[laughter] john raines, a professor of religion at temple university, had been a freedom rider in thehere he witnessed the war against blacks in america. bonnie raines, who had taught in harlem and had been educated by her experiences there, had a job as director of a daycare center at the time of the burglary. the architect, haverford, sorry. what did i just say? harvard, yeah. he died the past november, and so sadly, he's not here with us. but as betty writes, bill wanted the public to know that despite the vast governmental power, the giant goliath was vulnerable to small davids, especially when the davids joined together. please join me in welcoming these davids, betty medsger, john raines, bonnie raines and keith forsyth. [applause] >> good evening. it's wonderful to be here in the, near the home of the burglary, in the home of the investigation that was done by 200 if fbi agents trying to find these people. in case you haven't seen them recently, you just now heard their names, keith forsyth, bonnie raines -- [applause] and john raines. [applause] it's especially nice to be in t

john raines is a professor of religion and had been a freedom writer in 1960s when he witnessed the warad been educated as a director of the day care center at the time of the burglary. in the missing person tonight [inaudible] he died this past november. so sadly is not here with us. but betty writes that the one of the public to know that despite the vast power, the giant goliath was honorable, especially when the david's join together. please join me in welcoming betty medsger, bonnie raines, and keith forsyth. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> good evening. it is wonderful to be here near the home of the burglaries in the home of the investigation that was done by 200 fbi agents. in case you haven't seen him recently, you may have heard the names keith forsyth and bonnie raines and john raines. and it's especially nice to be here in this immediate area and this is the neighborhood that bill and his wife lived in uris prior to her death in 2010. including coming here for events. if you are hearing and have this enthusiasm that you know a lot about the burglaries. and so i won't reh

. >> good evening, john. rain will be falling but turning to freezing rain. city buses and trucks going by with chains, commute home will be treacherous, big delays on trains throughout the region and the big question for thousands of people across this region is will the lights and power be on and heat be on when they get home? across pfnlings pennsylvania more than 750,000 people are without power. more than half a million of them homes and businesses in the suburbs of philadelphia. the cause by and large downed power lines. dragged down by heavy snow and freezing rain. pico, the major supplier of power, says it may be days before the power is turned back on. they've requested crews from neighboring states to assist them. officials are meeting with local leaders, and keeping a sharp eye on another storm forecast for the weekend. in new york city the second storm in less than a week left sidewalks clogged and made driving treacherous. governor andrew quomo said that salt reserves were dangerously low, and also, budgets low. >> we are already $66,000 below bu

in the meantime, they are asking everyone, pray for rain. john fowler, ktvu channel 2news. >>> dairy farmers and cattle ranchers say the drought is already taking its toll. pasture lands in the north bay should be a foot tall now, not a few inches as you see here. also, the cost of feed is high and getting higher. farmers gathered in sonoma county to discuss ways to help them get through the dry season. one idea isn't a new one. they want to truck recycled water from treatment plants and freshwater from nearby springs directly to their farms. >> back in 1976, they had eight county water trucks that ran seven days a week, 12 hours a day for 18 straight months to help the dairies kind of survive this lack of water. so we're looking at resurrecting that to some degree. >> on average, a cow drinks 50 gallons of water a day. farmers say the increasing cost of feed could put them out of business. >>> well, you sure wouldn't know it -- my apologies. >> we have a special page dedicated to the drought on our web page. >>> looking outside, you wouldn't kno

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rain brought north bay reservoirs to a level we haven't seen in months. while all the water is a welcome sight during the drought it is stale drop in the bucket. ktvu's john fowler joins uses live to show us what the rain -- us live to show us what the rain has done for public perception. >> reporter: you can see and hear the good news. this is the russian river in the moon light. it is roaring along as if normal but the water levels are already going down. and water managers say we desperately need more rain. >> reporter: puddles in the vineyards. the best image for the north bay wine industry. we found workers today in the mud. >> happy. >> loving it. >> yeah. >> reporter: he worked the vineyards 41 years. growers are still scared there won't be enough rain. >> two or three months more. maybe it is okay. yeah. >> the cities get well water from the russian river. they are on mandatory restrictions today. she stopped watering and grateful for the weekend storm. >> saturated our lawns but besides that, you know, we still need a lot more rain. >> reporter: officials said 9 inches of rain fell in this russian river but despite the storms, the north bay is st

they're asking everyone pray for rain. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and our coverage of the california drought continues on ktvu.com. scroll down to our hot topic section and you will find all sorts of information including the current levels of the state's major reservoirs. >>> pretty warm day today. we got a record high temperatures in the area. i'll show you those in a little bit. right now we have temperatures in the 40s. it's going to get in the upper 40s maybe a little fog inland. a warning tonight a lot like we had this morning. 30 in santa rosa. 45 in hayward. so as we move forward we're looking at this computer model and showing something we haven't seen in a while along the coast. this is the model. this fog sort of shows back up. this is 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we don't see it on the satellite yet. but this model sticks it back in here. it wants to see it tomorrow again. more fog on sunday. we're going to be looking at the models which show rain in the five day forecast. significant rain. so all those de

they're asking everyone pray for rain. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and our coverage of the california drought continues on ktvu.com. scroll down to our hot topic section and you will find all sorts of information including the current levels of the state's major reservoirs. >>> pretty warm day today. we got a record high temperatures in the area. i'll show you those in a little bit. right now we have temperatures in the 40s. it's going to get in the upper 40s maybe a little fog inland. a warning tonight a lot like we had this morning. 30 in santa rosa. 45 in hayward. so as we move forward we're looking at this computer model and showing something we haven't seen in a while along the coast. this is the model. this fog sort of shows back up. this is 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we don't see it on the satellite yet. but this model sticks it back in here. it wants to see it tomorrow again. more fog on sunday. we're going to be looking at the models which show rain in the five day forecast. significant rain. so all those de

so we have a general area of light rain some areas are light and there is not much here. a couple reports from san jose. our good buddy john's raining down here. we had reports from oakley and brent wood and antioch. nothing too heavy. 50s on the temps. mild system in fact. 56 in glen park and also in the mission. right there is that line. this looks a little better later today. later this morning and early this afternoon i like that. possibility of thundershowers with that later on. over all rainfall amounts a half inch for some to maybe two to three santa cruz mountains. that looks to be the better opportunity. so rain and wind on the way. the breeze is picking up in the higher elevations and i expect that to pick up later on. friday's system looks a little windier. 50s and 60s for your temps today. here is sal. >>> steve, right now we do have weather moving through as you mentioned and that will start to effect the traffic. i can already tell the chp is getting busier now and we will see more collisions. let's go to the 101 picture it's a little blurry here but 101 still looks good. the rain is hitting our camera as you

all this rain will help bay area water supplies but more is needed. john fowler visitedded the watershed and explained what experts are saying for the first time this winter that's giving them hope. >> reporter: most of marin's water comes from rain where today it drizzled. >> this is great for it but it's not going to help us in june or july unless it continues. >> now check this out. this is phoenix lake near ross two weeks ago and this is the reservoir today. marin's water system less than 2/3 normal. >> water officials told me they are just over half way finished pumping phoenix lake, expect water levels to go down another 10-12 feet. >> right now our pocket book is drawn down. we're hurting for water. >> there's been some rain and watershed manager dug down to show us the seasons first good news. >> its beginning to saturate. >> and a few yards away. >> we're already seeing some water showing up in a little side creek here. >> culverts are still dry but he says run-off should begin with the next rain. >> i'm going to have to see successive storms over

. >>> rain is back in the bay area and we're tracking it. we have live team coverage. john fowler is in the north bay. we begin with bill martin in the weather center. >> the rain is showing up in the north bay. the rain will come on your neighborhood in the next hour or two as the systems come in. a much-needed rainfall. events will move into the bay area. it's coming off the pacific, we have a nice like of moisture streaming in our direction. we have light showers in half moon bay, san francisco, in berkeley. richmond, look over here, we get toward the napa area, we're seeing heavier activity. this is wind shield wipers on moderate. it will pick up overnight into the morning hours. tomorrow mornings commute will be a mess. i'll show you the rainfall timeline, it shows the increasing rainfall about the time you drive to work. we'll have all the details, there's more rain on the five day. >>> the rain is a welcome sight for the north bay, people are facing the toughest water shortage. john fowler is in wind sour -- winder is. >> cut coming down lightly. this will the be mor

rain is just beginning to fall. jennifer, does that mean that relief is on the way? >> john, we are seeing rain here in southern california. it is a welcome sight indeed. but the reality is it is not going to make any measurable difference. the reason, california is so dry according to the department of water resources california would need to see heavy rainfall every other day from now until may just to reach normal levels. certainly we know that is not going to happen. and the lack of rain, despite what southern california is seeing today is really starting to punish the local farmers. >> this farm in camarillo california 50 miles north of los angeles has been in phil's family since the late 1800s. we are one of the pioneer california family farmers here. >> and he has seen it all. wet years, dry years. but nothing like this year. >> we are doomed here. i mean. we have got to have water or you know, you need water, soil and sunlight to grow a seed. and if you are missing one of those it doesn't happen. when is happening, summer crops like tomatoes are growing in the winter

another look at how the rain's spread across the rye john. you can see throughout napa, santa rosa, several different zones of totals that range 8 to 10 inches. it is phenomenal. mt. tamalpais, 21 inches. mill valley, over 10 inches. ben lomond over 8 as well. los gatos, just under 5 inches. rob mayeda will have more coming up in a few minutes. but here is the other staggering thing. over two months of rain in just four days. the february average, 5.35. and the january average combined, we now have 11.3 inches in just four days for napa. this now brings us to 41% of average. so no, we're not at 100% of average, but we have made up for a lot. we're going to have more on the snow pack coming up later and where we think the estimate is of the current snow pack with anywhere from 3 to 5 feet. >>> the north bay and san francisco have gotten hammered by the rain, and now the south bay is finally seeing some of the wet stuff. nbc bay area's kimberly terry live in san jose. >> reporter: we saw it start raining here at about 5:00 here in san jose. you

. >>> the rain is also good news for sure for the bay area's water supply. john fowler got a look at a key watershed in drought struggling marin county. and john is live now with something experts haven't seen in this area. >> reporter: when it rains first it evaporates then it saturates and only then does it run off. and they are poised on that crucial third step. most of the marin county water comes from rain. and today it drizzled. check this out this is two weeks ago. this is the reservoir today. marin's water system less than 2/3 normal. they're just over half way finished pumping phoenix lake. expect water levels to go down another 10 to 12 feet. >> right now our, you know our pocketbook is drawing down. we're hurting for water. >> reporter: there's been some rain. >> that's kind of rocky. >> reporter: mark swazee ducked down to show us the season's first good news. >> it's beginning to saturate. yeah. >> and a few yards away. >> we're already seeing some, some water showing up in a little side creek here. >> reporter: culverts are still dry now but he says

rain is coming down. it started this morning and has not stopped. a welcome site for many of us. johnu can see, it continues to rain here. this has made a lot of people happy. stricken for drought for a lightning time. we're watching creeks. this is lynch creek which is at risk. rising rapidly. managers are urging everyone to be careful tonight through the weekend. >> there will be probably standing water in more places than we experienced in the most recent storm. there will be debris that comes up in vol verdicts -- culverts and the creeks and could block flows. so far the ground has been dry so long the creeks are flashy, going from low to high running water, flow in the russian river expected to increase 100 times. it's been so dry it will likely stay below flood stage. people encouraged to avoid driving through standing water and listen for emergency broadcast. this storm could turn dangerous for anyone too close to rising water. >> raining all over the bay area, and the great news there's more on the way. >> we have mark, the meteorologist on the weekend. he's in the hedlands, w

. >> with the rain came heavy wind and damage. john stepped ot of his apartment to find this busted power pole. >> power is off. seeing this thing was down, seen smoke coming from the top of the pole when it first happened. the fire department was out there. >> by noon, a quarter inch of rain had fallen and there is a possibility of more, but experts fear it's not enough to end the drought squeezing the area. it typically brings more than 13 inches of rain. so far this year, only 2.28 inches of fallen. as we made our way across the east bay, we stopped at mt. diablo where rain beloy is snow up high. they receive about 1.2 inches of snow a year. i found heavy, thick flakes making their way to the ground and several people using the opportunity to have fun. >> we don't really get to see snow, so it's really cool to experience something like this. >> my mom lived in chicago. >> to prove to mom and everyone at home how thick the snow really was, i snapped this selfie. in downtown redwood city, the accessory of the day, an umbrella. a stead

. >>> we are on storm watch tonight as rain and wind are ramping up at this hour. >> we have team coverage. john fowler and bill martin. >> storm number two moving into the evening hours. the system gets ready to come on shore. a storm alert for tonight through friday. rain returns and the morning commute will be the heaviest. strong winds with this one. the winds will be stronger. we will see less rain. look at the system. an idea of what we are dealing with. this is bigger than the state of california. check it out. 1200 miles across. and it is easy 500 miles this way. this system is going a impact greatly southern california. we will get rain and wind but they could see tornadoes, it will be a storm of the last 15 or 20 years in southern california. we turn on the radar, after last night's rainfall, 2 inches in some place. radars are dry. as we move into the late evening, the wind comes up, the rain comes up and friday morning commute will be a mess. i will have a time line in a couple minutes. >> now we head to the north bay, the wind and rain knocked over trees and they are worried this sto

john. >> mike viqueria thank you. it's been raining in california but not nearly enough to help desperate farmers helping with the drought. not the ones that are struggling. melissa chan reports. >> diane friend, the worst drought in her memory. >> it grabs you from down deep. you're making me cry. when you see the soil and you touch it and you know it may not be here for your next generation of family. that's -- that's big. >> she says she had hoped to plant pistachio trees this season but without water she will postpone those plans. >> this was an orchard that was abandoned. >> friend is also director of her county farm bureau and has spent many afternoons assessing the effect of the drought. >> and it will be dry like this -- >> all year. >> -- all year. >> she takes us to stoneland farms. they have left the land fallow because they don't have enough water. >> when we don't spend the money on the crop because we don't have enough water to grow it, everybody down the line is affected. >> taking on half the workers they normally take

rain to l.a. again, flash flooding, mudslides, big time concern. johnsa pointing satellites to california so they can monitor which areas need the water the most. which areas may still have a little bit of snow on the ground or water supplies. >> give them the data so they can manage their resources more effectively. >> all right. if you entrust your children to a school bus each morning, there is dramatic evidence that they are built for safety. newly released video shows what happened inside a washington state bus when an suv plowed into it head on a week ago. two eighth graders suffered minor injuries. the suv's driver and passenger were injured more seriously. >>> for the first time the u.s. fined a foreign airline for how it responded to an accident. three people were killed and dozens injured when the asiana airlines jet clipped the seawall as it tried to land in san francisco in the summertime. federal authorities say the korean airline was too slow to provide information and help to the victims' families. the fine is a half million dollars. >> p

john fowler is live in hillsborough where more rain is on the way. >> reporter: thanks rosemary.xpect more. let me show you what the russian river is doing right now. this is the wettest it's been in months. just four days ago you could literally walk across this river without getting your feet wet. now it's really roaring. not expected to crest above flood stage, but as you said, there are flood warnings for the smaller streams in sonoma county and in napa county. because of the incredible runoff that's happening right now. this is good news for the drought because it will recharge the aquifer here for 600,000 people who need this water. we also have been watching fish. in just the last few minutes we have seen trout swim right up here and go right over that berm going upstream. so we do know this is also good news for the trout. the cloudier the water, the faster they will move. at this moment, the sun is beginning to break. that's good because that will allow the soil to dry just a little bit and prevent some of those flash floods. but we are watching for that right now, and w

and in mill valley, about 10.5 inches, and that's where we find john blackstone with a look at the rain'sact on the drought emergency there. john, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. well, as the sun rises in mill valley, the fast-flowing muddy creek is big news, because we haven't seen anything like this in northern california in more than a year. since this pineapple express storm moved in on friday, we've had to deal with something we're just not used to here. rain. so much rain, falling so quickly, it did cause problems. there were small-scale flooding in a few communities, trees knocked down, and a landslide that closed a road north of san francisco. the slick streets sometimes meant trouble for drivers unaccustomed to wet pavement, and main routes to the wine country in napa and sonoma counties, were under water, but the vineyards like the rest of california are in bad need of the moisture. a storm that might have brought complaints of trouble and inconvenience was instead largely being welcomed by those getting soaked. >> we need the rain. so i'm all

john kerry has key things - syria, rain and middle east peace are unresolve. we don't know how to score that when all things are said and done in particular with iran. it was state department officials under helicopter who started having the negotiations with the iranians through, you know, direct sit downs in 2012. so i think the john kerry scorecard is still got incompletes on it. as far as hillary clinton goes, we go into great detail in the book. there's no deal under her, it's a metric by which she'll be measured. the diplomats, the first job is to make sure the problems don't arise. you try to head things off on the pass. there are anecdotes in the book. where there's potential diplomatic disasters that she headed off. those that criticise her for not having gotten the israelis and palestinians to sit down are accurate that that didn't happen. >> let's - you start the book with the clinton hit list, let's start there. it's gotten a lot of attention, what you wrote, that she had a hit list that ranked friends and foes, it was numerical, one to seven, one

the pro-choice california was born in 1978 and gilbert acres rain both flat and the newspapers at the john sims gay marching abandon and was off and on and, of course, the san francisco gay men's chores who had their first impromptu performance before a crowd of 37 thousand people 37 years ago from tonight and performing though lord has been our refugee and there was the brings issue the proposition 6 and anita bryant save our children caption and the joan town tragedy. it was a year for those of us who we will never forget and those who have arrived since that will come to remember. i wanted to share just two harvey milk stories that are part find my being. feeling it's been an extraordinary honor and privilege to serve in the state legislature while harvey race to serve 26 years before a gay man would serve in the assembly. i want to take a moment to remember all the 4rb community who have served on the san francisco board of supervisors supervisor harvey and roberta and tom. leslie devon and scott wiener david campos are serving successfully as county supervisors and supervisor susan so

. >>> we saw john in sonoma and it's starting to rain. more rain on the way. it is good news.ember and january, record dry for san francisco and host -- san jose. in february a nice system coming up. we have storms coming in. two of them, storm number 1 on thursday, storm number 2 on the bay area weekend. as we move into saturday and sunday. as we get into sunday. the north bay, up to 7 inches of rain in the mendicino county area. and up area around marine county. rain will be for the next three, four days. showers, reports of showers, light sprinkles in san francisco and half moon bay. the story will be the wet roadways for the morning commute. it will be overnight the first one. 6:00 a.m., it's raining, and all the roads are wet. it will be dicy. the commutes are ties a anyway. you add a half inch of water and it will be slow go. the systems have set up. two storms coming in. one tomorrow morning and another system that will lineup as we go into the weekend. this moisture is subtropical in origin. a warm air mass. we're going to get rain. that's what we need. thursday's morn

john was mentioning there. again, most of the heavy rain is just on the beach or just inland. this moving rapidly at 35 to 40 miles per hour. hopefully we'll see that this system will soon exit the coastline and they'll be able to resume. let's keep our fingers crossed. k quarter of a million people endangered under that warning. >>> new developments this afternoon in that deadly carbon monoxide leak last night at a popular mall on long island. a legal sea foods restaurant manager died and one of his employees remains in the hospital after inhaling the odorless gas. this sign right there is now posted on the door at the walt whitman mall and says the restaurant is condemned as being unsafe. our alexandra field has more on the investigation and what caused this leak. >> reporter: a deadly gas leak in huntington, new york, leaves 27 people sick. investigators say they were exposed to carbon monoxide because of a leak in the flue pipe of the restaurant's water heater. during the busy dinner hour saturday night, legal seafoods and two other restaurants at the wallet whitman mall w

rain. is the drought over? >> the trout is probably not over but it does look like a break. >> reporter: meteorologist professor john monteverdi find encouragement in the long-term foacialt for next winter, the possible return of el nino. models developed by predict a growing pool of warm water in the pacific ocean. that creates the el nino weather pattern that often means a wetter-than-normal california winter, but not always. >> there's no absolute way of saying, yes, we're going to have el nino and, second, that means a lot of tripitation on the west coast. >> reporter: the near-toarm forecast is more certain, a lot of rain heading to northern california this weekend. the description of this is an atmospheric river. >> it looks a narrow tongue of water that sort of resembles an ocean current as it comes to the coast. >> reporter: the governor's climate prediction center estimates there's a 49% chance of el nino developing later this year. that's a higher probability than normal, scott. but far from certain. >> pelley: all the latest on the weather on "cbs this morning" tomorrow. john, thanks very much. today, the

the state would have to get heavy rain for every other rain until may. john and marci, back to you. >> thank you. the northeast getting ready for a second batch of snow. the storm dumping heavy snow yesterday, shutting down homes and businesses. super bowl narrowly dodging that bullet. . but many folks heading home had to deal with that, especially leafing for philadelphia. >>> temperatures making historic lows. one analyst says it is likely costing the u.s. about $5 billion in revenue. loss of productivity and consumer spending as well as cost to airlines for canceling about 15,000 flights. >> the dow is opening lower this morning after its biggest one-day drop in nearly eight months. the market tumbled more than 300 points on reports of discouraging manufacturing numbers and disappointing car sales blamed on the bad weather. the average 401(k) has been hit hard, down as much as 5.8% since the start of the year. >>> and a tough first day on the job for the new fed chair, janet yellen, whose chief mission will be addressing a sluggish economy, especially jobs

. >> our taken coverage tcp/ips can john sasaki, who joins us from san rafael, where it's been raining on and off throughout the evening. >> reporter: ken a wet night in marin is common during winter, but this winter is anything, but average. a light rain started falling in marin late this afternoon. and is expected to continue into the early morning hours. >> i think it's great. >> reporter: but then this is the middle of winter, during one of the usually wettest months and tonight's storm, if you can call it that, will not amount to much. >> i like it when it's nice out, but at the same sense i like water, free fall. >> reporter: last weekend the downpour put a small in dent in the drought, but much morb rain is need. san need now with little to no rain there is no flooding in sight. >> it's scary in a different way, affect the agriculture in the area. it's water. i mean, it's essential to life. >> reporter: ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo told me that we may get no significant rain for the rest of the month. >> we need the water for sure. for all kinds of reasons, but the farmers, th

john alston has more on the storm's impact. reporter: the rain has picked up over the past few minutes and the flood waters have started to rise gradually over here. you can see water now covering this manhole cover in the street. you may see water gurgling up. you see water up to the sandbags in front of the 2:00 a.m. club here. trouble started brewing at 11:00 last night with a high tide. the 2:00 a.m. club is already in low-lying area on miller avenue. he water did recede overnight, and then another high tide came rolling in at around 7:30 this morning, and that is when the water backup was fully on, like a bad horror movie where they say, get out. the water is coming from inside the building. >> getting a reverse high drawlic effect. creek was pushing water through the storm drains, into the building, and then also all of our floor drains, toilets, and other drains were taking water on. so we were actually filling up from the inside-out, versus taking water on from the outside-in. reporter: the last night the 2:00 a.m. club notice get to live

john alston has more on the storm's impact. reporter: the rain has picked up over the past few minutes and the flood waters have started to rise gradually over here. you can see water now covering this manhole cover in the street. you may see water gurgling up. you see water up to the sandbags in front of the 2:00 a.m. club here. trouble started brewing at 11:00 last night with a high tide. the 2:00 a.m. club is already in low-lying area on miller avenue. he water did recede overnight, and then another high tide came rolling in at around 7:30 this morning, and that is when the water backup was fully on, like a bad horror movie where they say, get out. the water is coming from inside the building. >> getting a reverse high drawlic effect. creek was pushing water through the storm drains, into the building, and then also all of our floor drains, toilets, and other drains were taking water on. so we were actually filling up from the inside-out, versus taking water on from the outside-in. reporter: the last night the 2:00 a.m. club notice get to live

john? >> reporter: scott, after 14 months of virtually no rain here, the pineapple express turned out to be the perfect storm. the rain is gone now, but the runoff is still flowing into this reservoir in ma rib county north of san francisco. the reservoirs on marin county's mount tamalpais was getting low at the end of last week. that changed when the rain started friday night. mike swayze is watershed manager. >> we got in excess of 20 inches in the storm total. >> reporter: is that unprecedented here? >> i don't know of any more intense event than that. >> reporter: the reservoirs here supply water to 185,000 people. >> we saw a 25% increase in the water in our reservoirs out of this storm which is saving our bacon. it was outstanding. >> reporter: getting 25% increase in storage in one storm -- >> out of one weekend. that's pretty phenomenal. >> reporter: roads were underwater in sonoma county where some places received 15 inches of rain. this is wine country and the parched vineyards needed the moisture. further north in oregon, the storm brought heavy wet snow that proved deadly. in si

john ramos on why this latest round of rain, round one, has lots of people hoping for more. >>> heather farms park in walnut creek was deserted today. it's too wet to play. but they are loving it at the dog park, where the feeling is, thank god for this lousy weather. is it kind of funny that people are actually getting sick of really great weather? >> yeah. i mean, if you think about it, only in california, right? [ laughter ] >> reporter: that's true. people back east would kill for just one day of our warm sunny weather. but out here, we have gotten tired of this endless summer. >> it's like that movie, groundhog day. you know? groundhog day, yeah, it's sunny and it ain't gonna rain, you know, every day for a while. >> everybody welcomes what we get, what we got so far. and just have hopes for more. >> reporter: this storm is actually a mixed blessing at the ruth bancroft garden in walnut creek. while the succulents enjoy the rain, these cacti from mexico are dripping only with irony as they have been covered to stay dry. but the message here is still one of conservation. >> well, i

. >>> now to the south bay and john altman who is live along highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. >> reporter: light rain, some photographic moving at a full clip. the last time some areas of the santa cruz mountains saw rain before this week was back in october. and then they only got about a quarter of an inch. not tonight. a noticeable amount of water is finally cal cading into the san lorenzo river in felton. but it's still not much to make much of a difference. the folks of santa cruz county are used to a lot worse. >> it normally gets trashed. limbs down, trees down, all kinds of crazy tough. >> about as crazy as it's gotten for ben loam sn 3 1/2 inches of rain over the past 24 hours. that's a small fraction of the rain the area usually sees over the rainy season. enough to do some damage. >> skylight leaking. i was just worried about a lot of my electronic equipment today. >> okay. >> but i'm happy to say that i'm breathing a lot easier and, yeah, still happy to be here in santa cruz county. >> it's much needed but this is nothing. this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> i just don't want people t

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with the rain came heavy gusts of wind and some related weather damage. john stepped out of his apartment to find this busted pg&e power pole. >> all up here. this thing was down. smoke coming from the top of the pole. the fire department was out here. reporter: by noon a quarter inch of rain had fallen and there's a possibility of more. but experts fear it won't be enough to end the drought squeezing our area. the california wet season runs from december through march, and typically brings more than 13-inches of rain. so far this year only .28 inches have fallen. as we made our way across the east bay we stopped at mt. mt. diablo where rain below is snow up high. i found heavy flakes making their way to the ground and several people using the opportunity to have a little fun. >> we don't get to see snow, so it's cool to experience something like this. >> my mom lives in chicago. >> so, to prove to mom and everyone at home how thick the snow really was, i snapped this selfie in downtown redwood city, the accessory of the day, umbrellas. a steady drizzle means

rain is expected for sunday. in the santa cruz mountains, john alston, abc7 news. >> in the sierra it's snow that's slowing down travelof the roadways up there. we have a live caltrans camera at the truckee scales on interstate 80. drivers are required to carry chains on i-80. chains are also required on highway 50 from twin bridges to meyers in eldorado county. the snow is great news for tahoe valley ski resorts. this is video sent to us yesterday by northstar. elevations over 8,000 feet got close to 3 feet of snow yesterday. lower elevations got around six to ten inches. there is a lot of water this weekend. viewers are sending us their rain photos. take a look at this flooding. water filling up this field near a barn. and in sonoma a viewer sent us this photo of fowler creek on the rise. send us your weather photos at ureport@kgo tv.com. you can track the rain in the bay area using live doppler 7hd on our abc7 news weather app. it makes it easy to share photos how you are welcoming all this rain. download information is available add abc7news.com/apps. still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news, a movement to rais

. >> bay area got much needed rain over the weekend with more rain fulling yesterday than in the entire month of john. it was heaviest in the north bay but it fell all around the bay testing drive whose have not seen a lot of rain on the roads, and in the south bay, a lot of rain there, too, with rain water clogging gutters and you can see more rain is expected later in the week. snow fell in napa county, what a shiite, you -- sight coming down on highway 29 above,500 feet -- highway 29 at 2,500' above sea level. at cobb mountain the elevation is 4,700'. >> with the rain and the dried oil it comes back to the surface and makes for problems driving. >> more water will then wash it away for a while. it will come back and we will be dry. >> check out sfo: the high water mark around with most of us around .25" to .5" of rain until half moon bay which is almost .84" so in was a little strip that really brought down the rain, show is .08". if the super bowl would have been here it would have been wet. we still need more than 6" in livermore, and slow and 9" in oakland and sfo and 12" in san francisco and 1

the weekend rain is certainly good start in helping saturate our dry ground. johnr tells it's just a drop in the bucket compared to what's needed. >> sign to say bay area soil last week was the driest it's been in at least 120 years. today homeowners are doing something they haven't done in months. >> i turn off the water for a few days, because i think there was enough rain. >> jim scott says he's worried about new drought tolerant plants that have an established. >> it seems to be too little you know we need to feed instead of 2 inches. >> the district today told me an average 2 inches fell in its northern california watershed. still reservoir levels are down 4 inches from before the storm. >> it takes several inches of rain to saturate the ground and then at that point you're going to have a good amount of runoff. >> that a rundle says to get back to normal we need 30-35 inches more rain. think of last week and every weekend until the end of april. even though east bay mud reservoir is averaged 84% of normal, the district says it can't gamble. >> with begun plan

rain. reporting live in oakland, john fowler, ktvu channel 2news. >>> this week, extremely dry conditions are adding to what is already a dire drought situation. let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin with more. >> let's take a look at what is known as the eight station index. these eight stations through northern california represent rain gauges in the major drainage basins that feed the sacramento river. it's all very important. as you know, the sacramento river, that's where the majority of our water comes from in the north part of the state, even the south part of the state. what's a big rain for the eight- station index look like? 1982, that was a big rain year, the wettest this rain gauge, this index has ever recorded. the average is 50 inches. 17 inches is the driest. where do we sit this year? this gives you an indication where the state government's doing what they are doing. we are on track to be in the eight-station index to be the driest time that they have had. we're on track right now to be at the driest, which was 1923 and 1924. those drainage basins are everything. the po

john. that freezing rain picking up. give you a sense of how cold it was last night. not a trash bag. it's a child's coat left here overnight. you can almost snap it in half. it's creating major problems for those on the roads. as the storm bears down, bringing that dangerous mix of snow and ice and wind, officials across georgia are scrambling to get in place preparing for a day's long battle to keep the power on. >> this is going to be a challenge for all of us. >> reporter: officials say once you get past a quarter inch of ice, power lines are in big trouble. the forecast this time, three-quarters to over an inch of ice. >> we're not kidding. we're not just crying wolf. it is serious business. >> reporter: georgia power officials are making plans marshalling the troops and asking for help from other states calling in trucks from as far away as florida and pennsylvania. the big challenge, the bulk of its power lines are aboveground and easily taken down by ice and wind. a problem that wasn't rectified after the ice storm of 2000. some couldn't restore power for week

rain was back in october and then only a quarter inch. that was certainly not the case yesterday. abc7 news reporter johnlston has more from the santa cruz mountains. >> reporter: a noticeable amount of water is finally cascading into the san lorenzo river in felton but it's still not enough to mick a difference. they are used to a lot worse. >> normally it gets trashed. limbs down, trees down, all kinds of crazy stuff. >> but as crazy as it's gotten for him is 3 1/2 inches. enough do damage. >> sky light a leaking, ruined some electronic equipment but i'm happy to see it. but i'm happy to see it. we need it. so happy to be here in santa cruz county. >> it's much-needed but this is nothing. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> i just don't want people to get fooled that we've got a little bit of rain so people start using water a lot more. we are still in a drought. >> heavier rain is expected for sunday. in the santa cruz mountains, john alston, abc7 news. >> viewers are sending us their pictures of the storm. this is glen m. he's trying to keep the drains clear on hidden valley road in guervevill

and this kind of rain will help in the short run but the long run it really doesn't do much for us. >> and so, john, it looks like what they're telling us is you need this kind of rain for the next month or two in order to make any dent on the drought. >> all right, melissa chan. melissa in california, tonight, thanks very much. >>> just ahead, a superveto, how sports might have influenced jan brewer's decision on the veto. >>> a new investigation reveals shady business dealings to hide tax dollars. >>> a whole lot of new worlds, nasa scientists, more than 700 new planets are discovered. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. a lot to cover this half hour including trapped. tens of thousands of syrian refugees, seeking to get food and shelter. >>> hiding billions from the irs. >>> now the corvette sinkhole on display for all to see. >>> ukraine's transitional government faces a vote in the parliament tomorrow. it comes less than a week since viktor yanukovych was forced from office. warning against a military intervention in kook. u.s. is ready to offer ukraine a

rain was back in october and then only a quarter inch. that was certainly not the case yesterday. abc7 news reporter john always stood has more from the santa cruz mountains. >> reporter: a noticeable amount of water is finally cascading into the san lorenzo river in felton but it's still not enough to mick a difference. they are used to a lot worse. >> normally it gets trashed. limbs down, trees down, all kinds of crazy stuff. >> but that's as crazy as eats gotten for enough do damage. >> sky light a leaking, ruined some electronic equipment but i'm happy to see it. so happy to be here in santa cruz county. >> it's much-needed but this is nothing. >> this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> i just don't want people to get fooled that we've got a little bit of rain so people start using water a lot more. we are still in a drought. >> heavier rain is expected for sunday. in the santa cruz mountains, john alston, abc7 news. >> viewers are sending us their pictures of the storm. this is glen trying to keep the drains clear on hidden valley road in guerveville. you know crews trying to clear debris on roadway

extended interview with the ukrainian ambassador, join us, at 8:00 p.m., with john siegen that willer. let's go to nick chef rainow. he is live, and nick, if you will take a look and tell us what you are seeing? tony, it is a somber moment. there are still thousands of people, and this morning as we know, as we have been talking about, it started with carnage, that has been replaced by a real calm. you can still hear a few bullets flying by. there are about three or 4,000 people behind me, very determined despite all of that violence. and you know, i have been speaking to protestors inside, and outside the square, all day, and they flow that some of the violence this morning was initiated by those protestors among them, there are real radicals real right nationalists who are pushing the police, and attack the police this morning thinking that this cease fire that was called last night was a bit of a ruiz by the government to rearm the police, but i asked them all these protestors do they still support everybody in here, and they said absolutely. 19-year-old students, 62-year-old grandmothers everybody has come o

john and marci. a crippling ice storm under way in the southeast. freezing rainthe early morning hours will spread eastward into north carolina, especially, columbia. this is going to be an historic inch. in all likelihood would key pick up at least an inch of ice. from here the storm system strengthens, up the coast with a classic nor'easter spreading snow all the way into new england. back to you. >> thank you. >> this is just -- >> it's just amazing. >> frustrating for people living down there who aren't used to dealing with this. they talk about the lessons learned in this last storm, so they're so much more prepared. i also think the residents are also looking at this mp differently now. a lot of people just planning to stay home. not even venture out. >> hopefully they'll keep their power. when you get zonked by snow, can you stay indoors. these ice storms are really, really bad. 2600 flights already canceled just for today. practically anything in and out of atlanta. atlanta a big hub. >> they're saying this could be the worst ice storm for parts of the so

rain did the weekend soaker bring? all weekend. >> well that is "the" neighborhood to be. >> john zero up north with 12" the bigger spots. you look at the totals for the last three days you can see eight inches in santa rosa and napa and three and a quarter in fairfield and 3" in san francisco and more than 2" in downtown oakland and it tapers.5" in concord and only an inch at sfo and nearly 1" in redwood city and rain fading into the valleys, the santa clara valley and livermore. this was our rainfall deficit last wednesday. we had a good soaking on thursday. now look at our deficit. it is still very high in many areas, still almost 14" in santa rosa to 6" around san jose, livermore, and most feed and we need a couple more of those events without the flooding to get back to average. i will let you know we have a couple more chances in our seven-day forecast. >> thank you. we know the storm has helped the sierra snow pack. two weeks ago the snow pack was only 12 percent of normal. by saturday, it improved to 17 percent. local water acknowledges say the rain has been the "drop in the bucket" for the reservoirs. we need s

more rain is needed for irrigating to keep them growing. john jordan whose family owns a winery and 1200 acres in sonoma county, tells us rainfall is only 1/10 of normal. >> the rainy season comes in november and december. here when normally those months when reservoirs are filling and there's no demand for water in the vineyards, instead we are actually having to draw water from reservoirs that are not filling to protect against frost and to irrigate during a time of year when rain should be abundant and the grapes should be receiving water from rain rather than from reservoirs. >> jordan says it's too early to know how the drought will protect this year's vintage. growers are keeping their fingers crossed. >> agriculture hope. significant quantities of water is what they require. >> much of that water comes from the russian river, a vital supply for an area from sonoma to san francisco. the tony town of healdsburg. >> the life blood, it really is, a huge source of water for drink vineyards. it's a source of water for salt salmon and steelhead.