. >> larkspur ferry riders will have a new run to handle a agreeing number of morning commuters. officialses say 6,000 riders travel between san francisco and larkspur on certain days of the week and some rides sell out. >>> someone in the bay area matched five numbers in the power bawl to win $14 million. it was sold in the buchanan smoke shop in antioch. the store revs a $7,000 prize for selling the winning ticket. no one matched the powerball so wednesday's drying will be worth 317 million. >>> coming up next at 6:00, could rain bring an end to dry weather? meteorologist drew tuma has the forecast. >> the 49ers will host super bowl l next year at levi stadium. and i taught up with dwight what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus for a

. >> larkspur ferry riders will have a new run to handle a agreeing number of morning commuters. officialses say 6,000 riders travel between san francisco and larkspur on certain days of the week and some rides sell out. >>> someone in the bay area matched five numbers in the power bawl to win $14 million. it was sold in the buchanan smoke shop in antioch. the store revs a $7,000 prize for selling the winning ticket. no one matched the powerball so wednesday's drying will be worth 317 million. >>> coming up next at 6:00, could rain bring an end to dry weather? meteorologist drew tuma has the forecast. >> the 49ers will host super bowl l next year at levi stadium. and i taught up with dwight you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing. introducing the sleep number bed with sleepiq™ technology. it tracks your sleep and tells you how to adjust for a good better and an awesome night. the difference? try adjusting up or down you

amy hollyfield is at the larkspur ferry terminal. >> right now it seem like it is a well kept secret. people who are used to fighting for seats on the ferry had their choice of seats. >> who wouldn't want do take in these views while someone else drives you to work? it turns out the north bay is on board with the form of travel and has created a crowding problem. >> the 7:50 and 8:20 are packed and i have been bumped because they only take so many bicycles. >> transportation officials here you and have added an 8:40 right from larkspur to san francisco between the included 8:20 and the too late for most people 9 15. >> i love it. i have been hearing about this route for a while and i was so excited and i thoughts finally a good time to get to work. >> it is great for commuters because the ferry is always packed. good job. >> we heard enthusiasm but did not quite see it. look at the crowd at 8:20 this morning and then look at the new 8:40. only about 50 people showed up for a ferry that can hold 400. the commuters are not worried saying it is only a matter of type. >> it will pick up a

meteorologist paul deanno is live in larkspur. we are looking at a chance of showers this weekend. >> reporter: yeah. we don't really want the wind but we want the rainfall. the wind has arrived first. it's still sunny near marin county. but the winds have been gusting all morning long now into the afternoon and likely will stay elevated through the evening. over to the weather maps: special had this is nothing compared to a couple of days before new year's and that storm that hit us three weeks ago but it's enough to bring down trees and power lines and may do so throughout the evening and overnight. where the rainfall? it's still sunny. we are dry here but notice a few showers and thunderstorms over the central valley. and i really want to highlight the wonderful news going on in our higher elevations in the sierra right now. that blue that you see on your television screen, that's snowfall! it is the first significant snowfall of 2015. it's almost march. and we're talking about the first widespread snowfall in the sierra. it is

the view from larkspur landing looking into the bay, it is a beautiful view out here but it has beendy in marin all day long. wind gusts up to 30 or 35 miles per hour. the wound now relaxing now that the sun has gone down. want to show you the radar because we see mainly dry conditions here but look up to the north. in the central valley, we have showers and a few thunderstorms. look over the sierra. for the first time this calendar year, we will see several inches of snow in the mountains. but our local weather story today was the wind. a 44-mile-per-hour wind gust at both sfo as well as ocean beach. at oakland airport 39 miles per hour. hayward 32 miles per hour. napa and livermore in excess of 30 miles per hour today. so a windy friday as low pressure approaches. the berkeley hills you were one of the spots getting it today as well the strong winds impacted you. video from earlier today where we saw gusty winds in the hymns. a windy day in upper rockridge on you friday. morgan hill 68. concord 65. oakland 64. san francisco today high of 58 degrees. so high pressure has moved out.

amy hollyfield is at the larkspur ferry terminal with the details. >> if you missed 8:20 ferry in larkspur or if it is too crowded you have another option. though are adding an 8:40 ferry because demand is so high that the three ferries that depart during the peak hours always sell out and the backup buses they added are very crowded. officials decided to try this, a how ferry trip that is definitely needed. >> it is included. they are. not so much our time because we have the bus in the morning but it is always the same but the ferries are getting more and more packed. >> they will cancel the everflow -- overflow buses holding 448 passengers on the ferry. they try it for nine months and reevaluate. >>> thanks amy. a former stanford swimmer accused of raping a drunk woman on campus is expected in court. two bicyclist saw brock turner on top of an unconscious woman in a field and turn are tried to run away but they chased him down and held him until the police arrived. turner and the woman said they were drinking at a party. turner said he was trying to "hookup." he will be arraigned on fel

it will leave larkspur at 8:30. the goal is to reduce crowding.w trip could attract 100 new passengers and also bring in an extra 120,000 for the golden gate ferry. the new time slot will be tested over the next nine months and depending upon how well it works, officials say this could become permanent. >>> somebody is gonna be smiling. a lottery ticket worth $1.4 million was sold at a store in antioch. buchanan smoke shop sold the lucky ticket. it matched five of the six numbers in saturday's powerball drawing. the numbers are 5, 11, 16, 26, 50. the powerball number is 34. but the winning ticket from an tip okay, it didn't -- antioch, it didn't match that number. no one matched all six numbers. so the jackpot for wednesday is about $317 million. >>> 7:44. new this morning, about three hours ago, punxsutawney phil. groundhog, made his prediction on this weather day. >> yes. a shadow i see. six more weeks of winter. >> that's what you wanted to hear. don't mess with phil. thousands were watching the famous groundhog as he was lift out of his layer.

his parents took him to a larkspur doctors office to get his first round of shots. >> this is one year since the end of treatment. and most of the recurrences for leukemia happen when the first year. and he is still cancer free. so this is another milestone from being sick. >> reht will get more shots in the coming weeks. >>> she looks like a sweet grandma, but this woman is an international jewel thief. and tonight, she was just caught checking out a bay area jewelry store. >> is this mini van apple's next big thing? what we are learning about project titan tonight. >> and admit it. you have done this. if you can't put your phone down, tonight, there's a new app ♪ food is more than just a meal. ♪ food is love. at monsanto, we believe everyone deserves a healthy, balanced meal. and a future that sustains us all. it's time for a bigger discussion about food. be part of the conversation at discover.monsanto.com >> well, she may be in her 08s but she is also a notorious jewel thief who is known worldwide as ryan takeo shows us. it looks like she has her sights set on the bay area. >> beca

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southbound 101 has tail lights pushing to san rafael and 580 and larkspur through the waldo and overonder if there is anything beyond the tolls. i will find out. >>> it is now 6:31. we have broking news in marin county crews are searching for a missing san francisco man on a mount tamalpais trail. the 33-year-old nathan wilson was running on the trail yesterday and his fiance reported him missing at 2:00 a.m. and a park ranger says there are a lot of places to get lost. >> san jose police want you to take a good look at instead in hopes of fining the suspect would shot and killed a security guard over a box of cheap cigars . matt? >> yes, police have that surveillance video and it shows exactly what took place in the liquor store mops before the shooting. check it out, the group of suspects walk into the liquor store on saturday night. though did not stay long. they left. then a man came back grabbed the cigars and ran out and tripped and family. a security guard, manny zuniga was working at bboss nightclub next door and was standing nearby and was shot and killed when he tried to he

officials say about 6,000 riders travel between san francisco and larkspur on certain days of the weekerries sell out. they say the new ferry run is expected to relieve the crowding and the overflow. lisa argen is here talking about maybe something we haven't seen in a long time. >> yeah. we are looking forward to next thursday and friday coming up pause that's when we should see some rain. but right now a pattern change from the east bay hills camera. 43 in livermore and temperatures are dropping through the 30s right now elsewhere in our east bay valley. certainly chillier to start and a cooler afternoon. we will talk about the week ahead and the rain coming up. >> thank you lisa. also ahead, the warriors use a big second-half burst against the suns to break a two-game losing streak. mike shumann release a devastating avalanche of taste on your tongue. bury yourself in the flavor full of sweet icing and filling. call off the hounds! rescue is unnecessary. pillsbury toaster strudel, the snow day of breakfasts. ring ring! progresso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy chee

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along 101 continuing into larkspur and mill valley you are at top speeds and at the golden gate bridge it is nice and move along but c.h.p. issued high wind advisory for all of our bay area bridges. >>> thank you. tonight at look china's wealthy elite are buying homes in the bay area in record numbers driving up prices. this is a real estate trade show in shanghai where buyers picked homes from video. competition among the realtors in the bay area is stuff and one firm bought a mercedes to take chinese buyers to open houses. this plane to show them the splendors of where we live from high above the bay area. >> they feel that the government here is were more stable and it is a great place to invest and in china you do not have homeownership but extent year lease. >>> our reporter lens what else it takes to get the deals done and that is tonight at abc 7 at 11 o'clock. stay tuned. what's happened to snacking? how did it become absent-mindedly eating one after the next, after the next? so predictable and so unsatisfying? what about pulling up a chair, a stool, a beanbag, and actually tas

in morinne county a damaged transmission line blamed for an outage in one larkspur neighborhood. the street lights are out and homeowners struggling to get by with the lack of power. >> it was a big explosion, then everyone went dark. the lights came on but not all the way. very, very dim. it's hard to read by. we can't turn the computer on. can't cook. can't get warm. >> pg&e pg&e says it's restored power to 99% of bay area customers but the powerful winds blowing back in with the new system are a major safety threat for workers. strong gusts can actually flip the buckets on the utility vehicles and push them into power lines. on friday pg&e ordered all buckets down for safety in two areas friday. >>> here's a look at the danger facing those pg&e crews, a power line in novato fell yesterday at the costco on vintage way. sparked a one-acre fire in the marsh but no one was hurt. >>> expect travel delays throughout the day. that is sfo, a live picture at the airport, heavy wind gusts, low-lying clouds will slow down flights. yesterday the airport instituted ground delays for short