there's fort bragg starting to move in. south of that, nothing yet. but the main part of the front has a ways to go. it was 39 at santa rosa and now 41, clouds on the increase, that will bring the temperature up. 40s and 50 for satisfy. oakland cool at 46 degrees. not a whopper, but it will produce rain. and sweeps in later today, expect the lain mid morning and then early afternoon around san francisco. fair field and southward, late afternoon, maybe even early evening. this system is getting there. but the front has a ways to go. we start off with mostly clear skies, although there are clouds increasing to the north. 38 to 5:00 clear for some. clouds starting to move in for others. cloudy by noon with rain in the north bay. and then that spreads south by this evening. 58 to 64. it will lose a lot of strength. san francisco 95. brentwood, 64. and then danville, about the same, 64. san jose, lightly warmer. redwood city, 63. so a lot of low to mid-60s to the south. we have clearing on friday. looks good. cool, cold, friday night. and saturday morning

bragg, has japan made specific requests for aid? what have they been asking for? >> japan is actually a very well prepared and well resourced country when it comes to disaster response. so they have the response effort very much in hand and have been doing heroic work in that respect. but there are certain areas where the united nations as a particular role to play. in the early days after a disaster like this, search-and-rescue is the most important part. and part of what we can do and what the japanese government has requested of the united nations is to help coordinate the international search-and-rescue teams that are coming into the country. at the moment, the government of japan has accepted such rescue teams from 15 countries. there are at least another 19 countries on standby status at the moment and at least another 40 others who have also offered to send search-and-rescue teams. the coordination of all of this is something that the united nations can do for the government and for the people of japan. the united nations also helps to put out the humanitar

around fort bragg starting to show up off the coast.till have a couple hours to go before it makes it into the north bay. now there could be degrees al head of it. -- drizzle ahead of it. the airport did dip to 39 before the clouds started to roll in. you can see how this is lifting up this way. and that really, the tail end just a continuous roll. a lot of clouds, more bark than bite unless up in the north bay. trace amounts to couple hundred hundredths. peninsula, south bay, maybe .50 towards the north bay. not a big system. clearing tonight and looks good for friday. clouds on the increase. rain starts in the north bay. and then fair to the south though. south bay for a while until probably after the noon hour. and then we will start to see the clouds and light rain make it. 50s or low 60s towards the north bay. mid-60s peninsula, east bay. also towards the south. and again towards the valley. some of these clouds will have sun for a while. and then the clouds will arrival. clearing to want and tomorrow looks cooler. saturday morning

you can see the coverage with bulk of the activity up along the north coast closer to eureka, fort bragg and ukiah. not a lot of coverage to show you but even if you are not covered, you can still see mist and drizzle in the south bay and the north bay. i still suspect some misty drizzle. in fact, some a live look outside, still plenty of clouds in place. currently 54 degrees. up to the north, santa rosa, the airport reporting partly sunny skies. current numbers are in the 50s. hayward's checking in at 60 degrees. sanjose, 59. fairfield, 54. for the weather we'll hold onto the clouds and the possibility of a few showers. tomorrow more clouds and also occasional showers. it won't be a rainout. there's still plenty of breaks in the activity. and then for the weekend we're tracking our next significant system and this could produce heavy rain especially for saturday night into early sunday morning. rain returns. that will be a factor as we return to saturday. we had the bulk of the rainfall earlier this morning, also gusty winds. the wind advisories have expired. we're still holding onto su

bragg north wards up the coast.n the mountains, adding another 6 to 12 inches today from the areas of rain and snow moving onshore. so today's forecast we're going to keep it very unsettled. you need the umbrella everywhere north of l.a. it's sunny in one mbrella handy. you'll need it not just today but for the weekend. lynn, the weekend forecast as i've been talking about, next storm is right in line. we'll talk about it. >> bill, thank you. >>> the postal service is the bearer of bad news. a first for the central bank. and omg. check out the latest edition to the dictionary. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, chris brown breaks his silence about his morning show meltdown. >>> coming up, another number one seed is knocked out of the ncaa tournament and an overtime thriller in the sweet 16, as well. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. after a week-long uprising, the syrian gov

so going to be heavy rain from about fort bragg north over the next three to five days. so again, hasn't even made it into the county yet. so we have a ways to go. but see that first and then lake county and napa. but as it moves south, it will weaken there. morning you're fine. 30s, 40s, 150 that's in san francisco. -- one 50, that's in san francisco. got a lot of energy. but it's mainly to the north of us. there's enough there that we're going to cloud it up in the morning hours. by mid morning, rain in the north bay. i mean, there won't be a lot of rain here, but usual locations, especially north of santa rosa, get about .50 of rain. south, far lesser amounts as the system moves through. but it might not arrival until late this afternoon or evening. clouds increase. kind of a challenging forecast. rain starts in the north bay, but sun in the morning for the south bay and then get the clouds later on. 50s or low to mid-60s today. cool tore the north. slightly mild to the south. tomorrow, breezy, saturday morning starts off fine. and then clouds in the afternoon. sunday

my wife and i were living up the coast at fort bragg. a lumber mill closed, construction dried up. we made a choice to move back to san francisco. i was lucky enough to be able to hire wion with cahill. thanks to projects of this, i can look forward to continued employment. i am very thankful for stimulus money. thank you. [applause] >> now i want to call another worker, tanya lewis. [applause] >> good morning. greetings to madam pelosi, the distinguished guests. i would like to start by saying welcome to 220 golden gate. it is under construction right now for the historical retrofit and restoration. this site has been going on for about one year. we have another 18 months to go. this project was funded by the recovery act and reinvestment act, signed in 2009. however -- i am lost. i tried to come from the heart. i do not know if i introduced myself. my name is tanya lewis. i am a native san franciscan. i have a 10-year-old son. i also have 17 years of experience in the carpentry field. i truly believe that i represent the women in the work force. i am probably employed by cahill,

asking the governor to declare a state of emergency following tsunami damage to the harbor at fort bragg. the harbor master says it will cost at least $4 million to repair the damage to the docks. governor brown has already declared emergencies in del noter, san mateo, hum bolt, and santa cruise counties. >>> some in the bay area are concerned about radiation from japan's damaged nuclear reactors and if it threatens us here on the west coast. experts say there are no signs that radiation levels are on the rise here in the bay area. even a meltdown caused no immediate symptoms. scientists say people living near the reactors in japan have not experienced serious radiation exposure. and the threat of that meltdown of a japanese nuclear plant is starting to raise concerns as we mentioned here in the bay area, but experts say there's a very low probability of harmful radiation levels in the u.s. still ktvu sal castaneda is live where people are taking precautions. what are they doing? >> reporter: as the news worsens about the japanese nuclear disaster, more people are showing up at medical c

bragg and we will be talking about santa cruz. one person in crescent city who thought he would be brave and go out and take pictures in the river ended up being lost and probably dead. many coastal roads were closed. beaches were closed, including right here in san francisco. b.a.r.t. was not closed but the ferry stopped three runs out of concern for possible problems in the bay. and many flights to japan were out and out cancelled. and those that were in the air already were diverted to other places like osaka and even one went in to an air force base. so it is, all in all, an amazing thing. but the damage to california is significant. so much so that the governor, jerry brown declared four counties, del norte, santa cruz, san mateo an emergency situation and they will receive aid. that's the nuts and bolts of what happened. >> let's turn to paul rogers in santa cruz now. >> belva: you are in santa cruz and witnessed the damage as it took place? >> yeah. i was at the santa cruz harbor from about 9:00 a.m. on. the first surges ca

companies in distorting the truth is well known in hollywood movie bragg the dog a p.r. agent engine is a war to distract from the president still wondering. do should the world tragedy i think i'm sometimes truth is stranger and much more damaging than fiction spin has been crucial in middle eastern politics for many many years i mean spain is what took britain into the iraq war for example crass headlines about weapons of mass destruction and in forty five minutes p.r. industry experts reckon the majority of the arab states in turmoil bahrain egypt libya have some kind of representation in london p.r. and the reason they come here and that could regulation while in the u.s. if a p.r. company takes on a foreign government it has to register the fact with the department of justice in the u.k. there's no such rule. if you're a foreign government looking for representation in london yeah ok but that then bell comes in decades in the building behind me although very cagey about who its clients are it's believed to represent about the bahrain bellaver east and exiled trust t

army psyops unit at fort bragg north carolina actually was putting in turns at c.n.n. headquarters in atlanta and they were working on news stories and then later it came out that a similar program existed with national public radio n.p.r. so we hear we were all subjected to pentagon psyops programs the pentagon denied it but they had people on the record that admitted to it this gets into the whole issue with us public diplomacy we we claimed stories overseas we had the iraq media network planning stories in iraq newspapers unfortunately some of this stuff was being picked up and fed back to the united states through the auspices of places like fox news of course so we have been subjected to the program the answer isn't to have the pentagon officials deny things and say they didn't do it it's to not take a scalpel to that budget item but to take a butcher's knife to it and get rid of a lot of these science programs in the pentagon in the state department and elsewhere it's pretty interesting i mean what about this concept that in addition to not being able to trust ev

in libya claims to afford off an attack by colonel gadhafi forces in the eastern oil rich town of bragg reports say fourteen people though have been killed in the fighting meanwhile the u.n. has warned of the unfolding humanitarian crisis in border where thousands have been fleeing the violence in libya. with the latest. so far more than seventy five thousand people have fled here to tunis from neighboring libya the situation on the border is chaotic as border guards they struggle to keep calm now in his latest address to the libyan people need a moment of does he warned against american intervention in his country he said that should the united states or any other for an hour try to intervene thousands of libyans would die he said to quote him that he was willing to find every last man and every last one men to keep control in his country he also said that he was not the president and therefore he could not resign.

bragg.'s going to shift to the south and by this afternoon and evening hours, we'll see more of the green here. this light blue representing verga moisture not hitting the ground but wouldn't be surprised to see mist and drizzle. temperatures are quite mild, 50 in redwood city. 54 in mountain view as well as san jose. sounds winds will be picking up a and south winds kept us warm overnight. 8 degrees warmer than yesterday in redwood city. 9 degrees warmer non-san rafael but with the rain cool evening. main rain comes in this afternoon and then the rain will become more scattered overnight and we'll see a couple of systems mid-week and one by st. patrick's day. >> this area will send the showers our way. here the time line on it. you notice through noon, rain is up in sonoma county but by 2:00, marin county looking at wet weather even san francisco. but before then, not out of question to see a shower and mist and drizzle around the entire bay area. it's really a 3:00 or 4:00, we'll see rain

the forecast model, this system i was showing off shore, the showers by fort bragg. that is 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and clouds are filtering in. by 5:00 a.m. the clouds are in the north bay. the north bay area is partly cloudy, mostly cloudy. and south of san rafael, mostly sunny and partly sunny. it is not a big deal but it is a hissy filtered sunshine. and wednesday and thursday things start to clear out and warm up. and -- ask in this area out here wants to dive in on friday. and not a major cooling at all just temperatures instead in the 70s and 80s, we'll be cooler. these are the forecast highs tomorrow. 67 in than hose. and 68 in morgan hill. and then you have a five-day forecast that for the first anytime a long time it is dry. and that is good for the creeks and the streams. there is the weekend always in view. a nice looking weekend coming up with a few clouds. but today was glorious. >> everyone seemed to be keary. >> everybody is in a good mood. >> thank you. >>> gourmet gift food distributer harry and david has filed for bankruptciy protection. they o

here's live doppler 7 hd, the rain well to the north if you see fort bragg and live returns so quite to go. we could see a renegade shower but for the most part it will be after 2:00 we see most of the rain and the frontal band begin to press from the south and east. high pressure was keeping us dry and it's gonna move away and that will have the tail end of it sweep on through later on today. if you have any plans for the early afternoon or mid-afternoon, you should be okay but we're looking for the rain to move into the north bay first. here's a look at the time line. you notice by 11:00, 12:00 we've got the rain in sonoma and marin and after 1:00 it begins to sink south into the east bay and then everywhere this evening right on through the 11:00 hour. not until after midnight we see the rain taper off. up to an inch in the mountains of the north bay. six-tenths in marin county. the east bay just a tenth to two-tenths so not too much going on. south bay may not even see rain at all. in terms of sierra nevada, some snow. a wind weather advisory. 8:00 tonight and 8:00 tomorrow morni

the forecast model, this system i was showing off shore, the showers by fort bragg. that is 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and clouds are filtering in. by 5:00 a.m. the clouds are in the north bay. the north bay area is partly cloudy, mostly cloudy. and south of san rafael, mostly sunny and partly sunny. it is not a big deal but it is a hissy filtered sunshine. and wednesday and thursday things start to clear out and warm up. and -- ask in this area out here wants to dive in on friday. and not a major cooling at all just temperatures instead in the 70s and 80s, we'll be cooler. these are the forecast highs tomorrow. 67 in than hose. and 68 in morgan hill. and then you have a five-day forecast that for the first anytime a long time it is dry. and that is good for the creeks and the streams. there is the weekend always in view. a nice looking weekend coming up with a few clouds. but today was glorious. >> everyone seemed to be keary. >> everybody is in a good mood. >> thank you. >>> gourmet gift food distributer harry and david has filed for bankruptciy protection. they o

the rain trying to make its way towards fort bragg but still has all of mendocino county to go beforet gets to us. i think most of the morning commute will be dry. let's focus on the 24 hour temperature change. most of us cooler except antioch, napa, san rafael, san francisco the same as yesterday morning. 50 san francisco, 52 antioch. the rest of us in the 40s. as the afternoon unfolds, we'll see that rain spread from north to south across the bay with the heaviest rain in the north bay. it hits there first and along the coast. you're coolest in the mid to upper 50s with the rest of us in the low to mid-60s. you may get a sprinkle, probably mostly cloudy with low to mid-60s. accu-weather 7-day forecast, about 7:00 tonight the rain is over. dry weather friday and saturday. rain will come back sunday afternoon through monday and another chance on wednesday. good morning, frances. >> good morning, mike. it's definitely a good start to the morning commute. no major accidents. there is road work going on in san ramon. the southbound 680 bollinger county on and off ramp will be blocked unt

. >>> tsunami damage at fort bragg is estimated at $4 million. the northern california city was pounded withaways up to six -- with waves up to six feet knocking out docks and damaging boats. >>> the lab worker charged in the killing of a northern california yale student is expected to plead guilty once he returns to court tomorrow. raymond clark is charged with strangling 24-year-old anne lee. her body was found behind a wall on the yale campus the same day she was supposed to be getting married. clark is charged with murder. >>> american astronaut scott kelly and others have landed back here on earth. here is russian video of kelly there he is moments after the capsule carrying him and carrying his crew mates landed. the wind was so strong it pushed the capsule on to its side and it was rolling. the crew wasn't hurt. they were quickly wrapped up in the blankets you see there put on stretchers while they readjust to gravity back here on earth. >>> big names in hollywood are calling on president obama to take a stand on same sex marriage. talk sh

we are also hearing that same tsunami caused an estimated $4 million damage to fort bragg. northern california city was pounded with waves up to six feet. it wiped out docks and damaged boats. today, pieces of the broken piers are about to removed. divers will be called in to evaluate the damage done to the harbor. >>> some big names in hollywood are calling on president obama to take a stand on same sex marriage. talk show host ellen degeneres are a few that signed an opener letter to the president. first the letter thanks the obama administration for deciding to no longer defend the sex of marriage act. it goes on to ask the president to take the next step and legalize same sex marriage. the letter is sponsored by the advocacy group freedom to marry. >>> in utah the governor has signed new immigration legislation that has drawn protest from people on both sides of the immigration debate. one of the bills requires police to check the immigration status of anyone stopped for a felony or serious demeanor. another bill creates a guest worker program for undocumented immigrant

it's hard to see even on the satellite picture unless you are up shelter cove or fort bragg north. for us it's a lot of low level clouds. 40s and 50s. temperatures on the mild side once you breakthrough these crowds. i will get out of the way so you can see. the high is building in. there is not a lot to this system. they are dragging across us. everything is building toward high pressure. not until we have morning fog and drizzle. after that gives way it looks pretty good. mostly sunny and highs inch upward. this seems to be the pattern for most of the weekend. drizzle clouds give way to sunshine. it will be warmer today. we will go mid 60s. concord at 64. 62 in oakland. 62 in hayward. 65 morgan hill to gill gilmor. fair and warmer again with so much moisture in place we will probably have patchy fog. another weak system brushes us thursday. it's out of here friday and saturday. pam and dave. >>> thank you, steve. overnight developments in libya. there are signs that omar gadhafi could be on his way out. >>> also bill gates no longer the richest man in the world. it's not because

doppler 7 hd, all is quiet now around san francisco bay but to the north around mount shasta, fort bragg at light showers up towards crescent city. and we will be looking at this to slowly inch southward throughout the day today so we won't see as much sun as we saw yesterday but the bulk of the bay and south bay and east bay will be dry. north bay and san francisco, look for the rain to be heading your way by mid-afternoon. high pressure about to give away to this first cold front. a couple of them headed our way that will bring some rainy periods throughout the week. but this one is not gonna bring too much in the way of rain. notice by 10:00, 11:00 the rain still far to the north. but by 1:00 this afternoon, sonoma and marin county beginning to see some light showers. we advance to 3:00, 4:00, san francisco to the east bay but it's not until after 6:00 i think the south bay and santa cruz mountains will see the wet weather. perhaps up to an inch in the north bay with a tenth to two-tenths in the east bay. in the east bay looking at lesser amounts as well as the south bay, one/one-hund

live doppler 7 hd, crescent city, eureka, lakewood and fort bragg. think that 8:00 hour for it to start moving into northern sonoma county is going to hold. most of us will miss out on it during the morning commute but we'll definitely have it during the lunch hour and early afternoon hours. your coolest, mid to upper 50s where everybody else will be in the low to possibly mid-60s. don't think we'll see any rain around the monterey bay where a few sprinkles possible 6:12 tonight. the pollen is high, both tree and grass. once we get to 7:00, the rain has washed out. high pressure moves in and we have sunshine for friday and saturday and then we have some rain sunday into monday and another chance on wednesday. that's your 7-day forecast. here's more news with kristen and eric. >> thanks a lot. it's 6:09. >> just ahead, the drug used by many expectant mothers about to go from $15 a dose to $1500. >> plus the hi-tech tool that could be the key to ending cyber [ female announcer ] we make it little and black. you make it flirty and fun. we make it floral

bragg is $4 million. the inner harbor in crescent city is almost completely destroyed. 63 boats were damaged and 16 sank. >>> the san francisco district attorney says most of the cases connected to the officers accused of misconduct have been dropped. the office dismissed 68 cases, eight officers are under investigation for allegedly conducting illegal searches and falsifying reports. the district attorney has turned the investigation over to the fbi saying his office lacks the resources. >> it is up to san francisco mayor ed lee to determine who will replace gasgon as head of the police department. he was handed a list yesterday. the city is not revealing who the candidates are or where they are from. he must choose a chief from the list or ask for additional names. >> 5:46. we want to check in with christina. we have a new batch of rain. >> yeah, and it's consistent. overnight we had showers, showers for the past couple of days and as a result you're going to find slick conditions out there this morning

there will be heavy-duty rain up along north of fort bragg. the south bay may have to wait until before the front moves through. look at the temperatures. 54, 55, 56, 57. you name it. it's on the mild side. these haven't moved in three hours. our system continues to get help aid -- helped along by a jet stream. this is from the west- southwest. that holds more moisture. the pattern showing signs of changing turning colder. today that's not the case. .25 to 2 inches plus, that would be in north bay. south of us, this system will stall out. we'll hold on to some rain for the south bay. it may take a while to get there. north bay will take the brunt of it. a colder system arrives on friday into saturday. today it's friday. scattered light rain in the morning and then the front arrives. heaviest rain will be to the north. a little breeze kicking up as well. low 60s. mid-toupper 50s. five day has the rain moving in today. and a lot of clouds. offand on showers. here comes the -- off and on showers. here comes the system, with lower snow levels, may

. >>> and today, officials in fort bragg will be taking a closer look at the damage caused by the tsunami there. officials say there is an estimated $4 million worth of damage. the northern california city was pounded with waves up to six feet, wiping out docks and damages boats. today workers hope to remove pieces of the broken piers. and divers will be called in to evaluate damage done to the harbor. >>> 7:33. happening right now, a church in richmond is staging a sit- in. they are fighting what they call a fraudulent evacuation. tara moriarty is live where we understand sheriff deputies are due to arrive any time. >> reporter: parishionerses say they are sitting down, in effect, standing up, for a cause. there are some standing guard waiting for the sheriff's deputies. others are inside baiting -- waiting for the showdown. this property is being foreclosed. this church received a predatory loan, and say their signature wassing forked. these people say they are willing to be arrested. >> they are gonna have to drag me out here today. they are gonna have to handcuff me, drag me by my ank

bragg who was currently recuperating at walter reed.e was involved in february with an ied and has lost both his legs below his knees. and, you know, he's getting great treatment at walter reed and i was truly inspired by this incredible young man's service, honor and his attitude. but last year the obama administration started a worldwide effort to stop the flow of ammonium nitrate into afghanistan and the campaign, as i understand it, is running up against stubborn hurdles and neighboring pakistan where police routinely waved tons of ammonium nitrate shipments across the border into afghanistan despite afghanistan's ban on the import of chemicals. it is unclear whether the border guards are being fooled by clever attempts to disguise the shipments or whether they're being paid to turn a blind eye or both. and i think the problems also exacerbated by the lax enforcement in afghanistan, the afghanistan government has passed a law banning the chemical, but pakistan has not yet done so. and we know that ammonium nitrate is commonly used a