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

sunshine in the south bay. 68, san jose, 69, cupertino. 66, san mateo, 63 downtown san francisco. ga. in east bay, 55 in berkeley. 66, san leandro. 6 in fremont. 68 in pleasanton, and a nice mild 70 degrees in antioch and livermore. our lows for tonight. it's chilly. already feeling chilly on the roof of the news center. chilly in napa, 38. that's our overnight low. 47 in cloverdale. 45 in fremont. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, saying dry -- staying dry for the weekend and next week. rain on wednesday, and we'll see the rain come back on friday with a little bit calmer conditions for the weekend. >> hooray nor rain. thank you so much. >> indeed. thank you. >> colin rush is in for shu. michael same doing a lot of talking. >> very impressive. if he can play as well as he can answer question after question about his sexuality. let there be no doubt about michael sam. he'll showcase his skills on monday. today his google skills were -- verbal skills were on display. >> heck, yeah, i wish you would say, how is training going? i would love for you to ask me that question.

sunshine in the south bay. 68, san jose,69, cupertino. 66, san mateo, 63 downtown san francisco. y, 67, petaluma. 68, calistoga. in east bay, 55 in berkeley. 66, san leandro. 6 in fremont. 68 in pleasanton, and a nice mild 70 degrees in antioch and livermore. our lows for tonight. it's chilly. already feeling chilly on the roof of the news center. chilly in napa, 38. that's our overnight low. 47 in cloverdale. 45 in fremont. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, saying dry -- staying dry for the weekend and next week. rain on wednesday, and we'll see the rain come back on friday with a little bit calmer conditions for the weekend. >> hooray nor rain. thank you so much. >> indeed. thank you. >> colin rush is in for shu. michael same doing a lot of talking. >> very impressive. if he can play as well as he can answer question after question about his sexuality. let there be no doubt about michael sam. he'll showcase his skills on monday. today his google skills were -- verbal skills were on display. >> heck, yeah, i wish you would say, how is training going? i would love for

let's take a live look at the bay bridge in downtown san francisco from the emoryville camera. rob mayeda joins us now. how strong is this storm going to be? >> fnothing like the strength o last week's storm. right now, san francisco just seeing clouds. 47 degrees, breezy outside. a little misty around san francisco. though we will see heavier rain dropping into marin county, and south into san francisco. misty skies off to the east. we'll turn things around and show you the north bay. that's where the rain is for now, within the next 15 minutes or so we should start to see this pushing to the south, in san francisco, just after 9:00, we'll see light rain at times. picking up in intense as you approach midnight. the system likely bringing about quarter inch of rain in the wettest locations. so not very strong. the question is, how much is this going to hang around for your president's holiday weekend plans? we'll look at that in the forecast in just a few minutes. >>> police in the east bay are investigating a deadly stabbing behind a brewery. officers responded to a fight at a

that includes downtown san francisco. 50s that's what we are going to see san francisco 52, 48 degrees in vallejo, dinner plans grab a jacket it will be chilly out there. i do want to take a look at satellite and radar, we are seeing clear conditions right now, again we are going to see patchy fog within the next couple hours. weak cold front bringing a slight chance of rain for the north bay tomorrow and past that temperatures are going to warm, as we take a look at the weekend by sunday we could see 70s for afternoon highs. more details after that, just a moment, traffic around the bay area. looking at some of the bridges, bay bridge good to go. not expecting an increase in the volume remember it is president's day since then a lot of spoke folks will be staying home. san matt tse i don't bridge drive time 12:00 minute the in both directions of highway 92. bridge check here richmond san are fa fell, lots of space between cars and if you are taking public transit most agencies are operating on a sunday or who holiday schedule. >>> thanks i eric i can't. top story this morning the sear

ingredients for life. >>> here are live pictures right now downtown san francisco. and you can see the clouds and sort of fog rolling in right now. let's check in with rob mayeda with your microclimate forecast. hi, rob. >> hi there. microclimate, san francisco up to the north bay, seeing things turning cloudy. still partly cloudy skies across the south bay. but all locations beginning to fill in as we head toward tonight. we will see mostly cloudy skies leading up to a chance of seeing rain by the time we wake up tomorrow morning. temperatures still in the 50s outside. now, keep in mind these 6:00 temperatures, we will see high temperatures tomorrow, pretty close to the same numbers you're seeing now. some places out in the east bay only in the low 50s tomorrow with mostly cloudy skies. 52 in san francisco right now. also 52 degrees in half moon bay. the chance of rain, we're talking about tomorrow, going to be a bit of an unusual system. this area of low pressure, already pushing clouds towards the bay area, is going to drop right down the central coast. so while a

upper 50's on the coast up to about 61 in downtown san francisco.orth bay high mid 60's. 64 santa rest. 65 at east bay high 63 at oakland and berkeley 64 castro valley, 65 at free mont and the inland east bay will be at the mid 60's also just degree or 2 milder perhaps than nearest bay. 66 at walnut creek. fair field. antioch livermore. 65 at concord and san ramone. tuesday accu-weather 7 day forecast after that chance of sprinkle or late shower overnight tomorrow night into early wednesday morning mainly sunny skies on wednesday. and then sunny mild thursday through monday with high pressure over the weekend and into monday climbing up to and above 70 degrees around the bay and in our inland location and mid 60's on the coast. very spring like unfebruary like weather but there is that chance of some light ran at the very, very end of the month. >> all right we hang on to that chance. >> lets do that. >> thanks very much experience. still to come tonight on 7 news at 9:00. it's never too late to sell brit the if you year. >> and that was only the be

temperatures are 54 in downtown san francisco. san jose is at 47.. you can see this is bringing rain into urekea. there's your clock for 3:00 in the afternoon tomorrow. cloud and no rain quite yet. as we put the clock into motion, by 11:00 still cloud but you see the radar returns coming in starting in the north bay. you can see it's really light. wednesday morning at 7:00 this model here picking up a little bit of rain. the amounts will be light. this is not a big storm. it will bring some more much needed rain around the bay area come tuesday night into early morning. here's your 7 day around the bay forecast. so a beautiful day. go ahead and get that outdoor rain or walk in. have the kids play outside. tomorrow it will be more cloud. north bay sprinkles and then wednesday morning some showers are possible and then that system clears on out and it will be windy. same deal for thursday. we're talking potentially low temperatures for the weekend. here's george with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's been a light and easy rid

developing now at 6:00 police looking for a stabbing suspect in downtown san francisco. two people were stabbed between peer five and seven just after 4:00 this morning. >> first responders picked them up and took them to the hospital. one victim in stable condition and one suffered life threatening issues. >> the google ferry pilot program is now expanding. live report straight ahead. >> the seahawks take home a super bowl crown. coming up, game highlights and the last time seattle won a championship. >> and that rain, boy, it was nice to hear that pitter patter yesterday. it's starting to wind down now. still some clouds left outside and even a couple of patches of fog this morning. there's another one on the horizon right behind it. we're not done with the rain fall just yet. looking towards the skies now. so far dry and cold in spots. down to the freezing mark in the north bay valley. partly cloudy skies and 3 in concord and 35 in oakland and 48 in san francisco. a chilly 38 degrees. this afternoon it will stay cool. these temperatures below average. mid-50s inside t

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

door at the symphony and being hit simply going to diner or simply crossing the street in downtown san francisco. our firefighters, our police who protect us daily are taken there. children from broken homes abuse of homes are taken there. friends, cousins or simply strangers who might be homes all

our camera gives us a view of downtown san francisco. san francisco,fran oakland read wood city and half another beautiful live view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco we have some other readings for you right now 49 degrees at santa rosa, 48 napa, 46 at petaluma low 50's at fairfield concord and live view from the revolver top camera along the embarcadero forecast feature mostly clear tonight chilly in the inland areas and mild through the weekend and chance of rain by next wed. here's look at the satellite image see that we have occasional high clouds manufacturing through the bay area right now but mainly clear at this moment. stormtrack still flowing well to the north but won't stay there very long because look ahead to next wednesday rain approaching bale bay area then arrive the first wave on wednesday of next week. break on thursday but the second storm arrives on frichltd look like stronger better organized and probably bring us measurable rain that of course we desperately need. overnight tonight low 40's to upper 30

door at the symphony and being hit simply going to diner or simply crossing the street in downtown san francisco. our firefighters, our police who protect us daily are taken there. children from broken homes abuse of homes are taken there. friends, cousins or simply strangers who might be homes all are served at the general. i am very grateful for san francisco general. other who told me their personal stories are very grateful as well. my goal is for everyone i mean everyone in this community to be as grateful as i am. don't wait for that accident to happen the plane crashed or the earthquake. be grateful we have this our county hospital with invaluable services on a daily basis 24/7. and i mean 24/7. the general has already been prepared to meet the needs of our city when we need it the most soon with an outstanding general facility it will match it's clinical obsolescence. this place is a hard adversity a safety net to the community. our heart and soul felt folks on the streets or iconic to our san francisco. with the help of the hearts in san francisco project the foundation has raised more

san francisco. today's item is proposed transmission project proposed by pg&e and having under gone review there the california public utilities commission it's designed to provide electric benefits to downtown san francisco. the reason the port is presenting obtain r on this the route runs across port property. we've been negotiating with pg&e and what you have before you is a nonbinding are term sheet so today's action seeks the action of the board and which will lead to a license agreement a binding agreement that will be executed later on probably in the spring. so i have an expert report matters but i am going to give you an overview of the transmission system they're two separate transmission systems there's one hundred and 15 k v system had serves most of the city and there's a separate 2 hundred and thirty k v system that's in blue that serves the downtown area. it's been the policy of this city since the board adapted an ordinance of the electricity program trying to combine those systems so they can enter connect. you'll see the embarcadero substation served by the - >> excuse me. do we have handout for the slide. >> i can produce them for you later. >> i can see them now on the sc

and the live view looking along the bay bridge from our south beach camera here at downtown san francisco see areas of dense fog develop overnight and lasting into the morning hours so that means probably slow morning commute which reduces visibility light afternoon rain may develop in the north bay tomorrow. that is the change in our pattern but it won't be a significant rainfall. we may get a more substantial rain producing system over the weekend. so we lack forward to. that here's interesting colorful satellite image atmospheric river. last wednesday this is the trail of moisture reaching from hawaii to the bay area that brought our rainfall last weekend. another trail of moisture you can see that has developed moving up into the pacific northwest to the north and some moisture might work its way to the bay area 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning by late tomorrow afternoon into the overnight hours we may see sprinkle or lit showers in the north bay into thursday morning as a matter of fact. once again don't expect this to be significant rain fall in fact rainfall total by 10:00 o'clock th

. >>> develops news from san francisco, two workers were injured today in downtown san francisco. from news chopper 2 you can see the police responding to the scene and workers being sent home for the day. it happened at the construction site on mission street just a block south of market street. ktvu's david stevenson is there now to explain what went wrong. david? >> the victims were working on a tower for sales force.com. they are working on a calf fording that has been raise -- scaffolding that has been raised. what is unclear is why it tipped over, taking down the two men who were secured to the structure. they had to be extricated and taken to san francisco general hospital. the accident shook up the crew here. a construction worker across the street described what he saw. >> we saw the scaffolding tipping over. westbound. and two guys were inside. oh, my god, you know, my heart goes out to them. i don't want to see anybody get hurt. >> reporter: construction including the pouring of a investment floor were stopped. cement floor water stopped. the contractor here tells us th

downtown san francisco, north bay you're going to see plenty of low 70s. 70 for castro valley. 72 fairfield. temperatures running a good 2 to 10 degrees above average today and continuing with well above normal numbers throughout the weekend. 70s into warmest spots. next week with rain arriving wednesday, it's looking like a chance of showers thursday and friday. another storm coming. we have a pattern change coming up. live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center, do you think our boss woz mind if i just stayed here? >> i don't think so. i'm doing my job, watching weather >> throw in a forecast every now and then, you're good >> war games how best and brightest making the internet safer >> dressing down san francisco court >>> three men recovering from being shot in oakland governor brown weighed in on how to stop the violence in the city he used to lead as mayor two. men were victims of a drive by shooting. police say she were standing on a sidewalk when a shooter opened fire near 89th aechlt i note problem. communities. what is needed is good police work, support by city council. nei

san francisco. we have 15 members that are in the parking industry. some numbers i've aware of and representing our numbers there's 15 hundred members working in downtown san francisco in large office building like class a and b and hotels and the sfmta garages. those parking garages are about 5 hundred or so people working in the industry including a number who won't be in a labor managerial positions but a small percentage of workers that are known as the underground economy that are not being paid with all the restrictions that are required of an employer playing by the rules. it's unfortunate and frustrating. we've been to law enforcement agencies both to the federal and local agency and gotten little relief. there are 15 hundred workers that are working for cash. it's our belief that by putting more keys in the police code there will be a today is initiative. the exploitation of folks don't notice this. but we have evidence of workers who don't even have california driver's license that are moving cars on san francisco streets. their undocumented. indeed i would say we're looking at the legislation as it pertains to gender and zip code there's a p

san francisco, wide swath of green which will bring us about an inch, maybe even a quarter inch of rain. so, 57 degrees downtownn francisco. north bay, 60. 56, clear lake. east bay, oakland, a little splash of rain, 60. 58 for your high tomorrow, and a little farther inland, 60 degrees in pittsburg. going to be dry in pleasanton and livermore, 60 degrees. the overnight lows, chilly. so, more seasonal weather for us. 37, concord. 35, fairfield. chilly, napa. 44 in san francisco, 41 at half moon bay. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. we'll see rain tomorrow. it will dry up come monday and we're looking at a seasonable chill for much of the week, and actually going to be seeing some possibilities of more rain by the end of next week. so, possibly all that praying everyone has been doing is going to do us some good. >> you're the bearer of good news. nice to see you here. what day is this? very bizarre. >> in the wrong place. >> what are you doing here? >> something called the super bowl. >> oh, right. that's tomorrow. today you got a phone call -- >> i didn't. le we're a day away from the super

. >>> muni service is back to normal after a man was hit and killed by a muni train in downtown san francisco. it happened after 2:30 yesterday afternoon in the tunnel near the powell street station. it's not clear how the man ended up on the tracks but homeless people sometimes try to retrieve belongings they have hidden in the rails. muni service was down three hours. >>> three people were stabbed in a knife fight at buffalo bills brewery. officers were called after midnight after a report of a fight in the parking lot. when they got there, they found a man stabbed to death. minutes later two other victims showed up at a hospital. police are trying to piece together what happened. >>> mother nature held off and did not rain all that much on the annual chinese new year parade last night. the streets of san francisco came alive with the year of the horse last night. more than 100,000 came to experience the one of a kind event. the tradition of the lunar new year dates back 5,000 years. the colorful floats, dragons have been entertaining the crowds since the mid1800s. those are the top stories

this pg&e facility is the principal source of electrical power for the downtown san francisco business district. there's no back up. this is pg&e recommendation when they were working on an upgrade. to the submittals they estimated if that facility goes down there will be $150 million lost in san francisco. my clients ray a half a block away would lose power and not be operational. it turns out in the cpc filing if this facility goes down activist it's called the embarcadero station the loss from san francisco will be $3.5 billion. we have an important facility located next to the property high-rise. we believe under the circumstances in addition to the new policies incorporated in your general plan the proximity to the pg&e facility requires is a different occupancy clarification welcome back be used such as used was modern art. typically a single-family dwelling is given a occupancy dwelling rate of two. if you have a lot of causalities two is okay. but the number of people adversely impacted by dedicate it creates an impact of loss of human life it's prefer able to use a hire classi

just a few light sprinkles now downtown san francisco.oppler 7hd right now showing some moderate rain along the sonoma coastline. you can see the orange and the yellow moving through -- it was moving towards lucas valley area, novato, and from there to black point and sears point so keep that in mind. we're picking up returns near san rafael, and light returns towards sunnyvale as well as san jose. most of what is falling is above the 8,000-foot level. that's the snow. below that, blue canyon, rain and i have to tell you, the snow levels will remain quite high the next several days. so overnight the snow levels above 8,000 feet. this is my view from the roof cam looking down on the embarcadero in san francisco. it was mild and muggy today. san francisco, 57. >>> 60, san jose, los gatos, 59. looking over the bay you can see the clouds thickening up there. napa 55. 58 in concord. here's what you can expect, our forecast. rain from the north bay to the south bay overnight. this system is a fast mover. get rade for clearing tomorrow afternoon

again, 70 in downtown san francisco. take you to the mex microclimate page, it's going to be reminiscent of what you saw here. we'll go to 73 napa. some of the car thermometers will read the upper 70s, it reads warmer in the sun. oakland 71 degrees, and the warmest spot in the tri-valley livermore at 74. we still have again that storm system on the way for next week. and it looks the first one to line up by tuesday evening and then impacts us by wednesday. then a second and stronger storm looks to move you in as we head throughout friday morning at this point. overall rainfall totals is lined with some of the numbers we brought you yesterday. we likely could range from 1 to 3 inches as we end up through friday and saturday of next week. we may see timing and changes but we'll be here to monitor that in the coming days. but so far so good on that needed rain. >> looks promising. thank you. >> still ahead a vision for shopping. how a blind boy has inspired a popular grocery store to change its ways. also. >> wasn't expecti

in san francisco, it will start to -- the sun will start to shine later in the afternoon. 57 in downtown san francisco. 60 in santa rosa. east bay, a splash of rain. 61 in castro valley. lower to mid-60s in the east bay valleys. the seven-day forecast, we have that rain coming tomorrow. it will dry up for monday, right through the end of the work week, but then by the weekend, we should see some more rain coming. so definitely needed, i think we're all ready for it so get out the umbrellas. >> that's good news. normally it's a damper on the plans. >> and tomorrow is groundhog day as well. >> we'll see if we'll have a long winter. we might need it. >>> you can track the rain using live doppler 7hd on our abc7 weather app. it makes is easy to share photos how you're welcoming the rain, download information at abc7.com/apps. >> shu has sports. lots of stuff going on. >> i didn't know it was groundhog day. learn something new. >> focused on the super bowl. >> super bowl xlviii between seattle and denver, less than 24 hours away but peyton manning is a winner, winning his fifth mvp trophy. no

terry mcsweeney is live at the consulate general of ukraine in downtown san francisco. >> reporter: members of the bay area ukrainian community says the united states has to get involved in this issue and impose sanctions on the government of ukraine. the people dying over there are dying for western style democracy and an end to russian influence. in kiev tonight, the protesters who support closer ties with europe and the united states are pitted against the forces of russian-leaning ukrainian president. >> it's painful to see. >> reporter: most people haven't paid much attention to ukraine since it broke away from russia 22 years ago. >> ronald reagan's empire of evil finally ceased to exist, but putin wants to rebuild it again, maybe in a different form, but wants to rebuild imperial russia. >> it's horrific. >> reporter: this man is a ukrai ukrainian-american. he says ukraine is facing the possibility of once again being put under russia rule. >> at this point it's about human dignity and making sure ukrainians can live in a peaceful, lawful society. >> i wanted to send a message to all

some of the sprinkles are falling right now, another bit of rain chance coming over downtown san francisco right now, through rohnert park and petaluma toward sonoma and pulling out of napa that is where we have the best radar return across the not bay and burlingame and sfo headed up toward treasure island, that is where we will see the one cell and right there on the san mateo bridge, wow, heavy rain coming from the east or if you are headed to the west you will run right through it in foster city. there is the latest update, up to fremont and newark and milpitas and 880 and 680 you will run into light-to-moderate rain. look at more is developing to the south, and that is the waves of showers. do not let your guard down at any time today. in the south you can see the lines of storms rolling across, one headed to palm springs and san diego and another around santa barbara and under that, the red area, from santa barbara to san diego, that is a risk of waterspouts that could come ashore down south. that is where some of the severe weather will head today. we will talk about winds that are

in san francisco, it will start to -- the sun will start to shine later in the afternoon. 57 in downtown san francisco. 60 in santa rosa. east bay, a splash of rain. 61 in castro valley. lower to mid-60s in the east bay valleys. the seven-day forecast, we have that rain coming tomorrow. it will dry up for monday, right through the end of the work week, but then by the weekend, we should see some more rain coming. so definitely needed, i think we're all ready for it so get out the umbrellas. >> that's good news. normally it's a damper on the plans. >> and tomorrow is groundhog day as well. >> we'll see if we'll have a long winter. we might need it. >>> you can track the rain using live doppler 7hd on our abc7 weather app. it makes is easy to share photos how you're welcoming the rain, download information at abc7.com/apps. >> shu has sports. lots of stuff going on. >> i didn't know it was groundhog day. learn something new. >> focused on the super bowl. >> super bowl xlviii between seattle and denver, less than 24 hours away but peyton manning is a winner, winning his fifth mvp trophy. no

here is a live look across downtown san francisco. you can't see much of it. we'll be right back. good is in every blue diamond a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of the u.s. ski team. >>> a weather alert faesaffecti the bay area. the rain coming down, rob mayeda coming up in just a few minutes. >>> an officer shot and injured a carjacking suspect. the suspect threatened a resident with a shotgun and demanded his vehicle just about 3:00 in the morning. this is down the street from the san jose country sclub golf course. they found the suspect a few blocks away and stopped him after a short chase. police say he is expected to survive his swrrys. >>> nearly 9 million pounds of beef have been recalled. no reported illnesses have been tied to the products which were produced during the last year. for more information you can visit our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> and coming up next, an in depth interview with olympian and bay area native, brian boita

on the left downtown san francisco and the right, palo alto, on university avenue. and we have return of the rain. stephanie is in fremont. first, let's start our coverage with meteorologist, rob. any more rain coming? >> this was impressive rainfall and what we should see this time of year, half an inch sara toga and cruz half an inch. san francisco, about a quarter inch of rain. at the airport, the vashlt riab of the rain, almost an inch and hill top more than an inch of rain and pleasanton more than an inch of rain. half moon bay 1 1/2 inches of rain coming down. great news. some of that runoff will filter reservoirs in the higher terrain and you can see in boulder creek and ben lo mondmond. m it was cold enough to see pictures like this, cold enough for 3,000 feet. a lot of shower activity pushed to the south and east. on the coast bands of moisture coming in. in the tri-valley towards fremont, still scattered showers left behind after heavy rain caused a number of problems today on our bay area roadways, 880 and 680. and joining us with a look how the weather h

san francisco. afternoon highs in the south bay, 69 in san jose and 70 in cupertino and los gatos. 68 on the peninsula and a beautiful day in downtownncisco. occasional high clouds, upper 60s santa rosa and sonoma and oakland 67. it is a warmer day. inland 70 in fairfield. accu-weather seven-day forecast. we will continue to take the temperatures up to the low 70s on friday, saturday and sunday, inland low 60s coast side. cool it off and a chance of rain. i'm leaving here really quick. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. dan and ama? >> thank you. >> larry has our sports report tonight. >> warriors are in action. >> i am pretty warm and toasty by the way. warriors did make a deal ahead of the trade deadline. it is always tight when they go up to play sacramento. warriors and kings are always interesting. that's next in sports. through sunday, save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. but hurry, sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. there's a curly fry tree.jack. and a chopper out back. there's a barn full of buns. and a

we're looking at downtown san francisco where the rain is mostly to the north right now, and san rafaelnorth bay taking the brunt of this storm. there is a flash flood watch in effect right now for sonoma county beyond san rafael and we have live team coverage tracking the wind and the rain for you this weekend. scott budman is on flood watch in the north bay but we begin with meteorologist rob mayeda here who has those microclimates and how soon that rain will hit your neighborhood. >> yeah. right now the rain is coming down pretty hard around oakland and san francisco out towards the north bay and we'll take you into a quick view of oakland. you can see the rain flying right over downtown as we see the winds too pretty gusty. it's the north bay seeing the biggest bunch out of the system ever since thursday with some locations picking up more than a foot of rain around mt. tam, heading up into the coastal hill tops of sonoma county. between now and 3:00, the flash flood watch is in effect for small creeks and streams. we could see some localized flooding as heavier bands continue to pu

we're following that right into downtown san francisco.t will clear out for tomorrow keeping sunny skies. by sunday a slight chance of showers. 4 40 in new jersey for the big game on sunday. >>> on the broadcast tonight, what did he know? explosive new allegations about chris christie. tonight, the man at the center of the bridge shutdown scandal says the governor is not telling the whole truth. he says there is evidence to prove it. >>> desperate measures. california orders emergency water cutbacks as a dire state of emergency gets even worse now. entire communities m may not ge any more water. >>> if you only knew. a tsa insider's revealing new confession. what he says was really going on at the airport security line, exactly what so many of us passengers had feared. >>> and taking a hit on this super bowl weekend. american attitudes toward the

san francisco. afternoon highs in the south bay, 69 in san jose and 70 in cupertino and los gatos. 68 on the peninsula and a beautiful day in downtown san francisco. occasional high clouds, upper 60s santa rosa and sonoma and oakland 67. it is a warmer day. inland 70 in fairfield. accu-weather seven-day forecast. we will continue to take the temperatures up to the low 70s on friday, saturday and sunday, inland low 60s coast side. cool it off and a chance of rain. i'm leaving here really quick. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. dan and ama? >> thank you. >> larry has our sports report tonight. >> warriors are in action. >> i am pretty warm and toasty by the way. warriors did make a deal ahead of the trade deadline. it is always tight when they go up to play sacramento. warriors and kings are always interesting. that's next in sports. the warriors started the second half of the season by making a move before tomorrow's trade deadline acquiring steve blake from the lakers. basemoore and brooks were getting ready for the kings and blake was doing the same thing getting ready for the lakers game, and that's when the deal went down.

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is a scene like this for the better part of the week as we look if sutro tower to a soggy downtown san francisco. and you not even see over to yerba buena island or treasure island because of the rain that is in the way. here is a look at what is going on, the warm front is the leading edge of the warm and moist air and we are getting we that. the break you see between the cold front and the warm front is where we are going to have sprinkles, some light rain overnight but notice on the left side of the screen some brighter and whiter clouds are develop asking that is the pineapple express getting geared up and that will be the heavy rain for tomorrow morning that will possibly bring some flooding. you can see a better picket of the soaker and at the top of the shore i wanted to show you this graphic we made to last night to give you an impact from the storm with the greatest is urban flooding, and creek flooding, as wealth, and mud and rock slides, and possibly in the not bay and santa cruz mountains. we have rain showing up as jell-o and moving through during the evening hours, so plan on it be

san francisco versus san jose. look at san jose. most of this fell yesterday but only .8." downtown san francisco .9." look at santa rosa. creeping up on 5" or 7 times as much rain as we have seen in the south bay from this storm. so a huge disparity. santa rosa one of the lower spots in sonoma and marin counties. some other rainfall totals to show you. petaluma 3.5". ukiah 3." vacaville 2.25." 1" pittsburg. sunnyvale .66." union city less than two-thirds of an inch. let's talk about the north bay where that heaviest rainfall is falling. since january of 2013 the past 13.5 months, 30 inches we're down. we're down 30" of rainfall. this weekend we'll see on average 3 to 8" of rain making up about 10 to 25% of that rainfall deficit. that's good but we're not going to end the drought. we are just going to put a dent into it. now, coming up in a few minutes, we'll have more on weather. brian will have more on that. i'm going to talk about snow in the sierra because we have great news to report from there. that's coming up in a few minutes. live in pittsburg, paul deanno, back to you. >>> heavy rainfall sen

looking live at downtown san francisco where the roadways are wet and the clouds are drippy. tting a soaking this morning.

see the fog there over market street downtown san francisco. 51 there. oakland 52. atures pretty comfortable around san jose. mid 50's tomorrow morning this is what you have to deal with as we look towards the transamerica pyramid. fog and low cloud. upper 40's santa rosa, napa fairfield and 51 currently in livermore and here's view looking at the port of oakland from emeryville camera. fuzzy there. visibility might be poor in spots. plan accordin accordingly. wet windy for your wednesday a chance of thunderstorms wednesday night and another rainy day follows on friday. so here's a look at the set up. high pressure today provided us with slight warm day. spring like conditions. that's all going away slowly one more take tomorrow. storm no. 1 on wednesday. classic winter storm. risk associated with it moderate risk of your been flooding. wind damage. thunderstorms creek flooding slight. hazardous driving conditions for wednesday evening rush hour also going into thursday morning commute. storm no. 2 hits friday. storm system right now looks like most of the energy is

mid 60's half moon bay downtown san francisco sunset district.ng but sunshine in the north bay. 70 degrees. 69 virginia hay oh. east bay free mont as well 68 in oak land. inland spots well above where you should be walnut creek livermore 71 degrees but you look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast enjoy the weekend mild to warm weather because we will see the changes coming rain on wednesday chance of showers thursday and it could be really a series of storms that keep us in a wet pattern through the following weekend so whatever it takes to get the written her we need to get rain in many, many inches to really make a huge difference here. at least 16, 17 inches in some parts of the north bay that we are behind. hopefully that will happen with series of storms before winter is over. life from the roof of the broadcast center, this is sand why. >> thank you. >> all right. 7 news has another great weather resource for you. follow this on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions available to you any time. >> absolutely. and larry is off toni

mid 60's half moon bay downtown san francisco sunset district.ut sunshine in the north bay. 70 degrees. 69 virginia hay oh. east bay free mont as well 68 in oak land. inland spots well above where you should be walnut creek livermore 71 degrees but you look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast enjoy the weekend mild to warm weather because we will see the changes coming rain on wednesday chance of showers thursday and it could be really a series of storms that keep us in a wet pattern through the following weekend so whatever it takes to get the written her we need to get rain in many, many inches to really make a huge difference here. at least 16, 17 inches in some parts of the north bay that we are behind. hopefully that will happen with series of storms before winter is over. life from the roof of the broadcast center, this is sand why. >> thank you. >> all right. 7 news has another great weather resource for you. follow this on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions available to you any time. >> absolutely. and larry is off tonight

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on the left you get a view of downtown san francisco and the trans-america building, you should be able to see it on your right. and meteorologist rob mayeda joins us with more. >> as you can see, san jose is finally getting into the action, the last band focused in on the central bay, in san francisco, misty skies around the chinese new year parade. and significant showers right now near san jose and milipitas, and once it gets up near the sierra, take a look, 80 up there by the summit and highway 50 the snow continues to fly. coming up, we'll let you know how long all of this will stay in the holiday weekend forecast. coming up in just moments. back to you. >>> all right, thank you, rob. day ten of competition wrapped up at the winter games in sochi, today, team usa missed opportunities for medals on the slopes and on the ice. >> yeah, they switched suit, but for the american team, the results were unfortunately the same. no skaters on the podium. ryan hansen placed seventh, there were high hopes for shani davis who won silver in the last two olympics. he finished 11th. >> it is not l