and he'll just be sitting and waiting at baxter. caltrans will open it up for trucks at about 11:00 or so tonight. once we get less cars on the road it makes it a lot smoother to have the trucks out. if anybody is heading up there, it is still snowing, still very cold, very windy. bring your chains, be prepared for delays, have a plan. i always say bring yourself on and make sure its charge. to be prepared and have food, warm blankets and have an alternate plan if you don't want to sit in traffic. i don't expect huge delays, there will be big delays as a result of that road closure earlier today >>pam: what your concerns with more snow expected over the next couple of days? >>caller: were running out of room to put it. a lot of the egged their areas, caltrans is having to truck the snow out of the area like tahoe city in truckee. there's just no more room for it >>pam:. thank you officer chris go we will talk with you again. in national news, a late night vote on a budget bill in wisconsin turned into an all-out screaming match. cha

pillar from the newspaper, david from uncle vito's pizza, maggie baxter from abc channel 7. i must turn the page. deputy chief antonio para, san francisco police department, lynn bruney, director of consumer marketting for the san francisco convention and visitors bureau and wes tyler, general manager, chancellor hotel on union square and president of the union square association. let's hear it for all those judges, ladies and gentlemen. now, these judges have a very, very difficult job. they have to rate the competitors. each bell ringer will be judged on rhythm, originality, and style. today we're going to find out who has the it factor and before the amateur competition stuff starts, i'd like to bring up a former bell-ringing champion, mr. carl payne, ladies and gentlemen. not one, not two, not three, 10-time bell-ringing champion. the only bell-ringing champion who is even close to this would be mr. byron cobb, who has five wins. and buddy, my second husband, what's the secret to winning? >> stay on god's good side. >> ah, that sounds good. now what we're going to do is

chains are required from baxter to the state line on highway 50 from twin bridges to meyers.ck to keep the roads clear. closer to home though in marin county, there was steady snowfall last night atop mount tam. how beautiful is that. it started with a light dusting 2:00 in the afternoon and a steady pace around 5:00. several inches accumulated at the intersections of highways 9 and 35, a lot of parents brought kids to play in the icy mix. they had snow fights and there was a bit more snow over castle rock state park. >> i wanna do a snow fight and make snowmans. >> we wanted to come because he told me there was snow. i was like let's go! >> we come up here and there's a lot of rain. i didn't know if there was gonna be snow and kind of a pleasant surprise. >> well, caltran's trucks and teams are standing by around the bay area just in case there's more snow. they're also working to keep the rainwater off the roads. meteorologist lisa argen is tracking the snow and the rain right now. >> we have to bundle up out there. it is cold. we still have some scattered showers sweeping

reporter richard sharp made it to baxter in placer county.hat's it like up there right now, richard? >> well, frank, it is downright dangerous. let me zoom in behind my shoulder here. you can see the traffic on cal tran trying to help some stuck people. the traffic backs up for more than six miles at some points. they expect it to get worse throughout the evening. >> are you guys excited for all of this skiing? >> yeah. >> even a two hour standstill that stretched on for miles didn't damper the excitement for a weekend of skiing. cars weren't the only form of transit brought to a halt. more than 500 passengers on amtrak trains were waiting for the tracks to be cleared. >> you can see union pacific trying to get some electricity back on to some of the crossing arms of the train. take a look at the tracks here. they are completely buried. if we pan down the track you can see the train is stopped waiting for the snowplow to come. >> with so many snow, even the locals are struggling to get around. the power could be out for days. >> almost 24 hou

reporter richard sharp made it to baxter in placer county. what's it like up there right now, richard? >> well, frank, it is downright dangerous. let me zoom in behind my shoulder here. you can see the traffic on cal tran trying to help some stuck people. the traffic backs up for more than six miles at some points. they expect it to get worse throughout the evening. >> are you guys excited for all of this skiing? >> yeah. >> even a two hour standstill that stretched on for miles didn't damper the excitement for a weekend of skiing. cars weren't the only form of transit brought to a halt. more than 500 passengers on amtrak trains were waiting for the tracks to be cleared. >> you can see union pacific trying to get some electricity back on to some of the crossing arms of the train. take a look at the tracks here. they are completely buried. if we pan down the track you can see the train is stopped waiting for the snowplow to come. >> with so many snow, even the locals are struggling to get around. the power could be out for days. >> almost 24 h

we had rain all the way until about gold run, baxter. about two hours.t's the approximate answer. it's slow going. once you get past chain controls, you're doing up to 20 miles an hour. you wouldn't dare go faster because you can't see and don't have much traction. >> but again, if you need to get to reno, the roads are open? >> reporter: they are open. bring the chains if you want to chance it. i wouldn't chanc it. i'd wait. but this elevation is going to get a foot or two of snow. first significant snowfall for a couple of weeks. it's been dry for a while. we are getting payback. >> my skin is stinging i'm watching that snow hit you. i tell you, get back in the truck, nick. we have taken enough of your time. >> reporter: will do. >> i feel his pain because it wasn't long ago i was sitting in the same stuff in boston. nice job, nick. stay warm. >>> lawrence, over to you. >> look at that. that's something else! a lot of rainfall around the bay area. you saw heavy snow in the high country with winter storm warnings. we'll see heavy snow there in the next

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it has reopened as you can see, cars are moving, but you need to chain up at baxter which is at about 3800 feet. the weather service is predicting more road closures through the end of this week. >> we've seen great pictures of the weather from viewers. we want to share those with you right now. take a look at this hail near occasion. that was taken by ken and melissa ortiz sent us pictures as well. this is hail that pounded parts of san francisco. also an anonymous viewer sent us a rainbow. if you have video we'd like you to share them with us. upload them or e-mail them. >> oakland school superintendent warns there may be significant teacher layoffs this fall. the district posted a letter on its website yesterday. it didn't say specifically how many teachers may be cut, but some have estimated it could run into the hundreds. the district also plans to notify principals and managers that they might be reassigned to a new position in the fall. school officials say they've been able to avoid high layoffs in recent years because of high teacher attrition rates and funds. warning employe

caltrans stopped traffic after a big rig lost its chains just east of baxter spinning out and blocking a chain installer was hit near over land trail on eastbound 80. the crash resulted in major injuries. can't blame you if you would want to wait it out but if you're curious to look like what it's like to drive through it we had our flip cam out on the drive tomorrow. it's our first person perspective. before daybreak snow flying at our windshield severely limiting visibility to the point we didn't see the exit sign for blue canyon. once we got back here, we got stuck in a snow drift. we brought a shovel or we would be making camp here for the night. it has been several weeks since we have had a sierra storm like this. and mother nature is paying us back big time. >> nick janes getting his exercise right there. >> a little reporter involvement. >> nick janes reporting from blue canyon. >> we are not done with this yet either. that's wave number one. we have much more coming as well, lawrence? >> yeah. we have a series of storms. this one we are getting on the back of the front now but

chain controls are in affect from baxter to truckee. this is what you will find at 6100 feet. lots of snow as you can see. and on i-80 in truckee, cars and trucks are chaining up for the drive east over the summit. here is the entrance to squaw valley. the ski resorts are well coming the fresh snow after a couple weeks of warm weather. let's go live to abc7's johnal -- john alston where there are winds, rain and waves. >> the wind has been like this since we got here four hours ago and picked up in the last half hour. we last had gusts approaching 40 miles an hour at ocean beach. you factor in the sideways rain and it is a wretched evening. fighting the blast of wind and rain couples had to really work for their dinners tonight. >> my wife and i don't go out on valentine's day. we wait until the next day and go out for a valentine dinner. >> picked a lovely night. >> we did. >>> down on ocean beach, waves were picking up all evening. a high surf advisory will go into affect in the morning, and that will lead to dangerous rip currents. in kentfield, marin county, customers were

baxter. ben, you said you'd done it! i know, but i haven't. ( phone rings ) why? oh, god.o you know the really stupid thing about lying, ben? it's pointless. oh, hi, veronica. yeah, no, i haven't managed to make a start on it yet. the truth comes out-- always, every time. no, it doesn't. it does. what about murderers? they lie. some don't get caught. no, they always catch them. you're always saying the police are useless. how can they catch murderers if they're useless? this--this isn't about murderers, ben, it is about you, isn't it? oh, come on, dad, we really don't have time for this. what about batman? does he lie? yeah, but only to protect his secret identity. it's not the same... type of lie. oh, come on! sue: karen, come on. karen, it's school time now, out the door. you see, what batman did wasn't really lying, was it? it was just being economical with the truth. no, he wasn't. he lied. i'm not saying that i can't do it, veronica. i'm just saying it's gonna be a very heavy day. yeah, but he didn't lie about his homework, did he? you are going to have an equally hea

here we have baxter a hybrid between the luger and sturgeon a beautiful fish but also a harley and very productive. igor bortz of has been working with sturgeon his whole life and even has a species named after him thanks to special living conditions he created his fish much or three times faster than in the wild so they caviar can be farmed all year round. here this is all carvey or in the belly it's full of it. what's is also behind the union can make to harvest the row without killing the fish rather than being cold like elsewhere in the world the female fish is in the best called milked gently and harmlessly each time a fish is milked it can produce up to a quarter of its weight in paddy are say this specimen is about ten kilos so up to two now heroes of paddy are every time they approach their own makes caviar more accessible but also helps preserve this increasingly scars read all beautiful things once russia had about ninety percent of the world's stock of sturgeon but by the turn of the century while sturgeon were close to extinction and poachers were running the show to preserv

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now the checkpoint is three miles east where we're standing at the baxter exit.a minute ago. >> the driving conditions appear to be good, cars are -- trucks are moving along at a pretty slow but steady pace. chains are required for all vehicles, including -- except to those with four-wheel drive. that starts from the back ter exit up to the nevada -- baxter exist up to the nevada state line. earlier this morning, there was light, fluffy snow coming down on the interstate 80. the snow stopped about an hour and a half ago. while there are not reports of spinouts or accidents on the stretch of highway, we checked with the chp at the truckee office. they say they haven't any problems ear this morning. one of the -- problems here this morning. one of the chp said, he's seen more spinouts than he can count. >> slow down! people get a false sense of security, they get to going too fast, and they slide. once you died, four-wheel drive -- slide, four-wheel drive does not do you any good. >> reporter: and you can see the trees are completely filled. there's not even any wi

as for chain controls, they're in effect from placer county to baxter all the way over the summit to the nevada state line. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> many ktvu viewers have been on storm watch and we have the photos to prove it. john fox sent us this picture of the snow in kelseyville in lake county. the picture was taken about 5:15 this evening. the elevation is above 1800 feet. take a look at this double rainbow in the southern part of napa county. tony jackson took this picture after the rain stopped, and he decided to share it with us. we wanted to see your photos. if you have good weather pictures, just email them to photos@ktvu.com. ♪ [ music ] >>> picking out a line of pretty strong rain. we had hail from this system here. and this one heading out towards danville. tomorrow morning, here we go. we'll actually about 1:00 a.m., more heavy showers across that line. here we go to 3:00 a.m. and you see more heavy showers. getting ready for your morning commute. 4:00a.m., and you see all the activity. tomorrow morning's commute is looking to be a wet one. there's a possibility there

chain requirements are posted between baxter and placer county.live during our noon show, i80 was shut down for some time but it is now reopen with chain restrictions. as you can see there, traffic is going to be very difficult driving through 80 heading into the sierra. >>> we have our crews spanned out all over the bay. everyone our ktvu viewers are helping by sending in their own photos of rain and snow. snow is not the first thing that usually comes to mind when you think of clear lake. but kelly phar took this sparkling shot. everything covered. take a look at these walls of snow. it was sherry derosa who took these pictures for us. those walls are at least 20 feet high. now we would like to see your photos of snow in the bay area. you can e-mail them to photos at ktvu.com and we may show them right here on our air. we will also keep you updated on the weather around the clock here on channel 2. also you can keep track of the latest weather information by going online any time to our channel 2 website. just look for our live storm tracker two

as for chain controls, they're in effect from placer county to baxter all the way over the summit to the nevada state line. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> many ktvu viewers have been on storm watch and we have the photos to prove it. john fox sent us this picture of the snow in kelseyville in lake county. the picture was taken about 5:15 this evening. the elevation is above 1800 feet. take a look at this double rainbow in the southern part of napa county. tony jackson took this picture after the rain stopped, and he decided to share it with us. we wanted to see your photos. if you have good weather pictures, just email them to photos@ktvu.com. ♪ [ music ] >>> picking out a line of pretty strong rain. we had hail from this system here. and this one heading out towards danville. tomorrow morning, here we go. we'll actually about 1:00 a.m., more heavy showers across that line. here we go to 3:00 a.m. and you see more heavy showers. getting ready for your morning commute. 4:00a.m., and you see all the activity. tomorrow morning's commute is looking to be a wet one. there's a possibility there

chains are required on interstate 80 from baxter to the novato state line and highway 50 from twin bridgess. working around the clock trying to keep the roads clear. closer to home in marin county, there was steady snowfall around mount tam. started coming down at pay steady pace around 5:00. at the intersections of highways 9 and 35, a lot of parents brought their kids to play in the icy mix. they had snow fights and made small snowmen. over at the state park, caltran had to plow so the park could stay open. >> i wanna do a snow fight and make snowmans. >> we were coming because he told me there was snow and i was like, okay, let's go! >> we were coming up here and there's a lot of rain. i didn't know if there was gonna be snow and kind of a pleasant surprise. >> caltran's trucks and teams are standing by around the bay area just in case there's more snow. they're also working to keep the rainwater off the roads. while other meteorologist lisa argen is tracking the snow and rain right now, let's check in with her. >> yeah, there's more of it. more showers rotating through the bay area sta

the chp is requiring chains at baxter but trucks are stopped eastbound as low as applegate.ust hearing westbound 80 which was open has just been closed down as well -- look at the conditions up there. the wind storm warning is in effect until sew:00 tonight? >> yes, sir. >> for areas around lake tahoe, truckee and other parts of the sierra. chains required on all the major highways but won't get any better. >> it's scary. how many hours you may wanna wait before testing it? >> the heaviest is until 10:00 this morning. whatever falls will freeze at a lower level tonight. tomorrow afternoon probably the best time to go but even then we're going to get more snow. not a great time. >> for driving. >> for driving. if you're there, great. i'd love to tell you a perfect time to drive up there, probably tomorrow afternoon honestly. let's look back here at home where we can see. nice, nice picture! we look at the clouds that are not nearly as thick as they were last night but they are moving rather fast and that will create the showers this afternoon. let's take a look at live dopple

james are required from baxter-- chains.oll some video and show you some pictures we saw little bit ago. you can see signs telling folks that chains are required. you will be going 30 mi. an hour but you're not even going to go that fast. traffic is at a snail's pace. we sell lot of students in the area is well. when truck that's but often had to be towed away because of problems there. a lot of truck drivers along the right here that were pulling over to put on chains as well. everyone a shock to that there were seeing some much snow as such a low elevation. >> i thought it would stop here early in but the chains on. i've been here 30 minutes and now it's already sticking to the pavement. we have a long ways to go over the hill. >>christine: were coming out live, you could see this snow coming down in this area. what i spoke to the chp a little bit ago, they told me they had this been out in the donner area. because of that they had a close eye east for a little bit while the move the car. that shows you some of the other t

not much traffic going on but chains are required from 80 from baxter to the nevada state line up to myers. a check on the rain. let's check in with lisa argen. >> good morning. check it out. we have a wintry mix around the bay area. winter weather advisory for the hills above 2,000 feet. we are looking at two to three inches of snow that could pile up across the bay. we've got cold air in place. we've got more moisture coming in with a few peeks of sunshine don't be surprised to see a clap of thunder. look at the north bay vallejo and san francisco around daly city. down to 280. 101 into san leandro. south bay more wet weather for saratoga. as you head toward the santa cruz mountains. this is where we'll see the concentrated rain later on today. when will it end, i'll let you know. >> earlier this morning the republican controlled house cut $60 billion from hundreds of federal programs. >> i think you've done yourself proud this week. >> the vote was mostly along party lines and led by freshmen republicans. $1.2 trillion measure would keep the government running through september. t

historians of williams college history, you'll know one of the great presidents here was james finny baxter and indeed it's true there is a long-term ancient connection between those families. that shows the depth of don gregg's association with williams college. tonight ambassador gregg will speak to the topic of advice to president obama 2012, a look at the cuban missile crisis in 1962 and what it tells you about military leadership and advice in crisis. it's an apt topic given that this evening president obama will be providing -- giving his state of the union address which we will broadcast in this room immediately following ambassador gregg's remarks tonight. so if you'd like to stay for that, you could. and we can see if, in fact, president obama takes the advice that ambassador gregg is going to offer. ambassador gregg will speak for about 45 minutes. after which he'll take questions. we'll have microphones to pass around, for people to use for question time. so please join me in warmly welcoming ambassador donald. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. well, from somebody for the third

along interstate 80 from baxter to the nevada state line.those tire chain laws from dewdrop to soberly, and highway 88. to silver like from dewdrop. >> henry: the invasion of the butter been [laughter] and n her bean and your the educator you are the educator and a graduate of the san francisco culinary art program. >> thank you. >> caller: baked white bean >> caller: >> henry: for a change, we are going to start by tasting this. instead of at the end of the segment, the beginning of this segment. why big white butter bean? >> they will retain their shape when they are being baked. and especially in a suit for a casserole you still want the texture and flavor. and in need soup or a stew. >> henry: this has held up. >> exactly. we will take a combination of garlic, rosemary, onion, carrot. to ground the sausage already. the italian sausage at this point. to put it into the onions. >> henry: these are all going back into the same pot. >> yes, a one-pot the flavors from the peace sausage. and to go through with the dish. from the sausage. >> he

historians of williams college history you will know one of the great presidents here was james finney baxter. indeed, it is true that there is a long-term ancient connection between those families. that shows the depth of don gregg's association with williams college. tonight's, ambassador gregg will speak to the topic of advice to president obama in 2012. a look to the cuban missile crisis of 1962 for what it tells you about presidential leadership and military advice in a crisis. it is an apt topic given that this evening president obama will be providing or giving his state of the union address, which we will broadcast in this room immediately following professor, ambassador gregg's remarks tonight. so if you'd like to stay for that you could. we can see if in fact president obama takes the advice that ambassador gregg is willing to offer. ambassador gregg will speak for about 45 minutes. after which he will take questions. we'll have microphones to pass around for people to use for questions time. so please join me in warmly welcoming ambassador donald gregg. [applause] >> thank you. wel

for those of you who are historians, you know one the great presidents here was james finny baxter. it is true, there's a long term ancient connection between the families. that shows the depth of his association with williams college. tonight, ambassador greg will speak to the topics of advice to president obama in 201, look to the cuban missile crisis to what it tells you about presidential leadership in a military crisis. it's an apt topic given this evening president obama is providing or giving his state of the union address which we will broadcast in this room immediately following ambassador greg's remarks tonight, so if you'd like to stay for that, you can. we'll see if president obama takes the advice that the ambassador is willing to offer. he'll speak for about 45 minutes to which after he'll take questions. we'll have microphones to pass around for people to use for question time. pleas join -- please join me in warmly welcoming ambassador donald greg. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] well, for somebody from the third century, he looks very good.