. >> reporter: and like pat and donahue from marin. >> i always like that calling for a date. [ laughtere to think twice. >> reporter: to the colleges. >> and so we are still expecting more females to show up. >> it is more than neat. >> a lot more pups to be born. >> reporter: she is witnessing and documenting a conservation success story. >> so far the numbers at this time of the year, higher than they were in previous years. the last two years, we would have some really big storms during the winter season. and we ended up having a lot of pup mortality from that. today, we had 27 adult females and 18 pups. so that means we still have a lot of pregnant females out here. >> reporter: at one point, the elephant seal population was on the verge of extinction, but there's been a major turnaround. in fact, the population is flourishing and scientists say they are now seeing some of the highest numbers of elephant seals they have ever seen. a part of them contribute it to the measures back in place in the early 1900s. >> a small group was found in mexico on guadalupe islands. they protected t

. >> reporter: like pthe donahues. >> how would you like that calling for a date? >> reporter: she is witnessing and documenting a conservation success story. >> so far the numbers at this time of the year are higher than they were in previous years. the last two years, we had some really big storms during the winter season. and we ended up having a lot put mortality from that. >> reporter: at one point the elephant seal population was on the verge of extinction. but there's been a major turn around. in fact, the population is flourishing. and scientists say they're now seeing some of the highest numbers of elephant seals they've ever seen. >> that pup looks pretty tiny. >> reporter: since point reyes reaches are a member of the park service -- >> we're able to provide a safe haven for these elephant seals. >> reporter: coming to see the seals has become a special tradition for the donahues. >> i love it. >> the life cycle is amazing. >> and with all that's going on in our crazy world, this is something to renew your soul. >> reporter: the beauty of life beginning

we spoke with pasco donahue, he's the president of the oral group, which is the collection of the 20 finance ministers which make up the rules on your own group, president pasco. don't know. thank you very much for speaking to us here on business beyond not at all device to be on your program. now i believe this is the 1st gathering of the oral group since the re election to the presidency in the america of donald trump. my 1st question to you today would be, is your up ready for trump 2.0? so i believe europe will be ready for from 2.0 because we have a track record of being able to adjust to really big strategic developments that takes place south flower in the world. but we do have work that we need to do. we need to deepen the foundations of the euro with regard to capital markets with regard to banking union. and we also need to look at what further steps we can take to deepen the competitiveness of the european union. as we furnish and develop a new relationship with the united states, we need to deal with from a position of grace a sprint that we have at the moment. i definite

roadways on a positive note, those exiting the freeway at them or in city x and found no flooding along donahue, thanks to this portable pump stations set up by the marin county flood control district. and let's not forget about our furry friends on the stormy day. >> well, those we didn't see were likely cuddled up under a warm blanket. these dogs were bothered by the storm and excited to run in the park. rain or shine. >> during the afternoon we've seen the highway patrol on the freeway doing that 6 act move to slow traffic down. people are still going way too fast for these conditions. again, a driving rain really slick roads. really big win. so if you have to be on the road, make sure to take it extra safe. in marin county. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> in the east bay crews had to clear up a big tree that fell over. this is on pacheco boulevard between brown street in finney and way it looks like the tree fell on the sidewalk and then crashed through a wooden fence. fortunately, nobody was hurt. >> today we're continuing to track power outages across the bay area. as you can see, pretty wide

roadways on a positive note, those exiting the freeway at them or in city x and found no flooding along donahue, thanhs to this portable pump stations set up by the marin county flood control district. and let's not forget about our furry friends on the stormy day. >> well, those we didn't see were likely cuddled up under a warm blanket. these dogs were bothered by the storm and excited to run in the park. rain or shine. >> back live, a long at lucky drivers. you can see the rain has picked up a little bit just since the last. then it winds are really bad. we've seen highway patrol cars on the freeway zigzag trying to slow traffic down. the roads are very wet. the winds are very big and the rain seems to keep coming and going. so you have to be on the rhodes. definitely take your time. live in marin county are perfect. back to you in the studio. >> and those cars really are fly and wow. ok, thank you for that report. >> and the storm is bringing down a few trees. take a look at this giant tree that fell in oakland. the fire department posting the photos there of a tree that fell near skyline bo

sheriff kieran donahue, sheriff candy fathauery, sheriff morgan and sheriffish bino bennie martinez.ve been overcrowded. i need a new jail. >> reporter: so you hear the white house border czar say we need your detention beds. what goes through your mind? >> i don't have any. >> reporter: top officials met this month to brainstorm the expansion of a post-9/11 program, one that allows deputies and officers nationwide to partner with i.c.e., helping to investigate and detain more noncitizens. can you afford to have any of your personnel deputized as immigration officers? >> no, because i'm already 32 deputies down. there is no police department that i know in this nation that is at full capacity and turning people away. >> reporter: on top of the recruitment challenges, costs are piling up. >> 944 square miles. and it's all rural. >> reporter: in brooks county, texas, rough terrain and punishing heat left 129 migrants dead back in 2012. while mounting autopsy and burial costs left the county with $700,000 in debt, according to sheriff martinez. >> so we're still trying to recover that.

able to provide a safe haven, and coming to see these seals has been a special tradition for the donahue'sll that is going on in our crazy world, this is something to renew your soul. >> the beauty of life beginning on the beaches of northern california. such a cool story to go out and tell and that is one of those phenomenons at least for me, my dad has talked about seeing the elephant seals during the season , so i know you are new to california, if you ever get a chance to go out to any one of those places, definitely check it out. such a cool thing to do. >> i might have to, it is so beautiful, quiet conditions, no issues to worry about, they are going to be loving it out there this weekend. enjoying themselves and soaking up the sunshine. but, this morning, they are probably chilly this morning, five to 10 degrees cooler than about 24 hours ago, we are definitely feeling the chill compared to yesterday when yesterday we were dealing with a lot more cloud coverage, today quiet conditions and clear skies. we are sitting in the 30s if not low 40s. from the north bay all the way down sout

elinor donahue: the finicky-ness of tony randall's character, was because tony randall was a little bitinicky! bob lesczak: oscar madison, the total opposite. the slob, the gambler. felix: in my room you can eat off the floor. oscar: you can eat off the floor in my room. here look, there's some crackers over there... jon cryer: the odd couple is so seminal to the sitcom genre, it now defines a whole category. jon cryer: in the very first episode of two and a half men, i remember thinking... are we making alan a neat freak? because if that's what we're doing, then we're just doing odd couple. oscar: what are you doing? felix: the ashes were getting into the nap of the carpet. eric mccormick: there was this fantastic episode where they go on password, and the password is 'bird'. felix: aristophanes. eric mccormick: "what?" and bzzzz, doesn't get it. the other team gets it. oscar: no more greek clues, aristophanes is ridiculous! eric: it goes back to them. the password is: ridiculous. oscar: aristophanes... felix: ...ridiculous! host: you got it! cindy williams: as much as they got on each

. >> coming to see the seals has been a special tradition for the donahue's . >> it is amazing.ething to renew your soul. >> the beauty of life beginning on the beaches of northern california. one of the really cool things about that story is the national park service marine ecologist said it is just better for everybody for this population to return, and when you see the size of those, quick fact for you, the mail is 5000 pounds and the females are about 1000 to 1500 pounds but when the pups are born, 70 pounds. they are huge. >> 5000 is a lot, i was not expecting that. i don't know how they carry 5000 pounds without legs, that is impressive. but i know what i'm going to be doing this afternoon because it is going to be gorgeous out there, all of the seals are going to be soaking up the sunshine and i hope you can as well, it is going to be lovely, i definitely want to see those pups out there. it is going to be a beautiful day, you won't need an umbrella but a warm jacket is going to be necessary by this afternoon, it will be in the mid-to-upper 50s across the bay area, all th

roadways on a positive note, those exiting the freeway at them or in city x and found no flooding along donahue, thanks to this portable pump stations set up by the marin county flood control district. and let's not forget about our furry friends on the stormy day. well, those we didn't see were likely cuddled up under a warm blanket. these dogs were bothered by the storm and excited to run in the park. rain or shine. >> back live one-on-one and lucky drive in southern marin. just a few minutes ago, we saw a california highway patrol officer doing that weaving back and forth on the roadway. and we all know what that means in many cases. that means that people are driving too fast for weather conditions. he was doing that back and forth. weaving and southbound 101. to try and slow the traffic down. still looks like ours. because way too fast. the roads are very wet. the winds are really picking up. you have to be on the road, make sure your extra careful a live one-on-one and look the drive time. kerman back to you guys in the studio. >> all right, dan ya going across the bridge today? i was beh

that's donahue along southbound 101. again.aveling this morning issues there. now, i just got the phone with chp and they're telling me they hope to maybe have this up by 08:00am they don't know for sure if that's the case. so we'll keep a close eye on things there. check out your bay bridge in those slick conditions. 13 minutes on the bay bridge. well, your san mateo bridge about 30 when we have a stalled out truck there for most of the morning was that they finally got that offer. the richmond drive times are still impacted. 15 on that richmond center fell on the golden gate bridge at 31 and northbound to 38. that connector ramp to northbound 8.80, a traffic collision there. lane is open so you can get through mission boulevard, a better option if you don't want to be stuck in that delay or to send it over to all right. thank you. reyna 7.32. right now >> you know, the roads are drying out this morning, but we're still feeling impacts of all the rain we had yesterday, caltrans. >> especially they've been dealing with landslid

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meteorologist mark donahue is here now with more on that and the weather that we're dealing with on top of all of this here. mark. >> hi there. andre. yeah, it's in the same location in the east bay. it's most likely linked up, characterized as an aftershock. so the main event, the strongest quake, the main shock and then an aftershock. and you'd expect that to happen. probably could have more over the next few hours throughout the day as well. quick update on the river levels. you heard the san lorenzo river. big trees that peaked this morning at 8.3 at 15ft. it's trending in the right direction. the latest observations at just over 13ft. rainfall totals over the past 24 hours really adding up. so with this storm, it's not just targeting the north bay. this is significant rainfall across the entire bay area. and a lot of rainfall is expected in the santa cruz mountains. boulder creek over four inches of rainfall. walnut creek over two inches. san francisco approaching an inch and a half. and we still have this. we still have a flood watch in place through saturday evening. but most of

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