the bay delta here. and next one, please. and this was - we always talk about sea level rise and i heard a couple of orders of magnitude of estimates this morning and one of them was more like this where this is the more conservative,ip sfpuc, estimate where the change in sea level you were told sea levels are rising by about half a foot. we can expect that at least probably. but we could see an accelerated rise of maybe three or four times that according to,ip sfpuc. instead of half a foot we could see three feet. you know out here at fort point here in san francisco. first of all we don't know what the climate is doing to do, but secondly, the way ice gets dumped into the ocean from the land based - well sea level rises from one, the water gets warmer and inflates because it's density is less and that's well understood and handled by climate models. what's not well handled is the fact that when ice gets shed from green land and antarctica, there's 70 levels that if it all melted would raise sea levels but the problem is it'

-- small amounts of sea level rise which could breach the levies in the san francisco sacramento bay delta region. so we are intimately tied to and connected to that overall city. our plan is simply to work with everybody we can find, every partner we can find, to try to find ways to address these issues, to help with funding and to make sure that we are aware of the science to be doing some proactive planning on our own system, and of course to be supporting legislation that will lead to the kinds of dramatic reductions in emissions which will, we hope and trust, help to avert some of the worst impacts of climate change in the future. but the fact is that climate change is not only real, it is in fact happening and so we are dealing with it right now. the three speakers that are on my panel are all people who are coping in various ways and helping to be part of the solution. i'm going to just briefly introduce all three of them in order you have their biographies in your booklets so i won't read them to you. i will simply point out if you can't read the name tags that to the left of where

slighting the maps upper '70's in the south bay. 78 in the delta. 74 test we see that warm temperatures for the weekend but they go back up next week. >> george: still a good ride for the bay area, no hot spots that you need to know about. 680 looks good into and out of all muckrake. our bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza, and the meter lights have been active for half an hour now still not a bad ride at all. only slow from the middle of the east parking lot. sluggish on thsan mateo bridge looks good still problems free. san francisco, crosstown freeway still light on in both central in the james lick freeway that is southbound coming from the skyway. firefighters still at the scene of a fire but it has not created a big problem there. >> mark: the trial of a man who ordered the killing of three people has been suspended. a juror is set.sick. oakland polie chief plans to stay in oakland even though he interviewed for the chief of police in san jose. that has a three year contract and he says he's not looking for their work. and new radio system is in compliance with national stan

last push of healthy rain through the san pablo bay over into the east bay. delta communities, contra costa, alameda counties all dealing with a little bit of light rain right now. as we look over the last three hours, the cold front is pushing across the bay. wants it gets far enough to the south which should happen around 2:00. we'll see a push of drier air move in. expect wet weather for the morning commute and mild conditions, low to mid-50s around the monterey bay and inland. so the highlights, the morning showers, they will give way to a dry afternoon. dry tomorrow morning and showers will return for tomorrow evening's commute and strong storm in alaska comes in friday, brings us a chance of thunderstorms. still that cooler air for the weekend, it won't be close to this. we're in the mid-50s along the coast. upper 50s to low 50s for everybody else. sunshine around monterey bay late this afternoon. 59 in monterey. low 60s for everybody else. here is that cold front. in the low that developed slowed the forward progress. it's running parallel with the upper lev

bay. the deltas still have that flood advisory in effect for the rio vista area. at 54 santa rosa. now, here's a look at the extended forecast. here's what is of concern to us with these storms. ground is already saturated. so, the next round of rain and wind will probably bring down a few more trees maybe some power outages, as well, into wednesday and thursday, as well. >> april showers bring may flowers, what do march showers bring? >> lots and lots of rain and downed power lines. >> thank you, nick. >> you're a creep, aren't you? >> no, i just noticed the book. >>> "limitless" took the top spot earning $19 million in the opening weekend. bradley cooper and robert den r ni niro. "rango" came in second place with $15 million. coming in at third, "battle los angeles" which dropped from the top spot last weekend. it raked in $14 million. >>> lawrence scott joins us now to look at sports and giants and a's getting together. >> getting together. their final game in arizona this spring and meet up yet again soon in another kind of exhibition. that back in the bay are

east bay picking up rain drops, and the delta.e a flood advisory in effect for the next 25 minutes. we are still continuing to see those streams and creeks rise. we had heavy downpours early in the morning in salon of famil. future cast n continuing tomorrow, picking up a quarter and of rain. by thursday a light rain moving in with the system morning and listen quarter of an inch of rain. by friday that brings and heavier rain. a more intense storm. it could pickup an engine half of rainfall in some of the locations around the bay. here's the 7 day around the bay, wet weather continuing, cool temperatures as well. into the weekend we cool it down into the 50s. let's check in with traffic. >> erica: we are not tracking the bay bridge is a hot spots yet, but it is extending past the parking lot here. if you have fast track traffic moves well westbound and is in francisco. over to the san mateo bridge no problems here, likelike conditions. picking up some of the slower traffic around the bay area no surprise here, westbound highway 4

bay. and also through the delta with the flood advisory at the location. nd wet with the possibility of thunderstorms. towards wednesday a short break before another storm imports debate on thursday and it to friday. flooding concerns. haazig madyun >>reporter: on park boulevard, oakland hell's cost a large boulder to come down in oakland hell's causing a large boulder to come down. in oakland hills. traffic is spend rerouted to get a she a technician to come out to make sure it is safe for work crews. >> this reservoir is full to the top and spilling over. this concrete his housing the overflow, with 4.62 in. to 97 percent capacity to completely full this is drinking water for gilroy, farmers, ranchers and with 101 percent of the 20 years seasonable average. it is continuing to sell for at least one more week. it is continuing snowfall for at least one more week. >>reporter:tiburon, boats from drifting. and this, ran aground and n tuiburon, maureen kelly. >> in san francisco, working crews are trying to clean up debris. 14th avenue saw its branches and tre

still seeing scattered showers through the east bay shore and also the delta and down in the south bay. the shower activity should pick up this evening. it is continuing to bring showers not only to the bay area but to all of california. tomorrow morning, we will see showers and the heavy rain and gusty winds. the wind speeds are not too impressive rate now, but there is a wind advisory in effect for the entire bay area. he could see here highlighted on your screen in the blue, we're going to see very gusty winds as we head into tomorrow morning. i 80 and wind gusts in the 30 mi. an hour range in san francisco, oakland and san or file. also in that range and livermore. in the later morning hours, it will start to pickups by 10:00 hour was so wind gusts in the 45 mi. an hour range. it will talk more about the wind and rain coming up in a bit. >>pam: turning to day three of the barry bonds trout. testimony from bond's former personal assistant and business manager. and dan is live in the federal courthouse with the latest. >>dan: steve hoskins testified all day he's not done any will be

hayward and down to the south bay and into the delta as well. it looks like we will dry out as we go to the late morning hours and early afternoon. with this storm we are going to get winds as well. and up in the sierra we have a winter storm warning in effect until 7:00. snow levels have been low, look likes they will stay around the 3,000-foot level but could get about a foot to two feet of snow through late tonight into your saturday morning. white out conditions certainly a possibility and of course, carry knows chains if you are going up there. we will see another round of wet with weather coming in right now and as we go to sunday we will have another system that could bring us a few showers. wey weaken each of the storms -- we will weaken each of the storms and by next week we could dry out. we could squeeze out 60 degrees in oakland and that area. here is your 7 day, rainy and windy tomorrow, and sunday, just a chance of showers, looks like passing showers, nothing too heavy. by monday, partly cloudy and sunshine comes out by next week a

bay not much. san jose has breaks in the clouds. rain stretching from city ran know county and over toward delta. and right back over east bay into southern part of the marin county area and also toward the peninsula. right over the golden gate and also the san mateo bridge. and also richmond and san rafael. there are areas but it's focused right there for now. next system will move in tuesday evening. out ahead of it there is still a lot of clouds. this will give us rain again on tuesday night. santa rosa three quarters of an inch. san rafael a third. san francisco a quarter of an inch. there were one inch amounts. some of the usual suspects. some of the higher elevations. 48 santa rosa to nine o'clock. mountain view and san jose. 55 fairfield. 56 san francisco. fremont is starting off the morning with 56 cloudy to mostly cloudy. we will go for a high today of 66. a bit of a sun cloud mix today. plenty going on and this looks like the first of many. the next system is tracking north. today the rain will end in the morning. but still patchy fog morning rain and portly sunny and partly cloudy. mugg

by 3:00 p.m. '80s across the north bay in the delta., the oakland hills, hayward seeing 80 degree weather. it will greabe great. y 8:00 p.m. still seeing '60s and '70s soul will be mild evening for you as well. this afternoon it will be warm, record-breaking potential. 73 in san francisco, 75 richmond, 83 san rosa, 76 in oakland. '70s 6 all away from oakland. your seven day forecast a warming trend begins today temperatures and low '80s, to more mid-80s, that will be the warmest it the way in maybe breezy today and tomorrow and offshore wind gives us preconditions in the hills. nothing will keep you from enjoying the day. 7:19 a.m. let's say good morning to george. >> george: what a difference a day makes yesterday we were loaded with hot spots through the morning. so far we of yet to see one. let's start you off with a bridge check, metering lights have been activated for a while at the bay bridge but not much of a back up. in only begins at the end of the east parking lot. this 880 approaches still a great one to get to the bay bridge

delta. rain now, as we head into the next hour we'll continue with this very intense weather. very heavy downpours stretching from the north baya, delta come on our end come on the peninsula. some of these cells really embedded in some want, red, that indicates very heavy rain coming down. rainfall rates expected to continue more than an inch per hour. portions of the peninsula catching air brake, the best bet for this to die down comes in the late morning hours. we're still talking about some pretty significant rain. as we had to the remainder of the day we keep the chance of rain out they're not as heavy as were dealing with this morning. notice how low all of this party showers continue reed interior evening commute. periods of trying to say, i will keep that threat of what weather around the entire day to day. tomorrow we could talk about heavier rain. >> george: george: we have had a stable. in me commute. california highway patrol is meant in well with the promise they have we have light traffic at the bay bridge, wind advisory is here for the bay bridge, richmond san rafael bridge as well. still plenty of water on the r

we'll see 50seúj( for highs fre peninsula back over towards the inland east bay up towards the delta north bay, rain, probably about a half inch or so across portions of the north bay. a little less as you drop into san jose. the main event for the system coming in probably between 6:00 this evening and 10:00 tonight. so in and out of the rain drops as we go through the week. the interesting part of the forecast is actually heading towards next weekend. we could see snow levels dipping back to 4,000 feet, which means that sierra ski season could be going into june at this point the way things seem to be going in our seven-day forecast. >> the snow bunnies are loving it. >> they should be, okay. >> thanks, rob. >>> well, damage from thursday's tsunami in hawaii has many people who live there displaced this morning. now, this is a house under water. check this out in captain cook's bay on the big island. on the kona side, at least three resorts including the four seasons, they have been evacuated and are shut down this morning. other islands are said to have just minor damage. a promis

delta. north bay has been slammed with precipitation. up to half an inch of rain since 4:00 this afternoon. couple up with the rain, the speed of the wind. we will pinpoint the windiest locations for your wednesday. that's still coming up later in this newscast. dana and allen and kit. >>> all right, we are live here in the santa cruz mountains. seeing this rain fall all afternoon and evening and well into the night here. they are hoping that this rain doesn't come all at once. it is spread out over the week because the ground out here is saturated. so nonetheless, we did get to spend time with the people who live out here in the santa cruz mountains. not one to sit around and wait for rock slide to get cleared. they aren't going to let that natural disaster get in the way of living. >> in the santa cruz mountains, the 40-foot tall, 200 foot rock slide that is at worse, an inconvenience. >> we live in the mountains. it's great fun. it's cheap, free entertainment. >> the tractor and a can do mounting spirit, neighbors simply cut a path ar

a round robin to san pablo bay into the delta communities. althy radar returns moving right up 80. the western sections of the contra costa and alameda is going to get wet pretty soon as is the san ramon valley. around the bay from san francisco, ought san francisco to san leandro and also oakland, moss beach and one last stop we have a little bit through the altamont pass and out in the sunol grade we have some light rain. the bulk moving into the central valley and snow up around the sierra. everybody else the mid to upper 50s along the monterey bay and temperatures mid-50s there. we will see a little sunshine during the afternoon hours as a brief break from the wet weather rolls in. the drying tend, it goes away tomorrow as more rain rolls into the forecast. let's chance wednesday and waves of chilly rain for friday, saturday and sunday. not going to feel spring-like at all. mid-60s. the peninsula upper 50s along the coast. through the north bay valleys with upper 50s at your beaches. valley have mid-60s spilling into the east bay valleys a

reason why you see not only the san francisco bay under the tsunami warning but the san pablo bay and the deltathose bay and into the delta communities. there's several around monterey where they dip or spill into the ocean that may be backfilling right now as this surge of taller water starts to move in. >> how far inland this might go, you might be in delta communities thinking it may not reach you. but a good point in hawaii, too, you were talking how far the water extended inland there. >> went in about 100 feet. that's pretty impressive. that's from the shore. if you're in the delta communities, i don't think it will go 100 feet but if you live that close to the water and you're a dealt community, that gives you an idea how much a 6 foot surge could create in hawaii. we're going to check in now with our former journal it's ian bag cock. >> next to the harbor master's office and watching the water here. an interesting little texture came over the top of the water. pretty minor texture, looks almost like a wind texture but it's actually the surge rolling in and out of the harbor now. we put

bay. temperatures will warm up nicely into the afternoon. 83 santa rosa, 72 in san francisco upper '70's along the deltaupper '70's for our bay shores. 78 in san jose, 67 and half moon bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, breezy tomorrow. look at the warmer temperatures for the next couple of days. thursday, '80s and temperatures will be back in the low to mid '60's over the weekend. >>pam: explosive testimony in the barry bonds perjury trial as a former oakland a's star tells the jury that the steroids he took were given to him by bonds trainer. kron 4 has more on jason's testimony. >>terisa: significant day at the courthouse in san francisco where barry bonds perjury trial continued on this tuesday. professional baseball player jason shown here entering the courthouse testify on the stand how we met greg anderson, on a personal trainer. and how anderson sent in packages of a performance enhancing drugs. he gave great detail to the jury about how he received packages at his home with white, yellow pills and piles of cream. he said anderson told them to use it all, and he provided a calenda

here you see, it looks like the south bay, the delta, livermore probably seeing some of our warmer temperaturesetting up to 64 degrees. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we're looking for showers to decrease throughout the day, tomorrow is going to be fantastic. if he had anything to do what side tomorrow, the great time to do it. showers to the north bay. widespread shower activity on sunday. maybe some leftover bits and pieces of what weather for monday. tuesday, wednesday the son is back, temperatures bounceback into the upper 60s. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: we are still looking at pretty good traffic conditions, we have not really track the hot spot all morning long. barring any unusual incidents or accidents that might occur we might get away without them. the bay bridge is indicative of how light it has been in most areas this morning. this morning no real back up to >> of. this was as bad as it got, a little worse an hour ago. never much the back up for the bay bridge, your ride to the cemetery bridge trouble-free all morning long much lighter than usual th

better chance through the east bay and through the delta around 11:00 a.m. around the afternoon it breaks apart losing intensity, leaving us with a bit of a drizzle in the afternoon. better chance of drying out by the evening hours. temperatures in the '40's, 39 in napa, 48 degrees in san francisco. 7 day around the bay shows temperature mid-60's today, after the rain moves out, we will stay dry friday mostly cloudy saturday the rain since it into next week. >> mark: big drop for the dow jones down 159 points. 1.3% right now on nasdaq off 37, reports coming out showing a widening of the trade deficit with the spike in oil prices, and jobless claims. the number of as we are seeing the dow at 12,046. another story the gaming director of oaks card club in emeryville, the two clubs rated last week has been charged with moving millions of dollars through his personal accounts. they say he made nearly 400 deposits totaling $3 million. he was one of 14 people arrested, structuring monetary transaction to avoid detection he did not enter a plea. >> darya: authoritie

scattered showers thrift in north bay along the delta. the yellow indicates heavier rain. we are planned to continue to see scattered showers through the day. by tomorrow morning if there is rain back into the forecast and by the afternoon if will try it right on and off for the week into tuesday and wednesday and thursday. of them that there is of more followed from the deadly gas plant explosion as they continue to inspect the pipeline. a pg&e inspection has uncovered a flood of scene well on the pipeline under december. if a similar to the one that failed in september. it sparked an explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. you're looking at some of that video. the discovery means that there construction problems. previously the only part that they found before it was at the ruptures site. >> marty: the 100th annual aid to pay breakers race is still did. it is the first time in history. keep us in mind because kron4 news is your date to date station. the art on may 15th right here. also a bracket fester. the biggest upsets so far. matt howard hit a free

as you can see south bay and the delta of the war spots. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. they stay tomorrow lot of sunshine. sunday the round of rain that we have been talking about, showers stretching into monday. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: it is a quiet start to the morning commute no problems or hot spot. bay bridge westbound looks good light traffic, no delays, no wind advisory is. san mateo bridge ride is a good one. no delays on the approach to the bridge. your ride on 10 1/7 pounds looks good. no problems across the golden gate and huge delay yesterday put off to a much better start this morning. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills m

4:00 in the morning, it puts the heavy cells into the coastline of the north bay off the north shore and also off the deltan the 4:00 hour. by the 7:00 hour, moderate cells of rain through the bay area, and that will continue into the 8:00 hour, but after your morning commute, things will start to calm down a little bit. in the 10:00 hour, isolated showers, and we'll see that into the afternoon. possibility of thundershowers into the tomorrow afternoon, as well. and this particular computer model was also sped up the progression of wednesday night into thursday morning's storm. you can see by 5:00, moderate brain to the north bay, and along the coast continuing into the 8:00 hour, still see something cells of moderate rainfall. there is a flood watch, and a flood warning in effect. i told you about the flood warning a little while ago. we were seeing some moderate rain over that area through the morning hours, which is why inwarning is in effect. we're keeping our eye on the coastling hills. flood watch in effect for these locations because several pockets of rain are expected to pull through there, not on

bay. into the delta as well we'll continue to see widespread showers toward 8:00, chance of showers heavier at times as the added to the early- morning hours here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. wet weather continues throughout this week granted, thursday heavy rain, strong winds. taking into full gear tonight. we'll continue the chance of showers and to the weekend. tapering off by sunday. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: no major problems for tuesday morning ride certainly not tracking and the hot spots. your prom towards the bay bridge, westbound with a strong wind advisory in effect. they are asking the watch your speeds. it has not caused any accidents or delays. drive time in nine minutes from the meat is towards san francisco. --lay is toward san francisco. headlights coming towards you making their way east rounded to hayward down to the south bay, a live look at 101 rain near term but the lakers. quiet out here, no back up. drive them of about 14 minutes. if your taking public transit no major problems everything is off to a great start. >> justine: santa cruz

moderate rain fall at this time and the east bay anywhere around pittsburgh and antioch, towards the deltahen you see the shades of yellow, that's a moderate down fall as we have been experiencing out of 680. over towards san jose, where we have moderate rain. back through the santa cruz mountains as well. we will see heavy activity throughout the weekend. we will pick which day it will happen the hardest. our storm watch continues. here is elizabeth cook. >> thanks, roberta. very chilly temperatures and a light breeze. nothing like it was earlier today where the storm really reeked havoc across the bay area. it was the last winter storm of the season and mother nature showed no mercy. >> it was like a scene from the wizard of oz. chef webber watched as a nounal cloud rushed across the water. >> it took the shed and flipped it over into the pacific street and it snapped some of the wires and they had sparks and we all ran out there and checked out pacific and calling 911. >> a tornado ripped through the streets of santa rosa friday morning, destroying a wood and meat tall shed at the lands

bay. mid-40s at the delta as well. 47 in san jose. including campbell and sunnyvale. re it is spilling the clouds over the bay area. and that did temper some of our high temperatures today. otherwise behind it here is yet another area of low pressure that wants to push in providing us with some rain showers for your thursday. and so our pinpoint forecast is working it out like this, the first off we do have light rain showers by the morning commute and the far eachs of the northern portion of the north bay. and then by lynch hour, you might not want to pack that lunch and eat outdoors. it looks like it will be rainy and very light precipitation. before it begins to evaporate towards the evening commute. so i tried to stack the numbers together to come up with some projected rainfall totals again for thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. half an inch north of the golden gate bridge. a quarter that's a little generous for the santa cruz mountains as well as the peninsula. so it wants to runs in the bay and along the coast side as far as this area of low pressure from the north

stretching from the delta and to the south bay. we are seeing relatively heavy rainfall. when you make your dried and out, know that he will be dealing with heavy rain. right through downtown livermore. milpitas and san jose in particular, but as demand. -- let us zoom in. i do not think there is as much rain here. , yes, mainly it light. -- mainly it it it is light.is light. >>louisa: certainly this morning will be the heaviest rainfall. i lot of potential for flooding and mud and rock slides continues. therein is tapering off in some spots. the main areas of concern all along the coast and into the hills as well. we have moderate-and heavy rain that creates a concern. the bulk of the west but there is pushing to the east and the north. we will catch some periods of trying. the threat of wet weather continues and we will see its body is showers popping up right on through the afternoon. use your windshield wipers. it will not be as wide as this morning. continuing to keep the threat of what weather at around i until the evening as well. it will last into friday morning.

delta. livermore, dublin, pleasanton. here is what the south bay looks like.he heaviest of there and is starting to make its exit and you're left with lighter scattered showers. the peninsula is showing heavier rain trees and a tail and set san francisco on long 01 0along the 101. flasd affected into the evening hours and we have heavy rain coming down, at times it is 1 in. per hour and that is showing potential flooding and rock slides. feature cast for russia's heavy rains to the east and as we continue on it is pushing on out. spotty hit or miss activity throughout the day. in to the afternoon drive at 5:00 p.m. it is up, again, it had promised showers. letter conditions but sporadic at best. into this year there is a winter storm that effect. syllable is at 3,000 ft., 2-4 ft. of snow expected by friday morning and bring your change if you're heading here as you will need them. there will be some fighting potential for the next week, as we're looking for what weather to continue into sunday. good morning george. > >>george: we are not currently tracking and

mainly through the north bay and also through the mountains. in to midnight, over the deltarain. but the showers start to diminish. we will still see showers wednesday but they will be more scattered and taper off. rainfall totals, impressive. this is a quick moving storm. up to an inch in the north bay. 3/4 in the central beige. in the mountains, 2 inches of rain tomorrow into wednesday. inch in the east bay and half inch in the south bay. temperatures for tomorrow afternoon. we will warm up with the sun breaks early but as soon as the clouds roll in and the storm approaches we will see cooler temperatures. we are not going to stay this warm very long into tomorrow, mainly in the 50s. one storm, two storms, pack as punch again. very gusty winds tomorrow. thunderstorm outlook from the national weather service. a flight break on wednesday. more heavy rain on thursday. thunderstorm's storm could be stronger than tuesday. stay tuned for any flooding details. >>> the warriors travel to san antonio to take on the nba champion spurs spurs and the stanford wimpen's basketball team

bay. continuing at 8:00, heavy through concentrations. and also along the deltahat is where the heaviest rain will be concentrated. and also at 11:00, it napa, fairfield overnight, heavy inland. wheat could still see showers south of the golden gate. we could still-see showers. 7:00 p.m., scattered shower activity into wednesday afternoon but brief. another storm on the heels on thursday but even stronger! rainfall totals kamal up to 2 in.. and even more rain fall as we go towards thursday with rainfall totals possibly up to 2 in.. stay with us. >>pam: it has officially been five years since the first tweet was sent out. kimberly sakamoto? >> kimberlee: the celebrated this milestone, twitter is a new website and video. some of its most prominent users. why the use it and how was it impacting. >> snoop dog--talking about martha stewart. >> and i want to listen to the american people. >> ... everyday i enjoy reading twitter. ciao on the beautiful planet earth. >> kimberlee: ending it with this video, with astronauts that tweet from space. you can see earth from the

wind advisories posted for the bay area but a high wind warning out for the strait and also the delta gusts 60 to maybe 70 miles an hour. higher elevations northern sacramento valley. i think we all know about the mud slides and potential for more especially with two to three and a half inches of rain possible up in the santa cruz mountains, flash flooding, this system will take a while to get there but it's on its way. 40s on the temps, right at 50. highs, lows, about five or receive degrees. get a good look at our system really cold air coming in behind it. it's not just the upper levels, it's right at the surface and it continues to develop. so that's what the key with all these systems has been about the last seven to ten days. they intensify or enhance right off the coast. which gives us a lot of the wind and rain. winter storm warnings are out. mother load, northern mountains, lake county, focusing on tahoe here, 11:00 a.m. starts today and goes through tonight. two to four feet snow level around 2500 feet even lower north. rain and wind on the way. heavy rain in the morning. sh

mid-40s across the santa clara valley and central bay. 40 in throughout the try tri- valley. at the deltalow 40s. now, we do have this very impressive area of low pressure. watch this here. look how long it stretches out as long as frontal boundary is. the center of the low is right up to the north. so this leading edge will move into the north bay beginning tomorrow. everybody is cloudy but we could see a little bit of rain drops early in the day. for the most part we will see the rain by night fall in the north bay from this system. then gradually spreading across the entire area. here is your saturday forecast by night fall we see the rain confined to the northbound bay then overnight throughout the complete area. sunup let me throw this out there right now. a very wet system. we will be measuring it in a quarter of an inch across the bay area. heavier amounts north of the golden gate bridge. bridge. approaching cold front. sierra should see 3 inches of snow down to lake level by saturday night into sunday. otherwise, temperatures tomorrow, there you have it. pretty much in the 60s to

upper '70's and low 80's for the delta and clearly only dealt up. persephone's down in the south bayxt few days. keep warm in a on thursday. in the weekend, cooler temperatures are on tap as we start to see storm scuttlebutt closer to the bay area. if on saturday we could get clouds was sprinkles in the north bay. can and cooler temperatures this weekend. the >>catherine: secretary of state hillary clinton indicated today nato air strikes will continue as long as khaddafi remains in power. she is speaking at an international conference in london. she'd knowledge today the mission is locris simply to protect civilians. >> our military mission is focused on saving lives, we must continue to pursue the broader goal of bolivia that belongs not to a dictator but to the people. >>catherine: clinton said the london conference both with one voice. if it implements stopped short of agreement on honoring the rebels. on the ground and libya have there's signs the reinvigorated and resistance is once again faltering. insurgents were heading for gadhafi's hometown, a counterattack by government f

i want to show you a line right there also up toward the east bay we are seeing out toward the delta. we'll have more on that and talk about the next of the week with sal. >>> traffic is looking good driving over to oakland from lafayette and through orinda. you are looking at the commute here. it should be a decent drive. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> in a few hours opening statements begin in barry bonds' perjury trial. allie rasmus joins us from san francisco with a look at what is happening today. >> reporter: opening statements scheduled to start a few hours from now in u.s. district court. i want to show you out in front of the federal building right now it's still closed. no one inside the building. if you look at the metal gates. those are used for crowd control. the gates were out here yesterday. one thing we noticed is that they didn't even use them yesterday. unlike in the past yesterday when barry bonds' walked into the building. there weren't large crowds of fans outside the courthouse waiting to greet him. most of the people waiting for him when he walked out of the

you will see 57 for san jose, oakland, 54 in the east bay in the delta, and the the livermore valley.till keeping a close eye in the pacific we see the next storm. the next one will make our lives more wet tuesday night, wednesday. heavy rains and strong winds. thursday wet, friday light supple little bit, this weekend looks like a mirror image of the weekend we just off. 7:19 a.m. let's see how the right is doing. >> george: of hot spot already and for a while now into and through the macarthur maze, 880 approach backed up and all lanes, backed up across the toll plaza flats. i roth bay bridge ride. highway 4 westbound, it is improving just a bit, we may not be tracking this is a hot spot much longer. it looks like a normal rough ride for highway 4. an earlier accident backed it up solid. 680 southbound, it has benefited from this law right on highway 4 west, it kept a lot of traffic away from this commuted to the san ramon valley to walnut creek. it is starting to slow rate at the top of your screen, for your ride up to alamo and livermore in your route.look for, chains are requ, of

bay area wide showers sunday. here's a quick look at temperatures right now, fairly cool compared to yesterday 49 san francisco, 47 san jose, santa rosa 39, in the delta 46. as i said we are tracking fog right now, we are seeing dense fog in have run bay, we expected to form in the north bay valley as well. we will let you know when the visibility gets impacted up there. your afternoon highs 63 in san francisco, 62 in san rafael, 65 in concord, in the south bay mid-60's as well. everybody enjoyed a nice warm springlike day today. changes are on the way. that storm system is tracking our way, as a purchase saturday aevening you will see showers beard the first crops fall saturday in the evening, it will drop scattered showers all day sunday, this is a very light system. --first drops fall--be on this weekend conditions rebound monday, tuesday, wednesday. for 40 9:00 a.m. good morning. >> erica: traffic is building at the bay bridge toll plaza still great conditions make your way toward san francisco. traffic moves well from all three of your purchase. westbound 580 in the northbound direction of the nimitz freeway. so far so good at the san mateo bridg

bay. let's talk about what's going on outside in the delta communities. if you live anywhere near a body of water, you're under that tsunami warning. because parts of your area are right along the san pablo bay there. you are under that tsunami warning. let's talk about what has been happening over in japan. up so far about 73 reports of aftershock. so much data. 4.5 to 6.5 magnitude. those are serious aftershocks. 8:08 for the time in san francisco. but this is going to be a two to three hour event. so anywhere from 8:00 to about 11:00 we'll have waves that could get up to 2 feet of point reyes, 2.5 around 4 points and pacifica. 3.3 half moon bay and 3 and a third feet at santa cruz. that's the highest extent we expect some of those waves. just to reiterate, those waves will bounce off each other, hit the land, come back, create dangerous riptides. the flow chaotic at best when some of these waves get into some of these coasts. that's something you need to be worried about. another reason to stay away. with that fog in the north bay spreading down into sa

bay area hills. still in effect for trt delta. showers continue to move the from the southwest.ds are settling down. i just checked in on some gusts. still very gusty around napa and novato, gusts near 30 miles per hour. here's the bigger picture. we've got snow in the sierra traveling to say lake tahoe on 08 will be tough. the winter storm warning continuing until 11:00 p.m. showers, isolated showers today. tomorrow that continues as well. look at that, dry, i think, for most part on tuesday but it's going to be an active weather week ahead as we head into spring. more rain wednesday, thursday, probably next weekend, too. >> that will endear you for sure. a little dry weather. thanks, nick. >>> barry bonds will finally get his day in court more than seven years after he testified to a federal grand jury he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs. he faces charges that he lied fwhak 2003. if convicted he likely faces 15 to 21 monthss in prison. last week a judge decided not to let a jury hear angry voice mails bonds left for his miss tres to show he was experiencing roi