he was frank raines, and he was a simultaneous parker. >> he has the ability to talk right along withan do it in any language, even though he may not know the language in which the person is speaking. [ applause ] >> frank raines, the simultaneous talker. and elvis and tamika, they are all from tupelo, mississippi. also from tupelo, mississippi, these guys. the american family association, our new favorite far right religious activist group, who says jewish immigrants to america should be forced to convert as a condition to coming to this country. >> number one, those who came to our shores would be expected to adopt our religious values and our traditions. that would mean christianity. the religion of their home lamd, the god of their homeland, they would leave them behind. >> from their home base in tupelo, mississippi, the folks at the american family association figured out how to make a real wonderful living with running radio shows and leading crusades against sponge bob and boycotting hamburger ads. and have been hauling republicans around to israel. after news got around that

he was frank raines, and he was a simultaneous talker.as the ability to talk right along with me, and can do it in any language, even though he may not know the language in which the person is speaking. [ speaking tame ] [ applause ] >> he doesn't even have to look at me to know that he's doing this. and -- [ speaking at the same time ] >> he gets in your mind so you can't talk after a while. >> frank raines, the simultaneous talker. and elvis and tamika, they are all from tupelo, mississippi. also from tupelo, mississippi, these guys. the american family association, our new favorite far right religious activist group who blames hitler on the gays and says jewish immigrants coming to america should be forced to convert as a condition of coming to this country. >> number one, those who came to our shores would be expected to adopt our religious values and our traditions. that would mean christianity. the religion of their homeland and the god of their homeland, they would leave them behind. >> from their home base in tupelo, mississippi,

scattered showers saturday, heavier rain sunday. frank? >> thanks, roberta. >>> coming up tonight at 5:00 a major trouble for the country's most popular do it yourself tax software. concerns forcing turbotax to halt all its state filings. that and more at 5:00. >>> you can catch the grammys sunday night at 8 p.m. here on kpix 5. our very own betty yu will be live from the show. check out our website for the complete list of nominees. i'm excited about paul mccartney and rhianna and kanye west doing a three some. >> we'll be watching. >> that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. enjoy the wet weekend, everybody. see you again monday life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >> wyatt: you're serious about taking over forrester creations? >> liam: yep. >> wyatt: but how? >> liam: starting with steffy. she has shares, and i plan to use them. >> wyatt: wait, you're calling her now? what

rain. ktvu's paul chambers in alamo where trees are down and fences were blown over. paul, what is it like right now? >> frank, we are the weather authority and our meteorologist called it right on the nose. the high wind, as you can see, the rain is coming down. perfect recipe for damage. let me show you right here. part of the tree that came down earlier is right here in this parking spot. i'm telling you, here's some video from earlier. high winds had these trees swirling around in alamo. as the storm blew through, trees came down. one blocked the roadway for several hours taking out power lines and leaving people stranded, preventing them from returning home. there was more damage at a strip mall where firefighters had to use a chain saw to take apart a tree, which landed on a few cars in this parking lot. luckily, no one was hurt and surprisingly, it doesn't appear the tree did any major damage to the vehicles. also, there was a fence that was torn apart and you can see, an officer had to go out and pick up pieces of the fence in the roadway. a woman said part of the fence landed on her car. part of it t

got a lot of rain coming our way. i'm frank mallicoat. it is nearly 5:00. we start with weather in a moment. we begin with some breaking news from the peninsula though which was jolted by a 3.1 earthquake about an hour and a half ago. and kpix 5 reporter kiet do is in redwood city. he is near the epicenter. kiet, any reports of any damage and how about you? did you feel it? >> reporter: you know, i was in san jose at the time standing right next to my dog. my dog didn't even flinch. so i guess the, um, tremor didn't, uhm, make its way down there but they felt it up here in redwood. so right now, we are at the harbor village mobile home park. this is in redwood just off the bayshore freeway on the easide of 101 and we talked to some folks who said that they felt like an animal was crawling on the tops of the roofs. so we'll hear from her in a little bit but did want to show you a map from the usgs and they show that this is about a mile east-southeast of emerald lake hills two miles south- southwest of redwood city. and about three miles south of san carlos

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rain. good afternoon, everyone. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. kpix 5's anne makovec joins us now live. she is in mill valley, hasn't started raining yet but it's coming, right, anne? >> reporter: yeah. it almost seems funny to talk about rain right now. it's sunny now. i'm at one of several sandbag filling stations here around the north bay which have been very popular places today. if this storm is all it's cracked up to be these sandbags will come in handy. >> i heard the storm will be intense starting later today. >> reporter: further north, by 8 a.m. all the sandbags at healdsburg's main station have been taken and they have since gotten more and the storm drains at the nearby safeway are cleared trying to prevent a repeat of the major flooding during our last big storm in december, the lot turned into a lake. this was the scene of novato under a foot of water. novato builder supply used pumps to try to clear out the lot and it's prepared to do the same this weekend. >> just come in this area and fills it up. and it starts going into the store. there's something you got to learn to

rain ahead this weekend. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we have the rainfall total so far, 2-inches of rain in the bay but less than a inch in other places. we begin with chief meteorologist bill martin and a look at where the storm system is right now, bill. >> reporter: the storm system blue through here pretty quick. the heavier rain in the south bay. let's take a look at the live radar. you probably heard it coming down. we will push into san ramon. you can see heavy rain. this is right now. out on the 680 it's raining hard. we're getting breaks in the north bay now. heaviest showers moving south of the area. how about those rain totals for the day. 4-inches in cloverdale, over 2- inches in santa rosa. concord was over an inch. we had plenty of rain in san jose. got up to 1.2-inches of rain. most of that fell within the last two or three hours in the evening commute. the strong winds as well, we had winds going up to 51 miles per hour out in point rays and still breezy out there. we had more rain in the forecast. this is number one, num

forecast, a string of sunshiny days before we cloud up on friday leading to the potential of rain on saturday. frank> thanks, roberta. >>> some breaking news now right out of ventura county where multiple injuries have been reported after a commuter train derailed. you see it here. these are live pictures near oxnard. the accident happened about an hour ago. ventura county officials say the metrolink train was traveling to l.a. when it struck at least two trucks on the tracks causing them to catch fire. still gathering details right now. we'll update it as soon as we get new information. >>> 19 manatees are alive and well in florida thanks to an overnight rescue mission. crews aided by experts from seaworld lifted the final manatee to safety near cape canaveral just before 2:00 this morning. they used earth movers to pull them out of a drainage pipe one by one. neighbors who spotted the marine mammals -- neighbors spotted the marine mammals early yesterday. >> this morning i saw 10 of them go back throughout and later a saw about another five or ten go out. so i thought they were coming in and going

rain in the forecast. frank. we'll talk about that next time around. >>> the fight over morality causes in the san francisco archdiocese reached a new level. ryan takeo explains why some want a state investigation. >> reporter: this is the latest move to pressure the archdiocese. we are here at reardon high school in san francisco near city college. this is one of the high schools impacted. the san francisco archbishop plans to add morality clauses to upcoming teacher union contracts and a teacher handbook. they call for teachers to live by church teachings at school and in their private lives. the teachings include the church's opposition to abortion, contraception and homosexuality. state assemblyman kevin mullin of san mateo and phil ting of san francisco say the clauses set a bad precedent for worker rights and they might violate state discrimination laws. they want a state investigation into working conditions at the four catholic high schools the archdiocese runs. this is the latest move to pressure the cat

rain is on the way. good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> i'm frank mallicoat. t is 4:30. >> i was going to add a half- hour but what the heck. >> golden gate bridge is dry now, rain is on the way. everything is status quo right now. not even a little slower than previously talked about for many days now. you can see the leading edge of precipitation well offshore. we'll have just a couple of sprinkles across mendocino and sonoma counties today. most of the bay area is cloudy. currently mild in the 50s. we'll talk about the rain, advisories and watches coming up. >> getting a check of 880 in oakland, it's still slow heading into downtown. they are clearing overnight roadwork north of the oakland coliseum and at the golden gate they are just about

the bay area prepares for heavy rain that could add up to a half of foot in the hardest hit locations. good evening. julie >>> i am julie haener. >> and i am frank now. ktvu's katy eustis is in oakland where people are bracing for the weather. but we begin with our chief meteorologist bill martin who is tracking the storm. >> rain tomorrow afternoon. the showers right now are light. especially up north. but they will work their way south over night. 2:00 a.m. in the morning it will start to rain. the heavy rain tomorrow afternoon. light showers off shore of san francisco. the bay area. might see sprinkles tonight around 9:00 p.m. maybe moderate sprinkles. the real rain, the bulk shows up into friday afternoon. heavy rain with this. a flood watch in the north bay tomorrow. a wind advisory tomorrow morning. the bridges are going to get a good dose of wind on the morning commute. it will be sloppy, wet. it is the afternoon commute that will be coming down. urban and small stream flood advisories throughout the bay area. when i come back the time line for your friday afternoon drive. see you back here. >> thank you. our meteorologists have been tell

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rain is on the way. good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> i'm frank mallicoat. it is 4:30. >> i was going to add a half- hour but what the heck. >> golden gate bridge is dry now, rain is on the way. everything is status quo right now. not even a little slower than previously talked about for many days now. you can see the leading edge of precipitation well offshore. we'll have just a couple of sprinkles across mendocino and sonoma counties today. most of the bay area is cloudy. currently mild in the 50s. we'll talk about the rain, advisories and watches coming up. >> getting a check of 880 in oakland, it's still slow heading into downtown. they are clearing overnight roadwork north of the oakland coliseum and at the golden gate they are just about to have zipper crews move past. >>> three armed robbers got away with pricy jewelry at a tiffany in san francisco. it happened around 3:00 yesterday afternoon at the westfield mall on market street. police say the suspects told everyone to get down and forced an employee to open up jewelry cases. one of employees inside

rain is coming our way. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. happy friday a blessed event for all of us. it's 4:30.st. >> if you look at the bottom of your screen you see our hi-def doppler radar. we'll keep it there throughout the program so you can see exactly where it's raining as you are heading out. let's calm on our hi-def doppler radar -- let's call on our hi-def doppler radar at this particular time. we have rain in the north bay. it will stay there all morning and we have the flash flood warning in effect for anything just north of the golden gate bridge. that front will gradually slide into the greater san francisco area this afternoon with heavy rain and gusty winds and this is why we have a wind advisory in effect for the entire bay area today with winds up to 50 gusts up to

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rain any weathery weather continues in athens with a high of only five degrees. that's about ten degrees lower than what it should be this time of year. snow is increasing over the northwestern frank of japan because we have a low pressure system move into the region. even tornados and also thunderstorms. heavy rain for the coastal locations on your friday. please watch out for that. but across the pacific side including tokyo, it should stay dry. it was like spring in tokyo today. the high rose to 13 degrees. a little bit cooler compared to thursday but 11 degrees for the high on friday in tokyo. and across the west sunny wave in beijing with a high of nine degrees. hazy conditions should come back on the weekend and. 33 in bangkok. this is the third storm. that's dumped about 60 centimeters of snow over the boston area. and we have it moving across the north eastern u.s. once again. it's not a significant snow maker but the snow hasn't melted yet. it races the potential for avalanches and also roof collapse. now, temperatures are going to be extremely low going into the weekend. take a look. boston your high is going to be minus 9 on saturday with snowflakes on the menu. new yor

another chance of rain returns on monday. hey, frankjust asking me, guys, daylight saving does it take place this sunday? no, it's next sunday when we "spring ahead." >> we lose an hour. >> that means we're on the air at 3:30 a.m. >> oh!! >> i'm just going to go to bed now. >> i know. i'm with you. >>> time now is 5:51. only stumps are left where tall redwoods used to grow. details on who ripped them ou in our house, we do just about everything online. and our old internet just wasn't cutting it. so i switched us from u-verse to xfinity. they have the fastest, most reliable internet. which is perfect for me, because i think everything should just work. works? works. works! works? works. works. >>> a big rig crash messed up the morning commute out of hayward. you are, the big rig involved in the crash -- you can see the big rig involved in the crash there. minor injurie. delays are major. now the backups extend to 238. you can see it there on our sensors. two lanes are blocked. we'll continue to keep you posted give you some alternates.

i'm frank mallicoat. 4:30 out the door, a little traffic and weather. and roberta, it's all yours because it's all about the rain that's coming up here shortly. >> i think you nailed it. whenever we post a picture of the golden gate bridge on the website it gets thousands of views. we have fog in the bay area. areas of patchy dense fog across the vallejo area also in pleasanton in the east bay. otherwise mild. temperatures up to about 70 degrees. rain is coming. good morning, elizabeth. >> they were also right bus there was no traffic on the golden gate bridge. overnight roadwork, eastbound various lanes blocked between foster city and clawiter. you can see flashing lights in our camera. i don't think that's anyone getting pulled over. i think that's lanes blocked from the caltrans construction crews. light heading into san francisco. >>> developing news in asia. rescue crews in taiwan have been pulling survivors from the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a shallow river. so far, there are 13 known survivors. 19 people are dead. and another 24 are missing. a local fire department official says there are stil

frank mallicoat. 4:30. out the door, traffic and weather. a little bit of rainorecast. >> just a widely scattered light rain shower in the forecast today. enough to wet your windshield. that's about it. but we have better chances of rain tomorrow. as you were thinking. i looked at my computer completely crashed. so imagine this! [ laughter ] >> oh, no. >> imagine this. we have anywhere from mostly to partly cloudy skies out the door. we currently have temperatures in the 50s very mild. highs today into the 60s. and again, just a widely scattered shower. i'm going to kick and reboot the computer. >> if you have seen her high heels, that's going to be a good boot. >> i saw the black screen and said, what's

we have rain in the forecast and michelle, frank, we'll talk about that next time around. >>> a small plane made an emergency landing at mineta international airport in san jose. a southern california lawyer was at the controls of the plane which took off yesterday from chino to san bernardino county. on approach the pilot couldn't get the landing gear to deploy. >> when i put the landing gear down, i heard a loud pop. i'm a person of faith and i believe that, um, that prayer was answered. >> all three on board managed to walk away unharmed and even made it to a meeting on time. >>> homeowners in napa can get paid to help the california earthquake authority. cea is inspecting houses that survived the quake six months ago. experts want to find the best retrofit techniques around the state to help older homes in napa. homeowners can get a $25 gift card to answer a survey. it will take 15 minutes. it's in english and spanish. >>> a bay area taxi ride ends with a beating. mark kelly reports. >> reporter: the late hours of valentine's and this passenger showing anything but the love. inste

frank mallicoat. 4:30. out the door, traffic and weather. a little bit of rain in our forecast. >> just a widely scattered light rain shower in the forecast today. enough to wet your windshield. that's about it. but we have better chances of rain tomorrow. as you were thinking. i looked at my computer completely crashed. so imagine this! [ laughter ] >> oh, no. >> imagine this. we have anywhere from mostly to partly cloudy skies out the door. we currently have temperatures in the 50s very mild. highs today into the 60s. and again, just a widely scattered shower. i'm going to kick and reboot the computer. >> if you have seen her high heels, that's going to be a good boot. >> i saw the black screen and said, what's roberta going to do? [ laughter ] >>> on the approach to the bay bridge, the right lanes a few delays but it's actually the essex street on-ramp to eastbound 80 so trying to get on to the bay bridge from san francisco, there is an accident there plus we have the usual overnight roadwork in san leandro. so tell you all about your very early-morning drive

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we'll talk about rain chances, that's coming up next time around. frank and michelle? >> thank you, roberta. >>> you can expect some traffic delays if you drive on interstate 880 in san leandro. caltrans is closing parts of the freeway overnight to remove a temporary support underneath the marina boulevard bridge. all southbound lanes will be closed tomorrow morning from midnight to 4 a.m. >>> west coast governors are urging negotiators to quickly settle the dispute between dock workers and the companies that operate 29 ports. the slowdown has left a major backlog of shipments and starting to hurt the economy. governor brown called the impasse unacceptable. the governors of oregon and washington are also calling for a quick deal. u.s. labor secretary tom perez is in the bay area where talks are set to resume today. >>> parents and students from catholic high schools turned out for a candlelight vigil against church teaching. this is outside st. mary's cathedral in san francisco. they are upset about more rat clauses that the archbishop put into contracts for the teache

we have a chance of rain in the forecast i'll tell you when frank but it's nothing like what's happening back east. >>> yeah, it's a mess back there. thanks roberta. a big blizzard dumping heavy snow in the mid-atlantic states this morning. a live look at the white house where everything is calm right now. national weather service predicts up to eight inches of snow today though in dc. and government workers are being told to stay home. >>> meanwhile, ice on the water is a major problem in the new york city area. tug boats and empty ferry boats out on the hudson river yesterday. they're trying to brake up the chunks of ice to clear a path for those commuter boats, the new york waterway ferries provide an important link in the daily commute into manhattan. >>> a woman was shot and wounded during a robbery in el cerrito last night. the two suspected gunman are still on the run this morning. police say just after 8:00 last night, two men walked into a little caesar's near san pablo avenue. they lobbed the female -- robbed the female employee before shooting her. the suspects are men in thei

frank and michelle, we're going talk about the chances of rain that's coming up next time around. >> okay bring it on. >>> meanwhile search is on for two men involved in a murder of a security guard in san jose. it happened on a saturday night at liquor store in the city's east side. and kpix 5's kiet do is at a spot where grief-stricken friends and relatives have created a memorial nearby. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, yes this memorial has grown significantly throughout the weekend. it is now a massive candles of flowers for a man they say was hard work who can tried to do the right thing. friends and family are hoping that surveillance video and tips come in to help solve this case. on saturday night, two men rushed into the liquors for less and they grabbed some cigars off the counter and then bolted for the door. manny alvarez was working security for the club next door and tried to stop the crooks. one of the suspects pulled a gun and fired several shots and one of the bullets struck alvarez where he died at a hospital a short time later. the liquor store manager say

i'm frank mallicoat. 4:30 out the door, a little traffic and weather. and roberta, it's all yours because it's all about the rain coming up here shortly. >> i think you nailed it. whenever we post a picture of the golden gate bridge on the website it gets thousands of views. we have fog in the bay area. areas of patchy dense fog across the vallejo area also in pleasanton in the east bay. otherwise mild. temperatures up to about 70 degrees. rain is coming. good morning, elizabeth. >> they were also right bus there was no traffic on the golden gate bridge. overnight roadwork, eastbound

frank mallicoat. action and we have weather and -- 5:00 and we have weather and traffic and we have some rain in the forecast trying to nail down the timing of it. how much rain to expect. when the gusty winds will pick up as well. and this isn't just a little rainmaker. we're going to get some substantial rainfall. >> thursday night at 7:22. >> actually we'll be move up that time. >> i'm telling you it changes constantly. now it's going to be coming in by the lunch hour thursday beginning in the north bay. again that's thursday right now we have pockets of fog in santa rosa at 46 degrees. ot

martinez will never forget the day she found her father, frank, mouthily wounded on this south philadelphia street corner 29 years ago during the bloody rain nicky scarfo. >> i heard the gunshots. i found him. he died in my arms. >> martinez thought the passing of time would let her family and her father rest in peace. but now she says one of the participants in the hit vh1 reality show mob wives has rekindle all of the bad memories of her father's death. >> she won't let my father rest in peace. it is going on 30 years. and here comes this girl. >> the dealfoso family, claims, she claims she is cousin of franky flowers. martinez says it ain't glow this girl has nothing do with us. i've never seen her. >> have you ever heard about this woman? >> never, ever. >> anyone ever machine sean sean this woman to you? >> never,er. >> agreed interview with fox 292 weeks ago through her publicist. that interview canceled the next day by her lawyer siting scheduling conflict. he promised to reschedule the interview. but so far that hasn't happened. >> where were you born? >> born? i was actually born in south philadelphia. >> de donato seen here last

frank mallicoat. happy "hump day" of get you out the door with traffic and weather. roberta, i think we're in store for a good week. >> you think? >> the rainfor next week is slid back a little bit until the following sunday the 22nd. as long as it's on the horizon i'm okay with that. right now, we saw a bit of haze it looked like at the golden gate bridge. we do have some patches of fog in the santa rosa area. otherwise, notice the numbers. you've going to see a big spread from 41 degrees in san jose where it's clear, 49 in oakland, 41 degrees in santa rosa. later today the numbers are warmer than yesterday all the way up to 70 in oakland. the seven-day forecast straight ahead. >>> and right now, it is just your overnight roadwork out the door. if you

frank mallicoat. whole gang is here to get you out the door safe and sound. we are going to kick it off with roberta because a wee bit of rain is on its way. >> a whole lot of rain. by monday we could see nearly a foot of rain in the wettest spots of the north bay. this is a lot of rain in a short amount of time and, in fact, one year ago we had up to 11 inches of rain in the north bay in kentfield over four days. right now we are looking towards levi's stadium where we have mostly cloudy skies and our air temperatures very mild still. i say mild, that's mild for this time of the year. no freezing temperatures. here come the clouds. partly to mostly cloudy skies today. once the morning fog dissipates high temperatures still above average. 60 to 70 degrees. we have the bulk of the day on thursday dry with it just hanging as far as the rain is concerned to the north of the golden gate bridge. everybody gets wet and windy on friday. scattered showers saturday. heavier rainfall expected on sunday, tapering off on monday. elizabeth? >> and no major accidents so far on bay area freeways. we do have the congestion spilling into the

rain is about to return to the bay area. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we have team coverage as this winter storm moves into the bay area. debora villalon is live where a flash flood was just posted. we begin though with bill martin. he says the impact of this storm is all going to depend on where you live. >> absolutely. just like in december when we had the big storm move in. this is a big winter storm system. most of it is going to end up in rain. and out toward bodega bay. you're seeing some showers move in out the pacific toward bodega county. showers moving in, moisture moving in. the first storm gets here tomorrow morning for the north bay and the afternoon for the rest of us. there's a flood flash watch in effect for the rest of us. a wind advisory goes into effect tomorrow morning. gusts at 50 miles per hour. let's take a look at the radar, the storm tracker pardon me. showers in the forecast at 3:00 a.m. 8:00a.m. starts to go off. this isn't the main deal. this is just showers ahead of the strongest part of this system. there's 10:00 a.m. the c

frank mallicoat. happy "hump day" of get you out the door with traffic and weather. roberta, i think we're in store for a good week. >> you think? >> the rain chances for next week is slid back a little bit until the following sunday the 22nd. as long as it's on the horizon i'm okay with that. right now, we saw a bit of haze it looked like at the golden gate bridge. we do have some patches of fog in the santa rosa area. otherwise, notice the numbers. you've going to see a big spread from 41 degrees in san jose where it's clear, 49 in oakland, 41 degrees in santa rosa. later today the numbers are warmer than yesterday all the way up to 70 in oakland. the seven-day forecast straight ahead. >>> and right now, it is just your overnight roadwork out the door. if you are heading across the san mateo bridge, here's a live look. you'll hit various lanes blocked from clawiter to foster city boulevard. it's not causing a delay because it's early. >> good time to come to work at 4:30. >> great time to sleep in. >>> thank you. the man suspected of shooting a tv sports anchor is under arrest. mike montana surrendered after a standoff in el cajon. the an

rain showers. let's keep our fingers crossed that's for tuesday for our miracle march. frank and michelle? >> bring it on. okay, roberta, thanks. 5:17. >>> some experts say the world's best surfing spots could one day fall victim to climate change! the usgs helped put together a landmark study of the california coastline and using that information, some scientists think the beloved surfing spots of santa cruz could be victimses of a changing climate! >> i know some surfers can do it in a second you know some really good surfers could look out there and tell you those are two meters breaking coming in to one meter into shore. >> if the forecast correct the declining waves in santa cruz could be coupled with the creation of a big surf break on other parts of the pacific coast. >>> 5:18. shattered dreams for hundreds of bay area little leaguers. why these kids won't have a place to play ball this season. >> reporter: and i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, the warriors got their superhero back last night. we'll show you how steph curry did. and what giants player does not have a world series rin

the extended forecast, we don't have any rain in sight this week excepted we anticipate one on the very last day of february. frankyou. >>> bay area woman now a step closer to winning a trip to the red planet. >> but there is a catch. the journey would only be one way. betty yu talked to her about a historic mission to mars. >> reporter: it's a mission that's literally out of this world. winning a trip of a lifetime to mars. what was your first reaction when you got the word? >> i cried. i was super excited. >> reporter: ken yeah armbrister of oakland is one of 100 finalists who could leave earth forever in 2024. they have been chosen from 200,000 applicants around the world to be part of the "mars one" project to send humans to mars using today's technology. why leave earth? >> why not leave earth? there's so much more to explore and see within our own solar system. >> reporter: the 36-year-old works in research and development at a pharmaceutical company in san francisco. she has been preparing to be a martian for months. >> it's basically creating a new society on another world from scratch. >> reporter: kenya

frank mallicoat. action and we have weather and -- 5:00 and we have weather and traffic and we have some rain in the forecast. >> trying to nail down the timing of it. how much rain to expect. when the gusty winds will pick up as well. and this isn't just a little rainmaker. we're going to get some substantial rainfall. >> thursday night at 7:22. >> actually we'll be move up that time. >> i'm telling you it changes constantly. now it's going to be coming in by the lunch hour thursday beginning in the north bay. again that's thursday right now we have pockets of fog in santa rosa at 46 degrees. otherwise it's 48 degrees and cloud cover in livermore. we have some clouds and we also have some haze today and that's why it is a winter spare the air day. we need a good wind and i'm telling you we're going get some winds by thursday into friday. this is an area of low pressure that's spilling some cloud cover into the bay area, these clouds are making it over the ridge of high pressure. while we are dry today and unseasonably mild, it will be partly to mostly cloudy. temperature-wise, into the 60s and 70s. these nu

frank mallicoat. out the door a little traffic and weather first because what a great weekend huh? >> it was a terrific weekend. it looks very bleak as far as any kind of rain chances are concerned. maybe around february 28th or march 1st you could write that down but i've actually been looking ahead to saturday night. we have them playing hockey for the first time ever

rain beginning in the north bay thursday. everybody is wet friday and windy. the heavier rainfall over the weekend will be on sunday. michelle? frank? >>> thank you. 6:06. new this morning a fire scorched a duplex in san jose. firefighters in san jose put out the flames but are still controlling some hot spots now. everyone in the home though made it out safely. firefighters say the fire started around 2 a.m. on the 200 block of asacar avenue. there are downed power lines so be careful in fact area. 49 customers still without power because of the fire. >>> californians have exceeded governor brown's call to reduce water use by 20%. in december water use was down by 22% compared with the same monday a year before. state water board says californians may have been aided by above average rainfall which reduced the need to water your lawns. we had a very rainy december. the water use numbers are not in yet for january which had almost no rain if any here in the bay area. >>> happening today two state lawmakers will propose a bill to address concerns about measles. they want to restrict parents' ability to obtain a personal belief exemp

frank? >> um, yeah. [ laughter ] >> you know what i'm providing for everybody for valentine's day? a great big hug and also lots of sunshine. but i got rain for you, too. that's next week. right now we're talk about the areas of patchy fog in santa rosa and napa beginning to clear. livermore is also reporting clear skies as of now. just 15 minutes ago i had areas of patchy fog. it's 49 in fremont. as you take a look at these temperatures, yes, they're cooler than they have been in several days when we had the subtropical moisture just fueling over the entire area. now we have the clarity and we have the cooler dry air mass going to feel the difference out the door this morning. winds 5 to 15 miles an hour later today from the north. 67 degrees in oakland. mid-60s around the pins. should be 63 in san jose so these numbers are trending up but wait! we have near and record warmth kick-starting with thursday. by friday, 80 degrees the outside number in gilroy but obviously we are going to shatter all kinds of record mild temperatures here in the bay area thursday, friday and saturday. monday a hint of clouds. i'm not looking at rain until wed

frank mallicoat. , almost 5:30. and that storm is approaching the bay area after a long dry spell since christmas eve. and this is how badly we need the rainhe photo on the left is from last year. the image on the right is this year. definitely a lot cleaner because of a lack of snowpack up in the sierra and this next storm isn't going to help with that snowpack very much. >> the rain is expected to arrive today with a potential deluge in the north bay. flooding is a strong possibility especially in sonoma county. these are scenes from the sonoma creek last february. parts of highway 121 and 12 were under water. and just this past december, downtown healdsburg was under water. people took to using kayaks to get around as best they could. the heaviest rain is probably going to be on friday afternoon and roberta gonzales has more details on this forecast. >> i think because we have had several days to talk about this system, people are saying, oh, my gosh, you know, you guys are overblowing this thing because you're hearing so much about it. and basically, we're not saying it's going to be mayhem. but you just showed the video from a year ag

frank mallicoat. out the door a little traffic and weather first because what a great weekend huh? >> it was a terrific weekend. it looks very bleak as far as any kind of rain chances are concerned. maybe around february 28th or march 1st you could write that down but i've actually been looking ahead to saturday night. we have them playing hockey for the first time ever in northern california. and let's hope the ice doesn't melt because we have nothing but above average temperatures right now. nothing but clear skies. number wise 46 to 56 degrees. wow. right now let's go ahead and pinpoint the neighborhoods. concord 50. mountain view 50. later today numbers from the 60s to the low and mid 70s and it will be cooler today than the four consecutive days of record-breaking temps but look what's happening by thursday. it's the offshore flow with temperatures flirting near 80 degrees again. >>> the roads have been quiet so far. even at 5:00 they're quieter than usual. we have one problem spot know in oakland. northbound 880 approaching 9th. two lanes are blocked and i got to say of course it's a holiday but right now everything is okay. you're able to get by in t

frank, in richboro, reporting windy conditions there. thirty-five near tabernacle, new jersey, john sanman reporting 35 degrees and partly cloudy sky. his comment says a nice day did turnout to be nice despite those rain and snow showers that came through. we do want to show you couple win report, we are seeing win report, even though temperatures are in the 30's weather watcher reporting wind chills in the teens, gary reporting 18 at his house in say lettersberg, keith reporting 20 and don in coopersberg reporting a feels like temperature of just third 24 degrees. wind are picking up and temperatures are dropping. the lets take a look outside and see how evening is shaping up. in the city a beautiful sunset once again we have cleared out rain, snow showers and everything looking nice from sky cam three. looking out from campbell's feel toward ben franklin bridge. rain and snow showers moved off shore looking at storm an three they have intensified in the big batch of rain and snow. some moving through portions of the norfolk hampton road area of virginia. for us a couple flurries could still pass through this evening but most of us are dry for remainder of tonight but wind that are picking up now bri