andria borba is at ocean beach tonight. andria: nats wind this sandy bonfir ocean beach is as close to e pacific as the san francisco fire department wants you tt over the next several days. their suggestion -- avoid bright red flames lit the dk sky. the fire started around 6-30... on broadway,r highway 37. 10 cars... burnt to a crisp. the fire is out... crews say it was a t to contain because of all t other cars nearby. no one was hurt... no word t on the cause. a warning for pregnant women tonight - the c-d-c says: cases of a virus linked to h defects.. are on the rise. and betty yu reports: we may have the first case the bay area. a woman from berkeley is beg tested for *possible expos. doctors say she had just gotten back from a trip.. where the virus is prevalent. it's called the zika there's no treatment for the virus. doctors say the berkeley woman won't know ie has it, for sure, for about week - they're still awaiti confirmation from the c-d-c. tonight.. the preliminary investigation into that deay greyhound bus cra

meanwhile large aways pounded ocean beach this is morning and rain fell -- large waves pound ocean beach this morning and rain fell over the bay, particularly the north bay and marin. what can we expect this weekend? >> it's going to be a little mixed bag this weekend. it's still really wet right now. we'll maintain a chance of showers going into tomorrow and sunday we have another pretty good chance for rain, but it's mainly to the south of san francisco. so a lot happening here, but this is a live look throughout most of our area, just those wet roads and consistent light but steady rainfall kind of slowing you down. again that will continue going into the rest of tonight. heading into tomorrow we'll still maintain a chance of showers, storm tracker 4 showing us where the rain is now of here's a closer look at our satellite and radar shot, closer to redwood city, san mateo, half moon bay, daly city up through san francisco, light steady rain, same thing for richmond, concord and into fremont and hayward. heading into the rest of tonight, expect to see more scattered showers and that wi

look at video from ocean beach. the rain has been coming down on and off all day. no major showers, but enough to soak the neighborhood. a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. nothing too heavy, but it's wet. not all of the clouds will be making it to the bay area. rob can tell us why. >> we are wrapping up a soggy week and they saw to five inches of rain. more tonight and oakland is over two inches of rain. san jose about an inch and a half and santa cruz almost four inches of rain this week. 50 right now and the showers moving by very briefly and we are seeing misty skies outside tonight and a chance we could see a few more light showers. not a lot showing up and the forecast will show you a few light showers passing by which may help set the stage for fog tomorrow morning. some mist we think for the morning and temperatures in the 40s. as we move into the afternoon, this system is offshore and will increase the rain chances as we wrap up with more to follow over the next seven days. i will have a look at the forecast a few minutes from now. >> thank you

small bits of plastic stretching along ocean beach.nd he says the more that he looked the more that he saw. so that it appeared to be pieces of plastic and styrofoam that washed up, mixed in with such things as bottle caps. now, other sources got reports of this here as well as other nearby beaches, that the bits of plastic seemed to move around with the tide. >> in all of my time in san francisco seeing anything like this phenomenon of plastic on the beach -- you know, it was -- quite disturbing because the pieces are small. >> we are looking into an area with people out there kind of following it, looking to see where they're going with the tides and see if there is any indication where it came from. >> reporter: she says in some cases it's moved around to areas that have become unsafe after the storms and rough surf, and that there is no indication that this is part of the recent cargo corner that was in the water. so again they are looking into it. so it's just kind of bits and pieces like this. these are some of the larger pieces

kpix 5's andria borba spoke to rescuers at san francisco's ocean beach. >> reporter: this bonfire is as close to the pacific as the san francisco fire department wants you to get over the next several days. their suggestion? avoid the water and stay on terra firma. with another el nino-powered storm rolling into the bay area, the national weather service has issued a high surf advisory. the waves and surf have been consistently rough since the start of winter causing those most familiar to warn others about the danger. >> the surfers in particular have actually been spreading the word. >> reporter: despite repeated warnings the california coastline has been hit with scares all week like this rescue near the cliff house. and tragedies like two uc-santa cruz students swept out to sea near bonny doon. in marin county the coast guard and golden gate national recreation area called off the search for surfer dan dafoe near rodeo beach. jonathan baxter with san francisco fire says his crews spent the afternoon warning people at ocean beach that the water isn't safe, only to hear a sobering

nbc bay area's christie smith joining us live from ocean beach with more on the mess. christie. >> reporter: well, terry, it's kind of hard to see until you take a walk way out there on the beach. and when you look down, you see little pieces of white that appear to be plastic and styrofoam along parts of ocean beach here in san francisco that appear to have washed up. the golden gate national rec area says they have been getting a few calls earlier this week, they have taken a look and done just a little bit of cleanup, but right now, they're not sure where it's coming from, but they say it looks like it's actually moving around with the tide. they've actually gotten reports of this plastic debris on a few other beaches in the area. we spoke with one man who says he first noticed it and called it in after the storms this week. >> and you know, it was quite disturbing, because the pieces are small, for the most part. you know, there's recognizable combs and pens and things like that but you have shards of plastic, and every little white spot you see here is either plast

from ocean beach, around 18, 19 miles, closing in on the bay area shoreline. more rain in the forecast for later tonight and into early monday morning. here's our live camera looking toward the golden gate. i'm looking for wet roadways, nothing showing up just yet. but this is the key headline over the next few days. a very active weather pattern developing. first system pretty weak for tonight. another one later in the day monday into tuesday. once again into wednesday and thursday. take a look at the forecast accumulations, right on through thursday. some parts of the bay area could pick up nearly 5 inches of rain, especially toward the coastal hills. even more storms lined up beyond thursday. we'll take a closer look at the long range forecast, talk about more storms out in the pacific, and also a closer look at the forecast for tomorrow, let you know when had the heaviest bands move across the bay area. >> for all the latest bay area weather news, turn to the ktvu fox weather team for the updated forecast. you can get weather information any time with the

>> greta, i want to show you what's going on here in ocean beach. literally a torrential downpour minutes ago. and within those few minutes, look what's happened here beach. this has calmed down significantly. but you can see the water was running so strong in our storm drains that it actually pushed that manhole cover off. and look at the street here. it's completely flooded. the street line is actually where you see that water line ends but it actually goes past the sidewalks and into the grass. the other thing they are dealing here with is the high tide. you can see it. it's pretty much swallowing up the pier there the pier has since been shut down. but this is the scene right here, flooding. all the way through oceanside. if we go all the way down the street, you can see that van down there up to its wheel wells in water. it is a literal lake here on avid street and ocean beach. what's happening is that water here, look at this garage. i'm going to show you, look at this. this underground garage here has turned into a swimming pool. from what we

this year continues to bring in storms strong surf these firefighters ocean beach hope their message does not get sucked out by the tide hoping that message gets out a high tide advisor will last until tomorrow evening friday evening at 9:00. >> pam: 50 year-old luxury came crashing down both sides of my road near popple this morning. this is the same road for people living in that area of burned up. the police say that fortunately no one was traveling on the road when the tree came crashing down officials say when the fit is common for trees to come down with large amounts of rain following a long drought. stay connected by downloading our kron 4 global application very confined full weather forecasts and watch live newscasts tracking the rained more morning starting on our new the 4:00 a.m.. news tonight a bus driver is facing manslaughter charges for deadly crash and said francisco the crash killed and 82 year-old man who was in the crosswalk at post-but they're a street the police/. say that the double decker tour bus slammed into the man and dragged him the driver is facing a mi

signs are not enough said francisco firefighters and the best bet on the beach ocean beach to be exact and they were not here in dryness on the stand but passing out flyers warning beachgoers about the founding of driven high surf advisory. . "get the message out it does reduce the amount of rest easily have to perform. allow people to enjoy the beach rather than have it turn into a trap that the tragic event. the high >> reporter: assert advisory in effect until tomorrow night at 9:00. so tell you that the search for the man of on the marin county beach has been called off becoming our cover mission. >> pam: erode your problem orinda back open police say unfortunately was traveling a minor road. several hours to clear the debris and reopen the road and then when the storm hits the morning news will have you covered our coverage begins at 4:00 morning and then the the the hardest hit commutes and then the rest the day tomorrow morning starting at 4:00 a.m.. up-to-the-minute weather alerts and forecast in your neighborhood, the kron 4 mobile location #1 source for news and weather and t

that he have wind gust over 65 miles per hour in ocean city and the delaware beaches. big wind and big snow. what will it do to us? the power outages are a concern because of the heavy wet snow in the bay. especially the areas with the trees and the higher winds. school closing tomorrow before the first flake falls we could see it for several days next week in some jurisdictions. the numbers are 18 to 25 inches. 12 to 22 in a large area through the metro washington and baltimore. this is a major storm. whether it's the second biggest or third or fourth biggest who knows. the impact is the a tough day. we will be here. to keep you covered. don't worry about that. robert: breaking news caps game is moved up to 5:00 against anaheim. the nats might have made a splash in free agent pool. we spent time with the nation's top scorer in college basketball. that story and a surprise. that is next. announcer: now the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: we start with breaking news with the impending blizzard headed our way. capitals game resched

a man paddle boarding down a street in ocean beach. hat is a neighborhood along the beach not far from sea world. >> wow. >> that's crazy. >> don't need to be in the ocean. >> no. >> that's crazy seeing the guy on the paddle board. >> we're not expecting that tomorrow. but we will see isolated areas of urban flooding with this second round of heavier rainfall coming our way. in the past half hour you can see instability detected off shore with one lightning strike. that lets us know that the instability forecasted will come through tomorrow with a possibility of thunderstorms. let's zoom in on the cold front. a copious amount of moisture with this. the atmosphere is pretty wet. it's not going to take much to trigger the heavier rainfall coming our way. beginning immediately tomorrow morning, if you have a commute planned 5:00 to 9:00 a.m. the roadways will be slick. san francisco, some heavier pockets and also for the north bay. let's get to the timing on the futurecast. 11:30 tonight the bulk of the heavy rainfall is off shore. then it

. >> the people that brian just got himself in with out there in ocean beach is skinheads. they will [ bleep ] finish you. >> dude, dude, i really don't care. i'm going to try to talk to -- telling me with whoever else, i'll shoot every [ bleep ] people. >> two people on your side that weren't involved with it, homey. >> earlier that day, raven, a member of ducky's street family, got into a fight in nearby ocean beach after trying to collect for a drug dealer named angel. raven wants to go back for revenge, but their mutual friend ivan is hoping ducky did keep the situation from getting worse. >> hold on. hold on. hold on. >> you want me to bring everybody that angel sent? >> i seriously could. 90% of downtown, angel has already sent for it. i'm the one that collected for angel. >> he's not going to get anything. >> he's going to shoot people! >> brian, i don't want this [ bleep ] dram a. i got myself out of it and i don't want to be in it again and i don't want him [ bleep ] in it. i left east county because of it, just the drama. >> if raven brings anybody out to ob they

what this means for the ocean beaches here at home. >>> and millions dreaming of millions tonight as the territory. a last-minute surge of ticket buying has pushed the jackpot to half a billion dollars. what to do if you get lucky >>> number 1 in just 60 seconds. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with the shocking claim from north korea that it tested a hydrogen bomb. it sent diplomats scrambling, and the u.s. launched planes to verify. but out on the campaign trail it gave candidates a chance to appear presidential. when the news broke, we were behind the scenes on a six-day bus tour with one of the gop front-runners, ted cruz. abc's tom llamas has the story. >> reporter: last night an alarming claim from north korea. had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb to protect north korea from warmongers like the u.s. for hours after, the world waited nervously. but finally, after analyzing the shock waves, the white house calming fears. >> the initial analysis is not consistent with the claims that the regime has made of a successful hydrogen bomb test. >> reporter: today on

san francisco firefighters passed out flyers along ocean beach. warning beachgoers about the high surf. they are hoping that by spreading the word. it will avoid tragedie. s like the one on rodeo beach in marin county. where crews had been looking for a missing surfer. 40-year- old dan dafoe went missing yesterday. officials called off his search this afternoon. when the storm hits. kron 4 morning news will have you covered. our coverage begins at 4 am. we will be live, covering the areas hardest hit. the commute and what you can expect for the rest of the day. that's tomorrow morning. starting at 4-am and for up-to-the minute weather alerts and forecasts in your neighborhood. download the kron 4 mobile app. your number one source for news and weather in the bay area. new at 11. friends and family came together tonight. to remember the two u-c santa cruz students. who went missing this week. they were at bonny doon beach in santa cruz. when a huge wave came and swept them out to sea. kron 4's justine waldman spoke with family members. who say, the

so again, turning cloudy from the embarcardero towards ocean beach. the north bay, that's where we'll have the best chance of seeing any showers today. then the rain will arrive for the rest of us tonight. mill valley, 58 later this afternoon. 56 for oakland. and low 60s today for the tri-valley. just a touch warmer than it was yesterday. we have three sorm systems headed our way. another one heads our way thursday night and then another one right on its heels. that one will move in for the weekend friday into saturday. in the short term of things, we'll track this system that's moving in now. the clouds going to continue to fill in throughout the afternoon hours. and then the rain arrives around midnight tonight for the entire bay area. we could even have a few rumbles of thunder and gusty winds around midnight. the wind and rain dies off towards tomorrow morning around sunrise and then we'll see sunshine tomorrow once we get the day going. around noon we'll start to see the sun return and even the potential for isolated thunderstorms tomorrow aftern

ocean beach wave heights only eight to ten feet. we could see these going back up to 20-foot waves as we go through workweek. we'll show you the timing on the next big surf event in a few minutes. >> you can keep track of the weather on your smart phone. vicky nguyen shows us how to get conditions on your phone at any time. >> it's easy by going inside the nbc bay area app on your smart phone. text the ray dan on the weather payable. there you can zero in on your own neighborhood to see if it's raining. that gives you just what you need to know right when you need to know it. i'm vicky nguyen. that's how to stain formed with the nbc bay area app. >>> new video of the eroding cliff in pacifica. many of those homes still in the danger zone. the damage started in mid december. we talked to many people who say they're being forced out of their homes with little to no warning with no place to go. on friday the city manager declared a state of emergency, that's the first step in getting help to rebuild. tomorrow the city council will give

they say he robbed a 76 gas station near ocean beach back on december 13th. police say the suspect acted like he was going to buy a bag of potato chips and then pulled out a handgun just as the clerk opened the cash register. the robber then walked around the counter and went through the cash drawers grabbing about $400 before taking off. >>> we want to bring you back now to the nyse and the big board with the dow industrials have plunged this morning down 351 points on tengs in the middle east. the situation in the chinese stock market got so bad over night they literally shut it down. we'll continue to watch that. >>> wet start to the workweek here in the bay area. the first of four storms make its way over the bay area right now. taking a live look outside. can you make that out of the golden gate bridge? you can tell the rain drops are on the lens. in the meantime, it's raining right now. much stronger system actually just hours away, right, kari? >> heavy rain moves in later tonight and also tracking heavy rain this morning as it continues to move across

as we take a bird's-eye view towards ocean beach, then as we climb up about 4200 feet from lick observatory towards the santa clara valley, you see some high wispy thin cirrus clouds but otherwise, sun is shining there. this is a dramatic view from the mount vaca area. a low deck of clouds in the fog that's been stacking up over the valley. temperature-wise right now anywhere from 49 degrees in santa rosa where it's hard to scrub out from the areas of fog to 60 degrees in san jose that realized a high yesterday of 67. so we have had the areas of patchy fog. we also had the partly cloudy conditions. we have a dry day today and thursday. then another storm 11th one of the month of january. it's ready to move in. this is an active storm track, our winter particulate matter map there -- not -- particle map, i should say. what it's do is steering the storms one after another right into the city of san francisco. very active. we have had 11 storms stacked up against the state of california. this is the next one. i love it. it's textbook perfect. you see the core of the center of the area of low p

including ocean beach in san francisco. and the bluffs in pacifica and daly city.th u-s-g-s says. big waves from el nino can cause serious erosion along cliffs. >>:we see about 20 percent more wave energy and we get plenty of weight energy here anyway--wave energy >> pam :u-s-g-s is also running a pilot program this winter. to try to predict landslides. sensors have been placed in hillsides around the bay area.which measure water saturation in the ground. >> dave : we are getting some more winds and rain for the overnight here is the storm tracker 4 this is broken up just a little bit in the last couple of minutes here and there is also another patch in the far east bay we also have a patch continues just south of san jose so we will see more coming upstream and probably the biggest will happen in the next couple of hours and as we go forward with that you will see as we approach the three an hour that that is the coverage there and it will be heaviest along the east bay shoreline with more continual up in the north bay in total it looks like the south bay will pro

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the farther you get to closer, the closer to san francisco and the coastline back to 57 for ocean beach and 57 for san mateo and more clouds today across the north bay and that's where we have the best chance of seeing any rain. mike, how are the roads looking in oakland right now? >> so far doing okay as far as most of those roads and watching 880 and that is one of the most important ones. i got a crash and a little bit of information. sounds like the slow lane is blocked northbound 880 approaching 980 just past broadway. no slowing on the sensors and wait for chp as they sort things out over there. 580 and the rest of the maze getting just fine and we zoom out and no delays, no problems across the carquinez and give you a farther look and 880 southbound a nice, easy drive in silicon valley. >> we like nice and easy this early in the morning, thanks, mike. >>> his, hers or anyone. the push for gender neutral bathrooms. a public fight for equality in a private place. happening today: ==sam/cu== a san francisco politician will push for change when it comes to >>> happening later today a

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, up from ocean beach in the city's outer sunset. if you know anything, call police. >>> looks like it is going to be a rainy, rainy week. let's check in with kari hall. >> make sure the kids have on the rain boots today. they'll need it maybe jumping around in puddles as the rain streams in from south to north and the first system moving through and the rain has mostly in in parts of the east bay and the peninsula. it hasn't yet made it to the north bay but as i look at some of the heavier rain off shore, that will be moving into the north bay within the next hour or so. this is the way it pans out on computer models. by 9:00, much of the heavier rain is now moving off towards the north and east. there will be some breaks today and maybe even a little bit of sunshine coming out as we go into the afternoon. tonight is when the heavier rain rolls in and it will be here for several hours before it clears up by the time you head to work tomorrow morning. i'll detail what else to expect as we go through the week. that's coming up. let's

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offshore of ocean beach part of the reason we have a high surf warning and coastal warning geared around high tide, 6:00 tonight. mill valley, sausalito, the great highway, some of the locations as storm driven surf and runoff could cause problems tomorrow morning. coastal warning through 7:00 a.m. and flash flood watch continues for the north bay through tonight. rivers rising but these larger rivers able to take the hit from the rain both the russian river at geronville and napa river should be just fine. but 2 to 4 inches of rain on the smaller streams and creeks, those are the areas we'll be watching closely in the north bay. tomorrow morning, the north bay getting a break as the heavier rain moves into the south bay. we'll add up the totals for this storm and the one tuesday in our forecast coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> rob, thanks. we want to join nbc bay area's christy smith in san ansel mow. i see you're ready to what might be coming. >> reporter: i try to be. if you're coming this way, grab your boots and umbrella. it is a mess around here. people who livend

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and sunny side and crissy field, and ocean beach, and bayview at 47. check out the colder temperatures, palo alto and santa clara at 36. saratoga and pleasanton at 37. american canyon and walnut creek at 39. 44 right new in oakland. here is a look at san jose, 280 and 17 is dry. increasing clouds. temperatures are rate around 54 to 56 and maybe cooler in the north bay 52 where the clouds are thicker first. san rafael shows fog developing. we have light rain tomorrow with a break on sunday and the next commute ising soy on monday -- commute is soggy on monday morning. >> the san mateo bridge to the toll plaza is a nice early ride from 880 to 101 under 15 minutes. if you have to be up early there is an advantage. university overcrossing of the east shore freeway, westbound into the maze may you can see it is crowded but moving well beyond golden gate field. now, an update in napa, highway 37 at 121, a major signal light that has malfunctioned. obviously in you come to a blinking light it is four way stop. the traffic is light but it will cause big jam up

the cold front, but enough to slicken up the roads, even along the coastline of san francisco in ocean beachyou can see there, about .2 inch an hour. it's really about the 101 corridor from santa rosa to petaluma, down to novato and san rafael. that area always has traffic backed up, add a few drops and even a little bit slower. let's get you outside to the sky camera network right now. cloud cover is increasing with 55 across the south bay. east bay already dropping to 49. a few drops as we mentioned near the coastline in san francisco. and beginning here in the north bay as well. tomorrow morning, everyone will have the chance here of some scattered showers in the forecast. let's get a look. you can see as we head through your forecast on saturday morning, not only starting with 44 degrees in the north bay, but again, some wet roads will also see 43 in the east bay. and for the south bay, 47 degrees. let's get to the futurecast on this latest storm system. we can break dedown for you, just after midnight, it's still mainly about the north bay for this accumulating rainfall. then once we hi

you can see the north end of ocean beach. we had the clouds clearing out a little bit t.ormed. it produced some overcast conditions. we're looking out towards oakland. few extra clouds for the morning. upper 30s to the 40s. san francisco 47. san francisco, our sky cast shows you some of the clouds at 7:00 a.m. 12:00 sun cloud mix. 55. partly clouds -- cloudy skies later. 50s. few clouds for tonight. patchy fog regroups. cruising across northern california will produce showers for us. it will move out of town for the next few days. high pressure will rebuild. it will try to push the rain up to the north. on monday there's a chance of a few light showers a few sprinkles. no significant storms to talk about over the next few days. tomorrow start out with high clouds. patchy fog as well and by 4:00 partly cloudy skies. weak system moves in monte -- monday. few showers or sprifrpg pals are possible in the north bay monday morning. forecast for tomorrow. lots of 50s out there for afternoon highs. hayward 56. half moon bay in the mid 50s. five-day forecast and no major storms to

a warning that will begin tomorrow morning, what's happening on the coast, ocean beach, you see the surf. it's up. breakers to 20 feet from 7:00 a.m. tomorrow through 9:00 sunday, high surf warning. and then our attention shifts to the north bay. we're going to see a chance of these heavy rains coming down, which could cause some run-off issues around the burn areas of lake county, setting up pacific, progressively stronger storms. the saturday storm, one for sunday, and as we head to the middle of next week, there you go. one, two, three, across the pacific, and even though it's nice outside right now, notice as we head to midnight, the first bans of substantial rain crosses through the bay area. i'll let you know how long we'll be in the rain and if there will be breaks in the storms over the holiday weekend. >> good weekend to watch football playoffs. when the rain rolls in, acan use our free nbc bay area app to track the precipitation. just click on the weather on the drop-down menu. you'll find the forecast and our live doppler radar. >> new at 5:00, caught on camera, and causing a

>> we have been watching the wave heights offshore, 6 to 8-foot waves from santa cruz to ocean beach. you can see a lot of white water near the shore. the surf really hasn't gone down since earlier this week. right now, increasing clouds ahead of the same storm system which about a day or so ago out of the pacific, a lot of wind pushing a long period of swells our way. the clouds ahead of the storm that will bring us rain, but the surf combined with the king tide could make coastal flooding a threat later this week. you can see the winds pushing the higher waves toward the coast. 15 to 20-foot breakers arriving late tonight into friday. what will be different with the third storm this week is we have a king tide for friday morning, friday night, and saturday. high tide at about 6.6 feet. bays and beaches could see local coastal flooding if the storm arrives on top of the king tide and storm-driving surf. the rain estimate, the ground is saturated in the north bay. could see another 2 to 4 inches of rain as we ged into the weekend. flooding on the coast and across some of the mountain

the ocean and beach replenishment project. they don't know where they would be if they hadn't finished. take a walk with me on the ocean city music pier. cable got caught, live tv. we won't be needing this, if you take a look out here at the end of the ocean city music pier that's the stuff that is pounding the shoreline here causing serious beach erosion, we'll take a better look at that later. over to the left you can see the ocean city music pier where the water is coming up neert. that's the -- underneath that's the end of the music pier. it's windy and rainy. we've switch from snow to sleet and now it's rain. the wind is incredible in the end where you are exposed. lots going on at the shore towns and the flooding in ocean city is unbelievable. some of the streets are impassable covered in a foot of cold watery ice. you need to think twice before going out. i told you before you couldn't get over the 9th street bridge they have the area cut off because there's so much wild there. that's it from ocean city and the "wild cou

the oceans, beach, and pools that straddle the two are part of the psyche. e ocean swimming races on the weekend, many of them. there are comment taters. most races are between half a kilometer, and 3 kilometers long, with serious athletes and occasional enthuists all throwing themselves in. patrol boats look for any swimmers in trouble. the best know how to use waves to their advantage on the way back in. >> it was the first swim of the season after a long christmas break. it was good to be back at the water. >> reporter: hang on to your goggles and hope for the west. >> the wave zone where all of the waves break, it was hard getting out of there. >> reporter: until last year, the number of races and participants were growing. this year, though, that has changed. these races are tough, but hundreds of people do them every weekend, but the numbers are down, and there aren't quite as many races as there have been in previous years. a fear of these is why. in late 2015, there was a spate of shark attacks. a swim north of sydney was canceled because of the perce

can offer a temporary barrier from the ocean. >> the sand erodes and then it kind of lifts the beach>> reporter: but long-term he says it's not sustainable to have homes and businesses in the ocean's path. >> act of nature. >> reporter: as those massive swells pound the shoreline. >> we've been seeing waves flying. >> reporter: many in pacifica are hoping. >> pray to god we don't. >> reporter: their property is spared by the ocean. >> you can't change it. >> reporter: michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >>> well, san francisco gets too expensive, many families are looking at oakland, but new critics have a new project, say the city may be focused on creating the wrong kind of housing. >> so the question is should oakland build more homes or more apartments? nbc bay area's sam brock with today's reality check. >> so the primary moex in terms of what is noticed is adopted -- >> reporter: overwhelming approval at the oakland city council last week for a new mixed use development project smack dab in the middle of the city's uptown. the project will pump out 234 new housing units, mostl

not just styrofoams, but pieces of plastic washed up on ocean beach. >> it's in the ocean and being depositedething that people are bringing to the beach and leaving behind. >> this actually happens year round. but it's worse now because of the rough weather. >> we also have king tides and very big storms. the debris that normally getting deposited are being carried further up the beach. >>. >> our citizens were using too many plastic any knowledges. >> the tide brings in the trash and then takes it away. >> you just go and collect and collect. it's always there the next day. >> the spokeswoman says any help is appreciated. >> there are storms that we're not seeing here, but they affect our beaches. be very careful. never turn your back on the water. >> a large clean of up is can she think scheduled for monday. >> check out this spectacular site. they're heading south to ward eward baja skra kra and new mexico. >> the grey whales will return north in the spring. >> you can watch them for hours, and people do. >> yes, absolutely. that's going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. th

abc7 news was at the ocean beach deli in san francisco for a watch party where some people threw things at the tv. the owner of this restaurant said he is happy to gef the neighbors a place to come for food, drinks and politics. >> it is so san francisco. we come to a anybody deli and we have a sandwich, is a delicious sandwich and a glass of wine talk about the community. >> they can see the debates getting more heated. they hosted watch parties for the republican debate as well. >>> you are looking at a home in florida being destroyed after a tornado struck before dawn killing two people. the victim's adult son and four grandchildren were hurt when one of the tornadoes slammed into their hobble home. at least two touched down near sara toe do. sara soda. winds were clocked near 135 miles an hour. >>> light snow fell across new york sti. the five burrows are under a snow alert with more snow expected overnight. the city sanitation crews plan to get plows and salt spreaders ready to keep the streets clear for commuters. it follows a stretch of spring-like weather at christmastime. >>> h