pouring. >> jacqueline: isolated thunderstorms are possible. >> jacqueline: rainfall totals, coming uppreparation that helped keep the city together during the storm. >> reporter: >> we knew that it was coming. to make sure that we have gasoline and everything. >> reporter: crews for there to pick it up >> the reality is, and we were ready for anything. >> reporter: pg and the crews were out fixing power lines. everything was in real time. >> people were getting stuck in water trying to pass through very deep standing water. >> reporter: mature >> it's the of accidents occurred during a rain, what rose/rose creek happen is because of hydroplane. black rain like today. it does not take much rain like today to break higher and the road. to break the friction between the tire and the road. >> gabe: hour storm coverage still continues this is a live look at mill valley with the rain. causing mudslides, power outages and flooding. >> reporter: using this giant pump to suck water from the train system coming from everywhere in the pacifica. --drain. they're pumping the water back out and sen

jacqueline? hong >> jacqueline: pushing to the south eastern to see the storm trecker with the bulk of the rain at the golden gate. we do have a moderate rain to the north. still have the over danville and san ramon. right over 580 you need the windshield wipers on one. >> jacqueline: moving into brett was city and then over to the south bay we see moderate rain as well. it seems fairly light and cupertino and sunnyvale to a single light showers. in san francisco we are seeing have their--heavier cells and the embarcadero. >> jacqueline: flooded roads we have already seen them so please drive with caution especially near the golden gate bridge. >> jacqueline: finally pushing up at the central valley. corn no. 2 is ongoing now. the showers and to noon at a kid be later. --and it could be later stops. for >> jacqueline: storm no. 3 is set to hit friday. with more room or more grain moving again. --more rain moving in. >> jacqueline: spot arraigned tomorrow morning and some of it to be more moderate

>> jacqueline: 36 mi.per hour at half moon bay and 35 at vallejo. >> jacqueline:-to treat the crew is still working on it on top of i 880. the still see down trees and power lines critic please take the easy out there creek drive slower than you'd think you should accurate when the guys rate is going to be in effect until tomorrow afternoon. >> jacqueline: not only could is tilted down trees and power lines it could still make things colder than what they actually are. >> jacqueline: when you factor in the land it is killing colder than that mainly in the twenties out the door tomorrow. and the captain and to purchase will be in the forties and low '50's. >> jacqueline: even though the temperature will be exactly the same in may fell attack warmer tomorrow afternoon because the wind will die down. >> jacqueline: picking up more snow at heavily because of their conditioning. if you are on the west side are close to the west side only an inch at norstar and at the sierra and tall. --tall. tahoe. >> jacquelin

hours. >> jacqueline: take a look at this, san francisco...and oakland 47 but look how it feels what the wind in place. it kills like is 43 in san francisco and 39 in oakland. 41 in san jose and 30's in concord. not only as temperatures dropping into the '30's but when you factor the wind gust it feels like it's in the '20s. for your new year's eve the when it will start to decrease in to the afternoon. it will be freezing practically bay area wide on new year's day. >> catherine: i went knocking down more trees. just bush joins us an alameda creek jeff? >> reporter: look behind me you see where the st bill dell about one hour ago. about 40 to a thief the high. according to get this thing cut into pieces. this is what this look like it is a massive tree creek you can barely see any real at all creek very narrow routes. >> yes, a just missed us calling up and it felt as we watched. i sat there and goes! and there it was. >> can see that the roots are really shallow and then has a very high land but shallow. everyone is looking at the tawdry won

and a blast of cold air. >> jacqueline: we could even get a light dusting. >> jacqueline: land and the cold that is a big story. starting known well to the north with the land revisory taking hold at noon. >> reporter: >> jacqueline: we will talk more about the when the dust and take a look at the numbers and how cold it will get and what it called the like coming up in just a bit. >> catherine: a reminder -- you can get all your weather alerts, forecasts, check radar and more. by downloading our ***free*** >> catherine: just yesterday, he was coaching the 49ers. >> catherine: tonight, jim harbaugh touched down in michigan. introduced as the university of michigan's new head coach. >> catherine: it's a stark turn of events who was expected to have his old team in the play-offs right now. >> catherine: instead, the niners finished a disappointing 8-and-8, and the club and harbaugh parted ways. team c-e-o jed york and general manager trent baalke say it was just time to move on. >> catherine: harbaugh's michigan contract -- a reported six-year, 48- million dollar deal --will make him the

>> jacqueline: as pam mentioned, it is already saturated out there with the rain has no way to go. i will have more on this and what time it out of futurecast if you stick with us in just a bit. >> pam: kron4 just bush will join us with more details happening in the city. jeff? >> reporter: right near the embarcadero to see all of the people making their way from this building. just about everyone has an umbrella. at such a couple of people were planning how they were dealing with the rain. >> i have documents that were drenched right now and the back of me is completely separate and rain that the same time it is fun. >> i am very wet. however, it has been very fun to read it is the accurate >> know this is not any big deal for me to rid >> reporter: people i talked to say that they are fatigue dealing with all of this rain. but we definitely needed. >> reporter: i am just bush reporting live in san francisco kron 4 news. >> pam: maureen kelly is explaining the damage and cleanup in tehran. >> reporter: a happened at a home and the owner did not want to go on camera but she and her

>> jacqueline: new record high temperatures!re coming for christmas eve and clark was train coming up--cooler temperatures + plane and coming up! >> catherine: new years eve is next already breaking out the bubbly. is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models. >> catherine: the dow closed above 18-thousand for the first time ever.putting an exclamation point on a stellar year. >> catherine: the s-and-p 500 also finished at an all- time high. >> catherine: the market jump came as investors learned that the u-s economy grew at an incredible five- percent in the third quarter. >> catherine:

chief meteorologist jacqueline will begin with our storm tractor technology. >> jacqueline: not quite as widespread as what we saw earlier today but still moderate rain. over vallejo and courter of an inch of rain. to the north and center rosa we are seeing heavier showers. in the south bay, moderate wing over santa clara with a 10th of an inch of rain to a quarter of an inch of rain. we still have blood advisory. until 845 tonight. --flood advisory. drive with caution this evening. tonight, we will continue with spotty showers continuing into tomorrow with a no. band of organized or rain. >> jacqueline: was the on and off showers and another bed of rain as we had until friday. --band >> pam: related problems will consist no one knows solutions for canals that keep flooding over the neighborhoods. >> pam: j.r.? >> reporter: receding in this mobile home park in redwood city directly behind me it is pumping behind me and there are still fears of future flooding. now, the focus rise on this san francisco bay location. >> the solutions are more difficult. >> reporter: bill raines led to b

. >> jacqueline: now looking ahead to nine d f o g will return. san francisco, as have zero and a plan including the immediate coast line. we still have the coastal lot of guys retreat >> jacqueline: raising the water level. after that passes tomorrow we will have ran into when state and christmas eve. with time out the right on futurecast coming up in just a bit. >> grant:he said she said. >> grant:the recently fired 49ers player says it was consensual. the alleged victim says she did not consent. >> grant:new documents released in the ray mcdonald sexual assault investigation paint different pictures of what happened one week ago at his san jose home. >> reporter:the 49ers cut ties with ray mcdonald last week.one day after his home was searched. >> grant:but as kron 4's vicki liviakis shows us. the investigation into rape claims against him is ramping up. >> reporter: this is a copy of the san jose police report. >> reporter:in it - the alleged rape victim says ray mcdonald had sex with her after she had some drinks. hit her head and passed out.

what is the latest jacqueline?are seen moderate rainfall about in half an inch of rain. typically all of the bill uc year on the screen grid resumed in for the moderate right over the bay bridge to concede a quarter inch of rain there. at the coast line and as a lot is a little heavier with a deep shade yellow. a half inch of rain those are tremendous downpours. making its way to the coastline. 20 to 25 in. or sell the heavy rain will kick off at half moon bay once again. off and on and the south bay with a moderate rainfall. it is lighter over in sunnyvale, paul also and some other areas that are heavier. >> jacqueline: this is where we are seen most of the rain. steady stream of grain moving from south west. to north east. it is stationary so we will continue to see rain like this for the next several hours. which what the flood advisory is still set for the bay area. >> jacqueline: taking a look at future test, we do have the rain through the 5:00 hour at the fact, it will go through all the entire evening. inte

the jacqueline? >> jacqueline: sunny and warm.e broke several records and take a look at the left hand side of the column that if the temperature we hit today. right side is the previous record that we broke. pretty much shattered records. hist >> jacqueline: today, gorgeous day pretty mild and the '60s for the bay area. tomorrow, the plant will return--rain will return. >> jacqueline: a real fast mover and the bikers is that we will see dry conditions. --by christmas day we will see chrome dry conditions. >> jacqueline: by noon pushing into santa rosa and then a real quick mover by 1:00 edging toward the golden gate. we would time that out on futurecast and talk about rainfall totals. shot >> catherine: the governor's recent in much the >> catherine: declaration will meet some badly needed funding to areas hit hard by recent storms. especially tennessee valley rose in marin county. >> catherine: the damage is widespread with the mud, trees and debris lick bring the road. cutting off access to people who live there. county officia

main wave. >> jacqueline: the shares are starting at the north bag. the main wave is coming through grew in the morning commute to see the ring pushing through at that hour so that moderate rain can move down into san francisco. >> jacqueline: at 7:00 in has not reached the south bay yet in this is what i was telling you earlier. as we look ahead at the morning hours rain down to the south bay. you see this body showers filling in behind. --spotty showers of filling in behind. >> jacqueline: this talk about temperatures out the door. 50 degree temperatures and some '60s. temperatures 50 but a couple of low 60s are expected. faul >> grant: we are just learning that the people was bay area quality district are telling people if you are sensitive to air conditioners is recommended that you stay inside. there is not a shelter in place. stay inside right now. these are pictures of what people have the city asked. they have seen flames for more than one hour now. >> grant: and quality management has just tossed us the air quality management has just told us

--sfo >> jacqueline: we do have a little bit of a low right now.me showers to the oakland and in richmond plus san rafael. down in the south bay few light showers in san jose in their loss gatos. we will see more as we head into tomorrow morning. the majority of this first wave will push from the north to east. the core of the storm is still off shore and it will impact this tomorrow into the morning our spirit would not be that as it would not be as bad as today. we will take a look at that and the rainfall total coming up and just a little bit. >> catherine: in the east bay. p-g and e crews are hard at work after the storm knocked out power to thousands of homes. at one point - roughly 18- thousand homes were in the >> catherine: kron 4's haaziq madyun shows us the work underway to get the lights back on. >> reporter: a dangerous situation. never touch one of these is best to get lee did to one of the or some of the professionals like cge and each proves accurate-- cge crews, >> are seeing a lot of branches. >> reporter: the down line of course 1

as we will see even more rain as we head into tomorrow. >> jacqueline: as we head into the afternoon,ed to quickly show you the band of water as see how it impacts your evening commute. once were we >> pam: this is video of the same as san gabriel. the injured man was working for a subcontractor on the city real world project. he was conscious when they pulled him out coming up as a nation. comedian bill cosby is speaking out in regard to the allegations that have been brought against him. one >> pam: the future of culture karbala. harbaugh we >> pam: after weeks of allegations orally are around him, comedian bill cosby speaks. >> up holding standards of excellence in journalism and when you do that when you go and what they notre mind. --neutral mind. >> painting himself as a victim of the media. only african american focused out list are capable of being neutral is what he believes. reacting to what he had stated. the white media is running bill cosby, according to bill cosby. for so long that the stories have been marginalized or been and it ignored. >> is trying to deflect the iss

i am here with chief neurologist jacqueline she is here to talk about the next band of rain. >> jacquelineable to go outside without getting drenched and i was able to have some gardening time. late tonight and into tomorrow will receive the bulk of the action. what store no. 3 coming through. this will go pretty much all day through the evening >> catherine: there is progress to report an regards to an barack on the bay bridge there was concern if they were dashed by corrosion. there was special inspections and now they are expecting the rot and try them out and will apply paste special layered for colo collusion corrosion protection. >> catherine: the sponsors for the light show on the bay bridge are continuing to find ways to keep the lights on. they have pumped money and will find more. they will allow the bay lies to keep shining. it will be turned off for a few months next year for bridge maintenance. the artwork is made up of 25,000 lights, strung along the bridge a bird of vertical cables. >> catherine: today said there are committee services in san jose handed up boxes of food to

we will begin with our chief meteorologist jacqueline. >> jacqueline: it will enhance rainfall especially. overnight they will kick off and was the wind picks up mainly near the coast on creek 30 mi. per hour gust that will be good enough to take down trees. the rain will go through the morning and into the afternoon. the rain will also be on and off through the week. let's get right to futurecast, you can see dry temperatures as the rain will kick off near the coast line widespread by 7:00 p.m.. and to the afternoon. we're looking at thunderstorms. >> catherine: scott rates is live from san francisco. worried about hundreds of trouble some ficus trees that could come crashing down in a storm. scott? >> reporter: the limb structure causing ficus trees to be more vulnerable falling over one we get a rain storm... we saw this yester day, a ficus tree that fell on some part cars. and another one that fell on a taxi. >> reporter: neighbors have had several concerns over the ficus trees and how easily they can fall when we have storms, because of that the director of public works has laid out

start us off, jacqueline. >> catherine: >> jacqueline: taking a wider view with a cluster of thunderstorms here and a true of lightning. 76 a lightning strikes for the past hour or over the coastal waters. trekking to the north east. so it is tracking this way creek with clipping parts of the cemetery coastline. >> jacqueline: the may 1st wave was more organized and steady. with flood advisories briefly throughout the bay area creek now we have a second wave with a cluster of thunderstorms. you see the weight is tracking. up to the north east. as we look a little bit farther off shore this to the core of this storm. responsible for what we have seen out there today. but we will see out there tonight and tomorrow including thursday. we will receive all of this as we head into tomorrow creek along with spotty showers. >> jacqueline: picking up the spot and showers that will follow. follow in to the overnight hours it will be more organized around 7:00. we will see more rain around tomorrow morning with an update coming up in just a bit. >> catherine: kron4's scott rates is live in mill valle

kron4's jeff bush and jacqueline bennett are breaking it down for us. jacqueline? jacqueline bennett>>: already 38 in santa rosa, 39 senate failed. it's only going to get colder, we haven't added gussie drive ready to sweep into the north bay. this is going to be a dry storm, but the big impacts are going to be the cold and also the gusty wind. it's gonna feel like it's freezing with those winds in the indus in the place. it's going to be in the '50s or but it off. thanks, jacqueline. our team coverage continues with jeff bush - who's live in walnut creek. how does it feel out there jeff? jeff bush>>:, after an i can confirm that it's very cold. look you can see my breath. been here about an hour and a half. the good thing is that i brought my will coach and gloves but forgot earmuffs. gears are freezing right now. it is a clear night that's probably one thing that's adding to these cold temperatures. and like jackie said were expecting this to drop overnight. just yesterday, he was coaching the 49ers. tonight, jim harbaugh touched down in michigan. and tomorrow. h

with rain. >> jacqueline: 65 degrees in milpitas.lley in the low 60s and antioch including his bart and pleasanton. 65 degrees in hayward and at the coast line. 63 degrees and ocean beach and 64 in daly city. >> jacqueline: taking a look at the satellite and radar picture we are cleared up off shore we do have a storm blowing that will impact us in to wednesday. here it is on futurecast with cloudy skies and the rain is still in the north. the rain will start to edge to the north bay. look how fast it moves. pushing into the golden gate bridge. south of the golden gate and now down to the south bay by 546. she5-6 >> jacqueline: here is a look at the extended forecast tomorrow starting off as a really nice day with some rain. cooler temperatures. stay with us will be back after this. a hot chocolate? ho ho ho... we'll all have hot cocoa! ma'am, need a strong pot of joe. the all new keurig 2.0. (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> catherine: now at six. >> catherine: a city divided. new york c

chief meterologist jacqueline bennett joins us with more. jacqueline.? >> jacqueline: we will see several inches of rain. it will be wednesday night through thursday where we will see heavy showers. we are talking about that much rain and a 24 hour period. also the gusty winds that we mentioned a high wind alert has been issued. now here locally but to the central valley stretching up into the sierra. the timeframe from wednesday in to thursday will be sustained winds at 40 mi. per hour. there will take down trees and power lines. we will talk more about this powerful storm with futurecast coming up in just a bit. >> catherine: we're following a developing story in the case of a teenaged boy accused of killing 14 year-old rashawn williams. >> catherine: it happened outside a mission district store back in september. >> catherine: tonight newly released surveillence video shows the teen accused did not stab williams. >> catherine: kron 4's dan kerman is live in san fransciso tonight with more. dan? >> reporter: they say that he is not the one that has sta

>> jacqueline: you can see some of the snow showers headed toward the sierra.look at all of that blue creek we are seeing a lot of snow showers and it is definitely at range. it is not organized and very isolated we would not see that much rain but we will see a blast of cold air. bay area wide, colder out through livermore valley. i'll also suggested there when spirit we are talking among 20's and '30's in temperatures. only in the low 50 tomorrow still very chilly. >> jacqueline: it will phillip is in the forties tomorrow for it you will need a jacket. we would take a look at how long this cold front will last. coming up in just a bit! >> catherine: kron 4's scott rates is live in walnut creek tonight where people are bracing for temperatures near freezing tonight.scott? >> reporter: that are bundling up and getting on the heavier jackets for the next few days some people are getting warmer drinks and keeping their children warm as well done and what ever they can't test the temperatures will be close to the freezing mark over the next few days here in walnut

he was 63 years old. >> jacqueline: went will barely dusty up to 40 mi.r even though that falls below 8 of 53 criteria is likely to take down quite a few trees and power lines. so the brush is easy to come down when the wind is like this. showing a few isolated showers in the bay area but largely we have been dry out there today. here is the core of the storm and this is the first wave that we will see and to tomorrow morning. father south that we are used to. some tropical moisture being pulled into the storm which will improve the rainfall totals tomorrow. >> jacqueline: it will be more widespread in to the morning commute so you want to get yourself extra time leaving tomorrow morning the showers are pretty much nonstop into the afternoon. sarah b. some instability with this storm coming in and you see the areas here in the yellow and orange. favoring the north. i see more activity throughout the diablo range and out to antioch. you could expect a period of moderate and heavy rain coming down into the early afternoon. that evening things will try out.

jacqueline? jacqueline bennett>>: the wins will have calmed down, but we will still be dealing with a cold. when you factor in the way in, feels like it's only 42 degrees out there. we'll see gas in it before about to 35 degrees. we're in the 40's and low 50s, it feels like it's in the '30's . for new year's eve, the winds will decrease in to the afternoon. but into the night to and new year's day in will be seen very cold temperatures. in the north bay and pitchers will hit freezing. in the south bay it was also felt like it is in the '20s. for in the afternoon temperatures will be very similar to today. we won have be windchill factor. the freeze warning and watch is in effect, coz we're expecting temperatures to drop into the 20s. it is a leech really going to be freezing. as we head into thursday will actually be in the '20s and '30s. usually fog is the biggest problem for viewing fireworks over the bay. this new years eve - the biting wind could be a deterrent. but not for our vicki liviakis

let's check in with kron4's chief meterologist jacqueline bennet. jacqueline, when is it coming.? the jacqueline bennett>>: your weather had lined cement, some increase in cloud cover tonight into tomorrow morning. we're not going to see a whole lot of rain to mahon, by christmas day will be dry. reporter>>:the severe weather in the south is one more reason that christmas travelers could run into major delays. at s-f-o -- today marked one of the busiest travel days of the season. kron4's j-r stone has the story. j.r. stone>>: we tried to interview someone three days before christmas, this is what she gets. i run from the camera and, and i hugged. you don't have to go far to find family is couples, trying to get to each other. some are happy some are excited, some are upset about their arrival. some just happy their loved ones made it. triple-a says nearly 100- million people will be doing some kind of traveling over christmas. and about 90 percent of them will be on the roads. low gas prices are helping to boost that number. in fact, prices have fallen 89 consecutive days. that's

so keep in mind to keep flashlights handy. >> jacqueline: stock up on your sand bags.as highlighted here on the screen we are expecting one to three kelly snow and the higher terrain secret >> jacqueline: dry much of wednesday but thursday and into friday significant storm to impact the bay area please prepare now pretty well have gusty winds. >> reporter: this is the 50th anniversary that is not lost. >> the event that sets it off is not necessarily (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> stanley: start fires and still thinks. people protesting in berkeley soon turned into something not peaceful because the group's bid on destroying things hijacked the march. >> stanley: protesters started to keep the peace were attack creek >> stanley: so the protesters would devices attack the people and damaged property patrick >> stanley: then claimed a victim as the police came in to disperse the crowd. so >> stanley: please explain to me why running out of whole foods and still in champaign is a way to explain what is wrong in the y

>>jacqueline bennett: the wins are dying down. the winds are dying down. today out there we saw mostly fifties but in some areas low 60s. temperatures are still down over what we saw yesterday by as much as 10 degrees in san entailed. this is where it still win the. wind gusts are still strong in livermore with up to 25 m.p.h. gusts. oakland hills and richmond and san roselle also had strong gusts. temperatures will plummet into the 30's overnight. we'll also see some freezing conditions bringing frost in certain areas. the weather will be sunny but cool for the rest of the week. >>grant lodes:a three alarm fire burned a home in san francisco's potrero hill neighborhood. forcing residents out of their home. the fire started just after 10- 30 this morning. one of the residents there says she lost everything. kron-4's scott rates reports. >>scott rates: firefighters have been on the scene all day long. just left about 20 minutes ago. the boarding process has been done, speed and as began. neighbors say they heard some kind of popping sound right before this

jacqueline, how much rain will we see over the next few days? >>jacqueline bennett: we will see several inches of rain in the next little bit and it will come within of frame of 12 hours. you can see clouds increasing and as you look offshore the storm becomes well defined and will be a big one. a flood watch has been issued for much of the bay area almost the entire bay area. we will see anywhere from 3 to 8 in. of rain around the bay area. the heavy stuff come in during the morning commute and will move south through the morning hours. >>pam moore:heavy rain usually equals trouble on san francisco's telegraph hill. mud and rock slides have been a common problem over the years. crews have been working along this hillside for the past week. drilling huge metal rods and plates to support it. they are trying to prevent any damage that could be caused by the upcoming storm. >>: we're trying to prepare for the storm, that we don't have any big things coming down. >>: one-year one of the security guard's car was crushed by falling rocks. >>pam moore:

kron4 chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett. is tracking a very significant storm. jacqueline bennett>>: there will be a very significant storm bringing several inches of r and gusty winds. flooding is likely. over the coastal waters you can see some cloud cover approaching. the big one is well over the coastal waters. a flood issue has been issued a flood warning has been issued over the bay area. >>catherine heenan:ahead at 11. shop owners -- are already 50- thousand dollars in the hole from storm damage last week. now they're getting ready to face an even bigger onslaught. and -- from the stands to the pub: fighting between 49er and raider fans the violence that marred the battle of the bay. also -- what jim harbaugh had to say about colin kaepernick's terrible day. and we'll be sure to keep you up to date on what the protesters are doing in berkeley. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits, kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing. introducin

jacqueline, what can we expect this weekend?acqueline bennett: it will be very cold out there even freezing in some spots. we are already seeing those birdies and a there's more to come. we will see much more 30 degree readings out there overnight. we will have some column wins tonight which will help with the temperature is bringing it up a little bit. it will stay dry in cold the next several games. >>grant lodes:residents in peninsula keeping a closer eye on their pets after a new mountain lion sighting today. this one following a vicious animal attack overnight -- right outside a family's home. kron4's annie anderson in hillsborough with details on the attack and sighting -- from the witnesses themselves. annie? >>annie anderson: there are more than 288 a. in hillsboro. this brings a lot of deer to the area as well as many now my hands. >>: there is a large screen type sound coming from the area and i screamed right back added to drain scarce >>annie anderson: when he woke up friday morning he saw the body of a baby dior. >>

jacqueline? >>jacqueline bennett the morning commute will not be a fun one because we will see widespread rain and water ran it that the lightning strikes will continue and there is a decent amount of instability with the storm and we will continue to see modern and lightning strikes the storm is moving from the south to the north in considering approaching and the direction of the rain, you can see the storm is kind of merging with some cloud cover, a tropical moisture being sucked into the system, there will be extra rain tomorrow >> continuing our team coverage. some bay area residents are bracing for possible flooding. kron4's jeff bush is live in walnut creek -- at one of the several sandbag stations in the east bay. jeff? >>jeff bush contra costa county operates several sand bag filling stationsfive in all and they are free to anyone who needs them. they are spread out around the countyand, they are easy to get to. pg&e was busy on monday getting ahead of the storm by trimming back the bran

jacqueline? >>jacqueline bennett right now the radar is lit up especially in the north bay and even small hail and lightning strikes and gusty wind up their things also died down quite a bit in this area where you see the orange wedges about an inch of rain per hour. we're still some moderate rain and in other parts of the bay heavy rain. if in san francisco where rain is picking up we have about a quarter of an inch of rain per hour. i want to track this ring going over to the oakland where the game is just getting out and we will track the storm to the east bay. it will hit the east bay and about 30 minutes. more in store >> some businesses in mill valley are in areas prone to flooding. and they're bracing for more rain. that includes several businesses on miller avenue -- not far from the downtown area. the public works director says the city has been working to clean out sewers. and a restaurant owner is among those not taking any chances. >> about 34 businesses that flood here every year and

>>jacqueline bennett: and has been sunny but breezy and quite chilly. taking a look at our current wind speeds you can see 18 mi. an hour winds and around 20 around the bay area. here is a look at our current wind gusts. it is also cheerily out there with temperatures mostly in the fifties. it will get quite cold up there tonight hitting some 30's. we will mainly be in the '30's with some freezing temperatures with pettifog through friday in the extended forecast. >>grant lodes: you can get all your whether large and forecast from the kron 4 news mobile lab. >>scott rates: the investigators still on the scene at the home of this burned down home trying to discover the cause. it was a stubborn fire and took a whole day to get under control. >>: fire officials told me that the center building right there and the building to the left of that and an apartment building next to it sustained damage. that was about 645 this morning . >>: we had every flame and smoke and there to buildings that have had damage at this point >>: the fire officials say most seriou

jacqueline -- how will the impact tomorrow morning's commute? jacqueline bennett>>: and not good tomorrow there's going to be a denuded of rain. we can see about a 10th of an inch of rain to a quarter of an inch of rain and our. people are scrambling to stock up on batteries and water ahead of the powerful storm as it hits the north bay. continuing our team coverage -- kron 4's jeff bush is live in rohnert park. jeff? jeff bush>>: it was rainy year up until about 15 minutes ago and then it just stopped. it was raining cats and dogs completely dumping water, if this is any preview to the bigger flood that's coming through then everybody better watch out. looking into some of those marin residents who were getting ready for the storm. newspeak: yet is pretty ridiculous i was in there for about 35 minutes, there's no water on the shelves, the bride is gone. new speaker: when i went to get messy they were out of water. good thing i had some already jeff bush>>: when they were on television and, there rain started to fall again. i'm jeff bush pam moo

>>jacqueline bennett we still have a few scattered showers a round that bay area. it is a far cry from what we saw earlier but this is what we will see tonight and through tomorrow the. let's look at the storm tracker and radar and zoom right in. the rain is heaviest in the east bay where we see some heavier cells near walnut creek. you can see the yellow on the radar. we also see heavier cells that are dying down near the delta of. we're seeing some heavier cells at the coastline with half an inch of rain there with south san francisco with a 10th of an inch of rain. looking ahead tonight we see a few spotty showers that you can still see some yellow on the screen which indicates heavier downpour. you can see those on the fog tracker and stormy are. heading into tomorrow morning, you'll be happy about the morning commute with just a few scattered showers in the north bay. we will finish this timing out and talk about it more. . new-line >>reporter to sinkholes opened up in san francisco is. it's a 20 ft. crater after in a inch water main broke under that street. i

>>jacqueline bennett: the rain is coming down pretty good in san francisco but most of it is pretty moderate moore:in the midst of demonstrations across the country, a san jose police officer is on administrative leave because of controversy and comments he posted on twitter. the officer said he would kill anyone who threatens him or his family. >>: we condemn these comments as they are offensive and inappropriate, and did these kind of social media comments have no place in public discourse about life. >>pam moore:officer is being called by some to be fired. a northern california families counting their blessings this holiday season after their daughter got a new heart. annie anderson>>: lindsay johnson has an understanding of life most people don't have. lizzie was close to downtown last, year she was diagnosed with a heart condition. >>: to see your baby almost dead on a bed and actually tell you mom and think i'm dying, words can't even say how crazy it is to hear one of your kids tell you that, you not know when not change. annie anderson>>: after lizzie was helped enough to get on a tr

tonight, the bay area preparing for another round of rain, still recovering from the last storm jacqueline bennett>>: we have a few showers going on in santa rosa right now. the rain is approaching santa rosa, the main band of rain is sitting to the northwest. by 6 this the rain still largely impacting the north bay. we are going to be tracking this. pam moore>>: continuing the covers on the storm tonight is jeff bush as the rain started there yet? coach je jeff bush>>: in the early surge ranges about three minutes ago here. the rain is not to having now, it started just a few minutes ago. this comes after two weeks of really rough weather here, a board of supervisors passed an emergency resolution . we're looking at $16 million worth of damage here. pam moore>>: business owners are paying tens of thousands of dollars to do with storm damage. they had to rip out walls and patched things up, the company had to pay a total of $80,000. "by 645 he couldn't drive down the road it was flooded." pam moore>>: more rain is on the way, and that means business owners are keeping a close eye on the fo

jacqueline london is following the story, live from our digital operations center.cqueline are there new clues as to what may have brought the plane down in the first place. >> investigators are hoping the divers can find the plane's black boxes. several of the victims bodies have been broughtss ran into stormy weather. families of those on board were devastated by the news as you would imagine. they gathered at the crisis center in surabaya +orizindonesia, understandably distraught. the presidentç of indonesia is set to meet with the families of the victims. this is the first crash for airasia. >> they have a good safety record but we all know when it comes to industries like aviation, that just because you have a good safety record that doesn't mean you're immuned to events like this. >> five countries have been asked to provide resources to help with the recovery. the united states announced it is sending the "uss sampson" destroyer to help. the ceo of the airasia group has announced that he will travel to the recovery site tomorrow. he says he actually takes res

jacqueline bennett>>: welt am when not quite done with this first-round its canteen now, here's what we got going right now: is a mean you can see some light rain over the coast line, also the shoreline. right over 8580 at this hour. it's pretty steady and not too heavy but if you're driving be careful. you can see the main wave passed through the southeast today, a few isolated showers to enormously draw like,y. pam moore>>: continuing our team coverage tonight tonight here staff, jeff bush>>: weld and the weather in the south bay has been pretty unpredictable, around 8:00 it was coming down pretty hard. as far as driving is concerned like jack flynn said, the driving conditions were not very good tonight. coming down u.s. 11 it was white knuckle, i talked to some drivers at a gas station and some said that they were over. this featu newspenew speake"i like califori like the sun, i like the bay area. but sometimes a lot dilute ring goes a long way" that's jeff bush>>: were not quite over it is jack flynn said, were expecting another wave. pam moore>>: residence on the peninsula at n

>> jacqueline, it's been mostly in southern sections during the day today.it started to move up through the rest of the area. the visibility is still pretty good in most places but starting to go down a little bit. we'll be seeing more and more fog overnight. you can see the rain spreading to the north, finally getting into southeastern pennsylvania along with delaware and south jersey. it is all light. the icing is pretty much taking place in central new jersey at the moment. temperatures above freezing everywhere except for the poconos. 32 degrees, could be light icing there. the rest of the area not getting close to the freezing mark later tonight, temperatures will not be dropping a whole lot. the rain will continue to be there and the fog i think will become more widespread later tonight. then we talk about heavier rain. that's coming with the rest of the seven-day in a few minutes. >> the threat of more rain on christmas eve could cause big delays at the airport on the rail and on the road. tonight, some people are getting a jump start on their holiday

hey, jason. >> reporter: jim and jacqueline how are you doing?s going to be a great day new year's day tomorrow here in the nation's capital at nationals park. the winter classic, just a huge event, not just for the sport of hockey but for sport in general. and this will be the place to be. it's amazing when you think about it over 2 1/2 weeks ago, nationals park completely empty. the nhl has transformed this place into a hockey arena. it's going to be jumping. the fans are excited. the players are excited. earlier today, they held practice here at nationals park. they also held a family skate for their families and their friends. looking forward to the excitement in this atmosphere and this ballpark will bring the area and the sport of hockey. guys, i can't wait for it. the entire nation's capital is buzzing about it. this is the place to be. we are all looking forward to the 2015 winter classic. from nationals park jason pugh. back to you guys. >> all right. game time is at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. right here on nbc 10. >>> and with the chill of win

i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. parts of the area are seeing snow tonight.it started falling on the p.a. turnpike. >> let's go to sheen p'8ut with more. >> that's right. in the video you saw the snow sticking to the roadways. temperatures have dropped below freezing in many of these freezing in many of thest3 icy lehigh valley, we've gotten reports of that. as the temperatures do go down, we expect that on untreated roadways. going into the lehigh valley, bucks county, lightr úwt snow, d milford. in the poconos we have some moving in. even chester county seeing lighter snow at this hour. and just snow showers will be in the forecast later on tonight, too. you see more snow just to the north and west. and this will be moving in, not the entire area of snow, but we do still expect some snow showers overnight and even parts of the area tomorrow morning. across the i-95 corridor, temperatures are above freezing. and areas north and west lehigh valley, many locations are at freezing right now. doylestown, 30 degrees, mount pocono, 24. this is where we've been get

kron-4's chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett is here with the christmas forecast. we only picks up a fehundred jacqueline bennett>>: we will see some blustery conditions in the next couple of hours. in no tapering off in the sierra in oakland as well as installing san jose, will be when it's but they will be coming down. temperatures in the morning drop into the '30's and low 40's. stormy weather is bringing fresh snow to the sierra. which is good news for people planning to ski over the christmas holiday. unless you have a vehicle with 4-wheel drive and snow tires -- you need to bring chains if you're going to be on i-80 from kingvale to the donner lake interchange. several ski resorts are open this weekend. elevations over 4-thousand feet are getting snow. happening now. the c-h-p is cracking down for christmas. with what it calls a "maximum enforcement" period. officers plan to be highly visible out on the roads. and they're asking bay area drivers for their help in spotting potential problems. "we want to remind everybody that this is a joint effort. if you see

jacqueline bennett>>: we're going to see this strong going to tomorrow morning even the later morning, and seen heavy rain pushed through the north bay. there is another cell coming in looking at a 10th of an inch of rain per hour and a quarter of an inch of rain to our and other areas. taking a look is in the cells offshore we are tracking them and it looks like some of that heavy rain is going to cut or write in about an hour and half. looking a satellite and radar picture the showers will push through for this several hours ahead and a cold front coming and will create more showers of to the rights. phillipe djegal>>: and here's a look inside the lines and designs the store that were out front of tonight this was done yesterday any to see how much damage was caused by this wet weather. at least five businesses in the shopping center have been damaged this week and they hope to return here tomorrow and not see as much damage overnight. jeff bush>>: the latest delay is the latest. all day long enough for a rival and departure. most arriving flights where does it delayed a few hours a

nbc 10's jacqueline london is live in the digital operations center. >> and jacqueline, even though thesaid it would respond, they're not taking credit for this. >> that's right. the white house and the state department right now have declined to say whether the u.s. government was responsible. what we do know is that according to one expert, internet access is completely down in north korea. all of these problems started popping up there in the last 24 hours and they have gotten progressively worse, to the point that there is no internet connectivity throughout north korea. it's not immediately clear if the situation is an active retribution for the hacking at sony. the fbi last week linked the hack to north korea. and on friday, president obama said the u.s. government would respond. now, the hacking led sony to cancel the christmas release of the movie "the interview." that film depicts two tv interviewers who take part in a fictional attempt to killç nor korean leader kim jong-un. we'll continue to monitor the situation and let you know if anything changes. live in the digital oper

live in the digital operations center jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. >> thank you jacqueline. >>> a scary and dangerous rescue operation finally over for passengers on a burning ferry boat. after hours of battling bad wedge and heavy smoke, rescuers were able to get 432 people to safety. the ferry caught fire during its journey from greece to italy sunday. ten people were killed passengers described a chaotic scene as they waited for help to arrive. >> translator: there was no alarm, nothing this man says everything was blocked. it was freezing cold, no help. >> officials believe all of the passengers now have been rescued but there was a discrepancy on the number of people aboard the ferry and they are checking to see if anyone else is missing. >>> allentown is hoping the new year will bring lots of new jobs. that's according to the employment outlook survey from the manpower group. 25% of allentown businesses expect to hire new employees over the next three months. >> that's one of the highest increases in the nation. allentown leaders believed the new ppl arena complex will play

chief meteorologist jacqueline tracking the storm j.r. stone live in san francisco scott with lavender and will start with you in the north there and now >> : the rain still very study >> : in about a cut in the session is started and has not let up pretty consistent throughout the evening sabah the lake and really see a pounding cold stinging rain golden gate bridge off in the distance traffic moving very well at this hour earlier that was thought the case. the deal here this i shot up in tirana earlier this is the coat shopping complex as the spot or flooding as a big problem as but a big problem is whole month of december for business owners here shopping center setbacks debt already go for another round of showers all week long and more potential flooding. this could not get a break up there and to run the area and our earlier this looked like a long 11 use see lots of traffic very slick runway it was a mess and also falling 3:00 this afternoon really it's like this all over the north bay seeing slick roads water on the side of the ro

live in the digital operations center, jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. >> all right, jacqueline. >>> stick with this story right now, i want to show you a live picture of the clinic where people are getting vaccinated this afternoon. nbc 10's cydney long is on her way to mercer county. she will have a live report from the clinic coming up on "nbc 10 news at 5." >>> he killed a little boy who was defending his sister. now the man who slashed a camden boy to death learns his fate in court. rivero was convicted of murdering 6-year-old dominic and the rape of his 12-year-old sister. it all happened in september of 2012. rivera broke into the family's ware street home. he attacked the 12-year-old when her younger brother tried to come to her aid, rivera slashed his throat. rivera was found hiding a few blocks away. he was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison on counts ranging from first-degree murder and burglary. >> a little 6-year-old boy, a 6-year-old boy, a baby, just preparing to go to school. he was just preparing to start school. two days before he started school, we had -- i

jacqueline is with the delaware air national guard.his wish. >> santa, you know, little bryce is being so well behaved. i think you should do something special for him so santa claus decided that bryce has been so good that i get to come home early. >> jacqueline planned to enter the air force three years ago but found out she was pregnant with bryce. she said it was tough to leave at just 2 years old. but she says she believes this is what she was men the to do. >>wow, the sacrifices of our men and women in the service. >>> i have your christmas forecast as we get closer to the big holiday. we'll see a few changes over the next few days. for shopping we'll see cold conditions. here's a live look at camelback ski resort. temperatures are below freezing there. it will be a popular place to head this weekend and temperatures are going to stay in the 20s. we'll also stay dry heading into the rest of the weekend as well. for our entire area which will make it easier to do shopping and traveling. rainy conditions expected. as we head into n

nbc 10's jacqueline london is live in the digital operations center to explain what this means.is is huge. >> it really is, renee. the president called the united states policy outdated and said it is time for a new approach. this announcement comes after more than a year of secret talks between the u.s. and cuba. president obama now plans to expand economic ties with cuba, open an embassy and send high-ranking officials to visit the country. but he acknowledges our differences with cuba will not change overnight. >> i do not expect the changes i'm announcing today to bring about a transformation of cuban society overnight. but i am convinced that through a policy of engagement, we can more effectively stand up for our values and help the cuban people help themselves as they move into the 21st century. >> now, restrictions will be eased on travel for family and government business but tourist travel will still be banned. today's announcement was accompanied by cuba's release of american alan gross. he been imprisoned in cuba for five years. was arrested trying to set up internet