then a roman empress, helena sets off on a dramatic quest to find it. >> helena changed everything. the discovery of the cross is shrouded in mystery. there is intrigue. there is murder. there's sex. there's violence behind all of this. >> her discovery will be hacked into tiny pieces and traded around the globe. venerated by millions, ridiculed by others. >> i don't think there is a snowball's chance in hell helena discovered the true cross. >> modern science sets out to answer the question, is the cross a hoax or a relic of relics? >> the true cross is one of the greatest mysteries in christian history. we have the tools to solve it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the cross, an object of savage torture. >> that cross was an instrument of death. pieces of wood nailed together to kill a human being. >> but also an object of deepest veneration. >> the cross on which jesus died symbolizes for me the greatest act of love in human history. >> the cross remains hugely powerful because jesus survives the cross. he doesn't just die an ignominious, shameful death, but rises to new life. >> the cross is now the u

. ♪ helena: i am helena humphrey.nother twist in the syrian civil war, as government forces offer support to the kurds at their request. the deployment of the syrian army comes ahead of a threatened turkish assault. while russia welcomes the move and russia -- turkey decries it, ankara is sending its defense and foreign ministers to moscow for talks. following the u.s. withdrawal of troops from the region. reporter: the syrian army is on its march to secure a town against the turkish attack. syrian television has broadcast triumphal news. after we received a cacall from help for the kurdish people, our troops have moved into the center of town. but so far that does not actually seem to b be the case. this video shows an empty city with syrian troops nowhere in sight.t. they were reported to still be 25 kilometers from town. to the north, turks and allied rebel forces are on the march. turkey has never said it will accept a contiguous kurdish homeland on its borders. erdogan has held fast to his plans to invade norther

helena: thank you, nimisha jaiswal reporting for us. elizabeth warren has taken a key step toward running in 2020. she has formed an exexploratory cocommittee. she e has had several run-ins wh president donald trump. he called her pocahontas. once to the doubts about her native american roots. dozens are m misng following an explosion and an apartmentt building in russia. this blast happened earlier in the morning when many residents were sleep tories believe it was caused by a gas leak. security forces into that have fired at tear gases wewere planning to them mash -- march on the president shall palace. crowds gathered in the capital khartoum, they were confronted by white police who blocked the march. -- riot police who blocked the march. millions of people took part in an event that could seek the first peaceful chancellor and power in decades. questions over the fairness with accusations of mismanagement and irregularities, especially in opposition areas. >> voters in many parts of congo's desk congo came back to study lists of ini

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helena: that's correct. a manhunt which is now at the level of a terrorism investigation, according to the paris public prosecutor's office. france is now on the highest level of alert. the highest level of alert means that authorities can carry out border checks. now remember of course strasbourg is very close to the french border. as we came into the region this evening we saw a lot of traffic snarled at the border, presumably as those checks were being carried out. german authorities say they are also cooperating. over 700 french officers including highly specialized sentinel counterterrorism officers are involved in this hunt. we understand five arrests have taken place, including members of his family as well. brent: and this shooting taking place so close to that christmas market in strasbourg. the city must be in shock today. helena: brent, strasbourg is a city in shock, in mourning. this is the self-declared capital of christmas. it is home to the largest christmas market, in fact, in france. and des

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helena: more business to come.irst it is over to laila for more on the yellow vests movement in france. laila: we turn our attention to france now, where the eiffel tower in the louvre museum are some of the most famous paris landmarks closing this weekend as the nation braces for a repeat of last weekend's writing. the protesters will be out on the streets again despite the fuel tax that sparked the unrest being scrapped. 90,000 police are being mobilized. last week and saw some of the worst street violence in france for decades. >> this woman is still in shock. she has been running the salon for 35 years and says she has seen many protest. but none of them are as violent as last saturday's. >> it was like in a war movie. one side advance them in the other retreated. this went back-and-forth. the protesters got anything they could get their hands on. at one point, they grabbed a building crane, pushed it to the police, and set it on fire. >> this time she is going to close and shutter her salon. but she is not hap

let's go to paris now and talk with helena humphrey helena how would you describe the days so far. there has been a small but determined president protest is he in paris call authorities are saying around three thousand people. i've been taking to the streets down from the twenty five thousand people who registered to march on the private facebook group but you can definitely see that there was a determined and far larger police presence he on these shows and he's a eight thousand police deployed riot police as well and i have to say there's an awful lot of tear gas in the air right now there's been a lot of stun grenades as well sirens we understand that ninety five arrests have been made police checkpoints for everyone coming through the press included to make sure nobody was carrying any weapons largely peaceful a few scuffles but on the whole a very determined response from the protesters that were here as well as from the police whether the numbers it down because people were happy about or at least welcome some of the concessions from president a man who had michael remains t

let's cross over to helena humphrey who's standing by for us in paris hi helena the yellow vests demonstration again today off things expected to get violent as they have done in the past few weeks. and your president a man you were to might call made a call for peaceful protests here in paris that said of course preparing for the eventuality of a violence based on the events seen here last weekend if you take a look behind me you can see the presence of police eight thousand police officers deployed here to the french capital complete with vehicles and of course we can see many shops here which boarded up the prospect of course being that we could see looting i'm just going to take you around here is you can see all the way down to the seans elisei as the yellow vests begin their march to the arc de triomphe which was also vandalized last weekend so police are preparing for everything the yellow vest protesters i've spoken to have said that they are pacifists that said we will have to see how this protest evolves over the course of the day how if the protesters reacted to the tax and wage con

all right let's cross over to helen the free who's standing by for us in paris hi helena the yellow vests demonstrators that back on the streets again today all day expected to be as violent as in the last few weeks. or thirty's are certainly preparing for it and yet eight thousand offices here in the french capital including riot police you can see behind me some vehicles at the octave at the top of the show as allee's a want to paris's main shopping streets so there is of course that preparation in case it should turn out that way french president a man you and michael made a call for no violence of course we've just come from the scene of a terror attack in the interior minister chris of cast in a said you applauded off there or he's there please do not pelt them in paris the yellow vest protests that said i can see shops boarded up here and we saw ransacking and looting are spoken to the best protesters who've come in from the countryside and they said that they are pacifists they do not intend to use violence however at the same time they're also drinking beer drinking alcohol so we'

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well there is the real danger for that helena i think it could be about shifting the teutonic plates of the entire middle east what is the role poor between turkey and russia what is sort of a poor between the united states or russia or does syria play a a role of its own or we have mentioned two players here in the iraq and iran and if you look at all that it seems to me that we're looking for a major major change of the entire paradigm and major change and with that in mind i mean how does the u.s. fit into this how does its withdrawal from syria change the dynamics of the conflict there. well the american will draw will lead to a vacuum vacuums have the tendency to be filled with or be filled by syria on behalf of russia have the syrians their own agenda will it be a russian syrian agenda and again what is iran and others playing in that region so the vacuum that the united states leaves behind will be very very quickly filled by office now president trump then says that the united states will no longer what i mean he has called the wild policeman is us foreign policy about to to

our correspondent helena how free has been following these events as they have unfolded here in strasbourg a sense of no mama see. it is now starting to return off to a tense couple of days you can see here that the christmas markets have now been reopened albeit with heightened security last night the chief suspect the man accused of opening fire in this very area was shot dead in the west of the city in an area called doff we traveled to that area following police vehicles which sped through the streets and it is there that we understand that police offices had come into contact with a man much in his description they try to apprehend him when they did he opened fire on them they returned in kind neutralizing him and shooting him dead local residents then started to emerge they told me of their relief after a tense couple of days some of them opening their houses to offices sharing refreshments nevertheless here in strasbourg questions remain over seven hundred offices were mobilized in this country to search for surely she kept he ended up turning up in the very area he was last seen so

let's go to paris now and talk with helena humphrey helena when we caught up with you last you were in a cloud of tear gas how are you holding up and. how was the situation developing in the streets no. that's right color you'll see that we're no longer on the shoals and he's a where around twenty meters away we moved from that position because we got caught up in a cloud of tear gas which was fairly unexpected bearing in mind that we weren't seeing scuffles at that stage that certainly wasn't the looting or the ransacking of shops that we saw the previous weekend here largely peaceful demonstration around three thousand yellow vests taking to the streets this weekend here in paris a small but determined protests but there were eight thousand police officers here on the streets of paris including riot police a very determined response from then a stun grenades used tear gas used and perhaps some questions over the robustness over that response in light of more peaceful demonstrations. well no less than a week ago we saw mcallen address the nation he made a raft of promises to try to re

let's bring in helena humphrey she's standing by for us in helena good morning seven hundred police are now searching for sheriff check out is there any sign that they are actually closing in on him. good morning sumi well a massive manhunt is underway the front page of the regional newspaper this morning simply said. the manhunt which sums up exactly what is going on nevertheless what we do know so far is that he was last seen in a suburb. and then he seemingly appeared to vanish he was last seen injured and we now know that over seven hundred offices are looking for him in both france and in germany of coast you to some proximity with the german border so over seven hundred offices looking for a twenty nine year old suspect who is believed to have been wounded in all of this of course against the backdrop you can see here i mean plastic and a bat in the heart of memorials tributes are coming in for the victims of that attack you know more details have been emerging about the attacker since the attack happened around thirty six hours ago what more can you tell us about him . he's been

when the 30% club was formed, helena morsi, now dame helena morsi was the initiator of that. wanted people who believed in the principal to argue for business, rather than for women. and she chose people to do that who were, i would say seasoned rather than old, but seasoned, typically gray-haired who could be advocates for something that was all about business, not about women. and i think that was the key to making this resonate with the business community. francine: has it resonated? roger: i think it has. if you look at the board population today -- we had an ambition of 30% -- if you look at the ftse 100, you will see large scales of achievement of that across. i think when we are looking in the future, what we have got to do is to make sure that seeing the board of his ability -- the board visibility is not the end of the story. we have to keep working on the pipeline, ensure that young people come into the business, young woman feel there is a career path that is practical, deliverable, where they can have a balanced life and look forward to senior positions based on t

and correspondent helen humphrey is on the scene in strasbourg helena you actually witnessed a police operation firsthand last night piece together what happened for us. sara a fifty hour international manhunt came to ensure the off to nine pm he instead last night we were out on the streets at around that time we saw three police vehicles relatively high speed come down a road just near where i'm standing blue lights flashing we followed them they led to the area of no dolphin in a dollar a police operation was on the way that is where three members of the police are believed to have come across the prime suspect they try to speak to him to apprehend him when they did he opened fire they returned in kind they need to realize the suspect has been confirmed as killed in an area that area was on lockdown when we arrived members of the public started coming out onto the street they were relieved it off to a tense fifty hours he'd found finally been apprehended and yes people were opening up their homes opening sash windows drinking a glass of wine and we saw with police one lady coming a

saint helena and mt.he upper elevation winds continue to be more and more gusty as we go through the next several hours and several days. forecast highlights call for the chilly spots this morning. north and east bay hills getting gusty. a chance of rain coming in next weekend. as we look at the wind profile, check it out as we get towards the early morning hours. this is when it peaks. look at the oranges and yellows. by 8:00 monday morning as you're driving to work or taking the dog for a walk, going for a bike ride, you're going to feel some gusting out there. it's going to remain right through the day. new year's eve plans probably being impacted. as we go through new year's, january 1st, 2019, the winds will dial back. in the mountains, 40s today, 20s tomorrow. sunny for january 1st. cold at night. upper 50s to near 60. filtered sun, 58 in oakland. revelers for december 31st will get into the winds. but that will keep the numbers for the 40s and 50s for most of you until after midnight when they drop

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helena lee, bbc news. has been jailed for three years. george duke—cohen, who's 19, also sparked an airport security scare in the us claiming there was a bomb on a plane. arrested by officers from the national crime agency at his home in watford, he pleaded guilty to three counts of making hoax bomb threats. a bbc investigation has found that academics from black and arab backgrounds at britain's top universities are being paid a quarter less on average than their white colleagues. baroness amos, the first black woman to be in charge of a university in the uk, says more needs to be done to encourage more black men and women into academia. here's our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. professor kehinde andrews has reached the top of higher education, but he's amongst a minority of black british academics teaching in universities across the uk. when it comes to promotion and pay, they are far behind their white colleagues. they need to open the door, unlock the door. so how did you get through... he, a

helena lee, bbc news.ho sent bomb threats to hundreds of schools in britain has been jailed for three years. george duke—cohan — who's i9 — sent the hoax emails to 1,700 schools, claiming he would set off a device if money wasn't paid. he also made bomb threats to a plane bound for the us. duncan kennedy reports from luton crown court. george duke—cohan arrested in his own bedroom. the place he had spent eight months sending out hoax bomb threats. police officers caught him after he had created what the judge called havoc among thousands of schools. this school in watford was among those targeted by george duke—cohan. he september hoax e—mails to more than 2,000 schools, threatening to bomb them if they didn't hand over money. the evacuations he created caused panic and he sent hoaxes for schools for children with special needs. the upset and economic loss suffered by pupils, parent and airlines demonstrates the seriousness with which the court views such offending. the airline was a united airlines flight

helena lee reports.of 72 people. the public inquiry, led by sir martin moore—bick, was set up to establish the facts around what happened. recommendations will also be made to prevent a similar tragedy ever happening again. but the families affected have had to endure months of delays. the first phase of the inquiry is only now coming to an end. it was expected to finish by easter. this morning, during closing statements, it emerged that further delays were likely to happen. the second phase isn't expected to now start until autumn 2019 at the earliest. the bereaved and the survivors, and the public at large, need you to make the most robust and decisive factual findings and recommendations that you can on the evidence, so that the criminal and civil liability of those responsible for the grenfell tower atrocity can be determined by others as soon as possible. rajiv menon qc represents behailu kebede, whose flat was where the fire started. having heard the evidence, the inquiry must set the record straig

helena lee, bbc news. executive of the clothing chain, ted baker, is taking a temporary leave of absence while allegations about his conduct are investigated. ray kelvin says accusations that he enforced a "hugging" culture on staff have "raised some very serious and upsetting issues". the company's board says it has been made aware of further serious allegations about the chief executive, which will also be investigated. in france, a massive security operation is underway in preparation for more anti—government protests this weekend. 90,000 police officers will be on duty, with armoured vehicles deployed in paris. fears of a repeat of last week's violence on the streets has led to shops and some major tourist attractions being closed. lucy williamson is in paris for us tonight. paris ina paris in a state of high alert, lucy? it is. these are the last hours of normality for the champs—elysees before the protest tomorrow. from six o'clock tomorrow morning, this road will be closed off and 8000 security pers

helena already overnight. already starting to see gusty conditions for higher elevations, which is why the wind advisory did take effect for the higher elevations. beautiful shot of san francisco there. i want to show you current temperatures as you head out the door, concord 38 degrees. livermore 39 degrees. san jose 43. oakland 47 degrees right now, but of course, that wind is going to make you feel so much colder. now the hills seeing some northerly winds, 25, 35 miles per hour. again, we've seen gusty conditions, but by mid morning, around 9:00 a.m., we're going to start noticing those winds increase for the lower elevations which is why that is when a wind advisory will kick in for really the entire bay area, down to the san francisco shoreline as well. we're going to keep the windy monday and here's what you can expect. by 10:30, look at the winds, they begin to really kick up, even down through palo alto, 20 miles per hour, san francisco we begin to gust and overnight, into the dinner hour as well, we'r

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this is your business update i'm helena. glad you could join me or oil producing nations have struck a deal to cut output and sure up the price of the black stuff the breakthrough came after two days of talks at the bi annual opec meeting in vienna and rome was granted an exemption from the output cuts to the impact of food ranging u.s. sanctions against the country oil prices have recently tanked by around twenty five percent it was fairly clear from the start there'd be a production cut but opec members struggled to agree on the size of it right up till the end. they finally decided to cut one point two million barrels a day off global production opec fifteen members will shoulder two thirds of the remainder will fall to a ten strong group of nonmembers states led by russia that group could join the vienna talks on the second day of the opec meeting. under the current conditions it's extremely important for us to send a strong signal to the markets that we are ready to act decisively and at the same time react appropriatel

plus more on the arrest of that top executive at huawei i helena we'll have that all coming up for you in business in one minute. sleep. carefully. don't move those who needs to do to. discover who. subscribe to the documentary too. close. to the. opec looks set to defy washington the price of filling up could soon be only up as the cartels as it wants to reverse slumping products. they see as your business update on home frame by then glad you could join me asian markets drop today following the iran. one of china's top business executives in canada always global chief financial officer was detained in vancouver and is now facing extradition to the united states now the rest is an edge of the relates to violations of u.s. sanctions against iran main ones who is one of the vice chair of the chinese tech companies board she's the daughter of the company founder rand thing farai beijing calls the mains immediate release canadian officials say a court hearing has been set for friday chua ways one of the world's largest maker has of telecommunications equipment and for more on this story i

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helena: that is exactly what is happening.en talks that the saudis have proposed a one million barrels a day cut across the group. they have been in talks most of the afternoon, but nothing firm. no firm agreement has been made yet. alexander novak, the russian industry minister, will meet with president clinton. he is expected to come back. what we are waiting for is input from the russians. vonnie: helen, what does the decision hinge on? we are talking about a 200,000 barrel difference for the russians. would it mean more for them than for saudi arabia? where is the argument? helen: possibly. the key thing is the partnership .etween russia and saudi arabia essentially, getting russia on board is essential for the success of any deal. there have been other, smaller producers who have asked for exemptions. lydia and nigeria, for example. nigeria --lybia and libya and nigeria, for example. it is about getting russia and saudi arabia to agree, and then crowding other members. the success of the deal hinges on that. guy: we look

helena humphrey wasn't paris today on the streets between police and protesters she sent us this report around three thousand yellow vests protesters took to the streets here in paris today outnumbered by around eight thousand members of the police including riot police the protests were largely peaceful and yet these streets behind me the show a were shrouded in tear gas stun grenades went off throughout the day protesters told me that the concessions granted by the french president earlier this week do not go far enough that they want to see taxes cut significantly or the french president resign my call to me see on maclin resign was the slogan chanted over and over again here today they cues him of being a president who is out of touch they say he's more worried about things such as the paris corner to court where they're worried about the paris working poor they say he's worried about the end of the world they say they're worried about getting to the end of the month. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in the united states president donald trump has announ

helena lee, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...disruption if britain leaves the eu without a deal. police in new zealand say missing british backpacker grace millane was last seen with a male companion at a hotel. british yachtswoman susie goodall is rescued after being stranded in the southern pacific for two days — her boat had capsized during the golden globe race. the england cricketers ben stokes and alex hales remain available for england selection following the outcome of a disciplinary hearing into their roles in a fight outside a bristol nightclub in 2017. stokes, who was cleared of affray in august, was handed an eight—match england ban by the cricket commission disciplinary panel. our sports editor dan roan, who was at the disciplinary hearing, says the ecb approves of tonight's ruling. they think that a decision by the panel today serves as a reminder of the values of the sport. 0thers panel today serves as a reminder of the values of the sport. others will say it is somewhat convenient and insufficient punishment for s

and our correspondent helen humphrey is in strasburg and helena we understand that you actually witnessed the police operation last night walk us through what happened. that's right sarah shortly off to nine pm here in from i was walking with my colleague when we saw three police vans make their way down the road just behind me at high speed despite this being a pedestrian area blue lights flashing we followed them and as we did we arrived at the area of an adult where we there understood that a police operation was underway and that the chief suspect twenty nine year old chevy shit kept france's most wanted man had been shot dead by all forty says century what happened days had been an operation that in the day police had left then later that evening there was a tip off and police then came across a man resembling chevy chick that they tried to speak to him when they did he opened fire on them they returned in kind neutralizing the suspect and then when we were in the area of no delf we gradually saw people start to come back out onto the street so they were relieved off to a tense few d

helena humphrey is live for us in paris eleanor of the yellow vests there demonstrate again as we speak from what you're seeing there how would you compare today's protests to the past weekend. from people i've spoken to they have told me that the mood is common that there are a few people said the mood has definitely shifted in the last hour we were down amongst the crowd that you can see behind me on the shores allee's a and tear gas was released we breathed in a little bit of that ourselves a so far i've counted thirteen cracks thirteen loud bangs as a stun grenades have been used we've also seen sirens as you can see a heavy police presence here on the show a eight thousand members of the police force have been deployed to the french capital including these riot police and in the last hour their stance that body language has shifted somewhat they have been writing in themselves some of them have been raising their riot shields that said people i've spoken to have said that their message is one of passive resistance if you take a look at this mona yellow vest protest of behind me wav

locals there had to say about our rights for more on this let's go now to helen hunt freeze she is in helena are you there there you are we hear that a police operation is underway as now and we we hear that the suspect has been shot dead can you confirm that what he what are you hearing. that is correct brant we have learned that the chief suspect twenty nine year old share the fish account was a neutralized he was shot dead following a police operation shortly after nine o'clock here a french time that was following a volley of gunfire we understand in the node off strict here in the skies were it was the place that he was last seen after allegedly carrying out a christmas market attack just close to where i am standing right now across the border operation was launched. in france and germany mobilized but he was found in a dock the place that he was last seen a place that the softer new brant special forces had their rifles trained on a building following a tip off waiting to see if they could find him they understood of course that he was wounded in the previous gunfire volley which erup

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helena lee, bbc news. getting under way in france ahead of a fourth weekend of anti—government protests. 90,000 police officers are being deployed across the country, and armoured vehicles will be on the streets of paris. many shops and museums are beginning to close and will not open on saturday. the french interior minister says the authorities will show no tolerance towards what he called violent radicals who want to topple the republic. and he said the so—called yellow vest protest movement had created a monster. lucy williamson reports. the champs—elysees is again preparing for battle — a consumer paradise twinkling behind bars, reminders of last week's violence still scrawled on some of the walls. translation: it'll be smart to close. we've lost a lot of money, both my fellow shopkeepers and myself. it's enough. almost 90,000 security forces are being deployed across the country, and tourist sites including the louvre and the eiffel tower will close. the government has released a video on social medi

helena showing cloud free conditions.e feel the effects of the cold air mass with chilly temperatures. the jet stream, the storm track well north keeping us dry for several days. but we have rain in the seven-day outlook. sfo looking sunny. 46 in san francisco. 42 in oakland with 37 in san jose. 43 half moon bay. morgan hill at 35. and nice view here from our sutro tower camera where the visibility is good. low 30s for many of our valleys of the north bay. radiational cooling and the cold air draining in the valleys. the relative humidity is really low. we have a dry atmosphere. the dew point is low. and that stacks up the numbers in the low 30s. 37 in livermore. finally from santa cruz for a short time you were 39 degrees. temperatures today in the upper 50s. so cold morning with patchy frost. dry we could but the winds kick up again late sunday into monday and then we look for a chance of rain coming in friday. so watching the games today, well in san jose this morning for those die hards trying to win the tickets, 37 d

helena. and still chill in the air. 50 in san francisco. by 2:00 plenty of mid-50s a lot of sunshine and by 6:00 numbers will be dropping into the upper 40s in our inland east bay. another chilly night on the way. perhaps not as cold but we have another round of very cold mornings ahead. we'll talk about that in my accuweather seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> thank you. >>> this morning, a total of 8 people in custody suspected in the death of corporal ronilening singh. the 33-year-old officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop in newman one day after christmas. the stanislaus county sheriffs department released this booking photo of the main suspect. he is 32-year-old gust of perez arriaga. investigators say he was trying to flee to mexico. authorities have also arrested 7 other suspects, including these four. ner arriaga's girlfriend, two brothers and a coworker. the 7 suspects including three not pictured are accused of either misleading authorities about the whereabouts or helping arriaga evade authorities. >>>

helena showing middle twon and guys areville looking at some rain.e perspective we get to a moderate storm here bringing heavy rain tomorrow. in is a 2 on the impact scale affecting us through the late afternoon and evening hours along with gusty winds. but with this system not out of the picture yet stalled to the north of us we have the mild air in place with mid-and upper 50s along the coast. 53 in oakland. 49 in mountain view. that puts us much milder than yesterday at this hour. 5 degrees miler in the north bay pan oakland and 6 degrees milder on the peninsula. wind gusts from 12 to 20 miles an hour around mount tam, certainly a factor this time tomorrow as the winds gust ahead of the front. outside looking quiet. ourp exploratorium camera. a one on the storm impact scale and dryer pattern throughout the middle of next week. we have a spare the air alert today. let's go through the rest of the day. you'll notice the moisture continues to be to lifted to the north. peeks of sun in the east and south bay. tomorrow the storm is a 2 on the impact sc

helena and nevada at 39 degrees. we are doing quite well considering the middle of november. jose is 82% and oakland is 91. 87% and santa rosa. they get to 100%. close. they will get a little bit more on saturday. >> brian is in northstar and it is beautiful there. >> christmas arrived early. this is from the top of the mountain. i put that average. mount rose is 25. it's not too bad. things are about done for us. there could be garden varieties of showers popping up and heading south towards monterey and southern california. they will get the dynamics from the low. we did not get that. a breeze at half moon airport but we are seeing a northerly breeze and 38 in sanders santa rosa. 55 at half moon they add 40s with the cloud cover on the peninsula. montero has the offshore breeze. that is the system that is sunny to the north and partly cloudy to the south. temperatures recover and southern california, it will be lit up. the low moves south and the dry kicks in for a couple of days. it won't be until sunday. 60s on your temperatures. everyone is within a couple of days. cloud

central portion of the bay, some light to moderate activity, maybe a few heavier sells closer to in san helena this morning, and closer to richmond and berkeley and one cell is in the bay bridge toll plaza and the san francisco regiand santa cruz mountains and santa cruz and scott's valley, still scattered rain to talk about this morning. we're not completely dry, current numbers in the 40s and 50s, san francisco 50 degrees, san joand livermore in the upper 40s, our live camera locking out towards sfo, lots of cloud cover, the moisture, the rainfall on the runway. slick pavement across the portion of the bay area, and a cool weather pattern, the temperatures are not warming up too much today, mainly in the 50s, this system is heading towards southern california, close enough to keep the chance of showers in the forecast for today, the highest chance will be for this morning. here we are at 8:00, and 1:00, we'll scale back with the chances later on this afternoon and into the evening hours. >>> the forecast highs later on today, not much has changed from this morning, we'll bum you up to 58 deg

helena. lake port, highway 29, clear lake and hidden valley lake a few light showers, some mist and drizzle. further south into marin county, the coast, point reyes, some showers, the rest of the bay area is dry. as we widen the perspective, the front is still offshore but it is making inroads into northern california. redding and red plainin raining. visibility not too great out by concord and santa rosa, 3 to 6 miles. 2 miles by the delta. we're looking at huge wave heights off the coast, 8 to 12 feet and this is all sending its way across the bay as it moves from west to east. so a very vigorous system with moderate to heavy rain tonight. 56 san francisco, 46 in san ramon with 53 in san jose. so it is milder, 6 to 7 degrees milder this morning. you're certainly noticing that stepping out. and the wind gusts, 20 to 30 miles an hour. already upper elevation winds are quite gusty. here's what to expect, scattered showers this morning, rain and wind increasing later today. sunny and warmer the

helena 28 miles an hour, 46 miles an hour wind gusts around diablo.verall the numbers dropped off considerable this morning. the dew points lower less humidpy and then the cold air pools in the valleys. we are looking at chilly numbers possible frost. dry into new year's eve weekend and looking at rain next friday. overnight lows have been on the cool side of course but the average low for some of our north bay valleys really should be in the 30s. but look what happens after monday. it looks like we drop off and see temperatures again below the freezing mark in many of the valleys. we also have a beach hazard statement to pass on from sonoma to monterey. current wave height 6 to feet. but concern about the sneaker fwraefs sonoma to monterey. keep that in mind if you head out to the local beach. headed out of town, mid-60s for southern california looking at the 40s in the mountains. and the winds have backed off but certainly it's cool out there. the afternoon high 3:00, 4:00 in the mountains just in the low 50s for you yosemite. if you are headed to u