castro valley, san leandro. 64 morgan hill to gill roy. cooler santa cruz because the fog is on the coast. and that means half-moon bay 59. 63 men lo park. 59 san francisco. after tomorrow looks like sunshine and warmer weather towards the end of the week. >>> all right. thank you, steve. we have an update to a story we've been following this morning that could effect you if you're flying anywhere. this is a live picture of dfw dallas-fort worth international airport. it just reopened. it had to close down for about an hour because of icy runway conditions there. of course dallas is a huge hub for american airlines. and a lot of bay area flights on american connect through dallas. but the good news is the airport has reopened. we had earlier reports that the international airport, george bush international airport in houston, was shut down because of severe weather there. that of course is a big hub for continental airlines. both of those airports have a lot of traffic that goes through the bay area. but the good news again dallas- fort wo

and smash a window, take it and take off. >> sergeant jerry newmire of morgan hill police department says there is no way to know what is causing the spike. >> it could be the economy, but we don't know exactly why. i it's a dual layer alarm. >> reporter: russ smith always activities his car alarm but he does admit that, yes, he does occasionally leave valuables in his vehicles. >> just accessories, stuff that i use that i don't want to carry into the gym just in general. >> reporter: ever leave laptops, computers, iphones? >> yes, sometimes. >> reporter: the morgan hill police department sent an e- mail to all members of the local community center and is also sending out flyers to alert residents about the rash of burglaries. police say there are simple things people can do to protect themselves. >> we want to make it harder for the criminals. so we are asking that the public lock their cars and close their windows and remove anything that's valuable out of their cars. >> morgan hill police say they are seeing yet another disturbing trend in all of this. many of these burglaries, ga

morgan hill and san martin. brent canon reporting showers near morgan hill this afternoon, and snow falling in hollister and gilroy. we'll share that later in the newscast of snow, mixed with heavy rain. the showers have started to weaken. this is part of the stage that will set things up for a chilly night tonight. we have a freeze warning up, dipping into the 20s and 30s as early as late this evening, taking us on into the morning. notice these temperatures as we head toward 11:00. some parts in the north bay already dipping near freezing. we're talking 20s as we wake up again tomorrow morning. so what does this mean for the rest of your weekend plans? the full look at your weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> that means it's going to be cold. thank you. rob. people are getting ready for the chilly weather tonight. hello, kimberly. >> reporter: hello, diane. i can still see some of the sun, but i can tell you it is chilly here in los gatos, and it will only get chillier with ice expected. that could cause pro

we are set to speak with morgan hill police at 7:00. we will get more detail from them about whether they think this is one group of people or think there's a sudden rash of these burglaries occurring spontaneously throughout the community. we continue to update. for now live in morgan hill, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right. we have some breaking news regarding the weather this morning. the dallas-fort worth international airport is now closed due to an ice storm. we've been talking about severe weather hitting all the way from texas into the midwest and the east coast. right now we understand in the dallas area that schools have been shut down, ground traffic is a mess. it's left much of north texas in that winter freeze. we've heard from the dallas- fort worth airport spokesperson that the runways are glazed with ice. the crews are working to clear that area. they expect to reopen within a couple of hours, but, again, the dallas-fort worth airport closed right now because of an ice storm. and we've been talking about the severe wint

showers through fremont, palo alto, morgan hill as well. snow fall continues in lexington hills, and said clara county. heavy rain along 880, 680 through fremont. all of this moisture continues to funnel and, it will push up through the north. by 11:00 a.m. we could pick up sprinkles here in downtown san francisco. also through the delta and the east bay. scattered showers are round for the good part of the day. we could see moderate downpour through your evening commute. by the evening hours we will taper off and seeing lingering leftover raindrops. right now temperatures are on that chilly side, as we head towards the afternoon lows '50s expected, the chance of showers saturday, looks to be dry sunday. george? >> george: light and easy ride around the bay area one hot spot an hour ago that cleared out in san jose. right now no problems. the right to the bridges look good. the meter lights are active at the bay bridge but no impact on the ride. san mateo bridge ride is an easy trip, and that the commute is over. no delays on 880 at highway

still rainy, san jose, morgan hill, santa cruz mountains. here's the next system. look how it focuses around the south bay. much of the north bay cleared out and continues to slide that out of here late on friday. still looking at the snow in the mountains right on through friday. we're looking at wind gusts about 40 mph. not as windy but here's your break coming in in the north bay tomorrow and then everywhere saturday and sunday. but presidents' day it's wet again. good morning, frances. >> good morning, lisa. this problem in san francisco slowing things down now. north 280 approaching 101. several vehicles involved and apparently they need a tow truck to clear them from the lanes. now only one lane open north 280 as you make your way towards 101. that's causing traffic to really slow down in the area. a sigalert has been issued but they're just waiting for the tow trucks to get there. once the tow trucks clear the scene, all the lanes should be open. keep that in mind as you're heading through san francisco. you may want to take 101 as an alternate. a new proble

dublin, 54. 55 for brentwood, and watsonville tomorrow, 55 degrees, and morgan hill, 56.uweather seven-day forecast, we're going to thick 'up the clouds on monday. monday morning not as cold as the clouds move in. by monday night, north bay communities may be seeing rain. rain could be heavy at times on wednesday. a chance on thursday, and then we start to dry things up next friday and saturday. >> alan: unlikely we'll get any snow. >> leigh: you're right. >> alan: shu is back from giants camp, and march madness sneaking up. >> i came bam where the weather was warm. it was 40 degrees in arizona. stanford set a new record at maples. cardinal not only set one but clinched a >> all new oprah: the day after hollywood's biggest night we're taking over oscar's stage! ((oprah)) hooray for hollywood! it's our ultimate after oscar party from the kodak theatre in los angeles! >> mike: there's no place like foam for the snooped win. with the win over orange oregon the zed set -- set a new record for the win. the stanford band is the lucky charm, or maybe it's the cardinal talent. jo

all 278 state parks including henry coe state park in morgan hill are under consideration. the governor plan calls for cutting $11 million from the park service budget this year and another $22 million next year. kron 4 rob takes a look at the impact at henry coe is the park is closed. >> among the criteria being used for closing or reducing hours of parks. while had great co state park in morgan hill is one of the largest parks in the system, it also has a low attendance. tuesday for example and a privilege to myself. >> closing the park to visitors would be as simple as putting gate across this one road into the park. it's more the 100,000 a. in there's nothing to stop people from gaining access to this and literally hundreds of other trails run the park. those visitors might fine restaurants like this one block to and it wouldn't be any place to put the trash much less anyone available to pick up the trash. what's more the maintenance of trails and park buildings could also suffer over time and cost even more to get back up to speed if the park is to be reopened. the lac

los gottas, morgan hill 67. plans this weekend, high country, sierra, nice conditions even since nobody in the the weekend. freddie coming clear conditions, increasing crowd saturday, in the upper 50s. partly cloudy. snow level staying at 8,000 ft.. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. was disenchant, continue with the dry tend to the week. partly cloudy sunday, a chance iran on monday. better chance tuesday. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: still moving without any hot spots, delays for your wednesday morning commute. wherever you're heading great conditions. we are tracking a volume of cars westbound in to san francisco. no accidents. no weight at a gate. san mateo, west, east bound 92. still lots of space, those taillights heading in the commute direction the bright lights coming towards you east bound in to hayward. no problems getting to the bridge along highway 101. 13 minutes between 800 and 101. says ben-101 moves well. very quiet. craig conditions at of the novato pass highway 37. a

morgan hill reporting pretty good rain. san jose seeing .10 to a quarter inch. santa cruz dealing with a little bit of rain. we head in and around oakland, daly city. looks like we are getting pretty good rain here. this will continue on and off. evening drive will be soggy and slippery and a tough one. fridays are usually tough, anyway. if we get toward san jose, petaluma, it's hit or miss because the system is finally moving south. notice we roll through friday. we have got just steady rain. it's into the overnight hours. we'll begun to see a break. here we are, 1, 2, 3:00 in the morning. it has passed on through but look at what is here to come. showers in the forecast, more likely the possibility of thunderstorms, we are even likely to see some sunshine in between. not that steady rain but definitely going to be unsettled for part of the weekend. the forecast here, this again is moving its way south. we are seeing some severe rain over southern california this morning. we could get an inch to two inches of rain south of this storm with scattered showers to t

from morgan hill into hill roagilroy will get hey downpours. they are moving in through the east bay. east beach is picking up rain as well. we have a winter advisory for the no. 8-east bay hills and the diablo range. 1 in. of snow fall at 1,000 ft. level. expected to accumulate their. as the snow falls we could see it up to 9 in.. we are warm compared to what we expect. we have the freeze one in effect for the north dallas. temperatures getting into the 20s. take a look at your seven day around the bay. sunday, 21 degrees. when you have a combination of moisture and colder there is a chance of snowflakes. it does not look like a collection light but do not be surprised if you see as snow flake or two. george? >> we are fixing of the audio issue. well we are waiting for that to let us take a look at to the i-80. there is some rain on the road. we're looking at it starting to build up. your approach is not that said that is the bay bridge. here is the san mateo shot. traffic on the 92 is moving well. volume building slightly and and you can see

through morgan hill we have heavy downpours though. the peninsula showers along 280 towards san mateo. as we wipe it out continuing to get plenty of snow fall along 80 and 50. if you're headed to tahoe, plenty of snow falls today. los levels down to 1,000 ft.. saturday over night temperature about 10 degrees below zero. -- low snow leavles-s--diablo ad north and east bay we have a warning 4:00 p.m. friday until 10:00 a.m. saturday. we also have reason morning from 1:00 a.m. saturday until 8:00 a.m. saturday. we could be below 20 degree30 degrees for a few hours snow levels saturday keep in mind cold air could create snowflakes below 1,000 ft.. here's a look at your www.showbomb.com snow report. alpine base death thunder and 25 in., new snow 13 in..there is ca whole lot of patter. george? >> george: flooding has created problems in san francisco freeways. 101, 2 80 both jam up. the ride out of this city looks better at 280, the north bound ride will slightly improved is the worst on 2 80. the ride on 80 in the westbound direction the lo

the parents are suing the morgan hill unified school district and they claim their kid's 1st and 14th amendment rights were violated. school officials say they were just worried about potential violence on campus. >>> a member of the bankrupt black muslim bankruptcy in oakland is ordered to spend 10 years in guilty. several men apparently tricked two women into believing they were being pulled over by a police car. and last year, bay agreed to testify against richard lewis. he was sentenced in december to life in prison for kidnapping the mother and daughter and torturing the younger woman. the kidnapping was part of a scheme to find out the location of drug dealing cash. two other bakery members have been indicted in three murders. >>> police officers are often criticized for the way they do their job. in many cases, it is because people don't quite understand what they have to go through. san jose police are trying to improve that with a series of online documentaries. kit doe has more on the reality show, the first month project of its kinds in the nation. >> right now, i will get

morgan hills book smart will donate $10,000 to the morgan hill unified school district. store won grants from intuit. >> a snowstorm is adding a layer of misery to the battered parts of the country. this is what you see if you live in oklahoma city, this is live there. you got to head out for work. aren't you glad you don't face that. the snow is coming down. the roads are covered. they say that in parts of even texas and kansas they got a lot of snow and forecasters expect as much as a foot in that region later on. people are still digging out from the massive storm last week. if you are out and about, i know oklahoma city too, if you get outside of there you are in rural areas. you don't want to be out there in this. >> oklahoma not okay this morning. >> last they had airports and businesses closed, a lot of schools. they may have to look at that again. >> i'm feeling guilty saying it was cold here. >> i know. i know. we're kind of whiners here. quite a contrast from the dust bowl years for oklahoma. 47 degrees in napa, 37 in santa rosa and 50 in san francisco. our tem

we had showers earlier along 152, morgan hill to gilroy. seeing a few widely scattered showers starting to shut down. offshore we have more clouds lurking and the forecast into monday is a challenging one as we see this cut off low swin and cartwheel down the coast. areas closer to the pacific ocean tomorrow see a better amount of showers. the trend towards tuesday and wednesday, at least briefly we dry out. keep a close eye on thursday night and friday. we could see round two of low snow around the bay area. for tonight isolated showers possible around the hilltops. here's a preview. clouds spilling in and a possibility of patchy frost. look out for that. there you see the rain hugging the coastline dropping to the south as we head into tuesday. once the sky is clear again into tuesday morning, look out for some ice on some of those inland valley roads. a lot of problems in north and east bay this morning due to ice. tonight isolated showers across hilltops. as we head towards tomorrow, areas around san francisco, half moon bay to santa cr

and now, parents are suing both the school and the morgan hill unified school district. today's hearing is to determine whether the district will remain part of the case. >>> hope for parents and students in contra costa county. the mount diablo unified school district says it may postpone tomorrow's vote on closing three schools to consider a new option. according to the contra costa county times, parents received a memo in the mail on friday, saying the board may look at a new idea that has not yet been discussed. trustees are looking to save the district $1.5 million a year. >>> well, coming up, a favorite party favor that could be a thing of the past for kids in a bay area city. >>> plus, questions after a marathoner questions and dies, the mistake that slowed down the paramedics. >>> all in the timing. the diet choice new parents make that could increase their child's risk of obesity later in life. >>> and andrew bernard in the cbs 5 weather center. and temperatures cooling off dramatically today from yesterday's record-setting pace. we will look at the forecast in

low 50s morgan hill. here's the look ahead. we've got the rain today, more rain tomorrow. a bit of a break over the weekend. president's day looks wet again into tuesday. good morning, frances. >> lisa, it looks like from your model still rain for the morning commute. so far a few accidents, none causing big delays at this point. here's a live shot of the golden gate bridge where roads are slick once again this morning. northbound traffic for headlights still fine out of morgan hill. look out for the ponding. that's 880 right across your screen. of course, if you want to avoid driving, consider mass transit. so far ace, muni, bart, caltrain reporting no delays. get traffic when you want. go to abc7news.com. >> frances, thank you. 4:55 now. honda is recalling nearly 700,000 compact cars worldwide to fix a defective pastor that -- part that may cause the engine to stall. honda says it's received about 100 complaints about the problem but there are no reports of accidents related to the defect. >> a consumer watchdog group is asking the fda to take immediate action over the c

still mid to upper 30s in morgan hill, livermore, fairfield, napa, santa rosa and cloverdale. everybody else low to mid-40s. watching all the cold air. look at this coming straight down from the north pole. cooling right now over seattle. our high today's only going to be 37 degrees. this will start moving later this morning. here's the way it looks last night through this morning into the afternoon hours. here we are thursday at 11:00. you see light rain already starting to move into the north bay during the lunch hour tomorrow. as the cold front moves through tomorrow night, that's where those snow levels start dropping. especially elevated surfaces, like cars, possibly bridges, signs, trees. that's where you'll get the accumulation. ground a little too warm to develop on our roadways. and maybe grassy surfaces. all right. we have a winter storm watch in effect for the north bay hills down to 1,000 feet for tomorrow afternoon through friday afternoon because of the snow. temperatures in the mid-40s friday and saturday. if you have plans saturday afternoon, it will be dry. th

places like los daughters, morgan hill 67 degrees.re t your 7 day around the bay. tomorrow could be off to another cool start. temperatures below freezing in some of the inland spots patchy frost. hi staying in the mid-upper 60s. increasing clouds, better chance on tuesday for rain. >> erica: 7-in in a three- way. we hadsuspend nimitz freew, to excellence long gone to you can still seek stretches of red and yellow speeds as low as 17 m.p.h.. slow and go for this ride stretching out toward san leandro continuing on to fremont. an accident blocking the left- hand lane on southbound-101. very slow conditions in stretches of san francisco you may want to take city streets. good news, the approach to the bay bridge looks pretty dead. a little bit of a back up. metering lights are on, drive times back down to 11 minutes. thank you, bart customers are beginning to wonder traveling there race is a good bank for their butts. >> darya: this is according to the chronicle, it shows that 64 percent of the passengers say using bart is a good value.

novato, 64 san francisco, east bay temperatures staying in to the low 60s 625 jose, los gatos, morgan hill could actually warming to the upper 60s. 7 day around the bay showing more dry weather ahead of us. saturday, sunday temperatures drop off and bring some clouds by monday. chance of rain, but a chance on tuesday. >> george: we have a quiet start to the morning commute no hot spots, or major incidents. bridge check to start you off the bay bridge westbound, no backup or delay the meter and let's have not yet been activated. san mateo bridge looks good out report of a stall at 92 but it is not backing things up. the volume is light even for 6:00 a.m. for the west bound san mateo bridge. golden gate bridge ride is a good one no delays southbound, traffic coming in from marin on the left-hand side of your screen. configured now with the morning commute. four-lane southbound lanes northbound. no delays on the northbound side with the only those to lanes. public transit still quiet no problems there. >> james: 6:05 a.m., storm tracker 4 shows you the national scene. it is going into missour

morgan hill, only 46 degrees for a high. 49 in san jose. our average highs these times of years should be in the low 60s. 48 degrees in san rafael, after that record low of the upper 20s earlier today. reminder tonight, protect your pets, bring them indoors, pipes and plants, you're going to want to protect them as we've got the cold temperatures setting up cold enough, i think we'll see freezing temperatures as early as 11:00 tonight inland. highway 4 especially, 24 around the cal de cot tunnel, those roadways will likely have patchy ice through 9:00 tomorrow morning. the daytime on sunday, not that bad. what's left of the showers that did bring those ice pellets and wet snowflakes around gilroy and holl hollister, moving off. we see a dry finish to the weekend, but it is going to be downright chilly tonight. 20s and 30s tomorrow morning. the afternoon, increasing clouds late in the day. increasing chance of rain monday into tuesday. starting off with the north bay. and then eventually we'll see the rain drifting further south. the winds c

in the mid upper 50's range 57 concord danville mountain ray bay 56 in santa cruz 57 for you in morgan hill here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. you may be scraping ice off the within shield so frosty start tomorrow morning and wednesday morning but dry afternoon. rain thursday. friday saturday showers. snow level down to 1,000 feet. look at the high pressure about mid to upper 40's. those are the highs. immanuel how koyltd is going to be. 50's on sunday and monday and dry during that time perio period. >> okay. thanks. >> well breaking a barrier in major league baseball. >> oakland a roll in getting a woman to training camp. that >> oakland a roll in getting a woman to training camp. that story just ahead. >> this might give you pause. some employer are now asking job applicant to turn over the social network log in and password as part of routine background check. aclu has filed a complaint against the maryland department of corrections after officer robert collins was forced to log in to his private facebook during an interview. >> you can't invade people's privacy. trample upon their rig

in the south bay heavy showers from morgan hill to gilroy. san jose m. palo alto, milpitas, feeling heavier downpours right now. dunbar the bridge really getting at dose of wet weather. east bay places like walnut creek, berkeley heavier down pours right now through the remainder of the day the bulk will move through this morning. by 10:00 a.m., as showers out there especially the heavier stuff in the south bay. we will then see hit or miss showers for the day. chance of showers around for the good portion of the day today. it will be a drizzle here and there, light showers on and off through the rest of the day on friday cool air filtering and as we head into late friday night into saturday. we do have a winter weather in advisory in effect 4:00 a.m. today until 10:00 a.m..p.m. friday until 10:00 a.. saturday. snow levels could get down to 1,000 ft., above 15,000 ft. could get 9 in.. the temperatures today fifties at a local high 40's. those temperatures will plummet tomorrow. it looks like we keep temperatures mid-20s, will 30's, below freezing tempera

no problems out of morgan hill all the way up the peninsula into san francisco. so it's been a really great wednesday morning commute so far. eric kristen? >> frances, thank you very much. it's now 6:40. >> still ahead, a major recall for the most popular truck sold in america. >> trading's underway on wall street. a live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. first a live look at the big board. the dow off about 17 points. >> one job the simple concept that could be the key to getting hundreds of thousands of americans back to work. the bay area company helping to lead the way. >> and what construction crews are about to do on the golden gate bridge today that they haven't done since the iconic span opened in 1937. >> san francisco doesn't have them. oakland has them. san jose has them. but they're a huge controversy here in the city. the debate over ♪ >>> 6:44 california forecast. a few more clouds, breezy along the coast with gusts up to 30 mph. upper 40s eureka and big sur. 39 tahoe 53 yosemite under a partly sunny sky. palm springs low to mi

around the bay area we still have lingering showers around morgan hill. showers rolling off the santa cruz mountains heading off to the south and east. we will see an increasing chance of showers heading into tomorrow so we'll be tracking this next storm system as we get back to your workweek. plus the possibility of seeing more ice for the morning commute. we'll track both for you coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, rob. >>> this year's maverick surf competition is shaping up to be a big disappointment for surfers and for the local economy. these are pictures from last year. if no giant waves start rolling in by the end of the month, the contefst will be canceled this year. weather experts are blaming la nina for this year's small waves. one of the organizers of maverick says it's a loss all the way around. >> we really depend on this for our business, our community depend on this for keeping -- keeping our businesses alive all winter long. >> if big swells are just around the corner, big wave surfers have just 24 hours to fly to

upper 60s and those daughters, morgan hill. 62 month view, redwood city. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. issues this change is headed our way. the next few days temperatures will be fairly similar mid-upper 60s. we are watching the store system that we thought it pushed through sunday, it looks like his chances are backing off. better chance monday. a pretty wet day on your tuesday. 4: 0 6:00 a.m. >> erica: no traffic advisories, a bridge toll plaza, westbound-e zero clear. very few cars. metering lights still off. san mateo, strong winds, easy conditions in both directions, no back up at the toll plaza. golden gate, your ride at the marin, very few cars on the road. i just checked road sensors, still looking at speeds above 65 mi. an hour. it looks like public transit is off to a good start. no problems reported. will? >> will: still had the u.s. government clears toyota of wrongdoing for the recalls. we'll tell you what the company hopes to do now. a live look outside, since this is the skyline, still dark. when the sun comes up april we wil

livermore fairfield cloverdale and morgan hill. everybody else in the low to mid 40s.en-day forecast we'll hover in the upper 50s to near 60 at the coast. but increasing clouds thursday and friday and slight chance of a sprinkle thursday night. >> no need to rush smooth commute awaiting you. live look at bay bridge plaza. no problems making your way through the tolls. heading into san francisco on the golden gate bridge its beautiful ride making your way from sausalito. check of drive times for monday morning commute. heading westbound, through the altamont pass at about 20 minutes. also westbound on 4 from lone tree way 13 minute drive time. mass transit everything is operating on schedule. no delays. for the latest traffic updates go to our website at www.abc7.com. >>> next an economic windfall for the bay area where organizers may consider holding the world fair. >> and link between the age of certain babies >>> "sankctum," and "no strings attached" were second and third. >>> officials for the bay area council would like to see moffett field host the world fair. the

tonight 39 and palo alto 38 morgan hill., the coast in the low 40s but inland low to mid-30s the north bay valley so frost possible there. mid to upper 30s in the east bay valleys. here's a look at our system at 6:00 tomorrow morning. still well to the north but it's gathering all the cold air that sits there and spins for the better part of wednesday into thursday. ahead of the system we start to get rain. it will return back to our forecast by 6:00 thursday evening. snow level by friday morning will be around 2,000 feet. once the cold front passes friday afternoon, the snow level drops even more saturday morning. look at all the bay areas under pink and yellow down to 500 feet. temperatures, they're going to be chilly in the afternoon, also with mid to upper 40s. and then sunday and monday we'll see an increase in sunshine and low to upper 50s. now, how would you like to have this view out of your kitchen window? that's what barry and margarita smith have as they looked at a snow-covered mount shasta. what a beautiful pict

still, showers continuing down in toward the san jose area in toward morgan hill.will be interesting it looks like a lot of this moisture going to wrap back up in toward the rest of the bay area so yes, there is a chance of rain in the bay area but if you are headed out the door right now we have reports of some cold temperatures, 30s and 40s, even fog in the north bay but staying dry there. most of the rain located to the south but headed toward the afternoon, a lot of that moisture begins to lift back into the bay area and we are left with a chance of showers and cold high temperatures. those numbers only in the 40s and 50s for highs by the afternoon. here's your area of low pressure off the coastline. you have the most moving in along the coast right now. you can see some of that beginning to work its way back up in toward the bay area. and looks like that will continue to be the case throughout the day today. so i think an increasing chance of rain throughout the day, showers staying unsettled and looks like now through tomorrow as that trough of low pressure i

still looking good out of morgan hill and gilroy.nd also we'll show you interstate 80 in berkeley where we see some more volume but the drive time only 19 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze and still, of course, no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. eric, jenelle? >> frances, thanks so much. time now 6:10. >> straight ahead: get a room! the demand made of two dozen washington d.c. lawmakers who apparently use their office for more than work. >> is google to blame? the new study thatúp6x6x6x6x6x6x ♪ >> good morning, everyone. 6:13 this friday morning on the abc 7 morning news. a look from sutro camera down at the city, the pretty lights, the clear conditions which means it's cold outside. but as mike's been telling us, there's a change in the weather, one that might have you wanting to put your summer clothes back in the closet and get out your ugg's. >> and umbrellas. >> but ugg's first. i do have some ugg's. the navy reached a new agreement with the environmental protection agency to help clean up toxic vapors at moffet

now, we are waiting to speak with a sergeant from the morgan hill police department. that interview should hopefully take place any minute now. we heard he would be in at around 7:00. one of the questions we'll ask if there is a pattern to these burglaries. we're live in morgan hill, christen kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the san jose city council is scheduled to meet behind closed doors to either confirm or reject acting police chief chris moore as the new chief. sanjose's city manager collected moore over anthony b atts. that upset some community groups to wanted an outsider to lead the police force that's been -- that's been accused of racial profiling an excessive force. >>> so far so good on the roadways. let's check in with sal. >> right now traffic is doing well. it's getting busier on highway 4 coming out of the willow pass grade. remember if you were with us, the traffic was moving along well. behave some slow traffic coming over the -- we have some slow traffic company -- coming over the hill. it will be slow from concord to walnut creek. this morning, we

morgan hill, ore. 101 heading down into gilroy picking up those really heavy rainfall rates. sustained winds of about 20 mi. an hour. 23 per oakland. 17 to napa, future cast four keeping a good chance of rain around. 9:00, the bay bridge picking up heavy downpours. the intensity lets up as we had to these late morning hours. by the afternoon we bring of these chances again. simply keeping that chance of rain around for a good portion of that day. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. more wet weather tomorrow, get ready for a fairly wet end to the workweek. saturday, sunday less of a chance of rain. erica? >> erica: i am calling this a potential hot spot northbound 101-280 is shutdown. this look tirawill cre a lot of extra pressure because it shut down until adm. and i use of extra time on san francisco freeways. in addition to this hot spot, we're checking high wind advisories issued for bay area bridges. that is the case here at the bay bridge toll plaza. so far, so good. we do have reports of standing water. keep that in mind. like conditions drive time of 9-10 minu

santa cruz mountains towards morgan hill. you can see back over towards los gatos, still the east bay getting rain. now it's turning scattered or spotty showers. the north bay a few sun breaks but here comes the really, really cold air. towards san jose, gilroy, moderate rain. we do have on the satellite picture -- the low is sing right there starting to work its way down. as it does looks like it will go over us late tonight tomorrow morning. it's going over water. that's good. when this goes over water it picks up some of that water. you combine that with really cold air, which is why we have winter weather advisories until 4:00. there's been a lot of snow in mendocino county. after 4:00 then it's the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains. this may be a bigger snow event say for santa cruz mountains to salinas valley, could be. snowfall could be two to six inches. if we get snow down to sea level it will be early. we're getting a south wind ahead of it. behind this you get a northwest wind, and that's the colder wind. the

mid-60s morgan hill. santa cruz 62. 50s on the coast and low to mid- 60s on the peninsula with palo alto 64 and same for men lo park. except for high clouds. sunny and warmer weather take us into friday and saturday. >>> today is the official start of the chinese new year and the bay area is definitely getting ready to celebrate. preparations are now underway as workers are busy getting the floats ready for the debut. in addition to the floats, the parade will feature marching bands, lion dancers and of course miss chinatown. it will take place on february 19th starting at 6:00 p.m. if you can't be there in person, we'll be there for you. you can watch the parade live right here on ktvu channel 2. >>> we continue to monitor the unfolding crisis in cairo this morning the obama administration is facing criticism as its policies for egypt are not making many people happy. but is it on purpose? >>> no doubt the giants' world series run brought an economic boost to san francisco. but what it did to the police

. >> morgan hill police are sounding the alarm about carter's. it's been happening with him, the thieves are going after crotch doors. >> of stood the smash and grab a stalled car herculerelea, police are warning residents to remove valuables, lock their cars. >> these the valuable items, laptops, radius, iphone, the number of residential and commercial burglaries are about what they were the year before. the of more than doubled to one those seven and counting. some cases they're stealing correct error openers possibly planning to return later in. terrorizing the victims to change the code. as this option is to reduce are occurring all over town. >> a guy left his laptop on his front seat they cut the top of the commercial and took it. >> i probably will leave my crutcher opener in my car anymore. >> police have made a few arrests, saying the weak economy may be to blame. in morgan hill, rob flood about, kron4 news. >> more support for a oakland police department is on its way. mayor jean quan n. anthony batts it was announced that the city plan

morgan hill said is it supposed to be this mild? well, yeah, when south wind and temperatures in the 50s everybody's in on this. 53 napa. 53 san jose. hayward leader of the pack at 54 that's because out in advance it's really cold dynamic system right there. that's what's driving through. so the front comes by tonight. head out the door and go home a little early because light rain only in the morning. cloudy, windy. then moderate to heavy rain comes in by this afternoon. cloudy with rain very windy at times especially coast higher elevations. it will kick up heels later on for everybody. evening rain, some moderate. cloudy mild in the morning 48 to 54. by noon cloudy, breezy, 54 to 60. rain could be starting in the north bay and then sweep over for everyone by tonight. 56 to 64 on the highs. some of this rain could be moderate to heavy especially north and up in towards the russian river. colder. showers on wednesday. another system on thursday. then another blast of cold air on friday. pam and dave. >>> all right. steve, you ready

in the south bay along morgan hill 1 01.eceit scattered showers for the rest of the day. 35 mi. an hour when speeds in san jose right nooakland right m out this morning 50s from san rosa down to have made. left over '40's in redwood city and napa. your afternoon highs will bring us into the upper 50s even some low 60s. 58 santa rosa, 56 san francisco, 57 fairfield, concord. slightly warmer in the south topping out at the '60s. satellite radar shows a series of systems putting much moving through the bay area for the rest of the week. all of these popcorn clouds indicating cool air. 7 day around bay. a string of rainy days for the rest of the work week blasted into the weekend. chants of the sticking around into sunday. buzz check gone traffic. >> erica: we have cleared out the hot spots but we still have strong wind advisories for the bay bridge ride. if you're headed in the westbound direction towards him francisco still back up now passed the 880 over cross. meter lights are still cycled lawn.on. san mateo bridge a good al

also down to the south, the morgan hill, gilroy with heavier rainfall. as this mean the band pushes down to the south. let us take a look at the rainfall over the last few hours. you can see it is pushing itself in funneling to the east. over monterey. it will continue in pushing to the south east. and a look at the rainfall totals so far. petaluma = over 2 in.. santa rosa with over 1 in.. santa rosa, and snap-on, pretty much the and totals will vary from 1 in.. with napa. concord, millbrae, and nearly one-quarter of an inch. off and on futurecast what we are expecting in the rainfall totals all coming up. >>pam: kron i christine connolly? she is in redwood city. if >>reporter: egested rating. the south bay and the coast hit early it just started raining. the roads are very slippery. how we 1 0 1. in if highway 1 0 1 with flooding in some parts. one example was the 1 0 1 south. had 1 ft. of water, one hour ago. and as this ripple accident on redwood city. a little bit of clothing the ripple-exit. as this continues a little bit of rain fall with the wind

morgan hill 53. still for the most part pretty chilly out there. here is a look ahead at the five-day forecast into monday there is that slight chance of a shower, should not be a big deal and then tuesday/wednesday, partly cloudy skies. beyond that point, we could be talking about more rain chances and even cooler air moving into the bay area. remember last week we were talking about the 70s. >> yeah. >> pretty neat seeing the pictures. mount tam, amazing pictures. kind of a change in weather theme across the area. >> 80s and then snow. >>> the golden gate audubon society is still looking for people to help with the annual bird count. every year, thousands of residents count birds for the society. the event runs through monday. organizers say it can take as little as 15 minutes to help out. volunteers submit their entries online. the information is used to see how the urban environment is affecting bird species. >>> well, the 2011 chinese news -- chinese new year parade is getting underway. let's check in with julie haener and ben torres. >> hello

let me zoom show towards morgan hill, gilroy. they are starting to see heavy rainfall and it will stay in this area in the next fall- 18 hours. where is the rainfall and? the heavy stuff is fully passed us. we will see heavier shower activity tomorrow morning. what can we expect tonight. and south of golden gate, mainly by 3:00 p.m., and dry. and on futurecast, wicked to exacta we're expecting coming up. >>pam: lotus to alive to the sell their christine connolly is standing by let us go there. --and it is a little bit different? it is starting to come down? >>reporter: yes, pam. it is coming down quite a bit in redwood city. in the last one hour, it is been continuous. let me show you that highway 1 0 1, it is coming to a crawl.

santa rosa, napa, livermore, morgan hill and rest of us in the mid to low 40s. san francisco may be a touch warmer at 48. high pressure gave us the nice day yesterday. and this area of low pressure and the trailing cold front away. that is one that. >> going to sideswipe the north bay with a chance of showers. rest of us, storm system is coming in from the west. it will be warm compared to the last one. no threats of snow with this storm but it will be windy and wet on wednesday. as it moves southwest to northeast across the bay today. they dissipate and wake up to partly cloudy conditions tomorrow morning. everything is fine but by 5:00 or 6:00, you can see the clouds approaching from the west and rain moving in by 9:00. it will be heaviest around midnight to about 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning. start to taper during the morning commute. hang around noon and start to taper completely by the evening. so if you have a baseball game on a turf field tomorrow at 6:30 think you'll get it in. seven-day forecast, we're looking for rain again tuesday night. rain on wednes

. 70 in downtown oakland with that east, northeast wind. 66 san jose which would be warmer than morgan hilly. 66 san francisco. half-moon bay. wood side we will go 67. sunshine right in a row. warmer temperatures by friday and saturday. >>> precious cargo may be a little too precious. postal workers discover a live puppy inside a two-day ground parcel. >>> a lot of activity at mayor island as the first west coast recycling site gets its first shift. >>> good morning, richmond bridge traffic looking good. it looks gusty. we'll give you an update. >>> good morning, here is a quick look at the top stories we following. you are looking live at the streets of cairo right now where several thousand supporters of mubarak are clashing with protestors. we have been monitoring these live pictures coming out this morning. >>> this massive storm has been causing problems at the airports. anyone catching a flight this morning should go ahead and call a rain. the rain and ice storm is hitting a third of the entire country. >>> new diplomatic cables is released by wikileaks are trying to build nuclear wea

it's nice and light as you make your way out of morgan hill.nez, northbound 680 but it is over on the shoulder so it shouldn't slow you down too much there. major slow spot is going to be westbound 580 making your way out of tracy heading towards pleasanton. debris in the road that slowed things down. speeds under 20 miles an hour. >> time is just about 6:40. >> trading is underway at wall street. a live report and look, dow is up 30 points. >> and is it a more posh place for pups, trying to change the world's perception about world's perception about changing medicinal never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me and asking me how they could help. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> welcom

. >>> police in morgan hill are sounding the alarm about car burglaries. it has been happening and as kron 4's rob fladeboe reports now the thieves are also going after garage door openers. >> reporter: after the smash and grab style burglaries here, police are warning residents to remove valuables and lock their cars. >> they see valuable items on the seats, in plain sites. >> reporter: while the number of burglaries here are about what they were the year before, vehicle burglaries doubled to 107 and counting. in some cases the thieves are steeling garage door openers, planning to return to burglarize the home, who police are advising victims to change the codes on those. as the map shows, they are occurring all over town with no apparent connection. and the stories are out there. >> guy left his laptop on his seat and they cut the top and took it. >> i would be more concerned with what is in my garage than my car. >> reporter: police made a few arrest and say the economy may be to blame. more than a few were crimes crimes of opportunity where doors were

palo alto, san jose, morgan hill, santa cruz.ow to mid-40s for the rest of the bay shore and out to the coast. 7-day forecast, look at all that sunshine with temperatures mid to upper 60s at the coast. low 70s around the bay and even mid-70s inland this weekend. tulie fog may come back monday, tuesday and wednesday. other than that no real worries. >> we'll be watching, mike. >> okay. >> police have arrested a las vegas man on a bold casino robbery at the. he faces armed robbery and burglary charges. a newspaper reports that he is the son of a las vegas municipal court judge. he was the robber who waved a gun at a craps table and stole $1.5 million worth of casino chips and took off running with a motorcycle helmet. >> a newly refurbished reagan presidential library will open to the public just before what would have been reagan's 100th birthday this sunday. there will be many new exhibits including a statue of mr. and mrs. reagan greeting visitors. they can read his inauguration speech off the teleprompter. you can see the coat

walnut creek at 64. 64 morgan hill to gilroy. 65 sunny vail. and 67 for half-moon bay.t will be sunny. low 60s and mid 60s. warmer weather arrives. >> sounds good. >>> air fares are going up. jet blue is the first airline to add a fuel charge. it's charging a $35 fee for one way tickets. it's likely other airlines will follow suit and that could spread to other roots as well. today apple and news corp will celebrate the launch of the daily. that is the new newspaper supplied. >>> and borders is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection by next week. according to bloomberg news the struggling bookstore chain is working out details of a financial restructuring. it could include closing 200 stores and so far there is no mention of which stores might be effected. >>> california big cycling race. >>> some high school students in oakland have learned their college entrance exams are aloft. what this may mean for their college dreams. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillo

temperatures mainly in the low 60s, 59 = half moon bay, 65 = santa rosa, 65 = los gatos and morgan hill. enjoy a warm, dry weather because of the warm dry weather, driving storms to the north. this will break down next week and ray will be back in the forecast. monday evening the chance of rain bay area wide continuing all the way through monday night into tuesday morning. this is all links computer models show the specific details of its that's the where the rain will be still remains to be seen. the showing us were born to see rain next week. your kron 47 day around the bay forecast, dry and mild saturday, by sunday cloudy conditions and cooler conditions as we head into monday. the increasing clout of the storm is approaching. if a series of storms pushing through next week, starting late monday into early tuesday. >> in world news, after two weeks of protests in egypt workers are walking off their job. they're demanding better pay, working conditions. the scene in cairo, when labor leaders of the people were moved to strike after hearing about how many billions if the egyptian prime

morgan hill 38. mid to upper 30s through most of our inland valleys.0s hanging around napa and santa rosa. to the coast we'll be around 40 to 41 degrees. here's a look at the cold front that hangs to our north through at least wednesday. by thursday 6:00 or 5:00 here you go. the rain starts moving in. the cold front moves through which brings the snow level down to about 1500. that's when we could see snow levels 500 feet saturday morning. check out this dramatic drop in temperatures. more sunshine and warmth on monday. have a great day. here's frances with an update. >> mike, looking pretty good. i'm going to show you a different camera shot of traffic coming off the bay bridge. really pretty heading into san francisco. traffic light there as you make your way westbound 80 and it continues to move well as you continue on to southbound 101. on the peninsula though off southbound 101 on the whipple off-ramp in redwood city there is an accident blocking the left ramp. look for thick fog again through the san mateo county area. westbound 580 a stall. it c

and the most activity is further to the south from morgan hill to the santa cruz mountains.e activity continuing to slide on through around santa cruz. and this is where we'll definitely see more wet weather today with heavy downpours. perhaps some hail embedded with the heavy downpours. look at the temperatures. 36 degrees fairfield. 39 fremont and mountain view at 42, the warm spot in san francisco. so we are looking at more scattered showers today. snow levels continue to be low with that cold air trapped sometimes down at the surface. and so you saw mount tam. let's continue to see some rain/snow mix there. the snow level 1500 to 2,000 feet but all ends later on tonight for a sunny and dry day tomorrow. another weather system moving through. that continues to destabilize the atmosphere and that means more rain. here's our computer animation showing the pop-up showers with emphasis later on this afternoon will shift south from half moon bay to morgan hill, san jose and the santa cruz mountains. with the snow piling up here mount hamilton, a couple more inches but the acti