as sandhya told us, more than four inches of rain in the area. the santa cruz mountains and mountains and the isolated communities are vulnerable to the heavy flooding. >>> take a look at the scene a few minutes ago on interstate 80 near castle peak. that's right at donner summit. chains are a must except on vehicles. snow blowing sideways made skiing quite challenging. >> we were going to come this morning, but it was blowing so hard that the resort wasn't open. >> at elevations of 4,000 feet there was rain and no snow. a willed coulder storm is expected later this week. for up to the minute updates you can check our flight tracker feature at abc7news.com. you will find interactive weather maps with the street level radar using live doppler 7hd, and you can send your weather video at you report at kgo-tv.com. >>> on to some politics now. rick santorum is the republican presidential candidate with the momentum after winning primaries in mississippi and alabama. mitt rom nay finished 3rd -- mitt romney finished third. newt gingrich had 31% 1k3* mi

sand yaw patel is -- sandhya patel is here. >> the roughest part will be tomorrow morning. let me show you why live doppler 7hd is clear. we have a few sprinkles around the you could i wraw area. a very light return. the storm is still out over the pacific about 150 miles away. and as you look at the storm, it is winding up here. this will produce some stormy weather beginning tomorrow morning. first in the form of winds which is why a wind advisory is up for the delta, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. saturday. southly wind gusts and could see power outages and a possibility of downed trees as well. sock sock valley and northern san juaquin valley is under the wind advisory. high surf advisory is going up tomorrow evening, and it is going to run until 5:00 a.m. on monday. steep breakers to 22 feet. watch out for dangerous rip currents. i will be back to let you know if this storm is going to head out by sunday or hang around. >> sandhya, thank you. stay tuned. we will have hourly updates on the storm tomorrow, and you can use our interactive live doppler 7hd to get street level rada

sand jaw patel is -- sandhya patel is here. >> not all of it is reaching the ground. as you look at live doppler 7 hd, but we are getting moisture ahead of the storm. it is mostly moisture that is in the clouds and not reaching the ground. we may be having a few light showers developing in ukiah and perhaps some sprinkles around santa rosa. all of this is going to start to become a little more widespread in the next couple hours, so around 1:00 in the morning. you can see the rain line is right there approaching the coast and it continues to move through. saturday morning is soggy. the rest of your saturday is soggy. how about the rest of your weekend? i'll be back with your sunday forecast and a little more detail as far as the rainfall tote will tays. >> thank you. we'll see you shortly. >>> the wife of mercarini is headed back to venezuela. iliana lopez and her son will leave on sunday to visit her sick father. the month long trip was approved by a family court judge according to the court documents filed today. on monday, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count o

as sandhya told us, more than four inches of rain in the area. the santa cruz mountains and mountains and the isolated communities are vulnerable to the heavy flooding. >>> take a look at the scene a few minutes ago on interstate 80 near castle peak. that's right at donner summit. chains are a must except on vehicles. snow blowing sideways made skiing quite challenging. >> we were going to come this morning, but it was blowing so hard that the resort wasn't open. >> at elevations of 4,000 feet there was rain and no snow. a willed coulder storm is expected later this week. for up to the minute updates you can check our flight tracker feature at abc7news.com. you will find interactive weather maps with the street level radar using live doppler 7hd, and you can send your weather video at you report at kgo-tv.com. >>> on to some politics now. rick santorum is the republican presidential candidate with the momentum after winning primaries in mississippi and alabama. mitt rom nay finished 3rd -- mitt romney finished third. newt gingrich had 31% 1k3* mi

thanks, sandhya. >>> do you get enough sleep at night? >> up next, how not enough rest can make us pack on the pounds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ month away. so today tax experts answered questions in our 7 on your side offices. if you missed it and have a question to ask. the next tax chat and hotline will take place tuesday april 3rd from 4:30 until 8:00 in the evening of the by the way, we have all of the questions and answers from today's session posted at abc7news.com. you will find that on 7 on your side. >>> a quick health item. lack of sleep could be making us fat. a new study found skimping on schlepp could increase your caloric intake by 550 calories a day. the study presented at an american heart association meeting adds to growing evidence that sleep deprivation is tied to weight gain. researchers say more study is needed to find out exactly why. all i know is when i can't sleep i go downstairs and i eat something. >> ice cream maybe? a little something. larry beil is here now. >> that story explains why we are frequently napping in the sports

. >> let's begin with sandhya patel. >> let me should show you live doppler 7hd. it has quieted down, and we still have gusty winds along the coast. gusting to 20 miles an hour. you can see that the rainfall is definitely diminishing. right now we do have some rain around morgan hill and gilroy. it is light to moderate along highway 101 as we take you into the east bay. very light returns around the fremont area and out toward 84 and looking up to the north this is what we are watching. we still have some rainfall, and this is heading down toward the santa rosa area. it is about 38 miles away. the rain has been coming down and it has been heavy in some spots. as you look here, the river has exceeded its flood stage. it surpassed the flood stage, and it is 24.42 feet. the flood state stage is 24 feet. it is expected to peak as more rain is coming. your morning commute is going to be wet. dan, i will let you know when you may be able to put the umbrella usa way. >> too much rain and too soon causing problems in a number of areas. let's go first to marin. john alston

joy sandhya patel is -- >> sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> we have definitely a mild day. whale was coming to enjoy some sunshine. we are headed toward a cold night. let's show you the highs for today. santa rosa was 70 degrees and it got up to 68 in napa. many of the temperatures are running a good 5 to 10 degrees above where you were yesterday. oakland 67 and 62 in san francisco. got into the mid60s redwood city and san jose and gilroy and out toward concord and antioch and fairfield. they are going up. we will see even warmer weather. where do we stand in terms of rain? today santa rosa is under 13.5 inches, 40% of normal. san francisco is running behind at 39. oakland at 37. look at san jose. they only received three inches, just over three inches of rain. that's the season to date. we are 26% of where you should be for this time of year. so really running behind here in the bay area. we will get some rain chances coming into the accu-weather seven-day forecast. i will show them to you in a moment. numbers are falling and falling fast. upper 30s in santa rosa, napa and

sandhya pate sandhya patel is tracking it for us. >> and tomorrow you are most ofg to see most of the rain falling, and then it turns to showery weather for your sunday. here is a look at live doppler 7hd, and you can see the moisture is already getting picked up by the live doppler 7hd and just off the coastline. what you are seeing in the north bay is not all reaching the ground. it is in the form of sprinkles. even in the ukiah area, i have just checked the atmosphere and it is just a matter of minutes before you start getting your rain. in the north bay, the numbers right now in the 50s except los gatos at 49. here are the highlights. rain developing overnight and a wet and cool weekend. the active pattern will remain with us all the way into next week as far as the workweek is concerned. here is the storm that we are watching for the weekend. if you have outdoor plans tomorrow, it is going to be soggy. sunday you will actually get a few breathers here, and i will show you the animation in a moment, but it has all of the moisture. we start out at 11:00. as you will notice around 3

sand yaw patel is -- sandhya patel is here. >> the roughest part will be tomorrow morning. let me show you why live doppler 7hd is clear. we have a few sprinkles around the you could i wraw area. a very light return. the storm is still out over the pacific about 150 miles away. and as you look at the storm, it is winding up here. this will produce some stormy weather beginning tomorrow morning. first in the form of winds which is why a wind advisory is up for the delta, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. saturday. southly wind gusts and could see power outages and a possibility of downed trees as well. sock sock valley and northern san juaquin valley is under the wind advisory. high surf advisory is going up tomorrow evening, and it is going to run until 5:00 a.m. on monday. steep breakers to 22 feet. watch out for dangerous rip currents. i will be back to let you know if this storm is going to head out by sunday or hang around. >> sandhya, thank you. stay tuned. we will have hourly updates on the storm tomorrow, and you can use our interactive live doppler 7hd to get street level rada

let's check in with sandhya. >> here is live doppler 7hd. want to show you where we are seeing moisture right now. it is very isolated in the east bay. hayward is seeing a little moisture across dublin and we have had reports of very light rain, oakland and hayward and livermore. in the sierra nevada this is all turning to snow. still chain requirements on 80, 50, 88 and forest. heading to tahoe? keep this in mind. up to a foot and a half at squaw valley and close to that at alpine meadows. really these totals, some areas are up to two feet in the last 48 hours. the snow is piling up. the backcountry, there is an avalanche advisory until 7:00 a.m. thursday. if you are going to enjoy the powder, keep that in mind. just over an inch at ben loman. san rafael, more than an inch. picking up just under half an inch in concord. this storm brought us some decent rain and it did bring us some snow. we have another wave of moisture coming. it is another storm coming, but it is a wave. temperatures in the 40s. 39 in santa rosa. here are the highlights.

>> sandhya, thank you. >>> a state appellate court ruled one of the kidnappers should go free. the first district court of appeals say he served his irrelevant 34-year sentence and immediately released on parole perhaps as soon as may. he along with two other men kidnapped a bus load of scscschl children and buried them in a rock quarry in 1976. >>> the crookedest street in the world was the wettest. this after a car struck a hydrant on lombard street. the car had to swerve to avoid another vehicle and stopped short. it took firecrews half an hour to turn off the water. the water entered several garages along the street, but only one property was flooded. what a mess. >>> it is a delicacy to some, but cruelty to others. what happened outside a san francisco restaurant. >> and an east bay man's appeal for help in his fight against obesity. the video that he made that has gone viral. >> the website that was famous thanks to your reviews. and then on "night -- nightline." >> the latest on the deadly tornadoes tearing right through the middle of the country. and the boot camp for g

sand jaw patel is -- sandhya patel is here. >> not all of it is reaching the ground. as you look at live doppler 7 hd, but we are getting moisture ahead of the storm. it is mostly moisture that is in the clouds and not reaching the ground. we may be having a few light showers developing in ukiah and perhaps some sprinkles around santa rosa. all of this is going to start to become a little more widespread in the next couple hours, so around 1:00 in the morning. you can see the rain line is right there approaching the coast and it continues to move through. saturday morning is soggy. the rest of your saturday is soggy. how about the rest of your weekend? i'll be back with your sunday forecast and a little more detail as far as the rainfall tote will tays. >> thank you. we'll see you shortly. >>> the wife of mercarini is headed back to venezuela. iliana lopez and her son will leave on sunday to visit her sick father. the month long trip was approved by a family court judge according to the court documents filed today. on monday, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count o

>> sandhya, thank you. >>> a state appellate court ruled one of the kidnappers should go free. the first district court of appeals say he served his irrelevant 34-year sentence and immediately released on parole perhaps as soon as may. he along with two other men kidnapped a bus load of school children and buried them in a rock quarry in 1976. >>> the crookedest street in the world was the wettest. this after a car struck a hydrant on lombard street. the car had to swerve to avoid another vehicle and stopped short. it took firecrews half an hour to turn off the water. the water entered several garages along the street, but only one property was flooded. what a mess. >>> it is a delicacy to some, but cruelty to others. what happened outside a san francisco restaurant. >> and an east bay man's appeal for help in his fight against obesity. the video that he made that has gone viral. >> the website that was famous thanks to your reviews. and then on "night -- nightline." >> the latest on the deadly tornadoes tearing right through the middle of the country. and the boot camp for guy

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joy sandhya patel is -- >> sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> we have definitely a mild day. perhaps the whale was coming to enjoy some sunshine. we are headed toward a cold night. let's show you the highs for today. santa rosa was 70 degrees and it got up to 68 in napa. many of the temperatures are running a good 5 to 10 degrees above where you were yesterday. oakland 67 and 62 in san francisco. got into the mid60s redwood city and san jose and gilroy and out toward concord and antioch and fairfield. they are going up. we will see even warmer weather. where do we stand in terms of rain? today santa rosa is under 13.5 inches, 40% of normal. san francisco is running behind at 39. oakland at 37. look at san jose. they only received three inches, just over three inches of rain. that's the season to date. we are 26% of where you should be for this time of year. so really running behind here in the bay area.et some rain chs coming into the accu-weather seven-day forecast. i will show them to you in a moment. numbers are falling and falling fast. upper 30s in santa rosa, napa and h

. >> let's begin with sandhya patel. >> let me should show you live doppler 7hd. it has quieted down, and we still have gusty winds along the coast. gusting to 20 miles an hour. you can see that the rainfall is definitely diminishing. right now we do have some rain around morgan hill and gilroy. it is light to moderate along highway 101 as we take you into the east bay. very light returns around the fremont area and out toward 84 and looking up to the north this is what we are watching. we still have some rainfall, and this is heading down toward the santa rosa area. it is about 38 miles away. the rain has been coming down and it has been heavy in some spots. as you look here, the river has exceeded its flood stage. it surpassed the flood stage, and it is 24.42 feet. the flood state stage is 24 feet. it is expected to peak as more rain is coming. your morning commute is going to be wet. dan, i will let you know when you may be able to put the umbrella usa way. >> too much rain and too soon causing problems in a number of areas. let's go first to marin. john alston

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>> thanks, sandhya. >>> coming up, hands-off the wheel. google puts a new car to the test jie. by putting a blind -- >> by putting a blind man behind the wheel. we'll show you that new >>> google has done something else unprecedented. they put a blind morgan hill man behind the wheel of a self-driving car. it took him on errands including picking up fast-food at a drive threw window -- drive threw window. it was using the patented autonomous technology. it relies on laser, range finders, radar sensors and video cameras to navigate the road ahead. this is video provided by google. the company says it has completed 200,000 miles of safe computer guided testing. just remarkable. >> that is incredible. one day that's what we will all do. >>> the mega millions jackpot is half a billion dollars. that's the largest in u.s. lottery history. no one has picked the winning numbers in the past 18 drawings. but some lucky people in mill valley came close. 12 employees matched five of six numbers and one more than $300,000 -- and won more than $300,000 in the process. one laid off worker won

let's check in with sandhya. here is live doppler 7hd. want to show you where we are seeing moisture right now. it is very isolated in the east bay. hayward is seeing a little moisture across dublin and we have had reports of very light rain, oakland and hayward and livermore. in the sierra nevada this is all turning to snow. still chain requirements on 80, 50, 88 and forest. heading to tahoe? keep this in mind. up to a foot and a half at squaw valley and close to that at alpine meadows. really these totals, some areas are up to two feet in the last 48 hours. the snow is piling up. the backcountry, there is an avalanche advisory until 7:00 a.m. thursday. if you are going to enjoy the powder, keep that in mind. just over an inch at ben loman. san rafael, more than an inch. picking up just under half an inch in concord. this storm brought us some decent rain and it did bring us some snow. we have another wave of moisture coming. it is another storm coming, but it is a wave. temperatures in the 40s. 39 in santa rosa. here are the highlights.

sandhya patel is here with that and some storm advisories. >> this is going to be a stormy start to the weekend. it's quiet now and this will change into tomorrow. there is a storm getting organized here and there is this storm bringing about strong winds there is a winds expected gusting to 50 miles per hour this, is from 8:00 until 7:00 tm tomorrow and there is northern san joaquin valley. storm expected to kick up to a high surf advisory going into affect at 5:00 p.m. saturday and this is westerly swell, breakers to 22 feet. watch out for dangerous rip currents. and i'll be back with detailed look at winds gusts we're expecting. >> this storm is going unwind over use there is a world record jackpot. $640 million. check out a long line of megamillion hopefuls waiting to buy their tickets in san lorenzo and and abc 7 nannette miranda joins with us that part of the story. >> this is lines crazy, too. the wait is an hour long, take a look how deep the line gos and this goes around shopping and people are trying their luck here and schools couldn't be happier. >> $60, woo. >> the record j

>> i'm sandhya patel. another weekend another storm. what day is turning wet and windy coming up. >> new buzz on what may be killing off honey bees. researchers now looking at something used on biggest crops. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> chaos again today at this morn's university of california regents meeting. student demonstrators showed up in swimsuits and danced on chairs to protest the meeting held at mission bay campus, regents left the room after they were unable to control the rowdy crowd. three were arrested outside of the auditorium after police gave orders to disperse. the group accuses regents are trying to limit student participation. >> there are 300,000 student workers in uc system. we get 20 minutes to have a meeting during spring break. >> the meeting resumed. they considered supporting governor brown's tax initiative preventing tuition hikes. lieutenant governor newsom encouraged regents to sue the state to restore funding for public ed oox california democratic lawmakers staked their

sandhya patel is here with a look at that we'll talk about rain coming up. right now we're just seeing light showers around the clear lake area, santa rosas have v.been seeing showers and light showers still in the forecast tonight. so if you're stepping outlook for sprinkles in the north bay, temperatures into 50s, rain will first arrive in the north bay. numbers into whos. into afternoon, rain spreading with temperatures into mid-50s mid 60s, will be breezy out there and could see gusty winds and i'll be back with the type line of the storm in just a few minutes. >> thank you. >> ask coming up next at 4:00 surgery could cure one type of diabetes. >> and apple's ceo making rounds in far east. bloomberg west will be joining us wlif that in today's after the bell report. >> michael finney is taking your questions right now through his facebook and twitter pages and will be answering them here live later. you can contact michael on twitter and at facebook.com. >>> checking healthy living news there is search suggesting weight loss surgery can reverse and possi

. >> i'm sandhya patel. this is your storm for the weekend. i'll have a time line and rainfall coming >>> a former police officer faces criminal charges of mistreating his dog once his partner. animal control agents rescued the 5-year-old german sheperd named ingo. the dog was 30 pounds under weight, and his ribs protruding and he was not in good shape. >> they did x rays of his stomach. there was no food like substance, feces contained dirt, sand, rocks pieces of green plastic soit does appear he was just foragging to get by. >> he belonged to francisco ibarra. he was fired and one of them included allegations he ordered ingo to bite a suspect during a car stop. ingo was retired and purchased by ibarra. he's doing better now, there is video of him today, he's put on 15 pounds and getting healthier. >> for a while it looked like kids in sonoma were about to be safer walking to school. for a while. sidewalk already being built after we called attention to the danger is at a dead stop. >> these new sidewalks and lights appear to be simple additi

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the weather forecast. it doesn't look promising for those folks. >> no, it doesn't. at least not in the immediate future, the next seven days, no big waves are expected. but we do have rain in the forecast. the highs were gorgeous. close to 80 degrees in gilroy today. 73 in livermore. san jose, santa cruz got up into the 70s around oakland and napa and concord and the antioch area. upper 60s for santa rosa and redwood city and 65 in san francisco. hope you took advantage of the mild to warm weather. it is uh changing. let me show you this lovely view from the east bay hills camera. at 7:23 p.m., we had quite a bit of cloud cover, but certainly provided a beautiful sunset here. and as the sun went down we were tracking some sprinkles, and they are still around the ukiah and cloverdale area. light showers being reported across the region. we are going to see the showers in the overnight hours and then for your morning commute. temperatures right now are quite comfortable in the 50s. the cloud cover is holdin

sandhya patel is here.e, but it now feels more like winter. >> we have winter-like weather , and i will tell you about the nice temperatures that are coming up. the high definition south beach camera. there is a lovely, lovely time lapse. you can see the clouds going across the bay. there were midhigh level clouds and even a few sprinkles reported around santa rosa. as you look at live doppler 7hd, we have a few sprinkles around ukiah. this is moisture in the clouds. it is not reaching the ground. the ukiah and the cloverdale areas are seeing a few sprinkles. we will be seeing more on live doppler 7hd in the near future. the temperatures are in the 50s. it is really mild out there. partly cloudy and mild tomorrow. a few showers on wednesday night and thursday morning. really light. and then more rain is due in for the weekend, and that is going to bring us a good soaking. i will show you the storm in a moment. here is the satellite and the radar. the warm front went through and a nice mild air. tonight's te

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the weather forecast. it doesn't look promising for those folks. >> no, it doesn't. at least not in the immediate future, the next seven days, no big waves are expected. but we do have rain in the forecast. the highs were gorgeous. close to 80 degrees in gilroy today. 73 in livermore. san jose, santa cruz got up into the 70s around oakland and napa and concord and the antioch area. upper 60s for santa rosa and redwood city and 65 in san francisco. hope you took advantage of the mild to warm weather. it is uh changing. let me show you this lovely view from the east bay hills camera. at 7:23 p.m., we had quite a bit of cloud cover, but certainly provided a beautiful sunset here. and as the sun went down we were tracking some sprinkles, and they are still around the ukiah and cloverdale area. light showers being reported across the rwe are going to seee showers in the overnight hours and then for your morning commute. temperatures right no are quite comfortable in the 50s. the cloud cover is holding the tempe

sandhya patel is here.g is here, but it now feels more like winter. >> we hve winter-like weather , and i will tell you about the nice temperatures that are coming up. the high definition south beach camera. there is a lovely, lovely time lapse. you can see the clouds going across the bay. there were midhigh level clouds and even a few sprinkles reported around santa rosa. as you look at live doppler 7hd, we have a few sprinkles around ukiah. this is moisture in the clouds. it is not reaching the ground. the ukiah and the cloverdale areas are seeing a few sprinkles. we will beeeg more on live doppler 7hd in the near future. the temperatures are in the 50s. it is really mild out there. partly cloudy and mild tomorrow. a few showers on wednesday night and thursday morning. really light. and then more rain is due in for the weekend, and that is going to bring us a good soaking. i will show you the storm in a moment. here is the satellite and the radar. the warm front went through and a nice mild air. tonight's

let's check in with sandhya patel. >> wishful thinking is not going happen. we're going to see changes. there is changes in the form of clouds, cooler weather, then, rain sunday. this evening, clear, cool, temperatures into 50s and there is some fog alock the coast. and tomorrow afternoon, it's partly cloudy, nowhere near temperatures seen today smrks areas made night mid-70s range and there are low 80s today, upper 50s to mid-60s tomorrow. this is just the beginning of some drastic change that's are coming. i'll be back with a forecast coming up. >> and there is a grand opening of a major department store had to fight to locate in the east bay. >> also southwest festival kicked off today, so much more than music and movies, more on the start ups that are building biggest buzz. >> michael finney taking your questions through his facebook and twitter pages and answering them live here just a little bit later, you can contact michael on twitter and facebook.com. >> at 4:11 checking get way traffic if you're headed south, you're getting away. and there is traffi

. >>> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the storm. we know that radar is in the santa cruz mountains. >> yes, and as high as half an inch in the mountains. it is really getting drenched. i will show you what it looks like right now. the south bay is getting some of the heavy rains still, and you can see that it is pushing in across the san jose and morgan hill and gilroy area. i will take you down here and alameda expressway is getting heavy rains around the summit and the san thank you cruz -- santa cruz mountains. they are getting downpours at this hour. the north bay is getting a bit of a break. but i talked to the national weather service and the urban and small stream flood advisory has been exend ited from monterey and santa clara and santa cruz counties until 12:30 in the morning. it was supposed to expire at 10:45, but the rain continues. i will be back to let you know what the weekend will feature and if the rain will let up and you can possibly see some sun. >>> we are getting word that a tree has crashed on highway 13 in oa

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. >> i'm sandhya patel. getting ready for another drenching. when the storm wail rif and how much rain it will bring. >> threats and abuse directed at the bay area fireplace police taking us on a spare the air day ride along. stay with us. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> an auto repair shop is shut down leaving customers with no way to get their cars out. >> i was contacted by this guy from oakland really at a loss for what to do, he's a veteran, dealing with this from the hospital. he just had undergone a major operation. ronald david son served in the navy. and doctors amputated his big toe and he was about to lose some of the others. >> so my other toes are suffering because they don't have support. >> earlier he had taken his car in for repairs at i max in oakland. >> next day i called knox answer on the phone. following day i went by there the shop was closed. >> and this car sat behind the locked gate. the phone went unanswered skplt owner nowhere to be found. >> this looked like he just dropped off the face

. >> i'm sandhya patel. i'll let you know how much rain will fall, coming up. >> a plan where teachers would have to pay for having a relationship with a student. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jengs. you may have noticed rain is back. >> it's a soaker, north bay has been a stream of rain all day. you can see from our mount tamalpais video and there is san francisco international airport most of the day with more than 100 flights cancelled and up to four-hour delay autos a tree came crashing down on this apartment building on crescent avenue. and no one was injured and a smud slide in marin county near mill valley is blocking a lane of highway near shore line. >> sandhya patel is tracking the storm with live doppler 7. >> there is north way bay getting drenched with heavy rain. and there is into north bay, we're seeing santa rosa getting drenched now, and taking you down to street level there is pepper road along highway 101 some down pours, glenn ellen getting heavy rain now. up north, mendo

there is sandhya patel here. >> there is a beautiful outside day. there is another gorgeous day, then changes are coming up. there is a live look that is aross the bay. there is people talking about this weather on facebook, peggy wrote a beautiful afternoon, hard to believe there will be rain. and dan says thanks for great weather. sure, i'll take credit z amy says it's going to be warmer it and was. take a look how mild today. 70 degrees redwood city. there is mid 70s in gilroy. and a beach day in santa cruz. 73 degrees. inland areas got up into upper 60s so there is sunshine today, temperatures falling along the coast. 50s also fairfield, most other areas into 60s there are wet pattern segt up next week, most of the week you may need umbrellas, changes are coming. this is a strong ridge holding on for now. we'll give you another day tomorrow. and then, things begin to change. this high pressure will start to weaken in advance of a cold front. saturday, we can see fog, clouds, and the first front washing up so, saturday, you'll notice cooling tren

there is sandhya patel in for spencer christian. >> we're safe from weather perspective, it's going to be beautiful heading into friday. didn't get a chance tone joy warmth today. there is clear, cool tonight. temperatures into 50s tomorrow morning. cold in valleys again, temperatures from low 40s to mid-40s. and there is after that, temperatures going soj and before you know it, you'll need umbrellas again, i'll be back with details coming up. >> thank you. >> coming up next, fewer teenagers are smoking but the government is more concerned than ever about young people picking up the habit. >> changing the way you eat could make you more attractive. sign me up. there are new findings on this teed. >> and have a carrot. government about to throw the e book at apple. emily chang has the story coming up in today's after the bell report. >> at 4:08 a check of traffic this afternoon. taking a look at the skyway. actually slow in both directions. righthand side, people heading towards the south bay, down towards peninsula and usual crawl for those head together east bay. stay with us. more t

. >> and sandhya patel and spencer christian. >> and okay f you don't like rain it's not going to be a very good weekend. there is live doppler 7 hd. you can see moisture here just getting picked up in clouds. beginning stages of the rain will be coming in around midnight and then spread so there is partly cloudy skies, temperatures into 50s, tomorrow morning rain begins upper 30s to mid-40s, by afternoon, it's wet, cool, numbers ranging from low to mid-50s, i'll let you know what sunday is looking like if you'll be able to salvage it or if it's going to be a washout. >> thank you. >> still ahead diet swap like spreading half an hour on the treadmill. >> and a google face off. >> and a get away friday getting away fast downtown san francisco. as you can see very slow going left to right to the lower deck of the bay bridge and slow for those folks heading south towards peninsula. stay with us. coming up with more on the news at 4:00. >>> this is a live feed now from mexico. there is a ceremony for pope benedict. and the pope is calling on mexicans to conquer what he calls an idolatry

. >> i'm sandhya patel. we're just getting started with wet pattern.ow much more rain will fall, and what commutes will be wet. >> shot spotter technology helps police come to the rescue of an innocent chill. -- child. >> the wind and rain line up to clifr the -- deliver the first punch of a storm system. two more storms expected between now and saturday. and this morn's led to dozens of accidents like this overturned car on the shoulder of the richmond parkway. chp says there was a 25% increase in calls just this morning. and the wind tossed these tree limbs on a string of power lines and public works spent the day trying to get head of problems like this. and skies are delighting in what -- skiers, rather are delighting in what the storm is leaving behind. they need fall of the snow they're getting. and good evening, i'm dan ashley. and sandhya patel is tracking this storm for us. >> there is a current storm slowing down and stalled over the bay area, which is why we're seeing rain. it's weakening a bit. we've seen heavy rain into the north bay. take

. >> sandhya? >> i want to show you latest on what it looks like in hawaii. there is some wild weather there. there is still dealing with severe thunderstorms, very heavy rain you can see and so far, some areas have picked up over a stretch of time three feet and counting in terms of rain. severe thunderstorm watches still in effect for a few more hours. wait until see this picture, large hail stones for aohu. size of a golf ball here, they get small hail but not of this magnitude. would be record setting. there is threat and we're back to some rain. and not as heavy into next couple days. there is high temperatures there is unseasonally warm. there is a live picture now. the way it looks from sutro camera. you can see sunny skies over san francisco, and the bay. sheer what we got up to. 70 degrees in san francisco today. and there is up to 80 degrees in gilroy. 81 in santa cruz. 72 in oakland. 75 degrees in santa rosa. 72 concord and antioch. san jose is a warm 74 degree day. l.a.x. record-setting 82 degrees. so there is temperatures showing westerly winds n

. >> i'm sandhya patel. there is nice today but changing for the weekend. >> thank you. >> and your odds of winning tonight's megamillions growing by the millions since the end of january. >>> army staff sargeant has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder charged with 12 other counts and his trial will be held in his home base in washington state. experts say it could be years before he is in court given complexity of the case and lodgistics of bringing in eye witnesses from afghanistan. >> the man initially arrested if a brutal beating of brian stow wants an apology. he was arrested in early morning raid on n.may accused of beating stow opening day. police arrested two other men and cleared ramez. he spent months in jail for a parole violation. now he's out and he is speaking up. and he thinks the police department owes him an apology. >> i'm very up pet. -- upset. i am. >> my heart goes out to his family. i hold nothing against them he suffered traumatic brain jury and a -- injury. >> the forme

. >> i'm sandhya patel, another storm on the way. how much rain will fall all coming up. >> and the tahoe resorts about to make jeers pretty darn happy. stay with us. the news continues in one minute. back in a moment. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> that was the scene this morning. everything is fine, officials say they're conducting a charge scale emergency drill. the simulation involves dozens of volunteer victims and a dc 10 airplane with a clipped wing. crews participated in that drill, it's required every three years by the faa. >> this next report is real. a 2-year-old baby is on life support after police say he was severely beaten by his own father. the 28-year-old was charged with felony child abuse in a stockton courtroom ask arrested friday after showing up with little dwight at childrens hospital. the boy's mother says she and the baby were beaten by evans. doctors say if the baby survives he may suffer brain damage. >> three suspected gang members are headed to jail for a fight turning dead

and there is sandhya patel. >> there is a little bit of everything. i suddenn't hear complaints.ight? >> and all cases covered. >> there are spring showers and warmth. there is a live picture. there is marin headlands, there are clouds out there gathering. there are some measurable rainfall. there is a few sprinkles now. temperatures into 50s and 60s. there is partly cloudy skies tomorrow, a few showers, and more rain is in store for the weekend. we're going see wet weather coming in here, there is a satellite and radar. warm front went through. there is a mild air behind the front going stick around at least throughout tomorrow before starting to see changes. so tonight we'll go with possibility of sprinkle nootz north bay. and into there is a couple showers developing tomorrow night and continuing into thursday morning. there the front moves off. we don't see a lot out of it. up to two tenths of an inch in the north bay. light showers, a tenth of an inch for the bay area. this is just going to be a little light shower event z falls during thursday morning commute. temperatures