helena had an inch of rain. after that a double and a third of an inch and two bits as well crockett. san francisco .21. hayward .19. san jose could only muster up .02. 56 balmy degrees to start. maybe the fog drizzlely and giving away to partly sunny and cloudy skies. we will go for a high of 66 today. if you do anything outside you will notice notice a mugginess in the air. we will see a semi break today. we will have morning drizzle pap lot of clouds. there will be sun sun but muggy and humid. mid to upper 60s. right now it's in the mid to upper 50s. gives way to slightly warmer weather. especially toward the south bay. mid 60s upper 60s to almost 70 degrees. clouds, sun gives way to mostly sunny skies. as the next system barrels in it will bring more. a stronger, colder system moves in friday. takes us into saturday clearing on sunday but cooler. >>> this morning the bank of japan eased monetary policy over concerns of potential economic fallout from friday's earthquake. the stock index fell more than 6% in

helena and napa county and san pablo bay. marin county. also closer to the radar site to they're enhanced but east bay down to the santa cruz mountains as well. so far i've seen about a tenth of an inch to three quarters. rain rates will pick up fast here. upper 40s and low 50s. temperatures will be probably here most of the morning due to cloud cover. one system swings in and here comes the next one. this one will have more rain. we could see accumulative over the next four to five days maybe four to five inches of rain, we're not going to get five inches of rain out of one of these systems. it will be the combination of all of these. morning rain, windy at times. then sun breaks, clouds, showers will pop up. thunder, cool, breezy. 50s, mid-50s, upper 50s, a few low 60s. and we have rain moving back in thursday. showers friday. one more system saturday and then sunday though it looks much better as the storm track starts to do to the north. >>> thank you, steve. this morning oakland police are looking for suspects in a double homicide. po

helena and calistoga. if you thought it was colder this morning, a lot of 30s for lows and sol of those 30s are trapped now to the -- and some of those 30s are trapped now. there's the system coming out of the gulf of alaska. tomorrow, though, here comes that system, rain, wind, koehler temperatures. that will take us -- it's going to be very cold, i think saturday morning. snow level is going to be down around 2500 feet. >>> 8:2. the barry bonds perjury trial is set to begin on monday. >>> in just a couple of hours, the court will take up a very important piece of legal business in the case. >> reporter: the fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel is supposed to relieve traffic, just not in the direction you might think it will. >>> also, a stretch of highway 1 just fell into the ocean. why the repair work won't be finished any time soon. >>> pam cook is in our newsroom right now to tell us what's happening today in the bonds case. >> well, giants' fans who once sat in the stands cheering for barry bonds may

helena. scattered showers, become a little less numerous during the afternoon hours.so if you are playing baseball, you may be able to get your games in. look at the strintdz of this storm, yellows and oranges when it moves through which happens from 8:00 to about 2:00. that will be the heavier rain that is also the rain that will cause some flooding. look at the rain totals, inch in the south bay. three inches in the santa cruz mountains and one to two inches of rain around the rest of the bay. we'll kick up high surf until 9:00 tomorrow evening, 14 foot waves. and it doesn't let up. monday, tuesday, wednesday, third, rain in the forecast rain in the forecast every single day. spring showers, definitely. >>> good morning. roads are wet but other than a couple of isolated spinouts, we haven't had any major accidents. quiet friday morning commute. live look at sm san mateo bridge. >> let's get a live look from san rafael. taillights are moving out of novato toward 580. drive time from 37 to 580 about nine minutes. and golden gate bridge, it's a wet and quiet ride makin

helena.t has to move on through the bay area. so, here is the time line on it. five o'clock this morning and scattered showers, and i'm pausing it right here, throughout this afternoon and you see the heavier cells in santa rosa off the coast of half moon bay and then by the evening hours, the winds begin to pick up and take a look what happens if you're going out tonight, eleven o'clock tonight. very heavy rain and even heavier rain has it comes through the wee hours of the morning at three o'clock and then by about eight o'clock tomorrow morning, the front is behind us and the cleanup begins. we'll look for our somewhat of a dry afternoon and then by your monday morning commute, we've got more showers on the way, and that's going to set the stage for a very rainy week. we're talking anywhere from to four inches in the mountains of the north bay, and inch and a half to three inches on the peninsula and two and a half inches in the the south bay. today, 53 san francisco. and the rain will con

helena picked up 1.68. san rafael .58. once it hit marin county over napa county it lost a lot of power. of course cazadero 2.60. petaluma just over an inch of rain. crockett a half inch of rain. redwood city picked up .28. ukiah is 50 degrees. cooler air is moving in and following that system right there. we'll still have a mostly cloudy day. off and on showers. morning rain gives way to some clouds. cooler conditions. we get a break on thursday. colder system for another round of rain moves in on friday and the weekend looks off and on and rainy and colder as temperatures settle in to the 50s. morning rain and giving way top clouds. i've seen gusts 25-30 miles an hour. upper 50s and 60s as some of the cooler air filters in. a little bit of a break on thursday and here comes the colder system for a rainy friday, and saturday. >>> our time is 5:40. this morning the list of finalists in the search for a new san francisco police chief is in the hands of the mayor ed lee. last night the san francisco police commission met in

helena. ben lomond, over two inches of rainfall. over an inch in oakland.ser amounts as you head out in livermore valley area. 24-hour snow totals, kirkwood, 18 inches. foot at sugar bowl. squaw valley picked up almost a foot. more storm systems coming in tomorrow. >>> tonight the city of san pablo is planning on declaring an emergency because of a landslide that is threatening half a dozen homes. all of them have been declared unsafe to live in that is because the hillside is slipping from nearsighted the homes. at least one family is packing up. john alston reports from san pablo. >> the clock was ticking for leon walker that had to get his belongings out of his home. friends gave him a hand as a landslide slowly ate away the back yard of his home that he and his wife bought seven years ago. >> it's going down the hill and no way for me to stop it. >> the view from sky 7 shows the hillside sagging from the top of wyman street down to hillcrest road. three homes are in jeopardy along with another three on the bottom. mud and trees are creeping toward the h

helena, over an inch. close to an inch in mill valley. over an inch in oakland and lesser amounts livermore valley and san jose. more rain is in our accuweather forecast for tomorrow. i promise after that you're really going to like the forecast. >> alan: thank you very much, leigh. there's more to see in marin county, a rockslide is forcing evacuations from three homes. tomas roman is in mill valley. >> reporter: we're here on miller avenue in mill valley. the slide happened up on the hill on it -- ethel avenue. the mud was stopped before it reached miller avenue. officials are calling the slide minor but one family wonders when they can return home. at noon today the ground started to give way. public works officials say the mud sly was caused by oversaturated soil from recent rains. the mud was stopped by condos before hitting the street. this home on ethel avenue was evacuated this afternoon. officials are calling the slide minor but expect the section of road to be closed for a month until repairs can be made. the most impacted home

helena, 80 santa rosa, 80 napa, sonoma and fairfield. low 80s, including brent wood. castro valley at 76. still some 80s, morgan hill to gilroy, cupertino, 78. fremont, 7. 76 san mateo and daly city, pacifica, os but palo alto at 78 -- 60s but pail loy alto at 78 -- palo alto at 70 degrees. it warmed up and then goes right back town. >> thank you, steve. >>> today, jerry brown is expected to announce that california's three-year drought is over. all of the extra snow means water for the state. >>> still ahead -- a bay area tech giant made a major announcement a few hours ago in the midwest. brash place >>> taking a live look at the big board on wall street, telecommunications company lead a rally. right now the dow is up 90 currently and -- 09 at 12,769. the nasdaq is up -- >>> google plans to bring their network to kansas city. they announced kansas city will be the first community to get the program called fiber for communities. internet can be made 100 times faster than what most americans have. >>> we want to clarify a story we mentioned a few minutes ago. a speci

how about the 24 hour rainfall total over 1.4 inches at saint helena. inch and a half at santa rosa. 1.three inches in san francisc francisco. over three inches in petaluma and morris to come. as there is more to come in the 7 day forecast a little bit later. >> okay spencer thanks very much. >> we have retrieved the photo i want to show you because pretty dramatic stuff. antioc antioch. david sent this in to you report. one gust of wind tossed his patio umbrella and table 10 feet into the air as you can see shattering it every.where the wind was pretty ferocious. please sinsd your video to up load them to you report.abc 7 news.com. and we would love to getd them on the air. thanks for the picture and others that came in. >> traffic crawled past this floodal westbound interstate 5 80 in oakland today. the chp closed the 2 right lanes until cal-trans crew could unclog the storm drain near coolidge avenue. it was a real mess. 2 cars also spun out at nearly the same time that was near the oakland zoo. about rape swollen water of the creek washed through do

helena and hamilton getting a dusting.nd we may get a break and tomorrow night, look what happens as we head into sunday morning, another wall of water coming through, this time in orange so it's more intense from mid-morning to midafternoon, by 7:00 sunday it has moved on. this the rainfall totals for today. we could get up to half an inch to an inch around the bay. inch and a half in our mountains. double that and that is what we will deal with sunday. don't forget all this rain we're getting, two to three feet of snow? sierra starting this afternoon through tomorrow. i still have more showers for monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday -- no escaping the wet weather. >>> we have seen our first spinout, in the north bay, in the off-ramp and won't slow down your commute. live look at san rafael, southbound, no delays right now, drive time from 37 to 580, nine minutes. south bay, live look at san jose 280 right at the 17 overcrossing no problems in the downtown san jose area but they have issued a heavy rain advisory if yo

[laughter] >> i guess changing times to go back to the theme of helena's publishing firm. and palestine is central to that many ways, and it will continue to emerge, i think the issue of bag stein especially if and when there is a unity government formed, how will israel respond, how will the united states respond? that's going to present a whole new set of challenges. and, again, understanding palestine is key to understanding the middle east and what's going on there now, and it is if you think of a snap hot were kind of zooms in the right now and focused on what's happening in the here and now, and i like to think of my book and, i think, a lot of the books we heard today as a way of kinding so manying out -- zooming out and what emerges is a very systematic and constant israeli policy in the case of my book that really hasn't changed who has been in power. the policies are always the same, and it is really an effort to stifle indefinitely the peace -- indefinitely the peace process, and is these actually quotes from the, you know, words of israeli politicians that the

for gin and harman, former director of the human rights commission, and galena -- helena. thank you so much for joining us. >> our next award goes to the unsung heroine, carol ito. she is bed a passionate advocate for women of all levels of the community. she was one of the founding members of the national asian pacific women's movement in the late 1970's, which resulted in the development of the local bay area group, pacific asian american women. the have been running 30 years. she recently completed three terms as a san francisco airport commissioner. please join me in welcoming carol ito. [applause] >> thank you. i am very humbled this afternoon to join all of you. i want to thank shelly's committee and everyone who made this happen. i am honored to share many of these honors. many of us have work together for the various causes and policy changes for this great city. i must say that there are many unsung heroines in this room, and my guests at table three are many of my own personal friends and supporters to keep me honest, keep the focus, and make it really very speci

helena and cobb mountain but here around antioch and walnut creek, pretty good downpours.estward into berkeley and just pushing into san francisco right now. look at daly city and along the coast, highway 1, showers here, further down to the south, around mount hamilton, a little cold air in place and rain-snow mix and campbell and los gatos, heavier rain through the south around the santa cruz mountains. 48 in mountain view. 46 in fairfield. southwest wind keeping it cool today. not so windy but we are looking at more rain arriving late tonight in to tomorrow morning. sunday doesn't look half bad. here is next system. later on tonight, it's going to gather and we're going to see a pretty good line of rain poised to move in by early saturday. gofg game, softball game -- don't think so. maybe you can reschedule that for sunday. it's going to push further north and be weaker and entire storm track is going to head to the north. the rest of the day, widely scattered showers by this afternoon and so i think the more concentrated rain is going to happen by today. evening commut

filtering in which means places like mount hamilton just above 4000 foot elevationment mount saint helena a light dusting of snow. numerous showers still continuing into the 11:00 o'clock hour tomorrow night. so when all is said and done rainfall totals highest in the santa cruz mountains up to inch and a half. north bay 3 quarters 0an inch to inch and a half. peninsula east bay through tomorrow night. half inch to an inch and south bay you look at quarter to 3 quarters of an inch of rain. this storm is kicking up the surf. we are expecting the surf to come up even higher so high surf advisory goes into effect tomorrow afternoon at 3. continues until 9:00 p.m. saturday. west northwest swell up to 16 feet. we have to watch out for strong rip current and minor coastal flooding certainly possible. flooding a possibility in the sacramento valley and the mother lady flood watch issued from friday to sunday. saturated grounds and expecting some heavy rain and rapid rise of creek and stream and low lie slides certain possibility. if you have plans to go to the sierra nevada. winter storm warning

helena, cals towing a, in toward the central bay, we have more scattered showers, really some kind ofnd miss light showers showing up around the bay area, continuing to make their way into the part of the east bay. we have seen light amounts there, 8 high school of an inch in toward the san jose area. you get the idea. you got the moisture there too. it continues to move in off the coastline, not a huge storm system, on and off, wet throughout the day today, this added some pretty impressive rain totals. we're now at 111%, still got work to do in san jose, 81% of normal, but the sierra snow pack is looking fantastic, i think we're okay with our water supply for the year. temperatures around the bay area fairly mild, a lot of subtropical moisture moving in overhead, we had some 50s, even 60s for highs today. around the state you'll find more scattered showers in parts of northern california, you want to head up to the high country in the snow, bring those chains with you. likely going to see some more snow up there, we look towards tomorrow, winter weather advisory also in effect, as w

san francisco, santa rosa over an inch close to 2 inches at saint helena. oakland picking up an inch and almost 3 quarters. life more at 81 hundred of an inch. san jose close to an inch of rain. 2 more storms coming forecast coming up. >> thank you. heavy flooding closed roads in the east bay. early tonight residents along the town of collide couldn't get home because of high water. sheriff deputy escorted police in and out using 4 wheel drive. water since receded. cal-trans closed niles canyon road because of flooding. no ace train service tomorrow between san jose and stockton. commuter express cancelled service because there is debris and mud block the track. >> to the north bay. tree branches came through the ceiling of this if home. wind blew power lines on to truck in wind or. douglas fir knocked out power for hundreds of residents in camp meeker. now there was street flooding near rohnert park today. this is l in the park today. part of todd road was closed because of the water on the roadway. 150-year-old white oak crashed in a parked car and power

helena 16 hugts but it's over now z there are readings into the 50s though milder in mountain view. and take a look at the highlights. partly sunny skies next two days and spring forward with clocks this weekend moving to daylight savings time there. is a chance of rain sunday. and our satellite radar shows cold front brought us a little bit of precipitation is breaking up. high pressure building in behind that front keeping us dry. and friday, saturday, looking pretty good. all of the days head are looking good depending on how you look at them. right now there is an active storm track bringing us many chances of rain. it could be a rather unsettled week of weather. tonight a few clouds around. and temperatures mainly into 40s and lows into upper 30s up north. and then, tomorrow, a lovely day into south bay. high temperatures into low 60s, 62 in campbell. and there is upper 50s to low 60s will be the range of highs and mid-50s at the coast. downtown san francisco, highs 58 tomorrow. 56 into sunset district. north bay highs from upper 50s to low 60s, 62 in santa rosa. near east bay

are public in montana congressman is in some hot water alan hale was speaking on the house floor in helena about drunk driving but not in the way that you might think the lawmakers in the state are currently debating a bill that allows courts to look at a person's driving background from the previous ten years and they're being sentenced. because currently the court system can only go back five years but congressman alan hale is not a bit happy about the proposed new law take a listen to his stance on drunk driving on the house floor these dui laws are not doing our small businesses in our state any good at all they're destroying them that they're destroying a way of life that has been in montana for years and years these are these stabbings and bars and these smaller communities connect people together they're the center of the communities and. there's only two ways to get there you know you hitchhike or you drive and i promise you that you're not going to get strike thank you. so alan hale is all for drunk driving i'm sure that's going to make him really popular with all the drunks in th

we're starting to see fog formation out here toward san helena downtown napa. picking up some fog here and down to the alexandra valley. nothing to see just some light drizzle. tonight we look for patchy fog, mostly cloudy. not that cold, just no clouds and fog. the overnight center will be in the mid-40s. clearing and mild tomorrow. tomorrow we start out with clouds and clearing. daytime highs tomorrow in the mid-60s. the extended forecast right now, clouds come in on thursday, and a chance of showers come into your bay area forecast. these are your forecast overnight lows. the kids head off to school. you head off to work, it's really not that cold. so you may want to go light on the jackets tomorrow. 49 in oakland, 46 in hayward. highs tomorrow easily into the low 60s. i mentioned. not just tomorrow but wednesday as we go into a second day of dry weather, stronger high pressure. and highs on wednesday could easily tap into the 70s. wednesday is your day. partly cloudy. the best day for weather looking to be wednesday. i showed you the showered north. this is

helena and then, stormy period begins saturday night into early hours of sunday morning. we're talking about heavy rain here at 3:00 a.m. a cold front approaches there are stormy conditions developing. wide spread area of the bay area behind this front. it starts to wind down. the until the wind is gone. rainfall totals up to six inches and there is north bay mountains up to five inches. you can see here up to three and there is scattered showers once again, temperatures into 50s and 40s into the north and around the bay. wet weather for you. numbers into 50s. here is the accu-weather forecast. showers, thunder saturday. spring begins sunday and it's going to be a stormy set up. thunderstorms continue through monday at least. and there is a break on the seven-day forecast is tuesday, more rain wednesday, thursday, and friday. so. >> thank you. >> coming up next here on abc 7 news a pair of local hero autos what [ female announcer ] what's so great about jcp cash? no exclusions! with jcp cash, earn 10, 15 or 20 dollars off on the spot storewide! and, unlike other stores, w

helena could wake up with snow on them tomorrow morning.ernoon, you see the scattering of showers. we've got a little bit of a break tomorrow evening. by midnight the rain starts to become steady and heaviest by saturday morning. if you have plans to be outside you should be okay. everything will still be wet, won't be raining. rainfall totals, one to two inches saturday evening and three inches in the mountains. seven-day forecast, temperatures today in the low to mid 50s. coldest day of the forecast. friday and saturday and sunday we'll start to hit the upper 50s to near 60. coast will remain in the 50s all seven days and even when we warm around the bay and inland to upper 60s by tuesday and wednesday. be careful. here is sue. >>> a lot of activity. waive got chain requirements in the sierras this morning. both on highway 50 and highway 80. mike was telling you about all the snow that will be falling. roads are open now but you have to have the chains. flooding in southbound 880 in san leandro. left lane will remain closed due a flooding

helena and out to 37. you'll see definitely heavier rain there. here is a look at the back edge of the steadier rain, coming through, give it about an hour, hour and a half and then we'll deal with scattered showers and it won't be as nearly as wet or treacherous this afternoon. temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. showers, we'll have those and possibility, breezy and cooler than average. next system comes in tomorrow. flooding likely. remember we have those flash flood advisories starting at midnight tonight through 4:00 tomorrow afternoon for the santa cruz mountains. flash flooding means it's going to happen instantly so you need to be prepared to move quick. pretty much temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. monterey bay, inland, upper 50s to low 60s. temperatures here well below average. tonight look for temperatures in the mid to a few upper 40s. here is a look what is going to trigger the showers the next couple of hours. cold front has it moves through. winds are gusting around 25-40 miles per hour. those will start to relax a little bit this

helena but the heavier rain is from the south to east. from antioch and concord and walnut creek, very heavy rain here. westward into berkeley, if you are heading in right now trying to get over the bay bridge, you are coming into rain in san francisco. this will continue to shift to the east around san leandro, the peninsula, 280, san bruno and more wet weather into the south bay. it won't be raining all day but tomorrow, that is another storm we'll talk about a bit later. >> janelle: we've got high wind advisories for all the bridges and richmond-san rafael bridges, no rvs or empty trucks. an accident coming, westbound 80 and fremont street. blocking lanes, blocking the right lane. no "h" train service at all. a rockslide and getting conflicting reports and no bus bridge for "h" train commuters. there is the san mateo bridge where there is a wind advisory in effect. take it easy. >> janelle: this latest storm is hitting santa cruz county especially hard. mudslides are threatening homes and in catifofola a flood of water destroyed homes

helena and showers taper during the afternoon hours.we get a little bit of break before the next big system comes in sunday morning. look at this, yellows, oranges, heavy rain from mid-morning to midafternoon sunday. we're talking rainfall amounts around one to two inches for the bay, up to three inches in the santa cruz mountains and also in the north bay, outside of the mountains, and the strong surf, high surf that is going to kick up to 3:00 to 9:00 tomorrow evening. 17 for the swells and now the system on sunday, that is the stronger one, that is where we can see flooding, power outages as trees lose their grip. monday through thursday all have chances of rain and cooler than average weather. have a great weekend. >>> good morning. i'm happy to report that despite the slick, wet roads we don't have any major accidents or problem spots to slow you down. let's start off with a live look at contra costa county, walnut creek, 680 at north main exit. taillights are moving southbound no delays heading into the san ramon valley. commuting

helena. fairfield 78. 78 antioch. 80 brentwood. that should say 77 walnut creek. and down toward morgan hill and gilroy. and then peninsula upper 70s. half-moon bay 65. five-day forecast warmer weather on thursday into friday. the weekend will be cooler. >>> today honda is cutting production at its north american factories. it has run short of engine transmission, and electric parts that come from japan. no details on which will be more effected. toyota is also telling its u.s. car dealers to stop ordering more than 200 replacement parts made in japan. it's also worried about running out of them. >>> let's check in on wall street. right now future signal a higher opening that follows gains yesterday. dow up 81 points. of course president obama talking about energy gas prices today. that could have an effect on the market. >>> fda chemist and son are being charged with running a -- 2 million insider scheme. they used confidential information from a password protected fda system. those companies had applications waiting for decisions from the fda. the pair used the

helena 1.68. santa rosa 1.41. san francisco .44. san jose only picked up .13. but cazadero 2.60. oakland .50. and sfo had .26. low 50s and mid 50s. the cool air is working its way in. this system will slide south. it will give a hit and miss pattern the next day and a half. some clouds and some showers. but most of the system is out here. i want to draw your tension to is after the afternoon. that is 4:00 and 6:00. we are done. that doesn't mean there could be a rogue shower or two. watch what happens tomorrow. now we are okay in the morning but then by thursday evening here comes a little ban inned a a -- in advance of the system. that will give us a wet and colder friday. snow up in the mountains and lowering snow levels. clouds and showers. mainly kind of windy and cooler for many today. temperatures in the upper 50s now or low to mid 60s at best. temperatures are coming down and they will continue that theme over the next couple of days. semi break wednesday and thursday. cold and showery on the weekend. >>> all right thank you. 6:41 is the time. racing for their lives with t

helena. 77 kentfield. and 78 fairfield. pleasanton 78. berkeley at 72. a little warmer toward santa clara valley. also out toward west lake and san bruno and half-moon bay. very warm on thursday into friday. we cool it down on the weekend. >>> steve now 6:10. residents of san francisco you won't be saying goodbye to yellow pages. the board of supervisors delayed a vote that will ban the description of yellow pages. they wanted to give you the public more time to weigh in on this. board president david chiu favors banning yellow pages. he says most end up in the trash. >>> peta is suggesting a new name. tempa. peta says name tenderloin makes you think of animals. so far the city of san francisco has no official comment. >>> a close call at a national airport the action taken against an air traffic supervisor. >>> also the nation's highest court sends out hints on how it may respond to that lawsuit. targets the nations largest private employer. >>> president obama is delivering an important message this morning. ktvu alison burns is in our washington, d.c.

inch and a half in saint helen helena. half inch in san rafael. half inch in nap a.trace of rainfall and hayward and livermore 2/100ths and still waiting for to it hit the south bay. right now temperatures generally in the 50's although we have 61 degrees at mount view and 60 at san jose and these are the highlights morning showers tomorrow. break in the afternoon. afternoon showers thursday heavy rain arrives friday with chance of thunder. satellite radar composite image shows the approaching frontal system moving very ly as i mention before. producing lots of wet weather mainly to the north and a little bit to the east. start our forecast animation at 11:00 o'clock tonight during the overnight hours front passes through we have showers trailing behind the front and 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning the beginning of our morning rush and still be wet in some spots. showers will then taper off later in the day and by afternoon late afternoon it will be clearing out here with lots of sunshine in the bay area. that break will last us until about thursday

helena back towards santa rosa, petaluma. also ban now benicia, martinez back towards oakland over highway 24 and stretching back. just went through sfo on the peninsula picking up a little bit from woodside back in between half-moon bay. you can see starting to move on shore. but we also have this very mild air mass with 50s over us. 57 concord, hayward, mountain view, san jose. here comes our system moving in later on. it wants to hang out more north bay. so heavier amounts will be up there. cloudy skies. light off and on showers in the morning then the rain moves in. may not bake it to the south bay in the early afternoon. temperatures upper 50s to low 60s for some and mid-6 0z for others. heaviest rain to the north. very active pattern. partly cloudy skies wednesday and thursday and then a very cold system moves in for widespread rain friday into saturday. and then lowering snow levels into the weekend. pam and dave. >>> all right. thank you, steve. the federal reserve is meeting today as several new obstacles to a u.s. e

you can see here some snow around mount hamilton mountain helena at 11:00 o'clock. pocket of moderate rain developing around the afternoon hours on saturday. and really stormy conditions by 1:00 a.m. sunday. heavy rain coming down along this cold front at 7:00 a.m. very powerful winds. up to 5 inches in the santa cruz mountains up to 4 inches in the north bay mountains. most of the rest of the bay area a couple of inches of rain so we are talking about a good soaker. temperatures tomorrow under a rainy day in the 50's except to the north in the 40's and around the monterey bay it is going to be in the 50's. you need the rain here. hang on to it for awhil awhile. spring begins on sunday. 4:21. it is going to be stormy. 4:21 in the afternoon. showers on monday. short break tuesday. more wet weather wednesday through friday of next week. >> potentially dangerous. >> absolutely. >> thanks very much. coming up next on 7 news at 9:00. danville teenager who won intel top science prize shows off his musical talents, too. stay top science prize shows off his musical talents,

helena as well. wind gusts to about 30 possible as this system starts to roar in. it's right there. there it is. each one of these systems packing a lot of moisture moving a little further south and helped along by a very strong jet stream which is coming across the pacific. live storm tracker 2 shows not everything lit up here in the north but it is beginning coverage to pick up napa county definitely into marin county and sonoma county. not as bad up north but heavy rain along the north coast. mild lows. 53 to 57. everyone's really close. get out of the way so you can see. there's a lot of moisture streaming across. most of this is taking aim north across the cape but each one dipping farther south and therein lies a cloudy forecast for some. this is a very moist southwest direction coming up. so it's a mild air mass. holds a lot more moisture. cold air doesn't arrive until friday. so today rain totals quarter to two plus inches. still will have off and on rain but breaks wednesday and thursday and a colder system friday and saturday with lowering snow levels. temperatures mild no

helena to napa drier air is moving in especially into sonoma county and marin county. another strong system is starting to light up the radar. look at fairfield. that is heavy duty rain. back over towards bethel island, concord, danville, livermore, south bay, santa cruz mountains and morgan hill to wattsonville decrease turning more showery in nature. san jose to mountain view over the dumbarton bridge heavy rain. decreasing rain but heavy rain on the peninsula right now. tough morning for the commute. >>> traffic is moverring along okay as you drive over to the high-rise of the san mateo bridge. there are no major problems heading to the high-rise. this morning's commute is okay on westbound 24 driving up to the tunnel. now we are looking at the flooding conditions. in fact, flooding has also made it -- impossible to park at park and ride. that's where ktvu's kraig debro is right now. kraig. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, sal. it's kind of a fluctuating situation. this is very close to richardson bay. there's a high tide and there's rain you get flooding here. but

helena might be near 86. just depends on if we continue to get the north wind. if it turns southerly all bets are off. i don't think that will happen until tomorrow. the city 80 that would be close. 82 a record high. oakland 82. that would be in san jose would be within 2. 84 is the record. not much of a breeze at the surface. but still some of the higher elevations i saw right above the scald cot 20 miles above. there's still a component there. most locations say calm or northwest or north. so until that wind turns easterly or southeasterly we're in line for you know the direction for record highs this time of year. 60 in san francisco. i mean that's the official temperature. but i've seen 62, 63 for a few cooler as you head out towards the outer richmond sunset district. they're in the low 50s. there's a ten degree spread in san francisco alone. 60s for a few. one upper 40 and that's napa. won't take long to warm up. santa rosa starting off at 50. high of 84 today as long as the north wind's in place it will be no problem. if it collapses then i'll be in troub

helena, 82 santa rosa. but i better get that north wind. benicia, 77. 80, antioch. 70 alameda. berkeley 72. upper 70s to near 80 degrees. morgan hill, gilroy, same for menlo park. 60s, pacifica, daily city, san bruno, half moon bay. very warm on thursday. that looks like our best opportunity for the warmest days -- highs of the week. >>> 7:12. in japan, radiation detected in sea water near the damaged nuclear plant is at its highest level yet, -- level yet. official say that's a sign that more contaminated waiter is making its way into the ocean. that's obviously a big concern but they say it does not immediately pose a threat. and the president there has been hospitalized with high blood pressure because of all of the stress, no doubt, dealing with the crisis. >>> and happening in washington, d.c., there is a nuclear safety hearing going on. it started about 13 minutes ago. these are live pictures of the hearing that's going on. it's talking about safety hear in the u.s. in light of the impact of all of the natural disasters that happened in japan with their nuclear facility.

growing up on a ranch outside of helena taught me the values of hard work, faith, family, and doing what's right. values i try to bring with me to work every day. 50% of montana's economy is tied to farming and ranching. 50%. and one in five montana jobs is tied in some way to agriculture. it's our number one industry. each year montana ranchers an farmers produce $3 million of the highest quality agriculture goods produced anywhere in the world. as a nation, we are blessed with a safe, affordable and abundant food supply. our farmers and ranchers put food on the table around the world and help create good-paying jobs here at home. every year the average american farmer feeds 155 people worldwide. while agriculture stands in the spotlight this week, it's critical to remember the words of president eisenhower and recognize the needs of our ranchers and farmers every day throughout the year. next week, i will be holding a series of listening sessions across montana to discuss the next farm bill. i did that last time around. they were terrific. i learned so much from having these listening se

helena but an inch the last 24 hours for areas right around there. stinson beach moderate rain. mill valley and sausalito, all dealing with light rain. how about millbrae, burlingame and pacifica? also looking at some rain. hasn't let up around wedwood city, palo alto and we continue with scattered showers and this morning we're colder that on we were yesterday. that system again now off to the east, bringing us from half inch to the bay area. just very widespread across the area. this low in the gulf of alaska off the gulf of alaska continuing to send waves into our area. this next storm could even bring stronger winds and more rain. if you can believe this. your rain is snow forecast, scattered showers today, the winds yesterday gusting to 40 miles per hour in some cases, this time around could be gusting to 60. by tonight, already over the north bay it looks like 10:00 here so between 7, 8:00 it. will begin down to about golden gate and it really doesn't let up in the overnight hours, noontime -- midnight, 1:00, there it is. a noticeable line rolling through the area and the

helena's 30 in., bay area airports saying just over 1 in., at one time said cruz mountains three. 04hes of rain. a big soakers and another storm coming by wednesday and thursday. britain held scattered showers through the bay. steady stream of wet weather through some francisco tracking to oakland. that cell expected to get over the heart of oakland momentarily. just south of that through the san mateo bridge you can see this cell making its way towards a word appearehe word. intension s a hayword. pay word. all of this streaming that way, continuing to see the pattern throughout the day. things coming down towards the santa cruz area where we had heavier rain earlier this morning. keeping an eye on the sierra. if you're headed up there no they have snow falling right now, it will continue to fall today and more snow falling through the middle of the week. cold up there and inclement weather. san francisco 55 degrees, 56 in concord, 57 for oakland and san jose. everybody ran around that marked today. in the pacific we see the instability out there, more snow headed towards a tuesday

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the system so they do not get discouraged and leaf -- when you take a look at what is happening in helena, montana or what is happening in seattle, they have said, let's not concentrate on standardized tests. let's concentrate on getting the best people here and have them design something for the school. they move away from standardization and toward something better. host: here is a twitter message. guest: i'm not sure how teachers' unions affect could -- student loans. but i will tell you we have fought like crazy to get a better system, not only for pell grants, but for student loans. i am a recipient of the national direct student loans. when i was in college my parents could not afford to send me. i worked part-time jobs and i did the best i could. what we are seeing is skyrocketing tuition and that is happening because of the cutbacks on the state level and the federal level sought as we get -- and the federal level as we get less and less assistance. the burden is on the back of the students who have to take out these horrendous loans. host: here is another one. guest: there is alm

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