but it's now south of san jose, gilroy, hollister and salinas. that's where it will take a bit longer for the showers to tapper offer. you will find some light returns along monterey road and 101 through morgan hill and also look for some light rain right now on 101 as you head your way through prune dale, salinas and highway 101, south of santa cruz. today the showers are clearing pretty quickly. temperatures in the low 40s for the most part during the morning. the afternoon hours they will climb into the low 50s. even though it will be clearing, it will still be on the cool side. slightly below normal. then this evening with partly clear conditions, it will be dry and also cold. temperatures dropping down into the 40s and then very chilly overnight tonight into tomorrow. katie. >> all right. the cold scares me more than the rain. thank you, francis. continuing our coverage this morning, we are keeping an area on bay area reservoirs which have been filling up rapidly with all of the rain and many are nearing capacity. abc7 news reporter kera kla

cbs 5 reporter was at one such vigil in gilroy. >> reporter: here in gilroy, 3,000 miles from newtown, connecticut, there's still one thing that they can do. >> bow your head and say often in prayer. father, i ask that you be with us tonight, lord. >> reporter: about 70 people attended a candlelight vigil at the south valley community church to pray, mourn, and heal. >> this christmas we ask you to heal us, to help us, to be born anew in us, and to be with those surviving students. >> reporter: the victims names were read aloud. a candle lit up for each one of them. they photos, all 26 flashed on screen. the vigil was as much for the victims as it was for the local community. >> the question is are we preparing ourselves for when it comes? are we preparing ourselves so that we're able to feel this in a proactive way. so that on the outcome we are stronger on the other end. >> reporter: as the pastor said, one way to deal with anger, fear, and anxiousness from a tragedy is with hope. in gilroy, cbs 5. >>> investigators looking into the school shootings are questioning two school staff

with this system from -- right now from morgan hill to san jose, a few areas of light rain around gilroy, headed out this morning, grab the jacket, temperatures in the upper 40s along the coast, isolated shower, a little breezy, around the bay, looking at upper 40s to lower 50s by this afternoon. a chance of showers lingers into the afternoon inland about the same deal upperpi%6m s right now, looking at a chance of showers throughout the afternoon. >>> busy but not a bad drive this morning. live look 80 westbound past golden gate fields, bunching where 580 merges with 80, things pick up past university into emeryville and bay bridge toll andman maci should say. live look at bay bridge toll, no -- and macarthur maze i should say many minor delay for cash paying folks, san mateo bridge good brake lights westbound, moisture, possible rain shower blowing through the san mateo bridge not bad towards foster city and some of your drive times >>> we are continuing to follow breaking news you first saw here on abc7 news 4:30 this morning. 2-year-old girl in the hospital after a truck crashed into

focused on passage of cold front, hit or miss showers, chilly start rain 101 through morgan hill, gilroy jose, wet pavement, breezy, fog if the north bay the rest of the afternoon not a lot of rain but hit or miss showers and chilly temperatures with highs in the low to mid 50s. >>> slick road conditions, rain on the roads overnight, no issues here northbound 87 through san jose, watch speeds, it could get slick as you make your way wherever you may be commuting to this morning the about minor delay for cash paying folks headed into san francisco, fastrak and carpool lanes no issues. a look at drive times now, highway 4, westbound out of walnut creek to the caldecott, nice drive, 101 southbound out of santa rosa just under 20 minutes in novato 85 northbound in san jose. >>> 5:55. concord officials have moved a step closer to banning outdoor medical marijuana grow operations within city limits. council held a hearing last night to determine if growing medicinal pot outdoors will continue are be banned opponents said it increases crime, users can still grow indoors, officials at the hearin

. >> our storm watch continues now as we travel down south to gilroy and the surrounding areas. gathered to watch as the water began to rise. water often goes over the road there. a levy was able to with stand the excess water however there was flooding in other parts of gilroy. in pittsburg a -- pittsburg a bag up today. these are aerials. sig alert was issued and a small section of the highway, only two lanes were open. a large pot hole was to blame. the pot hole that left dozens stranded in the rain. 25 cars blew out their tires after running into the pot hole. the rain made it difficult to see the pot hole. some changed their own flat tires in the rain. those who couldn't do it had to wait for help as they worked to fix the pot hole. >> i thought, oh, my god, it was bad. it was bad. there was a lot of people mad, it is raining, cold and we are stuck out here. i am upset. i am very mad. i hope i don't have to pay for this. >> a tow truck driver was at the scene. it was a five hour long ordeal tractor-trailer this morning, blocking two lane. the truck driver ignored the high w

central valley as well as southern california, still picking up some areas of rain near morgan hill, gilroy, you can see the intensity has started to lessen. a green on the map, more like blue we're looking for some light rain showers moving through that particular area. you can see near santa theresa boulevard hit and miss activity. it was crazy earlier today. look at the rainfall, four inches in some parts. mount st. helena, two inches. inch and a half in half moon bay and close to an inch for san jose. is this it? is there any more out there? we'll take a look at seven-day forecast coming up. >> ama: one of the biggest trouble spots is where parts of the creek is threatening to overflow the banks, it runs through east palo alto and menlo park and palo alto. they have been calling them warning of potential flooding in the area. at least several hundred people of east palo alto along university avenue have lost their homes. police officers are driving along neighboring streets and broadcasting warnings to residents. creek is already at least four feet above flood stage. the creek is likely

some in hayward, fremont, and moderate rain between morgan hill and gilroy.his system moves out but we have a series of storms backed up in the pacific. we'll look at the timing of those coming up. >> ama: still to come, getting gunses off the street. hundreds turn out for a bay area gun buyback program. >>> a mess after a deadly accident on a bay area road. we'll tell you how traffic is moving tonight. >>> a different kind of mess on highway 1. why a closed highway could stay closed >> ama: one person is dead after a multivehicle crash in south fran seasons on southbound 280. the road has been cleared and traffic is moving in the area again tonight. no word on the cause of the accident. >>> new details tonight on a fatal accident involving an off-duty chp officer. happened last night on highway 12 in fairfield. the officer just finished his shift and was leaving work when he pit a pickup turning left in front of him. the chp had not released the officer's name. >>> a section of highway 1 through sonoma county will remain closed indefinitely. the highway -- a

san francisco, 50. 53 for livermore, see scattered showers south of mortgage gap hill tomorrow but gilroy warming to 55, and watsonville 53. the accuweather seven-day forecast, active. monday, another rain chance, it's likely. tuesday remarks slight break, wednesday, few more lingering showers. a larger storm will move in thursday night, lingering into friday and saturday. so looks like it will be wet the latter part of next week. >> ama: mike shumann is here with a preview of sports and college football. >> mike: the college football bowl season kicked off today. and the warriors are in atlanta. and the warriors are in atlanta. with a win they would come home you know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheeri

enthose in gilroy, you may see a few lingering stray showers tomorrow morning and then look nor clearing late in the day. the accuweather sentence-day forecast. dry days for christmas eve. rain likely for all of this on christmas day. showers on wednesday. and then we dry things up thursday and friday. >> ama: at least we gate dry day tomorrow. shu is here with sports and i rarely get to say this, raiders coming off a win. >> mike: they're trying to expand on that one-game win streak today in carolina but the panthers have something to say. and carson palmer, hit in the first quarter. knocked him out of the game and it was downhill from there. we have your >> mike: the raiders came away from the 2012 season to end as they can't buy a break. this will be one of the most incompetent years in franchise history, evident in their loss in carolina. not much to cheer about. cam newton threw for 127 yards. 7-0 carolina. this was a physical game. carson palmer getting crushed. flag thrown for unnecessary roughness. palmer left the game. did not return, with a rib injury. league will hand out fine

gilroy, 6 . -- gilroy, 64. a string of dry days, mild temperatures. check out monday.emperatures inland near 70. mid-to-upper 60s, even at the coast, and mid-to-low 60s, and then the cooling begins tuesday, and showers wednesday and thursday. >> ama: thank you so much, leigh. and mike shumann is here with sports. big college rivalry game. >> mike: still one left. the college football bowl season is upon us so we have one regular season game left, army versus navy. navy's dominated in the past. army had their chance ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >> mike: after losing to the giants in the nfc title game last season, in the nine

the spot of concern is out toward gilroy and morgan hill. rainfall rates right here coming up to an inch and a half to 2-inches an hour. it's a fast moving little cell that's moving through here. the rainfall rate is very, very strong. when we get back we got the latest computer model and i'll give you an idea of what you can expect. you have more showers in the forecast. the main event that just happened that's what you heard on your rooftop just a little bit ago. we'll see you back here. >>> the recent storms are bringing some good news for the regions water supply. in the south bay a spokeswoman for the santa clara water district says that reservoirs are 102% of normal capacity for this time of year. she says the intense storms have helped the ground water levels. >> we were doing pretty well. you know luckily we've had a series of ongoing storms so we're not in a deficit situation. >>> currently lexington reservoir is 60% full. yubas is 90% full. >>> the sierra is get ago good dusting of snow and a lot of skiers and snow boarders are hea

over the monterey bay and gilroy and leaving santa cruz. will have skies that are a little wet. well, i went to the seven-day. well, tomorrow morning early we are going to have showers scattered around the bay area. during the daytime hours we will see the showers become less numerous and then taper off. >> thanks very much. that is our report. m >>> tonight on "nightline," christmas twisters. tornados touch down across the deep south. >> oh, jesus, look at that tornado. >> knocking out power in alabama, leaving behind a path of destruction. >>> unicorns of the sea. we ventured deep into the arctic circle in search of the mysterious narwal, one of the world's most elusive endangered creatures. >>> the frozen planet literally splits open before our eyes. our team faces a desperate scramble to make it off the ice. >>> from the global resources of abc

down between gilroy and holister, over the higher terrain. light showers right now. watch out. could be small hail. as we look at the national forecast, rain in dallas, 60 degrees, 46 in denver. chilly, 42 in salt lake city, looking at snow. if you have travel plans, could be on the dicey side for your friday. as you look at the statewide conditions, rain is moving in towards big sur, 53 degrees. snow up to the north and the northern california mountains. 33 degrees in tahoe, snow by tomorrow night and palm springs could be looking at rain, 64 degrees. here in the bay area, it is going to be a raw day, as you will notice here, you will need the raingear and a coat or a jacket. temperatures only in the mid 40s to the low 50s at best. 51 in san francisco. 52 in san jose. but look at the north. north bay, nap a47 degrees. 49 in concord. livermore, we do have a frost advisory on friday for the inland east bay valleys. keep that in mind. watch out for icy sidewalks and, of course, frost on the windshield. you will need to bundle up and make sure have you your raingear. >> thank you.

over the monterey bay and gilroy and leaving santa cruz.ill have skies that are a little wet. well, i went to the seven-day. well, tomorrow morning early we are going to have showers scattered around the bay area. during the daytime hours we will see the showers become less numerous and then taper off. >> thanks very much. that is our report. m >> today on "katie," the television debut of broadway hit "annie." >> come on, sandy! >> everyone's favorite hard-life orphans are back. katie: there's only one person missing. who is that? >> annie! >> after a search a new red-headed star is born. >> ♪ tomorrow tomorrow i love you tomorrow ♪ >> plus, an "annie" trivia showdown. >> punjab. >> in your face! >> it's an "annie" all-star show. [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [cheers and applause] katie: hi everyone! hi! so, hi everybody, welcome, have a seat. are you excited? because i am so excited today. i love musicals, and i love this brotherhood way musical in particular. you picked a fantastic day to be here in our audi

light to moderate in parts of san martin, 101, all along gilroy and 152.o they are going to clear today, this afternoon. and this morning we are starting off with temperatures right now in the 40s. clearing this afternoon, climbing up to the low 50s. then by this evening it it wille cool and dry with temperatures in the low 40s to near 50 degrees. i'll have your full accuweather seven-day forecast coming up shortly. katie. >> thank you. continue our storm watch coverage this morning, keeping an eye on bay area reservoirs which have been filling up rapidly with all this rain. many are nearing capacity. abc news reporter kira klapper is live. >> as soon as francis said the rain would be moving south, it started sprinkling a little bit. our drive down this morning was very wet on 101. a lot of slick conditions through redwood city and south of there. here in los gatos, as i said, not as wet as it has been. but it's been wet all over the bay area. let's take you to some video we have yesterday from marin county near mt. tam. it is full and overflowing. same fo

in gilroy abc 7 news. >> pretty cool stuff. watch the valley christian beijing east/west fusion band rest of the tournament of roses parade new year's morning beginning at 8:00 o'clock on abc 7. hope you can tune n.holiday tradition in san francisco is scheduled to take place this saturday. arizona state sun devil take on the navy midship men at at&t park for the craft fight hunger bowl. sky 7 hd over the stadium where you cap see the baseball diamond transformed in a pretty snazzy looking grid iron. craft will donate 1 meal to 3 local food bank for each ticket sold to that game. >>> and bart is extending service to make sure people get home safely from new year's eve celebrations and parties. transit agency says it will keep operating until 3:00 a.m. on tuesday january 1st all to accommodate the throngs of people who head to downtown san francisco for the fireworks show. be aware trains will stop at it's embarcadero montgomery station but not bot both. almost to new year's eve and lisa is here with the forecast. >> hi dan. wea

send them in to us >> the gilroy garlic festival is at risk because of the high water.ver, are used to the high water conditions in this area during the rainy season. in gilroy, rob fladeboe, kron 4. >> the santa cruz mountains also look to see about it 10-16 in. of rain fall in just five days. we are getting our break however cough in a week and this one seems like it was a doozy! are we gonna get a chance to at least let our umbrellas dry out before another system hits? looks like the rain could possibly hold off on to state the live look at the golden gate bridge is mostly clear for tonight with dry conditions. partly cloudy skies tonight and mostly sunny. some patchy fog in the north bay and high clouds for the afternoon. has this afternoon gets closer to still look for rainfall that is going to be light. one-quarter of 1 in. with 2 in. of the higher elevations. not as strong as this system as what we of scene. wednesday, a stretch of dry weather on thursday >> thank you. gamow all the high winds and downed trees are taking down power lines... and knocking out power

gilroy police are searching for a young man accused of stabbing a 74-year-old man in downtown gilroy. it happened yesterday near lewis and monterey streets near the gilroy public library. the victim was stabbed in his torso. they believe he will survive. the attacker a white man in his 20s. he had blond hair and wearing dirty tan clothing. >>> once again today we will see if the supreme court will announce if it will take up proposition 8 the ban on same sex marriage. the justices will meet again this morning to decide which cases they will rule on in the coming months. as with last week, if prop 8 is on the list today, a ruling would likely come sometime in june. if prop 8 is not on the list, the waiting game will continue until the next supreme court conference which is scheduled for january. >>> concerns about the fiscal cliff are not hurting president obama's approval rating. it's now at 57%. that is the highest rating since may 2011 when navy seals killed osama bin laden in a raid. 42% of americans say the country is on the right track and majority think it's likely president oba

anywhere from morgan hill all the way into gilroy but that's it. the system is out of here after producing some copious amounts of rain today. a third of an inch in san jose. half inch in sfo, a little more throughout the tri-valley. santa rosa approaching an inch and over an inch in san francisco. there you have that stat in oakland, as well. overnight tonight with the blanked of clouds numbers in the 40s and 50s. we'll see pockets of fog, as well. then we'll start to see the clouds gradually breaking up in the overnight hours leaving us with some areas of fog for tomorrow morning's commute. otherwise, we will have partly sunny conditions. wait until that you see seven- day forecast. first things first. pinpointing your neighborhood, 50s beaches. tomorrow for your thursday, 60s around the peninsula. jumping up to the low 60s as we swing around to the santa clara valley including willow glen, alum rock and alviso. east of the bay especially well inland topping off at 63, 46 degrees for the warmest locations. otherwise, 60 in walnut creek. this is s

morgan hill and gilroy, highway 101, a little bit of wet weather through castroville. we have more weather to go on the way today. it will be on and often rain showers, though. so temperatures once again on the mild side. starting out with mid-50s to about 60 around the bay. and by the afternoon still a chance ever showers, low to mid-60s. it's not until the evening hours that we are looking at the rain becoming more intense in the north bay. i'm talking sonoma and marin. if you have plans tonight you will be in the rain but the heaviest rain when you are sleeping. we will detail the flood watches and the timing of the rain coming up in a little bit. katie. >> thanks so much. as the next big storm moves in, the big concern is the north bay. take a look at this video from outside of the stump down brewery in this time-lapse webcam video. you can see how quickly the river has risen. allen long reports from sonoma county where the national weather service has issued a flood warning. >> certainly it will be up to here. the flood stage or the expectations at gurnville is 32

low 60s in hayward. 63 san jose. 63 for gilroy. 63 in santa cruz.extended forecast a minor warming trend under way for the weekend. low to mid 60s on saturday. mid to upper 60s on sunday. holding that for monday and dry through tuesday. >>> the ceo of netflix could be in trouble for something he posted on facebook. he wrote on his public facebook page that neoteric subscribers are enjoying a billion hours of viewing a month. but that information may have violate the disclosure rules. the fcc is reportedly considering a civil claim. >>> you ever find yourself looking around for a better seat while you're at a sporting event? the san francisco business time says a local start-up allows people to upgrade their seats during a game. right now the services available at stanford men's basketball games and golden state warrior games. company set gets a cut of each transaction. >>> time now 6:52. i know you're an animal lover. i have a question for you. what do elephants have to do with a cup of coffee? details ahead of a special cup of coffee. >>> plus a po

people gathering at solo's cross say and gilroy to watch as the water was on the rise.is point they had not crested over the roadway. nearby levee was able to withstand the extra water. there was some flooding in other parts of gilroy that shut down rose and said some trees crashing down to. this will be a clean and day and are spared and a dry day. >> we have more wet weather on the way. awfully crews will get out there and fix the damage because we have more rain expected tomorrow night headed into wednesday. conditions and the james lick freeway no issues with a cloud cover or visibility there. north of the golden gate bridge in the valleys of visibility is down to zero and portions of the vial just pretense of a mile in santa rosa. we have seen conditions improve and napa over highway 37 the drive with extra caution and be careful of the cars in front of you. we have several locations in the 40's. 45 out the door and hayward 45 in redwood city. this afternoon highs '50s and '60s around bay area. the satellite and radar showing the bigger story here we have clouds ma

cold monterey bay mid 30s, 28 inland to gilroy and a little breeze temperatures feel colder bundle up increase in clouds through the afternoon. increasing breezes and temperatures today, dry then rain and milder temperatures tonight wet and windy, friday through sunday, high pressure making the storm move slowly and work, noon not much going on, except for mendocino county, steadier rain towards santa rosa by 5:00. moderate rain with yellows and oranges steadier rain along i-80 midnight then across all of our neighborhoods and it is here tomorrow morning for the commute. breezy during the)xó afternoon. fastest winds in the morning. towards saturday 4:00 in the morning another round of moderate rain that will move out by 9:00 and then waves of showers once again as we head into saturday afternoon and evening. rain totals least in the south bay up to an inch q<( to one to two inches around the bay, two to four north bay up to five inches north bay mountains. rain gauges up there looks like we won't have flooding. monday morning a little$:pzz ra, monday afternoon and tuesday, dry. >>> go

the monterey bay, temperatures coolest around santa cruz and watsonville upper 30s, low to mid 40s gilroyand salinas, 49 monterey. partly cloudy today, showers over the ocean near beach or two possible freezing cold tonight north bay, coldest in the 20s freeze warning east bay valleys bay shoreline santa rosa -- santa clara valley a frost advisory tonight beaches not expecting frost some valleys close to the beaches definitely, stormy pattern starts thursday. yesterday's cold front pulling way, jet stream diving down from alaska, pushing putting us in the coldest air now low to mid 50s this afternoon. next system up to the north alaska next behind that is farther south pacific ocean that's why temperatures are going to rise with the next systems, higher temperature more likely we get heavier rain. a lot of us dealing with frost, find your credit card or ice scraper. 5:00, light shower possible north bay where the best chance of rain overnight going to be thursday morning most of us dry except north bay heaviest rain north bay from 11 until most of the evening hours while the rest of us ar

. -- 44. 29 gilroy inland cool spot around monterey bay mid 30s.ter breezes today dry during the daylight hours rain for all of us tonight milder tomorrow and wet and windy friday through sunday. high pressure holding this storm up to the north as it does, gathering moisture and also a lot of cloud cover at noon sprinkles north bay by 5:00 steadier rain towards santa rosa, could be moderate, midnight steadier rain along i-80 from sacramento to san francisco, overnight hours better chance of steadier0b0m2 n tomorrow morning a lot of green, definitely light rain everywhere for the commute scattered showers wednesday and keep the wet weather gear handy for friday night, heavier rain across the bay area during the early morning hours saturday from 3 to 7, by 8:00, steadier rain becoming showers at daygó%s afternoon, saturday evening a lull, showers scattered and lighter for saturday evening. up to five inches of rain north bay mountains, four inches north bay, inch or two around most of the bay area. going to come down in a]%qÑ sl[ enough pace i don't

more low 50s around monterey bay with 50 in gilroy.ere is the accu-weather seven-day forecast, showers are pretty much over with and then we'll see partly cloudy conditions, cool day and frosty start tomorrow. it's great through 2013. >> bundle up and leave the umbrella at home. >> for a few days in sports, warriors welcome the boston celtics. they beat the 76ers winning their 20th game for the first time in 22 years. >> sixers at oracle, golden state were holding their opponents down. curry and barnes with the dunk. and wright, finished with just 8. and getting it done early. nick young, get it out in the first row. david lee aproved with the finger wave. pull away. more defense, carl landry ties it and swat on young. third quarter it continues! clay thompson, gets i it to barnes, 18-point lead for the warriors. he is fouled and you know things are going good if you can make a freethrow, money. they welcome to boston to town tonight. >> mega fight between gilroy's fighter and floyd mayweather is almost a done deal. the fight would tak

and two bands first joint rehearsals today in gilroy.g place in the parking lot in a theme park. the real performance will be on national television. >> we're ready to go and prepared. excited. >> valley christian high school not only marching in the tournament of roses parade but the first band, ever to team up with one from another nation. beijing number 57 high school. before today, the only time the two groups met was on a visit to china in april.gg+= the school provided this video. >> we're a very excited about the opportunity. challenge is limited rehearsal times. so that is what we have, here, doing today. >> two bands have been practicing more than a year, language is a barrier, music is a common. soon how shares her thoughts. >> she's glad we can practice together. just be able to communicate, and make friends. >> together they call themselves east meets west fusion band n addition, the performances must move in perfect step to negotiate a tricky turn on the parade route. all eyes and cameras will be watching as they hittbem col

mid to upper 40s most of the monterey bay and inland gilroy 39°.s afternoon sunny, warmest afternoon this week within a few degrees of record highs. light rains possible tuesday night into wednesday, going to happen, much cooler on back side of that system wednesday through sunday. south bay san jose going to warm up to 66° los gatos warm and spot, redwood city and san mateo 64, half moon bay 65, 63 daly city south san francisco and downtown san francisco. novato -- up to 66 in oakland. 62 newark and 60 brentwood, 62 -- mid to upper 60s around the monterey bay and inland, 30s and 40s tonight 30s inland 40s around the bay won't have offshore breeze tonight temperatures will be cooler two. areas of high pressure dominating bringing offshore wind, that's why it is going to be above average today. up to the north clouds there our next system by 10:00 tomorrow evening that line of steadier rain is moving through the for the bay by midnight moving through the heart of the bay 2 a.m. through the south bay and then lighter rain on the back side will hang a

right now looking at some pretty heavy rain, gilroy, very heavy rain.f thunderstorms embedded. hollister is looking at pretty good cell. off the coast into the monterey and san jose looking at light rain. heavier cell up towards milpitas on 101. it's been wet all morning long in the east bay but lightening up around dublin. fremont, more light to moderate rain, heading towards alameda and oakland you are getting that nice little break. san leandro, still wet weather and look at the peninsula from around daly city southward light rain. through the city the break, winds will be breezy and rain line here pushing through the bay around vallejo looking at the light rain and 101 south and saws heat et oh. here is the system. we -- sausalito. >> and but the bulk of the system to sierra nevada and next system tomorrow. 52 mountain view. san jose low 50s. behind the system, calmer winds and temperatures in the upper 40s. isolated showers and high surf advisory until 4:00, even though the storm has passed, it generated steep swells out there. look at all the clou

gilroy, frosty and watson vpville, 46. here is what will happen. best chance of rain is closer to the ocean. more chances next week. here is what is happening. first system coming on down. you can see the cloud cover with it. it's a very thin but it's not going last very long. there is tonight's weather and tomorrow's weather as you go off to the west, left side of the screen there is another system that will come in for next week. 5:00 in the morning, most of the radar returns, this side of screen. most of the radar returns are staying out over the ocean. that is where our begs chances, as we head towards noon, fast moving system. scattered shower possible during the afternoon hours, by the evening hours, need the heavy coat as temperatures will be dropping back into the 30s and 40s. cloud cover coming in for tomorrow morning, better chance of rain by 11:00. then scattered light rain during the evening hours and scattered light rain for sunday. keep the wet weather gear handy. temperatures will warm up mid to upper 50s by sunday with another chanc

monterey bay low to mid 40s santa cruz, gilroy and salinas, 38 watsonville, 50 monterey.oday partly cloudy showers mainly over the ocean peacing cold everywhere except -- freezing cold everywhere except beaches tonight. freeze warning in the north bay valleys, stormy pattern starts thursday yesterday's cold front bringing rain to southern california high elevation snow, we are deep into the cold air right now we will stay there, not only today but tonight and tomorrow. that's why our coldest night is still ahead of us. here's thursday and friday's storm, farther back here's saturday and sunday says storm active pattern on the way looks like we'll still have greater amounts of rain with saturday and sunday's storm and possibility of flooding power outages then, still there thursday and friday, more likely saturday and sunday, frost tomorrow morning, increasing high clouds as the afternoon unfolds. best chance of seeing light rain overnight in the north bay 7:00 thursday morning rain, rain will slide towards san francisco and oakland by noon leading edge of steadier rain he

to the north we'll see spoty periods of clearing, and santa cruz, gilroy, that's when you'll start tosee the moderate rain. by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, much of the bay area should see drying. how much rainfall? close to five inches north bays. mountains two to four inches. north bay, lesser amounts, peninsula, east bay, south bay. the santa cruz mountain, looking at close to four inches there. along with this heavy rain we're going to have to deal with strong winds. south winds, 20-30 miles-per-hour. with gusts possibly up to 60 miles-per-hour. remember, all of this take place tomorrow morning, and then by tomorrow afternoon, we will start to see some of that clearing. temperatures tomorrow -- this is a warm sector storm so we're all going to be in the mid-to-low 60s. south bay, down towards watsonville, gilroy, south, you'll have to deal with the rain into late tomorrow afternoon. monday we get a dry day and then tuesday, another shot of rain overnight, wednesday morning, a dry day on thursday and then friday start to cool things down and hopefully start to dry out in time for next w

Ñ over the place, inland 33 gilroy to 42 in monterey.ght rain this afternoonów5 z and evening showers possible tomorrowígh4ñ morning dryhd/ by the afternoon that will jumpstart a drying trend that lasts sunday, monday and tuesday. are you spraying lysol over there? no, okay. here's the high pressure that is holding on, going to push this system --@s clockwise flow to the coast, the tricky part of the forecast, how close to the coast does it get? closer to the coast more rain deeper it will penetrates3wf inland. at noon# scattered sprinkles, moderate rain towards the coast near the coast is where the heaviest rain will fall during the evening overnight taper to showersikn>p and highet elevations will have showers early tomorrow through noon and anyone into the afternoon don't be surprised if hamilton has a dusting of snow tomorrow morning. rainfall totals 10th to quarter of an inch inland quarter to half inch around the bay, a quarter to 3/4 around san francisco and the mountains. here's your seven day forecast, going to be coolest tomor

no yellow just passing showers for gilroy. dry with extra caution on 101. nothing to relieve concern yourself with but it looks like it will continue with a drying pattern for the evening hours. here is a look of rainfall totals. really, just traces near oakland and less in livermore. and also it looks like it will be dry in the next couple of days but more wet weather. with your futurecast, coming up. >>catherine: the rain came and went pretty quickly -- but it left a real mess. more on that - ahead. but first, the 49ers clinch a playoff spot. it was an exciting game against the patriots. kron4 sports producer jason appelbaum is here to tell us about it - after the break. [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. get breyer's ice cream for $2.88 and dessert will surely shine. make it a grand finale with starbucks just $6.99. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier

lower to upper 40s from gilroy to salinas and monterey watsonville and santa cruz in the middle 40s.eek if you like with yesterday you will really like this afternoon. light rain possible tuesday night through wednesday morning, much cooler as the storm is coming from alaska, will bring us into the 50s for highs wednesday through the weekend. temperatures today from four to eight degrees above average. sunrise 7:15, will set 4:51. 68 santa rosa, one of the cool spots, cooler towards antioch and brentwood, low 60s there mid 60s bay shore even to half moon bay 65 mid to upper 60s monterey bay also inland cooler tonight as high pressure starts to move away, 30s, 40s inland, 40s bay shore, 43 santa rosa, 46 oakland, 49 san francisco for the warm spot, two areas of high pressure dominating now, bringing us that land breeze and pushing all the cooler weather and clouds away from us. up to the north you can see this system the one that going to grab cooler air also going to have limited amounts of moisture healthy storm nothing like we've dealt with earlier. 7:00 in the north bay, 10:00 hea

and los gatos, 40s, fremont, oakland, san francisco and half moon bay low to mid 40s there. 32 in gilroystly sunny, close to average, within two to five degrees of normal highs, frost likely next couple of nights extended period of dry weather all seven days could be dry. low to mid 50s around the bay from 52 at half moon bay and san francisco, san rafael and richmond, 55 in san jose. montereyj=íy bay low to mid 50s around the bay and inland high clouds mixing with the sun from time to time. , east bay valleys, north bay valleys, mid 30s bay shoreline, 43 san francisco. three high pressures dominating a weather pattern, every time one tries to come through high pressure will take all the energy of the storms to get through, once they do, partly cloudy that's it reinforcing shot of cold air for the next couple of morning, frost, we could get near 60, saturday, sunday. have a great day. >>> 5:19. keeping an eye on your commute this morning, sue is off. mass transit, no delays,m muni is on saturday schedule today. also bart and caltrain and muni all doing extended services to get you throug

a lot of the activity right now focused in the south bay toward gilroy and morgan hill. that's around san martin. shifting the maps toward sunnyvale and loss gatos, we had heavier rain show up on the radar for this part of the area and more development out toward the west. move the maps here. san francisco, some coverage on the increase heading out toward the bay bridge. extending across the bridge, along oakland and berkeley. in the north bay, more developments, nevado. scattered showers, tracking not much in the way of coverage in contra coasta. still a few rain showers nearby. as far as current temperatures, off to a cool start this wednesday morning in the 40s to the 50s. even 39 degrees in santa rosa, napa at 47, livermore, 46 degrees. we have the cold front. that's responsible for the rainfall yesterday. today, as we zoom in, you can seat speckled clouds off shore. that is a signature of cold air, cold unstable air and that's the source of more showers and the potential for a few thunderstorms. here is the forecast model keeping the showers around for this morning,

another cool indicate and mostly clear out here easterly afternoon with 50 in gilroy. showers to the early afternoon in santa cruz. sunny cold for sunday. monday slight chance of showers but other than that sunshine will dominate and look for next weather maker that the middle of next week. >> thanks very much. >> just ahead here. bizarre family feud. college student goes to court and gets a restraining order against her parents. why she says they are stalking her. >> bit later the amazing length that one man went to to save a dog from a frozen lake. stay dog from a frozen lake. stay with us. 7 newsíáf- >> we have a bizarre court case to talk about tonight. college student says her own parents were stalking her so she went to court to get them to stop. abc news reporter lindsay davis has the story. if [ singing]. >>reporter: awe bring is a gifted 21-year-old theater major. often winning major roles in her school musical. but her latest win wasn't at her music conservetory but in court. after she filed a civil stalking order against her parents. earlier this month a jud

heavy rain here gilroy and holleyster reporting rain. with that the wind advisory through 1:00 in the north bay. 33 miles an hour here. half moon bay, 43-mile an hour gusts. airport delays at sfo and the flood warning until 12:45 on the north bay. we are looking at this for the next several hours, are the heavier rain. a look at lake tahoe with the snow and the winter storm warning right on through the day tonight. the snow picks up tonight. 53 mountain view you. 51 san jose. looking at the heavy rain and wind this morning. clearing later on this afternoon. it will be after 1:00 in the north bay. after 3:00 in parts of the south bay and a dry christmas eve. the wind advisories 1:00 north and 3:00 athen 3:00 peninsula . some of the rain coming down who are dontally. it won't take much to bring down power lines and a few branches and maybe even some trees. the storm system getting enhanced as it hits the san mateo coast. notice by noon time still looking at that heavy rain in marin county through the peninsula. the san mateo coast and by 4

we'll look for maybe a hint of sun near watsonville and gilroy. here is a look at seven-day forecast. we'll see scattered showers for sunday, rain likely on monday, a few lingering showers. wednesday we actually be a dry day. then thursday, larger storm system moves in to bring a series of heavy rain and gusty winds. thursday night, friday, even into next weekend looks good. >>> mike is here with sports. warriors on fire. >> they are not wet. warriors racked up seven game, 11-game road trip in atlanta. they lost to orlando last night and end with a victory over the hawks. warriors best start since '91 season. harrison barnes look strong. 19 for the game. carl landry solid off the bench. he had 19. 62-49 to the half. and here is three of his 13. david lee, averaging 20 and 10, the entire road trip. triple double and steal and the slam. 18 points for him. 6-1 on road trip. 115-93 is the final. they face new orleans on tuesday. >> facing u.c. davis after couple weeks of exams. first time in days for cardinals. only aggie player to show up. despite th

. -- watsonville, monterey, mid 60s mid to upper 50s santa cruz, gilroy and salinas, today sunny, warmest day this week. light rain tuesday night into wednesday morning that will usher in a much cooler air mass as it comes from alaska in a couple of hours. today, 65 san francisco, 68 oakland and santa rosa, near 70 at half moon bay, antioch 62 and richmond 66 in san jose, 64 in concord monterey bay mid to upper 60s around the bay and as you head inland mainly sunny a few high clouds from time to time just about anywhere. tonight high pressure takes core of warmer air, that means temperatures cooler in the 30s and 40s inland, 40s bay to the coast two areas of high pressure dominating now, the one over land is starting to give way just a little, holding on enough to bring offshore flow with clock wide rotation around that high -- clockwise rotation around that high in is the next weather system over top of this high pressure going to split these two, and drive through them starting tomorrow. you can see if in the evening in the north bay 7:00, light rain moving instead rain 9:00 steady rain

however there was flooding in other parts of gilroy that shut down some rose and sentries crashing down residents gathered over the weekend to watch this water get higher and higher. at this point it has not gone all the road yet. this is good news. >> the water will not be flowing today and this is a good day for us to clean up. >> we have about 24 hours of a drive break. we will see light rain early afternoon for the north bay. this is a slow mover that will pick up an intensity for wednesday morning. if you should enjoy the dry conditions while they last. visibility is poor in the north bay and we have fall develop in the ballot. it was just 5 mi. of visibility over and napa up. i do have live coverage and this is not a lot to keep--into the afternoon ever run will be a rough 50 degrees dreadful let's take a look at the five day rainfall total. here are some really impressive amounts. >> downtown san francisco was set 4 in. and we did see a lot rain over the weekend. satellite and radar system and another assistant will increase throughout the course of the day and it will pick up ov

out in evergreen, morgan hill and gilroy. partly cloudy conditions.we put the clock into motion we have the chance, the possibility exists for a straight shower afternoon and evening. it is ppretty slim and most of the bay area will be drying out. >> mid '50s just about everywhere. 57 for oakland. 52 in antioch. 53 in fairfield. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows we are not out of the woods. tomorrow will be a mostly sunny day however, we have the chance for showers on friday. saturday into sunday and another system will stroll in with this. we could see two-thirds of an inch of rain for the bay area. temperatures remain on the cold side. showers continue as we start the next work week. >> in the traffic center it is quiet. no hot spots. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza it is wet. you may encounter light rain. we have no accidents to report out of oakland into the city. >> here at the san mateo bridge westbound 92 it looks good for those of you heading out of foster city. >> south bound 101 wet roadway is the drive is 22 minutes

. >> and 3,000 miles away from connecticut in gilroy tonight. about 70 people attended a vigil for the sandy hook victims. they came together at the south valley community church to pray, mourn, and heal. >> having an environment, a venue like this helps people process it. and then being able to give resources that kind of help people continue that journey. >> the names of all 26 victims were read and a candle was lit for each of them. we're getting a better idea who the sandy hook killer was. cbs reporter seth talked to a former classmate and a babysitter who says that adam lanza's mother gave him an odd warning about her son. >> what kind of kid was adam lanza as a classmate? >> just quiet. >> she remembers adam lanza from german class. >> on one side he did something unspeakable. while on the other that's not how i remember him. i remember him as a nice kid that i sat near in class. and we joked. he'd laugh. you know. that kind of thing. >> it was the spring of 2009 and the two were enrolled at western connecticut state university while lanza

gilroy will warm to 64. 64 in salinas. clouds thicken up tuesday.howers late in the day in the north bay and then after that we'll bring on sunshine thursday friday and sunday. it will start to warm up, too. >> mike shumann is off and rick kwan is in. couldn't win them all. >> three weeks ago the 49ers and rams had to settle for a rare tie at candlestick park. at st. louis, it nearly happened again. after two impressive starts, jim harbaugh, gore powers his way in from the 1. that would be their only touchdown. it was still 7-0 when colin kaepernick throws the ball out of bounds. he was flagged for intentional grounding. with san francisco up 10-2, kaepernick it goes over the head. he is in for touchdown. smith can only wonder what if. rams tie it up with a 2-point conversion. it was 10 apiece. kaepernick tries to make up with his mistakes and scrambles and thanks to great blocks. for a 50-yard run the longest by a quarterback in 49er history. that led to a field goal. rams forced overtime. david akers with a chance with a win and this time from 51

livermore, cool day, 53. 54 for gilroy as well as salinas. the seven-day forecast. bundle up tomorrow night. it's going to be cold. some clear sky. a few high clouds here and there. new year's day, get ready for lots of sunshine. temperatures in the 50s. looks like a very hard freeze but early wednesday morning and then we'll bring showers thursday and friday. >> sounds good. thank you, leigh. mike shumann is out. rick quan is in and you have the niners highlights. >> a lot of excitement i might lose my voice. >> ama: all the screaming. >> rick: for the 489ers to win the nfc west and earn the first-round bythey had to beast arizona and green bay lose to minnesota. the offense got going in the second. kaepernick and crabtree, the two-play drive. hits crabtree for the 31-yard gain, and then kaepernick finds crabtree open for a 49-yard touchdown. that connection was clicking. david akers continues to have his problems, making just two of four field goal attempts. with justin smith still sidelined, francois is trying to filled the void. frenchy is just that, sagging bra

low to mid 60s towards morgan hill, gilroy, hollister and salinas.tonight 30s fairfield mid to upper 40s san francisco 51°. area of high pressure west low to south, a little northerly wind now as that high expands east offshore wind or land breeze you can see temperatures respond in the mid to upper 60s sunday, monday possibly 70s there. 10 to 14 days without rain, there it is for wednesday, thursday inside slider the best chance is central valley up into the sierra getting much needed snow. for us we'll keep a chance in there, just in case. >>> live look from novato through northern san rafael past lucas valley road, headlights traffic light moving at the limit past freitas parkway past the civic center no issues and no fog through marin clear. macarthur maze points coming from 880, 580 and 80 into the bay bridge toll, everything is flowing nicely through the macarthur maze no issues once you get into the tolls, very light, no problems on the upper deck making your drive into san francisco minor accidents north 101 palo alto at university on-ramp is

gilroy 34. salinas and monterey low to mid 40s.l start today, increasing clouds, light rain develops this afternoon. showers to start tomorrow morning, by the afternoon, it will be dry and that drying trend will last sunday through tuesday. no big warming trend, just temperatures close to where they should be in the 50s. high pressure west, high pressure east, trying to divide and conquer, spinning a lot of energy trying to breakthrough, and shove this off to the east. because this is stronger now, i think the front is going to stay out over the ocean for the better part of the morning hours. by noon, sprinkles, especially in the north bay, as we head towards 5:00, light rain starting to move in. moderate to possibly heavy rain out over the ocean near the coast by 10:00, then you can see low rotating to our south overnight with scattered showers snow level 3,000, possibly 2500 feet, snow on hamilton tomorrow, scattered showers through noon, gone by saturday afternoon near the coast or san francisco up to a half to 3/4 of an inch th

. -- watsonville, monterey, mid 60s mid to upper 50s santa cruz, gilroy and salinas, today sunny, warmest this week. light rain tuesday night into wednesday morning that will usher in a much cooler air mass as it comes from alaska in a couple of hours. today, 65 san francisco, 68 oakland and santa rosa, near 70 at half moon bay, antioch 62 and richmond 66 in san jose, 64 in concord monterey bay mid to upper 60s around the bay and as you head inland mainly sunny a few high clouds from time to time just about anywhere. tonight high pressure takes core of warmer air, that means temperatures cooler in the 30s and 40s inland, 40s bay to the coast two areas of high pressure dominating now, the one over land is starting to give way just a little, holding on enough to bring offshore flow with clock wide rotation around that high -- clockwise rotation around that high in is the next weather system over top of this high pressure going to split these two, and drive through them starting tomorrow. you can see if in the evening in the north bay 7:00, light rain moving instead rain 9:00 steady rain in

showers and partial clearing. 52, san rafael, and san francisco, livermore, 54. 50s for watsonville and gilroy. here's the seven-day forecast. a slight break tuesday. wednesday morning, get ready for morning frost. it will be cold but a dry day on wednesday. then heavy rain and wind expected on thursday. periods of rain could be heavy at times on friday. and it looks like another storm probably saturday night and early sunday morning. so, definitely stay tuned with us and we'll keep you updated. >> shu is here with sports. raiders big time. >> mike: the playoff picture coming into focus. the raiders playing a team they beat seven >> mike: the raiders hosting kansas city. the last time they beat the kansas city chiefs, seven week ago. the highlights are not up to nfl standards. chiefs, 17 yards offense in the first half. brady quinn, picked off by hansen. that led to a janikowski 50-yard field goal. 6-0 raiders. third quarter, mcfadden, with a 19-yarder. that led to jap cow ski's fourth field goal of the game. 12-0 raiders. mike goodson, spends away from one tackle. shake and bakes around anoth