yountville .44. santa rosa, .30.er starts this week and we're halfway to our annual total. san jose already has 10 inches. average an url is 14.90. i would say theying fine -- they will doing fine. although the rain has let up, it's pushing east and south now moving into napa county. there's st. helena, yountville, looks like it's letting up. probably near hidden brook, american canyon, into marin county, this line is filling in rapidly. some of that rain is very intense. over to novato it's heavy rain. 50s on the temps. upper 50s for some. a rather strong south-southeast breeds. it will be a blustery day. cloudy to the south. but evinly the rain will make -- eventually the rain will make it. some of that is brief and heavy. there will be one more system saturday. that will favor area to the north. after that, we'll get a break. high pressure builds in. the coast, dare i say, dare, dare, next week could be very warm, especially along the coast and in san francisco. probably have to deal with fog though in hidden vall

yountville back to sonoma, glen ellen, it's pouring there. and small stream flood advisory probably still applies to the north near dublin, pleasanton, decent cells there. not much happening south bay. the rain tapered off in the santa cruz, santa cruz mountains. it's picking up again. there's still another cell offshore that has to swing in. there it is. we're not done. we're getting a line off the san mateo coast. howling breeze along parts of the coast. half moon bay to pacifica and some of the higher elevations as well. 63 half moon bay. the wind will be with us. really, breezy. gusts to 36 or 35. half moon bay. 20 at mountain view. 21 plus at hayward. you get the idea there will be a lot of rain. these warm ocean temps off the chart probably a record feeding off the system. 40 in tahoe. winter storm warning is out there. that will take us into thursday. so be advised even though it's been raining. it looks like the snow level is beginning to inch down. we'll bring it back down. it will be windy. the cooler air is working its way in. stil

you can see from yountville to napa. that is really going to pick up in the next half hour. there are breaks over the golden break. starting to move right in. along ocean beach there. there was a decent one over hayward, fremont. but there are breaks in the clouds for santa clara valley. this looks to be favoring areas. and north bay looks to be take agent brunt of this today. i think we will deal with this all morning long. 50s and 60s on your temps. 60 bodega bay. that is ten degrees where they should be this time of year. 38 tahoe. winter storm warning out until 4:00 a.m.. the snow level has gone up, up, up. it will be measured in feet. so the driving might be more of a heavier range. so as far as snow. we will see some decrease in this as we head toward later this afternoon. maybe late morning. but for the next couple of days we're still in line. more north bay now taking the brunt. it looks like over the next couple of days. rain and clouds. it will be a beautiful day for rainbow weather. 60s on these temps coming in. and temperatures on the mild side would not be surpr

there is a little bit of rain around yountville. also over toward bay point. this cell had a pretty good cell. a little bit from emoryville. that is why they are getting a little bit of rain and pleasanton showing some rain. and from morgan hill to gilroy. our next system is right there. it will sweep in later tonight out ahead of that we will get a south wind. it is rather chilly out there. 40s and 50s on the techs. snow showers up in the sierra. no warnings or watches for truck key. again an inch amounts or many here. from monterey all the way up. so sun clouds, and showers. chilly morning. patchy fog. and rain returns tonight and takes us into tomorrow. we will still get some rain out of it. after friday things calm down. we will have to watch out for a lot of that valley fog. >> saturday still looks -- >> it will be clearing out. >> okay cool. thank you. >>> could the bay area be the host of the summer olympics? the big pitch being made today. >> i've been wanting -- and i never got any. but i finally did. >> the early christmas gift for children in need i

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a high-end heist at the famed french laundry in yountville. details this morning on how much wine these thieves got away with. >> and we got a live look at riverside california. that looks more like the bay bridge, doesn't it? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> it does. [ laughter ] >> you know what? i'm going with that! that is the bay bridge! a complete look at traffic and weather coming up. a quick check on the big board: (adlib conditions) new this morning >> and the market just opened. let's check the big board. you can see the dow is up about 35. we'll be right back. >>> good morning, everyone. taking a look up at sun-up which officially is at 7:25, right here at the city by the bay on this last day of 2014, we still have a wind advisory in effect and as the ball drops tonight a freeze warning goes up in throughout our inland areas. we'll talk about just how low the temperatures will go, that's still straight ahead. >>> pretty shot there. new this morning, north koreans could soon actually get to see sony's movie the interview. a south korean acti

can enter a contest to win an 18-course meal with wine pairings at the world famous restaurant in yountville. there will only be one winner. the lowery says it will release more details by new year's day. >>> google says the tragic death of robin williams was its fastest growing search request of 2014. williams' suicide in august set off global reaction making it the top trending topic for the year. the internet giant released its list of top searches this morning. the company says lots of people also googled the world cup, ebola, disappearance of the malaysia airlines flight 370, ice bucket challenge for als and the smartphone game flappy bird. >>> tonight marks the first night of hanukkah, the jewish festival of lights. 5:00 in san francisco mayor ed lee will join in the celebration to light the union square menorah. hanukkah comem rates the victory of jewish tribes over the syrians in jerusalem in 165 bc. it said a one-day of supply for the lamp in the jerusalem holy temple lasted eight days. so the celebration includes a lighting each night of eight candles. >>> as we mentioned the berke

and a little bit pulling through san francisco and some of it just to the north of napa headed to yountville and this is how it look on the embarcardero with a light rain falling and the next 12 hours we are in the upper 40's to mid-50's with showers

yountville had .50. sausalito, .23 and cazadero .23.he morning commute, cloudy to mostly cloudy. there are a couple of breaks. drizzle, light rain. breeze picking up out of the east-southeast. that will pick up as the next system approaches. rain tonight into tomorrow. we'll need a break. we just won't get it until sunday for sure. oakland is now 194% of normal. 193% for san francisco and san jose, 254% of normal even though they have 9.84 for them. you can see a lot of that cloud cover streaming over us. the systems fall apart in the sierras. these are bigger systems for us and central california and southern than it has been for northern california and the sierra nevada. a little bit of that drizzle shows up. a lot of that is too low to be picked up. the first system is dragging across clouds. enhancement taking place right there. forecast projections are ramping up some of the rain totals. 50s on many of the temps. a lot of people said, you know, we had midlatitude systems for a while. unless you get drier air in here, no wind and cl

thieves had no reservations about breaking into the famed french laundry in yountville. and ryan takeo tells us, they knew exactly what they were after. ryan. >> reporter: that's right, liz. they chose really expensive wine. this bottle costs $2,200. just for this bottle! that's nothing compared to what these thieves stole. >> it's painful to look at this list. it's really heartbreaking. >> reporter: this list shows the wine stolen from the french laundry in this high-priced heist. >> you know, these are the faberge eggs, the bugatti's. >> reporter: this napa wine dealer says it's a who's who the wine royalty with some bottles costing at least $10,000 each. many are from a famed french winery like this bottle. >> domain [ non-english language ] is a winery in burgundy. it is generally considered among the rarest and most collectible wines on planet earth. >> reporter: it looks like the thieves may have known exactly what to grab. >> it's very much like an art heist. these are very specifically close end. if you were to break into a museum, you would have to know what you

. >>> new details tonight on a christmas day robbery at yountville's french laundry restaurant. thieves jimmied a door at the wine room. reports say they got away with 76 bottles worth at least $300,000. most are highly collectible and trade mostly on the private and auction markets. the chef and owner thomas keller is asking for help from the wine community in finding the thieves. the restaurant is considered to be one of the best in the world. >>> it's a new era at b.a.r.t. today workers removed the last of the old stain-ridden cloth seats and replaced them with new vinyl ones. b.a.r.t. began installing those vinyl seats two years ago as part of a pilot project. riders found them more comfortable, workers found them easier to cloneean and replace. >> we are very happy to have them. the cloth was getting to the point where it wasn't, you know, the best thing but everybody is happy not only us but the patrons along with it, too. >> the final seats also last longer, ten years compared to three for the cloth seats. it cost b.a.r.t. $6 million to replace the seats. officials say th

napa up to yountville, parts of the east bay, not a lot. it's hit and miss. san ramon, danville. this is scattered. union city, fremont, milpitas, newark getting a little bit and then milpitas south to san jose into the santa cruz mountains, highway 17. there's still some shower activity moving in. 50s and 60s on the temps. this is a tweener day or a break day. there will be another system on friday. that does look stronger for the north bay but far less for areas to the south but still look for a lot of cloud cover today. maybe a little break this afternoon. the next system is coming in. it does not look that strong. some of the rainfall projections have been tapered off a little bit. i believe it but i still think they will get .50 to an 1. the rain will linger into early saturday morning. we're seeing a decrease in the amounts as we go into friday. santa rosa north to ukiah. a little bit of rain on friday. sun and clouds, scattered showers, patchy fog out there. some of that is very thick around morgan hill. a couple reports coming in. willie, also ptz on twitter sent some rea

and a little bit pulling through san francisco and some of it just to the north of napa headed to yountville and this is how it look on the embarcardero with a light rain falling and the next 12 hours we are in the upper 40's to mid-50's with showers through the commute and it will be cloudy at noon with mid-to-upper 50's and rain comes in it brings cooler weather and breezy conditions and mid-to-upper 50's with the rain latting through the evening with temperatures in the evening with temperatures in the lower fists. >> if not for the last minute, they say nothing will get done. so don't worry. >> we have to worry about a sig-alert. >> yes, through the santa cruz mountains but the richmond-san rafael toll plaza, it is wet. but it is light. as we take you interest walnut creek southbound 680 away from pleasant hill and toward highway 24, traffic is moving along without any problems and the problem is through the santa cruz mountains through scots valley specifically where a tree came down and took down the power lines and all lanes, both directions, shut down so if you coming up from santa c

. >> the california lottery's newest contest awards one winner a dinner in yountville, not as simpleg numbers or buying a scratch-off. if you want to win 18 courses and paired wines, you'll have to buy an emerald ten scratcher. you take a picture of yourself with a ticket, then write a caption about who you'd share the dinner with and why. the most creative caption actually wins. >> aha. >> get creative. >>> let's check in with christina loren this morning. raindrops coming in. >> falling on my head behind me. i can tell you as we head throughout the day today, we're going to get a break, then the heavy stuff returns as of tonight. let's talk about some of the success out of this, and by the way, do you know what is spanish for cool? scott mcgrew. 13.46. that's how much rain we accumulated. that's pretty cool. that's pretty scott mcgrew up in gernville. what's that mean? over the past ten days we've averaged over an inch of rain every single day up in the north bay. so guerneville looking towards some major success out of the recent rainfall we've had. los gatos, over seven inches an

yountville 1.14. and sfo three quarters of an inch. san francisco two-thirds.an jose a half an inch of rain. it was coming down pretty hard for awhile. the system was moving and not sticking around too long. we get somewhat of a break. next system is already in the picture and it won't take long to get here. so showers, clouds, and some sun breaks in the morning. but already zooming down out of the northwest in advance of this system which will be here pretty quick. showers and some sun. rain develops again. concord also back again toward novato. san rafael and right off of san francisco coming in again. here on the peninsula redwood city and woodside mountain view palo alto right over the dumbarton bridge. san rafael some rain moving through. 40s on the temps. it is cold out there for many. lake port 48. healdsburg 48. if it wasn't for the clouds and breeze it would be even colder. we have a day of increasing clouds after the morning showers and rain moves back in this evening after friday well have one more system on friday. and highs today only in the 50s. t

someone kicked open the door the wine cellar at the yountville three star michelin restaurant on christmasday. >> there was a small window of opportunity where there wasn't anybody here. >> these are the faberge eggs, the bugattis. >> reporter: he says it's a list of who's who of wine royalty with some bottles costing $10,000 each. many are from a famed french winery like this bottle. >> it's a winery in burgundy. it is generally considered among the rarest and most collectible wines on planet earth. >> reporter: and it looks like the of these may have known exactly what to grab. >> this is very much like an art heist. these are very specifically chosen. would you have to know what you were -- you would have to know exactly what were you after. >> reporter: another winery made the list of what's lost. those wines can cost anywhere from $3,000 to $7,000. in napa, ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> total loss is estimated at close to 300 thousand dollars. >>> tonight, the state department is admitting that north korea may not have acted alone in the massive hack attack on sony. the fbi has met with mult

yountville 1.14. novato petaluma also in there as well. 1.14 to 1.30. sfo .75.rds. there are a few breaks in the clouds but we are getting scattered showers. the air is so saturated. nothing heavy here. i will show you that line that went through. that is where it went through union city and fremont. moving east of milpitas. but as fast as it moves in, it's out of here. we have scattered showers. mostly cloudy in the morning. here comes the next system for late afternoon and evening. we had brief heavy rain. there is some picking up along -- 30s up in tahoe. some snow but not a lot. we are taking almost all the energy away from them. the rain has been tenfold increase. here comes the next system it is weaker but it will give us rain. it just simply doesn't take much. clouds and showers and then we will cloud it up again. 50s on your temps. 40s some of the higher elevations. it's cold out there. it is layers pam and dave. rain comes in tonight. one more system friday. and then i think a four or five daybreak. but that is about it. >> yes it is cold and you need t

right now a few areas of spotty showers, 29 from napa through yountville. it's going to be slow there, always traffic on that corridor on a friday. add in wet weather and it's going to be dangerous here for us. south way, a little bit of shower activity now beginning to approach los gatos. it's knocking on your door. it's not heavy but as we head throughout 6:31, continue to expect areas of rainfall and it will be picking up in intensity. the last thing i want to show you here is we are seeing no heavy rainfall right now across redwood city, atherton, stanford, or palo alto. but check it out on our sky camera network. you can see just how slick the roadways are. it almost probably seems like a heavy rainfall on 101 for tonight. just because of all the water that is on the roadways. no doubt these drivers have their windshield wipers on and you will too even without rainfall the next two hours. so once again, that cautionary wording here of just going a little bit extra slow. you can see when it comes to airport delays, san francisco is the only spot with de

yountville, novato some rain. santa rosa some rainfall. vallejo, american canyon also seeing some rainfall. it will be a lot of rain tomorrow. the soil is still saturated from last week. the flash flooding will be a concern. that's why we're all under a flash flood watch and we have a high wind warning in effect. this is the bigger concern to me. because trees are drought stressed. we will see winds much stronger than last week. widespread wind gusts 45 to 55 miles per hour. up to 80 miles per hour in the hills. so wind damage is likely and a lot of trees will likely lose the battle with mother nature tomorrow. there's a big storm up here which is kind account of parent low but that's not the one that's going to cause the winds to increase. it's this guy right here and it's moving rapidly in our direction and it's strengthening rapidly and the stronger it gets, the stronger the winds will get. we'll have very strong winds tomorrow morning as the front moves through. 8 a.m., i'll tell you this right now, if you work in the city, get to work

been getting hammered all morning from novato into petaluma streaming around highway 12 into napa yountville and sonoma, vacaville you, too have some rain showers. vallejo, benicia, martinez, american canyon. the 580/680 is nasty on a normal day. now couple in heavy rain and it's messy this morning. we have moderate rainfall around antioch and discovery bay along highway 4. we will continue to see periods of moderate to heavy rainfall plus now you got to factor in the winds currently out of the southeast up to 31 in san jose of air temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. urban and small stream flood advisory in effect until 7:00 this morning for the ponding on the roads. highs today in the 60s with the rain continuing. but tapering off during the late day hours into the evening hours lingering showers on thursday, a brand-new storm system on friday. liz, this was one of your worst commutes ever? >> it was. it was very scary coming into work this morning. you never know when you're going to hit one of those big puddles in the road and that's we keep getting are flooding reports coming in and, of

a pocket of moderate rain to the north and east of yountville.where around the north bay this morning has been hazardous travel. we have had anywhere up to 2" of rainfall in there since 3:00 this morning. look at the moderate rainfall. right now across the bay bridge as you enter san francisco from alameda or oakland. wow, lots of rainfall there. peninsula being inundated, as well. you got the dumbo and the san mateo bridge, wow, that's changing, as well. moderate to heavy downpours on both bridges there and along the coast, half moon bay picked up 55-mile-per-hour winds. we continue to see the wind blow with this area of low pressure. taking a direct aim now on the state of california. you see the core is way back out over the waters. from now to 9 a.m. in the north bay is the heaviest rain, now sliding into the central and east bays, peninsula and south bay heaviest rainfall from about 9:00 until 3 p.m. heaviest around 1 p.m. this is what it looks look right now with our temperatures in the mid-60s. 67 degrees in livermore. winds are the story

>>> more details on the christmas day wine theft in yountville. now say between 40 and 50 bottles of extremely rare wines were stolen. the napa county sheriff estimates the loss at more than $50,000 but one wine expert says the restaurant could have soemed that wine for as much as -- as sold that wine for 700,000. >> that's wild. >> yeah. kind of like when you steal a really care painting. >> what are you gonna do with it? >> exactly. >>> the high winds knocked out power to thousands of people all around the bay area. you heard the winds and saw it. coming up at 8:00, we'll go live to the south bay. those crews out of there, they are working above and bea low ground after eight power poles were knocked down. ♪ >> reporter: we're still having a great time at goodwill. the band is rolling. it's their annual donate-a- thon, a year-end event where they collect your unwanted items. you get the tax writeoff before the end of the year. it's all for a good cause. we'll tell you how you can help -- coming up. >>> 880 near the oakland coliseum looking good.

yountville, 1.44. oakmont, kenwood, 1.10. clayton almost an inch. el cerrito .23.fully that continued to march forward. you can see what's going on. this is noes as well organized as last night's system. not much is representing on -- developing on it. nothing too heavy yet. also extending from highway 37 back to american canyon, hitten brook -- hidden break, vallejo. benicia. and picking up from petaluma, novato, into marin county. not heavy or anything. but it's starting to show a little bit more coverage in intensity. east bay even towards 680/580 split. and right back into san jose over to the peninsula. east pal, dumbarton bridge and then into sunnyvale, cupertino and right back into the santa cruz mountains. we're getting there. there's not a lot here. if you are getting some of that rain, it's the leading edge of our next system. it's already getting very close here. we'll move this in. get some steady rain. it looks like another day where we continue to add to these incredible rain totals. 40s and 50s. kind of a cold, damp morning. 29 tahoe. some snow, nice

the yountville restaurant was robbed on christmas day and chef thomas keller tweeted that the particular wine bottles stolen will raise red flags if they surface in public. he didn't say which were stolen or how many but they include french burgundies and wine from the napa valley. they are priced between $3,000 and $8,000. >>> air bnb is sending $1 million to make the world a better place. actually, the san francisco- based home sharing website is helping 100,000 of its hosts do something good. each of them will be given $10,000 to make a small gesture to improve the world. the company says it's an experiment and they are hoping each host uses the money to help someone they don't know or show support for their community. the hosts who received the money were chosen at random. interesting. >> that is interesting. >>> 8:07. there was a brutal attack last night on three people right near the richmond b.a.r.t. station. coming up in 22 minutes, the search is underway right now for the person responsible. >>> but first, wedding plans shuffled just a day before the ceremony all because the pre