system. there's a large amount of money trying to drive carbon out of the atmosphere. there's potential there, especially in california, if the systems link up to partner with funds that have billion dollars funds developed to essentially harvest certified emission reductions and trade them perhaps in the,eu, or in california. so there's a question whether the community wants their credit emission to leave the community but still, there's a lot of opportunities to others that may need assistance reducing the emissions. >> all right.. thank you. i think we're just about out of time and i wanted to just take the last couple of minutes to remind you that the website will be open. do you know how long laura? your going to talk about that. you have cards and you can put any comments on that. particularly if you have thoughts about what we, as agencies can do collectively to address to both prevent and address the impacts of climate change and, question two, is what specific things are you doing now to address it and would you like to share with other agencies and people involved in water supply. thank you alright. so much

but none on the scale of california's system.e have this enormous prison system, this enormous prison health system, which has been in receivership for several years now at the order of a federal judge. and we're talking about billions of dollars in spending. it it costs about $47,000 a year to maintain an inmate in the california prison system. maintaining a sick inmate, depending on the sickness, can range many times that, even up to a million dollars a year depending -- >> but even if we let those sick inmates go, we'd still be paying for them as taxpayers, wouldn't we? if we sent them home. >> very likely so. but it wouldn't be coming out of the prison budget, which is a section of the budget that has swelled enormously over the past few decades and a section of the budget that voters say they'd most likely see cut. >> this medical parole bill among the arguments made for it by republicans and democrats is that yeah if we parole them they can get on medicaid and guess who pays for that. the federal government. or most of it.

california. as this system pushes in it sends us the colder unstable air. so the pattern's changing a little bit. we're not going to get that intense cloud cover streaming overrous constantly. one bay moving on shore near the san mateo, santa cruz coastline. and then the other activity near napa and highway 29 popping up. anywhere right there also by inverness and point ray. some thunderstorm activity that comes ashore. all associated with coming around this low that's sending in the cold unstable air. but the band sliding south as another system comes in behind that and pushes it south. the forecast today even though it's cloudy to mostly cloudy, showers possible thundershowers. more hail possible. more rain comes in on wednesday. a break thursday, friday. but then it looks like on saturday, yes, saturday, we'll see another system come in. these are colder systems. they're a little different than what we had over the weekend. anywhere from an inch in the last 24 hours santa rosa, palo alto, san francisco an inch and a half. over the weekend to three upward

to the university of california system the they are looking at ways to maintain revenue and released a list of 20 recommendations. those recommendations include increasing the percentage of out-of-state students from six to 10% of the student body. they also suggested creating degrees that can be earned in three years and offering online courses. out-of-state students pay three times more than california residents. >>> a new legislator was sworn in today and lawmakers went right to work. a report from sacramento on what governor schwarzenegger calls the state's dire financial troubles. >> still a few scattered, high clouds across the bay area tonight. we have two more rain clouds in the five day forecast. i will have the timing of our next-door and, coming up. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. >> california still facing severe budget problems the legislature met today. the governor is proposing another round of budget cuts as jim vargas reports. >> reporter: the governor is proposing another $3 billion in cuts

. >> reporter: she says california's system to monitor sexual offenders is flawed especially becausehe state is broke. >> the law is great but if it is unfunded it is something we can't do anything about. >> reporter: there is megan's law but many of the people who should be watched don't have an address. >> a lot of sex offenders register homeless and nobody is keeping an eye on them. >> reporter: there is no test to give people to see if they will reoffend. the state needs more money to protect people from those who do decide to reoffend. >> megan's law.ca.gov isn't perfect. this picture shows parts of the bay area. not all offenders register. some offenders are never caught. >> it is a good website. scary as it sounds, sexual predators are out there monitoring you, listening in on you and you don't even know it. >> it is freaky enough to think they can see my son. it can let a lot of intruders into your life. >> chances are you have the $100 high tech device that makes it possible. how they are doing it and what you can do to protect yourself and your family. >>> with the bitter c

california's been battered by a storm system that is predicted to last all week. homeowners here have been warned to be ready to evacuate. and all across california, people are scrambling to take cover. calls to more than 2,000 residents of kern county went out to evacuate immediately. an estimated 500 homes are in danger in the central valley. in sacramento, high winds toppled a wall at a shopping mall, panicking those inside. >> i was just screaming, everybody was kind of running. >> reporter: there's already been more than 6 inches of rain in beverly hills since friday. 8 inches in san lewis obisido. mammoth mountain could receive more than 20 feet of snow through wednesday. in northern california, more than 280,000 customers are without power. and in spokane, washington, the treacherous ice caused a chain reaction pileup that never seemed to end. meteorologists say these huge rain totals are because of a weather system just south of hawaii. >> the pineapple express is something that takes warm subtropical moisture and it really streams it into the area, sometim

. >>> the big problem for the california penal system overcrowding. after 20 years of debate and very little in the way of solutions, the issue has landed in the hands of the u.s. supreme court. how the justices might approach the problem coming up tonight at 6:30. >>> many americans trying to think local when they spend their money these days. the neighborhood grocery store that is closing its doors. >>> pink popcorn, anyone? a move to make changes at san francisco's historic stole lake is causing waves. i'm mike sugerman. the story is is coming up. >>> and it was almost the disaster on slush. why the san jose sharks are happy to be playing hockey tonight. ,, ,,,,,, [ male announcer ] welcome to the far reaches of the internet. when you go faster, you're free to go farther. at&t. rethink possible. get high-speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month. award from p-g- and e for being >>> an east bay fast-food restaurant? the first in the state to win an ward from pg&e for being environmentally friendly. the taco bell in albany recently installed t

san francisco, southern california. next system cuing up off shore and is going to split. unfortunately not a big snow maker for the sierra nevada. there is 6:00 in the morning rung outside to enjoy toys but by 11:00 there is rain. so from north to south there is a quick mover. it progresses east and by dinner hour this is east of us. there are showers and not a bad christmas eving. there is rainfall amounts highest elevations up to two inches. and san francisco east bay is about half inch to an inch. saturday, 7,000 foot snow level and sunday, behind the front highs into upper 30s. there is 60 in froont yont. 57 watsonville. the accu-weather forecast is a nice one for christmas eve. wet, windy weather. a break sunday, monday, and then next system coming in tuesday into wednesday. there is nice break autos just ahead an exciting fee tufr brought to you by abc 7 news. >> stay tuned for that. and they're changing lives and stave saving them as well. a generation of heart implants combining two technologies. >> this is specialist james ferguson. out of iraq i just want to wis

california to release about 40,000 inmates the. judges found overcrowding was the primary reason for poor mental and medical health care in the system and that violated inmates' rights. but california is arguing that the judges overstepped their authority. >> the most significant case to come down before the court in many, many years. >> reporter: this professor teaches a class in the california prison system. he says there are many important issues at stake in this case. >> that's really what the case comes down to. can the federal judiciary order the states to release certain prisoners, pay certain thing, the run us prisons in a given way or just up to the federal to say you violated the 8th amendment and you have to figure out a way to be in compliance. >> reporter: the original order gave california two years to reduce the population in the 33 adult prisons. governor arnold schwarzenegger says it does not take into account safety concerns. residents can see it both ways. >> i don't think the government has any business telling anybody what to do when they can't take care of what they have to do. >> doesn't mean we always approve

that debate is now in the california state system. the ktvu channel 2 news at noon starts right now. >>> we begin with local reaction about the news that jobless benefits will expire. congress is in a fight about how to fund those benefits. ktvu's kraig debro joins us more on what this means for some residents in oakland. good afternoon. benefit checks are in the mail right now. if you are planning to get them in the next few weeks, you will get them. after that, it's up in the air. the president and leaders met at the white house to to try to resolve this. but the bipartisan that everybody thought would happen in congress, it's already fallen by the wayside. so far the two sides have not agreed on an extension. >> i think by taking the money and -- away, some people relied on it. but i'm looking for a full-time job, part-time job. i come here every day. >> reporter: this morning, the people who stand to lose the lost of benefits continue to work. senate republicans have blocked several attempts throughout the here to -- year to exten

there could be more bad news from sacramento for the university of california system. u.c. regents are preparing for the worse as the administration prepares for the state's $20 billion budget deficit. they say they will be more inclined to make their own budget cuts than to impose another round of tuition hikes. most of the just approved 8% tuition hike is earmarked to pay pensions at about $175 million for this year alone. well, we're showing you how bad the weather is back east. let's find out what it's going to be like here in the bay area. christine hanson's here. >> a much nicer forecast for us. still fighting blizzard conditions back on the east coast. this morning after the rain last night starting off in the 30s and 40s and with the clearing skies we still have partly cloudy skies to the north of us. continue to see our temperatures climb into the mid to upper 50s for the south bay. nice forecast, chance to dry out today through early tomorrow and then we start to see more rain and that's in our accu-weather 7-day forecast as we see a soggy weather pattern develop

. >>> a storm is brewing in the california school system. just as the population is growing a wave of teacher is leaving and fewer people are seeking credentials to fill those vacancies. lots of current teachers are retiring and it will mean a shortage of students that can teach science and math in elementary school. >>> this morning a magnitude 3.1 in the area in the 6:00 p.m. hour this evening there was a 2.4 and 2.6 in the same area all too small to cause any damage. >> so we are getting back to our storm coverage in just a minute. we will take it to the sierra. with a look at all that snow. >> it is not just california bearing the brunt of the storm. a number of cars slipping and sliding into each other. >>> the uconn girl's basketball team. how they took their place in history tonight. sliding into each other on an ice- covered road. this is spokane, washi >>> we are so lucky not to have to deal with this. several cars slipping and sliding into each other on an ice covered road. this is spokane, washington. drivers were trying to go up

. >>> school officials say a perfect storm is brewing in the california school system, just as the k-12 population is growing, a wave of teachers is leaving, and fewer people are seeking credentials to fill those vacancies. the loss of current teachers is due to retirements, layoffs, and burnout. school officials say that it will soon mean a lack of qualified teachers, particularly those who can teach science, math in elementary school. >>> the lame duck congress has begun its last week of work before the new members of congress take their seats. lawmakers have a long to-do list. >> the senate will come to order. >> reporter: senators met for a rare sunday session to debate a nuclear arms pact with russia, the fifth day the senate has considered the start treaty, john kerry spearheading the initiative with the president's backing. >> the military supports this treaty. the leader of the strategic command, current, and the past former seven support this treaty. the national intelligence community supports this treaty. >> reporter: but some republicans say congress is moving too fast. mi

pretty good system for northwest california. the key is that it's going to sit here for about two days and eventually slowly slide towards us by friday. it's not a big system again if you're a contractor work outside, don't change any plans yet. we'll see how this develops by friday. clouds to the north, sun to the south, 50s, 50s to a few low 60s. 30s right now for many or 40s. 45 san francisco. oakland berkeley at 38. 24 tahoe. 26 reno. they've come way up on the temps. 51 eureka with rain in crescent city. 36 fresno. 34 sacramento. it's cold. and you see that line of clouds the problem here or the challenge i shld say -- it's not a problem, it's a challenge, is that there's a lot of cloud cover just in the forecast models every one of them has a different scenario. pick one, go with it and that's what i'm going to do. this will hang up here slowly slide south on thursday and then go just ever so slowly across us on friday for some rain. sun and clouds, a little warmer today. more clouds to the north. more sun to the south. 50s

a new report shows there's a >>> it could be a perfect storm for the california school system. a new report shows there is a mass exodus of teachers retiring just as the k through 12 population is growing. the center for the future of teaching and learning blames the loss in part on layoffs and burn out. the city concludes this could mean a lack of qualified teachers in the future. >>> in san bruno another community meeting to update residents about the september pipeline explosion investigation. congresswoman jackie spear an members of the city council hosted this meeting. representatives of pg&e and southbound were there ntsb. >> they say last month they said we could talk to them anytime now it is another two weeks. what's going on? let's be honest. don't tell me one thing and say another thing. it is like that over and over again. >> bewould like some more answers from the ntsb to what happened on the pipeline. >> the san francisco chronicle reported today that an audit of pg&e pipelines performed four months before the september explosion suggest the utility took shortcuts

this marriage system we have in california is an integrate system. as you say, the state is supposed to give the court order spirit anrs. they all act in concert to get people married. it takes a lot of people to do this. they are all acting together. doesn't the injunction brunn to all of those that are acting in concert to perform, give this marriage done between two people? those people covered by the injunction? >> the injunction itself did not go as broad as that might have under rule 65. the injunction at self-help is directed to the defendants and their official capacities and all persons under the control or supervision of defendants. and that is the limitation of the injunction that was actually entered. and now, one of the defendants that we have not mentioned is the registrar. that is the person responsible for the form and content of the marriage license. the registrar, who is the dendant here, will enter the injunction have to change the form and content of a marriage license. >> for that reason i am some surprise by a your answer to whe

environmental of the precipitation as it continues to move towards the sonoran last of the state of california. this systems to bring about up to an inch of rain in the spots in the north bay over the next 24 hours. one thing it will certainly do is scour out the fog as the rain line begins, the 8:00, 9:00 tonight, overnight, gradually spreading towards san francisco. there is your morning commute. you can see the rain is playing tag with the coast and then pretty scattered before it completely fills in over the entire bay area by tomorrow evening commute. so again, meanwhile, we're not looking at hefty totals here locally but in the high sierra pin winter storm warning in effect. a foot of snow expected about 6,000 feet, be careful if you're head to go the high sierra and take the chains along. tomorrow's temperatures in the 50s up to about 60 degrees, good as it gets, except towards salinas and holiday ister. otherwise it looks like we'll have the rain at the end of the workweek all the way into your saturday, sunday woo it will taper off, a bigger storm comes back into the bay area on monday. so you got

this marriage system we have in california is an integrated system. as you say, the state is supposed to give the court order spirit anrs. they all act in concert to get people married. it takes a lot of people to do this. they are all acting together. doesn't the injunction brunn to all of those that are acting in concert to perform, give this marriage done between two people? those people covered by the injunction? >> the injunction itself did not go as broad as that might have under rule 65. the injunction at self-help is directed to the defendants and their official capacities and all persons under the control or supervision of defendants. and that is the limitation of the injunction that was actually entered. and now, one of the defendants that we have not mentioned is the registrar. that is the person responsible for the form and content of the marriage license. the registrar, who is the defendant here, will enter the injunction have to change the form and content of a marriage license. >> for that reason i am some surprise by a your answer to w

so we will be looking at things to improve in southern california as well. the next system focuses on northern california. we are looking at totals near seven to eight inches in los angeles beverly hills 8 and a half inches. pasadena, over a foot of rain. and a place called tanbark over two feet of rain. we will dust off the radar, and we will give it a break for the next couple days, but it is back in the picture for christmas and beyond. your forecast in just a bit. >> lisa, thanks. >>> president obama singled her out. up next, the bay area woman who stood by the president's side as he repealed the ban on gay service members. >> also ahead, the numbers show that more people are shopping this season. but they are not giving. >> and later, a frightening military maneuver all in the name of facebook. that's all coming up, and then later on "nightline." >> coming up next, flooding the southwest and blizzards across europe. we need the forecaster who saw it all. and a first ever look in the labs where >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> the drun

san francisco cold week for many in california even down to southern california. this system will drop south over the next 48 hours and give us rain. low right here i think will swing into southern california on sunday. that's my story and i'm sticking with it. sun and clouds a little warmer, high clouds cool to mild for some. still rather chilly. but temperatures at least near average for this time of year. so upper 50s to a few low 60s. clouds will be dropping south on thursday. light rain can make it in the north bay thursday night more likely friday morning for everybody. and then partly cloudy, clearing on saturday. >>> all right. thank you, steve. 6:50 is the time right now. lowe's home improvement stores recalling 11 million window blinds and roman shades. the recall involves all styles and sizes from roman shades and roll up blinds sold by lowe's. the consumer product safety commission report says two children got tangled in the exposed cord found on those window coverings. neither child seriously hurt though. but the recalled shades and blinds have been sold at lowe'

you can see the storm system in southern california. that brought a lot of rain down there. was the same system that brought showers here in the bay area and it continues in that direction. kind of brief break but here's your next storm system diving in toward the bay area bringing with it more rain but it's beginning to stretch out somewhat. area of low pressure developing on the back side has a dive into southern california. that's why things will slow down here with the advancement. still 1.5" in the north bay maybe as much as two inches in the higher elevation in the santa cruz mountains but the storm system will start to pull apart so with that in mind looks like early showers tomorrow morning and then becoming much more showery in toward the afternoon. temperatures running mainly in the 50s outside. i think if you are headed to high country snow likely and watch out some dangerous snow conditions up there as the storm system dives n looks like it's going to continue to roll by overnight tonight. and bring with it increasing winds, brief periods of heavier amounts of ra

this marriage system we have in california is an integrated system. as you say, the state is supposed to give the court order spirit anrs. they all act in concert to get people married. it takes a lot of people to do this. they are all acting together. doesn't the injunction brunn to all of those that are acting in concert to perrm, give ts marriage done between two people? those people covered by the injunction? >> the injunction itself did not go a broad as that might have under rule 65. the injunction at self-help is directed to the defendants and their official capacities and all persons under the control or supervision of defendants. and that is the limitation of the injunction that was actually entered. and now, one of the defendants that we have not mentioned is the registrar. that is the person responsible for the form and content of the marriage license. the registrar, who is the defendant here, will enter the injunction have to change the form and content of a rriage license. >> for that reason i am some surprise by a your answer to whether

ruling out certain causes it is useful information and their effort to inspect the pipeline system around california. in san bruno, ken pritchett. >> and ktvu.com has a special section on the san bruno explosion that includes a history of the investigation and pg & e's response. just look under the pipeline explosion tab on the home page. >>> the san jose city council voted not to join a university air system. chuck reed says the city has been shut out of the process. the federal government set aside $50 million after the september 11th attacks to create a radio system that all bay area agencies can use to communicate with each other. >> there were people who tried to cut us out of the deal and take away our right to vote on this that we have as a member of the bay area authority. >>> santa cruz county has also opted out of that system. >>> in just the last hour, san jose has become the latest california city to ban the sale of plastic bags. the city plastics has banned the use of plastic bags beginning on january 1st, 2012. customers who use paper bags will have to pay an additional 12-cents per ba

. >>> california's 911 system is about 40 years old. cell phones are considered old after a few weeks. today the state officials began to bring those two technologies into alignment. callers cou callers -- >> really get this information into the 911 system so what that means is more information for the officers to make decisions and really help the first responders get to that scene as fast as possible. >> a with so many things, a major road block is money. >> happening right now, the oakland planning commission is needing to discuss a proposed 39,000 seat stadium for the oakland a's. tonight that commission is asking for public input on what should be included in an environmental impact report for that project. some city leaders say the city should not pay for that report until it gets confirm make that it will stay in oakland. >>> the doors of san francisco's asian art museum will stay open at least for the time being. the museum secured legal protection from jpmorgan chase for -- the move raises potential issues of unfair business pr

the radar is dry and the system that brought heavy rain across california is moving towards arizona. heavy snow towards the rockies. look what's happening. a system will get its act together and high clouds spiing in. in terms of the rain, we are thinking early saturday and right around lunchtime on christmas day, good downpours and embedded thundershowers if the cold front races through. you will see the gusty winds around friday afternoon into saturday. highs around the east bay and beyond, low 50s and seeing temperatures near 58 in oakland and 55 around fairfield and 56 in pittsburgh. the seven-day forecast shows things dry through tomorrow and the break won't last long. wind and rain. the rain heavy at times for the coastal mountains and wins at 25 to 30 miles per hour. that will get your attention there. showers to wrap wrap up of the weekend. a quick check of the commute what there is of it. we are looking good there. you pass antioch and pittsburgh. there is patchy fog right now with the traffic. it is not impacting your travel. 580 if you are thinking of heading out. everythin

if you think about the -- about climate change, about the future of the state of california and our transportation systems, if you go to enough regional government meetings and talk about regional airport expansion and you have that kind of perspective, trust me, this is huge. it has been my honor, my pleasure to have been part of it over the last eight years. thank you. director ford: ok, do i have a motion? it has been moved and seconded. all those in favor? you can abstain. ok. all right, we have 3 ayes and one abstention. >> item 15 is a resolution of appreciation for director mark church, who was unable to be here. >> i have a resolution to read for director church. where is mark church is san mateo county supervisor has served as the board of directors at the trans the joint power authority since 2009, representing the joint powers board and where is the trans the joint powers authority has greatly benefited from the experience and knowledge that mark church has brought to the decisions of the authority and where is the accomplishments of the joint powers authority would not have been possible witho

this marriage system we have in california is an integrated system.say, the state is supposed to give the court order spirit anrs. they all act in concert to get people married. it takes a lot of people to do this. they are all acting together. doesn't the injunction brunn to all of those that are acting in concert to perform, give this marriage done between two people? those people covered by the injunction? >> the injunction itself did not go as broad as that might have under rule 65. the injunction at self-help is directed to the defendants and their official capacities and all persons under the control or supervision of defendants. and that is the limitation of the injunction that was actually entered. and now, one of the defendants that we have not mentioned is the registrar. that is the person responsible for the form and content of the marriage license. the registrar, who is the defendant here, will enter the injunction have to change the form and content of a marriage license. >> for that reason i am some surprise by a your answer to whether t

this moisture streaming to california, oregon, and these systems are going to combine over this weekendnd bring as a better chance of rainfall by sunday. futurecast, it is not bringing up too much but the general facility has it that it down. the rainfall streaming to the north bay will continue through this evening and taper off overnight. however, it will pick back up on friday morning and we might sneak down into the north bay tomorrow morning. perhaps not south of the golden gate tomorrow perhaps saturday, widespread shower activity. and through friday, with the moisture is also streaming through with one half inch expected in the north bay and one-quarter through the center. i say that because even if it is just a little bit past the golden gate with san francisco included in that eastself number. -- and as we look at beef kron 4 7 day around the bay we will notice that plenty of rainfall for next week. and with the north bay. as root look at saturday, a better chances of shower activity through bay-area wide. near the golden gate, 30 percent the early saturday morning chance is pe

the $4.2 billion project will be the northern end of the california high-speed route system. it will serve as the bus terminal for the 11 bay area transit systems. nearly 48,000 jobs are expected to be created during the construction. >> just in the rescue effort under way for a man who fell into a river this is happening in washington state. this is a bridge above the area where the man fell. these are rescue workers there arrived on scene a short time ago. for people in washington state this is happening near the town shall then carried are being told the man is not hurt but he is trapped in a canyon below this bridge. f- 15 year-old girl by the way fell into the same can in last august's so crews have been here feel a bit about rescue team has been called them looking at members of that right now live on the same. the man was reportedly hiking with a friend when he fell into the river and a friend called authorities for help. >> california lawmakers are spending millions of dollars on cars, new cars all as the state sloshes billions of dollars from its budget. in a decade

a steady stream of moisture through the california and oregon. these systems are going to combine over the weekend, converge. and through its sunday ended the next 24 hours, the rain to the north bay will just be light. the futurecast, does not look that bad. through the north bay, the general vicinity, to 8:00 p.m., at most of the day, tomorrow. kron 4 7 day around the bay continuing with rainfall bay-area wide on/off on saturday. the best chance of the sunday morning. with moderate weather cells expected and the chance of rain fall persists into monday and wednesday, thursday. >> let us take a look the thursday traffic on the san mateo bridge. headlines = east and is at a crawl! barely moving. the right side is also just a little bit better. and the james bridge, with 80 traffic toward the lower deck of the bay bridge. also barely moving. the bottom = southbound 101 toward the peninsula is just a little bit better. we will be back with much more news, to come. come. findsa really big bone. we're talking huge. they dig it up, put it in the natural history mus

water delivered by the municipal system meets all drinking water standards set by the epa and california department of health. you can feel confident the water is save to drink. that is in response to a study from the environment working group that tested 35 cities for chromium 6 and found san jose had the fifth highest level of the chemical. chromium six is said to have a high probability of causing cancer. it was featured in the movie, erin brockvich. >>> bottled water could have chromium six too. the best way to protect yourself is install a reverse osz moesz water filter. california doesn't have a specific limit for chromium 6. >> if you air smoker and you are the only one, you are pretty much right. one out of 10 in san mateo actually smokes. at that rate both counties tie for sixth lowest in the state according to a health study. only 13% of californians smoke compared to 21% nationwide. the golden state has the second lowest smoking rate in the country behind utah. >>> california's high speed rail line is getting longer much the board in charge agreed to nearly double the length o

partly sunny skies, clouds and sunshine, another dry day before this weather system arrives in california, just in time for christmas day. the rain is forecast to begin christmas morning, could get heavy at times, especially for the afternoon and evening on saturday, along with gusty winds close to 40 miles per hour. taking a-look at rainfall totals through the weekend. by the time sunday rolls around, half inch to an inch of rain. pably anarch-1/2 for santa rosa. -- inch-and a half for santa rosa. >>> shoppers are still at malls all over the bay area. many stores staying open late in anticipation of this holiday rush. kron 4's reggie kumar is live with the latest. reggie. >> reporter: there is still procrastinators out here right now. i spoke to some, others are just getting started with christmas eve less than an hour away. >> i am done and i hate shopping. >> i have a couple of more things to buy. i am not worried. the lines are not bad. >> macy's, that's bad. have you been there? >> no. i avoided it. >> really horrible this year. i just started shopping but i am almost finished. >> re

far northern end of california. this system is slowly going to head south. first it has to get through the dry layer here thanks to the ridge of high pressure. so what is going to happen is tomorrow we'll see a lot of cloud cover but not much rain associated witness. you will see the computer model here. maybe few sprinkle or late shower around eureka a ukiah area and at 4:00 p.m. mostly cloudy skies here in the bay area. and then in the overnight hours clouds start to thicken by thursday morning rain begins to move in to the north bay and by evening it its down towards santa rosa so ukiah by morning. santa rose by evening for that commute. then the rain l starts to shift south ward 5:00 a.m. friday you can see there is a line of rain across most of the bay area and that will impact your friday morning. 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon the front is out of here and showers begin to taper. attempt to 3 quarters inch of rain expected with this system and as far as tonight is concerned because of all the clouds and dan of the storm system we are going to call it a

systems. the tropical clouds and potential for heavy rain has moved into southern california. that's where it is. in fact, four to eight inches of rain. beverly hills has had seven inches of rain, our system is here. it's already spending some clouds, rain up to the north. it's going to be one of those days where the north bay will be in line for more clouds. there's already been some stretching into marin county, napa county and a littleby. petaluma has had some drizzle. santarosa some light rain. heading north, you will find some. the main front is still o ffshore. our current temperatures are cool. 40s for some. sanjose, our target forecast start off and 49. we'll go 56 and then 58. a little bit of a south wind. rain should not make it there until late tonight, maybe overnight into tomorrow. but we're seeing the system coming in. it's going to split. but it's produced a little bit of -- well, lightning strikes off the coast. we'll have to mention that for tonight. you can see there's not a lot u pstream. therein lies the break for thursday and friday as -- friday as the syst

california. another system pushes it south. the one low we have is now moving up towards portland.ere comes the colder air. showers, thundershowers next rain comes in wednesday. we get a break thursday. start clouding up friday. looks like more rain coming in christmas day. looks like a good system coming in. the one wednesday won't be too bad. thunderstorm activity popped up near sonoma and napa. there is a line forming across nevada and san pablo bay and towards fairfield. any sun we get today will juice up the atmosphere. you can see the clouds more southwest as they get pushed southward a. . a lot of rain in southern california. i have seen projections from now and the end of the week within ten inches. 24-hour totals for some. oakland, palo alto, san francisco, santa rosa weekend hill totals almost three inches. boulder creek seven and a quarter to eight inches of rain. colder. 46 santa rosa and napa. low 50s everywhere else. rain turned to snow. rain snow mix off and on during the weekend. southern california a lot of rainfall in bakersfield not only for the day but the month

system that is set up for lawyers to fail? what were the findings that you made as a result of looking at public defender offices throughout california? >> i'm going to speak more to structural aspects of it. i think amy is speaking more of the cultural and human aspects of the job. our system as you know is based on the theory that any accused person who comes to court is presumed innocent. they are protected by that preassumption. that's why, in fact, we provide council for an indigent person whoke not afford counsel. unfortunately, it paints a rather discouraging picture because i found that there is a fundamental disconnect between that theory and actual practice in california and that disconnect occurs because the system, the indigent defense system is funded by local politicians. now these are public officials who must make decisions. they must choose among many worthy, competing concerns that are vying for those scarce taxpayer dollars and not surprising, most of them or at least many of them assume most defendants are guilty, they tend to make decisions about indigent defense systems based on the presumption of guilt. that ha