at the facilities are thirty percent higher than other northern california hospitals and their physician expense has risen 3 times as fast as the other physicians in the last 4 years statewide as you can see they've been accommodating a fairly substantial profit margins in double digits most of the time in addition it to that situation we're trying to address and keep health care affordable they're trying to limit the access to the court there's a pending class-action lawsuit that was filed by the u e b t trust affiliated that the oc w they've challenged the practices of sutter health certain aspects their lack of transparent they're tying hospitals together and so forth it in the suit they see one the first round no court and sutter is appealing so sutter basically came to us with a new provision they've never asked for all lawsuits for all customers and trusts and so forth will have to be arrest traded and not permitted to go to open court we thought it was not acceptable and binding our customers 2, 3, 4 a way we didn't think was appropriate so we're pushing back against that we you k

because of reports of a patient possibly infected with the deadly ebola virus at a northern california hospital. pam moore>>: new evidence emerges about the deadly 4-alarm fire which killed a man in san francisco's mission district. this is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b- c 7 news. good evening i'm pam moore. tonight the cause of the fire is still under investigation. but there are questions about the safety of the building where it happened. kron-4's philippe djegal joins us live. philippe what are the latest developments. ? philippe djegal>>: please are blocking the intersection of the cars and cleaning crews are working on the sidewalks and hopefully by the time when it comes around it will open this area back to pedestrians and also it said the residents in the affected building is to gather their belongings. the longtime residents are having a painful i met in their hands around the devastation caused by the fire. the fire chief and investigators are looking into whether there is even a fire alarm installed because others did not hear them at all. i was thinking mo

asked for indirectly and it is happening and sutters rates are higher than any place else in northern california they drive the hospital market and only the hospital p that they compare with a cedarcy new that's the hospital to the stars if we're going to keep please line up on the screen side of the room or anthem or whatever our system we have to control those hospital costs and today blue shield is unable to control them. >> i have another question so assuming this happens and people h that have doctors in the sutter group and have to pick a new doctor does blue shield have a cap on how many patient the doctor gets. >> i believe some thafls has been done about in discussions with other medical groups whether there's sufficient capacitate there any doctor at any time has the right to close their practice but as of now we feel there is certify capacity of primary care physicians in the community. >> have you reached out to them to make sure they can handle the workload if your sick and can't get an appointment. >> i don't know if our network incredible people have had those dysfunctions i'll ad

a strain of bird flu could affect northern california poultry. the strain known as h 5 n 8 has been found in two water fowl in yolo county and butte county. the virus traces back to asia and west africa spreading from bird to bird. animal experts are warning chicken experts here because this time of year, northern california is part of the my bra tori path of bird -- my grau tori bath of birds. >> we want to encourage bird from interacting with water fowl. >> there are steps that could help keep chickens from getting sick. experts suggest draining pond and using water mesh and netting. >>> two nfl head coaching vacancies filled. today at 5:00, continuing coverage of del rio's homecoming to coach the raiders. and 49ers eyeing their own new coach with a second interview with a candidate. details at 5:00. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and you can follow us on facebook and twitter. have a great day. - [voiceover ] in this episode our planet is a land of extremes from raging forest fires to f

unfortunately, when it comes to rain and snow that we love to see in northern california the bay area the action is to the north. you can see the sprinkles north of santa rosa. tomorrow morning, across the golden gate bridge reduced visibility patchy fog between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. then clear skies. as we look at the temperatures tomorrow morning, 40s and 50s. high temperatures for the week could soar into the 70s. back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> in an hour and a half bill cosby will take stage in northern california despite rape allegations against him. the comedian is performing. the show kicks off at 7:30 to a crowd of 1,000 people. the show is sold out. >> no more jokes! no more jokes? >> meanwhile, in denver colorado attorney gloria allred held a protest. more than a dozen women have accused him of sexual assault or abuse. some say he drugged them before sexually assaulting them. >>> millions turn out in the rain for mass. the equivalent of the entire population of the bay area come out in the philippines. >>> two teenagers named the kentucky bonnie and clyde have been caught.

turning the satellite back down on in same area across northern california, all green more snow there in the sierra area. so the benefit of that very wet december and the cold storm we had had towards the end of the month, you can see the difference, a very dry looking california. that is the difference a year makes. but a little misleading. it looks good on the satellite, technically, 45% to 53% average. we could use a little more sierra snow. rainfall looking great, courtesy of one of the wettest decembers we've seen in years. almost 200% of average short term, though, we won't be adding to either of those totals. no sign of any rain or snowstorm track here precisely that with a strong ridge of high pressure across northern california that set us up in the pattern for spare the air nights. cold clear night. the air quality issues may linger possibly until monday or tuesday, and the news should be good for the meteor shower as you heard the full moon may limit the weaker view. right now visibility not bad. we'll see this drop off a bit heading towards tomorrow morning in the form of

cold surge of air still moving into northern california. with that, temperatures not changing too much. but a few changes as you can see as the doppler sweeps keeping us dry. but patchy fog and low clouds developing toward the sonoma county coastline up to point arena and fort bragg. that's kind of a recent change over the past few days. as far as current numbers updated, still showing the cool numbers. livermore checking in 50 degrees. walnut creek, 48 and napa, right now, 46. saturday morning a frost advisory for the bayshore line down toward the santa clara valley and head out to the north and east and the santa cruz mountains. a freeze warning posted with temperatures back down into the upper 20s to the lower 30s. get ready for another cold start with subfreezing temperatures for your saturday morning. in area of low pressure has been dropping into northern california basically since tuesday and wednesday. cool for today with mostly sunny skies except some patchy fog near the coastline. and then the high pressure returns. this will brin

the result is ahead. >> a study of immunization reports in northern california reveal locations wherentages of children miss one or more recommended doses. this comes as the measles outbreak is spreading rapidly in southern california. the "los angeles times" reports that the data comes from kaiser permanente's northern california system revealing under immunization clusters among those who turn three from the east bay from richmond to solano row and sonoma and northern san francisco and southern marin and vallejo and an area near sacramento. identifying the hot spots early could identify emerging epidemics. >> a 16-year-old in antioch is giving up a traditional rite of passage. her world changed when she visited a village in ethiopia and was shocked by the poverty and she is giving up her sweet 16 birthday party and asking family and friends to donate money they would use for the gifts on her cause. >> living in america, i think we have the world and i think we should expand our minds and think about those who don't have anything literally they don't have anything. some kids don't ev

. >> controversy following bill cosby to northern california.egations that may compete with the laughs on stage. >> and sea bird rescue operation continuing in the bay area. the experts cleaning up the mystery substance killing bird on the water. good evening to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm terry nickmcsquen yweeney. >> traveling from oakland to honolulu the pilot reported a crack in the windshield. able to land safely before noon today. no word if all passengers were rebooked. >> wildlife experts searching for sick sea bird. problem is a mystery substance covering their feathers. christie smith is in san lorenzo where they're continuing this rescue operation. christie. >> yeah good evening to you. this is one of the areas where experts were out looking for the sea bird. coated in the miss tear-up substance they have been turning up like this. since friday. they have been assessing how many are contaminated. trying to help those that are. before they might succumb to hypothermia. the group international bird rescue out

helping animals in northern california.of the world's richest men is using his fortune to help endangered species. >> a mysterious substance found in east bay waters. what it's doing to the local wildlife and what -- why officials are racing to figure out what it is. >> only minor changes in store for your sunday and that means we're waking up with fog once again. we'll look at where it is at its thickest and how long it's expected to last coming up. >>> a mystery on san francisco bay. dozens of dead and injured birds starting to wash up on the shores along the east bay. welcome back to "mornings on 2" i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. first we check on the weather. we've been talking about the fog. i was driving and going slow and then all of a sudden i hit that patch of clarity. >> it was foggy for most of the drive. then it's good and then back in it. >> it can be really dangerous when you're in and out of it. you know how it goes. take it easy, keep those low beams on. take it slow. we've got a live look at a golde

this office here is the only processing center in northern california. alifornia. people are lining up already to process their applications. >> and one last question. is this going to create a backlog for people who aren't undocumented. just people who want to come to the dmv. is that going to cause a problem? >> we're prepared. we had about a year to prepare. we hired a thousand additional staff. 170dmv offices. we're asking everyone to make an appointment. make it online at is now 5:39. san jose's mayor isn't tackling -- biggest city. he was up very early yesterday on his first day on the job riding along with police officers as they patrolled san jose. it was his biggest political opponent during last year's heated mayoral election. >> i don't think it's going to resolve in the next few days or week. we've got a lot of work to do. it's going to take negotiation and hard work. >> he vows to move ahead with many that anger -- the new mayor says he'll work to solve the growing homeless problem after the city closed down the huge homeless camp known as th

but even in northern california and the mountains just trace amount of shower activity.llite and radar picture. the front well to the north. the tail end of it will swing well up into sonoma county. 7:00 you see around ukiah, sonoma and into santa rosa. a few light sprinkles. otherwise you have clouds through marin napa. and partly cloudy conditions around the east bay and south bay. it will take through the afternoon, though. long-range outlook continues to show the dry pattern right on through january 28th. yes, perhaps january going down in the record books with no rain at all. now last year was a record with .06 for january, 2014. 53 in tahoe today. snow level 7,000 feet. 74 los angeles. mid-60s on the coast and low 60s for san mateo and oakland and mid-60s san san francisco. the holiday tomorrow a little more sun, but still starting out with some fog. it really doesn't change for the middle of the week. but eventually we will get in the stronger ridge of high pressure that will dry up the atmosphere and bring the warmer temperatures and perhaps some records. yikes,

bill cosby here in northern california. most recent performance and his plans to hit the stage right here in the bay area? . >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. there is a report the u.s. government was really confident about accusing north korea of that sony pictures cyber attack because it was tracking north korea's computer networks. according to the "new york times," a national security agency penetrated north korea's cyber system and installed malware, tracking its internal workings. the "new york times" says the evidence gathered by that software was critical in persuading president obama to come out and accuse the north korean attack attacking sony. skeptics have said the sony hacking was probably done by a former sony employee. >>> pope francis is heading home to the vatican after a week-long trip to asia that took him to sri lanka and the philippines. yesterday, people lined the streets of manila to say good- bye as the pontiff headed to the airport. earlier in the day, an estimated 6 million people braved the rain

right now live doppler 7hd showing the activity well up into northern california.d here. a pacific flow is allowing for slight rain to the north and dense fog from the roof camera. you can make out the clouds. visibility has been in effect in san francisco. delays at sfo about 33 minutes. and it's 47 in san jose with 49 in morgan hill. and 54 on the coast. here's a look at the airport. low 50s santa rosa, napa, petaluma and upper 40s where fog is the worst out here by the delta and river more really reporting reduced visibility. so it's been a common theme day after day. the fog, and even into the south bay and the peninsula. mountain view, 2.5-mile visibility. the coast not doing too bad. it will take until about 10:00 until it lifts. and still the ceilings will be over oakland and san francisco. oakland, areas of dense fog with a chance of showers north with a very weak system that will all but wash out throughout the afternoon. that will leave us with more sunshine east bay and south bay. mild averages highs and record warmth is focused on the bay area. and much

affected californians vote but northern california votes in much larger numbers than the brothers and sisters in the southland. our percentage of turnout especially in democratic primary is much higher than los angeles. as a result, that gives people appear a front edge. not only here but governor jerry brown, lieutenant governor the state comptroller, they're all northern californians. >> how do we get these people to get off their romps and vote? >> we don't. there are few of us than them, so if we want more stuff, keep voting because it doesn't really matter. >> and we've also heard of the possibility of -- maybe that we get more people interested. >> we want to keep our edge. governor jerry brown is also making history with its unprecedented fourth term. >> and got a look at what the governor has planned for the next four years. at the forefront, the high- speed rail which just broke ground in fresno. he also must increase the use of renewable energy to 50 percent statewide in qatar and gas and truck used by half but entitlement reform he wants public employees to pre-fund public

. >> bill cosby performed in northern california with no major demonstrations. one woman stood in protest identified the community theater. it was his first performance in northern california since dozens of women accused him of drugging and raping them. cosby got a standing ovation at the end of the sold out show. >> i grew up with him watching him on tv and my where had record albums of the comedy act that were timeless. >> i like the fact that he has a sense of family values if his show and i enjoyed that. >>> cosby has had at least 25 shows planned of the summer including two more in northern california. >>> governor brown and university of california president napolitano says they will put their differences aside when it comes to tuition and university funding. two leaders have clashed in the past on those issues. this week the governor weeing board will ask them to work together on a committee looking at ways to save money to help students graduate on time. a plan to bring the preparals to the board in march. >> san francisco transportation agency will con

the northern california stations that have dropped that low. and where's the bottom?'s killing bay area birds? the gooey substance found in their feathers is still a mystery. kpix 5's da lin is in hayward and says investigators are now bringing in the big guns. da. >> reporter: that's right, brian. the feds are sending in help. epa scientists took water samples from the bay and samples from the dead birds this afternoon. so far they have ruled out one prime suspect but the question remains, what is the substance? >> we're not going to speculate. there's no -- we're not doing it. it's -- we'll find out what it is when we do. >> reporter: for now, they only know what it isn't. some have suspected a fuel additive known as polyisobutaline. but scientists say nope. it's definitely not that. >> television, csi, you know, we can't wrap this up in 48 minutes. >> reporter: the deepening mystery is driving volunteers and animal lovers nuts. >> it's a very sad thing to see this happen when now it's a manmade cause. if we could find out what it is so we can address it. >> reporte

. >> and in weather, cold air over northern california. coming up, when the cold snap comes to an end and any rain chances on our five-day forecast. female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models including the new tempur-choice, with head-to-toe customization. plus, get 36 months interest-free financing, two free pillows and free same-day delivery. are you next? make sleep train your ticket to tempur-pedic. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> starting today immigrants will be able to get a california's driver's license. more than a million undocumented immigrants will apply for a driver's license. they will have to pass an examine and get insurance. other laws -- exam and get insurance. other lawinize creased penalties for sexual assaults from -- laws increase penalties for sexual assaults from teenagers and a law to protect athletes and requirements for human

. >>> the widow of a northern california sheriff's deputy will hear president obama's upcoming state of the union speech in person. sacramento county deputy danny oliver was killed in october. the man suspected of shooting him was living in the united states illegally and had been deported to mexico twice for selling drugs. elk grove representative invited deputy oliver's wife to come to washington to hear the president talk about immigration reform. >>> man in a wheelchair died after being hit bay car in san jose. the crash happened just before 6:00 this morning. police found the man in the street with serious injuries and he died a short time later. the driver did stay at the scene. police say drugs and alcohol were not likely factors in the crash. >>> a mysterious and deadly substance has coated dozen0s of birds in the east bay, forcing a quick response from wildlife officials but 20 birds have died. here's more on the search for the source. >> the cause at of what sickened hundreds of wild birds has left officials stumped. >> all of these animals are from the event. >> hind these

and you can see a good section here of northern california now under extreme drought. so that's a little bit of improvement. but really some of the most improvement has been in marin, san francisco, and also san mateo county. now at the moderate drought level. so some good news there. we can attribute this good news to our drought. obviously, we're not out of it. but at least a shred of good news to the december rainfall where we had nearly 21 days in a row of wet weather. obviously january has been a much different story. every single day has been bone-dry here across the bay area. right now we're on track for one of the driest januarys in record. but we could see that dry spell being broken here for 2015. we're tracking some rainfall offshore. we'll have details on this activity and what it means for tonight and tomorrow in just a few minutes. >> okay, jeff. we'll see you shortly. >>> now to an nbc bay area follow-up. a completely different picture of this south bay neighborhood. 24 hours ago, this area was a mess. but tonight as you can see, someone cleaned up. some

. >>> the widow of a northern california sheriff's deputy will hear president obama's upcoming state of the union speech in person. sacramento county deputy danny oliver was killed in october. the man suspected of shooting him was living in the united states illegally and had been deported to mexico twice for selling drugs. elk grove representative invited deputy oliver's wife to come to washington to hear the president talk about immigration reform. >>> man in a wheelchair died after being hit bay car in san jose. the crash happened just before 6:00 this morning. police found the man in the street with serious injuries and he died a short time later. the driver did stay at the scene. police say drugs and alcohol were not likely factors in the crash. >>> a mysterious and deadly substance has coated dozen0s of birds in the east bay, forcing a quick response from wildlife officials but 20 birds have died. here's more on the search for the source. >> the cause at of what sickened hundreds of wild birds has left officials stumped. >> all of these animals are from the event. >> hind these

what this youtube star from northern california grilled the president about. >> and a new burger place open for business in the south bay. we will show you why it is unlike anything else in >> a convicted rapist who has been in an oregon prison for years is back in the bay area tonight. rodney halblower is now accused of killing two young women back in the 70s . part of the notorious gypsy hills murder. before he left oregon, he wrote us a long letter. andria borba on what he had to say. >> reporter: in a 30 page manifesto sent to kpix5, rodney halblower says didn't kill anybody and he is being set up. he has been in communication with kpix5 since november and told us in a phone call he is not responsible for the bay area murders. that's a bunch of crock. i welcome them to take me to court. let them have 10,000 lawyers. bring them on. i would love the opportunity to be in the spotlight and to let them know what has been doing on. in a phone call, halblower admitted to being in the bay area at the time the murders were happening. to that he said so what? i didn't commit any times, any r

just a big batch of clouds over the northern portion of california.pressure will gradually rebuild. with that a dry weather forecast a partly to mostly sunny sky. look at these numbers as we approach friday. thursday, by friday and saturday by the weekends in fact, by friday the warmest locations could be flirting with 70 degrees. and we're going to have more 70s to talk about for the upcoming weekend. here's our forecast model showing you all the overcast for tomorrow morning. dense pockets of fog out there. and then into the afternoon hours, partly cloudy skies at 12:00. hazy sunshine throughout the day by 3:00, 4:00 and 5:00. after the cool start the warmest locations on track to reach the low to mid-60s. san jose 63, fremont 62 and half-moon bay 61 degrees. here is a look at ahead. basically pretty quiet over the next few days with your weekend always in view. heather and ken that is the big weather headline. back up into the lower 70s. 72 possibly 75 degrees. if we're looking for rainfall we have to look at the last few days of february. we have

the cold front moving into northern california as you can see, this could produce a few snow showersy. it will be cool to mild. the system moves out to the east and high pressure rebuilds. pushing the storm to the north for most of the week. hazy sunshine. upper 50s to upper 60s. a dry weather pattern but then by friday night and saturday, a few days out, talking about moderate rainfall making its way back into northern california into the bay area. clouds regrouping tomorrow morning. once again watch out for dense patches near the bay and in the inland valleys, north bay, east day. afternoon hours, partly sunny and a breeze, 10-20 miles per hour, the winds out of the northwest. highs for tomorrow, not a big change from today. lots of upper 50s to 60 degrees. san francisco go 58. brentwood 59. hayward 60 degrees. san jose lower 60s. santa cruz 64 degrees. here is your five-day forecast, a few minor changes. tuesday a breeze kicks in. wednesday, partly cloudy skies. thursday, partly cloudy skies. friday we thicken up the cloud cover, the storm moves to the south and that could transla

it is over northern california in.ia in this area. here we picked up a few scattered showers. and tomorrow we may see a few more showers over the north bay because the rain line will sink a little bit. we have all the activity, but it is up and over the bridge of high pressure locked over the bay area. because of it we will not see much of any rain. take a look at what is going on. we normally track the amounts with this. all the way into sunday morning we have a little built in areas over sonoma county. it is quite depressing, but it is likely what we will get. the possibility of a few sprinkles other the north bay tomorrow morning. the rest of us will remain dry. another spare the air day. in central bay this is where the air is slightly unhealthy, making it up above the 100 mark. if you have asthma or suffer from respiratory issues, that includes you. moderate categories for the east bay and santa clara valley. temperature-wise upper 40s to low 50s to start the morning. 54 in san francisco and 52 in mountain view. s

. >> pam: ahead tonight at 8 special honor for the winner of all northern california deputy tomorrow night. >> gary: and broadcast lawyers to miss at and then also little knowledge rain tipping off with the soviets a court matter how much is jim thomas toolmaking how much as tonsil making a letter in this broadcast. >> pam: prison obama gives the annual state of the union address tomorrow with lots of hot topics the biggest the president's new tax proposal. the second to raise taxes for the rich to fund programs for the middle class. >> pam: 40 and zero be a vote among those of the window a sacramento sheriff's deputy. his kill a line of duty and she'll be in attendance to our night in hopes that the president take a moment to remember fall officer like her husband. >> reporter: he knows what the people to make them feel like your decided not hyde hundred trips. >> reporter: about two months since oliver lost her husband sacramento daniel officer and now to parents among her daughter's. some days with a bill to moving on and then need >> : a bit because. all versatile foundation and

. >>> middle school and high school students across northern california are preparing be for the state robotics championship. they were held during the weekend. they had been working on their robotic for months. they were judged on their knowledge of computer science, design, and construction. >> it's just a lot of problem solving. >> the championships are being held in nearly every county in the state. bay area events are set for walnut creek, fremont, and daly city teams with the northern california regional championships at the end of tech. winners there will lead on to higher level events. >> i always wanted to build a robot. >>> speedo is introducing a new spokesman. >> my name is jergin schmidt i'm 91 years old, i'm a master swimmer. >> he looks great for 91. speedo trying to draw a new audience. the company says it designs for more than just swimmers aiming for the olympics and the over 80 age group is the fastest growing in the country. as for the gentleman there, he plans to keep swimming and racing as he says quote here until the very end. >> that is phenomenal. >> that is gr

plus it would be the first of its kind in northern california. look at that.ne police department wants what is being called an ambulance unsteroids. >> a man was 18 years old when he went surfing and he lost his high school ring in 1979. >> i remember the ring flipping off my finger into the dark water and just going -- that is it. >> what was lost, now is found. where and who found the ring decades later. >> and these homes are going to be replaced by a apartment complex. why the people who live there now say they are being unfairly forced out. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. ♪ ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> study finds levels of a pesticide. the report says they were found in two creeks. crasee

it will build back over northern california. this could give us a dose of some offshore wind at times. drying the air out. warming it up. going to compress it. push it down toward sea level. out toward the seashore. high strengthens. going to give aceus a chance. highs soaring. 70 degrees. next weekend. san jose. morning fog. big story here middle part of the week. by saturday high near 70. san francisco. upper 60s. we head toward next weekend. next weekend forecast. if we see the highs reach the low 70s. which is precisely in the forecast for the south bay. next weekend. that would be the record breaker. no signs, unfortunately of rain or snow in the forecast. next seven days. next best chance of that possibly, by around the 28th. 29th. you can see our temperatures for the second half of the week. feeling more like spring around the bay area. back to you. >> thank you a lot. still to come the long call it notorious east bay commute. >> right. find out why the road captured the hearts and eye of one of its daily travelers. >> yo

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the system is moving toward northern california.uld be on saturday if that dips farther enough south but i will tell you, i'm not hang my hat on that. the fog, you can hang your hat on that. 50s for a few but a lot of 60s on these highs, especially coast and bay looks to be in the mid-60s. here's sal with an update on traffic. you are on the phone, i caught you. >>> yes, i am. unfortunately, bad news. i just got off the phone with bart dispatcher there is reportedly a person under a train at the b.a.r.t. platform at powell street in the eastbound direction. this person is under a train. firefighters are trying to rescue that person now and trains are stopped at powell street station. this is causing major delays at b.a.r.t. we're just getting this information. i got -- i'm listening to more of this on my radios here. san francisco fire department effecting a rescue at powell street station for a person under a train. just about to do this traffic report. our newsroom is working on more information. major delays on b.a.r.t. >>> let's

it's mostly northern california. a closer view of the radar shows san francisco here. there may be a chance this afternoon of a little bit towards the northern bay area. for the most part it will stay to your north as that frontal system weakens. around seattle and portland between .5 to 1 inch. coastal areas a little more than that. expected rainfall there's another system coming in. this one is going to be on saturday. it looks like a warm front first with rain in the morning and heavier rain in the afternoon. we're really targeting northern california. notice the yellows up through oregon that's 2 to 3 inches of rain possible. it misses mostly san francisco. we're not getting any of the benefit there. the storm itself is now in british columbia. it is snowing in higher elevations of the northern rockies. that's where it will stay during the day today. as we watch the maps there's friday friday afternoon, and here comes that next slug of moisture and the next storm as we go into saturday. look at this heavier rains here. looks like showers remaining into sunday. of co

the data comes from kaiser permanente's northern california system. it reveals underimmunization clusters among those who turn three in east bay and in sonoma and northern san francisco and southern marin counties, vallejo and an area between sacramento and roseville. identifying the hotspots early could help identify empending epidemics sooner. >> a teen is giving up her sweet 16 birthday party for the great good. after a trip to ethiopia. our reporter has the story. >> meet a charming eight-year-old in ethiopia, the catalyst for a sophmore. >> i saw the poverty and all of the children begging on the streets and i thought, maybe i can give up my 16th birthday. >> in lieu of sweat 16 party and gifts she asked family and friends to donate to her cause and add a 5th grate classroom to a school outside the ethiopia capital where orphans stop learning in 4th grade a page on the web site helped her raise over $2,000 in just a in. that inspired her to shoot for $10,000. she hopes to hand deliver this summer when she volunteers at the school. >> the family i

the showers have been up in northern california, and that's where they're expected to stay for the remainderthe night. we are thirsty for rain, we need it. even though we're ahead of where we should be. 133% of normal in san francisco with just over 15 inches of rain. over 10 inches of rain in san jose. 156% of average. livermore, oakland also above average. remember, three dry years and the damage has been done. take a look from our cam. air quality continues to suffer. a spare the air alert has been issued for your friday. we are looking at better air quality by monday of next week. here's the view from our sfo camera, you can see the cloud cover and the hayes it's really hard to see out there. 55 in san francisco, 60 oakland. 56 in san jose, lovely view from our golden gate bridge camera it is dry still, that could be changing. low 50s from santa rosa to napa. here's one view from our east bay hills camera where the poor air quality is still pretty obvious. spotty showers to the north tomorrow. it's going to be dry and mild pattern as we head into next week. overnight tonight, you're goin

and that's still far northern california. so our dry spell continues as we take a look at our dry spell a little closer, december, you remember, it was wet. christmas eve was the last time we had some measurable rain. we went to dry weather for the rest of december dry for this entire month. 35 consecutive days and counting. just putting us keeper into the drought situation unfortunately. tomorrow morning watch out for the fog. it is going to be locally dense. starts on starts on off in the low 40s. tomorrow afternoon it's a nice day. 66 san jose. 67 cupertino. peninsula, mid-60s. 64 half moon bay. downtown san francisco, as well. nothing but sunshine there. and in the north bay low 60s at the coast with patchy fog. upper 60s santa rosa, 63 vallejo. 67 oakland. inland spots you're well above average. 68 livermore. it looks more like spring saturday. we'll see mid-60s to low 70s. still a mild sun any one for your sunday plans. and then we'll bring in a little bit of cloud cover and if you with with me at 11:00 last night, i wa

but for some northern california farmers, there's an even bigger weather concern.people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. >>> hundreds of thousands of people applied for the fall semester in the uc system a 6% increase over a year ago. uc officials say one reason for the boost was a publicity campaign about free tuition for families earning less than $80,000 a year. >>> a new trend in hiring may mean the end of the entry level job. kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts with more companies who want experienced applicants. >> reporter: tyler levon loves his job in marketing and pr despite his trial by fire start. >> instead of a training period, i was actuall

sutter operates 23 hospitals in northern california and has 5,000 doctors affiliated with it. sutter stifles competition. >> for blue shield to claim that we have negotiating leverage over them is absolutely ridiculous. blue shield is an $11 billion company. >> reporter: bill gleeson says their costs have gone up because things are more expensive under the affordable care act. but the difference is in the single digits. not 30%. >> this is a large and powerful health insurance company cutting back on the money it spends on actual patient care. >> reporter: clark doesn't care who started the fight. she feels like she is caught in the middle of it. >> it will be nice to get to my appointment. go in, get out. you know. get the care i need and my son needs and that's it. >> reporter: now both sides want to keep negotiates but if an agreement isn't reached, blue shield says hmo customers have until april. then they have to switch to a nonsutter doctor. ppo customers have until june. they have to pay the out of network price which isn't a an option for a lot of people. >> thank you

corral. >> it is a big thing to corral, but it's receiving a lot of attention both here in northern californiand the state of california and nationally. today the director of the white house office of national drug control policy is in roanoke, virginia announcing the 2014 national drug control strategy. the very first thing on his list is the epidemic of prescription drug abuse. the data is incredibly troubling, what -- the data we've been looking at recently. we have a 400% increase in drug overdose deaths. >> 400% increase? >> 400% increase. 60% prescription drug abuse deaths. 500% increase in treatment admissions in this country. we have reportedly more than 2 million prescription drug abuse addicts in this country. one piece of data that's troubling is that 1 out of 20 people in the country over the age of 12 report using prescription drugs without medical need. >> so you're talking about a lot of kids. >> we're talking about kids as well. >> easy access. >> it's true. unfortunately because it's a prescription, because doctors prescribe it and pharmacies dispense it, people -- including k

now you're in northern california. you might be going back to mexico. does that get tiring for you? [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> and you've played all over the world. what's your favorite places? cash creek? what's your favorite place? >> well, we go all over the world. we feel great playing in japan, the usa, and czech republic, spain, south america. we belong to all the world. >> even if they don't understand the music in the czech republic or in japan, even if they don't know the words, they still come to see you across the world? >> yeah, yeah. people come from around europe, spain, turkey, germany, france, around the world come to see us over there. >> well, this is a special show here on "comunicad del valle." we'll be back and talk more about what maybe what their favorite food is, the mexican food in mexico or the mexican food here in the states. stay with us. >>> we are back here on "comunicad del valle." when you talk about mexican music or mexican food, there's mexican food all over mexico. when you come to the united states, is it the same kind of food, or do yo

and the tail end of it pushing into northern california.we will look for maybe some showers up by chico and in the north bay. mid-and upper 70s. certainly mild right now in the southland and the long-range forecast. you probably heard about it. we've been looking for rain and once again it looks like the dry pattern counsel right through the end of the month. high temperatures today. the extra cloud cover and maybe showers bip cloverdale. otherwise we are dry and hazy. 64 palo alto, san jose and fremont. as well as half moon bay. the spare the air today. look for a chance of showers tomorrow morning. martin luther king day looks nice. a mix of clouds and sun. low 50s through the middle of the week and warmer weather by thursday and friday with some 70s around the bay. why would we get any rain and cold weather in january? i don't know. it is january. but not >> it seems like california is certainly living up to its reputation or stereotype of palm trees and sunshine through the month of january. >> and the severe drought. >> thank you. turn

. >>> one of the world's richest men is using his funds to help animals in northern california. larry ellison funding the center in the mountains that focused on helping endangered insects, reptiles and amphibians and reported takes over a quarry and logging site. >>> caltrans is wrapping up work on flexin joints on the western span of the bay bridge. crews are putting silicone salient into the new joints that were installed the past weeks. the original joints lasted 79 years, but were wearing out caltrans says just like human bodies that the joints need to be flexible and applying the salient helps. >> it allows the joints to move back and forth, depending on what the load is, the traffic load and depending on what the temperature is? it allows the bridge to move back and forth and expand and contract. >> crews will be working overnight starting on monday so watch out for lane closures from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. >>> a father-son team says goodbye to a decades-old tradition. >>> the corner is my office and here is where i meet-and-greet people. >> declining newspaper sales

right now, all of the clouds streaming into northern california. main storm track is up to our north toward the pacific northwest and we do not have much in the way of rain in our forecast. one day, there is a slight chance. but our hopes with that event, slowly starting to slide away. >> you can see the calm conditions out there. not much in the way of winds, winds may be 5-10-miles an hour. 50s right now, yesterday at this time, woe were talking about upper 40s. right now, upper 50s. alot of 50s in oakland, santa rosa. 53. spare the air alert tomorrow. this was the scene looking toward san jose at 4:30 this after none. air quality will be in this range once again. yellow, orange, a closer look at the air quality levels for today in comparison for tomorrow. most neighborhoods not changing too much except for the east bay you see the numbers going up for the east bay. there is a chance we could have another spare the air alert issued for tuesday and possibly into wednesday because the weather pattern is not changing too much except for a warming tr

two earthquakes shook northern california today. one of them was felt across the north bay. the bigger of the two. was a 5- point one. it hit off the coast. 80-miles west of humboldt county. at 4:16 this morning. people felt slight shaking. no damage or injuries were reported. and this afternoon, a smaller earthquake hit in sonoma county.centered 5 miles northeast of rohnert park, near kenwood. it wasn't big -- a 3-point-oh. nevertheless, people felt it -- as you can see from this "shake map." former new york governor mario cuomo, has died. the eloquent son of italian immigrants became a spokesman for democratic causes of his generation. he'd been hospitalized recently for a heart condition. cuomo died only hours after his son andrew started his second term as governor of new york. the elder cuomo had been new york's governor for three terms -- from 1983 to 1995. bad weather is slowing down recovery efforts in the crash of air-asia flight 8501. the key to understanding what happened might be in the plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. investigators have a

in northern california signs warn you may have been exposed at local restaurants and stores. measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases. if i were to have the virus and expose it to ten unvaccinated people, everybody would catch it except for one. it's why almost all doctors urge vaccination. but at first holly elliot ignored that recommendation. >> i let my pride keep me from vaccinating my children. and i'm hoping that maybe other people will be able to overcome their own pride and make the right decision. >> reporter: the decision to vaccinate for more protection and for her, more peace of mind. hallie jackson, nbc news, los angeles. >> all of this raises a natural question. and we have a quick question here to our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. do adults, does anyone need to get a booster shot in this environment? >> blanket recommendation, no. if you have not had measles, if you have not been vaccinated, then that's a reason to consider getting a booster, or obviously if you live in one of these areas where the outbreaks are then of course talk

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. >>> which area of northern california has a highest concentration of unvaccinated kids. kids in vallejo don't have any vaccinations. about 18% of kids are not vaccinated in northern san francisc southern marin county as well as sonoma. this comes at a time when state health officials are worried about the spread of measles. >> this is a preventable illness. the vaccine is safe and this is a vaccination that should be given to every child. >> the measles outbreak involves 51 patients and most of them linked to disney theme park in anaheim. >>> the city is purchasing new fire department balance plans to train more paramedic is. the mayor says balance delayed are new to an authority atlanta tech edge. to a shortage. >>> president obama an address our state of the state of the union. they including raising the capital's break. revenue will be used to fund tax credits for the middle class. >> how to build on our momentum with rising wages and growing income and a stronger middle class. >> the state of the union address can be seen live at 6:00 right here on kpix 5. >> the myst