all lanes of southbound 101 in sonoma county are blocked because of an accident near the lakeville highwayare just getting this into the news room. apparently, it's a pretty serious accident where the chp has had to shut down all lanes of southbound 101. we showed you all the rain going on up there right now. so hazardous driving and if you are heading to that part of the bay area, expect delays. highway 101 southbound at the lakeville highway. >>> meanwhile, a big fuss over frosty is really snowballing tonight. >> the owners of the blowup snow man will told to take it down or face the fine. it looms 30 feet above the johnny morris christmas tree lot in pleasantson. they just moved there. the city says frosty is no longer welcome at his new home. >> he has been around for about 25 years. and it is an icon here in town. >> it is a little spirit, a christmas spirit to cheer everybody up. i don't see nothing wrong with that. >> frosty was deflated briefly today because of the rain. later he was back. they are told they will be fined daily until he is down for good. >>> a college opening sets

traffic was actually diverted on to lakeville highway. in the last few minutes they got the problem cleared out. all lanes are open. hopefully that will be a better drive in petaluma. here's a live look at the east bay in the meantime. you can see the rain really coming down in oakland. fortunately, no major incidents right now up and down the nimitz freeway. that is a live look near the oakland coliseum. but i just checked the chp reports. 48 different incidents around the bay area. bart would be a great idea for today and so far all the trains are on time. in fact, all mass transit so far looks great at 4:37. back to you. >> thank you. >>> police are begging bay area teens now to stop trying to assassinate each other. it's a popular elimination tag game played for cash, few rules, no boundaries. this guy nearly ran over a buddy trying to get away here. police telling kpix 5's ann notarangelo, not everyone realizes it's a game and there is real danger here. >>> i got shot next to that pole. >>> reporter: granada high senior rey sanchez w

lights out westbound 37 at lakeville highway causing slower speeds on 37 itself. confirmed it after a member of the "kcbs phone force" first alerted us to that one. bay bridge we are finally now stacked up through the maze but again it's not too bad. no major incidents. metering lights have been on now for an hour. silicon valley drive looks great no delay out of milpitas. as you can see all green on the sensors up and down the peninsula. problem-free on 101 and 280. it's going to be a wet commute home so if you want to ride bart so far everything is on time. what drives you crazy during your commute. lou in san francisco wants to know: or a driver not yet ther happens with alarming ency in san sco and i've seen fi break out as a r thi practice s legal or illega san francisco police ther ecific violation for saving a parking space >>> we asked san francisco police if there was a specific violation for saving a parking space with your body. the short answer is no. but the officer did point out that the loss of pedestrians outside of a marked crosswalk should always

we're here at 101 and lakeville highway. this area is known to be prone to flooding. we're keeping an eye out here where you see the on-and-off ramp here. warren county's brand new emergency operations center meantime will be put to its first test. on a normal night we're talking about seven dispatchers manning the phone lines there but for the storms that been more than doubled to 16. >> there's a lot of events that have happened in the past where counties haven't had the luxury of having a modern system like this. we're pretty good in that enough to put fire crews to work as they use their chaen saws to remove the debris. back here again you can see the rain is coming down. we expect this to continue formany hours, according to our weather center there has been more than an inch of rain, 1.07 inches since just 6:00 last night. >> some scary scene there is with flashing sparks on power lines. >> stephanie is in the north bay. the storm hasn't reached the south bay just yet but we're already seeing its impact. kris sanchez is live. >> reporter: we came upon this tree

closed southbound 101 at lakeville highway off-ramp in petaluma because of 4-6" of standing water on the highway. the lane re-opened at 4:30 this morning as we were to come on air but some trucks and cars have been ignoreing signs all morning driving on the closed lanes. >>> airport officials at san francisco international airport said anticipate delays because of the storm. it is that keep of week at sfo. yesterday, the weather caused delays and cancellations at san francisco international airport and last night there were delays of three hours after four-hour delay early in the day. 130 flights were canceled. oakland and san jose international airport experienced only mimer -- minor delays. >>> people were treated to lightning across the bay area. >> what a treat. >> what a treat. this is from ocean strikes over a period of half an hour. then it was gone. light rain followed. not much wind at that point. we saw plenty of lightning this morning. >> we saw dozens. i took a picture and posted it to ureport@kgo-tv.com and hopfully -- hopefully you post your photos. >> according to pg&e

closed the southbound lane of 101 at the lakeville off-ramp because of 4-6" of standing water. two flooded lanes re-opened at 4:30 and trucks and cared were ignoring the we warning signs. >>> a rain is coming down if daly city and this is video from this morning on the drive along northbound 280 with the bird -- windshield wipers working nonstop. take your time on the roads when you are driving, with the driving rains causing pooling in many areas and that increases the risk of hydroplaning. >> it is snow in the sierra a cause for celebration for the lake tahoe ski resorts. you can see the early flurries yesterday but our camera is on the mountain 8,000'. lake tahoe had rain at lake levels. and off of highway 80 along the north shore the ski resort is at 7,200' the snow line year. they had a rain-snow mix depending on where the boarders were. there is enough for six runs to be open. the resort said they like the wet snow. >> this helps. we have nothing like natural snow to build excitement. the moisture content and the snow is a benefit this time of year allowing for great fun.

so far the good news is, no problems here, but i have to tell you, we went down lakeville street or lakevilledeo later, there was a stretch of road there where it was completely flooded, still had vehicles going through some waiting for others to pass to see if they could make it and they'd drive across, but chp has warned time and time again, do not drive through these puddles of standing water if you cannot see the ground. you could get stuck and that is something we saw last week during the wet weather, as well as in san francisco. again, the rain is coming down here, you can see why there are so many warnings for drivers out here on the roadways, but the good news is, where there was flooding last week, so far we've had no incidents. live in pet lieu that, stephanie chuang. back to you. >>. >> thank you very much. we just got information about a substation that went out in san francisco. this is affecting a lot of people. >> 50,000 customers now without power in that area alone. >> and previously to the height of the storm, something like 37,000 customers according to pg&e that had not ac

i found out about the traffic lights being out on lakeville. it's causing a huge backup. a couple people have tweeted about this. one of them actually alerted me to it. i put in a call to see how long it could be a problem. the road sensors definitely show that smog is wrong at that point there. highway 37 at lakeville. this is a look at northbound 280. public transit checked in with them. at 6:47, and steve there is no way around it. it will be raining tonight. >> it does look like it. nothing too heavy but it will billion light. sal, before we get going, like you a very private person. yesterday was my 29th birthday. >> steve, happy birthday. boy, what are you going to do for the big event? >> we already did it last night. [ laughter ] we do have a new system coming in. those were choppers of a system. we are going to get rain but it will not be that much. it might even linger into saturday morning. cloudy to mostly cloudy up there. cloudy morning. there has ban few areas of light rain but not a big deal. we will get friday afternoon and evening rain. and then there wil

closing the southbound lane of 101 at the lakeville highway off-ramp because 4-6" of standing water on the highway. the lanes have just re-opened watch out. the cars are splashing when they drive through. cars and trucks have been ignoring the warning signs. you can see they are driving right through the water on the closed rain. >> the rain came down in daly city and this video of the drive along northbound 280. the windshield wipers are barely able to keep up with the downpour. drivers are encouraged to take their times on the road because of pooling and an increased rib of hydroplaning. >> this rain means more snow for the sierra. lake tahoe area ski resorts are celebrating. these are early flurries at heavenly mountain resort at 8,000 feet elevation. at lake level it was rain. a ski resort along the north show is at 7,200 which wa snowing, a rain-snow mix with six runs open. the resort likes the wet snow right now. >> this helps. we have nothing like natural snow to build excitement. the moisture content in the snow is a benefit this time of year allowing for great snow coverage. >

in high waters can help and in petaluma drivers made their way through standing water on ohio at lakeville highway off-ramp until it was so deep c.h.p. shut down two lanes for a few hours. two drivers got stuck in petaluma this morning after heavy rain swamped city streets. you can see the downpour overwhelmed some of the storm drains. you can see rising nearly 1' in some areas with the water. >> meteorologist mike nicco is keeping tabs on all this and joins with more on this storm. mike, you saw how it slowed the marin county commute to a crawl. >> crazy to see the figures from marin to petaluma. turn around, don't drown, we have said that for years. if you don't foe how deep it is turn around and find an alternate. better to be late than never get there. in the north bay the flood advisory dropped. live doppler hd shows the rain tapering but the weather service, the peninsula, and the marin county coast and san jose the next areas under flood advisories. the winds are gusting 15 to 35 and 40 miles per hour. trees are going to come down and more power out averages will happen. we have a s

downtown, lakeville street, adobe road, mcdowell, as you head up towards east katadi avenue, a heavy shower there. roaner park expressway going east/west. stony point road on the western side getting heavy rain. right now, light to moderate up where amy is. it is santa rosa all the way out towards montgomery drive as you start to head up into the hills to your east. so let me zoom on out and show you other areas. if you are coming in from the east bay, look at that. right there on 24, it is west this morning with some light rain. same thing with 580 and 880 as you head from oakland down to san leandro. san mateo bridge starting to get a sprinkle, maybe some light rain there. the rain is starting to make it across 92 from half moon bay up to 280, skyline boulevard down to san mateo and redwood city. a few light showers also making it through the santa cruz mountains. 17 in the summit right now as you descend into los gatos and saratoga and campbell all the way into san ho sdpla. light showers there also. the storm or the brunt of it is still in the north. the rest of us are getting we

you looking at the onramp to 101 and offramp to lakeville highway where traffic is picking up. this is an area prone to flooding. last week all lanes of southbound 101 were actually closed at one point because of the flooding and the rain had begun the night before, the ground had become very saturated. >> in the past, counties haven't had the luxury of having a modern system like this. we have it. this is going to be the first time we've had to exercise it in a real event and we're pretty optimistic we're going to be very successful. >> reporter: so far nothing major thankfully, but in petaluma overnight, firefighters did respond to a pair of wires that were arcing badly, probably caused by moderate wind. the fire department has responded to downed trees already. we've gotten an inch and a half of rain according to the weather center, and we'll seeing much more. >> okay, stephanie. we appreciate you continuing to follow what's going on out there. we're monitoring a couple of downed trees, the first in north san jose at tremble road and first bay. we'll get an update of what's

the lights are out approaching lakeville highway.fic is backing up to 121 and actually there's also an accident in that same area. so it's not a good commute westbound. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are on but traffic is down from a typical commute. here's roberta with the forecast. >> mostly cloudy skies out the door. do not forget that umbrella. good morning, everyone. currently our air temperature is in the 50s. we do have some areas of fog. later today, rain showers develop during the afternoon hours into the evening commute. it will be scattered showers. in fact, lingering showers all the way through your monday -- or your saturday morning, rather, with more rain showers sunday into month. >>> a difficult third shot for tiger woods against the grain of the grass. the grass won again just a moment ago. oh, my. >> no, no. that can't be tiger woods. he had a bad first day on the golf course hitting a shot out of bounds almost into a swimming pool. in the tournament that he hosts. he's now 18 o

there are traffic lights on highway 37 at lakeville. it's causing a big traffic jam for westbound 37. at 7:0 had. back to the desk. >>> work crews are speeding up efforts to fix that massive sinkhole in san francisco before the next storm moves which is later today. ktvu's alex savidge joins us now from the city with more on that project and some other ways the bay area is bracing for today's rain. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. it's a bit of a race against the clock to try to get as much of this repair work done before more rain arrives later on. almost right on cue here. they cranked up the heavy machinery. we're seeing more activity right now. work crews out here trying to get some of this repair work done. we are learning more about how this huge sinkhole opened up here in san francisco. it was apparently caused by a broken storm drain. all of that water eroded to sand under the sand and led to the collapse. this is a 20-foot by 20-foot crater that opened up in the richmond district. this sinkhole runs about 9 feet d

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that was on lakeville street, where police were forced to close the road. the two cars were later towed and the street reopened. nearby petaluma river remains below flood stage. >>> now let's head to sixth avenue and lake street in san francisco. this is an area that police are saying you should avoid right now and here's why. take a look at the size of this sinkhole right in the middle of the street. a car driving on lake street fell through the pavement this morning, punching a small hole in the street which got bigger and bigger. the car, they've got that out. the driver's okay. a 100-year-old water pipe beneath the street burst. dozens of people in that area are presently without water. >> first time i have seen anything like this. not that it's excitement. but around 8:30 or so the water went off. i knew right away, called several neighbors and could tell that this was a bigger issue than just my home. >> you can see the pipes down there. police were also concerned about a possible gas leak so pg & e is checking that out. we are told that intersection

now, it happened early yesterday morning at the little woods mobile home park on lakeville highway.lice he saw 18- year-old moses hunt almost hit another person in the complex so he tried to make hunt stop by standing in the road. but hunt did not stop. instead he hit the man, then drove off. that man is expected to survive. now, police did say they found hunt and nis car at his home after -- and his car at his home after he was identified. >>> police at a large encampment are given 72 hours to clear out. between 200, 300 people live in the he karnment known as the jungle. for months, the city has been telling the people living there, they would have to leave in december. it will be closed for good and dismantled on thursday. >>> cold weather shelters are opening their doors in the south bay tonight. every night, the san jose-based nonprofit group home first will offer 100 beds at the fawrg national guard armory and beds on little orchard. visitors will seen two meals and a hot shower -- seen -- receive two meals and a hot shower. >>> a group is lawning an ad campaign featuring peop