these one way traffic controls all the way out to the northport tall bridge area, they will be in effect until 3:00 this afternoon. ktvu channel 2 morning news allie rasmus. >>> the rain led to this huge sinkhole in lafayette. the shine of generator lights filled the neighborhood as crews made temporary repairs to mountain drive. rushing creek water damaged the road and some utility lines and some people what live there are affected. >> this is very much expected and we are grateful the city is on it and things are happening. -- things are happening. >> now the road is not expected to be fixed until at least next spring. >> oakland police will tell us about an arrest made for the beating of an autistic teenage girl. we have no other details right now. the 16-year-old girl left the center at oakland last tuesday. they followed her and lost site of her -- sight of her. she was found two days later on a muni bus in san francisco. her family said she was badly beaten and sexually assaulted. >> by looking at the bruises i know what happened and the police know what happened and the police are

just one lane of traffic continues through the northport tall bridge area at 9:00 a.m. lane closures are needed to prevent erosion before the next rain storm. >>> big changes could be coming to contra costa, they are considering a plan to close four fire stations. the closure list comes a month after voters and the fire district presented the four stations. >>> they will face charges on the beating of an autistic teen. now the 16-year-old girl left the center last tuesday. the staff followed her where they lost site of her -- sight of her. she was found on a bus and family members say she was badly beaten and sexually assaulted. >> if he is the one who did the crime i will do everything i can to make sure that this man spends the rest of his life in prison. >> police will hold a press conference on this later. >>> torrell horn was in a small inflatable boat when it was rammed by a drug smuggling boat off the coast. it threw he and his crew into the water. yesterday, coast guard from marina delray remembered horn. >> it is felt throughout the service. >> horn is survived

one-way traffic will be in effect between linda mar and the northport tal bridge area of devil's sliderts of highway one will be closed to prepare for the next storm. that's 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. >>> folks around the bay area today we have some more rain coming in our direction a lot of cloud outside not much in the way of rainfall just yet. let's check our high-def doppler radar. it's picking up on some moisture. you can see north of the golden gate bridge toward the north bay we could see some light sprinkles there throughout the day today. not a whole lot of energy to trigger any rain just yet but that will likely change especially overnight into tonight. cloudy skies keeping the temperatures fairly mild. 52 degrees in san jose. 55 in san francisco. and 50 degrees in livermore. i think as we head throughout the day today a lot of clouds outside. temperatures fairly mild then rain developing tonight. and then spreading south overnight tonight. showers into tomorrow, as well. so let's look at the storm system. not well organized. a cold front to the north though is going to drop down on th

>> guest: i'm originally from northport, long island, new york. c-span: did you grow up there? >> guest: yes. c-span: what'd your parents do? >> guest: my father was employed by the veterans administration hospital in that town. c-span: and when did you first get your interest in either being a teacher or an english, a little history, research? >> guest: i think in college i knew that i wanted to be a teacher for the usual reading reasons. i loved reading and writing. i loved research. but after doing the books that i've done on literature, i think i was ready to change the focus of my research to history. for me, having spent all of my life working on imaginative literature that is, stories that had been created by people working with fact and historical events is very exciting. it's like a new kind of activity for me. c-span: and where did you go to college? >> guest: at the university of north carolina for my undergraduate years and bryn mawr college for a phd. c-span: if we had followed you around since 1990 you were at the battlefield out in montana where else would we hav

a slight chance of sprinkles northport's monday. and radar showing that it is still offshore. some of returns to the coast with some sprinkles the main event is is still about one hour away. the core of the storm west of eureka. this will ride to the coastline into southern california. we could get the tail end of this system pushing towards the coast as we speak in a just light sprinkles as we saw futurecast, by a copy of that cool front will press towards the north bay oakland, hayward redwood city along the san mateo coast. the rainfall will begin to porsche towards the inland valleys and showers to the north bay. however most of that shower activity will be south of the golden gate concentrated to the south bay. wrap around showers for early saturday morning but it is going to dry out as recall for the later morning hours. notice, no showers by 8:00 p.m. and even clearing skies by 2:00 p.m. here is what we can expect with this system. right now, between six, with one half inch of rainfall for the entire bay area with the excepti

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