look at this, .08. this has not been a significant deal. but the bulk of the action for the coastal range and especially right around the central portions of the bay and the north bay. here's a look at the current numbers. most areas are starting out thursday morning in the 50s. this is kind of a fascinating satellite and radar imagine. you can see yesterday -- this is basically a constant hose of rainfall pointed toward the bay area. we had persistent rain yesterday. still, clouds and drizzle, a few showers out there this morning. temperatures in the low to mid 50s. still a chance of a shower into the afternoon. upper 50s into the 60s. our forecast model showing you our next system moving on

shore. this will be for tonight, also into friday morning and then the strongest one, the main cold front passage, that sweeps into the area on friday. more on that coming up in just a little bit. as far as -- another look at the forecast model showing you, the clouds out there this morning. it will be enough to wet the roadways at least in the short- term for this afternoon. a winter storm watch in place for late tonight into saturday morning. snow fall will be on the order of 10 to 20-inches and snow levels initially 7500 feet. coming up, i'll have more on your weekend forecast in the bay area and the timing of the strongest storm in the series coming up. >> good morning. i want to ask the guys in the control room if you could bring up one of my maps because we have a problem in oakland developing in the oakland hills. here it is on highway 13 at the park boulevard off ramp. there's a tree that came down and at first report someone was

actually hit by this tree. we're just getting reports that the tree is indeed there and looks like maybe someone was hurt. this tree came down on the park boulevard off ramp from southbound 13 in the oakland hills fire department with a chainsaw on the way along with chp. i'll let you know about the break news coming up but it sounds like this park boulevard off ramp is going to be shut down until they get this thing taken care of. let's move to a live picture here. this is a look at traffic on highway 4. the traffic is moving along relatively well. new toll lanes were scheduled to open today at the 237 interchange. open on tuesday in just a few days. at 4:32 let's go back to the desk. >> breaking news from the south bay this morning. a four unit home is on fire.

it's located on underwood drive. that's near williams road and the expressway. the first call came at about 2:45 this morning. at one time the fire went to four alarm needing extra crews were needed. no word on any injuries but stay with us because we'll have a live report from the scene in just a few minutes. >> time now 4:32 new trouble tied to our stormy weather. a rain swollen river is threatening to overflow on to a section of a popular bay area amusement park. she joins us live from a santa cruz beach boardwalk. what's happening down there. >> we just arrived here about ten minutes ago and i met with a maintenance person that told me a little bit about what's going on i. hard to see because it is dark right now but that is over the river and that's the area that has been the

trouble spot here. it has pushed us up and over to the point where it's high enough to threaten the beach boardwalk. usually it runs out to the ocean but the wet weather pushed it toward the beach. we have video to show you exactly what's going on. the water is washed away, a wooden staircase at the boardwalk here and if the water seeps under the boardwalk's retaining wall it could cause a lot of damage. a spokesperson said that the water had never come this close to the park. the park spent a good part of the day yesterday using earth movers to build up sand on the beach trying to block that water. so far the river has only caused a few thousand dollars in damage but with more storms in the forecast, everyone here in santa cruz certainly is keeping their eyes on the forecast and on the river. now we're going to be moving around here a little bit more trying to get a view of that. the maintenance worker i spoke with said you actually can't

see where the river has turned right and moved it's way up to the boardwalk and you can't see it now because the park isn't open and because it's private property you can't get to where the damage is. we'll get as close as we can and we'll try to see what we can and we'll bring that video to you. certainly everybody here keeping an eye on that weather hoping it doesn't cause any further damage here at the beach boardwalk. >> the wet roads played a role in a multicar crash that shut down an oakland freeway for more than an hour. that happened late last night on southbound 880 near the 98 agent avenue overpass pass. two cars slammed into a sedan that stalled on the freeway. emergency crews had to use the jaws of life to remove the victims from the cars. two of those victims were taken to the hospital. >> my advice is to please slow down. take due caution when it does start raining, due caution before it starts raining

because the roadways are still wet and please due caution after it starts raining because just because it stopped doesn't mean thatted the roads are dry. >> they're also investigating whether alcohol played a role in that freeway pile up. the stormy weather played a role in this crash last night. a car veered off the road and slammed into a fire hydrant. that sent water gushing into the air. it briefly created traffic problems in that busy shopping area. the driver of the car was not hurt. the rainy weather also caused a lot of problems around the east bay. coming up at 4:45 we have downed trees that caused a big power outage and we'll tell you reason homeowners are bracing for more rain. >> time is 4:46. we have an update on the parent on duction. they located her and her five

year old daughter sometime around midnight. authorities aren't revealing where they were found but they say both the mother and the child are doing fine. she is accused of taking the girl from the child's father's home on sunday. there was concern about the girl because perez made suicidal threats in the past. a frightening ordeal for an elderly woman. burglars kept her trapped for 8 hours as they ransacked her house. two men pushed her into the bathroom and blocked the door and took cash and jewelry from her home tuesday morning. officers say it's part of a string of burglaries plaguing the oakland hills disstrict. the school board voted to bring back the program which was cut back in 2007. now, the sheriff's office will use its drug dogs at two middle schools and the high schools. the searches will focus on parking lots and locker rooms.

the schools hope that it will prevent students from bringing drugs to school. public school teach letters find out if they'll have jobs for the next school year. today is the notification dead line for lay off notices. school districts already issued about 8,000 pink slips statewide with at least 1200 here in the bay area. california schools and community colleges have seen more than $20 billion in funding cuts and defers over the past four years. this morning students and parent assuming cross california plan to protest education cuts. they'll blow bubbles in front of schools. it's all part of a campaign urging lawmakers to not blow it and pass a budget that fully funds education. it includes mckinley elementary and glennview elementary in oakland. the teachers union struck a deal. the supporters of the

millionaires tax started gathering signatures next month. but governor brown argued it could reduce their chances of passing. this would increase the sales tax by a quarter cent. personal income tax would go up a% for individuals earning $250,000. 2% for those making 300,000 a 3% jump for a half million dollars a year. >> it speaks squarely to what is people's key interest which is that the wealthy pay their fair share. because of that it's going to resinate with people. >> supporters need a million certified signatures. they estimate that the initiative would generate $9 billion in the first year. now is 4:39. we're expecting a busy morning this morning. >> all right. we do have a crash on highway 13 involving a tree that came down. let's go right to the maps. this tree came down and someone was trapped by the tree.

that person seriously injured. they have closed highway 13 to allow all the rescue crews which still have not arrived at the scene. in fact -- they had to close the freeway to get the heavy rescue equipment up to highway 13. if you're on highway 13, expect a closure, in fact, if you can avoid highway 13 right now, that would be recommended to allow these crews and chp to work on this incident. a tree injured someone near the park boulevard off ramp on highway 13. both directions of the freeway may be temporarily shut down. some lanes may be shut down for awhile. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge. this commute looks good coming out out toll plaza. part of highway 1 and 121 expected to reopen today. the road looks more like a small pond yesterday. now water from the creek caused flooding and drivers were forced to use other routes.

it should reopen todayful we'll let you know if it does happen during our newscast. let's go to mark. >> good morning to you. the rainfall rates compared to yesterday backed off quite a bit but we still have lingering activity out there. you can see the latest on live storm tracker too. we're keep a big eye on the santa cruz mountains because they picked up significant amount of rain fall over the past two days. in fact, approaching 9-inches in a few spots. still lingering showers there. not a lot to show you the central portion of the bay but still sprinkles out there and you can still have enough drizzle to wet the roadways. you can still see scattered activity. as far as current numbers it is mild again. san francisco, currently 55 degrees, concord right around 55. here's the set up in the pacific. our next system moves in later

on today into tonight. the main driver is up to the north t. is the cold part of the storm abdomenned that will approach into friday night and the weekend. mostly cloudy skies, the chance of a shower and the next system will move in tonight. the main cold front moves in to the region on friday. heaviest rain from 4:00 until 10:00 p.m. the afternoon and evening commute could be a rough one, that would be for friday. the updated forecast model showing you basically clouds and a few light showers for this morning. chance of a shower into the afternoon hours but you'll notice the activity begins town crease as we head into the evening. forecast headlines for today will be mostly cloudy, showers out there. another storm for tomorrow with the rain increasing, the weekend, cool showers and a possibility of a thunderstorm. the look ahead, your 5 day forecast and weekend always in view. rainfall develops, showers likely into saturday, a slight chance by sunday. >> thank you. time now is 4:42. it helps bring national

attention to the occupy oakland movement. new information about an iraq war veteran's serious injury. >> and overnight, the secretary of defense met with the president of afghanistan. the decision that's causing new fall out from that deadly attack on afghan civilians allegedly by an american soldier. >> good morning. traffic on 280 looks good in the south bay but we have a major problem in the east bay. update on that is straight ahead

we still have lingering showers to contend with for this morning. as you can see, the bulk of the coverage focused up in the north bay right now. >> we want to update you on our breaking news from the south bay this morning. a four unit home on fire in san jose. here's a live picture this morning where you can see quite a response there this morning. we can't see the unit completely there but we do have a crew there on the scene. we're going to get information as soon as possible. we know this is on underrer wood drive. that's near williams road in san jose. now the first call came at about 2:45 this morning. extra crews were needed. no word yet on any injuries but again, we do have a crew there at the scene, trying to get more information. we'll bring you an update from san jose as soon as we can.

>> power outages, downed trees, mud slide fears, those were just some of the rain related problems around the east bay hills yesterday. crews were removing two massive trees that took down power lines. about 600 customers lost power and neighbors say they're preparing for more outages. >> might make the coleman lantern and the backpacking stove more accessible so you can find it in the dark. >> meantime, rain caused serious concerns for people living on a crumbling hillside. they hope a tarp and sandbags will keep the ground stable during these new storms. >> new this morning, defense secretary meets with afghan president. now, this is new video we want to show you of the two men meeting today. their meeting comes amid new out rage in afghanistan over

the decision to move the soldier who accused of killing 16 afghan civilians out of afghanistan. he was flown to a u.s. base in kuwait. >> an afghan interpreter has died from burns that he suffered in that incident. that man tried to run over a group of u.s. marines who were on the run way to meet the defense secretary's plane. he then crashed the truck and apparently set himself on fire. >> this morning david cameron wraps up his trip with the united states with a visit to the september 11th memorial in new york city. last night he was the guest of honor at a state dinner tateyama white house. in their toast to each other president obama and prime minister cameron spoke warmly of the close relationship between britain and the u.s. the prime minister said president obama reminds him of another u.s. president. >> the first president i studied at school was theodore

roosevelt. he talked of speaking softly and carrying a big speak. that is barrack's approach. in following it he has pressed the reset button on the morale authority of the entire free world. >> among the 360 people invited to the dinner were several american and british celebrities including george clooney and warren buffet. >> we're learning disturbing new information about the former marine accused of killing six people in orange county. according to court documents, he told police he joined the marine corp. because he needed to kill. he also said he planned to continue to kill people before he was arrested back in january. he has been charged with murdering four homeless men and a mother and her son. >> in just hours a jury will announce the verdict in the second trial of the man accused of killing the ughter of a

former oakland raiders star. she charged with killing his girlfriend at a drug rehabilitation center in 1999. she's the daughter of hall of fame wide receiver. he was convicted of killing her in a crime of passion. years later they said prosecutor disproperly dismissed a juror. the verdict in the retrial will be announced at 9:30 this morning. there's a new developing involving the iraq war veteran that suffered a serious head injury last fall. the attorney now says his client was hit in the head by a bean bag round. now earlier it was widely believed that a tear gas canister fractured his skull. the question of how he was injured and by whom is still the subject of an on going investigation. >> member of san francisco's

fire department are worried about the aging ambulance they operate. they stay department is about to receive $6.8 million in state money. union leaders want the department to spend much of that money on new workers, new equipment and new ambulances. >> a great majority of the ambulance having over 100,000 miles on them, that causes us great concern both for the firefighter and paramedic safety and for the public safety. these are old beat up ambulances. >> ktvu obtained documents from a recent internal fire department audit that shows 24 of the departments 41 ambulances have at least 120,000 miles on them. 12 of them are listed in poor condition. the fire department admits the fleet is aging and says it has five new ambulances on order. >> crews are expected to continue clearing out debris from a san jose home. they started the clean up on tuesday and already made some progress. the front yard of the home on

south claremont avenue is now visible but this is what the home looked like last month. they declared the home a public nuisance and sent in the clean up crews. >> new figures show the number of homes in the foreclosure process jumped sharply in half of the u.s. the last month. realty track reports the increase took place in the 26 states where courts supervised the foreclosure process. in contrast t 5024 states klein i hadding california saw foreclosure activity dip during february. they expect total foreclosures to rise as banks tackle the backlog of homes where mortgages have not been paid. >> all right. it's 4:52. a warning at a popular beach. the reason people are being told to stay out of the water. >> a new hbo show runs out of luck. the unfortunate incidents causing it to be pulled from the air

welcome back. time now is 4:54. signs are posted along a santa cruz county beach after a shark siting there. rangers say a great white was scene leaping out of the waters off the beach on sunday and attacking a seal. the attack was out of the surf zone was rangers are still advising people to stay out of the water. >> hbo is canceling one of its series but not because of low viewer ship. the show luck was pulled from the air following the death of three horses. the most recent death was just this week. luck starring dustin hoffman is set at a racetrack. it was in it's second season of production. >> all right. it is 4:55. very serious situation with a tree down in oakland. that's right. highway 13 and the oakland

hills, just right outside the montclair area. a tree came down and struck a car driving on the road. these are live pictures. oakland firefighters were cleaning up the tree but they were also forced to get someone who was hit by the tree that was in the car. we have at least four people who were effected by this. they're still cutting the tree down. lorraine is on the scene. she is gather more details. she will have more details coming up tateyama top of the hour in just a few moments. let's go to the maps here, that's where it is on the map on highway 13. 580 and 880 are not effected. let's go to a live picture of 880. this traffic is wet but still moving well. >> good morning to you. go have rain showers still across the bay area but compared to yesterday it's not that persistent moderate to heavy rain band. but still activity to show you. the intensity backing off here

and most of the coverage right now focused up in the north bay and also around santa rosa. we still have lingering rain showers. the next system moves in tonight and early tomorrow morning. the heaviest one, that moves in for friday. the weekend cool showers and the possibility of a thunderstorm. a lot of action as we all know over the past 24 hours that persistent moisture source pushing into the bay area. our rain means more snow in the mountains and they do have a winter storm watch for the sierra as we head into late tonight and also into friday and saturday. for tomorrow morning, you count on a wet commute once again. that's after the chance of a shower for today and then the heaviest rain, that's scheduled to move into the region for friday night. it's late tonight into saturday morning. snow fall will be on the order of 10 to 20-inches. back here in the bay area, the 5 day forecast with your

weekend always in view, scattered light showers for today. rain fall redeveloped by friday, cool showers likely by saturday. >> thank you, time is 4:57. developing news we're following in the south bay. fire crews are still at the scene of a multiunit building that was on fire. the information our crews just got from the scene. >> storm watch continues. the big problem that an overflowing river is now creating for popular amusement park