this is the sixth cyclist to be killed in boulder county this year. the previous five happened from may through august. >>> a chase, two carjackings and a crash over the course of colorado today, there's one suspect at the center of it all. it started midafternoon and ended when police put down stop sticks. it started around 3:00 when a drunk driver was spotted near the area of owl canyon of larimer county. deputies chased but called it off feeling it got too dangerous. about an hour later the same vehicle crashed on southbound i- 25 near the berthoud exit. investigators say the driver ran to a house and stole a car there. two hour later they say the same man carjacked someone -- hours later ey man carjacked someone in boulder county. spike strips ended the chase in loveland on 287. the suspect was headedwas hurt. >>> a police officer was oo e e you get perspective sh?z:ooting hands ?7w! vewi ??'n. [ =yv0=k, jeffy hinuwas ??=??checking out have been a warning. security cameras recorded laber and her two boys leaving bear canyon elementary elementary.

another cyclist has died after a happened in boulder county this year. a semi truck hit the cyclist near the area east of 28th and arapahoe last night. boulder police are working to piece together what happened.. this public service annoucement on distracted driving was released by the colorado state patrol on friday morning... the same morning trooper donahue was hit and killed on the side of i-25 while assisting another accident. it's the third csp trooper death in the last 18 months... we thought this is a perfect time for a refreaser course-- on the rules of the road. we sat down with csp and castle rock fire- the department that unforunatly has resonded to several of these tragedies recently... we wanted to know what they are seeing out on the roads when it comes to drivers, and what we can do to help tho today -- special patrols by several agencies will be out looking for agencies will be out looking for drivers not obeying that "move over" law. douglas county deputies say one truck driver didn't follow that rule... and ended up killing state troope

some 9th graders are collecting food for the i have a dream foundation in boulder county. the foundation helps at risk kids in school and get on a career path and learn about paying it forward. >> i believe that if you help people, you will feel better >> right now on 9news.com you can find out more about how it all works. you can also find a link to a nonprofit you want to donate to. last year $28 million was raised in one day. that's a record setting year that we hope to break this year. >>> if you are thinking of buying someone everything listed in the 12 days of christmas, prepare to compare for 23 birds and spend a ridiculous amount of money. th is still 182 bucks like last year, but the price of two turtledoves is 85 bucks more than last year, 375. you go all in, hire all the pipers, drummers, leaping lords and milk maids, you'd spend $34,363. pnc wealth management tracks the cost every year to measure yearly inflation. why you would want 23 birds i have no idea. >> how do you figure the cost maids? >> i'm not sure. >>> there's a good chance we'll see snow in the met

you see boulder county -- being that close, i think we could see a couple of snow showers move this way. it dries out and your weekend looks nice. border to border, we see sunny skies. sunday, 2:00 in the afternoon and there's not a cloud in the sky. we could see a high nearing 50 degrees. we're looking at this with a little more cold way. we also see high pressure. good news for the northeast. all the tornadoes, gone. the sunshine did return for the clean up. but this cold air is coming our way and the origins of this is in siberia, so it's very cold air. you see the cold air? you see it also just lancing colorado. we'll be on the edge of it, but 16 and 23 were the lows. 35 and 19 our normal and 76 and 6 below the records for this date. 43% humidity, a rising barometer and a nice shot from steven johnson today. and steamboat this morning. temperatures tonight will be mostly in the teens. temperatures in the teens and 20s. for tomorrow, cool it with 20s, 30s, a few 40s history over. we'll see 20s for the higher elevations, 20s and 30s to the west. let's take a look at your denver foreca

tomorrow morning it is possible there could be a few light showers in the foothills on jefferson boulder counties. want to turn on the wind. this shows the wind direction. it comes in from the east and as we go through the day it will continue and an easterly expect much. anywhere from 1-3 inches possible along highway 285 and possibly in boulder. for the rest of us any accumulation would be minor. less of an inch and it looks likely that most of us will not get it. next week here comes the arctic plastic that's arriving monday night into tuesday with high temperatures only in the teens next tuesday and wednesday and the early outlook or snow is five-10 inches and monday night into tuesday in denver. between now and then the small chance for seen snow tomorrow and again cold 33 for the high temperature, 34 maybe for the weekend i temperatures in the 40s with sunshine before everything changes again monday night into tuesday. >> the rumor mill has been swirling. what date do you think the snow could come to expect the worst of it is tuesday. keep track of the arctic air. we have us -- a free weath

now the boulder county district attorney says that they're looking into more sophisticated technology. the new test can tap into fbi databases that includes genetic profiles from more than 15 million known offenders. jonbenet was found dead in the ramsey home the day after christmas in 1996. >>> coming up, the rain is coming. wh will we be ready. >> we'll have light rain today, heavier rain today. king tides will be causing coastal flooding. we'll talk about the rising river levels and street flooding, that possibility coming up. >>> that's looking ahead. even right now we have glowing lights in parts of the bay. we'll talk about your conditions, a crash in the east bay and possibly some delay for rails as well. >>> thank you, mike and kari. we're following breaking new this morning. several warehouses on fire. this from the north bay. the video showing them aggressively taking on the blaze. new details after this. i'm good.? i just took new mucinex clear and cool. what is this sudden cooooling thing happening? it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. new mucinex fast-max

. >>> today boulder county made all government buildings safe zones. the signs read this space respects all aspects of people including race, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual body shape, size, and ability. the county installed them in response to the election. >>> colorado needs new teachers. a new state report shows the number of new teachers dropped nearly 255 in the last 6 years, and the shortage is really hitting math, sciences, and world languages the hardest, and it's worse in rural and remote districts. >>> and the white house is fighting a challenge against new overtime rules, making 4 million americans eligible for overtime pay. the ule was supposed to take blocked it in 21 states, and several industry groups sued. appealed the decisionn and the obama administration announced its support today for requiring women to register for the draft, and the white house national security counsel said it makes sense, but they also added the government is committed to keeping the military all voluntary. congress, of course, would have to volt to add wom

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two hours later, they say he carjacked someone in boulder county. spike strips brought an end to the crime spree in loveland >>> a suspect is dead, officer dead, two young children safe after a standoff in tacoma, washington overnight. police say a man shot and killed a police officer during 90 minutes ago, police shot and killed the suspect, rescued the two young kids from the home the kids are okay. >>> today we could learn the fate of form former charleston south carolina police officer who's deadly shooting of an unarmed black man sparked protests and anger last year. today. video shows him shooting scott in the back as he ran alive. slager said he feared for his life. >>> soccer fans are among the most loyal in the world. when their team hurts, they hurt. look no further than in two stadiums wednesday night. . >> fans packd two stadiums one in columbia and one in brazil to honor lives of the members of the soccer team that went down in columbia monday. 71 of 77 on board died. the plane was headed where the team was set to play wednesday night i

. >> some 9th graders in boulder are collecting fo foundation in boulder county. the organization is one of more than 1,000 you can te to on former air national defense command. q?> i like it. it looks good. >> here it is for now. >> for now. >> if you get cold, you can take your hair and wrap it the other way. we'll be good to go. >> i think that quill go over really well with everyone. you know, next week is a time you'll really want to bundle up. tomorrow is going to be colder, next week -- i don't want to get too far ahead of myself. we'll talk about that in just a minute. currently as we look outside we've got partly cloudy skies, high clouds sitting over the city, not a lot of wind, so yes, low 40s, cold today but not bad considering the wind was calm

especially in the foothills of jefferson and boulder counties. i think that's where most of the snow will be tomorrow. maybe an inch of accumulation here comes our arctic blast, it will be here tuesday and wednesday. the highs will only be in the teens the middle of next week. early forecast is still for 5 to 10 inches of snow starting monday night. for today, increasing clouds, high 39. tomorrow 34 with light snow. the weekend, sunny with highs in the 40s. >>> watching from copter 4, i- 25 and c-470, we have that volume loading up heading into the tech center in the northbound direction. southbound coming into town, they've en around, this is near 92nd. you'll see flashing lights. we're waiting for an earlier accident to be moved out of the way. speeds into the single digits behind that accident. picks up into the 20s. isn't that nice? still, looking at huge drive times southbound coming into town. across the denver metro area, 19th and curtis side street accident, and earlier stall out of the way, westbound i-70 at tires, right? >> right.5 to 1

so that is good news, getting a live look right now at jack frost big boulder, carbon county, some peopleut there enjoying cold conditions on the slopes, getting their ski on, their snow board on, and otherwise, we'ret dealing with this cold air, in the city, getting a live look right now at the arctic continue that, i mean center city philadelphia, at 24 degrees right now, wind south at 8 miles an hour, our feels like temperature down to 15, and our low temperatures this morning, they just were not right 16 degrees in philadelphia, 12 in the least high valley, bottoming out at 13 in atlantic city. 2 degrees in mount pocono. storm scan three is showing us increasing chowed deck has some period of sunshine throughout the day to daze but snow, it is just up wind and we will start to see some snow developing as a warm front lifts through the delaware valley as we head throughout overnight period. temperatures are actually warming up so we will be at our coolest right now 24 degrees, light rain and snow developing after midnight and tough go early tomorrow morning, snow changing over to freez

boulder at 25 now. greeley, ??weld county, it's co there, 12 to get this day started. doppler 4000 showing clouds on the increase today. as the day ??goes on i think we'll see more and more cloud cover and temperatures will stay chilly. with the extra clouds ??i don't think we'll be able to quite crack 40. i think the best today will be the upper 30s. snow on ??the way tomorrow. not much, but a little bit. then a big storm systex let's check in with?joel for a first check on traffic. >>> good!]orning. still have crunchy spots. i-70 and vail pass. across ??town an accident northbound i-25 to the approach to the mousetrap ??at i-70. and an accident southbound at 6th that's blocked off a portion of that ??ramp. heavy hearts in tacoma, washington, where officers are mourning the loss of one ??of their own and working a standoff with the suspect who apparently shot the police officer. that police officer died last ?? night around 9:00 our time. this began around 5:00 when ?? police ??were called out to a domestic violence situation. the woman and children got out safely. th

this month boulder county investigators announced they are planning another round of dna testing using technology on key evidence in the 20-year-old case. we reached out to the production company and the six other experts named in burke ramsey's lawsuit. so far, they have not returned our messages. >> lot more to >> a lot more to come on that story. thanks very much. >>> let's get another check of the weather. we missed >> good to be back. we are talking about wet weather for our friends in southern california. california has been getting a lot of rain. they are just not done yet. they are getting some relief. pacific moisture streaming up into the southwest all the way to southern and central california. a cold front coming down going to combine. rain will be moving into southern california late today to tomorrow. then another break before the next system comes in late on sunday. rainfall amounts from phoenix into southern california anywhere from a half an inch to some places picking up an inch of rain. >>> still tracking scattered rain showers. we are dealing with wet roads if you a

boulder creek. he onocks are so big, the county needs to bring in a contractor to clear them. he onls is huge. is's going to be something to chip it apart and move it. hey or now, the only way in and o baof that buddhist retreat is by foot. cu==staff at the institute say sturbaave enough food. the issue is getting people who es at o go back home out. >> unruly inmates caused a sis turnians at a south bay jail. the inmates at the elmwood urnrectional facility protests after their phone privileges heriffaken away yesterday. no ja 120 inmates took part in e pr protest. they refused to return to their bunks. the sheriff's office called in more resources. no staff or inmates were injured in the protest which didn't last ivng. >>> who is going to lead the drug an enforcement agency? gaaturday night live" puts walter white in charge. the president-elect's recollection is an unexpected one. >> a live look outside the golden gate bridge. no rain yet. it is coming so dry up your umbrella. over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long: health insurance. how?

best chance will be for the foothills of boulder and jefferson counties. really, any of us in the denver area could see light snow. 39 today. 34 tomorrow. and sun comes back for the ,, ? ? >> announcer: today on rachael ray. [ applause ] >> announcer: patricia heaton is cooking it up. looking for a low-cost way to tackle holiday decorating? the writing is on the wall. >> rachael: that sounded like and now are you ready for, rachael! [ applause ] ? ? ? >> rachael: welcome, everybody, welcome. it's funny, if you watch our show at home, you might notice no matter what season of the year it is, many of our studio audience members are all

boulder creek. the rocks are so big, the county needs to bring in a contractor could clear them. >> this is huge. it's really going to be something to chip it apart and move it. >> now for now, the only way in and out of the nearby buddhist retreat is by food. the staff says they have enough food, the issue is getting people who have to go back home out. >>> breaking news to share with you out of san francisco. tonight police say a man has died of stab wounds in the castro district. here is what we know. officers were called out to 18th and diamond just before 3:00 where they found the man on the sidewalk with a knife literally sticking out of his chest. he was pronounced dead. right now no word on what led to the stabbing. police are looking. they do not know an identity for the suspect as of right now. >>> new at 5:00, a somber moment at the scene of oakland's deadly warehouse fire. first responders of the december 2nd tragedy have returned to the site. they are marching together and will will hold a moment of silence to remember and honor the 36 people killed. the live look at the scene right

boulder creek. the rocks so big the county needs to bring in a contractor to get them out of there. >> this is huge.t's really going to be something to chip it apart and move it. >> that's a fact. for now the only way in and out the retreat is by foot. the staff at the institute say they have enough food. the issue is getting people that need to go home out of there you can track the forecast with the weather app. it is free to download on the smartphone. you can check conditions in your neighborhood and use our live doppler radar. >>> weather outside right now in san jose has some high clouds, cool temperatures tomorrow morning. starting in the mid-40s. afternoon in the 50s. we await the next round of rain that could bring heavy rain at times. the forecast when we come back. >>> plus, a day on the water ends with no water at all. and a muddy mess. the unusual rescue caught on tape. >>> coming together to honor a tragedy overseas. this emotional vigil at a pa innocence la church. in my future, i'm twice as likely to have a stroke. i'm at higher risk for depression. i'm 26% more likely to develop an

the storm sent giant rocks and boulders crashing down the mountain onto highland way in santa cruz county. creating the slushy muddy mess. we were there as county workers cleared the narrow winding road. this brand-new bmw ran into some trouble driving over debris. the rain fell steadily and hard all evening nearly masking the landscape of trees in the santa cruz mountains where a few months ago the loma fire burned close to 4,500 acres. officials warned the ground in that area is unstable and runoff from the wildfire could increase the threat of mudslides and erosion. the storm also forced trees to fall onto power lines like this one on skyland road. >> the conditions on 17 were a little grueling coming up. i came from los altos tonight and got lit with bus spray. >> reporter: this -- hit with bus spray. >> reporter: this east bay firefighter on his way home to carmel offered a few trips. >> don't travel if you don't need to. store some food and water and take things really, really slowly. >> reporter: pg&e is prepared to work throughout the night. right now they're dealing with about 40

the storm sent giant rocks and boulders crashing down the mountain on to highland way in santa cruz county creating the slushy muddy mess. we were there as county workers cleared the narrow winding road. this brand-new bmw ran into some trouble driving over debris. the rain fell steadily and hard all evening, nearly masking the landscape of trees in the santa cruz mountains where a few months ago the "loma fire" burned close to 4500 acres. officials warned that the ground in that area is unstable and runoff from the wildfire could increase the threat of mudslides and erosion. the storm also forced trees to fall onto power lines like this one on skyland road. >> the conditions on 17 were a little grueling coming up. you know, i came from los altos tonight, and, um, got hit with bus spray. >> reporter: this firefighter on the way home to carmel offered a few tips. >> don't travel if you don't need to. you know, store some food and water and take things really, really slowly. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >>> if you were heading to the airport today, you might want to give yourself some extr

fort collins a loveland down to boulder middle 30s better can boulder that out at dia that had started to denver at 33. south end of douglas county okay a pretty decent chance of snowfall over the monument health a 64 percent chance. a little bit of snowfall and your temperatures down around 208th of cool day to say the least we warm up a bit for the weekend. enjoy sunday and void enjoy the sunshine. that storm a blows through on tuesday with heavy snowfall for some and drops the temperature start of the wednesday and thursday mornings at least. at the warmer 023 degrees but i think many spots may stay below zero just depends on your elevation. the metro area it may be very cold next wednesday and thursday it will clear on out talk about snow totals as we go later and the weekend models are all over the place don't look t i went against columbus tonight will let you know. bring on the huskies will break with our $3.50 sub of the day, there's never been a better time to try something deliciously different. every day of the week, get a featured six-inch subway sub for just $3.50. all with no artificial flavors. the $3.50 sub of the

the mesa county clerk said she was forced to shut down the other branches to put the money into other operations. these closures. >>> boulder is leaving your car home. free uber and lyft rides. designed for holiday shopping rg good between 11:00 a.m. and # p.m.. >>> defr police are changing the way they communicate with you. dpd district three are going to use pocket gov instead of next door or facebook. they say it's more transparent but some aren't happy about this. keeping the department facebook page, but tracking multiple social media sources are taking too much manpower. >> the information combauring and information getting out to our citizens in a more transparent way. >> the department is testing this on district three with a year. . >>> one denver neighborhood a lot brighter this morning. gave out new light bulbs in swallow hill. added lights will help cut back on crime they say. >>> a white officer cleared in the death of a black man. the family is outd raged. . >> stolen in broad daylight. >>> the more you do, tte more you receive. >> a church in littleton, a lot of coordination feeding the hungry. you'll meet th

boulder creek. the rocks blocking the road are so big the county has to bring in a contractor to clear them out. >> this is huge. it's really going to be something to chip it apart and move it. >> for now, the only way into and out of that nearby buddhist retreat is on foot. the staff of the institute say they have enough food for folks who can stay. the problem is some people have to get out and go home. but at least if they're buddhists, they're equipped to deal with it. >> they are. they have that inner sense of relaxati relaxation. >>> well, we were talking about the siberian express a second ago. we really can't complain about what we're seeing here. >> yeah, we can. why not? >> everyone's saying, oh, my gosh, it's so cold. yeah, how about you say 30 degrees below zero. that's unreal. as we look outside, beautiful scenery. we have some dry weather. you can see those high clouds overhead. the hills are starting to turn green, which of course is great news. we see this during the winter when we get quite a bit of rain. we're actually right at about average for the average rainfall for the rainfa

boulder creek is 43. 48 for campbell. las vegas, 46. there are some mid 30s in manned seen oa county. -- mendocino county.ve a system coming in tomorrow. then it looks like a break wednesday and then a widespread wind and rain event for thursday. then some colder air takes us into friday. so the rainfall is not that much tuesday and wednesday. then as we get towards thursday, here is comes. that big system takes us into thursday night and friday. that's when the cold air comes in and the snow levels come down. the rain could be measured in feet in the sierras. tomorrow we get cloud cover with rain beginning to move in for most location. a break webbed but it's warm. maybe some sun. then thursday into friday, rain, wind and then the colder air arrives. >> should we take an umbrella. >> yes, but why not just keep it in the car for the year. >> okay. >>> americans are number one when it comes to spam, and i am not talking about food. the results of a new study when we come back >> we have more coming up on ktvu news after the break (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero d

county. santa clara is in there. boulder creek. soquel at 44. campbell at 42 degrees. a few high clouds. slightly above average. near average on the temperatures. you don't stay 61, 62 very long. the days are so short. upper 50s, low 60s. sal, last time it was the east shore. where are you beginning this time. >> it's the dunbarton bridge. westbound traffic is also affected, at least some of the concrete either on the freeway or on the truck, it is unclear, it came over to the other side of the road. the dunbarton bridge is not a good way to get across the bridge. the accident is eastbound but there is slow traffic westbound. the dunbarton bridge, i would write that off for now. use the san mateo bridge. let's take a look at that. it doesn't look too bad heading out to the highrise. especially the eastbound direction, it should be a decent drive to get over to the east bay. don't use the eastbound dunbarton for sure, both lanes are blocked. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for 15 to 20 minutes before you make it across into san francisco. when you do make it across into san francis

boulder up on the buffalo highway. take a look at the overall map. a lot of green including getting out to dia. no issues at the airport yet. >>> new this morning, right now, the arapahoe county sheriff's office is looking for these two people who they say swindled this woman out of a lottery scam. this happened in october, but police releasing the information. ?>> fallen, believe it or not on the list of the most expensive places to rent an apartment. we're ranked 24th in the u.s. falling three spots since last year. rents have dropped slightly over the past month. the average for a one bedroom is more than $1200 in denver. more than $1600 for two bedroom. case case you're wondering, san francisco takes the top spot. one bedroom. >> that's insane. >> it's a beautiful city. >> 3300 a month. >> that's rent, not a house payment. >> i hope salaries keep up with that. >>> more news coming up in our next half hour including a drug bust. >> officers come across 100 pounds of marijuana. we have this full story at 5::0. >>> president elect trump continues on his victory tour as he's calling it visiting key swing states he won. the latest on the presidential transition next. >>> how o

county has to bring a jackhammer in to break up the rocks. the rain is being blamed for that huge rock slide that crashed down on kings creek road in boulder creek. a dozen people are stuck at the center and the only way out is by foot. crews say it will take several days for them to clear the rock slide. >>> the planned repair and retrofit of a major silicon valley dam is behind scheduled and overbudget. the anderson dam between san jose and morgan hill, the "mercury news" reports the initial $200 million price tag has doubled. work ruz originally slated to start in 2018. it's now looking more like 2020 at the earliest. board members will discuss the cost and schedule changes later today. >>> something to think about as you hit the road this morning. a survey of the best and the worst states for drivers. take a guess where california ranks and find out if you're right in just a minute. sure, you could sit around all night waiting for a pizza to be delivered. but wouldn't making it yourself be a lot more fun? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. at progresso, we are now using 100% atibiotic and hormone-free white breast meat chicken in al

santa cruz mountains, the storm sent giant rocks and boulders crashing down on to highland way creating a slushy muddy mess. and we were there as county workers worked to clear the narrow winding road. and bear creek road at ralston ridge is closed due to the conditions. officials warn the ground in that area is unstable and runoff from the wildfire could increase the threat of mudslides and erosion. >>> a stretch of highway 1 in west marin was closed yesterday after being overloaded with water. this is in the olema area north of bear valley road. it has since reopened. also in sonoma county, lakes popping up where highway 121 meets highway 12. the water has since receded but it did shut down lanes in both directions. and in graton, even these pickup trucks could not power through the flooding. green valley road, the driver went in reverse following the old saying, turn around, don't drown. during the storm we saw some of the highest tides of the see zone. the embarcadero was coned off, check it out, in this video. you can see some of that water crashing against the piers. pg&e is working to restore power after this storm. upwards of

boulder, definitely has been cold enough to make snow the past couple of weeks there. we even had mother nature contribute to the the slopes this past weekend. so things are looking good up in carbon county. storm scan three looks good, no problems out there, we have a few cloud drifting through state of pennsylvania but not even really any lake effect snow. everything quiet across majority of the eastern half of the country, and much of the nation as well as we head toward the holiday. forecast lows it this you can see how chilly it is. we are down to 25 in philadelphia, 21 allentown. twenty-three in reading. twenty this millville. these numbers not quite as cold as last night in the teens but still very chilly tomorrow morning as you head out to work, school, bus stop, warm up that car a little bit and then go back inside and grab your breakfast. it will be a chilly tart to that wednesday morning. in the afternoon future weather in the showing much of anything. to clouds in the afternoon. dry sunny day. thursday we have a front moving through, comes through generally in the morning but snow showers, really limited to the pennsylvania, new york border, i don't think we will get any prec

county sheriff's office busy. >> people go in and swim or fall in and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, they're the size of a volkswagen. that's usually what people smash into. we've had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. >> the river's nickname is the killer kearn. >> on a warm june day in 2010, two friends, mike mccave and ed flickimer, decided to try rafting for the first time. with a group of friends, two rafts and two guides, they head for the river. when they get there, mike wonders if they have made a mistake. >> the river was flowing at a high rate of speed. it was at a very high level but i didn't really know what to compare it with. >> despite the boiling current, the group launches their boats. within moments, everything goes wrong. >> we saw that tree coming right in front of us and then we hit it head-on. there was nothing that could be done to stay in that boat. >> i was in the current and things happened so fast, that i don't remember exactly the sequence of things. but i grabbed on to that tree.

county, upper 30s. walnut creek, 34. out toward san mateo, 36 degrees. menlo park, freezing, 32. and san jose state, mid-30s. and gilroy at 34. boulderegrees at last check. as far as the wind speeds, they have evidence been clocking out toward the north at most locations. there's the air force space, 14 miles per hour. you'll notice most the winds aren't extremely strong. but half moon bay, things are changing. northeast wind. that's sustained 24. gusting to 30 miles per hour at last check. here's this weather pattern. this area of low pressure that's heading down toward southern california. it'll stick around the next few days. so we had the clouds yesterday. but with its current position, it ushers in that cooler air from the north. tomorrow morning, talking about cooler numbers. mid-20s. we could have a freeze warning kick in for portions 069 bay area. especially -- portions for the north bay area. a slight chance of a shower by friday and into saturday morning. for today, though, we are in the clear. here's your monday. a few high clouds, though, for your tuesday. and then more sunshine, though, for your wednesday afternoon. it's

boulder creek country club, that is hard to say, jeff markson almost 6 inches of rain. marin county 5 2/3. san geronimo, marin county five and the third. lexington reservoir almost 4 1/2. not to shabby. sonoma four and half inches of rain there yesterday. i know brentwood, and san jose missed out. it's really tough to give parts of brentwood good rain. northwest when has kicked in. there are still some shower activities upstream. they might go parallel to the coast. the coldest air will arrive tonight. cranking up there at sfo. mostly clear and partly cloudy. we will see partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. see how this might swing in, as it does, what we are looking at is the possibility of some of the showers picking up. keep that in mind. 40s on the temps and a few 30s popping up on the peninsula. one more piece of energy and we will have a dry weekend. it will be very cold on the overnight lows. cold and windy, a few showers popping up. back to the desk.>>> it's going to take some hours to remove a tree that toppled down and flattened a garage overnight.>> the tree fell, smashed the

county staffers are presenting their findings on the cost for that kind of plan and how to best provide that kind of help. >>> crews are expected to start clearing two huge boulders today. you can imagine how much rock that will be. the rocks blocked a buddhist retreat center. the rain is blamed for the rock slide that crashed down on kings creek road in boulder creek. there are still about a dozen people stuck at the center because the only way in and out is by foot. the boulders are too big for bulldozers. they're bringing in a contractor with jack hammers to break it all up. it will take several days. >>> good morning. 6:39 with more heavy rain in the forecast, rock slides, especially in the snn cruz mountains will be a big concern. we're watching for coastal flooding as king tide returns to the bay area. expecting the tides today about 10:00 this morning, tomorrow morning at 10:53 with the tides up over seven feet on thursday, the high tide at 11:41. king tides will be not in effect as we go into the weekend as the tides start to come down. watching out for coastal flooding, also inland flooding, street flooding as heavy rain moves in on thursday. we could ha

county could be closed until monday. cruise are working to clear several large -- crews are working to clear several large boulders, rocksnd mud and trees that slid down a hillside. >>> the storm may be responsible for sinking several boats in richardson bay off sausalito. coast guard says no one was on board any of the boats at the time. officials say it's likely the boats were just swamped by the strong winds and all that heavy rain. >>> the wet weather has been good for bay area reservoirs. many of them are filled with water after thursday's downpours. this is the spillway at scenics lake. in the east bay the san pablo reservoir is also full. >>> some of the patients at ucsf benioff children's hospital got a special visit from santa yesterday. he paid a visit to the hospital on a fire truck. he gave the kids some special early gifts to cheers and applause. he took photos with them and listened very carefully as they told him what they wanted for christmas. >> here at ucsf benioff children's hospital helps them heal by having important life experiences. even if they are here inside the hospital during the holidays, we