roads had to close in marin city the worst is yet to come. today the highest tide of the year is expected to hit, it is part of a phenomenon called king tide, 7.2 feet is expected near the golden gate bridge, more than 9 china feet near redwood city. amy hollyfield -- 9 1/2 feet near redwood city. amy hollyfield will join us live with how residents are preparing. >> mike will have more on the king tides as well. right now he's going to address the cold. >>> king tide 10:34 this morning so be aware of that. visibility-wise a little fog around orinda, possibility moraga also novato, everybody else okay under a mostly clear sky. 30s and 40s, don't have much of a breeze,. north wet wind six at fairfield, east wind at eight at half moon bay and southwest wind at three at sfo fastest winds east wind at three at hayward. 30s inland at 7:00, low to mid 40s coast and bay, flirting with 50 mostly sunny sky at noon, low to mid 50s by 4:00, chilly this evening. mid to upper 40s. for the next couple of days settled pattern light rain system one tomorrow a

live in marin city, abc 7 news. >> thank you. it's a fascinating phenomenon.en is the next king tide going to happen? sandhya patel is here to answer the question for us. >> yes. it's going to happen in the morning. today's high tide was just over seven feet. tomorrow, it's higher. the king tides highest tides of the year, we have two more coming up thursday, which is tomorrow, just over seven feet, 10:34 in the morning. friday going to be seven feet at 11:24 in the morning so watch out. low lying areas, coastal areas could see flooding. other concern is we're heading into a cold night z we'll see the phone shall for frost. p show how cold it's going to get and we'll talk about more rain coming in the forecast in just a few perhaps an off duty officer breaking the law? those questions after a police sargeant posted a video online. it shows a wild ride through san francisco broadway tunnel. the video posted on the facebook page of sargeant carl t who wrote on that page, quote, 100 miles per hour in the labo. and sf reports he commented that he and his friends q

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in the southern portion of marin county, north 101 reverse commute direction between sausalito, marin cityugh mill valley into cortamadera, several lanes blocked massive repaving project today northbound. ramp 280 to southbound 101 in san francisco should be closed for another 10 minutes. big rig hit live power lines in san leandro, fairmont drive avoid that between 580 and lake chabot, take castro valley boulevard to lake chabot to avoid that. >>> today is the final day forbidders interested in taking over what is left of hostess to step forward. so far 160 companies have expressed interest. it had facilities across the country including oakland. hostess used employee pension wages to stay afloat as it sank towards bankruptcy, not clear how much money was taken out. >>> starbucks -- [ unintelligible ] >>> a pacemaker for the brain scie >>> new starbucks card is hot. the card that originally sold for $450 is going for more than $1,000 on ebay. the limited edition comes preloaded with $4 for use in starbucks stores, starbucks is making only -- 5,000 available. i sometimes give coffee cards,

yesterday's tide did do some flooding places like marin city, where they experienced water on the biketrails, water in parking lots and on some streets. king tides happen once a month. because of big winter storms in the gulf of alaska we are seeing impact this month. residents in sausalito's waldo point harbor say they usually know what to expect but even they were a little surprised. >> usually it comes to here where we are now. really high one will go halfway across the road. >> reporter: you will see a little more water coming to shore today the peak is expected at 11:30. the weather is supposed to be nice today so the tide won't have anything fueling it along we are lucky this didn't happen last week when it was raining. king tides are expected to last through saturday. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> classes will go on schedule at cal-state fullerton after a search put the school on lock down it was lifted 12:30 this morning s.w.a.t. teams surrounded the business school buildings after a man suspected in two robberies ran in. most students received text alerts telling them to shel

. >> an unusually high tide is causing some street flooding in marin city. >> it's only expected to get worse.> let's check in now with spencer christian for the latest. >> rain is on the way. it's notwujhj here yet. we're precipitation-free but not far to the north up around eureka, we've got a large mass of moisture and some cases of heavy down pours moving into our direction. we'll start at 7:00 this evening. we'll see clouds thickening and perhaps the first wave of rain will have arrived by that time in the northern most part of sonoma county. you'll notice to about midnight, you'll see rain sweeping through the bay area, this front will keep sweeping through and be trailed by showers, some will be widely scattered showers, some, more organized meaning possibly a wet commute in the morning at 5:00 in the morn. so you can see here, rain is evening event, overni

that could mean trouble for beaches and low-lying areas, places like marin city near richardson bay. more from heather ishimaru. >> bike path known as bay trail lived up on to its name it was more bay than trail. she couldn't make it through a larkspur ferry and have to turn around. >> i had no idea it was that bad. >> caltrans tried to direct people around the flooding but nothing could be done for cars left all day at the park and ride. businesses along a narrow strip of land became an island for a few hours. they are less worried about flooding than lost customers. >> the trees are still above the water. >> he has looked at the highest prediction for tomorrow morning and figures he has got an inch to spare. >> it's going to be okay. >> the king tides happen once a month when the sun and moon is a lined but next few days will be the highest tides of year because they coincide with big winter storms in the gulf of alaska. waldo point harbor thought they knew what was coming with the king tide. >> usually when the tide gets high it comes out here but a half one will go across the roa

these are from marin city where there was flooding they saw flooding on bike trails, parking lots up to the doorsteps of some businesses. today is expected to be the peak. king tides happen when the sun and moon align to the gravitational pull brings more water on to the shore. people knew it was happening but still surprised by the amount of water. >> there was flooding, i had no idea it was that bad. >> how long have you been riding here? >> i right everyday or try. [ inaudible ] >> have you ever seen this king tide before? >> not this way, no. >> reporter: she gave up and riding through that area yesterday. the highest tides of the year are expected today. the peak is expected to happen this morning. they are not thinking there is going to be huge problems just flooding, that you will be able to make your way around. caltrans will be out in the various areas known to flood to help people get around. the king tides will last through saturday. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 6:03. cal-state fullerton announced this morning classes will go on as schedule even though the campus was loc

we're live in marin city with the story. hi, heather. >> hi, dan. we're along highway 1. at highway 101 this morning. this intersection was completely submerged with high tide at 9:45 but as tides do it went back out. with extreme low tide, expected just about a half hour from now. >> the highway one stintson beach exit was closed. and it was up to individual bikers to decide whether to risk the water logged bay trail. water levels rose dangerously high on cars left at the park and ride under 101. there used to water creeping up and back here, but this is higher than the usual high. king tides happen once a month when the sun and moon pulls are lined but these high tides are the highest of the year. the king tide coincide was big winter storms. water levels in some areas will be 10 feet above normal. they do recede quickly. with extreme low tides as well. sebastian figures his trees will not float away. he's looked up high tide predictions and planning accordingly. >> trees are still a foot above the water. i'm from holland and i know about water management. >> he is from

doppler showing heavy rainfall offshore, so watch out marin county. in the city of san francisco, half-moon bay, all the way north to santa rosa. it's going to pick up this evening and everybody gets the heavy rain overnight tonight. pretty rough driving for lunch tomorrow. and we'll see you back here in a half hour. until then our news updates are on cbssf.com. good night. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> tonight, strike three for the west coast after a pounding by two back-to-back storms, northern california residents are bracing for storm number three. carter evans is there. north korea says it will testifier a new long-range rocket within the next three weeks. anna werner has u.s. reaction to the latest threat. a dilemma for the baseball hall of fame. should

marin coast, san francisco we had reports of rain picking up there. see around i know kentfield is up to a quarter inch of rain. and right there. move into the city marin head land and also toward sunset district. we'll talk more about this coming up shortly. here is tara. >>> you can take a look here at highway 24. we do have an accident to report here westbound. this is upper -- this is happy valley road exit. major damage a solo vehicle spinout. be careful of the wet roadways. up next you have a look at the san mateo bridge. traffic is doing well here in both directions and it's pretty dry. 5:31 let's head back to the desk. >>> right now police in berkeley are clearing a crime scene next to a middle school where a bicyclist was shot to death last night. ktvu alex savidge is there. he's outside long fellow middle school so what do you know? >> reporter: just a couple minutes ago they took down the crime scene tape so this investigation has wrapped up here on sacramento street. this man was riding a bike was shot and killed. it happened on the sidewalk. this is as you can see right outside of long fellow middle school here in berkeley. lieutenan

the 415 area code covers marin county and daly city and brisbane, but it is expected to run out of unique numbers by 2015. that means a new area code will be introduced, 628. public meetings on this change will begin in january. the -- >>> the city of san jose may get rid of styrofoam takeout boxes. the plan is expected to be discussed early next year. the ban riel likely start in -- the ban will likely start in january of 2014. oakland, san francisco, pal lealto and san mateo counties ban the containers. >>> raider nation, this is your time. e-mail fan photos to kgo-tv.com and we will post those pictures at abc7news.com and show them on the air during our special raiders day edition of abc7 news at 4:00. that's this coming thursday. and then at 5:00 watch the game. payton man expght denver broncos taking on your silver and black right here on abc7. >> and let's talk more football. >> a little college football and wearing your cardinal colors. the stamps are celebrating new year's eve in pasadena because they have a date the next day in the rose bowl. the cardinal pack torr the pack 12 --

the 415 area code covers marin county and daly city and brisbane, but it is expected to run out of unique numbers by 2015. that means a new area code will be introduced, 628. public meetings on this change will begin in january. the -- >>> the city of san jose may get rid of styrofoam takeout boxes. the plan is expected to be discussed early next year. the ban riel likely start in -- the ban will likely start in january of 2014. oakland, san francisco, pal lealto and san mateo counties ban the containers. >>> raider nation, this is your time. e-mail fan photos to kgo-tv.com and we will post those pictures at abc7news.com and show them on the air during our special raiders day edition of abc7 news at 4:00. that's this coming thursday. and then at 5:00 watch the game. payton man expght denver broncos taking on your silver and black right here on abc7. >> and let's talk more football. >> a little college football and wearing your cardinal colors. the stamps are celebrating new year's eve in pasadena because they have a date the next day in the rose bowl. the cardinal pack torr the pack 12 --

the 415 area code covers marin county and daly city and brisbane, but it is expected to run out of uniquenumbers by 2015. that means a new area code will be introduced, 628. public meetings on this change will begin in january. the -- city of jose may get rid of styrofoam takeout boxes. the plan is expected to be discussed early next year. the ban riel likely start in -- the ban will likely start in january of 2014. oakland, san francisco, pal lealto and san mateo counties ban the containers. >>> raider nation, this is your time. e-mail fan photos to kgo-tv.com and we will post those pictures atand show tbc7nm and show them on the air during our special raiders day edition of abc7 news at 4:00. that's this coming thursday. and then at 5:00 watch the game. payton man expght denver broncos taking on your silver and black right here on abc7. >> and let's talk more football. >> a little college football and wearing your cardinal colors. the stamps are celebrating new year's eve in pasadena because they have a date the next day in the rose bowl. the cardinal pack torr the pack 12 -- capture th

marines first bombarded the city and as time goes on the number of babies being born with congenital defects continues to rise significantly and according to the study between two thousand and seven and two thousand and ten nearly sixty percent of all babies recorded had birth defects and it looks like there is a link between the time military assault began and the number of babies that are miscarried at during this time that the number of miscarriage miscarriages rises drastically forty five percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage and the scientists also todd harris ambles from children with birth defects and fifty six flu shot families and what they found is that the toxic chemicals of mercury and lead were found to be five times higher in these children and the effects are devastating your looking at babies born with severe birth defects and the flu should general hospital but we may and august two thousand and ten the most common abnormalities include congenital heart defects neural tube defects and facial cleft dating now this study is just one of many that links military assa

. >>> next month, a gun buyback event will be held in marin county. city leaders there are trying to raise the money for this event. this follows similar gun buy backs in oakland and san francisco where almost 600 guns were turned in this exchange for $200 each. the marin county event is january 15th. >>> there is an extra sense of security at one elementary school in stanislaus county. mup at 7:23, how -- coming up at 7:23, how the tragic events inspired this marin to take action in his community. >>> house speaker john boehner's plan-b will go to a vote in a few hours. kyla campbell has more. >> reporter: president obama says the republicans simply just don't want to say yes to him. he and house speaker john and -- he and house speaker john boehner appeared to get closer to a deal yesterday. but then we saw how far they were. they will vote on plan-b today to vote on those making more than $100 a year, raise taxes on. president obama says $400,000. >> take the deal. >> reporter: even if plan-b passes the house vote today, president obama says he will vet

now they will reconfigure southbound lanes to four, two northbound a few cars headed into the city from marin light at the bay bridge obviously no metering lights and no problems upper deck. heading out now, 580 up and over the altamont highway 4 out of antioch east shore freeway from the carquinez to the maze less than 20 minutes. >>> new details just in i-5 closed to all northbound traffic north of reading, we have learned that as as 75 vehicles were involved in that massive pile-up that closed i-5 more than 10 hours, it started when a big rig slammed into the median near hornbrook north of yreka, 6:30 last night that triggered a chain reaction pile-up that stretched more than two miles, 16 injured, seven taken to the hospital. people stuck are being bused to shelters an hour and a half south of the crash tow trucks lined the freeway to haul away cars the area remains a winter advisory. >>> oakland firefighters investigating early morning blaze nascent a security guard to the hospital the fire started around midnight in a pick-up truck near railroad and clara street, the flames spread to ne

some people in the 415 area code may have a new area code, it covers san francisco, marin and parts of brisbane and daly city it is expected to run out of numbers by 2015 a new area code 628 will be introduced. meetings on that change start next month. >>> google maps back on top of the apple apps world this morning it returned to the itune store this morning capturing the top spot for free iphone apps, nearly three months after apple kicked google maps out and replaced it with apple's own mapping app which was ridiculed for wrong or missing information. google maps gives you turn by turn directions and works with the ipad. >>> welcome back. >> turn right, sunshine ahead. >>> someone trying to find baseball fields on the weekend that would be nice. we have today not going to stay long several storms coming our 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 mo

some people in the 415 area code may have a new area code, it covers san francisco, marin and parts of brisbane and daly cityis expected to run out of numbers by 2015 a new area code 628 will be introduced. meetings on that change start next month. >>> google maps back on top of the apple apps world this morning it returned to the itune store this morning capturing the top spot for free iphone apps, nearly three months after apple kicked google maps out and replaced it with apple's own mapping app which was ridiculed for wrong or missing information. google maps gives you turn by turn directions and works with the ipad. >>> welcome back. >> turn right, sunshine ahead. >>> someone trying to find baseball fields on the weekend that would be nice. we have today not going to stay long several storms coming our 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

marin county. and to the coast. da daly city, and also towards san francisco more. that will be pressing towards the peninsula. as reticulated the satellite and radar it is we will get clipped with all of this rainfall as it presses itself. where we could see drier conditions coming up this weekend. >> catherine: in other news.two people are dead. one of them a child - after police say they were swept off some rocks near the marin headlands. this is video from sky 7 h- d. three adults had been fishing under the golden gate bridge. one of them managed to swim to shore to get help. the coast guard and the tiburon fire department found the child and the second adult under the bridge and couldn't resuscitate them. the third adult was treated and released. >> > police are cracking down on people drinking and getting behind the wheel this holiday weekend. this is a look at a d-u-i checkpoint in san rafael. it's one of several that's been set up tonight in the bay area. other spots include redwood city, pacifica, san francisco, mountain view and the san jose area. and if y

the 415 area code currently that covers san francisco, marin county and parts of bay leaf city and brisbaneto run out of unique numbers by 2015. so new area code 628 will soon be introduced. public meetings on the change will begin in january. >>> the average american household spends more than $1,500.00 every year on cell phone service, but there are ways to save. 7 on your side's michael finney and our partners at consumer reports take a look at prepaid options and whether it's the right choice for you. >> good morning. if you are looking to save money on your cell phone bill, consumer reports says a prepaid plan may be your best option. >> it seems like just about everyone is on a smartphone these days. and we are paying big bucks for all that connectivity. >> the average american household spent more than $1,500.00 this year on phones and services. and the biggest spenders easily spent twice that much. >> consumer reports says a prepaid phone plan can be a smart way to save. >> two-thirds of our subscribers who switched to prepaid service knocked $20 or more off their monthly cell servi

closer to the coast, marin, in the city, santa cruz coast and around the bay we could get rain. then one more system on saturday. that is more of a broad brush but looks unsettled once we get to friday and saturday. sunday looks okay. chilly, breezy, patchy fog but partly cloudy, sun, cloud showers, i told people that yesterday. sun, cloud showers, 49 clear lake. 52 concord, walnut creek. danville, pleasanton. warmer by the bay. not a lot but a couple degrees. wood side i went 51, 54daley city and 54 mountain view. temperatures very cool below average. rain friday, very unsettled on saturday. >> thank you steve. it's 7:09. the governor's office said the governor will continue a full work schedule while he receives treatment for cancer. the governor's office announced yesterday that the 74-year-old has early stage prostate cancer. he is being treated at ucsf. the governor did not reveal anything about his cancer when he met with silicon valley ceo's yesterday. >> one would have never known for a moment that there are health issues going on in that 74-year-old body. he was focused

towards redwood city heading towards san jose, sunnyvale and mountain view, american canyon, vallejo across 80, benicia, hercules, el cerrito heading towards pleasant hill, walnut creek, across marin headlands will hit san francisco in 10 minutes already getting a shower from there daly city, south san francisco to pacifica. scattered showers today, low to mid 50s. >>> good morning. past golden gate fields and university avenue, berkeley into emeryville, getting a little busy 80 westbound still moving nicely into the macarthur maze. no delays at the bay bridge toll, wet on the golden gate bridge this morning and light traffic conditions. down three lanes in the southbound direction, two north light week this week traffic wise between christmas sonoma flooding 121, 12 closed at 8th in shellville area due to road being closed and flooded. terry mcsweeney will have an update in a bit. south 101 washington petaluma clearing stages of that accident could be cleared by now. north 680 at mckey, accident in san jose, first reports east al 0 at eden canyon of an accident. -- >>> you just said it, at 121 and 12 still impassable. terry mcsweeney is there with more on when the intersection mi

towards foster city looking good towards marin county. >> 4:34. developing news police and a green beret are looking for a suspect and greenbraea... jackie ? >> i can tell you that what started out as a suspected drunken driver is now a search and rescue in corata deathmadera and the ross police chief they pulled over a suspected drunk driver and as they talked to him, they started talking to him. he bolted away, jumped a fence, and he went into the creek. it is quite swollen with the amount of rainfall. at that point, they had the flashlights and watched him. they had him and that they lost sight. however, it is now turning into research and rescue. they have even brought out the southern marin county water rescue unit they do not know if he is still in the creek, or if he got out, or if he drowned. this search will continue, and obviously, what a initially was a suspected d.u.i. >> it looks like that part of that lane or road has been lost? >> it looks like it is not impacting traffic right now. >> thank you. >> the 49ers are fresh off a monster

hotels and manufacturing have also seen improvements and growth is filling into cities like san francisco san mateo and marin counties. >>> let's turn to tara moriarty, because she is following an accident in the east bay, tara? >>> that's right, the rain is taking a toll on the commute and cars are so slippery they are slipping all over the place. if we take a look at our maps, we can zoom in on the area at lead san county lane and it causing some congestion in the opposite of the commute. you can see traffic is flowing pretty well and we had expected those metering lights to be going on and you are in luck because a lot of people have the day off. we can see 280 traffic in san jose is flowing nicely in both directions, here is mark. >>> we are looking out towards san francisco with some clouds testimony right now on live storm tracker you can't see the coverage and it looks like the bulk of the activity am focused on the southern parts of the region but in parts of the north bay. it is beginning to weaken must in parts, we'll move to maps and show you activities you can't see here and this is moving rapidl

there for those that were left for us. 215 days we threw ourselves that the city at headquarters 100 meters away the marines read our reports and a past bias without noticing any one. i go into that with the book afterlife of chasing endangerment to a certain extent the uncertainty fascinated me as did my environment so the book ends up being about our landscape and how we perceive it as fascinating in their use and overtime it changes. stone, ellwood, rocks, water going from the unknown of curiosity to being a threat. and the natural defiance of us whizzing our lives in defiance of mortality from childhood to our elder years where we become the archive. to this thing that holds so much of what we have lost. memory survives. with enough memory the afterlife of so much. thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. also think you to the organizers of miami book fair. when i started to write my book i did not expect i would be seated on a panel with these gentlemen. we have heard so far is a lot of war stories represent the need to explain. why was there and help us to admit -- an outpost for there should not have

the 415 area code currently that covers san francisco, marin county and parts of bay leaf city and brisbane run out of unique numbers by 2015. so new area code 628 will soon be introduced. public meetings on the change will begin in january. >>> the average american household spends more than $1,500.00 every year on cell phone service but there are ways to save. 7 on your side's michael finney and our partners at consumer reports take a look at prepaid options and whether it's the right choice for you. >> good morning. if you are looking to save money on your cell phone bill, consumer reports says a prepaid plan may be your best option. >> it seems like just about everyone is on a smartphone these days. and we are paying big bucks for all that connectivity. >> the average american household spent more than $1,500.00 this year on phones and services. and the biggest spenders easily spent twice that much. >> consumer reports says a prepaid phone plan can be a smart way to save. >> two-thirds of our subscribers who switched to prepaid service knocked $20 or more off their monthly cell service

cities in india. >>> a former marine spent more than four months at a mexican prison is free and heading home to florida. john hammer locked up in august on weapons charges. his family says he was physically abused in custody. threatened. chained to a bed, and never saw a judge. u.s. lawmakers and diplomats got involved on hammer's behalf and convinced mexican authorities to release him. >>> we'll talk more than in a moment. first a serious subject. this hour we take a tough look at the gun control debate and how much mental health may play a role, and if we can identify the next shooter before he takes a shot. first, we'd like to take a moment. a reminder of what is at stake here. today marked the final three funerals of the victims of the newtown, connecticut, shooting, and we've already buried six educators and 17 children. people stolen from their friends, from their family, from all of us. this is ana grace marquez, marquez-greene who loved to count and sing. josephine grace gay, who just celebrated her seventh birthday, and emilie alice parker, who was bright, creative and very loving. so let's ha

cities in india. >>> a former marine spent more than four months at a mexican prison is free and heading home to florida. john hammer locked up in august on weapons charges. his family says he was physically abused in custody. threatened. chained to a bed, and never saw a judge. u.s. lawmakers and diplomats got involved on hammer's behalf and convinced mexican authorities to release him. woo will take a tough look at the gun control debate. first, a moment. a reminder of what is at stake. today mark the final three funerals. this is anna marquez-greenee, and emilie, who was bright and loving. josephine grace gay, who just celebrated her seventh birthday, and emilie alice parker, who was bright, creative and very loving. so let's have a conversation. it will probably make you angry. now, being angry is not a bad thing. it means this matters to you. gun control, in fact, that phrase alone may enrage some people. how about gun rights? this is one of those topics that we should all be riled up about on both sides of this argument. it means that you're invested if you get riled up. listen, we need to be. we

if you are coming into the city, a little heavier northbound into marin. more to come on abc7 news. >> all right. this is a really strange one. police in three states are sorting through a plot to kill justin bieber. authorities in new mexico say convicted killer dana martin orchestrated this plot from his prison cell. he then enlisted a former prison bud scbe his nephew to strangle two acquaintances of martin's and then head to new york to kill bieber. martin was angry at bieber because he had written the singer several times without a response. martin was infatuated with the pop star, tattoo tooing an image of beeb or his leg. >> completly bizarre. many of your favorite stars woke up to a golden phone call. >> that's the kind you don't mind. one singer makes his permanent mark in hollywood. >> reporter: the hollywood awards races is on. the golden globe nominations were announced this morning. there is fierce competition. >> best motion picture drama... argo, jango unchained, life of pi, lincoln, zero dark 30y. >> jessica alba, megan fox and ed helms mad

cities in india. >>> a former marine spent more than four months at a mexican prison is free and helding home to florida. john hammer locked up in august on weapons charges. his family says he was physically abused in custody. threatened. chained to a bed, and never saw a judge. u.s. lawmakers and diplomats got involved on hammer's behalf and convinced mexican authorities to release him. >>> here's what we're also working on for you tonight -- >>> more guns? the nra's school massacre prevention clan. you laugh, but some say it's a good idea. really? >>> and ponder this -- with the connecticut school shooting would vo been different if the gunman wasn't white? >> 70% of these mass shootings have been white men. >> we talk to the man who says it's time to think about profiling white guys. >>> and, we're here! no rapture. no giant asteroid. was it all an apocalyptic lie? we have a family who's prepared for the end for decades. >>> fired for being too pretty. >> in the best interests for everybody. our side of it, we disagree. >> i don't know about you, but i'm calling off, too handsome for work tomorrow. >

moderate rain in the southern sections of marin from san rafael, tiburon towards san francisco, daly city. heavier rains for the morning commute. it is going to get harder to get around over the next hour. >>> raining at the bay bridge, you bet. you can see headlights, light coming into the about now, wet conditions, no wind advisories, that's the nice news traveling into the city on the bridges or elsewhere skyline build "sig alert" issued, downed tree blocking both lanes, going to be a bit for calf trance gets that cleared. injury accident westbound 580 before lake shore, two right lanes blocked. >>> 5:01. with this latest storm crews are looking out for for waterlogged trees that could fall in larkspur many crews have been working nonstop since the weekend trying to protect homes. friday massive oak fell on a woman's home in ross splitting her roof in two, luckily she wasn't hurt but her home of 60 years suffered major damage. terry mcsweeney will have a live report from cortamadera with more storm watch coverage in 30 minutes. >>> similar scene in san mateo, the rain soaked soil prove

marine sanctuaries. let's take a look at a google earth map. this is a view of san francisco looking north across the city to the west, off the marin coast is the gulf of the farallones national marine sanctuary seen herer in green. it covers more than 1200 square miles of ocean and includes the farallon islands and the waters around point rays. to the north is the cordell bank national marine sanctuary which includes more than 500 square nautical miles. now, under the proposed expansion the cordell sanctuary would be more than doubled in size, as would the farallones sanctuary which would be extended north to point arena in mendocino county. if approved the expanded sanctuaries would include more than 50 miles of coastline and protect more than 4500 square miles of ocean. northern california representative lynn woolsey has been pushing for the expansions for nearly a decade. >> this area is a national treasure. it needs and it deserves permanent protection from oil and gas exploration. >> now, the expansions aren't a done deal. there will be a public comment period, starting in january, that could last u

recognized best management practices, blue and gold peer frean marine terminal and pier 49 were the first facilities certified clean and green by the city and county department of the environment. pier 41 is located in the heart of fisherman's whaf and is determine in about for the blue and gold vessels and ferries from tub bureau ron and sauce leet toe and angel likelihood dock at pier 41 and americanners can arrive from one distinguish nation and seemlessly transfer to a ferry for another and at peer 41 vessels can dock simultaneously and ensures that vessels depend and arrive on time shively and efficiently and this is important as a lot of passengers rely on the vessels for work. and there is an under ground 10,000-gallon fuel contagious critical in an emergency as we are able to store fuel there for ten days of continuous prayings in 2012, peer 41 is expected to generate $8.2 million in sails and $65 million in rent to the port. blue and gold excursion and rocket boat services operate from pier 39 and there are four births at pier 39 which can be used for some of the smaller vessels $622,000 will be paid to the worth port from reve

recognized best management practices, blue and gold peer frean marine terminal and pier 49 were the first facilities certified clean and green by the city and county department of the environment. pier 41 is located in the heart of fisherman's whaf and is determine in about for the blue and gold vessels and ferries from tub bureau ron and sauce leet toe and angel likelihood dock at pier 41 and americanners can arrive from one distinguish

it happened early this morning in the city of ross near the college of marin. police made a traffic stop for possible dui but the driver took off on foo foot. officers chased him along the canal until they saw him jump in. search this morning produced no sign of him. police don't know if that means the man is dead or if he escaped alive. >> well in the east bay down trees and mud slides prompted road closure and crew in full clean up mode while still dry. nick smith has the story. >>reporter: the ground already saturate from previous rain was no match for the weight and pressure of the rock and vegetation that until now called this hillside home. the massive stone some weighing hundreds of pounds and deeply routed tree were his pulled from their foundation and hang precariously across the stretch of pine hurt road in contra costa county forcing highway patrol to close sections to cars until road crew could remove the debris. >> in the oakland hills a tree came crashing down without any warning. >> just see the tree come down and my heart just sank. >>reporter:

golden gate bridge traffic very light out of marin county into san francisco. now, speaking of city in san francisco, labors are still blocked on essex at folsom. also affecting access to the eastbound side of the bay bridge. trying to get on the skyway from essex you can't do that until they clear the vehicle that took out a fire hydrant. cate caugiran will have more details into few minutes from the scene. use 1st as an alternate to access the bay bridge. westbound 580 at airway blocking lanes, slow anyway through the altamont pass. >>> 5:49. lawyers for samsung and apple will be back in a san jose federal courtroom today. samsung would like the court to overturn a $1 billion jury verdict in a patent case that determined samsung ripped off apple's iphone and ipad designs. apple on the other hand is hoping to add another half billion dollars to the award. stay tuned. >>> here's a change. apple plans to start producing some products here at home. ceo tim cook just announced one of the company's existing lines of mac computers will actually be made in the united states. no word on ex

city. southbound 1 01 is looking good coming out of marin county. visibility is clear on the span. dense fog is reported in the north bay. dry with extra caution and be careful of cars in front of you. we may still has the roadway closers southbound 1 01 right where it meets highway 92. the road work was supposed to be picked up at 6:00 and could still be on going. no issues with interstate 280 and southbound 1 01 looks good coming out of nevada. overall pretty good driver on the bay area as we take it over to the east shore freeway. the green indicates speeds over 50 mi. an hour. >> daily parking fees at bart stations could rise sound. are wants to raise their rates based on demand. and the pocket lots are almost full you get likely pay more. at the airline is now open you could pay less. are want to use the extra revenues so aching keep writing fares down repair the lives and for security. bart was your opinion. riders can take a survey on their website. military veterans who are interested in working for the transit system will not have an advantage in the hiring process. bart b

city. >>> a search and rescue operation will resume in marin county and what happened just

city of san francisco. right side of the screen towards marin county. stay with us.the british government issued a fine against adele for her baby boy. shea apparently forgot to register her child. he has to be registered within 42 days of birth.2li  it's been reportedly 51 days since she had her son. the name hasn't been made public yet. a rep says the singer has no comment regarding the fine. >> it's a good day to be beyonce skpcht james bond does it again. >> tony cabrerra has more with today's report. >> monsters, not even one of the sexiest men alive were a matchv2mzx for 007 over the weekend. >> $11 nillin, rise of the gardens claim in a close second. gerard butler playing for keeps opening 6th. beyonce can put just about any just scoring a $50 million deal with pepsi including commercials and a limited edition soda can. the collaboration will promote her creative projects inclurding a new album out next year. >> toni braxton spent the weekend in the hospital for issues related to blood clots. she tweeted just happy to be home. here is the latest on your favor

the tell light heading out towards foster city and southbound 101 the golden gate bridge is fine coming out of marinnty. >> speaking of marin county let us take a look on our traffic maps. green on the center's indicates speeds over 50 mi. per hour. the drive is 23 minutes of novato into the city. >> it all is well for the bayshore freeway interstate 280. no delays westbound coming across the dumbarton bridge. >> thank you erica. >> the time is 4:49. >> a new study confirms that a huge asteroid will safely past by kurds in 2014. >> new observations astronomers complete confidence that the 4 1/6 ft. wide space rock will not hit the earth when it passes by in 28 years. >> with the asteroid was discovered last year, said it had a one and five under chance of hitting our planet. >> astronomers confirm that the asteroid would not want the plan by using a deny nor telescope in october. >> bring biologists are trying to figure out how to help a 30 ft. whale that washed up onto a new york city beach. >> biologists say is a mail sent whale the second- largest well species. >> is alive but looks to be injured