rain already making its way into the north bay. fact, we have seen a little bit of thunderstorm activity sitting offshore. take a look at this band of showers stretching offshore. it will make its way through the bay area over the next hour or so. and likely into the south bay, as well. so get ready for a wet commute. we'll have details coming up. speaking of your commute, any traffic out there? let's check with elizabeth. >> we are doing well at 5:30 on tuesday morning. nice and light on the golden gate bridge. they did the lane change a half hour ago. four southbound lanes now open to san francisco. looking good for the silicon valley drive, as well. westbound 237 delay-free towards san jose. and mass transit is all on time, as well. so good news so far to start off your tuesday morning ride. >> thank you. >>> the radioactive threat continues in japan where a damaged nuclear power plant is leaking radiation into the air there. japan's prime minister is warning people near the fukushima plant to stay indoors. the warning zone is e

clouds increase and rain starts if the north bay. sun towards the peninsula. bay for some early morning hours and then after that, start to see the clouds are in. up ears for some. low 60s for many. and east bay, south bay and peninsula, mid-60s. mild side toward margin hill. but even with the sun, the clouds will roll in. clearing tonight and tomorrow looks good. saturday, morning sun. you're fine unless you're north. cloudy and rainy on sunday. showers on monday. >>> governor brown has asked for state lawmakers to hold off on a vote originally scheduled for today on the special election to let voters decide on a tax extension proposal. now the governor is asking for more time to negotiate with the five republican senators whose votes he needs to get the tax extension on the ballot. >> we want to make sure that voters have all the right choices before them on the ballot if we get to that point. but it's not clear we're at that point. >> governor brown wants to let voters decide whether to help bridge the state's $26 billion deficit by extended taxes currently

bay and the coast. later on today, a similar story. heavier rain in the north and then we will see sporadic showers throughout the bay and the coast and cloudy and gray temperatures similar to yesterday in the 60s for most folks a little cooler. offshore we are seeing heaviest rain in the north. as the front moves southeast, we'll see the heavier rain kind of taper to showers for the rest of us. but again, expect to see some sprinkles throughout the day today if not rain depending where you are. it's just beginning. we have this area of low pressure sitting off the british columbia coast that's going to keep us unsettled starting today and through the weekend. we'll see wave after wave really just nuisance rain for tomorrow and thursday and the next good soaker looks to be on friday as that makes its way inland. in the meantime, rainfall today could see 1.5" in the north bay mountains, urban areas closer to .75" and not nearly as much for folks in the south bay maybe .2" at best, not a lot, same for the peninsula and the east bay. santa cruz mountains could see

late in the day, so in the north bay. and the rest of the bay area for the evening.i would say 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. the chance of rainfall last on/off through a monday morning. after declaring on monday. we will see the sunshine. after declaring on monday changes afternoon clearing on said monday. with temperatures in the 60s. changes, with pacific storms coming in. tuesday- friday with consecutive rainfall possible. not a lot of precipitation possible, no funding but will keep you posted. no flooding possible we will keep you posted. for >> isabel: 17 consecutive days of gasoline prices. the have gone up 375. $3.54 $.03 the bay area, oakland is at $3.99 per gallon. and the bay area off $4.04 the unrest in the middle east. the japanese earthquake actually pushed prices down. meanwhile, republicans are blaming the president for the a bomb it administration. they're walking away-the parsing placing that moratorium on the role for the goal and the obama administration is the recent cause for increasing gas prices. these and in act clean energy instead of tax breaks to o

in the north bay only 20 of judges left and in the east bay 450. this was the problem after a car hit a power pole. >>pam: confronted traffic, the bay bridge toll plaza no problems west boundaries found at this time. now looking at the james lick, the bottom of your screen southbound 101 moving slowly. the top of your screen high radius' stock and not moving very much at all. we will be right back. >>pam: in japan a moment of silence today as the country more of the victims of last week's earthquake in tsunami. the nation and caused that to 40 6:00 p.m. the moment when disaster struck. seven days later the death toll is now nearing 7000. nearly 11,000 people are still missing and 500,000 of there are homeless. thousands of people in the hardest-hit areas are still without he, basic supplies and the danger of a nuclear meltdown is growing. fire trucks bring water on reactor no. 3 at japan's fukushima power plant today. high radiation readings men each truck could only be used for a few minutes. if japan's nuclear if the agency raised a warning from

north bay gets the rain. and by afternoon hours, sweeps south. not a lot, but a trace, maybe even down towards san jose, .25 to .50 is possible around san francisco and oakland north. and from that system right there. most to the north, but clouds increasing throughout the morning hours and then rain developing. 38 to 50, clear with clouds on the way, or starting to move in. 52 to 56, cloudy ask rain begin in the north baby noon. by this afternoon, cloudy skies and front through the north baby then but not before upper 50s and low to mid-60s. probably about the same for livermoore at 63, redwood. 50s, 60s on the coast on the mild side to mid-60s. clearing tonight, friday looks good, saturday looks all right. and then sunday, rain back in and showers into monday. >>> well this morning china reports a $7.3 billion trade deficit. the blame is placed on the surprising announcement of soaring imports. it's china's first trade deficit in a year. >>> checking in the united states and how that could affect our markets this morning. as you can see, quiet y

but today north bay gets the rain in the morning. it will move south by late morning and early afternoon. quarter inch to two plus possible especially farther north you go russian river, maybe santa cruz mountains later. farther south this system will lose some power. these are really moist systems coming out of the west- southwest. they hold a lot more moisture. the jet stream funnels our highway upper air highway very, very strong right now. you can see where it's really lighting up north of the cape. there will be hefty totals over the next couple days. projections of six inches of rain near eureka and crescent city. some of the rain though warm sector out ahead of the front is beginning to move in. parts of napa county, sonoma county, marin county scattered light stretching back towards the southwest start to move in later on. this is light stuff. heavier stuff doesn't come in later until the front gets closer. it's cool to mild. mid-ooze. 57 mountain view, hayward and concord. everyone else close. look at this stream of moisture.

people run north bay might see 2 in. accumulation with this system but people in the east bay may be only get less than one-tenth of an inch. it will be very spotty, scattered showers road the day monday as well. seven day forecast. today is going to be great, saturday was going to be wonderful for the morning, sunday it wet weather throughout the bay, monday lingers on, tuesday, wednesday temperatures looking good temperatures in the upper 60s. >> erica: we are anticipating friday like conditions on the bay are, on the bay area. the by bridge toll plaza easy conditions, meter lights are not on. the same stories at the san mateo bridge, westbound traffic is beginning to build just slightly, we are still tracking lots of space between cars. your ride at marin county in the southbound direction of the golden gate bridge looks great, no problems here. we are still following overnight construction on our traffic maps. dunbar bridge in both directions a couple lanes are closed in effect until 5:00 a.m. will? >> will: work is c

low to mid-40s in the north bay valleys. mid to upper 40s in the east bay valleys. out to the coast upper 40s to near 50 degrees. watching two areas of high pressure still dominating our weather at the surface. still getting overrun by the high clouds. the high clouds that won't keep us from having a pretty mild day and dry weather today. it's tomorrow we'll start to see the rain move in and slowly spread southward. here we are friday morning. by noon spreads southward across the bay by 3:00 and then fall apart as it tries to move into the south bay. south bay gonna be holding a dry bucket once again while the rest of us get a tenth to a quarter inch of rain. your 7-day forecast, that cold front will drop temperatures everywhere so it will have an effect on your weather. mid to upper 50s the next several day and low to mid-60s inland. frances? >> all right, mike. got official word from the spokesperson that there are no longer muni delays on the k-line. everything is back on track. they had an earlier mechanical problem and it's delay-free at this point. we'll check

rainfall totals, up to inch and a half in the north bay. two to three inches in the mountains. three-quarters of an inch around the bay to half an inch in the south bay. accu-weather seven-day forecast, biggest surf will be tomorrow from 11:00 tomorrow morning to 11:00 in the evening. temperatures in the low to mid-50s with the colder system through sunday. showers on monday and still showers in the forecast tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >>> we are still following an injury multi-car crash through altamont pass, westbound 580 at first street, three cars involved and left lane is blocked. we have speeds below 40 miles an hour as you make your way out of pleasanton -- i'm sorry, out of tracy toward livermore and then past the scene, speeds at 20 miles an hour. drive time for the altamont pass westbound 580 to 680 over a half an hour and slowing westbound 4, traffic is heavy around the leverage area. eastbound 4 we have road work the railroad. 20 minute drive time. westbound 24 from 680 to the tunnel, only nine minutes. outside for a live look at the san mateo bridge. traffic is

rain in the north bay, lighter rain in the north bay and a few more showers. 2:00 p.m.ering off but we could have a few isolated showers. rainfall totals from now until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. three-quarters of an inch of rain in the north bay, up to half an inch in the central and east bay, and a quarter of an inch in the south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, rain today tapering off in the afternoon and partial clearing into tomorrow evening. we will have clear skies tomorrow and cooler temperatures thursday. by friday, rain back in the forecast and that will be pretty happy. we will see impressive totals bay area wide and much cooler temperatures in the low 50s. i chance of a lingering rain saturday morning. >>catherine: taking look at japan's market was down more than a thousand points to its lowest level since april of 2009. it brought this here, what is happening? >>rob: fear and greed. but both bad for wall street over time. last night a p.m. and was sitting in my office and i saw japan was down 12%. that must be a typo. what percent in a day. that's

upper 50s three low 60s in the north bay and along the coast and into san francisco. low to mid-50s in the rest of the bay shore and to the south bay. we'll see the rain last. few sprinkles around the monterey bay, probably the driest area today, mid-60s even inland. rain will hang out but much lighter and a little cooler. mid to upper 40s in the north bay valleys and also around santa cruz. here is what is happening. warm front comes through, cold front slated to move through this afternoon, that will lift the moisture and create heavier rain. it kind of hugs the north bay and then by 1:00, a cold front moves in and it pushes the rain into south bay when it gets to the south bay, you tend to get the least amount of rain. it will be out there for your evening commute. tomorrow morning, rain for the morning commute and bubble of high pressure that brings us a dry wednesday afternoon and evening before those scattered showers return on thursday. look at this, wave after wave, we're going to have period of rain all seven days of the forecast. just a big change is when the

by mid morning, rain in the north bay. i mean, there won't be a lot of rain here, but usual locations, especially north of santa rosa, get about .50 of rain. south, far lesser amounts as the system moves through. but it might not arrival until late this afternoon or evening. clouds increase. kind of a challenging forecast. rain starts in the north bay, but sun in the morning for the south bay and then get the clouds later on. 50s or low to mid-60s today. cool tore the north. slightly mild to the south. tomorrow, breezy, saturday morning starts off fine. and then clouds in the afternoon. sunday looks like a rain day and monday with showers and then clearing. daylight savings as well starts this weekend. >> can't believe it. >>> a former british prime minister tony blare is in the bay area today. he is speak this weekend at the flint center at 8:00. now he's appearing as part of a celebrity forum series. >>> some after school chefs are getting national recognition. a recipe from the students in the afterschool cooking class i

heaviest in the north bay, lightest in the south bay. aight to the north for friday and saturday but then the storm track will bring them right back to our neighborhood next -- we'll say during the weekend and into next week. let's take a look what's happening today. we'll start in the east bay where we try to squeeze out low to mid-60s before that rain moves in around the noon hour. low 60s around the east bay shore and low to mid-60s where the rain will move in last -- i should say in the south bay. low 60s on the peninsula. mid to upper 50s along the coast into downtown san francisco. south san francisco about 60. coldest air where the rain hits first, up in the north bay, mid to upper 50s for you. maybe a sprinkle. i'll go mostly cloudy monterey bay and inland. low to mid-60s for you. you're the warmest and the driest. livermore, napa, santa rosa with slowly decreasing clouds. low 40s concord, palo alto, and the mid to upper 40s for the rest of us. take a look what's happening outside. high pressure still pushing this system to the no

that is when we can have scattered showers in the north bay. big story tomorrow, gusty winds blowing through the bay area. then the chilly rain for saturday, sunday and a lesser extent on monday. >>> good morning. we have been lucky so far for the st. patrick's day morning commute. let's start off in the north bay live look in san rafael. 101, southbound heading out of novato. drive time from 37 to 580, nine minutes. no problems heading into san francisco. mass transit, no delays. >> thank you very much. >> a stop at a fast-food restaurant turns hundreds of customers into victims of credit card fraud. >> hefty fee one state lawmakers want to make banks think twice about raising rates on about raising rates on the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. that's what they do with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the other guy's flake is more processed. mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> it's 5:42 on this thursday

rain hits the north bay first. head to the monterey bay, probably only see anything until after sunset and sprinkles. mid-60s in inland neighborhoods. the fog rolls into the bay and also the north bay valleys. upper 30s santa rosa, napa, livermore. the rest of us the 40s this time tomorrow. upstairs and at the surface, has tonight's comma shape to it. on the tail end of the weakest end with the least amount of moisture but rain is more likely to fall. 8:00 it hits the north bay between 9:00 and 12:00. sitting right across the heart of the bay. by 4:00 it's sweeping out of the south bay and by 7:00 rain is completely gone. a lot of us will have both commutes dry today. we'll get sprinkles to 500ths in the south bay. 5 to 1500less in the north bay. sunshine and seasonal temperatures friday and saturday. the rain that moves in sunday will be the afternoon and evening hours linger through monday. wednesday we'll have another chance of rain. just a few weeks ago this is what it looked like on mount saint helene. the chu

in the north bay. the pretty disastrous system, we will see its friday, a second act of it on sunday. all the gun to his own stable of scudder jars into next week. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: i good morning and the traffic department your drive should be an easy one no hot spots, slows spots, if late obstructions. at bridge check, as you can see it is an easy ride. now back up, no delay. san mateo bridge coming equally good, no problem. drive. westbound drive times 13 minutes. 101 sub bounced a problem free. very light traffic across the bridge. public transit no problem. it looks good, even a strain on the inbound looks good. train no. 1 is off on time. >> darya: as section of highway-1 near big surge is shut down. indefinitely. the 41st section of the to the land road crumbles into the sea yesterday. it is unclear what caused it but they're saying erosion at this point residents, travelers try to get through forced to turn around. some parking their cars on the right side of the ro

heaviest in the north bay. temperatures are mild. still mainly low to mid-60s but warmer to the south. probably cooler to the north as they get more rain. and anywhere from about half an inch to two inches of rain likely for north bay. cloudy with rain and then a broad brush. we'll be drier days wednesday and thursday. but there will still be some showers zipping through that fast jet stream. friday a colder system moves in and that will give us some rain and lower snow levels especially as we head into saturday and then sunday. >>> nice. all right. thank you, steve. lives were probably saved by a warning system seconds before the earthquake in japan. how it works and why a similar system here in california is still years away. >>> a southern california college student is in trouble this morning over a viral video. what she said in her rant that triggered death threats. >>> good morning. northbound 101 san francisco that traffic looks good approaching the 80 split. we'll tell you more straight ahead. >>> good morning. we have some rai

highs upper 50s and low 60s especially towards the north bay where most of this system will interact. you can see right there already starting to slice through heading through the east bay and back towards san francisco. just off the san mateo coast light rain beginning to move in. here's an update on traffic with sal. >>> highway 4 to 242 you can see traffic is pretty -- i wouldn't call it light but it's not stop and go. that's the good part. so far 680 traffic looks good heading south benicia bridge. also 880 in front of the coliseum so far looks good in both directions. 6:01. back to the desk. >>> thank you. japan's prime minister went on tv today. he told 140,000 people who live near an earthquake damaged nuclear power plant stay indoors. conditions continue to deteriorate at that nuclear power plant. there have been at least three explosions at the plant. elevated levels of radiation have been detected in the surrounding areas. now there's one bright spot for the rescuers today. a 70-year-old woman was found alive four days after that disaster struck. she was found inside of her

bay area. mainly north. east bay a slight chance. moistening up in the north bay already.mmer and warmer days ahead the rest of the week. area of low pressure to the north of us. it continues to slide south today, bringing rain throughout the bay area. once again looking at lots of shower activity, but it's far away, way far away. as we head further south the atmosphere beginning to moisturen up but no rain yet. notice napa you see returns here and down toward american canyon. it should be a little later we see the rain in the north bay. 52 in monterey today. the northern half of the state clouding up, moistening up for the next incoming system. look at the southern sierra. 52 in yosemite. definitely feeling like spring there. southern california 60s and 70s with sunshine from san diego to palm springs. we will be looking at a pattern page as high pressure begins to build in tomorrow. today, though, take a look. by 11:00, 1:00, sonoma county and mirin county a chance of rain. even san francisco will see rain later on in the afternoon. the peninsula the chance of rain by 2:

we could see snow dusting in the north bay peaks. have no hot spots. things have calmed down at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. we were tracking that as of hot spot but certainly not the case. traffic moving freely the meter lights are cycled off. westbound 580 and the northbound direction of the nimitz freeway. san mateo bridge we have been quiet all morning, no problems and i there directions. no problems getting their drive time of 14 minutes across the span. the golden gate bridge southbound in to san francisco out of the north bay. conditions look great no problems out of novato. compared to yesterday things some public trends that have been looking good. no problems. james? >> james: japan has given so much of the world over development of new technologies. the tech community here is giving back. capes light shows us how big tech companies are offering digital ways to donate. >> gabe: microsoft donated $100,000, google 250,000. apple set up an easy way to donate through itunes. you can make a donation between five an

through the north bay valleys we'll have upper 60s to near 70. ur beaches probably the coolest in the upper 50s. mid to upper 50s throughout the east bay shore. fremont 70 degrees. more widespread 70s throughout the east bay valleys and especially the monterey bay and inland where we have low to mid-70s. for tonight look for more cloudiness and temperatures pretty close to this morning, if not a few degrees warmer. oakland, san francisco 50. low to mid-40s the north bay valleys. mid to upper 40s throughout the east bay valleys. for the bay shore and out to the coast. a couple areas of high pressure pushing that jet stream to the north. getting blow-off to the west. low 70s inland which is just a little above average. we'll have rain in the north bay mainly tomorrow. the rest of us will get the tail end of that system and maybe a few sprinkles south of say the san mateo bridge. probably nothing measurable in the south bay. temperatures will cool behind the system by 5 to 10 degrees. that will put us back to mid to upper 60s inland, mid to upper 70s

starting to move in to the north bay at 7:00. he bay by 11:00 to 12:00, moving through the south bay and out by 3:00, in you see the colder air with snow developing over mount hamilton. scattered showers through tomorrow midday. then a breakthrough early sunday morning and then a stronger storm moves in mid-morning to midafternoon on sunday. look at these rainfall totals, one to two inches around the bay. north bay and santa cruz mountains, two to three inches. we'll have high surf through tomorrow. 17-foot waves. >> heavier rain on sunday, flooding because the ground will be so saturated. then monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, still rain in the forecast, temperatures well below average. there will be weather photos to take. we would love to see them. upload them to us or e-mail them to us. >> good morning. we do have a new problem in san mateo county, northbound highway one, the ramp is closed to clear the scene of an earlier spinout. heavy rain advisory in santa cruz, highway 7 between summit and 85 asking commuters pleas

heavier showers for the north bay along highway 12. this is tracking to the east and the north, it has that trajectory. expect that to make things difficult for now. it will taper off to the better part of the day but showers rebuild and to the evening hours. we see it also down by livermore, pleasanton, and 680 from dublin interchange in to san jose we are seeing showers. in the south bay to the east of san jose. that is where the rain is right now. as for temperatures we are cool like the the past couple of days 48 in oakland, 53 in san jose, in the livermore valley. as far highs this afternoon not bad. mid to upper 50s, 56 in francisco, 58 oakland, 55 san jose, 55 for the delta and livermore valley. your 70 forecast will show the storm system for saturday, the system is finally getting to us today, just behind it we have another system pulling down rain forest friday night into saturday morning. most is the day on saturday we will see right, chances of showers continue sunday. hanging on to them briefly monday, tuesday and then wedne

heaviest in the north bay, lightest in the south bay. m, stay to the north friday and saturday but that active pattern will push a couple more storms into our forecast the next seven days. for today you see the light rain falling in the east bay valleys. temperatures in the low to mid-60s here. head over to the east bay shore and you see upper 50s for hercules, richmond and berkeley. low 60s for everybody else. rain a better part of the day to get into the south bay. you warm to the low to mid-60s. mid to upper 50s along the coast into downtown san francisco. 60 south san francisco and with the rain moving into the north bay first, you will be the coolest with mid to upper 50s. the least likely area to see any rain today, the monterey bay and inland. temperatures in the low to mid-60s. around the state today we'll have chico with rain at 60. sacramento 62. eureka getting rain right now. temperatures only 52. snow eventually will move into the sierra but not until the daylight hours. look at this, 80 degree temperatures palm springs and ne

temperatures in the '50s and cooler in the north bay. er 60s with partly sunny skies all the way up to 63 for santa rosa and san rafael. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, left storms running through. rain into wednesday morning, pretty nice wednesday afternoon and a week's storm comes through thursday with a 10th of an inch and best chance will be in the north bay. a more significant system arise friday and that could bring an inch or more around the bay. >>vicki: hockey team in the central valley is honoring actor charlie sheen. a winning strategy to put more fans in the stands. [ male announcer ] breakfast for breakfast. breakfast for lunch. breakfast for dinner. with three new breakfast lovers dishes, who needs a break from breakfast? denny's. america's diner is always open. >>vicki: this week at the box office to movies make the top rate. top plays amanda stars in a dark version of the fairy tale. a red riding hood it polled and $14 million. if last week's top earner, rango pulled in more than $23 million. turning the top s

we will see a better chance of picking up sprinkles to the north bay. 10:00, north bay continues to standest chance of showers. once it ships southward the peninsula come of these bay could bring up some sprinkles but it will lose strength becoming more scattered, a little bit of drizzle out there. that's what we can expect through the afternoon nothing to heavy, the evening breezes and drier conditions. currently in the '40's, upper '40's for san francisco, 48 oakland, south bay upper '40's. afternoon highs will reach the '60s could get up to 64 santa rosa, napa. temperatures into the low 60s to the east bay. mid-60's in the south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. id- rain today, after that we will dry out, partly cloudy for your friday mostly cloudy saturday. 20 percent chance of rain on saturday. rain continues into next week. james? >> james: the latest wall street we've been tracking stocks way of the mark. the dow is down about 184 points. nasdaq 50 at 2700, there have been a lot of reasons why there's been some pretty poor performances in the markets overnight, weak

now let's take a look at where we expect the rain to go, a 70 amp they build in the north bay, by 9:00 a.m. in a tense around vallejo, aligned straight down toward half moon bay. as we push it forward east bay, fremont, san on say, seem intent showers. by noon the bulk will be south of san jose dealing with scattered showers and the occasional thunderstorms popping up as well. don't be surprised if the rain gets intense and moves off. scattered showers and into friday. beyond today's system we have another one off the screen headed our way for saturday. another couple of stores before the weekend is done. if you can stick through you can see it next week is dry and warm. >> george: we have some flooding in marin, not tracking any hot spots at the bay bridge toll plaza the backup continues to grow, westbound a revenue not in the macarthur maze but it could wind up in there. we have a back up at the 880 approach and that tells us things are slow for the bay bridge when this ramp gets backed up across the lanes at the plaza. that is the case this morning. high windy advisory is here today

north bay shot, mike showed light rain falling in the north bay. so far, no problems as you make the drive on southbound 101 in santa rosa all the way down to san rafael and continues to look good across the golden gate bridge into san francisco. here is a live shot, really not that much this morning. and south bay, 101, northbound at this time, delay free out of morgan hill all the way up the peninsula. >>> thank you so much. it's 4:40. >> still ahead, thieves target schools, stolen computers and destruction they left behind. >> and the hearing today that could change the way san my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight. [ female announcer ] yoplait light -- over 30 delicious flavors at about 100 calories. babe, what are you doi?! ♪ [ female announcer ] the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. >>> good tuesday morning. 4:42 and at traffic on the

we had heavy steady rain especially in the north bay and the east bay overnight.ut the wind was so strong it was able to dry up a lot of that moisture before it was able to accumulate so we don't have a lot of ponding out there. nonetheless we're going to see spotty showers throughout the day today. and i want to take to you the south right now, show you what's happening in the san mateo area where our own bob redell is. it looks like we're getting a break there but it's still pretty windy. now bob, a little wind, a little rain, you can handle that, can't you. >> yeah, i can. especially with the lack of hair on top of my head. good morning to you, christina. the rain is definitely not really been the big issue near where we're at at the san mateo bridge. more of a wind issue you can see by the high wind advisory that caltrans posted on their sign for commuters heading across the san mateo bridge to the east bay. once they get across this is what they can expect. lots of gusts, you can see how much the wind has been shaking our san mateo bridge cam that is position

the north bay brings as 2 in.. right now, here's your radar started to notice some showers on 101 as we head towards interest seeing some showers through the bay and also just starting to push their way just to the north seeing some showers from petaluma into santa rosa in the hills for it. along the peninsula watching as cell winding its way to san mateo. therefore saying any rain there is were light. in the afternoon we pick up in intensity there's potential for an isolated thunderstorms today. 55 degrees in san francisco, satellite, radar continues to show us the stream of moisture pushing its way in. rain now looks like the bulk of the wet weather is moving to the north the rise. scattered showers expected to gather and intensity this afternoon 6:00, we will not as widespread showers. showers really expected to continue into the afternoon and evening. thursday a weaker storm moving through this one will produce less than a quarter of an inch. friday we have a storm that could bring as a heavy rain noticed just h

light rain in the north bay but that will be in the afternoon. attered showers, that's what will take over the rest of our forecast into the weekend and then to monday. for today in the south bay we have upper 60s to near 70 degrees. on the peninsula mid to upper 60s today. it will be cooler at the beaches though. upper 50s for you, downtown south san francisco low 60s. the north bay beaches in the mid to upper 50s. as you head inland, low to mid-60s. probably head up to wine country. mid to upper 60s. maybe mid-60s around the east bay shore. want to mention livermore speaking of win country. no, sir to be there, too. most of your neighbors around that temperature. as you head inland we'll be near 70 just about everywhere. tonight the high clouds keep our temperatures up compared to this morning. in fact, look at oakland, san mateo, san francisco near 50 while the rest of us mid to upper 40s. clouds around the coast today. they'll kind of hang out there. for the big picture, high clouds starting to move in ahead of a cold front that will miss us t

north bay mountains up to three inches. 2 inches for the north bay. about an inch for the peninsula east ba bay, south bay up to inch over the next 7 days. so let's start out our computer animation with the first system. of night tonight clouds gathering by 5:00 a.m. it starts to rain in the north bay like i mention. then the rain starts to spread a little bit more south and east into the afternoon hours. could get moderate to heavy at times as the front goes through. as you can see here evening commute primary focus santa cruz mountains south bay and the east bay and then behind the front numerous showers expected for your tuesday night. rainfall total with this first system through tomorrow night up to inch in the north bay. see quarter to half inch. north bay mountain quarter to half inch in the north bay and see far less for the rest of the bay area specifically the south bay. that's only expected to see about 1/10th of an inch. not whole lot of rain for the south bay with the system. tonight mild readings. numbers in the 50's and the rain will dev

rain in the north bay everywhere again. , monday pretty heavy showers and tuesday dry. temperatures mid to upper 50s along the coast, low to mid-60s the bay and inland. a quarter inch of rain by tomorrow afternoon where we could have thunder in the forecast. take a look at our picture today from pier 94. 6:30 yesterday morning. gloria o'connors tells her friends it's beautiful to be sittin' on the dock of the bay all day long and that's a naturally gorgeous sunrise. if you have weather video or weather photos you'd like to send, we'd love to see them. or e-mail them. here's frances with a north bay nightmare? >> yeah. it's a mess on southbound 101 to san rafael. in addition i'll tell you about problems getting into the north bay as well. first this big rig accident that's been blocking the lanes now about an hour. southbound just past north san pedro. can't see the accident obscured by some of the fog there but absolutely jammed. extends almost to highway 37. novato, let me show you the map really fast. things slow down past

overall in friday today, a slight chance the north bay will see a sprinkle or two. the rain began as bay area wide late tonight, mainly into tomorrow morning. all day friday heavy rains we could see cool temperatures and lightning. snow levels dropping down to 3,000 ft.. here's where temperatures are right now low '40's uppers 30's. novato is 18 degrees colder than you work 24 hours ago, 16 half moon bay, you get the idea it is chilly out there. storm tracker for shows us the rain to the north, the possibility of some of the showers getting into upper sonoma county. everybody else has a dry day today. that system coming in is turning up the waters high surf advisory in effect today will not expire until 11:00 p.m. friday. rep current should be watched out for and vinyl coastal flooding as those swells come on shore. beyond that temperatures this afternoon will be nice 58 in san francisco, 61 the general trend around the bay. the sunshine we will in joy today because it goes away starting tomorrow. this system tracks are way the first crops will fall probably about 11

we'll check out the north bay commute. time we're looking at southbound traffic which is flowing well out of novato down to the golden gate bridge. get traffic when you want by going to abc7news.com. it's under the bay area traffic link. eric? >> frances, thank you so much. it's 6:53 now. and time is running out if you want to reserve a slot in this year's 12-k bay to breakers in san francisco. this is the first time the race has booked so many runners so fast. officials say the fact this is the hundredth anniversary of bay to breakers is a big draw. 900 spaces available. the registration fee is $52 for adults and $47 for kids. >> construction on the new eastern span on the bay bridge has reached another milestone. early this morning crews finished putting the final segment of the suspension tower in place. >> amy hollyfield is live on treasure island. amy, what's the view like? >> it's beautiful. unfortunately i can't show it to you live. we zoomed in right now, you would just be a dark outline of the to youers. just as i

that could give light rain to the north bay. but mainly breezy and cool. under mostly cloudy conditions. tomorrow partly sunny. but the jet stream storm track is moving north. they are still coming down out of the north west. mendocino county and lake county. some of the rain is rather uniform. the san jose also ran again. not far away from that there were heavier amounts. napa two-thirds of an inch. there were heavier mountains. almost an inch of rain. they didn't get that for nothing. concord was close at .40. upper 40 east side and 50 -- upper 40s and 50s. your monday morning super effective. out of the northwest you can see some of the wind 20-25 miles an hour sfo had 30. now it's 23. you can get gusts over 30. i've seen gusts 40-50. that next system is tracking north but it will clip the north bay late tonight and tomorrow. a few showers. mainly windy and cool. tonight we will bring in some of the clouds maybe light rain for the north bay. overall a breezy windy bay. windy on the coast. cool if you are in that wind. not bad if you are in a wind protect

mainly inland and the north bay. towards the afternoon, the skies over mostly sunny and a cooler day. dry. when the next chance of rainfall is coming up in just a bit. this was supposed to be the day that the state voted on the governor's plan. without the support he is the line this vote. where does that leave him? the latest on political wrangling. >> the democrats could pass this on their own but they cannot put the proposed tax extensions on the ballot without two-thirds. that is why we are at a standstill. republicans are the ones needed to get the two- thirds for this special election. right now, they're holding out this is their only chance to of any type of impact during this legislative session. >> republicans are trying to use it little leverage they have against this to the california a majority vote. and republicans are very much in the minority party. denise will leverage the half will be used-any leverage to use will try to impact their thoughts on the vote with pension reforms, change in and budget, we

the hottest time of day we will see a lot more 80 spirit in the north bay a lot of ladies out there, t creek, down the san ramon valley, oakland hills, even in the south bay we could see temperatures right around the 80. all in all of it will be a hot day. he may be breezy in the hills as we have that on health pusoffshore pollution. it will a cool evening as we head into the overnight hours and then to more another warm day. the hottest day of the week is tomorrow. temperatures specifically we're looking for, 83 san rosa and napa, 76 across the bay in oakland. upper '70's in the south bay 78 san jose and fremont, morgan hill 79. your 78 forecast shows a warming trend continues through the week, thursday will probably be the hottest day of the week getting up to 85, cooling off slightly for the weekend but still no real rain in the forecast except for maybe in north bay sprinkle saturday. let's check the drive. >> george: we haven't been tracking any hot spots and we aren't now. no problems in the bay area. the bay bridge westbound, 2 minutes ago the metering lights had not been activ

we already looked at the north bay and the peninsula. this is what it looks like for today at 7:00 a.m. in the south bay. 37 degrees. you'll need the jacket all the way until noon. mild conditions right around 52 degrees. and our breezes are really going to pick up. howling winds through the east bay hills tonight. 59 degrees. the breeze picks up in the south bay at 3:00 p.m. we have a wind advisory in place starting at 9:00 p.m. lasting until tomorrow morning. a lot of rain on the way to the bay area. we'll tell you just how much coming up. right now, though, you want to get to work on time. it is a tuesday, tuesdays can be tough. how is it looking, mike? >>> so far for a tuesday we are on schedule, christina. but i have incidents the report out of the bay bridge, actually leaving the bay bridge area, i'll show you that in a second. here's the chopper in the south bay. as you see the volume starting to increase for 101 at the 280/680 interchange into san jose, that's the first part where we see the slowing. speeds are dipping down into t

bay area. that will bring with it a chance of rain to the north. the rest of the bay area looking good. clouds and sunshine outside. the temperatures going to be running up into the 50s and 60s. so not a bad day. not a rainout. just a chance of showers north of the golden gate bridge. as we head toward tomorrow, though, everybody is going to get good soaking with some rain. possibility of some thunderstorms, showers continuing into the weekend. all right. let's check on traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. first we'll start with a live look right now conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza. backed up to the end of the lot. we are just getting word of a new accident in lafayette. one lane blocked, westbound 24 approaching acalanes. similar area to where we saw an accident yesterday. very similar pattern happening for our morning commute as we saw yesterday. bart delays still dealing with 15-minute delays heading towards the east bay from 24th street mission out towards the east bay because of earlier mechanical issues. that's your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the whi

north. sun in the morning. mostly sunny towards south bay. rain moves into the north bay, 50s and 60s. we'll continue warmer weather. that system doesn't have much of lap chance to move south to mid-60s, east bay, pen nine so you a and south bay. we get a cooler air mass, clear, mostly sunny. saturday starts off all right. then sunday we cloud it up for everyone. it looks like rain. that system will be stronger. >> all right. >>> the death toll 24 from a big earthquake today in southwestern china. the 5.8 magnitude quake was near china's border with myanmar. more than 1,000 homes and apartment buildings just collapsed. officials say at least 200 were hurt. dozens were left in critical condition. chinese soldiers, police officers, firefighters are trying to pull survivors out of the rubble. they are calling for an evident to get water, food and clothing to the quake victims. >>> this is just. secretary of state hillary clinton said she will meet with members of the libyan opposition when she travels to egypt and tunisia next week. we're hearing that forces loyal to moammar gadhafi pushed

in the north bay.o-three-quarters to injustice three-quarters, and light precipitation tonight. font 2 in./three- quarters of 2 3 in.. he blustered, wet and windy day. and scattered shower activity today strong storm pushing through tomorrow. early morning hours, early afternoon. very windy conditions will seek showers coming in on monday. as we make our way through the work week the rain will stay with us until thursday. >> isabel: chances are if you know somebody that has the blue it is been white- bread. the flu-activity is been why'd sprea i has been widespread. and if you have flu like symptoms? perhaps we continue to go to work. >> marty: a nurse practice foioner is joining us, can you tell us about the motivation to go to the hospital? >> i was at san francisco gen awful and there flu symptoms were so bad that their heart rate cut down to 20. and over 30,000 americans die from seasonal flu. pregnant women, children under the age of 2 and the elderly. aren't the most at risk. >> isabel: is this w

through the north bay valleys, mid-50s to low 60s santa rosa and napa. me thing over in the east bay with oakland and fremont into antioch and brentwood near 60. everybody else the upper 50s. 62 -- upper 50s inland except for gilroy and hollister right around 61 and 60. the wind gusts around 7:00 this morning. upper 20s to low 30s. even by noon down to 20 to 30 mph. as we head into the afternoon hours they hang around the 15 to 25 mph. not causing any airport delays right now but we'll keep an eye on it. when the wednesday get up there sometimes they do. a warm front moves through the bay. kicks up some showers in the evening hours in the north bay. possibility of scattered showers around midnight for the rest of us. the good news is the front passes rather quickly. by tomorrow morning we are dry and by tomorrow afternoon the sunshine and warmer weather. about 4 degrees warmer tomorrow. another 4 degree jump on wednesday. thursday that storm system passes to the north. once it moves on, friday's dry and another system will come by for saturday and sunday

but we're beginning to see some dryer air push in to the north bay. r 7 h.d., boy, zip in. busy. we're looking at the increased rain rates into the south bay and the east bay as the area of low pressure pushes to the south and east throughout the rest of the morning. so our first stop in the north bay, you can see a bit of a break around bodega bay. not the case further south around san rafael into the east. american canyon looking very wet. here's a closer look. pleasant hill and concord, you can see a heavier cell about to move into san pablo or richmond. the most moderate rain is in the east bay from union city back towards redwood city along 280. look at the reds there, around just south of milpedas around alum rock and continuing south westward, watsonville. we'll be looking at more rain in the next hour or two in the south bay but clearing parts of the north bay through the 7:00 hour and you'll notice along the peninsula, daly city very wet. temperatures in the upper 40's to around 50 this morning and we are looking at breezy winds out of the sou

on live stormtracker 2 watching a few showers, nothing too extreme up towards part of the north bay. we will shift the maps to the south. we will show you a little bit of activity closer to the bay right around fremont and san francisco and oakland. not all of this is reaching the ground but we could have some sprinkles or some spotty drizzle out there. the overall weather story we do have this mostly cloudy skies. still a chance of a shower. the extended forecast we finally pull back on the rain clouds and heading in the next direction. the weather system is developing not too impressive in the satellite or in the forecast as well but it will impact our forecast with more clouds and showers mainly targeting the north bay. as we head into monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday no rain cloud. the dry weather pattern and a warming trend and at least some 60s out there. in fact by thursday and friday we will be talking about a few mid-70s. so a significant jump in the numbers with a rain-free forecast. that is after tomorrow. here is our forecast model tomorrow morning at 9:00. a f

looking at the north bay, we have a drive heading through the north bay. i have an issue to tell you about, but first we want to check the golden gate bridge that is the focus for a lot of people coming in and out of the north bay. crews were just moving the copes cones out of the way there. just north of novato, southbound 101 at kastania road has reports of a tractor-trailer that went off the road into the ditch. just a couple lanes are open coming south out of the bay. it will be slow heading over to highway 37 over the next half hour. coming out of the north bay near the cartinas and venetian bridges, a smooth drive. no problems as far as the toll plaza. we'll get you a live look out further. 880, highway 24 are an easy drive. and a live look at the toll plaza, there you go with no problems. no puddling, so good stuff. we'll get some rain coming up, so stand by for christina's forecast coming up. >>> tension is high this morning in libya after a six-hour gun battle involving tanks and machine guns. moammar gadhafi's troops managed to push back the atta

the area flash flood watch in effect for much of the north bay. this becomes very saturated, that saturated ground is going to lead order to bubble up on the wrist, drivers, sidewalks. that flash flood watch will be in effect across much of the bay area through wednesday. in some places through thursday. that means flash flooding is possible. >> james: rain started falling early last night, reggie kumar sure is as hard tends they have been. >> reporter: it has been raining a very heavy here and a motion bridge. --on the ocean breacm each. derogatoy there is treated by all the standing water. the last storm and they may stay close to the pending on if this storm is really as strong as forecasters are predicting. >> justine: outside scotts valley residents remain tied off as engineers try to clear a massive rock slide. they were surprised to the slide is not stable, not much can be done until a break in the weather. it must be stabilized for four crews can begin clearing a. officials are telling us this entire operation to take it to two weeks to fin

most falls in the north bay, up to a quarter inch in the valleys. o a tenth of an inch around the bay. but the south bay? nothing. cooler today. sunshine for friday and saturday, early sunday and then some rain sunday into monday. yes, we spring forward and lose that hour's sleep and changing batteries in detectors. >> you were trying to get ahead. >> yes! >> you remember those college courses everyone considered easy a's, sometimes nicknamed classes for athletes. now taking a hard line against the official endorsement of those classes. athletes are to stop distributing to players a list called courses of interest, such as beginning improvising or social dances of north america. critics say athletes often took those classes to keep up their grade point average, a requirement to play. stanford has maintained the courses on that list are academically rigorous. it was conducted by the california watch investigative reporting project. we'll have a full report at 6:00. you can read the report at californiawatch.org. a popular halloween costume is being re

rain moved from the north bay, kept our temperatures down, upper 50s. 60s abeing lo the east bay shore and to the east bay valleys low to mid-60s here and without that rain-cooled air, we'll actually see a little sunshine around the monterey bay and be warmer just about everywhere else, low to mid-60s with mid-60s inland. around the state today snow develops up around tahoe and 46. chico and sacramento some light rain. low 60s there. but look at los angeles and palm springs, near 80 degrees today. bringing it home tonight, patchy fog and cloud cover. livermore low to mid-40s. here's a look what's going on upstairs. you can tell it's a pretty mature system that has this comma shape to it and knows the energy is lacking but the moisture is out there. the cold front pushing ever so slowly through the bay. by 4:00, 5:00 it's gone. the evening should be pretty quiet and overnight you can see it's all gon rainfall amount very, very light. around the bay we may have nothing to about a tenth, tenth to a quarter of an inch in the north bay. maybe double that in y