doesn't have to be exactly there but pretty close. 7.2. >> normally the coho in the lagunitas watershed finish spawning in mid-january. but the drought has changed the fish's behavior pushing the spawning season well into february. >> what that tells me is that those fish were out in tomorrow's bay holding and just waiting. this is the first time we've actually seen this happen. >> the fish waited for a big storm, a much-needed event that came last week when more than a foot of rain soaked marin county. that deluge prompted 100 coho to surge into the creek to spawn and then die. >> this is a coho carcass. >> beautiful. >> spawn and die. >> as rosa and greg take measurements and tissue samples, i'm reminded that even in death, this coho is a critical link in the ecosystem carrying nutrients into the soil to nourish towering redwoods at the water's edge. as we head upstream, we finally get a glimpse of these remarkable fish and their struggle to pass on their dna. >> oh, wow. that's awesome. use your binoculars and get a good look at those guys. >> two brawny males push and bite to get ac

but in west marin the water is still coming down, down into lagunitas creek. that's good news for the endangered wild coho salmon. >> usually by january they are all said and done, but in the last week, we have seen over 100 coho come in here to the stream and spawn. >> reporter: with water flowing again, coho salmon are building nests on the bottom of the stream. here, females kicking rocks and debris with their tails. tails battered and scraped white from digging. last week this channel was almost dry. >> this late in the season it's unprecedented. >> we saw the big redfish. the salmon fish. >> reporter: shannon brought her son to this small stream to see the giant fish. >> now they're all kind of coming at once. >> reporter: this section of lagunitas creek is full of salmon some two feet long and nearly 10 pounds. biologist preston brown says you can watch but they spook easily. >> they are very sensitive to vibration. we don't want to pretend we're a predator coming to eat them. >> reporter: being endangered, they have federal protection. not exactly a sta

the event is tonight at 5:30 at the lagunitas brewing company taproom & beer sanctuary, 1280 n. mcdowell blvd., petaluma and this morning at 11 a-m. the san francisco symphony will announce its 2014-15 concert season. some of big names coming to the symphony in the coming months include liza minnelli in march. and ben folds in may. r >> let's head over to the weather center. although, it was beautiful that we are changing on authorizing did we will see an increase in calls tomorrow. >> we have a couple sponsor are headed our way. concord is at 44 degrees. by 12, the clause was start to clear. we are talking about a another day of record- breaking temperatures. you will notice plenty of temperatures. we will have 72 degrees for fremont redwood city will have a high of 69. we're getting close to 70 and we will seek other places like concord and walnut creek reaching close to 70. low 60s along the coast this will definitely be-as we have a called cover for the pacific. there is another system headed our way for friday, we may see up to 7 in. of rain. highs will be in the low 50's.

it also filled the three smallest reservoirs, phoenix, lagunitas and bon tempe, libby said. a water gauge at mount tam recorded 20 inches of rain had fallen there. officials say despite the recent heavy rain, drought conditions still exist. the north bay received the brunt and benefit of the recent >> this past weekend's heavy rains have left a lot of fresh snow in the sierra. that's good news for ski resorts. but it may not be enough to end california's drought problem. >> visibility is down to zero. as we head into the afternoon you cannot expect mostly cloudy conditions. temperatures are mainly in the upper 50's, low 60's. your 7 day around the bay shows that we may see pop up showers as early as tomorrow night. more details on your forecast coming up. >> traffic around the bay is still quiet. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are off and you have no problems getting to the san mateo bridge. as we take it over to the richmond center fell bridge. it is still an easy ride. >> the this fog advisory, we have a fog advisory in effect. dry wit

. >> reporter: down the way in marin county the creeks near lagunitas road and corte madera looked full but didn't seem as if they would overflow. caltrans will remain here on site. all they can do, they say, is wait till this water recedes before they can open up 121 again to traffic. reporting live near shellville, i'm sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >> thank you, sergio. take a look at the damage the rain left behind on this stretch of fort watts road. half of the street gone. road crews arrived to see the two-lane highway reduced to one. >> down below there was one vehicle that was inundated by the rock slide from fort ross road. >> you can make out the roof of a truck that got swept away in the slide and remains buried in thick heavy mud and rocks. new at 11:00, more severe storm damage, this time in san francisco's russian hill area. a large tree was uprooted by gusty winds near francisco and clums streets just after 9:00 tonight. look what it did to this toyota corolla parked right beside it. the car was just crushed. >>> in mill valley a massive tree at the mill valley golf course

nearly 15 inches of rain fell at its lagunitas reservoir. other the weekend, marin's total reservoir storiage went from 53 to 64 percent of capacity. >> reporter:ebmud, the east bay municipal utilities district, says its total reservoir capacity is up two points to 74 percent. >> reporter:in the south bay, not much rain and only a tiny improvement. >> reporter:the santa clara valley water district says its reservoirs are up just one tenth of a percent. now for the state's big reservoirs: lake shasta, the biggest, is up one percent from last week. >> pam: so is lake oroville, the prime source for the state water project. >> pam: folsom lake had been down to as low as 13 percent of capacity. >> pam: in the last week, it's gone from 17 to 22 percent, the lake level rose 15 inches over the weekend. >> pam: state water officials tweeted this image today, from the national weathersercice. the bucket represents how much rain we need. the coffee mug is how much we received. now. a live look from the >> pam: sierra. lots of new snow fell there over t