red flag warning in effect with wind gusts topping 40 miles per hour and our chief meteorologist bill martin says temperatures will drop and snow is possible at the 5,000-foot level. snowplows are at the red a eand drivers are warn -- ready and drivers are warned to carry chains and a look at the forecast here for the weekend. >> reporter: jean quan released a city budget that for the first time in four years does not include any layoffs or cuts. the city will add services, including more crews to fix roads and parking meeters and a full police academy of 50 recruits in january of 2013. >> we have modest revenue increases n creases in sales tax and -- increases in sales taxes. >> she says she wants to restore full services to the senior centers. and she spoke about her plan to keep the warriors in oakland. that is coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >>> court workers authorized a strike. the union representing the workers say 95% voted in favor of a strike. the sticking points include layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts. no date has been set. the union is hopeful negotiations will resum

bill martin in the weather center tracking the warm up. >> yeah. nice look warm up. after mother's day it'll cool. tomorrow warming up on saturday. sunday temperatures dip but still a nice weekend with temperatures into the 90's tomorrow. sunday more fog. it's really going to be a nice weekend. 89 morgan hill. tomorrow's highs come up -- three to five degrees in someplaces, really nice. through the bay area. fog and low clouds, the model suggests clearing tomorrow afternoon. coastal residents and then fog on saturday night. really nice sweeping weather. big fog -- kind of patchy. that's why saturday is a warmer day. sunday the fog really pushes up into the coast and that gives you a significant cooling in more cooling around the bay. it goes inland. the fog model basically. tomorrow morning early about 8:00 a.m. you see fog work up around the gate and -- then lingers at the coast all day. it's waiting out here. what it wants to do on sunday is press in. fog off shore tomorrow. patches of sun. some clears and sunday presses in. then -- we are going to see 90's in the

bill martin will say how hot it'll get. first robert honda who says why cal fire took early action though fire season hasn't been declared yet. >> reporter: we are high above most of the south bay and the san jose foothills where you can seat green hills are starting to dry out and some in place there is is plenty of fuel for a fire. today cal fire is putting more firefighters in position on the ground and in the air. cal fire has seen enough of the weather change to start beefing up it's staff. we watched at the pilot dropped water. cal fire said they will be in place today and through the witness. the extra staffing wasn't prescheduled, it was made as the weather started to shift. >> as far as dropping weather i can stop maybe the progression, maybe keep it from going up, begin down into the canyon, we can slow it down. maybe corrall it. >> the wind conditions we have had over the last couple days and today, tend to lead to a progression or the ability for the fire to spread rapidly. >> reporter: cal fire said in about de

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin, will sunday be good viewing conditions? >> weather should be good for it. coastal sections should see fog. you will just see not complete coverage, you got to go east a little bit to get the full coverage. this coming sunday weather should be good. wind right now. if you look at san francisco airport, w-40, san francisco airport, over san francisco, but it is reporting at the airport, 40 miles per hour winds that airport. that will slow you down on the flights. that is a lot of wind. the fog is going -- being chewed apart. when the winds are this strong the fog is almost gone, the wind tears up the fog. we had a mostly clear afternoon. started off cloudy. winds tore it up and then we are starting to see sunshine. we warmed up into the low 70s. weather system sliding through to the north. this one lifted up the inversion. cool tonight. lots of 40s and low 50s. tomorrow morning you will notice a chill in the air because it is cool now. the winds will die down tonight and it will get cold over night. tomorrow in san francisco,

. >>> week of windy dry days, let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> windy out there. so windy we have an issue with a wildfire in morgan hill, this was 1:00 this afternoon. they got out about 1:00 when the fire started. look that smoke. the wind gusts going up to 40 miles per hour. it is that time of year. you see green here, we are fortunate the grass is not all that dry. it is not just windy in morgan hill but all over the bay region. oakland airport, winds gusting to 22 miles per hour. redwood city 36 miles per hour. clouds, cooler weather and believe it or not, tomorrow, i got showers in your bay area forecast. back here in a few minutes. >>> firefighters continue to battle a wildfire raging in nevada. the fire broke out tuesday near the nevada-california line. at this point 7500 acres of terrain in the pine nut mountains burned. two homes and 17 buildings have been destroyed. officials believe the fire began when gusty wind ignited embers from a burn. >>> president obama is in iowa tonight after leaving the bay area this morning. he was here 24 hours and ktvu's a

let's go to bill martin to see what's next. >> we do see snow and rain this time of year. we saw some last year. nonetheless it was a bit of a shocker when rain came down. really most of the activities out of area, the real action is right around the lake tahoe area where a wait a minuter weather advise -- where a winter weather advice reu should have been dropped. as you go through the bay area weekend not the bay area week end but lake tahoe, sunday and monday look like nice days. i'm going to show you what you should expect. i'll see you back here in a few minutes. >> you can check ktvu.com any time for the latest on the weather this weekend. >>> despite the showers we got today, caltrans says they really won't dampen the mood this weekend. >> reporter: frank we're in boss state park where every camp site is booked tonight. the fire pits are flowing and does feel good on this night. but after such a dry winter, no the fire danger has not faded. >> are we ready for it? >> reporter: these firefighters are getting ready, so when they have to run hose uphill among smoke and

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now. >> fog burned off quickly.the beaches you got sunshine right now. breezy conditions and a beautiful thursday afternoon. that is how tomorrow will go. the fog will come back tonight. central valley, looking like summer time. 88 degrees right now in san francisco. francisco-- in sacramento. winds out of the west, northwesterly wind and cooler colors here. they are issuing in the cooler moisture air. that is bay area spring and summer. that is how it will go. increase in temperatures on friday. increase in temperatures on saturday and temperatures come down on sunday. tomorrow patchy morning fog. not a lot. in the weekend it returns. i said this on monday and tuesday, similar each day. we haven't seen a week like this in a while. these are the highs from today. like the highs from yesterday. highs tomorrow will be warmer. fog is south. and it will work its way up bit by bit. works its way north. sunday we will see the big fog bank. patchy fog at the coast. temperatures in the 60s coast side and cooler on sunday as

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin says conditions there are about to change. he's here now tracking a pretty dramatic change in the sierra. >> there's going to be snow up there, we even have a chance for showers around here. check it out as we go into tomorrow, an unusually cool weather system drops our way. about 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning a winter weather advisory goes into effect. about 5-inches of snow. it'll have a big impact on the holiday weekend plans especially if they're outdoors in the mountains. a sprinkle, maybe a thundershower, i'll have all those details coming up here. >> you can get the full forecast by going to ktvu.com. just look for the weather menu there on our home page. >>> we're learning more about human remain discovered. the remains were discovered inside a garbage can two miles from the stone ridge mall. the new details from john sasaki who has been working this story all evening, john -- >> reporter: police are trying to solve this city's third homicide in the past 10 years, and we learned tonight that victim is a female. investigat

what parents should now. . >> and bill martin tracking a warm weekend ahead.e is back with the forecast for the weekend and beyond. . >>> eye surprising new study about the amount of cursing in books targeted to young adults. john fowler explains how exposure to swearing could affect children's behavior and relationships. >> reporter: teens say they accept cursing in their books, that its reality. list tone a teacher. >> they want these words because it makes them cool. it's english. >> reporter: researchers reported cursing in 88% of best selling books. >> especially those that are aimed at the older teens may have a lot of cursing. that's their world. >> reporter: they counted the f word 139 times. > it was wring from a teen's perspective. >> reporter: books carry no content warning i study linked aggressiveness with exposure to cursing. >> they are seeing a lot more cursing, on tv, their peers, among parents. >> reporter: laura davie section said it often putting down women, relationships and races. >> language overtime shapes how you see things and how you

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin says conditions there are about to change. he's here now tracking a pretty dramatic change in the sierra. >> there's going to be snow up there, we even have a chance for showers around here. check it out as we go into tomorrow, an unusually cool weather system drops our way. about 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning a winter weather advisory goes into effect. about 5-inches of snow. it'll have a big impact on the holiday weekend plans especially if they're outdoors in the mountains. a sprinkle, maybe a thundershower, i'll have all those details coming up here. >> you can get the full forecast by going to ktvu.com. just look for the weather menu there on our home page. >>> we're learning more about human remain discovered. the remains were discovered inside a garbage can two miles from the stone ridge mall. the new details from john sasaki who has been working this story all evening, john -- >> reporter: police are trying to solve this city's third homicide in the past 10 years, and we learned tonight that victim is a female. investigat

. >>> and there's a warm up in the works, our chief meteorologist bill martin bill martin back with hisplete bay area forecast in a moment. [ mechanical humming ] [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx. this is the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> president obama awardedd a diverse group of 14 americans at the white house today. the recipients had one thing in common they are all exceptional individuals. >> reporter: president obama presenting the medal of freedom, 13 diverse political and cultural icons received the nation's highest civilian honor at a white house ceremony on tuesday. >> what sets these men and women apart is the incredible impact they have had on so many people. not in short binding bursts but steadily. over the course of a lifetime. >> reporter: the medal of freedom is awarded to individuals who make extraordinary contributions to u.s. interests. help to improve world peace or make a si

chief meteorologist, bill martin has tomorrow's forecast in eight minutes. >> at 10:30, who is reading your tweets? technology that aims to monetize your social media experience. the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds. >>> the already challenging ride through downtown san francisco is about to get a lot more busy. heather holmes has details on how work on the transbay center will bring traffic to a halt. >> reporter: the next phase is to excavate first spread. over the memorial day weekend, crews will be installing a temporary bridge to handle traffic. that's part of it right there. the problem, julie, is getting this structure from here to there. that means three days of frustration. it is already slow going near construction of the transbay center. >> this is a disaster. >> it's kind of a nightmare. >> reporter: memorial day weekend, the round the clock work will enter the next phase. >> we'll be excavating this entire footprint here. >> reporter: leaders with the transbay joint powers authority gave us an exclusive look at plans to install three temporary bridges. along first, fremo

. >> bill martin tracking a spike in temperatures.h they will go in his complete bay area forecast. >>> in napa, a school already facing money problems is facing another blow tonight after 40 laptop computers were stolen over the weekend. why the reaction from some of the fourth graders was somewhat surprising. >> reporter: the principal showed us the locked mobile metal cabinet that had been sitting in a classroom. the 40 laptops that were inside is missing. >> stealing from these kids is robbing their education and hope for learning. you just can't even believe that anybody would choose to do something like this. >> reporter: the computers were mac pros, just like this one, they're worth $1,000 each. but invaluable for the students who use them. >> of course their purchased to go on for years. this really effects hundreds and hundreds of kids. >> reporter: police are investigating the black smudges on the cabinet, where they dusted for fingerprints. >> a lot of the kids immediately started rallying together, what can we do to earn m

here is bill martin. >>> i think things will go like this.ped off but next couple days temperatures stabilize. they will start to warm as we head through the weekend. we go outside fog cleared from the coast if you saw fog earlier, out around san francisco's ocean beach this was gone. fog returns late tonight as it did last night. official recorded highs today, cooler than they were last night we had a strong push of marine air today. 89 degrees, antioch down a couple degrees. low 90s inland today. 82 santa rosa, down 3, 4 degrees. 62 pacifica, highs from today. highs tomorrow down gain, so, more low 80s mid-80s not a big change but subtle change. maybe a little warmer in some places, just going to be a flat line. tomorrow watch for patchy coastal fog it will be there and most areas along the coast and try to push through the gate. mostly sunny and warm through the bay area weekend. if you are look most of us you are looking at the 5 day. the system is north of us as it flies through late tonight it just sort of sets us up, with a day similar

ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now with what to expect this week. >> more of the same. the fog cooled things off and it is pouring in right now. outside, live storm tracker 2, fog pushing inland now. big dose of it. look how far inland it is. to hayward now. cool night. i know i can see we got a live camera, i see all the fog in the shot. throw that up if you get a chance. fog over the coastal hills. these are the highs from today. 69. 76 napa. 71 san rough yell -- san rafael. highs tomorrow not different than this. tomorrow, more of the coastal fog over the hills. it will be coverage in all the nigh bay area -- 9 bay area counties. this is the mechanism. mark talked about it last night and steve this morning, it brings rain north, but it takes the lid off the fog and goes like this. and the fogs gets up over the hills. the coastal hills are about a thousand feet. theday like today, it picks up the fog, drops the temperatures because it pushes inland. that is where we are. you know this pattern over and over. thing i liked about the bay area, i can look at the hills or

. >>> our chief meteorologist bill martin is off, rosemary orozco is tracking the forecast. >> we have got a warm up in store. we are looking at 80 to 90 degrees by thursday. for tomorrow we will rebound to near normal. at this hour, cool and brisk. the winds blowing to 20 miles per hour. sfo 15. san jose 21. in fairfield 20. gusts are stronger than that in some cases. low 60s livermore. mid-60s concord. 58sfo. 59 oakland. north bay, santa rosa 70 degrees. mid-60s in napa at this time. temperatures rolling back into the evening hours. feels cool. if you got the breeze a chill in the air. gusts 25-30. 25 livermore. 24 san jose. the clouds will be back tonight. tomorrow morning we are expecting partly cloudy skies around the bay. it will burn off by noon time. partly cloudy skies for the second half of the day over the coast. our temperatures will be similar to this morning. 46 santa rosa, 48 napa. 50 degrees in concord. 48 in fremont. 50 san francisco under gray skies. afternoon highs tomorrow, 77 santa rosa. 76 novato. 60s sausalito. 67 richmond. east bay, mid-60s for oakland. mid-70s

and the bay area cools down a bit just in time for the work week, chief meteorologistist bill martin will tell us where to find it and where you can expect another warm up. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> music feels during the kick off of week to celebrate the 160 160th birthday. they performed in the plaza. obviously the class section of groups from school groups to jazz ensemble will be performing. the mayor is scheduled to cut a birthday cake. chief meteorologist joins us now know -- we're enjoying the sunshine for now. >> today's temperature gone through the 70s and low 80s. temperatures did cool from yesterday. they're going to cool as they go through the next couple of days. the wind right now are coming out of the west southwest and that's kind of bringing clouds and low clouds into the peninsula. you're gettin

. >> reporter: our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the forecast and a warm up? >> yeah. temperatures tomorrow warmer. fog has been pulled away from the coast but the winds stirred things up and the wind will be around for the next few hours. we check out san francisco at the airport, 38 miles per hour winds. alameda, check out this wind, 24. this one 31. it is windy out there. breezy in the hills. started off okay with the clouds and the fog but the winds stirring up the atmosphere. temperatures today cool to mild side. highs tomorrow up a few drooez. saturday and sunday -- degrees, saturday and sunday a warm up. fog destroyed at the coast. there is still fog at the coast, patches of it but most of it went away. over night lows 50s. clear and cool, breezy. sunny and mild tomorrow, weekend, warmer. nice. not going to get hot. tomorrow low 80s. mid-80s by sunday. 3:00 a.m., here we are, 8:00 a.m., and here is your fog. it has been chewed up by the winds. the fog will take time to reestablish. by lunchtime it is this patch, and then it wants to go away. we will watch that f

ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin is in the forecast center. >> sunday was cool. today isn't that warm. temperatures increases as much as 10 degrees. showers by redding, sacramento, north of marysville, creeping in around chico, red bluff. the showers produce thunder and lightning today. so we will watch that. most of the activity will go away. you will see it light up here right there. back spin as the low-pressure system moves off. it was enough to cool the temperatures. yesterday was cool day around the bay. the fog and low clouds tonight. temperatures tomorrow increase. over night lows tonight into the 40s. not freezing. but this time of year, which means some of the areas, they will be around 45 degrees tomorrow morning. a chilly start for your tuesday. fog and low clouds at the coast. tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m., fog here, san bruno, to the san francisco airport, to the oakland airport. fog burns off quickly. right? by the afternoon green. those are 60s and 70s. you will see 80s creeping in in the afternoon. more 80s. 60s in san francisco. across the bay, war

. >> our chief meteorologist bill martin is watching possible rain? >> yeah. a chance for showers in the five-day forecast. right now doesn't look like strong chance. the main thing, temperatures dropping off. 10-15 cooler today than over the weekend. the cooling has begun. right now in san jose, 67 degrees. 68 towards mountain view. that is how it will go. these are the highs from today. highs tomorrow will be cooler. for get the 80s, look for 70s. and lots of 60s. weak weather system slides through. the clouds come in. that is the first in a series of weak ones to the north of us. that is why temperatures are back into the 70s. cooler, chance of showers towards the end of the weekend. i will have that in the five- day forecast. low pressure off shore. that is the mechanism for cooling and potential showers. what we notice is the temperatures trend down. sunday mid-80s and now like this. it will not be as warm. you will get mid-60s on the bay. upper 60s around oakland tomorrow. antioch and pittsburg mid-70s. setting up now. more towards summer you get the big

ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now in the weather center with the forecast. >> warmer today in some places. tomorrow you will notice it. low 80s. outside i was showing you the temperatures. you can see the heat in the central valley. close to the bay we have a strong on shore flow. you see the buoy reading here. we check out the wind speeds, 22 miles per hour. strong wind blowing the cooler air into the area. these are the highs from today recorded by the national weather service. like yesterday. highs tomorrow will be warmer. nice warm day tomorrow for your friday. starts off mild, temperatures in the 40s. and low 50s. tree pollens are trending high. pine, seeder and -- cedar and oak. if you are bothered by pollen, most likely it is whatever is blooming outside your house. the trees are growing off. over night lows in the 50s. upper 40s. fog remains south. we will see patchy fog into the coast tonight. fog tries to get back here sunday and will make more cooler. tomorrow is warmer. saturday is warmer. sunday is cooler. sunday is the coolest day of the weekend but stil

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. >>> yesterday here at 5:00, bill martin said to expect some changes we could definitely feel. you know what bill we definitely are. >> you definitely felt it. highs today were down a few degrees. today we're back into the mid-# -- mid-70s for the most part. there's clouds and the áf we're heading for a cooling trend. a good shot at showers as we move into the next several hours. out by pacifica and half-moon bay, we have clouds and low clouds. we have high clouds too. clouds just wept away. the satellite just bliped. but there's a lot of fog at the coast. that's down a few degrees from yesterday. current temperatures around the bay are mostly in the upper 60s for the most part. as we go into tomorrow, there'll be a little cooler at this time. so overnight lows on the cool side. we have some fog and low clouds in the morning when you wake up. kids heading out to school. maybe a jacket in santa rosa. maybe in napa. no frost in the morning but just a cool start and just feeling a little more, just not quite as warm. we have a very warm period now we're headed for not a very cool p

. >> bill martin now from the weather center where he is tracking wind. >> yesterday the fog burned outit'll be back tonight but the wind will be the lead story. the wind is mixing out the marine layer and keeping the fog from being substantial along the coast. the winds going to 21. concord to near 30. you can't quite see it. they are gusting to near 30. the winds are out. the winds backed down a little tonight but pick up again tomorrow. the forecast -- a lot like today. the temperatures in the 70's. couple low 80's. as we head into tomorrow we will wake up with fog, temperatures like these. these were the highs from today. the highs tomorrow will be similar to these. we will see a lot of upper 70's. away from the coast and 60s around the bay. about 73 in san jose for daytime high which is what we had today. more of the same. kind of a windy, mild spring like weather pattern. the winds, these are the overnight lows, winds that will continue overnight into tomorrow are stirring up the tree pollen and the grass pollen. a lot of people as you go out and about. you notice the sneezing, tr

. >>> things are certainly warming up and our chief meteorologist bill martin is here to bring us theweather. >> not hot just warmer as we go outside temperatures mostly right now are in the 60s. we have fog right along the coast, we've got 65 in san jose, 64 in santa rosa. then we have fog shooting across daily city now and it's working its way over toward the airport and san bruno gap. it's made an advancement in the last half hour since i showed this imagine to you live. tomorrow morning when you wake up you're going to see it in many bay area locations, like we did this morning. fremont, hayward, san rafael. redwood city, mountain view, i think you will see high clouds and fog. a little warmer than yesterday but still below what you would expect for this time of year. tomorrow is a similar pattern with highs in the 80s. tomorrow slightly cooler so sort of a mild changes as we go through time. overnight lows are going to be cool like they were last night so upper 40s, low 50s. fog in many bay area neighborhoods tomorrow. a rapid burn off. shows not a heck of a lot. the fog along th

bill martin will let us know how warm it is going to get. >>> if youor the go or away from your tv you still -- if you are on the go or away from your tv you can still watch ktvu news on our web site. . >>> getting ready for a solareclipse on sunday. the ring of fire will be visible in northern california starting at 5:30 p.m. this video here shows a solareclipse over easter island in july 2010. experts warn not to view it directly because that can cause permanent eye damage. >>> yesterday here at 7:00 our chief meteorologist said to expect a bit of a warm up and we are feeling that? >> yes. it felt warmer and less wind and fog out there today and more sunshine going into the bake area weekend. you know it will be nice. the winds out there right now are gusting to 26 miles an hour at the golden gate bridge. off shore we have winds, the waves are six feet, no winds. we have winds here gusting at 9 miles an hour. the winds are down. last night i had wind gusts at 40 miles an hour at the airport. they died down. these were the highs frommed today, these are friday -- from today, these are

chief meteorologist bill martin is in the weather center where we're going to get a warmer weekend. > warmed up today but tomorrow a 10-degree jump and bigger yet as we head to sunday. we have a live report, winds gusting to 26-miles-an-hour at redwood falls. the winds are going to start to change around. and come out of the north- northeast as we head into the weekend that's sort of an offshore flow. fog is not an issue this week. both days are going to be nice. saturday starts off warming, sunday the warmest day of the weekend with the warmest city, fremont, san jose. these are the highs from today, here go the highs tomorrow. temperatures coming up 10 degrees in santa rosa. a little more than 10 degrees in san francisco and san jose. definitely warmer tomorrow. you will notice it right away. when you start off tomorrow morning overnight lows around the cool side. low 40s and down to 40. this will get you frost in some of the inland north bay valleys. it's a little late for frost but you will see it tomorrow. the weekend sunny and warmer you knew that. as we go through the week week

. >> let's go turn back to bill martin. i know when it rained here just outside we ran to the window. >> it's good news. for pollen sufferers. it was nice to see. a midwest thing because we don't get a lot of sun and then rain. today was different. today's weather will continue to be a little different as we see scattered showers north toward the napa area. we will back out a bit and you can see this area. that's most powerful area of weather we are seeing. as it winds down we will start to clear out and it'll be cool tonight. you see it spinning around. came from the north. rotating, heading south. snow, comes back around as rain for us. it'll rotate showers around tomorrow afternoon that could impact us into tomorrow afternoon. which will get to that with the model. these are the highs from today. cooler than all week. a warm week. mid70's. low to upper 70's. windy. today's temperatures cooler. good five to eight degrees cooler. the weekend looks nice. saturday fine. tomorrow it'll bet transition day between this unsettle

. >>> let's talk about our weather now, chief meteorologist bill martin, maybe some 90s. >> we mightsee some 90s in the next 48 hours. a cool holiday weekend but things are shaping up as we go through this week. as frank points out maybe some more 90s. good news, a warm up and temperatures in the valley are warm. the winds right now are going like this. that's why it's not that warm. that's how it was this weekend. what's going to happen over the next few hours, the winds are going to start coming this way. it'll pull that heat from the central valley and into the inland bay valleys and that will warm temperatures up. the temperatures did warm. as we go into the next 48 hours you will notice a significant warm up and the warmest day right now looks like it'll probably end up being thursday. but friday could be light there as well. the forecast for tonight, patchy coastal fog. there's not a lot of it but there's a little bit. it'll be back tomorrow morning. it was everywhere today. you get plenty of sunshine. warmer period as we go through tomorrow. the computer model lays the fog rig

. >>> let's go to bill martin for what all those thousands of people will be seeing this weekend. >>it's going to be a great weekend for all the outdoor activities going on. it was a cool week, kind of windy, cool and cloudy. but now we're headed to the weekendand it's going to be spectacular. we have gusts to 33 miles per hour. let's go to fairfield, we've got gusts -- sustained at 28 miles per hour. the winds die out tonight and then they go away. these were the recorded highs for today. highs tomorrow are coming up five or 6 degrees. so we're going to see lots of mid-80s tomorrow. even warmer in some places. sunday the warmest. santa rosa 48. 49 in napa. 50 in concord and 49 in livermore. weather system right here has a pretty good chance of bringing us a few showers. and those showers not showers bringing us cooler weather. those would show up next week. so not a big deal. mostly clear and cool tonight. mostly sunny as we head into your weekend. extended forecast, cooler as the clouds move in. a warmer high pressure sets up. saturday and sunday, sunday should be the warmest day o

. >> bill martin now from the weather center offer a warm day. are you tracking the cooldown. >> bit of a cooldown. fog returned to the coast and you have seen it out there. you see the fog, that starting to cool and the winds bringing in the cool air. that's the golden gate bridge. that's a live reading. gusts to 30 miles an hour. you -- you will see, right in here gusts to 38, gusting to 30. the winds out of the west southwest. that's blowing in to the inland vailly and that's -- going to put the squash on the highs for today. temperatures tomorrow about five degrees and cooler still around the approximate peninsula and the bay. 90 today in santa rosa. 85 tomorrow. cooling trend but still really nice. tonight the fog will have more impact. it'll go through san bruno. we will see cooler when we start off and it's the cooling trend right through the next 24 hours, and then temperatures start to warm. the model does this wednesday at one. right here you see the fog and then you see the fog in the early morning, around seven and here is the -- shoo

. >>> and bill martin will tell us when we could see rain. >>> mainly in the north bay as we head into thursday, for the rest of us during the afternoon hours, sprinkles. this is not a big deal, unless you're in the north bay. the rest of us it is just sprinkles, wet on the roads, it will impact the afternoon commute, especially in the area of the south bay. so right now, winds out there on the delta, gusting to 22, a west-southwest wind, in the last hour it gets a southerly component. that is what we see now, that is not what we saw an hour ago. when the south winds kick up, that is an indication that the weather is getting closer. in fact it is, tomorrow morning we're looking for mainly sprinkles in the north bay. it will be breezy out there, more clouds tomorrow, and a chance of sprinkles, in the north bay, in the afternoon, sprinkles could spread south into the red wood city area, the san jose area, cool, upper 30, tonight in the upper 40, as far as outside activities, if you're in the north bay and you have outside classes you want to teach you may have a problem with it. everybod

. >>> beautiful day today, bill martin is in the weather center, tracking great spring like conditions>> a five day forecast you will like. it did cool off today you will see that here on the live storm tracker. you can see the heat in the fallly. looks like a summer deal -- valley, looks like a summer deal. and lower temperatures in this area, because of that little bit of a sea breeze we got, or late last night early the morning and then this afternoon. that cooled things off a little bit highs today as i mentioned were cooler than yesterday. yesterday was warm, low 90s inland. highs tomorrow, the same, maybe a degree or two cooler, or a degree or two warmer in others. that temperature profile is what you will experience tomorrow as you move through the bay area thursday. 62 pacifica one of the cool spots because of the patchy fog which is not there now but will return tomorrow. fog went away last night and tonight. and it is coming back. it will cool things off and make for a cool start in the morning. 47 napa, 51 pacifica, 52 san jose, mild overnight lows for the most part. this ge

bill martin joins us now with what's to come. >> we have some changes coming our way.we're looking for cooler daytime highs and a chance of sprinkles as we get into thursday night. neither a big deal. when it gets cooler instead of 80s and more 90s it'll be 60s and low 70s. this weather system offshore moves in on thursday night. a few light showers in the forecast. we'll show you that on the computer model you can get a feel for what it's going to do. here we are on thursday, thursday mid-morning. not a big deal. thursday about 1:00 we'll see how that pans out. thursday afternoon there's some activity as well. so maybe a little bit on the afternoon commute. tonight 10:00 we come back and run the model again. the updated model and we'll look to see if that verifies. if the second model runs again and that will give us an indicate of how accurate or how close to accurate this will be. 66 in vallejo, 69 in fairfield. these numbers are down. a nice day tomorrow. looks real good. 70 in walnut creek, 70 in livermore. the valley fog has been a blamer in the last few days --

. >>> an chief meteorologist bill martin is here with the forecast, which day this weekend we'll see warmest temperatures -- warmest temperatures. ♪ [ man ] when i went to get my first new car, my dad said to get a subaru because they last. ♪ he drives a legacy, but i'm nothing like him. i got the new impreza. maybe i should have picked a different color... [ male announcer ] the all-new subaru impreza. experience love that lasts. ♪ your grilling is still gonna be pretty amateur. but your deck? that's pro. finish like a pro with cabot wood stains. cabot...that's pro. >>> public school teachers in san francisco announcedded this afternoon that they have overwhelmingly voted to under go a strike. how soon teachers could potentially walk off the job. >> reporter: united educators of san francisco today announced teachers approved a strike out in yesterday's vote. the teacher's union rejected the district plan calling for nine furlough days. >> we're willing to negotiate a contract but we're not willing to settle for anything that institutes a reduction in the coverage of the education f

our chief meteorologist bill martin says there is no rain expected for weeks.tvu's robert handa is live where fire crews are at the ready. >> reporter: fire season is upon us. if you can't tell, you can tem by staffing at cal fire station. we are here, the central facility for santa clara county. today is the first day cal fire is staffing the engines, half of the agency fire season staff came on today and will staff the engines 24/7. today was the first day for many training classes for supervisors and firefighters. crews are coming here from the bay area to the oregon boarder getting ready. the this afternoon many made their way to this field for the sessions. >> today we are conducting training burn exercises. this is part of a regional class. we bring people from all over to the santa clara unit to take a wild land fire investigation training class. >> reporter: as we showed you last week, the special unit went into operation on a minimal basis and now conducting training sessions. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> officials say due to budget cut

. >>> nice warm start, let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin.e relaxing still from the weekend. >> it will not be as warm. temperatures come down 10-15 degrees. high clouds and fog have become the cooling. as we look at the mechanism for cooling the wind, golden gate bridge, that is by doyle drive, we have done a lot of stories about doyle drive, doyle drive. 26 miles per hour. when you get south in the wind, there is a weak disturbance in the area. there is. weak disturbance. dropped temperatures today from yesterday. today's highs, not bad. tomorrow's highs coming down more. looking at 70s. right now temperatures 74 in concord. 75 fairfield. further cooler tomorrow, upper 60s. as we head into tomorrow, cooler. next couple days cooler. and a chance for showers thursday-friday. right now it looks minimal. at 10:00 i will have the latest updates and we will look at it. last model has been sketchy on the forecast with the rain. it will be cooler. through this week with the low pressure off shore, wind are south. temperatures trend down. low pressu

let's go to bill martin to see what's next. >> we do see snow and rain this time of year. we saw some last year. nonetheless it was a bit of a shocker when rain came down. really most of the activities out of area, the real action is right around the lake tahoe area where a wait a minuter weather advise -- where a winter weather advice reu should have been dropped. as you go through the bay area weekend not the bay area week end but lake tahoe, sunday and monday look like nice days. i'm going to show you what you should expect. i'll see you back here in a few minutes. >> you can check ktvu.com any time for the latest on the weather this weekend. >>> despite the showers we got today, caltrans says they really won't dampen the mood this weekend. >> reporter: frank we're in boss state park where every camp site is booked tonight. the fire pits are flowing and does feel good on this night. but after such a dry winter, no the fire danger has not faded. >> are we ready for it? >> reporter: these firefighters are getting ready, so when they have to run hose uphill among smoke and

san francisco saw gusts of 50 miles per hour and ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin says the winds are expected to hit their peak today. >> when do you think their dying dow? >> i think they peaked this afternoon and they are dying down but it will still be breezy thursday and last few days we have with gusty winds, especially long the coast and bay. inland it is breezy but not blowing you over. delta has had strong winds up here. fairfield, we got winds at 16. that is not that impressive. concord, pittsburg 25 miles per hour. pretty impressive. point reyes, winds gusting to 40 miles per hour. you can't see that. gusting to 40. so very windy along the coast. very windy throughout the bay. that rips the fog up. that is where the fog went. we had fog, patchy fog but the winds are such they are chewing it up and it is gone. temperatures mild today. lots of 70s. temperatures tomorrow, well, they will be cooler still as a real weather system moves to the north of us. tomorrow, breezy. on the bay. winds kicking up from 9:00 in the morning. not as windy as today. winds tomorrow morning, o

. >> and chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking a chance for wet weather.back with his complete bay area forecast. you do a lot of kayakingno. whoooa i'm in a river. what are some good kayaking words? like...rapids? look, i'm going through the rapids. ok. i'll take it. new offers in new places so you can try new things. sync your american express card with facebook, foursquare, and twitter to find savings. that's the membership effect of american express. >>> happening now. president obama has just wrapped up his speech in redwood city. these pictures are from inside the fox theater where supporters paid at least $250 a piece to attend tonight's campaign fundraiser. ken wayne is covering the president's visit and joins us live outside the theater to tell us more about what the president had to say. >> reporter: the president left the fox theater about a half hour ago, it was a sold out event with 1300 people inside. a few people are still lingering out in front of the theater tonight. the president talked about moving forward. forward of course is his new c

chief meteorologist, bill martin has tomorrow's forecast in eight minutes. >> at 10:30, who is reading your tweets? technology that >>> the already challenging ride through downtown san francisco is about to get a lot more busy. heather holmes has details on how work on the transbay center will bring traffic to a halt. >> reporter: the next phase is to excavate first spread. over the memorial day weekend, crews will be installing a temporary bridge to handle traffic. that's part of it right there. the problem, julie, is getting this structure from here to there. that means three days of frustration. it is already slow going near construction of the transbay center. >> this is a disaster. >> it's kind of a nightmare. >> reporter: memorial day weekend, the round the clock work will enter the next phase. >> we'll be excavating this entire footprint here. >> reporter: leaders with the transbay joint powers authority gave us an exclusive look at plans to install three temporary bridges. along first, fremont, and beale street. >> this is first street we're about to cross. >> reporter: this a

. >> bill martin is here with what he can expect. >> yeah. a good weekend for viewing.'s look at some of the specifics on what's going on. basically this thing gets going in the early evening hours, it start around 5:16. the best is a round 6:32 and that's what you see there in the image. the moon moves in front of the sun and then as we move through about 7:40 of course it moves off the sun. the best area to see it, we will have good views here but just a little north and east that's where you will see a total, 100% coverage. one thing if you don't pinch it through the fingers because you can't look directly is look at the shadows in the trees and on the ground. it creates a reflection. that's kind of neat. it's a good day for viewing on sunday. >> the jury in the trial of john edwards has gone home for the weekend without reaching a verdict. the court and the jury are set to reconvene on monday. he is charges with taking illegal contributions and conspiracy. if he is convicted on all of the charges he faces up to 30 years in jail and a big fine. >>> the city of berkel

let's go to bill martin where all the families and students will be having outdoors. >> the weekend isoing to be nice. we had a mild week with winds. but now the weekend is starting to warm up and it looks great. especially sunday which will be warmer than saturday. we have some winds offshore. let's take a peak over here by redwood shores. this is a live weather center. redwood city right now, winds are gusting at 20 miles per hour. water temperatures 67 degrees that's pretty warm. we'll check out this sensor we have winds gusting to two. these are westerly winds and they are importing cooler air. temperatures in concord 77 degrees. as we go into the next couple of days temperatures are going to warm up as winds die down. santa rosa had 80 degrees, 76 in livermore. these are other current temperatures around the area. you get the feel for it. the forecast for overnight lows on the cool side, 49 in vallejo, 50 in fairfield and the weather system to the north of us way up there that's the one i'm tracking. that one is basically as it moves in here is going to cool things off. but not fo

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bill martin told me it was going to be a little breezy out there tonight. that gentleman would probably agree. the giants down 1-0 in the 4th, after a triple, ryan theriot had a couple of hits. an rbi single. we've got 1-1. lincecum rolls into the 6th inning and meeting the man who owns him. paul goldschmidt had four homers in 14 lifetime at-bats against him. gave up only one earned run. 6 strike outs. in the 8th, the man with the midas touch. lincecum is now 2-6. >>> alarming. it's not just that the a's, have lost eight straight, but it's the way they're doing it. seems like they get shut out about three or four times a week. bring manny up here. somebody shake it up a little. back in minnesota, former giant, francisco liriano rips through the a's lineup. 9 strike outs in 6 innings. that's like he's cy young. that's his first win of the year. former a, josh willingham. two more hits. three rbi's against his former mates this afternoon. a two run shot there. his 10th. 4-0. that is final. >>> now they don't look ready to go by way of the dinosaur yet, but di

. >> and bill martin tracking a change in our weather. we can expect in his complete bay area forecast. >>> the ceo of a huge company in oakland has come up with a play to keep the a's in town. his solution, maybe buy the team. the chair of clorox is working to keep the a's in oakland. >> if the current ownership is not committed to oakland we're confident we've identified a group of people who can and will buy the team if the team is for sale, keep it here and get a new stadium built. >> 44 companies have put down money to show they are serious. a's management has not commented on the plan. >>> the bay view district is about to get a big boost. the lenard corporation has donated $7 million for development. it plans to demolish candle stick park and replace it with homes. some residents are worried that the project will displace many african americans that live in the community. >>> new at 10:00, ktvu's john sasaki tells us coyote encounters are not just happening in parks. >> reporter: these bathrooms are shut down not for maintenance bu

. >>> it is almost may, chief meteorologist bill martin has the forecast for the start of a new month. >>> one of the most unusual naval ships ever built is actually sitting inside a barge in the moth fleet. tom vacar tell us why it soon may be recycled into car parts and appliances. >> reporter: people often pass next to this anchored moth. inside stealth technology. the sea shadow could be auctioned off to a scrap cutters torch. one historical society was willing to take the sea shadow and they were willing to put it right here you might know where it is, in alameda. right next to the u.s.s. hornet but the navy had a big catch. >> all we wanted was the sea shadow and that he would not separate the two. >> reporter: trustee of the hornet says the they is the navy. >> it was a combo deal if you will. >> reporter: the sea shadow was built inside this halt to keep spies and spy satellites from seeing it, the barge is now a mess. >> and so it's really a big white elephant. >> reporter: many believe sea shadow should be on display. >> the u.s. navy is just starting to get it through the d

over to our chief meteorologist bill martin. looks like it will heat up?rday was warm. 90s and sunday temperatures plummeted and it stayed cool today. we will warm up and then we will cool off again. no real heat wave and no real major cool down. rain in northern california. showers and lightning and thunder. redding area, the showers should be tapering off. for tonight patchy fog reforming that coast. highs warmer than today by 5-10 degrees. you will notice a warm up tomorrow. and you will notice a cool start to your day tomorrow. over night into the 40s, which is cool. here is the system. as it moves high pressure sets up and temperatures go back up. tuesday and wednesday we will see low and mid-80s. and temperatures go down wednesday, thursday and friday. out of the 80s into the 70s. the computer model lays out fog along the coast around 5:00 a.m. and high clouds. about 7:00 a.m. fog along the coast and over by sfo and hayward. into the afternoon it clears away. tomorrow warmer day as high pressure -- transition day, temperatures will come up. it will b

. >> if bill martin hadn't been talking about today's weather i don't know identify would have to go check the calendar. >> the snow earlier in the newscast and started off okay today and then the clouds came in as rain and then the sun came out and now more rain north of here and one of those days, most of the rain is over for now. we will see a few scattered source tonight. up by the santa rosa area, on the corridor, this is light stuff. this isn't really the wipers going hard at all. barely moving. a few source, back out in the biggest and strongest activity i can find in the hills, east of gilroy and morgan hill and that's significant rains coming down in the hills up there and perhaps a little tunedder lightning you can see from that cell there. that's a powerful looking deal. i have had no reports of tunedder lightning but that system may produce a little bit. here is how it looked as the system rolled through. a quick look at clouds, rain, and then sun, just comes right out. that's how the day went and that's what we expect through the next few hours and then dying down this i

. >>> bill martin is tracking a warm up just in the nick of time for the weekend.back be how high temperatures will go. your grilling is still gonna be pretty amateur. but your deck? that's pro. finish like a pro with cabot wood stains. cabot...that's pro. >>> a simple test could determine whether your baby is autistic. j ohn fowler reports on the new research and clues for parents. >> reporter: as i told you two months ago, the cdc now says one in eight children have autism most diagnosed around age three. a simple posture test at 6 months old can be a red flag say researchers. >> having an ability to have a sense that early at six months i think is great. >>> the kennedy krieger institute released this video. in children with a genetic for autism showed this. it's called head lag. >> this could be the beginning or sign of a development delay. hence you need to watch that kid much more closely. >> reporter: most kids don't have a genetic autism risk and head lag is is usually not serious. >> the vast majority are healthy, well normal kids doing it their own way. >