the russian river is once again rushing as it flows past the city of healdsburg.ents have gotten good at conserving saving up to 5% citywide with many motivated by the fear of how lake mendocino, their only water supply has looked in recent months. >> now when they see a bunch of water flowing down this river, are minds going to change? >> it might. >> reporter: the state limited the amount the town could take from the river. now those restrictions have been lifted until november 1. >> it gives a breather to our customers. we are waiting for the november 1 reassessment from the state board before we actually go to council and ask for them to lift or ease up on water restrictions. >> reporter: other water districts that can't take directly from the swollen river rely on reservoirs that were not refilled by yesterday's downpour. >> the rain was epic for october, but the drought has been two years in the making and while this is a good start, it is not a drought buster by any stretch of the imagination. >> it's a difficult concept for all of us to really grasp i thin

you can see moving in healdsburg right now., stretching a little for the south. now of a bodega bay. but there's more off the coastline and we'll see plenty of this as we head through the next 24 hours. in fact, there's so many storms line up. hard to define all these storms are headed our way right now at there is going to be a significant amount of rain over the next 7 to 10 days. the first front kind opening the door and that really just leaves the jet stream sitting right across the bay area, bringing some rain and some gusty winds outside. in fact, a wind advisory is going up as we're expecting some of those gusts as high as 50 miles an hour. so a pretty gusty 3040 going to be common near the coastline and over the coastal range is even gusty inside the be prepared for that. the wind's going to ramp up overnight tonight through tomorrow morning. start to the callers filling in those winds blowing 30 to 40 miles an hour near the coast and over some of the mountain tops. and as we head through the night, at least in the earl

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sprinkle in a place like healdsburg or you, kaaya. everybody else dry, dry dry partly to mostly cloudy at times, partly sunny and then temperatures generally in the mid sixties. i'll see you back here with the five day. all right, bill. thank you. governor. newsom says he's going to attend the u. n climate change conference in scotland next week as part of his push to reduce the state's reliance on oil. the governor says he's going to be asking for international partners to join him in bringing more renewable and zero emission power technologies online. newsom has pledged to phase out oil production in the state and to end the sale of new gasoline powered vehicles in the coming years. the u. n conference starts on november 1st. the u. n weather agencies has greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record high last year, adding that they are increasing at a faster pace than the average rate in the past decade. and its annual report on heat trapping gases in the atmosphere. the agency also said parts of the amazon rainforest have gone from s

may be a little more around santa rosa and healdsburg, and the higher terrain around those immunities. this entire thing could miss us entirely, with just cloud cover overhead. don't cancel any outdoor plans. be flexible and keep the rain jacket handy in case. there are better and more widespread rain chances further down the line, especially sunday night after midnight, after trick-or-treating is done, continuing into monday am a with another rain chance wednesday night into thursday. here is what the weather prediction center expects, up to 2 inches of rain, may be more than that for the higher ground of the north bay. 0.5 inches to 1 inch in san francisco and down the peninsula. we welcome additional rainfall. it will fall lightly with those additional chances a bit further down the line. right now, a nice evening. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s, still clinging to 70 degrees in san jose. the temperatures will drop off to the 50s tomorrow morning but just a touch above average. high temperatures tomorrow will be almost exactly normal for the third to last day of the month. the

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about three quarters of an inch to an inch and a half for most of north bay, 2 1/2 inches around healdsburg through midday on thursday. much lower amounts farther south. a 10th of an inch to a quarter inch range, but we will take every bit we can , and there's more on the way friday and sunday and monday. those you few worried about the scholars, adding up rainfall amounts there, anywhere from an inch to happen inch of rain, so we'll have to watch the hydrophobic soils and make sure they aren't debris flow issues with the systems passing through. for the moment, temperatures aren't bad out there. we are in the mid to upper 70s. it is still dry right now. temperatures will cool down to the low 50s tonight with the blanket of clouds overhead, and everybody is on the same playing field as far as temperatures tomorrow. around the coast, you will be around 60, but everyone else, low to mid-60s. does not matter if you are in the santa clara bounty, north bay p most temperatures in the low to mid 60s, with cooler spots in the north a topping out right around 60 degrees. temperatures only fluctuate

inches to potentially 1.5 inches of rain around santa rosa, up to maybe 2.5 inches of rain around healdsburge burn scars. further south, 0.1 to 0.25 inches. we are going to have to watch for any debris flow issues as well. welcome rainfall, added up all the way through monday, the pattern is apparent. heavier amounts in the north bay and santa cruz mountains. 1 to 2 inches of rain even in the santa clara valley through early next week. on the higher end, 4 to 8 inches of rain in the higher terrain of the north bay through early next week. the heaviest rain is likely to fall sunday and monday. right now, you can see the clouds approaching the coast. temperatures today climbed into the 60s and 70s. we won't be as warm tomorrow. tomorrow we drop down to low to mid 50s. temperatures tomorrow will be a whole lot warmer than that around 60 degrees on the coast. everyone else, similar playing field. low to mid 60s in the south bay and santa clara valley. low to mid 60s in the tri- valley. the 60s in san francisco. low to mid 60s in the east bay. right around 60 degrees for most of the north bay. he

scattered showers for the north bay, especially towards cloverdale and healdsburg, but spotty activity elsewhere. our rain chances will remain lower than 50-50 or the evening, and then tonight it will rain and santa rosa. the heaviest rain moving it around midnight, a little later for san francisco. for san jose but you rated rain wait a bit longer, but you should have some more when the sun comes up in the santa clara valley. >>> you mix rain with old trees, and look what can happen. a san francisco surveillance video catching the moment a huge tree came crashing down right on top of a car on sutter street and webster. in the neighborhood, if you weren't awakened by the sound of the tree coming down, you were by the chainsaws. it serves as an alarm clock early this morning as crews cleaned up the scene. the tree caused major damage to the sidewalks, as well as the nearby lines. long-term residents of the neighborhood say most of the ficus trees on the street are over 50 years old point >> it is sad to see the trigger down like this. we grew up with the tree. >> it lifted the sidewalk

. >>> and on storm ranger we are tracking some rain right now over healdsburg. it's moving off and will keep raining clear lake through 5:43 tonight. we'll have details on the stronger storm sunday. i'm back in about eight minutes. >>> in the east bay closing arguments began today in the trial of a danville police officer. andrew hall is accused of killing an unarmed man back in 2018. the man was shot and killed after police tried to stop his car as he drove around a roadblock. hall never took the witness stand. he's also being investigated for the deadly shooting of a homeless man this past march but the judge did not allow that incident to be included as evidence. >>> the justice department is lending a helping hand to an east bay police force. antioch pd is one of ten law enforcement agencies nationwide that will receive technology, training and resources from the doj. nbc bay area's melissa colorado has more on the unique public safety partnership and how the community is responding. >> people are afraid now because criminals don't care. they'll just turn ar

. >> reporter: healdsburg which relies primarily on lake mendocino for its water had to cut its water use in half this year. they are hoping the rainfall translates into replenished storage. >> there is always how much water is seeping into the ground and runs off might actually remain stored. >> we really do need an average, and above average rainfall year to truly make a mark for this historic drought. >> reporter: the sonoma county water agency says it will take a good bit of rain just to get things started. >> we are pretty darn dry up here. here is where we are at. we need a good 7 to 10 inches of rainfall just to get the soil wet enough to create the runoff that we need to get that water into our reservoir. >> reporter: while the system is starting to move again, there is a long way to go, and no guarantees that the current course will hold. >> what we've got going on right now is fantastic. we welcome it, but we are still very cautious, because we have had similar years where the fall is extremely wet, but then it dries out the rest of the winter. >> reporter: we are underway,

and while cloverdale you're starting to pick up some light showers healdsburg.st moments away. months really are looking at some rain on the way. the day a couple scattered showers coming your way and it's going to pick up throughout the night tonight. temperatures rather warm. you get that nice southerly wind out there and those numbers up in the 60's. even some 70's right now. but that rain is on the way. and tomorrow plan to be a cloudy day and a pretty wet day kind of on and off throughout the day. here's what's more impressive over the next 7 days. notice of any forecast like this in october. there you go. more showers on wednesday and thursday. another storm on friday, another one on saturday. then as we get the weekend, that's when we'll see that heavy rain that atmospheric river really opens up on sunday in the money. heavy rain all around northern california. well, great news lights in kron 4 can help you always stay up to date when you're on the go with the latest weather in your neighborhood. >> just use the camera on your phone to scan this qr code t

the highest numbers, right in the immediate vicinity of healdsburg and not widespread.y, but also parts of napa county, and even in parts of the east bay. the diablo range may have the elevated fire threat, prompting another red flag warning. at the moment it is just solano county. he goes into effect 10:00 thursday morning through 8:00 thursday evening. high temperatures today are below average. the northerly wind kept us cool. 66 degrees for the high and san francisco. everybody else, low to mid 70s. 75 degrees the warm spot in napa. 73 degrees in concord. current temperatures, 60s and 70s. 74 degrees in fairfield. all of these are below average in the middle of october. it will be on the cool side later on tonight. let's look at the low temperatures. 40s away from the water, with 50s around the bay. low 50s thomas hiley below normal for this time of year. temperatures tomorrow, 11 to 12 degrees low normal. low 60s for high temperatures and san francisco. tomorrow will be the coolest day that we experience. we warm-up as we head into the weekend. santa romo climbs bac

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mike: before you head out the door, 53-55 degrees, we have ranged from the 40's in healdsburg, sand -- santa clara, cool temperatures going to hang around with a couple of chances of in business, setbacks change everything. so get comcast business internet and add securityedge. it helps keep your network safe by scanning for threats every 10 minutes. and unlike some cybersecurity options, this helps protect every connected device. yours, your employees' and even your customers'. so you can stay ahead. get started with a great offer and ask how you can add comcast business securityedge. plus for a limited time, ask how to get a $500 prepaid card when you upgrade. call today. kumasi: developments in fighting california wildfires. governor newsom signed legislation that reduced the financial risk for managers when fires escape control lines. this bill authored by senator bill dodd now makes them liable if they acted recklessly allowing the flames to get out of control. reggie: new water restrictions could come to san jose. significant measures proposed to update conservation measures in

on the outskirts of healdsburg. last time, how posted the flames get to your property? >> two hours, perhaps from here. if the wind shifted, we would have in trouble. reporter: tonight he is watching the rain, and keeping an eye on the creeks. >> this area, we are on dry creek opinion creek, they both can flood dramatically, overrun our vineyards and roads. reporter: in june, they had the highest conch -- water conservation state in the rate at 57% water reduction, leading to this, reclaimed water tax. >> in june, we went to stage three water restrictions for the say of hillsboro, it means there was no air geisha and or landscaping. . having the initial rain we had this week -- no irrigation or landscaping. reporter: there tracking retention ponds and the russian river. >> we are now out of the drought by any means. this might be it for the year. reporter: this is one of of strongest storms we have seen in years, some areas and northbay expected to experience 40 mile-per-hour winds. it is coming down hard here in larkspur. dion: you can certainly hear the rain as well.

the three-star michelin farm restaurant is in healdsburg, and it came in at 37th. >> i want to go. >>on you. >> okay, should i say, hello, she's back -- all these years, adele is finally coming out with new music. let's check it out together. ♪ >> that's it? we didn't hear -- >> i'm like, i need more. >> the singer dropping a teaser for upcoming single "easy on me" on instagram. it's expected to drop october 15th. it shows adele popping in a cassette driving while several pieces of sheet music flying out the window. better go back and pick those up. adele has gone through a dramatic weight loss and had a divorce, and maybe some of the influences will come out in the words and music. we will just see. no word on when the full album will be released. >> i am still bothered by all that littering you mentioned. >> yeah, we are very sensitive to that. >> yeah, go back. >> i am excited about the music. >> she's a talent. she really is. >>> another talent here in the bay area? >> meteorologist, kari hall? >> you got it. she has the forecast. how is it looking out there, kari? >> we are start

maybe making up for lost time -- the highest rainfall totals include more than two feet of rain in healdsburgncisco. it was the fourth wettest day in san francisco history. spencer, let's start with you and then to sandy. you guys called this right on the money. does it do anything to help our drought in any real way? spencer: it gives us hope. it certainly raised some of the reservoir levels. just one big storm like this isn't going to end the drought, clearly. but what we really need would be a series of light to moderate rain storms so we don't have all the stations of dan: this dan: one. the long term forecast doesn't necessarily indicate we are going to get that. sandy: this storm doesn't indicate what we are going to see this winter. this is just one storm, a major storm that delivered over 16 inches of rain on mount tam, so the rainfall totals were impressive, making a dent in the deficit, sure. at the drought took years to make. one storm is not going to solve it. i will tell you this much, it's putting an end to the fire season for now. ama: maren water was nice to have some rain lea

still raining up there and go lalas up in healdsburg up in uk area and then it swings back down friday that looks good, and then it clears right out. so by lunchtime on friday. it's like what happened saturday. we start to increase the clouds by saturday afternoon. we see the showers develop again and then sunday gets going. so it's very interesting pattern. but what i just showed you there is not there's the before sunday. just it's kind of just i wouldn't call it. it's a little more than nuisance, but not much more than nuisance showers these highs for tomorrow. 70 and oakland. that's cloudy 70 and hey work despite the cloud covering a chance of a shower, so you've got it all lined up there. there's the five day forecast and we are definitely waiting on sunday. in between that though the coastal hills are going to get a bunch of rain, you know, like i say, it's you know, uh, san francisco point oh, six or under 1/10 of an inch last night. ah, just to the north about. five or six miles 10, miles, marin county by mount tam. they got over an inch of rain. six hundreds versus an inch, an

some light showers cloverdale this afternoon saw some showers moving through the region and hill healdsburg as well. and you can see some sprinkling still occurring here. the green that is moving to the east should be weakening this afternoon and we don't expect rain for any parts of the bay area. anything. >> probably see some drizzle overnight with some patchy fog. but you can definitely see the cloud cover here on satellite and radar. the current temperature right now in palau to 66 we're at 70 and livermore. warmest spots are in the mid 70's, brentwood and fairfield 67 in napa and 72 in san anselmo. look at our temperatures. the rest of this evening. if you're heading out the door temperatures as mentioned below normal today as well as tomorrow. in fact, friday will be even cooler than what we're seeing afternoon. here's a shot over berkeley. you can see the thick cloud covers. we're just seeing a little bit more of the blue versus what we saw a couple hours ago tomorrow is going to be the same story in terms of the cloud cover. as you can see, this is the afternoon. as for friday tempe

did a quick check of some of the rainfall accumulations in the areas north of us say up around healdsburgaround bodega bay and their 10th of an inch quarter of an inch. so it's pretty light thus far this system. not going to be a big big rainmaker, but it's definitely priming the pump for what is left to cover what is yet to come. tomorrow morning's commute is gonna have a little wet on the roadway. we've got a couple of these systems coming in. and this is the story. this is the real story, not tonight, storm, but we've got three of these guys coming. the 1st 21 and two tonight. let's call tonight one call tomorrow night or next week or. next week. thursday night into friday morning, number two and number three is going to be on sunday. one and two. very similar like tonight. scattered showers not the end of the world. gutters aren't overflowing. storm three gutters overflowing, that's a big one. that's sunday looks like saturday night into sunday. the timing on it's still not. we're not certain on it, but it is a straight up atmospheric river on a scale of 1 to 10. it's like an 8.7. it'

you can see that all around for the north and the santa rosa, some light showers in the healdsburg alsoverdale. >> both updated bay. you're seeing some showers that you see some stronger cells off the coastline and more that on the way. the peninsula also beginning to see a few raindrops moving in those neighborhoods but not so much in a place like san jose. santa cruz mountains for much of the east bay just yet. so far, just some light showers there. but that will likely soon change. there's plenty more off the coastline of fact. we've got a series of storms rolling in this one really just kind of knocking the dooo wide open for the storms to be able to race on in. and then i think by tomorrow we get this really need surge of all this moisture coming up from the south. it is gusty. it is windy. wind advisories are up a stormy night ahead. and many more storms to come. guys, back to you. all right. thank you large. well, it is an anniversary. if you are there, he you wish you could forget. >> 30 years now since the destructive east bay fire storm ripped through the oakland and berkeley

you see something like that, you see somebody trying to start a fire as we had the other dip in healdsburgwe can get those things put out. but other than that the event looks like about 24 hours 36 hour event that it should be winding down. that hasn't started yet should be starting after about midnight. all right, bill. thank you. coming up in sports. 49ers rookie trey lance makes his first career start. joe fonzi is here with all the highlights as the niners take on the cardinals and then coming up and our 11 o'clock news. san jose comes up with a plan to discipline city employees who have not been vaccine. in business, setbacks change everything. so get comcast business internet and add securityedge. it helps keep your network safe by scanning for threats every 10 minutes. and unlike some cybersecurity options, this helps protect every connected device. yours, your employees' and even your customers'. so you can stay ahead. get started with a great offer and ask how you can add comcast business securityedge. plus for a limited time, ask how to get a $500 prepaid card when you upgrade. c

but santa rose up to healdsburg along one. oh, one is certainly wet on up into lake county. our neighbors up there are looking at some areas of rain. and look at this. our first signs of snowfall in some of those highest elevations in northern lake county this morning as far as rainfall totals go today we could see up to a half an inch of rain. most of us will round out to around a quarter of an inch of rain throughout the morning commute. this is only including what's ahead of us. so we've already seen some pretty decent rainfall. so those totals are skewed a little bit further downward futurecast rainfall into sunday. you can see how it starts to increase yet again as sunday and monday is going to be the core of an atmosphere river that will bring us easily our heaviest of rainfall that we've seen so far 50's and 60's for current temperatures. it is also windy with winds gusting as high as 30 miles per hour. so as you head outside with the umbrella and rain jacket just hold on tight to the umbrella because we will have some breezy conditions throughout the course of the mo

some places that will actually get you, frost and if you go up into healdsburg and you know, you knowt those little wind sheltered valleys, that number could easily turn into a 36 or 35. so that's called 41 in napa. 44 3 month 45 in san jose downtown. that's chilly, so it's going to be a chilly, very noticeably chilly night. here's tomorrow. this is the ice of their map shows the clouds coming in. and then it shows underneath there. you'll see the colors coming up. i think we can see them. you can't really see him. it's going to be all about, um, sixties tomorrow, for the most part that graphic was wrong with the numbers. matter of fact here you go. these are the forecast highs for tomorrow. 70 and fairfield 70 in antioch 69 liver more so tomorrow. to have a transition date into the next system, which is late tomorrow night and early wednesday morning. then we get a break, and then we get going again on thursday, then a break then we get going again on saturday and sunday saturday night into sunday, so here's the five day forecast. plug it in there for you, and we can see you got a li