them dry at the same time it's one of our primary areas or defenses, we get colorado okay okay, north california, and local in our south california region that supplies almost half the water we use and then through one of our member agencies city of los angeles the east si' ras and this year is it's becoming depress ingly clear and 07' is shaping up that all of them are well below normal. every single area. hoping that it's not a trend and a depressing state for me as my first years general manager. , brad will talk first hand he's on the faculty of university of colorado the

them dry at the same time it's one of our primary areas or defenses, we get colorado okay okay, north california, and local in our south california region that supplies almost half the water we use and then through one of our member agencies city of los angeles the east si' ras and this year is it's becoming depress ingly clear and 07' is shaping up that all of them are well below normal. every single area. hoping that it's not a trend and a depressing state for me as my first years general manager. , brad will talk first hand he's on the faculty of university of colorado the director of university water assessment and was one of the great names in western law and politics. our next speaker doctor dan will repeat that entire lunchtime presentation except he'll talk really fast and do it in ten minutes. our third speaker barry nelson,

still along the far north california coast. i wants to take you into the san ramon valley.rings with numbers still pretty cool in the 20s in lake tahoe. but the numbers will moderate in the sierra nevada so the crowds will be there, too. south bay low 50s. increasing clouds. 52 redwood city with 50 in the pacifica. the main rain holds off until later today. near east bay upper 40s for you in hercules. 52 union city and out over the hills. 48 concord, 49 walnut creek and by the monterey bay, 51 in watsonville. timing is everything and on this one we fail. (laughter) >> we're gonna see the rains really end by the end of the week then. so all breaks when the kids are off, you just have to find things to do and send them back to school. (laughter) >> it will be nice for them when they go back next week. but bring your umbrella. >> absolutely. >> new federal aviation data shows air traffic controllers in the washington area have made a record number of mistakes in 2010. increased by 51% nationwide. the faa wants software upgrades for on-board computers so things don't happen tha

we line them all up so that the top we're just looking at one spot or grid or one pixel over north california and the models are run not only forward in time but also retrospectively. run back. they can replicate what we've seen and that's one of the tests of climate models and what we see is, without a doubt, every climate model is warming. this is the 0 line today is todays so we took the actual temperature out of it. we'll call that 0 the departure from todays level. and this is 2100, so we can see here are those numbers that you heard earlier in the day rises the temperatures from 2 degrees celsius to more than 7 for california. this is the annual average temperature. precipitation is done in the same fashion down here. my coleague mike calls these spaghetti diagrams for obvious reasons. this is sort of the sly mate studies and you see this but you don't see the consensus too much in this or these solutions but what is deceiving is your e ye, is drawn to the out liars going up and there's this number of a simulations that have gone down a little bit by ten percent or so. if you twisted my

one of the fastest growing areas in north california. we're serving less water than we were when i got there. that's corner stone of our growth. anybody that does not know what that means what that means with respect to drought or any emergency you may have is not playing with affair deck. when you harden the demand you must have flexibility. our reservoir is not one for supply. people are taking shots at that. it was built as a water quality salt reservoir and a fish asset and some people said it's appose tear child for bad storage. and they said it's exactly off stream storage that uses peak demands in an area effects by issues today. there's diversity kabs and the keys for our future. so if i can get you to do nothing else i would like you to read this because i consider it a very significant primer for anybody that has to deal with this and stay with adaptive management and the state has the resources now if we think broadly on how to invest them and you have had excellent managers talk to you about the consistent directions in which

most recently we're involved north california trying to increase water efficiency on the largest reservoirs there. out of this project which is a legislation project. i think there are lessons that might be relevant for what we're talking about here and i'd like to make three points. the first point pertains to issue of uncertainty. there are two issues there. characterizing uncertainty. that means uncertainty in our large scale models and down scaling, but also in demand, population growth, and other areas. the second issue with uncertainty is communication. i think that should not be underestimated because i think that will make for an effective public engagement and effective regulatory engagement in others. now, there is a need for improvement in our tools in this area and i wanted to bring that up in the sense that there is some research and further development that needs to be done in engaging the university communities and other research organizations. but i think we gain much out of such improvement. as a second point the development of pilot projects. as mentioned again, i want to

moisture streaming in off the pacific and north california along the or organize coastline where you'd the umbrella. snow around mount shasta and boise, significant snow at the high elevations. much of california, l.a. 71. a little more like it. a little warmer. tomorrow a little warmer than that. 75 in phoenix tomorrow. 72 in l.a. unfortunately, more moisture streams here to the pick northwest. so kind of a murky weather pattern starting december in northwest. >>> if you're waging on kndo 23 in yakima, washington, looking for a one-stop holiday shopping, pottery, jewelry, photographs and more at the art of holiday giving exhibit at allied arts. that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> all right, bill. thanks. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. earlier this year, a federal judge refused to hear a wrongful death lawsuit regarding michael jackson saying it belonged in a state court. yesterday, that's exactly where jackson's father refiled it. joe jackson's lawsuit seeks unspecified damages against dr. conrad murray and added a defendant. the las veg

most recently we're involved north california trying to increase water efficiency on the largest reservoirsthere. out of this project which is a legislation project. i think there are lessons that might be relevant for what we're talking about here and i'd like to make three points. the first point pertains to issue of uncertainty. there are two issues there. characterizing uncertainty. that means uncertainty in our large scale models and down scaling, but also in demand, population growth, and other areas. the second issue with uncertainty is communication. i think that should not be underestimated because i think that will make for an effective public engagement and effective regulatory

clouds are on the increase tuesday with a fairly weak weather system coming down from the north coast of california from eureka and across the bay area of the chance for light rain will be with us for the afternoon and in the evening hours and the best chance for the north bay. we will get a break for wednesday, parleys and is guys and it is that the temperatures are a lot cooler is officially in the morning hours for those mid spots. we will see some start to end of wet weather with this significant rainfall and a series of storm systems that could hang on all the way through next weekend. >> thank-you, still ahead on kron4 news weekend is santa claus. then this template that was it will come with open arms after he was fired from macy's in san francisco coming up next. human headlines after being fired as santa claus of the macy's in san francisco's eureka this past week has really been something for you. your 50 minutes of fame has been extended your butt on the tonight show. tell us about your other appearance >> yesterday i did a radio show of london and they wanted me at that spirit (coughs)

north. northern california, oregon where they have more moist conditions in the merger will rotate through withoverage. and keeping us under the influence of chances of rainfall. the chance of 40's, 50's. virtually the same of what we're seeing, today. 60 in novado, and 59 degrees in san francisco, 60 degrees in concord. and at low 60s and the south bay. and 63 degrees in los gatos. kron 4 7 day around the bay and tomorrow is going to be cloudy, will of the chance of isolated showers. and into the weekend things wrong to deftly warm-up nicely. 60s. plenty of sunshine, things are or to definitely--warm-up nicely. things are going to death a warm-up and. >> and the east coast is getting walloped with 4 ft. of snowfall! and the frigid temperatures in florida are taking its toll on crops. >> and the huffing and puffing of people s shoveling of 4 ft. of snowfall in some areas. painstaking for people up to their waist line and the winter's worst. >> symbols of the of not >some able have said that this is perhaps just a bit much. >> and some cooling of seven nights a below freezing have threatened cro

further north in california's central valley, swollen creeks are eating away the land threatening several homes. >> the water is going to go inside the houses because we're so close to the canals. >> reporter: so far, the creeks have held and surprisingly, there's been no major flooding. but rock slides have closed several roads including the pacific coast highway shut down 10 miles in both directions. the fear now is the monster storm still lined up off the coast. >> we're anticipating that we are going to have a lot of work. >> reporter: in an area scorched by recent wildfires it won't take much more rain for the saturated ground finally turn into rivers of mud. >> what a mess down south. and it looks like we're in for more heavy rain up here. >>> tracy humphrey is tracking a new storm headed our way. >> that's right. currently not a lot going on. did i want to show you the hi- def doppler because we're not looking at much in the form of rainfall currently but that will all be changing. here's a look at our model data. this is based around noon today and you can see not a lot going on.

storm is getting pushed up to the north the steady band of cloud a moisture going farther north into northern california. this will continue were having warmer dryer air building behind us and will show this the storm tracker up to the north. forcing chance of rain really diminish into tomorrow. just a fog release setting and. our current conditions temperatures are warmer in the south bay 67 san wrote jose, 66 lost gatos, 66 hayward, 62 in san francisco and 64 concord. tonight will be a mild evening yet we do have lingering sprinkles and the areas of fog this evening. temperatures will remain in the '50s, to our morning areas of dense fog the special in the northeast if valleys. because of the fog temperatures in the evening will warm quite as bad today. will take a look of the temperatures and your extended forecast into next week coming up in a bed. >> the national weather service is calling this al last ninon weather. >> the last need not weather pattern means the tablature of the water along the equator is two to three degrees cooler than normal. what that means for the bay area is what we've alrea

you probably noticed it is getting more expensive to drive around north herb california. the average price of gas has gone up in 13 of the last 14 months. the average $3.25 a gallon, san jose's $3.31 san francisco the average is $3.37. >>> a celebration at san franciscos city hall to kick off the christmas tree recycling program curb side pick up begins first week of january. just remember to remove all decorations do not put the tree in a bag. the trees are chipped in san francisco, they are then sent to tracy where they will serve as biomass fuel in a waste to energy facility. there you go. >>> we are leaving ours up for another week or so. >> at least. >> yeah, i think you should. >>> 5:13 a.m. coming up an update on the terror suspects accused of plotting attacks in britain. >> they survived two months in a dark mine now these 3 p chilean -- 33 chilean miners are getting a free vacation. special honor at the happiest place on earth. >> chp issued a dense fog advisory for carcenas bridge. a look at your morning commute coming up ,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ every time it's so right

north dakota. iowa was shrouded in dense fog. and californiaan't seem to get a break as drenching rains move out, wicked winds blow in. frigid gales and gusts, up to 94 miles per hour, lashed l.a., knocking out power, toppling trees on to cars. >> before i knew it, i had a tree in front of my windshield. >> reporter: north of l.a., in lamont, california, the last of the rain flooded an irrigation canal. 120 households were told to evacuate. as the rain moved east, it fell as heavy snow in the mountains, closing the main highway to las vegas for five hours, hampering the search for a missing snowboarder in tahoe-- her body was found today. this nasty storm created nasty conditions across the west. heavy snow in washington, snowy whiteouts in new mexico. >> it's crazy. it's freezing cold. >> reporter: subfreezing temperatures blanketed the sierra, and brought wild weather to usually mild arizona. >> i didn't know it snowed in flagstaff, arizona, or arizona, period. >> reporter: kids liked it. the departing storm has left california waterlogged an

look at storm tracker 4, what it shows us is we're in a drive-by, led to the north, but this does not the case. 7 californiag tumbled. at the end to the north, northern portions of california take a closer look-and a loss angeles severe weather from last angeles to san diego. problems with flooding their and our area mostly dry a few just isolated showers this morning. mainly the north bay and the delta, the best chance of seeing rain is later on in the day. a chance of rain at 6:00, heavier moving through overnight end in to tomorrow. to a clock, heavy rain through six rosa, petaluma, san a failed. and tomorrow morning, it could be a wet one evening commute could be a dry one. it looks like we will see things drying out by the end of the week. another storm pushing through by christmas. here is the timeline, early saturday morning, a chance of rain a better chance the heavier stuff being the latter part of your day as well. the afternoon, the rain picks up really picking up in the intensity as we head towards 3:00, moderate- heavy downpours, heavy rain continuing a recent evening and into the night. sierra

north. in southern california they are seeing record holiday temperatures national weather service says the record temperatures were set sunday from long beach to vent trap they had a high of 87 at ucla that beat the old record of 84 in long beach they had the same high 87 that shattered the record of 80 set in 1998 forecasters say similar highs expected today before there's a cooling trend tomorrow. >> we could have had that nice weather but we had the fog all weekend. we will be back after the break at check on a walnut creek taillights south of 24 moving close to the speed limit. out of the washington the senate voting on the tax-cut deal whatever the outcome of the white house expects there will be cut at some kind of built to withstand the castax cuts. president barack obama is senior vice 3 is really out any major changes the president of been issued with republicans. >> at the end of the date no one wants to see taxes go up on 150 million americans on january 1st. no one wants to see 2 million people is unemployment insurance and everybody understands what it would mean to the econom

california. police went through the farming community of mcfarland north of l.a. and hundreds of homes are threatened. people stacked sandbags before leaving home. >>> part of the pacific coast highway closed because of mudslides. this is what it looks like in malibu. they are not expected to open up until tomorrow. southern california has received more than 12 inches of rain since the weekend. another five to 10 inches are expected before tomorrow. >>> check out this snow. several feet fell over the last few days and more is on the way. it's hard to see in the video. here at home, people are getting ready for the next big storm. in the east bay, they are cleaning up the downed trees and putting sandbags in place. they are going to be ready when the next storm hits. >>> all across the country, an amazing sight overnight. a total lunar eclipse. we told you bob redell is visiting santa in the north pole. she still traveling, but managed to stop and take this video from fairbanks, alaska. his view of the eclipse. 5:09 and know it's in your department, but i hope you

the .org continues from seattle north. 7 california is seeing some record solidly temperatures the national weather service as record hunters reached on sunday. the high of 87 degrees and ucla. its past record set back in 1952. forecasters a similar rise expected today before cooling trend keeps an tomorrow. local forecasts, louisa. >> good morning, starting off with a clear shot not much in the way of thought. increasing cloud cover, san jose mid-50s, by indian 57, high temperature 61, backed up to 56 by 8:00. temperatures in the '50s and the most part, fairly warm start to the day. 54 san francisco, san rafael. still hanging on to the forties. livermore, 52. 53 antioch. suddenly, radarsatellite and rag to move southward, three in a lot of cloud cover to the area. all those clouds streaming in on top of the are ready low clouds. at this point, showers or wet weather will state to the north. maybe a few sprinkles through sonoma. it is really tomorrow that the better chance rain comes in to the pitcher. as for today, after new highs since the '60s. 61 santa rosa. 16 now up. red around the ba

north bay. southern california getting slammed and we are about to see the system here acrossing the coast as wetime, a chance of scattered showers increasing into the afternoon. unstable environment as well with tropical moisture out of the south and an energetic jet stream aiming in across southern california. briefly revy han and isolated thuner. in terms of rainfall, about an inch or less for the lowlands, but the hill top locations could be approaching two to three inches of rain. a soaking in late today into tomorrow. scattered shower to start. late in the day with highs in the mid 50s and snow levels close to 4,000 feet. we will see another storm here coming in tomorrow. we will catch a break thursday and friday and christmas day, plan on more wind and rain to kickoff the weekend. back to you. >> thank you, rob. good news to report on crime in america. a preliminary crime report shows violent and property crimes fell during the first half of 2010. today in the bay is live in washington with how the bay area fared. >> doing well. good morning, everyone. part of a four-year trend and from t

heavy know as it moves north. 6 to 12 inches of snow is forecast through monday, from the carolinas into new england. elsewhere, another storm will bring more rain and snow into californiaay. where it is not snowing, in the south, though, rain is forecast, from florida all the way into southern louisiana. and that is a first look at the headlines on this christmas morning. and now, we turn things back over to dan and bianna. >>> it is a christmas day tradition here at "gma," to bring together a group of spiritual leaders to talk about the role of faith in our lives. this christmas, i would like to welcome pastor max lucado, from oak hills church in san antonio, texas. father edward beck, an abc news consultant and author of "soul provider, spiritual steps to limitless love." and dr. suzan johnson cook, the wall street pastor and author of "woman becoming destiny." good morning and merry christmas to all of you. >> good morning. >> what is the mood in your congregations this christmas. i know the economy is allegedly recovering. but a lot of people aren't feeling it yet. max, let me start with you. what are you hearing this christmastime? >> these are tough times. a lot

north carolina. plus southern california homeowners brace for more wet homeowners brace for more wet weather and todayather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] got a cold? [ coughs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] confused what to get? now robitussin makes it simple. click on the robitussin relief finder at robitussin.com. [ nose blowing ] [ male announcer ] click on your symptoms. ♪ get the right relief. ♪ makes the cold aisle easy. the robitussin relief finder it's that simple. today, we gather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone. the northeast is bracing for a winter snowstorm that already blanketed the south yesterday. forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights

right over northern and central california and we'll continue to see that weather develop beginning monday. today we still show some scattered light showers. mostly 80 northu can see northern california will see most of that. still some scattered showers for the south bay as this system moves in later this afternoon early evening but then clearing skies overnight tonight. a dry day on monday through much of the state and then the next storm system beginning to move in by late monday night into early tuesday morning for the north bay. 55 our forecast high today. again, some scattered showers and most of that as you can see from our accu-weather time frame did show most of that moving off to the south of us. santa cruz, half moon bay, palo alto all in the mid-50s. and south bay locations will also see a possibility of some scattered showers. but also clearing skies and some sunshine with highs in the mid to upper 50s. and the accu-weather 7-day forecast, kind of a wet, windy week and chilly temperatures, snow in the sierra, more snow in the sierra. we could see anywhere from another 2 to 4 feet of snow by this time next weekend. >> my goodness! >> rain, too

among the highest, down in southern california, glendale, burbank, north hollywood. >>> republicans going to benefit most from next month's big changes to our government. >>> but on the state level, democrats still manage to not only maintain control but increase numbers. i sat with willie brown and a smith who engineered those key campaigns and asked what were the lessons we learned from the november election. >> if the entire ball game in california, winning elections is how you do with the independent voters where republicans have missed it, they don't understand fundamentally this group, which makes up 20% of the electorate is fundamentally socially liberal. so you can't use the old playbook. that is why it failed them. >>> what you are talking about is deline costates, they are not republicans, not democrats, swing voters is what we are talking about. >> yes. >> swing voters have always been characterized on the conservative side but these past elections they went staunchly blue. >> well, the pun dents have programmed them as if they were on the conservative side but we who run, hang

time for your california forecast. north of 80 again we'll see our best chance of showers. scattered showers could develop as far south as monterey bay. eureka, chico, sacramento, big sur. the sunshine will dominate southern california. 67 l.a. to 73 palm springs. the sierra we have some snow this morning about 6,000 feet and rain mixed with snow friday, saturday and sunday with snow levels around 6 to 7,000 feet. warm system is going to drop, become very heavy and wet snow up in the sierra this weekend. >> mike, thank you very much. our time now 5:48. >> taking a look at stories we're following this morning. a registered sex owe offender will appear in court after raping a two-year-old girl in union city. good samaritans helped. >> former bart police officer johannes mehserle returns to court where his attorney will ask the judge to let his client go free on bail while he appeals his conviction. he was sentenced for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of oscar grant. >> the operators of this recycles center plan to fight to remain open after san francisco's recre

potentially tainted organic ground beef products were distributed in new york, new jersey, north carolina, wisconsin, california and washington state. the company first class foods of hawthorne, california has not yet received any reports of illnesses. freezing temperatures in florida this month cost farmers and citrus growers $273 million. crops of green beans, sweet corn, and eggplant were among the hardest hit by the cold snap. and the florida department of agriculture statistics do not account for the last ten days of the month. the crop losses have driven up the price of produce in stores across the u.s., and led to increased imports from overseas. on wall street, stocks were mixed on the last day of a strong year for the market. the dow jones industrial average gained more than seven points to close at 11,577. the nasdaq fell ten points to close above 2,652. for the year, the dow gained nearly 11%. the nasdaq rose 17%. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to ray. >> suarez: as the year comes to a close, we get the latest on one of the year's major stories- - the massive oil spill along the

the live-fire exercises took place on the same island north korea attacked just last month. >>> southern california soggier today as a powerful storm continues to soak the west. another 10 inches of rain is expected to trigger more flooding and mud slides around the los angeles. and the lake tahoe area is bracing for another 6 feet of snow on top of the 9 feet already on the ground. >>> lawmakers face a busy week before the break. >>> and 9/11 responders say there's still hope that a health bill will be passed before law lawmakers leave for the holiday. >>> postal workers have quite a day ahead of them. they're about to handle 800 million pieces of mail alone. their busiest day of the year. >>> and "monday night football" takes it outside tonight. bears battle the vikings outdoors in minneapolis. of course, because of a brutal snowstorm, destroyed the roof of the vikings' usual stadium, the metrodome. >> for some of you now, your local news is coming up next. >> for everyone else, "america this morning" continues right after this. ♪ oh, walgreens has perfect gifts ♪ ♪ for all those on your list ♪ l

north coast. in terms of rain, the focus is right there in southern california.ll have to wait longer before the rain sweeps back in later. the rainfall totals from tonight and tomorrow, probably another inch or two across the mountains and an inch or less across the main area. the main event tonight into tomorrow. mid 50s with maybe rumbles of thunder along the coast. 56 in concord and the rain filling in as we head through this evening. expecting the break for thursday and friday and here comes more rain and breezy conditions on christmas day, saturday. >>> take a look at this. this is snowy white video from highway 80 in truckee. skiers will have plenty of snow as you mentioned. several feet fell and we see the conditions in blue canyon. >> these guys came up from citrus heights and their inner tube was overinflated. >> too much air in there? >> traffic was light, but steady. >> they're pretty icy and a lot of snow. >> the draw of several feet of fresh powder is too great. this bunch of students came from the bay area. >> straight out of berkeley. >> where are

north carolina. we have our own little weak system that has moved into southern california. we've had light rain on and off in los angeles overnight and now down towards san diego we're starting to watch the showers. and even in central portions of arizona. so as far as the weather pattern goes, it looks very unsettled for california over the next week or two. some of the worst weather in the country. heaviest rains and snows will occur throughout the mountainous areas of california over the next week or two. here's our radar this morning. you never see an extended forecast for los angeles like this. after it clears out today we've got a chance of rain friday, saturday, and sunday in los angeles, of all places. so our active weather pattern will begin here as we head towards the weekend, even in washington state. only 38 for your high today. more damp weather ahead. friday forecast coming up. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> well, grinches take hold on wall street, beer is booming, and the world's most expensive christmas tree. your early morning business headlines are straight

california. we will cover the central valley, north of sacramento, through the north coast, sierra nevada, central coast, north bay, bringing this trophy to giants fans. as you know, there are giants fans in a lot of places not in this region. we are going to make some tea taurus. we will be making a visit to troy, new york. i do not know if any of you know the significance of troy, new york, but that is where the very first team where in the name giants played, so we will be going there accompanied with a trip to cooperstown. of course, we will go to new york city to bring it to our friends in new york city, the former home of the giants franchise. a complete listing of all the communities and dates are in the press kit, available to you. just a little bit about what happens when the trophy arrives in the community. each stop is expected to last about two hours. we would do our best to accommodate everyone. the viewings are free to the public. there will be an opportunity for a professional photograph to be taken of you with the trophy. those photographs will be available for purchase on-line. so

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california, ms. chu, and the gentleman from north carolina, mr. mchenry, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. chu: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. chu: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. chu: on september -- november 19, the senate passed an amended version of h.r. 6198, the bankruptcy technical corrections act of 2010. h.r. 6198 makes a series of purely technical corrections in response to certain drafting errors resulting from the enactment of the bankruptcy abuse prevention and consumer protection act of 2005. the senate amended simply removes from the bill a provision that corrected a misnumbered paragraph. it is our understanding that some believe that this provision which corrects a clear error in bankruptcy law may possibly cause confusion with respec

north will slide over us for very light rain on friday. it's up near the oregon border now. it will start to drop tomorrow. this system out here looks like it's on its way to southern california by sunday. see. see what i'm dealing with here today. sun and clouds a little warmer. so today looks all right. upper 50s and low 60s. partly sunny, partly cloudy to the north. temperatures though again with the days so short the upper 50s, low 60s don't last long. but it will be a nice day today. and mostly cloudy tomorrow. rain develops in the north bay and then drops over us and stalls out. and therein lies the tough part of saturday, partly cloudy, partly sunny. don't be surprised if there's rain in southern california. >>> all right. thank you, steve. as we've been reporting oakland police chief is in washington d.c. this morning. and he's looking for money to make oakland schools safer for everyone. ktvu's jade hernandez is at oakland police headquarters with the story. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. oakland police chief is not going to be here at police headquarters today. he's in washington d.c. on a mission. he's collaborating with oakland unified school distr

north. we have a frontal boundary that is just grazing by northern california. so areas north of the golden gate have a better likelihood of seeing more clouds today. the farther south you get, the more sunshine you're expecting. so areas that will warm up will be like san jose, or down in redwood city, and also concord. santa rosa, can't promise too much sunshine today. we're expecting more clouds than sun because of the frontal boundary. here is a look at today's highs. upper 50s to the lower 60s. tomorrow, more clouds expected. a 20% chance of showers thursday. but we're not putting that in there. because it is so low. and friday, a better chance of rainfall. as well as saturday and sunday and monday. and tuesday. do note, not expecting a washout but there is a good chance of passing showers. friday through tuesday. and that is a look at your weather this morning. for your traffic. here is elizabeth. >> thank you, tracy. we have a new accident now, a car went off the roadway, southbound 505 ramp to westbound 80, it sounds like they called an ambulance to the s

let's take a look here, this system is just lingering here to the north and it stalled out right across northern california it stretches out several hundred miles, looks impressive right? while it looks impre-pressive, at least one other component is missing, it's strong upper level energy to give us this rainfall. with that said, we're going to see this slow and weak system move to the south and it's going to mean a chance for scattered showers mainly in the north bay for thursday. all right, by friday, we're also looking at a chance of some scattered showers from the north bay down into the south bay. here's the timeline, starting off with cloud cover on thursday at 8:00 a.m. a chance of showers in the north bay, then by 11:00 p.m., the showers clear out and the clouds come back. that's the pattern we're going to be stuck in as we head throughout this weekend. most rainfall totals for those of you in the north bay, aren't you lucky? dry here in the east and the south bay. really not expecting much for our inland sections in the next three days. for the east bay starting off with 42 instead of those 30s,

north. this is part of the storm that we saw out there yesterday in the day before. a special the rain been pushed up into northern californiagon. the rain front ending what were widespread fog cover is this evening into tomorrow morning. again dense fog north bay valleys in the inland valleys. the fog will eventually kill back later on in the morning. by noon most a cooler skies. temperatures will be a little bit slower to warm up their tomorrow because of the fog in the morning. 61 santa rosa, 60 novato 57 in richmond, 61 in san francisco appeared our inland valleys and low 60. but did not a redwood city, 63 down in san jose. of a pitcher kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the bay forecast fog will be something will be dealing with through the weekend. dense fog tomorrow not quite as much sunday for parts to the bay area. inland valleys will see the dense fog and temperatures will be nearly as warm as this. upper 60s for the rest of bay area in fact sunday nice for you. to rain returned to the forecast tuesday through friday with off and on showers. >> the warriors are taking on miami heat today soli

except to the north western quadrant of the city of california. 59 with the rain showers.eading into the weekend. 60s pretty common throughout the central valley and lots of sunshine. if you're heading to the high sierra no restrictions as far as chains are concerned. but i'd carry them to be on the safe side. lots of sunshine. make sure you have the sun block as well. locally numbers going up in comparison to today. 50s to the mid-60s. and again the winds will be very slight. here is your extended forecast. warmest day of the weekend will be on sunday topping off with the low 70s in our inland area. yes, that's what she said. low 70s in the inland areas and then more conditions on monday before we introduce a risk of rain from tuesday through thursday. yes, a chance of rain. >> i like to emphasize to date. i am still trying to figure out what you said at the beginning. >> what does she say at the beginning? >> happy holiday. >> all right. she looks pretty. >> have a great weekend. >> thanks, roberta. >> coming up, it is more than 100 years old. how much the book of basket

it is wednesday and it's going to be wet across parts of california, especially north of the monterey and up to tahoe where it will be actually rain at lake level and 43 degrees with snow above i would say 7500 feet. we'll see high clouds and sunshine around fresno, 63. and more warmth around l.a. and palm springs, 72 and 76. here's degrees and eric with the news. >> mike, thank you very much. 5:47 is the time. >> let's take a look at the stories we're following this wednesday morning. many san bruno residents still don't feel like they're getting the answers they deserve. a forum was held last night by pg&e and the state puc but they could not explain why a pipeline burst in september killing eight people destroying 37 homes. >> a man charged with sexually assaulting a two-year-old in a union city dollar store is due back in court this morning to enter a plea. eugene ramos is a registered sex offender. he assaulted the girl in a matter of minutes with her relatives just an aisle away. this morning governor elect jerry brown will hold the first of three statewide forums to discuss the

north. most of the rain is now northern california, even into oregon. will continue as we head into tomorrow. it's quite foggy out there right now, this evening will maintain the fog in light sprinkles in some spots. as we head into tomorrow the chance of rain will really go to nothing. what areas of dense fog dominating the forecast as to the north bay and inland valleys. tablatures will warm as much in the afternoon in the areas that was a dense fog. will be mostly sunny out there and pretty mild. fog tracker 4, this evening into tomorrow you will notice widespread fraud. especially again, north bay valleys, inland valleys quite dense more morning. the fog will clear back later in the morning and will see by noon pretty clear skies for most of bay area. temperatures tomorrow afternoon a little slow to warm just because of the fog in the morning. 61 santa rosa, 60 novato, 61 san francisco, 62 concord. upper 50s low 60s down the peninsula 59 have been bay, 63 and set aside. kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay rumba before cast, fog will s

. >> an accident reported in the north bay, a california highway patrol things that ice and black eyesmay have been the cause of the problem. there's a car that overturned here we're talking about just a little bit east of petaluma and in between petaluma and sonoma. and overturn accident, a california highway patrol is concerned that there may be some ice on the roadway. with temperatures dropping down as they did, with the wind chill factor at the winds really bringing those temperatures down, the possibility. a problem here at the san mateo, the lights are elle, the overhead lights are out on the san mateo bridge. they have been for a while, no reports of problems, and accidents reported for the bridge. when the advisory for most bay area bridges this morning including oakland bay bridge which she see your traffic again, very light. 7-8 days before the meeting its have been activated. will. >> thank you, starting at midnight saturday laws will be changing for everything from cupcake's to cannabis as more than 700 new laws go into effect. kron4 is catherine heenan takes a look. >> pr

north bay. san rosa may pick a few up in the next hours of very light rain. not the case in southern california. there rain pushed southward lhasa angeles getting pummeled with very heavy rain. snow in the high country winter storm warnings, flash flood warnings in effect and we will continue to see wet weather hammered the southern portion of the state. current temperatures are sitting in the 40's is in francisco in the north bay. 50 in mountain view and san jose and drafted in highest bringing temperatures in the '50s 56 san rosa 55 napa and vallejos well. around the bay in the '50s. we will continue to see a chance of rain scattered showers through the morning. mostly dry. towards evening better chance of rain in the picture and over night as well. wednesday morning we might pick up heavy showers them we clear towards the later part of your day. 7 day around the bay what it shows us is rain on and off we will have rain and chance of thunderstorms tomorrow. try for thursday, friday then rain on saturday. >> we are still tracking a hot spot in san mateo affecting ride off of this san mateo bri