in marin county along the coast we'll show you how floodwaters are threatening to cut off one coastal town. >> and there's a new concern in the sierra, with all the new snow falling there. >> live in san francisco, we had a bit of a shake-up in the barry bonds trial. we'll tell how took the stands and what it could mean for barry bonds.

good afternoon. we are on stormwatch with today's spring storm hitting the bay area hard. the storm has been slowly moving through the bay area since daybreak, triggering all types of problem, including traffic issues, power problems and high wind advisories. this is the way it looked in oakland late this morning. meteorologist mark was in the weather center tracking where the heaviest rain is now. but we begin with kraig debro on the marin county coast, where the storm has caused numerous problems. >> reporter: we're on the bluff over stinson beach, meeting the storm as it comes in from the ocean. the rain is not coming straight down, it's coming horizontally, feels like needles on your face. and the ocean you can see how rough it is. looks act the water crash against the rocks. national weather service has issued a high surf warning for this afternoon. the advisories for the water

but one look at highway 1 tells you how dangerous the driving is this afternoon. vehicles wade through the water on highway 1 and then in the town they're without power, and they haven't been able to contact pg&e. >> we had a little coffee brewed up so we kept going with that. so now we're putting the coffee into the pots with hot water. >> the station cafe becomes a meeting place for some people, no electricity since 7:30 this morning. they have a piano player to ent contain the guests. that means also since they have no electricity, the men use, anything they can cook on the gas grill. candles light the tables. they were supposed to go hiking today. so far the trip isn't meeting expectations but they're coping. >> we were having breakfast in the dark, and couldn't shower,

and we're quite -- quite an experience. >> we go places and you expect something but it's always different. and we always make the best of it, and we change our plans and we do something else. >> flood roadways aren't the only problems. chp guided vehicles around this mud slight south of point reyes station it. wasn't the only one on highway 1. three other spots where tree branches had slid on to the roadway. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. pg&e crews are busy dealing with storm-related power outages. early this morning a ktvu crew ran into the pg&e work others trying to repair a outage in oakland. that was at 3:30 this morning, and they worked on three other outages before that. outages were affecting 5,000 bay area customers awhile ago,

most during the north bay and on the peninsula. in the santa cruz mountains, county authorities are trying to restore access to a road buried and i a mudslide. a footpath that's been quickly patched together is the only way out for people trying to get to work or do errands. many drive to the slide and use the footpath to get to a second car on the other side. they will so to wait for dryer weather to figure out a way to shore up the terrain. >> right now we're dealing with the heart of the storm, the entire bay area covered with at least the greens indicating moderate rainfall and the yellows and reds heavy downpours, pushing into the region. yellows and reds ash the central partials of bay, and do want to update you on a significant weather advisory indicating the heavy rain, the possibility of a thunderstorm, for san mateo county, alameda and san francisco county, until 12:15 this afternoon. you can see it the reason we have yellows and reds moving

across the bay. closer to concord, danville and alamo, the driving rainfall and as a result a lot of water already accumulating on the roadways closer to lafayette. push the maps closer to the bigger picture here closer to antioch and brentwood, yellows and reds once again. indicating heavier downpours. and also the south bay picking up significant rainfall for san jose, milpitas and santa cruz. we'll have to watch the santa cruz mountains, in the short- term with increasing rainfall rates and that will trigger an increase in the probability with the mudslides. now with the rainfall but also the wind, here's some of the current reports around the bay. winds gusting right now to 36 miles an hour in the strong winds will continue to be an issue at least between now and 4:00 this afternoon. coming up we'll look at the updated forecast model, shows a progression of the rain this afternoon and also more rain chances in the 5-day forecast. and turning now to the richmond-san rafael bridge, the highway patrol is restricting

high-profile vehicles from the bridge because of high winds gusting as mark told us, about 36 miles an hour. and that includes empty big rig trucks and recreational vehicles. and on the san mateo coast, highway 1 is closed in both directions in pacifica, because of a wire that fell across the road. it's not clear if it is a power line. and the weather contributed to rough going for drivers all over the bay area. the morning commute over the bay bridge dragged on into the late morning with backups well past the i-8 80 flyover. these are live pictures. you can see quite a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. the highway patrol is also reporting many accidents on freeways and other roads. officers remind everyone to drive more slowly in these type of weather condition. and the windy, wet weather is affecting air travel at sfo. controllers put the traffic management plan into effect. that means landing planes one

at a time instead of side by side on parallel runways. both arriving and departing flights are delayed by as much as an hour and a half. and snow on top of snow on top of snow! that is the weather story in the sierra. today's storm could bring up to 3 feet of new snow in the higher elevations. the sierra avalanche center lists the avalanche danger today as high, on the steepest slopes. at all elevations. and high is one step below the most severe warning level, which is extreme. san jose police are working on getting a description of the people involved in a homicide. it happened around 9:00 last night at a strip mall at the intersection of berry essa and lundy. police responded to reports that someone but shot. about 20 minutes later an unidentified man walked into a hospital with a gunshot wound. he later died from his injuries around 1:00 in the morning. the trial of the two men accused of killing oakland

journalist chauncey bailey continues today with testimony from the prosecution's key witness. the admitted gunman will testify against youshock who is accused of plotting to kill bailey. yesterday a police officer said he found two weapons in a 2007 raid on the bakery. he says one of those guns was used to kill chauncey bailey. more damaging testimony today in the fourth day of barry bonds' perjury trial. tara joins us live from outside the courthouse where there was a change in the order of witnesses today. tara. >> reporter: tori, that's right. there was a shake-up in the lineup this morning. we were expecting to hear from mike murphy, giants' equipment manager. but right now we have an anti- doping doctor on the stand, and his testimony could be particularly damaging to bonds. now his name is larry bowers, and hess with the u.s. anti-

doping agency. he is expected to testify that illegal anabolic steroids were found in bonds' urine sample a couple years ago. here's bonds arriving this morning. it was supposed to be an anonymous test, but we know they did keep records of those samples. steve hoses kings, bonds' former business partner, wrapped up his testimony this morning. he provided a secret audiotape of a conversation between him and greg anderson, bonds' personal trainer. the prosecution says it proves that bonds lied about his steroid use. now, during one of our earlier breaks, there was talk kimberly bell, bonds' ex-mistress, will take the stand next, and this makes sense because bowers talked about the side effects of steroids, and bell is supposed to corroborate that he exhibited some of those characteristics. coming up on our 5:00 news,

rita williams will tell you what happened for the rest of the day here at court. >> thank you, tara. and you can also get updates on the trial any time at ktvu.com, just click on the bonds trial tab. san jose moves a step closer to bridging its went 5 million-dollar budget gap. last night the leaders of three city labor unions said they had tentatively agreed to the request for a 10% cut in pay and benefits. a few weeks ago, the san jose firefighters union accepted the reduction. seven city unions, including the police, are still negotiating. >> if the other comes don't, the county sill will have to decide whether or not to impose terms of employment for the next year. but with the police union, we don't have the right to impose. they have a right to go to arbitration. >> if all 11 unions agree to the cuts, the city says it will save $38 million, but a city manager's office source tells

ktvu there will still be layoffs, even if all the unions agree to the cuts. governor jerry brown is expected to take action on the state budget at 1:00 this afternoon. but he is only expected to sign several trailer bills worth $14 billion in cuts, while the main bill is still on hold. in the meantime a new poll shows support has dropped among california voters for governor brown's special election proposal to extend temporary tax and fee increases. back in january, survey found two out of three voters thought a special election was a good idea. but now only a little more than half feel that way. it's been a dramatic day, libya. we'll tell you what happened when the libyan plane tried to violate the no-fly zone. also, the people who are being called national heroes are japan's struggles to control the nuclear reactor. meteorologist mark tamayo will be back with more on how much rain we'll get and when it will end. and the group that says it will

picket the funeral of elizabeth taylor.

in labia, french fighter jets struck a libyan air base and destroyed one of gaddafi's warplanes. officials say a surveillance plane noticed the combat plane

flying near in violation of the no-fly zone and shot it down. and our reports that heavy damage to one of two primary inland air bases. in the meantime, nato warships began patrolling the coast in an effort to halt any flow of weapons or mercenaries for gaddafi and the u.s. could hand control of the operation to nato as soon as saturday. in the meantime, rebel forces are reporting significant gains in the past 24 hours. they say they forced government tanks and troops to roll back to an area and had taken control of the city. but the fighting has been so intense, many people say they have no choice but to leave. opposition fighters also say they have gained -- regained control of the area. two major earthquakes struck the asian nation of myanmar today. they hit less than a minute apart. both measured magnitude 7.0 and were centered in the northeastern part of the country along the borders with thailand and laos.

people felt them as far as bangkok, over 400 miles away. but they did not generate a tsunami, because they were so far inland. japanese nuclear plant techs nations are becoming national heroes as three more receive potentially dangerous doses of radioactivity. root now there are 600 workers rotating in shifts during harsh and dangerous conditions to reconnect electricity and cooling pumps to damaged reactors. 17 of them have exceeded their radiation exposure limit. but they continue to work. the three injured today had stepped into a pool of contaminated water, while laying electrical cables in the basement of reactor three. two had water inside her boots and a hospitalized with beta ray burns. in the meantime, government officials are asking people not to hoard water and other basic necessities like milk, rice and toilet paper in folk joe.

and many stores are putting limits on water steals but frightened residents continue to stock up. levels are up in neighboring regions. fear of radioactive contamination also prompted a massive swapping of the deck on the uss ronald reagan, which is helping with the relief effort. radiation detectors found traces of contamination on sailors and equipment so they repositioned the carrier and washed down everything. toyota announced today that it will likely have to cut production at some assembly plants in the u.s. and canada. the company blames it on the shortage of some parts that are only built in japan. executives had told employees and dealers it's still too early to tell how long production will be affect and we don't know which specific models will be affected, all 18 factories that assemble toyota and lexus vehicles in japan have been closed by the quake and tsunami. as we first told you

yesterday, at 5, senator feinstein is criticizing a department investigation into charges that the national park service manipulated data to build a case against an oyster farm at point reyes. the internal report concluded although mistakes were made, no crimes were committed. senator feinstein said the report failed to grass. the severity of recent misconduct. heavy rain still pounding a good portion of the bay area. that will continue to be the case over the next one to two hours. right now in fact, live storm- tracker 2, the coverage and up in the north bay towards santa rosa light rain. so the activities beginning to at least decrease in the up and parts of the north by but still moderate to heavy rain. antioch, clayton, danville and around oakland as which come in tight.

some heavier downpours here closer to 880, also move the maps closer to the south bay and here you'll notice yellows and reds indicating extreme downpours, san jose, milpitas, santa cruz mountains with increasing rainfall rates right now and look at those yellows and reds really flaring up closer to hayward, union city and fremont, especially around 880. we have that driving rain right now with water accumulating on the roadways. a live look outside, we can show you this with highway 24 in lafayette still pounding rain here as well. just if you can avoid the roadways in the short-term, probably a good idea. if you do have to hit the roads, just be extra-careful with the gusty winds also a big factor at least in the short- term. flood advisories posted now until 3:00 this afternoon for a good portion of the bay area. already a sharp rise on the creeks and also some roadway ponding. as far as rainfall totals from about 5 a.m. to 11 a.m., this is a 6-hour total, look at these totals.

winds have been gusty as well, the latest reports you can see a wind gust around 30 miles an hour with the strong winds in place. a wind advisory out until 2:00 this afternoon, really targeting the hills, around the bay and also the higher terrain. and right near the immediate shoreline as well. weekends could gust to 45 to 50 miles an hour. here's a look at the frontal system. it's a cold one. already reports of snow up in parts of lake county. some of the details, expectations heaviest rainfall between now and 2:00, rainfall about a half inch to 2 1/2 inches and winds gusting to 50 miles an hour. forecast model, heaviest activity 2:00 in the south by and the east bay. and by 5:00 tonight, and the evening hours, scattered rainshowers out there. we'll take this into tomorrow morning, some pop-up showers and there's a possibility of a few scattered thunderstorms as we head into friday. heavy rain the short-term, the possibility of a thunderstorm and temperatures mainly in the 50s. and here is a look ahead.

a few more rain clouds into friday, some occasional showers. another system moves in for late friday into early saturday morning. as you can see with temperatures cooling off. the chance of a shower for sunday for the second half of the weekend should not be a big deal, and tori, kind of put an exclamation mark on the monday to remind myself to say that was enthusiasm! it will be dry on monday in next week it should be warmer. be careful now. >> thank you, mark. the head of the federal aviation administration says he has suspended a controlled tower supervisor at washington's reagan international airport. that comes after reports the supervisor might have fallen asleep early yesterday morning and failed to respond to the pilots of two airliners calling for landing instructions. he was working alone in the tower at the time. the pilots contacted a regionaller traffic control facility and both planes landed safely. the transportation secretary has also ordered a second controller to be on duty

overnight into the tower. a controversial kansas church known for protesting military funerals is picketing the funeral of elizabeth taylor because of her humanitarian work against aids. they're known for their extreme distance against homosexuality. that's sir elton john singing a tribute to elizabeth taylor. he honored her yesterday, calling her his hero and one of greatest people he had ever melt. they were active for years in fighting hiv and aids.

still ahead, finding a summer job this year, coming up.

live look at the big board on wall street. stocks rising on stronger corporate earnings and hopes of job market may be improving after fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. right now the dow is up 83. nasdaq is up 36. this morning, the labor department says there was a  slight drop in the number of

people applying for unemployment insurance last week. 382,000 people filed for first- time benefits. that's down 5,000 from the week before. applications on a steady decline since the ends every january. but the number needs to crop below 375,000 to indicate a sustained increase in hiring. continuing claims also fell to their lowest number since september of 2008. there's good news for anyone who will be looking for a job this summer. more than half the hiring managers asked in a survey say they plan to hire season workers this summer and the survey by snag a job.com shows managers expect to pay about 7% more that year compared to last year. the average summer job will pay $10.90 an hour. the san francisco giants world series win is adding to the team's value. according to forbes annual report about baseball teams, the giants are valued at $563 million. that's a 16% increase from last year and that makes the team

the 7th most valuable in the big leaks. the most valuable team is the new york yankees with a net worth of $1.7, followed by the boston red sox, l.a. dodgers, chicago cuts, mets and philadelphia phillies. coming up on ktvu at 5, heavy rain and high winds causing big problems in the bay area. crews are on stormwatch. we'll have live team coverage, plus in 30 minutes governor brown plans to sign legislation to cut the state's $26 billion deficit in half. thanks for watches.