and is downtown san jose safe? in the past six days alone officers have responded to three stabtionin stabbings in the downtown area. go were deadly. we're downtown with answers i want to. george? >> reporter: raj, you can see they moved all the 'flowers to the front. a lot of people have been stopping by to reflect and share stories and tonight, as they mourn the loss of their friend. there's a call for more police on the street and more help with people with mental issues and city council seems to be listening. they stood in the downtown san jose street corner, 100 strong, all paying their respecting to a friend who was stabbed to death. >> i don't know how to express the loss that everyone is feeling. >> the victim, a well-known bouncer in the san jose night life scene but he was not on the clock when he was at johnny v's early this morning. those at the bar told us a guy carrying a case of knives had been asked to leave the bar. they say the off-duty bouncer left around the same time. minutes later, the victim

it has been a deadly year in downtown san jose with two killings this month.hat violence has some people on edge but is it not keeping new businesses from setting up shop downtown. what are the owners saying? >> farmers union, nick the greek and others are concerned about the safety of this area. nick the greek will open in a couple days and there are concerns about safety in this area. in the six months since this cafe has opened, business has been fantastic. but three recent stabbings in the downtown area have them concerned. >> we don't want that environment around our business. >> reporter: a fight started near the restaurant during dinner time. >> we had to call the police. the guests are concerned about something bigger going on outside. >> reporter: it has not stopped pete bee from moving from sunnyvale to downtown. they picked a spot they thought would be safe for their daughter and her friends. >> i still feel that downtown is a very safe area to be in. >> reporter: that feeling is shared by the owners of nick the greek. they believe they are part of

service for downtown. we studied 3 potential routes two of them involve port property and one north of piers thirty and 32 down to the foot of pa arbitrary hill. there were two other routes considered that were mainly on land. in the early phrase pg&e was weighing 3 fees looking at the option overland would involve destines construction to disrupt neighborhoods in the city. port had previously entered into an agreement with transbay cable for submerged cable lines from pittsburgh so there's a precedent they came to the port to see if we were 0 open it that approach in this case and we were. in the case of the other two routes there is little benefit to the routes, however, the submerged there was benefits. going to the embarcadero substation pg&e submitted some stimulates of the economic costs of outage and obviously, the impacts varies regarding the outage input serving downtown to the high voltage system those impacts could range in the 4 to 8 billion range. so what does the project include it's a 3 mile

there is a slow drive, another into downtown.his stretch for northbound 880 an issue as they have yet to clear those. if you can use the alternate i'd suggest that because it's going to be tied up for the morning probably being a traffic tuesday. the heavy volume starting to kick in. westbound 24, westbound 80, those both move according to your tuesday. the metering lights are on and the backup continues there. let's look at speeds throughout the north bay. folks there, southbound 101 not a problem. it is west 37 over from vallejo area and novato. speeds down into the 40-mile-per-hour mark. slower out of vallejo. we'll show you the volume, there is northbound at the limit on these curves and at the bottom of your screen. southbound 880 through fremont a. nice flow south of the dumbarton bridge. let's look at the maps and speeds. the tri-valley, typical pattern into san jose. 680 not a problem. 87 with a gentle build here, that's your south bay commute. >> thanks, mike. >> it's jay leno's last week as host of "the tonight show." >

coming into downtown, highway 87. keep in mind, that investigation that bob's talking about, someone stabbed and killed overnight off of santa clara street, santa clara between market and second, which is still closed right now, vta reportedly rerouted. use second street, santa clara station is closed this morning. but all details on the vta.org site. the latest on the changes that they continue to make as the situation evolves. so far we see slowing on 87 north of there. but that's typical for the morning. allow a few minutes for the work around possibly until 7:00, maybe later. bob's there. we'll follow that. look who showed up, the orange. the fog sensors reading that you'll have tougher visibility for road weather index, traffic and weather tied together, we see it on the computer model slowing as well. real life we've seen this for quite some time, live view in dublin, out of livermore, tougher to see. more than a quarter mile through the area that's when we give the warning for drivers less than a quarter mile v

instead, they're looking to keep people downtown but get rid of more cars. possibly by adding shuttle service down university avenue. even encouraging city employees to get free cal train passes by giving up their parking permits. >> there's no one solution. i think we feel there's no silver bullet. what you want to do is push forward on a whole bunch of fronts. and solve it little by little. like trying all these different approaches. >> reporter: councilman sharp said they're even batting around ideas like uber into the mix. all to make palo alto a more pleasant place to park. >> parking's not going away, cars are not going away. you have to create the better experience. >> to do that, they will still consider adding parking spaces by building more garages downtown. but at the start of next year, they do have a new residential parking permit going into place. that's probably going to take some spots away. whatever they decide to do, they hope to get something in place before the end of the year. live in downtown palo alto, chase cane, nbc bay area news. >>

with the m c p and downtown there's a starbuck's on every corner which goes to the point where othereople educated i don't have to drill down into every neighborhood but where a formula retail is permitted like downtown and where it's not in the commercial district. i think it's interesting that number that shows 11 percent of all retail is in san francisco vs. 32 percent nationwide. our neighborhoods aren't covered with formula retail. i was in new york i was amazed it's now overrun with formula retail that's what happens when you don't have those types of controls that are appropriate and work in san francisco. but getting to the next reiteration of studies i think changing the supervisorial district but having that analysis downtown is skewing things to be more formula retail driven and that additional characterization why starbuck's is not as well received i think because their most starbuck's then pete's. each chain has competition i think that walling greats don't face a lot of opposition because there's not the local mom and pop paramedics. this is a great start what you recom

downtown san francisco getting low 60s as well.s in santa rosa . taking a look at satellite and radar, high pressure rebuilding. we're going to be mild and dry for the next couple of days. for those of you heading up to tahoe, snow showers have tapered off. gusts getting up to 50 miles an hour this afternoon. partly sunny skies and cloud cover on today. tuesday night we could see some showers. lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures into next weekend. >>> we're talking politics this morning with michael. let's start with the bay bridge. stop me if you've heard this before. problems on the bay bridge -- >> $6.4 billion. this is something that obvious ly is a problem. a lot of engineers are worried about it. they're supposed to have the underpinning of the roadways is a steel box, and it's not supposed to leak. there's lots of water in there. this is something that the -- we're concerned about early on in terms of the way it was being built. they talked to the contractoruct the issue of -- about the issue of sealing, and giving the

killed, there downtown overnight.ate from vta, santa clara streetlight rail station closed and light rail trains using second street track as a result. reroutes for buss in area as well. delays for the area and traffic, cars blocked off on san cla ta clara between market and second. a few blocks reroute until 7:00, maybe longer and that will affect folks heading into business downtown. here the drive through the foggy area, slower as well through livermore and dublin interchange for 580. 84, typical flow. san mateo bridge, smooth drive off the castro valley y and 880. 92 across the bay, over on the peninsula side, smooth drive picking up volume. we'll see speeds lower as you come up the incline from the flat section up to this shot here. sploo smoot no flow of traffic. east bay and bay bridge toll plaza. cash lanes backing up. fas-trak smoothly all green lights, all of the lanes open for business. >> gas prices are expected to go back up to $4 a gallon soon. refineries ready to scale back production for annual mainten

many of these attacks have happened downtown. this time it involves a bouncer at a well-known bar. nbc bay area's marianne favro is downtown with the latest and the concerns of local business owners there. >> reporter: raj, many wiz owners we spoke with this afternoon say they are concerned about the increase in violence and fear that it may chase away some of their customers. friends of the victim say that he was a bouncer here at johnny v's nightclub behind me in downtown san jose. they say even though he was off duty last night, he still made it a point to help others. witnesses say the victim worked as a bouncer at johnny v's bar but was not on duty last night when he follow add rowdy patron out of the bar and on to first street. that's when that off duty bouncer was stabbed to death. detectives are not officially releasing his name but the victim's friends say they are in shock. >> just a

happened downtown. this time it involves a bouncer at a well-known bar. nbc bay area's marianne favro is downtown with the latest and the concerns of local business owners there. >> reporter: raj, many wiz owners we spoke with this afternoon say they are concerned about the increase in violence and fear that it may chase away some of their customers. friends of the victim say that he was a bouncer here at johnny v's nightclub behind me in downtown san jose. they say even though he was off duty last night, he still made it a point to help others. witnesses say the victim worked as a bouncer at johnny v's bar but was not on duty last night when he follow add rowdy patron out of the bar and on to first street. that's when that off duty bouncer was stabbed to death. detectives are not officially releasing his name but the victim's friends say they are in shock. >> just a really good friend of mine. a big heart. >> reporter: the stabbing is the sixth homicide in san jose this year, including several in this area. >> it's not the first time it happened in this

we don't want additional delays into downtown. palo alto as well, 101 picking up a few cars, not a big deal. not slowing at all. palo alto and san francisco. back to you. >> thanks so much. 5:26. senate committee prepares to grill target leaders about the recent security breach that affected millions of americans. we'll have a live report from washington. >> plus, a community on the peninsula coming together to battle a recent increase in crime. what police are doing about it. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is smooth and precise on-road handling. this is easy-to-use off-road capability when you need it. this is seventy and counting safety and security features. ♪ this is total confidence and comfort. in the middle of crowds or in the middle of nowhere. this is the freedom to keep chasing all the horizons you want. introducing the all-new 2014 jeep cherokee. ♪ >> i always thought to myself thank god i got away. >> she got away nearly 20 years ago. this morning a local woman kidnapped by convicted sex offender opens up. >> san jose fire

it feels like it's 60 in gaithersburg, feels like 29 downtown and 22 in leesburg. if you're going out, dress for the teens tonight. look at this, wind chills 1 below in oakland and 6 below in davis around timberline. even colder tonight, hard to believe, but it's fresh arctic air, some single digits possible north and west of town. bus stop temperatures 9, 25. what's the silver lining? okay. no winds tomorrow morning. very cold friday the whole day but good news, no wind the whole day. for tonight clear sky, even colder, winds slowly diminish, northwest 10 to 15, but lows 9 to 19. tomorrow morning mostly sunny, a very cold start. i would say hat, gloves and a scarf good idea. teens and 20s, winds manageable northwest at 10 and by afternoon partly cloudy, colder. you'll need your sunglasses, winds light, high temperatures again struggle to get to the freezing mark which is kind of a cold way to end february. look at these temps, in the teens to start, lot of sunshine. these are city temps. 18 at 9:00, 22 at 11:00 and by 1:00 25 degrees. this may be a little bit low

it's clear right now, a live look outside at downtown san jose.armer with the cloud cover we have. but tonight another storm coming in. could make for a very rough commute. christina has been analyzing all of this radar data. >> you know i'm really glad that it's all panning out, scott and laura. we need the rain and a lot of this is going to make its way into the central valley where our farmers are desperate for rain. i can't wait to see the hills turn green again and yes, this round of rainfall over the weekend will do the trick. as we head throughout day temperatures on the cool side. we're in the 50s, we're going to stay in the 50s. you need your jacket and umbrella. if you take the little ones to school for the final day of the week, you want to make sure they have rain gear ready. throughout the day today we're going to see our first showers by about lunch time. i want to show you the pattern because it's not just this week that we're talking about rainfall. we're going to stick with this pattern looks like through valenti valentine's day n

walking around with umbrellas in the downtown area. that's not only where you saw umbrellas. same picture in fremont and rain didn't stop people from going to the farmer's market. not a ton of rain. plenty of concern with the water level at the reservoir. just to give you an example, stevens creek about 3% full and euless isn't even 2%. while the little bit of wet weather has made some headaches for drivers on the roadways, really all it means is slow down. some dui crackdowns planned today from marine county to monterrey county. the message is to be safe, take your time and hope for more rain. nbc bay area news. >> good advice. thank you. rain means snow in the sierra. a look at interstate 80 a few minu minutes ago. it is very slow going. if you're headed that way or have family going home, chains are required at the summit on 80 or highway 50. you can track online, look for the weather tab and interactive radar. you can get your 7-day forecast and drought conditions as well. >>> now to a developing story. a 3-year-old girl was found

an ordinance amending the planning code to allow non-conforming secondary structures in a c-3-r (downtown retail) zoning district to be demolished and rebuilt to the prior non-conforming size under certain conditions; making environmental findings, and findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section 101.1. ~ certain conditions. >> okay. sponsors of this item are mayor lee as well as supervisors chiu and cohen. president chiu? >> thank you, colleagues. a some of you may know, this is a planning code ordinance that would allow for the development of a new apple store in the northeast corner of union square. i'd like to invite our planning department to make a presentation on this, but i just want to first of all thank the mayor and supervisor cohen for their co-sponsorship. i know that this is a project that has had a lot of community dialogue and initially around the [speaker not understood], sculpture and then more recently with community label coalition. i do want to take a moment and thank apple for engaging in the conversation th

a live look over downtown. the idea is to invite people to use their feet instead of cars and to stay awhile. a giant shark sculpture is an extreme example of the flayfulness that experts recommend. they picked a shark because the hockey team is down the road but the point is not the shark but the scale of the piece. san jose's downtown association commissioned the study. >>> no more buying cigarettes on campus at stanford. starting next month convenience stores will stop selling cigarettes on campus, that includes chewing tobacco and e cigarettes. part of the smoke-flee environment policy calls for banning smoking in classrooms, offices and closed spaces. >>> okay. i'm procrastinating. i've not done by windshield wipers -- >> oh, you might have a few problems this week. don't say i didn't remind you. >> all right. take a live look outside from the emeryville camera. we'll talk more about the rain and when you need the wipers, coming up in a few minutes. >>> i'm jerrgeraud moncure. the latest on the trade that

happened in the downtown area near santa clara and 1st streets 1:15 this morning. when officers arrived, witnesses pointed out a possible suspect still on the scene. police took that person into custody. they have not said, though, however, how that fight started. again, bob redell live on the scene now talking to homicide investigators as we speak. >>> let's turn to weather and our microclimate forecast. a live look across the bay area. we are, once again, dealing with patchy fog, low clouds this morning, but it's not as bad as yesterday. let's turn it over to christina loren. >> good morning. good morning to you at home. this picture of the golden gate bridge illustrates what a different a day makes you can make out both of the towers of of the ggb. throughout the morning, we are expecting that dense fog to develop. but mostly throughout your inland valley. so that's where you want to travel cautiously this morning. throughout the day, we've got a nice, warm finish. showers move in. we'll talk about where and when in your complete forecast in a moment. mike inouy

and wewe are live in san francisco considering a congestion fee charging you to compete downtown hoursnd we will tell you what we are doing for a second time. >>> good morning, we are still following a closure on a road because of a suspicious fire on mission boulevard and we have fire crews on the scene and we will have a report straight ahead. . >>> there is a little bit but there are also breaks in the north and the breeze will pick up and we will have your forecast coming right up. . >>> good morning, they are celebrating out of pennsylvania and we will keep an eye on that this morning. a lot of concern we talked about it, we just talked about the housing starts, construction was lower than expected, the target breach, they are concerned about consumer confidence and targets specifically and that's weighing heavily. >> we will smile, say good morning to you on the channel 2 morning news middle of the week, i am day of clark. >> when it mr. drizzle moving out? >> mainly to the north and it's cool to chilly and the breeze has picked up and it's skirting, sierra nevada and until 10:00

growing hot spot right now heading into downtown oakland.oing flying over the pass, you can see just the usual slowdowns actually our radio partners kcbs sky 3 flew over the scene a littlier. coming out past north flynn and then slowing again once you reach the dublin interchange. the drive time in that area definitely slow. right now up to about 23 minutes between the altamonte pass and the dublin interchange. so once again, thick traffic through the live more valley this morning. one of the slowest drive teems, with that accident just popping up in the northbound lanes. and the east shore freeway looks pretty good right now through berkeley. until you reach the foot of the maze. because we got this. metering lights turned on over at the bay bridge and they were turned on because of a stall. right now 10 to 15 minutes onto the span. that's your latest kcbs traffic. now lawrence? >>> mostly clear overnight laze and now some clouds beginning to move overhead. that's helping the bring up the temperature a few degrees before it dropped off in t

. >> reporter: it forced the shutdown, and no trains were moving underground through the two downtown stops for several hours. above ground shuttles were offered as a replacement but they couldn't come fast enough. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: traffic control officers were on nearly every corner of market street, no matter what corner in san francisco you are trying to get to. it seems like the furthest play you could possibly be, as you were trying to get there. >>> rain finally rolled in, but this latest storm is here and this time only bringing late showers. there was some clouds in san francisco earlier and you can see a video of that. it's 57 degrees tonight, and that's on your left, and we're checking in with our meteorologist to see how much rain we might expect. >> not too much. the showers on are the light side, perhaps about a quarter inch, and we are seeing more rain this evening. we had much of the rain earlier today and another batch has moved on shore and it is affects the bays, and the heaviest is indicated by the yellow and moving into the santa cruz mountains, and it

. >>> and a call for pedestrian safety downtown. christie smith is downtown with more on the vision safety campaign. >> yes, here it is february and two people have been killed trying to cross this year alone. it's a busy street, six lanes, and even police say drivers turn without even looking. this morning there is a loud call to do more about it as the coalition of pedestrian safety advocates for police and survivors held up hearts for those hit and those hit and killed. last year 21 pedestrians were killed, a 6-year-old was among those killed. 60% of the wrecks, according to police, occur on 6% of the streets. they're busy and wide. police say a woman on a bike and a tow truck collided. fortunately she was expected to survive. the city put together a plan to promote pedestrian safety and millions of dollars pent. others say things like a turn signal, that needs more time. we spoke with the transportation department about what is being done and an advocate hi by a car, ran a light and changed his life. >> i went through the air, r

they marched through downtown santa rosa today. demonstrators want sonoma county da and the police to rae least findings in the death of andy lopez. he was shot by sonoma county deputy eric last october. lopez had an air soft beebee gun. officers says he mistook for assault rifle. >> there's a particular way in which you would have to tote the ak 47 for weight or dimension and it's preposterous to assume that a 13-year-old child could carry a weapon in that manner. we feel it was the officers job to know better in terms of the difference between weapon and toy. >>reporter: santa rest and petaluma police delivered their reports to district attorney jill ravage last month. she says investigation reports are never released while they are under review for possible criminal charges. >> more to bring you tonight on 7 news at 9:00. coming up. asteroid that soared past earth tonight. how close it came. >> also how the golden gate bridge district is making extra money on the new electronic toll system. >> controversy at the ice cream shop?

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project provides a increment there will be needed improvements and, of course, the extension to downtown but also high speed rail is anticipated to have is a station at milling before a and we're looking at additional grade separation as necessary that we the complete the l t k study that looked at 5 potential areas not decided where they will be but the passing tracks will enable the 4 high speed rail trains. we need to taking a look at system improvements not only for the high speed rail up to 110 but those will require additional funding. throughout the process we've been cropping with key folks no san francisco. our engineering group has been working with the taurj to review designs and provide approvals as well as looking at the d t y. we've been collaborating the tjpa study and most recently we're continuing to work on a blend system concept of systems not only with tjpa but high speed rail at the table. oakland we're working with the city of san francisco we're going to be working with them on the i 280 study and, of course, san francisco in the lead as susan alluded to we did jus

see those for projects in the downtown. typically those projects in the do not come before you seeking the exceptions those this the the fully convalescent with the thirty 89 criteria so effectively the only component of this is the design review component so hypothesis wise they will have to go through the redesign process >> to a follow-up if apple were to construction that project and two years from now they ban it and someone comes next they can move in as it is. >> it is - >> they wouldn't tear it adopt. >> the levy building effectively. >> let's say they build this building and move and it becomes vacant and levies moves back in and at that point, the new tenant wouldn't have 80 come back. >> right. >> so it's effectively liquor a conditional use where we approve it for this particular use i mean whatever and not role approving it's not single letter to apple itself. >> correct. >> commissioner moore. >> i have two questions one say, i prefer we operate the motion you opened with the motions together and we motive hav

normally 20 minutes to downtown, however, during rush hour trains stop and muni can't get the number of cars they need. you sit there in the middle of the tunnel sometimes 5 minutes at a time and my husband hearsay fainted twice. during the regular days that takes 20 minutes take 40s minutes or longer. we have density and a transportation problem. i used to work in belmount shores and the trip took 20 or thirty minutes now it takes over an hour i quit that just but i was disappointed my commute in the city was not what i expected it to be >> next speaker >> would you pass those out? thank you. i'm bernard i represent san francisco tomorrow. i am also and we are also in support of the continuance in that the range of alternative have not been formerly he presented as directed by the court and having been a party to the writing of the code you're considering i can say you don't moot the state mandate. i want to talk about one alternative. the rains of cumulative environmental impacts which is and matter of operating policy is go forward as not being significant. it's significant it's a

it was sunday, and downtown was virtually empty. diane worked for the southwestern bell company, and her shift started at 1:00 p.m. but she never made it inside the building. a half hour later, a homeless man saw someone walking away from an old shack next to the parking lot. >> he walked back to the shack and walked very close to him and got a good look at him and went on to the shack. and he found this young girl lying on her back with her hands tide behind her back. and he asked her if she had been assaulted. she said yes. >> she asked him to untie her. and he said no. but he agreed he would go call the police. >> tragically, by the time police arrived, 25-year-old diane maxwell was dead. >> she was lying on her back, bra pushed up, a small wound just above her navel, probably an inch in width. >> diane was just 25 years old, a single mother of a 4-year-old son. >> well, i will tell you that it was the most devastating thing i'd ever experienced. my first reaction was denial, that there's no way that, you know, diane could be dea

this is t this is the first time we'll try to study 5 components an individual downtown rail extension value engineering study, transbay terminal loop, reconfiguration or a relocation of the 14 rail generated and the placement and that other opportunity. i want to state there is an individual one here and we understand that tjpa will be doing an additional value study and it is not ununcommonly common to have multiple studies throughout a project of this size. the contact will also aid the city sporting tjpa and caltrain's and other agency. looking specifically at each of the components the first components being the i 280 project this slide clearly shows the barrier that i 2 in the slated section is on the area i it's a 1 point mrusz barrier two places to cross the section. the city has been really successful at taking down other boulevard the embarcadero and the obamacare takeoff and the opportunity that has come to the areas with boulevard those sections. as stated before we're building on work completed this is two options utilizing the boulevard of on slaetdz i 280. if we were abl

around 40 downtown, but 36 in gaithersburg. and 39 in manassas. we'll talk about the possibility of a refreezing tonight and we still have a few flakes on our first alert seven- day. >> plus, today's icy start was an inconvenience. in other parts of the country. it is just winter storm. >> plus, the flu smacks students hard. what you need to know to keep your family healthy in >>> while parts of our area were covered in ice this morn, the northeast getting hit with another round of rain. it's a slushy, yucky mess. the mayor warning residents about awnings collapsing. he is warning people to stay inside if they can. more than a foot of snow. the wet and heavy snow is falling so fast, plow drivers are having a tough time keeping up. >>> it's pretty heavy. >> obviously, a little too much work on the truck. >> airline travelers are waiting it out. they will have a small window  of opportunity before parts of the northeast gear up for another wallop this weekend. and something to think about, no what? >> no snow is what you'll say. the big storm is g

san francisco downtown, a third of an inch. this is just today. .14. right now, it's pretty light. it will be picking up when you wake up tomorrow morning. if you sleep in late, the rain may be waking you up. mill valley, san rafael, getting some showers, not on the delta, bay point, brentwood, you've been dealing with showers. here's the time lapse. look at all that glorious rain. that white, yes, that is snowfall. winter storm warning in effect through tomorrow. a new winter storm watch issued for late saturday and sunday. above 8,000 feet, because the snow level is going to get high. total snowfall will be 3 to 6 feet. we may double the snow pack coming up this weekend. tough travel. wind gusts will be 50 miles per hour or greater. this is a drought denter. we will wake up with all that rain on the ground and it will eliminate 20% of our deficit. we have a lot more to do, but this is a great start. a nice punch into that dent, into that drought we will see over the next couple days. the storm track is headed toward the bay area. it is tropical moist

we are live here in downtown san jose at the diridon station.an see here it's coming down pretty good people starting to show up going to work and school. the roads were pretty slick but, you know, last week, when it just barely sprinkled maybe just a few hundredths of an inch, it was slippier last week than today. so we have been getting some of the sustained rainfall and it looks like it's washing oil off the roads even as we speak. we did talk to some chp officers. they did say it's very slick. we did get some reports of minor flooding in milpitas. they said that there was a little bit of flooding that went in about a foot into the lane but nothing major to speak of. we have some video of that so we'll have that later on in the broadcast. we're here talking to people. stick around. we'll be interviewing folks to see what they think of all this. but this wet weather fantastic news for the bay area, which has seen some of the driest weather in quite some time p live quite some time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> nothing like getting an extra k

they are driving to downtown portland exit and it should take about five minutes. let's go to steve. >>> we have drizzle or very light rain, it is trying to get its act together up towards the sierra and there is not much here for us, some low clouds and fog. breeze is is a little westerly for others and that gust will him up as the system feels as this moves through and though they are moving towards mt. shaster and up in seattle and portland, the beat goes on up there and it has been relentless. windy at times, gusts are over

smart meters in downtown bethesda day. they are just blocks from the bethesda metro and all ofmontgomery county meteorologists will be upgraded. >>> duncan was montgomery county executive for three terms beginning in 1994. the democrat says education and jobs will be tops on his agenda. the democratic primary is june 24. the general election is scheduled for november 4. >>> for some people, it's hard enough to get bills paid every month, let alone trying to build a savings account. later, we'll hear from an area woman who overcame her struggles to start her own company. >> plus, the government takes action to protect you after all those holiday cyber security breeches. >> and certainly no shortage of customers complaining about metro, but after the break, a look at how our transit system compared to others around the country. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas.

in downtown redwood city, the accessory of the day, an umbrella. a steady drizzle means everyone stays covered and moves quickly inch redwood city, abc7 news. >> in tahoe it's snowing, but not as much as they're used to. this is a look at castle peak. changes are required on all vehicles without overdrive. ski resort operators say day need more to open all runs. >> in napa county, just cold enough for snow. you can see it coming down on highway 29. that's 2500 feet above sea level. not enough to bring out the snow plows. >> developing news now out of napa county. a mother and boyfriend who were wanted for questioning in the sexual assault and deaths of the woman's three-year-old child hey before detained. sara kruger ryan warner were arrested today. sergio quintanas live from nap

still off to the east downtown and nothing to worry about the next few hours points to the east. here's our snow total map. trace to an inch, generally less than an inch in the metro area, maybe 1 to 2 frederick to winchester. cumberland and hagerstown maybe 2 to 4 inches, more like 2 to 3 inches right along the maryland/p.a. border. we'll come back, talk about a possible warm-up and your evening commute tomorrow. >>> get ready for tricky traffic tomorrow as many of you head back to work and school after this long weekend. think of any of that new snow added to those massive mounds already piling up on road shoulders like this one in friendship heights. that bad boy right there is about 8 feet tall. traffic reporter monica centanni says that can only lead to trouble. >> reporter: if you look closely, you see the shoulder and then none. this is only 1 car going by. imagine tomorrow morning what this could look like with a full on morning commute. >> we found similar problems on several area highways where the large snow piles had kind of formed lane closures and there's plenty of

the latest right outside the downtown marriott hotel at 3:00 this morning. a man was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. yesterday another man was stabbed to death one block away. no arrests thus far in either case. >> the number dying from the flu is climbing higher by the week. health officials say 202 people have died in california from the flu. in the bay area the number is 42. four more died in santa clara county, two more in solano county and another in alameda county. flu season isn't over. officials continue to urge everyone to get a flu shot. >> cal osh sla investigating an industrial accident that left two workers dead killed by falling slabs of stone. it happened at galaxy granite. one worker was declared dead at the scene, the second died later at the hospital. fire investigators say they were unloading a shipping container. >> stealing a smart phone might be less desirable for thieves, the new bill unveiled today that would require all splart phones and tablets sold in california to be preequipped with a so-called kill switch.

this is how it looks looking back to downtown you can see how low the clouds are hang because of the moisture. maybe a scattered showers today, and the weather, the wet weather is coming this weekend so have an alternate plan to bring your outdoor actives inside the minor flooding is possible saturday early mid-morning to mid-afternoon when the heaviest rain is falling. san jose is looking dry this and a few breaks in the clouds, but it will stay cloudy the better part of the day and as we head to emeryville you can see how hard it is to see in some spots and why we will deal with the flight arrival delays for the better part of the day. at noon, watch all the steady rain moving away and see the next batch of energy moving across the not bay and a scattered showers and the rest of us have drizzle and fog. the best chance of rain tomorrow in the day up across the not bay and maybe a random shower dipping to the south bay in the afternoon, when you get to 8:00, the evening plans are wet and that is the moderate rain that stays around through noon and into the better part of the afterno

we begin with hundreds of thousands of people gathered in downtown san francisco. it is the annual chinese new year's parade. and traffic is always bad. but today is even worse after muni had to shut down one of its main stations. nbc bay area's monte francis is there with more for us. hello, monte. >> reporter: that's right, the underground subway was shout down between embarcadero and van nuys since this afternoon. first, i want to show you the parade under away just about an hour ago. this is considered one of the largest celebrations of the chinese new year. the parade started here on market street. up to union square. north on powell street. and to chinatown, on post and then kearny. this is the year of the horse, which is the seventh animal in the chinese zodiac. we caught up with mayor ed lee. >> during those times the horse is the only one that delivered people and goods. so he had to be very dependable. i think this year it's a cowl upon all of us to be more dependable to each other, more prospero prosperous. that's the message we're giving. >> reporter: t

it's still 50 downtown, 45 in gaithersburg, 48 manassas and 46 in leesburg. we'll be right back. >> plus dozens of cars piled up in an ice fueled highway disaster, more on the east coast's wintery weather after the break. >> sheriff's department not the place you'd think to find hearts on the door, but today they >>> just an absolute disaster on a pennsylvania highway, dozens of crashes and this chain reaction pileup left traffic backed up for miles. as many as 100 cars and a dozen tractor trailers may have been involved. >> reporter: an icy stretch of the pennsylvania turnpike near philadelphia was littered with dozens of cars and trucks following two separate chain reaction pileups. >> the entire back end of my car is gone. >> reporter: at least 30 drivers and passengers were taken to hospitals. most of their injuries were not serious. traffic backed up for more than 5 miles, but stranded drivers like ashley crandall tried to make it a positive experience delivering sandwiches and drinks to other motorists. >> just do what you, can you know. pay it forward,

the beautiful sky line of downtown san francisco from exploring camera. these are forecast feature stormy overnight and stormy wet wind morning commute. if you out there rain showers continue into saturday morning. here's close close forecast animation beginning at 11:00 o'clock this evening watch the storm and the effect over the next day and a half or 2 day. wave after wave of heavy rain wind and even snow in the sierra inland over the next more than 24 hours into 8:00 o'clock tomorrow evening and then beyond that the storm dipping south ward into southern california stormy down around l.a. on saturday morning. we will see rain tapering off here saturday morning as storm begins to weaken and move away from us. but close close storm watch includes more than just rain. we have wind advice in effect until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock winds gusting 45 to 55 miles per hour over the higher elevation out along the coast down tree power line certainly a possibility. to close close south from southern monterey bay south ward wide area under

north bound traffic moving well into downtown oakland. back to you guys. >> seattle seahawk fans are waking up after a long night of celebrating the city's first ever super bowl championship. who knows if they went to bed last night. here's what the streets looked like after the see hawks pounded the -- seahawks pounded the denver broncos. >>> a group of girls represented the bay area at this year's super bowl. >>> this is an add for a company in oakland. it aired during the first quarter. they won the advertising spot in a contest. a 30 second add cost about $4 million to air during this year's game. >> and those seconds were up for grabs because advertisers were competing were fewer spots. mark is live in the news room and mark, they should have went for the more warm and fuzzy vibe. >> budweiser's add featured an unlikely friendship between a puppy and collides dale horse generated more than 33 million hits on you tube in the days leading up to the game. >> clearly this was an add that residence ignited with people. it's a little senty