at lake tahoe, at lake level up to 4" of levels and snow showers on sunday and a winter mix is possibleday, when, before more snow is possible on thursday. the dumping is up this right now. be came. sue? >> thanks, mike, at one point we had 60 different incidents including flood, still expensing bart delays of 15- to 30-minutes. all around system-wide we had an early fail accident in oakland west 24 before 580 but that is cleared from the lanes for the commute and the traffic is all the way to highway 13 in oakland. a new accident in oakland at westbound 580, off the road now but emergency crews could be arriving and they will block the right lane. we have a full hard closure in san jose southbound 87 at taylor because of flooding. no cars are getting by. the alternate is 101. we will look at san mateo bridge and we go outside and the rain is falling and it is fore over to the peninsula and traffic is moving. kristen and eric? >> the rain also affecting flights with sfo reporting they have 31 chance haitians today up from 21 cancellations. 15 are departures departures ane arrive arrivin

keiko garren live in lake tahoe. take a look at how the water and the snow is -- first to meteorologist lawrence con el in the weather center. >> good morning, guys. this was some kind of storm. some places in the north bay, almost a foot of rainfall over the weekend. looks like going to see a much- needed break as most of the rainfall has moved on by. some low-level moisture outside. see the clouds beginning to slide up into the sierra nevada, and moving on out. high-d,f doppler radar showing things are quiet. there's drizzle outside. the roadways are going be slick. toward the afternoon, all that drizzle will come to an end, and going to get a needed break over the next few days, temperatures if stepping outside mainly into the 50s. by the afternoon, see some 50s out near the coastline. still fairly mild inside the bay, into the 6 0s, as high as 64 degrees in litmore, 62 degrees in have have a hay owe, 62 degrees in san jose. check out the roadways with elizabeth. >> got our first crash in the morning, headed into

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lake tahoe's travis finished. >> never a time to let up. that's what makes so it challenging. it's difficult. probably like the most premier downhill event. it's amazing. >> big action continues tonight here on nbc bay area. starting at 8:00 we have the gold medal final in women's alpine skiing super combined. the gold in men's mogul and the gold medal in the 1500 meter short track in men's speed skating. it starts tonight at 8:00 here on nbc bay area. >> in the meantime, we're watching those wet roads at least we had the weekend to prepare for it. >> true. i want to give a spoiler alert too. i'm going to give the results of the traffic. we don't do that? okay. not much after build-up for me. thank you. there's the music. here is 880, a smooth drive for oakland. the glowing lights, there is moisture in the air and likely slick roads so watch that. we'll look at the maps. the speed moves for 880, the area marked, we see a dip through downtown, there is a crew that might still be there, not really problems because the lanes should be clear by this time of morning. we haven't hea

>> we have chain requirements through the lake tahoe area.s is a shot of the tanker spill in morgan hill, southbound 101 all lanes remain closed we because of the clean up prospect and we are looking at a major backup in the nerve direction which is a commute direction a five mile backup to the scene the southbound is diverted off at east dunn with improving situation from tracy with an early big rig accident leader and the big rig is common but the right lane is closed westbound 205 has the clean up. >> the do's and don't's at the most popular marathon forummers in one city. >> ukraine president is on the run and who is offering help to the fugitive leader. >> this man suspected of d.u.i. in the south bay but it is what he is accused doing with his family that is >>> covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >>> a man is facing attempted homicide charges after he rammed his car intentionally into a house. it happened in campbell. the 27-year-old man was driving with a woman and two children when he crashed

lake tahoe hosted the olympic games.er cities burn their torches while the current winter games are under way. you see sochi and lake tahoe on the right side. the usoc might be making a bid to bring the winter games to the lake tahoe reno area in 2026. just in time for the president's day weekend, we have fresh powder. until last week snow making machines were paving the runs with manmade snow. >> we really have our mountain back. five and a half feet allowed us to open so much more terrain. people are really waiting to see them. >> here's the deal. high wind advisories are in effect beginning tomorrow. if you're heading up to the mountains, be careful. our chief meteorologist jeff has more on that high wind advisory and our microclimate forecast in the bay area. >> we sure do. anyone heading that way expect the highest ridge tops winds that could top 80 miles per hour. we'll deal with winds out of the southwest 20 to 35 miles per hour. let's go ahead and get you out here to our activity but get us some rainfall. we stil

near lake tahoe, 14" of snow fell.t week 7' of snow has dropped on parts of the resort that the national weather service estimates that lake tahoe got equivalent of 13.5 billion gallons of water over the weekend. >> not complaining because the skiers will take it but it was a wet heavy snow. we will talk to mike about that. >> they scale that sierra cement but it is great for the water content. now a look at what is doping on, it is very damp. it is very still. it is almost quiet. when there a snowstorm and no one is out it is really quiet, that is how it feels. it no areas of light rain but there is drizzle in the neighborhoods and overnight while you were sleeping you can see the rain. to the north, headed to the sierra, and that is starting to fall apart and as of 4:00 a winter storm warning is over. low-to-mid 50's as you step outside and it feels comfortable. walnut creek is an area that is not seeing the thickest fog. the next couple of mornings, we will keep an eye on that. the fog likes to seek in the east bay

. >>> meanwhile in lake tahoe, the lake gained an estimateed 13 and a half billion gallons of water. in the san jose area there wasn't that much rain at all. several reservoirs remain below 10% capacity. . they only got less than an inch. >> less than an inch. get to the north bay, almost a foot of rain. that was amazing to see that storm rolling on through. things starting to calm down a little bit. plenty of low-level moisture. still seeing drizzle, slick if headed out on the roadways. high-def doppler radar looking for the rain drops. most have moved on by, sliding up to the sierra nevada, turning to more snow. going to dry things out, catch a much-needed break. out the door. got a little fog behind there. you can see -- actually you can't see. the bay bridge is hidden behind some of that fog. looks like it's going to take time to break up the clouds. as the sunrises, the drizzle will come to an end. the temperatures mainly in the 50s. latter part of the afternoon, keep temperatures fairly mild. fifties and low to mid-60s in the warmer spots. couple of sunny breaks in between. for

just to the north of lake tahoe today. we are 49 in novato and mill valley.veryone else is around 50 to 52 until san rafael: 56 degrees! we have low-to-mid 50's along the east bay shore and the peninsula shore. cupertino, though, is 48. san jose is 50. half moon bay and san ramon and lafayette and brentwood is 51 and fairfield is 53. this is how it looks in san jose. i am guessing because i saw a few headlights this is 87 near the shark tank and i am sure leyla can confirm or deny and that gives an idea how much fog there is in that part of the south bay and san francisco international airport is reporting fog so it is random. mostly clouds and sprinkles to the north, and mostly cloudy to fog tonight and rain saturday night through sunday morning trying to get the afternoon in on a dry note. temperatures are like yesterday so if you liked yesterday hope you like today but less sunshine and upper 50's to low 60's in the coast in san francisco and the rest of us in the mid-to-upper 60's and tonight you can see drizzle, some fog, and temperatures are again in th

for those who are heading out town, we will see what it will take to head out to lake tahoe. highway 50 is three hours and 15 minutes. and highway 88 is three hours and 25 minutes from the bay area and highway 80 is these hours, with no chains required and not snowing out there and that will make the trip easier if you are headed up to lake tahoe. >>> i will let you know that we do have plenty of mass transit agencies running on a weekend schedule and bart rolls at 6:00 this morning, and you want to check your local transit agency for the schedule. here is a look at drive time traffic 580 tracy to dublin is 25 minutes and clear on highway 4 from antioch to concord at 101, nothing but top speeds from san rafael to san francisco. kristen and eric? >> thank you, now the american city with the highest rents in the country. guess what? it is not in california. we tell you where it is in america's money report. >> san francisco transit leaders weigh new ideas for the new budget. this is just the messenger. could sunday meters be a thing of the past. >> what is going up in los angel

depending on where you are in the lake tahoe area. live in salt lake tahoe j.r. stone kron 4 news.her and traffic in just a couple of minutes here in the kron4 morning news. taking a look at the sky from our mount tam cam. we will be right >>: it happened near dixon, new this morning-- a prime piece of san francisco property will remain vacant. for the past year, the presidio trust board was considering filling an 8- acre space in the mid- crissy field area, with one of three potential developments. one of those sites included the lucas culture arts museum. yesterday, the board members unanimously, voted down all three of the projects. however they said, they would not rule out another spot in the presidio for the lucas museum. a spokesperson for that museum said they are now looking at all options. the other two projects the board was considering-- the golden gate national parks conservancy and an architecture firm called "wrns studio." the board says, it hopes to pursue "collaboration" with them as well. no word on when the board will decide what will fill the 8-acre space. today

we have a few snow showers around lake tahoe until 10:00 this morning. >> 49 at lake tahoe and 66 inos angeles. >>> we have a new accident on the peninsula. this is eastbound highway 92. if you are trying to make it to the san mateo bridge, it and blocking the off-ramp. if you are headed to lake tahoe we do not have any word of chain controls in effect so headed up to 50 it will take you three hours and 15 minutes. 88 is three hours and 25 minute commute and highway 80 up to, say, north star it will last about three hours. no chains are requireed. outside, through marin county, southbound 101, that traffic is doubled in the last half hour. no crashes to report there into san rafael. >>> an east bay family is asking the oakland a's to let them throw out the first pitch on opening day to focus attention on the effects of drunk driving. marcos and his family are gathering support for the idea on instagram and facebook and their first pitch for san diego campaign is to honor the 25-year-old who was jogging this month when he was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver in pinole. he wa

lake tahoe feeds it. but in this drought year the truckee is now running with reservoir water stored up for just such an emergency. >> if this were to continue into a third year which has never happened before. we're going to see fairly severe things happen in terms of water use in this area. >> in the meantime reno a city not known for self-denial has already taken mandatory water conversation efforts similar to those in northern california. restaurants only serve water on request. >> we hope the consumption of water goes considerably down. >> reporter: but if this is a dry winter then some in the state will look here for help. lake tahoe. tahoe already provides western nevada with some of its water and it's already low. but some say there might be no way to stop from pumping water. but without tahoe some say nevada will be left in the dust. >> having enough water to survive is an ongoing challenge for california's fish population and it's especially tough in drought years. officials were concerned that

stone has more from lake tahoe. >> reporter: ski resorts are breathing a sigh of relief.ere is snow on the ground and in the trees. 13-40 inches depending on where you are in the tahoe area. we will talk about this tonight at 8:00. in south lake tahoe. j.r. stone kron4news. >> reporter: it has been winding down over the bay area. clear skies will lead to chilly temperatures. another system will be approaching as we move into wednesday. tomorrow waking up to mainly clear skies in the 20s in napa, vallejo and pleasant ton. you will probably wake up to frosty windchill. temperatures warmer than today in the upper 50s, but we will not have the wind we had today, so it will feel warmer. as for the rain at noon wednesday, the showers will come in the evening. the san mateo coastline will become more widespread. the light green shading indicates it will not be a huge rain maker. we do have what looks like a stronger storm into the weekend. tomorrow we will be dry. saturday, sunday, monday morning we will expect moderate to heavy rain bringing us over an inch of rain to the bay a

reporter: the snow is expected to fall through the weekend, dumping as much as four feet around lake tahoe. as a result, sugar bowl ski resort plans to open 20 more runs from 25 to 45. locals who have been eager to work part time have been called n as for the snow itself, sugar bowl is perfectly happy with the sierra cement variety. >> we wouldn't want something really light that could blow

lake tahoe has risen more than four inches during this storm. it's not enough to get back to normal. to put the drought in perspective we would need five more storms in the next few weeks to get back to an average. up in tahoe there is some snow. check out the caltrans camera outside of squaw valley. plenty of fresh powder for skiers and snowboarders this morning. a look at san jose, you may see, feel in your hair, a little mist in the higher elevations, you can feel that moisture. we're going to check in with meteorologist christina loren in just a few minutes. >> lake tahoe's own jewel julia mancuso trying to add to her medal in the alpine super combined. >> janelle wang is live with more an mancuso's mission to win another medal. hi, janelle. >> reporter: hi, scott and laura. it's a glorious day here but just in the last ten minutes one of the photographers felt a raindrop. off in the distance i see storm clouds moving in which hopefully means more snow in the mountain clusters which is where the super combined for women took place today. of

if you are headed up to lake tahoe, no chains are required.ave is an accident at the maze before you get there, and westbound 580, and we are lending it is involving two to three vehicles with minor injuries reported but as you can see, we have bumper-to-bumper traffic on i-80 westbound approaching emeryville and the maze and the traffic is stopped. >> more bad news for target, the big box retailer has a battle. >> soaring costs for coffee. >> violence in kiev continuing and people in the bay area are aing to the clashes that have reached their most violent point >>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the local news. >> now the international story grabbing attention around the world and in the bay area. >> the deadliest day in violence in the ukraine, professors and police -- protesters and police are ready to do it again. katie marzullo? >> the protesters are preparing to fight again today. cnn reporting that the demonstrators stocked up on supplies overnight. these are pictures on the ground at independence square, the foreign minis

you're looking live at conditions at heavenly mountain resort courtesy of lake tahoe tv. tahoe get something heavy rain. up to two feet of snow is expected at higher elevations, near 5700 to 8,000 feet. >> tahoe ski resorts are reporting more than a foot of snow. this time lapse video shows a few inches of snow accumulating overnight, friday, into this afternoon. >>> in the sierra, drivers are dealing with heavy rain and snow. caltrans cameras show the scene on i-80. chains are required from placer county to the donner lake interchange, and you can follow on our abc7 newsweather >> a wild pursuit today for san francisco's police. the suspect rammed into a police cruiser. up next, how the chase ended. >>> the new effort to help the unemployed in california. those stories when abc7 news continues. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant [ male announcer ] you say tomato. ♪ old el paso says diced tomato stand 'n stuff chicken tacos. ♪ you

. >> lake tahoe is hoping for more snow, as well, especially the type that is colder and more dry and not so wet. >> they can use that and we and use more rain. >> the snow is great for the water table but not the best to ski on, but we will try to get more powder and dry and colder snow to move up that way as we head through the weekend. right now, we still tracking reduced visibility. livermore is quarter-mile visibility, and novato is an eighth and santa rosa is quarter-mile visibility on live doppler 7 hd but it is not raining. it is just humid. the peninsula temperatures are from 41 in woodside to redwood city at 44. menlo park is 46. belmont is 48. san mateo is 49 and palo alto and san bruno are at 50. we have low 50's in oakland, hayward, fremont, san jose, mountain you have, and san francisco and half moon bay and los gatos at 43 degrees and santa rosa at 31 and concord, san ramon, livermore and antioch and fairfield 45 to 49. san rafael is not too much fog but you head up to novato and that is where the thickest begins. in the afternoon we have clouds and are mild. sprinkles

otherwise they're going to see incline village, towards the south lake tahoe with just some of the showers. we'll take a more detailed look at the accuweather forecast in a bit. >> thank you so much. we'll see you later. >>> in developing new, a multicar collision in berkeley injured at least two people tonight. the accident happened just 4:00 on the ashby accident. one of the two cars overturned. at least one burn was trapped inside with injuries that are life-threatening. the chp is investigating the circumstances of that crash. >>> a growing list of stores connected to a massive beef recall linked to a petaluma slaughterhouse. nick smith talked to a pair of north bay grocery stores which are not happy to be connected to the meat. >> our name is on the list. >> kevin mitchell is the meat manager. his store is one of having possibly received beef targeted in a meat recall. >> our customers are asking, why, why? >> the valley market does not carry beef from rancho but has purchased customers from from -- >> the rancho feeding corporations recalling more than 8.7 million-pounds of beef prod

a few high clouds drifting over the bay area, as we fly out towards lake tahoe, they picked up about vations. lake level, more in the form of light mist and drizzle. blue canyon picked up a quarter inch of rain overnight. so we'll see blue sky tomorrow as well. and here's a look at some rainfall. the totals, very minuscule. compared to this time last weekend, but as we always say, we will take what we can get. check out some of the deficits, though. it really didn't do much. we still are down very much so across the entire bay area. ukiah down 15 inches. ten down inches in san francisco. oakland, down nine inches. down seven inches in san jose, sacramento. livermore, down by six and a half inches. so hopefully march will bring us more rainfall to make those numbers go down as we hope they will. >>> a live shot from the rooftop cam, you can see the transamerica pyramid. a few high clouds out there. temperatures right now, redwood city, 61. 58, oakland. 56, san francisco. sutro cam looking live down towards the city. santa rosa, 56. 60, concord. live moore, 58. here's a look at the fore

that promises to move into the greater lake tahoe area by friday and saturday. the only thing is computer models have this second system trends more in a southerly direction to the mammoth lakes area and not bringing a lot of precipitation herement we are in the last two weeks of skiing right here in the greater lake tahoe area. reporting from squab valley. roberta gonzales, kpix5. >> well, it is the best of both worlds for some. the late night snacks that are morphing into early morning treats. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. get sta-green fertilizer now just $8 at lowe's. ♪ get sta-green fertilizer now just $8 at lowe's. one of the best things is that millions of peopleia will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll now at coveredca.com. anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey coo

a few high clouds drifting over the bay area, as we fly out towards lake tahoe, they picked up about snow at the higher elevations. lake level, more in the form of light mist and drizzle. blue canyon picked u inch of rain overnight. so we'll see blue sky tomorrow as well. and here's a look at some rainfall. the totals, very minuscule. compared to this time last weekend, but as we always say, we will take what we can get. check out some of the deficits, though. it really didn't do much. we still are down very much so across the entire bay area. ukiah down 15 inches. ten down inches in san francisco. oakland, down nine inches. down seven inches in san jose, sacramento. livermore, down by six and a half inches. so hopefully march will bring us more rainfall to make those numbers go down as we hope they will. >>> a live shot from the rooftop cam, you can see the transamerica pyramid. a few high clouds out there. temperatures right now, redwood city, 61. 58, oakland. 56, san francisco. sutro cam looking live down towards the city. santa rosa, 56. 60, concord. live moore, 58. here's a look

it will be heavy snow in lake tahoe, 2 to 4' down to 7,000 feet so travel will be treacherous. plenty of patience. this is a 48 hour event and on monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday the sun will come back out and we will have clouds and it will be dry and temperatures are back to average if not above average. once it stars to rain, it will continue raining for the next 48 hours or so and watch out for the flooding, tomorrow, and lisa will get you glue that and you can check out live doppler 7 hd with our app around our website, utilize them. >> sad news, a cal football player died during a work out. the 21-year-old collapsed during conditioning drills this morning and died. that is according to our media partner, a backup defensive end for the bears and was a public health major at cal originally from bakersfield. we have breaking news in san francisco right now, sky 7 is over a granite company in san francisco where there has been a fatal industrial accident. firefighters say slaps fell on two workers one worker has been died. the other worker was taken to the local hospit

. >> time for the lake tahoe report: it and looking good up there and squaw valley is 22 to 33". alpine meadows is 24 to 32". heavenly base a up to 45" and take an average of 3 to 3 1/2 hours. you will need chains for 80 and 50. at kirkwood 34 to 36". a base of 22 do 36" at sugar bowl. three hours from the bay area and chains are required for 88. love to to to hear from you. >> thought she was calling my name...the message mountain view based google is sending about russia's anti-gay laws at the winter olympics are under way. >> oprah's next new venture. >> a treat for peanut lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, because it's milk without the lactose. and it tastes? it's real milk! come on, would i lie about this? [ female announcer ] lactaid. 100% real milk. no discomfort. >> now a check with josh and a preview of "good morning america" at 7:00. >> good friday morning. the opening ceremonies of the winter games happening in sochi this morning. and amy is on the ground and goes behind-the-scenes of the olympics you will not see.

lake tahoe 62, 60 yosemite, 65 monterey bay.dels picking up on a few high clouds drifting across our skies from time to time. otherwise a whole lot of sunshine in between. and some very nice weather outside. these temperatures should be comfortable in most spots, temperatures soaring near 70 degrees today in the napa valley. about 68 in fairfield. 67 in san jose. and 64 degrees in san francisco. sunrise time 6:53. sunset should be beautiful at 5:54 this evening. looking out over the next couple of days, we have a great weekend on tap. some temperatures very spring- like into the low 70s and then we cool down and by the middle of next week a chance of showers on wednesday. maybe some big storms latter part of next week. >> soak up the sunshine for now. >>> college entrance exams keeping your grades up and just plain growing up it can get stressful for high schoolers. >> yeah, sure can but there's one school that's taking a little bit of the edge off with yoga. monte vista high this week's "cool school." >>> reporter: the sign may

otherwise they're going to see incline village, towards the south lake tahoe with just some of the showers. we'll take a more detailed look at the accuweather forecast in a bit. >> thank you so much. we'll see you later. >>> in developing new, a multicar collision in berkeley injured at least two people tonight. the accident happened just 4:00 on the ashby accident. one of the two cars overturned. at least one burn was trapped inside with injuries that are life-threatening. the chp is investigating the circumstances of that crash. >>> a growing list of stores connected to a massive beef recall linked to a petaluma slaughterhouse. nick smith talked to a pair of north bay grocery stores which are not happy to be connected to the meat. >> our name is on the list. >> kevin mitchell is the meat manager. his store is one of having possibly received beef targeted in a meat recall. >> our customers are asking, why, why? >> the valley market does not carry beef from rancho but has purchased customers from from -- >> the rancho feeding corporations recalling more than 8.7 million-pounds of beef prod

around the state if you are traveling, upper 70s in fresno. 74 in sacramento and 57 and sunny in lake tahoet's time out the system toward the evening hours. a couple patches of fog rolling in. a few more clouds tomorrow, but dry. then wednesday, here it comes. the first round of significant rainfall in the bay area, 1 to 2 inches of rain from the first storm system and maybe 3 to 4 inches in the next one. east bay as high at 73. livermore 73. 69 in oakland. 65 in san francisco. the next couple of day, enjoy beautiful weather. that changes during the day on wednesday. rain continues into thursday with showers and heavier storm systems with gusty winds expected on friday. showers right through the weekend. in fact, i am looking at the long range forecast. great news here. the pattern stays open. we could see a series of storms well into march. >> i can driving a tahoe. i could be in trouble. >> could be an eight hour trip, a long one. >> i am going to tahoe. >>> people in one atlanta neighborhood definitely don't have bieber fever. a group is planning a protest later this morning because they

we will have 51 in lake tahoe to 71 in fresno and low 70's around san diego and los angeles and 86 insprings. late hail? -- leyla gulen? >> it is quiet. no reports of didn'ts. we will see how it looks on the map the north bay through santa rosa and south to petaluma and into novato, everything is clear. accident-free this morning. to mill valley, no problems. if you are taking mass transit, bart will role at 6:00 this morning. it is on a weekend schedule as is muni. san jose and 280 northbound away from highway 17, that drive is moving smoothly. it is looking clear. kristen and eric? >> thanks, leyla. the next powerball jackpot is an estimated $400 million. >> there were no big winners on saturday but 151,000 in california took home between $3,000 and $6,000. the next drawing is wednesday night. each $2 ticket has 1 in 175ment chance -- 175 million chance of matching. if you want to be happy at work, look to the west coast. a study found california is home of three of the happiest cities to work that include san jose and washington, dc is second and san francisco is third. san diego c

this is a look from lake tahoe tv heavy snow in heavenly >> right new, caltran engineers are dealing with the disability of a hillside after a rock slide was triggered unnerving the commuters on highway 101 in marin county. >> cornell is at the exit where cars were damaged. >> scary moments and a car was undriveable after rocks this side and larger came crashing down on to the freeway during the rain. it is not the first time. >> the morning commute was off to a slow and soggy start with rain a welcome sight but it created a hazard with large rocks and gravel comes down on southbound 101 near the tunnel overnight slamming into several cars. the impact shredded the tire and broke a rim in two. >> headed to work and came around the corner and the boulders came down the hill and i hit a boulder and it blew my tire and blew my rim to pieces. >> scary? >> very unsettling. >> his car had to towed. hours later the mess was cleared but c.h.p. was keeping an eye out for more movement of earth. slides are not usual and last year, rocks came down on us near the same spot during a live report on

we had a record high in lake tahoe of 52 degrees. today it will be windy with gusts up to 45 miles per hour through 7:00. you can see it is quiet other than a few sprinkles around eureka and crescent city and the further south you have the more sunshine and warmer weather and palm springs is 85. mid-to-upper 70's in san diego and los angeles, mid-70's through the central valley and at lake tahoe probably not a record high but still very mild and about 50 degrees. >>> across the bay area we have clear conditions but in san francisco we have a serious accident, we will first talk about mass transit with 32 bart trains running on time. and ace train is rolling. in san francisco, this is where katie marzullo has been reporting about the pedestrian that was fatally hit by a vehicle on southbound van ness between broadway and pacific. it is shut down. it will be for a while longer. you can get around it at polk. we will have more details in a little bit. >> homeowners are doing a better job of keeping up with mortgages that has reduced the

we close to a record high yesterday in lake tahoe and close again, today. safe travels.> thank you, mike. at 4:55 we have an accident in santa rosa, possibly due to wet roads. we have areas covered in orange, and you can see that is an indication of fog and eastbound highway 12 is where you have this car that is on its side so emergency crews are headed out there. we will looks outside starting with the toll plaza at richmond, the drive westbound is simple coming from the east bay and over toward the marin county, and trust me, that drive is looking clear. at san rafael, traffic in the southbound direction, headlights are southbound, and clear out there, and you look at the golden gate bridge and you can see how foggy it is. we also have some construction crews headed in the northbound direction picking up cones but it is slick so reduce the speeds. >> it is 4:55. a november ballot measure to speed up california's death penalty system is getting powerful support. ex governors, two republicans and a democrat, are throwing their weight behind the proposal to require death

. >>> a settlement has been reached to clear the way for the expansion of the lake tahoe ski resort. developers and environmentalists say they've agreed on a scale back plan to expand the homewood mountain resort on lake tahoe's west shore. the project is expected to cost 400 billion to $500 million and will break ground in the 2015. >>> all right. possession of a weapon star justin bieber just can't catch a break. the pungent odor that led authorities to board his perj jet this afternoon. >>> plus today's roaring sendoff for this young woman, a bay area olympian and the gold medal winner on hand to see her off. >>> if you're on the go, you can still watch ktvu news casts live on your smart phone or tablet. get the app or go to ktvu.com. one of the best things about is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. for example, if you're a single person making less than $46,000 a year, or a family of four, earning up to $94,200, you may be eligible for premium assistance. the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. get answers, and

near lake tahoe 14" of snow fell. over the past week up to 7' of snow drop on the resort.n the national weather service estimated that lake tahoe got the equivalent of 13.5 billion gallons of water over the weekend. >> okay, we got plenty of water over the weekend but the question is, is it a drop in the bucket? >>> mike nicco, what do you think? >> we thought we would need five or ten of these events before the end of the rain season to be caught up especially in the south bay. we only got quarter afterren inch in san jose. it would be nice if they cake over a longer duration so we did not is the flooding. a drop in the bucket. we are still in the drought. we still need to conserve. half mile in half moon bay. and eight miles visibility at sfo. the clouds could cause issues at sfo. i let you know here or at twit ter. they will let us know at 6:00 if delays are developing. we are 52 in menlo park. and palo alto and foster city are 54. 55 in san jose and oakland. novato and concord and livermore and fairfield at 54 and san ramon at 53. you can see the drizzle is lifting in

according to the weather service in reno, that lake tahoe increased by 4 inches.snow will hopefully stick around with our sierra snow pack looking more healthy than it did a few days ago. 50 to near 60. 51 with mist not too common around the bay area. and still some light rainshowers at this time. you are going to see this especially over toward the peninsula. you can see a few rainshowers around the tri valley. you will continue to see those misty skies into tomorrow before the skies begin to clear. and we'll see the snow in the sierra shut down as more moisture moves toward the east. the clouds starting to dive toward central and southern california as the main event has come to a finish across the bay area. so just some misty skies through tomorrow. we're going to start to see high pressure coming in. and what's left of the rainfall, very light. we're just talking heavy drizzle at times for your morning commute. but patchy fog. watch out for that. so from here to tomorrow morning you're looking at maybe a tenth of an inch of rain or less than that, just enough

hers reporter george warren from south lake tahoe where there was finally just enough snow to make it series of winter storms was enough to save the president's day weekend at lake tahoe. >> it was really strong. we had a great weekend. i'm getting feedback from the resort that this is the strongest holiday this season. >> hotel reported only 80 percent occupancy going that the weekend. then suddenly sold out. >> great snow fall make the phone ring and helps us out. >>reporter: big sigh of relief for the owner of the landing resort who just opened in december after spending a fortune remodeling ab old lake front motel. >> exceeded our expectation. best weekend yet to date. >>reporter: business rely on tourism take steps to create destination not dpeptd on the weather which is painfully fickle but snow still drives the winter economy. this family cancelled a trip to colorado because this snow is closer? a we have been weren'ting to come up with the baby and everything so a little miniroad trip for the family that would be cool instead of just flying out. >>reporter: optimist like to th

in lake tahoe, snow showers today, and snow on thursday and more snow coming this weekend.> now leyla gulen and the commute. >> the remark is here if -- for a while. in san jose the crash has cleared northbound 101 blocking two lanes but traffic is very slow to recover. you are looking at nothing but brake lights leaving 280/680 split to the san jose airport it will take you in excess of 20 minutes to head in that seven mile stretch. the on-ramp is partly blocked and southbound 680 because of the accident we are looking at quite a bit of slowing leashing pleasanton and headed to highway 84th drive across the altamont pass is bumper-to-bumper traffic and cities low if -- in livermore. highway 88 needs chain controls. >> a showdown is looming in san francisco over soda and other sugar drinks. tomorrow the supervisors will introduce a finalized november ballot measure after kicking off the campaign that calls for two cent an ounce tax on sugar beverages. the american beverage association will spend millions to fight this saying it will raise grocery and stunt rices and needs t

in lake tahoe a few chair lifts may not open.co and 69 in sacramento and to the south, 81 in los angeles, and a record high again today if lake tahoe and it will be windy tomorrow with snow on sunday and more snow on tuesday with snow showers wednesday and thursday. safely travels. >> big travel weekend and i will have the toyota lake tahoe report ahead. we have a couple of problems in the bay area. we have this accident westbound 580 involving two vehicles, a pickup truck landed on the car in front of it and bumper to bumper. central lafayette road is where we are seeing c.h.p. reports of 15- to 20-vehicles on the side of the road with debris in all lanes. we calling on what and c.h.p. will report back to us. so far, not causing delays. >> thank you, leyla gulen. >> a state senator is proposing a bill to require wanting labels on sodas similar to what are required on cigarette packs. it requires the wanting on the front of all beverage containers with added sweetner with 75 or more calories every 12 ounces and wants customers th

lake tahoe and cloudy no rain and no snow not yet it will change overnight the rank will pick up. we will see one to 2 in. of snow. rain >> jacqueline: thursday and friday will be drier warmer conditions. once the system moves through a little bit of drizzle dreyer conditions reaching back into the 70's through the weekend that early next week. >> pam: still dramatic video footage of the attendant carjacking of the taxicab on the bay bridge this time from inside the taxicab that is tonight at 830. >> reporter: and maybe bart dark outside that we are at the ballpark. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. i want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. i want y

take a look at the view from our lake tahoe area, you can see the snow, if you look carefully, coming down there very light, i mentioned, the wind is going to make it on the tough side, winter storm warning is going, rainfall estimates with this system, 2700s an inch in san francisco, a quarter in oakland, a tenth in san jose, just under that in livermore. these totals are nothing, wait until you see what's.cog, emeryville camera, hard to see with the rain and the clouds, give yourself plenty of space, stepping out for dinner, take your umbrella, 53 in san francisco, oakland, san jose, 54, half moon bay, and it is coming down from our mount tamalpais camera, santa rosa, 51, 50, petaluma, 54, livermore, lake tahoe camera, one more time, rain intensifies overnight tonight, waves of soaking rain this weekend, par, clearing is expected monday and tuesday, take a look at this storm that is coming in, we are just in the lighter part of the storm with the warm front, waves of rain expected all weekend as we see the cold front stretching down toward hawaii, starts to swing through, here is lo

. >>> and the national weather service said a few inches could fall near lake tahoe and this is a lookon highway 880 and chains are required from one mile into baxter and chuckee. we are dealing with another big winter storm and power outages. in louisville kentucky high winds caused many trees to come down knocking out electricity to homes, our temperatures are as muchs 40 defreeze and many have had to order and help replenish it. >> let's check in with torii campbell to see what is coming up on mornings on 2. >>> we are covering all of the weather and traffic this morning. we have a rather dramatic situation on attention as freeway why police intentionally crashed into a car driven by a 23-year-old woman and the pacific reason she did not want to pull over. the very first stop is her in the bay area. and we heard them tom being it and which hams closest to equal pay. >> thank you torii, we'll see you then. big-rig crash, let's check in with sal. >>> this crash has been there for more than an hour and it's blocking all of the freeway and one lane is getting through and every once in a

tahoe's own maddie bowman the first ever gold medalist in women's half-pipe. >>> lake tahoe's maddie bowman flew from the half-pipe to the top of the body yum in the debut of the free ski half-pipe. >> she dazzled and came away with a gold medal. janelle wang joins us in sochi. janelle, you talked to maddie, i understand, a couple hours ago. >> reporter: i am so happy for maddie. she deserves this. she's always solid on the half-pipe. this is the free ski half-pipe which made its debut in these olympics, basically what shaun white does but on skis, you know, reno's david wise won on tuesday, this time south lake tahoe's maddie bowman for the women. i just spoke to her one on one. >> it was so real. it was like did that really happen. >> you have always been very consistent on the half-pipe. i never have seen you flub at all. you just rock it. how do you stay so focused and consistent? >> thanks. i don't know. i just try to go out there and if i do it right i won't fall down. i'm going to try to do that and have a good time at the same time. >> you have some rough conditions practicin

. >> it could also fall near lake tahoe. and look being here you could expect it near highway 08.ired from one mile east of baxter to chuckee. in the meantime, they had south lake tahoe, wildco barred is found unconscious and the ski patrol tried to revive him but he died at the scene. it is closed ride now and rescuers say he was wearing a helmet. >>> well bound and two lanes and three lanes, each direction is blocked by a crash, it is a truck that went through the center divider and the truck had affected eastbound and westbound traffic on the freeway, three lanes are blocked and they just issued a two-hour significant alert and this will be a huge problem for a major part of the bay area and if you are coming in from vallejo to san francisco, you may want to consider taking the ferry, going on 680 and it means one lane is getting through and we have a huge traffic jam an emergency vehicles continue to arrive, this is a truck that came through the center divide. it is raining there and the traffic is beginning to arrest, and a void 80 near hilltop drove. they called for at least

the national weather service says the level of lake tahoe rose an estimated four inches.a total of 13-point- seven billion gallons of water. incredibly awkward moment on t-v when a los angeles entertainment reporter interviewing actor samuel l. jackson -- gets him confused with laurence fishburne! jackson. was not pleased. was a quick look at the bridge's three-for the main lights for activated early. most of the slow traffic began to at the end 80 over crossing critical to gate bridge is clear. the san mateo bridge looks good. drive times are still around 30 minutes here and for the richmond and san rafael bridge it continues to build up as we now look at day westbound the back of a leading to the toll plaza. here is erica with a check of the weather. >>dan: a lot of fog for the morning commute. the fog advisory will continue through 9 at this morning. visibility less than a quarter of a mile and a lot of spots. we have some pockets of very dense fog. it is a great start to the day. we are scene temperatures in the 40's and '50's so overall it is pretty mild three we wil

still ahead gold on the slopes for a lake tahoe skier. >> gosh, it was so real last night. and woke up like did that really happen? >> coming up, janelle wang talks to olympic champion maddie bowman about the surreal moment after she won. >> the sochi olympics will continue on. isn't that a gorgeous show. look likes a post card. it's a live look at the mountains above sochi, we also give you that olympic flame burning brightly. the games continue throughout the weekend. and we'll continue to check in with janelle wang live there this morning. >> the last 24 hours have been nuts. i think i went through every emotion in the book last night. >> a lake tahoe skier wins gold. her moment ahead in a live report. >> take a live look outside, do enjoy the sunshine today. we do have rain on the way. meteorologist christina loren takes a look at the forecast coming up next. >> and the markets about to open as nrg yield prepares to ring the bell. looks like the guy is looking for the cue this morning. >> they have a button on the nasdaq. let's check out the nasdaq and the national gene

lake tahoe elevation right along the lake is 6200 feet. donner pass 7,000 feet.ng some snow in the higher elevations. for today there is a winter storm warning, it's actually going to last until early tomorrow morning. snow levels fluctuating between 6 and 7,000 feet. we can see an additional 2 feet of snow before this system pulls out of here. bay area weekend always in view. so the showers will continue becoming a little heavier as we get into the afternoon, i'm going to time line that for you coming up in just a moment. we're drying out by tomorrow. we're dry on tuesday. another chance for rain on wednesday. back to the desk. >>> bay area girl scouts are ready to knock on your door and get your cookie orders. troops in san francisco have started picking up shipments of cookies thin mints, my favorite. the most popular cookie. girls in san francisco sold more than 4 million boxes and the money raised was towards camping and troop activities. >> when you have a girl who's got a science project, if she's learned how to set goals then all of a sudden she's not goi

. >>> a settlement to clear the way for the expansion of a lake tahoe ski resort.d back plan to expand the homewood mountain resort. it is expected to cost $400 to $500 million. >>> sugar bowl had 11 inches of new snow and they hope that will convince people to come skiing. their livelihood depends to crowds. they know a lot of people stay home on super bowl weekend and watch the game. >> they are getting a little bit of snow. we have a chance of showers this weekend. >> maybe something on sunday. but that latisys team that went through not much of anything. the good news in the mountains they got almost 2 feet of snow. that payis off in the spring and summer months. temperature today 65 in santa rosa, 64 in sack rafael -- san rafael. here's the system i'm tracking right here, it will go like this and down the coast, by sunday it will be just offshore and bring a chance for showers, especially in pacifica, there's snow flurries showing up south lake tahoe toward bear valley, snow levels are up there right now. the mostly clear conditions will continue throughout th

i know you like to get your kicks in lake tahoe. erlichman gets his big air at mammoth mountain because it's closer to los angeles. most of the traffic that mammoth gets come from los angeles. ceo ofregory is the mammoth mountain and chairman of the board. he has a unique perspective on the trot because he sits on top of the sierra snowpack. he has a window into the future and can see the time bomb that's going to blow up this summer when california begins to run dry. >> in the west, water is a big deal. it is a heavily agriculturally dependent area. the headwaters of the l.a. l.a. with water. the politics of california starts here. governor brown declared a drought emergency a few weeks ago. as we move into summertime, we will see a lot of debate over what california is going to do with the lack of water resources unless mother nature changes significantly. >> rusty told me that water is such a divisive issue that it .tarts bar fights it can pit brother against brother. it depends what kind of allocation you have, depending on wher

cooler and breezy day, about so or 15 miles for some, if you heard them there is an advisory for lake tahoe and it looks like changing precipitation around quincy and heading towards 80, we will keep an eye on that and there is not much to this system. the clouds, then sun and temperatures mainly upper 50s to around 60s, here is sal. >>> we have a house four this is one of the niles area which has been blocked off by a structure fire. we have a crew on the way and 880 is a decent alternate for you and this is 880 in oakland and traffic looks good as you are driving from the coliseum to oakland and it will be 3 or 4 minutes drive time. when you get to the bay bridge, it is less than 10 minutes from the toll plaza getting into san francisco. let's go back to the desk. >>> a shooting of a man just a block away in downtown oakland. tara moriarty is joining us to tell us what is going on. >> reporter: we are looking to get an update on the victim's condition and we don't know whether or not he survived. this all happened at 5th and broadway at 1:30 this morning and the man's car was found nearby