some of that county will skirt through mendocino county.s far as heavy rain goes that is heading up toward the pacific northwest. high pressure is building in. we see it right there. this is a good thing the moisture source is not over us now. we're just on the southern edge of it. they are looking for a lot of rain in the southern edge. once that burns off mid 60s. we will go 66 in san jose. walnut creek 64. santa rosa from 62 to 63. 59 livermore and concord right now. palo alto at 58. santa rosa around 55. it will be that way. a lot of moisture in the air. 45 tahoe. 53 eureka with rain and clouds there. 53 and 52 l.a. and san diego. right up from the hawaiian islands and making a beeline toward seattle and portland. low fogs, drizzle mostly sunny and partly sunny. mid 60s will continue to warm it up into saturday. sunday looks like the warmest day. 70 is possible for not only inland areas but also along the coast. >> thank you, steve. >>> there is good news from the commerce department this morning. the u.s. trade deficit sinked to its lo

northbound 101 in mendocino.estigating an earlier fatal crash and do expect to have that lane of traffic blocked until about 8:00 this morning. a live look at the north bay. this is 101 heading through san rafael. these headlights are moving southbound. right now the drive time from 37 to 580 about 12 minutes. a live look at the east shore freeway. interstate 80 moving along through the berkeley area. roads are starting to dry up and right now the drive time from the carquinez bridge heading westbound towards the maze about 20 minutes. commuting through contra costa county, a live look at walnut creek, traffic moving nicely heading southbound into the san ramon valley. you can go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link for the latest information. jenelle. >> megan, thanks so much. the city of cupertino honoring four teenagers for doing the right thing. in august the four found a white halloween mask and $180. it turns out the cash plus about $40,000 more had been stolen from a bank of america a few minutes

north bay santa rosa, police are investigating an overnight fatal accident at mendocino.ou will find the right lane blocked throughout the morning. jenelle. >> thanks, megan. while the rain is easing up here, weather is causing major problems in southern california and across the west. here's rob nelson. >> the power of rising floodwaters. six straight days of rain were too much for these arizona homes. the water tearing apart the ground beneath until this. four new homes were swept away here. so new residents had yet to move in. in california overnight, the threat of mud slight forced sheriff deputies to evacuate 200 homes in the l.a. foothills. >> we expect major storms wednesday morning to wednesday noon, the likes of which i've heard we haven't seen in ten years. >> the worst yet, keeping rescue crews busy. near san diego, three undocumented workers were rescued after being trapped by high water. three dozen horses were saved from 4 feet of rising water. storm drains overflowed into homes. >> everything got wet. everything. >> this morning the flood warnings are also

for today the rain will be mendocino county noth. the rain line will stall out. areas north of santa rosa may see a few showers. late tomorrow and friday we could see a chance of rain dropping back into the rest of the bay area. today it's patchy fog, hazy sunshine. a few high clouds mainly off to the north. we'll see highs from about 60 and a little warmer southward, upper to mid-50s across the north bay. late tomorrow, increasing clouds and showers, into friday and early saturday. then partly cloudy and cool as we wrap up the weekend. back to you. >> thank you very much, rob. the time now is 6:11. >>> a new law could be coming that could prevent secret government documents from getting leaked in the future. we'll find out how that could work coming up. >>> the founder of wikileaks gets up on a most wanted list. plus find out who wants him assassinated. >>> oakland has big plans for jack london square and they could involve the as. we'll have a live report on that coming up next. >>> gear deli square in p san francisco this morning, always a good time for chocol

mendocino county and lake c ounty. we're in for a couple of days here. that's one forecast model. it may be less, a little more. but it's very bullish. sierra nevada, tahoe will focus ton light snow today, heavy snow and wind tonight and turning colder so winter storm warn something out for him. cloudy, windy, heavy rain, by tonight, only starting off 40s and 50s. we'll go cloudy until about n oon. and then we start to pick up up the wind. rain heavy at times. get where you need to go because it could get really dicey around here. 50s on the temperatures. most of that will be later on this afternoon into tonight t urning much colder with an o ff- and-on showery pattern. it looks like we'll get a break on friday. >>> with that storm moving in later today, crews in mill valley and other prone - -- flood-prone officers. they took advantage of y esterday's dry weather to survey yesterday's work. they did what they could to diminish the risk of slides. >> we actually do tree hazards and take down trees and trains stay in fr

it happened around 1:30 this morning just north of the mendocino avenue overpass. the victim was in the right lane but that is still unclear why the person was on the highway. one lane of traffic had to be closed while officers investigated. the name of the victim has not been released. >>> oakland policeare searching for answers in a gruesome killing of a woman. a bird watcher made the discovery near doo little drive and harbor parkway. the woman was only partially clothed and she had been shot several times and her vote had been slit. there is no word on the victims identity. police are offering a $10,000 reward in this case. >>> oakland police are releasing new information about monday's officer involved shooting. officers were forced to shoot after 19-year-old edwards pointed a gun exactly at them. he was also a member of a violent west oakland street gang who was ready to attack a local gang. >> at the same time we have to balance that with trying to protect the community. we did everything we could from trying to stop these individuals going out and killing i

lake into minute minute mendocino you will take the brunt of this. here is sal. >>> traffic on 80 in berkeley is doing okay. but the north bay and part of the northeast bay wet with the roads and that will effect the morning commute. also the morning drive at the bay bridge toll plaza has been slightly wet come into san francisco. you will be dealing with the wet weather. the wet weather does effect the commute. let's go live to ktvu reporter claudine wong who is in the north bay. you've seen quite a bit of rain up there. >> reporter: we are seeing a steady amount of rain coming down. we are a long highway 101. there are cars driving by. you can see the roads are wet. they have been wet all morning. we've been watching activity in the north bay this is where most of the rain will be falling. we have seen some reports in santa rosa about trees down and a couple of minor spinouts. that is something to keep in mind if you are heading on the road this morning. we are keeping an eye on things. it's a good idea to give yourself some time. take it a little

right now i'm live stormtracker 2, there's not a lot to show you but a few light showers moving into mendocino county. the first thing tomorrow morning you can see temperatures across the region. most areas will be in the 40s. the coolest spot will be in napa at 39 degrees. here's the satellite and radar. we have a few leftover showers this morning. showers up to our north and quite a few clouds in the pacific. we have the possibility of some clouds in the forecast for your tuesday. but still starting up again concord at 44 degrees. our afternoon high around 60 degrees. high pressure returns on tuesday and with that age i pattern and partly cloudy skies. readings in the lower 60s. you can see what happens out of wednesday into thursdays. showers are a good batch wednesday into thursday. here's our forecast model. a nice job showing the rainfall up to the north. not a whole lot to show tomorrow afternoon. then we take this into wednesday and we could have a bite commute wednesday morning from 8:00 until 1 0:00. -- a wet commute wednesday morning from 8:00 until 10:00. antioch is right around 60

the victim was discovered just north of the mendocino avenue overpass. ktvu's claudine wong has been following this story all morning long and joins us live with the latest. claudine? >> reporter: well, good afternoon, heather. we're at the santa rosa police department still trying to get more information from police here. they are in charge of heading up this investigation but at this point they are refusing to make any comment about the case. lots of questions remain u nanswered but it appears from what we have learned that this was not accident -- no accident. the california highway patrol was the first to be called early this morning after a passing driver on highway 101 saw the victim lying in the middle lane just before the guerneville exit in santa rosa. that was just before 2:00 this morning. that driver did what they could to keep other cars from hitting the victim. they stopped and -- in the road and tried it help other people avoid the person in the road. >> reporter: when the highway patrol and emergency responders got there, the victim was s

let's go out to the investigation on 101, mendocino avenue.olice say it was a homicide early this morning. they still are -- they are in the process of opening up that right lane. ktvu will have more on this continuing investigation coming up on the channel 2 news at n oon. moving along and taking a look at the westbound bay bridge as you come up to the pay gates. no major problem there. this morning's drive is okay in san francisco. though it looks like it's a little bit overcast. let's go to mark. >>> hi there, sal. good morning to you. right now, some lingering c louds, even a few spotty light showers across parts of the bay area. that's after the frontal system moved in early this morning. actually woke me up about 1:00, you could still see a few l ingering showers across san francisco moving across the bay. we are heading across the break. those breaks are very important. look what happens on saturday for chris nas day, especially for the afternoon hours. rainfall could be picking up. not only the rainfall but also the wind. so at least e

any chance of showers mainly off to the north of mendocino county. this will spill our way as we head into tuesday. tonight we'll see patchy fog. not a bad night, mostly 40s to 50s overnight. as we head toward tomorrow, temperatures should be similar to today. if you head down to the south coast around places like santa cruz and gilroy, may get close to 70 tomorrow, pretty nice day. moving northward through san jose, low 60s once again. hazy sunshine. places that may run a little cooler out toward the east bay, the low clouds may linger a little bit heading into the afternoon. we'll finish the weekend on a dry note. monday also looks dry. the trend for the second hf of the seven-day forecast looks soggy late next week. rain could get heavy at times, but for now, things are outstandinging for your weekend. >> thank you, rob. >>> we'll be right back with sports and the newest winner of these heisman. did stanford's quarterback pull off an upset? [ mom ] my son only wanted one toy this year. i want a robosan 4000. [ mom ] the one no one could get. toy s

the chp says the victim was struck just north of the mendocino avenue overpass about 1:30 this morning. but investigators say it's not clear if the person was walking along highway 101 or was getting out of a vehicle when it happened. santa rosa police closed the far right lane for a while but now all lanes have reopened. >> governor schwarzenegger has now announced the the $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. these pictures are obviously not the right pictures. we apologize for that but let me tell you about governor schwarzenegger announcing the $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in a vallejo murder that happened in november of last year. police say he was shot several times on cherry street. he was found in a car. they believe he was a victim of an attempted robbery. >> animal control officers are still on the hunt for one of two pitbulls that attacked a woman monday night in her driveway. last night they caught one of the animals. susan was bitten on the back leg and arm while she tried to fight off the dogs. a neighbor finally scared the dogs away.

but the rain, it wants to just play tag with mendocino county. morning commute dry.tly cloudy conditions. rain stays just north of santa rosa. again, just hovering right around far reaches of sonoma county then that's how we will keep your afternoon commute as well under partly cloudy skies. but there is more systems stacked up out there. wait until you see your seven- day forecast. tonight with the clouds into the 30s, into the 40s out of the freezing mark except toward the delta. tomorrow's daytime highs for the first time in 13 days cracking. 60 degrees. outside number will be 63 degrees. by tomorrow night with again that blanket of clouds and very stagnant air, a lot of pollutants. clouded up on thursday. chance of northbound bay showers. leading to a chance of showers by thursday night. rain likely friday and daily chances of rain showers on saturday through tuesday. a very unsettled and uncertain weather forecast. >> great. >> keep trying to nail it down. minute by minute. >> thank you. >> hour by hour. >> i'm just going to get my umbrella. >>> soon fuji brand

seven jobs in the mendocino county sheriff's department were saved yesterday due largely to money seized from illegal pot farms. the more than $250,000 was collected from marijuana busts. the sheriff's office is using that money to offset the cost of overtime. county officials say fees collected from illegal -- from legal marijuana, such as medical marijuana co-opes could also help balance the budget sglchblgt move it or lose it. parents can now take schools to court if they don't offer enough physical education. state law says elementary schools must offer at least 200 minutes of pe every 10 days. in high school the number increases to 400 minutes. >>> new this morning, it is world aids day and oakland and san francisco are two of the many cities around the world lighting up buildings in red. the national coalition of 100 black women will also give out rapid hiv testing tonight at 5:00 in oakland. that event will be held at the allen temple baptist church family life center. hollywood star sharon stone will be in san francisco today to raise awareness for hiv and aids. the oscar-nominat

the chp says the victim was struck just north of the mendocino avenue overpass about 1:30 this morning. but investigors say it's not clear if the person was walking along highway 101 or was getting out of a vehicle when it happened. santa ro police closed the far right la for a while but now all lanes have reopened. >> gernor schwarzenegger has now announced the the $50,0 reward for information leading to an arrest. these pictures are obviously not the right pictures. we apologize for that but let me tell you about governor schwarzenegger announcinthe $50,000 reward for information leading an arrest in a vallejo murder tha happened in november of last year. police say he was shot several times on cherry street. he was found in a car. they believe he was a victim of an attempte robbery. >> animal control officers are still on the hunt for one of two pitbulls that attacked a woman monday night in her driveway. last night they caught one of the animals. susan was bitten on the back leg and arm while she tried to fight off the dogs. a neighbor finally scared the dogs away. animal control o

this is northbound 101 right there on mendocino avenue. so expect delays. expect slight delays if reaching the bay bridge toll plaza. it is a wet start to the morning commute. a little bit of ponding in the middle lanes. overall all not too bad. yesterday not hardly any backup at all. they turned the lights on on the toll plaza. another day for a high wind advisory across the span. keep that in mind. a nice commute commuting time. >>> get your chains if traveling up i-80. hereto's a live look at i-80 at truckee. you can see the big rigs off to the shoulder. chains are required once you reach baxter. right now there are no chain requirements on highway 50. but that could change. >>> 4:33 now. a contra costa county judge ruled six of the suspects in a gang rape outside richmond high school should stand trial; but as robert lyles explains, an unannounced shake-up in the da ranks means a change in the prosecution team before next month's scheduled arraignment. >> this was the most complicated and complex case of my career over 25 years. >> reporter: she says sh

police continuing their investigation at a fatal crash, mendocino. lane is blocked. >> it's 4:32. the governor declared states of emergency in six counties in southern california. right now hundreds of evacuations are in place because of mud slide concerns. residents are expecting hail, thunderstorms and winds of up to 65 mph. experts warn the strong winds could uproot large trees. one woman was driving her pickup cross across stolen creek when her vehicle was simply swept away. >> when she went off the edge, i thought we were going to be doing a body recovery. >> you can see the abandoned vehicle swept away just dangling. this rainy period rivals any they've seen in the last 30 to 40 years. >> here in the bay area, the weather caused sewage spills of that shut down four peninsula beaches. lake shore park are closed until further notice. the rain we got over the weekend caused sewers to overflow. that sent harmful bacteria into the beach water. the stormy weather is also producing potholes on some bay area roads. maintenance workers closed down part

for now the rain is far to the north, mendocino county north. then areas north of santa rosa may see an isolated shower or two. for today it's going to be kind of mild. the afternoon temperatures starting to warm up a little bit. tomorrow into friday here comes the chance of seeing some rain, especially thursday night into friday morning. we'll see rain chances on the increase as we approach the weekend. around east bay and beyond, some 60s showing up. 59 around richmond and 58 in benicia. coming up we'll have a look at your seven-day forecast in a few minutes. back to you. >>> a former oakland athletic gets ready to head across the bay. we'll tell you which former mvp signed with the giants. >>> and a plan for the future. the white house ready to release its plan to slash the budget deficit. >>> reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the east bay" with scott mcgrew, traffic with mike inouye. (announcer) while there are some home disasters you can't avoid, there is one you can. septic system breakdowns affect 1.2 million homes

through the north bay in santa rosa, 101 northbound at mendocino, the right lane is blocked. there conducting an investigation into an earlier fatal crash that happened about 1:40 a.m. this morning. it should be cleared at about 8:00. jenelle? >> thanks, megan. (greenery) hey cheese log. (cheese log) hello centerpiece. (greenery) fruit cake. how are ya? [fruit cake] dry. (greenery) who's the new guy? edible arrangements bouquets, beautiful like flowers, but unforgettably delicious, visit, call, or go to ediblearrangements.com oprah: grammy nominee susan boyle. then, the "america's got talent" 10-year-old phenom, jackie evancho. and we've waited over 30 years >> welcome back. here's a look at sfo where we have 40 minute flight arrival delays. check out our flight tracker at abc7news.com. quieter by the minute. a few showers showing up around the santa cruz mountains and out to the coast there. the heaviest of the weather to our south and off to our east. right now low to mid-50s. this afternoon mid to maybe upper 50s. more rain saturday and sunday. jenelle? >> thanks, mike for

tomorrow morning we'll start to see a little bit of rain move in towards mendocino county, lake county. that's tomorrow morning and by noon or 1:00, that rain begins to move south. look what happened right there. that's tuesday night. so tomorrow morning if you are heading into where you are g oing, work, what have you, on the way home there will be intense rain for about an hour or two and then by late t uesday/wednesday, it's gone. they are looking for more on top of new snow. the most they've seen in this part of the season for 40 years. mostly sunny by noon here, unless some of the fog is o ling -- holding on. 50 to 55. >>> mostly sunny after some of that fog and then cloudy tomorrow with rain in the e vening into early wednesday. then here comes the cold air and breezy wednesday into thursday. but dry friday, okay in the morning and cloudy with rain developing by evening. dave and tori. >> it is 8:12, for the fish time in four days, a bomb is outside of an embassy in rome. but this one did not explode. what authorities are saying about the device found today. >>> also a vicious ch

wildlife officials are saying more than 2300 salmon finished the fall run in mendocino county. that's way up from last year. this is the highest number there since the department began k eeping track of them in 1945. >>> 8:21. in one of his last acts of san francisco, residents of 6500 units now have access to free wireless service. newsom says this will create new opportunities for job, education and a better quality of life. >> some bay area schools -- some bay area school districts are about to get a large payment from microsoft. santa clara schools will get over $820,000. sanmateo counties will get almost 310,000 which they can use on technology purchases. the money's coming from a $ 1 billion antitrust settlement in 2006. >>> a 24-year-old victim was struck at 25th and bartlett streeterty christmas morning. neighborhood residents have witnessed many other accidents and near-misses at the intersection and they say a stop sign is desperate lit needed. >> i don't cross the street h ere. i go down there to mission street if i have to cross the street because i'm afraid of the

kind of filtering through from mendocino county and lake county. temperatures in the 50s. 53 to 54 to 55. cloud cover it will be a great day. there is not much in the way of sun. fog in the valley. a little northeast wind comes back in. the front will slowly slide in here for tomorrow. that will give us light rain. the main system is until the end of the week. cloudy, patchy fog. high and low clouds. 50s for some and low 60s for others with temperatures i don't think they are going any farther for the rest week. 50s for some. 60s for others. it will get very active toward the end of the week. friday looks like a rain and wind day. >>> all right, thank you, steve. most major superbowl advertisers will at strong social media components. today mercedeses benz will reveal the twitter. that have the most tweets, facebook likes, and other social media markers by superbowl sunday. the call for players opens on the mercedes benz facebook page today. >>> one airline is using twitter to improve customer relations. many carriers already offer social media for

the real rain is falling from yreka and mendocino county. that will drop to the south and the futurecast is showing you rain mainly from areas north of the golden gate and carquinas straight into the afternoon. from here into the weekend, we get the breaks in between the showers and saturday bhoerng more activity. the weekend forecast is a little challenging as we keep an eye on san jose. about 9:00. 62 for san jose later on. south winds and cooler where the raindrops will fly. let's look at the seven-day forecast. as things stand, looks like rain goes it saturday morning and the rain will fill in around the day. it's been a good point. game time decision should apply. >> we are talking about the holiday parade on sunday morning and all of us are going to appear in the parade and we were debating bringing the triplets. they are going to ride in your car. >> you have the three of us to take care of. a game tie decision. >> still alive and well. yesterday you can feed the fever by attending the world championship series. dvds and blu-rays will

tomorrow morning mendocino county and lake county. and then it starts to make its impact in the north bay. where you see the yellow. the ride in tomorrow may be fog related. the ride home tomorrow if you are working you could encounter some rain. as we go into wednesday that's the cold air working its way in. definitely a change in the pattern. fog and sun. thick fog. mostly sunny. forecast highs mid 50s to upper 50s. days are still too short. a lot of moisture in the air. 59 san jose. mostly sunny. rain moves in tomorrow afternoon. we get a break thursday. all right friday morning but then rain today. >>> it's 5:53. it was a very apple christmas on amazon.com. apple products topped the most gifted items in all the categories. apple tv and aye pads. there were some cases people said they wanted something else and were given an apple product instead. i'm sure if you get it, you're still pretty happy. >>> the clock is ticking for your christmas tree. the right way to expose for your tree. >>> plus a bay area church that may not have a p

this could be really intense as it takes aim right now cape mendocino south. north bay might be in line for the the heaviest and then slide further south. everyone is in the area for rain. temperatures in the 40z. which is about 10 degrees warmer. fremont target forecast. 47 to start and then 50 and 53. lows in the 40s or very low 50s. there is plenty going on which could be many systems between now and the middle of next week. big low in the gulf of mexico. it takes that with a very active jet stream. so when you get that, that gives you every ingredient to get pretty good rain and snow up in the sierra. winter storm warning starts at 10:00 a.m. but you might as well make it now. snowstorm will be heavy they will measure it in feet. snow level will fluxuate. today for us rain cloudy, cool, breezy at times. upper 40s for many. santa rosa 49. napa 49. fairfield. oakland only 54. and santa cruz 53. cloudy, rain. heavier rain this afternoon and evening. there will still be some rain on saturday. but the heaviest will fall on sunday a little break on monday and bi

from mendocino county it doesn't look like too much in marin yet. a little wider everything. everything else is cloudy skies. so far temperatures in the 40s and 50s. there has been light snow up in the sierra nevada. the key though is this system is still well offshore but it's going to produce moderate to heavy rain as it comes in tonight. we have a flash flood watch out for the north bay and a wind advisory. almost all the advisories start around 4:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m. and also very cold air will come in behind that. we are seeing light rain mainly in the north by bay. if you have to take any kind of outside activity or take care of anything in the morning it's best because tonight i would get home if i can to leave work early. there will be very intense rain rates. north bay and santa cruz mountains. claudine and dave things are not too bad but they will pick up in intensity tonight. >> all right. >>> time now 6:08. five teenage earns celebrating a -- five teenagers celebrating a birthday wound up today inside a hotel room. >>> and iraq wants the u.s. out. what the country

we see a little down as far as novato and then up the highway into ukiah and over into mendocino county. a little light rain so still just now starting at blue canyon at 5,000 feet in the sierra. it's 32 degrees there. our temperatures 44 livermore, dewpoint 43. could see fog in livermore valley storming the next couple hours as well in the peninsula and san jose. 47 santa rosa, much milder because of our cloud cover. 51 san francisco. turning rainy and windy. the winds strong with the storm system and it's going to be a downpour like saturday and then move out early wednesday. we'll still see some showers throughout the day tomorrow that are very cold. looks like dry tomorrow thursday as cold air funnels in but that system will probably just produce some strong winds and chilly temperatures and not any rain. now we've got another system for new year's day. this is the time frame throughout the day today, increasing includedness by mid afternoon. heaviest rain just around commute time or slightly after throughout the entire bay area, heavier rain and the rainfall totals impressive, even

that happened at about 1:30 this morning just north of the mendocino avenue overpass. the chp says the victim was in the right lane. chp says the right lane northbound will remain closed until 8:00 this morning to complete investigation. the name of the victim has not been released. >>> oakland police are searching for answers this morning in a gruesome killing of a woman. a bird watcher made the discovery near do little drive. the woman was only partially closed she had been shot several times and her throat had been slit. police are offering a $10,000 reward in this case. >>> oakland police are giving us new information on monday's deadly officer involved shooting. police were asked to open fire after edwards pointed a gun directly at them. they also say edwards was part of a violent street game. >> any loss of life is definitely tragic in this organization. at the same time we have to balance that with trying to protect the community. we did everything we could to protect the individuals from going out and killing innocent people. >> that fatal shooting followed a p

parts of mendocino. south of th it's not as bad. look for a possibility of brief heavy showers or thundershowers. here is sal. >>> steve right now traffic is moving a long pretty well if you are driving on 24 westbound getting up to the caldecott tunnel with no major delays. we are also looking at 880 north and southbound that looks pretty good. >>> a desperate search will resume in -- 62-year-old phillis bin was driving and following her friends back to her hotel late saturday night when she game separated from her cars. miss bin has not been seen since. >>> as steve paulson mentioned the bay area is bracing for another storm yi week leading to a wet christmas day. showers are expected today a long with the possibility of more lightning. if you missed it mother nature put on quite a show during last nights storm. our ktvu cameras captured this dramatic scene as lightning flashed over the bay bridge. >>> there was plenty of rain with that light anyone. the downpour created flooding at one mobile park. a water pump failed there just

about one to two inches of rain to mendocino county. 40s and 50s and plenty more on the way at least for areas north. the system this is a whopper of a system right here. the cold air is staying in place but it will send in a lot of clouds starting tomorrow and give us more rain on wednesday. these are warmer systems though. the rain and wind has moved off. sun clouds and breezy today. unless you are traveling up to the mountains then you will have to deal with rain and snow. sun and clouds. breezy to windy. highs in the 60s now for many. and a few upper 50s but a lot of 60s. we will see mostly cloudy skies tuesday. showers thursday and decreasing friday there are signs the weekend looks good. >> thank you. >>> 6:11. very unusual budget meeting today in sacramento. what lawmakers counted on but did not come through. >>> and congress fights over the phase of the bush era tax cuts i will show you what is the stake for your bottom line. ♪ one taste, and you'll understand. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. pick some up where you buy groceries. mm! america runs on dunkin'. >>> welcome back

a little up in the mendocino county and temperatures right now in the 50s. 53, 54, 55 it's just not going to change much. the first system is bump the high out there. this one is a little of potential. that would be tonight into tomorrow. fog is the big story. we're getting an easterly breeze. that brings the low cloud deck in. there is no fog advisories even for i-5. there is a lot of low clouds and a possibility of light rain tonight and tomorrow. 50s to start off with. upper 50s by noon. upper 50s to a few low 60s under mostly cloudy skies. 50s and 60s by today. we'll have cloudy skies. a little bit of a break wednesday and thursday. we usher in wind and rain on friday. >> okay, steve, thank you. >>> a big announcement could come from the oakland a's this week. the veteran slugger that they are close to signing. >>> and what two san francisco supervisors that are doing today that might lead to a reduce in violent crimes in the park. >>> good morning to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we are following for you right now. a vacaville teenager and toddler

our day time temperatures up mendocino mostly in the 40s throughout the afternoon hours.ee mid-50s and a mostly dry day south -- santa cruz south and your accu-weather 7-day forecast, wow, i just don't know where all this winter's going to go. we've got more rain tuesday, wednesday, possibly thursday. friday, saturday looks like a storm system. great news, well, for all of us who enjoy skiing if you can get out of town and get up into the sierra. >> all right. thank you, christine. i know you're one of those people. yes. arrests for driving under the influence in the bay area up this holiday season compared with last year. the california highway patrol said police made 40 dui arrests between december 24th and yesterday. that is one more than the same period last year. the good news, there's been no fatalities during the holiday period. that was also true last year. some 258 dui arrests have been made statewide. we know that you already count on abc 7 news for the coverage and issue of stories that matter for you and we thank you for that. now all the information you depen

substantial rain in humboldt county to mendocino county, late tomorrow, that's going to spill to the south. you can see the system is getting the act together offshore. a lot of moisture to work with. cold air out of alaska. the two start to combine over the bay area tomorrow, the winds are picking up. the rain turning heavy at times right around this time tomorrow. in the north bay, see heavy rain through 11:00 tomorrow night. on wednesday, the showers are going to start to shut down as colder and drier air comes in. snow levels for what's left of the showers can be as low as 3,000 feet. check out mt. dee ablow. >>> see in the knot bay, 7:00, a big bull's eye there. heavy downpours. the action shifts. good news, looking at a few hours of heavy rain as the system scoots out pretty quickly. by wednesday morning, a few scattered showers. rain totals. across the coastal hill tops and an inch or less in the inner bay and two inches or less for san francis francisco. winter storm warning for sierra. that should continue through thursday. by thursday, catch a break in the action. two to fo

for santa rosa and 50s for lake port should will see a slight chance of showers around lake and mendocino county for the afternoon. the rain comes in and the surf starts to approach. here's the good news for the weekend plans. dry in spots and may get close to 70 by the end of the week. that's a change for us. >> it looks nice. the world's most expensive book hits the auction block. buries of america will go on sale in london. it was printed in double elephant size that james john invented to portray the birds as it would be in size. it is an essential piece of history. >> birds of america is one of the most important illustrated books produced. one of the biggest books and one of the most spectacular. >> birds of america is expected to suggest for $6-8 million. a chunk of change there. a copy of shakespeare's first folio and letters related to the imprisonment of mary queen of scotts and queen elizabeth. 5:26. in the wake of the san bruno explosion, a meeting to make sure the pipe lines are safe. >> we will tell you what sent a northern california teen to the hospital. >>> the date that

we are watching showers on the north coast, mainly off to the north of mendocino county. this will spill south into tonight. you will need the umbrellas once again. may be some mist with the fog like we are seeing now. more clouds like brent talked about. not much change with the temperatures. one thing you will notice through the seven-day forecast, more and more rain. we will get a little for tuesday and a break wednesday and looks like the end of the week and the week ahead, heavy rain at times. >> that's great. thanks, rob. >> not his fault. time now is coming up on 5:10. a north bay hospital is looking for more security this morning after another employee is attacked. >> change is on the way for school lunches. the bill the president plans to sign that will change what your kids eat at school. >> better get your holiday shopping done especially if you have to send gifts out of town. why procrastinating could hit you more where it hurts the most in your wallet. >> a live look outside this morning helping you wake occupy this monday morning. 5:10 right now. [ female an

obviously, entering mendocino county but just about backing off during the afternoon hours. skies are partly cloudy all the way until sunset. and then we have a better chance of rain showers by thursday certainly byfriday. 40s close to the bay of water. tomorrow's daytime highs, 60 to 63 inland. upper 50s in san francisco and around the immediate seashore. winds begin to pick up by about tomorrow night out of the south. now, with the blanket of clouds, we are calling for the first spare the night tomorrow night so keep that in mind. no burning. unless you check in the with authorities. check in with dana, she is the authority. better chance of showers thursday night. rain on friday. daily chances of systems coming close to the bay area on saturday through tuesday. just take this in. tank hill never looked so good. danny baker we thank you, sir, for taking this photo and we invite all of you to keep your photos coming to mypix@cbs5.com. >> thank you. >>> it is a pastime that many of us take for granted. going to the movies. coming up though on eyewitness news at 10:00 on the

they bring in members from mendocino, that's 600 miles. today, three sea lions are gonna go back in the ocean and be home for the holidays. on that same day, the same day this happy occasion is taking place, look at this over here, volunteers brought in this adult male off the coast of sausalito last night -- last night -- if you can see the wounds, they are consistent with being fired upon by a shot gun. in less than three hours from now, doneby, taylor and second street will go home. they are gonna be released back in the ocean after recovering from their wounds. the vet here says their help or lack of it can tell us a lot about our health. >> these animals are really sent nells. we share their habitat by living on the coastline here in california and when they come to us with these problems, that's an indication that they picked it up in their environment. and many of these things can potentially infect people. >> now, i want to introduce you to these animals. over here is dobby. the male is in the pen by i tself. and then taylor's day

. >>> money seized from illegal pot farms is helping the mendocino county budget. officials say legal marijuana gardens could ward off future cuts. the sheriff says he will spend more than $450,000 collected primarily from pot busts to o ffset the department's overtime budget. supervisors voted to lee dues the number of proposed job cuts in the sheriff's office budget from 14 to 7. a program that issues p ermits allowing medical marijuana cooperatives to grow could generate more than $ 600,000 for the budget next year. today, the san francisco board of supervisors will consider cost increases in the construction of a new police headquarters. city officials already approved plans for the $243 million b uilding last year before george gascon took over as police c hief. gas con is calling for security improves that would cause an additional $3 million. >>> parents can sue their children's schools over a lack of education. this comes after a parent in the albany school district forced to sue cornell school to offer the required education. the code required elementary s

set up with the significant rainfall heading to the north of the bay area, north of cape mendocino eureka and crescent city. as a result we bring in the chance of a few light showers especially north of the golden gate bridge. this morning rain not much of a factor. 45 to 50 degrees. in to the afternoon hours mostly cloudy skies. the highest shower chances in sanoma county, drizzle closer to the bay, closer to san francisco and oakland enough to wet the roadways. here is the southern extent of the moisture feel. as far as forecast highs in the mid-50s, upper 50s, warmest locations in the lower 60s. look ahead your five day forecast, chance of a light sprinkle in to friday and saturday. we bump up the shower chances by sunday. >>> thank you. time is 8:27. police in vellejo searching for two men who attacked and robbed an elderly woman. it happened inside her own home. >>> some students had to brave near freezing temperatures inside their classroom all week. we will tell you why and what the district is doing about it right now coming up. >>> it happened weeks ago but commuters are dealing

crescent city, mendocino county. still in the foothills and up the sierra. in this really warm, almost tropical like air mass that's over us. if you have travel plans this weekend and up to the pacific northwest. it's going to rain and rain and i saw projections about 4 to 7 plus inches of rain toward seattle. this mess is moving north slowly moving north but beneath the higher clouds are the fog. i could have thrown in a bunch more. but los gatos, 5. menlo park, 56. daly city is in there as well. san anselmo, novato is also 5. larkspur, tiburon, 5. elcerrito, 56. everyone is in the same temperature range, some are even warmer than that. i saw a 60 at concord and m offet. very mild to warm, fog, drizzle will give away to some sun. we're starting in the 50s. we could have an hour even two hours of sunshine. we pro -- we pro probably be in the upper 60s and 70s which it looks like that will happen on sun. mid-60s for everyone today. santarosa, 63, 64. sanfrancisco, walnut creek and oakland, 65. 59 oakland and berkeley. i split livermore and concord. i went 59.

. >>> now they issued a flood warning in mendocino county. the river is expected to crest at 24 feet by 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. and then it hillary seed below -- it will recede below flood stage. they expect highway 128 will flood and the road will be closed to traffic. that's the expectation. let's move now to the east bay where a tree was blocking a freeway on-ramp. leslie brinkly is reporting there live. >> stay off the roads if you can. a lot of accidents around the east bay tonight. especially on interstate 880, we understand. here along 80 this off-ramp behind me was closed all evening long. it just reopened an hour ago. the rain continues to come down, and the wind, well when the wind blows, the rain goes sideways. oh say can you see a lot of rain and wind all across the east bay. falling eucalyptus tree closed down this ramp to interstate 80 in san pablo for much of the evening. it caused one driver to crash. >> when i braked it was too late. i ran into the tree. >> another accident near 680 in walnut creek kicked off a treacherou

marin, napa, sonoma, up to lake mendocino, that's a very cold pattern. the weekend rain -- >> and there's more on the way. we'll get to that later. let's get to the news. >>> thank you, steve. we checked some of the bay a rea's storm trouble spots. now, look at this mobile home park which flooded during yesterday's downpour. we checked again. it's now slowly drying out. this is on old bayshore road in redwood city. the water pump failed just as all of the heavy rain started to fall yesterday afternoon. things have also dried up in mill valley this morning. yesterday's heavy rain flooded this park and ride lot. water main just driving or r iding a bike almost impossible. and re rain is expected today along with the possibility of more lightning. there was quite a light show during last night's storm. our ktvu cameras captured this very dramatic scene, lightning flashed right over the bay bridge. that scene was pretty much the same in other parts of the bay area. >>> also right now, pg&e is working to get the power back on to the few hundred bay area homes

though if you're up in the north bay, up toward mendocino county, you may see a shower or two.n into friday, and saturday. partly cloudy and cool to wrap up the weekend. >>> now it's time for "today's" money 911, answers to your financial problems. this morning our experts are tackling everything from reverse mortgages to still soaring interest rates. jean chatzky is the author of "money 911." and the author of "finish rich" a let's check it out. first of all, we have got a viewer e-mail to go to. this is jennifer from los angeles. it reads i have a credit score of over 720, yet one of my credit cards are still charging 28% interest. i have had this discover card for over 10 years. i set up an automatic debit for twice the monthly payment. after speaking with three different departments at discover, they still cannot lower my interest rate. why is this and will this affect the other cards i have? >> it's really frustrated. it doesn't affect the other cards that you have, but they like 18% because you are paying them more money. the thing to do is to switch credit cards. >> 28%.

in that case the mendocino county clerk had the ability to take this case and defend where there were no other defenders. that is what is so important about this case, there is not a single governmental defender defending this action. here we have a governmental defender who is willing to come to this court and wants to ensure that they are not placed and illegally conflicted position that is the outcome of the incentive order. >> suppose it's set in every case in which first-degree murder is charged, the prosecutor shall seek the death penalty. and the deputy county attorney and imperial county attorney did not want to seek the death penalty. could they challenge the constitutionality from the provision? >> the deputy in their individual capacity could file an action and to challenge it in state law. they could not on their own decide to violate their law, which is exactly what happened. >> supports the u.s. district court held the proposition unconstitutional and a deputy county attorney and who wanted to seek the death penalty in every first-degree murder case sought to intervene,

we'll take a break, a live look at the james lick only come back, gas prices making headlines in mendocinowhy. we will tell you if trevor's will get any relief anytime soon. welcome by the kron 4 morning news, getting ready for a lot of wet weather had their way rain now, a clear shot we're dealing with some increasing cloud ahead of what is to be a very rainy afternoon heavy rain, gusty winds expected, we do have a flash flood watch in effect for the north bay from 6:00 till 4:00. periods of heavy rain coming down so strong potential for small stream flooding. rainout, the wet weather is thing to the central valley spotty showers into vacaville, had an to the north bay. showers moving into santa rosa, petaluma. very light. not the case as we head into the afternoon, 5:00 pick up a quarter of an inch of rain in two centers. watch as the head toward 7:00, and into the house. three-quarters of an end to san francisco. rocking up today, at more than an inch and a quarter to san francisco. we could see more than 2 in. of rain into the north bay even done it is out big and so the higher country

in that case the mendocino county clerk had the ability to take this case and defend where there were no other defenders. th is what is so important about this case, there is not a single governmental defender defending this action. here we have a governmental defender who is willing to come to this court and wants to ensure that they are not placed and illegally conflicted position that is the outcome of the incentive order. >> suppose it's set in every case in which first-degree murder is charged, the prosecutor shall seek the death penalty. and the deputy county attorney and imperial county attorney did not want to seek the death penalty. could they challenge the constitutionality from the provisn? >> the deputy in their individual capacity could file an action and to challenge itn state law. they could notn their own decide to violate their law, which is exactly what happened. >> supports the u.s. district court held the proposition unconstitutional and a deputy coty attorney and who wanted to seek the death penalty in every first-degree murder case sought to intervene, would they

in that case the mendocino county clerk had the ability to take this case and defend where there weret is so important about this case, there is not a single governmental defender defending this action. here we have a governmental defender who is willing to come to this court and wants to ensure that they are not placed and illegally conflicted position that is the outcome of the incentive order. >> suppose it's set in every case in which first-degree murder is charged, the prosecutor shall seek the death penalty. and the deputy county attorney and imperial county attorney did not want to seek the death penalty. could they challenge the constitutionality from the provision? >> the deputy in their individual capacity could file an action and to challenge it in state law. they could not on their own decide to violate their law, which is exactly what happened. >> supports the u.s. district court held the proposition unconstitutional and a deputy county attorney and who wanted to seek the death penalty in every first-degree murder case sought to intervene, would they have ed? >> i believe

in that case the mendocino county clerk had the ability to take this case and defend where there were no other defenders. that is what is so important about this case, there is not a single governmental defender defending this action. here we have a governmental defender who is willing to come to this court and wants to ensure that they are not placed and illegally conflicted position that is the outcome of the incentive order. >> suppose it's set in every ca in which first-degree murder is charged, the prosecutor shall seek the death penalty. and the deputy county attorney and imperial county attorney did not want to seek the death penalty. could they challenge the constitutionality from the provision? >> the deputy in their individual capacity could file an action and to challenge it in state law. they could not on their own decide to violate their law, which is exactly what happened. >> supports the u.s. district court held the proposition unconstitutional and a deputy county attorney and who wanted to seek the death penalty in every first-degree murder case sought to interve, woul

in that case the mendocino county clerk had the ability to take this case and defend where there werer defenders. that is what is so important about this case, there is not a single governmental defender defending this action. here we have a governmental defender who is willing to come to this court and wants to ensure that they are not placed and illegally conflicted position that is the outcome of the incentive order. >> suppose it's set in every case in which first-degree murder is charged, the prosecutor shall seek the death penalty. and the deputy county attorney and imperial county attorney did not want to seek the death penalty. could they challenge the constitutionality from the provision? >> the deputy in their individual capacity could file an action and to challenge it in state law. they could not on their own decide to violate their law, which is exactly what happened. >> supports the u.s. district court held the proposition unconstitutional and a deputy county attorney and who wanted to seek the death penalty in every first-degree murder case sought to intervene, would th