that's a dry year. there you go, anne. >> thanks, jim. >>> san jose leaders are scrambling to deal with a possible $40 million budget shortfall. last month, they invited everyday citizens to play a money game, allowing them to register their opinions on what they needed and what they could live without. >> when we get done with the entire process, i want to make sure that the budget we adopt reflects the values and priorities of our community. >> this marks the second year of the budget games in san jose. the city says the exercise with the company innovation games helps leaders decide what should make it into next year's spending plan. now, the company is making a name for itself, by helping cities and other businesses deal with these tough decisions. lou komen with innovation games joins us now. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> very cool process how this goes. explain to the viewers the process. this is a day-long event. >> yeah, it's a day-long event, and what we did, we work

the french will go through dry. we have this high-pressure overhead -- the front will go through dry. the key thing is there is a warm front coming off of that cold front. mild air in the mississippi valley that will be coming north. that will be placed during the day tomorrow. the clouds may get up to the mountain area. the next one we will be watching this one developed in the pacific northwest. there are those mild temperatures been drawn up into the mississippi valley. this is our timber to map for tomorrow. it is moved -- our temperature map tomorrow. kind of cold tonight. the temperature range is typical for this time of year. the skies will be clear. temperatures arrive from above freezing. 50 to near 60. a lot of sunshine tomorrow. a few clouds toward the end of the day. 58-62 for the high. wednesday is 7-12 miles an hour. -- winds 7-12 miles an hour. temperatures in the 40's. insta-weather futurecast shows the storm to the south and not doing anything. a disturbance to the north. it will be dry tomorrow. th

daytime weather, nice, mild and dry.hen, there is a slight chance of showers on tuesday, and webs, then, dry weather thursday and friday. continuing with a less than typical winter day. >> forget tiger a golden bear is on the prowl. >> coming up next in sports cal alum leading the way at at i'm in a tricky situation here. i'm bidding on a 1979 dukes of hazzard lunchbox, but my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding on the same lunchbox. it's airbrushed ! but i've got verizon 4g lte. it's so fast that i can outbid him at the last second. i got it ! yes, i won ! woo hoo ! it's got a thermos ! rely on verizon 4g lte. because only the fastest survive. >>> join me tonight on cable channel 13, coming up, a strong warning about traveling to mechl. >> then at 11:00 dan has a story, japanese earthquake and tsunami is floating towards our beaches now. >> and we'll see you tonight but now on to owe sports, and pebble. >> and the wernl changed but charlie remains on top after two rounds of pebble beach. >> here

dry weather, very dry weather and there will work in the way of showers, we will keep the chance for showers and a couple of snow showers mixed with rain showers, if that happen it'll be early in the morning and perhaps late tomorrow, most of the day just hit and miss rain showers, not much moisture to work would. dry air at the surface, all of this working against much of anything and as we look to the west we think the bulk is going to split off and track further south and the dynamics across the midatlantic won't lend themselves to this continuing to ramp up or get stronger. as we look at the trend you can see what happens here. that area of moisture a lot of it goes south. we get a little across the state but a closer look, this is 10:00 tomorrow morning. cloudy, perhaps a hit or miss rain shower through the day tomorrow evening, if we get a few showers could there be a few wet flakes, it should add up to little. just keep the umbrella handy. trend showing a clear, dry wednesday and a new chance for rain late thursday. overnight down to 28, clouds on the increase, rather cold, va

dry and cool the rest of the evening, a light breeze. tomorrow sunshine. without the northerly breeze even with additional clouds, i think we're up to 53 or so and this, just the beginning of a spring like surge. got more on that coming up. >> thank you, wyatt. just days after the house of delegates passed the same-sex marriage bill, the senate is expected to tackle. it the proceedings committee will likely vote on the bill. it's expected to pass. the full senate could vote later this week f passed and signed into law opponents have vowed to take the issue to referendum. >>> celebrity chef bryan voltaggio used his influence to convince lawmakers to start a school breakfast program. he spoke at a house subcommittee about increasing the funding for maryland meals for the pay chief the practice. it's run by the state's department of education. now let's take a look at the issue of gas prices rising faster and faster each and every day. oil prices spiked to a nine-month high. that has caused someplaces to she this jump to over $4 a gallon. someplaces it has so

. >>> dry but seasonably cold out there this morning. a serious warm up is on the way.details are coming up. >>> we continue to follow a couple of incidents in harford, following fallen cable wires that's going to affect your drive. we will have the latest coming up next. >>> problem across parts of roanoke, virginia, live power lines crackling and burning after brought down by the trees, toppled by the harsh winter weather. the fire chief says his department has been in crisis mode responding to burning power lines and blown over trees. >> tough driving in richmond, virginia. a man skid ed across the road. black ice plagued drivers on 295, several vehicles slid off the road and police say officers responded to a thousand traffic accidents and that was yesterday. >>> look at the pictures, it's hard to believe. >> it's scary. we don't have to deal with ice and if we did have precipitation, we definitely would be dealing with that. check out the temperatures, 21 degrees now in to woodbine. we don't have the wind. what you are feeling is what you are getting for today. the

the air is too dry. temperatures, thoughs coming in around 30 degrees in to chester town, more in to catonsville. fed ricksburg, no winds what so ever. things will pick up a bit. we will be on the breezy side as you look at the hour by hour forecast. increasing clouds, mostly cloudily 4:00 p.m., temperature around 53 degrees. let's get a check of your traffic with angela. good morning. >> good morning, we are following the accident in clarksville, 32 shut down between lindell, an stent in pasadena, before you get to glen burnie, maryland 10 b northbound lanes are closed. overturned tractor trailer, according to arundel county police , the tractor trailer carrying some type of recycled metal, not sure what it is. it is across the roadway. taking you time to get through. that maryland 10, closed in the northbound direction at richie highway. take bna to 100 to get you around that. as far as volume delays, not bad for the most part. especially traveling 95, maryland 152, delays around the beltway, traveling

next couple of days returning to dry and warmer weather. some of those temperatures as we get into thursday and friday near 70 degrees and looks like it stays dry, elizabeth, for the weekend but it is very slick right now. >> it is slick and we are starting to get a few more accidents coming in. chp is working a dozen different incidents across the bay area so check out this camera, 880 through oakland. this is what conditions are like outside, wet and windy. obviously our cameras moving around quite a bit. at the bay bridge expect a busy morning heading into san francisco. we had an earlier accident near treasure island. that's been cleared off to the shoulder. but now just in the last couple of minutes we have a new problem sounds like east of the metering lights. so watch out for that. they already turned the metering lights on just after 6:00. so that's about 20 minutes earlier than typical so obviously things are stacking up beyond the west grand overcrossing. so once again, you have been forewarned if you are commuting into san franci

drying out by wednesday. and looking dry. wednesday, thursday.ounding back into the 60s on thursday. back to you. >> the winter storm that dumped 4 feet of snow has now blown into nebraska. >> more than a foot of snow fell there. it is pretty difficult and plow resist at work and snow covered roads from schools and they have canceled weekend activities because because of the conditions there. italian city of rome is seeing the big snowstorm. this is in the coliseum that is blanketed with 8 inches of snow. residents are using government issued shovels to clear sidewalks. the snow is bringing transportation sit to a hall. passengers were trapped inside the trail cars the and there are slippery hills in rome. >>> now, 7:27. as we continue, bay area students are getting a chance to be a finished part of the project. they could have the work fronts and center. >>> ron paul supporter is now suing newt gingrich. what he said gingrich did that left him injured and angry. . >>> there were calls for militant action. but for the most part, it was peaceful a

the larger thing will be the drying winds. anywhere from 15, 25 miles an hour.nd then on again, off again. showers coming in. seven day forecast. get a look. right now, mid and high level cloud cover. little bit of rain returns up near eureka. not looking at that. over six hours. what we are focused on. system. seattle. portland. not much moisture with it. it continues to push to south. a stray shoufrpt head not midnight. models not picking up in san jose. that will continue until 4:00 a.m. from there on out. we are looking at a dry picture through tomorrow. and also some increased sunshine across the east. and also for the south bay. overall snowfall totals. into the bad. with zonal moisture across the sierra. higher elevation. sque squeeze out more. lake tahoe. it will be cold. 36. 42, freemont. on your wednesday numbers. stay right near average. 60, san jose. 61, morgan hill. windy across the hill tops. our fire danger will increase slightly here as well. 59, danville. 60, walnut creek. 56. pacifica. and san rafael. dry here as we head throughout thursday, fr

our high pressure bubble they kept us high and dry, off shore so that dry air starting to move out. you have clear air in place, we will not really feel the effect tomorrow as rain comes in, we will see the cloud cover holding temperatures down and rain cooling. we have dry air at the surface so initially early tomorrow some of the rain showers evaporating on the way down, cooling the air and then the rain going in earnest later in the day and you can see that onto trend. the better chance -- we just skip past that but the better chance for rain cupping in toward midday and the bottom line with this storm, it'll bring rain on and off through the day and a second round late tomorrow evening. the snow you can see staying confined up north and it's coming down. northern wisconsin, minnesota, northern michigan they are getting the northern weather. temperatures just do warm to support that. we are looking for rain. overnight 36, we are dry and cool, increasing clouds toward daybreak. a dry morning but through the middle part of the day 48, rain cooled air and it'll be chilly and damp at

most of us sitting dry and most of us stay dry.hough later tonight another line could come through, maybe bring showers. right now temperatures running in the mid-50s to upper 50s. 54 in easton. 50 in ocean city. our winds are light gusting higher. at times it has been windier than this but persistent. it will be breezy and getting very windy as we get a true cold front. here we g a couple of additional showers over eastern kentucky. that area could come up and bring a few more showers later on this evening, but, again, not looking for in which the way of rain. mild hair will continue to flow in out of the south through the day tomorrow. we should get decent sunshine for the first half of the day. disturbance putting some slow down toward the cleveland area. here's our trend. later tonight with that disturbance in eastern tennessee, kentucky that could come in in the form of a few showers toward 10:00, 11:00. it's out of here for your morning commute. a few shower, perhaps even there clearing by morning. sunny early in the delay wi

we have some dry air. so lots of what you are seeing on the satellite and radar this morning not really reaching the ground around our area. you have to go well to the north and points back towards the south and west to get in some of that snow action. and it looks like it's going to be heading our way pushing off towards the east as we go into the afternoon. but by that time, temperatures will have warmed up. so what we are going to get we could be seeing some rain showers across the area. and take the rain gear as you head out and about for today. and as we look at future trend, not a lot to see. and we will have lots of clouds out here. the cloud will be an important role once again and the winds because the winds will be out of the south with that wind that southerly wind it's going to warm things up. and with the clouds, it's going to keep the temperatures a little bit at bay. so, the 48 degrees i am forecasting for today will be a little bit higher but we have the clouds. and unfortunately not a whol

dry early tomorrow and dry saturday. when do things change?ressure bubble centered over tennessee, the knoxville area. mass it continues to slide east tomorrow, we'll let winds go away. it will bring in not just sunshine but a bright dry scenario. cool tomorrow has this settles in, upper 40s. we'll watch the next storm carefully coming out of the country's mid-section. this could be showers, maybe some wintry type showers in western maryland, but tonight none of that. dry,/õj=eát(ák 32. certainly cooler. 50 tomorrow, mostly sunny,ñr but p &c tomorrowe1 night down toÑi 34 wó no carrierringconnect 10 >> remember, you can still go to the zoo, even in the winter. we'll be right back. stay with us. i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breath

should be dry.e will notice the clouds thickening up and the winds are kicking up in the evening hours, and especially toward the coastline and some big changes headed our way. and dry weather for the better part of today. and you can see the storm system off the coastline. it is tapped into the subtropical moisture and sliding toward the coast lout the day today and -- throughout the day today and overnight, strong gusty winds toward the coastline and the mountain tops and some of the gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour and some significant rainfall with the system, too. computer models picking up on it pretty well although moving a little fast as it tries to bring some showers into the evening hours and just a little bit quick but you get the idea that overnight tonight, the main brunt of the system slides onshore and bring with it some pockets of heavier amounts of rainfall. tomorrow morning. the commute tomorrow looks like it could be a real mess and the rainfall totals pretty significant, with the sto

time we'll all be dry again.ffic is going to be a mess this morning and there will be gusty winds. back to you. >> thank you. >>> how about a little traffic? as gil just said starting to pick up a bit. >> yeah. 5:30, morning commute starting to get under way. this is what it looks like outside. a live look at our golden gate bridge camera. the rain is coming down a bit, wet roads. we haven't seen many major accidents this morning. chp has issued one high wind advisory in effect for highway 84 the dumbarton bridge but all of your bridges again two hands on the steering wheel as we like to say. mass transit might be a good option. we continue to check in with bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries and so far everything is off to a nice start. the wet weather could cause hazardous conditions including this problem just east of six six. a tree came down and, you know, it often happens at mckee and north claremont and tree took down power lines so live wires are out there. crews are clearing it up. it could be

live at the new york stock exchange i'm jane king. >>> after a day of rain we are drying out.ng along coastal areas. parts of the bay area are under a high surf advisory. check this out, pacifica saw swell ofs up to 14 -- swell ofs of up to 14 feet. snow fell on mount hamilton workers at the observatory broke out shovels to clear the sidewalks. road to mount hamilton still closed. >>> we get about 10 inches of snow a year up the -- up at mount hamilton. have a nice valentine's day cooler this morning thanks to the lack of clouds. high ones rolling through now it is going to be a mostly sunny day and a day that is much more relaxed than yesterday the only attention i guess because it is valentine's day. the weather should not cause you any problem. mid to upper 30s that's what we have now in santa rosa, napa, fairfield, livermore, redwood city, mountain view and los gatos low to mid 40s. around the monterey bay low to mid 40s inland salinas and gilroy monterey 47, three highlights mostly sunny, calm and drier today light showers tonight fast moving storm once it passes our next

we dry out by the afternoon. we're dry through sunday evening.ike the showers will begin over the north bay right about 6 or 7:00. and continuing into monday morning. monday morning could be a wet morning drive, then scattered showers in the forecast. sun and clouds continue on tuesday, wednesday. back to you. >>> an in-depth look at the definitely a bay area journalist, the new book released and what it says about the death of reporter. and what a new report says the about of two firefighters and what the fire chief is now pushing for. >>> an armed robbery, a police standoff and then a house fire. when the smoke settled, the suspects were gone. and this morning the search for them is still underway. good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. police say six men used a craigslist ad to lure their victims to vallejo home where he was beaten and robbed. police thought they tracked the suspects down, but that wasn't the case. allie rasmus joins us live in vallejo with what happened and the continuing search this morning. >> reporter: what

humidity is dry there in teens it's 14%. firefighters will continue to have to deal with gusting winds, strong, gusty at times near the fire and throughout the evening, then, overnight hours go on sh we'll see winds slowly relaxing. >> rescuers had to lift a car in order to rescue a woman. a spokesperson says the woman is expected to survive. that is good. she suffered scratches to her arm and leg, investigators trying to figure out how she got stuck. and service has been disrupted and shuttle buses have been set up. >> there is investigators being stretched thin after a shooting took place near a taco truck at 9:00 last night. followed by a shooting hours later. then, three more shootings this morning. one was near the berkeley border, police say two people on bicycles exchanged gunfire. one student was injured. and there are many violent incidents. >> oakland is a busy down. we just have to do the best we can. >> hours earlier police found a man suffering from wounds inside of a car near 31st street. >> there is police loo

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die today, rain will return tonight heff -- dry today, rain will return tonight.ing during the commute scattered showers tomorrow evening through thursday, sunny, dry and warm they are weekend. let's talk about today, mid to upper 50s close to where we were yesterday increase in high clouds clear lake 49 bulk of the rain staying north during the daylight hours monterey bay increasing clouds mid 50s inland mid to upper 50s tonight mid to upper 40s low 40s santa rosa, morgan hill. here's what is happening low pressure pulling away, weak area of high pressure keeping us dry overrun by high clouds, once the sunsets at 6:00, i think we'll start to see some of that rain move into the north bay. 7:00 touching the northern sonoma county most of us will be dry during the evening commute. once we get past that look how the rain explodes across the bay area all the way through tomorrow's morning commute. one the morning commute ends scattered showers during the afternoon and evening overnight a shower or two. thursday looks like showers could be more impressive and snow leve

then we dry out and looks like it's going to stay dry into the next weekend. temperatures cool for today. 61 degrees san jose. 57 pacifica. 59 hayward. east bay numbers in the 50s and low 60s. inside the bay, partly cloudy skies, fog at the coast, temperatures there in the 50s. next couple of days, we are going to see some warmer weather headed our way and dry conditions. those temperatures are going to stay mild into the weekend. looks like we stay dry. next best chance of rain and i'm not really excited about it is next tuesday. i'm not excited because all of a sudden out of nowhere the computer models decided to put it in there and that's not a good sign. >> vatts ? that's outstanding. >> that's the german part of me that's coming out of me. >> didn't seem very natural. [ laughter ] >>> it's fun here in the morning. it's 5:19. skunks in sacramento are taking a cue from peppy le pew. they are looking for the perfect mate as well as a little something to eat. the furry animals have been spotted near homes especially ones that have pets that leave dog and cat

it happened while the ship was the dry dock. specialized crews had to come in and free the unidentified man, who was working on the ship when he fell ten feet into a tank that is only 18-inches in diameter. fire officials say the man was on a ladder and was not wearing a safety harness. >> he was in a fuel tank with fuel oil and it's very thick. and he was actually laying in the oil. we had to set up a rome rope system to drop our rescuers into the hole, package him up on a backboard and then with a hauling system, hauled him out the hole. >> the 37-year-old man had a cut on his head and was taken to san francisco general hospital complaining of back pain. >> san francisco police say they made one arrest during last night's "occupy" march through the city. the department says a san francisco man was arrested for smashing the windshield of a passing vehicle during the des moines station. police say the protests delayed officers respondinging to an assault. no other damage reports. "occupy" san francisco and "occupy" oakland demon

dry into your tuesday from tuesday night into wednesday, still dry. as we go toward wednesday morning upbegin to see our next weather maker out toward ohio. that will come in toward mid-wednesday into wednesday afternoon looking for some heavy showers, a few downpours, a second shot of rain which could linger into the first part of our thursday, so enjoy the dry part of the week. overnight 35, dry and clear. tomorrow 52. a marked cool off but tough to complain with sunshine. tomorrow night upper 30s. your seven-day forecast, finding a trend that will cool off with the rain and warm up as we go toward friday and into the first part of the weekend, jamie, so a little bit of everything here but it would appear that the last part of february, rain, first part of march, cool warming up. >> we're looking at memorial day. there it is right there. hey, ottawa. you're about to go down in the ocean. yeah, ocean city tourism will create a traveling booth. it would all be in a booth shifted off to conventions like ottawa. ocean city will spend about $180,000 with

very dry brush. this has been such a dry winter. these conditions led themselves to brush fire. we can see how dry this truly is. this is an area that normally in the summertime the san jose fire department my control if things get too dry. if things work to stay like this for any length of time they may start thinking about it. that is how dangerous it can be. there are homes, subdivisions, very expensive homes. look at all of this brushed out here. with when on >>justine: the british airways terminal at jfk was evacuated because it a security concern. at o'hare airport in chicago, off hundreds of flights have been canceled because of bad weather fury if fear are pictures live from chicago. there is a lot of snow in the area. for if you are leaving from san jose to sfo, both of those airports are reporting a 90 minute delay. i would check with the airlines if you are about to head anywhere that connects to all here. that is what is happening right now at the kron4 news room. we will taking free in be right back. i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food

we will be dry and clouds will be on the increase.nd here's how we look for tomorrow. 46 degrees with periods of rain. and a quick check of the 7-day forecast for you brings the mild conditions back in here as we go into thursday, friday and saturday. let's check your traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning everyone. the tuesday morning drive off to a pretty good start as we cleared that accident. we have been reporting in severna park. we have a disabled on the beltway. it's on the inner loop at green spring avenue but shouldn't cause major slow downs as it is off to the shoulder. we will show you the west side of 695 a look at baltimore national pike on the west side. and, of course, no troubles to report as you travel through the catonsville region and westbound side of u.s. 50 also remains trouble free from the bay bridge into annapolis. we have no incidents to warn you about there. traveling at a pretty good pace with the increase in volume heading up to i-97 and on your m-ta commute. light

but it will still ab dry and clear day. we're dry up and down the east coast. further west a cool front. it's that dry air that will make its presence known. mild southerly breezes. that will keep this mild as you head out. clear through the day tomorrow despite the shift in the winds and the cooler air. take a lock the our trend into wednesday. yes. collapses for rain going up with the new -- chances for rain going up with the new system. another front behind that system could mean more showers into early thursday. the more unsettled weather looks to arrive wednesday into thursday. overnight 35 and clear. tomorrow we'll cool this down but not bad, still above average for late february and tomorrow night a cool dry evening with a few clouds. take a look at the seven-day forecast. you're finding rain. temperatures dupe bounce back a little bit as we go from friday into saturday the first days of march, in the looking two terribly bad. back to you. >> thanks a lot. >> now to democracy 2012 we are one day away from the next primary and abc2's tory dunnan joins us

and dry weather for the remainder of the week. we're unsettled wattern. >> yes. >> and not going to bring us heavy and drenching rain. >> we can get those. >> we're inching towards winter. >> yes. by april or may. >> and entertainment news, a man convicted of stalking madonna has been arrested a week after escaping from a mental hospital. >> police arrested madonna's stalker. the singer testified against the man saying he threatened to kill her. authorities say he made similar threats to actress halle barry. now, a man work next to jennifer lopez after their split. >> it was just, jennifer is jennifer. >> he says they have a great relationship both in and out of work. in hollywood stars of music and film struck a pose at the red carpet premier of "think like a man" and topic of discussion was just that. >> and i feel like i am that girl. and this is a good saturday. you've got to think like them if you want to understand them. >> and an academy february of oscar.com pick your winners then compare them to your facebook friends. >>

right now it is dry, rain returns later today into the evening hours.showers wednesday that will happen through thursday snow level 3500 feet sunny, dry and warmer this weekend. as far as highs low to mid 50s most neighborhoods upper 50s into the east bay and south bay 49 clear lake the cool spot you are likely to see rain before the sunsets mid 50s monterey bay mid to upper 50s increasing clouds. rain falling tonight, that will keep temperatures up mid to upper 40s a few cooler temperatures santa rosa 40 cloverdale and clear lake mid to upper 30s around the state everything quiet. we are between systems. high clouds rolling in dry during the day wet tonight high clouds going to cap our temperatures below average. here we are looking at that rain, clouds increasing rain moving into the north bay 7:00, steadier rain watch as it moves down south across the entire bay and hangs around at least from about san mateo bridge south through the morning commute then quickly out of here scattered showers developing by one tomorrow lingering through the afternoon a

if the ground is dry the vegetation is very dry if the ground had more moisture it wouldn't get this warm. gusts yesterday afternoon were hitting 40, 33 oakland hills gives you an idea how fast they were yesterday. today three to five miles per hour good news. >>> the domestic violence trial against sheriff ross mirkarimi is underway this morning. it apartment it will begin with another fight over a -- it appears it will begin with another fight over a potential witness. >> reporter: when the sheriff's case was called it lasted a few seconds. we have video of the sheriff arriving for what is the first day of his trial. the judge selected a trial judge. judge wong has been selected to oversee these proceedings. what else we learned is interesting. yesterday ross mirkarimi's defense attorney filed a motion to have the testimony of mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend ruled inadmissible. she is someone who might be called by the prosecution. she says she was also abused by ross mirkarimi. the defense says her story is not credible. as ross mirkarimi left court this morning we asked how it is going

cool dry conditions will be the story. this will warm things up as that high pressure moves further to the east. our trend showing not much, though. it does appear we could get a small disturbance off the coast of maryland by tomorrow night. right now it appears that most this who bring, perhaps a few showers to the beaches but nothing for central maryland. then on wednesday, just some increased clouds, maybe an isolated shower up into pennsylvania. overnight 30, mostly clear. tomorrow we're talking about 53 for your two degree guarantee. into tomorrow night still some clouds. we'll keep the forecast dry certainly for the baltimore area. your seven-day forecast looking ahead, finding a big surge in temperatures, 60 or so on wednesday, pushing 70 on thursday. what a surge in the temperatures we expect later this week and also the chance for rain last we go towards friday. back to you. >> thanks a lot. >>> now to democracy 2012, the remaining gop candidates are working hard, perhaps anticipating a long drawn outbattle. tory

dry today rain returns tonight showers wednesday through thursday sunny, dry, warm they are weekend withto upper 50s increasing clouds today around the monterey bay same increasing includes mid 50s around the bay mid to upper 50s inland clouds keep temperatures up with the rain mid to upper 40s, low 40s santa rosa, santa cruz morgan hill, mid to upper 30s cloverdale and clear lake small area of high pressure going to keep us dry increasing clouds during the afternoon. not until the sunsets we get steady rain moving into the north bay around 7:00. the evening commute should be okay from 9:00 until 7:00 tomorrow morning the steadiest of the rain, then we clear out after the morning commute tomorrow and scattered showers take over for the rest of the time period all the way through thursday evening. that will lead to cooler conditions with temperatures staying if the 50s through thursday half inch to an inch around the bay, 3/4 to an inch and a half north bay valleys up to two inches mountain. friday dry and slightly warm near the 60s. near 70 away from the coast saturday and sunday. check

in fact, we start out clear and the clouds will roll in here and we'll see a dry night and a dry earlyorning it looks like and then we'll see perhaps some rain developing mid to late morning across the metro area. right now, high clouds, not a big deal. temperature wise, we're in the 50s downtown. we're looking at 54 at national. dew point is 22. the winds north, northeast. there are the clouds rolling in, but again, stays dry tonight and early tomorrow. temperatures are in the 50s, pretty much across the board. 51 in bethesda. 52 in reston. we're looking at 52 at andrews and 55 over by beltsville and with the wind off the water, notice the computer is picking up the colder air. the water is still cold. the bay and the ocean both are cold. cooler and wet and dry. just chilly tonight. need an umbrella for tomorrow. the morning commute will be wet late. tail end of the morning commute and it appears the evening commute will be wet for about everybody. all right, tonight 2:00 in the morning, you can do whatever you want to do, no problems. by 8:45, most of the showers are west of town. th

the radar is dry now. it will be dry later.y staying drive through the first half of monday before we see changes rolling in to tuesday. so hour by hour, looks pretty mild. south of san jose, we'll see mid to upper 60s. maybe near 70 before the clouds continue to spill on in. rain as early as monday night coming back in. tuesday, we'll watch for the timing on the incoming storm. >>> thank you very much. >>> a redwood city special education teacher is behind bars over abuse allegations this morning. bogdis surrendered to police on suspicion of child i think danger arement and battery on school grounds. she allegedly abused several boys in redwood city. the attacked happened over a period of months and was not sex all in nature. the schedule district was made aware of the allegations last wednesday. >> we place the highest highest value on safety and we know that for parents, they trust us with their children and it's always upsetting to us when we hear about something like this. >> building dis ogdis is on adm leave and we will

take a look at the rain beginning to dry out over oakland.his will continue to shift throughout another course of the day. but over the north bay just a few scattered showers in the forecast at this time. the winds continue to blow at sfo anywhere from 22-26 miles an hour and the gusts even stronger than that. let me show you some of the current gusts reported. santa rosa reporting gusts near 25 miles an hour. that picking up in the last hour or so. mount diablo reporting 30. 38 is what we saw last hour. 30 miles an hour in oakland. and 25 miles an hour in hayward. the winds will begin to die down once the system pulls through. also worth noting a high surf advisory. that is actually going to last until tomorrow and we talked about the lower snow levels. definitely a winter storm on our hands. take a look at the forecast here. noontime you can see we do begin to dry out. the evening drive should be okay. we will have ample moisture in the morning. 51-degrees in san francisco right now. 50 in oakland. 53 in napa. 50 for you in redwood city. 56

if the ground is dry the vegetation is very dry if the ground had more moisture it wouldn't get this warm. gusts yesterday afternoon were hitting 40, 33 oakland hills gives you an idea how fast they were yesterday. today three to five miles per hour good news. >>> the domestic violence trial against sheriff ross mirkarimi is underway this morning. it apartment it will begin with another fight over a -- it appears it will begin with another fight over a potential witness. >> reporter: when the sheriff's case was called it lasted a few seconds. we have video of the sheriff arriving for what is the first day of his trial. the judge selected a trial judge. judge wong has been selected to oversee these proceedings. what else we learned is interesting. yesterday ross mirkarimi's defense attorney filed a motion to have the testimony of mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend ruled inadmissible. she is someone who might be called by the prosecution. she says she was also abused by ross mirkarimi. the defense says her story is not credible. as ross mirkarimi left court this morning we asked how it is going

we'll continue to dry out.be a little fog tomorrow morning but offshore flow is going to set up quickly as a result. breezy to windy conditions throughout the day today, especially throughout the east bay hills and over your open water bridges. as we head through the rest of the week, we do stay dry through friday but we have more rain on the way just in time for your plans as we head through this weekend. so it all works out like this for today. by noon we'll be in the mid 50s. just about as warm as we ended up in some cities right by the water yesterday. we'll be a little bit warmer as a result by 4:00 p.m., up to 61 degrees inland, 58 by the bay and 57 at the coast. i'll take you through that seven-day forecast in my next report. >>> we are tracking slowing in livermore. i also want to give folks an update on the bay bridge. all lanes are cleared on the upper deck after the earlier accident there kicked off metering lights a little early this morning. that's the reason why we have a little heavier slowing do

in the scans, we're dry in the north bay. for the peninsula, tracking a small batch of showers for those of you traveling across the santa cruz mountains on 17. you may hit a few spotty showers from lows gatos. all in all, we're drying out at this point. numbers are cold at this hour. you're heading out to get that last minute valentine's day gift. 49 in sunnyvale. for tomorrow morning, with the cold temperatures and also low level moisture, we'll find patchy areas of fog that still may form. of course, the forecast you may love, also well drier weather coming on back. the storm system is pushing off to the south. we have cloud cover off shore, but we're not concerned about rainfall from that for tomorrow morning. may see a few high clouds off shore and patchy areas of fog in the east and the nor bay. but we're expecting a dry day for us with increased sunshine by the afternoon. expecting mainly clear skies in and throughout the bay area. throughout late, late tomorrow night, spotty showers develop with a weaker system. also

most of the day is going to be dry.f we're looking at the radar, we've got moisture down in the ohio valley and on top of us, it's evaporating before reaching the ground. the lower levels are still dry. there may be a stray flake here headed toward martinsburg. that's it. we've seen much of that just evaporate before it gets down. culpeper is 34. gaithersburg is 36 along with easton and near 40 in southern maryland. pax river, the naval air station 39. low to mid-30s out there with 31 coming in from reston to 35 this columbia and 34 at fort belvoir. outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility under the clouds. 38 degrees. a light south wind at 3. so we have a slight windchill of 36 and the barometer slowly dropping 30. this moisture is going to come through in the form of mainly clouds and we may see an isolated shower pop up later today or this evening. then tomorrow the sun is back. 52 today. the stray shower. tonight we're in the mid- to upper 30s. 54 tomorrow with the sunshine returning but by thurs

dry weather we've got that, too.his system is continuing to slide south of the area but so much moisture is in the air that we're looking still the possibility of a chance of a shower through the early afternoon. with the cloud cover and that subtropical moisture very mild numbers, 52 in oakland, 50 in san francisco. airport delays and we're talking about a little bit of a breeze here in the city. higher elevations, coastal hills be the best bet for that moisture. the fog, look at santa rosa, less than a quarter of mile. reduced visibility along the coast. half moon bay. three-quarters of mile. airport is not too bad. everyone else looking fine despite the cloud cover out there. scattered light showers will take us through the early afternoon. after that we're talking more sunshine and some mild temperatures, not as mild as we've been and then we'll start off the day dry. then we're looking for quarter to half an inch of rain. this system pushing through, it did bring the wetter weather this morning and couple hundre

dry on wednesday. the super bowl kicks off tomorrow at lucas oil stadium in indianapolis. and as you can expect, the city has gone all out for the event. there's the aerial view of the hotel at night with the super bowl xlvi roman numeral plus the trophy lit up there. about 70,000 people will pack the stadium while 100 million people are expected to watch the game on television. and speaking of televisions, many fans will get the best view yet of a super bowl. retailers have been slashing prices on big screen, high-def tvs. about 10% of televisions are usually sold in the two weeks before the super bowl, and more than 5 million people are actually expected to buy a new television specifically to watch the game between the patriots and the giants. >>> a new york bakery is adding in unusual topping to its cupcakes in honor of tomorrow's big game. the owner of the coca.bakery says no super bowl party is complete we are hur new chicken wing cupcakes. they love the finger food so much she wanted to incorpor

you will be nice and dry. your temperatures will be cooler. let's see what is going on in the world of traffic and who has got the answers? julie wright does. >> i'm trying. we do have reports right now northbound on the baltimore- washington parkway near 202, checking for an incident there. beltway near the american legion bridge doesn't look too bad between montgomery and fairfax. your lanes are open. the lanes are open 395 leaving duke street headed out towards seminary road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. raffic. >> thank you. >>> a ceremonial groundbreaking on the national mall for the national museum of african- american history and culture. now, it will be the smithsonian's 19th museum and president obama was even on hand for the big event. fox 5's john henrehan has the story. >> reporter: america today is sometimes described as the world's most successful multicultural nation. but today's success came after the eras of slavery and racial segregation. >> i want my taughters to he soot shackles that bound slaves on their vo

mike is looking at what looks to be a dry spell again. >>> dry spell is coming after this morning's light rain and drizzle. you can see around san francisco, just checking out our roof cam deposits on it right there out 24 to concord that seems to be the best area for light rain, drizzle for all of us during the morning commute. heaviest rain north bay that's why visibilities are lower no thick fog. that will develop tonight. as far as winds, mainly east oakland, southeast hayward, sfo, three to possibly 10 miles per hour towards concord and fairfield. today partly cloudy, drizzle will hang around through 10, 11:00 sky opens late this afternoon. mid 50s along the coast, upper 50s to low 60s for the rest of us. sunshine and warmer weather tomorrow through the weekend. >>> good morning. might be a little wet for the wednesday morning so far pretty good on the roads. 680 walnut creek southbound towards highway 24 roadwork scheduled through the san ramon valley lanes could be blocked in directions until 6:00 this morning. we head to the south bay and check out 280 and 17 interchange light tra

drying things out nicely and cool out there today. and 50 near the coastline.0s in some of the warmer spots and as we look out over the next couple of days, we are going to dry out on tuesday, wednesday, partly cloudy skies and la is looks iffy and then thursday and friday, looks dry and maybe next weekend, a chance of showers and nothing looks too big. and by the way it is valentine's day tomorrow. if you guys didn't know. i have been reminding you for over a week now and for tomorrow, it should look pretty nice and sunshine and clouds and a little cool. >> you didn't acknowledge it. >> of course. >> big plans tomorrow. >> that's right. >> big plans for your wife. >> giant pizza. extra large. >> you're terrible. >> pathetic. >> all right. go back to your work. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> and dieters can have their cake and eat it too as long as they have it at breakfast. a new study found dieters who included a dessert item in their morning meal lost more weight over that time than those who did not. here is why. the nondessert group did not feel satisfied and di

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at this point the radar shows you a very dry picture. the showers now racing into the central valley. you can see that here but kind of falling apart on their way to fresno. as we head throughout the day today we will continue to clear out but as we head through the next couple of hours, fog will likely be a factor. mostly cloudy start will make way to a breezy sunny day with temperatures about five degrees warmer than where we ended up yesterday. will be a little bit gusty over the hill tops and open water bridges this morning. heading throughout the rest of the week we get more rain. we need that rain and finally we're getting a good taste of winter. your day shapes up like this -- by the bay, 55 degrees at noon, 58 as you make your way home there. a little bit cooler by the water today. 60s inland. i'll take you through your city by city forecast and your seven-day in my next report. >>> first let's check your drive with mike. >> typically the dumbarton bridge doesn't get the wind advisory. it's the neighborhoods to the north, the san

cold and dry tonight, dry most of tomorrow. rain saturday night, may be mixed weather changed to snow worth and west of town near hagerstown and more snow possible sunday even down to the district line. i think charles county, st. mary's county, you'll probably have kind of a cold rain. how much rain? not much. most of it falls in the mountains. maybe we see a trace rockville north or clarkbsurg north up to gaithersburg and frederick. you get up to the mountains and toward the maryland/p.a. border you could see a couple of inches. we'll keep you posted. if you follow me on twitter, i'll keep you posted all weekend. cold, lows in the 30s but above freezing downtown. tomorrow morning thickening clouds, chilly, temps in the 30s and 40s and winds southwest at 10. by afternoon mostly cloudy. we'll call it cool, some light rain possible by evening, high temperatures struggling to get to 50 and winds will be light in the afternoon. next seven days, sunday there's your wet snow possible, but highs still around 40. so even when the atmo

so we're looking at dry and mild. really today. and through sunday. and through the remainder of the weekend. overnight lows, though, really nice. temperatures during the day. and pretty chilly at night obviously. the temperatures mostly in the 30s and 40s. and 39 near redwood city. and 35 in santa rosa. and check out livermore, one of our chillier spots coming in at 34 degrees. once again, we're going to warm things up by tomorrow. come a similar story to what we saw today and climbing to the upper 60s in some areas and 68 in santa rosa. and 69 in mountain view. and san jose. and about 64 degrees out in fairfield. so get out and enjoy it while you can. because changes once again, before the middle of the week. so we've got sunshine for tomorrow. and very mild temperatures, mostly in the 60s. all across the bay area. and climbing to near 70 in some of our inland spots. and now by monday, a few clouds are going to roll in. and we're going to drop the temperatures by maybe a couple of degrees and by tuesday morning, it looks like right around sunrise, t

looks like a drying trend after the lunch hour. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s looks like a few scattered showers still possible through the morning. very light and kind of a nuisance more than anything. once these pass, eight degrees warmer tomorrow, possibly another eight degrees of warming thursday which puts inland areas in the mid 70s, mid 60s at the coast. with we will be cooler saturday and sunday, -- temperatures close to average, 50s at the coast, the rest of us in the 60s. >>> fatal crash is going to be out here for a while it happened before 5:00 this morning. i was a van or a vehicle carrying about -- it was a van or a vehicle carrying about seven to eight people one of the people was thrown out of the van we have one fatal. it has been reported in the area looks like it is going to be blocking the capital expressway off-ramp and the on-ramp to northbound 101, you need to avoid this for some time. elsewhere around the south bay light. update on mass transit for president's day. bart continued their extra overnight

we will have about 18 to 22 hours of dry weather.orrow morning besides that patchy inland fog that we talked about that will be developing, clear skies by 2:00 p.m. and a lot more sunshine and by 11:00, a few shotty showers and the south bay. isolated showers into wednesday morning as well with the very weak system. that will be passing by late tuesday and for wednesday. for the immediate tomorrow morning, dense areas of fog and temperatures in the 30s to napa. livermore is 35. 38 in the almaden valley and 39 in redwood city. on your tuesday, a little bit more with a lot of air aloft. 58 in san jose and 60 in sunnyvale and 58 in danville and 58 in concord. in the north bay, 61 in santa rosa and 59 in sonoma and 50s from san francisco to san mateo. if you have a flight leaving in san francisco or oakland, that fog may delay you. for wednesday, a chance of showers early and by thursday morning fog looks to develop, but a dry forecast for friday. best day of the week right now and by saturday, clouds increase and for sunday a slight cha