i think that the it's not going to just be a healdsburg problem.ch for now at least is also a sonoma health problem. that agency ran more test this morning. we won't know the results until next wee. county health officer karen. >> lead in the water doesn't necessarily mean that the child has lead poisoning. all going to be about how much water that they consumed and whether or not that lead has reached a threshold that could cause problems with them. >>reporter: the district such questions will never need answering. healdsburg everyone has a stake in this. even the superintendent. has a child attending school in the district. >> you just want to take every extreme precaution and treat your students like you treat your own kids. >>reporter: a that. that's extly what i'm doing. >>reporter: from healdsburg abc 7 news. >>> time to get our accu-weather forecast and find out how much rain we are going to be guest. drew is checking on our weathe and the here he is folks. he's here. drew was busy checking on live doppler 7hd. >> i was it's so busy today. >

healdsburg has been the bull's-eye for the rain today. let's show you the north bay totals just since this morning. 2 inches of rain and still climbing. guerneville, almost 2 inches of rain. it's the north bay, again those counties from sonoma county, napa county and marin county where you have the flood advisory up through noon and you can see the heavy rain through santa rosa and extending down, lighter rain closer to san francisco. rain rates at times in this area have been as high as an inch and a third per hour. that's the reason you're seeing some flood concerns today into the north bay. eventually this line will move a little fwuurther to the south b it's going to weaken by the time it approaches san jose. you'll see how the showers do reach the peninsula and south bay with some breezy conditions but the heavier rain will show up as we get into friday, as the next storm starts to arrive. highs today around san jose, upper 60s near 70. just a few showers. the rain picks up in coverage and intensity once you pass san francisco and he

. >>> there is a possible water contamination issue in healdsburg. the junior high school shut off its water today after the school alerted -- was alerted by school officials that there was a problem. bottled water has been provided and preparation has been moved to a nearby location. authorities decided to check the middle school after traces of what showed up at healdsburg elementary. bottled water and outside food preparation will continue until officials determine that the water is safe. >>> the exact cause of death for bobbi kristina brown has finally been revealed the daughter of singer's whitney houston and bobby brown died back in july of water immersion mixed with drugs in her system. her autopsy results are similar to her mother's. both women had used cocaine, marijuana and the same prescription drugs and both were discovered facedown in bathtubs. investigators are still trying to determine whether the 22- year-old's death was accidental or intentional. >>> coming up tonight, a smarter smart car like you have probably never seen before. i w

the health department will conduct testing at healdsburg junior high school. katie marzullo has how long it will be to fix. >> food preparations is moved off site. >> this is possibly a problem. with the lead in the drinking water. >> this was a scare at the elementary school so the testing was ordered and the buildings in the june your high school are dating back to 1927, the oldest. >> any building before the 1990s is a candidate for deterioration in the plumbing given the construction materials. >> the water is being test asked budget willed water is available at all drinking fountains are refill at the hydration station. here's set up on the newer part of campus so the water safety here is not in question. >> i want to stress we are taking every precaution to make sure our students are safe. >> fountains were disabled at the elementary school in november after tests showed high levels of lead, a second reasoned of testing revealed the water was actually safe but the district is sticking with boss willed quarter will replace the pipes over the summer. in he

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>> every bite is good when they bite. >> reporter: scott of healdsburg. the last afternoon on the river before a wet month of march that could see the waters rise considerably after a release upstream at lake mendocino by the army corps of engineers. >> basically, we keep enough water in the dam as best as we can for water supply, leaving enough room for flood control. during this time of the year, it's kind of complex. >> reporter: michael manages dams in the region for the army corp. with big rains he must strike a balance. >> if we do not have enough room to safely store that water, we could jeopardize the lives of everybody downstream of that water. >> reporter: here is one spot nobody worries about right now, dry creek. if this bank looks particularly pristine, men made it that way. it is a first. landowners working with and being funded by government to restore habitat for coho, steelhead and chinook salmon. don wallace owns the land. have you seen any yet? >> oh, yeah. we had a pair spaung over here. >> reporter: that is music to the ears of any fi

>> every bite is good when they bite. >> reporter: scott of healdsburg. the last afternoon on the river before a wet month of march that could see the waters rise considerably after a release upstream at lake mendocino by the army corps of engineers. >> basically, we keep enough water in the dam as best as we can for water supply, leaving enough room for flood control. during this time of the year, it's kind of complex. >> reporter: michael manages dams in the region for the army corp. with big rains he must strike a balance. >> if we do not have enough room to safely store that water, we could jeopardize the lives of everybody downstream of that water. >> reporter: here is one spot nobody worries about right now, dry creek. if this bank looks particularly pristine, men made it that way. it is a first. landowners working with and being funded by government to restore habitat for coho, steelhead and chinook salmon. don wallace owns the land. have you seen any yet? >> oh, yeah. we had a pair spaung over here. >> reporter: that is music to the ears of any fi

this time at healdsburg junior high. the school shut off the drinking fountains's precaution yesterday. the district tested the water after earlier tests showed elevated levels of lead at healdsburg elementary last fall. recent tests revealed the water there is fine. >>> all right. time now 4:47. let get another check on our rain. it's going to be bad this weekend, right. >> with el nino people say, is that all you got? you guys were jumping up all week long telling us about the big storm? oh, is that all you got? lots of people will be on the roads, there will be a lot of ponding, very gusty winds knocking down trees, power lines will come down, as well. this is a storm that you're going to have to deal with. no rain yet. but we'll have some rain blowing through the bay area for this friday so don't leave home without that umbrella. mostly cloudy skies right now. we have some areas of fog. i do anticipate delays at sfo on some arriving flights. we'll keep you posted on that. here's the wind advisory and if you live in a

. >> pam: the water was shut off by officials at healdsburg junior high today. >> pam: this comes after testing showed there might be contamination. >> pam: the district decided to test the water at the middle school , after health officials found lead in the water at healdsburg elementary school last month. >> pam: authorities brought in bottled water for the students. and prepared food off campus. >>they say they will continue to do that. until officials confirm the water is safe to drink. return to index ofstill ahead. >> pam: bart is taking a number of cars out of service. because of electrical issues. >> pam: how is it now affecting passengers? >> gabe: i have my that trend report coming up and just a few minutes! >> gary: i want heavy criticism and people ripping i will also give you some spring training news. ripping i will also give you some spring training news. later in this but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ...stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may l

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healdsburg jr. high school's water has been shut off because of high levels of lead. county tests showed the drinking water at the elementary school is now safe to drink. healdsburg jr. high is handing out bottled water and preparing food at another school for precaution. the county is conducting more tests but test results may not be ready for weeks. >>> work crews will remove a big tree that fell on a car last night near the uc berkeley campus. this tree collapse on piedmont avenue came in before 8:00 p.m. the car has been towed away but the stree still blocks part of piedmont. we don't know if weather was a factor in the tree collapse. >>> we are learning a 97-year old woman facing eviction from her long time home has died. she was living in the same cottage for 66 years. she had an original deal she could live there if she maintained it but the current owners wanted to sell the home and gave hatch and her long time roommate until mid april to leave. they will continue to legal fight on behalf of

healdsburg jr. high school because of high amounts of lead found in the water. high lead levels were found at the elementary school but tests showed last week the water is now safe to drink. healdsburg jr. high is handing out bottled water and preparing food for the school at another school just as a precaution. the county is conducting more tests on the water but test results may not be ready for weeks. >>> police plan to start enforcing a 35-year old law that requires boats to anchor. no time frame as to when police will enforce the law but the city says they will hold several meetings before the program begins and they plan to give out warnings before citations are issued but that's likely to get heated. a lot of people live full time on their boats in that area. >>> the time is 6:09. the warriors won again last night and the record they tied in front of a very special fan. cial fan. >>> coming up at 6:30. a local lawmaker pushes a travel ban and the reason he doesn't want state workers to go to

you can see healdsburg 55.dsburg really falling since 3:00 a.m., closing in on an inch in santa rosa. the rain line is stalled out over sonoma county into marin county. as we head through the afternoon, look at the temperatures in the south bay, mid to upper 60s for highs, low 60s across san francisco and the north bay where we'll see rain most of the day progressing south as we head into the evening. . >>> and that's your latest weather. you can check us out every morning on sirius xm channel 108. we sound great. back to you guys. >> love is in the air this morning because our three finalists from our big fat today wedding are here. we have caitlyn and john, megan and john from los angeles and lara and david from new york city. >> we are having them practice for the big day in a game called walk the aisle. we are going to read a fact about one of these couples. all you have to do is take a step forward if you are the couple that the statement applies to askand tell us why. >> your goal is to reach the bouquet

in fact, if we zoom in healdsburg, all the way into santa rosa, we have had report of pounding rainfallght rain inverness. gathering out of the highway 1 area as you enter muir beach, cloud cover over the bay bridge now. the other side of the story will be gusty winds southwest 13 throughout the oakland area. it's 54 in santa rosa. wind speeds now 20 in oakland. 13 sfo. 16 in napa. consistent throughout the day. southeast 10 to 20 miles per hour. occasionally a stronger gust. this front is hanging out over the north bay sliding to the south. heavier rainfall is slated for your friday. we are anticipating easily four inches of rain around the north bay valleys by saturday morning. that's why the national weather service has issued a flash flood watch with this complete highlighted yellow area. 8million people live here within the bay area so each and every one of us will be adversely affected by the ponding on the roads. the small streams also rising and the potential of some flooding in local areas. this is the frontal boundary. and this is tapping into the atmospheric river that leads

heal healdsburg tried it but suspended after a delethreat fr lawsuits from stores. the district attorney says the proposed ordinance is legally sound. >>> a private donation comes from someone who didn't go to college. >> lupe campion donated $15 million to san jose state for support student success on behalf of her late husband. the couple moved to san jose from texas in the 1950s with next to nothing. they built their success by buying and managing properties in santa clara county. big reason for the donation? campion likes their mexican-american studies department. >> whatever the reason, that is some gift. >>> up next, at 11:00. >> someone who said oerks this isn't happening in california, what would you say? >> [ bleep ]. i don't know of any college coach that could look me in the eye and say that. i just, i can't -- just not true. >> a major mental health concern affecting student athletes statewide. we investigate an illness that can have lifelong impacts and we wonder if some schools are ignoring the problem. >>> coming up after "nbc bay area news" at 11:00,

. >>> water at a second healdsburg school shut off. >>> a community college is waking up to learn about a sexual assault on their campus. we'll tell you when and where. >>> good morning thank you for joining us this friday morning. it's march 4. i'm pam cook. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. the hardest working man in show business today is steve paulson. when is the rain coming? >> it's on its way. it's been 90 degrees down there just be prepared. it's been unbelievably warm down in arizona. sunday will be the day you notice a change. for us you'll notice it later today. saturday night and again sunday night look to be rather impressive. getting ahead of myself here. a lot of cloud cover and fog. i know there's some of that around there. the saturday evening system looks one for heavy rain and possible flood issues. there will be gusts of 50 miles per hour. so you are warned here. rainfall between now and saturday night really picking up saturday. starting to pick up

mainly in the 50s elsewhere but upper 40s in palo alto and american can wherein and healdsburg. road bicycling is good and sunshine in the afternoon, and foggy in the beaches this morning. it will be mild walking the dog. from the exploritorium you cannot see the to which the buildings in san francisco. cooling trend as clouds and the sea breeze increase and chance of light rain on sunday hour by hour look ahead. heads up in the east bay thousands are expected to take part in the oakland marathon, attracting national attention for being "the rain to run." proceeds benefit a nonprofit going through the oakland neighborhoods so there will be road closures. a.c. transit isen welcoming of detours and delays. we have the information on abc7news.com. >> it is happening sunday. not that i know because i am running, but because i have been told. >> donald trump under attack, next how the going frontrunner is targeted by democrats and hackers. >> highways of high school students scratching their heads over a mixup, major mistake a over a mixup, major mistake a sc again! again! again! aga

this time at healdsburg junior high.ool shut off the drinking fountains's precaution yesterday. the district tested the water after earlier tests showed elevated levels of lead at healdsburg elementary last fall. recent tests revealed the water there is fine. >>> it is 5:46 right now. let's check weather and traffic. and this storm is approaching. >> this storm is approaching. and it's kind of like the calm before the storm. i hate to throw that out there but it really is. the winds are calm. we have lots of clouds gathering and we have areas of fog. so we are going to stay on top of the airports to see if there are delays. that will be coming up right after 6:00. right now live hi-def doppler radar is in searching of rain. rain north offshore. what happened to the ridge? who took the bay bridge? it's gone! we have a deck of low clouds and fog this morning. here's what you need to know. as you are stepping on out don't forget that, isolated showers today and this afternoon scattered showers as well and then the heavy rai

but the forecast for healdsburg stays below again. greenville -- guerneville is the same and 20.1 is the flood stage. i am trying to update these as quick as i can but some of the information is from last night. many locations in the russian river are over four levels with the napa as well and san francisco getting more than that. other areas picked up hardly anything with san jose having a little bit. here comes your next system moving in. this is mainly san francisco saw. this is where the greater area will be. i think it'll be a long the santa cruz coast and santa cruz mountains. this is very intense so santa cruz mountains missed out on it yesterday. there is great enhancement taking pace -- place down to monterey. the wind is picking up and to the north it does look like things are calming down a little bit. i would hope so we need a little break you can see later on today they will move in and they are still pretty good rain here. there is still another three or 4 inches of rain in the forecast until we get to next tuesday when

an assemblyman from healdsburg authored the bill. >>> chipotle shares continue to drop after at least one worker at a boston area restaurant tested positive for norovirus. no customers appear to be infected. this comes as chipotle is working to turn around slumping sales after an e. coli outbreak. a company spokesman says the affected restaurant has been cleaned and is expected to re- open tomorrow. >>> a live look now at the big board on wall street. let's see how it's doing. well, not much. but we'll take it. the dow is up 2. >> anytime it's up, good news. >>> hey, it's your chance to channel your inner astronaut. the private space company blue origin says it will launch its first human test flights into space next year. the founders jeff bezos of amazon says thousands of people have expressed interesting in paying for a flight. don't think i'd want to be the first one. >> a test run. >> let that work its way out a little bit, huh? >> hey, weather gal. >>> i have a question for you coming up, okay? right now, however -- okay. is that all right with you guys? will you pay attention?

. >>> more than 100 cities across the country have raised the smoking age including healdsburg and san francisco mayor lee will sign the legislation this morning. the san francisco law will start june 1. >>> a large commercial building in los angeles is a total loss after it erupted in flames. nearly 150 firefighters were called to the scene last night. part of the front wall collapsed and the roof caved in. the fire was out after a little more than two hours. no one was hurt. >>> a toddler in san jose is safe this morning after she was kidnapped at gunpoint by her father. it happened yesterday afternoon in the city's willow glen area. police were able to rescue the child and reunite her with her mother. officers credit a neighbor who blocked the man's car with his own pickup so he couldn't escape. >> lady across the street from me came running out said that her ex-husband was trying to take her baby away from her. you're not leaving nowhere with anybody's baby. >> seven hours later s.w.a.t. team members arrested the man without shots being fired. police say the child's mother and fath

this followed last week's move at healdsburg elementary school. they say the lead levels are lower than initial tests suggested. water tests that junior high, though, are still being conducted. school leaders are calling the shut off an added precaution. >>> decision 2016. if you caught last night's debate you may have had a few observations about etiquette. miss manners would have had a field day. >> the insults were flying and a lot of interruptions, as well. >> gentlemen, gentlemen. >> you want to -- >> gentlemen, you have to do better than that. >> how the remaining four debated in michigan ahead of several weekend primaries. in between the insults, though, there was actually a few moments of political discussion so that voters could make up their minds. moderators joined donald trump challengers in questioning him on his health care plan. >> $300 billion a year. >> numbers don't add up. >> so, trump also seemed to offer some leeway on some of his hardline stances that includes positions regarding syrian refugees, saying that flexibility is a

and, now be the 40s, palo alto and santa clara, and safer together, and american canyon and healdsburg in the upper 40s and the rest of us in the low-to-mid 50s. the activity planner is dangerous waves developing at our beaches, so surfing is not a great idea. walking the dog watch out for showers and if you are running stay on the pavement it is muddy. 101 and 880 you can see the shower overnight, because it is wet right now. temperatures are running in the low-to-mid 60s and, again tomorrow with more scattered showers and the sun is out and warming trend begins on wednesday. the hour by hour look at rain is coming up next. sue? >> bart with 21 trains run right new and we have ten minute delays on the pittsburg/bay point line. golden gate buses southbound indefinite cancellation of the four and the 6:49 run. the 24 fairfax, 6:51 run and the the 24 fairfax, 6:51 run and the 54 out of novato at 6:36 at 7 ace train one is on time and we are busy east shore freeway beyond golden gate field to the macarthur maze. no stalls or accidents and no metering lights. so no delays at the bay bridge

after water tests done at healdsburg elementary school. showed traces of lead earlier this year. >> pam:the superintendent said, they will continue with bottled water and outside food preparation. until they receive word the water is safe. >> pam:the lead pipes that caused a water crisis in flint , michigan are starting to be removed >> pam:crews began their work this pipes. connected to water mains in the city the city of flint has asked the state for 55 - million- dollars. to remove every lead pipe >> pam:the state pledged to give 58 - million dollars but none of that money is earmarked to replace the lead lines. instead of waiting for state officials in michigan the mayor of flint is beginning the process by using 2 -million dollars flint has received from nationwide donations . to start to replace eight- thousand bad pipes. >> pam:wet weekend ahead. >> pam: she is tracking the running for us. -- the rain for us. >> brittany: closer to livermore, danville and walnut creek spirit that is where the rain showers are the heaviest. here is w

milder elsewhere but palo alto and healdsburg is 39. american can beyond at 41. richmond is 52. pittsburg is 53. tracy is 45. the activity planner today, too warm if you run, comfort comfortable. the dogs, mild temperatures. santa rosa, at 41 at 6:00. 3959 8:00. by noon, 62. up to upper 60 by 4:00. we could have issues at sfo because of low clouds. 60s and soviet and a lot of sunshine. the weekend forecast is next. >> we have solo spinout southbound 101 were c.h.p. is not saying if there are lanes blocked. heads up if you head out of rohnert park to petaluma. we have road work northbound and southbound 680 between crow canyon and olympic. several lanes are blocked until 5:00 this morning. cartinez bridge westbound and eastbound across the span it is due to be picked up with slow traffic cross the span. more ready work information is ahead. donald trump and ted cruz and kasich make a pitch with a pledge all they backed away from throwing a monkey wrench into the republican race for the white house. >> kids behaving very badly what >> kids behaving very badly what parents are sayi

the sonoma county town of healdsburg passed a similar last year. >>> the university health service department says there are three confirmed cases and 29 suspected cases of norovirus. symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and fever. health officials have not been able to track the source, but some cases may be linked to a bollywood dance event on february 20th. >>> now to the latest on theerous for the white house. the republican field of candidates may be narrowing. within the hour retired surgeon ben carson announced he will not attend tomorrow's republican presidential debate. >> in the statement carson said, quote irks do not see a path forward for 2016 in the race after the results from super tuesday, but stopped just short of dropping out with donald trump and hillary clinton holding on to their representative leads. attention turns to their rivals, like carson, whose campaigns are running out of steam. >> reporter: a huge night for the frontrunners. donald trump won more delegates than the next two competitors combined, and hillary clinton has tripled her delegate lead over berni

healdsburg, that's rain over to hidden valley lake, clearlake, port kelsey.into the emphasize how they've that is from clinic, calistoga to windsor,. this morning it's about the north bay. then that line slowly dips south. when it does, you will be saying what rain? holy cow, it's raining? ! that's the way it is. one to four. two quarter to two and a half in the russian river. rain moving south. flooding possible. we don't want the system to stall out. it is moving even though it's slow. just now, as it moves into marin county and eventually it will get san francisco, instagram coast and work its way through the day. 50s and 60s. san jose you may have to wait a while. san jose, santa clara valley. the breeze is here. really dranked up. had reports it's getting windy bioclateing apes well. that's your moisture plume. the best low level jet is to the north. that's the focus of the heavier rain. a low is going to form and work its way towards us. as it does it will take the plume and move east. question is that low may go a little south. so santa cruz mountains

even upper 30s, santa rosa, healdsburg, we may see some valley fog in the north bay like we did this morning. so we have a ridge of high pressure which is wedged between our departing low and the next low but here's the deal. this low is going to get sent to the north because the ridge is going to build closer to us. several dry days, we had one today mainly dry. we will have one tomorrow thursday, friday, saturday easter sunday but watch what happens. that ridge won't build just offshore. the ridge will build several hundred miles offshore and we get that clockwise flow around the ridge. that low is going to go up into canada and then ride over the ridge, kind of like a roller coaster, and slide down the west coast. kind of an odd direction for a storm to approach. typically they come in from the west or northwest. this one comes from due north. it's a low pressure system. we'll see some rainfall next week, monday and tuesday, a slight chance of rain showers after the easter holiday. odd direction but it yields the same thing. we could see some more rainfall early next week. sunny a

same temperature in petaluma and healdsburg and american canyon is friction. a last dry day for garden, jogging and walking the dog so it will be pretty good with some of the patch purchase looking southbound on 80 interest downtown walnut creek so watch out for that. temperatures in the 60 to mid-70s, upper 60s to mid-70 with increasing clouds, rain rolls in tonight with showers tomorrow, and more showers on friday, and the big storm is this weekend with the detail next. sue? >> hazy out there the on the east shore freeway. some fog. but nothing major right here. a nice drive from golden gate field to san francisco, 14 minutes over the bay bridge. all the roadways are green and that is good. we have places of road work through the castro valley area eastbound with lanes blocked until 5:30 this morning, and we do have an early incident here in the south by which is wrap up with speeds picking up. back with a look at the bay bridge toll plaza coming up. >> a driver caused a huge mess in ashipping center and what you need to expect today if you are headed there

. >>> more than 100 cities across the country have raised the smoking age already including healdsburg and san francisco where mayor lee is going to sign the legislation this morning. the law starts june 1. >>> there is a new island in santa cruz county because of the rain and the drought in pinto lake in watsonville. a piece of wetland may have been dried out beforehand and then it drifted out into the lake. the island is about 200 feet long and has willow trees on it. environmental experts are not sure if it's floating or settled in that spot. it is close to the docks so if water levels drop it could lock in the boats. meantime in sonoma county, there's so much rain, waterfalls are springing up like this one next to a bridge in forestville >> i was driving home to the east bay yesterday got through the calicott tunnel into orinda and i felt like buckets of water were just coming down. it just started pouring to beat the band! >> i was come home from -- i had to go through menlo park through union city through hayward through castro valley to dublin to pleasanton and there's this one

there were high levels of led at healdsburg elementary in november. now, according to the press democrat, healdsburg junior high is passing out bottled water. they have moved their food preparation to another school as a precaution. the county is conducting more tests on the water, but the results may take weeks to come back. >>> it could be tougher to find a seat on bart this morning. a new report shows a growing number of bart trains are out ofs service because of a technical issue in the transbay tube. ktvu fox 2's alex savidge joins us from san francisco. you are at the embarcadero station. what are riders saying, alex? >> reporter: they are a bit concerned they may face more crowded trains. that certainly is a possibility here. i did just hear back from a bart spokesperson and she says the agency has a problem here. they are losing cars at really a troubling rate and they are trying to pinpoint exactly what the problem is. they haven't been able to figure out exactly what it is. some sort of a technical issue that relates to the transbay tube. th

this is moderate to heavy rainfall now from healdsburg into santa rosa, bodega bay, as well. it's trying to make tracks towards san anselmo where it will be raining in the next 14 minutes. it will continue to slide towards the golden gate bridge as the morning progresses. cloud cover over the bay bridge. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. it is, however, very mild at 60 degrees in san jose. here's what you need to know as you slide out this morning. make sure you have your umbrella. we'll have rain in the north bay for the most part until 7:00 before it sags south. heavy rainfall slated for friday up to 4" of rain expected in the north bay by friday night. this is why the national weather service has issued a flash flood watch for just about all eight million people that live within the bay area. okay. this is a plume of moisture that's tapping into what we refer to that atmospheric river that trails all the way off into the hawaiian islands. but we have this center, the core of the area of low pressure right here and when this plows through the bay area that's when we'll see t

scatterbrained out there, still up in the north bay, this could be moderate activity closer to healdsburg, santa rosa, glen ellen, towards sonoma as well, more rain showers, scattered out towards san ramon and dublin, we have more development here out towards south san francisco, and san mateo so at least some green to show you with some wet roadways, localized ponding as well. out towards santa cruz, still selectivity and more developed right around san jose. here is our live camera looking out towards san francisco, lots of low clouds and fog and moisture out there, so even if you don't have the rainfall, you are going to have missed and drizzle. update, russian river at guerneville, going up a little bit but krasting below flood stage, right now, just over 24 feet. should be cresting tomorrow afternoon right around 25.7 feet, by the way flood stage is 32 feet. it has been a very active march in the bay area, take a look at some of the numbers so far, with santa rosa so far, just the totals for the month of march, santa rosa over nine inches, concord over four inches of rain, you expect

clearlake, ukiah and healdsburg still areas of rain developing and moving through, and this system will continue to sweep in cloud cover. and san francisco south mainly and thickening up as we get these breaks in the clouds. 40s and 50s at the peninsula, upper 40s and 50s, 48 atherton, 37 at truckee. last report there is rain of their but it will turn to snow as this colder air comes in with that winter weathery -- winter weather advisory starts this morning until 9 pm tomorrow morning -- 9 pm tomorrow afternoon. cloudy mostly cloudy on the cool side with rain late morning early afternoon through this evening, 50s and 60s, coolest temperatures to the north. a little below average, but the last day for that. tomorrow we will bump it up, and you will really notice it on wednesday, and sunny side up on thursday through saturday. >>> 5:49 am. >>> microsoft is saying it was wrong, and who they hired that sparked controversy. >>> a toll taker and guard killed in a deadly shooting, and what we are learning about the suspect and his connection to law enforcement. or smack >>> welcome back. >>>

well below flood stage but healdsburg could go up to 3 feet sunday.d rise, 24.3 feet later sunday. still below flood stage which is 32 feet. we must keep an eye on the rivers. that is how strong the system will be on saturday. into sunday, here's a closer look at tomorrow. the warm front will generate some shower activity across the bay area. mild to warm. in the main action moves in saturday evening. that is a cold front that moves onshore. heavy rain and strong gusty winds. that will carry over into sunday morning. tomorrow some rain showers across the region. light to moderate, saturday morning the same story. but look what happens later in the day. rainfall rates pick up, heavy intense downpours. gusty winds. sunday scattered rain showers out there, that could be later in the day. temperatures for tomorrow and the mild side. 60-70 degrees. here's a look ahead. 5 day forecast. big rain cover saturday, periods of rain into sunday, monday chance of showers, activity will taper off and maybe a break on tuesday and wednesday and possibly thursday. we c

. >> scott of healdsburg last afternoon on the river before a wet month of march that could see the waters after release up extreme at lake mendocino by the army corps of engineers. >> basically we keep enough water in the dam as best we can for world trade center>í supply and leaving enough room for flood control. during this time of the year it get kind of complex. >>reporter: michael manage dam in the arena forth army corps with big rains expected he must strike a balance between water cons vision and safety. >> ifck could jeopardize the lives of everybody downstream of thel8 one spot nobody worries about right now dry creek. if this bank is pristine man made it that way.#Ñ first land owner working with funds by government to restore habitat for coho, steel head and chinook salmon. don wallace owns the land. have you seen any ynt. >> yes we had a pair spawning right over here. >>reporter: that's music of the ears of any fisherman looking for any excuse especially before big rains. you are only as good as your last fish steel head. this is abc:÷ 7 news. >>> that water will rise a little

the health department will be at healdsburg junior high school checking for lead.s was a scare with the water at the elementary school and some of the buildings at the junior high date back to the 1920's. >> any building before the knew -- 1990s is a candidate for poor construction materials. >> they have bottled water or fill their own bottles at hydration stations. the district said they will replace the pipes but not until summer. >> the 111th republican debate with four candidates remaining and the attacks turned ugly and personal. tiffany joins us in the newsroom. it seemed like both ted cruz and marco rubio were imploring voters to abandon donald trump. all the insults were flying as the candidates try to voters. the attacks centered on donald trump, who brace settled when asked about the defunct trump university. ted cruz hit trump on views on immigration and trump responded by calling ted cruz ally arrest and marco rubio questions his conservative credentials and donald trump responded calling him ally arrest and john kasich tried to remain above the troubl

i have not updated healdsburg. guerneville 15.6. its expected to reach 34.7. that's moderate because flood stage is 32. so we are going to keep an eye on. this it's going quick, really quick. i know austin creek is raging. kelsey creek in lake county is also raising. there is the line that's moving ever so slowly. this is a north bay event so far big time. now marin county. looks like it's moving in mill valley, san rafael, marin wood probably getting slammed right now. pretty close to kent field. not to tiburon sausalito yet. there is novato back over towards much of now lakeville highway, 121, 116. pouring petaluma. it has now moved into napa. finally they are inching into napa. and then glen ellyn, caliente and sonoma, that is moving slowly south. napa is in there. maybe not southern napa. you can see that is torrential rain. st. helena, glen ellyn to windsor. that's a cause for concern there. heavy rain also into mendocino county, lake county. the heaviest is sonoma county, marin county and napa county. some of the rainfall will be off the charts. there is

as we take a look at healdsburg in the north bay, we have clear blue skies, beautiful day as we head into the afternoon. it's now 56 degrees on the peninsula, 55 degrees in the north bay. east bay also at 55 degrees. as we get a closer look at the south bay, campbell 53 degrees, so generally low to mid-50s and a few spots making it into the upper 50s now. as we go hour by hour in san francisco, we'll be right at about 60 degrees for the next four hours. perfect temperatures but it is cooler than yesterday and that wind makes it feel like you need long sleeves or jacket all day long. the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen shows we will have temperatures warming up as we go through the week so this will not last long and woe also won't have gusty winds. we're up to 60 degrees in morgan hill, 64 in napa and oakland 62 grows and pleasanton a high of 65 degrees. we will have a slight chance of rain today, but for the most part the storm track is well to the north of us. we've had some warm weather over the weekend, but that will start to change as high pressure slides back off

a leak at healdsburg, dark clouds overhead. seven-day forecast coming up bottom of the screen. check it out because we're supposed to take a break today, at least some of us will, especially in the south bay. north bay not so much. now temperatures are in the upper 50s. some mid-50s as well. as we start to see that rain moving in, the showers are weakening. and they will continue to do so but they have held up across parts of the north bay, moving into santa rosa now and past clearlake as that continues to move to the south. we expect this activity to wind down a bit but still may be enough to hold together and bring if a chance of rain in san francisco within the next hour or two. here we are at 12:00, rain moving into san francisco, right aen lo the coast and the peninsula. and a brief shower moving into oakland as well as other parts of the east bay. and then it all winds down as we go into the rest of the day. expecting more scattered showers in the forecast as we go into tomorrow. and then for tonight we'll see that activity starting to ramp back up again before we head in

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we're taking a look at healdsburg where we see the rain is coming down and we will continue to see that streaming into the north bay and eventually into san francisco as the system starts to work its way farther to the south. now looking at pockets of heavier rain moving right around point reyes and approaching santa rosa, so you may have some tlan produ that produces some gusty winds and some rain before it moves on. this is the futurecast and we should get a little more coverage of that rain across parts of the east bay and south bay as we go into early this afternoon and then some spotty showers into tonight and also early tomorrow morning, but mostly in the north bay. we will have some drying weather and some warmer temperatures the rest of the week. i'll show you that coming up a little bit later. >> thank you very much, kari. >>> there could be more delays in the sierra lamar murder trial as the suspect's attorneys are asking for more dna evidence. there were 12 dna profiles found on lamar's pants. one of those profiles was the suspect's. now his attorneys are requesting the profi

it's pouring in healdsburg and santa rosa but potentially a sunny start in the south bay. it will be a big difference from north to south. we'll talk rainfall totals and when the rain moves out. that's coming up in about 12 minutes. >>> thank you. to get ready for the rain reservoirs are doing something they haven't done for years. they are starting to release water at lake sonoma. as kpix 5's wilson walker reports it's not all good news. >> reporter: this is the first time in several years where we have received enough rainfall here to actually go into flood control mode here at lake sonoma. >> so yeah, the first release like this in four years is obviously great news. but the bad news is that a release like this one would be business as usual during any regular rainfall year. that's a way to think of the drought. we have so much debt over the last four years that just breaking even of one season is an accomplishment. >> right now our reservoir is at 101% of our conservation pool. so we have water supply for sonoma, mendocino and marin counties. >> reporter: there's more

the county health department is at healdsburg spawn your high school this morning checking for lead inipes. the district ordered testing after a scare at the elementary school and some of the builtings of the junior while are the oldest in the district dating back to the 1920s. >> for any building to happen's the 1990s is a candidate for deterioration in the plumbing given the construction materials used. >> the school giving or providing water and will replace the pipe over the summer. >> as mike has been telling us, tomorrow the bay area could get hit with the most power will storm that we have seen all winter. >> because of that people are rushing to the hardware stores to prepare. >> people coming in anything about their roofs and their windows, and seeing what they can do to get ahead of the stem to make sure they are prepared. >> if you are a homeowner the best thing can you do right now is clean out the rain gutters before tomorrow. that will keep the water from pooling around the walls and windows and away from the home's foundation. oakland is asking residents to do more of wh

healdsburg had a similar law but stopped after tobacco industry threat and he lawsuit but supervisorweiner says san francisco has a history of taking on major industries in the name of public health. he says raising the age saves lives and reduce health care cost. >> half dozen bay area newspapers will soon become just two pucks. 4 east day papers will become the east bay times silicon valley d peninsula san may take 0county times and mercury news is the mercury news. changes take effect april fifth. >>> some of yosemite best known lapped mark are no more. the names have changed as the result of an expensive trademark battle. our sister station in fresno has the story station in fresno has the story. >> slowing fall and rushing river may still be the same but a lot changed in yosemite in the past 24 hours. subsidiary of arrow mark took control as the new concession nair. >> to me it's pretty amazing to think that from yesterday to today we have got a major operation that includes hotels, restaurants, gift shops and all. that overnight went from one company to the next and nothing eve

we're still in the low 50s in some spots like healdsburg and yountville. it's 61 in san rafael. so we will have some clearing today and boy this afternoon we'll have sunshine in san jose. our temperatures bouncing up quickly. by this evening we'll start to see clouds rolling right back in and we'll start out tomorrow basically the same way as today. looking at a high today in gilroy up to 74 degrees in san mateo, 65 in mission district. 66 degrees, much cooler than yesterday, thanks to those clouds and a stronger ocean breeze today. oakland today heading up to 67 degrees. and this weather system that is well to the west of us is fairly spread out and it will create some light rain from sunday night into monday as well as tuesday morning before it's well off to the east. and the futurecast shows that we will start to see some of those spotty showers moving in on saturday night for the north bay, but the rest of the bay area won't see that until about sunday morning into early afternoon. around napa we'll start to see the rain creeping in. mainly some once again spotty light showe

futurecast 10:00 tonight there it is even santa rosa healdsburg getting some rain and scattered showers will encompass the entire bay area overnight tonight. need the rain. we know that. we also need the mountain snowfall. it is down. the snowpack dropped 9% over the past week and currently sits at 82% of average. tremendous amounts of snow, tremendous amounts of rain heading towards the state of california. details on that coming up in about 10 minutes. >>> a happier place to house criminals. instead of bars, you'll find heated floors and soothing colors on the walls. what this brand-new jail is costing bay area taxpayers. >> it was such a calm when she got out of the car oh, good she is going to stay and help me. >> a bay area woman hit while walking to work is trying to find the woman who promised to stay and then left her in the street. >> car thieves are designed to keep children safe but we have uncovered an apparent legal loophole leaving parents in the dark about potentially dangerous chemicals. ,, ,, avo: when laquinta.com sends craig wilson a ready for you alert the second his

the press democrat reports school administrators shut down the drinking fountains at healdsburg. county and health experts have since tested that water and say the led levels are actually lower than the initial test suggested. water tests at the junior high are still under way. school leaders are calling the shutoff an added precaution. >>> and the nation's only human milk bank is moving into a perm negligent facility after nearly four decades in a portable trailer near valley medical center in san jose. this video just in to our newsroom shows the grand opening of the mother's milk bank. the nonprofit has stored, processed, and distributed more than 500,000 ounces of donated breast milk for babies, some of whom can't digest anything else. the mothers milk bank new location is on monterey road in san jose, not far from highway 87 and the santa clara county fair grounds. >>> just days after the sheriff installed new cameras at the santa clara county jail, they became useful. cameras captured a melee that started yesterday afternoon. according to jail officials, more than 20 inmate

and healdsburg is now at 62 degrees. it's 61 in vallejo.'ll have some 70s today in the south bay. in san jose, 72 degrees. palo alto, 71. the financial district, up to 68 degrees. and 71 in fairfield and fremont, as well as san ramon. the seven-day forecast will be coming up at the bottom of the screen. you'll with able to see how our temperatures will be in the 70s, and then cooling down into the 60s next week. and we've been talking about the chance of rain in the forecast. and our current drought status. we still have this large area over the central valley and extending down to l.a., where we have this exceptional drought, still going on. in northern california and here, we've had the most improvement with abnormally dry conditions in the north bay, down the san francisco, into the peninsula in san jose. we have a moderate drought, and then it becomes severe, as you head over those east bay hills. and as far as the sierra snowpack, we do have quite a bit of snow on the ground. but we are still not at normal. we had a lot of work to do,

orange is heavy rain in healdsburg.hter green happens to be the light rainfall that is now occurring in the petaluma area. we have moderate rain in rohnert park. inverness has moderate rainfall as of now. the flag is on the fly. can you see it wavering? we have been getting gentle breezes. 50s and 60s, muggy out the door. also breezy conditions south wind right now 14 at sfo. two hours 17-minute delays on some arriving flights. 6-mile-an-hour winds in pleasanton, 14 in hayward. winds increasing out of the southeast 10 to 20 miles per hour. today heavier rain to the north but heaviest rain on friday. this time tomorrow it's going to be pouring just about everywhere. up to 4 to 6 inches of rain slated for the highest elevations of the north bay. 8million people have a flash flood watch in effect now through sunday. this is a plume of moisture associated with the frontal boundary that's tapping into the atmospheric river that's streaming all the way back to hawaii. this frontal boundary is all associated with that right yo