san raphael, some fog. a lot of fog hanging around. there is still plenty of moisture in the atmosphere but it's going to be a little bit warmer this weekend. we could have temperatures in the 70s, especially sundae. foggy, warm and muggy weekend. low this is morning never got below about 56 or 55. warm along the coast and each inland if low clouds burn off or even the high clouds. next one will be tuesday or wednesday. this is setting up to be a really impressive kind of more than a showery pattern. could be decent but that won't until next wednesday. you can see how the cloud cove, most of it is rotating north ward. heavy rain will be falling as this moisture will be coming up from the hawaiian island. we have gone from the cold of november to very mild tropical nussments -- numbers. san jose at 66. this little rain is coming by, dropping some temperatures. still rather mild to warm. 75 down in palm springs, 40s in the mountains. everybody is on the mild side. look at the moisture right down toward the hawaiian islands. it comes up a

light rainfall through nevada, as well as san raphael. illustrated by the yellow and the orange that you see there. and the green is just showing light scattered showers all the way down through san raphael and moving just to the north of oakland. through the east bay and down through parts of the south bay they are picking up some light rainfall as well along the peninsula. and the forecast for today showers and thunderstorms are expected for the afternoon. the temperatures in the 50s. for tonight we will take the threat of thunderstorms out of the forecast. but showers are still possible. and overnight lows are in the lower to the upper 40s. here is a big look at the sat late and the radar. and it does have a very good job of showing you what's going on. the cold front has come through back behind it. we are just on the edge of it, clearing the bay area. but we still do have that low pressure system. it is our parent low. what is spinning all of the different disturbances into the bay area. it sits there a nice kind counter clockwise ci

san raphael mostly sunny starting off cold with 54 for a high under mostly sunny skies. clouds coming in late. the clouds that we had from about 36 hours ago, well, yesterday morning, went south. and then coming in behind that colder drier air but already the leading edge of the higher clouds are right there. that will start to work in tomorrow. now the system coming in tomorrow is really just overrunning what we call overrunning warmer lighter rain. the heavier rain won't show up until saturday. we have a day and a half, two days to go here. but that cold low will combine with moisture coming up from the hawaiian islands to give us a very active weekend. so cold to start. fog this morning. mostly sunny though. cloudy, mild on friday as we get a lot of cloud cover in here. then the rain returns and rain and wind. where it all shows up on the weekend is still to be determined. again, a difference of 50 miles in the atmosphere could mean heavy duty rain or just rain. so we'll ease into that for tomorrow. the sierra already the watches have been posted. it starts today. thi

the group keep it local san raphael is gathering signatures to force a referendum on the matter if the council gives the go ahead for that target store. >>> there are unconfirmed reports tonight that larry ellison and bmw oracle racing will make an announcement tomorrow about the next america's cup. that could be bad news for san francisco. the announcement is rumored to take place in new port, rhode island which he hosted the premier yachting event between the 1930s and 1983. the examiner.com said it learned about the upcoming announcement from an unnamed insider last week. the san francisco board of supervisors unanimously approved the city's bid to hold the race, but the final choice is up to ellison. >>> berkeley police officers and firefighters kept very busy today boxing up 3,000 toys for local children in need. the departments have been collecting the toys and will now work with the u.s. marine corp toy for tolts program to distribute them to families that might not have anything under the tree this year. one officer tells ktvu news that the toy drive is a great opportunity each

we want to wish a happy birthday to helen of san raphael she sent her photo in to me a couple monthshe is turning 87 years old. happy birthday helen. that is a look at your weather let's look at your traffic with elizabeth. >> happy birthday helen she has a sweet smile. all right. let's go out to southbound 680 dealing with two separate accidents senole grade, fremont, three car crash was cleared to the center divide no longer seeing slowing there. now we have a new accident, southbound 680 approaching or just past highway 84. slower speeds as you come through the grade sounds like it may be blocking one lane again watch out for that. in the meantime that is our only thing going on. elsewhere quiet. san mateo bridge. once you get past the toll plaza, good to go. hayward foster city peninsula, highway 92 looks good. 84 crossing the dunbarton bridge. getting more crowded northbound lanes 280, speeds improving northbound 101 and 280 earlier accident redwood city 101 now cleared. 101 is a nice ride up to san francisco a nice snapshot what it looks like as you head past lagoon way. 280 lo

happy birthday to helen she sent her picture in almost 2 months ago she is 87 years old she is in san raphaelher i would wish her a happy birthday. happy birthday helen she watches every morning you better be watching. i put this on for you. that is a look at your weather. here is elizabeth. >> great. helen is beautiful happy birthday. 87. all right. let's go to our maps. first accident of the morning redwood city, southbound 101 approaching highway 84, wood side road we don't know yet about lanes blocked chp just heading to the scene now. speeds averaging there 70 miles per hour. the rest of the south bay though, if you are heading that direction everything is good to go a lot of overnight road work picked up. so far so good heading out of downtown san jose 280. sharks game later on hp pavilion. sharks take on wallace. watch out for that. -- dallas. watch out for that. that is your traffic back to you. >>> thanks very much. 5:56 a.m. our first look at prince william and kate middleton's engagement photos. >> they look relaxed, poised. happy i in love one shows them standing together in a sta

. >>> it was 2 years ago tonight that the mother of a young girl went to a san raphael bar to go to a. when she walk out the door that night it was the last time she was seen alive. her body was found in the bar's parking lot the next day. today family and friends, along with the police, returned to the scene to publicize a new $50,000 reward officer to help find the killer as a woman devoted as a mother. the father of the little girl drove by the crime scene the day her body was found. >> i never wanted to come to this street ever again in my life. but if this is what it's going to take we will be out here every year until we catch this person. she left the bar with a man from chicago. they recently talked to that man. while he remains a person of interest, at this point he has not been arrested. >>> alameda unified school trustees have approved a plan to trim $2.5 million to their budget. if they don't say yes to a new parcel tax they will be forced to close 0 or consolidate some schools. under the plan these schools will be closed. k-3 grade classes will be increased. and all middl

. >>> it was 2 years ago tonight that the mother of a young girl went to a san raphael bar to go to al game. when she walk out the door that night it was the last time she was seen alive. her body was found in the bar's parking lot the next day. today family and friends, along with the police, returned to the scene to publicize a new $50,000 reward officer to help find the killer as a woman devoted as a mother. the father of the little girl drove by the crime scene the day her body was found. >> i never wanted to come to this street ever again in my life. but if this is what it's going to take we will be out here every year until we catch this person. she left the bar with a man from chicago. they recently talked to that man. while he remains a person of interest, at this point he has not been arrested. >>> alameda unified school trustees have approved a plan to trim $2.5 million to their budget. if they don't say yes to a new parcel tax they will be forced to close 0 or consolidate some schools. under the plan these schools will be closed. k-3 grade classes will be increased. and all

. >>> the latest protest against pg&e, smart meters shut down the utility company's offices in san raphael. these protesters managed to stop at least two people trying to get into the building to pay their bills. look at this. the demonstrators are demanding pg&e stop installing the wireless smart meters. they defend their actions saying those devices cause health problems and they also invade personal privacy. >> if they're going to come and roll over our civil liberties, it's not a big deal for us to close down their building for a few hours demanding a moratorium. >> police were called to the scene. you can see here they ordered the demonstrators to leave pg&e property. representatives from pg&e tell us here at ktvu that the utility will continue to provide customers with as much information about the smart meters as possible. >>> yahoo has carried out the layoffs we told you about yesterday. 600 workers were told that they are out of a job. that's 4% of yahoo's total work force. the latest personnel changes are part of a strategy to improve revenue. it is the fourth big layoff in three

we are in a very foggy san raphael. while the rain will be moving north over the next 24 to 36 hours the fog's not going anywhere. it's going to play into our weather not only today but well into the weekend except along the coast where i felt looks to me like it will be sunny and warm. we're already sitting in the mid to upper 50s for some. but the rain is still dragging across us. you can see heavier cells beginning to approach san francisco, south san francisco peninsula and light rain continues from the north bay. san jose actually a couple breaks in the clouds but it will be a mostly cloudy muggy mild day for some. mill valley inch and a quarter. oakland an inch plus. san francisco officially 1.02. sfo .28. and san jose only .51. that was it. cloud cover continues to race in. it will start to lift here. right there is a back edge to it. by tomorrow most of this as far as rain goes will continue to push northward. antioch our forecast could be a few little sun breaks mainly east and south. looks like a cloudy to mos

san raphael our target forecast. starting off rather brisk at 34. 50 at noon under sunny skies and higher clouds will creep in by 3:00. highs today around 53 degrees. the cloud cover from yesterday did what we thought. it went south. that's the good news. but the cold air came in behind it. the cold dry air. even though we have some patchy fog. but what's taking place tomorrow will be clouds and some rain coming in. the main system doesn't arrive until saturday. so you're all right today. tomorrow will be light rain but nothing you can't handle. but if everything does continue to march in and take aim at us, it would be on saturday and taking us into sunday. so cold with fog. mostly sunny today. mostly sunny today. cloudy. mild tomorrow. certainly on the overnight lows as the cloud cover comes in rain returns and looks like rain and wind. where it all sets up on the weekend is still to be determined. 50 miles either way in the atmosphere could make a huge difference in the rainfall. let's just tackle that tomorrow. t

currently san raphael 46 degrees. temperatures this morning not nearly as cold as it has been.e the change when you step outside the door all because of this. high clouds moving into the region up along the north coast. we have the rainfall as you can see right around eureka and some of that activity beginning to move into county light side approaching parts of the cove as well. we'll watch out for this across the bay area. in fact overall rainfall distribution for today up in the north bay. light showers developing fairly good bet central portions of the bay we could be talking about a few springs or at least some drizzle. it should be dry. current numbers you can see all the 40s. we're not talking about the extreme chill. santa rosa right now 45. san francisco 49 degrees. san jose last check reporting 40. here's the overall weather set up over the next new days. nothing major. we have the flow in place. we have some smaller scale disturbances that will be approaching our coastline. we'll call it unsettled for today the chance of a few showers. the focus will be up in the nort

san raphael police are hoping a hefty reward will spark a break in an unsolved murder case. 33-year-olde no leads on the suspect. they will announce a $50,000 reward in the case today. that money is coming from the governor's reward program and it is hoped it is enough for someone to come forward. >>> they may have a suspect in a shooting that killed a single mother and injured others. two of the injured people could be connected to the shooting. it happened at a strip mall in south sacramento yesterday afternoon. shooting started inside a barber shop, then moved to the parking lot. the mother was caught in the crossfire while she loaded her toddler into a car seat. the toddler was not injured. another local news update for you in half an hour. for itchy dry skin. try cortizone 10 intensive healing. the strongest itch relief medicine now has three vitamins and seven moisturizers. feel the heal. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody. yes, you made it to wines day wednday, it's december 15th whi

san rafael. the holiday concerts by candlelight was held at saint raphael's church. hand-held candles added tot holiday feel as the audience sang along to popular carols. if you missed tonight there is another chance to catch the show tomorrow. the concert begins at 4:00 p.m. and tickets range from $25 to $30. holiday lights are shining bright down san francisco's union street. this year the union street's merchant's association held its annual fantasy of lights festival. it included a visit by santa, the snow queen and pony rides. the san francisco firefighters were also at the event, collecting gifts for their holiday toy program. if you would like to donate, the collection barrels will be located at various sites along union street throughout the holiday season. >> the waters ofthee estaurry sparkled tonight. proceeds benefited the oakland's firefighters random acts of kindness campaign as well as the alameda county foodbank. the foreman south beach yacht club and the vallejo, sausalito also ushers in the season with boat parades tonight. >>> big ris and big cash,