after yesterday's system, today will be better, but we will have hail that could carry us into today. as of forks the creek level

was just above four feet. that's not what this was yesterday. we'll compare the difference. we're watching two major developments in japan this morning, a new after shock and a breach in the core. a woman is arrested after causing a lot of damage in berkeley overnight. welcome. i'm dave clark. >> let's get to steve. good morning. we have scattered showers. it will be a day where you can pick anywhere you name. we have a cool unstable air mass. the shower activities lining up from antioch to concorde and into the santa cruz mountains.

things have cooled down in mendocino county. from youtville. this line right into walnut creek heading towards 580 and the santa cruz mountains things are picking up. still, scattered showers on the san mateo coastline around half moon bay and towards the san mateo bridge. another busy morning for sal. looks like highway 24 is being hit by a shower. now farther away or a few miles away. 80 westbound looks okay if you're driving out to the

mcarthur maze. no major problems. the wind advisories have been lifted. more rain just pound marin county overnight. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: we've been monitoring the creek level. the creek is just above four feet as of 4 this morning. that's not where it was yesterday. the ross valley fire department monitors it. it. anything over 1315 would have led to flooding. ktvu checked with drivers. runoff poured into one liquor

store. neighboring business owners had to shut their doors and put out the sandbags. >> heard a louder sound of the rain and the water coming down. came outside and saw lots of mud. hope my house will hold up and my neighbor's house will hold up. >> reporter: they also had to deal with a sewage spill yesterday. this is one of the manholes that popped up yesterday morning. sewage leaked from this one and two ajape gent -- adjacent ones. they estimate it to be one fifth the volume of an average swimming pool. about 9,000 gallons. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu, channel 2 news. you've got to see what happened in cap toe a.

the water rushing overwhelmed the drainage pipe. this is youtube video from tracy blofnlgt the water rashed -- rushed down the street damaged mobile homes and business. the mobile home arm was evacuated. clear lake is in danger of flooding for the first time in 13 years. the national weather service expects the flood to reach the flood stage of nine feet at 11:00 this morning. homeowner have been stocking up. the lake last flooded in 1988. people who live along the napa river are keeping a close eye on the water way this morning. yesterday the river reached 22 feet putting it at monitor

stage. flood stage is 25 feet. officials don't believe the napa river will get that high this time around. we've got power outages this morning, close to 2,000 pg&e customers have no power after several storm related outages. we just checked with pg&e. they said most of the outages are in the north bay. more than 500 customers have no electricity on the peninsula. 300 in the south bay no power and 80 customers don't have power in the east bay this morning. new this morning a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocks japan. the country's prime minister said he is not optimistic about the progress to bring a leaking nuclear plant under control. that's after officials said they expected the preact core at one unit may have been breached. that could mean a more

significant radiation leak. work was stopped so radiation levels could be checked. workers waded in the water that turned out to be 10,000 times more than normal. they suffered skin burns. a japanese official said it did not proper measure the radiation level before the workers went in. a woman was arrested after a by czar chase in berkeley. they tried to talk to the woman in the vehicle but she drove off. her car scraped the side of the apartment building and hit a support beam. then police say she ran into two police cars. the woman kept going after that. she ended up in the backyard of a house several blocks away.

she then ran from the car but police caught up with her. no one was hurt. let's get right to sal, still wet on this friday, still some strong storms going through. >> it's not good driving. one of the things we want to warn you about even though it may not be raining, the roads will be wet and some of the drains aren't handling the water quite well. looks like a little bit of a shower is moving through here am lafayette and we'll have the weather in just a bit. driving on this portion may not be optimal. when the showers move through there's a correlation with spinouts. northbound 101, that traffic looks good. 237 getting slow traffic. we were discussing this in the newsroom. if you do have a picture of storm damage to share, please go

to our website, ktvu.com, upload it and we'll likely share it on the air, especially if it's something spectacular. so go to ktvu.com and send us your pictures. we'd love to see them. let's go to steve. we have rain moving through. some of it could be brief, heavy. then you get breaks. overall it will be a showery day. yesterday was rain and wind but the active pattern continues. one more system will roll in on saturday. it will focus most of the rain towards the north bay. one more and then we'll see showers linger into sunday. we should get a break after that. monday and tuesday are looking much quieter. the air mass is ready to go, so this wouldn't take much. we're getting hail in the morning, so it wouldn't take

much in the afternoon to get a little heating. that will really spice things up. a line went through highway 17 through the santa cruz coastline and a strong cell has been hanging out from antioch over to concord, walnut creek, close to the livermore valley, wrapping on to highway 24. there are scattered showers and some starting to form near yountville. dublin almost an inch and a half. livermore and concord had about an inch and a 10th. in the santa cruz mountains up to three and a half of rain. oakland 1.65. san jose says 8/100ths but our

observer had two inches. span jose is the whom one that finally reached 100% of normal. fairfield sleeping in. santa rosa down to 43. san jose is also 43. our next system coming in is much week are but it will clip us for rain. today 50s, sun, clouds showers and brief heavy rain. other than that better than yesterday. more rain saturday, not as strong of a system. monday and tuesday looking much better. the big storm was a very unwelcome deja vu, who they think should be doing more to keep this mess from happening again. >> the leader for libya's no fly zone has changed and what it means. the strict new law that starts today in san francisco.

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good morning. all sorts of showers popping up, especially around santa cruz over to santa clara valley, the east bay and the half moon bay area. look for a day of sun, clouds, brief heavy rain and hail? residents of the condo complex in burling game after it flooded. it was near oak grove avenue. the fire marshal told us runoff from the rain came rushing down. that overwhelmed storm drains

and the water poured into the garage of the building. >> all this happened in less than an hour. this is very much like deja vu. six years ago we had a higher amount come into the garage where we lost all the cars. >> no cars in the garage were severely damaged but it did take crews more than six hours to pump out the water. now residents say the storm drains aren't enough and the say the ti has to do more. forecasters predict more rain over the next few days. >> new this morning, the president of yemen said he's ready to step down but only if his country is left in safe hands. antigovernment protesttors have been demanding that he resign for weeks. many commanders and ruling part members joined the opposition after government security forces shot and killed more than 40 demonstrators last friday. in libya coalition warplanes

are bombing bases around tripoli as the operation continues for day six. we go to our washington, d.c. news room with more on the new role that nato is taking on. >> reporter: starting sunday night nato will be in charge of enforcing the no-fly zone but details are being worked out. u.s. and coalition forces are continuing to pound libyan cities. the president said the plan will be worked out over the weekend. while critics are questioning the success of the operation, secretary of state hillary clinton says there has been significant progress. >> a massacre in benghazi was prevented. gadhafi's air defenses were rendered ineffective and the coalition is in control of the skies. >> reporter: after nato takes

croalt u.s. is expected to have a prominent role providing aerial refueling tankers and surveillance planes. the obama administration is dispatching defense secretary robert gates and hillary clinton to capitol hill to brief members of congress. a lot of them have been expressing confusion and frustration with the entire operation. reporting live from washington, d.c. >> thank you. libya's government invited for journalists, but the reporters say they couldn't find anyone at the funeral who knew any of the victims. the u.s. intelligence report indicates forces loyal to gadhafi simply removed bodies out of a morgue. the death thole in myanmar stands at 74 after the quake hit

the country about 24 hours ago. we first brought you the story yesterday. the quake could be felt hundreds of miles away in several countries, including chats. it forced many people to evacuate their homes. the death toll from the quake is expected to rise. police in santa clara are hoping a big reward may help crack a 17-year-old cold case. 26-year-old matt flores was shot and killed in the parking lot of applied materials in march 1994. the company is offering a $100,000 reward for information lead together killer. flores had only been in the bay area for two weeks when he was killed. his widow now lives in massachusetts with their 17-year-old daughter. >> i've tried to be able to get some kind of closure to say we have to move forward with life. we may never get the answers.

i don't like to settle on that. >> investigators say they still can't figure out a motive. an employee of yoshi's in oakland is accused of vandalizing the place. he went in with a baseball bat and destroyed the area. the rampage is believed to have stemmed during a dispute during wednesday night's event. a tough new local hiring law takes effect. that means all city-funded projects must have a set percentage of workers who are san francisco residents. for the first year that's 20% but will grow by 2316. neighboring communities say that discriminates against qualified workers who don't live in the city. commercial property rnt will get back to the previous high levels by 2015.

rnt for buildings in san francisco, san jose, new york and boston will even top apartment rent. the experts say property and technology driven markets will see the biggest gains. commercial property rental rates sell more than 4%. this could be a good weekend to go shopping if you want to save some money in certain cities. new numbers are out in hawaii on how much the tsunami could cost the federal government. good morning. if you're driving in parts of the baif area, still going to be a little bit slow but we have some improvement.

new numbers about the damage in hawaii after that march 11th

tsunami. it will top $30 m the governor's office said businesses, homes, boats and hotels suffered all that damage on all of the islands. hawaii is expected to ask for a federal disaster declaration. there's a new poll conducted after the earthquake and tsunami in japan. 40% of americans believe natural disasters are a sign from god. the poll shows 38% agree that natural disasters are a sign from god. 51% disaagreementagree. this is the last weekend to go shopping in some bay area cities before they raise their sales taxes. it's going up as much as 6%.

it ranges from 10 and quarter to 9 1/2. all the tax increases were approved by voters last november. san francisco's transit agency is reminding riders they have a few more days to use your m pass. they're good on muni buses until april 3rd. muni's seen why are and use riders will have until june 1st to make the switch. hey, sal, how are we behaving on the wet roads? >> i would give it a b plus, pretty high grade considering what we had the last few days. there are surprises. westbound 80 traffic is busy in berkeley. when you get to the toll plaza it is lighter than usual. on fridays a lot of people have discretion. that means they won't go if they don't have to. they can work from home. looks like that may be

happening. there's a little bit of slowing on 101 southbound. you can see the road sensors, but that's about all. 101 looks good and so does 280 up and down the peninsula. let's go to steve. >> well, today this will be showers, possible thundershowers and hail with a couple reports. there will be sun breaks but nothing like yesterday. seeing breaks in the clouds. that will help get things going and the cloud development today. showers will continue to rotate through. some drier air will come in later but our next system will give us rain. all sorts of scattered showers. santa cruz mountains and coastline, especially mon they are ray highway from south san jose towards morgan hill and gilroy. go to the peninsula. you see lines forming and then right over the san mateo, foster

city over to hayward and over to fremont. east bay seems to be taking pretty good rain over to clayton, pittsburg and antioch. from yountville and a line forming over to sabasta pool. moderate bands. of this -- they've had a lot of rain. for us scattered showers, a lot of 40s. once we get into the low and mid-50s, that will provide a little by yancy. the next system is getting farther to the south. looks like we'll all get light rain out of that tomorrow. today sun, cloud showers. severe weather is possible out to the valley. that would not surprise me. more rain saturday.

things calm down sunday. most of next week looks quiet. people will have top find a different way to get to the bay area. coming up, why ace train service has been canceled today. get your quick picks. why there's such a run on megamillion tickets today. also, danville, number one in the new study, what residents spend more money on than the rest of the nation combined.

all sorts of showers today. some will be brief, moderate, heavy at times then sun breaks. a possibility of thunderstorms, hail exists. take your pick. it could be anywhere from mendocino county to monterey. traffic is busy on 680 but in the all that bad. some drivers could be on the road instead of taking the ace train. the ace train isn't running and didn't run yesterday afternoon. >> reporter: there are normally

about 3700 passengers who take it from the central valley to the south bay. on a normal friday you would see the ace train pulling in about 8:10 but that will not happen. all service on the ace train has been canceled because of heavy showers in the niles canyon area between pleasanton and fremont. i talked to the spokesman. crews have been working to clear the debris on the tracks nonstop since it happened yesterday afternoon. he said part of the challenge is the location of the mudslide. it happened at the midway point between the pleasantton and ace niles drop. the goal is to have it all cleaned up over the weekend and ace train service is scheduled

to tentative resume on monday morning. we're getting a look at the damage left behind in capitola. we want to take you to a live picture. they're cling up the mess of some of the businesses along san jose avenue. crews are out there working. it looks like a little rain is coming down. there's a lot of mud to clean up. the residents have described it as a river rushing down the road. it also went through a mobile home park. that had to be evacuated. the wipers are on. much of the less was cleaned up by 10:00 last night. as you can see, it's still active, still muddy. people who live along the san loren zoe river had to

evacuate. when the water reached just below flood stage at 17 feerkts sirens -- feet sirens alerted the residents. by dinner time it started to re seed. people who live along the san lorenzo river know the danger. >> a lot of them are resilient. they don't want to leave their homes. we did go door to door several hours ago. >> an evacuation area was set up but few people showed up there. in san tray crutz -- santa cruz county, they're searching for a man. he was reported missing by the care facility staff. he is described as a white man, about 5'8", last seen wearing a

blue benny and rain coat. deputies say he's mentally disabled. >> a man is in jail accused of exposing himself to two 5-year-olds on march 15th. he was arrested wednesday, booked on indecent exposure and is being held on $15,000 bail. jurors in the -- barry bonds trial will get a brake. yesterday the jury heard from dr. larry bowers. he serves as the chief science officer. bowers talked about the side effects from using steroids. the man who confessed to the

killing of oakland journalist an chauncey will be in court. broussard's credibility is key. he is supposed to detail bailey's killing next week. tonight's megamillions jackpot keeps growing. now it's up to $312 million and it could get even big per. ktvu, kraig debro joins us. >> reporter: now i can play. typically i don't play unless it gets over $200 million. the drawing is not for 12 hours but the excitement is happening. $312million is on the line, the sixth highest in history. >> if you win, you're going to

get rich right away. >> reporter: they promote all lottery games. the owners say they like plague them sesms and the businesses that sell the winning ticket gets a cut of the winnings. when jackpots get into the hundreds of millions of dollars, it cause pel to pool their money. >> we're going for broke. >> reporter: megamillions isn't without its critics. some say it's a form of gambling, something which enables addicts and poor people. others say state sponsored gamble has essentially created a tax on the poor. even with the criticism, people

are buying muffins. one guy spent $120. another guy spent a fair amount of money. i don't know what the odds are of winning the big, big money, but it's a lot. you can bet on that. kraig debro reporting for ktvu news. residents of danville spend more money on clothing than the rest of the country combined. according to the study 2 -- $2,026 is spent. the study found that danville's median income is $120,000 compared to $60,000 to the rest of california. other cities include sloes los

gatos. >> let's get to sal. still, the after effects of the storm. >> right now things are improving. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. today is the best day we've had. there is a large puddle of water. it's not slowing people down. people are simply going around it. just because you see light traffic doesn't mean everything is great. use caution, especially on the bridge as you come out top san francisco. there are no major problems by the way if you're driving on the bridge into the city. if you are driving in france -- san francisco, that traffic is moving. we have slowing on 237 as you cross 880 and continue into the valley. as i look at the collision list from chp, things have settled down. there is a new collision at

broad way blocking a couple of lanes, southbound 13 at broadway, that crash came in a few moments ago. let's go to steve. >> we're not done yet. today will be quieter with the possibility of thundershowers. we've already had a couple reports of hail but there are sun breaks. one more system has to come down. i don't think it can hold a candle. showers, thundershowers today but some sun breaks and temperatures staying cool in the 50s. it's still a very active pattern. saturday rain rurnls. the heavier amounts will be north versus yesterday when it was peninsula. everybody had the rain but it really focused towards the santa cruz mountains. cass der row at three inches of rain. today it will be scattered showers. snow on top of snow on top of snow, at least 20 inches at lake

level. with all the blowing snow, it's hard to get a measurement. just amazing amounts, three and four feet above 7,000 feet. there is a lot of snow up there in the mountains. that all has to melt eventually, so i'd say our water supply is fine. we'll see a different pattern next week as things calm down. today, though, occasionally showers. they pop up and produce brief heavy rain and then we'll get sun. it's a midwest kind of a pattern. things are starting to pick up towards santa cruz. santa clara. on the east bray it's been hitting there all morning. 40s on the temps. san jose up to santa rosa. now the next system, they don't look like much but they start to develop. also, a howling jet stream. look how far north this one s this will give the north bay

more rain tomorrow. sierra nevada has a winter storm warning until 11:00. then i think it's a winter weather advisory. snowfall could be another six to 12 earns at lake level, but the snow level is low. 50s. maybe a few upper 50s but another cool breezy day. one more system on saturday. more rain to the north, less to the south, a few lingering showers but things calm down. early next week looks quieter and warmer. >> thank you, steve. there are encouraging signs that gabrielle giffords will be allowed to attend a key milestone for her husband. and a riel no to twitter. what etiquette experts say are the other big no-no's for the upcoming royal wedding.

taking a look at the big boompletd the the dow -- board, the dow is up 52 points. yesterday he signed $11 billion in new budget cuts into law but he warns of more cuts if republicans don't agree to vote on tax extensions. month budget cuts, welfare grants will be reduced by 8%. inhome assistance will be reduced and subsidized child care for 11 and 12-year-olds

will be eliminated. developing news from indiana. a school shooting happened just after 7:30 local time. this is martinsville. police say the shooting victim, possibly a student, was shot twice in the stomach. we just found out in the last 30 minutes a 15-year-old has been arrested but that middle school remains on lockdown while police continue to search for a second suspect. nasa astronaut mark kelly said there's a good chance his wife congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be able to attend his space shuttle launch next month. kelly says she's actually starting to walk and talk more every day and that she wants to be there to watch the launch

from the kennedy space center in florida, but they're still waiting the doctors' approval. how young is too young for social networking. we have more on the age debate that's underway. >> reporter: well, everybody else is doing it. how many things do kids say that about. they've got one more -- social networking as they're influenced by their older siblings and even piers at a younger and younger age. you must be this old to access this site with 600 million users and counting. it seems like everybody is on facebook. tweens between the age eight and 12 are eager to get on, too reports say facebook is booting about 20,000 underaged users every day, a percentage that

might seem small but the implication for the youngsters can be big. >> the conduct they have online and off line affects their future, their reputation, what jobs they might get in the future. >> reporter: experts say parents should decide when their child is ready to have a social network presence and the level of involvement they'll have in their kid's social life. while parents worry about the potential perils, it could be equally detrimental to cut kids off. >> at some point they will want to go in. so you might as well give them the tools, the education, the awareness. >> reporter: there are junior sites that require parental guidance to get started and let younger kids only connect with other tweens, until they're ready to graduate to the older

sides. they are like social media sites with training wheels. reporting live in washington, back to you. >> one more thing for parents to think about. people attending britain's royal nuptials next month may have to brush up on their wedding etiquette. guests are being advised to be on their best behavior. for example, they should not tweet or use their phones during the ceremony, should dress appropriately and be on time. the queen should be the last one to arrive before the bride. under no circumstances should they hug or kiss the queen. the excitement of cirque du soleil is back in the bay area. look at that. last night cirque du soleil

opened at the hp pavilion. the crew started setting up this very elaborate show. it tells the story of a young girl named zoey. >> at the beginning of the show she seems disconnected by her family. then we meet all the fantastic acrobats, colorful characters. >> it took more than 100 crew members 12 hours to set up the stage. then production will move not cal palace. to get more, go to our website ktvu.com. >> flexibility is incredible. >> oakland police are on the lookout for a man who stole tens of thousands of dollars, the one group of people he's accused of targeting in his scam. it was a surprising night on

"american idol" last night. why the judges stepped in after what they called a mistake by the viewers at home.

oakland police are looking for a man who is stealing money from elderly victims. he is 70-year-old carl talton, approaches people in public places, asks people to give to a cause and keeps the money. in marin county sheriff's deputies are looking for two semiautomatic rifles and the ammunition stolen out of police trucks. they were stolen between 5 in the evening on monday and 9:00 a.m. tuesday. they were in a locked garage

south of fairfax. the thieves broke in and smashed the windows. if you want to sign up for the upcoming beta breakers, there's still a chance. race organizers are adding more spots. it comes after they decided to sponsor the race. sticts go to for $75. there is a campaign it help kids get in shai. the test shows less than 40% of students in grades 5, 7 and 9 meet healthy levels. he said they need a helping hand. he's calling for a statewide initiative. for a healthy rating a 9th grade boy with have to do 16 pushups, 24 curlups and run a mile in nine minutes. one "american idol" contestant sang for his life last night after being voted off

by america. in what the judges called a shock e limb naismghts 20-year-old casey abrams got the lowest votes during last night's elimination show. so guess what, the judges stepped in. >> we know who you are casey. >> wow. that was the only save of the season that the judges made that means that casey abrams will get to go on the idol tour once the show ends. it also means next week two contestants will have to be eliminated. you can watch all of the "american idol" action right here on ktvu channel 2. >> casey was freaking out. let's get right to sal and

another likable guy. how are the roads? >> it's not as bad. the traffic is better, and i think a lot of it has to do with it's not raining right now in many areas. that's giving us a braifnlgt i want to show you highway 24. earlier it was raining. now it's good weather and light travel on the way to the caldecott tunnel. looks like a sunday morning. westbound traffic is light. we ponding in some of the lanes but that has dissipated now that it's stopped raining. if you're driving on the peninsula. 92 at 101, a little problem. 92 westbound out to half moon bay. for the most part this traffic is doing pretty well. let's go to steve. >> sun breaks today but showers, possible thundershowers. a lot quieter. it would not surprise me if

severe weather popped out. there's plenty of buoyancy in the atmosphere. there's been rain stretching from antioch towards mt. deab bloarks highway 4, concord and richmond, el cerrito. hit and miss showers and things have been picking up. morgan hill, rain coming out of the santa cruz mountains. on the peninsula some, not too bad but scattered showers. it will be one of those days, santa rosa to calistoga. the trend is much quieter. i've been doing this a long time. that was an impressive system. 40s for many. we'll have highs in the low to mid-50s. one more system dropping down that will give us rain tomorrow. this will be in the north bay. heavier amounts far less.

we'll get rain out of it. 50s, rain on saturday. heavier to the north bay. sunday lingering showers. mostly sunny and dare i say, dare, warmer. >> please dare. we have to make one quick correction. we were talking about "american idol." "american idol" will be back on stage wednesday night at 8 p.m. right here on ktvu. there was chaos caught on tape in santa cruz county. a storm overwhelmed drainage pipe. we're out there watching. too much of the white stuff, whiteout conditions had a major effect. we're live in colfax. >> a woman arrested after causing a lot of damage overnight in berkeley, where the police finally caught up with her.

friday's weather will be better but we will have showers that could pop up. we'll talk about that and the weekend. dwoom -- good morning. i'm jade hernandez. we learned this morning how big

the sewage spill was. >> live pictures out of santa cruz where they're mopping up after capitola where they're popping up. plus, new developments at that damaged nuclear plant in japan. why japan's prime minister said he's not optimistic. the second hour of mornings on 2 begins right now. good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. >> it is friday, march 25th. let's get right to steve. it's not just done yet. >> not quite. today will be better than yesterday. about four or five hours yesterday, that's about as strong as it gets many we have unsettled conditions but possible thundershowers as well. there's one cell hanging out

between rich and and burkely. antioch had a steady rain for awhile. it's stacking up and towards concord and stretching towards the live more valley to the south bay. things continue to be very active. santa clara valley, right over highway 17. the peninsula has had scattered showers, through daly city, san francisco. we had reports of hail and into the north bay not too bad but a little line forming. santa rosa, out toward the calistoga. here's sal. >> right now traffic 237, some stop and go traffic. since it has stopped raining we've seen a dramatic improvement in the traffic. you're looking at interstate 880 in oakland. the traffic does move well on northbound and southbound near

the oakland coliseum. there's no problem get together oakland airport. let's go back to the desk. we're looking at the damage left behind in santa cruz county after water rushed through a mobile home park. you can see crews are cleaning up this morning. there's a lot of mud on the road that they've been pushing off but cars are able to make through. we have seen additional rain out there. santa cruz got pounded. this is what this looked like yesterday. tracy put this on youtube. she caught the water rushing down the street after the storm overran a drainage park. >> water came through the village, two to three feet along with the associated debris and part ofs of trailers and

porches, along with everything along with parts of the roadway that had been split up. >> officials say a lot of damage was done but they do not yet have any estimate on how much. north bay residents are also dealing with floods and mudslides. ktvu's jade hernandez is in san al sal mo. >> reporter: yesterday they had to deal with the sewage spills. sewage leaked from this one and two adjacent ones. we learned that the district estimates the size of the spill to be about one fifth of the volume of an average swimming people. it entered storm drains. several inches of rain fell at one location in less than an hour which exceeded sewer pipe capacity. the overflow wasn't the only problem in marin county. landslides and flooding created issues for resident. ktvu traveled from place to

place to check on drivers. >> you know, heard the -- the loud are sound of the rain and the water coming down, came yapped and saw lots of -- outside and saw lots of mu.d i hope my house will hold up and my neighbor's house will hold up. >> reporter: the ross fire department monitors this. if you go on the website, the level is constantly updated. as of a half hour ago it measured at four feet high. anything over 13 feet, just down the street, would have led to severe flooding. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you. well, lots of power outages this morning. about 2,000 pg&e customers have no power after the big storm.

we just checked with -- with pg&e, most of the outages are in the north bai. 300 customers in the south bay and 80 customers affected in the east bay this morning. new this morning a 6.4 magnitude aftershock rocked japan. the prime minister said he's not optimistic about the progress being made to bring the nuclear power plant under control. they believe the reactor core at one unit may have been breached. that may mean a more significant radiation leak. work was stopped so radiation levels could be checked. suspicions came after two workers waded in the water that turned out to be 10,000 times more than normal. the japanese government crit sietdz the operator of the plant

saying it did not property measure the level before the workers went in. hours ago a woman was arrested after a bizarre police chase in berkeley. it started about 2:00 this morning. police were called to an apartment building at stewart and sacramento streets for a security check. they tried to talk to a woman in a vehicle but she drove off. her car then scraped the side of this apartment building and hit a support beam that was holding up a staircase. she then ran into two police cars. they say the woman kept going, ended up in the backyard of a house several blocks away. then she ran from the car but police were able to catch up with her. luckily no one was hurt. >> it's been a wild week on the roads. >> we're getting a little bit of a break, which is nice, still a little bit wet but it is much bet are than it has been. i want to show you live

pictures. you can see this is about the slowest traffic we found in the bay area, which is typical on 237 heading west. after that it picks up the drive to sunny vale. the winds have died down and making it much easy tore drive. earlier this morning in the 6:00 hour they did lift the wind advisories. you're looking at 80 westbound, a little bit of crowding near golden gate field race track. it's 8:07. let his go to steve. all right. we have a couple of breaks. it should be a beautiful day if you like those cumulus clouds. the possibility of thundershowers resist. so showers, hail, a very active

pattern. by the time we get to saturday night, sunday, things should calm down but one more system has to come down the old weather highway. the other one will go towards the north bay. there will be lesser amounts to the south. peninsula, south bay. just talking to our web guru, mr. bill murray. he was showing me pictures from truckee. you can find 40 to 50 feet of snow. the lake level four to five feet. so unbelievable amounts. king vale had 28 inches of snow. showers will continue to take a hit and miss. then you're right back in the sun.

skirting through the area, just a couple showers towards the north bay but they will pick up. 40s on the temps. this next system, yesterday the system was over here. this one's over here. that means it will be more to the north. winter storm warnings going. another 6 to 12 inches possible from now until saturday. they will probably put a weather advisory for tonight into tomorrow but they will update it about 9:00, reno and sacramento. possible thundershowers. 50s on your temps today. the extended has one more. then things start to calm down and warmer. >> all right. thank you, steve. you mentioned the heavy snow. it is creating heavy road closures. we go to colfax.

>> reporter: we're in colfax. this is where anyone heading into the sierras are being told to turn around. they are hoping that the road would reopen. instead, they spent paul afternoon here. -- all afternoon here. now this morning, we're being told by chp and caltrans, that it probably won't be open until noon. let's take a look at king vale. they had avalanches that have slid down to interstate 280. they had visibility problems for the plows. things seem to be clearing up. their estimate on when they who reopen 80 is noon today. that is leaving a lot of the

drivers wondering would it be better to go to highway 50, a three-our trip or do you sit here and wait the four to five hours hoping that it opens before noon. i hope i had an answer. that is the frustration that a lot of drivers are dealing with. live in colfax, reporting. the big storm was an unwelcome deja vu for many people in the peninsula. there's a new damage estimate out from hawaii about the recent tsunami. find out how much it could cost the government. plus a mysterious demonstration by the libyan government but do foreign reporters believe what they were shown.

holy cow. what's that big yellow bow in the sky. the sun will make an appearance occasionally. we'll have showers, antioch, back towards concord, berkeley, san leandro, morgan hill, gilroy, so more showers today. >> a pretty picture. residents of a condo complex in burlingame are cleaning up. it partially flooded for the second time in eight years it.

started about noon yesterday in the garage of this three-story complex on el camino ray el. rain from the saturated hills rushed down. that completely overwhelmed the storm drains and the water poured right into the garage of that building. >> all of this happened within less than an hour. this is very much like deja vu. six years ago we a higher amount where we lost all the cars. >> at this time none of the cars in the garage were severely damaged but it decide take crews more than six hours to pump out all the water. now the residents say the storm drains aren't strong enough and need to do something to divert the rain. new this morning the president of yemen says he's ready to step down but only if the country is left in safe

hands. antigovernment protesters have been demanding that he resign for weeks. ruling party members joined the group after 40 demonstrators were shot last friday. nat toe is prepared to take over the command in libya. >> reporter: nato will take control of enforcing the no-fly zone starting sunday night but right now there are big questions about how far the alliance will go and if the ouster of moammar gadhafi is the ultimate goal. as u.s. and coalition strikes continue to take out gadhafi's bases, rebels are still fighting and how far the alliance will go to protect the rebels from

ground attacks. at the pentagon u.s. forces understand their job. >> when they threaten the lives of their own citizens, they will be attacked. or if they fire at coalition aircraft they will be attacked. >> reporter: but there is still confusion about whether the commitment of u.s. forces will intensify or diminish in light of the nato deal. so far the u.s. has launched the bulk of the strike against libyan targets but secretary of state hillary clinton said last night that's going to change. reporting live from washington, d.c. libyan officials invited foreign journalists to what they say was a funeral, but they couldn't find anyone who knew the victims.

it is believed that they had simply taken bodies from a morgue. the death toll in myanmar is 74 after the quake hit the area about 24 hours ago. it was felt hundreds of miles away, including china. many spent the night on the street. the death toll is expected to rise. look at this, new numbers about the damage in hawaii from that march 11th tsunami. officials estimate the damage will stop $30 million. businesses, homes, boats and hotels suffered a lot of damage. hawaii is expected to seek a federal disaster declaration. santa clara police hope a reward can crack a cold case. matt flores was shot and killed in the parking lot of applied materials in 1994. the company is offering a

$100,000 reward for information leading to the lay rest. flores had only been in the bay area for two weeks for training when he was killed. his widow now lives in massachusetts with the couple's 17-year-old daughter. >> i've been trying to get some sense of closure to say we have to move forward with life and we may never get answers but i don't like to settle on that. >> investigators say they still can't figure out a motive in the case. an employee of yoshi's in oakland is accused of vandalizing the rust and -- restaurant and jazz club. the person went in and destroyed many places. it is believed to have stemmed from a dispute during wednesday night's performance. they estimate the damage at $10,000. hollywood legend elizabeth taylor is in her final resting

place. the service was not interrupted by antigay protesters from a controversial church in kansas that said they would show up, but the ceremony did start about 15 minutes late. it was one of liz taylor's final wishes. she said she wanted to be late for her own funeral. this was a close call for a little girl in petaluma who was sitting in her kitchen. find out how a car came crashing through. plus, a very unique way that a sacramento hear school principal is trying to save jobs at her school. >> good morning. if you're driving in the shout bay, some good news on the 101. we have some areas to watch out for. complete traffic and winter minutes ahead.

a petaluma family is out of their home after a car crashed through the home and almost hit a little girl. the driver had some sort of medical problem to cut across five lanes of traffic. the car narrowly missed a young girl sitting at a kitchen table. the driver had to be taken to the hospital. today san francisco's tough

new local hiring law becomes low. that means all city funded construction projects have to have a set percentage of workers who live in san francisco. for the first year that's 20% but it's going to grow to 50% by the year 2016. neighboring communities are complaining that discriminates against qualified workers who don't live in the city. a real estate forecast said commercial property in san francisco will get back to the previous high levels by the year 2015. rent for buildings in san francisco, san hoe sarks new york and boston will even top apartment rent. experts say property and technology driven markets along the coast will seat largest gains. that's after commercial property rental rates dropped more than 4% in the last year. a northern california principal is turning to her closet to try to solve her school's budget problems.

michelle miller is selling $25 pairs -- 285 pairs of shoes. miller has set up a website and is asking for a donation of $1,000 per pair. she hopes to get enough donations to save the jobs of two dozen employees at her school. miller is also taking donations from people who want to help but don't want the shoes. >> hey, sal, can you get everybody where they need to go. >> it has been a pretty nice drive, especially comparing to what we had. let's go to the peninsula. the traffic is moving along. i want to move the map over to the -- let me move it here, over to the side. you can see the traffic on the

nimitz free sway light. i want to show you the traffic in marin county. it's okay. steve has been calling for showers. looks like we had one in novato and wet in parts of terra lynn do. it's been drive at the toll plaza. let's go to steve. >> we'll have showers, already had some, possibility of hail, maybe severe weather. a steady rain most of the morning. just heard from stacy in pacifica. she said the sun is out. we'll get sun, clouds, showers and temperatures will stay cool unless i'm missing something, which is not unheard of, but clear lake, lake county a lot quieter. let's hope for. they have a lot of rain and snow. there's areas where it's picking up. back over towards i want to say

121. east bay stretches from anti aftershock to highway four and back over to martinez, franklin canyon and east bay. looks like it's letting up a little bit. from danville the split over to livermore we see showers. that wraps to fremont and to the dunbar on it bridge, looking at pretty good showers from watsonville to gilroy and santa cruz into the santa cruz mountains. and going over towards 280, redwood city. with that in mind, we'll have showers today. there are no trains running on the tracks that connect the central valley to the bay area. we'll tell you why service on the ace train is canceled today and when it could resume. >> the odds against winning the megamills are astro follow cal, so why do people play.

plus, danville and money, what a new study says about both compared to the rest of americans.

good morning. very early in the morning. we had reports of hail. it's only 8:30 and things will get dicey. look for sun, clouds, showers, and the possibility of thundershowers later on. right now the traffic is dog pretty well although it is raining and some people are taking the car instead of having an option of getting to the silicon valley on the rails.

ace train service did not run yesterday afternoon and did not run today. >> reporter: on a normal friday we would normally see the altamont commuter express pulling. all ace train service has been canceled. it's all because of the wet weather. about 3700 people ride the ace train from the central valley to the bay area but between pleasanton and fremont there was a mudslide. it happened yesterday on the union pacific rail track, the same track that the ace train uses. >> we had about 25 yards of track segment covered in mud, and because the slide took place right in the middle of nice canyon, it took us a little longer to get our equipment out

there. >> reporter: as you heard the spokesman mention part of the challenge was the mudslide. it happened at the bottom of niles canyon between free month and the pleasanton station. crews had it cleaned up by 2:00 but because the ground is soft and there are more showers expected today union pacific is concerned about more mudslides. so they're holding back all their trains on that section of track. however, ace train exspects -- expects to resume service by monday morning. in santa cruz county one street turned into a river after a storm drain failed in capitola. here's a live look from san jose in capitola where they're still cleaning up the muddy mess. they've been there all morning working to get the mud and debris off the road but cars are able to drive through part of the area. the water came rushing through a

mobile home park. it also included the station that was evacuated. still a mess to clean up. officials don't have any estimates on the amount of damage done. this morning residents along the san lorenzo river are on alert after the rain forced evacuations. the river ran over its banks yesterday afternoon. the sirens went off alerting residents to evacuate, but by dinner time the river was going back down. residents on the san lorenzo river said they're prepared with their sandbags in case the flooding starts again. some have had their homes raced off the ground. >> this house was one story or a story and a half. i guess they came in and said since you live so close to the

river, you have to jack them all up because of the water. >> the sprangs area was set up at this safe way parking lot but only a few people showed up. >> authorities say santa cruz deputies are searching for an at risk man who disappeared from a acy. he was reported missing about 8:00 last night by the care facility staff. he is described as a white man, 5'" with grayish blonde hair. he was last seen wearing a blue benny, jeans and rain coat. deputies say he's mentally disabled. a st. mary's student is in jail accused of exposing himself to children on march 14 at a 24-hour center. he was booked on indecent exposure. he is being held on $15,000

bail. jury members in the barry bonds perjury trial get a three-daybreak from the court. testimony won't start again until monday. that's when prosecutors may call up the former miss industries. yesterday they heard from larry bowers one of the leading experts in detecting performance enhancing drugs. bowers talked about the side effects from using steroids. the man who confessed to the killing of oakland journalist chauncey bailey will return to the witness stand. devaughndre broussard is a key witness against the two men charged with plodsed myrtle beach -- murder -- yusuf bey and antoine mack key. >> the chances of winning are

slim but if you're feeling lucky you may want to buy a megamillions because $312 million is up for grabs. people are buying their tickets, coffee. >> a very popular's but also the lottery tickets and the megamillions. the chances are between slim and none but slim is better than non. $312 is on the line. the sixth highest in history. >> winning number somewhere in the. >> if you win, you're going to get rich right away. >> they promote all lottery games. the owners say they like plague themselves and the business gets a cut of the winning. even though millions are up for

grabs twice a week when jackpots get in the millions people pool their money for a chance for the big money. >> we're going for broke here, a bunch of people getting together in a pool. >> now megamillions isn't without its critics. critics say it's a form of gambling which will only enable addicts. now others say the state sponsored gambling has essentially created a tax on the poor but you're not going to hear that talk here. everybody's got their tickets out. we'll be sure to get back with you when you win. i don't want to be left out of the jackpot either. >> all right. you're a winner already. thanks a lot. >> time now 8:37. this is the last weekend to go shopping in certain bay hear

cities just before they hike up their sales tax. it's going up as much as a half a percent. it ranges from 10 to a quarter per spefnlt the hikes were approved by voters last november. it's official. residents of danville spend more money on clothes than the rest of the country combined. that's according to a newly released study from the "wall street journal." the study said$ 2,26 is spefnlt the median income is $120,000. other cities should los gatos, saratoga and santa clara. >> time is 8:38.

want to get to traffic. today, friday is looking better than this did yesterday. >> it is looking much better. there is a new bart delay, the 24th street station, trains are set back 10 minutes. that's according to bart. not a huge delay but you should be aware of it. westbound 580. you know it's better than usual when you don't see a lot of re.d then the nimitz, will notice an improvement from hayward to fremont. if you're going on interstate 880 trying to catch a flight, traffic is moving along nicely. of course, we always watch highway 24. right now it's improved on 24. still looks like imee have wet spots, so take it easy. let's go to steve. >> thank you.

>> well, just an incredibly crazy week. we have shower activity and one more system moves in tomorrow. next week looks much quieter. sun breaks out. that will help get the atmosphere going again. there's a lot of unstable cold air. you can see showers. it will be cool for cloud patterns and showers, hail, thunderstorms are popsable today. one more system rolls in on saturday. that one is taking aim towards the north bay. just heard from leslie. she's up in beautiful glen emen. 33 1/2 inches. so maybe by late saturday, sunday. glen ellyn will pass their average. the snow continues to pile up, just incredibility amounts and up to 2,000 feet. not only there but the mountains, lake county, you mail

it. there's a lot of snow. the shower activity is hit and miss. you'll get sun. you can get hail out of this and steady quick downpours. it moves off and the sun pops through. there's been rain towards gilroy to prune dale. owe rine da had two inches. santa rosa an inch and a quarter. livermore, concord, 1.09. ben loman. san rafael. and san jose. 2.20. that's a big difference between

san jose. that's what they said. 44 santa rosa. fairfield said that's it. i'm out of here. they're shutting it down. that's just it. 49 oakland. the system moves out. taking aim more towards the north after saturday. sun and clouds. low to mid-50s. more rain saturday, a few showers sunday. it's gone and warmer weather monday and tuesday. >> hard to believe. >> in australia another shark attack, the second in a week. in both cases the victim survived. a surfer was bitten on his face and arm by a bull shark. the other victim was attacked by a great white while wake boarding. >> encouraging signs that gabrielle giffords will be able to attend an important milestone but what has to happen first.

plus, a real shoarng. would' talking about what happened on "american idol" to one of the idol -- finalists.

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we have developing news in santa clara, a fatal crash east of gilroy. you're familiar with highway 152 runs east of highway 101. it's 152 unincorporated santa clara county. chp says a solo vehicle accident reported after 7:10 this morning west of dinosaur point road. four people were in the car. two people were pronounced dead at the scene. we're trying to get more details. the crash is blocking the area. it's a good hear to use. a lot of people use the pass to get towards highway 5. today would be a good area to avoid until further notice. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we have a news update from

pg&e. they're trying to restore powshz in scatter -- power in scattered areas. pg&e says 1400 customers have lost power in the peninsula and the north bay. 200 customers are without power in the south bay and 100 customers don't have power in the east baif. that's up from 20 a few hours ago. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories. police in indiana are investigating a middle school shooting that left a teenage boy injured after being shot twice. it happened early this morning in martinsville, indiana. a 15-year-old class mate of that wounded student has been arrested. if you're planning to get lay way from the weekend, look at these live pictures. you may want to stay away from lake tahoe. highway 80 is closed between cole fax and the novato state

line because of all of that snow. they've got whiteout conditions. highway 50 is open again but you need chains out there. in japan the operator of that damaged nuclear nuclear plant said there may be a bridge in the reactor. a new poll conducted after the earthquake and tsunami in japan shows nearly 40% of americans believe natural disasters are a sign from god. the poll, by the public religion research institute shows 38% of americans agree that natural disasters are a sign from god. 51% disagree. following the disaster in japan, the mayor of tokyo cowled it divine pun nshment but public outcry led him to apologize.

the team will donate $5 per ticket for all remaining tickets sold. there will be a silent auction with a proceed going no japan. governor jerry brown is slashing the budget of state social service programs to close the budget deficit. yesterday he signed $11 million in cuts. among those cuts, welfare grants will be reduesed by 8%. inhome assistance for the elderly and the disabled will also be reduced. subsidized child care for 11 and 12-year-olds will be eliminated? pg&e has a plan for those hop want to opt out of the smart either program. be warned it's not cheap. the utility will charge resident customers between 135 and

270-dollars to unplug from the program. it will charge them $20 or more to keep the raid yes signal turned off. the puc must still approve. it pg&e may end up paying a million dollar penalty. originally they were facing fines up to $1 million a day but the fine would be $6 million with $3 million of it suspended if pg&e turns in the missing documents. information about the most critical pipeline is due in august. astronaut mark kelly says there's a pretty good chance his wife, wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be able to attend his space shuttle launch next month. congresswoman giffords is recovering after being shot in the head two and a half months again in -- ago in an

assassination attempt. kelly is planning for her to watch it from florida. >> she's starting to walk, talk more, more every day. she's starting to process some of the tragedy that we all went through in january. she's going through that has we speak. >> kelly says his wife really doesn't remember the shooting attack but is coping with the tragedy. people attending britain's royal nuptials next month may have to brush up on their wedding etiquette. guests should not tweet or use their phones during the ceremony. they should dress appropriately and should be on time. the queen is supposed to be the last one to arrive before the bride. under no circumstances should they hug or kiss the queen.

well, an "american idol" contestant has been saved. >> can't believe it. i can't believe it. >> he can't believe this. casey abrams was shocked when the judges used their one and only save of the whole season to keep him around. abrams received the lowest number of votes during last night's show. it was a vote that all three of the judges disagreed with. >> we were wondering when we heard the results, what is going on. why is casey at the bottom. we don't know. >> well, because he was saved, abrams will be a part of the idol tour once the show wraps up. it also means next week two contestants will be eliminated. that mr. cut the number of finalists down to 9. the text friendly language of email is part of the oxford

dictionary. lol, omg and fyi have been added. the heart symbol will also be added. all right. hour time is 8:52. fitness scores are dropping among california school kids, what -- but the state superintendent wants to give them a helping hand. what led to this bikini clad brawl.

if you want to sign up for the upcoming beta breakers. organizers are adding an additional 5,000 spots. it comes after zazzle decided to sponsor the race. $5 will go towards charity. the state superintendent is helping kids get in shape. the fitness test show less than 40% of students in grades five, seven and nine meet healthy levels. he's calling for a statewide initiative called team initiative for healthy kids. a ninth grade by would have to do 16 pushups, 24 curlups and run a mile in nine minutes. a big fight at a florida

fast food rust start -- restaurant started after someone messed up the order. someone squat it on a -- caught it on a cell phone. a woman in a bikini jumped up on the counter and started throwing straws and threw a water junction. the 18-year-old burger king employee has decided to press charges. >> let's get halas check of the -- a last check of the roads. >> highway 152, they're cleaning up a serious accident. expect delays near the park. also, we're looking at 880. that has cleared up nicely if you're driving past the 880 area. it looks nice approaching the toll plaza. north and southbound 101 have cleared up nicely. >> some sun but we'll have

showers, reports of hail and brief heavy rain. today is a break. there are still areas of rain. saturday one more system. sunday's gone. most of next week looks quiet and dry. i think we need it. >> wow. hard to believe. >> thank you. that's going to do it for us. >> who are all the people in the booth? >> our producer, rachel. raise your hand. >> we love you, rachel.