mike nicco will talk about how long the rain will stay with us in just a moment. >> more news for you. activist group anonymous is renewing a its attack on baptist church after the organization praised the actions of the shooter in the connecticut shooting massacre. kansas based church will picket saying god's will is punishing people because of gay marriage. >>> here in the bay area people looking for ways to reach out to the grieving families in connecticut. since the shooting there have been grassroots and church organized vigils to help start the healing. tomas ramon asked local clergy what they are telling their parishioners. >> at morning mass in san francisco, this special prayer was written for the victims of newtown. the pastor of st. mary's says people have come there not just to pray but make some sense in the evil that occurred. >> in seeking to find consolation in the promise and hope of a god who feels with us and longs to help us. >> at glad memorial church, it helped the congregation celebrate life while recovering from the sorrow of the tragedy. reverend says the resp

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast, changing again. >> absolutely.eady seeing some of those changes open up the weather window you can see the clouds already, low clouds coming in keeping our temperatures in the 40s in some areas after being near 70 yesterday. timetable for when the rain will get to your neighborhood and how much you will receive. >>> new answers for a frequently asked question, why do babies tend to stare at faces for so long? faces for so long? what researchers have people are stuck in very old habits of using toothpaste to clean their denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains, cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. that's why dentists recommend polident. [ male announcer ] polident. cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. >>> federal investigators expected to

meteorologist mike nicco will have your forecast coming up. >>> heregàñ are five things to know beforein the bay area. you are looking live at petaluma where terry mcsweeney is and the raine we've seen the rain coming down there all morning and it will spread across the rest of the bay area as the morning goes on. >> number two, the weather is morning holiday travelers at sfo. low cloud ceiling forced cancellation of 14 departures and eight arrivals of mostly regional airlines this morning. if you are traveling today your flight status before heading to the airport. >> number three, bells rang in connecticut and across the nation:30 this morning, marking one week -- nation at 6:30 this morning marking one week since the school tragedy. >>> number four, national rifle association will hold a press conference in about 45 minutes the nra revealed earlier this week it will discuss ways it can make "meaningful contributions to prevent future mass shootings." the group remained mostly quiet after last week's tragedy. >> number five, police throughout the bay area will be out enforce looking

good morning i'm meteorologist mike nicco. san rafael, sir francis drake boulevard, larkspur down 101 towards donahue street and tiburon, sausalito and belvedere some of the better radar returns now more guerneville, occidental, that area, bodega bay, heading towards windsor, sliding towards santa rosa, cotati and petaluma waves of showers continue this morning and will continue into the afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 50s. a break from the rain tomorrow light rain develops friday afternoon, better chance of rain saturday. >>> 6:15. people from texas to alabama are surveying damage this morning after severe storms triggered more than 30 tornadoes christmas day. blizzard-like conditions in the nation's heartland could make travel difficult. wendy gillette joins us live from new york city. >> reporter: good morning. the national weather service has received reports of 34 tornadoes in four states, now this powerful system is moving east. this is just one of more than 30 reported tornadoes that touched down on christmas d

mike nicco will have the full accu-weather forecast. there have been some accidents and we'll check in with sue hall in the traffic center. >> also ahead, he wasn't santa but he was trying to come down the chimney when he got stuck. >>> we've got slow traffic by waze app, this 101 northbound, in santa clara-sunnyvale area around matilda. that has been cleared out of the lanes just before 237 but traffic is jammed northbound. we're going to take 85 or perhaps 280 to get around this until traffic recovers but 101 north is jammed. >> good morning. a little wet out this morning. light rain and drizzle. even in areas you do not see blue and green this morning. we are still getting some wet weather and that will hang around until this morning. tapering down around 4:00. temperatures will hang out low to mid-50s. grab a heavy coat. don't worry about the wet weather gear. as we head tuesday, shower best chance over the ocean. colder morning on wednesday and bigger storm and heavy flooding rain on thursday. >>> new this morning, in san francisco

meteorologist mike nicco will have the full forecast to tell us if there is more on the way. we'll also check the traffic with sue hall. ñ >>> welcome back. 6:08. live doppler picking up dry air for the morning commute. a little fog around 101 especially from petaluma into novato watch out for that. with the clouds starting to thin more fog could develop in the north bay, 39 in santa rosa and napa, everybody else in the low to upper 40s to even 50 now in san francisco. as we head throughout the morning it is going to feel much cooler than yesterday. 12° cooler to 20, 12 san francisco, 20 redwood city, 23 napa, need a heavier coat not one that is waterproof. temperatures in the 40s through 7:00, 50s by noon, near 60 at 4:00, you will need that jacket at 7:00 we are back into the low to mid 50s wet weather tomorrow, wednesday and then finally dry starting thursday. >>> east shore freeway headed past golden gate fields, 580 merges you can see getting busy, a little crowded because of cars coming together other than that things pick up nicely as you make your way in towards the m

. >>> good morning i'm filling in for mike nicco. let's show you the rain this is a cold front hitting parts of the north bay heavy rain with along ukiah on 101 moving towards healdsburg then windsor and santa rosa later this morning. it is going to hit rest of us by lunchtime when it gets to the golden gate bridge. around the bay around 7:00 cloudy if you need to do anything outdoors now is a good time. by noon chance of rain moving in, heavy rain this afternoon, lunchtime low 50s, breezy as well this afternoon. inland valleys, same, cloudy in the morning the chance of the rain moves in lunch heavy and breezy this afternoon, showers taper tonight into tomorrow and i'll have your seven day forecast in my longer report. >> all right francis may seem francis dinglasan and i'm doing traffic. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage. storm hitting the the bay area today. you can track that storm with live doppler. delays eastbound 580 foothill there was an accident there blocking one or more lanes traffic was being diverted on to high

reports comparison test. >>> left doppler 7 hd shows dry conditions across the bay area meteorologist mike niccos christmas day is going to be a wet within. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] >>> good morning i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze. >>> and i'm eric thomas. mike is here with a look at forecast. >>> it was touch and go for a while at some of our creeks and streams are those are receding as katie mentioned and i'll show you some of the rivers north where we have still have a flood watch for the russian river near ville it is starting to recede -- near

you tweet me at mike nicco and let me know if you seen any in your neighborhood or go to facebook. right now, the radar is picking it up but it's staying in the clouds which is good news. now, when we don't have the clouds and haven't had them for the better part of the morning, east bay, hollister, northern salinas, that is where we have the frost advisory from 2:00 to 8:00. clouds or the way and temperatures are starting to hold steady. 32 at livermore. outlying areas, definitely seeing frost. 36 in redwood city. we have a chance of rain tomorrow. better chance than today. a stray shower possible on sunday and another chance on monday but temperatures will be out of the 40s for the highs and back in the 50s. >>> live look at the san mateo bridge, hayward side over to san mateo. you can see the taillights headed westbound. light traffic, brake lights before the high-rise but everything is moving well. no issues there. light traffic south 101 right past freitas and everybody is out of the limit southbound out of novato. four lanes southbound out of waldo and looking pretty good her

ask mike nicco and check out live doppler 7-hd. not a lot of radar returns but most of it not reaching the ground. air is too dry and greens out over the ocean. that is where we have light rain falling and that is where we're going to have the best chance of measurable precipitation is near the ocean. couple of chances, one moving through right now and another with that weakening low pressure on up to the north, radar returns is dissipating. let's talk about those temperatures. with the clouds rolling in. they actually gone up a few degrees. 34 in livermore. everybody else in the low to mid 40s. monterey bay, mid to upper 30s to 41 in monterey. check out that frosty 32 in gilroy right now. today's rain best over the ocean. better chance of us seeing measurable rain tomorrow and a couple more chances next week. as for today. here is a look at the cold front. you see it coming on down towards us, limited in moisture as we talked about. there is our break. chilly night with possible frost in inland valleys. next storm coming in for sa

. >>> >>> good morning i'm mike nicco live in broadway plaza -- picking up -- [ inaudible ] . >>> 5:432-12. thanks for joining us. we are proud to present 21st annual share your holiday food drive. >> we have our team ready to go at locations throughout the bay area. let's go to amy hollyfield live at the beautiful union square in san francisco >> reporter: good morning. we are so proud to be part of this and happy to be here in beautiful union square where it is very festive. during this digital time we have made it easy to donate from your couch if you want to. but we would louvre to see you out here we would love to -- but we would love to see you out here. if you donate $25 we will register you in a raffle, we have fabulous prizes, including four passes to disneyland worth $500. how fabulous does that sound? so please come see us this is such an important cause we are going to be pushing today, it is so important during the holidays to share our holidays, if you can. it is estimated one in six people in the bay area go hungry every month. we want to put a stop to that we need your

. >> here's meteorologist mike nicco. >>> they peaked already today 10:34 this morning at the golden gate where we saw it reached 7.2 feet, that is the highest we are going to have this year. we'll repeat tomorrow, pretty close at 11:24. the winds a little factor along the bay shoreline, a little gusty that helps bank moisture against the banks or shoreline that has created a higher surge. this is what it has done in our parking lot here in san francisco, places that you thought may be safe underground a little wet weather here this is minimal compared to what other people are seeing this morning. tomorrow we'll have the second largest one. >> you don't think you are going to be driving through floods in your own garage. >>> those king tides are causing minor flooding in other places besides our garages. scientists tell us they are the result of a unique alignment of the sun, moon and earth. terry mcsweeney joins us from the saint francis yacht club. could this be a glimpse of the future? >> reporter: that's what some are saying. marina boulevard there and right here steps that are n

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco ahead -- >>> four storms are gone, pattern is changing, sunshine, you can see it breaking out as we look from emeryville towards san francisco, we'll talk about how warm it is going to be in the afternoons where you can expect fog the next couple of mornings and your raiders' forecast. >>> the duchess of cambridge walked out of a hospital today. here what prince charles had to say this morning. >>> new morning after three days and three nights in a london hospital the duchess of cambridge is now resting at kensington palace. she walked out smiling and waving. her husband prince william by her side. she was being treated for a severe form of morning sickness. the royal couple thanked hospital staff for their care. today we are hearing from prince charles about the pregnancy. >> i'm thrilled, -- splendid. >> it has been a frenzied few days since the royal couple went public with their pregnancy. william will be attending a military awards ceremony alone this weekend -- they are both wearing blue, will and kate. not sure if that is a hint of anything. >> h

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >>> looks like rain is on the way how aboutor a gift for tomorrow? thankfully today is dry we'll show when the wet weather is going to take over and how much to expect and if there's flooding concerns. >>> plus, christmas surprise. what skiers and snowboarders can expect when they hit the slopes tomorrow. >>> breaking news out of mill valley. water main break on marin and flamingo road off tennessee valley road. residents are being advised to move cars away from the gushing water. there are no reports of injuries. fire crews have called for assistance from public works. the fire department is shot -- is not sure when they will have ununcontrol. >> -- have it under control. >>> here's a view from donner lake late yesterday, heavy snow fell this morning chains are mandatory on almost all mountain highways. the snow is making skiers and resorts happy, several feet of fresh snow has fallen this is from heavenly mountain. this will be one of the snowiest christmases for tahoe in years. >>> if you bring your chains remember to bring

the chai >>> meteorologist mike nicco a lot of work today. >> absolutely.d news the worst of it is over still having delays at various airports. with fog starting to form we could have delays at other airports in oakland and san jose. use our flight tracker at abc7news.com. we are looking at fog around san francisco this morning as we look from emeryville across the bay bridge. as we look from south beach to the north you can see downtown san francisco higher buildings taller buildings fogged in now. live doppler, big picture here, you can see how clear it is startinging to get as farce radar returns, a lot of light blue and green which means drizzle to light rain heading down towards hop yard pleasanton, roy manned road will cross over basco and altamont pass and start heading out to tracy. -- camino real to foothill expressway, page mill road portola valley where some of the lighter rain is now that's it you can see the bulk of the storm to theehkz east a few radr returns showing upstream off to the west scattered showers for the afternoon hours. rainfall

. >> our meteorologist mike nicco joins us now. >>> live doppler 7 hd we have a storm north, heading up to u$at is where we are seeing the most amount of rain border with mendocino county, drop a couple hundredths of an inch of rain yellows, moderate rain moving so fast northeast 30 to 35 miles per hour it is not going to drop much rain. north bay most of the rain sea ranch to fort ross not to jenner yet, those areas have seen sporadic light rain during the morning. most rainfall enough to make the ground wet, it hasn't made it as far south as santa rosa yet. a little light rain exiting napa towards sacramento over the next hour. pretty health healthy wall of water. this storm is going to bring rain later on during the evening and overnight hours until then, most of the north bay will get rain through the daylight hours. >>> stay with abc7 news for continuing storm watch coverage. you can track the systems any time with live doppler at abc7news.com. reminder, we want to see your weather photos send them to ureport. >>> the alameda county sheriff's department is under fire because it

meteorologist mike nicco joins us live. >>> here we go, good morning, cloud cover, high clouds coming in radar returns showing up on live doppler as it peers into the clouds still undercut by the dry air that brought chilly temperatures this morning. ukiah reported light rain last hour, you have to go to boonville to get a 10th of an inch in the coast and mountains. radar returns are light blue, evaporated before it reaches the ground. where raining is to the north and it looks more impressive returns than what is reaching the ground moderate rain in eureka and heavy snow into the mountains all sinking towards us going to bring healthy rain especially north bay mountains up to five inches there, couple inches in the north bay. i'll tell you when it gets to your neighborhood. >> the rain may be on its way the big story this morning was how cold it was. you can frost on these plants in pleasanton. east bay and north bay valleys saw frigid temperatures. terry mcsweeney live in napa. you heard from it the horse's mouth. >> reporter: it is true, i tried to communicate with a horse today. d

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead. >>> a lot of sunshine, temperatures soaring, some of news the mid 60s, i'll show you where your neighborhood is now. will it be record highs today? some areas will be close. we have rain and cooler weather on the way. >>> a plan to give free cell phones to the state's homeless is about to get final approval who is covering the cost of keeping them connected? >>> important health warning from the feds how this year's flu season could be especially bad. >>> plain to give homeless california kwans free cell phones is one step closer to -- reality this morning. the chronicle poor and homeless residents would be issued phones so they can keep in touch with family and prospective employers. federal money would cover the cost. 36 other states have a similar plan. >>> number of san francisco apartments deemed to be nonsmoking couldz#z%h be -- coud be on the rise requiring landlords to classify apartments as smoking or nonsmoking. supporters stay landlords are mandated by law the number of noon smoking apartments will rise. it does not address the issue

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast, changing again. >> absolutely. already seeing some of those changes open up the weather window you can see the clouds already, low clouds coming in keeping our temperatures in the 40s in some areas after being near 70 yesterday. timetable for when the rain will get to your neighborhood and how much you will receive. >>> new answers for a frequently asked question, why do babies tend to stare at faces for so long? what researchers have discovered. @p tdñ >>> major move in the airline industry. delta now owns 49% of virgin atlantic. the new ownership will pave the way for delta to begin sharing resources with virgin atlantic. the two plan on striking a joint profit sharing venture for flights between great britain at united states. delta has been trying to expand to heathrow for years but limited gate space has kept that idea from taking off, pardon the expression. >>> speaking of taking off, flying in and out of sfo wasn't a problem this morning. tomorrow morning i'm going to guess it could be a different story. >>>

. >> reporter: mike nicco predicts a lot but not predicting the end of the world. >> yeah. [ laughing] >> reporter: if you want to predict the rain whether you have mike or not, abc7 news you have the -- live 7 doppler radar you can check it out if i keep standing here i'm going to be keeping getting wet for another two hours, a lot of rain coming this way. t+k abc7 news. >>> we wouldn't want that to happen, get out the rain. >> storm is causing major problems at sfo on what is supposed to be the busiest travel day of the year. dozens of flights cancelled, others delayed, travelers are fuming. amy hollyfield is live at sfo. what is it like there now? >> reporter: it is not near as bad as what has been happening getting a beautiful rainbow i'm hoping you can see it. it is so pretty. that's why passengers are arriving here and are surprised to find out that their flights aren't taking off. >> just sucks. >> reporter: the christmas spweur right was hard to find at sfo this morning. many had it when they got here but said it slipped away. >> going down the tubes. before it started raining

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead. >>> a lot of sunshine, temperatures soaring, some of news the 60s, i'll show you where your neighborhood is now. will it be record highs today? some areas will be close. we have rain and cooler weather on the way. >>> a plan to give free cell phones to the state's homeless is about to get final approval who is covering the cost of keeping them connected? >>> important health warning from the feds how this year's flu season could be especially bad. for over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. everything's different now. sometimes i feel all alone. christmas used to be my favorite. i just don't expect anything. what if santa can't find me? to help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. not everyone can be a foster parent. but anyone can help a foster child. >>> plain to give homeless california kwans free cell phones is one step closer to -- reality this morning. the chronicle poor and homeless residents w

meteorologist mike nicco joins us live. >>> here we go, good morning, cloud cover, high clouds coming in radar returns showing up on live doppler as it peers into the clouds still undercut by the dry air that brought chilly temperatures this morning. ukiah reported light rain last hour, you have to go to boonville to get a 10th of an inch in the coast and mountains. radar returns are light blue, evaporated before it reaches the ground. where raining is to the north and it looks more impressive returns than what is reaching the ground moderate rain in eureka and heavy snow into the mountains all sinking towards us going to bring healthy rain especially north bay mountains up to five inches there, couple inches in the north bay. i'll tell you when it gets to your neighborhood. >> the rain may be on its way the big story this morning was how cold it was. you can frost on these plants in pleasanton. east bay and north bay valleys saw frigid temperatures. terry mcsweeney live in napa. you heard from it the horse's mouth. >> reporter: it is true, i tried to communicate with a horse today. d

. >> meteorologist mike nicco here.q? >>> east bay valleys where we are seeing most now the reason why can't make a blanket statement and say it is colder everywhere the conditions are y$c% starting to roll in radar picking up moisture in thoseuñ(0 clouds not falling to the ground that is later during the afternoon and evening. winds also a factor in how cold it gets, we have more window this morning than we did yesterday that is helping keep temperatures up also. some areas slightly colder than yesterday, most areas not as cold. 32 inland for a median temperature at 7:00 for the bay 40 for the coast 43 mainlyo sunny start clouds move in during the morning, low to mid 50s by noon clouds on the increase and breezes also through the afternoon low to north bay after the sunsets at 4:55 today. friday wet, windy, tricky no matter where you go snow in the sierra, wet weather and breezy saturday and sunday. >>> bay brs morning no problems, no metering lights traffic at the limit into san francisco first look at san mateo bridge

. >> let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >>> air is a little drier another reason why rainfallamounts are going to below with the next system during the evening

. >> reporter: mike nicco predicts a lot but not predicting the end of the world. >> yeah. [ laughing] >> reporter: if you want to predict the rain whether you have mike or not, abc7 news you have the -- live 7 doppler radar you can check it out if i keep standing here i'm going to be keeping getting wet for another two hours, a lot of rain coming this way. t+k abc7 news. >>> we wouldn't want that to happen, get out the rain. >> storm is causing major problems at sfo on what is supposed to be the busiest travel day of the year. dozens of flights cancelled, others delayed, travelers are fuming. amy hollyfield is live at sfo. what is it like there now? >> reporter: it is not near as bad as what has been happening getting a beautiful rainbow i'm hoping you can see it. it is so pretty. that's why passengers are arriving here and are surprised to find out that their flights aren't taking off. >> just sucks. >> reporter: the christmas spweur right was hard to find at sfo this morning. many had it when they got here but said it slipped away. >> going down the tubes. before it started raining

meteorologist mike nicco will check out your forecast.ue will look at your commute. >>> the head of san francisco's muni system wants to silence opposition in north beach to the central subway construction project by extending the line from chinatown into north beach according to a chronicle report. right now the one billion dollar project is slated to run from the south of market area to stock and washington streets the plan includes digging up parts of columbus avenue in north beach so huge subway drilling machines could be stored. they are in protests from nearby merchants. he's recommend being the subway be extended for a new station to be built at the site of the long vacant pagoda theater. >>> man struck while walking on bay area freeway westbound 580 in richmond last night the man was walking along harbor way when he was struck by a big rig and then several cars, he died at the scene. investigators thought the victim came from a homeless encampment but that was not the case. >>> storm cleanup continues around the bay area one commu

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco ahead -- >>> four storms are gone, pattern is changing, sunshine, youan see it breaking out as we look from emeryville towards san francisco, we'll talk about how warm it is going to be in the afternoons where you can expect fog the next couple of mornings and your raiders' forecast. >>> the duchess of cambridge walked out of a hospital today. here what prince charles had here what prince charles had to say this people are stuck in very old habits of using toothpaste to clean their denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains, cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. that's why dentists recommend polident. [ male announcer ] polident. cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. >>> new morning after three days and three nights in a london hospital the duchess of cambridge is now resting at

meteorologist mike nicco is going to let you know what the holiday forecast holds. >>> several medicalilities throughout the bay area are bracing for a one day nursing strike, 5,000 registered nurse's are expected to walk off the job to protest wages and changes. it will affect most of sutter care's bay area facilities this is the lateness a series of walk-outs in a dispute between nurses and hospital officials. sutter says replacement nurses will be brought in. >>> crab season delayed again not because of price. this third delay caused by quality tests. they show the crabs' body weight has less than 25% meat, fish and game says it is ideal the body be at least 25% meat. the harvest was said to be december 31st, now pushed back to january 15th. >>> 49ers -- seattle turned harbaugh's 49th birthday in a cold miserable night 9ers lost davis on that massive hit in the first quarter when he suffered a concussion by a hit by chancellor. when 9ers got a chance to score field goal was blocked, quarterback kaepernick seemed flustered and disorganized due in part to the deafening fan noise. . se

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with our forecast. >>> looks like rain is on the way how about a gift for tomorrow? thankfully today is dry we'll show when the wet weather is going to take over and how much to expect and if there's flooding concerns. >>> plus, christmas surprise. what skiers and snowboarders can expect when they hit the slopes >>> breaking news out of mill valley. water main break on marin and flamingo road off tennessee valley road. residents are being advised to move cars away from the re are no reports of injuries. fire crews have called for assistance from public works. the fire department is shot -- is not sure when they will have ununcontrol. >> -- have it under control. >>> here's a view from donner lake late yesterday, heavy snow fell this morning chains are mandatory on almost all mountain highways. the snow is making skiers and resorts happy, several feet of fresh snow has fallen this is from heavenly mountain. this will be one of the snowiest christmases for tahoe in years. >>> if you bring your chains remember to bring money to pay the guys to put t

. >>> meteorologist mike nicco a lot of work today. >> absolutely.d news the worst of it is over still having delays at various airports. with fog starting to form we could have delays at other airports in oakland and san jose. use our flight tracker at abc7news.com. we are looking at fog around san francisco this morning as we look from emeryville across the bay bridge. as we look from south beach to the north you can see downtown san francisco higher buildings taller buildings fogged in now. live doppler, big picture here, you can see how clear it is startinging to get as farce radar returns, a lot of light blue and green which means drizzle to light rain heading down towards hop yard pleasanton, roy manned road will cross over basco and altamont pass and start heading out to tracy. -- camino real to foothill expressway, page mill road portola valley where some of the lighter rain is now that's it you can see the bulk of the storm to theehkz east a few radr returns showing upstream off to the west scattered showers for the afternoon hours. rainfall

. >> here's meteorologist mike nicco. >>> they peaked already today 10:34 this morning at the goldene where we saw it reached 7.2 feet, that is the highest we are going to have this year. we'll repeat tomorrow, pretty close at 11:24. the winds a little factor along the bay shoreline, a little gusty that helps bank moisture against the banks or shoreline that has created a higher surge. this is what it has done in our parking lot here in san francisco, places that you thought may be safe underground a little wet weather here this is minimal compared to what other people are seeing this morning. tomorrow we'll have the second largest one. >> you don't think you are going to be driving through floods in your own garage. >>> those king tides are causing minor flooding in other places besides our garages. scientists tell us they are the result of a unique alignment of the sun, moon and earth. terry mcsweeney joins us from the saint francis yacht club. could this be a glimpse of the future? >> reporter: that's what some are saying. marina boulevard there and right here steps that are no lo

. >> our meteorologist mike nicco joins us now. >>> live doppler 7 hd we have a storm north, heading up to u$at is where we are seeing the most amount of rain border with mendocino county, drop a couple hundredths of an inch of rain yellows, moderate rain moving so fast northeast 30 to 35 miles per hour it is not going to drop much rain. north bay most of the rain sea ranch to fort ross not to jenner yet, those areas have seen sporadic light rain during the morning. most rainfall enough to make the ground wet, it hasn't made it as far south as santa rosa yet. a little light rain exiting napa towards sacramento over the next hour. pretty health healthy wall of water. this storm is going to bring rain later on during the evening and overnight hours until then, most of the north bay will get rain through the daylight hours. >>> stay with abc7 news for continuing storm watch coverage. you can track the systems any time with live doppler at abc7news.com. reminder, we want to see your weather photos send them to ureport. >>> the alameda county sheriff's department is under fire because it

on this wednesday a cold one from the coldest temperatures since january 30s, 20s, meteorologist mike niccong a freeze warning and frost advisory. [ inaudible ] >>> update on a dog reported abandoned in santa cruz county. we told you yesterday a woman told the suz susz animal shelter she found this spaniel with a sign that read homeless the dog had to be put down. the woman wasn't telling the truth, the dog belonged to her. investigators say she admitted she couldn't afford to pay for the euthanasia fee. >>> investigation continues into allegations a santa clara supervisor misused a county credit card the board bassed new policies to prevent -- passed new policies to prevent future abuse. >> reporter: the man on the hot seat was running the supervisor's meeting george shirakawa is president of the board his colleagues are trying to tighten procedures when supervisors use a county issued credit card. auditors suggest over four years shirakawa's office spent over 30,000 in public funs that violated rules. shirakawa and the other four voted unanimously to approve stricter rules the d.a.'s offi

. >> right now let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco, live in walnut creek.good morning sir. >>> good morning. we are down here in downtown walnut creek, about an hour ago the rain finally stopped. i want to say thank you for lisa for coming in and watching the weather for me this morning so i can be out here specifically at the broadway plaza and main courtyard where it is very festive. 36 foot tree, also celebrating hanukkah, the fifth day, right above that we are out here all day, abc7 news very proud to kickoff our 21st annual abc 7 share your holiday food drive. i'll be here for the better part of the morning and afternoon. if you are not in the east bay, maybe you in the south bay, you can see katie marzullo at santana row or the peninsula into san francisco at union square this morning it is amy hollyfield. now, we are kicking off the share your holiday food drive to let you know how you can help others in need during this season. bring your food down to us at the stations, we will take it and donate it to the proper places. also, if you come down and

. >> i'm mike nicco, tracking light rain and big storm on the way in the accu seven day forecast. >>eze. a man spent his night in a chimney in san francisco. join us com and videos taken from his home will reveal the motive. >>> finally this morning, an outpouring of grief and support in the face of senseless violence. >> the people of newtown, connecticut, have banded together since the shooting and other americans are so moved by the tragedy, they're finding their own way to lend a hand. once again, here's abc's lara spencer. ♪ >> reporter: on a cold, crisp, new england night, residents gathered at makeshift memorials all over town, trying to make sense of the impossible. >> i'm just waiting to wake up from this nightmare. >> reporter: they were joined by hundreds of strangers who traveled far and wide trying to help. why did you need to be here? >> i'm a mother. i'm a mother. >> reporter: a mother from new york city. a chaplain from north carolina. how important is it to give back to this community? >> i have grandsons exactly the same age of the victims. my heart was -- i just wa

. >> let's begin with meteorologist mike nicco. >>> i'll get out the way so you can see showing you howt is this morning the reason we have such clear air clouds along the coast sea breeze starting to develop going to bring cooler weather today and we have fog up in the north bay and into the east bay valleys, thicker into the central valleys south of stockton for today around the bay mainly clear as we start off cooler with 43 to 47°, high clouds noon low to mid 50s more clouds 4:00 mid to upper 50s, few sprrpb s possible 7:00, 50° many inland patchy fog, 35 to 41, high clouds noon, low to mid 50s, 4:00 sprinkle possible rain moving into the north bay by 7:00. >>> westbound from hayward towards san mateo, nice drive on the san mateo bridge everything at the limit, a few brake lights up the highrise other than that good from clawiter, industrial and toll plaza westbound. 280 east shore through emeryville and university avenue in berkeley into the macarthur maze a little sluggish around the 580 merge things pick up towards the maze, a bit of a back-up behind bay bridge toll. serious situ

. >> meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the rain and now >>> we have pretty good radar returns headingeach and half moon bay. a little more around alim rock and fremont. we're going to have waves of light rain till at least noon and then scattered showers and temperatures holding right now in the low to mid-50s. get ready for ♪ somewhere over the rainbow way up high ♪ ♪ there's a land that i heard of once in a lullaby ♪ >>> the young people's chorus of new york city, lifting their voices to honor and remember and celebrate the lives lost here in sandy hook over the weekend. we'll hear a lot more from them this half hour. as we say good morning from sandy hook. i'm here with josh, amy, and lara. and elizabeth in new york. this community struggling so much. but a big message they got last night. the president told them all here they are not alone. all of america here as well. >> you can see the messages all over town. we've all been taking pictures. they're so heartfelt. the messages, the flowers, the teddy bears. it's such a touching tribute as people try to do the best they can to begi

freeze warning as well, a lot of cold news, meteorologist mike nicco with the latest. >>> clear air notbe found not a radar return all those things could keep temperature up they are not showing up. officially, here's some of the temperatures around, upper 20s fairfield, napa, santa rosa, i did see a 24° in fremont for the cool spot right now. san francisco. frosty spots around the bay, 30 to 45° in san francisco, sunny better part of afternoon upper 40s to low 50s for highs inland 20s to low 30s near 50 by 4:00, a lot of sun, have sunglasses handy coast mid to upper 30s now, mid to upper 40s with sunshine this afternoon. >>> no blackpú ice reported around here, but that apparently is the culprit north i-5, north of yreka those lanes not reopened, chp escorting slowly traffic through northbound, southbound open near hornbrook rest area if you are traveling northbound. closer to home, busier situation not bad 280 northbound highway 17 overcrossing, you can see traffic moving up towards cupertino at the limit out of san jose northbound. busier san mateo bridge, brake lights on flat secti

let's begin with meteorologist mike nicco. >>> street level into the east bay, right along 680 from alamonville, san ramon to dublin you can see bollinger canyon, crow canyon road, up to stone valley road light to moderate rain as you come across the east bay hills into the sews bay shore hegenberger expressway towards -- towards the oakland airport light to moderate rain down to san leandro. let's cross over towards sausalito, tiburon, san rafael avenue, paradise drive, getting light to moderate rain. same around san francisco down towards daly city, colma, south san francisco, geneva avenue towards brisbane that's where you are seeing the lighter rain. heiest of the rain moving into the heart of the bay area now. -- heaviest of the rain moving into the part of the bay area right now. >>> roads are very busy. a lot of standing water, flooding, southbound 101 at paul leaving san francisco three lanes flooded use caution, 80 westbound very heavy couple earlier accidents, blinking lights right past golden gate fields and before university. eastbound better earlier accident at gilman, westbo

thick frost this morning feel free to tweet us pictures or send pictures on facebook, facebook.com/mike niccove been tweeting me, send a picture. clear skies from sutro tower across san francisco towards the east bay. over the last three hours clouds increasing across the bay we've reached our lowest point of temperatures all temperatures stabilizing as we speak. northwest corner sonoma county that is radar shooting into the clouds not making it to the ground. air too dry now for anything to make it to the ground. 30 napa and livermore, 29 concord, 26 fairfield, 32 frost redwood city. warmer san jose mountain view 39 same oakland 40. san francisco 40 four. -- 44. 29 gilroy inland cool spot around monterey bay mid 30s. more clouds, faster breezes today dry during the daylight hours rain for all of us tonight milder tomorrow and wet and windy friday through sunday. high pressure holding this storm up to the north as it does, gathering moisture and also a lot of cloud cover at noon sprinkles north bay by 5:00 steadier rain towards santa rosa, could be moderate, midnight steadier rain along i-80

golden gate bridge traffic heading to san francisco, dry here now, rain is on the way, meteorologist mike nicco will have the full forecast. sue hall will check traffic and mass transit. >>> wooing hillary clinton. the high ranking politician that wants the secretary of state to replace him in office. it is not the president. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >>> welcome back. getting ready for wet weather in the north bay. over the last three hours train of light echoes blue and green it means sprinkles to light rain along the sonoma county coast towards cloverdale now. mainly cloudy and mild 49 los gatos and concord the rest of us in the low to mid 50s.

. >> let's start with meteorologist mike nicco. >> 30s and 40s everywhere off to a chilly start from cooler than yesterday. you saw the lack of clouds, and also the lack of rain it is dry on doppler this morning. around the bay 38 to 42 through 7:00, near 50 noon low to mid 50s dry during the afternoon heavier coat this evening mid 40s frosty inland 32 to 37 upper 40s noon, low to mid 50s 4:00, low to mid 40s 7:00, out to the coast starting in the upper 30s this morning, mostly sunny, 50 by noon, hang around 50 during the afternoon. >>> backed up at the bay bridge toll. good morning. happy thursday. metering lights on you can see traffic backing towards the 880 overcrossing, wide load crossing that's what those flashing lights are, sluggish incline upper deck into san francisco no major stalls or accidents. to san jose 87 northbound moving nicely this is the julian off-ramp across from hp pavilion everybody at the limit northbound. bart delay pittsburg bay point line 10 to 15 minutes both directions due to un ed -- scheduled track repairs. high street on-ramp blocked with consider vs

big day raiders day here, you want to know about game time weather, meteorologist mike nicco will havefull forecast. golden gate bridge unlike yesterday, dry. a little mist. we'll check in with sue to see how that is affecting traffic. >>> peyton manning brings his broncos to town for raiders day let's hope it turns out better than this for palmer and the silver and black. we'll be right back. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >>> welcome back. are you ready for a rain-free commute? here's a look at live doppler, nothing going on just mist in the air, fog, by the afternoon low to mid 60s increasing sun the next three days warmer temperatures all in the mid 60s by sunday. >>> good morning. this is a live look at downtown oakland and 580 on your approach tow

live look outside, meteorologist mike nicco will have your full forecast.we will also check the morning commute. >>> 9ers go down in defeat against the seahawks, it is not pretty. >>> let's look at live doppler over the last three hours you can see it has been quiet northwest flow bringing in dry air for today. we still have a lot of moisture in the ground leaking out in the form of fog, quarter mile visibility napa santa rosa, 2 1/2 novato patchy fog east bay hills and valleys. breezy along the coast upper 40s to low 50s. rain coming in the forecast tomorrow afternoon and evening, scattered showers wednesday and almost dry a stray shower possible thursday. >>>:40. keeping an eye on the commute. >> sue has christmas eve off, let's take a look highway 121 between petaluma and napa, between 116 and 37 is closed due to flooding. you have to think alternates to get around that right now i-80 in berkeley where there's congestion from a previous accident. all lanes are open, you can see there there are flares off to the left of your screen, looks like that traffi

. >>> time to check in with meteorologist mike nicco for a look at the weather.s our little bit of break. what is ahead may be not so bad, right? >>> yeah, the rainfall is going to be light with the next system. good morning. here's temperatures today and sky cover, fairly cloudy this morning, increasing sun, low to mid 50s everywhere. the state much quieter than this time yesterday, just a few scattered showers up to the north, a few snow showers in the sierra and a little snow in the grapevine that is going to taper over the next couple of hours. temperatures in the low 40s around tahoe and yosemite today, 51 sacramento, 60 fresno partly cloudy mid 60s los angeles, palm springs and2p0 northbound no problems past hp4 pavilion, julian exit everything is at the limit up towards 101 no problems getting a little crowded east shore commute past golden gate fields, university overcrossing into the macarthur maze at the limit, no delays past the bay bridge toll as well. out of san rafael past lucas valley road north san pedro past the marin civic center into central s

meteorologist mike nicco will have full forecast, sue will track traffic on 87. >> sue will check them all. witnesses calling it chaos, an escalator suddenly collapses, aftermath at a >>> live doppler i think you are going like what you see it is dry no radar returns no rain, fog we have is not as soupy as it was yesterday. it is out there and it is thick, but it doesn't have the mist hanging around and the slick streets we had yesterday thickest fog in the north bay valleys into the east bay valleys, down to less than a quarter mile visibility in livermore that is not an improvement that is getting more dangerous quarter mile napa novato improving around santa rosa and fairfield three mile visibility around the bay and out to the coast unlimited visibility, it is clean, it is clear this morning. this afternoon, mostly sunny, upper 50s to low 60s with a light breeze. >>> back to the bay bridge toll, they have not yet turned on the metering lights there is a delay for cash paying folks traffic backing there towards the west grand overcrossing and 880 over crossing expecting metering lig

meteorologist mike nicco tracking that for you.ng at the cold morning temperatures versus where we will get later on. sue has your traffic, next. >>> if you park at a bart station while you ride, get ready for petition al hike. bart considering plan to raise parking fees by 50 cents, twice per year at high demand lots but would cap at $3 a day. currently computers pay $1 a day in most of the 32 stations. -- west oakland it costs $5. bart makes 15 million dollars a year from parking fees increase could mean extra five million dollars annually. >>> muni offering holiday gift, free rides only good on december 28th, the 100th anniversary of the transit agency city transportation officials say lost revenue from that day will amount to .2% of muni's fares. muni was founded in 1912 the nation's first publicly owned transit system. eric you remember fares back then? >> a tphebl kell -- a nickel, i remember that >>> investors taking a careful look at november jobs report better than most expected. >> here's jane king with bloomberg business

we'll check in with meteorologist mike nicco, coming up. >>> raiders day, did you say raiders day?r too early for die-hard fans to begin celebrating. in less than 12 hours, the raiders will host peyton manning and the broncos. kira klapper is live at ricky's sports bar in san leandro where they take their pregame ritual seriously. >> reporter: they sure do. good morning, 12 hours until game time people are already getting ready. they are here because ricky's is a second home for fans, a veritable museum, a shrine to raiders past and present since 1946 -- [ inaudible ] the owner can't pick a favorite nook or cranny of the bar because he treasures everything here. look at this wall to our left. these jerseys are rare from memorable players the last three won the first super bowl for the team in 196 -- in 1976, ricky tells me it is an honor to provide a home like this for fans from all over the world. when i see people like last night we saw people from all over the country. they come in here and get to experience the real feelings, folks here and stuff, and it is just amazing. unbeli

. >>> next at 6:00, back on the storm watch, mike nicco is tracking the showers hitting the bay areaive doppler 7-hd. >> also ahead, saying goodbye, the funerals taking place today for the young victims of the sandy hook tragedy and cal >>> a new storm has arrived in the bay area but a larger storm is on the way. >> first funeral in sand newtown is under way. >> and students will return to bay area and we'll learn more about the safety plans that are now underway. >> thanks for joining us. >> i'm eric thomas. let's get a look at the weather we were showing you on live doppler 7-hd. is it raining across the bay area. >> pretty much. a lot of us are receiving rain,

next back to meteorologist mike nicco in walnut creek at the broadway plaza to find out how yo . >>>welcome back. 6:45. today we will be at three bay area locations for our share your holiday food drive. >> let's catch up with mike live at broadway plaza in walnut creek. how is it going? >>> it is going great. we've already had people stop by, families bringing food we are off to a good start. we still need more help we are in the main courtyard where we are decorated for the season. during the holidays there's families out there with needs. they need food, they need help during the holiday season we are going to bring in communications manager from alameda county community food bank. thank you for being here. what are your goals for this food drive? how can the people at home help? >> alameda county disputes over 24 million pounds of food to our community there's one this six county residents who are in need of help from the food bank. we need a lot of help. we purchase more than half of what we distribute. if anybody wants to make a donation, cash donations are great, we can disput