the control room operator said" we've got a major, major problem in milpitas. overpressurizing the whole peninsula. and soon after the pipeline in san bruno exploded killing eight people. a cause of the explosion has not been found yet and finding that cause is the utility's main objective. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> final check on weather and traffic. mike? >> a quick look at live doppler 7 hd. notice how it is getting drier by the moment. still flight arrival delays and still patchy drizzle and patchy fog for the next couple hours. this afternoon the mid to upper 60s in most areas. mid to upper 50s along the coast. remember, tomorrow is the warmest day. set those clocks ahead saturday night one hour and change the batteries in your smoke detectors. frances. >> bay bridge backed up to west grand and slow to the metering lights. again, look out for the thick fog mike was mentioning, especially if you're driving on highway 1 near skyline boulevard between pacifica and daly city. so far haven't been major problems on the freeways there but visibility has been

70 in milpitas. 70 in morgan hill.ch the coastline, it will be cooler but not bad, 50s and 60s there. got about 6 8 degrees in union city. east bay into the 60s and 70s as we enjoy just a nice break the middle of the week before we talk about more storms coming our way. temperatures in the north bay a little cooler. they will see a few more clouds there but not bad. about 67 degrees in petaluma, 65 in san anselmo and about 63 degrees in mill valley. so as we check out the next few days today, a dry nice one almost spring-like. tomorrow a return to some wintry weather with a chance of showers developing on friday and looks dry. but then over the weekend, yup, we have a few more storms heading our way keeping up wet into next week. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> all right. thank you, lawrence. just coming into our newsroom we are hearing about new muni delays for the k line and it sounds like the m line, as well. mechanical issues. the k line is being rerouted on the m ocean view line. shuttle buses are in place

when power was cut in milpitas, pressure to three pins gas lines spiked above their usual level.ity officials say that is an alarming revelation. >> certainly it raises questions about what was going on and how it might possibly have affected what happened in san bruno. >> i think it's scary. pg&e knows a lot more than what they're leading on. i seriously believe that they are covering it up. >> reporter: there are other issues at play, as well. the california public utilities commission is still waiting on documents from pg&e proving that about 30% of its gas transmission lines are safe according to the "san francisco chronicle," the puc threatening sanctions if pg&e does not have those documents in by next tuesday. pg&e has been saying that they plan to have as many of those documents available as possible. back here live, the vigil will be happening in this area. a lot of people are expected to turn out. it will happen at 6:11 p.m. that's to the minute of the explosion happening six months ago, sydnie. >> all right, thank you, christin ayers in san bruno. >>> if you can play a

unos 50 minutos antes de la explosin, un trabajo de reparacin en una estacin de control de gas en milpitasasion que incrementaran los niveles de presin en los conductos que alimentan la peninsula.. esta informacin proviene de la agencia de seguridad en el transporte, la entidad que investiga la causa de la explosin de san bruno que cobr la vida de 8 personas y destruy 38 casas en septiembre del aÑo pasado.. ese trabajo de reparacin ocasion que se cortara la electricidad al equipo que regula la presin del gas natural.. luego dos generadores de emergencia tambin fallaron, y la comunicacin entre el centro de control de milpitas y el de san francisco, se perdi.. otro sistema instalado por pg&e ocasion que la presin incrementara automaticame nte en las tres tuberias que abastecen la peninsula.. incluyendo la que atraviesa san bruno.. esto segn empleados de pg&e entrevistados por la entidad federal.. antes de toda esta confusin, los monitores de la sala de control en san francisco, subitamente mostraron la presin de gas en cero en los tres conductos de la pennsula.. pg&e asegura que eso fue una

plan on 70 in morgan hill. 70 milpitas. 70 los gatos. 68 degrees in sunnyvale.we look toward the east bay temperatures warming up nicely. couple of 70s showing up in dublin and pleasanton, 69 in livermore and 70 degrees in walnut creek. clouds in the north bay will hold the temperatures down a little. still, we may squeeze out about 70 in the napa valley, 67 santa rosa, 65 degrees in san anselmo. at the coast temperatures in the 50s. over the next few days we're enjoying a spring break today, by tomorrow a chance of showers returns to the bay area. friday looks dry right now. but then toward the weekend another storm system gathers and keeps things unsettled possibly wet, more rain expected on sunday. showers possibly continuing on monday and tuesday. all right. let's get a traffic check with elizabeth. >> seems to rain whenever i'm trying to plan an outdoor activity. no hiking on saturday for morning. we are doing great on the roads. no big issues so far this morning. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. no delay this morning heading into san franci

hi-def super zoom into milpitas and you're seeing a good cell here.oderate rain to milpitas. be prepared for that. and then it's moving by in 10 minutes and it's all gone but there is still more off the coastline. we are going to keep things a bit unsettled and wet around the bay area today. expect some light showers on tap for us today but we are going to catch some sunny breaks in between. cloudy if you are headed out the door now. light showers on and off by the afternoon. a few less showers, a little more sunshine, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. let's check on traffic now with elizabeth. >> all right. kind of slick conditions causing a few minor problems out there including this accident in san jose. northbound 880 near coleman. sounds like a solo car accident went off to the right shoulder and anyway a tow crew is needed to help get the car out of the bushes. no word about injuries involved in the crash. freeway itself 880 main lines still looking good. 280, 101, guadalupe parkway, like i said, all relatively smooth commute this morning. here's

in the south bay near milpitas near downtown, that still looks like it's light there.g with light fog. visibility down to less than a mile in san rosa. last check it wa. the satellite imagery handful of clouds making its way to the bay. it will be late rain nothing compared with i yesterday. this afternoon upper 50's, low '60s spirit tomorrow as i said it will be great, saturday fantastic, then another bout of rain sunday. let's say good morning to george. >> george: a good ride at the bay bridge, meter lights have been activated at 6:25 a.m. no hot spots for you. it has been lighter than usual and westbound direction. 1 01 southbound looks good coming through bring county, a little fog as james has talked about it especially near the north tower. in the sierra, 80 from king bell highway 50 chains required. highway 50 yoli chains, and 88. chains required as well as 880. >> mark: big question is the right to be an nfl games next year. this size have met for nine days before a federal mediator, no significant progress. how do divide $9 billion in revenue expanding the re

. >> the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion apparently began with a faulty repair project in milpitasthe pg&e worker yelled "we're screwed." details contained in newly really leased federal documents. >> this is not easy for this neighborhood to absorb. these people are still trying to piece their lives together. this street is still closed. to hear details about how this could be prevented is a lot to deal with. the chronicle is reporting this morning that a "skewed up repair project at pg&e control station caused pressure levels to increase in lines serving the peninsula." this is from newly released federal documents. there were a chain of problems because of that repair project and it all culminated in september's explosion that killed eight people. workers say the pressure on the lines jumped and one was heard saying we've got a major, major problem in milpitas. we've overpressurized the whole peninsula. the others reported in the san jose mercury news, the newspaper obtained a pg&e document from 1992. it shows pg&e could have replaced the line that exploded but decided the welds

there's the little cell moving in towards milpitas.emperatures 48 in antioch, 55 in oakland, 56, redwood city. san jose, 56. clear patches overnight. showers and isolated thunderstorms expected for our monday. we'll see a few sun breaks, too, and then it looks like a heavy rain system will be possible as we head into tuesday night, and throughout the day on wednesday. i want to take you back to last night. this is the cull -- actual cold front, classic comma, very tight here, denoting a very strong storm and this is about 1:00 in the morning, and that's when those winds picked up, and then this barreled through. stalled through the central valley area so still seeing quite a bit of rainfall, and this activity right back here, this area of low pressure will pin wheel moisture in our direction off and on. you can see he moisture here, just going to be lifted up and we'll continue with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms monday. overnight tonight, some of this will ease up, get a little break, and for the 6:00 a.m. monday morning

. >> the gas bleing northward through line 132 originates at milpitas control station. a botched upgrade project on the afternoon of the deadly explosion caused the station to lose power hours later. back up power failed as well there. is a system of valves in place, and ntsb documents released during the hearing show the operator release -- reacting to pressure rising above normal a half hour before the rupture saying we're screwed. the maximum maximum operating pressure is 375 pounds per square inch. a chart included in documents show td pressure leaving milpitas reached 600 five minutes before the explosion. pg&e supervising engineer says the pressure never rose to unsafe level autos we never felt pressure reach or exceed. >> he testified the reading is not physically possible and pg&e found the high reading unreliable. an engineer who works on control systems isn't convinced. and told the chronicle the high pressure reading was probably rock solid and questions have never been asked. documents released lx ls show p fw. and e replaced sections of the line on either s

-line operator, out we didn't get alarms from milpitas or irvington today.ey're scrambling in milpitas try to figure out what help open and what's going on. the pressure on the line spikes, gas control operator, what happened? why did it go from zero flow to almost 12 and a half million. assemblyman terry hill say the transcripts were very revealing. >> the surprises were that one, pg&e did not know pretty much that high- pressure gas transmission line was out of control four hours. no one knew what the pressure was, no one knew what was control in the files, the valves open automatically push the pressure through. one of the readings that was indicated to the investigation was 623 lbs. per square inch which is one and half times the 400 maximum pounds that were allowed in that type. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: our coverage of the san bruno gas line explosion continues on line as good a www.kron4.com or we opposed to the link to the pg&e control room locks. >>catherine: authorities are looking for a former pittsburgh counselor they believe that man m

a couple of showers went down to milpitas and not a big deal.you are watching you -- watching us towards the north, things begin to develop off eureka. -- but for us, it look like we'll have a mostly sunny, partly sunny day. still a few showers. the fog in the north bay will lift. there's nothing above it. once you get rid of that, it will be sunny? tomorrow looks good. today, sun, some clouds but it will be warmer. we mentioned a few showers. nothing like we had yesterday. 50s for a few but a lot of low and mid-60s. mostly sunny, slightly warm he on saturday. rain to the north bay, coo be moderate to heavy. >>> 8:26. a bay area police chase goes underground. how a robbery suspect ended up in a caltrans tunnel. >>> good morning. i'm jade hernandez. i just got off the phone with san francisco police chief and he says they are planning enforcement activity in the mission after several retaliation shootings. that story -- straight ahead. >>> in 90 minutes or so, you can start sounding off on caltrain and tell them how to keep their budget on track.

so very slow going as you exit milpitas.y bridge toll plaza, jammed beyond the 880 overcrossing, now metering lights on. there was also a stall on the upper deck so that is now cleared but it's still sluggish from the incline all the way out towards the "s" curve. we also had that accident on southbound 101 just past the 80 split. that is now cleared as well off to the right shoulder. that's your traffic and your weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the governor's office is banking on a new exclusion to balance the state's $26 billion budget deficit. and you can help. meet governor brown's corgi named sutter. he is on t-shirts, mugs, hats and other doggie items for sale. with $3 from every item sold going to the general fund, the state would have to sell about 887 million items. >> saving the state one t-shirt at a time. whatever it takes. we need all the help we can get. >>> thanks for watching the cbs 5 "early edition." we'll see you tomorrow morning bright at early at 4:30.

plan on 60 in morgan hill, 63 milpitas, 58 in pacifica and cool breeze there. east bay temperatures up into the 50s and 60s by the afternoon. the north bay also expecting those temperatures mainly in the 50s and 60s. so looks like a couple of leftover showers for today. tomorrow looking dry with some partly cloudy skies. looks like rain could make a return as early as late in the day on saturday especially north of the golden gate brimming. rain on sunday. elizabeth has traffic. >> out to the south bay and talking about this accident that happened an hour ago. northbound 880 in groveland, car ran into the trees and flipped over. everything is out of lanes. not causing huge delays but reports about this from chp so there may still be some activity off to the right shoulder so something to be aware of if you are heading towards the airport in that area. the rest of the south bay, still looking good. 101 coming up from morgan hill. looks great and 280 same thing coming out of downtown san jose, also no problems up and down the guadalupe parkway. pretty quick trip

and also the south bay picking up significant rainfall for san jose, milpitas and santa cruz. we'll have to watch the santa cruz mountains, in the short- term with increasing rainfall rates and that will trigger an increase in the probability with the mudslides. now with the rainfall but also the wind, here's some of the current reports around the bay. winds gusting right now to 36 miles an hour in the strong winds will continue to be an issue at least between now and 4:00 this afternoon. coming up we'll look at the updated forecast model, shows a progression of the rain this afternoon and also more rain chances in the 5-day forecast. >>> and turning now to the richmond-san rafael bridge, the highway patrol is restricting high-profile vehicles from the bridge because of high winds gusting as mark told us, about 36 miles an hour. and that includes empty big rig trucks and recreational vehicles. and on the san mateo coast, highway 1 is closed in both directions in pacifica, because of a wire that fell across the road. it's not clear if it is a power line. >>> and the weather con

in fremont, a pretty good cell, milpitas, that's coming in your direction. near mountainview, we have had storms heading into the east bye. some of that continues to linger in the area. just making its way east of concord now you see some of them making their way into antioch and brentwood. we have more scattered showers continuing there, looks like we're not done with the rain just yet. more rain on the way, oh stronger storms come in our direction. this is going to add to some very impressive totals, that's the latest from here, an. >> back to you. >> it was range the time a car with five teenagers in it crashed in antioch. the driver lost control and crashed into a retaining wall and then the car overturned. 19-year-old passenger was killed, the other four teens were injured. one of them critically. there is no official word if weather contributed to the crash. >>> hasan josi man attending a republican convention after- party died after collapsing on the dance floor. dez mcneigh, the head of the silicon valley taxpayers association collapsed last night at

milpitas 880/237, everything is fine towards silicon valley. mass transit is on time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> thank you. it is 4:40. financial markets have been very volatile since the earthquake and tsunami. how stocks in japan are doing today. >> plus, the price of convenience is probably going up, folks. how much more you're going to have to pay to use that atm card. >> ouch. >>> and how man's best friend might actually be good for your waistline. >>> get ready to pay more for the atm cards. those fees are probably chase is testing out fees up to $5 and other banks will follow suit. >>> the cost of healthcare for hundreds of thousands of californians will not go up after all. blue shield has cancelled plans to raise rates as much as 59%. the hike was supposed to take effect may 1. it would have been the third increase in recent months. but pressure from customers and state leaders forced blue shield to cancel the hike at least for the rest of the year. >>> state lawmakers making progress on efforts to close the $26.6 billion budget deficit. but they are not q

milpitas and san jose in particular, but as demand. -- let us zoom in. i do not think there is as much rain here. , yes, mainly it light. -- mainly it it it is light.is light. >>louisa: certainly this morning will be the heaviest rainfall. i lot of potential for flooding and mud and rock slides continues. therein is tapering off in some spots. the main areas of concern all along the coast and into the hills as well. we have moderate-and heavy rain that creates a concern. the bulk of the west but there is pushing to the east and the north. we will catch some periods of trying. the threat of wet weather continues and we will see its body is showers popping up right on through the afternoon. use your windshield wipers. it will not be as wide as this morning. continuing to keep the threat of what weather at around i until the evening as well. it will last into friday morning. 2- 4 ft. of snow can beat syria.in beat sierra. heavy rai, strong winds, a wet weekend ahead of us. george? >>george: we are not tracking any hot spots right now. the rain eased a bit.

that's 59 in half moon bay, 64 campbell, 65 los gatos and 63 milpitas.y 65 in brentwood, 65 walnut creek, 63 in berkeley today. north bay will see more sunshine later today but again waking up to fog this morning. 64 petaluma, 60 san anselmo and 64 mill valley. now, your seven-day forecast shows a little bit of everything, a roller coaster if you will. increasing clouds for tuesday with a slight chance for the north bay for tuesday. wednesday we dry things out start to warm things up. we're talking near 80 for the warmest spots come thursday, cooling down friday in time for another chance of showers on saturday. now for a check of your roadways, here's elizabeth. >> thank you, julie. well, it's dry, that is the biggest difference today than last week. cruising this morning between hayward and foster city, no problems. we have seen a couple of accidents. we'll get to them in just a minute. but all of them have been cleared to the right shoulder. nothing blocking lanes. mass transit is off to a great start for bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain. everything

. >> and in milpitas, dozens of pigeons are released into the wild with unintended consequence autos it's not unusual to see pigeons in a parking lot but these appeared overnight. we counted 31 of them at this business park in milpitas. >> since monday they've been walking around looking for food and water and shelter. >> the birds are domestic this, is my first attempt to walk near them. i'm getting pretty close without them moving and the owner of the business told animal services he bought birds in a market and set them free during a ceremony sunday. >> you'll see it here, we laced them with asian good luck thing. >> turns out it's not lucky. it could violate city codes and more importantly, the pigeons are suffering. at least one has been run over and others are getting sick. michelle took one to the humane society. he had a swollen eye and you can touch him and he'd almost fall over. >> today, san jose animal care stepped in. the person responsible for the released promised to take them to a location in gilroy. >> allegedly it's a big enough area for pigeons. >> animal services

publicly have said the ruptured section have the only flaws they found which runs from milpitas to santhe perjury trial of former giant slugger barry bonds will finally begin. jurors won't get to hear some of the prosecution's most dramatic evidence. last week a federal judge threw out voice mails that bonds left for his former mistress during their nine-year relationship. prosecutors wanted the voice mails in saying they are profane hostile and threatening and result of bonds' steroid use. bonds' personal train greg anderson said he would not testify against bonds. the judge said she would send anderson back to jail. >> jury selection begins tomorrow in oakland for the former lead of your black muslim bakery. both men have pleaded not guilty in the murder of oakland post editor chauncey bailey. one told a grand jury that they order the killing and one helped him track that down on bailey. he was fatally shot when he was walking out of a restaurant on his way to work. >> san francisco city officials are looking at a proposal to keep twitter in town. the company had threatened to leave

. >> the gas originates at the milpitas control station. a botched upgrade project caused the station to lose power hours later. and there is system of valves designed to prevent pressure from going too high but documents released during the hearings show dronl room operator reacting to pressure rising above normal about a half hour before this rupture saying we're screwed, we're screwed. and this operate jorz there is a major problem and we've overpressurized the peninsula. maximum allowable pressure for line 132 is 375 pounds per square inch but a chart in the documents showed pressure leaving milpitas reached more than 600 five minutes before the explosion. and this engineer told ntsb pressure never rose to unsafe level autos we never felt pressure either reach or exceed mlb. >> he testified the 600 reading is not physically possible. and there is a engineer that is among engineers who aren't convinced. joe white told the concell high pressure reading was probably rock solid and questions have never been asked. >> all right. >> and stay

san mateo and moving into the south bay from mountain view, sunnyvale, san jose and over towards milpitas and moving into mount hamilton. sunol grade is getting wet also. this is just the beginning. we'll get a lull in the rain before the cold front comes in later today and brings us more widespread rain. pretty mild this morning, with the moisture out there. it's kept our temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. same thing around monterey bay and inland. three things i want you to know about this forecast, rain today. we'll still be wet tomorrow and thursday but probably not as widespread as today. they'll be periods of rain, a lot of them and chilly friday, saturday and sunday and looks like we'll have rain on monday, too. mid to upper 50s along the coast san rafael, half moon bay, low 50s around napa and rest of us in the low to mid-50s especially the south by and east bay. around the monterey bay, sprinkles and maybe some light rain in the afternoon hours. mid-60s for you. loy to mid-50s for the rest of us and it's still raining for tomorrow morning's commute. this warm air mass that is

. >>> there's light breaks in the showers, especially around fremont, milpitas. not a big deal but there's some little guys out there. we do vet -- we do get a break. the system is right there to the left of your screen. so the morning hours, not too bad. if you need to get anything done, go for it in the morning, around 2:00, 3:00, the system will come in. here comes our low spinning around. it looks like wednesday night another one and thursday one more. not too bad on the wind. but by tonight the wind will start to pick up again. 50s or very low 60s. the rain moves in tonight. takes us into wednesday, maybe a break wednesday afternoon or evening. not much because the next system comes barreling in on thursday. one more system on saturday. sunday looks fine to me. monday the jet stream starts to move northward. and it's looking much drier. >> reporter: good morning. i'm jade hernandez. residents have to deal with this. this will take days, maybe even weeks to clear. the story in a live report coming up. >>> growing fears about radiation in the japanese food sup

through milpitas, heavy rainfall and snowfall.s we take it up along the peninsula still light showers. it is picking up writer around the san mateo. the san mateo bridge right around--the san mateo. snow levels expected to drop. even 2,000 ft.. also, high surf advisory into effect. this will switch into a high surf warning until midnight-3:00 p.m. tomorrow we are expecting 15-21 ft. waves. with that, strong rip currents and even minor coastal flooding. we will continue that through this evening's hours and light shower activity. occasional moderate down four. we certainly are not finished with these heavy downpours. moderate-downpours and even heavier-downpours scattered shower activity on friday. for the most part through continuous wet weather. as we go towards saturday it could pick up a little bit. a powerful storm it continues to edge its way through the state. your kron 4 7 day around the bay it is showing that as we go into tomorrow more shower activity. saturday, the rain is expected to pick up a little bit. overnight we c

. >> will: 237 between san as an milpitas just pass the boulevard exit.he area where traffic starts to loosen up. before here it's all bumper-to-bumper. even though the heavy rainfall that we saw is don there is still a steady rainfall that comes down it's causing traffic to go considerably slower and then it normally does that could be a good thing, with traffic being bumper-to-bumper cars cannot ski. more updates coming up. for now reporting to 37 will tran, kron4 news. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. all of looking outside rain now be sure freeway traffic is bumper-to-bumper. a programming note, baseball special this saturday gary is hosting baseball by the bay. as well as player interviews, spring training that is this saturday. raise your kron4. this is your captain speaking, we are fourteenth in line for takeoff. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for

they will hold a public hearing on express lanes proposed for interstate 880 and highway 237, milpitas north san jose where the two freeways connect. the hearing starts at 4:30 at vta headquarters downtown san jose. >> 5:07 a.m., no rain today good news, we have a lot of wind. >>> well, you pretty much said it right there, we are trying to start the morning but have some impressive wind speeds, 30 miles per hour by the coast, 20 miles per hour inland. that will be the story for the better part of the day. windy, but dry until this evening then we switch it all around. showers back into the warm front. most rain activity will be in the golden gate to the north very light and showery not talking about a big soaker here. in the meantime as you plan out your day, anticipate a light jacket starting out this morning mild temperatures upper 40s. low 50s partly cloudy but windy the big story heading out the door this morning. later this afternoon winds will start to subside as we get closer to sunset. we will keep temperatures cooler than what we saw this time yesterday, temperatures any where

fremont, milpitas, light precipitation there, and this will continue to move in across the entire bay area as we head to overnight hours. this is the cold front bringing heavier showers on the north coast, and in the evening hours, it's going to push south and it's just going to fall apart. light showers, mist and drizzle across the bay area. once the system moves through, high pressure will build in on monday, and this is going to park over the bay area to bring us a dry work week and temperatures in the 70s, possibly a few 80s as we head into thursday. here's the timing. this afternoon, you can see 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, and you see it falls apart. we'll keep the mist and drises until the forecast overnight. and you'll have a dry commute 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. watch out for patchy fog. here's the lows tonight. 49 san francisco. 46 concord. tomorrow, as i said, maybe a little mist and drizzle tomorrow morning, otherwise, get ready for a nice afternoon. mixture of sun and clouds. 64 for san jose, the peninsula in the low 60s. san francisco, sunshine and 60 degrees. north bay, 64 for s

and milpitas and san jose, very little moisture right now. that will pick up a little a little overnight tonight. >> alan: we're not sure if this next story is whether-related but a jackknifed big rig caused a major backup all morning and into the afternoon on the san francisco approach to the bay bridge. a safeway truck crashed just after 8:00 a.m., blocking three lanes of the lower deck. the front end of the rig was heavily damaged and the drier had to be -- driver had be to pulled out. caltrans used sand to clean up the fuel leak. traffic was back to normal by 1:30. >>> in the last two weeks the average price for regular gallon is up 33-cents a gallon. the second biggest tries increase on record, surpassed only by the jump after hurricane katrina. in south san francisco, we spotted premium gas as high as 4.60. the white house is concerned the soaring gas prices to slow the economic recovery and could dip into reserves. >> the issue of reserve is is something we're considering, something that is done on very rare occasions. there's a bunch

watch out milpitas, you've got a lot of rain from ben lomond, morgan hill and gilroy continue to see more shower activity. overall we'll see the rain begin to dial back. light showers from american canyon to napa, much of marin county is looking at a break. that will be the trend throughout the rest of the day and evening before the next system comes in overnight with gusty winds. low 50s in mountain view. 51 in san jose. showers being more isolated. tonight, rain, overnight into saturday morning. chance of showers on sunday, a much weaker system on sunday. a surf warning until 3:00 all along the coast. large breaking waves will be definitely dangerous out there. keep that in mind. this system, an area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska, this will be dropping down bringing a pretty strong cold front. gusty winds certainly not as strong as yesterday and the next system behind it is going to be weaker and see most of the rain into the north bay. we're going to see showers on sunday. let's take you through the next several hours into the next couple of days. 8:00 tonight, we don't ha

watch out milpitas, you've got a lot of rain from ben lomond, morgan hill and gilroy continue to seee shower activity. overall we'll see the rain begin to dial back. light showers from american canyon to napa, much of marin county is looking at a break. that will be the trend throughout the rest of the day and evening before the next system comes in overnight with gusty winds. low 50s in mountain view. 51 in san jose. showers being more isolated. tonight, rain, overnight into saturday morning. chance of showers on sunday, a much weaker system on sunday. a surf warning until 3:00 all along the coast. large breaking waves will be definitely dangerous out there. keep that in mind. this system, an area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska, this will be dropping down bringing a pretty strong cold front. gusty winds certainly not as strong as yesterday and the next system behind it is going to be weaker and see most of the rain into the north bay. we're going to see showers on sunday. let's take you through the next several hours into the next couple of days. 8:00 tonight, we don't have a

all of this is moving to the east, and light rain north of milpitas, and this band here heading over towards the hayward area. accept rosa, 55. 49, livermore. cooler there because that's where the showers are right now. 53 in mountain view, and 58 in redwood city. here's a look at some scattered showers overnight. another system rotates in here tomorrow, bringing us more showers and a few isolated thunderstorms, and then looks like heavy rain scenario will set up as we head into wednesday and through the day on thursday. here's a look at the frontal system that brought us the rain last night. it's pushing into southern california. the low sitting off the coast will continue to rotate. that's will send scattered showers our way tonight, and will bring down a little moisture tomorrow. so more sures in the accuweather forecast. and tonight, scattered showers will thin out. and then as the next massive area of moisture moves in tomorrow morning, just in time for the commute, look for wet, wet pavement. tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night, a little break. push this into tuesday. just a lit

it details calls being made between pg&e workers in milpitas and a control center. crews were scrambling to stop searches and fear that they would cause a major problem. after learning gas was flowing due to a botched repair job one operator said, "we're screwed." >> i believe he was referring to the fact that there was a pressure increase in the system. >> a national transportation safety board plans to wrap up its investigation in six months, about one year after the san bruno blast. >>> new at 7:00 calm and online efforts to reduce junk mail. berkeley is one of five cities teaming up with a nonprofit to keep residents from being inundated with -- online efforts to reduce junk mail. >> reporter: the idea is to reduce the number of these mailings by having people go online to website to contact companies to opt outs. this mail carrier stuff the box after box with mass mailings before many people the junk mail comes every day. >> geice always sends it. >> we still get it. >> reporter: the mayor announced a new partnership with catalog choice based in berkeley. >> it

live outside, shall is lightening up in palo alto, still pretty heavy rain over sansanta rosa in milpitas. will tell you all about it, coming up. qy >>catherine: fire trucks were spraying water on reactor no. 3 that the power plant today. japan's nuclear agency raised the threat rating from four to 05 on the seven level. one u.s. nuclear experts as saying today he is not encouraged by what he is seeing. >> the japanese authorities appear to not still have control of the situation. they are taking measures that are of the desperate nature. it doesn't appear at this time that they are working. >>catherine: tonight we have the first report of japanese radiation reaching the west coast. it is coming from sacramento, that is where the reports are. that is where the u.n. monitors the air far violations of the street. a diplomat with access to that information said yes some particles have been detected. he described some of about a billion times to these levels that would be held threatening. radiation effect on me body is measured in a certain way. kron 4, shows how they can add up. >>christine

the san francisco chronicle reports the repairs at a control station in milpitas caused pressure levelso rise on all natural gas lines serving the peninsula. this happened just 50 minutes before san bruno pipeline exploded killing 8 people and destroying 38 homes. they were powerless to stop it. one operator is quoted as saying just minutes before the blast "we're screwed, we're screwed." >> a statewide amber alert has been issued for an eight-month-old boy. he and his mother were kidnapped from the home. they were abducted this morning by the boy's father. the chp says he grabbed them after climbing through a window in porterville. he was seen driving a red 1991 honda civic with plate 5 z 01539. >> in tracy an event is happening now in memory of sandra cantu, the eight-year-old kidnapped and killed two years ago. today watch been her tenth birthday. a full day of free activities are for children 14 and under. it's aimed at educating children to be careful and safe in their community. a sunday school teacher is being held. >> authorities found millions of dead fish this morning in king

parts of the santa cruz mountains, as we come in closer still rain showers to talk about closer to milpitas mountain view as well. wet roadways around 101. a look outside, i can show you clouds in place. the clouds, some breaks in the clouds, a passing shower for today, and till still we could have a thunderstorm, reports of thunder earlier this morning. for today off and on showers, the chance of a thunderstorm. this weekend rain for one part of your saturday. i am going to highlight the timing in just a second. still a chance of a few showers for sunday. i think this is the forecast we have been waiting for for next week. finally a dry weather pattern and temperatures warming up. for today in the pacific. the system impacting the region now and the next one developing upstream. for today the lingering rain showers and snow showers for lake tahoe, winter storm warnings for today extended into saturday. for us that unsettled pattern in place, clouds and sun, the showers out there, off and on, plenty of breaks in the activity. as we head into saturday the next system marchs closer to our coa

milpitas, union city, newark up to hayward, hayward out to dublin, that's where the wet weather is rightow. fog, we have it along the coast, half moon bay. it's now starting to wrap around the coast and move into san francisco. watch out. i think frances is going to tell you about a couple bridges fogged out this morning. let's talk about temperatures. look how mild it is. we're running 5 to 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday. most of us mid to upper 50s. even with limited sunshine, low to mid-60s this afternoon. pretty seasonal temperatures. same thing around the monterey bay. your 7-day forecast, tuesday we're going to get some rain. wednesday it will taper. then look at thursday, some rain. friday, saturday and sunday a cold system, highs in the 50s with waves of rain throughout the weekend. here's frances. >> all right, mike. as promised here's a look at that fog across the golden gate bridge. a little trouble in and out of the north bay this morning because the chp has also issued a fog advisory for the richmond san rafael bridge. we'll go tos maps. north. you might find pon

the san francisco chronicle reports the repairs at a control station in milpitas caused pressure levelso rise on all natural gas lines serving the peninsula. this happened just 50 minutes before san bruno pipeline exploded killing 8 people and destroying 38 homes. they were powerless to stop it. one operator is quoted as saying just minutes before the blast "we're screwed, we're screwed." >> a statewide amber alert has been issued for an eight-month-old boy. he and his mother were kidnapped from the home. they were abducted this morning by the boy's father. the chp says he grabbed them after climbing through a window in porterville. he was seen driving a red 1991 honda civic with plate 5 z 01539. >> in tracy an event is happening now in memory of sandra cantu, the eight-year-old kidnapped and killed two years ago. today watch been her tenth birthday. a full day of free activities are for children 14 and under. it's aimed at educating children to be careful and safe in their community. a sunday school teacher is being held. >> authorities found millions of dead fish this morning in king

and also some breaks but the focus of the shower activity in parts of the south bay and east bay, milpitas, right around fremont. as we move the maps up to the north, it looks like we have a heavier downpour to the east of oakland, for 880 and also 580 as well. as we move the maps around, it looks like we have heavier downpours closing in on fairfield. apparently a good thunderstorm moving into solano county. that will be a concern at least in the short-term and moving across the bay, not the north bay, not a lot to show you in san rafael. but we can show you this -- a live look outside, still lingering clouds and a few showers in parts of the north bay. hold onto the umbrella. santarosa, 54. hayward, 54. sanjose, at last check reporting 52. here's the overall weather story for today -- off-and-on showers, the possibility of a thunderstorm. the next storm for tomorrow that will be packing some heavy rain, especially for tomorrow morning. the weekend forecast, a chance of a shower on saturday but we will actually clear out the rain clouds and warm things up for the second half of the weeken

new development, federal documents that show pipeline operators knew a shoddy repair job in the milpitas section was causing gas pressure readings to fluctuate uncontrollably on the peninsula. transcripts show what one operator said only minutes before the explosion and i quote, he said, we're screwed, we're screwed. so clearly he knew there was a major problem. on this 6-month anniversary the mayor of san bruno does not want people to forget. >> my greatest fear is that the hole gets filled and the street gets paved and somebody says didn't you guys have a fire or something in san bruno a few years ago. >> reporter: pg&e is also up against march 15th deadline to produce the proper records which prove its gas transmission lines are indeed safe. if it doesn't, the california public utilities commission is threatening to levee fines and sanctions against the company. this means pg&e has until next tuesday to complete sifting through more than a million documents. it says it has workers working around the clock, 24/7 trying to meet this deadline. live in san bruno, marla tellez. >> officers

today in the upper 50s to mid-60s. 58 in half moon bay, 63 los altos, 64 palo alto, 64 fremont, 65 milpitas. we see more of the same in the five-day forecast. first east way, 65 in pittsburg, up north similar temperatures. 60 san anselmo and san rafael and 64 vallejo. now the seven-day forecast. right on cue. here you go. upper 60s for the warmest spots today. 70s -- frank, i told you they would be there for tomorrow -- chance of showers thursday, dry friday, chance of showers saturday and sunday. now for a check of the roads, here's elizabeth wenger. >> a little bit of something for everyone in that forecast. >> i try. >> thank you, julie. outside across the san mateo bridge, this is the shot of the morning. we have fog advisories issued for stretches highway 1, highway 35 and portions of 280 through daly city. again your drive time for the san mateo bridge still looks okay. 13 minutes, this is the commute direction westbound 92 between hayward and foster city. here's where that heavy fog advisory -- visibility less than 25 feet according to chp along some stretches. we are going down to t

use your wipers and be careful not to hydroplain down by mount hamilton, milpitas a rainy start and concentrated rain around saratoga and organ hill. we'll see a little bit of sunshine but further destabilize things. we have more organized front that is going to bring more steady rain. this morning, it's cold, grab the umbrella. heavy have i liner and rain coats and another rainy weekend but the second half may be brighter. details on the seven-day outlook. good morning, sue. >> hi, lisa. we've got commuter that will be a whopper. rain is coming down in a lot of areas. flooding, northbound 880. two right lanes between 23rd and mz and sf9sdz on-ramp is also closed. -- 23rd on-ramp is also closed and no "h" train service today. we've got a bus bridge in place at great america station. i'm sorry. >> kristen: time right now, 4:39. >> still ahead. state regulators come up with a fine against pg&e for thousands of missing documents >> janelle: also uninvited guests. how a car got smack in the middle. >> we're looking at condition red. >> kristen: talk about the sierra being closed. there is so much sn

sunnyvale, rest of san jose, milpitas, morgan hill, and gilroy would be another area code z no one is would retain 408. this state p.u.c. says it usually takes 18 months of delivery but they say they'll have to move faster. there are hearings underway to get input. >> people have an opportunity to comment to the p.u.c. up until the decision is made. it's probably going to be several months from now. >> phone carriers favor the overlay option. a split would trigger updates to materials for companies. >> there may be direct mail and printing. >> and in my circles there are a lot of friends into hip-hop and rap and stuff. they're all about their 408. what are they going to do? they're going to have to change their shirts. >> and there is a huge public outcry when blue shield proposed a draw matic increase in health insurance rates. >> the company suddenly backed down. >> and groups are calling this proof of people power, interesting. after outrage, blue shield is withdrawing plans to raise your rates may 1. officials say they backed off the rate hike to help keep coverage affordable. wou

today temperatures in fact 50s for the most part and 60s. 66 fremont, 67 today in milpitas. east bay temperatures similar range. 68 in brentwood, 67 antioch and 64 today in alameda, 36 for folks in richmond. north bay, i think you will see a few more clouds than the folks farther south. but mild temperatures nonetheless. 68 santa rosa, 69 in petaluma and 68 in sonoma, 55 today for folks in benicia. five-day forecast shows increasing sunshine as we move on throughout the week today. partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies today. low 80s wednesday and thursday for the warmest spots. cools down friday, chance of showers slight chance on saturday, and drying next week. >> looking forward to those 80s, thank you. >>> san jose may shorten the leash on dogs. this afternoon, the city council will consider limiting dog leashes to six feet long on trails in the city's parks. right now leashes can be up to 20 feet long. fines could go as high as $200 for repeat offenders. dog owners agree that long leashes especially with people on bikes can be dangerous. [ indiscernible ] >> you can fall

from the doppler radar, some of those cells moving on through an in toward san jose and milpitas, youing east of fremont, looking at some pretty good rainfall there. to the north, scattered showers in toward livermore valley, most of that scattered activity. you get a pretty good downpour, that will move on by, you'll see a couple of stars outside. but you get the idea. we're going to see unsettled the next 24 to 36 hours, that's just the setup for the next storm tim. towards the central valley more showers. what a storm it has been, gust over 60 miles per hour in the bay area, that heavy rainfall moving in overnight. now we're starting to see some of that moisture pulled back, another low pressure off the coastline moving back in our direction so we're not ton with the rain just yet. check out some of these totals in the bay area, last 24 hours. an inch of rain in san rafael, an inch in san francisco, just over an inch in napa and almost an inch of rain in san jose, where do we sit so far? we've got over 33" of rainfall in santa rosa, 115% of normal, 113% of normal in san francisco,

. >>> new proposed lanes are interstate 880, milpitas, north san jose where the two freeways connect.ey will hold a public hearing in afternoon. >>> food vendors in san francisco lined up so they can apply for a permit in fact some of them have been camped out for two days. these are live pictures, of those campers, the city is making it easier for mobile food trucks to operate but it is first come first served for prime locations some entrepreneurs have been camping out for as much as three days at department of public works. >> the sense was that there was going to be a rush they are opening 8:20 a.m. monday, and probably people are going to be applying for the same spot. >>> all about location. there are spots in the city that are going to be up for sale which could make our break your business. >> new permits will be more affordable, costing $3,000 instead of $10,000 there are already 100 food trucks in the city now this number could double. >>> 4:37 a.m. it is a dog fight over popular bay area parks another public hearing tonight on proposed restrictions on off leash dog walking

operators, operators apparently knew that a botched repair job in a milpitas control station was causing gas to flow uncontrollably. and that they couldn't fix the issue remotely. that set off a chain reaction. a half hour later, the pipeline in san bruno exploded. pg&e isn't saying if there's a connection yet. today we also learned why pg&e decided not to repair that flawed pipeline. the "mercury news" found a pg&e report from 1992 stating that most of the pipe that ran through san bruno did not need to be replaced because the wells met current standards. but federal investigators found more than 150 welding defects back in january. many of them dating back half a century. >>> international news now. the unrest in libya is quickly becoming a political headache for president obama. since the crisis began, gas prices are up dramatically, and several congressmen are demanding action. the government announced gas prices could soon hit an average of $3.70 a gallon. that was nationwide. around here, you know the story, it's already near the $4 mark. democrats are asking the president to sell

near milpitas scattered showers. some pretty heavy rainfall at least for a few minutes and then it passes on by. to the east bay we have more widely scattered showers toward danville a little cell there, union city seeing lighter showers and as we push further to the north, yup, we are seeing more scattered showers there, a little more serious as you make your way into the napa valley but yes, there is a stronger storm coming and that is coming tonight. we'll have more details on that in just a couple of minutes, guys. back to you. >> all right, lawrence. thanks much. >>> the ace commuter trains are out of service today because of mud and debris on the tracks. >> yeah. this is in the niles canyon area near fremont. an ace spokesman says that the tracks were cleared overnight, but the video from chopper 5 today indicates otherwise. ace usually runs about three trains in each direction between stockton and san jose but today, no ace trains are operating. the system, though, is expected to be running normally again on m

about 70 in milpitas, 69 fremont. 66 san mateo. east bay temperatures running up into the 60s. some low 70s, as well. should see plenty of sunshine by afternoon. toward the north bay temperatures running up into the 60s and also the 70s. could actually get to 70 degrees in the napa valley. about 65 in san anselmo and about 67 degrees in santa rosa. all right. let's check out the next few days. well, today is a nice one. by tomorrow, a chance of rain returns to the bay area especially late in the day. friday it looks like we'll catch a break, just some partly cloudy skies, but by the weekend the clouds roll back in a chance of showers late in the day come saturday. rain expected across the bay area come sunday. and chance of more showers come monday and tuesday. so you get the idea. enjoy this nice weather while we have t speaking of nice weather, this made for a great sunset shot. this comes from tom fletcher, this los altos hills at sunset. looking very good. we could very well see a sunset just like this tonight. so get those cameras out there and be prepared. of course, if y