northern parts of california and expecting heavy mountain snow. over a foot in some of the higher elevations of sierra. so i do want to bring you to the northeast because we're going to have to deal with some rain showers, nothing like california but heavier downpours in portions of upstate new york.

look at the radar across northern california. in the mountains we are picking up some snow. this is the cold storm and we are expecting quite a bit of snow since travel plans this holiday weekend watch out. winter storm warnings up for a good part of northern california mountains and the sierra nevad nevada. temperatures right now mainly in the 50's. 49 in san jose. it's not going to be quite as cold as what it was this morning. rewe had frosty cold conditions. winds gusting to 25, 26 miles an hour. higher elevation 40 to 45 miles an hour. wet and windy for the morning commute. winter arrives at 3:12 in the morning. certainly going to feel like it and more rain coming up for the weekend. here's satellite and radar. slow moving storm which 80's we are just seeing the rain in the north bay right now but by morning that will all change. waves of rain for this upcoming weekend. it's cold so we will see quite a bit of snow out of these systems as we head that the weekend. 11:00 p.m. tonight we have the rain line in the north bay watch washington the computer animation is going do

. >>> storm watch in the aftermath of weekend storms that hit northern california one of the hardest hit areas in a lafayette neighborhood big sinkhole there we have a reporter on scene we'll tell you more. on mountain view near mount diablo boulevard. we'll check in with amy hollyfield. >>> people who live in a vallejo mobile home park are back home after being flooded out over the weekend. the mobile park was under water yesterday as a creek feeding the lake overflowed whitewater rapids flowing through the middle of that mobile home park. this morning the water has receded things still muddy, nobody was injured. >>> pg&e crews still out this morning trying to restore power to 2,000 bay area homes and businesses, biggest outage north bay 700 still in the dark, east bay more than 600 customers don't have power and nearly 600 in the south bay in santa cruz county, 250 customers without power at the peak of the storm around 10 yesterday morning, there were 125,000 customers without power system wide. >> stay with abc7 news as the bay area continues to cleanup following series of storms

the rain keeps coming in northern california.he third pacific storm unleashing floodwaters, knocking out power to thousands in san francisc francisco, sacramento and thousands of others. >> this thing just went up fast. real fast. we had previously had it gotten up high, but it hasn't gotten this bad. >> you live right here in the park? >> right there. >> right there. >> right there. i got my mom out. i took her down to a friend's house down the street. you never know with water like this what it will do. >> people are evacuating out of the park. people are trying to totally get out. i had to park up the hill and walk down the side hill to get in here. it's really, really, it's very bad in here. >> what a mess. rob marciano has been tracking the storms that have been soaking northern california. is there more rain on the way? >> there is. not today, today we get a break, but in some areas rivers and small streams are on the rise and another pulse of energy pointing its way right at northern california. it will be the fourth pulse

, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, nationaleration of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the powerful house appropriations and budget committee. share of the democratic caucuses, new media working group, house democratic senior went, and the original author of the equity and excellence commission now housed in the u.s. department of education. his district includes silicon valley, the birthplace of technology. mike has dedicated his life to public service and is lauded for his work on education, civil- rights national service, immigration, transportation, the environment, and high-tech issues. >> he is also the greatest karaoke sing their -- singer and all of congress. -- in

it will be with us tomorrow morning and all of northern california will be extremely wet. we're looking at rainfall totals topping out well above an inch to two inches. this is our future cast all the way through the day. santa rosa 2 more inches of rain. hayward an inch 1/3 and redwood city you will get a lot of rain as well. most falling tomorrow morning. heavy rainfall tonight. a soaker early tomorrow and it's going to move out pretty quickly and by mid afternoon we'll see clearing skies and by monday the rain will be a distant memory. oakland tomorrow 65. wet but warm. san jose 62, r morgan hill 64. pa lo al to 62, and -- palo alto, 62. sansan laeandr o. looking sunnier and dryer thursday through saturday of next week. it's going to get wet tonight. travel's not going to be that great. by this time tomorrow, all of the rain is gone. we'll have flooding concerns but the rain will have stopped. >> and be concerned on tuesday and wednesday even though the map shows rain. >> it looks scarier than it is. >>> it is also time for the mayor to reap the rewards of the giants wo

northern california coast. the obama administration wants to nearly double the of two national marine >>> a new plan would permanently ban oil drilling off the northern california coast. the obama administration wants to double the size of two national marine sanctuaries off the sonoma and mendocino coasts. cbs 5 reporter john ramos explains why some who make their living in those waters are concerned. >> reporter: it's easy to see why alfred hitchcock picked bodega bay for the setting of his movie "th birds." they are everywhere. the federal government just announced a plan to extend the sanctuary all the way up to mendocino county. >> this area is a national treasure. it needs and it deserves permanent protection from oil and gas exploration. >> reporter: the fear is that any oil drilling in these waters could lead to an environmental disaster like what occurred when the oil rig blew up off the gulf coast. no one wants to see that here. and it's been reported the sanctuary designation will only apply to oil e

. >>> a mysterious invasion along 12 miles of northern california beaches. thousands of squid washed up on the monterey shore stranded from aptos to watsonville. some of people tried to put them back in the water but the deep water creatures swam back to shore. a graduate student observing the bizarre phenomenon says the squid probably don't know where they are. >> they don't see the shore very often. so it might just be they don't understand what's going on around them and they are just trying to get away and don't realize that if they swim towards the shore, they're going to run out of water eventually. >> researchers think the juvenile squid may have eaten toxic algae causing them to be disoriented and swim on the beach. also, el nino weather patterns may have drawn them to cooler waters of northern california. >> 6:06. hope you enjoyed the last couple of days because the weather is achangin'. >> that's what lawrence says. >>> chance of rainfall returning even snow on our local mountains tomorrow. mostly clear skies right now and chilly temperatures altho

a son of northern california and the bay area, ambassador stevens tragically lost his life in the greatest service to his country. selflessly and courageously representing american values in a foreign nation he knew intimately and cared for deeply. in his diplomatic capacity, ambassador stevens brought a profound and prolific knowledge of arab world and middle east to his assignment. his exemplary gift for making personal connections was invaluable as his role as specific representative and ambassador to one of the most complex and challenging regions of the world. therefore as we join in recognizing ambassador stevens am myself midst a sober outpouring of praise from his family, colleagues, fellow americans and the leaders of this nation, we remember also that chris stevens was beloved by many libyans as well. therefore on behalf of the residents of northern california and our entire state, we join president barack obama, secretary of state hillary rodham clinton, democratic leader nancy pelosi and expensive network of people in saluting ambassador chris stevens who will be remembered for

records obtain bid the aclu of northern california show sheriff greg ahon received bids for the drone back in august with the stated purpose of intelligence gathering and surveillance. >> we have nothing yet on paper that will bind the sheriff impose written and personal safeguards and mechanisming to prevent public abuses. >> to think we would go an use an unmanned aerial system for civilian surveillance is inaccurate. >> reporter: ahern says the surveillance would be used primarily for search and rescue. a vote is now expected early next year. >>> president obama appears to be winning support for his plan to raise taxes on the wealthy to help deal with the so called fiscal cliff. ktvu's rita williams reports on

>>> the latest wave of drenching rain hit northern california.ns of trees as the ground became more saturated, many of those trees came crashing down on power lines, knocking out electricity to thousands of residents in oakland, as well as other cities. >>> and expect some residual street flooding from that latest western storm. rain and mountain snow makings for a slick commute. and northern rockies. wet roads from green bay to northern missouri. and morning fog can hamper drivers in the midwest. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in chicago, detroit and minneapolis. >>> in kansas city this morning, there are a lot of heavy hearts and one big lingering question, why. >> people are trying to grasp, why. why chiefs linebacker jovan belcher shot and killed his girlfriend, the mother of his baby girl, then drove to arrowhead stadium and killed himself in front of his coach and general manager. and belcher's uniform hung untouched in his locker. members of the chiefs organization struggled for answers. >> it's tough. i miss him, you kno

. >> mike: so he bought the creamery, bringing in milk for more than 30 dairies in northern california, saving them the transportation cost to creameries three and four hours away and giving him the milk necessary to make 300,000 pounds of high-quality specialty cheese a week. 22 varieties under his spring hill jersey cheese brand name. >> it was milk and it turns into curds and whey. >> mike: larry peter is a small curd in a $27 billion plus market. until -- >> chipotle seen that i was like an american dream. >> mike: he was discovered by the chipotle mexican grill restaurant chain. its marketing slogan is "food with integrity." larry peter has both and his cheese is in their restaurants. >> they're looking for people with passion. they want to go back and they want to buy a product the way it was 45, 50 years ago where cows are just on grass, they weren't pushed. >> mike: it's the slow food, sustainable farming, buy local organic quality food movement that has pushed artesian cheese into cheese sold. and larry peter has found the sweet spot. >> now the artists of the world, the chefs

. >> northern california children didn't have any resources. >> barry and elaine taylor started the foundation in 1990 to help children living with hiv and aids. >> from there it went to, the family needs strollers and bart tickets. oh, my gosh, in the summer they only get to hang out but they have nothing going on. it was like we need to put something together. >> cheryl: that is exactly what they did. in 1997 they started building camp arroyo. >> the good things, it means there is more room for other kids. >> cheryl: by the time they opened in 2000. taylor family foundation decided to open it up to all children battling life-threatening conditions for free. >> when they first showed me the property back in the '90s, there

finally going towards northern california. wider view showing that this cloud coverage by 4:00 a.m.- 5:00 a.m. it will halt cooling. temperatures will be a bit warmer. i think that if it is going to stay clear for that reason we could see cold conditions. the raid near the coast. but well up to the north. the rain. and also the rained knew the san mateo coast. not a lot of rain over the bay area with just light showers it is likely that we will just see cloudy and cool conditions. for the sierras, some snowfall but again the saturday's storm is expected to be not quite as strong. i think that the skies will be clear towards that delta and the of the bellies and of course towards the south bay toward the north bay. ralliethe valle e valleys 30's for pleasanton, and 31 degrees in livermore. that is why the rear defrost advisory for the delta in the livermore valley. temperatures will be of the low 30's. we could see slippery sidewalks and frosty windshield so give yourself some extra time defrost your windshield before driving t

and now, streaming live from northern california.ter: yes, the banks are about to break any moment now, 12 hours ago there was torrential rain it looked to be tidal waves which is an exaggeration but so much fell from the scion the third storm that came through it was almost as much as the two storms previously combined. now, that is in the ground and bright skies behind me this afternoon, in sacramento they saw some heavy rain and the locals are being philosophical. >> it will be three or four high across the front the garage doors and the same on the back and hopefully the tarps will go up and around the tarps. if the river comes over the banks, we are used to it. it is not the first flood we have gone through. >>reporter: no idea what the scale of damage is that we will see. in the napa valley, seven years ago, there was massive damage there, 1,000 homes affected. the map shows the three main rivers are the napa river, and the russian river as you mentioned, and, also, the truckee river in nevada and they expected there waters to

look at the radar across northern california. in the mountains we are picking up some snow. this is the cold storm and we are expecting quite a bit of snow since travel plans this holiday weekend watch out. winter storm warnings up for a good part of northern california mountains and the sierra nevad nevada. temperatures right now mainly in the 50's. 49 in san jose. it's not going to be quite as cold as what it was this morning. rewe had frosty cold conditions. winds gusting to 25, 26 miles an hour. higher elevation 40 to 45 miles an hour. wet and windy for the morning commute. winter arrives at 3:12 in the morning. certainly going to feel like it and more rain coming up for the weekend. here's satellite and radar. slow moving storm which 80's we are just seeing the rain in the north bay right now but by morning that will all change. waves of rain for this upcoming weekend. it's cold so we will see quite a bit of snow out of these systems as we head that the weekend. 11:00 p.m. tonight we have the rain line in the north bay watch washington the computer animation is going do

. >>> a northern california college campus has reopened after a security threat. san jose city college was on lockdown, as police conducted room-to-room searches after a report of a gunman on campus. but after an hour's-long search, nothing was found and the all-clear was sounded. >>> and more than a dozen fraternity members surrendered to police to face hazing charges, following the drinking-related death of a

in the north day -- northern california rain from crescent city towards healdsburg.look out for the wet conditions this afternoon if you have to do anything outdoors, do it now. current temperatures in the 40s, 42 san rafael, 46 san francisco. cool in fairfield 39°. today it is going to be rainy and breezy, mainly through the afternoon with gusts reaching up to 30, 40 miles an hour. showers continue tomorrow, then it does look dry and coolj thursday in fact, we might have a longer chance to dry out starting thursday. here's a look at satellite radar system this is a big storm, southern end of it, the rain expected to move in late morning through the north bay. forecast model shows you how it is all going to play out. 10:00, most of us still fairly safe in terms of dry conditions. 2:00 afternoon you see the heavier rain yellow the cold front moving through as it heads to the south bay and monterey bay turning into showers. tomorrow night looks like it should be fairly quiet into thursday the showers will continue tomorrow. by the end of this look for rain totals to b

all of the pacific northwest to northern california again.fter that, we start to see things calm down. we have to get through the next couple of days with heavy rain. the heaviest in san francisco, up around sacramento. a lot of the rivers here are well past flood stage. a couple of them likely even getting toward the all-time records. one other thing, a little rain moving to the northeast today. not any huge problems. i have a long with it, very warm conditions. we are going to see all kind of record high temperatures broken. in the 60s across the northern plains in early december. that is very, very warm. >> jamie: that part i can't believe. we hope folks will be safe out there. rick, thanks. >> eric: you know the clock is ticking, neither side is budging on the talks to avoid the fiscal cliff. coming up, chris wallace sits down with treasury secretary tim geithner and republican house speaker john boehner and he will explore what is keeping them from reaching a deal. >> jamie: also a freight train derailing, leaking dangerous chemicals in

. >>> severe flooding is a problem in northern california. highways in sonoma california are under water. and up in the mountains, up to four feet of snow expected to fall in the sierra nevada. it is the second wave of storms to hit northern california sense friday. the rainy weather also grounded dozens of flights around the san francisco bay area. the san francisco international up to 30 flights have been canceled and many more delayed. that includes incoming and departing flights. just in time for holiday travel. >> as if the holidays aren't stressful enough with other things. good luck, everybody, getting around. >>> while the west takes that beating, the gulf coast is bracing for tornadoes during this holiday weekend. >> good morning, andrew. >> much of the nation will be relatively tranquil for your holiday travels, our big unsettled area will be across portions of the south and the gulf coast especially. disturbance pushing through and strong thunderstorms late tonight in the houston area, into tomorrow. then louisiana, mississippi, al

look at the radar across northern california. in the mountains we are picking up some snow.this is the cold storm and we are expecting quite a bit of snow since travel plans this holiday weekend watch out. winter storm warnings up for a good part of northern california mountains and the sierra nevad nevada. temperatures right now mainly in the 50's. 49 in san jose. it's not going to be quite as cold as what it was this morning. rewe had frosty cold conditions. winds gusting to 25, 26 miles an hour. higher elevation 40 to 45 miles an hour. wet and windy for the morning commute. winter arrives at 3:12 in the morning. certainly going to feel like it and more rain coming up for the weekend. here's satellite and radar. slow moving storm which 80's we are just seeing the rain in the north bay right now but by morning that will all change. waves of rain for this upcoming weekend. it's cold so we will see quite a bit of snow out of these systems as we head that the weekend. 11:00 p.m. tonight we have the rain line in the north bay watch washington the computer animation is going do.

also, for northern california mountains we zront blizzard warnings and we do have winter storm warningspicture now, show you what it looks like from sutro camera. we're looking towards mount diablo clouds starting to move in. it's raining in parts. we look at live doppler 7 i'll show you where the rain has reached as far as bay area is concerned. you look, we have radar on mount st. helena. tracking the storm, keeping you ahead of the storm this, is in combination with monterey national weather service radar. watching this rain. it's raining right now in clover dale a long highway 101. you can see here sea ranch fort ross jenner now starting to pick up moderate rainfall. around continue barn -- tin barn road, moderate rain this, is gibbing to move towards us so watch out. the wind is already picking up. temperatures though winds picked up, are running milder than yesterday at this time. we have low 50s to low 60s. gusts right now at sfo gusting to 35 miles per hour starting to get gusty in concord, santa rosa. 25, half moon bay, gusts 31 miles per hour. wet, windy for morning commute. w

it's already making its way into northern parts of california. we have seen some gusts now to 38 miles per hour in crescent city. those winds are headed toward the bay area just beginning to pick up outside. in fact, a wind advisory going into effect this evening expected to see some of those winds sustained between 20 to 35 miles per hour along the coastline and over the mountaintops, we could see some of those gusts in excess of 50 miles an hour. so it's going to be a ripping storm and a lot of rain too. you'll be surprised to see how big these rain totals are coming up. we'll have more on that and the rest of your weather in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> an apartment fire in san francisco forced more than two dozen residents out into the cold this morning. the call came at about 5:30 a.m. smoke and flames were seen on the third floor of the building at 119 broad street. residents were evacuated. one firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation. but no word yet on the cause. >>> around the bay area now, a japanese diplomat pleaded guilty to

as we head into tuesday we'll actually see another storm start to impact northern california and the pacific northwest so again we're expecting more moisture and the ground is already saturated from all of the storms impacting the west coast through the work week. and 50, to 70 miles per hour across the northern rockies and portions of california and a number of wind warnings and also some wind advisories in effect out here because of the stormy weather pattern that's in place. as we take a look at the future radar, basically the next 48 hours, a bit of a lull in monday, as far as rainfall through california and the next system arrives producing heavy rain across many of the same areas and already had to deal with it and as we head into some of the higher elevations you're talking snow for the northern rockies and also the cascades across parts of washington and oregon. right now, again, most of it's wrapping up. that's good news, seattle, portland dealing with showers, but northern california drying out little bit. as we head eastbound, two more things. the northeast areas of shower

this band of march of a disturbing for northern california. we are still warm to see these showers.his low system with a branch off here bringing plenty of rainfall to the coastline. here is what we can expect with a spotty showers and mainly dry conditions on/off. it will be steady but much lighter than what we saw today. towards the sunday, heavy rainfall, gusting wind. you will time it out on futurecast with rainfall totals coming up in just a bit. >>pam: the north bay has been the hardest hit area so far... kron 4's dan kerman has more on damage ... this round of rain left behind. >> in the mill valley on friday night public works crews were still at it cleaning up the fallen leaves on the sycamore avenue. the fear that they would gather at this catch basin and clog.. leaving up water with no where to go. earlier request of the fallen leaves but fallen trees. the earlier that day, these huge trees split this limbs and half. but it was quite a surprise. before this the suv owner. >> i went to bed last night to run 1:00 and i did not hear the wind that bad. >> even though it looke

flooding rain continues from northern california to british columbia and northern california may see an additional 100 millimeters of rain over the next 24 hours of flooding rain so flooding is highly likely. we'll see the same pressure pattern as we head into wednesday but from wednesday night you may see a short break in the stormy weather. snow showers in eastern canada, thundershowers from the northeastern u.s. down towards the plains will be easing and the southeastern corner of texas will continue to deal with severe weather the next several hours. temperatures as follows. only 5 degrees in chicago, about 16 lower than tuesday. all right. moving into the european continent, a loss of clouds blanketing much of the content. you can see them over the atlantic. that means frigid air is blanketing the north and snow evere en argo ships the british capsized in the black sea inn eae of the ase temperatures are as foow lyeghere is the extended foreca. i

not just in the tri-valley but our whole range is northern california. wide net, there is still so many people that don't know what we do. >> we didn't even know about camp arroyo. we have been bay area residents for 18 years. it was all here all the time and we didn't know about it. >> there are families that need us. i wanted them to know. i can really support their needs. >> to know your community is there and taylor foundation is out to help you. that is what we need. >> this is kind of help that lasts and is powerful for family and kids to be here. >> cheryl: that lasting effort takes a lot of work and a lot of heart and lot of money. >> kids that have very difficult time getting away and getting to summer camp and figure out a way. they haven't had that experience. >> 49er quarterback steve young talks about the importance of the taylor family >>> wanted to be associated, but she got to show he what they are doing and it's really cool. there is a labor of love. when you are all in, it's kind of neat. >>> hall of famer, steve young is one of many ce

and then the wineries, we have 33 wineries out there and they're all from northern california. we're very supportive of the local businesses throughout san francisco, throughout the bay area, and we pay particular attention to the neighborhoods that surround the park because we do understand that those neighborhoods are being impacted most by this event. you know, gordos burritos, [speaker not understood], and they have an extraordinary big weekend in the brick and mortar store as well as on the festival grounds. we have some vendors here today who will speak to that as well as [speaker not understood] feingold who oversees the local restaurants and the restaurant just down the street. >> i appreciate that and that commitment. one of the things i do want to be clear about, the area that i'm really concerned about is the area right on irving street closest to the impacting area where the 25th avenue entrance is. i don't believe there are many businesses there that participate in the festival. and i'm not saying that they have to be. but i really think they ought to have a fair s

not just in the tri-valley but our whole range is northern california.e net, there is still so many people that don't know what we do. >> we didn't even know about camp arroyo. we have been bay area residents for 18 years. it was all here all the time and we didn't know about it. >> there are families that need us. i wanted them to know. i can really support their needs. >> to know your community is there and taylor foundation is out to help you. that is what we need. >> this is kind of help that lasts and is powerful for family and kids to be here. >> cheryl: that lasting effort takes a lot of work and a lot of heart and lot of money. >> kids that have very difficult time getting away and getting to summer camp and figure out a way. they haven't had that experience. >> 49er quarterback steve young talks about the importance of the taylor family >>> wanted to be associated, but she got to show he what they are doing and it's really cool. there is a labor of love. when you are all in, it's kind of neat. >>> hall of famer, steve young is one of many celebr

low pressure off to our north and west, very strong flow, right into northern california.nd the jet stream is kind of like mother nature's path of least resistance. storms like that. and they're going to follow that right into northern california for friday, saturday, sunday, even christmas eve morning. we're looking at rainfall and we likely will see anywhere from two to three inches of rain, even in the bay area, with double that in the north bay mountains. our computer predicts about an inch for santa rosa. double that for ukiah. rain is here by the morning commute tomorrow. windy too. rain heavy at times through sunday but skies will clear out for santa claus. san jose, 56. mid 50's for concord. so we're wet right on through the weekend. monday, christmas eve, that's the one mainly dry day. rain moves back by late christmas day and we're soggy next week as well. >> yeah. we were talking about the fact that santa doesn't really need ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and >>> hi. stay with us on this. across most of the world, tomorrow has already arrived, so it's today there, and so far do

. >> right now, northern california is getting chance to dry out after blast of severe weather. >> last-minute shoppers in most of the country will have tranquil weather today with a notable exception. we begin with john schriffen. >> reporter: it's the christmas trip turned travel nightmare for drivers on the east and west coast. in northern california, with more snow expected to blanket the mountains, cars are having trouble staying on the roads. >> the roads are pretty bad. there's a lot of spinouts further east. there's definitely going to be chain control for the nest two days at least going into christmas. >> reporter: with warmer temperatures in the bay area, the pounding rain has been the big hazard. near san jose, this bad accident happened, after one driver going too fast skidded across five lanes crashing into the other. no one was hurt. >> people are still driving fast. you have to watch out for them and try to slow down a little bit and anticipate the worst of what other people may do when they hit puddles or something. >> reporter: in syracuse, new york, plows are working overtim