but the jobs is not coming to the people here in north richmond, primarily, who's on the front line of the chemical assault. we get the childhood asthma, the cancer and health problems. chevron and the other workers get the profits. they laugh all the way to the bank and we cry all the way to the graveyard burying our people. >> across the street from clark's office is the north richmond center for health. it was funded by a settlement from richmond based general chemical, following another fire in 1993 that filled the air with sulfuric acid. >> we'll do it again. >> peggy polk is one of many senior patients here suffering from respiratory problems. she blames them on years of toxic exposure. >> you know i've developed severe allergies, asthma, lung problems. sometimes i can come outside and the air is so thick it takes my breath away. i have to go into a breathing treatment, do my medihalers. >> university of california berkeley studies the health problems in the bay area. though richmond averages problems are twice the natural average, he says it is unfair to connect them to chevron

. >>> a north richmond man who held a relative as a sex slave was sentenced to 22 years in prison today. he was sentenced as part of a plea agreement and must be a sex -- must be entered as a sex offender for life. >>> bay area construction workers are being advised to stay on high alert because of a new crime trend. this is one of the top 10 stolen vehicles in the county. the theft task say it's the expensive tools they carry inside is what the thieves want. >>> now to our coverage of the drought and a new call for conservation. east bay mud is asking for a 10% cut in water use starting immediately. the utility serves 1.3 million customers. >> washing the stuff in there instead of running the water while i wash it. trying to make my showers shorter. >> reporter: they say it's reservoirs are in better shape, but if the drought continues, mandatory cuts could come in the future. >>> san francisco city crews were busy removing fallen trees today. take a look at the massive branch that fell from a try thisz -- from a tree this morning. fortunately the cars were empty. neighbors are blaming

>> well, they do create jobs and a tax base but the jobs is not coming to the people here in north richmondmarily who is on the front line of the chemical assault. we get the child with asthma, the cancer and health problems and chevron and the other workers get the progress and laugh all the way to the bank and we crawl to the graveyard burying our people. >> reporter: it's the north richmond center for health. it was funded with a settlement from richmond-based general chemical following another industrial fire in 1993 that filled the air with sulfuric acid. >> we will do it again. very soon. >> reporter: peggy polk is many of senior patients here suffering respiratory problems and blames them on years of toxic exposure. >> i've developed severe allergies and asthma and lung problems and sometimes i can come outside and the air is so thick it takes my breath away, i have to go in for a breathing treatment and inhalers. >> reporter: john is an expert on environmental health sciences on the university of california burkely who studies air pollution in the bay area and the asthma rates are t

richmond last night has died. sheriff's deputies were called to the scene on fowrnth street in north -- fourth street in north richmond after a drive by- shooting. a man was found shot several times. he died this morning. no one else was hurt. no i.d. on the victim. >>> governor brown filed papers to run for a fourth term as governor. he handed over the forms at the alameda county registrar of voters office just within the past hour. that comes one day after prown announced he would run -- after brown announced he would run for election. he was not barred from running again four years ago. >>> back to our stormwatch. people in the los angeles surbs of azhu da and glen -- suburbs of azusa and glendora worked to protect their homes against mudd slides. a wildfire has left the terrain bare there. with rain this week, there are worries the earth could come crashing in the homes below. some roads have been closed because of mudslides. let's get to rosemary for our weather. >>> the possibility of scattered showers it will be cloudy, breezy. the wind advisory has expired. we don't have any advisories in place for the bay are

. >> across the street is the north richmond centre for health funded after a fire in 1993, which filled the air with sul feweric acid. >> peggy is one of many fewer patients suffering resist pier atry problems. blaming them on years of exposure. >> sometimes i come outside and the air is so thick it takes my breath away. >> john is an expert on environmental health science at the university of california berkeley, who studies the impact of air pollution. though richmond's choould hood as -- childhood rates are twice the national av r -- average, he's says it's not fair to compare them. >> kids in richmond do have an increased risk of developing asthma in event like the chevron fire could be an exacerbating effect. there's a vulnerability of the richmond population because it's a high minority status. chevron refused a repeated request for an interview and. in an email statement a state representative said the company worked 1.9 million hours to improve safety i, adding that chevron provided $10 million to cover medical costs of defective res dents. they installed a community air monitor

we have green highlighted north of richmond, also el sobronte. smooth drive approaching the bay bridge. that will change. the south bay moves smoothly. rain shadow, that mean we don't have rain yet, yet. >>> ahead "today in the bay," from voluntary to mandatory. south bay water officials telling customers to cut back even more. what could happen if you don't, coming up. >> live look outside. r san rafael. area bracing for rain and wind. team coverage after the break. one of the best things about covered california is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. for example, if you're a single person making less than $46,000 a year, or a family of four, earning up to $94,200, you may be eligible for premium assistance. the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. get answers, and get covered. find out if you're eligible and enroll now. at coveredca.com. >>> jan brewer tweeting about the anti-gay bill currently on her desk. what the arizona governor's now saying. >> good morning to you. i'm mete

the man had built plywood shed in the back of the north richmond home where he lived with his wife children and the victim. shed is where the rapes took place. today the yard is empty. the shack was torn down after the victim was rescued. police say the man had a powerful control over the entire family. >> they had suspicions and concerns and did in the act on them because of the fact that they were also victims. >>reporter: in august 2012 the victim now 27 years old escaped with the help of the family members. she wrote a statement which the victim advocate read in court today. she wrote about his control over her but also of her new life without him. i remember fear and anguish. and looking back now i wanted to be free. so now i am free. i know no one is waiting outside the bathroom for me. you won't lake this but i now go out with friends and have fun. i don't need you. i hope you learn from what you have done to me. vick lee, abc 7 news. >> sewage spill closed popular beach in monterey county. section of lover point beach in pacific grove off limits after 900 gallons of contaminated wat

. >>> a man from north richmond who held a female relative as a sex slave for 15 years learned his punishment today. under a plea deal 52-year-old paulo cho a was sentenced to 22 years in state prison. investigators say he held the girl inside a backyard shed starting when she was just 12 years old. she didn't escape until she was 27. prosecutors read a letter from the victim in court today. she said since her escape she has gotten a job and she's learning how to socialize. to her captor she said quote i have friends who look out for me like you never did. i have fun. i know there is no one waiting outside of the bathroom for me. >>> now to the south bay where a veteran san jose police officer pleaded no contest today to writing fake traffic tickets. 51-year-old george chavez faced four felonies. >> prosecutors say he issued fake tickets a as part of a vendetta against a man and his attorney who had sued chavez after a traffic accident five years ago. chavez is scheduled to be sentenced in april he faces up to 5 years in state prison. >>> federal reserve chair jenna elian sparks a rally on wa

. >>> a man from north richmond who held a female relative as a sex slave for 15 years learned his punishment today. under a plea deal 52-year-old paulo cho a was sentenced to 22 years in state prison. investigators say he held the girl inside a backyard shed starting when she was just 12 years old. she didn't escape until she was 27. prosecutors read a letter from the victim in court today. she said since her escape she has gotten a job and she's learning how to socialize. to her captor she said quote i have friends who look out for me like you never did. i have fun. i know there is no one waiting outside of the bathroom for me. >>> now to the south bay where a veteran san jose police officer pleaded no contest today to writing fake traffic tickets. 51-year-old george chavez faced four felonies. >> prosecutors say he issued fake tickets a as part of a vendetta against a man and his attorney who had sued chavez after a traffic accident five years ago. chavez is scheduled to be sentenced in april he faces up to 5 years in state prison. >>> federal reserve chair jenna elian sparks a rally on wa

the band goes north of richmond right through d.c. now. up here through the baltimore area. notice the temperature 32 in d.c. so it's getting to be a heavy wet snow. 30 in baltimore. a little colder up here. philadelphia into baltimore. better chance of staying all snow as we go throughout the peak of the morning commute. new york city the snow is beginning 29 degrees. we are raining on the jersey shore so a fine line between where we are going to get the very heavy snow and rain. the snow totals down in areas of virginia here, especially towards the lynchburg and roanoke areas upwards of 12 inches. it's a quick hit and pile up. that is what is going to be over the top of areas like new york city as we go through the morning commute. i'm thinking right now, d.c. 4 to 5 inches on the ground and you'll end up with 8 to 12 and same story baltimore. philly to new york city 8 to 12 inches but a chance it could get higher. if the band sets up on the back side of the storm over the top of "the new york times" we could see 10 to 16. it's a two-part storm for a lot of people. we have

we are just learning a homicide case in north richmond.the contra costa sheriff's department tweeted just minutes ago. they say it was a shooting that happened last night and the victim died this morning. we're working to learn more details and we'll update you when we know more. >>> sfo is currently reporting delays of more than four hours. this is a live picture of the airport and we checked with the tower and although the weather appears to be clearing a little bit there, seeing a little break in the clouds, but officials indicate problems could linger all day for flights. flights to and from southern california are the most affected. united has canceled a couple of flights headed to palm springs and orange county. >>> we want to see your photos of the storm. you can e-mail them to us at news tips@ktvu.com or post them to tower facebook page. >>> the storm in southern california will be a lot worse than others. a half foot of rain may fall today. nine-mile stretch of pacific coast highway in malibu is closed because of landslide threats

outer richmond at 61. north bay, east bay, some differences here. namely that weaker storm system we have mentioned will clear out from the north bay first. that's why you're expecting the most sunshine on our forecast in napa and santa rosa. the trivalley, danville at 63. the seven-day forecast, this weekend temperatures begin to warm up and looks like we'll get into that 70 degree territory throughout friday and saturday. possibly some record-setting heat coming our way. but i know you want the rain, and here's some good news. all of the forecast models, long-range outlooks pointing to the possibility by next thursday of that storm door opening up. we could be talking about 3 to 4 storms in a five-day period beginning next thursday. we'll be tracking it for you at nbcbayarea.com. >> thank you, jeff. >>> notable news from the giants tonight. >> jerry seinfeld is my guest tonight. he'll be doing standup. and music from lady gaga. it's an awesome show. >>> we have some big giants news from down in the desert. how are you doing? >> they haven't had a

charlotte, north carolina, a big deal. richmond could get four to eight. the d.c.hes. that could go higher. the new england forecast is the biggest question mark on this with the path of the storm still not certain. there's going to be a significant weather event all the way up and down the east coast wednesday and thursday. >> through atlanta, the governor and the mayor. >> they have to take their precautions. there's some arguments that schools should have been canceled or not, but they are being safe. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, hillary clinton and her best and worst times. the revelations from her best friend's diary. >>> and we're going to huddle around the water cooler. the question that led samuel l. jackson to go off on a reporter. "way too early" will be right back. >>> so at the top of the show, we talked about the house debt deal restoring military spending cuts. if you want to sound smart, tell your friends these cuts would drain $80,000 over the course of a military retiree's life. >>> let's check in with lewis who is standing by with the mos

atlanta, north carolina, even into richmond, you can't even send a mutual aid from other states because those states need their own power companies to put the power lines back up. if this happens, we'll be talking about this for weeks, jake. >> and there's also a nor'easter on the horizon tomorrow? >> absolutely. same storm that is here, when it gets farther to the north, it turns into snow because it's not going to be the ice. the ice is down south. this is for richmond, charlottesville and new york city, everybody along i-95 will see at least 10 inches of snow from the same storm, that includes boston to portland all the way down to roanoke and even west of charlotte. >> all right. cross our fingers. >> that's why i'm worried about this one. >> i bet. thank you so much, chad myers. >>> turning to "the politics lead." did you hear that governor christie flew in a helicopter in september? well, it turns out, it was just a rumor, according to new jersey state police who issued a statement today. saying that none of the three chopper flights that christie took during that time period went

north. martinez, richmond, 54. cupertino all in the department. menlo park, 54. francisco 54. rain to the north. there could be moderate to heavy rain. hardly anything down towards santa clara. >>> wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall? big sitdown between queen elizabeth and pope flan sis. what royal watchers are saying about the trip and what this could mean for the future of the monarchy. [ male announcer ] progresso's so passionate about its tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ timer dings ] at first, it wasn't the perfect amount of tomatoes. not ready. [ male announcer ] later it wouldn't be the perfect amount of spinach. not ready. [ male announcer ] then, the sausage and pasta. ♪ not ready. [ male announcer ] but finally, it happened. perfection. yes! [ female announcer ] this week at safeway, buy one progresso rich & hearty soup and get one free with your club card. buy one progresso rich & hearty soup Ñ eye >>> welcome back. 8:55. google's mystery barge right there, it's getting the boot from treasure island. the san

and speaking of the north bay, you can see some of those isolated downpours around napa, heading down towards richmondan francisco, across the golden gate bridge into marin county you're seeing moderate rain with heavier rain offshore. notice in the south bay we're seeing showers on the west side of the santa cruz mountains. but as the front offshore starts to spill to the south, that's going to increase the rain finally for the south bay. hour by hour you can see it there, 3:00 and 4:00 into san jose changing over to scattered showers as we head into tonight. so our temperatures today, upper 50s around san jose. upper 50s in the north bay with the rain tapering off heading into tomorrow morning after more than a foot of rain has fallen so far in parts of the north bay. kris. >> thank you very much, rob. >>> some of the most dramatic images are coming from northern sonoma county where half of ft. ross road just fell apart and plunged down a ravine. fortunately no one was on the road at the time so no one was hurt. in rohnert park we saw many drivers taking their chances. the highway patrol advises aga

north bound. and at last look richmond san rafael bridge was doing quite nicely for if the volume is definitely buildinghave it westbound back up. whatever to the weather center. >>erica: we get up to clotted conditions. patchy. but not too bad out there. a little warm in san francisco and oakland. those of checking in at 52 degrees. for the afternoon plenty of '60s and '70s. another day with fairly warm temperatures. although i don't believe we will break in the temperatures we will be warm as yesterday. fremont today checking it with a high of 65. looks like we will see upper 60s through the san ramon valley and '70s along the delta very low 60s along the coastline. 67 for san rafael. again we do have a series of storms heading our way for the future cast for show some light rain by a morning cup milk tomorrow. light to rain blank as the entire bay area for if it will pick up in intensity at times treated become scattered in nature. pitcher 7 day around the bay forecast. storm number to heading our way of friday. chance for showers the ground. that i hear the financial expert rob black heritage golf d

for your ride to the north bay, interest day friday, the richmond center felt bridge, it is startingume increases. to >> let's take a look at the traffic maps. 22 minutes from hercules to berkeley. still lend easy ride. we picked up a little splinter the will pass the leading into comfort of to 42. our first slow traffic through san ramon coming into danville out of alamo. 580 is lighter than usual to the alta mount pass, south bay freeway is still basically free of delays although you will find congestion leading past 17 on 280. >> we are tracking the ride through marin county, light traffic with no delays. >> the google ferry will make its last voyage this today. the ferry had been offering employees in the east bay and san francisco ferry service to redwood city. the pilot program began last month with the company offering free ferry rides to employees. then late last week, the company began the same service in the east bay. employees would then take a shuttle from the dock to the google campus in mountain view. >> 50 years ago today, a milestone in music history. the bills arrive

north bay. westbound 80 through richmond and the richmond/san rafael bridge moves. this orange here talks about the tiny bit of fog that might be there. christina talked about usually we'll talk about fog at the golden gate bridge. not today. here it's indicating it may be possible but the live camera shows you it's not happening here at the curve. we'll keep an eye on things. let me know if you see anything. we'll give a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza with the cash lanes starting to back up. not a big deal. back to you. >> thank you. four dead, a woman in jail this morning. accused of shooting in a rampage at a native american tribal led quarters where she was once the leader. it lapped yesterday at cedarville ranch office. about three hours north of chico. investigators say sherry rhodes with the tribe opened fire at the tribal office yesterday. as members met to talk about evicting her and her son from their property. they say roads shot five people, stabbed another as she ran out of bullets. four of those victims died, two others in critical condition. r

richmond. but university of north carolina was hesitant. it came down to those two schools. the reason why i chose antistate was because i really liked duke a lot. it would be great experience for me. always a great wall. -- obviously a greek school. and papers and you graduate people go, wow. you graduated from duke university. that was big in my life at the time. it delays. -- it still is. to go to ncc, i wanted to go to a place that pushed me. i knew i would do everything i could to be the best i could possibly be. my goal was to graduate in three years. >> and you did. >> i promise like that. it was a blessing that i did. i was in grad school for a year for business. >> then you would you try baseball? >> i went for a year, spring training. it was a great experience. i wanted to play football too. things change. the coach told me that they had moved on. it was one of the things for god was looking out for me. god was going to put me at the right place at the right time. >> do you have a strong sense of faith? >> to be a kid from richmond virginia, 511 inches, 210 pounds

outer richmond district, in the north bay today we'll get showers and specifically in sonoma county if live in santa rosa. not a gully washer yet but we have rich moisture on the way i'll show you that in a minute. sausalito at 58 degrees. east bay looks good for the mid to upper 60s. walnut creek 69 degrees and the warmest region the trivalley, 71 degrees for pleasanton and livermore. we want to take you into the next five days. we have holidays to get through. tomorrow valentine's day, ten degrees of separation between san jose and san francisco, holding up on the showers, though, until late saturday for san francisco and early sunday for san jose. we could be tallying up maybe an ink of rain in the higher elevations of the north bay, right on the valley floor though looking good to accumulate potentially up to 0.75 of an inch in places like santa rosa. so bring on the rain we need it. what we don't need is a rough drive to work. that's why we bring in mike inouye. >> good morning. looking ahead to i arougher sunday but right now looking at low clouds hovering around the deck. you ca

north, we have some sticking around for petaluma, the orange blob, you'll see low clouds and fog around 101. live look at 101, getting more company but no fog. easy drive down past the richmondl bridge. from the north bay to south bay, smooth flow for 101. where bob has the crime kean, traffic control on santa clara street. 5:41. head back out to sochi next where america's shani davis going for the gold for his third gold medal. >>> toyota recalling one of its most popular cars. why priuss could shut down in the middle of the road. [ male announcer ] when three world champions face off in intense competition... ♪ ...you never know what can happen. [ laughter ] can that be in?! [ male announcer ] royal caribbean international is proud to present the caribbean cup challenge! featuring gabby douglas... [ douglas ] i totally went the wrong way. i should stick to gymnastics. [ male announcer ] ...tom daley... [ daley ] my hands are shaking! [ male announcer ] ...and ian thorpe. i'm a turkey. are we revealing that? gobble gobble. [ male announcer ] go to royal caribbean's youtube page to get exclusive content and watch the competition unfold! >>> more history could be made today a

north. here's a live view of the richmond bridge toll plaza, still pretty wet with light showers and miss fallingight. we'll see those showers end after midnight tonight. there could be a couple shower left into the morning commute, then afternoon sunshine and the storm track going northbound the rest of the week. so all of the rain eureka and points to the north. tonight there's our main weather front now off to the east and south. clear skies behind. as we go through tonight look for showers to decrease getting closer to midnight and into the morning hours by 6 a.m. there could be a spotty shower, but otherwise skies clearing out for tomorrow afternoon, mostly sunny with highs into the low 60s. that's going to feel a little different after about four days of wet weather. here's the seven-day around the bay. tuesday mixed clouds and sunshine. there's a system coming in wednesday. there's just an outside chance for a few light showers in the north bay, but that's it. sun and clouds thursday, another system friday. once again the rain remains north of the golden gate. there could be light rain sat

that outage began just after 10:00 last night in the richmond district and in the neighborhood north of the panhandle. more than 6600 customers were effected. crews found wires hanging in the area. >>> time is 5:07. a key vote later today in san francisco on whether to ban the sale of plastic water bottles on public property. they make money from selling plastic bottles. >>> it is the morning after for a former stanford basketball star who made sports history. what he has to say. >>> capturing mexico's most wanted drug lord. how he planned to escape just before his capture and why he soon may be brought here to the u.s.. >>> 101 san francisco looks pretty good coming up to the 80 split. we'll tell you more about this drive and the drive down the peninsula. >>> springtime temps in february over the weekend. will they continue today? and is rain still on track for wednesday? and if so what time? one of the best things is that millions of peopleia will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you wil

richmond, four to eight. there's a stripe through the mountains of virginia, north carolina, and through the big cities to the, this is another high impact winter storm, and a lot of these areas we don't have any place to put the snow. almost another foot on top of what we have is ridiculous. >> you're going to keep us updated through the morning. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe" the speaker of the house reaches across the aisle to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. does this put the speaker in jeopardy, though? how might it impact the midterm elections? we come back here, and we're going to hulgts around the water cooler. it's an out of the world sky diving video found in a pig pen six months later. "way too early" will be right back after this. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good a

the customers impacted by the outage include those living in the richmond district and north of the >> after an out of service train derailed bart gates are open once again at the concord station. the train derailed friday evening. crews spent saturday using a cars from the track - repairs test trains and inspections the crossover track still needs repair. the cause of the derailment remains under investigation. >> one person was injured in a the weekend in concord. police received a call about the robbery on via doble near highland parks. when they arrived, the occupants of the home say three suspects entered the home and robbed them. and that two of the three suspects had guns. all three suspects are described to be hispanic men in their 20 and 30's. the person injured suffered minor injuries and was transported to the hospital. >> and a story you'll only see on kron 4. two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting inside an oakland mcdonald's that left one man injured over weekend. kron4's maureen kelly was on the scene as the suspects are taken into custody. >> oakla

north. we will start to the south you can see the moderate-to-heavy rain pulling through the sunol grade to the tri-valley from hair to richmondn valley we are fining the heaviest of the wet weather into the north bay. zooming out you can see the heavy weather is rotating through the areas and in the next hour, the heaviest weather is going to move on and we will still have a steady rain transferring over to scattered showers during the morning commute. by the afternoon, the showers will taper and we will get a bake but it will have high surf at the coast at mid-to-upper 60's. the worst is falling right now. sue has to tell you about accidents. >> quite a few solo spinouts with high wind. a big rig hit debris southbound 680 and the center divide northbound is slow. standing water according to the c.h.p. authority 280 at the parkway affecting all lanes. expect days astro valley eastbound 580 before 238, another solo spinout and reports westbound 580 at north livermore flooding and solo spinout and greenville, reports of an accident solo spinout. extra caution. >>> we continue coverage with a look at conditions on the peninsula

bridge from sausalito into san francisco the drive is wide open and richmond and san rafael, nine minutes from the east bay to the north bay and as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza this is a quick drive, as well, and we have construction in the westbound direction which is going to last until 5:00 and eastbound side will have a lane taken away until noon and as you look at the san mateo bridge that is 13 minutes to get you from hayward to foster city with no accidents to report and it is looking clear at the peninsula. >>> the short break from winter weather is over and the dangerous conditions that folks in the midwest and south are facing from a treacherous new storm. >>> surprising support from a top republican and a powerful senator who says hillary clinton would be elected president if voters went to the president today. >>> a surprising twist in the oscar pistorius case what the documents and the prosecutors are revealing about the fight he >>> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> a dramatic photo captures the moment a florida woman jumped into action to save the life

richmond cool. let's take you to the north bay, east bay and try valley. we'll likely see the coldest locations in the morning not north bay with mid 30s and the warmest temperatures by the afternoon. those higher elevations in the north bay get a little wind and hopes to really kind of amp fie those temperatures in the afternoon. so that's why santa rosa could be the warmest at 64 and throughout the east bay oakland and 6 2 and livermore 61. as we head into the weekend forecast, sunny saturday and by sunday slight, just a slight chance of showers, temperatures in the upper 50s. so it will cool off for sunday. 57 in san francisco, san jose, if you have plans, me a slight chance of showers, upper 50s and in new jersey temperatures at 40 degrees. that will be close to the coldest super bowl ever back in 1972, which was 39 degrees. so we may actually break that. either way, i'll be inside on the couch with tons of snacks. i'm thinking which foods i'll eat. >> good thing to plan. >> natchos are my favorite. >> we want to share breaking news. firefighters are o

a wet right for your golden gate bridge up to the north bay, san rafael, richmond, novato all gettingt petaluma up to santa rosa. we are expecting that rain to grow more widespread later today. we will track that for you on futurecast satellite and radar coming up in just a bit. marty. >> thank you. >>> new for you this morning, a portion of the great highway in san francisco is closed because of flooding. southbound lanes between lincoln way and slope boulevard were shut down about 4:20 this morning and as of now, no estimated time of when that road will be reopened. >>> to the north bay, rain in santa rosa causing a yard to flood and at first glance it might seem that the homeowners might be stuck for a while with no way of getting out of the house. but thankfully for them, there is a driveway on the side of the house where they can safely go in and out and they say that this flooding is something they are used to. >> you know, my grandma lived on this street a long time and it's done this every year when there's rain so -- >> luckily even with all the flooding, homeowners say none

next week you can see we are keeping the rain out of forecast except up north and most of us are dry. >> the commute in richmondcked in both directions because of a concrete truck that has spilled concrete across the lanes. we have single digit speeds westbound direction into san pablo and the eastbound direction, completely sold out. take san pablo avenue as the alternate route and we have problems in san jose are we have heavier rain falling northbound 280 at 87 the crash is blocking one lane and 101 is loaded up there as we make the commute between 280 and 80 and 880. looking to berkeley you can see traffic is not too bad in the westbound direction. those are the headlights and tail lights moving eastbound, and another at gilman blocking one lane. >> amy hollyfield and crew are headed to the accident to bring us the latest in a report. >> the subway sandwich chain says it will remove a plastic chemical from the bread following an online breast. the chemical is used in yoga mats and is banned in australia and europe but the f.d.a. considers it "safe." it is often used in bread and buns because it makes the br

approaching the bay bridge, across the richmond/san rafael bridge the speeds in the north bay on the other side, south 101 and west 37, the commute is in the green as far as the speeds go. a quick look at the peninsula. a live shot shows you i didn't put that in there. i did. there you go. 101 to palo alto. no problems. that's good stuff heading south with the headlights. back to you. >> thank you. this morning the dalai lama wraps up his bay area visit with a trip to the south bay. hundreds come to see him speak. he is expected to be greeted by dozens of protesters as well. bob is live with more on the dalai lama's visit. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the dalai lama we're talking about a few hours from now will speak to what's going to be a sold out crowd here at santa clara university. about three values, business, ethics and compassion, how silicon valley can empraise those three values in its quest to make money. this is a third and final day in the bay area. he arrived friday, spoke on saturday, dedicated tibetan community center yesterday and spoke at berkeley high,

north of there. it sorted itself out. east shore freeway, seeing more slow, more volume out of richmond. so, west 580 has harrison, approaching 24. earlier spinout. single car spinout. wet roads condition. traction and spinouts, only seeing a couple, one north of highway 13. the rest of your east bay moving smoothly, typical schedule. heavy slowing for 680 south. wet roadways continue south. the south bay taking if for 87 and 101, and as we look at 101, our newsdesk operator said it's raining, raining when he came over the santa cruz mountains. pe here's palo alto, different situation. >>> a beating investigation at a hospital. coming up, how the patient got off his tugurney, attacked an el derly woman. >>> a 29-year-old man faces an attempted murder charge, accused of attacking a 93-year-old woman while she was in her hospital bed. mary perez went to san francisco general with breathing problems last friday. she was resting in her room, staff members were wheeling orin zebest to the psych ward but they say they jumped off his gurney, ran into her room, and beat her. >> grabbed the i.v. p

san francisco 56 out of richmond and looking at 58. let's get you to the north bay, east bay. napa at 57 and oakland 58 and danville looking at 55. we talked about the sierra snow and saw it on the radar. again, two to likely four feet, kingville 36 inches, truckee 24 and out towards south lake tahoe one to 1.5 feet of snow. a month ago, i don't know that i would say that this would happen but i have hope in weather and i'm glad to see the stuff back behind me even though we have concerns tonight. great news for the great. >> it sure is. >> you've been optimistic about it, jeff. >>> stay with us, the nbc weather team including jeff will be here tracking the storms for you. >> let's turn things over to jerrod in the newsroom. we want to cover the news coverage for the tragic story for the cal football team. >> raj and jessica, tough day in berkeley and bakersfield. ted's untimely death, today on the cal campus after a team running event comes as a shock to everyone who knew him, especially his high school football coach from the front tear high school. i spoke to richard over t

north bay. this band of rain stretching from the golden gate bridge right across into the east bay, so richmond,ities in between seeing a few light scattered showers through hayward into the east bay, light rain falling over orinda, moraga. into concord you may or may not be seeing a few showers, danville, san ramon, you get the idea. we have light showers this morning, heavier rain into the afternoon. take a look at the sierra where lake tahoe is dealing with some rain. lake tahoe elevation right along the lake is 6200 feet. donner pass 7,000 feet. that's where we're still seeing some snow in the higher elevations. for today there is a winter storm warning, it's actually going to last until early tomorrow morning. snow levels fluctuating between 6 and 7,000 feet. we can see an additional 2 feet of snow before this system pulls out of here. bay area weekend always in view. so the showers will continue becoming a little heavier as we get into the afternoon, i'm going to time line that for you coming up in just a moment. we're drying out by tomorrow. we're dry on tuesday. another chance for rain o

we're going to richmond, virginia, where i'm from. we're going to raleigh, northme raleigh in the house. look at that. >> then going to madison, wisconsin, and university of wisconsin. >> seth: that's great. >> going to vancouver, canada. [ cheer ] going up to international. seattle, washington twice and l.a., too, as well. >> seth: that's great. >> it's really good man just to be -- >> seth: are you worried now that you know you might coach a kid who beats you in the super bowl? [ laughter ] is there a fear of that? >> honestly, i've had some unbelievable kids so far. last year we had -- i met over about 1,500 inner city kids. and there's tons of kids that have tons of talent. and they just need the opportunity. the cool thing is, we do a lot of different innovative things too, as well. we do a lot of things with technology. microsoft surface and all that. give the kids the surfaces so they can play with them, listen to music, play games. and just do something different. >> seth: that's great. that's awesome you're doing it. >> that's real cool. and for me it hel

richmond district. temperature of 53. ten degrees of separation. north bay, 60 in santa rosa, showers 3:00. fremont, 65. 68 degrees in pleasanton where the sunshine is expected by 9:00 a.m. overall, looking good as we get into your valentine's day. i'll tell this story in my next report. first, let's check your drive. got through traffic tuesday. now it's wednesday. but it's wednesday before a holiday weekend, mike. what does that mean for the roads? >> shakes things up. some folks trying to get into that office for that last bit of meetings that they can before they can take off early on thursday or friday. so we should see things shifting up. wednesday, heavier volume as a result. looking at oakland. looking at standard flow of traffic past the coliseum and northbound with taillights away from us. southbound, headlights picking up more volume, past the pa reason na, an earlier stall. smooth drive for 880. look at maps, north toward the bay bridge, a nice easy drive out of the maze. off the east shore freeway from the top to the bottom of the screen, to the left side, that's your commute,

north bay the next 48 hours and the rest of us get a chance this welcome. upper 50's to let 60's coolest along the coast into san francisco and richmond and mid-to-upper 60's sewhere with more sunshine as you head southward and more clouds headed to the north where sprinkles are possible and a better chance of light rain which is measurable in the north bay. upper 40's to, say, low 50's stepping outside tomorrow. our atmospheric river fell to the south and fell apart. a secondary one is building and moving toward portland and seattle so we will be on the southern edge. you can see the sprinkles by noon a better chance of light rain in the afternoon with the future radar runs dipping down to santa rosa. overnight it is easier for the rain to reach the ground and the green is more widespread but stays in the north bay. for thursday evening, we are looking at the same thing. friday we will be mostly cloudy but dry for value -- valentine's day and on saturday the cold front comes from the north but then falls apart. it will dump the moisture in the north bay and taper overnight headed into the south bay. the seven-day forecast shows mild temperatures through fr

watch richmond off the carquinez bridge and other parts throughout the north bay.and many patches around, watching 101 south bound, commute from novato into san rafael, you may get slick conditions. south, golden gate bridge, live view here. lights across the span. it's a smooth drive. roadway dry. no windshield wipers but tracking that carefully. back to the maps. speed sensors for the north bay. 101 typical build before 6:00. 87 and 280. last five minutes we've seen speeds change. fry v tri-valley, nothing unusual for livermore. >>> jason collins, first openly gay athlete to play in any major sport will take the court in honor of matthew shepard, shepherd was brutally murdered 16 years ago. tonight, the brooklyn nets will face the trailblazers in portland and colins will wear the number 98. 98 referencing 1998, the year shepard was killed. he wore number 46 because it was the only spariersy the nets had them on the road. collins signed to ten-day contract with the nets and normally the nba doesn't bother to put outier jerseys for tempoy players. requests were pou

we're going to richmond, virginia where i'm from. we're going to raleigh, north carolina.ison wisconsin and university of wisconsin. we're going to seattle twice. then we go to vancouver canada which is going to be international deal which will be really special and we go to los angeles. >> rose: what happens at a passing academy. >> that's the thing that's really unique about us. what we do is it's a one day event but last year i met over 1500 kids. most of those kids are inner city kids. out of those inner city kids about 82% i believe it was last year, 82% of those inner city kids, and they didn't have a mom or a dad. how could identify affect, if i have 400 plus ages at camp or 500 kids or so. if i can affect just one of those kids and change one of those kids lives they could change a whole culture. they could change the united states. you never know if that kid may become president. i just remember last year when i ran the camp and we have so many different cool things at the camp. we have great nfl players and college players and all that, former nfl players as well

richmond. then tonight by 11:00. here is the problem we face. while it's showing the mix up north and the pink would be the freezing rain is that pink going to be more down ? here is the cold air going to hold on a little bit tougher. sometimes the models erode it a little too icqu kly. overnight at 2:00 will it be more just north and west of d.c. here with that freezing rain. that's the question. in any event, all of this will start to sweep out tomorrow by mid- to late morning so a much better wednesday afternoon. for us today 40 degrees, cold and dry with that rain, ice mix tonight. tonight upper 20s to low 30s for lows. tomorrow 47. so a milder afternoon but i think the problems will be in the morning obviously with the rain and maybe some freezing rain left over. 36 on thursday, sunny and cold. for friday no problems. saturday looks quiet. then that next storm we've got to watch sunday into monday. some have models looking at it having a hit and some to the east. still up in the air. here comes monika samtani with her feet on the ground with time timesaver traffic. >>> today

we'll take you up towards the north bay and show you that most of the heavy rain pushed on out of the area. we are picking up light showers near berkeley, richmondbe moving on towards the east. i want to show you in the south bay, in the peninsula b with not as much as far as the rainfall in your totals after this storm system. but starting to see now a little rain and all of that is moved towards coopertino, milpitas, and san jose. you will get a little more rain tonight. raining now in gilroy. so, here is a look at the rainfall totals so far. now remember we'll have a better handle on just how much every location received the past three days when the totals really come in tomorrow. but this kind of just gives you a feel of where most of the storm hit, and clearly it was in the north bay which is now closer to 15 inches. over 6 inches, santa rosa, over 11 inches at mount st. helena. and lesser amounts as we head in towards livermore and san jose and redwood city. here is a live shot. as the frontal system moves through, the fog will return. it will be dense in areas tomorrow morning. keep that in mind. current readings in the 50s still. this ha

this is augusta, columbia, south carolina, parts of north carolina and as it turns up to the northeast, a snow event for charlottesville, richmond, washington, d.c., new york city and philadelphia. they are not going to see the ice. it is going to be a snowstorm for you tonight and tomorrow. >> both chad and nick, we appreciate both of you, braving the elements out there, letting us know, at least we know that folks this time heeding the warnings and planning in advance. >> the warning up here is 10 inches of snow or more. people up here better pay attention. >> still blue skies. get your shopping done this hour. >>> do mammograms cause more harm than good? does this sound vaguely familiar, ladies? >> a major new study raises disturbing questions about these screening that so many of us dread but depend on for early detection of breast cancer. we are going to talk about our dr. sanjay gupta about the findings. we will try to straighten it out straight ahead. >>> we've been watching this weather in the south. we want to alert you of something that's going on in the west as well. we know it is a bad avalanche here already. two sno

richmond and san francisco at 47 degrees. here is what is happening: two areas of high pressure pushing the storm to the north and we are gettinghigh clouds which is it. notice to the west, that is the light rainmaker. there is not a lot of cloud cover with it. the moisture to the south is not a large bit of tropical moisture that will come in. it is not connected in anyway. so here we go tuesday morning: clouds. tuesday afternoon, clouds and midnight, light rain trying to move into cloverdale and it falls apart as it moves through the bay area which is good for the morning commute because that is when it is coming through. by wednesday afternoon we have sunshine but the coolest temperature are a couple of degrees cooler than today and tomorrow. thursday we rebound, and you can see friday, saturday, and sunday, a whom lot of sunshine and upper 60's to low 70's and the coast is in the low-to-mid 60's. we have pretty nice weather if you are traveling about or enjoying the holiday and the small bump in the road. >> we have results now to bring you from the winter olympics in sochi. in the ice dancing, if you don't want to know jus

may 9th 1865, black virginians meet at a carpenter's house in richmond and stuck there pushing for black rights. gets on the train existed northoken speaks at a convention or so, virginia. they then hold conventions in new orleans, nashville across the river here in alexandria, virginia. mobile, alabama and this is a national movement and roa sacramento. every convention became a speech praising the murdered abraham lincoln, but the black conventioneers and activists admired lincoln. they were so sure about his party. in most books on reconstruction, sort of the big story, the big narrative is a snap between moderate lincoln and the more radical progressives like that. stevens 1863, radicals and congress passed a bill called the latest build that it's that kind of progressive reconstruction response to lincoln. the way davis doesn't mention black voting rights. so 1866 in response to rising tide of white violence in the south, radicals and congress passed the civil rights act. it doesn't mention black voting rights. what i talk about in this book is from the outside, pushing me that the most so-called radical republicans in th