bay. it was not long ago ha long bay was named one of the new natural wonders of the world. d here. >> ha long became one of the seven new wonder natural of the world. because you see that here not only the view, view very, very beautiful view. ha long became one of the seven new wonder natural of the world. >> reporter: unesco has placed ha long bay on the world heritage site. 18 years, you've been a tour guide. >> right. >> so you know this place well? >> of course. ha long is my hometown. >> reporter: scientists believe these formations began 500 million years ago, sculpted by tectonic movement and ocean water. >> why does the mountain go up? that means that happened by earthquake but happened very, very long time ago. but now we see here very peaceful, very beautiful view here. >> reporter: a place where millions on tour boats still share the waters with the local fishermen and their families who call ha long bay home. feel very lucky to have seen it myself. thought we'd share it with you tonight. and thank you for watching here on a tuesday night. i'm david muir. i hope

floating fishing villages like this used to be found in nearly every sheltered cove or corner of ha long bay minimize their ecological impact. >> ha: the people that are living on floating villages, they're just generally nice and willing to open their home to others and -- >> anthony: they basically farm oysters. >> ha: yeah, yeah. >> anthony: a lot of pearls for sale in ha long bay and in vietnam. they come from places like this. it takes over a year to grow each pearl, and there's no guarantee an oyster will even yield one. ♪ water spinach, i think that's called, right? >> ha: water spinach. that's the most common vegetable for vietnamese people in summertime. >> anthony: yes. mm-hmm. >> ha: yeah. >> anthony: what kind of fish are these? little fish. >> ha: yeah, ha long fish. >> anthony: ha long fish. >> ha: yeah. >> anthony: it's delicious. good fish. this is a pretty prime piece of real estate. they've lived here how long? >> ha: for many generations. this old grandma is 78 years old and she said that her grandparents lived here before this all became, like, a big tourist attraction. >

the north bay is dealing with - flooding in guerneville, downtown sonoma, some flooding in napa and a mudslide in monte rio - that )s near the sonoma county coast. kari -- it has been a long night in the north bay and will be a long day today. starting with a spinout in oakland the russian river is expected to reach its highest level in more than a quarter century -- and it )s why mandatory evacuations are in place for surrounding areas. today in the bay )s pete suratos joins us live in forestville -- with what )s beig done to prepare for the flooding, pete? we )re already in the flood stae in guerneville, but when the russian river crests at nearly guerneville is no stranger to flooding. ... after cars and trucks were submerged. after previous floods in the mid 90s, "fema" offered grants to help elevate-- or "raise"-- homes above flood-levels. some two-hundred homes have been raised, with another two-hundred yet to go. the russian river is not the only place we )re watching in te north bay. the napa river is already flooding too. it )s set to crest at seven this morning - in about three hours. our bob redell is there - he )ll join us live in the next half hour. a live lo

all the rain all evening long has stayed in the north bay where the totals have exceeded half a foot in the sonoma county mountains. lake sonoma, more than 3 inches of rain. 2 inches of rain for santa rosa and coming up on 2 for san rafael. overnight tonight the steady soaking rainfall stays in the north bay. it may be a d commute of there in the east bay and south bay but the rain does move south tomorrow and steady soaking heavy rainfall is likely tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. a flood watch is in effect for those areas already getting hit hard including santa rosa, petaluma, and san rafael and a flash flood watch in effect for most of the area. we'll go region by region and hour by hour, through the next couple days, talking about how much rain you can expect coming up. >>> the rain caused a mini waterfall on the side of highway 116. kpix 5's betty yu continues our storm watch coverage live in petaluma. >> we're on north petaluma boulevard near highway 116 and it has not stopped raining for the last couple hours. this area was hit particularly hard during the last big st

bay area. standup: joe vazquez / richmond but ... only a small amount is dedicated to bridge maintenance. in richmond, joe vazquez, kpix5. traffic has been ridiculous across the bay area basically all night long. we're *just starting to see traffic losen up in san francisco right now.. that line of headlines is 80.. heading to the bay bridge. a little earlier - the financial district looked like a parking lot. drivers trapped in bumper-to- bumper traffic. even cable car service was shut down for awhile because traffic was so bad. and the line of red lights you see here -- that's highway 37 tonight.. one of the alternate routes around the bridge. the backup went for miles and miles. kpix 5's andria borba got an earful from drivers in novato: to the weather now.. and this video just in from san jose. it's raining! and there's more to come. chief meteorologist paul deano is in the weather center... tracking a new round of stormy weather. paul? our morning show will be starting early at 4 a-m tomorrow.. to help get you where you need to go.. now to that huge gas explosion and fire in san francisco. tonight-- n-t-s-b investigators arrived on scene.. to look into what went wrong. the fire started y

. >>> a bay area city has made the long list. 7 on your side will tell you where you should not take your car if you need it to be fixed. >>> all this week "abc7 news" is following the bay area bart experience as part of our effort to build a better bay area. join us to see what it's like to ride barlt and what track the transit system will take next. >>> "abc7 news" will be right back. [phone ringing] remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. than the one next door. (music throughout) >>> in the east bay an elementary school in oakland has been without gas since last thursday. think about that. no heat. >> yeah, tough. gas leak was confirmed and capped. but still no heat in the facility. "abc7 news" louis pena has t

rain has returned to the bay area. here is how long this system will stick around. >>> day 3 with the teacher strike. >>> a community in a shock and what we are learning about the city of danville. >>> good afternoon. will begin with ricky news with a severe traffic alert. eastbound lanes are closed right now. you cannot use that to go to orinda. the reports a car caught fire perhaps in the left eastbound 24. at the fire is out but they are working to have the smoke clear. will bring you up breaks as soon as we get up. >>> the weather, rain has returned to the bay area after dry conditions. we had sunshine over the weekend. we are live with how much more rain the system is expecting to bring us pick >> this is powerful. we are looking at moderate to heavy rain. advisories for part of our coastline as well as the hills when it comes to the wind and flooding. that is widespread. let's look at the radar. the northbay is where it has started. we did expected to move to the northbay first. it is widespread inland and even heavy pockets alon

your eyebrow might rise when you realize how long bob melvin has been skippering the a's. bay area big league training news and notes to chew on. >>> baseball up top. a's and giants players have reported to spring training. so has dennis o'donnell. reports from him in arizona coming soon. this can't wait. the giants have signed another outfielder! ah, no, again. it's not bryce harper. they did pickup journeyman veteran cameron maybin. this was a minor league contract. san francisco will be his eighth different team in 13 seasons. one of the talked about pitching wrinkles they thought about is starting games with relievers. they're called openers. you can guess what starter madison bumgarner thinks of that. >> how would you feel if somebody came in for the first inning? >> how would you feel if you had somebody asking the questions for you every day? if i have a guy out there, i'm running him out from the first pitch to the last pitch and worry about it from there. >> still with the giants. only a couple of san francisco born rays players that we can think of who ended up playi

lawrence-- how long is this storm going to last? very heavy rain has hit the bay area with flooding and trees down. some areas have already seen over 6.5 inches and there is much more to come. you can see the rain is a little more broken but will become heavy again tonight especially in the north bay. flooding is forecast along the napa an russian rivers as well as the guadalupe in the south bay. rain will turn to showers and windy weather on thursday. showers will continue on friday through the weekend. (vicki) thanks lawrence. and we have team coverage of the storm tonight. (grant) lets first go to kron 4's dan kerman.. he's live in santa rosa. dan how are conditions looking there? this was the scene in and around santa rosa for much of the day, heavy downpours making roads slick... there was plenty of flooding as well.. this is llano road.... where cars had to navigate through deep water... this stretch of redwood highway was also closed due to flooding.. and over on south wright road you were better to have been in a motor boat than car.... in the downtown are

. >> of course traffic has been ridiculously bad all across the bay area basically all night long. and here's a bit of good news. we're just starting to see traffic loosen up a bit through downtown san francisco right now. that line of headlights is interstate 80 heading to the bay bridge. a little bit earlier the financial district looked like a parking lot. it was awful. drivers trapped in bumper to bumper traffic for hours. even cable car service had to be shut down for a while because traffic was so bad. and the line of red lights you see right there, that's highway 37 tonight. one of the alternate routes around the bridge, the backup went for miles and miles out there. kpix 5's andria borba got an earful from drivers. >> i got on 37 and saw it was backed up and it was going to take me 99inutes get to sears point and i said i'm not doing this. >> reporter: from confusion to anger on sir francis drake of the richmond-san rafael bridge. hi is completely insane. i do this drive every single day. it's never like this. >> reporter: the 80,000-plus drivers who use the bridge daily ha

findings by a special rapporteur agnus kalamata follow a week long mission to turkey to examine evidence our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the un although it's an initial statement it's a pretty damning statement it's continued embarrassment i think to saudi arabia which had hoped to put this behind them this is still out there and of course is only a short statement and there is likely to be more to come because the investigation continues u.s. trucks carrying food and supplies have arrived at the colombia venezuela border but it's not clear yet how the aid will get into the country without the support of the military which still baths president nicolas maduro the stalemate continues over breaks it is really to say the u.k. withdrawal agreement struck in november cannot be renegotiated although both sides have agreed to hold more talks to try to avoid the u.k. leaving without a deal white house aide will travel to the middle east later this month he'll be visiting to present part of his peace plan for the region president tom son in law will visit oman buffer in saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar the un's human

the findings by a special rapporteur agnus kalamata follow a week long mission to tackle to examine evidence to get to james bay as has more from the u.n. . although it's an initial statement it's a pretty damning statement it's a continued embarrassment i think to saudi arabia which had hoped to put this behind them this is still out there and of course is only a short statement and there is likely to be more to come because the investigation continues the stalemate continues over breaks that e.u. leaders say the u.k. withdrawal agreement struck in november cannot be renegotiated although both sides have agreed to hold more talks to try to avoid the u.k. leaving without a deal white house aides hard question who will travel to the middle east later this month he'll be visiting to present part of his peace plan for the region president son in law will visit him on the train saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar thousands of people have been demonstrating in the haitian capital demanding for the president to step down protesters and port au prince one just over an hour noisy to resign for not investing allegations of corru

as "today in the bay" has been reporting, many people have complained about the long wait times. the dmv has blamed the transition on the federal real i.d. program, the agency says it needs more money to handle the number of appointments and requests. governor gavin newsom is calling for changes to the dmv. he's pushing to create a task force to address the issue. so we'll see what happens. it couldn't hurt to get money put into the fund to help, if what they need is money to get those appointments going. >> how are people doing it? >> i have no idea. honestly, this is the first i've heard of this. i thought what a great idea. >> make a lot of money. >> you could probably make a ton of money, but if this law is passed, it will be illegal. so nevermind. nevermind for that side hustle. >> i had one in march but i stood in line which whent faste but i do have an appointment. >> my husband had an appointment but still had to wait five hours. i'm putting off my real i.d. for as long as possible. you don't need it until 2020. >> i did. >> congratulations, marcus. >> thanks a lot. >> th

. >>> the bart has pushed service back to 5 am and some commuters some riders complaining about long lines at the pittsburg bay point station. more than 100 people were lined up by 3:30 am yesterday making adjustments. the first two buses left that 15 a.m. today. the schedule changes will allow bart to complete the $300 million trans by project and shore up the transit system in the chance of a major earthquake. the seismic work is expected to last for three and half years. >>> if you're waiting on your drivers license it could be in the mail as they try to clear the giant backlog of renewals with "unforeseen complications" slowing down licensing for 150,000 people. the staff working through the weekends to process renewals. the new cards should reach the customers in 2 to 3 weeks. >>> new video capturing the fight over who is rolling the bay area roost at this owl in the red-tailed hawk nest, not happy to find this owl nestled in his nest. they are both fighting over the prime real estate in the eucalyptus tree in the presidio neighborhood of san francisco. the owl ultimately came out on time. they have been

system because the storm that gave us a few showers in the east bay yesterday has blossomed into a big time snowmaker to our south and east. how long has the snow gone? the grapevine, good luck getting to los angeles right now taking interstate 5. it's basically shut down. it's also snowing in northwestern mexico. they have some mountains there, a continuation of the sierra into mexico and higher elevations above 3,000 feet in the country of mexico it's currently snowing and flagstaff, arizona, northern arizona, high in elevation, i get that, 31 inches of snow so far today, all time snow record for any day in flagstaff's history and las vegas just called their first snow day. schools are closed tomorrow the first time in 11 years. so kind of some crazy weather to our south and east, but that low for all intents and purposes missed us. in its wake we have clear skies now, tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon. change is coming for the weekend. not rain. cloud cover moving in by saturday afternoon. we will be mostly cloudy on sunday, showers possible lake county, mendocino county as far south as they get over the weekend. the immediat

it is a long backup because of road work that has been cleared up. there are no problems here at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>> mostly clear with 30s and if you 20s to the north break a few showers towards santa cruz. 30s to 40s. it is 48 at half moon bay with a fresh northerly breeze. towards the santa cruz mountains, the low 30s. 31 in san joaquin. and that mid-30s around santa clara. it is cold enough for us as well as seattle and portland at 23. reading is 35. you can see the airflow out of the north after the cold system came by yesterday. there is enough breezes and clouds and showers along the santa cruz coast around monterey. cloud cover will be over by the coast. sony with temperatures slow to rebound. there is a easterly breeze that makes us corporate there is enough of a path in the atmosphere to hold the temperatures up a little bit. a quiet day today. tomorrow, we see the next system come in and another on sunday. even beyond, it is 50s for the taps. these are below average. they will stay that way. a cold rain is coming in friday .>>> pro golfers and music stars, super bowl

transportation fund, so that would at least help the state as "today in the bay" has been reporting, many people have complained about the long wait times of the dmv. the dmv blamed the long wait times on the transition to the federal real i.d. program. the agency says it needs more money to handle the number of appointments and requests, so hopefully if the money comes from those fines and goes to the dmv, hopefully that will help. meanwhile our new governor, gavin newsom, is calling for changes to the dmv. he's calling it chronically mismanaged and pushing a task force to address the issues. so a lot going on. hopefully that will help the dmv. >> it's been building a lot of task force at different departments. >> the dmv as we all have discussed could use some help. this guy over here with his real i.d. already has it. >> i went on new year's eve. >> which is not a popular time. >> right, i figured everyone is getting ready for the festivities. i was in and out. >> b35. >> i'm impressed, or he was like a1. >> i don't know. i've never had that one. i'm not that lucky. >> 36. >> good for you, marcus. we're all jealous. we hav

long, we needed it. but it's honestly, crazy. >> in the north bay, all that rain has caused a lot of flooding in sonoma county. part of the rohnert park expressway was closed because of flooding near stony point road. in fairfax, traffic worked through a flooded intersection on sir francis drake boulevard that left this pickup truck stuck in the water. >>> never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's a look at the temperatures when you step outside. when you grab the rai gear dress for temperatures in the low to mid-50s. about 52 to 55 degrees. here's a look at the benicia bridge, the carquinez bridge getting wet. 4 it and 680 to pleasant hill road, this goes to walnut creek and dips down to alamo. heads across 24. looks like a solid light to moderate rain there. moraga way, skyline boulevard all the way to emeryville. the bay bridge toll plaza. across the bay bridge and into san francisco. you can see mission street getting rain right now. the winds are still a factor. 32 at sfo. that means over the water, they'll be a little faster. if you're on an east-west bridge, trust me, i

long as you get me from a to b i'm okay. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," kari has a look at the cold forecast. >> starting out cold this morning. >> it will be cool as we get a look at san jose and temperature trend. mid-30s to start out. heading into the low 50s this afternoon. we'll talk about when you can get outside and when you may be kept inside. that's coming up next. >> the bay bridge toll plaza looks great right now. no delays. if you have cash. we'll show you where you'll pause if you're heading to this area. a little problem overnight. matee new this morning: >>> good thursday morning to you. taking a live look outside. san mateo bridge right now. it is a very cold start to the morning. get out the credit card, californians, and scrape the window. 4:45 right now. >> new this morning, crocs is stepping out of the box with the latest fashion statement. i'm not agreeing with this one here. we can't forget the footwear. if you ever imagined wearing aa >> i haven't imagined that. >> somebody maybe. >> today is your lucky day. they teamed up with a company. they debuted this new bag, $300. >> oh. >> yeah, high-end

long after the moments have passed. now at eight: rain, hail, sleet and snow ... we are tracking the bitter winter storm that has turned baypping down to around 400 feet or so(whoosh) near whiteout conditions in the sierra ... tonight we are learning about the fate of a bay area couple whose jeep got stuck in the snow.(whoosh) and a development affecting thousands of parents ... a school strike growing more likely in the east bay 95 percent of oakland teachers vote yes! (ken)tonight at 8. a rare sight in the bay area today... as a dusting of snow hit ba

we're seeing hour long delays heading to the lower deck of the bay bridge. in fact the california line for the cable car has been shut down because the cable cars couldn't get through because of the gridlock. so something to keep in mind. right now there are almost three hour delays on eastbound 37. it normally takes ten minutes. and eastbound 580 is 47 minutes from 101. and trans bay service is expecting delays on ac transit and b.a.r.t. and san francisco bay ferry will be great alternates. again, we keep hearing hard closure, in-defini closure, indefinitely, so keep it in morning for tomorrow morning. >>> let's move on now, the hall of famer who became a major league baseball legend, first black manager, has died. frank robinson grew up in oakland becoming a two sport star in high school. robinson had a great big league career. rookie of the year with the reds, twice most valuable player. he made history in 1975 becoming baseball's first black manager with the indians. he would later manage the giants from 1981 to 1984. in all, robinson spent 63 years in major leaguear e at his home in bellaire. frank rob

bay area wcc matchup with usf. trying to do what it has not done in 16 years. it was that long ago that the don speed st.ary's in a game. bill cartwright taking this one in at mckeon today. well, the don found himself playing from behind most of the first half. nice sequence for them there. that was frankie ferrari to nate renfro, but by halftime they had a 30 career high points . usf closes the late rally, but the guilt held on for an 86- 80 win. both teams are 5-3 and wcc play. >>> joe fonzi. >>> warriors the lakers tonight. >>> we will see you at 10:00 on ktvu fox 2. remember we are always online on ktvu.com and on facebook, twitter, and instagram. >> see you later. [ siren wailing, indistinct conversations ] do we know anything? oh, no. they're in there now with the doctor. we're lucky, though. the paramedics said it could've been a lot worse. my god, how did this even happen? there he is. big day's coming up. what do you want for your birthday, big dog? it's okay. i'm good. come on. the sky's the limit. dream big, my boy. well, i guess i could use a belt. a belt? yeah, you're right. i don't need it.

i was bay area native for a long time. robert mueller has a great reputation. he is a very, very careful prosecutor. and weissmann is a very careful prosecutor. so building a case like this requires time. it's incremental. it's not just here is a smoking gun and we're done. so we're clearly, carefully building a case, and there will be these little slivers. it doesn't seem like much at all. it's sort of impressionism. when you get up close, you're not sure what seeing. when you step back, ah-ha. >> do you have a painting metaphor for this? >> no, but i'll build on yourself because it's excellent. >> because she is at a really good school. we're just normal pundits here. >> a rap word maybe will come to mind. that's a really good analogy. when you're reading through the transcript they got wasn't until late last year. so they are building this methodically. >> still going. >> a lot of people knocked this probe for being slow and long, but actually, they're continuing to get information that proves to be very valuable. the last thing i would note that is really i

the latest on how long it will taketo repair the damage from last week's flood (whoosh) and a major announcement from a bay area sports legend what giants manager bruce bochy hashis future plans. (pam) thela

bay area. the changes and has long been a red-hot housing market then may have the advantage dipping just a bit too the buyer's side. >>> reaching out amazon. the cities already tried to the retail giant after a very public valentine's day breakup. >>> right now we do see traffic that is moving along slowly in some areas, but very -- moving very well and others, even though it is still raining and simple spots. >>> the low snow levels and hill reports are coming in. it's going to be that kind of day. colder on an off rain, occasional hill, and snow levels come down even more so by sunday. there >>> he wanted to hear the song. thank you, daniel for the request. if you have an idea for next friday's theme, let us know on social media. just use the #ktvu on facebook or instagram. >>> the situation is definitely looking for homebuyers here in the bay area. >> a study by the online real estate database zillow indicates are market is going up. compare two january of last year, this means people looking to purchase a house actually have more choices, and they're not competing with 70 drivers driving o

long that will be part of the forecast in about 15 minutes. >>> new at 6:00, for the second time this month, a mudslide has forced a popular south bay winery tolose. nbc bay area marianne favro is live in saratoga with the

long light of communities waiting to take him to court. live in san jose, robert handa, "nbc bay area news." >> thank you. >>> it has been a monday filled with sunshine, beautiful. but the sunshine will soon turn to rain, and lots of it. here is a live look from our traffic cams across the bay area. let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. happy monday to you. what do we have in store this week? >> we are looking at an active weather pattern coming our way. it will take some time for the rainfall to get here, so i wanted to go ahead and layout what we're looking at this week so you can kind of think about it and maybe any kind of plans you have. we have two different storm systems off to the north. these will move in wednesday into thursday. now, overall those song. what we'reelp to boost those rainfall totals is what is an atmospheric river, it is subtropical moisture, a ton of rainfall with this when the storm systems to the north interact with it, it, again, it help increase our totals across the bay area. that's why we have a flash flood watch issued from 11:00 p.m. tuesday into 8:00 p.m. thursday for the entire bay area. wha

has been focused up in the northbay. to the south, that what monterey bay, not nearly as much rain , just a dry weather pattern. that this is a fund that has been stalled out all day long, so the heavy rain pick support tonight. tomorrow, some improvement, some showers often on interior wednesday, but i think a lot more breaks in the action, such as you get outside. maybe into if you breaks in the clouds by wednesday afternoon. in the sierra, interstate 80, i just checked. it is close once again due to traction concerns. the winter storm morning in place, until 6 a.m. thursday. it has been amazing this month, and we can add another possibly 3 to 4 feet above of 8000 feet without warning and placed into thursday morning. here we are tonight, so the rainfall picks up this evening between 8:00, 9:00, and 10:00, and this is only tomorrow morning. still some heavy rain. if you're thinking about the commute tomorrow morning, it looks like we still have a few scattered showers out there, but the persistent, heavy rain should gradually move out of town. tomorrow, still a chance of a few scattered showers, especially up in the northbay. forecast high for tomorrow mainly in the

bay area to southern california will not happen anytime soon. >> the current project as planned will cost too much. and respectfully take too long. there has been too little oversight and not enough transparency. right now there is simply not a path to get from sacramento to's and diego let alone from san francisco to l.a. >> the costly project began over a decade ago. the price tag in 2008 around $33 billion. the price tag now, $77 billion. the state has only spent $5.1 billion. >>> now governor newsom wants to finish a stretch of land between bakersfield and madera. crews are deep into construction in fresno. building a viaduct over the san joaquin river. plans to shift focus away from silicon valley prompting a huge response from bay area transportation advocates. we are at the train station which was once envisioned as a future high-speed rail hub. >> reporter: with the governor said today is casting a lot of doubt as to whether or not this station will be a future hub for high-speed rail. passengers who ride the rails every day were just hearing about the governor's state of the state announcement that high-speed rail may be limited t

has been tracking the accuweather forecast for us. some parts of the bay area seeing a break from the rain. >> isn't that nice? but not for long. 38 in our protected valleys of the north bay, 48 in oakland, right here in san francisco it's 46. so certainly looksu likn the c shakingalso breezy, so another and slightly soggy start to your weekend. but we've got a dry finish, all coming up next with my accuweather seven-day forecast. >> lisa, thank you. >>> also ahead, the stanford hack. names, social security numbers, even test scores exposed in a new data breach. >>> plus, another twist in the saga of edna, the famous fire cat. the new reason why employees at the station are now fearing for their jobs. remember the way we used to do things? hey man... like connect with friends? dig it! or get in shape? or sell a house and pay a real estate agent a big commission. [crash] at redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. than one next door.

bay point. west contra costa county has had a tough go all morning long from crockett to san pablo. 680 is slow. so is 24. 680 is slow into alamo. and at the bay bridge itself it's slow. this is really now the peak of the commute. 7:33, let's go back to the desk. >>> new this morning one person has been injured after a pickup truck crashed into an antioch home stopping inches away from the homeowner inside. you can see the pickup crashed right through the front door of the house. this is located on golden bear drive. bear ridge way. apparently taking down the street sign on its way. contra costa fire crews say they responded to the call just after 11:30. a couple living in the home was asleep at the time and described what was a very close call. >> i slept on the sofa. but i didn't know anything. and i heard a sound, just a boom like that. i saw somebody shooting. >> one person had to go to the hospital with major injuries after the truck ram into that two-story home. so far police have not released any information about the crash. >>> an investigation is under way after a man was shot and kille

long overwater flights. the company says it will announce further details once it has passed all phases of the certification process ( john ) and i am ( john ) ( john ) and i am tracking your bayácommercialá)(áábreakáá) rain and snowfall across the this morning depending on elevation with snowfall above 1,000 feet. drive carefully over mountain passes as icy spots will be seen along many routes. showers will taper off through the morning and by the afternoon temperatures in the bay will peak in the upper 40's and low 50's under mostly sunny skies. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond less than 20 min from the toll to 101 < nats of hail >( james ) this through the bay ar this is video showing the hail falling at s-f-o overnight. ( james ) its all part of our big story this morning. snow falling in the bay area. the santa cruz mountains is getting a lot of it this morning. ( darya ) kron 4's will tran is joining us now live from highway 17 with a look. ( darya ) thanks will. rain and snowfall across

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bay view senior services program will be coordinated at dr dr. george w. davis senior centre. bayview has a long history of looking youth and visibles of -- individuals all ages. the intergenerational programming has existed there, structured approach with consistent programming will be even more beneficial and is desired by the community. bayview will expand their existing relationships with youth organizations in district 10 and develop null ones to offer a intergenerational programming such as technology and cooking classes, yoga class and mentoring groups. some activities will be scheduled weekly such as the technology class and gardening group, others guy a week during the summer when youth have more time such as cooking and music class. bayview will have a full time program coordinat coordinate toe the program. bayview will provide 50 hours intergenerational programming a month and will engage 150 consumers each year. i would be happy to answer any questions the commission may have at this time. >> president serina: any comments or questions. >> vice president loo: i'm looking at the sched

bay. and let's go to now. golden gate bridge traffic here. but a little bit north here. southbound 101, it is slow and it has been raining here all morning long bridge approach trying to crash the bay. in the east bay, high what i 24 and 680, all the preways are being rained on right now. is it taking an hour to drive from the bridge to here. and another at a to 30 to the bay bridge. if you drive to the san francisco, we're almost at a two hour drive time. public transportation is a good way to do it. 880 northbound is slow as well. 8:03. back to the deck. >>> oakland teachers back on the lines today. there are signs that things may be improving at the bargaining table between the district and the teachers' union. >> reporter: teachers that we spoke to be feeling a lit more encouraged, maybe optimistic that there is some movement as they said. but you can see the picket line at this west oakland middle school. it is cold and rainy and windy everyone. talks between the union and the district went on for 13 hours yesterday. and the teachers are encouraged that the two sides are at least talking to each other right now. they are asking for no mo

has a long way to go. you can see it developing on the back side. that will go right over the bay area with 60 mile-per-hour dusting and a lash flood watch is posted tonight through noon tomorrow but the strong south wind is mainly the main focus here. high elevations along the coast. we think it will happen. i would not be surprised as we go into tonight. there will be 4 plus amounts. i am convinced. heavy rain does not show up until tonight. if you're going to the mountains, if you can, go today. tonight, the wind is a factor. tomorrow, snow will be here. sunday, snow levels will drop to 30,000 feet. it is a quiet ride right now. this system, the heaviest comes tonight with 50s on your temperatures. this is a developing system. i promised it will slow down and it will intensify. as it moves over the bay area, there is gusting with hefty rainfall with a half-inch to an inch per hour. the wind picks up tonight. 50s and 60s. it is 6:32. >>> i have a question. if you go today to the snow in the sierras, when can you come back? >> that is a tricky question. the snow will be at 3000 f

bay area until 10 am on thursday. we have been watching the watches and warnings from the national weather service all day long, and here's the latest. this map has changed quite a bit over the past 6 to 12 hours. we have flood advisory for san mateo, siena san jose, and then up in the north bay, sonoma county, we have a flood advisory until 930 this evening, also out towards solano county until 8:00 this evening. there's a chance we could have some more pop up on that map . look at the radar over the past 12 hours. significant rain streaming in from the south and the west, and look at all these storm reports. somebody to report on here. a lot of flood reports. as you can see on contra costa county, san bruno, we could be adding to these especially up in the north bay. here is a current look at the radar imagery right now. scattered up at the north bay, especially after the solano county. that is not much action in the southern panel, but still some reason santa cruz mountains, some rainfall showing a between san jose, morgan hill, and gilroy. as we show you the overall flow here, this is the portion that will be approaching the bay area, and thi

has been oozing mud all day long. it is talking about a 6.5 stretch of road. the cleanup depends largely on how much the atmospheric river is going to hammer the bay area. we had a chance to asking expert about the saturated soil across the bay area. >> usually smaller, more shallow landslides. they can occur even when it is not raining on the outside. the water is still present in the soil. that water being present in this will means that this will can move during or after a rain events. >> the professor says good drainage, helping vegetation the best defense against sliding hills. >>> the quality river is flowing strong in san jose. a flood warning has been issued. also some flooding this afternoon in marin city. drivers having to slow down near drake avenue. the city posted blood signs because of the flooded lanes. also some flooding in san francisco. the streets around the farmers market saw a couple of inches of water. nearby on-ramp to highway 101 were closed right time this afternoon. >> a messy situation in the east bay caused by the storm in the water below ground. that led to a massive sinkhole that blended an entire neighborhood. wilson walke

long-time friend of president trump. the company for its part has not yet commented on bays goes's allegations. >> i want to bring in maggie haberman, noc times white house correspondent and so excited to see you i can barely say your name outloud. >> thank you. >> i want to tart with matthew whitaker, the acting attorney general. this was a fight. he didn't want to go appear before the house judiciary committee at all, only is agreeing to now that the committee has agreed to not give him a subpoena during the testimony itself. do you have a sense of why he was so resistant to go talk and whitehouse seemed to want to keep this from happening? >> well, look, i think that he's going to get asked a lot of uncomfortable questions about conversations with the president. and i think that we have seen some officials say those conversation disease not take pla conversations did not take place. what he is testifying under threat of perjury before congress could end up being pretty revealing. i think some of it is we have seen repeatedly with this white house and cabinet secretaries a sense of trying to run out the clock. you're goi

long that will be part of the forecast in about 15 minutes. >>> new at 6:00, for the second time this month, a mudslide has forced a popular south bay winery to close. nbc bay area marianne favro is live in saratoga with the details. marianne. >> reporter: we're here at saratoga springs and the mudslide is just about a mile up highway 9 from here. after these recent storms the mudslide is now much larger than it was the first weekend of february. crews cleaned it up then, but this week so much more mud fell on the road, leaving the tasting room to force to close once again. the road leads to two homes up above. you can see the new slide is much larger and up above on the top of the hill a large tree is precariously perched. but so far the mud has not fallen on to highway 9. reporting live in saratoga. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> marin county under a local state of emergency tonight because of all of the damage from the storm. county announced the declaration this morning. engineers were out analyzing the ex bankment in the bay lands south and this is what it looked like westbound lanes on 37 dloezed because of floodin

has shifted a bit into the central bay. similar to what we saw yesterday and it did not take very long before it went back north, this time around the second part of afternoon and evening hours is expected to continue. we have light rain over areas like santa rosa cloverdale and getting a break. for the rest of us widespread and moderate rainfall. san pablo stretching to i 80 between vallejo and fairfield and east bayshore. some there. the bay bridge looks like it's getting hit pretty good right now. along the peninsula through south san francisco and san mateo area. you have light rain. this is the east bay. the east bayshore covered about two union city toward 680, we have some from san ramon to concord and over a long antioch area. here's the future cast when it comes to the next 24 hours, north they could see another 3 to 6 inches of rainfall, central bay 2 to 3 and south a 1 to 2 , 3 to 6 in the hills as well. a lot of rain still to come as we get through the next 12 hours or so. 12 to 24 - - about 12 to 24. future cast model, five to 6:00 hour, 11:00 still coming down, tomorrow morning finally break away to scattered showe

long. >> the north bay got hit the hardest, that's san rafael on the right side. new in from petaluma, stoney point is underwater, the road haseen closed. >> and the golf course in livermore, water hazards were a feature on the greens today. >> and this tree came crashing into a home in los gatos, it covered nearly the entire roof. viewer andrew davis sent us the video and says despite how it looks, there was no serious damage to the home. >> the storm has knocked out power to 8,000 we'll take you all around our community. >> let's begin with abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian. >> here's a look at le

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