here now is dave spahr with weather.howers will diminish in coverage through the day with a period of dry weather conditions possible tonight. widespread rainfall set to return to the region on sunday during the day with periods of moderate to heavy rainfall likely sunday night into monday. stronger southerly winds and widespread flooding will be likely as an atmospheric river takes aim somewhere along the central california coast. showers linger monday night into potentially wednesday before dry conditions return late next week. breaking news into the kron four news room. a 25-year-old man is dead this morning following a single car crash on interstate highway 80. it happened in solano county near dixon , just before two-am. according to c-h-p. they then found a black b-m-w crashed into a tree when they arrived. the driver died at the scene. the c-h-p says alcohol likely played a factor in the crash. the oroville dam spillway emergency is prompting new calls for inspections. a california lawmaker wants to require physic

here now is dave spahr with weather.h impact event set to unfold during the next 24 to 36 hours as a potent pacific storm system and atmospheric river brings widespread rainfall and strong winds to the region. periods of heavy rainfall are likely from late this evening through monday evening, potentially resulting in flooding across portions of the region. in addition, southerly winds will increase late today and be locally strong and gusty through monday evening. widespread rainfall will then taper off late monday night into tuesday. cooler and somewhat drier weather conditions are expected late in upcoming week. active advisories -flash flood watch for the entire bay area 4 pm today until 4 am tuesdaywind advisory for the entire bay area 4 pm today until 5 am tuesday the powerful storms are being blamed for the death of a 55 year-old man in southern california. he was walking down the street when a tree toppled over, according to los angeles police. the tree brought down powerlines, landing on cars and knocking out pow

here now is dave spahr with weather. with weather.dave spahr here now is dave spahr with weather. and in the south bay... a massive chunk of highway 37 in los gatos is gone. it broke off on friday. and, kron four's philippe djegal shows us why neighbors don't expect the area to re-open for months... four news. highway 17 four news. highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains is now partially open after a massive mudslide blocked the roadway. one lane is open in each direction where the mudslide happened....just north of vine hill road. engineers are still trying to figure out the best way to clean up the mess left behind. and the clean-up work has proven to be very dangerous. on thursday, two contractors working for caltrans were run over by a dump-truck trying to clear the road. one of them died, the other was seriously injured. we have much more coverage on the storm damage online. for a full list of closed roads around the bay area, and updates on when they will reopen... just go to our website at kron-four-dot-com. the rain in the bay area is over for now... but people are still de

here now is dave spahr with weather. mild and dry weather will return to the region this weekend and persist through the first half of next week as high pressure builds in over the state. the weather pattern will become active once again late next week with a return to stormy, wet weather by thursday, and then continue through the following weekend. our top story this morning... the storm may be over... but it left major problems around the bay area... the bay area now dealing with major road closures and some seem to be getting worse. one of those road closures highway- 35 in los gatos. kron 4's ella sogomonian has a look at the huge repair job. this is what's left of skyline road just west of las cumbres road.the video courtesy of santa cruz resident jake gould who was on the scene when it happened.a gaping wide hole split open as the road succmbed to heavy saturation. the region that sits in the middle of ella sogomonian"now you can't really see behind me but this is now where that road ends."the hole is estimated to

meterologist dave spahr is here with the forecast. dry weather is forecast for most of today. shower chances will develop by late afternoon as a weather system approaches from the northwest. this weather system will continue to produce shower chances through monday evening. rainfall accumulation will be light. dry weather conditions are forecast from tuesday through the remainder of the week as high pressure builds over the region. along with the dry weather, expect a warming trend during the second half of the week. breaking news. there's been another shooting on an east bay freeway. one man is dead this morning and now, the gunman remains on the loose. kron four's averi harper is live at the c-h-p office in martinez with the latest. averi? á deadly shooting on highway 4 in antiochá man was killed around 9:00 saturday nightá gunman remains on the loose á deadly shooting on highway 4 in antiochá man was killed around 9:00 saturday nightá gunman remains on the loose thanks averi. another big story this morning. more than 500 volunteers took to the streets of san jose to help th

for how long this rain will last today here's dave spahr. scattered showers will do it for the today carried it will be the best break we get today it. and a little bit tomorrow morning as well a break from tonight and are round of everything because we have more on the way. >> reporter: shot at the bay bridge there you see the arm is overcast skies going on the same thing around alcatraz island with severances go in the backdrop for us. what does it look like from raid are putting this into motion right now and the peninsula up here at the north pay a couple splotches all so and parts of contra costa county as well. will continue all day scattered showers the fairest way to phrase it a snapshot for you on the storm tracker along the peninsula of marin county. >> reporter: this will kind on and off the scattered showers of an upgrade what you can expect today and then it might turn the tap off a little bit before it starts to build on this tomorrow a program that will come our way to put these on the board of the other issue west eased flow

so lets the latest on the weekend forecast from meteorolgist dave spahr. a weather system dropping from north to south off the west coast will bring rain chances to our area today and tonight, primarily near the coastal areas. another system will produce shower chances from late sunday into monday. dry weather is expected to return by tuesday. an extended period of dry weather, along with a warming trend, is then forecast through the remainder of next week. we got a very short notice that we had to evacuate. i just got a phone call from work came packed up everything, i mean the most important things and left. our top story this morning... the clean up after major flooding in san jose continues. thousands of people were impacted when coyote creek spilled over. flooding homes, and cars and forcing people out of their homes with little notice. and while some have been allowed to return, as many as 3 thousand people are still out of their homes. one woman who was allowed back describes what the evacuation felt like. i felt homeless i felt trapped i felt lost.

meteorologist dave spahr has what you need to know before heading out the door this morning. cold front with scattered showers over northernmost california will move southeastward over the bay area and central coast very late tonight and monday morning. many locations will not see wet weather due to the more widely spaced weak convective type of precipitation associated with this frontal system, but locations that do see wet weather will generally have light amounts perhaps upwards of a tenth of an inch. snow showers are likely over the higher elevations. dry weather conditions then return for the remainder of the work-week along with a gradual warming trend as high pressure builds aloft. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 in entertainment news... sad news out of hollywood this weekend... actor bill paxton has died. according to a family representative.