you can see a list of folks on the advisory committee.qualify for appointment to the citizens advisory committee, you must be a san francisco resident and you must speak to this committee about your interest in qualifications. we currently have one vacancy that is the result of the term expiration of mr. peter cannon. he is interested in being reappointed and he is here today. with that, i can take questions. >> thank you very much. please come forward. -- supervisor avalos: thank you very much. please come forward. >> my name is peter cannon. i have served on the citizens advisory committee for the last four years. i have served with the asset mta, traveling by bicycle and muni every day. i feel that with my experience, i can continue to be an effective member of the committee. i would be happy to answer any questions you might have. supervisor avalos: colleagues, comments or questions? ok, thank you for your service and commitment to transit. we will take the matter up. thank you. we can open this item up for public comment. if anyone i

i am the vice chair of the citizens advisory committee. i will be providing the cac chair's report today, since the chair was unable to attend this meeting. and item number six of your agenda was considered by the cac in its january 25, 2012 meeting. the cac passed this item and discuss this item regarding the due process of the community outreach and focus on two themes. one, the traffic planning program, and two, what will happen -- traffic planning program and what will happen to the park -- projects in the pipeline. two, from the current length of 36 months to 48 months, potentially to 24 months, how does the sf mta plan to maintain accurate community process? in the next item, number eight on your agenda, as considered by the cac, we pass this item unanimously. this item is focused on the evaluation of the performance process for the funds before and after a vacation of the project, with the flexibility of the tfta funds for possible use in new projects. that concludes my report. i would be happy to answer questions. supervisor avalos

i am pleased to see this advisory committee being established. i think that we have are rare opportunity at balboa park. it is probably the second most congested station in santa it is. we have cars, pedestrians -- in san francisco. we have cars, pedestrians, and i hope that it will be integrated to do something special to create a signifier statement. i am here to enthusiastically endorse it and i hope we see success here. supervisor kim: thank you. >> lisa pegon, office of economic and work force development. i am here in support of this legislation. on behalf of my roles in the balboa station planned area implementation, i am a project manager for the office of economic and work-force development in the area that is a series of real-estate development projects that the city is managing and i am overseeing different department works to redevelopment that area. as well as a liaison with the district, many of their priority projects, making the area to the balboa station a healthy, safe, positive experience for bicyclists and pedestrians to walk

a wind advisory in effect starting at 8:00. the winds expected to be sustained at 35 miles per hour and gusts over 45 miles per hour. today the gusty winds are courtesy of a low pressure system moving across new england and southeast canada. it is moving away, but not without a fight. lake affect snow to the higher elevations in western maryland. the winds with us through the afternoon. 46 degrees today. your completed updated first warning weather five-day forecast coming up. >> thanks, tim. >>> now back to some of the other stories people are talking about. >>> two brothers in texas are fighting for their lives after being shot and left for dead. cabreras were gunned down after trying to sell rims through craigslist. they met up with two other individuals who responded to the ads. one of the suspects shot the boys multiple times and then stole the rims. afterwards the brothers called their mother to tell her that they were dying. >> i just heard mom, i love you, we're dying, you know, i love you. so, i'm calling -- the police

. >>> a dense fog advisory on the bay bridge. a check of your bridge commute coming up. >>> good morning. it's wednesday, february 8. i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm grace lee. it is 6 a.m. >> and this morning, san francisco sheriff renewing his efforts to see his son once again. >> that's right. ross mirkarimi will return to family court. anne makovec is in san francisco where prosecutors are adding to their witness list for mirkarimi's upcoming trial. good morning, anne. >> reporter: that's right. of course there was a similar family court hearing last week when he was asking to see his son. we understand he and his wife have been meeting with mediators independently to come up with some sort of mutually agreeable visitation schedule. this morning the judge could either accept or deny that plan that they are coming up with. this is going to happen in just a few hours here at 9 a.m. this morning's hearing in family court comes after a similar motion was twice denied in criminal court mirkarimi is barred from seeing his wife or s

maryland is not under any advisories.re not expected to be under any precipitation before the system is out of here. 54 degrees and cloudy and cool. clearing tonight and 24 degrees. tomorrow, 46 degrees and otherwise, northeastly sun -- mostly sunny in the afternoon. >>> thanks, tim, back to the other stories people are talk about this -- talking about this morning. a fast moving fire leaves through a sleepover party in new york and leaves four children dead in rochester. nine people were inside when the flames broke out. three teens and one ten-year- old were found dead. the next step is figuring out how the fire started. >> we have restocked the rpd's to bring in the investigators to work with the investigators. given the fatalities and the unusual circumstances surrounding the events. >> a mother and her infant were among those rescued from the fire. >>> federal agents are joining the search for a missing mother and daughter from ohio. this 1-year-old and her mother were kidnapped at gunpoint yesterday. the police beli

i am here in support of the creation of an advisory committee for the balboa park station. given it is a combination of land use, housing policy, and i think it is important to have a group of community members that could oversee the development of the plans to make sure that the priorities are well-represented in this committee. i think it is going to be one of the plans that will be very important for the southeast portion of the city. specifically because of the lack of affordable housing in the area and the tremendous impact working-class families are facing in san francisco. on behalf of the vernal heights neighborhood center, i am here to support the creation of this committee. i hope that we have a good, representative body on board. i hope that out of this committee, we create good plans and good advice for the implementation of the ballpark pllboa park plan. supervisor kim: think you for being here. >> good afternoon, committee members. i'm dan weaver, my qualifications for speaking today on my interest in being here, being involved in the balboa plan process for 1

there is a winter weather advisories in effect. >>mark: kellogg is not picking approvals for 2.7 phillies have to drive this pfft ssi is food fold out of the deal. this comes after a shake-up at the time of the last few weeks. >>mark: it may not be long before you can make it through an entire family built without being interrupted by telemarketers. the fcc is expected to approve new rules making it harder for companies to the ordeal with roh calls. telemarketers will be required to let you off of a future calls. >>mark: let's go back to james fletcher to get more on what is happening in the forecast. we will have that for you coming up whichever carmine street 880. >>mark: welcome back. it is an francisco 49ers stadium in santa clara could open a year ahead of schedule after the santa clara city council approved a construction contract for the stadium last night. craig skalar is live in santa clara where the equipment is already outside. >>craig: there is already a lot of equipment outside. the council voted 5-1 to sign off on the

for the city, it has been dropped from the advisory. and we're looking at maybe, at most, a fleshy coating as we head into the evening, late evening hours, when the sun does set. north and west of that, is where we could see a little bit more. even though we could be showing you these accumulations. they'll be on the grass, on the trees because the ground has been so warm lately. there are more concerns. we'll have that coming up in the forecast. >> all right, bernadette. thank you. our first warning weather coverage continues. weijia jiang with more on the snow preps around the state. >> a blast of snow whipped around sky eye chopper 13 in hampstead, carroll county, which got hammered during the first round of the quick-moving storm. in westminster, it fell fast, too. >> it's just been so warm. and the weather is crazy. one day it's warm, the next day it's freezing outside. >> don't be fooled by mother nature. >> reporter: that's the warning from state highway planners who started sending troops out tuesday. they splashed the salt brin

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there is a dense fog advisory in effect in a high surf advisories in effect until 3:00 p.m.. the fog is really bad in the north bay. near is zero visibility. highway for the delta, and snug and brentwood are pretty bad. the peninsula is not so bad. the fog should burn off by 5:00 a.m.. , it really will not be until 9:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. that it will fall back for us to see some warming from the sunshine. temperatures in the 40's. this afternoon, los '60s. 63-64 is the general average. we will have your 7 day around the bay coming up in a moment. >>george: an easy ride around the bay with no hot spots or delays. if you are heading out the door to the bay bridge you will have no backups, delays or problems across the upper deck although there is a fog advisor it. future on the san mateo is equally good. better than usual westbound in the eastbound. on the golden gate we saw some fog earlier but there are no advisories issued. >>darya: former senator rick santorum has swept both caucuses in minnesota and colorado and finished in first place in the primary. this week raises questi

we have warnings and advisories to tell you about. winter storm warning and advisory is in effect until the early morning hours of monday. these are the areas here. charlottesville is under the win -- winter weather advisory. waynesville five inches where the warning is. none of that is in effect for the metro region. it will taper off into the overnight hours. can't rule out light precipitation. slick roads will be a real danger. our five-day forecast has a few unsettled days. temperatures will be on the rise. we got a big warm up coming your way into the week. overall the tides weren't too bad. temperatures in the 40s. not far off the mark of where they should be. a few degrees warmer. right now into 3 gaithersburg. 41 dulles. 41 martinsburg. 42 at national airport. winds will be picking up a little bit anywhere from maybe 10 to 15 miles per hour. tomorrow president's day a ridge of high pressure builds in. great day for a holiday. no shortage of sunshine. dry and sunny. by midday tomorrow, expect to see plenty of sunshine. 45 degre

still a wind advisory posted for the dumbarton bridge. so far no trouble reported across the span or on 101 and 8980. >>> gay rights groups and same-sex marriage opponents across the nation are riveted on san francisco this morning. at 10 a.m. a court will decide whether california's prop 8 same-sex marriage ban is constitutional. terry mcsweeney is live outside the courthouse. >> reporter: a three-judge panel of the 9th circuit court of appeals will be issuing its ruling 10:00 this morning. actually they will be issuing two rulings both important in their own way. we'll talk about the rulings coming down today, number one, whether prop 8 is unconstitutional? that was the ruling in by the judge walk ter in response to the 2008 vote area approval of prop 8, defining marriage as one man and one woman. ruling two, whether judge walker's ruling should be set aside because he's a gay man in a committed relationship and stood to benefit from his own ruling. we have thoughts from both sides. >> the yes on 8 people don't have anything. they tried

you've got a dense fog advisory until 6:00 this morning. it doesn't mean counties off to the north and west aren't encountering it too. temperatures at reagan national, we are currently 41 degrees. 39 out at dulles. 40 in hagerstown. 45 in ocean city. going to be a sort two stories here. first the fog but once we burn the fog off, a beautiful afternoon. bright sunshine expected and warm temperatures. how about low to mid-50s. mild and breezy. winds out of the north and west 10 to 15. should be a gorgeous afternoon. >> more details on the forecast. we'll talk about the weekend coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> traffic alert now before we talk with julie. a part of the beltway is closed in montgomery county after an early morning accident. the crash between a tractor- trailer and a car happened somewhere around 3:00 a.m. we do know one person died in this accident. right now, the inner loop is closed at connecticut avenue. let's get more now with julie wright and the latest on this. >> the inner loop of the beltway remains closed at conne

they have just dropped the wind advisory now. we are seeing some pockets of gusts in excess of 20 to 30 miles per hour but doesn't look like we're getting the real strong winds that we expected with the storm system. nonetheless showers outside now. hi-def doppler picking that up. you can see the activity and really heavier stuff off the coastline. some of that also making its way into the east bay now. you can see the storms sliding through so pockets of moderate to heavier amounts of rainfall sliding through the bay area right now near dublin and san ramon and into oakland. off the coast you can see there's still plenty more to come. we'll see this move across the bay area. throughout the morning we'll watch the system rolling through and then toward the afternoon, it looks like we'll get to the back side of the thing -- it's going to split somewhat towards southern california. temperatures will be cooler outside mainly in the 50s. i think toward the next few days we get through the rain today. after this, we dry back out. skie

a little bit of a change to the wind advisory. now everybody is under a wind advisory. so frederick and leesburg and panhandle of west virginia under an advisory, which means winds could gust to 50 as opposed to 60. if you go across the divide, then winds could gust over 60 miles per hour. so showers and thunderstorms ending early. lows 35 to 40. winds westerly at 15 to 30. we'll come back and tell you how long the winds are going to be around and how cold it's going to be over the weekend. >>> while we began this day with temperatures that felt like spring, a reminder from the midwest tonight. it is still winter out there. bulldozers had to be brought out in south dakota to clear out half a foot of snow. and over in michigan, heavy snow is expected to taper off throughout the night. they are expecting a half foot there as well. >> our winter has been so mild, you might expect the state highway department would be stocking away. it spent 30 million of its $36 million snow removal budget for the year. compare that to northern virginia, which spent less than half of its s

we also have a high surf advisory. the areas in blue are under a high surf advisories. could see 18 ft.--we could see 18 ft. waves. temperatures this afternoon are not bad. low 60s. half 60s for the east bay valleys. cloud in foggy this morning but a sunny afternoon with mild temperatures. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. >>george: good morning. it is a good ride around the bay area. we are not tracking any hot spots. the westbound ride looks good in the commute direction for the upper deck of the bay bridge. for drive times are nine minutes out of the macarthur maze. your ride on the san mateo bridge is still pretty light tracking the ride on the golden gate, there are no problems for the ride in from marin county. let's take a look at the traffic maps and pick up the road sensors. 80 westbound still looks good. and 11 minute drive time. the dublin and to change looks good for westbound 580 and southbound 680. south bay freeways are clear. fill a little slowing of the 101 and 880 interchange. >>darya: ross mirkirimi will be back in court this morning to fig

wind advisory should go away at 10:00 tonight. i will be back, we will look at your bay area forecast. we had more records today. >>> stay with us for updates on the fire on air and on www.ktvu.com. also watch video of the flames and the fire fight. >>> a woman who got trapped under muni train suffered only scratches. it happened before 1:30 this afternoon. the woman became stuck after walking between train cars. officials say rescuers freed her in 20 minutes. >>> residents back home after a car crashed caused a gas leak. around noon a man swerved, lost control and crashed into a home. that crash severed a gas line. pg&e repairedpairedpaired the leak. no one was injured. >>> 75 law enforcement officers served warrants and made arrests in a child porn sweep. three men were arrested. a teen from novato was among them. child porn is a huge problem in recent years. >> child pornography crime is growing. grows 150% each year. the fastest growing crime in the united states. the men are suspected of taking child pornography off the inter

wind advisory for the san mateo and benicia bridge.estbound 80 approaching hilltop in richmond because of an earlier accident has been cleared there's a few commuters around san pablo avenue, starting to slow down there as well heavy traffic reported, we are reaching a break even point on whether you should take that alternate. westbound 580 through the altamont pass heavy into live more because of an earlier crash. >>> thank you for join us. >> we'll be back with a local update at 7:24. keep track of the latest news on twitter and talk about it at facebook.com/abc7news. have a great day we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. back here tomorrow morning. bye-bye!

a winter weather advisory above 4,000 feet expired over an hour ago.want to show you a live picture from the scales. the roads right now look clear and traffic is moving smoothly. 2 hours ago a high surface advisory took effect. 23478 jade ktvu channel 2 news jade hernandez is live now. >> reporter: our first point of action was to show you what it was like out there but rangers had other ideas. they had to shut down the peer. we spoke to visitors who day was cut short. >> i think it is for our safety, right? >> reporter: they drove up to try their hand at crabbing but -- >> felt like there was an earthquake. >> reporter: high tide and big swells forced them to close the area. >> what i did today was a judgment call due to the weather and the tides hitting the peer. >> reporter: inside the peer's cafe this employee said she worked here for a year and today surprised her. she is preparing to close early. >> this is the first time i have seen the peer closed. >> reporter: a mile away, they had more than just her dog. >> it has been really wild today. the

a quick look at the wind advisories and warnings. the warnings are west with gusts to 6 # miles an hour places like frederick and leesburg and winchester out toward well warrenton sort of on the border there with the advisory and the warning. then closer ho home, gusts maybe 50 miles per hour in the immediate metro. upper 60s at noon. i know it looks like a lot of sunshine, we have the threat for a couple of showers and thunderstorms. you can see that in northern virginia now coming to the winchester area and parts of northern maryland some of the showers here over the next half hour or so. monika's got timesaver traffic now. the good news is it's friday morning light. >>> and you know, in terms of the weather, it's not affecting traffic as of yet. the beltway looks great. you had a couple of construction spots around town but right now everything looks fine around town. let's go over to the north side if you're planning to head on the beltway, there are no problems to report between college park and bethesda. we'll take a live look

we have seen the dense fog advisory. it had been listed to go out of effect at 6:00. >> uh-huh. >> keep it into effect until 8:00. now we have added a special weather statement for a lot of counties basically saying you have fog in the area, beware. >> okay. >> we will keep it here through midday then the sun is going to bust out. it is going to be beautiful this afternoon i am telling you. 54 is going to be the high, clear, 30 overnight. tomorrow back in the mid-50s. then we got a deal with sunday. and a wintry mix trying to come our way. we will explain why i said trying and we are going to talk about what is going to be a sloppy way to end the weekend here. we are going to do that shortly. in the meantime and in between time, as we would say in rock radio, ron matz down at the legendary reggie's. how are you? >> we are doing great, don and marty, happy friday, the legendary reggie's is right. federal hill. we have chef michael, allen morestein here. rock fish celebration. what do we have here? >> grilled rock fish, ju

so winter weather advisories up through 10:00 this morning. seeing the snow level down to 2800 feet. locally temperatures warming up to the 60s in many spots by the afternoon, 61 san jose, 60 in redwood city, east bay temperatures sunshine there 50s and some 60s by the afternoon and as you make your way inside the bay we'll find some sunshine and breezy conditions. watch out, wind advisories in the delta with strong gusty winds there throughout the day. more nice weather tomorrow. less wind, warmer temperatures, cooling off on friday. friday night into saturday morning there is a slight chance of a few showers. the next best chance of rain comes monday. that's a look at weather. here's elizabeth with traffic. >> thanks, lawrence. we're talking winds. there are wind advisories in effect for the dumbarton bridge and the bay bridge. here's a live look at the dumbarton bridge. west and eastbound 84, as you can see from traffic, everything is moving at the limit. so far everything is nice and light across the dumbarton bridge. otherwise, if you're

overnight chp issued a fog advisory, a fog advisory, dense fog advisory. on the san francisco side of the span it's thick past treasure island. east bay live look at the nimitz. easier to see those headlights making their way southbound. nice smooth ride all the way towards oakland airport if you have n early flight to catch. northbound traffic so far looks good all the way towards the downtown oakland exit, as well. of course it's still early. we're expecting to see a lot of green on our traffic sensors, so no surprise that the drive time here is about 1 minutes on westbound 580 out of the altamont pass heading towards 680. so once again, no big surprises if you are about to start your morning commute. here are your drive times for you popular routes across the east bay. once again, westbound 24 not seeing any issues all the way through walnut creek, lafayette. fog not really an issue across that stretch, as well. and coming down the eastshore freeway so far no brake lights through richmond or berkeley so should be a pretty smooth ride, 1 minutes from the

let's go right to our watch, warning and advisory graphic. we are under an advisory for the northern tier counties with the exception of cecil -- i know cecil is considered northern tier, so you are not involved being a northern tier county but we have to extend southwest of the metro grid into howard and montgomery county, that is your winter weather advisory. let's show you a graphic that tells the story of why certain counties are lit up and others are not. 1 to three inches northwest of the metro grid primarily on grassy surfaces, some slushy and slick spots on untreated roads, coating to an inch primarily on grassy surfaces. south and east a rain mix with slight bit of snow. it certainly is not snow snow snowmageddon but certainly to watch. back inside. >> live coverage continues with weijia jiang and how road crews are preparing. >> reporter: good afternoon to everybody. transportation planners across the state are bracing for winter to finally reveal its true colors and say this could make for a disaster on the roads especially during

we have a couple of wind advisory advisories in effect for the bridges. out live towards the san mateo bridge, you can see caltrans' warning sign up on 92 across the span in both directions. wind advisories there as well as one for the bay bridge. so again they issued these early this morning very early at 12:11 in fact. so be extra careful crossing into san francisco as well at the bay bridge. other than that, quiet. traffic still light on this monday morning. here's a live look at the nimitz 880 past the coliseum. looks great up and down the -- really, the east bay not too bad. a lot of green on our sensors. northbound 880 by stevenson boulevard on that on-ramp, there's been an accident. we can't tell if the -- the on- ramp is partially blocked. again, the main lines of the freeway are looking okay. but again that's northbound 880 by stevenson boulevard. we have an accident there at least partially blocking the on- ramp. all right. highway 4 usually one of our first spots to back up and just a couple of yellow sensors there in those westbound lanes. oth

as we go to the weather maps, areas to the south and west are under advisories and winter storm warnings. advisory you can get 1 to 4 inches includes highlands, charlottesville as well as spot sill vein i can't. here is early numbers charlottesville 2 inches. wayne's borrow has gotten five inches. temperatures are now in the 30s and 40s. we had a dry slot in place. that has delayed the onset of

fog advisory were called around several bay areas. meteorologist mark tamayo says that the humidity and the front caused the fog. >>> the duty manager at san francisco airport says that there is a flow control program in place until 1:00 this afternoon. that's been causing up to 45 minutes arrival delays on short haul flights. >>> another court appearance this morning for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. he is trying to modify a restraining order so he can visit his two-year-old son. we are hearing about a new development in just the past hour. tara moriarty joins us outside the courtroom to tell us that, this time, the sheriff was successful. >> reporter: that's right. starting tomorrow, sheriff mirkarimi will be able to see his son every day for two hours every day and then during the weekend, for six to eight hours. they will be supervised visits. the sheriff was extremely emotional as he left the courthouse. here is what he had to say. >> i -- i get to see my son and i can't tell you how excited and grateful i am. this has be

winter weather warnings and advisories to tell you about winter storm warning, piedmont, south side virginia, lynchville, danville, martinsville income passed they could see 3 to 8 inches of snowfall winter weather advisory, any where from 1 to 4 inches there and that includes central and eastern virginia, high land, pendleton, fredericksburg, charlottesville. those are the areas where the warning and watches are concerned. when precipitation starts it is only going to start as a mix before it turns to snow for us in dc metro very light accumulation and i will have all the details a little later. >> thanks so much gwen. >> new this morning four people shot at an apartment complex in maryland it happened 4:00 a.m. holly spring meadows, in the 5500 block marlboro pike district heights none of the injuries we are told are life threatening as soon as we get more information on this one we will pass it along to you. >>> the murder trial of george huguely is in the hands of the jury the former university of virginia lacrosse player is accused of killing his ex- girlfriend may of 2010. the prosecut

this afternoon, high surf advisory goes up at 1:00. going to see some waves out there 13 to 16 feet with breakers to about 18. temperatures are going to stay very cool. highs only in the 50s and it will be breezy too. and we're not done with the rain just yet. once this cold front moves by, a lot of scattered showers behind this and i think that will continue right into thursday, as well. the high country seeing some very heavy snowfall up there maybe 2 to 4 feet of snow in the higher peaks and winter storm warnings up there. scattered showers continuing on and off throughout the day today. and toward tomorrow, some more showers on the way. these temperatures staying well below average for this time of year mainly into the 50s. but that is all going to change as we head in toward the weekend. got a couple of wet days here on wednesday and thursday. but by friday, we start to dry things out nicely. and then it looks like this weekend some of those temperatures up into the 70s. but yeah, kind of a wild ride around the bay area this morni

the dense fog advisory until 9:00.g pretty nice with partly cloudy skies from our roof camera. temperatures are in the 50s." back to the fog. visibility has been limited to less than a quarter of a mile, right here from napa, also up through santa rosa. so definitely be careful out there. it's going to be with us for quite some time. even novato hooking at some fog this morning. but in our east bay, not so bad. we do have reduced visibility at the coast. so we've had a leftover moisture from yesterday. so that fog just sitting down there right at the ground. 48 san francisco, 41 in mountain view. and it is much cooler this morning. so despite the low visibility, we've got some cold temperatures along the peninsula. colder than what we've been used to. down around the delta, it's not too bad right now with 8-maulvissible. look at the mile and a half in napa, less than a quarter file in novato and quarter mile in santa rosa. in mountain view, concord and antioch, about five to seven degrees colder this morning. our satel

so the wind advisory, what is it? expecting three or more hours of wind sustained at 31 to 39 miles per hour. and gusting up to 40 and 57 miles per hour. definitely secure this objects and protect sensitive plants if you have any outside. wind gusts, 38 miles per hour around d.c. manassas 36. look at leesburg, 43. even winchester around 38-mile- an-hour wind gusts just in this last hour. okay, wind -- winter weather rather advisory and watches. a couple out to north of baltimore, out towards southern maryland and salisbury but that will be expiring at sunday, 6 a.m. and the way out in the mountains we still have a winter storm warning in effect. so that's good news for the ski resorts, that need the snow. at the windchill it feels cold out there. just how cold? feels like 21 in downtown. 18 for andrews air force base. 14 in leesburg. hagerstown 9. and it's going to get colder tonight. our satellite radar picture showing snowshowers going through earlier today, and we'll see a little bit of snow potentially later tonig

we have a wind advisory that goes into effect in about 59 minutes t extends toward the overnight hours. we could see wind gusts exceeding the 40 to 45 miles per hour tomorrow morning. the question is how long will the windy conditions last? how cold will it be tomorrow and do we have a warmup in our forecast? he details coming up in just a few minutes. >> we will certainly welcome that. thanks, steve. our storm watch continues and we have the latest on conditions and how strong storms are already impacted traffic. >> the national weather service said we were expecting whiteout conditions as we saw the quick snowstorm pass through the area. we didn't exactly see that, and all the snow that did fall has stopped and the wind has become the major story. we have incredible video we want to show you. this was on interstate 66 just before 3:00 this afternoon which was at the height of the storm. what happened was a sign, one of the large signs on interstate 66 flew down by one of those big wind gusts. it was right at exit 57 near monument drive. the big sign fell during the height of the snow

we do have a dense fog advisory until 6:00 a.m. for anne arundel county, patchy fog everywhere else. we see a couple of sprinkles picking up on the radar this morning, a lot of mist out there as well. but all in all no type of downpours. we will be seeing plenty of sunshine as we go through the remainder of today. it's going to be a good looking day outside, but let's talk about the elephant in the room, right? so we have a storm that is poised to move in here as we go into your sunday. now, i'm showing you back out toward the west here. you see a little bit of energy around the four corners and then some showers into texas right now, also into the gulf coast. this is where the storm is going to originate. it's going to get its act together i believe somewhere around louisiana and also into mississippi. then it will track off across the carolinas and then up the coast and that's where we're going to be seeing some rain, some snow. the question marks still remain of the track of the storm and how much cold air from the north will wr

an advisory. and we've got a high wind warning here. look how much the region is under a wind advisory and warning. wind advisory in washington goes into effect at 3:00. and we could have gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour behind the front later today. and off to the north and west, the high wind warning. let's talk temperatures, enjoying unseasonably warm air ahead of the front. mid-70s here in washington. afternoon highs, 80. currently 52 in wash 48 in annapolis. these temperatures well above normal. 43 in martinsburg. 57 today. chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. some of the storms could be strong. yes. windy later. very windy later. tomorrow, 50, sunshine. sunday looks great. monday and tuesday, back into the 50s. feels like march. >> it's not. >> i know. >> hi. >> hello. >> how are you? >> i was out like everybody yesterday, no coat on. this is so weird. it's february. >>> i went outside with shorts and a tank top. >> did you really? >> really. >> some viewers might want to know where you did that. >> we'll talk about

a high wind advisory has been issued for several bay area bridges.heft into the afternoon, mostly sunny conditions, the winds will start to die down and we will see similar temperatures. satellites and radar shows clear conditions over the bay area. cochran half if we do see any wet weather it will be in places like fairfield friday evening. if you are headed to the tahoe area there are no problems getting there. mostly cloudy conditions with temperatures in the 30's and 40's. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows a string of sunshine as we head into the rest of the work week. as we start the weekend, relatively mild conditions. we do have the potential for wet weather sunday stretching in seventh aid. her >>james: there are no hot spots to reports, beginning with interstate 80 westbound on the bay bridge, traffic is moving well with no problems on the stand. also, the san mateo bridge, highway 92 is moving without any problems. this is a wind advisory that has been posted fat flooding of gusty conditions across the stand. one final look at the go

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>>justine: an avalanche advisory has been issued, it is a high danger advisory. part of the central sierra nevada mountains. this advisory does apply only to the back country areas outside of already established ski boundaries. it stays in effect until 7:00 a.m.. we will be posting information on facebook and on our web site. >>james: in the north bay, they got rain overnight. san francisco and oakland is not too bad. san jose is dealing with the brunt of the storm at the moment. let's take a quick look at the raider. here is san jose. in the next 20 minutes that portion of san jose will start to dry out. moderate-heavy rain again, the tracking to the south and east, we will pull that out a little bit to give you a wide view of the bay area. the rain is body on the peninsula and the east bayshore. the bulk of the front looks to be clearing as we go to the next set of the day, future cast 4 is showing that at noon a chance of showers in the north bay. by 6:00 p.m., your drive home could be wet depending on where you are. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay

a high, a wind advisory has been in effect for much of the d.c. area.ting gusts up to 50 miles per hour. some cold temperatures out here. what does it feel like now? 10 degrees in downtown. manassas, 8. even andrew's air force base, it feels like 11 degrees. these numbers will drop overnight into early tomorrow morning when temperatures will feel like in the single digits. if you are far north and west of town, higher elevations are also windchill advisory where we can see temperatures feeling like minus 5 degrees. so overnight, these snow showers should be ending, becoming partly cloudy, still very cold and windy. lows will get down into the mid 20s in downtown. down to the teens in the suburbs. we'll talk more about the cold weather that is going to impact us for the weekend. if you can stay inside, definitely. it's a good weekend to read a book, have some hot chocolate and watch a movie with the family. talk about the chance for more snow coming up later in that seven-day forecast. >> romney wins the maine caucus by a slim margin. even though several

snow advisories up there continuing until 10:00 in the morning.till, around the bay area we are clearing out your skies very nicely. what a nice start to the day out over the bay bridge right now looking at 42 degrees in concord, 47 in oakland, 41 degrees in livermore, and 45 degrees in san francisco. temperatures as we head toward the lat earth part of the day are going to be running up in the 50s and the 60s. so some pretty decent temperatures although it's going to be very breezy outside so it's going to feel cooler than that. i think tomorrow the winds switch directions becoming more offshore. temperatures warming up nicely near 70 in some of the warmer spots, cooling down over the weekend slight chance of showers into saturday morning better chance of rain overnight sunday night into monday. that's a look at weather back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:34 now. new this morning, iran is showing off its nuclear achievements this morning. today, president mahmoud ahmadinejad inserted the first domestically made fuel rod into the reactor in north teh

there are wind advisories around baltimore. the potential for went to gusts over 50 miles an hour to the west of baltimore. east of the mountains, we expect the wind gusts over 40 and perhaps get close to 50. as the wind turns to the northwest, it will tap into cold air. there's a winter weather advisory for garrett county. they're expecting several inches of snow over the weekend. there may be a flurry here. details on the weekend forecast are coming up in a few minutes. >> also making headlines tonight, and read -- ed reid will remain in the ravens lineup. he has not said anything about the season since the loss to new england. that sparked concerns he is retiring. rayless is returning this season as well. -- and ray lewis is returning this season as well. three men robbed two people leaving the annapolis mall. they had just purchased a laptop computer when three men robbed them before taking off any stolen black bmw. police have stepped up security in continue to search for the suspects. no one was injured. >> new reports sh

. >>> and we have a high wind advisory in effect for the bay bridge, and chain requirements. we'll tell you where coming up. >>> good morning, it's monday, february 13. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it's 4:30. >>> it could be weeks before investigators determine what caused the death of pop singer whitney houston. elizabeth sanchez joins us with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the music industry's top names came here last night for a celebration but the show turned into a tribute, remembering one of their own. the grammys paid tribute to whitney houston as investigators worked to figure out exactly how she died. ♪ and i >> reporter: jennifer hudson sang one of houston's most well- known songs. ♪ i will always love you >> reporter: "i will always love you" and the night began with a star studied audience bowing their heads in prayer. >> truly blessed to have been touched by her beautiful spirit. >> reporter: houston died in the bathtub of her fourth floor hotel room at the beverly hilton on the eve of the grammys. nominees and fellow artists on the red

>> the wind advisory in effect for tomorrow.through tomorrow, the winds in the hills above berkeley, about a thousand feet is where the wind advisory is cut off. at sea level, most of us wouldn't notice much wind at all. going to the golden gate bridge, i checked the winds out of the west at 26 on the gusts. that direction will go away. we'll clear it out. the direction will switch to northeast tonight. that is the wind advisory direction, as that high pressure builds in, in the areas most affected, they're the areas here outlined above the campus, above the sky line boulevard. you will see very strong winds, 25, perhaps 30 miles per hour, maybe even 35 miles per hour. and that also warms us up, because the offshore winds, i say it all the time, it makes sense, the winds go offshore. that disposes of the fog, but the air sinks out of a high pressure zone, when it sinks, it warms, when air rises, it expands and cools, when it sinks, it compresses and warms. that is what we have today. the forecast lows on the mild side, a bit of

winter weather advisories. warnings in western maryland. this storm system, area of low pressure south of us, producing light rain and snow mixture. behind it, there is an arctic cold front with a burst of snow showers. look how chilly it is behind us. we will feel some of that arctic air briefly on sunday. 33 in hancock right now. mid-40's on the lower eastern shore. north and west, we will have the best chance for snow accumulation. we're talking an inch or two. rain mostly south and east of annapolis, down toward ocean city tomorrow morning. in an arctic front comes in with a second burst of snow showers. the overall storm total is an inch or two for most areas. you will see some darker blue in parts of carroll county and frederick county. they could approach that three- inch mark. western maryland gets more substantial snow, 6 inches out there. snow showers in the morning. winds shifting to the northwest. temperatures will be falling late in the day. 20 on sunday. four to 8 inches of snow out in garrett county. eastern shore, snow showe

the advisory also applies to the benicia bridge. wind gusts could reach 35 miles an hour. and we'll be on it. we'll have expanded traffic updates to deal with with this mornings weather. this is northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. also the morning commute looks pretty good if you are driving on northbound 101 in the area. at 6:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> crews will continue to search for human remains connected to two convicted serial killers. they are focusing on an area in san joaquin county near the town of linden. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty has more on when crews can resume their digging. >> reporter: you know the first hint of what was to come came saturday when workers spotted a jacket with an arm bone hanging from an excavators bucket. search crews are supposed to resume their search at 8:00 this morning. we are about a mile from the location where they are digging right now. that's over the weekend. crews found more than 300 bones. saturday they found a human skull and then yesterday more bones and a wo