let's check in with james fletcher. >> james: it is going to be wed at there. you may want to give yourself some extra time. roads are wet. at times we're getting some pretty heavy downpours. rain and the prime spot seem to be the north bay. >> louisa: we will take a closer in, known as highway 37 of the way from novato to petaluma. just watching it cells sitting on the peninsula rainfall rates certainly expected to pick up as we head into the next half-hour or so rating to daly city, a downtown san francisco as we take it over to the east bay there is some heavier downpours there just to the east of berkeley if you have at our lead steer towards the center valley places like san mateo to heavy downpours there as a roll. we will stay pretty active for the next hour or two. rush flood watches and the effect of this afternoon. moderate- heavy rain is expected to continue weak-racine inch per hour. we have rtc now at times to the north bay the potential for flooding, mud, rock slides continued. to the morning we'll stay very active. watch these cells, all of this

james?>> james: a more cases have been dropped in the wake of a scandal all apparently captured on video. its continued follow up to posted online shows eight officers searching homes with out warrants. here's three other forbid years. that prompted the police department to put them on hold. the sand and sister product reported that deputy stephen tanabe told sheriff's deputies that a drunk driving arrest of the two were making ads had a day and go bar was set up. that the target needed to be dirtied for a future court date. he was working with a private investigator could been hired by the targets were if for $5,000. he has not been charged. and napa state hospital patients suspected of battering a hospital employee is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. he is charged with assault with intent to cocommit rape. he's being held on 250 bill. it was the third high profile act of violence. but donors are being warned to let go for a rat poisoning. open the boxes were reported in two incident

james has more on what to expect. >> james: spring is going to open on a wet snow.ere's a critical look at storm tracker 4, rain is falling. in bits and pieces. north bay, we had a cell over sausalito that has moved off. for the most part we're not looking near the intensity that we saw 48 hours ago. here's a quick look this morning at the sierra conditions are not all that hot. genes are required on interstate-80, 88, 8050.--jeans. --chains. more on the way as this week it expands. reno 43 degrees in half moon bay, 45 in oakland. we are a good handful of degrees colder than yesterday. mid-50s for the most part. 58 santa rosa, 56 concord. 57 in oakland. that will be the general trend. here's where we see more cops, more moisture had it down. tuesday night into wednesday. maybe a slight break friday. another wet weather pattern in store. on an off-again forecast rain every other day. let's say good morning to george. >> george: thank you, no hot spots for the bay area drive things are still pretty quiet. a check on the bridges, richmond san rafael bridge is under a f

james? >> james: we will take a quick break, following the very latest with their earthquake in japan and the resulting tsunami warning. of our cameras have francisco will be right back. >> james: are breaking news story though quake in japan and the tsunami warning for the bay area. this is out of a newsroom in tokyo. you can see how intense it was an inside office buildings. all throughout tokyo and a handful of other major cities. they're really gonna shaking from this earthquake. you can see the tv on the walls swing back and forth. it was centered 231 mi. north and east of tokyo. close enough to cause damage and shaking. we have video of water moving with that tsunami. we're talking about major damage here. a lot of damage near the coast. you can see how massive and powerful that wall of water was, as it moves through the coast and inland. it doesn't look like it's going to stop. it is picking up entire buildings, moving them along. reminiscent of the indignation tsunamiindone latest wo

watching storm tracker 4 showers are selling at, and drizzle, james is tracking your arrival. >> jameshere's a quick look sharing interstate 80 so far the roads are dry. we're seeing some drizzle down towards oakland. breakdown of the headlines light showers this morning that will taper off by noon near expecting heavy rain overnight we'll see some of their showers genevan in time building into the overnight hours we're also looking for gusty winds steady around 30-35 mi. an hour could guess to 46 mi. an hour it will be breezy on the coastal range. not a whole lot going on dairy area wide wheels newman see if we can pick any showers. bay bridge, oakland not a lot falling but there is some of their though forced to turn in your wiper's well east of livermore we have another light sell moving its way through. down by gilroy's seeing some sprinkles san as in the clear for now. future cast, mapping out when will see some of the heavier showers the clock is set at 3:00 p.m. light scattered showers activity throughout the day. then we see it intensified as super staccato seven more intense c

james fletcher is taking a look at more rows. >> james: the l.a. put together a slide show some of the most dramatic pictures from the aftermath of that earthquake and houses on fire, surrounded by rebel. here's a another look at harris upside-down floating in water that covers the streets of his neighbor had. full houses are decimated by the waters. his neighborhood is synergen, houses in the background half of this has is gone. houses along this street destroyed as well. one last fighter, i very grim task than restaurants and recovery personnel have to deal with as they assess the fallout and the number of dead continues dries. >> mark: kron4 stalins but to a woman who just returned from japan she tells us what it was like. >> reporter: it was a trip of a lifetime experience will never forget she was sitting on the bus downtown tokyo when the big earthquake hit. >> developing in about with a wave hits and you're walking. it was walking back and forth for the entire earthquake. >> all of the surrounding high-rises and troops were shaking riley she

james? >> james: thank you, road crews are still in the process of moving a mudslide that brought down dozens of trees. develop across two lanes of that road it happened early sunday, it's still a problem this morning. scores of people are stuck in their homes. >> reporter: a mass of mud slide shut down a portion of the road crews are still here trying to remove all of the mud, debris. cruz tell me will take them another two days to clear all of that debris. so far they've taken 80 truckloads, they say they police still up two-three more to go. >> justine: a hamas belied a sliding home sites remain in danger. -- eat homes alight lighting hillside remain in danger. people were evacuated for homes have ready been damaged. city council declared a local state of emergency last may in an effort to receive disaster aid. jonathan bloom was there. >> a dialect called me, scared, crying, were going to get buried alive. >> reporter: ejaculated family's bid for assistance. the city's chief official say

james? >> james: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. news survey bay area business hiring and if you're looking for work with rob that the information coming up. we have a chance of a spring or two possible this afternoon. we'll be right back. >> james: here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. chance of it early morning and afternoon sprinkles nothing major but you do have rask will let you know about it. toman sunshine so on-again and off-again seems to be the story. a deadly critics of the shrinking trend of tom sawyer stories it toppled hoses, damaged buildings officials say 19 people died. 150 injured. in at protesters escalated president ali says new constitution would guarantee this separation of powers and prepare for the holding of elections. the red cross reports dozens of civilians have been wounded or killed in battles between gadhafi's army and the opposition. the fighting intensified in the main fight between the med

james? >> james: we will take a break, as we go the space shuttle discovery has just left the space station it was a long shot, of you , discovery is on its way home. when it lands a will be retired this is the end of an era. back with more in a moment. >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. hot road but, no hot spots by your ride looks kid. the bridge toll plaza nice, light new- issue. san mateo moving smoothly. highway 92 westbound out to foster city so far, so good. golden gate, traffic is coming up looking good. headlights south bend. wall street, stock futures are at. crew rode atop one of $6 per barrel there's not a lot of data due today the federal reserve raises credit for january. playboy's hugh hefner has taken his operation private with the help of an investor. meanwhile, j. crew is one step closer to changing hands shareholders approved a $3 billion sale to a private company the vote gives the way for capital to by j crew for $43.50 a share. the deal should be finalized by tu

james? >> james: thank you, are developing story the situation in japan. for survivors the scramble to say that and more has just begun. terrible shortages of food and water. still, most people know how lucky they are to be alive. >> reporter: and the tsunami disaster of this massive the small gestures matter most. food and water from someone she barely knows she lost everything. she land from these before and after satellite images that are home was destroyed. >> i never imagined as tsunami could do this saying she lives 2 mi. inland. she is one of the hundreds of new residents of this elementary school she is the youngest, only three weeks old. her father says he's still young he can't seem to put her down ever since they fled. >> i have to protect my children says this new dad. the only thing i could think is i have to pretenprotect my children. >> reporter: there's so many victims this is just one converted classroom to my right there are very elderly people to my left a child. all of them out awaiting word on the status of their homes, families. they

james? track and of looking at much out there. fairly quiet. we are following a little bit to in the san rafael area. heavy drizzle for folks driving along 101. it's not that impressive, some showers we had been tracking along interstate 80 you see that system moving off their right near 600. light, to hundreds of an inch per hour. light showers of falling there on the higher hills. that is the way storm tracker 4 is shaping up. here's satellite imagery carries to the heart of the storm tracking of a fast pace that's why we don't see a lot of showers it just broke apart. because the heart of the storm went off so fast. light showers instead of the moderate showers. temperature rise we are warm. trapped in the heat fairly well. 54 down in san jose. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. a quick look here conditions are mild throughout the week. low sixties for year highs this sunshine friday, saturday. tahoe i just want to let chino there's a storm warning in effect till 4:00 we have ra

james has the latest. >>james: things are starting to come down.t is what we have been expected, the heaviest of the rain is in the morning. sure enough, at which morning. now pushing off to the northeast. we are still fallinalways allied and showers. it is going from livermore to the south bay. heavy showers starting to move off of san jose, all of this is tracking towards livermore. they are under the gun for quite a little bit longer. we're following light and moderate shower activity. that to 80 is damp this morning. billy has been giving us a shot. he is their life. as for what this rain could do we have localized flooding, a flash flood warning in effect. it will last throughout the day with an inch an hour along the coast. we have already seen rock and mud slides. future cast will show us where the storm is going to go. into the east bay. is pushing off at 8:00 a.m. or we will get a break in the storm. we do have some on again off again showers and this bawdiness will return -- spotty thiness. the rain will beat both light and heavy and the

james? >> james: new for you this morning they're not enough votes for gov. brown's budget plan he needs it to republicans on his side before you can put his plan into motion. jonathan bloom totals for the governor is working so ordered? >> reporter: we've lacked republican votes to put this matter before the people. to do a special election in june he needs a budget compromise it would ask voters to extend tax rates that would otherwise expire they make up half of the plan to raise the budget deficit without them the deep cuts that make up the other half will double. >> this is not a garden variety decision it's a game change >> reporter: . it would take three months to organize the election he has only days to connect convince them to vote. >> don't vote for cuts or taxes but to let the people decide what it is that they want. >> reporter: republicans want something of their own, changes to budgeting in the tax code without there's they will not allow a special election. >> those are all worthy of items of debate we debated it for last 10, 20 years we can t

i guess we're in for a great day today james? >> james: yes we are. you can see we have a crystal clear conditions in the city, but that is not the case perhaps some day we are top getting some fog. it is a cooler start this morning, a bit cooler than yesterday, that coastal fog as well. this afternoon we had nice warm temperatures 5-6 degrees warmer than yesterday. the next bit of rain comes in saturday night for the north bay, and then sunday for everybody else. let's see where we are seeing conditions. 48 in san francisco, 43 oakland, cooler to the no. 38 in san rosa, napa dropping a couple of degrees at 39. 42 in fairfield. as temperatures continued to drop in the north bay that's what we get fog. we a watching for the right now nothing out there. half moon bay is actually where we are seeing some of the dense fog. here's where we expect temperatures 63 in san francisco, 61 richmond, 66 in oakland, 65 and 66 around the bay. mid-60's in the south bay as well. those are the high this afternoon. we are watching these clouds and the pacific as i conti

>>mark: and james is watching the forecast. >>james: mount tam. beautiful sunrise. great conditions out there even though it is cool. falk is planned during a round, starting to dissipate. -- fog as of life during the are round.. we have a 44 degreen oakland. 42 in san our file. wraprafael. we may lose a degree or two off of those ratings. here is a quick fog advisory. the fog was here said today that it was gone. 62 degrees in nevada, it not now, these are afternoon highs. still watching pacific. another storm system is coming. as we look at it and there is activity. we have high pressure it above us. saturday and sunday it the rate will fall.the rain will fall. fairly widespread it showers. this is the forecast. not all lot expected. scattered showers. tuesday, wednesday they will get back into the big-upper 60s. good morning george. >>george: good morning james. no indication that the bitter let's have been activated. it is light. light traffic at the bridges. there are no hot spots around the bay area. mary smith writes. san mateo bridge is equallgolden gate bri

>> james: 6:00 a.m. tracking the storm the north bay is starting to get wet and then the look coming up. >> mark: heavy downpours over night, impacting morning commute road flooded. we had a major sig alert. >> darya: concerns of more mud and landslides grown with the latest round of rain. one city is trying to build up so residents can get to their homes. kron 4 news as 6:00 a.m. starts now. >> live from the bay area news station in this is a kron 4 morning news. >> darya: think you for joining us this thursday morning. >> mark: get ready to build that arc with another storm coming in. james with a look at what we are going to expect. >> james: half-inch of rain for everybody, it will be a good supper. this is the beginning of the cold front pushing in, we will steelman and take a closer look at the bay area. more intense showers to the north right now, novato between san rafael 101 that is probably where we see the most intense showers. there is a cell moving toward highway 37, if that's part of your m

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yours sincerely, james deering." >> i think as a world traveler james deering viewed architectural history from a lens of timelessness. he knew what the princes of the renaissance had built. he related to the princes of american industry changing the world in the way the medicis changed the world of renaissance europe. >> vizcaya had to look like a italian villa that had been lived by several generations for 300 years, and the place was never meant to looked new. >> and yet it's built in the 20th century and it doesn't look corny, it's not a pastiche. it's the real thing. >> in 1910, industrialist james deering started making plans to build his dream palace in a primeval jungle. a wealthy bachelor of rich and refined taste, he dedicated the rest of his life to creating one of the greatest estates in america. >> one of the most fascinating aspects of vizcaya is that it was built at the end of the world. miami at the time was the end of the world, really. >> well, miami didn't even exist until 1896. so we are talking about 20 years after the end of the frontier. this whole part of the town s

james fletcher will decide whether and when will daria. good morning james. >>james: there are some showers and the hills near boulder creek. we will be watching very carefully, the showers are expected to dissipate as we head deeper and deeper into the ours. sprinkles near san mateo. we will move down there and just share amount light rain tracking towards the 101. this church is about to get lighter. up in walnut creek we are seeing rain, light- moderate. nothing too serious. it will force you to use your headlights, the usual drawl. we're seeing heavier showers falling per hour. this is the cell that is trekking towards brentwood. it started out of originally near orinda. it slowly made its way and finally, hopefully, we will see ante up in brentwood dry up. it is a what start to the morning. here is the wider view. part of this storm is past is now. we're dealing with cold beer. scattered showers throughout the day. mostly, and the morning hopefully it will taper off. we have another system coming at us for saturday. it is causing problems for this year.

james takes a >> james: storm trucker for shows decent cells through the bay, toward north we have a heavy sell over 1 01 right now headed to the east. we have on a cell in novato right now as well. it looks like we could be looking lighat to 10th of an in just off shore we have another heavy sell towards the city. we will be back with more in just a bit. >> reporter: new details as nissan has scanned vehicles made in japan for traces of radioactive material. a spokesman says nissan will use all appropriate measures to make sure its products are entirely safe when shipped. sources in china and the company says there's virtually no sense of risk. nissan says it is monitoring again this week because of public concern. production at nissan remains suspended after last friday's earthquake. the dispatchers in japan could cause sorry the disaster could cause car prices here at home to climb. dealers are beginning to have to hike up prices because shipments have slowed down. buyers will have to pay the sticker price instead of enjoying those little discounts for hybrid cars that are importe

james? >> absolutely, so is continuing to fall chain requirements in effect for all the major arteries. naturally this system or we have another one on saturday a whole lot of snow accumulation between now and then. tom rowe, if your plan heading up their spend extra time getting their roads will be pretty hairy anywhere from 12-24 in. accumulation for today. to draw 3-6 saturday 48, snow levels down to 7,000 ft.. previous want to get there but give yourself plenty of time there road race will be dangerous. we have lin gas that could be 30-50 mi. an hour even testing out to higher than not at the highest points. >> darya: to run we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. churches falling the commute for us this morning you have a hot start? >> george: and emergency road closure in the set span direction left to the left lane closed looks as their careers may be wrapped deck here, we'll get a live update from yoli but we may be close to seei

both of the shots on the left, the james lick. >>james: great day so far, sunshine. it is quick to be like this today. picture- perfect. in fact, things are looking good. walnut creek, get it up to the mid-60s this afternoon. we are born to be enjoying it temperatures into the 60 degree range. warmer than what we had yesterday. 47 degrees on the monitor, forays across the bay. we are also seeing it cooler in livermore valley. we are upper '30's and center rosa. now but is coming in at 36 degrees. things will warm up nicely. livermore valley is looking at 65 degrees. 63 in the delta. we are still watching this system of the pacific. it will happen saturday night in the north bay. but thought cute over one is getting a dosby 5:00 a.ms getting at those of scattered showers. some folks will see a little bit and some will see a little bit more. some will see that at all. here is your forecast. beautiful day for hitting the slopes. that is hand things over to george. >>george: thank-you james. the 101 at-northbound is the only traffic probably have this morning. i spent so

james fletcher is tracking the storm. >>james: take a look at this, a wider view. just off shore, all lot of rain. we are tracking our way. it santa rosa is getting a little bit of that. will it take a look at what they are getting. all of the way up to it north of santa rosa. light to-moderate rain activity is going to intensify as the closer to the 80 am or 9:00 a.m. hour. it is one to be when we start seeing more and more of the cold front pushing into the bay. here is what we are seeing into the north bay. off, just east to vallejo out to be a beat. a couple of cells are moving their way, maybe one half inch an hour. nice and light here. this is where be sought heavier rain. not so bad right now. we are trucking grain south of san jose. as you head to the hills. you'll be dealing with on again/off-again showers. this is what is coming our way. the timing of this, if they arrive before 9:00 a.m. which is what we expect. we are advancing the beat cop to noon and is looking to be. the colors are going into the red showing heavy rain. we will be dealing with scatte

james l. levy to death that he would chair to say. >> james: 0 live look here at the golden gate bridge the weather story over the next 24 hours will be the rain coming our day. partly cloudy this morning it's a clustered but otherwise not bad clouds will build but we still have a fairly mild temperatures in fact maybe just a couple of degrees warmer than this debate. this evening is a different story that had spilled, by about 10:00, 9:00 we will start to see rainfall heavier as each hour goes by. fairly heavy rain anywhere from 1-2 in. to fall. possibly 3 in. are more we are looking at the real possibility of flooding streams. mainly 40's, 30's may be a degree warmer than yesterday still cold. it will warm up nicely. is slated to get away by nine, 10:00, that is when it will get warm. 61 concord, 60 degrees in six san jose. even out in livermore after noon temperature of 60 degrees. completed tracking your way the timing of this puts it this evening overnight, dusty conditions, gil warning o

james? >> james: the fact the concede that moon is one reason we are so cold. went into space overnight, a live look care from our roof camera lets bring down a we're seeing. today is partly sunny, for the most part try there's a slight chance we could see a drizzle or to in the extreme portions of the north bay. friday heavy rain, a lot colder. our temperatures drop down quite a bit. saturday, the chance for chars continues. beyond saturday another storm system. here's where storm tracker 4 is picking up the rain while to our north. some of the lower portions are encroaching on sonoma that is why we have that chance of scattered showers in the north bay. were not expecting a whole lot, he maisie's sprinkle or two. as we take a look better temperatures, 5:00 a.m., mainly low 40's, upper thirties. critical of the next day in fact here's a quick check of the temperature difference. eight degrees cooler in san and system novato 16 degrees cooler than yesterday. 50 in redwood city, 13 in hayward. you get the idea. it's chilly up there. here's look the solid and the

james has a look at your weather. >> james: james lick, your tracking some wins out there san francisco some wins in the 20 mi. per hour range fairly ghastly. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. on and off showers through the week. saturday, they could be wet. >> darya: developing story federal agents need your help commit catching a man who is going in threonine people's bank accounts. the man enters a different outfits he impersonates his victims, withdrawing large amounts of money from their accounts. >> reporter: the fbi released surveillance pictures of this man hoping the public can identify and arrest him he somehow took over people's bank accounts in impersonated them and then withdrew their money. in the last two years he stolen money at a bank accounts in reno, sacramento and the bay area. the fbi is not giving a lot of information on this case. agents would not say how the suspect in a bank account numbers or how he collected enough personal information or documents to convince the bankers to let him take the money out. >> mark: 50 in though police officer arrested i

james? >> james: japan has given so much of the world over development of new technologies. us how big tech companies are offering digital ways to donate. >> gabe: microsoft donated $100,000, google 250,000. apple set up an easy way to donate through itunes. you can make a donation between five and $200. the money will be taken out of the itunes account. verizon and at&t are offering free phone calls and text messages between here and the unitejapan and thed states. facebook you can donate as well. so far they have raised over $80,000. zing the hopes to raise 2,000,004 save the children's japan emergency fund. they ask users to donate money through virtual goods. twitter is updating by the second refreshing advice and information. os the ball is wrecking people to resources. they have a block of the dedicated to the efforts. google has set up up web site with all kinds of resources. there's a person find your system where you could try to find out information about missing people, or post information about missing people if you have it. www.youtube.com has eyewitness videos

james zeppelin is his full name. >> jimmy: james zeppelin is not his name. jay-z. >> whatever it is. yeah. his name is sean in real life. not jay-z. so, i'm just yelling at him. like, he was on his thing. i'm like, "bieber, get off your phone!" [ laughter ] just screaming at him. >> jimmy: yelling at poor biebs? >> poor biebs? poor biebs, hardly. [ laughter ] doing quite well. and then at one point, i just remember -- forte reminded me of this later, they had like an illusionist come out in between the first and second quarter. and i was just like fired up. and it's like a box and the woman gets in the box. and i was just out of my head. and i'm like, "don't go in that box!" [ laughter ] and then, you know, the woman gets in the box and gets all balled up or whatever happened and then they start putting swords in there. and i'm just literally front court, center, just yelling, "he's killing her! [ laughter ] somebody do something!" >> jimmy: oh, my god.

>> no i respectfully disagree with james. if you take a look at states, for example, and i'm talking in the private sector which have passed right to work laws. the last one was oklahoma. and take a look at its unemployment rate and its unemployment rate over the last few years, and you compare it to its surrounding states, most of them, states that do not-- do not have right to work laws, you'll find that the unemployment rate is nearly identical. there are many variables that impact a state's unemployment rate. it's two simplistic to simply say because of this higher level of union density, you have one thing or another. but when you take a good look at work in comparison in nonright-to-work states, you see almost no difference, particularly in a terrible economy like we've experienced in the last two years. >> tom: bob, going back to public worker unions, over the past year we're going to take a look at a chart, private payrolls, the blue bars on this chart, which are going up have rebounded significantly but state and loc

james lacy.rom what i read in these local newspapers is looks like the people's history of require land during the great hunger, my people's history, was never record indeed books. nor barely mentioned in any newspapers. you will only find mention of the local people if something unusual happened. the librarian tells me. i read the newspaper so i know that unusual is the polite word for murdered or murderer. why else would a poor person's name apeer in the news? why do i think the newspapers then report differently from today's news? i'm here in ireland reading every paper just in case. i will move ahead. the lacies lived in cottage and palace. in 1848 dozens of families left cottage and the adjoining towns of pad ox, dogs town and palace. i find no mentions of evictions in the newspaper. 731 reported people the largest eviction of a town land in one day happened not 20 miles from cottage and palace in april of 1849. the story had one short paragraph about it in the paper. could it be that most e

james has more. >> james: take what we had over the weekend stretched over the week that, that is what we are expecting. we have clouds, but breaks of sunshine as well. scattered showers this morning of those bricks of sunshine will warm up enough that we have the chance of an isolated thunderstorm. rain and wind into the week as well. storm tracker for shows those were the rain is falling right now. we have been following the stream from west to east. over the bay we have a cell, with more moderate showers. that is tracking towardseven towards san leandroo alto, san jose some sprinkles as you had two similar to those as well. but in the pacific, heavier cells tracking the way toward center cruz mountains. be ready for that, tracking some rain and the center cruz area where we have the heavier the hurt over watson spill, tracking east. it will dryout momentarily but more showers are offshore heading your way momentarily. on-again, off-again today. up in the sierra we have a good amount of snow coming down, achieved are required. george has been talking about that in the traffic departm

let's check in with james. >> james: winter storm warning in effect for tahoe, they have lot of snow on the ground, interstate 80 shut down because of all the snow. we will have more from erica on the a trouble up there. in the meantime we are looking at a cell coming onshore right now. it is getting wider through downtown daly city, also in oakland it was like the map we see right near oakland downtown area we see light to moderate rain. in any event moderate showers falling there, warm lick creek into alamo and then fell we have heavy showers. also and to the delta heavy shower over antioch and pittsburgh. a lot of rain coming down for highway 4. further to the north highway 12 we have been tracking the salt, it continues to push off to the east, that is the general direction right now to east. we have that's all over livermore but now it's over by tracy. things clearing up through the livermore valley on 580. we are seeing on and off again showers in campbell, cupertino. for the most part it is like this morning, as you make your drive to be surprised if you come across to heavy r

>> james: well u.s.o zoom in to see along highway 4 towards spitsbergen's his cell, not all that heavy. we have some moderate shore activities but it probably will continue to move east. earl around the south bay that cell that was over campbell is starting to break apart. so that one fizzled out before got to worry needed to go. we are seeing some shower activity through the bay bridge, oakland may be seeing some of it is well. again this like chartres is going to dissipate before noon. the showers will come this afternoon, that is part of the storm system we have been waiting for. by 2:00 p.m. light showers from the bay, by three it is more intense, but by 79 intent shark begins to grow. by 11:00 p.m. we are dotted with yellow some light red spirit it will be very a wide through tomorrow. that is of forecast it is a cold one, and a windy one. this one will pack a punch if we gusts up to 46 mi. an hour from the mountain ranges are run the coast. we expect to see down limbs or tree spirit your afternoon

james? >> james: in alameda measure a is headed towards victory. school parcel taxes in the state. the results put it at 60.4%. the tax would be 325 per square foot for homes and buildings. that is $500 for 1500 square foot house. richmond voters will decide in june if they want what raise the sales tax half a percent to protect city coffers. they will place a measure that would boost the sales tax rate up to 10.25%. it would generate $6 million annually if approved. in antioch and new proposal expected to protect police officer jobs through the into the air. the city and union agreed to a salary and retirement concessions this week. last night's city council approved. that will save the city a million dollars a year. they will not take raises they were entitled to in 2009, 2010 and again this year. eight more cases have been dropped involving several cisco please misconduct. that brings the total of officers up to 13. this followed from several videos posted by public defenders. it shows officers searching homes without a look boards.warrants. it

james?mes: the latest wall street we've been tracking stocks way of the mark. the dow is down about 184 points. nasdaq 50 at 2700, there have been a lot of reasons why there's been some pretty poor performances in the markets overnight, weak u.s. data coming out mainly the unemployment numbers for last week apparently new applications are much higher than wall street was expecting. we will keep an eye on it. >> darya: oakland school board has voted to send out more than 500 layoff notices to teachers to deal with at $12 million budget deficit nearly half of the layoffs are going to get into to hundred and 31-victory teachers english, social studies, p e are among the hardest-hit they go up by march 15th, it will be months before those teachers will know if they have a job or not because of the uncertainty surrounding the budget. jackie sissel is live waiting to talk to parents, teachers about these pink slips. >> reporter: i am here are, in oakland. you talked about the unprecedented numbers

james? >> james: 2 and half men are down a man.ired after several weeks now of boss bashing and fiery reds. greg black with the latest. >> reporter: it's been an event called couple of weeks for charlie sheen. the highest-paid actor and television became a media sensation. the starr maintains his reasons of friday, telling cnn appears that he has clean up his back >>. an ee venom at act. >> reporter: he attacked his bosses as well. monday he had they had enough. they said it " terminated " charlie sheen's contract. in a statement obtained charlie sheen says this is very good news, this dollar launched at twitter feet which racked up 1 million followers within 24 hours. by monday night he reached more than 2 million followers. greg black reporting. (music) >> james: there you have it astronauts about discovery were awakened this morning to a live band for the first time ever this morning. blue sky was performed by todd. space shuttle will land tomorrow is very last one. they will test the systems this morning and make preparations f

james is keeping a track of it. >> james: conditions are slowly improving, particularly if you're noto driving in the rain. we had scourescattered showers this mog but that will disappear this afternoon. we will have the cloudy but dry overnight hours into tomorrow. let's look at where the rain is falling right now. heavier rains to the north right along 1 01 earlier, but they have shifted to the east. light rain along highway 4, down in clayton you might see a light rain now as well. this is still very light stuff. dublin as you headed to castro valley you may be running into a sprinkle or two. san jose relatively clear, you may have some rain working its way along the san mateo bridge making its way towards the nimitz freeway. keep an eye on that if you're headed out the door. it will be there long it is quick moving. here's where we expect temperatures this afternoon 59 degrees in san francisco, 59 hayward, los 60s in oakland, mid-60s for fremont and san jose. we are watching the pacific we have cold air out there. that cold air will mix with some moisture over the pacific bringing

james lick, and 1 01 southbound appeare. itn ugly commute out there james. now this rain has gone steady. >> james: we will stay wet until noon, and then we will get scattered showers. the afternoon drive will be impacted as much. storm tracker for we are watching the storms intensify. steady is a word right now we will use. it is not terribly heavy, but moderate showers that will go away. 1 01 has been underneath this for quite awhile now appeared all of that drains down into the smaller creeks and rivers. all the way to the golden gate bridge is wet. intent showers are building, a moderate around the richmond center mesan rafael bridge, youe that define line of heavy showers. that is a cold front moving through. we expected it to arrive at 7:00 a.m., halfway into that hour and we see the showers pop-up the north bay. rainfall rates about one-third of an inch per hour. highway 4 we have been watching, though showers continue on out towards pittsburgh and antioch, pinole the opry shore for itupper freet creek, 680 those sharp arour weu this morning. the show

james?haring in those clouds of their it thankfully the roads are not so bad if you haven't had it out for work to get things should be fairly tried. -- dry. today morning showers began drying up. mostly during the morning tomorrow, clouds return in the afternoon, for evening hours the rain comes in. friday, heavy rain. 72 our outlook shows we will ramp things up. nothing going on right now in terms of rainfall, that is good news. tetra tech 53 degrees, 54 and oakland, 54 and san jose. , low 50s in the east bay. how will the rain play out? future cast to break it down. we're expecting the possibility of a scatter chart to. by noon, we have scattered showers activity still in play. as we advance the clock to 05 p.m., your ride home from work, looking for fairly dry conditions. we just continue to dry. dry, the clubs will build, --the clouds will build. san francisco 59, san jose mid- 60s, a local in the north bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. where we are expecting these rains

as james mention we have a web week ahead of us.rnoon and evening rain. we could get a quarter of an inch to three-quarters image of rain. by thursday looks like a week storm. this will not only just produce more than a quarter of an inch of rain. by friday it becomes widespread spirit of what date for friday. this could be a strong storm that we've seen all week rains fall titles to about an engine that have appeared we're starting to warm up for the most their rhetoric and the media bay down to the south bay in the '60s. same with the live on what valley as well. 66 concord, even along the coast are highs will reach the '60s. warmest temperature is coming in at 67. we will see a cooling trend temperatures will drop down into the mid-50s by the end of the week. each day this week brings us a chance of rain. >> erica: we have one last hot spot before we wrap up your monday morning commute. still talking problems in the northbound direction of 280 right after john daly boulevard. the new estimated time is 11:30 a.m. to reopen. we hav

alive look from the james lick, traffic backed up here.he not been bell on wall street. >> james: the dow set to start off sharply negative today futures more than 200 points to the downside. this >> james: ran the news room we are minutes away from the ringing of the opening bell. not all lot of positive news. futures trading has been sharply negative down to 43.243e are watching and waiting for the latest numbers to come in. as we do we obviously can't say this ties back to japan, the new killer crisis therenuclear crisd a major sell-off in japan that momentum went on to europe and now we are following that lead. the markets are reeling as to what is happening in japan. waiting for new numbers to come and and we should see live pictures of the big board did just one moment. the dow was already down 78. we are seeing the snowball effect taking hold. who knows how far will go but we will keep tabs on it. >> mark: we have been watching the japan trading as it closed down 6%. they have injected money into the money market to keep market soli

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