. >> reporter: in the normally quiet town of guerneville, the debate over homelessness has gotten down right loud. >> there are lots of people who are angry about it. >> reporter: because where this town ends, another community begins. >> absolutely. you're just seeing a grain of sand here. if you trek along the riverways you're going to find more encampments. they're everywhere. >> this is what everyone is talking about. you're looking at one of the homeless encampments along the russian river. but while there's a real sharp and often bitter division in this community over what caused the problem and how to resolve it, there's one area of consensus. >> it's about the river and taking care of the river and keeping the stuff from going out in to the river and out in to the ocean because it's the environment that's getting impacted. >> reporter: the trash comes in all shapes and sizes, from simple litter to electronic waste. and a single rainstorm can send any of this in to the reserve and ultimately the pacific ocean. as for the human wast, the environmental protection agency cites thes

. >> reporter: there are two views of guerneville. there is the view of the russian river's graceful sliding path, and numerous homeless encampments on the river's banks leaving mounds of trash. >> there has always been homeless here. >> reporter: the small resort town is shouldering a homeless problem that per capita is four times san francisco's. >> today we're going to drive down outside of town. >> reporter: but area resident chris got tired of talking trash. >> going out through a lot of the stuff that has been left behind. let's watch our step, everybody. >> reporter: so he started picking it up. >> a lot of clothes. a lot of canned goods, trash. >> reporter: he began organizing twice a week volunteer cleanups along the river. >> there you go. >> reporter: they even got a name. >> we're now calling ourselves the garbage patch kids. >> you have to have a good sense of humor and a willingness to pick up trash, and you're in. >> i was horrified at the trash that ends up down there. >> reporter: even when hauling away filthy mattres

around jenner, you're seeing wet roadways between the guerneville and heelsburg area.an see yellows here indicating that rain. so how much rain last two days? under that in santa rosa. picked up a third inch in oaklandland. and temperatures now in the 50s and there are clouds gathering. light rain for most areas. we do have a high surf advisory through 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, large breakers, and watch out for the big waves. storm coming in is light rain for friday, less than a quarter inch and will be breezy in spots. sprinkles around the area and most of the rain holds up. in the north bay, light to moderate. yellow indicating moderate pockets. then, that is when the system crosses the central bay. east bay, and san francisco and notice it doesn't move a lot at 3:00 p.m. and we're not expecting much out of this by 5:00 p.m. and nothing like what we have seen in the last 24-48 hours are expecting about a tenth of an inch. and most areas will be between a tenth to two tenths of an inch. mid-40s to low 50s and a few spots dropping down to low 40s and it will be like

around jenner, you're seeing wet roadways between the guerneville and heelsburg area. can see yellows here indicating that rain. so how much rain last two days? under that in santa rosa. picked up a third inch in oaklandland. and temperatures now in the 50s and there are clouds gathering. light rain for most areas. we do have a high surf advisory through 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, large breakers, and watch out for the big waves. storm coming in is light rain for friday less than a quarter inch and will be breezy in spots. sprinkles around the area and most of the rain holds up. in the north bay, light to moderate. yellow indicating moderate pockets. then that is when the system crosses the central bay. east bay and san francisco and notice it doesn't move a lot at 3:00 p.m. and we're not expecting much out of this by 5:00 p.m. and nothing like what we have seen in the last 24-48 hours are expecting about a tenth of an inch. and most areas will be between a tenth to two tenths of an inch. mid-40s to low 50s and a few spots dropping down to low 40s and it will be like a

we have light rain showers now, a swath of rain from guerneville into the santa rosa area including windsor. we have snow in throughout the trinity national forest and in addition to all this, we have a wind advisory going into effect this morning until tonight. some of the winds up to 30 miles per hour in the highest elevations with gusts up to 50. we'll track the storms together as the news continues. >>> it looks like we are starting to see more cars at the altamont pass westbound 580. 15 minutes towards the dublin interchange. a lot of those delays originating out of tracy and 205 and 580 connector. we'll have a look at the bay bridge coming up. >> a lot of early birds out there. thanks, gianna. it's 4:55. juveniles will no longer have to go to court for failing to pay fares on san francisco's muni system. the board voted yesterday to allow young violaters to pay fines like adults. penalty is $56, half the amount paid by the adult violators. >>> armed mc movie theater chain is the target of a lawsuit saying they are not doing enough to help blind movie growers. a suit was filed against

in the 50s elsewhere but for santa rosa and guerneville in the mid-to-upper 50s.r neighbors, san ramon is a cool spot at 42 and san jose at 47, and alameda and redwood city at 55, and san carlos at 49, and daly city at 56. from our roof camera, temperatures are today are from 72 to 77 degrees. we it will going to be breezy in the hills from mount tamalpais, the heat will ease and well have another record setting day tomorrow and i will go region by region and look at the record highs that are possible today when we come back. frances has the only commute. >> we are getting a new crash reported and this is on westbound 80 that is where we are starting to see a lot of brake lights as you make director way beyond highway 4 into hercules traffic is jammed up at eight miles per hour and it looks like the right lane is blocked, so i have crews heading to the cent can we will check out the drive times in the next report but you can see that metering lights at the toll follow were turned on so that means everything is backing up quickly far the 880 overcrossing so a good

guerneville to windsor, you see the line. san pablo bay, marin county buy san rafael. of this is there. so the north bay no doubt about it takes the bulk of this. 40s on the temps to near 50 degrees for some. low 50s. the breezy is showing itself. southeast 15. novato south of 10. napa's in there. concord. so it will be a south wind to later this afternoon when that system goes through. south bay, i doubt you get any rain at all. mountain view over to reid hill looks to be the cut-off. that's a trace or a .01. south of that hardly anything. increasing clouds. rain in the north bay earlier. that's where the heaviest will be. this is a much weaker system than we saw. upper 50s to the north or low 60s. these are pretty close to seasonal averages. after today though we clear out. tomorrow will be mostly sunny. a little cool in the morning. but then warmer into sunday, monday, and tuesday. one heck of a weather week. >> absolutely. >> fun but, you know. >> all right. >>> time is 8:22. new this morning we're getting required harper lee, the famed author of the classic novel