five emeryville officers tried to stop the beating of a man on the ground. >> as they tried to rescue that individual, the crowd turned on the officers. >> an officer was punched in the face. another assaulted. >> i wasn't sure so i just came down here to make sure he was okay. >> no one was taken to the hospital. the melee lasted 10 minutes and the chaos, only two people were arrested. >> we have had other fights at the bar but this was by far one of the worse that i've heard of. >> reporter: we tried to contact the bar owners, we were not successful. emeryville police were hoping to get help from the public such as cell phone video which will help identify the person who assaulted their officer. his injuries were minor. >>> a man accused of shooting a school principal pleaded not guilty to murder charges today. the custodian john lubers had an argument with the principal before fatally shooting him in his office. students came home today for the first time since the shooting. counselors were in every classroom to help students and faculty. >>> the national unemployment rate did fall

additional officers from emeryville, oakland, berkeley, the chp and u.s. berkeley police came to help. police arrested only two people. >> arson investigators are looking into yet another suspicion fire in san francisco castro district, the fourth in two days. a small fire was set outside the door at a home at 18th street around 4:00 this morning. a neighbor helped put out the fire before the firefighters arrived. that comes less than 24 hours after three fires in the same area. one of yesterday's fires damaged an apartment building at 16th and market streets. a resident took some cellphone video of that fire. a fire seriously damageds a nearby building under construction. the third fire scorched a trash can. they don't know they were all set by the same person. >> in san jose firefighters are looking for the cause of a fire that heavily damaged an apartment building this morning. the fire broke out after 6 a.m. on warren drive. sky 7 hd was over the scene. officials say it started in the downstairs unit on the right side of the building and spread to the

additional officers from emeryville, oakland, berkeley, the chp and u.s.erkeley police came to help. police arrested only two people. >> arson investigators are looking into yet another suspicion fire in san francisco castro district, the fourth in two days. a small fire was set outside the door at a home at 18th street around 4:00 this morning. a neighbor helped put out the fire before the firefighters arrived. that comes less than 24 hours after three fires in the same area. one of yesterday's fires damaged an apartment building at 16th and market streets. a resident took some cellphone video of that fire. a fire seriously damageds a nearby building under construction. the third fire scorched a trash can. they don't know they were all set by the same person. >> in san jose firefighters are looking for the cause of a fire that heavily damaged an apartment building this morning. the fire broke out after 6 a.m. on warren drive. sky 7 hd was over the scene. officials say it started in the downstairs unit on the right side of the building and spread to the se

emeryville, still sitting in the 30s. there is berkeley marina and the frost is melting but what a night the past couple of nights. if you are out earlier to scrape the frost off the windshield, 39 in napa. that is 12 degrees warmer than your overnight low. take a look at redwood city, 36 degrees. livermore valley, still quite cool, you were 28 degrees this morning. we will be looking at a warmup because already at this hour, we are five degrees warmer than we were yesterday in san rafael, san francisco, everybody a little bit warmer but we will look for temperatures to take a hit tomorrow when we see more clouds around. so enjoy the sunshine today. we'll see numbers back up in the 50s and more rain ries, just a little bit of rain tomorrow and tuesday. it looks like everyone should get wet by wednesday. a weak area of high pressure allowing a sunny day all across the state. a welcome relief. waver not talking any big precipitation, monday and tuesday, just an overrunning system that will bring us light rain, tomorrow perh

emeryville pd showed up to see the giant crowd fighting. it took more than 30 officers to stop the melee. three were assaulted and two were arrested before the scene was under control. tonight the oakland tribune is reporting the police chief is considering suspending or possibly revoking the bar's license. no word on what started the melee. >>> the crops that feed the bay area. now the water and the delta going under the microscope. see what experts are saying about contamination and if the fruits and vegetables you eat are safe. >>> coming up, the california boy behind the mask. he's a survivor and has an incredible story to share. >>> it's nbc-only access, and you'll get it next. >>> and thing lr starting to heat up here across the bay area. right now temperatures mild for this time of the night. upper 40s and low 50s. a little chilly back there into fairfield and also concord. meanwhile, clear and low 40s in the south bay. and we'll be talking about some winds that could bring us tianrd-setting levels. sey n-da carefo.stai my seven-day

as we were -- this is a car fire in emeryville. the chopper was keeping an eye on the delays on 880 at high street. we saw this so we'll try to get some details four and bring you the latest when we come back here. >>> a little less intrusive, less embarrassing certainly. how a new airport body scanner maintains modesty. >>> and a powerful combination. heavy snow, high winds, freezing temperatures, slamming the midwest. a look at what could be the worst snowstorm the country has seen in years. >>> looks like since about 1999 there. in fact, that storm is affecting 29 different states around the country. meanwhile, the day that we will top off at 75 degrees. your pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues. administration is responding to complaints about its intrusive full body scans. 're testing a n >>> the transportation security administration is responding to complaints about its intrusive full-body scans. it testing a system at three airports in the united states. the software unveiled today lets passengers see what securit

we were awarded the platinum -- the first platinum award from reed for a neighborhood in emeryville, so we understand this things. historic rehabs. you could walk across the street to the southern pacific headquarters building. ground up construction, and intended relationships. we think this project will be driven by a tenant user. we think that the 2.5 million feet is going to be the linchpin of this, and that, we've both been to the table. those are our projects. as i said, you can drive anywhere. both tmg and sobrado have been ranked as top developers in the area and have the financial capacity to do the project. we are a 27-year-old company. we have been consistently ranked in the top. we have done 5 million feet and a couple of billion dollars of transactions in the past couple of years. as i said, you can, not counting traffic time, get in your car and beat at any of them within an hour. here is john. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i thought i would begin by giving you a quick background on our firm, since we do not have a prior relationship with the port. just a brief snap

. >>> a big bar fight early this morning sent lawfirm rushing to emeryville. the -- they broke up the fight at kitty's bar, near 67th. it started inside the bar and quickly escalated. emeryville police called for backup officers after things got out of control. oakland police, the chp and county sheriff's deputies all arrived within minutes. at least two people were detained. no word of any injuries. >>> we're following some developing news this noon hour in the south bay, where a main runway at the san jose airport is shut down due to a disabled plane. the airport says a small plane had some trouble with its landing gear, and is now stuck at the end of the runway. no one was injured. since the runway is blocked, only one other is open. and that is delaying some flights from taking off and landing. again these are live pictures right now of san jose, mine this. a, international airport. >>> egypt's official news agency says more than 160,000 foreigners have fled the country since the start of anti- government protests. yesterday, the vice president said 1 mill

emeryville, more fog on the peninsula and the south bay. 46 in mountain view, good morning, san jose. 47 there. 48 in san francisco. look at the numbers, stuck in the 30s from santa rosa to napa getting a little bit warmer in the east bay valleys. livermore, 43 to you. here are the visibility, less than a quarter of mile in novato. half a mile in hayward with just over a mile in san jose and mountain view. a little bit better but even your airport is two-mile visibility. this morning, pretty much everybody, much colder except for redwood city and antioch. look at napa, ten degrees cooler and five degrees colder for why you in oakland. mountain view, five degrees cooler, a wind shift and weakening ridge of high pressure, we will see sunshine but increasing clouds late in the day. that will allow for a cooler afternoon highs. rain returns tomorrow, maybe a quarter of an inch in the north bay but here is where we stand so far. with 20 inches in santa rosa, 90% of normal. oakland is eleven inches, the 6% of normal and san jose is trailing behind, 66% of normal. we have a rs of storms stac

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outside what it looks like now from our emeryville camera, you can see rain drops on the lens. most of you dealing with a sloppy evening commute. it's raining here. it's snowing in the mountains, take a look at lake tahoe. you can see flakes coming down there. there are chain controls and talk about a winter storm warning. there where you can see around clear lake some snow mixing in there and there is cobb mountain, we're starting to see snow. it's cold enough to fall now. and also seeing snow. and coldest air has not arrived yet ichl going to show you that in just a moment. cane controls on 80 and 50, certainly snowing and there is temperatures into 40s and 50s, taking a look at other temperatures mount hamilton, cold enough, 32 degrees. taking a look at other hill tops here, at las peak, 39. still above freezing there. oakland hills 1403 feet. and there is snow levels have risen over last couple hours. rain overnight. snow over highest peaks. there is is a chance of flurries early saturday here is the satellite and radar. there is a cold front. there is freezing level near 4

our emeryville camera, you can see clouds gathering. and there is a storm system slowed down but now gaining mow meant yu. you'll see it's raining now in the north bay and it's started to press south ward. taking you in closer here heelsburg towards the napa county area, knoxville road, you can see rain there just northeast. and there is wet pavement towards the bay bridge heading towards oakland and berkeley and this is lighter but heavier rain is coming. and into sierra nevada clouds, rain and some higher elevations heading across 80 towards truckee starting to pick up snow. temperatures now into 50s. it's been mild in terms of temperatures. and there is sfo gusting to 37. and novato close to 40 miles per hour wind gusts now z places like san jose starting to feel winds and let's take a look at the highlights. rain and winds tonight, snow level around 2500 to 3,000 feet from snow levels going to be dropping here in the bay area and isolated thunderstorms will occur tomorrow with small hail, watch out for that. there is our large storm

we'll show you what it looks like from emeryville this weekend.he storm having people remember january 21st of 1962. inch and a half of snow fell in san francisco that day. we have almost the same setup for this weekend. >> oh! thanks, mike. girls are more spoiled by parents. well, think again. a new study says maybe the opposite is true.  ♪ a san jose lawmaker and a woman who inspired a major motion picked are pushing for safer drinking water. erin brockovich will announce a bill that will set students for chemicals in drinking water. that chemical is the subject in the movie erin brockovich. a recent study showed tap water in 31 cities nationwide including san jose contain that chemical. >> well, think daughters are closer to their moms? explain a new survey out of britain to show moms are three times more likely to allow their adult sons to return to the family home. 58% of moms admit to spoiling their sons saying they're more inclined to cook dinner for their sons, wash their clothes and give them cash. it will by 20th century fox

from emeryville look at the clouds out there.d shows the shower activity continuing to pop up all around the bay. in the north bay from roaner park towards novato and fairfax eastward toward valley and napa you've got some showers. take a look here from daly city. burlingame, san mateo across the san mateo bridge. we've got wet weather over to the san ramon valley. and the most activity is further to the south from morgan hill to the santa cruz mountains. check out all the activity continuing to slide on through around santa cruz. and this is where we'll definitely see more wet weather today with heavy downpours. perhaps some hail embedded with the heavy downpours. look at the temperatures. 36 degrees fairfield. 39 fremont and mountain view at 42, the warm spot in san francisco. so we are looking at more scattered showers today. snow levels continue to be low with that cold air trapped sometimes down at the surface. and so you saw mount tam. let's continue to see some rain/snow mix there. the snow level 1500 to 2,000 feet but all

sal just showed you the emeryville picture. that's the rain that's falling. some of the arrest totals, berryessa, 1.74. >> that's our system starting to rotate in. as it does, the skies will darken. the cold air can come in and we'll get a very unstable atmosphere. i would not be surprised with funnel clouds out in the valley and very low snow levels, too. it's getting cold out there. breezy, chilly, forecasted highs, 50s. but i'm -- i might be a little high on some of these. it's gonna be noticably cooler and breezy. there could be brief heavy downpours. chilly, rain moves back in thursday night a early friday. next system looks like it will be offshore. >>> 8:40. this time he says i really even it. we're talking about lance armstrong, the cycling star, told "the associated press" now he's really ready to retire from cycling. now, his official retirement announcement ends a comeback effort but it has not stopped all of the talk about his alleged use of performance- enhancing drugs. >>> i'm tara moriarty live in the oakland hills where this tree toppled into

also someone in our emeryville office who takes a look out the window and tells us it's backed up pastgrand. go traffic whenever you want at abc7news.com. it's under the bay area traffic link. >> frances, thank you. 6:53 now. a critical federal investigation into what caused a random acceleration problem that forced toyota to recall millions of cars, trucks and s.u.v.'s will be released today. here's the stunner. experts say they expect the report to say investigators couldn't find a cause. automotive safety experts tell the los angeles times they believe nasa investigators found no significant defects that would cause the random acceleration problem. if a cause has been found, they already know about it. in the past year and a half dozens of people died in crashes where toyotas reportedly took off at high speeds and the drivers couldn't stop the cars. they recalled 8 million vehicles worldwide in relation to the problem. >> the happily ever after ending in toy story 3, ken and barbie is not the item and ken is trying to change that. check out these billboards in southern california wi

a live picture from our emeryville camera hd. the bay bridge, traffic moving there nicely.o be a beautiful day, possible records, new records. lisa argen will have our forecast in just a couple of minutes. congresswoman jackie speier has introduced a package of privacy bills to protect your personal information online. her legislation comes as the online website is creating a fire storm of complaints. it calls itself a social net working site collecting and releasing information about you. but as lisa amin gulezian explains, the information released isn't what most people want made public. spokeio prides itself on not being your grandma's white pages. here you type someone's name, you can find their address, phone number, marital status, home value and hobbies. for a fee you can get their credit information, income, photos and religion. >> the potential of harm, personal harm, financial harm to any of us is really severe. >> the aclu is concerned it violates people's privacy. that's not all. some users filed suit against spokeio made financial data public but not allowing t

we'll show you what it looks like from emeryville this weekend. the storm having people remember january 21st of 1962. inch and a half of snow fell in san francisco that day. we have almost the same setup for this weekend. >> oh! thanks, mike. girls are more spoiled by parents. well, think again. a new study says maybe the opposite is true. a good night's sleep. kim: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over the top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. i'm feeling sleepy already. nighty night. ♪ a san jose lawmaker and a woman who inspired a major motion picked are pushing for safer drinking water. erin brockovich will announce a bill that will set students for chemicals in drinking water. that chemical is the subject in the movie erin brockovich. a recent study showed tap water in 31 cities nationwide including san jose contain that chemical. >> well, think daughters are closer to their moms? explain a new survey out of britain to show moms are three times more likel

here's a quick look from emeryville up.an see the clouds hanging around and they are lowering, thickening and eventually be to the north bay. live doppler 7 hd is showing the lightest of blue over the north bay which means your rain's not making it to the ground but where you see the greens in san francisco, that's making it to the ground. light rain in the east bay, even snow up top of mount diablo, mount hamilton. the snow level has risen quite a bit since this morning. so the snow this afternoon may not be as big a problem. let's put this into motion. and we can see that this all started about three to four hours ago down a little farther to the south and since then it has really picked up speed and moving to the north. it's just a matter of time before it makes it into the north bay. even though you may be dry right now, watch out. things will be getting more interesting as the afternoon unfolds. the big picture shows where the strongest storms are. look at the red, the oranges down around santa barbara heading over tow

and there's the one cell around oakland and emeryville and santa rosa at last checking just reporting cloudy skies for the bulk of the main -- the heavy downpours heading to the south. right know focused in the southern half of the region. as far as the flood advisory that's in place until 3:00 this afternoon for san francisco, down towards alameda and santa clara counties. still some moderate to heavy rainfall and you can count on ponding. for today, we have this, the rain and the possibilities of some thunderstorms. tomorrow cold showers. and then the weekend, sun/cloud mix. but it be dry. gusty winds out there. you can see this rainband really approaching. right now this is beginning to the -- beginning to shift to the south and east. here we go, rainfall forecast model at 3:00 in the afternoon. the heaviest rainfall focused in the southern half of the region and that trend will continue to push out to the east by 6:00. still some scattered showers. even at 10:00, we could have a few lingering rain showers. we still have to hold on to the possibility of rain showers. temperatures t

show you a look from emeryville how choppy the bay is and ocean.hat breeze will win today and cool other temperatures. we have sunshine and warmer weather until a chance of rainfall in the forecast this weekend. details on the way. >> plus eating eggs may be better for your health than originally thought. >> ever wonder what it would be like to be future princess kate middleton. you can find  ♪ >>> britain's kate middleton is the envy of millions of women all around the world, right? now you can step into her shoes for a few minutes anyway. american artist jennifer rebel created a life-size wax model of prince william complete with the sapphire engagement ring. it resembles the one she wore during the royal announcement but kate is not wearing the ring. the display allows people to interact with the wax model. royal brides are invited to slip on the ring and stand arm in arm with the princess. >> we're all kate middleton, all somebody who would be very excited to be proposed to by somebody who loves us, whether they're a prince o

what a beautiful friday around the bay take a look at the video shot from emeryville and boy we live in a beautiful area. let's get straight to grind to see how long the beautiful weather will loss. >> will be around for the entire weekend may be into next week. temperatures are in the '60s currently. as warm a 60 degrees in santa rosa, san jose checking in at 65, 70 in los gatos if an mid-60's a fairfield, antioch and concord. we could see a lot of '70's around the bay area for saturday. clear skies 8:00 p.m. beautiful friday night temperatures in the '50s at 8:00 p.m.. more morning look for clear conditions with perhaps a little bit of patchy fog into the north bay. temperatures cooling off in the upper 30's. sunshine and warm temperatures into the 60s and low '70's. the only problem tomorrow, gusty winds for the afternoon and they could get up to 20 to 30 mi. per hour. when advisory is in effect for fairfield and into solano county. future cast at 6:00 a.m. we have temperatures running off in the '40's most places with 30's and the cooler spots. by the afternoon a lot of green sho

looks great all the way down into emeryville.estbound traffic in the commute direction. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. to the maps, if you are commuting down the eastshore freeway, we have one problem there around san pablo dam m road. westbound 80 there a pothole big enough to block a lane of traffic. not seeing slower speeds still 66 miles per hour. i mention this in our last traffic report. mount hamilton road at rose view drive sounds like they are still working to clear the scene of this accident. a car went down the em bankment. there was a lot of snow and ice that was actually blocking mount hamilton road for the past couple o days. it's east of san jose. the main lines. freeway throughout the south bay look great. nicelong the peninsula. mass transit on time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> in the headlines, the deadline pass today minutes ago for americans to catch a ferry out of libya. the state department arranged the exodus for u.s. citizens. meanwhile heavy gunfire being heard in the libyan capital

look at this view from high definition emeryville camera. a few clouds going through. here is another glimpse from sutro camera where it's been a nice day all across the bay area. temperatures have been in the 60s. far cry from what is happening in the northeast. i want to show you live doppler 7 hd. the storm is definitely winding down. you are still seeing snow. buffalo reporting light snow. temperature is 19 degrees and combine witness a wind of 8 miles an hour and the windchill is 9 degrees right now. that is what it feels like to your body. we show you portland where it's snowing very light, windchill of 2 degrees there. extremely cold and going to have to deal with that over the next 24-48 hours. numbers here in the bay area, quite comfortable by contrast, look at the 50s and 60s at this hour. clear and cold in the valleys. warmer days starting friday and spring-like weather for the weekend with temperatures climbing up to the mid-70s in many locations this weekend. tonight we don't have the wind like we did last night. because of this we're going to see radiatio

the other cities, emeryville, heyward, newark. >>> a decades old mystery has finally been solved. grace lee shows us how one woman's mission has uncovered local chinese american history. >>> so proud of his chinese american heritage. he wanted to share that heritage with the greater public. >> but those paintings disappeared sometime after ken died in 1972 until now. the chinese historical society of america is issuing part of the collection until september. the mystery was solved by its director. 11 of the 12 collection were sold at an auction in southern california last year. no one knows how they got to the option whore happened to that 12th and final peek. for ten years, that 12th painting decorated the aaba, an auto repair shop in the bay view. >> nice picture. >> the owner says he was once a busboy. one of the former owners asked him to store the painting for him and for a decade, it sat above countless oil changes among his faded pictures. >> were you surprised it was a famous painting? >> i screamed and said, stop, stop, stop the car. stop the car. it's right there. i see

show you a look from emeryville how choppy the bay is and ocean.hat breeze will win today and cool other temperatures. we have sunshine and warmer weather until a chance of rainfall in the forecast this weekend. details on the way. >> plus eating eggs may be better for your health than originally thought. >> ever wonder what it would be like to be future princess kate middleton. ♪ >>> britain's kate middleton is the envy of millions of women all around the world, right? now you can step into her shoes for a few minutes anyway. american artist jennifer rebel created a life-size wax model of prince william complete with the sapphire engagement ring. it resembles the one she wore during the royal announcement but kate is not wearing the ring. the display allows people to interact with the wax model. royal brides are invited to slip on the ring and stand arm in arm with the princess. >> we're all kate middleton, all somebody who would be very excited to be proposed to by somebody who loves us, whether they're a prince or anyone else. >> the exhibit is

from the high definition emeryville camera.you can see the setting sun and a few high clouds at 44. temperatures right now ranging from the upper 30s to about the mid50s. it is clear outside. we are expecting a clear start tomorrow. sunny and mild tomorrow. cloudier and cooler on sunday. signaling a change. wet pattern setting up for next week. so tonight it is going to get chilly. it is nothing you are not used to. low to mid30s. our north and east bay valleys in the coldest locations. really it is going to be a beautiful start to your weekend. higher pressure. you can see how strong it is from the curvature of the jet stream and the curvature of the clouds. it will provide us with a nice, sunny, mild saturday, even warm in some instances. after that sunday leads to the cool down. by monday the jet stream starts to drive one system after another. the wet pattern begins on monday, and it really continues through most of your workweek next week. and it gets colder with each system that follows. so let's take you through the firs

here's a quick look from emeryville up.can see the clouds hanging around and they are lowering, thickening and eventually be to the north bay. live doppler 7 hd is showing the lightest of blue over the north bay which means your rain's not making it to the ground but where you see the greens in san francisco, that's making it to the ground. light rain in the east bay, even snow up top of mount diablo, mount hamilton. the snow level has risen quite a bit since this morning. so the snow this afternoon may not be as big a problem. let's put this into motion. and we can see that this all started about three to four hours ago down a little farther to the south and since then it has really picked up speed and moving to the north. it's just a matter of time before it makes it into the north bay. even though you may be dry right now, watch out. things will be getting more interesting as the afternoon unfolds. the big picture shows where the strongest storms are. look at the red, the oranges down around santa barbara heading over to

santa cruz hovering near 70 degrees today, and as the sun was setting from the high definition emeryville camera, you can see clear skies. the clear skies have resulted in cold conditions. it is 30 degrees at the napa county airport. 41 in santa rosa and 41 in livermore. we are headed for a colder night, especially with the lighter winds tonight. a cold night ahead. patchy frost. mild afternoons thursday through saturday. and then we are switching to a wet pattern next week. so we will need the umbrellas more than one day. february averages four inches for the entire month. last rain we received and it was january 31st. it has been nine days since we last received rainfall that was measurable. we are not expecting any rape. that is halfway through the month of february. we will need half of the rain to catch up to average. the computer models are indicating several systems will bring us wet weather, and that will mean anywhere from one to four inches of rain if the computer models are right. we have to deal with the cold weather. 29 degrees in santa rosa. below freezing at 30. 33 degrees

at mass of bar brawl in emeryville grow into a riot over night. the fight started activities are carried as many as 180 people were involved. police from the oakland and berkeley department as well as the california highway patrol, all ride to help emeryville officers break up the world. -two people were arrested and three officers suffered minor injuries. police are searching for a bank robbery suspect who led authorities on a chase 2 oakland. " that thtwo people were hurt after chopper made a hard landing and broke apart in sacramento county. jonathan blum has a look at exactly where all of this happened. >> just northwest of sacramento county kerry had the crash fortunately for the people on the chopper happened in an open grassy field. it belonged to a company that was stringing wire between utility towers out here in the country. you could see these utility lines run along the road here. this is one of the towers there streamlines to when you can see the helicopter apparently may have clipped those power lines and went down in the field. you

this is westbound 80 traffic coming out of emeryville. and the connector to south 880 is actually blocked. in fact, there's only one lane open connected from westbound 80 to westbound 580. so since the south 880 connector slows, big rigs are allowed on 580 at this point and all from an accident last night. let me show you all the flooded recording in the oakland area. this gives you an idea where to be careful. almost everywhere. 880 difficult. the connection ramp from 24 to 580. in addition, that major freeway connection ramp closed in san francisco. keep this in mind. the north 101 connector to north 280 is shut down so you may want to stay on north 101 heading towards the bay bridge this morning. eric, kristen? >> frances, i drove that. you cannot tell you can't get on the extension. there's no sign warning you ahead of time to take 101. >> frustrating. >> wish i had the information when i was driving in. >> it's 4:43. still ahead, the sketch that san francisco police hope help them find a murder suspect. >> supervisors meet behind clo

rainshowers basically covering san francisco and right now moving across the bay and on track to reach emeryville and oak rand in the next few minutes and up in the north bay. you can pick up the coverage as well, especially moving into the western parts of sonoma county and portions of marin county as well. as far as rainfall totals very up pressive up in santa rosa over the past 24 hours, over two inches. concord .76. san francisco .63. and san jose .41. we picked up most of the activity within a faw hours late yesterday evening and early this morning. for today, showers the possibility still scattered thunderstorms, for tomorrow more rain, possibly in fact the forecast models bumping up rainfall rates first thick tomorrow morning. the extended forecast at least for your weekend, sun-cloud mix and breezy conditions out there. here's the satellite. you can see all the activity moved across the northern half the state and the snow up in the sierra with the white showing up there. at least for today we'll hold on to gusty winds, clouds and sun, and still the possibility you can see it showing up g

berkeley, emeryville over 80 this morning. so if you're headed out early to the mountains you will need your chains. snow continues to come down in sierra nevada. wet all the way to the south bay. more organized showers around saratoga. high tide 10:15. 6.6 feet waves possible and we are looking at the winter storm warning until 10:00 tonight and additional 1 to 2 feet of snow. more rain tomorrow. looks like we'll get a little break over the weekend. more rain for president's day. >> good morning, everyone. we're going to check out contra costa county. the commute right now pretty quiet but roads are wet. we're seeing some spinouts already in the east bay this morning. southbound 680 here still slow as well. but both hands on the wheel as you come off the venetian bridge where there's a high wind advisory. interstate 80 in berkeley, so far no major problems reported westbound. of course, if you're heading eastbound up to the sierra, you'll need your chains both on i-80 and highway 50. at the bay bridge toll plaza, look out for

the high definition emeryville camera, we saw plenty of sunshine. sunset at 5:56. we are in for another day like this. it is going to be dry tomorrow. we will see sun mixed in with clouds. tomorrow morning you will feel that chill. numbers in the 30s and the 40s. you can see 38 degrees in napa. by morning we will have patches of frost in the eld couldest valleys. partly cloudy and breezy. a cold storm arrives on thursday. snow levels may fall near 500 feet. we are talking about real snow levels. the last time it snowed in san francisco was february 5th, 1976. five inches accumulated at twin peeks in san francisco. the prior event was january 21st, 1962, and it was three inches in the sunset district. this is a scene that may get repeated again. i know it has been 35 years since we last saw snow in san francisco, but here is what is going to happen. it is not going to be the case as we head toward the next couple days. clouds start to arrive tomorrow. very cold air from the arctic regions accompanying this system here. this cold canadian storm dives down toward the

at the end of the day, uses, as i said it earlier, in emeryville, and development that got a lead putnam award, has a lead market, theaters, restaurants, a mixed use, that this site deserves. in san francisco, we have done theaters and restaurants, again, combined with historic buildings, such as 1000 van ness. at the end of the day, the trick to this will be the financial commitment to getting this thing approved through the different agencies, designed properly and ultimately to poke a tenant from the bay area or san francisco. we have done deals with sales z forcesales zynga, microsoft, and the like, but this will appeal to the whole bay area. which is why we feel the sobrato partnering was a fabulous opportunity for us, for the city, and ports. with that, we are very excited about this project. this is sort of a culmination of what we do. pier 70 would be a highlight of our company and the sobrato organization as well. thank you for your time. thank you. all but three seconds. >> port city is next. i think this is what you walkew. >> good afternoon and thank you for giving us the opp

at 5:36 and it was so nice that we will have another view to show you from the high definition emeryvillea. you will see sunsets like this over the next couple days. certainly warm afternoons and mild evenings. so get outside and make the plans. the temperatures right now in the 40s and 50s. just a couple patches of fog mainly in places like santa rosa and half moon bay. not to worry, the fog will burn off quickly once the sun is out. warmer days this weekend. record highs are likely and no rain is expected the next seven days. look at the temperatures for tomorrow. these don't look normal. but they are going to be this warm. santa rosa, 74 degrees for saturday. average temperature is 61. a good 13 degrees above normal. oakland expected to be around 70, 10 degrees warmer than usual. moffett field, same thing. 71 tomorrow. normally they see 61-degree temperatures, so a good 10 degrees above average. we are going to be in record territory not just tomorrow, but sunday as well. here is what will bring about the warmth. we have a northerly wind flow that will develop and strengthen. the wind

from san francisco to emeryville, clear. rather cool once again.'s look at the temperatures. 48 san francisco for the warm spot. low to mid-40s oakland, fremont, mountain view, san jose. everybody else in the 30s and watch for that fog once again from santa rosa down to san rafael. down around the monterey bay, we have low 40s for watsonville, salinas, monterey, inland to gilroy frost developing at 33. sunny today. the warming trend begins. it will be clear and calm and cool tonight. but the breezes may pick up this weekend and keep our temperatures up overnight and that will lead to even warmer afternoons as this dry air mass sits on top of us throughout the entire weekend. today we jump about 2 degrees in san francisco, oakland 4, concord, san jose, santa rosa 5. biggest jump today fremont. 6 degrees warmer than yesterday. 10 hours, 25 minutes and 22 seconds of sunshine. sun sets at about 5:34. let's start in the east bay. in the valleys today mid to upper 60s with danville, pleasanton, the warm spot. 68 degrees for you. east bay shore, just as w

high definition emeryville camera. this is the way the day ended up. sun going down.f you wispy clouds. nice looking day today with comfortable temperatures. we are expecting numbers to inch upwards as we head towards the next couple days. here's latest satellite picture you can see that we have some patches of fog forming right along the coast line but it is very patchy and heaviest fog is concentrated around monterey bay pattersonville and salinas. temperatures 38 degrees in napa. 39 for half moon bay. we are headed for a cold night again in the valley and clear. temperatures bouncing back tomorrow. clear. that is in the valley. sunny and warmer weather expected for the weekend. it has already gotten so warm that may have been suffering from allergy. you are not alone. as you look at the pollen count we usually talk about this in the spring but we get spring like weather. tree pollen count coming up. on the medium or moderate side. we have alder juniper ann arbor that is coming up. we'll continue to run high as we head towards the weekend. here's satellite and radar

here's a look at the dry emeryville camera looking back to san francisco.how you where it is raining. still in the higher elevations around the santa clara valley. live 7 hd showing you the rain and santa cruz mountains and a lot of that is falling as snow down to about 2,000 feet this morning so please be careful there. as far as what's going to happen, all right, we're going to have a chilly rain today. a more gradual rain, not a heavy rain like we saw at times yesterday. this shouldn't cause as much flooding but everything pretty saturated still. it could happen. the best chance of seeing that rain will be the south bay and also the east bay. tomorrow showers with thunder and hail. most likely dry but chilly for sunday. here's a look what's happening. yesterday's cold front pushes through. seeing another system develop behind this one. that's the one that's going to come in today, reinforce the cold and bring us the rain. one more system behind that brings us the showers for tomorrow. here we are 7:00 in the morning. the rain showing up on live doppler 7

the puddles right now on i 80 in emeryville could be just the beginning. >> winter storm that moved in tonight is backed up by a frigid blast and if this rain and that cold air cross paths there could be snow in san francisco. >> yes snow is a possibility. rain is certainty. crews got the high water warning signs rea7 tonight at lucky drive and 101 in larkspur. >> and check out the sierra. more snow falling. chain restriction on 80 and 50. >> good evening glad you are with us. we are watching the weather all over the bay area tonight. >> crew out at napa and santa cruz mountains but we start with sandy who is tracking this storm for us. >>reporter: i want to show you live doppler 7 hd. rain to show you. we have snow to show you. not at the lower elevations just yet. let me zoom in here. show you the mostly clear lake and the surrounding areas where they are seeing some snow right now. take you in a little bit closer here. around mount saint helena still seeing snow. we have been seeing this snow all day long. well it is cold enough there to see snow. mount hamilton is seeing snow. elev

coats were used as umbrellas when a downpour of rain swept through emeryville. late today the bay area got a break just in time for the chill to set in. it will be a cold night. kimberly says she's ready. >> i got my boots on. i got my gloves and my scarves out and all of my turtlenecks, so it's good. good for us. needs a good drink or water or two. >> reporter: everything does need a big drink of water. and sometimes i don't know if it translates on continue, if you can see, just how cold it is, but it is pretty cold out here tonight. and jeff ranieri will be here very quick 3 tell us just how cold it will get tonight and how much more rain we're going to get. reporting live in walnut creek i'm cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. >> cheryl, you need a pair of gloves and a hat because it is cold outside and chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is here with us, he's been tracking that storm and all of that lingering rain as well. >> not only going into the weekend we have chinese new year the parade on saturday and a three-day weekend. what's in store for us. >> well, we'

police officer injured in an accident in emeryville. >> sky 7 is live over the crash now. and this is at 43rd street. we believe a motorcycle officer was hit at that location. and police have shut down all lanes of 43rd street for what looks like about three blocks while they investigate. >> the officer was injured and there is no word yet on the officer's condition. >> bay area woman fell victim to a scam targeting unemployed with millions of people struggling it's a growing problem, conartists going after job jeerks. this is a heart wrenching story. >> this is a old scam. the unemployed, be warned. scamsters are out there taking advantage of the fact many are desperate to find work and taking what little money these job seekers have left. akrina jennings has been struggling to support her 2-year-old son. >> it's tough. >> so she got excited when she found this ad in the san francisco chronicle. an opening for a flight attendant offering full training. >> i jumped on it and got excited. something different. flight attendant. >> she called the number and with that seemingl

in emeryville clouds in the sky and wet weather approaching. more rapidly than earlier in the day.live doppler 7 again, most of the accu-weather forecast is is pushing northward. right now heaviest rain is falling from petaluma up to santa rosa and over to winsor and points northward and east. so there is a good bit of rainfall right now and passing golden gate. over in the sierra, near lake tahoe, the snow is picking up and getting heavier. and there is snow only going to get heavier. and current temperatures mainly into mid to upper 50s. it's mild and going to be wet. it's windy, gusts up to 35 miles per hour in san jose. and 40 miles per hour gusts at sfo. and there is oakland around the area. we'll see rain and gusty winds tonight. snow levels dropping. 2500 feet which may produce snow on highest peaks. we can see isolated thunder and small hail. atmosphere is going to be unstable there. is an approaching frontal system experiencing rainfall z behind that front there is a big pool of cold air and unstable air, which will add to the exciting weather coming our way. tonight our f

breathtaking view from emeryville. you can see the bay bridge, the city by the bay. it's going to be a gorgeous day. 70s, we'll get the forecast from meteorologist lisa argen. >> have you ever heard of a tweak up. a gavt of tweerd enthusiasts. one was held in mountain view. reports from a smart phone. >> gaming entrance to nasa ames is toughest ticket in town. with the invitation a select few stood a good chance. >> i'm trying to get my phone to work. >> phones worked overtime as they tried something new, a tweet up. when nasta posted an invitation on twitter followers and chose them at random. >> they call it roto craft. >> this is about getting the fog out from cyberspace to three dimensions and back to cyberspace again. >> if nasa folks are interested, it's a great way to talk to them if you can do it in 20 words. >> don came from nashville where she teacher. he tweeted all day long back to his students. >> i'm tweeting about all the different things we're trying to do for the future. >> which included information on the kepler mission which is searching a small s

there is a live view right now in emeryville looking at beautiful western skies. there is a post-sunset glow and thin clouds around. clear skies and this is 47 degrees in los gatos. temperatures around 50 degrees in other locations. these are the high plight plights -- -- highlights. snowflakes may reach snow level. and we have true winter like weather coming our way. radar shows advancing frontal system bringing with it rainfall and showers. cold air from western canada. and this will give us probability of snowfall. there is a winter weather advisory in effect for fr 4:00 in the afternoon to 10:00 friday morning. we'll see about an inch of snow down through a thousand feet. to and just above two to four inches above level and possibly up to six inches of snow. and there is also a winter weather advisory in effect foremost of northwestern california. we're expecting about an inch or two of snow at clear lake. four to eight inches into higher terrain and driving conditions could be hazardous. and there is a winter storm watch from mountains into the east bay and j

live view from the high definition east bay camera in emeryville looking along i guess that is 8 80 or 80. yes. 80. and we can sea clouds in the sky and pavement appears to be a bit damp but i don't think any significant rain is falling at that location at this momen moment. we have a line of light rain and showers through parts of the north bay and into the east bay reaching from vacaville and fairfield area south down through vallejo and towards down towards concord and as we look farther south see down in the santa cruz mountains. widely scattered light rainfall and showers as well. that's about all the activity picking up at the moment. meanwhile over in the tahoe area where we had snow earlier there is virtually nothing now as the snow gave way to rain and rain sort of moved away. but there will be some snow on the way to the the sierra very soon as rainfall next wave comes through the bay area. right now temperatures around the bay area generally low to mid 50's. not a cold night tonight. but we will see scattered showers continuing over tonight. heavy rain tomorrow and snow leve

emeryville based pixar toy story three took home best picture. we will go to live los angeles to get the latest on last nights show. to see a complete list of all the winners go to our channel 2 website ktvu.com just click on the oscars tab. >>> a north bay family is renewing the common call to put down the phone. on december 1st of last year she was crossing the street with her two-year-old daughter that's when police say an 18- year-old driver using the cell phone hit the mother and daughter. caly died in the accident. >> don't use your phone. that is the bottom line. it's not wort taking a -- it's worth taking a life. >> community members donated everything for the fundraiser. they hope to raise $20,000 with all of the proceeds going to the murray family. >>> we'll take a quick break and we'll be right back. >>> we are back. there is the opening bell. they are celebrating 15 years trading there. looks like a pretty good day as oil prices stabilize a little bit. overnight trading. we'll see what happens. it looks like we will get a little bit o

over an inch of rain so far in santa rosa and out toward emeryville and oakland more heavy rain. so what we're up against, we're up against an evening of heavy rain, snow in the mountains and throughout the evening look for scattered showers. we have the computer model and more rain coming. >>> a head on collision kills a highway patrol officer. up next what we know about the >>> the california highway patrol said tonight that one of it officers has been killed. the officer was identified as 24-year-old thomas adams of fortuna. it is unclear which vehicle crossed into oncoming traffic. the two people in the vehicle that collided with the chp officer were taken to the hospital. >>> the latest robbery happened sunday when a man armed with a gun held up a starbucks on foothill boulevard. there have been at least seven robberies in haywood and one attempted robbery along with others in san leandro and fremont. >> he generally goes into the store, selects items, and when the cash register is open takes advantage of that opportunity by displaying a firearm to our victim and demanding c