currently, it is hitting 101, healdsburg through clear lake now.ain will end tomorrow turn into showers then we have partly cloudy conditions on thursday and dry again we'll need that friday. eric has traffic. >> i do. thank you. how am i doing? >> you're great! >> thank you very much. i-80 through berkeley, this time of morning this would be packed but it is christmas morning so traffic is very light and moving along. toll plaza bay bridge, christmas morning light. of course many having the day off today. a live look in the south bay, san jose highway 87, traffic almost nonexistent out there. if you do have to drive, should see smooth sailing except for a couple spots. 6:41. >> pope benedict xvi used his christmas message to the world today to say people should never lose hope for peace. the pope delivered his message morning and to millions watching. during his sermon the pope decried what he calls the slaughter of the defenseless in syria and urged israel list and palestinians to find the courage to negotiate. he encouraged arab spring nations,

in healdsburg. >> reporter: see how wet the ground is, all of that water is seeping into the ground and ending up in local rivers and streams this is the russian river. you can see how fast it is going. it could reach near flood levels by the time the next storm finishes. rain is drenching almost soaked roads. areas stream, rivers and low lying areas are flooding. with two storms down there's still one more to go. a storm watch is in effect. >> the storm surge is down 2- 1/2 feet below the bottom of the bridge. >> reporter: although water levels dropped today with the tide flooding signs remained in place for the next storm. concerned residents came out to see the russian river it rose 14 feet in 17 hours covering parts of johnson beach. >> this is high, very high. >> reporter: water crept precariously close to near by homes and one man showed us his dock swept away and floating in the river. >> there were 14 steps here, how many are left? six. so it's come up seven, eight steps within five hours. >> reporter: at the crossing of river road and waller road, water spilled over the bank of

in healdsburg. >> reporter: see how wet the ground is, all of that water is seeping into the ground and ending up in local rivers and streams this is the russian river. you can see how fast it is going. it could reach near flood levels by the time the next storm finishes. rain is drenching almost soaked roads. areas stream, rivers and low lying areas are flooding. with two storms down there's still one more to go. a storm watch is in effect. >> the storm surge is down 2- 1/2 feet below the bottom of the bridge. >> reporter: although water levels dropped today with the tide flooding signs remained in place for the next storm. concerned residents came out to see the russian river it rose 14 feet in 17 hours covering parts of johnson beach. >> this is high, very high. >> reporter: water crept precariously close to near by homes and one man showed us his dock swept away and floating in the river. >> there were 14 steps here, how many are left? six. so it's come up seven, eight steps within five hours. >> reporter: at the crossing of river road and waller road, water spilled over the bank of

north bay healdsburg near cloverdale as we are going to see sprinkles or scattered light showers on andorth of the golden gate bridge. temperatures in the 50s although 49 now in concord. true rain moves in tonight to tomorrow morning. it should tab taper off by the afternoon. a lot of clouds in the skies. a trigger to get the rain going is located up here so will take some time for it to get here. in the meantime, rain going to return this evening in the north bay. heavier overnight into tomorrow. chance of light sprinkles today over the north, true rain developing around midnight dragging to the south. tomorrow morning wet early on for the commute and then it moves on by and things begin to settle down thursday and friday. big concern after that will be patchy valley fog. temperatures, 60s for highs and dry in the south bay east bay not bad into the 60s. mostly cloudy skies. north bay chance of light sprinkles and showers in the north bay throughout the day and rain developing as we head into the nighttime hours and into tomorrow morning. looking toward the next couple of days we are g

cloverdale down toward canyon road, healdsburg, windsor, mist and drizzle, forestville and king ridged rain is picking up. most of the rain from the next storm system is to the north of us. crescent city, eureka over towards this area, seeing the cold front moving in. all of this will be moving in early tomorrow morning. here is a look at current readings in the 50s across much of the bay area. san francisco 55. livermore, 57 degrees. rain increases as cold front moves across the bay area tomorrow morning. it will be wet for the morning commute and as we look out towards the rest of our workweek stormy conditions. thursday, big storm into friday and possibly into saturday. here is a look at that cold front right here is the leading edge. a lot of cold air, once this moves in, all this cold air will move in and we're talking freeze as we head into tuesday morning. wednesday morning. this is how it is for 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. front will spread rain across the bay area while you sleep tonight. 5:00 a.m. commute time, wet pavement across much of the bay area. as we head into the 9:

. >> reporter: one of the grandpas drove from healdsburg through so of the fiercest rain he's seen. > i'm not a usually 45 to 50 mile an hour driver this morning it was that way >> reporter: in petaluma to big topics, rain is one. >> i love the rain. >> reporter: why? >> because, cleans the air. >> reporter: other big topic the end of the world some predicted it for today based on the mayan calendar. apparently, the end of the world got rained out. >> i watch channel 7, i know that the rain is just part of the seasons, i guess. >> reporter: mike nicco predicts a lot but not predicting the end of the world. >> yeah. [ laughing ] >> reporter: if you want to predict the rain whether you have mike or not, abc7 news you have the -- live 7 doppler radar you can check it out if i keep standing here i'm going to be keeping getting wet for another two hours, a lot of rain coming this way. t+k abc7 news. >>> we wouldn't want that to happen, get out the rain. >> storm is causing major problems at sfo on what is supposed to be the busiest travel day of the year. dozens of flights cancelled, other

. >> reporter: one of the grandpas drove from healdsburg through so of the fiercest rain he's seen. > i'm not a usually 45 to 50 mile an hour driver this morning it was that way >> reporter: in petaluma to big topics, rain is one. >> i love the rain. >> reporter: why? >> because, cleans the air. >> reporter: other big topic the end of the world some predicted it for today based on the mayan calendar. apparently, the end of the world got rained out. >> i watch channel 7, i know that the rain is just part of the seasons, i guess. >> reporter: mike nicco predicts a lot but not predicting the end of the world. >> yeah. [ laughing ] >> reporter: if you want to predict the rain whether you have mike or not, abc7 news you have the -- live 7 doppler radar you can check it out if i keep standing here i'm going to be keeping getting wet for another two hours, a lot of rain coming this way. t+k abc7 news. >>> we wouldn't want that to happen, get out the rain. >> storm is causing major problems at sfo on what is supposed to be the busiest travel day of the year. dozens of flights cancelled, other

if we get in a little bit closer, you can see a few scattered showers into healdsburg, santa rosa, bodega bay, we're seeing some of this rain. we'll continue to see the scattered showers. guerneville you are looking a few showers. napa, vacaville and fairfield. this will remain over the north bay through most of the afternoon. hit or miss showers, periods of rain, a few periods of dry weather. it will spread south and when it does, the steadier rain will begin to move our way. coming up, i will tell you when we can expect the evening drive, when we'll see the heaviest rain and when we'll be dry. >>> in san mateo county, road crew are the trying to shore up highway 1 before the rain tonight. they are trying to stop erosion from the weekend storm in pacifica. that will mean traffic delays in the area the highway was completely shut down overnight until the work began at 9:00 a.m. there are one-way controls in place right now. they hope to have everything back open by 3:00 this afternoon. >>> in a couple of hours, the san francisco board of supervisors will cast their final vote on the publi

more significant rain showing up toward czar and healdsburg. you can see the santa rosa area, there's mendocino avenue. moderate rainfall, a little heavier than what ken's seeing. compared to what we did see, this is more showery activity. if you are driving up 101er to petaluma, you ever some wet roads, not flooding. the wipers are on moderate or enter mitt ntd. then you head toward pacific arks some showers coming onshore north right here near the edge mar area. out toward the portola valley arks reports of sprinkles here. a little activity out here toward the market street area. you get the picture. back out the east bay, what's going on? we got nothing. in the next few hours i suspect we'll see showers move into some of the east bay corridors. the real story will than morning commute. that's when the strongest dynamics get here. we'll time it out with the latest model. >>> continuing coverage on the battle to bare it all in san francisco. hours ago the board of supervisors pass add controversial ban on nudity prompting opponents of the meas

5 hi-def doppler now tracking rain in extreme northern marin, northern sonoma toward clearlake healdsburg and almost to santa rosa. here comes the rain and the rain is not going to let up for 3 1/2 days. preceding the rain, cloud cover. it got cloudy and breezy today. wind gusts to 30 miles per hour. livermore currently 54. concord 54. san jose 55. santa rosa 53. good news won't be as cold tonight because of that blanket of cloud cover. good news also if you are a skier. it may be tough getting up to tahoe this weekend as snow levels rise to 7,000 feet. but check out the snow. 12 to 36 -- one to three feet of new snowfall especially in the ski resorts above 7,000 feet in elevation, a little windy, too. wind gusts 45 miles per hour on i-80 and highway 50. winter begins tomorrow. 3:12 a.m. but the winter weather is just about here and the first couple of days of winter will be very wet. look at this huge storm. it's center due west of vancouver british columbia. but we have a cold front the first of about 3 that are going to move through. the first one will get here tonight. that will incre

just over 21', healdsburg, 7.8'. russian river at guerneville currently checking in water level have been going up. right now 19.8', of course these numbers can change, but that is latest for the river forecast center. napa river at st. helena, and also napa river at napa, flood warning currently at 11.2'. could be just right around flood stage tomorrow afternoon at 4:00. heaviest rain moves movement youth i will let you know when it moves in across the entire bay area and how much rain you can expect in your neighborhood. recent rains have created a mess at rohner park. a vier sent us these pictures. as you can see the water wait is clogged with mud, tree branches and debris. the public works department says that the county is responsible for this clean-up r. bun person was injured whey roofer collapsed during heavy rain at the roseville galleria shopping mall. the roof fell near the entrance of the jc penney store and cheesecake restaurant. pg&e says it has crewed on standby ready for any power outages that come du

beginning to show up around healdsburg. that's about it -- why don't i just send it back to you?i'm gonna send it back to tori. let's fix this. >> we'll sec in with you in a little bit. >>> powerful typhoon in the southern philippines has killed at least 40 people. >> a military spokesman said six people have been killed, power has been knocked out, air travel is suspended. major land slides have been reported. more than 50 people have been evacuated from another deadly storm one year ago. >>> a new report says came's reflewable energy -- came's renewable energy goals could be commission the state's energy plans could be costly because of poor planning and lack of oversight. state law requires california to produce a third of its electricity from solar wind and other renewable sources by the year 2020. this morning, two state lawmakers will unveil new regulation to make california public schools green. the legislation would upgrade the energy efficiency. it is being introduced by nancy skinner of berkeley and state senator of los angeles. the funding would come from the presently

you can have a sprinkle from the bay bridge all the way 101 to healdsburg this morning.s mid m i had to upper 30s inland and we're not going very far today. only to near 50 at the coast where we have the best chance of rain, 53 around the bay with limited rain and mainly chilly inland 49 degrees. >> light traffic on the east shore freeway as you make your way richmond and to o through berkeley. a little bit of slowing as you pass the 580 merge. eastbound 580 at greenville, road work, three lanes blocked there. westbound is looking pretty good as you make your way towards the dublin interchange on 580 west. let's take a look at abc waze app, van ness at fell. slow traffic on fell street. you might want to navigate around that. waseapp is free and it will help you navigate your commute. >>> thank you very much. new this morning, two earthquakes or possibly one, there is some confusion about this now. hit off the coast of southern california, they struck at 2:36 this morning. originally reported at 6.4 and 6.1. if there are two earthquakes they have been downgraded to 6.3 a

healdsburg as we take you in closer to street level here north fitch mountain road moderate heavy rain around highway 101 and we continue to see pockets of heavy rain accompanying the thunderstorms. right now lighter returns around the east bay. verylightn walnut creek out towards mount diablo. highway 24. show you the planes here and you will see that we do have spotty showers on the peninsula. heading out towards the santa cruz mountains. rainfall total varying quite a bit from place in san jose to more than 6 inches in the far northern end of sonoma county. i'll be back to give you a detailed look at your holiday weekend and it does feature some heavy rain. dan. >> thank you very much. >> so many consequences from the weather. very close call for marin county woman who is getting ready to leave her house this morning when she was nearly hit by falling tree. story tonight from wayne. >>reporter: near the edge of the continent western marin this is what happens when a typical winter storm gets mean in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> one step and crash. >> well i was probably 2 f

some heavy rain up north sonoma county around santa rosa and healdsburg see now it's more wide spread and moving slowly to the south and to the east. rainfall total 24 hours not so impressive anywhere yet really. no rain fall recorded in parts of the east bay south bay on the peninsula up in the north bay 16 hundredths at mount saint helena quarter inch at warm springs dam. at 5:00 o'clock wet for the morning commute. fwhet all areas at that time but 7:00 o'clock we will sea a lean of pretty heavy rainfall developing through the central part of the bay i can't remember sweeping east south later morning hours then into the midday hours. finally in the afternoon we see the heavy rain beginning to push to the south and east breaking up light showers with remain dear of the bay area remain dear of the afternoon. look ahead what is after that when to expect to see drying in a few minutes. >> thanks. gentleman santa cruz mountains public work crew are racing to fix a major problem left over from the last series of storms before this next one hits that spencer is talking about. we are referr

let's check out the area where it is raining in the north bay first from ukiah to healdsburg heading to santa rose and i take you down to street level here show where you we are getting some moderate rainfall right now. gurpville road. santa rosa area, river road. old red wad highway out to fountain grove parkway. calistoga road and head down towards or up towards the eper road spring hill road area. marin county now starting to pick up some rain from sonoma county you notice here around here. moderate rain at 11:00 p.m. north bay this storm not in a hurry to leave. tomorrow morning commute is wet. it's going to be windy. if you have travel plans 7:00 a.m. that storm is still right over us. it's stalling out right over us at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. so the travel plans look to be messy not just the morning commute and if you have travel plans around the state, winter storm warnings covering a good portion of california. i'll be back with a look at that in just a few minutes. >> thank you gentleman big set back for house speaker boehner. revolt in the republican rank means no vo

is now showing a couple of very light showers moving onshore out to point reyes, santa rosa and healdsburgmay get showers tonight and we'll be watching those showers moving in tomorrow especially and then also on wednesday. notice i'm saying showers and not rain. there's a reason for that. showers are just kind of intermitten not that heavy. rain is what you had yesterday and last friday and wednesday. i'm not expecting that this time. the atmosphere doesn't have as much water in it for this storm. an area of high pressure is building in off the southern california coastline taking the storm track, aimed right at us and moving it hundreds of miles to the north. very key because even an indirect hit makes a big change and we are not going to see that much rain from this particular system. so will we see rainfall? will all of us get more rain? we will starting tomorrow through wednesday but will it be a flood maker? no. heavy rainfall will stay away from this system. it's not another tropical weathermaker like we've seen. showers back for everybody tomorrow afternoon some of you tonight. on-

healdsburg, no problem. it's already dropping off the levels there. continues to rise in and around the area along the russian river. 30.9 feet is what we're looking at. right now it sits around 30 feet or so. we'll not -- it will not  actually feet flood stage but we are looking at a flood watch as a precaution for guerneville and montyrio. along the russian river be prepared. the rest of us, it's the chilly weather. we're dealing with 30s in the north bay. 40s around the bay area. 45 in mountain view. 40 in livermore and concord. ure temperatures are beginning to -- tower temperatures are beginning to turn around. into the -- our temperatures are beginning to turn around. 37 napa, 37 in novato. mostly sunny skies. in addition to that chilly start a little bit of patchy fog but for the afternoon, we will be dry, we will be cool. we'll have that sunshine. here is a look at what you can expect for area. 53 in novato. 53 for berkeley. 54 in oakland. low 50s for the coastline. 54 in san francisco. going to be outdoors doing some shopping. you are in go

this line, definitely a possibility along highway 101 between healdsburg and santa rosa, it will get worse as the morning/afternoon progresses. if you do need to be traveling today, this is definitely the better bet. tough for me to get that out. there you can. we shift to the east a little bit to antioch, bay point, clayton, perhaps a few light showers here and then mill pete, sunnyvale, reporting rain -- milpitas, sunnyvale, reporting rain showers. earlier in the morning, the models kept the rain out, until noontime. it was hitting santa rosa. now it looks like closer to 9:00. see this here? 9:00 over the north bay sliding into in and around san jose perhaps by about noontime. so this is going to come ahead of the main event. light showers, a possibility now through the morning hours, early half of the afternoon. by 1:00, the front is moving through the north bay. had is when we'll see the gustiest -- this is when we'll see the gustiest winds. 2:00, 3:00, it's now shifting. by 4:00 into the south bay. 5:00 we're all wet and then scattered showers will remain for your christmas nigh