now let's take a look along highway 50 in south lake tahoe. again lots of fresh new snow, but the roads are clear. maybe a little slick here. now, if you're headed to the mountains to go skiing. it's all good news. to the north, squaw valley and alpine meadows are reporting their second snowiest christmas on-record. in the past week squaw has received 70 inches of new snow. 220 inches in total so far this season. northstar has received 54 inches over the past 48 hours. to the south, heavenly also is reporting 54" of new snow just over the weekend. and finally this is a webcam view from kirkwood, which says it has received up to 84" of snow in the past week alone. now, the skies were clear monday afternoon, but more snow is forecast for the sierra starting on christmas day. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> there is an accident with a detour involved from the nimitz freeway. details, coming up. have a good night. here you go. you, too. i'm going to dream about that steak. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh

all around the lake tahoe area, the ski resorts are reporting new snow and excellent conditions. this is a view thursday afternoon from squaw valley. squaw says they have recieved 9 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours. 29" inches since monday. to the south, this is a view from kirkwood which has received 6" in the past 24hours. finally, the sierra avalanche center has downgraded it's avalanche

this is a shot from south lake tahoe, the road is looking clear here but slippry here.ly, the sierra avalanche center says there is still considerable danger of avalanches in the higher elevations around lake tahoe. they say that all of this new snow is now sitting on top of an older unstable snow pack and that skiers and anyone in the backcountry should be extra carefull. especially around slopes that are 32 degrees or steeper. in the newsroom, charles >> vicki: a massive winter and severe storm system that plowed across the midwest is moving eastward. today, snow piled up from ohio to the north east. the storm is being blamed for at least six deaths. you can see a car driving through heavy snowfall in pennsylvania. and in parts of arkansas. snow made it difficult for drivers to get around. blizzard warnings have been in effect across indiana and ohio amid wind gusts of 30 miles an hour that blanketed roads and windshields with snow. this is snow blanketing over indiana. even the snowplows have had trouble dealing with the snowy conditions. there were reports. four sta

all right, tricky travel to lake tahoe or to the sheer a range. the storm warning in place until 10:00 tomorrow night. two to five feet expected before the 4,000-foot level. and with these very strong winds, visibility reduced to his than a quarter mile. so some of the roadways were closed this morning so be sure to check on that and carry the chains and expect some delays there as well. we'll look at the clearing, followed by the south bay, and it's going to be wicked out there with heavy rain, isolated thunderstorms, temperatures in the 50s. what's nice though, we'll get a break in this as we end up sunday night, monday, christmas eve is dry. showers christmas afternoon. showers on wednesday, and then a slight chance on thursday and friday. >> thank you so much, leigh. shu is here with sports and big weekend for the nines. >> niners hosted by the seahawks sunday night primetime. a win, the 49ers are a champ. the losses, goes down to the final game of the year. find out why it's so tough to >> mike: at this point in the season every game is a big

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here's another look from 50 at ski run, in south lake tahoe. now, as for the skiing.he ski resorts around lake tahoe are reporting fresh snow and excellent conditions. this is a view thursday afternoon from squaw valley. squaw says they have recieved 9 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours. 29" inches since monday. to the south, this is a view from kirkwood which has received 6" in the past 24hours. and here's a couple pictures from heavenly, they say they've gotten 2" of new snow. finally, the sierra avalanche center has downgraded it's avalanche advisory for the tahoe area from considerable to moderate. they say naturally occurring avalanches are unlikely but that human caused avalanches are still a danger. >> reporter: charles clifford, kron 4. >> jacqueline: we caught a break from more rainfall could be expected tomorrow. this live look from a golden gate bridge this evening. slow traffic, clear skies and temperatures are dropping already. the cold air, cooler that this sitting overawes with the clear skies. 30's in vallejo, 45 and daly city, novato. and the 30'

many of your head it up to lake tahoe today in a look at highway 28 and highway 67.e have a winter storm warning in effect for the western area. a lot of fresh powder you will see on this camera shot here. there is a lot of snow on the roads there. it is knowing right now as we speak and upper elevations. up to 6 in. possible today bringing this storm total one to 2 ft. of snow. great news for skiers and snow boarders. >> police in western new york have found human remains inside a home where a deadly trap was laid for two volunteer firefighters. william spangler set fire to is all and then wait and wait for the flyers to show up. when they did he shot and killed two volunteer firefighters on monday and wounded two others. authorities say they later found him dead from an apparent suicide. they believe the human remains along to his sister. >> we did locate the pair of remains and the house and union like road. the medical examiner has to remove those remains. 191 lake road was where the shooter resided with his sister. the medical examiner will be working on identif

lake tahoe which straddles nevada and california.ut ansler got the sense he had been duped when the two drove past the club. >> and the marquise with the tommy dorsey orchestra. and joe almost hit me. i can't say on the interview the explete ives that he came out with but he was very upset and you didn't want to upset joe because he is a tough guy. i said don't worry about it, just a coincidence. eventually he calmed down and then we ran out of money and so we had to kidnap frank sinatra, jr. to get back to l.a. >> at 9:30 p.m. keenan and a nervous joe crept up to room 417 at harrah's' south lajeunesse. inside frank, jr. and the trumpeter had just finished dinner before that night's show. >> i raised my hand to knock on the door and joe yells no, barry, no! and i just looked at him and said, you know, that is why we're here and knocked on the door and frank sinatra said come in. >> he said he had a package for frank, jr. so he walked in and put the box down on the floor. and when straightened up took his glove off and he had a small

lake tahoe which straddles nevada and california.ut ansler got the sense he had been duped when the two drove past the club. >> and the marquise with the tommy dorsey orchestra. and joe almost hit me. i can't say on the interview the explete ives that he came out with but he was very upset and you didn't want to upset joe because he is a tough guy. i said don't worry about it, just a coincidence. eventually he calmed down and then we ran out of money and so we had to kidnap frank sinatra, jr. to get back to l.a. >> at 9:30 p.m. keenan and a nervous joe crept up to room 417 at harrah's' south lajeunesse. inside frank, jr. and the trumpeter had just finished dinner before that night's show. >> i raised my hand to knock on the door and joe yells no, barry, no! and i just looked at him and said, you know, that is why we're here and knocked on the door and frank sinatra said come in. >> he said he had a package for frank, jr. so he walked in and put the box down on the floor. and when straightened up took his glove off and he had a small

i said let's go to lake tahoe and look for jobs. >> in early december they drove to lake tahoe whichtraddles nevada and california. they drove pass paris club. there is frank sinatra junior with the tommy dorsey orchestra. and joe almost hit me. i can't say on this interview the expletives that he came out with. he was very upset. you didn't want to upset joe. i said don't worry about it it's just a coincidence. eventually he calmed down. then we ran out of money. so we had to kidnap frank sinatra junior to get back to la. >> around 9:30 p.m. on the freezing night keenan and a very nervous joe crept up to the room and inside frank junior and trem peter john fox had just finished dinner before that night's show. >> raised my hand to knock on the door and joe yells no. no. i looked at him and said that's why we are here. i knocked on the door and frank sinatra said come in. >> said he had a package for frank jr. walked in put the box down on the floor and when he straightened up took his glove off and he had a small revolver in his hand. >> cocked it in front of junior's face, and i sa

. >> a lot of rain today in lake tahoe. what about the slopes?ators say this could be one of the best ski seasons in a decade. >>> and stanford graduate have come up within convention that is changing lives. product redesign that is getting major redesign that is getting major attention tonightf @ >> meters a wild caper. yet to be released feature fill from him paramount studio stolen from a car in san francisco and so far police have been unsuccessful in locating it. vick lee tonight with the story that you will see only on abc 7 news. >>reporter: there are more than 1,000 items mostly taken from car break-ins. cell phones. lap tops. digital cameras. expensive designer goods. you name it, it's here. most of the items were stolen at fisherman wharf at the embarcadero but police didn't find one very important piece of stolen property they were looking for. >> lacking for some electronic did he advice that is were taken in an auto burglary a week later many from the event that originally caused all this to go in motion. >>reporter: lieutenant san

the bulk of the system did pastor yesterday and dropped a lot of snow and lake tahoe.nter storm warning until 11:00 p.m. to 9. we will see three to 6 in. of new snow. >> this afternoon we will be looking at a few scattered showers otherwise it will start to dry out for a lot of us. it will be a silly night and be prepared for that. >> it will be 56 in downtown and for the east bay. it will be beautiful for tomorrow as we get through the showers today. friday and saturday may be a little unstable but new year's eve will be dry. >> we're looking at pretty good ride around the bay area. highway 4 and interstate 580 are pretty good bell ringers. we are not seeing any slow traffic through antioch or the alta mount pass way. we have no delays through the macarthur mayes on the approach or on the stand. we do expect heavier traffic today. 1 01 southbound has a wets deck but no problems. as we check the traffic maps you will see that the ride looks pretty good here through the east bay. the drive time is still great for interstate 80. is just 12 minutes from hercules to berkel

now let's take a look along highway 50 in south lake tahoe. again lots of fresh new snow, but the roads are clear. maybe a little slick here. now, if you're headed to the mountains to go skiing. it's all good news. to the north, squaw valley and alpine meadows are reporting their second snowiest christmas on-record. in the past week squaw has received 70 inches of new snow. 220 inches in total so far this season. northstar has received 54 inches over the past 48 hours. to the south, heavenly also is reporting 54" of new snow just over the weekend. and finally this is a webcam view from kirkwood, which says it has received up to 84" of snow in the past week alone. >> it is expected to start snowing again. in the east bay, charles clifford, kron 4. >> catherine: this roadbed continued to continue to flooda road that keeps flooding has really frustrated a long-time resident. kron 4's justine waldman shows us the mudslide and what's being done about it. >> reporter: as soon as it started to rain victor husary knew this was going to happen. that is

here is a live look at lake tahoe. looked at all the fresh snow that they have. if you are able to get there and the driver will not be easy you will enjoy it. >> we will be right back. welcome back it is seven 07 a.m.. we will not do a check with the markets. the dow is up by 23 points as we continue to see what happens as we get closer to the fiscal cliff. >> we are also watching gas prices across the bay area. the average gas price for a gallon of regular gas is $3.60 in san francisco this morning. in the south bay the price is $3.48 today in san jose. across the bay in oakland the average is $3.49. this all compares to the state average in california at $3.52. >> starbucks is launching a politician's campaign this week in hopes that will get the ball rolling on averting the fiscal cliff. in a letter to star birks employees made public this morning, chief executive howard s \cc chultz next employees that is approximately 120 d.c. area stores to write come together on coffee cups on serving customers tomorrow and friday. starbucks plans to buy as in washington

here's conditions right now from the caltrans traffic camera in south lake tahoe this is highway 50 within the past hour we've seen several dryers putting chains on they are mandatory fresh snow on the ground forcing drivers to proceed with extreme caution like these folk as long i-80 at kingvale. >> we are learning more about the deaths of two people in avalanche-related accidents near lake tahoe. 53-year-old ski patrol member bill foster was buried while waking on avalanche control monday. the autopsy was intentionally set with explosives -- but it broke. a 49-year-old from truckee also died. >>> a stretch of highway 1 south of big sur remains closed after rock slides from the weekend. these are pictures from caltrans the slide happened sunday afternoon crews are working to clear the debris and repair a 60 foot section of damaged road. here's the specific stretch of road closed no word on when it going to reopen, officials hope to have one lane open later in the week. >>> weather in the midwest and deep south was severe and turned deadly, power outages, flights cancelled, dozens of torna

here's conditions right now from the caltrans traffic camera in south lake tahoe this is highway 50 within the past hour we've seen several dryers putting chains on they are mandatory fresh snow on the ground forcing drivers to proceed with extreme caution like these folk as long i-80 at kingvale. >> we are learning more about the deaths of two people in avalanche-related accidents near lake tahoe. 53-year-old ski patrol member bill foster was buried while waking on avalanche control monday. the autopsy was intentionally set with explosives -- but it broke. a 49-year-old from truckee also died. >>> a stretch of highway 1 south of big sur remains closed after rock slides from the weekend. these are pictures from caltrans the slide happened sunday afternoon crews are working to clear the debris and repair a 60 foot section of damaged road. here's the specific stretch of road closed no word on when it going to reopen, officials hope to have one lane open later in the week. >>> weather in the midwest and deep south was severe and turned deadly, power outages, flights cancelled, dozens of torna

a pristine wilderness near lake tahoe. in 1946 a young mustered out gi named cushi th-rbgs g visited the place with his wife. his friends wouldn't let him go home he says because they needed four people to play bridge. while the others went skiing, cushing sat and looked at the valley. >> i sort of thought to myself, gosh suppose you could live out here or something like this. a beautiful valley that it is. subject to think about. i'm a city boy i was in the city. and there was a first time i ever came here. and simply because i had to be the fourth at bridge. >> reporter: today at the age of 88. adam cushing can look out his window at the ski resort he built from scratch. a very advance lift network, swimming pools, bars and restaurants at both the top and bottom of the restaurant. tennis courts, an ice rink, a ski school with 300 instructors, in short a recreational empire. but back in 1946 when cushing mentioned to his wife justine the idea of starting a ski resort. she thought he was crazy. still he kept thinking about

and here's one more look from south lake tahoe. lots' of fresh snow here as well, but the roadway is mostly clear. finally, the sierra avalanche center says there is still considerable danger of avalanches in the higher elevations around lake tahoe. they say that all of this new snow is now sitting on top of an older unstable snow pack and that skiers and anyone in the backcountry should be extra carefull. especially around slopes that are 32 degrees or steeper. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: to rain and snow is largely coming to with an aunt. it is released it is coming back to an end. with clearer conditions overnight notice the clouds overhead. mostly clear skies which will lead to very cold temperatures. already, chilly conditions in fairfield, 42 degrees. 45 in daly city, livermore. here is what we can expect tonight. temperatures quite cold with frost in a number of locations. sunny skies and chilly temperatures. it will be dry but the rainfall will return on friday. timing it out and your exten

this is looking north across lake tahoe.des all the ski resorts. this past sunday two people were injured by an avalanche and on monday a snow border was killed at the ski area. because heavy new snow is sitting upon a weak snow pack there is considerable danger. they're asking people to be careful in the back country and to heed snow patrol warnings at local ski areas. >> they're monitoring the weather, the wind, the snow deposition. on a daily basis they have their noses in the snow. they have a very good probability that their in bound area for their customers is safe. >> late this afternoon we learned that a ski patrol member from the sierra nevada ski resort died as a result of injuries he suffered after being caught in an avalanche on monday. that avalanche advisory is set to expire on wednesday morning. >> let's check delay at the airports. about an hour delay at sfo. two flights out of san jose. only a 15 minute delay to lax and no delays from oakland international airport. stay with kron 4 as we continue to track th

i-80 is completely clogged from gold run to lake tahoe. many drivers were caught off guard by the weather conditions. i-# 0 near colfax had to be shut down because of accidents and truck spinouts. >> there is supposed to be snow and slowdowns, but i wasn't expecting closure. i have in whole family in the car so i don't want to take too many chances. >> bumper-to-bumper traffic was a good thing for businesses. gas lines were jam packed and lines for the bathrooms stretched out into the parking lot. caltrans crews warned dryers heading up to tahoe to have area chains ready -- drivers heading up to tahoe to have your chains ready, and be prepared to drive slowly and carefully. four wheel cars are exempt on highway 80 and # 50. >>> and the biggest power outage is in the east bay, affecting about 87 # households and businesses. pg&e is trying to determine the cause of the outage. in the north bay there are about 200 homes and businesses in the dark because two outages in san rafael, one caused by tree branches falling on to power lines. and mor

the, if you're going to lake tahoe? interstate-80. as well as 88.ill walk you through the futurecast fort lake tahoe, coming up. >> a light drive, with the bay bridge light traffic on the approaches. no problems as you go westbound and a quick commute check with also light conditions for the east bay, the south bay, the peninsula and also the north bay. we are getting word that there could be a tree down. with updates coming up. >> 5:31 police inf greenbrea -- in green brea this morning, how did this to develop? >> this started off as a routine the wide, and it is now a search & rescue, with a routine dui over paul ove thed they pulled over a sust for a possible dui however, upon gathering and disinformation, he took off, jumped a fence, and according to -- information the officer was able to maintain site of the suspect for about 100 ft.. and at that point multiple agents were turning this into research and rescue, with the fire department, and the marin county water rescue boats. they ultimately came out and started searching the rescue of corta m

>>reporter: it's been snowing off and on for several days now near lake tahoe. that's good news taking a look at the road conditions. this is a caltrans camera along highway 80 at the donner lake interchange. these are crews are checking vehicles headed east to make sure they have snowchains. that's because right now all vehicles, except 4 wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels, are required to use chains between kingvale and the donner lake interchange. here's another camera shot from the donner summit. it's a little dark, but you can see a coat of snow on the roadway. that's why they are requiring chains. here's a look at interstate 80 in truckee, same story. fresh snow on the roadway and slow going for drivers. now this is a shot along highway 50 in south lake tahoe. snow here too. as for the skiing conditions. most of the tahoe ski resorts are reporting at least some new snow. this is a webcam view from midmountain at squaw valley monday afternoon. they say they've received between 6 and 12 inches of new snow in the past 24 hours. to the south,

the food or the service or whatever, but talk about the snarky note he put up on the door. >> a lake tahoe businessman says someone is stealing his crayfish traps and stealing his livelihood. the owner of the tahoe lobster company says someone has tollen his pots. >>> federal regulat ors are backing off new rules to prevent childhood obesity, but parents were upset and claiming that their children were going hungry and school leaders wanted more flexibility. the agricultural certificate says the u.s.d.a. will drop the cast on meat and grains, but still make sure kids get a nutritious lunch. >>> there appears to be a new backlash for the new logo for the university's design, which made its debut yesterday. some opponents say it's undignified. and university officials say the new design is not replacing the traditional logo, but will be used in addition to the traditional university seal. >> it looks like golfers can coexist at pacifica's golf course. a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by environmental groups that accuse the city of san francisco, which runs the historic golf of viola

like mere sierra, lake tahoe boasting 62 in. there could be more off snowfall on the way for christmas evening. and wednesday morning and afternoon in. the futurecast futurecast-model showing a winter storm watch in effect for tuesday, wednesday snow levels at 2,000 ft.. from whins, white out conditions. tire chain laws in effect. with wind-- strong. however, there are some high cloud coverage from the pacific that will increase the clouds for tonight. a cloudy start and rainfall spreading to the south. coming up. >> the n r eight is rejecting new legislation. the nra -- once more armed guards. and is rejecting the new legislation drive. the n-r-a is rejecting new nationwide gun legislation in favor of pushing for morethe group made the statement a week after the shooting at >> "how many more?" >> reporter: performers and artists now joining with 800 mayors calling for a plan to end gun violence. but wayne lapierre, the chief executive officer and public face of the national rifle association, made clear on nbc's meet the press,

popular place this weekend, lake tahoe, western nevada, looking at the winter weather advisory through 10:00 tomorrow mortgage with lake-enhanced snow and an terrible one to four inches of snow there, through 10:00. in the afternoon, upper 20s, cold, sunshine, mid-50s in fresno. temperatures at 60 in san diego. tomorrow, after the frosty start, the number s in the low 50s. pretty cool for this time of year. we should see 55, san francisco. 52, san jose. 50, antioch. monterey bay, sunny and nice, numbers in the lower 50s. a look ahead, cold nights, slight chance of showers of new year's eve. 2013, nice and sunny. nice on wednesday, and the only chance of rain in he next seven days looks to be on thursday. >> ama: thank you. still to come, falling off the fiscal cliff. it's down to the wire. but will congress bow to president obama's pressure. >> and the i-team reveal while the state unemployment department won't answer your phone call when you knead the most help. >> the fight against the growing crime in oakland. what community leaders say >> ama: our breaking news from the south bay.

regulation that's would make it easier to build around lake tahoe.vocates say the plan is needed to help revitalize the tourist industry. but opponents say while the >> bart charges $5 to park at the west oakland station and stations have pricing in place. bart is taking input on the plan on the web site through december 18th. >> there is some signs today prof gres in the fiscal cliff negotiations. the president still says he won't compromise on demands that the wealthyest americans pay more in tax autos he's not criticizing republicans, either. that is a possible indication that private tuck talk was republican leaders are going along okay. >> move on.org is hosting rallies and pushing for an end to those cuts. abc 7 news is at one of them right now. >> this rally supposed to begin at 4:00 this afternoon. they're slow getting started. there is a couple dozen people here this, he say they're expecting about 400 by later tonight. there were rallies like this around the bay area today in walnut creek and into oakland. outside of the social security adm

.÷ snowfall is slowing down drivers going to, or coming from lake tahoe area.his is showing a steady stream of traffic. they hope to repeat it for new year's of course. >> here is a look at conditions on interstate 80. winds are gusting up to 60 miles per hour. and you can imagine, chains are required and snow showers will continue throughout the night. chp advising drivers to please take it slow. >> and stay with abc 7 news and you can get alerts from us on twitter. >> we have developing news right now concerning the health of former president george hw bush. mr. bush is now in intensive care at houston's methodist hospital. a spokesman says he's in guarded condition, alert, talking with medical staff, and he's surrounded by family. he's 88 years old now. he has been in the hospitalÑ"@n% for more than a month with a"@n% fighting a strong fever that got worse this week. doctors put him on a liquid diet this morning. >> sky 7 hd over the scene in san francisco. crews rescued a construction worker after a long fall. the victim was unconscious when firefighters ar

popular place this weekend, lake tahoe, western nevada, looking at the winter weather advisory through0:00 tomorrow mortgage with lake-enhanced snow and an terrible one to four inches of snow there, through 10:00. in the afternoon, upper 20s, cold, sunshine, mid-50s in fresno. temperatures at 60 in san diego. tomorrow, after the frosty start, the number s in the low 50s. pretty cool for this time of year. we should see 55, san francisco. 52, san jose. 50, antioch. monterey bay, sunny and nice, numbers in the lower 50s. a look ahead, cold nights, slight chance of showers of new year's eve. 2013, nice and sunny. nice on wednesday, and the only chance of rain in he next seven days looks to be on thursday. >> ama: thank you. still to come, falling off the fiscal cliff. it's down to the wire. but will congress bow to president obama's pressure. >> and the i-team reveal while the state unemployment department won't answer your phone call when you knead the most help. >> the fight against the growing crime in oakland. what community leaders say i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life

however, let us take a look get the lake tahoe. this is highway 80 at highway 89 and.ing with the snow falling 6 in.. temperatures only 28- 33. it is windy. gusting at 50 m.p.h. and tire chain laws recommended. highs 28 to 33 degrees. per hour. >> there are plenty of deals to take advantage of before christmas. the bay street mall in shopeprs making the most of those deals. >> ho ho ho. >> merry christmas. >> there were many santas shoving on bay street and and there were santos-desk shopping. >> i got a couple of pairs of jeans and a jacket. >> some were finishing up their holidays and others had a reason to be in the stores. >> i just realized what i was supposed to get. i made the decision to brave the rain, the crowds. >> constant foot traffic in the house a was a bit much. >> it is really hard with all of these people and the traffic is hectic. people are trying to get their last-minute shopping. >> and the entertainment helped with some shoppers. >> i rarely, out but it was nice to be able to come out. >> i love a lot of people, the atmosphere is fun. >> walking

on u.s. 50 to south lake tahoe chain controls at twin bridges over echo summit.interstate 80 they begin at kingvale. >> eastbound on. i 08 starting their weekend they didn't encounter a lot of snow until they got here with traffic to a halt. many drivers decided to chain up even before they were required to do so. >> this is my first time putting chains on. >> this is actually some of the faster traffic. as you can see it's not moving that fast. >> i don't have a four-wheel drive vehicle so i have to chain up. >> they may find the chaininging process fascinating. >> i'm tired of it. >> my wife is looking for a motel. >> they want to get the hard part out of way to clear the path for a fun weekend ahead. >> katie: the storm is still causing problems for travelers. yesterday at san francisco international airport, flights were cancelled and delayed leaving passengers quite frustrated. for up to the date information on flight cancellations and delays go to flight tracker on the front page of our website at abc7news.com. flight tracker is at its peak today, every dot

outside we go this morning, it is beautiful in lake tahoe.s there, 18 in truckee, 24 in tahoe valley airlift. going to 47 today. only opportunity for snow perhaps on wednesday when we see a few snow showers. it's, nice and sunny downtown one of the warmer locations. approaching 50 degrees and fog really didn't materialize around sfo. live doppler, and from last weekend. we are looking at clear conditions and low cloudiness but otherwise nice and quiet. nora ja to and napa, less than a quarter of a mile around the delta and looking at improvements in the concord area with a mile and a half. so elsewhere from sfo southward we do have clouds around santa cruz but sunshine around mountain view. we're going to see a pretty mild afternoon although right now pretty cool from mid 30s from napa to santa rosa. 45 in san jose and 39 in livermore valley. the fog moving in the delta allowing for the reduced visibility. and afternoons will feature mild and sunny conditions. we get to tuesday, it will be cooler and system comes down from the north instead o

we've got a winter storm warning in effect for sierra nevada and lake tahoe area.at noon today. you'll get a white christmas. h midnight on wednesday. how much snow we talking? 1 to 2 feet of snow above 6500 feet. so you'll be skiing tomorrow. or actually wait till thursday, when the warning expires. thursday is going to be an amazing day of fresh powder and it's going to be sunny. heavy snow expected. windy. chains are required espr state 80. all of us making it in to the 50s. so here's your 7-day forecast around the bay. wet today, afternoon and evening. breezy conditions for your christmas day. wednesday, scattered showers. ;we<:re, lots of sunshine. may feel brisk at times. saturday and sunday looking to be unsettled. sunday, more sunshine and breezy. let's go to tahoe and take a look at our snow ski report. last 24 hours, not impressive. no new snow. but again, that base, it's reals . people reporting some of the best skiing they've seen in like 10 years or so. like 9 feet of snow in the last few weeks here. we'll add to the base here tomorrow and i'd say thur

a look at lake tahoe with the snow and the winter storm warning right on through the day tonight. snow picks up tonight. 53 mountain view you. 51 san jose. looking at the heavy rain and wind this morning. clearing later on this afternoon. it will be after 1:00 in the north bay. after 3:00 in parts of the south bay and a dry christmas eve. the wind advisories 1:00 north and 3:00 athen 3:00 peninsula . some of the rain coming down who are dontally. it won't take much to bring down power lines and a few branches and maybe even some trees. the storm system getting enhanced as it hits the san mateo coast. notice by noon time still looking at that heavy rain in marin county through the peninsula. the san mateo coast and by 4:00 looks like it wants to clear parts of the south bay and central coast. dry tonight right on through tomorrow. if you need to get out and get more are christmas gifts perhaps tomorrow is your day to do that. into christmas day notice by 11:00 rain in the north bay and by the afternoon it does press south. a much weaker system. takes us into wednesday morning. we w

back here at moment, gorgeous picture of lake tahoe from heavenly resort from mount tamalpais, little hazy, a few high clouds, a lot of sun in the forecast right now. you can see reinforces notion of dry air we don't see ray tkrarpbs we are in a holding pattern as far as wet weather coming our way let's look at all the the fog faded still tule fog in the central valley most of the clouds out over the ocean heading north to south which means away from our coast. we have sunshine now 47 san rafael, livermore because of the fog there you are 51 santa rosa 50 everybody else in the mid to upper 50s. monterey bay and inland mid to upper 50s except santa cruz 52, she will catch up. mostly sunny and mild today one more night of tule fog rolling in and it will be sunny and warmest afternoons are sunday, monday, tuesday, also the mornings without fog. while we were going flew all those storms our temperatures dropped -- going through all those storms our temperatures dropped. a few areas stay in the 50s like san rafael, half moon bay, richmond, have a low, antioch upper 50s you probably won't n

coming up we will look at lake tahoe forecast coming up in our next update. >>> and in the city of richmond, we will tell you what they are saying about that city and how residents they there is not that much time. there is a push for the bottom line before the end of the year. . >>> well crime fighting effort seem to be working in richmond. 18 have been killed in that city which is down from 45 last year. they are credited them with stopping the violence after a state of emergency back in 2005. many people in the community feel safer than they used to. >> it has been working and we will take what we can right now. >> i would always be scared of something happening but now it is like my second home. >> the police department has hired more officers over the last few years and they also say better street lights, surveillance cameras and shot lights help. >>> san francisco police are looking for more potential victims of shoplifting suspects. on december 20th, three women went into several stores in san francisco, you can see them their. the women put some merchandise in their bags walked out

. >> lisa: we have a little break in the city but not for long, as we head outside, lake tahoe under winter storm warning and looking at very gusty winds. temperature is 33 degrees at tahoe valley airport and reporting light snow. temperatures are hovering above freeing but looking at one to two feet in the tahoe basin. closer to home, east side of san mateo you see the rainy weather, gusty winds up to 30 miles an hour out of southwest. now in on the west side of san mateo near foster city, light to moderate here and everybody getting a good dose. two and a half inches and three inches in the north bay in the last 24 hours. some of the rain over the past hour in the north bay is, an a quarter of an inch an hour in some areas. south bay and also parts of the east bay but look at the north bay, you can see the rain line from santa rosa west of petaluma everyone looking at gusty winds from friends in the valley. livermore gusting to 24 miles an hour. 30 miles an hour n over in hayward. 54 mile-an-hour wind gusts at sfo now reporting 30-35 miles an hour with delays over an hour. sonoma,

we did have snow falling in the lake tahoe area.er advisory expires at noontime today. >> it should be a pretty nice day and as you can see there is a storm system that is impacting the northwest. it may even bring dan snow for oaktemperatures wia very quickly. get ready for the cold. the north bay is highlighted in this magenta , fuchsia color. it will drop down to maybe and a 20 sprea20 degrees. it will be widespread third is all across. future cast 4 shows that the showers will start at 6:00 p.m. on--once we put this into motion the showers will pick can late wednesday night. >> bursting morning along the coast and parts of the north bay was the rain arriving. it will be heavy. the highs for today will be in the '50s. 52 degrees and san mateo. we will struggle to get in the mild side. average and will be below average. your kron 47 day or around the bay shows that there will be a very cold start for tomorrow morning. thursday and friday the change will be coming. it will be cloudy and wets.. here is a look form next monday it may

pictures of a massive trout pulled from lake tahoe. >> ha. want to see that.lus how golden state slipped past miami in the final seconds of the game on that bucket right there. we got it coming up. >> we are catching a break from all the stormy weather. if you head into the high country to enjoy fresh powder, looking good. boreal 9 "of snow more over the weekend, bring your chains. sugar bowl 8" of new snow 63" on the ground already and mammoth mountain no new snow but plenty of powder already and light snow over the weekend. more on your weather when we come back. ,, [ female announcer ] now deliciousness can happen at almost anytime. thanks to new jif chocolate flavored hazelnut spread. ♪ now anytime of the day can be delicious time. ♪ choosy moms choose jif. >>> good morning. here's a live look at conditions at the san mateo bridge right now. we are monitoring a deadly accident. one person has died at the scene in this two-car crash. the right lane is closed until further notice. dumbarton bridge is a great alternate right now. we'll have more details on th

yesterday stop and go traffic clogged the highway all the way to lake tahoe. many drivers caught offguard. i have an 80 near colfax had to be shut down because of accidents and trucks do not. checking s-sierra road conditions. chains are required on all vehicles on i-80 from east of gold round to the nevada state line and on 50 chains are required on all vehicles last to myers. four-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires are exempt. you can track the sermon in time of our high def doppler radar on our website. mother nature is no match for those holiday shoppers. they are at the mall shopping and all over again is where. this weekend is expected to be among the biggest shopping days of the year. a survey earlier this week said the nearly three quarters of consumers still have holiday shopping left to do. >> i do think people waited a little bit. now they are just ready to buy, buy, buy. >> we watch the weather last night. we saw that little gap coming, so we thought we would take a chance to get out in the morning. >> is a game plan. you can't come out here and

. >> take a look at nasty driving conditions along lake tahoe. and kingvale, now to highway 267 at northstar, it is snow packed and still coming down this afternoon. it's making for treacherous driving, ski resorts are reporting excellent conditions. >> here is a live look from heavenly mountain, 2nd system is expected to combine with a tail end of the current system to bring up to four feet of snow in higher elevations. the weather is causing problems during this busy holiday weekend. there has been delays all day long. >> the unsettled weather and scattered showers brought with it a change in wind direction. that caused sfo to redirect landing and takeoff patterns from north to south which limits the number of flights landing and departing. >> we'll cut back from 60 to 25 landing. that is big number. >> airport duty manager that includes departures, that is why all the aircraft is backed up waiting to leave. the flight information board shows only a few flights rivaling or leaving on time. not good news for them who has to catch a connecting fl

lake tahoe has a winter weather advisory until 10:00 tomorrow evening, one to two feet.in controls most definitely will be in place. lows tonight, we won't get too cold. mid 40s and 50s tomorrow. then afternoon sunshine as we'll be on the backside of that cold front. it's going to get very cold tomorrow night in through the morning hours on wednesday. in fact my accu-weather seven-day forecast, rain likely tomorrow morning. tuesday and wednesday will be cool days, breezy days. then the storm hits thursday with wind and heavy rain lingering into friday. another storm is possible as we head into saturday. >> ama: thank you. mike shumann is here with sports. >> what a game this was. 49ers and patriots face off and it was a tale of two halves. patriots dominated the second. cold and rainy night in new england, colin kaepernick, gets the niners on the first. randy moss, third catch of the year. he throws it right on the money to walker. 17-3, niners at the half. second half started out good for the niners. dante knocks it out of his hand. on the recovery, gets it all the way

way very weak and going to bring chances of rain and more snow up to the sierra looks lovely over lake tahoe this morning from heaven mountain resort thank you for providing this for us. back at home, less cloud cover from vollmer peak back towards san francisco, live doppler 7 hd, spinning north on mount st. helena, next storm coming from the north tonight we'll be able to see it before it gets to your neighborhood during tomorrow morning's commute. i'll get you there that with live doppler. san rafael 39, fog lingered loner than elsewhere most of us mid to upper 40s, 50 mountain view, oakland and half moon bay. monterey bay low to mid 50s watsonville and monterey everybody else upper 40s. partly cloudy today, cooler than average dry rain tomorrow and saturday and more chances next week these are the nickel and dime varieties, aren't huge like we saw come going the west. these are coming from the north. they are reinforcing coolness of this air mass, low to mid 50s, mostly sunny. little warmer in the car, mid five around the monterey bay and inland, 30s and 40s tonight clouds come in late e

showers and take off in lake tahoe as well. temperthis storm brought a blast of cool air and temperatures will cool off in a hurry. timber is a widespread in the 30's as we head into tomorrow morning. i will talk about cold and and a chance of rain in my next report coming up. >> gov. jerry brown's office released a statement today saying the california governor is being treated for prostate cancer. the 74 year-old is undergoing radiation treatment. doctors at the university of california's and princess will say the cancer is in its early stages. it is being treated with a short course of conventional radio therapy. they called the governor's prognosis excellent. united states moving closer to the edge of the fiscal cliff while lawmakers are seemingly playing the blame game on capitol hill. what they reach a deal in time to avoid possible financial disaster? we will talk about that tonight at 530 with our political analyst michael yankee. >> too heavy to be president? that is the question are walters and have for the new jersey