before that, rain today, temperatures in the low to mid 60s around the bay shore, south bay east bay valleys along the coast into the north bay mid to upper 50s. it will remain breezy through tomorrow morning rain will taper tomorrow afternoon another shot of showers thursday and then third system comes in for the weekend with those storms hail and snow. >>> good morning. wind advisory has been added for the carquinez bridge now it is almost all bay area bridges with the exception of a couple where there is a wind advisory. be extra careful. 101 san rafael, roads are wet. mike was showing heaviest rain in santa rosa so far no major accidents reported there. in terms of accidents we've had a few, nothing to really slow you down. that's impressive. drivers doing a good job this morning. 680 walnut creek brake lights southbound towards highway 24. bay bridge toll a wind advisory for the bridge, nearing lights just turned on, a back-up will develop quickly. >>> 6:10. >>> beware of the thief. new report that could have you changing your eating habits >>> what is in the water new concerns raise on possibly contaminated drinking

this could clip the north bay i think the north bay still has the best chance of seeing scattered showers today. it is might and mild mid to upper 50s not only here but around the monterey bay showers best across the north bay drizzle this morning hangs around the coast for the better part of the afternoon. stormy tomorrow heavy rain in the evening that's when i think the south bay will get their rain and we could see flooding in other areas friday evening. weekend showers will bring thunder, small hail and snow down to 2500 feet. today, nice mild southerly breeze with the clouds, the drizzle along the coast and scattered showers upper 50s long the coast, san francisco north bay valleys low to mid 60s for the rest of us. monterey bay drizzle along the coast low to mid 60s scattered showers as you move inland and mid 60s. rain picks up in coverage and intensity overnight all of us gets rain there upper 40s to low 50s once again a very mild morning last night while were you sleeping that front slid to the south and fell apart it finally faded and moved on after bringing incredible rains yes

rain over the north bay. finally starting to go down to the south at 8:00 and we will see the rain move south into wednesday morning. has stalled over the models. looks like it effects the morning commute for the north bay tomorrow and we will have gusty winds. the news came tonight, 91 teachers will receive pink slips. the mount diablo school district approving the layoffs today. the district and the teachers are dead locked on a contract and they say negotiations are pointless without a mediator. kron 4's date t -- kate thompson reports. >> reporter: chanting as they walked into the meeting. one of the reasons contract talks stalled, the district wants teachers to agree now to furlough days for next year. based on any future budget cuts from the state. >> say no to furlough. >> furlough days, kids aren't getting education. >> difference between need and want. they don't need furlough days, they want them so there is no responsibility of there being a problem with the district. >>> the district says it can't

rainfall total highest in the north bay up to 5 inches expected there in the mountains. north bay lower elevation 1 to 3 inches. santa cruz mountains up to 2 and half but for rest of the bay area see lower total here planes east bay half inch and south bay quarter to 3 quarters of an inch through wednesday afternoon. sierra nevada will get some snow. but the snow levels are going to be high. this is mild storm in nature so wenter storm warning goes up tomorrow evening at 5 continues until 5:00 p.m. wednesday. 1 to 2 feat of new snow expected above 7000 feet. you will want to carry your chains traveling up that way because you might run that problems traveling. first thing in the morning numbers in the 40's. rain here in the north bay and then by the afternoon everyone is getting wet. need the rain gear. it's certainly going to get windy along the north bay coast line and the hills. could see south wind gusting up to 45 miles an hour. temperatures there coolest in the mid upper 50's. you start out with the wet weather first. inland east bay down to peninsula south bay most

rainshowers mainly over the north bay. by the 10:00 hour, a chance of rain continues to the north. as we move to the afternoon, if showers will move through the delta curious in the north bay is were the chances remain of rain. in the north bay, mainly dry conditions. by midnight we will see if he approaches the coast line 50 1/5 o'clock, a fancy office-heavy rains here heavy rain over oakland, concord and the cell. we were and still of greta. saugh >>pam: kimberly is here with today's edition of take a look at this. >> officials believe that a fire started on one boat and quickly spread to others. in all, there are nine boats that were scored and five destroyed. the damage was estimated at 2 million. fortunately there were no injuries reported. or no word on the cause of the fire. check this out, a very tense scene at a zoo in new york yesterday had have 6400 hound guerrilla hit a zookeeper. visitors were taken to secure areas as a response team of tranquilize the gorilla. the injured zookeeper was briefly hospitalized but is expected to be just fine. ♪ [ acoustic guitar: upbeat ]

here's the timeframe during the evening hours scattered showers possible along the coast into the north bayd showers and drizzle. by 7:00 tomorrow the steadier, heavier rain moving into the north bay through the heart of the bay from mid-morning into mid-afternoon once it passes more showers for saturday afternoon, saturday evening through about sunday morning and then early sunday, looks like they will clear out, it will be breezy, slightly warmer thanks to extra sunshine. as our systems go this is a little quieter than most this month quarter to half inch south bay. half inch to an inch in the north bay up to two inches in our mountains if you are head together sierra, another two feet possible above 6500 feet tomorrow and 10 inches to around 5,000 feet. winter storm watch in effect there. temperatures 4 to 10° cooler tomorrow, a few degrees warmer sunday with extra sunshine warmer monday, tuesday, calmer. next chance of rain outside of tomorrow, wednesday. >>> we'll start off with a live shot of the bay bridge toll. i just got good news from katie marzullo at the scene of the homicide in

think to the north of the golden gate. mainly a north bayat times, south bay likely staying dry, the weekend, though, a stronger system roll down the coast that will bring us the best chances of rain around the bay area come saturday on into sunday. today, mid-60s, south of san jose, in fact, come tomorrow, we should see some low 70s popping up on this map. so tomorrow, maybe feeling a bit more like spring. the tri-valley should see the numbers in the low to mid-60s and across the north bay, cooler, santa rosÉ northward cooling down temperatures across the north bay. seven-day forecast shows you showers mainly through the north bay today, tomorrow the warmest day of the week, then a few more showers rolling into thursday and saturday and sunday, another cold weekend with more rain and some more mountain snow on the way, mike? >>> mountain snow, we love it. it helps the water. we have the new transition ramp opening up. they were showing us the new connecter. from the southbound 880 over to westbound 237. let's see if we have that chopper sho

moderate rain, this overtakes the north bay. as we move through the evening commute, the 6:00 hour, moderate rain continues through the north bay now along the coastline. san francisco, oakland and hayward catching some moderate rainfall. by 9:00 in the evening, rain starting to catch a little bit of break. as we step through later evening hours until wednesday morning, the 2:00 hour, we will see rain continuing down in the south bay but drying out for the rest the bay area. few spotty showers will be possible into wednesday morning. we will be seeing gusty winds as this storm pushes through. in the 11:00 hour tomorrow, 21 miles per hour gust in santa rosa and hayward. gust will be in that 20 miles an hour range in the morning and afternoon. blue on your screen represents wind gust in the 20 miles per hour range. still breezy in the north bay and along the coastline. as we move into the 7:00 hour tuesday, seeing breezy conditions over the range and coastline as well. wind should die down a little bit into tuesday night. as for te

as we head overnight -- chance up in the north bay as we head overnight. ursday cold front pushes chance of showers across our neighborhoods. rainfall amounts less than 1/10 around the bay. temperatures away from the coast in the 60s until friday then the 50s with that best chance of rain saturday lingering chance sunday have a great day. >>> good morning. so far so good light, overnight roadwork this is a live shot of san rafael 101 southbound past the civic center out of novato roadwork with that ongoing lane widening. 80 as you head through emeryville and berkeley into the macarthur maze no problems metering lights off at the bay bridge. good news traveling mass transit, no delays everybody is off to a good start. we have the new toll lanes opening this is exciting. last week they were supposed to open but there was a rain delay. this is four mile stretch 237 at the 880 interchange. 880 to westbound 237 lanes will be open until 10:00 this morning, 5 to 9 is the normal hours for toll payers. if you have two or more folks in your car you will be commuting

mostly cloudy skies, showers to the far north bay or the north, north bay this morning. and then as we go through the afternoon, north of santa rosa, we'll see rain, but the south bay, san francisco south really looks dry. tomorrow, a little bit warmer and the wettest part of your seven-day forecast, not so good in terms of the timing. it does look like it's going to roll in for the weekend. you will see these stories play out on probably the nightly news tonight with dallas and houston getting blasted by severe thunderstorms and unfortunately some tornado-producing super cells likely out toward arkansas today, so flight delays likely into the south this morning. heading over to the pacific northwest, this is where the real action is off to the north. northern california sitting on the boundary here of where the rain is right now. the north bay is dry, but on the north coast, this is where the light rain is flying. this should start to drop to the south as we go to the afternoon, but the south bay, probably not going to get this far south today. we will see numbers in the

we'll keep a sprinkle -- chance of sprinkles in the north bay today less so than yesterday. mostly cloudy 8:00 this morning. low to mid 50s. by noon partly sunny mid to upper 50s along the coast into the north bay low to mid 60s for everybody else. 4:00 you can see 60s everywhere except in santa rosa, half moon bay 50s there, may be near 70 in livermore and san jose. heaviest of the rain tonight windy with showers tomorrow afternoon, sunday looks to be dry, but breezy, monday and tuesday dry, another chance of rain wednesday. here's frances with what is going on in san francisco. >>> we just wanted to mention where katie marzullo is at the scene of this homicide, main street is closed between harrison and bryant. part of bryant closed in the area. harrison is open at this point if you are coming off the bay bridge or drive through that seems to be okay and embarcadero also okay. injury crash in the richmond area where a car hit a power pole on san pablo avenue. a couple of lanes will be blocked for sometime. on the freeways looking good earlier injury crash in san jose has be

the heaviest rain tonight and tomorrow. still get a healthy amount of rain today low to mid 60s around the bay into the east bay valleys south bay everybody else along the coast and north bay mid to upper 50s. showers thursday and stormy over the weekend thunderstorm, maul hail and snow down to 2 -- small hail and snow down to 2,000 feet. >>> a few problems, better news in oakland chp just arrived at this crash at fruitvale they cleared everything to the shoulder, no delays 880. look out for slick roads possibly ponding especially later on. bay bridge toll no delays now heading into san francisco. check out the golden gate bridge, roads a bit slick bridge crews on the scene they should be changing the lane configuration. traffic still fine in both directions. so far, no accidents reported around the rest of the bay area. things can change any minute. live shot of 101 in san rafael, camera shaking a bit as well. headlights southbound past lucas valley. right now it is fine heading to the golden gate bridge. of course, you can keep track of traffic by going to abc7news.com you can go to waze to download the free traffic app to help you with your commute. >>> 5:11. >>> la

the north of san francisco. here is the seven day around the bay. for the showers continuing with north bay sprinkles. friday is looking okay but the weekend is looking to get widespread rainfall. that will not be as strong as we have just experienced but it should bring at least traces of rain in some areas. >>george: good morning. still, a bit of a backup at the bay bridge as these meter and lights have been activated. not tracking any hot spots or delays it is a pretty smooth commute. the san mateo bridge is also looking good. continuing to purge check on 92 and amid a cruscrawlmid-day crossing at 92 >>george: no delays from doyle drive. looking at the traffic maps let me point out a couple of things with new self a conditions. starting with the new self psouth bay conditions.n jose freeways look good and the 237 and to 880 will see the new construction of these new express lanes. you will not be able to make a left hand on to zanker. from the car pool lane. jackie is going to provide as a detailed update on that later. out of sonoma, looking dece

. >>> rain in the north bay. you can see off shore here. zoom into the north bay. . we will see heavier rain overnight. let's look at radar, you can see the push of moisture from the north, getting closer to the north bay as we speak. midnight, rain approaching the north bay. 2:00 hour, heavier rain over napa. a few more cells over the delta. and also up north in fairfield at 4:00. let's track this out into had morning commute. 5:00, heavier rain over san rafael and oakland. but by 7:00, most of the rain turned to showers and it will be spotty. mostly through the north bay. into the afternoon, not a lot of rain, just clouds. last week's storms helped with the rainfall totals but we are still below where we should be and below last year. sfa 8 inches. oakland 9. 3 in santa rosa. 4 in mountain view. let's look at what we saw last year. you will see the numbers are higher than what we have seen this year. santa rosa last year 31 inches of rain. you saw it was 12 inches so far this year. let's look at tomorrow in terms of temperatures. warmer in some spots. south bay 65

rainfall total highest in the north bay up to 5 inches expected there in the mountains. levation 1 to 3 inches. santa cruz mountains up to 2 and half but for rest of the bay area see lower total here planes east bay half inch and south bay quarter to 3 quarters of an inch through wednesday afternoon. sierra nevada will get some snow. but the snow levels are going to be high. this is mild storm in nature so wenter storm warning goes up tomorrow evening at 5 continues until 5:00 p.m. wednesday. 1 to 2 feat of new snow expected above 7000 feet. you will want to carry your chains traveling up that way because you might run that problems traveling. first thing in the morning numbers in the 40's. rain here in the north bay and then by the afternoon everyone is getting wet. need the rain gear. it's certainly going to get windy along the north bay coast line and the hills. could see south wind gusting up to 45 miles an hour. temperatures there coolest in the mid upper 50's. you start out with the wet weather first. inland east bay down to peninsula south bay mostly low to mid 60'

we could have a sprinkle across the north bay. for the most part wee it will be dry in to tomorrow. healthy, up to 4 inches in north bay mountains. half an inch on the peninsula. slightly more, half an inch in the east bay valleys. quarter to three-quarters in the south bay. we'll talk about when it gets to your neighborhood and how long it will last in the seven-day forecast. >>> still ahead an open mic catches a private conversation between president obama and russia's president. >> the battle over health care has hit the supreme court. i'll have the latest on the argument. >> also the commander in chief opens up what it's like to be a coach for his daughter's basketball team. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> cheryl: supreme court is in the first day of the three-day hearings in health care. demonstrators made their case outside course. >> reporter: the bitter battle over healthcare has reached the supreme court. the affordable care act is the signature legislation of president obama's administration and the most controversial. law requi

rain is expected to be heaviest in the north bay this week. pretty much everyone is going to be getting wet. they are expecting several inches, four to six i'm going to let mike nicco handle the specifics. we are keeping an eye on everything. right now not too wet yet. is my understanding it is on the way. let's check in with mike to tell us the official expectations for the week. >>> obviously dress like amy appropriate with the light rain out there now. heaviest rain tonight and tomorrow this morning a nuisance, very light out there and making the roads slick. you can see the best rain returns or radar returns north bay santa rosa almost had a quarter of an inch so far. the rest of us -- this is the warm, moist flow the breeze that amy was talking about that is going to give us the on and off rain today. heavier rain to the north making a beeline for the north bay. let's talk about winds out of the southeast-west bridges dumbarton, san mateo, bay bridge richmond san rafael going to be most affected by the gusts. not only is it wet we have win

rainfall amounts two inches in the north bay mountains half continues to an inch in the north bay. outh bay will see the least amount quarter to half inch. temperatures cooler tomorrow mid 50s to near 60, 10° cooler slight warming trend with extra rays of sunshine, sunday, monday, tuesday dry before another chance of rain wednesday. >>> good morning. i want to show you live shot of the bay bridge toll, no delays right now. i've noticed all week it has been lighter than normal. some folks may have already started spring break maybe you can enjoy the nice afternoon that mike was telling us about before the rain sets in. easy ride across the golden gate bridge, no trouble in fact no accidents reported now on bay area freeways. pretty much good to go everywhere. another live shot 280 highway 17 headlights northbound 280 out of the downtown san jose area, 17 looks great south of the santa cruz mountains. we'll go to the waze traffic app to check out the commute heading towards the altamont pass and out at tracy. around this time of the morning is when we start to see reports of slow traf

slight chance in the north bay on thursday. dry, saturday wet, sunday dry. >>> good morning everybody. slow traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. a car broke down just beyond the pay gates that will make the bay bridge commute worse. it's backed up from the macarthur maze. that is biggest hot spot this morning. once you pass the metering lights, traffic does okay across the upper deck heading into san francisco. once you are in the city, no big delays for 280 or 101. other bridge commutes, westbound traffic fine approaching san mateo toll plaza but you will hit some slow traffic westbound direction approaching mid span. traffic picks up heading into foster city. heading to the rest of the commute. there is an accident delaying some city street traffic in palo alto. an accident on university exit from 101. freeway traffic looking good for 101 and 280 heading through the peninsula. bart system, no big delays for bart so far this morning. no problems to speak of caltrain or any local ferry systems. >> kristen: trading is under way

but you can see the front edge of the next wave is making its way into the north bay as we just showed you right now. and more rain on the way, you can see it up to the north. this is bringing heavier cells to northern california, and that's going to roll in tomorrow for us. starting in the north bay in the afternoon. we'll look at your weather headlines , showers popping up overnight, seeing that now. heavier rain for friday evening, and friday night. we're going to see thunderstorms this weekend, but we're also going to see a few sun breaks and cool are temperatures this weekend as well. we'll have the complete forecast coming up. >>> in the north bay, crews spent much of the morning clearing trees and debris in the homestead area of hill valley. high winds knocked dun a number of tree -- down a number of trees there, blocking the 1-lane access road to several homes. the road was reopened earlier today, but there's through a similar problem, and residents are worried. reggie kumar will have more coming up. >>> a downed tree caused a deadly accident this morning on highway 13 in oakla

we'll see a lot of clouds in the north bay and the possibility of a shower in the north bay. ne gets wet, windy and much cooler over the weekend. this powerful storm system the bulk stays north. the tail end of it bringing clouds into the north bay. overall we are in between storms that's why we are calling it partly cloudy today. the next weather maker quickly on its heels. the tail end of this bringing the clouds to the north bay. as this gets closer we could see possibility of a shower tomorrow north of the golden gate. through the overnight hours is when we could see chance spread south. saturday morning if you thought were you playing golf or softball or baseball, i tell ya, here we go again, deja vu, not as strong, not as long in terms of intensity or in fact it is going to be a quick, quick mover. friday night, then overnight the heaviest rain sonoma, mendocino county, by 9:00 the front moves through still have showers possibility of a thunderstorm throughout saturday afternoon. sunday looks better. we could see a rain/snow mix around mount hamilton, 48 inches in the si

five inches in the north bay mountains. one to three inches in the north bay. t half an inch to most of the bay. quarter to three-quarters in the south bay. accu-weather seven-day forecast drying trend tomorrow evening will last through thursday and friday. slight chances of saturday. sunday and monday look to be dry. temperatures below average with near close. >> good morning everybody. no delays for the bart system caltrain or any of other ferry systems. as we check on the altamont pass. that is beginning to slow down in the westbound direction approaching grant line. expect the delay but still no problems to speak of approaching the dublin interchange and bay bridge commute. high wind advisory that is still in place for drivers between oakland and san francisco. no problems so far in terms of delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are still off. heading to the san mateo bridge getting busier in the westbound direction but no problems at pay gates. no major accidents. overall the commute is looking good but high wind advisory. that is look at the

the north. we have seen a few light showers in the north bay this afternoon. but mainly the rain is staying well to the north of us near the oregon border. let's take a wider view of this system, extending down the west coast and offshore at this time. staying pretty stationary and it will -- station nerery and it will stay that way. 6:00 hour on saturday morning as we move into the 8:00 hour, that is when the rain is going to start to race through the bay area. notice we are seeing moderate rainfall through most of the north bay, edging into san francisco. watch how quickly this is going to move. the account hour it is pushing towards the delta, down the peninsula. into the 10:00 hour, the southbay seeing the rainfall. later morning hours the rainfall will nearly be done. it is down in san jose and the dy diablo range. we have the possibility of pop- up thunderstorms. they are always hard to pinpoint on the computer model. you see right here in the 2:00 hour we have rain through the north bay. it looks like the computer model is favoring the north bay at first

more for the north bay. look at the 5:00 hour, we are seeing rainfall totals in santa rosa, 2.5 inches of rain. san francisco, inch of rain. and in san jose, less than half an inch of rain. more in fremont. wednesday morning, look at this yellow, close to the coast line, marin getting more than san rafael. san rafael 2 inches of rain. san francisco inch of rain there. more in the mountains. about 3 inches of rain expected. as for temperatures tomorrow, warm. we will be caught in the warm sector of the storm, keeps the rain going and going like on saturday. 62 on oakland. 65 in san jose. 65 also down in sunnyvale. extended forecast. rain and wind out there tomorrow. it will be a nasty day. showers continuing into the morning hours on wednesday. drier conditions then. another storm for the weekend and rain for most of saturday. we will be back after this. ♪ [ camera shutters clicking ] ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] announcing southwest airlines nationwide sale, with flights all over the country starting at only 69 d

north bay where we keep -- drizzle through the morning commute scattered showers likely north bay and santa cruz mountains rest of us will just deal with scattered showers. >>> 6:04. we are also following developing news in the south bay a firefighter has been injured while battling a massive apartment fire this morning. these are pictures from the event one of the firefighters was down and injure. katie marzullo is live at the scene. >> reporter: pictures are terrifying that's how significant this fire was when firefighters rolled up to the scene. at this point it looks like they are breaking down some of their crew you can see the scene behind us they just brought down one of the ladder trucks they have an incredible amount of heavy equipment at this fire. it began in a downstairs apartment unit an unattended candle is what they are going with at this point. you can see how trashed everything is. in total, four units were damaged displacing 17 people, eight of those children. getting back to those photos you can see how bad in fire was it started at the bottom went up to the second

the north. while on a creek alamo danville. most of the rain is confined to the north bay. e will see the heavy rains come in. it will take little longer to get home. at 9:00 p.m. you will see the rain began to break up. rain will go through the night time and by 7:00 a.m. that rain will begin to clear. the second half of wednesday should be clear. take a look at whether or around the bay. >> we have a couple of slow spots around the area. there's been improvement with a back up out of law on a creek. they are averaging about 35 mi. per hour. there is bumper-to-bumper and additions coming into one agree. the are still high when it buys reese for the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge also has a high winds. southbound 101 is clear. >> here's a look at the golden gate bridge. back in a minute. what do you think of this one? really? what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try together. perfect. two worlds that fit in one kitchen. come in today and save up to 20% on a kitchen from ikea. holly >> storm we can see the rain. the concede that that activity will be pick

the north. this is the story over the next couple of days. the north bay seeing rain showers, areas south of san francisco likely staying pretty dry. in fact, our temperatures south of san jose, pretty mild. the first day of spring looking like it around the south bay. numbers in the low 60s, cooler in the north bay where we should see light rain dropping in later on this afternoon. mainly north bay rain, but the weekend, that's a different story. here comes more rain and maybe more mt. hamilton snow. >> you can't get there when it snows. they cut that off, they want your car to stay ton the roadway. we're looking at a smooth drive, and so far it has reopened yesterday on schedule. this will also open, your express lane southbound 880 to westbound 237, that's scheduled to open today at 5:00, but in fact, i drove past the area earlier and i think it may be open as we speak. bob will give us details later on this morning. meanwhile, the peninsula moves slowly. construction overnight blocking two lanes eastbound on the bridge, no major slowing because of a li

we could have a sprinkle across the north bay. for the most part wee it will be dry in to tomorrow. healthy, up to 4 inches in north bay mountains. half an inch on the peninsula. slightly more, half an inch in the east bay valleys. quarter to three-quarters in the south bay. we'll talk about when it gets to your neighborhood and how long it will last in the seven-day forecast. >>> still ahead an open mic catches a private conversation between president obama and russia's president. >> the battle over health care has hit the supreme court. i'll have the latest on the argument. >> also the commander in chief opens up what it's like to be a coach for his daughter's ba honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't f find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a

afternoon showers and slight chance of the north bay. ry thursday and friday before another chance of rain on saturday. >> looks like commuters are getting a chance to ease into the commute. traffic is light at bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are still off. no fog over the at the golden gate and southbound traffic, no delays for all of southern marin. if you are heading for the silicon valley, right here the headlights would be the 280 drive in the northbound direction approaching and passing highway 17. no road work for all of the south bay. if you plan on catching a train or catching a ferry boat, no delays reported for any of our local transit systems, including bart caltrans and all the local ferries. >> kristen: gas prices continue their rise but we may get relief at the pump. >> stop and go traffic is really frustrating, right? but how much is it costing. >> and dangerous walk to school, sidewalk 20 years in making, a vote today to determine if it will ever be finished. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworl

it's lightning up here in the north bay. the heavier rain returning to the north bay at 5:00. and it hasn't been moving south of the golden gate. continuing into the 10:00 hour, it picks up again. so it's going to be rainy all day on saturday. as for the rainfall totals, about 1-2 inches of rain in the bay area. i'm going to fast forward to the end here. over an inch in santa rosa, not quite that in san rafael. we could see more in the 10:00 hour. this is as far out as this model would go. into the san francisco area, 3/4 of an inch of rain. more expected in the 10:00 hour because the rain is going to keep going through that time. your extended forecast for tomorrow, mostly clear skies to start the day. increasing clouds later on in the afternoon. rain for saturday as you just saw. we'll continue to see rain on sunday. it won't be as widespread and heavy as what you just saw. we're going to see it pretty much throughout the day. a chance of showers is going to remain into next week, but temperatures will warm up a little bit through next week. >>> a big upset at the ncaa tourna

thirties in the north bay and low '40's everywhere else. as we head into the afternoon the clouds will increase. i do have slight potential for rain in the north bay. it isn't until later this evening and overnight that we will see more widespread rain. taking a look at temperatures right outside the door, 38 is, for napa, 47 in oakland. from defined we are also getting snow in tahoe. the potential for rain by 11:00 p.m.. things will start to break up around the clock tower. we do have the slight potential for rain all around the bay area. it looks like things will be more intense in the north bay picking up spotty showers along the coast line. as with checkout temperatures, a '50s in los '60s. we have the potential for rain tomorrow, wednesday and thursday as well. we do have potential for a light rain as we head into the weekend as well. >>james: there are no hot spots. here is a live look at the bay bridge. no problems from oakland into the city. no problems on the flat section or high-rise. >>justine: heyman is under people and a home. p

this are watching the next round of storms in the bay area. rain moving from san francisco to the northay and this time it looks like it is headed for the south bay as well. like traffic on the bay bridge so far. let's get a check on whether. >>darya: it seems like it is just sliding in this morning. >> days. >>james: we have reports coming in that rain is getting heavier as he pushed in fact he was the raid. as the host to the north how let's take a closer look and get a sample of the rainfall rates in some of the darker areas. if the rain is steady and widespread. extra all of that green is tracking to the east toward the peninsula. a scattered showers forecast for most of the morning he and into the afternoon and then tonight, we will expect quite a bit of rain. severe thunderstorm potential for this evening. >>george: so far a good start to the morning commute. we're not tracking any hot thoughts, problems or delays. we could see another rough commute this morning. here is the bay bridge westbound. light traffic headed into the clause of. no delays or wind advisories so far for this

just now getting to the north bay. lake county, mendocino county, there's some pretty good rain already, but moving slowly south and the system has a long way to go. our computer model forecast, again, the timeline underneath the forecast saying tuesday 9:00 a.m. just in the north bay. by noon still pretty much still in the north bay. it'll start to slide south by 5:00 tonight and then into 10:00 tonight, but now watch how this -- watch overnight. it really doesn't move. and that could really be a bull's eye for the santa cruz mountains. for today through sunday some of the rain accumulations to the north could be very, very heavy, same for mendocino county, lake county, northbound, after that lesser amounts. the santa cruz mountains could easley see five to six inches of rain between now and the end of the week. 50s on the south end of town because of the cloud cover. we had 30s at this time yesterday. that's not the case. once that system moves in, that low will continue to rotate in a series of systems. as it does, i

and this is coming in very slowly to the north bay. this is a computer model forecast for the cloud and rain, your timeline is right below the forecast, tuesday 9:00 a.m. look at that, still the north bay. by noon it's just beginning to move to the coast and watch what happens, finally by 5:00 it starts to move south. so san jose cloudy and windy most of the day. parts of the east bay as well. north bay rain. but now this system, watch, it stalls out. it just sits there, sits there. there's 10:00 tonight through tomorrow morning. see? therein lies the key. if that stalls out, that's something we haven't seen lately and that will give us copeious amounts of rain. due to the cloud cover it's really mild out there. very vigorous system, it'll carve itself out, sending in a series of systems and eventually by the weekend we'll dig in with some extremely cold air. it will start off with the rain and then by the end of the week it'll be more cold. the rainfall projections, the heaviest amounts will be along the coast, north bay and santa cruz

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this is the timeline, 9:00 a.m., still hanging out in the north bay most of it. parallel to the coast, also in the north bay. eventually by 5:00, 6:00 tonight it finally starts to slide south. look what happens by 10:00 tonight into tomorrow morning, watch, it doesn't move. that could stack up with some very heavy rain for parts of the peninsula, san mateo coast, santa cruz and santa cruz mountains. our system continues to be a low that's going to send in a series of systems. the rain and the wind is now, the cold comes in later at the end of the week, sunday, heads up, really cold and windy. just letting you know. snow levels around 2000 feet. rain late wednesday into thursday, two inches possible, mainly santa cruz mountains and to the north. yesterday we had 30s because of the cloud cover and a souling south wind. they are much, much warmer. that's the cold core low right off of seattle. boy, i'll tell ya, that will be really active up there. for us it'll send in a series of systems, it's like a spoke or wheel that keeps coming back around. there'll be snowfall

across the north bay, was the mid-50s.owntown san francisco, partly cloudy with temperatures around 55. as we headed to the overnight hours would have another impulse that will push through. by 5:00 a.m. the sprinkles will get organized. advancing the clock to 11:00 a.m., showers confined to the fact except for maybe in the afternoon. first half when will it is a chance tomorrow afternoon of a random shower here or there. for the most part, most of the wet weather will be in the north bay and could make for a wet commute. here is it looked at your 7 day around the bay. a chance of showers into thursday. >>george: the back of a starting to grow at the bay bridge. the metering lights have the activated. a wind advisories and plays for the bay bridge, send it to bridge and dumbarton bridge. >>mark: the national weather service says the rental small >>nichole: and dick today, the rain felt relentlessly for most of last week. monday marks the first day of spring. according to the national weather service, rainfall totals are no

light rain in the north bay. i'll tell you when the heavy rain gets here and possibility of showers this weekend. >>> good morning i'm sue hall in for frances dinglasan. wet, hoping for friday light, overnight standing water out there, please be careful. we'll update this and in a few minutes. >>> next generation ipad goes on sale at 9:00 this morning. people have been in line since 9:00 last night that story coming up. >>> good friday morning. 4:30 a.m.. yeah out there in some spots it is raining. thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. >>> i'm kristen sze. in napa firefighters on the scene of a late night house fire. crews were forced to let the house burn on mustang road because there was live ammunition inside making battling the flames unsafe. crews took a defensive position. the flames were contained before 11:30. investigators looking for a cause, nobody was injured. >> the 60 oakland residents driven out of their apartments by a carport fire early tuesday morning won't be going home any time soon. the compl

, we haven't had major problems in the north bay. traffic moving wohl past marin civic -- maving -- moving well past the marin civic center. we go to the waze traffic app to check out the south bay earlier accident north 101 near de la cruz it was horrible yesterday this morning looking good. a few traffic spotters there moving at over 40 miles an hour. we have great names and we also have lester burgers moving well heading southbound on 880, we are seeing the typical slow down on vallecitos road, 27 miles per hour as well as isabel avenue and westbound 580 sluggish through livermore because of this earlier crash. abc7news.com/waze is the place to download this free traffic app. >>> 6:18. >>> this weekend a return to the original y immediate experience. listening to live symphony music while watching a silent film classic. >>> don sanchez checks out what's hot. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a once in a lifetime experience see the 1927 silent film classic napoleon with music played live by the oakland east bay symphony in the paramount theater. tal

the south bay. as you saw in the progress of those maps it will be the north bay between now and say wednesday afternoonwe should see two to three inches of rain, but a lot of that falling north of the golden gate. the south bay missing out the first half of the week. heavy stuff in the north bay. winter storm warning with most of the focus being to our north. most of the heavier snow is north of 80 and shifting to highway 50 to yosemite by the time we get to the second half of the week. tomorrow i tnkhit will be a little warmer for the south bay and a dry day for most of the bay area until the everyoning for the north bay. we will see rain creep in. mid 60 for a few areas tomorrow and then monday in to tuesday we are talking mostly north bay rain. it will be breezy bay areaside wide on tuesday and the rain line moves south wednesday, thursday and friday and the days to watch, next weekend, st. patrick's day. snow levels near 2500 feet and maybe thunder. >> that's weird. all right. thank you, rob. >>> coming up, the beard made its debut in scottsdale today wech will show you how brian nkonid d did in hi

the line of showers and heavy rain right into the north bay and the projections are that the north bay rain will stall. see what it will do for the next 24 hours. for the morning into the afternoon. mostly from the gold, gate bridge is where the heavier rain will be. scattered showers around the south bay and all the way to the evening, heavier rain hung up over the central bay area taking us to wednesday morning and we're seeing rain or more moderate to heavy rain push out of the north bay because this is the wettest part of the week. this is your wednesday commute. especially down to the south bay and central bay locations. early thursday, a brief break. you see another system dropping in as you go through thursday afternoon. the system stalls in the north bay. in the south bay, about half an inch or so in san jose, about three to four inches here in fact santa cruz mountains we sometimes see this. it's called a mountain rain shadow. you'll see plenty of wind in the south bay for tomorrow morning. our temperatures will be mild with a southerly breeze. temperatures close to 60 in san

the soggy mess. several bridges in the bay area had high wind advisories. a second storm system may hit on thursday affecting the north bay again. debbie hopes all the downpour will prevent any cutbacks her family had to did a couple of years ago. >> not too much watering on the grass. you want your yard to look beautiful. sometimes they cut back on that. also take a nice shower. >> reporter: the wet weather may inconvenience people with slick roads and damp clothes but in the end it's all good. >> my daughter is going to go celebrate for her birthday this weekend in tahoe so she is hoping there is a lot of snow. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago i spoke with the san anselmo fire department and they are preparing for the rain themselves by making sure that the three gauges along the creek are work properly. so far, only one weather- related incident, a tree fell over in the high winds, no one hurt, just downed cables and phone lines. to tell us more what we have in store with mother nature, let's go to lawrence karnow at the station. >> this significant storm is making its way into the bay area as it looks like we a

scattered showers the best chance in the north bay in the higher elevations around the bay thursday thendier rain sorts to move into the north bay across the bay through friday 7:00 in the morning and then more storms behind that for the evening hours when they could get heavy brief heavy rain maybe flooding friday evening that storm kicks the rain down to the south and that's it as far as the widespread rain. today into tomorrow we could get another quarter inch around the peninsula, quarter to half inch east bay, up to an inch in the north bay and another couple of inches in the mountains. temperatures will remain mainly in the 50s to low 60s through friday low to mid 50s with cool showers over the weekend, snow levels down to 2,000 feet spring starts monday into tuesday with a drying and warming trend. have a great day. >>> good morning. we have a wet and windy wednesday commute underway. people are taking their extra time this morning which is great news and good advice if you are leaving the news. 680 southbound through walnut creek towards the 24 junction traffic beginning to up no

south, cold air settled in, now the jet stream arching off to the north for the first half of the week, which means areas in the north baytand to see the best chance of showers arriving as early as later on this evening. some clouds spilling in as we get into tuesday, tuesday morning, i think, we're going to see a little bit of light rain moving back into the bay area. temperatures today climbing in the upper 50s around san jose, cool start to the morning and fairly cool afternoon, as well. tri-valley locations highs in the upper 50s. mid-50s around san francisco, and by the way, it's officially spring coming up tonight at 10:16. but the temperatures not looking like spring. wednesday, now, that's the day it's going to feel more like spring around the p bay area with upper 60s. you can see we'll see a few more showers on thursday and oh, horrible timing, we've got more rain for the weekend there. mike? >> well, maybe we'll try to stay up to that 10:16 ring in of spring. >>> rob talked about the winds, gusty at times, over the hill tops and that's what we're getting from chp noting that the wind farms placed there specifi

the winds. live doppler 7-hd. scattered light rain across most of the bay. steadier rain in the north make a move down to the south after the morning rush hour is over. 46 in gilroy. upper 40s to near 50 in monday ray bay. rain is spreading south today. the breezes will be around 20-30 more for most of us possibly up to 40 miles an hour. rain will linger tomorrow morning and scattered tomorrow afternoon. one last chance of rain on saturday. three of our seven days are full of rain. as far as today, you can see it coming down light to moderate during afternoon hours. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. antioch and san jose, palo alto last to see the rain could hit the mid-60s. we have a longer way down monterey bay, low to mid-60s for you mid-60s as you head inland. tonight we have rain. it will fall everywhere. it will be lighter with your 40s to low 50s. very mild a like it is this morning. we're in the warm sector and rain is rolling in. steadier and more intense ranges will come in with the cold front during the afternoon and evening hours. this low will come through and kick

of rain in the north bay, up to 1 in. in the central and up to 2 1/2 inches in santa cruz mountains. in the south bay, a quarter or a half inch of rain expected. snow will be coming down heavy in the sierra. take a look at future cat's. this will indicate heavy snow at the higher elevations. temperatures will be dropping like a rock. into the midnight and 1:00 hour, 2-3 ft. of fresh powder in the higher elevations. here's a look your extended forecast. partial clearing overnight. that will drop temperatures down to the thirties. into the afternoon, thundershowers are possible. tomorrow and sunday, a chance of lingering showers. getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants... but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingredients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. miracle-

the... because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>erica: right now we are calm around the bay area. a little chilly in the northay, temperatures are sitting in the mid '30's. as we head into the afternoon we will continue to see mild conditions and plenty of sunshine bay area wife. we do have a lot of changes on tap. the big story is what will happen overnight. on satellite and radar, a little bit of rain fall but nothing to speak of. as we headed to the evening, in increase in cloud cover. future cast 4, you can start to see some rain fall approaching from the north is defeated by the yellow and green. as your sleeping it looks like the rain is beginning to shift eastward. everyone will be contending with wet weather. we are dealing with moderate-heavy rain. very steady and costed in nature. >>erica: we will see reval all the way into the work week. let's give it a contract with george. >>george: of which are looking at a pretty quiet start to the commute. the metering lights have not been activity get on the bay bridge and typically they are turned on a little bit later on fridays. the ride on 80 westbound ac

and fairly calm for the east bay and the peninsula. the north bay and as you can pick up the intensity there getting into the arrange and red on the scale. moderate to heavy rain. that's the front edge. here is pushing on down by 5 p.m. as you head home from work. we have widespread light to moderate rain with the heavy rain to the north. we'll pushing the clock forward, by 8 a.m. we have the possibility of seeing severe rain coming down for places like oakland. livermore. down to half moon bay and in the south bay. and as the front pushes through it could trigger storms, winds, hail. all of that is a possibility t will push on through by it -- it will push through by 2 a.m. maybe saturday, squeak by with just maybe a half a day we have some scattered showers in the morning time and clear out by the afternoon. that's what we're hoping for, right? everyone is ready for a break, at least a break with the rain. a chance to dry out. and we're all right. sunshine. spring on a damp note on tuesday of next week. 7:18. see if this is causing problems on

but first, this is the north bay for your commute tomorrow morning. rth of the golden gate you can see some periods of heavy rain across the north bay. not so much in the south bay till we get toward the evening. now you're starting to see that moderate rain push through the central and south bay as you get through tomorrow evening and into wednesday morning still some rain to the south. then wednesday night on into early thursday we're going to see a little bit of a break here in the action before the next one drops in for friday. so our rain totals now as you just saw there, they'll be starting off in the north bay as we head into the morning. this is where the highest rain totals will be for tomorrow morning, then spreading southward toward tomorrow evening. you'll see those totals picking up, about an inch or so around most of the central bay area and then picking up maybe as much as two to three inches of rain there in the santa cruz mountains and around the east bay hills you're looking at an inch and a half. but this first system, storm two is g