the wind advisories 1:00 north and 3:00 athen 3:00 peninsula . of the rain coming down who are dontally. it won't take much to bring down power lines and a few branches and maybe even some trees. the storm system getting enhanced as it hits the san mateo coast. notice by noon time still looking at that heavy rain in marin county through the peninsula. the san mateo coast and by 4:00 looks like it wants to clear parts of the south bay and central coast. dry tonight right on through tomorrow. if you need to get out and get more are christmas gifts perhaps tomorrow is your day to do that. into christmas day notice by 11:00 rain in the north bay and by the afternoon it does press south. a much weaker system. takes us into wednesday morning. we will get a break after this system drops another inch to inch and a half in the east bay, the south bay, the peninsula. the heavy rain rates along the north bay an santa cruz mounta. upper 50s today. the rain continue its the next two or three hours. the gusty winds and flood warning for petaluma and sonoma cou

but over the peninsula we are looking at the urban and small stream flood advisory.gusting anywhere from 20 to 40 miles an hour. the rain is coming down at a good clip anywhere from throw quarters of an inch to an inch an hour in the santa cruz mountains. that's why we have a flood warning through noon in santa cruz and santa clara county. with these wind gusts in combination with the front marching southward, we've got a rough time for the next couple hours. >> thank you. talking about the strong winds, they have blown over a big rig on the lower deck of the richmond san rafael bridge. abc7 news reporter nick smith joins us live with an update. nick, i thought they told you to get off that bridge. >> carolyn, they did tell us to get off the bridge. but you mentioned something earlier and the california highway patrol said it to us again, nick, we responded to 70 different road-related accidents this morning which is why whoa are allowing you to stay so you can keep pushing the message to slow down on the highway. carolyn, look over my shoulder. that truck we have be

thunderstorms moving on to the peninsula. ou head outside, lake tahoe, winter storm warning in effect until 4:00 tomorrow. truckee is 44 degrees. one to two feet in the tahoe basin and if you plan on going up here you will have to delay your travel. is very rough out there. live doppler 7-hd, you see the rain in emeryville and all over the bay. we have heavier cells indicated to the north where the yellows are from santa rosa. we have thunderstorms in the santa cruz mountains and gusty winds, up to 52 miles an hour at the airport. 31 wind gusts in oakland. lighter south winds but back to the radar we'll take you on a tour here with the heaviest rain from rohnert park, to santa rosa but the back edge of it will be clear in the north bay within the next hour. late rain from the peninsula down through san mateo, redwood city, over to union city. thunderstorms here from davenport, boulder creek, lighter rain as you get into the rain shadow from campbell and san jose. more moderate rain from the san ramon valley, 580, walnut creek,

news on the san mateo bridge where a fatality shut down the right westbound lane heading towards the peninsula. chp says it will be closed for another hour so they hope to wrap it up by 5:30 this morning. the accident happened about 3:30 this morning. chp was called out to the scene for this two-car crash and you can see on our maps here again this is closer to the peninsula side of the bridge. now, it turned out that one person was unconscious in the vehicle. that person died at the scene. so chp and the coroner are now on the scene and investigation continues. the right lane is closed. you can use the dumbarton bridge. keep in mind, there is construction across the dumbarton bridge but we are not seeing any delays as of yet. bay bridge also a good alternate. northbound 101 eastbound construction, eastbound 92 roadwork, as well. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> authorities know a lot more about that oregon mall shooter now but what drove him to kill two people and take his own

you see the peninsula and parts of the east bay with a break. not a blot of action now but the rain continues to be pushed up against the santa cruz mountains and we are looking at mr. moderate rain here. with increasing rain throughout the morning hours we are expecting some localized flooding. we will time it it out for you coming up. carolyn. >> you talk about the gusty, windy, rainy weather, that's turning up the waves in pacifica. that's where we kind k. he ra clapper. good morning. >> good morning, carolyn. the waves are coming over the wall already so early in morning. it's probably an indicator it's only going to get worse as the day pro grosses. the rain has been light but it's been steady all morning. for a few hours it hasn't let up. sometimes heavier, sometimes later but it is continuously raining. and it is very windy. the wind is gusting. the rain horizontal, i don't know if you can see it now but let's get to you video we shot about 45 minutes ago at the pacifica pier which is currently closed. and it's systematic what will happen

we are following a fatal accident along the peninsula. ou plan to take the san mateo bridge this morning, westbound san mateo bridge one lane is completely shut down. a two-car crash was reported around 3:30. chp arrived on the scene and one person did die in the accident. so again that right lane is completely shut down until they clear this out of the way and for the investigation. now, we are starting to see quite a backup as you approach the scene. again, this is west 92 towards the peninsula side. use the dumbarton bridge as an alternate. that's your best bet. there is construction on the dumbarton bridge right now. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. so this is as you come out of the eastbound -- or the east side out of hayward past the toll plaza towards the midspan there but again once you get close to where this accident scene is where you have a lot of trouble spots and a lot of brake lights so jumping back over to our maps right now again the dumbarton bridge is probably your best bet to get around this mess. now, this i

cottages -- emergency crews kept on the peninsula. how they prevented damage to an apartment complex. good evening. let's get right to paul deanno for more on the rain that's still coming. >> we have a lot of rainfall out there. showers are letting up right now. this is about 4 or 5 hours ahead of the bigger rainfall. that's going to move in overnight tonight. all the rain that was out there this evening, some of you got a half an inch of rain. that's ahead of this round three. what's left from this preamble, if you will? a few light showers. otherwise we are drying out temporarily. look at all that mess to our north. that is what is moving in overnight tonight. that is what will give usa sunday soaker and exacerbate our flooding problems. live picture to show you from napa. rain hasn't let up in the north bay. a little lighter than it was before. still very soggy. since wednesday santa rosa, you're creeping up on 1 half foot of rainfall since wednesday. nearly 3 inches of rain for san francisco. more than 2 inches of rain for oakland.

look at the showers and rain moving through the peninsula. look at the current situation as we look. you can see oakland through redwood. nothing like we saw just about 10, 15 minutes ago. here's a hot spot out here near milpitas. you're seeing this is heavy rain right in these areas. these cells pretty impressive but i have to tell you what we were going through about an hour ago, 45 minutes ago is really impressive more than what we saw here. evergreen you're starting to clear out. over here by, pardon me by santa clara you're seeing this heavy rain. so you're seeing the widely scattered showers. the spot of concern is out toward gilroy and morgan hill. rainfall rates right here coming up to an inch and a half to 2-inches an hour. it's a fast moving little cell that's moving through here. the rainfall rate is very, very strong. when we get back we got the latest computer model and i'll give you an idea of what you can expect. you have more showers in the forecast. the main event that just happened that's what you heard on your rooftop just a

next. ,,,,,,,, people heading north on hig 280 on the peninsula. the c has blocked off four >>> right now the friday evening commute a mess. this is a stand-still for people heading north on 280 on the peninsula. chp has blocked off four lanes just north of edgewood road near redwood city. they are investigating that deadly crash there. three people have died, two others are hurt. the chp says a pulled-over car was hit by another passing car on the highway. only one lane is open. traffic is backed up for miles. we're told into san jose. officers do not expect to clear that scene for another two hours. >>> in fremont, fire investigators returned to the c & h manufacturing planned today but they have yet to determine how the smoky three-alarm fire got started. the fire yesterday destroyed the building causing millions of dollars in damage. employees met outside the company today to talk about their next steps. the company trying to find temporary space to resume production. >>> other bay area headlines, a shooting in broad daylight in a very public pl

on the peninsula, including san francisco, 3-6 inches of rain. inland along the 680 corridor and the east bay, you also had 3-6 inches of rain but it is done. it is finished. there is no round four. here is something interesting. the rainfall is pushing off to the east. look at what is coming up next. it looks like the -- it looks like the system is heading toward us. but here is one deflector shield, if you will. high pressure building in to the south and west that will take that moisture and shove it up to the north. so high pressure will dry us out giving us partly sunny skies tomorrow and mainly cloudy but still dry on tuesday. on tuesday night into wednesday that there is an area of low pressure that will pass by to the north and we'll get a glancing blow. not that direct hit or direct hits like over the past several days. so rain is in the forecast for wednesday. but it should not be heavy. and it should not exacerbate any of the flooding concerns like over the past five days. wednesday will be wet at times. pretty cloudy. on and off rainfal

san mateo bridge the drive time is 14 minutes right now between hayward and the peninsula. the right side of your screen right there is the commute direction and you can see a few raindrops there that hit the camera lens a little earlier this morning. the nimitz so the on-ramp at high street northbound 880 can remain blocked until 5:00 this morning. it's still not enough to slow you down. that 238 to the maze, 15 minutes in the northbound lanes. dumbarton bridge westbound 84 you'll find various roadwork again for the next 20 minutes or so. and the eastbound lanes of 4 at loveridge, left lane blocked with roadwork until 6 a.m. that's the first check of traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> crews restored the power on the bay bridge once again after the span went dark for the second time in less than two weeks. caltrans electrician responded to the problem around 7:30 last night. the blackout lasted about an hour and a half. the only lights that worked were inside the tunnel there. the traffic continued to flow no problems. >>> lights went out on the bridge about 13 day

a total of 20 homes in the south bay and peninsula. still, pg&e says it's been very busy. >> we've been working almost 16 hours. it's been a fairly long night. there's still lots of outages. >> pg&e says it's been helped by the lull in the storm systems. it's allowed crews to get out and make prepares and prepare for the next storm. >>> chp says it's also been busy. they have dealt with dozens of accidents and fender benders, including this jackknifed big rig in san bernardino. and you can always stay ahead of the storm with our interactive hi-def doppler radar. it's only 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at cbssf.com/weather. >>> well, checking some bay area headlines, police have released a composite sketch of a monte sereno murder suspect. this is the man investigators suspect of killing a 66-year- old millionaire, raveesh kumar kumra, on friday. his wife called to report intruders. she had been beaten and her husband killed. police are not saying how many were involved or what was taken. >>> investigators in san francisco are trying to

you can see the cells off the peninsula. temperatures stay cool, highs only in the mid to 50s in the afternoon. more rain is coming our way. >>> okay. thank you, lawrence. >>> and going to take a quick look right now at the bay bridge. so far so good. things are drying out overall across the bay area. slick toward the toll plaza, but we are not expecting much from the morning commute, because it is christmas eve. so far so good in san francisco. >>> flooding a concern in snow ma county. highway 1 shut down approaching valley ford road. and apparently highway 21 still shut town between 116 and highway 37. they hope to reopen by 5. still closed in beth directions along that stretch. here is a live look outside across the golden gate bridge. snow looks good headed toward the drive. the valley commute, westbound 237, no delay. 880 is looking good past the open climb, and oakland airport if you have a flight to catch. an earlier accident approaching marina boulevard. a big rig and a car. it is completely clear. emergency crews ha

drier conditions for the peninsula and the south bay.e will look into your neighborhood to see exactly where the rain is falling. the yellow on your screen indicates heavy to moderate rain in san raphael. pushing its way east holding close to high 101 the rich and san rafeal bridge. not to bad in novato a lot of rain is pushing its way to the east bay we are picking up light rain for vallejo. the east shore freeway down to richmond. you may encounter a mist a heavy drizzle approaching berkeley emeryville and eventually towards the bay bridge toll plaza. off the green on your screen around san paolo and high rat highway 4. approaching the caldecott tunnel not to bad approaching coming off the altamonte pass. it is not raining at the beach but we are seeing light rain downtown, for truro hill, as well as the sunset district. it is like the green indicating it is light in nature. the rain has not reached the south bay is currently dry. we have mostly cloudy conditions but the rain will pick up later today. let us take a look at the wider vi

. >> translator: north korea's action is threatening the peace and security of the korean peninsula, as well as the world. we strongly denounce the launch of the missile in defiance of repeated calls and warnings by the international community. >> krt made public a picture of what they say is a control facility for the satellite. officials in south korea, japan and elsewhere say the north koreans fired off a long-range missile. japanese government officials say it traveled south over okinawa. they say the launch went at the north koreans had predicted. the first stage fell in to the yellow sea. the nose section fell a short distance beyond that. the second stage dropped in to the pacific ocean east of the philippines. japanese defense officials say they learned of the launch from u.s. missile warning systems around 9:51 japan time. it was confirmed around 10:01 by self defense forces radar which then tracked the rocket. the ministry says it decided not to fire its patriot defense missiles because the rocket was confirmed to pass over okinawa toward the pacific ocean. the officials say

their native waters are in mexico in the sea of cortez along the baja peninsula. interesting lesson for kids out there. >> interesting less san in the -- lesson in the bravery of alan wang. >>> let's check in with mike for the forecast. >>> live doppler seeing know radar returns it is seeing the clouds, banking up against the coast which means the sea breeze is returning going to be the big factor cooling us today. fog north bay valleys through the delta and tule fog in the central valleys watch out for that. that will hang around through the better part of 9:00, 10:00 hour. visibilities right now at the reporting stayses in fairfield one mile, one and a half in napa, -- quarter of a mile in is anywhere up in that 101 this morning a little tricky because of that reduced visibility. 39 inland, mid to upper 40s for rest of us through 7:00, low to mid 50s, increasing high clouds by noon, mostly cloudy by 4:00, mid to upper 50s light rain will start falling in north bay along the peninsula coast by 7:00, a few sprinkles for the rest of us, temperatures 50° during the 7

stressing over from morgan hill through the santa cruz mountains and you work your way up through the peninsula. in san francisco, light showers and even hayward seeing light showers. we are not done yet even though we won't see a lot of heavy rain. the next storm system that arrives will be very heavy. the next front tomorrow morning around this time and in the time frame from 5:00 to 9:00 tomorrow morning, we could be looking at one to three inches of rain and the potential for four inches plus in the mountains that include the santa cruz and north bay mountains. wind gusts 40 to 60 and the mountains could reach 1 helped helped miles per hour. rivers are rising to some which would be in moderate flood stage. for today temperatures will be cool. you need a jacket and nothing heavy until tonight. we will detail the timing and who is actually in the risk to see these rivers rise in just a little bit. back to you. >> thank you very much. as anthony mentioned, several places where flooding is a serious concern this weekend and that includes the peninsula. many people in palo alto and menlo park ar

flooding there, traffic slow along 101 through the peninsula. >>> officials hope to have one lane of road open today. the road is off highway 17 in scotts valley. it was washed out in the weekend storm. a whole section of the hillside just disappeared in the storm taking part of the road with it. >> you can track the storm anytime with our live high-def doppler radar at our website, cbssf.com/weather. >>> the nation's largest port complex will be open after a nine-day strike. the northerners reached a deal last night -- negotiators reached a deal last night. details haven't been relosed. the union was frustrated about shipping employers outsourcing jobs and the strike shut down 10 of 14 cargo container terminals. >> we'll get the supply moving and get everybody the christmas presents that they are looking for in the stores. >> clerical workers without a contract for two years went on strike more than a week ago and thousands of longshoremen refused to cross the picket lines. >>> a woman in her 70s was beaten on a sidewalk in downtown palo alto. investigators say the victim was sleepin

but i see that more rain is headed our way for the peninsula and headed south. my photographer and i were bracing ourselves for more wind, more rain and a little more chilly temperatures will bring you the latest in about 30 minutes. for now, we're live in san mateo abc7 nice. >> katie: happening right now, chp says both directions of highway 1 in marin county near olema is blocked. drivers are advised to avoid the area otherwise expect delays. no estimated time for the roadway to reopen. >> the wet weather has been causing different problems all over the bay area. some of those problems may linger for the next fou few days >> joe stopped at the water's edge west of santa rosa and decided to roll the dice. >> came through a couple of hours ago it was pretty light but i thought i could make it through this time. >> unlike these trucks and suvs that made it across, the toyota got swamped in a foot and a half of water just like the car before him. >> saw a -- found out otherwise. >> michelle and her husband narrowly escaped serious injury when this douglas fir crash

pass for the coast, the peninsula, heavy rainfall but not as much as other areas. look at this event. the 280/1 0 1, getting slammed. with nearly 1 in. per hour, with urban flooding. when speeds, 32 mph in oakland, 22 mph in redwood city. sustained gusting even hire a 60 m.p.h. there are several watches and warnings been issued coming up in my next report but first, let us go back to rv. >> thank-you. as we mentioned the north bay is getting bay right now... corte madera. some north bay rivers could reach flood stage. the latest round of rain has arrived in the bay area. anywhere from one to as much as seven inches of rain is expected to fall this morning. trees down in petaluma, this was nearly 7 in. in the north bay. >> joining us fire battalion chief, jeff. >> good morning. can you give us a sense of what you are dealing with in petaluma. go to our facebook fan section, www.kron4.com >> caller: >> this predicted flooding was a bit earlier than expected. we do have some wind related events with trees and hot power lines hanging down. we have agents standing by wai

nearly 1000 are without power including 400 on the peninsula. are taking a live look now at jaw valley. snow is coming down. it will be a white christmas. they're expecting a couple feet of snow at the lake level from this current storm system. tomorrow on eyewitness news, san francisco's top cop on the gun control debate. does it have substance or is it low hanging fruit? >> it is low hanging fruit. this is no brainer stuff to reinstitute an assault ban to ban the weapon that just killed 20 children. but it's a start. the discussion needs to be had. >>> a look back at one of the most active gun buy back events in the area. that is tomorrow on eyewitness news this morning at 7:30. time for our last look at the forecast. >> a lot of people traveling will be impacted. folks going out for last minute christmas gifts. it is stormy outside now. just about wherever you go we have heavy rainfall outside. you can see a lot of yellows and oranges and numerous lightning strikes showing up along the peninsula as we have thunderstorms rolling in that direct

the lower peninsula is where we are seeing light rain. alto, mountain view, and in the south bay. we are seeing green on our screens light rain. no pondering or flooding is an issue today. drive with extra caution for those of you using it interstate 680 committed actors of all. >> spotty showers i will walk you through futurecast 4 and show you what to expect for the rest of the week coming up in my next report. >> at 5 06 a.m. it is on to traffic george. >> if we continue to monitor a light commute no hot spots. a quick to reject as we focus on the bay bridge in the westbound direction. berrylike traffic this morning. no delays and--very light traffic. >> light traffic for high way for westbound. for the south bay problem free peninsula and no delays in the north bay. 121 at hayden road the silverado trail expect to have that we open this morning in just a couple of hours. >> thank you george. five 07 a.m.. we will be back with more in a couple of minutes to get going on this monday morning. a look at the golden gate bridge is pretty mes

we do have a wind advisory for parts of san francisco as well as the peninsula. this rain has pretty much stood right over the north bay. it will continue to slide south as we move through the morning commute. i will have what you can expect for your area and i'll have a look at your weekend coming up. good morning, sal. >>> rosemary good morning. you spoke about the winds the chp has issued a wind advisory for the bridge to let drivers know it will be windy across that span. both of us will be reminding you about that. san mateo bridge traffic looks pretty good. now let's go back to the desk. >>> in the news this morning more rain and a lot of it headed into the bay area today as holiday travel really starlets to pick up. ktvu allie rasmus live at sfo to tell us what is happening out there and what is expected to be one of the busiest days of the holiday season. >> reporter: that rainy weather could have an impact on your travel plans if you're flying in and out of sfo. so far so good. we checked and there are no cancellations or delays to report. it is really bu

you see the peninsula drying out now after a few snowflakes around skyline boulevard and light precipitation around fairfax. today's highs up to 12 degrees below average. 44, that was the high today in santa rosa. typically we should be around 56 degrees. 50 in fremont. union city and newark. it was 50 degrees also right around the san leandro area. 47 degrees currently in redwood city. light rainfall in and around the vicinity of san jose back in through los gatos and san francisco currently a raw evening at 48 degrees. the winds are kicking up to 15. overnight tonight, into the 40s. a few 30s still. before you we have a series of storms stack up like planes at sfo. this is the very latest cold front. it's now digging down into the southerly direction. the unsettled weather pattern begins upstream. should be moving in by sunday overnight. here's your futurecast. tomorrow during the afternoon mostly cloudy skies a hit-and- miss scattered stray shower that's about it. but look at your monday morning commute. we have plenty of precipitation. we are counting on at least .25" of rain in the wett

of the merc customers affected 900 in the east bay. 700 in the peninsula. bout 60 in san francisco. at the height of the system outages more than 328,000 customers lost power since their state. >> 3 firefighters are in serious but stable condition after they were involved in a weather-related accident on highway 24 in a rental. they were responding to a non--in all linorinda. the car rolled over and hit three firefighters. the driver inside the first car as well. some firefighters had to go under surgery but no one was killed. three veteran firefighters meanwhile, were transported to john muir hospital in walnut creek. two of the firefighters needed surgery. >> this morning both sides of the fiscal cliff talks seem far apart. there is some optimism about coming to a short-term deal. the president wants to in the bush era tax cut people making more than a quarter of a million dollars per year. with out a deal the average middle-class family could pay about $2,000 per year more in taxes. for house speaker blames the stalemate on the above ministration. he says

off the coastline could see wandering showers toward the peninsula will. but that is it. by the afternoon it will be dry, the temperatures into the 50s. as we look out over the next couple of days including christmas day, think return rains christmas day. doesn't look to be as strong. could see lingering showers on

flash flood watch in the peninsula with several inches of rain to come. ams overtopping the banks and high surf advisory through tomorrow morning with seas up to 15 feet from the north coast to the south coast. here we are right now with little trough wringing out what moisture there is. it's this focused area this trough that is sending up the subtropical plume that will cause flooding perhaps in the north bay. here we are by 10:00 tonight. notice the yellow and oranges are well to the north. this time tomorrow we're really into the heavy rain and then a break at 11:00, north bay and rest of the bay, raiders game looking pretty dry. flash flood warnings at guerneville and hopland and napa then dry days beginning on monday. >>> average american household spends more than $1500 every year on cellphone service. there are ways to save. michael finney take a look at prepaid options. >> reporter: good morning. if you are looking to save money on your cellphone bill, consumer reports says a prepaid plan may be your best option. it seems about everyone is on a st

then the morning commute is looking good on the peninsula. we have been watching 101 and 280. again it's really cold out there. be careful you may run into black ice. especially in the north bay. right steve? >> absolutely if there are really cold numbers out there. near sonoma a couple of readings. and also near kenwood and st. helena. about 25-26 degrees. napa at the airport is 29. again yountville is 27. santa rosa 29. montgomery village is 28 degrees. that is pretty cold. 30 livermore. that is is official. but i've seen 29 and 24 not far away. same for concord and also on the peninsula. there is a lot of 30s showing up. three in tahoe. two below in truckee. tupelo in truck -- two below in truckee. for those heading north some of that cold air could get trapped. there could be low snow levels north. just keep that in mind. those that head up toward the oregon border. freeze warning out for the north bay. that goes until 8:00. frost advisory elsewhere. temperatures though sebastopol i did see one 24-degree reading. higher clouds will work their way into the north bay later on

upper 4 is done on the peninsula. ur east bay shore in the '50s and san jose and by 7:00 we will see the mix of forces and '50s. by noon time it will be widespread 60s that is what are afternoon hydra- headed. into the evening was in the '50s. looking at your afternoon ties and mix of the upper 50s and lows 60s mainly low 60s 63 in santa rosa. 61 for fairfield concord. 624 sunnyvale. those of you head to the sierras mostly sunny conditions chilly mornings. 22 degrees 23 degrees it will be cold there. it will not snow. not expecting any fresh powder. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows we have slightly warmer days in store for us as we finish up your weekend and start your work week. a cold down may be a chance of showers by wednesday. >> i am not tracking any hot spots around the bay area we have our share of accidents. fortunately none of them really blocking traffic lanes and not producing a slow down. it is not the friday light i had anticipated. the bay bridge toll plaza is getting busy for your westbou

the peninsula, santa cruz mountains, santa cruz, south bay. id rain picking up here. you can see the line picking up towards the east bay. it's been there but it moving south. it will let up here in the next, i would say, hour or so. you can see there is a distinct line there. richmond, mill valley, to the north things are much quieter. when you see the green, that's not that heavy. oakland, it looks like between back to san francisco where things are calmer. there is the line of heavier line. we'll take it from hayward, fremont, back to the sunol grade. 580, 680, 84, it looks like that is moving south as well. back to the peninsula, from san mateo, woodside, stanford, palo alto, that rain looks like it is pushing off. in towards the santa cruz mountains to campbell, saratoga and in the santa cruz mountains. things are lightening up a little bit. but still, from san jose, blossom hill, cupertino and south los gatos, to morgan hill. monterey highway, san martin and also gilroy. this will be the last in the series. so four pretty good systems, i'

the heaviest will be along the peninsula, the east bay. a bit of a drive break and a by 11:00 p.m.we will be dry. still a bit cloudy. the morning lows, 40's for the north bay. and down the peninsula, the east shore and for the afternoon highs 60s for the east shore. 60s for half moon bay and the 60s in the north bay. 62 in santa rosa, 60s in the san rafael and the 60s in san francisco. as we take a look your kron 4 7 day around the bay once we get through this wet weather tomorrow we are expecting a drying trend on thursday. we will stay dry and for the next work week. sunny skies and chilly mornings. as we go towards the weekend >> the holidays are approaching and to gadgets make great gaffes. coming up the hottest gadgets coming up gabe slate tech report >> coming up, frank of for .. frank gore. and the editorial on the heisman trophy.... predictions online... taking the anticipation out of who will win the heisman trophy. coming up. ... >> samsung giving apple run for their money. this little bloom with the galaxy why fight camera a unique device. some of these great items from

we have a new hot spot on the peninsula. a mass on highway 101. take a look at the traffic map. southbound 101 between the people in holly. out of redwood city to san carlos there is an accident involving several cars. all lanes are blocked. c h p is diverting traffic at the holly street gramm. if you plan on using 1012 not. hot on 92 is blocked. chp is there but they have of emergency crews coming to the scene. they are stuck in traffic. the back up extends to highway 92. a problem for the peninsula. 101 south just before whipple all lanes are blocked. traffic at a complete stop. stick with highway 280280. 101 until th avoid . >> westbound 92 at the decline section of the bridge the accident has been cleared. it did not cause a back up. >> what we see now is regular slug is traffic between the peninsula and the east bay. between hayward in office it the drive time is 14 minutes. >> off the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza is not looking good. the major trouble spots. no major accidents or stalls but a lot of heavy traffic heading into san for

that will be pressing towards the peninsula. as reticulated the satellite and radar it is we will get clipped with all of this rainfall as it presses itself. where we could see drier conditions coming up this weekend. >> catherine: in other news.two people are dead. one of them a child - after police say they were swept off some rocks near the marin headlands. this is video from sky 7 h- d. three adults had been fishing under the golden gate bridge. one of them managed to swim to shore to get help. the coast guard and the tiburon fire department found the child and the second adult under the bridge and couldn't resuscitate them. the third adult was treated and released. >> > police are cracking down on people drinking and getting behind the wheel this holiday weekend. this is a look at a d-u-i checkpoint in san rafael. it's one of several that's been set up tonight in the bay area. other spots include redwood city, pacifica, san francisco, mountain view and the san jose area. and if you're planning to go out to celebrate new year

. >>> on the peninsula -- >> two people are recovering after a dramatic cliff rescue in san mateo county that tied up traffic this morning. the couple drove their car off a cliff in daly city. the car plunged huges of feet. one victim had to be carried to the top of the bluff that person is suffering from serious injuries. a second person appears to be okay. the accident happened 4:15 this morning. the rescue shutdown traffic along skyline boulevard, the lanes have since reopen. >>> weather starting to turn, more clouds, soon the rain will be arriving. >> we are enjoying the sun. >> a little cool. >> is definitely. but the rain won't be too far off. >>> true, you can see clouds starting to increase outside. that is definitely showing up on live doppler 7 hd. you are seeing clouds over the ocean also clouds over the land and the difference is we have cloudy conditions the sea breeze coming back banking up against the coast and has been spilling into the bay all morning. the rest of this is fog hanging around from the morning hours because the ground is still saturated. as we look up to th

and inch to inch and a half around the east bay and peninsula and south bay. the winter storm warning continues until 4:00 tomorrow with two or three feet of snow above 7,000 feet. mid-and upper 50s but the gusty southeast winds today. last to clear out the central coast it will take towards about 2:00. otherwise we dry out tomorrow. a few showers especially in the north bay on christmas day and a light weak system on wednesday and the rest of the week is not looking very rainy, just slight shower chances. this is the last big one we are supposed to see within that time frame. >> until the end of the year essentially? >> pretty much. >> thank you, lisa. let's check out sports. this morning the raiders are on the road playing the carolina panthers. tonight the 49ers try to clinch the nfc west in seattle against the seahawks. last night the warriors lost an overtime thriller to the l.a. lakers. here's mike shumann with the highlights of this morning's sports. >> good morning. well, the warriors and lakers put on quite a show last night at oracle. it went back and

not too much on the peninsula or the south bay but this is just moisture out of the main system that is to the north. if you are in yosemite were also getting moderate rainfall. and you can see we do have moderate near chico. the more the gusting wind and heavy rainfall is on the way. the live look of the satellite and radar system showing it will press slowly. with a concern of flooding. here is what we can expect with this system. just as strong as the system that we had yesterday in the day before. strong wind. high wind advisory if you are going across the bridge is the heavy downpour will be tomorrow morning. the wind is picking up with a decrease in showers as we go towards tomorrow. we will time it out on futurecast and what we can expect. when we can get a break from the rain. >> we are continuing to track the storm. kron4's philippe djegal is live out at san francisco's ferry building. is the rain getting >> it is actually getting a lighter. let me mention just as robin when stand mentioned i was crossing the bay bridge. as i was driving across the bay bridge. the wind was h

they will resume the search at sunrise. >>> on the peninsula, emergency officials keeping a close eyeon the levees that tfplt m is live in palo alto. >> reporter: good news and not so good news. good news, the creek is really gone down quite a bit we do here a little before 4:30, we've been doing reports all morning. it is going down dramatically. but, the problem is not over. last night the creek was overflowing and causing hundreds to be evacuated in the garden subdivision in east palo alto. again, no rain now, hasn't rained for many hours. creek going down. but, there is concern that the levee 600 feet worth of it, may have been damaged as a result of this strongly flowing water, last night the overflowing caused some to be evacuated here's what they were saying after. >> looked out the window i seen lights flashing i'm like what's going on? i looked and it was flooded. we started getting ready. >> reporter:00 feet of levee going to be -- 600 feet of levee is going to be inspected today, significant damage done the kind of thing that will keep some out of their homes or what measur

you can see offshore we have cells and a little closer in the peninsula around 280 and 101 east palo alto looking at hours. definitely showers out there continue to wind down, ruby avenue, sierra road south of san jose, blossom hill road, also showers. the numbers are cool, 54 oakland, 50 san jose cloud cover there, 54 in watsonville. still a slightly unstable atmosphere we'll see cool showers throughout the afternoon with low snow levels, not a6>o lot of moisture left, f you see a snowflake, if you are hiking or running up mount diablo or lake county, lucky, not much to it if you see any. frosty mornings tomorrow and friday. cold air is going to stick around for a while overnight lows upper 20s to near 30 in antioch to lower 40s san francisco and oakland. plenty of 30s east bay valleys. you can see the system push through, behind it cool aero tating through. you see cumulus build-ups over higher elevations, heating of the sun and we could bring out a shower here's the rest of the morning 11:00, forecast models verifying well with showers lingering into the south bay, much of the day

most of the activity is confined to the peninsula and the south bay. a little bit down through morgan hill. so all in all, the moist flow continues. you can see plenty of cloud cover off the coast and the frontal band and that area of low pressure is still well offshore. it will take several hours to get here. right now upper 50s to 60. very mild out there. 68 san jose. once again, the winds. tonight we will have gusts up to 30 miles an hour. so once again, it kind of is reminiscent of the past system, although this one i think will sweep on out of here right on through the afternoon. so we've got that to look forward to. showers on and off today. heavy rain and wind tonight through tomorrow morning and flood warnings for the rivers of the north bay. so a flash flood watch in effect through tomorrow night for the north bay. the coastal mountains. san francisco, the peninsula, the santa cruz mountains, monterey and down through big sur. so small streams. we could see that flooding right on through the afternoon and into portions of monday. here's a look

were no major problems on the peninsula or south bay except for power outages. some minor football fields was the worst. take a look. in atherton, workers were busy trying to drain the water from the football field. water level stood above the new turf field. one main pump had broken during the night. in san bruno, hundreds of residents lost their power during the hours. the limb of a large tree broke off. a pole cracked in half, snapping the lines. crews trying to get power back to some as quickly as they could. >> half people will get power back on. rest out for a while. >> that could take time. this is the neighborhood that seems used to power outages. that happens when strong winds whip up the hillside. >> so bad my husband and i bought a camp stove. our stove is electric. and we're used to electricity being out. we are now using our camp stove. >> yesterday, we met dennis lind. he's getting ready for the storm. he had flood problems before. >> sometimes you just can't hope. it's left in the kitchen. >> the restaurant was o he didn't need the sandbags. >> tha

and if you are driving on the peninsula the traffic looks good. we take over to the other side of the bay we're off to a nice start here as well. a little bit of slowing on hayward freeway. southbound 880 as you drive from eighth street down pastern necessary son road. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. very happy friday. very cold friday out there. cloudy, mostly cloudy. our weak little system is falling apart. the low coming down the coast is too far off the coast. it's right over here. if it was right here i would say okay more rain. radar does show high basted stuff. really it's more cloud cover than anything else. could be you know a little hit and miss. a little shower or two for awhile. most of the energy is offshore and already starting to move away from its energy source. look at that dispate north. there is not a lot with it. there is a lot of cloud cover and taking that cold air that settled in and locked it in. it will be a chilly day today. a lot of upper 40s and low 50s. every one of these systems coming in runs into the split je

here's a look at the peninsula. few showers down to palo alto. san jose looking just fine. right now i want t show you the forecast for the upcoming days. showers on and off on saturday. heavy rain and winds sunday morning and flood watch continues for the russian river in guerneville. here's a look at the satellite radar. this is storm that came through here with 60 to 85 miles an hour wind gust at times. probably felt the wind. obviously there was pouring rain. now back behind it these are the shower showers. moisture that continues to come in. we have another storm that is coming. this one is developing in the pacific. come together and affect your plans late saturday night going into sunday. so let's check out a computer animation. 11:00 p.m. tonight we have scattered showers around. you head that the early morning hours and we start to see intensity picking up in some 80's lick the santa cruz mountains. moderate rainfall. across the rest of the bay area. heaviest in the santa cruz mountains. we head that the rest of the day showers actually hit or miss kind of thing in

there is an accident on the peninsula. >> that is right. a car hit the guardrail on the 101 northbound at third street. it looks like it's blocking the slow lane there. be careful if you're on 101 this morning through san mateo. up next we are going to take a look at our maps. we have another accident to report here. actually it's a car that has stalled out and the lane has blocked here. 101 northbound. up next a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see it is definitely congested now. the metering lights going on any second. definitely give yourself extra time into the city this morning. down in the south bay 237 milpitas you can see traffic on the far right hand side of the screen there. 6:08 here is steve. >>> tara, thank you. a very good morning. what a system yesterday and totals coming in from wednesday into sunday were wow. lompico at 13.5 inches of the rain. cazadero rain that is in the russian river over 13. middingtown 12. mt. diablo 10.71. bruce brown 9.25. kentfield almost 9.5. la honda 8.74. blossom hill 5.75. it's dry toda

you can see offshore we have cells and a little closer in the peninsula around 280 and 101 east palo to looking at hours. definitely showers out there continue to wind down, ruby avenue, sierra road south of san jose, blossom hill road, also showers. the numbers are cool, 54 oakland, 50 san jose cloud cover there, 54 in watsonville. still a slightly unstable atmosphere we'll see cool showers throughout the afternoon with low snow not a6>o lot of moisture left, f you see a snowflake, if you are hiking or running up mount diablo or lake county, lucky, not much to it if you see any. frosty mornings tomorrow and friday. cold air is going to stick around for a while overnight lows upper 20s to near 30 in antioch to lower 40s san francisco and oakland. plenty of 30s east bay valleys. you can see the system push through, behind it cool aero tating through. you see cumulus build-ups over higher elevations, heating of the sun and we could bring out a shower here's the rest of the morning 11:00, forecast models verifying well with showers lingering into the south bay, much of the day quiet, cle

on the peninsula, santa cruz mountains, possibility of high elevation snow. 2500 feet to 3,000 feet is where we could see some of that snow. my temperatures tomorrow, underneath a clear sky in the north, we'll look for 28 in tahoe. chilly. 54 in fresno. back home, temperatures in the low 50s, with 52 in oakland, half moon bay. sunny skies for most, but in the afternoon we'll see the increasing clouds along the central coast. 53 in monterey, chance of showers late and the accuweather seven-day forecast calls for new year's eve, maybe a passing shower, sunny and a little warmer. tuesday, wednesday, and then looks like warmer weather, but a chance of rain thursday, friday, and next weekend. >> ama: shu is off. rick quan is in. >> rick: like the weather, stanford women not so hot today. the stanford women's basketball team had not lost at home since march of 2007. today that streak was on the line against connecticut. the last time the huskies were here, the cardinals ended their win streak so uconn is looking for payback. the shot and the foul. the huskies took control early thanks to thi

north bay mountains up to two inches up to an inch and a half north bay up to half an inch for the peninsulad south bay up to 3/4 of an inch in the east bay probably on the lower end of most of these totals. once we get past that, temperatures seasonal, low to mid 60s dry thursday through sunday. >>> if you your drive takes you out of novato towards marinwood and san rafael, terra linda, live look at freitas parkway towards san hey road, everything at the limit out of -- out of novato petaluma i you might expect fog, take -- drive times from 580 highway 4 out of antioch and san mateo bridge just about 13 minutes over towards the peninsula. >>> straight ahead, what do pope benedict xvi, lady gaga and justin bieber all have in common? >>> saying i do at one of the country's[[7 elite military institutions. the same-sex wedding making . >>> beautiful picture from vollmer peak, emeryville in the foreground across the bay bridge, cloud cover at the coast, fog forming there like in napa valley area and into marin county on 101. live doppler 7 hd is quiet this morning. the entire state is mainly qui

nhk world. >> the professor is an expert on the korean peninsula. i spoke with him to get more insight into the korean missile launch. i started with asking him the intention of north korea. >> the mostortant thing for pong i don't think is to appeal or to empathize with their own rights or so they said the most independent sovereign ty is the most important point. peaceful use of the nuclear energy and the other is the peaceful use for outer space. actually using outer space with the launch and show you the time of december. a little bit before december, south korea had time launch their own satellite. they delayed the launch and during the preparation, no one complained. no one criticized. whenever north korea did something with the missile launch, anyone in the international community cannot accept it. therefore some of them admit that north korea has a right to launch missiles into outer space. >> we are talking about two missiles. plus it's december, not the best of months. >> that's right. yeah. it's a quite unusual one. they strongly indicated

we'll see rain in the scandanavian peninsula and the threat there is snow melt and avalanche. farther towards the south, things will be remaining on the dry side. you'll see temperatures near the freezing mark towards vienna. 2 degrees for the high. london and paris, as warm air pulls in, you're seeing above average temperatures. london and paris 11 and 13 on your saturday. madrid, up to 11 degrees. let's look over towards eastern asia into japan. starting to bring heavy rain showers, you've been seeing 50 to 80 millimeters and now the rain is ending and shifting over towards eastern japan, even into tokyo, you're seeing rain into western tokyo. on the other hand a mix of the white stuff in there. doesn't look like it will be accumulating too much in the downtown area. don't be surprised if you do so 'see a flurry or two of the white stuff throughout the overnight hours. behind it a break in the weather going through saturday. cloudy skies will linger but then we have another system out of eastern china. this is also bringing freezing drizzle and that's going to work into kore

we'll see rain in the scandanavian peninsula and the threat there is snow melt and avalanche. farther towards the south, things will be remaining on the dry side. you'll see temperatures near the freezing mark towards vienna. 2 degrees for the high. london and paris, as warm air pulls in, you're seeing above average temperatures. london and paris 11 and 13 on your saturday. madrid, up to 11 degrees. let's look over towards eastern saz asia into japan. starting to bring heavy rain showers, you've been seeing 50 to 80 millimeters and now the rain is ending and shifting over towards eastern japan, even into tokyo, you're seeing rain into western tokyo. on the other hand a mix of the white stuff in there. doesn't look like it will be accumulating too much in the downtown area. don't be surprised if you do so 'see a flurry or two of the white stuff throughout the overnight hours. behind it a break in the weather going through saturday. cloudy skies will linger but then we have another system out of eastern china. this is also bringing freezing drizzle and that's going to work into

the morning off. time now straight up 5:00. >>> all clear for one peninsula neighborhood. >> that's after authorities discovered volatile chemicals inside a home. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is san mateo with more. >> reporter: the fire department didn't know what they were dealing with so they did everything by the book. here's where they bagged up sand to try to keep these chemicals safe before they blew it up. this is the house where the chemicals were found in san mateo on parrott drive. the windows boarded up. it was an exercise for all of the emergency responders involved and for the entire neighborhood. the fire department got a call around 4:30 yesterday afternoon saying the person who lives this is house found a cache of chemicals in the basement that had apparently been here for more than 30 years. >> it was acid and ether. we were told they were -- something that needed to be taken care of on site. they couldn't transport it. it's very dangerous. the chance of explosion was real great. >> reporter: so neighbors sheltered in place, there was going to be a big explosion and not to worry and a