reporter: the road opened about two hours ago to mt.

hamilton. we experienced firsthand why heading up this route can be a problem and why it is closed to the public when it snows. the road to mt. hamilton was closed to the public at grant ranch park. we were allowed to continue on the winding two-lane route. we found this cal-trans crew cutting down trees halfway up. >> hillside has been moving slowly down. we just removed the weight to try to save the hill. >> reporter: after moving the debris and clearing the road we continued on. once 4000 feet up a light dusting the snow covered this tiny community. >> i love the snow. my wife hates it. >> it is okay. >> he said you hate it. >> i'm getting used to it. i have never lived in the snow. >> reporter: some of the 30 people who live on the top of mt. hamilton. >> takes about 40 minutes just to get down and back out so when you've got to go to the grocery store it is a trek. >> reporter: most residents work for the observatory. if you live here self

sufficientfy is key. >> we have a natural spring that we pull water from and treat it. we have our own power plant so we can operate without pg&e if necessary. >> reporter: he said the biggest problem is people seeking snow. parking here is illegal. >> if the road opens there is so much traffic up here that it becomes a total meltdown and law enforcement can't handle it. we certainly can't handle it. so when it snows we encourage you to just find another location to come and play. >> reporter: he showed us new red no parking signs put up in the last month and people that ignore them will be cited. reporting live, maureen naylor, channel 2news. >> our chief meteorologist bill martin here now. >> let's go right to live storm tracker 2. flood watch area for parts of the bay area basically tonight into tomorrow. let's come in a little bit

closer right now. some heavier rain right now on the golden gate bridge. you see that there. both the north and south tower you're wet. then this is the story really just into the newsroom. national weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the next half hour for this cell heading out. lightning possibly coming out. possible tornado or funnel clouds. that stays in effect for another half hour. already a funnel cloud in the central valley with minimal damage. possible tornado there. just the beginning. tonight's storm, tomorrow morning's commute storm. a big one. lots of rain and some wind. i'll be back here and will have all the specifics. one of many traffic accidents in the bay area today happened. a 3-car accident. sent a 22-year-old man to the hospital with minor injuries. one car went off the freeway and fell some 10 feet to the on- ramp below. the vehicle hit a guardrail an sent it flying into two unoccupied parked cars. the highway patrol tells us the cause of this accident was

speeding and wet pavement. we have continuing news coverage. over the next couple days you can watch live radar weather patterns where you live. all at ktvu.com. angry protest in san francisco today. angry parents and students. their destination a post office. david will explain why. >> reporter: frank, today's protest is part of an ongoing state wide fight over big education budget cuts. about 200 san francisco public school students teachers and parents marched through the district eager to send a message to state legislators about looming education cuts. >> it is unconscionable that we cannot fully fund public education for all of our state's children. >> reporter: state education officials say school districts

face 4.5 billion in funding cuts next year if tax measures aren't extended. 20,000 district teachers state wide were notified this month that they may be laid off at the end of june. >> we have all the classes but our teachers are getting pink slips and we don't have a lot of our supplies so we can't really -- we can't do nothing. >> reporter: san francisco community school teachers say class sizes will grow. >> our class sizes could go way up and we could lose positions of teachers and hired professionals. we have a p.e. person for k-5. we could lose that. . >> reporter: they marched 11 blocks to a post office to mail letters to governor jerry brown urging him to keep funding at his current level. >> he needs to talk to us and to some students about what the impact should be.

>> reporter: today's protest comes a day ahead of san francisco school district deadline for schools to submit budget proposals. that plan for state cuts is as large as 15%. as part of women's history month a department on the status of women in the san francisco police department today announced new policies to help victims of domestic violence. they announced three new tools to address the problem. they include a new visa for victims of domestic crimes which would allow them to stay in the united states. the addition of two new inspectors to the police stalking unit and new police codes to better identify child abuse and elder abuse. >> they are hidden crimes. it really surfaces these issues, allows us to collect data, to respond more precisely to at least hidden crimes. >> reporter: it receives about 4000 cases of domestic violence

every year. an unusual protest against phone books in san francisco today. protestors dropped off a stack of 1500 yellow pages right in front of an at&t building in san francisco. the group phone book free sf are giving people a choice whether they want one. according to the group there are more than 1.6 million phone books dropped off in san francisco each year alone. that figures out to be two per resident. if you're thinking about going to britney spears' free concert there has been a pretty big change in plans. organizers are moving it inside. the show was planned to be an outdoor extravaganza. the concert will now be held at bill graham auditorium right near the civic center. twitter may have started something. find out what another san francisco company wants that twitter is getting from the city. and why jackie spear is calling a request from pg&e unacceptable. find out what happened to the app that some people said

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apple got rid of an app after a complaint from gay people. the app claims gays and lesbians that use it will become straight. apple says it has a policy of

dropping apps that offend a large number of people. president of the church called apple's decision disappointing. a popular internet gaming company is reportedly threatening to move its headquarters from san francisco to silicon valley if the city doesn't give a tax break. they want city leaders to waive a tax employee stock option. the city made it to twitter hope to go persuade that company to stay in san francisco. congresswoman jackie spears saying pg&e not turning over their complete records. pg&e says some documents won't be ready until the end of the year. in a statement issued today congresswoman spear said making the system safe immediately must be the priority. pg&e needs to pay the fine, fix the system and pay the price.

columbia university researchers say the less you sleep, the more you eat. the columbia scientists monitored the eating habits of people as they spent six days sleeping only four house a night. then the same people were monitored for six days as they slept nine hours a night. generally the sleep deprived adults ate 300 more calories per day. women's diets appeared to be more impacted by lack of sleep than men. the study is scheduled to be presented to the american heart association. a new york couple who recently bought a home in sonoma county donated $12 million to help finish the new music center at sonoma state university. the gift from the couple will pay for the completion of the concert hall as well as lawns and commons next to it. the center was named for another couple donald and maureen green. they donated $10 million to get the project started. >> it is a signature project for states of california. from trinket makers to

others. the companies that want to cash in on the high speed rail project. tomorrow morning's commute will be real wet with some wind. i've got the latest computer model. i'll show you when the heaviest rains should be here. we take a closer look at the potential danger heavy rain means. we are monitoring weather to keep you one step ahead of the storm. complete bay area news coverage.

approving $19 million for the bart extension project in east contra costa county. it is being built in conjunction to widen the highway. the tracks will be installed in

the highway's median. using diesel trains that are narrower and less expensive than the electric bart trains. a lot of bay area companies say they want a piece of the action when it comes to california's high speed rail project. today eric rasmussen took a look at a list of the companies around the world that are interested including 200 in the bay area. >> reporter: the companies on this 22-page list range from small businesses to large construction and engineering firms. now all in line for just a piece of the billions in state and federal dollars that california is about to hand out. >> reporter: high speed trains going up to 220 miles an hour in california only exist in these animations but we found many companies in the bay area believe this 800-mile $43 billion project will become a moneymaking reality. >> everybody would like to get involved. it is a huge project. it is a signature project for the state of california. >> reporter: john stoltz wants

to develop tunnels thinking that job alone could be worth 10 to $20 million. >> how do you like your chances? >> they are pretty good. >> reporter: his firm is among nearly 200 bay area companies from promotions to security to general engineering that submitted formal expressions of interest to the california high speed rail authority. it is a first step in awarding 5.5 billion in contracts. the state is also looking for private industry to invest $10 billion to get the project finished. companies know there is a real chance to cash in in the long run once a high speed rail station is running here in downtown san francisco. officials estimate that 24,000 people will get on the train here every day but critics stay that is overly optimistic. >> at the same time you're asking to raise taxes on people. californians don't have the money to bailout sacramento so we shouldn't be adding new projects.

>> reporter: high speed rail officials still hope to start construction in the central valley late next year. the line from san francisco to l.a. is expected to open in 2020. eric rasmussen, channel 2news. senator boxer railed against it. a social serviceses organization based on treasure island was visited. she said the republican efforts to cut spending and reduce the deficit will hurt people who receive federally funded services. >> you don't do it in a day. they are cutting out $2 billion a week. somebody explain to me how it is going to help our economy when we have to lay off because of these cuts in the federal sector, in the state sector and in the private sector 800,000 people. >> on monday house majority leader saying the federal government cannot continue to spend money it does not have. mega millions jackpot not won. the winning numbers for last

night's $244 million drawing are 1, 14, 35, 50, 53 with mega number 43. that pushes friday's jackpot past the $304 million mark. it is the sixth highest in the game's history. the cash option is worth almost $200 million. time is running out. what governor jerry brown did to try to reach a deal on taxes in time for the june ballot. a look now at other stories. also at 6:00 p.m. crossing concerns. the unique problem that is making this san francisco intersection especially dangerous for pedestrians. also ahead tonight, california's cup runeth over. what water officials are doing to deal with the state's full reservoirs. facebook friends 20,000 a day. a profile page that is getting them kicked out. coming up at 6:00 p.m. san francisco giants won the world series but when it comes to how much the team is worth the giants only come in at number 7. forbes annual

report is out about baseball teams and how much they are worth. all in all, the average value of a major league team is up about 7%. the giants are worth $563 million but that puts them only at number 7. the top 5, well, really no surprise. the new york yankees number 1 for the 14th year in a row. worth 1.7. followed by the boston red sox, l.a. dodgeers, chicago cubs and mets. the mets we should point out lost 13% of their value. on to our weather now. boy, there were times it was really coming down today and sounds like we have real rain in store for us, bill. > >> very wet this morning. tomorrow very wet for the morning commute. still remnants in the bay area. showers out towards daily city. east side of the san rafael bridge. the real store up in the central valley right now.

a severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for the next 20 minutes or so for this area. this cell right out here is fairly powerful and could produce a funnel cloud or tornado. so definitely something to watch but looks like it is beginning to dissipate. we already will a report of a funnel cloud up in the central valley and a possible tornado today. this weather pattern is dynamic. that's why you get that stuff. tomorrow morning it is going to get wet and it is going to get windy. tomorrow's storm probably the strongest in the series of storms that we have been seeing for the last couple weeks. not so much in the wind. it will be windy but it will be a rain event. we will get a lot of rain and get it fast. that's why the national weather service for this weather system has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory in advance of the actual event. so tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. that small stream of flood advisory goes into effect. the heart of this storm 7:00 a.m. to about noon. that's right on your morning commute. there will be standing water. it will be a mess. and it will be slow going. rainfall accumulations in the

coastal hills may be 2.5 inches up around santa cruz. up around scots valley. winds will have a huge impact on the san mateo bridge and richmond bridge and bay bridge. winds blowing perpendicular to the south. bridges will be messy. tomorrow mornings commute. just stall off and wait, maybe go half day afternoon just so you don't have to deal with what's coming in the morning. that winter storm warning will be in effect tomorrow -- or tonight in the mountains. here is how it goes tomorrow morning then here comes the system. ripe for the commute. winds pick up. rain gets heavy. then boom, there we are, 8:00 a.m. thursday, it is going. it is raining. 12:00 p.m. it starts to break off. we could still see severe weather in the afternoon hours. five-day forecast. none of this is a surprise. we have been talking about this. the timing is almost exact on those storms. both will be right on the commute. the weekend we may see a nice day ontario sunday.

fingers crossed for that. >> both fingers crossed. it has really been coming down. >> wait until tomorrow morning. >> thank you, bill. >> thanks. a new piece of equipment on your vehicle could save hundreds of lives a year. find out when the feds might start to require backup cameras on every single new car. blach blap

odds are your next car will have a video camera inside. our washington bureau was told today they will require backup cameras in new vehicles starting in the year 2014. nearly 300 people, many of them small children, have been killed in the past year in backover accidents. safety advocates say the large blind spots in new bigger suvs and trucks are the cause. the nation's top highway safety official says mandatory rear- view cameras reduce the blind spots. >> you actually need a camera system that is viewable inside the vehicle. there are suggestions. we are looking at those. that's where we think the direction of the standard will be going. >> federal transportation officials say requiring rear- view cameras in all new cars will cost the auto industry $2 billion a year and would raise the price of every new car, truck or suv by an estimated

$100. stay with us. channel 2news at 6:00 p.m. is next. here in this san francisco neighborhood residents say crossing that intersection is dangerous. so why is the city not too eager to make any changes here?

minute by minute changes happening right now and why the worst is yet to come. risky crossing. the unique intersection that makes it dangerous for pedestrians. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. in is ktvu channel 2news at 6:00 p.m. >> good evening, i'm frank sommerville. >> a mixed bag passing through the bay area today. you can hear how hard the rain was falling around midday in oakland and right now a new storm is brewing. we have live team storm watch coverage beginning with our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> live storm tracker 2 showing a little bit of nuisance showers on the afternoon commute. nothing like we saw this morning with heavy rain in the morning hours. rain right now out by twin peaks. richmond district