san francisco, getting close to an inch and in the east bear, 0.88 in orinda. so the heaviest will push sout south. wind have died down and today will be the drier day of the weekend. high temperatures mainly in the mid and upper 50s since the last this hours. we've got fluctuating snow levels and moist atmosphere, so don't be surprised if you see showers from time to time. bulk of the activity will be here from here, to santa cruz and highs in the upper 50s. more rain heads our way by the later evening hours tonight into the overnight hours. a rainy sunday. scattered showers on sunday and a little break, tuesday and

christie smith is live in orinda with a look at one of those trouble spots. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're just up the hill from that trouble spot because we didn't really think it was safe to set up there, cars still flying by this morning. what happened is that a car slammed right into a light pole on rain-slick highway 24, knocked that pole right over. this is eastbound 24 just east of camino pablo right by the bart station. a chp cruiser sitting by waiting for a tow truck to come get it off the side of the freeway this morning. they tell me that this wreck was actually called in last night at about 11:15 and there was not one, but two cars involved. but emergency crews were so busy in the downpour last night they could only get one car off of 24 at the time. fortunately, though, they're telling me no one was hurt in this and that 24 was not blocked by that pole going down. certainly a reminder, though, of the conditions that are still out there this morning. that's the latest from here. reporting live in orinda, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >>> california is t

orinda a little over half an inch. napa almost six inches of rain.he south end of the bay, san jose had a big storm that came through just after 8:00 p.m. so i imagine tomorrow you're going to see some impressive rainfall totals. but most of those came in after 4:30. our day ends for rainfall totals at 4:30. so these numbers will go up tomorrow. and the most of it came in during the evening. so as we also had some of those gusty winds, something to note here. look at los gatos. los gatos got 54-miles-per-hour gusts. you think about mt. diablo, that's where we get the real gusty winds. in los gatos it was gustier than mt. diablo. campbell, point reyes and pigeon point all at 45-miles-per-hour gusts. some of the others around the bay area were closer to 30 miles per hour. nonetheless, very impressive. still some heavy rain coming down in through los gatos. this just updated moments ago. you saw the colors change. this is now moving into los gatos and over 17 as well. this is now headed into san jose. you head over the hill to am almaden valley, strong

this is on eastbound 24 near camino pablo in orinda. with a dispatcher this morning who tells me that the wreck actually happened late last night in a downpour. it wasn't just one car but two cars, but it was so busy during that nasty weather they could only get one tow truck out there. the second car sat until they could get a crew out there this morning to hook it up. the chp also sitting by near that accident. the good news, though, they're telling me no one hurt in all this. and the light pole did not go across lanes. certainly a reminder of the kind of conditions that are still out there this morning. in orinda, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> medical marijuana users have a new outlet to get their supply in an east bay business park. a hercules chiropractor's office is functioning as a medical marijuana dispensary. the hercules health center is at north shore business park. its website describes it as a state-of-the-art healing center and medical cannabis collective. there's even an express checkout service for medical mari

orinda and around oakland 1/100ths. so it's enough to dampen the ground and to slow you down for your commute this evening. chances of chance of showers for friday and your saturday and it's going to be a wet sunday. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming up. >> and there is a heating system working again after four days of chilly rooms at frick middle school. heat shut off over thanksgiving holiday to save much needed money. but officials say when trying to restart it it won't work properly. heat still not working in some rooms. >> the bay area will not be getting the first leg of a controversial 800 mile long bullet train that years from now is supposed to run from sacramento to san diego. the rail authority awarded a first 65 mile segment to the central valley. >> it's a crazy idea. >> despite opposition the high speed rail authority approved what critics call the train to nowhere. of the hundreds of miles of track operating between san diego and sacramento, the first 65 mile leg will be built between t

over to orinda now, westbound 24 approaching wilder road.y slow right now. 7 miles per hour jammed from at least saint stephens drive. 880 oakland friday light here past the coliseum up into downtown oakland. that's your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >> hey, thank you, elizabeth. forecast for the morning, includes a whole lot of clouds out there. and just a few sprinkles. we have a better chance of rainfall moving in for the afternoon and as we look out toward the transamerica building there, it is definitely cloudy across the entire financial district as well as the entire bay area. forecast for today, here we go. seven-day forecast, upper 50s to the lower 60s. those are our high temperatures today. temperatures in the same ballpark saturday and sunday with a small chance of showers each day. monday and tuesday, we squeeze out nothing but sunshine. and wednesday we will have another chance 6 showers. do note, snow showers expected for the sierra this weekend. ,,,, [ mom ] my son only wanted one toy this year. i want a robosan 40

orinda 4/10ths o an inch of rainfall. scattered showers tonight but the north bay is seeing a little break. zonal flow, look at that. this is a jet stream guiding storms along a particular path. this storm is just really kicking open the door for another one coming on friday. and as you can clearly see in the overnight hours, we begin to return more to a scattered light rain shower. and that will set the stage for a partly cloudy morning commute for your wednesday. then two days of dry conditions. there is your sierra forecast. we still have that winter weather advisory in effect for the greater lake tahoe area until 1:00 tomorrow morning. it up a foot of snow anticipated above 7,000 feet. temperatures tomorrow under partly cloudy skies in the 50s. the winds out of the northwest 10 to 15. there you have the extended forecast. two dry days to prepare for. a bigger larger system on friday that will provide heavy rain and gusty winds and once the rain begins, we're in and out of the rain through tuesday. that's why we though

there and alamo and orinda. temperatures running around the monterey bay in the mid to upper 40s.inas about 50 degrees. our highlights. increasing sunshine but still pretty cool today. clear and chilly tonight with thick valley frost. heavy rain around the bay and heavy snow looking at some of the models through saturday they were saying 60 to 90 inches of snow up in the sierra. and that's just through saturday. we still have sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday to go. it is going to be a dumping. here's a look what's going on while you were sleeping. the cold front exiting, taking the rain with it but with the flow nearly parallel at the upper levels, we'll have the cloud cover through the morning hours and then we'll start to see the sun break through the clouds during the afternoon hours. coolest spot clear lake at 51. jump to around the mid-50s for the rest of us. monterey bay temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. also increasing sunshine late into the afternoon hours. if you're traveling around the state, there's a few scattered showers around yosemite. the grapevine may hav

and you can see more totals for orinda, dublyun, san josi dublin. on live stormtracker we can show you the coverage. some clouds, a few light showerses in the south bay. you can see activity moving into parts of the north bay from marin county and also for parts of san francisco. nothing too major, but scattered showers there and you can pick out scattered around towards sonoma and napa. the darker green does correspond to moderate downpours. we till have a chance of rainshowers for monday. i have details coming up in a few minutes. >>> residents of the santa cruz mountains were back at their windows check on the situation outside. the wet and windy weather comes after another recent storm caused some major problems. ktvu's diane guerazzi reports. >> reporter: this was the scene at noon on highway 17. a sudden downpour in sharp contrast to these beautiful south bay skies in the morning. the rain steadily increased in the afternoon, adding to the saturate mountain soil and to the danger of more trees falling, like this 80-foot douglas fir that smashe

with two-thirds required for budget passed along a required will we see this in the future years orindablems. >> it's one step it will change things budget reform and then had to reform some of the cost of living increases he eliminated will go along way in giving future governors the tools they need to sell budget's more easily. >> you mentioned how he would be doing a favor for the incoming governor you really think working for governors and being a politicians and that the incoming governor brown would appreciate schwarzenegger doing this right before it comes and and making decisions like this for him? >> he says that he supports the governor's action the longer we wait the worse it gets we see that year after year the democrats procrastinate and put this off because hope things get better when they do that we lose billions. to them we have to have more solutions. he supports the governor fixing as much as he can before he leaves. >> ok and thank you for joining us and good luck today. >> 6:28 a.m. back with more of a couple of minutes. welcome back to kron 4 morning news. bay area

. >> piedmont, los altos, dublin, berkeley, orinda, san francisco, san anselmo. >> the list goes on and they are do the not done tracking it all. they could use a little help. >> mill valley -- >> how many? >> we've uncovered 173 as a result of our initial investigation. final number is anybody's guess. >> the job is finding all the victims and getting the property returned. we have taken pictures of some of the property and we're posting some of the pictures on our website at www.abc7.com, >> sky high unemployment for construction workers has two bay area counties fighting over hiring rights. supervisors are set about a plan that would require half of the construction jobs at the airport go to san francisco residents. >> the fight over jobs. san francisco supervisors passed an ordinance to set a goal to hire mostly san francisco workers for construction but many of the major projects are in san mateo county, at the airport and a major overhaul of the hetch-hetchy. so supervisors asked the mayor to veto his city's ordinance. >> jobs or jobs. we have 25 to 35% unemployment in san mateo c

no problems right now through the interchange. 24 through lafayette and orinda.nicely as well. a 14-minute drive, but eastbound shows a little slowing at livermore and out towards tracy. we will follow that. it's just there appearing there as well as sunol. unusual for southbound 101 at 680. this blip will have slowing for 17 over the santa cruz summit. there is rain and rob has a look at the thunder with the forecast in a bit. >> i like it. holiday spirit with a tech twist. the viral video that is getting a lot of attention this holiday season. the story is coming up. >>> welcome back. we still have rain showing up. look at the time lapse and not only the rain, but thundershowers. looking out fors mount diablo and the southern end of napa and sonoma county. around san jose, highway 87 south of downtown. a good downpour from the south across the east bay hills. it's pretty quiet where the noise is happening with the thunder right there around napa. that cell continues to head out towards vacaville and fairfield. you can see the trend and the showers we have. hit

nice ride towards the caldecott tunnel orinda and all the way into the macarthur maze.ound 580 we're tracking the ride across the altamont pass here as well not seeing any yellow on our sensors as you head towards 680 and the dublin interchange about 14 minutes drive time there. and very light traffic still across the span to the san mateo bridge taking you outside. this part of your screen the commute direction westbound 92 that should be about 13 minutes right now to take you between hayward and foster city. no big accidents no huge stalls out there causing any big problems. and in the south bay most of the overnight roadwork has been picked up. in fact, here's some drive times, clear on the guadalupe parkway between 280 and 237 and 280 looks fine coming through downtown san jose. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. and we are on twitter. check out the latest hot spots. >> thank you. >>> time now is 5:19. here's a look at this morning's top stories. an east oakland man is in critical condition after a natural gas line explosio

westbound 24, a couple of lanes reported with debris in the lanes as you approach the orinda exit.problem as far as speeds go because of the light volume heading toward the bay bridge. a live shot at the toll plaza, shows you the wet roads. from time to time the camera shakes with windy conditions. >>> checking your forecast this morning, the big rain happened overnight, moving out, but we've got more stuff to watch this morning. >> yeah, a little more activity expected throughout the day in terms of light rainfall, nothing heavy, and mostly impacting the north bay. after noon i think most of the activity will really start to drop off and the cold air will start to pull into the area dropping our temperatures by 15 to 20 degrees. it's going to be cooler tomorrow even than it is right now. this is where we are right now. 73 fw 53 degrees in san francisco. temperatures will struggle to climb up 5 degrees today. at noon holding strong with 53 degrees in san francisco. right around 4:00 p.m., typically the warmest time of the day for us, that's when we'll see temperatures really drop o

san francisco, getting close to an inch and in the east bear, 0.88 in orinda.evels and moist atmosphere, so don't be surprised if you see showers from time to time. bulk of the activity will be here from here, to santa cruz and highs in the upper 50s. more rain heads our way by the later evening hours tonight into the overnight hours. a rainy sunday. scattered showers on sunday and a little break, tuesday and wednesday and thursday but more rain christmas eve. keep it here because the rain will fluctuate but periods of rain on and off next week. >> we checked in with sfo, 30-minute delays on arriving flights. in the news, there is so much new sierra snow, one highway is closed due to have a large danger. we'll have the road kchx and bay area gets wet and wind blown with more stormy weather.

orinda's in heavy rain in half an inch an hour there. it's pretty much the bay area wide oreric area wide now. and inch costs at this hour. it down in san francisco, the rain follows up picking up here. in severance is good downtown a third of an inch of rain in hour oakland also sing about the same period as the most of the rest of the evening were going to continue to see this heavy rain. will this is 6:00 our future cast as his pay did really well. the heavy rain mainly over the north bay. continue to push south of the golden gate at the 7:00 hour and down to the san mateo coastline also parts of the state will continue that southward push at the o'clock hour. bay area wide same moderate to heavy rain. rainfall rates to top an inch an hour we just saw that and else a broad tape. if the 9:00 hour content with moderate to heavy rain in the bay area by 10:00 it will be down to this out so north bay seeing a bit of a break. 11:00 to midnight continuing to push to the south and lange bring showers behind the heavy rain and all continue int

those headlights at the top of your screen no problems for the san ramon valley westbound 24 towards orinda caldecott tunnel traffic moving at the limit. >> richard lewis a member of black muslim bakery will be sens today for his part in the carjacking and tortured to amend the three years ago. is due in court at 9:00 a.m.. they can review documents a plot to kill witnesses in his murder trial. employee antoine is charged with three counts of murder of the deaths of john t. blakely and two other men in 2007. a settlement between state and aclu means the district will no longer charge parents for text box art supplies and basic educational items. and they would broaden audits to determine whether they charge a legal fees. the law would permit parents to complain about fees and be reimbursed. the federal aviation aircraft registry is missing key information on who want about one-third of all the private and commercial planes currently flying in the united states at the fears the gap could be exploited by terrorists and drug traffickers owed to fix the problem all owners will be ordered to rer

. >> i'm in iraq and i want to say merry christmas to everybody in orinda, california., sister, brother, and all of my family and friends. i love you, merry christmas. >>> thousands of u.s. marines are spending the holidays in afghanistan. so a top commander flew there to be with them. general james ames has been traveling from base to base to deliver a message of appreciation. there are about 20,000 marines on the ground in afghanistan. japanese navy is reaching out to young people through their iphones. >> there is a new app that shows users how to salute like the japanese maritime self- defense force. this is speed and angle and people who score high receive a message on their phone r ecommending they join the navy. a spokesperson says the app is not a recruiting tool. >>> if you live in san jose, you can recycle your christmas tree along with your yard waste. leave them out from d ecember 27th through j anuary 31st. all tin sill, decoration and tree stands should be r eeverybody mooed. if your tree is taller than five feet, you need to cut it -- cut it into five-foo

an accident already been cleared to the right shoulder but it is slow right now as you head out of orindao oakland towards the macarthur maze. bay bridge toll plaza, we're starting to see a bit of a backup now. overall, not too bad, though. i would call this friday light. backed up just to the end of the parking lot almost beyond the first overcrossing. they did cancel a fog advisory for the bay bridge but we still have metering lights turned on around 6:30. golden gate bridge a lot of fog. let's get a check of your forecast with tracy. >> plenty of fog out there again this morning along with the fog some scattered showers, especially in the north bay. the san rafael area looking at light rainfall moving into concord and richmond and into oakland. forecast for today, fog for the morning, cloudy skies, small chance of a passing shower through the afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. 70s on the weekend with plenty of sunshine. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in t

the traffic flow still moving with slowing out of orinda. typical slow pattern for friday.he east shore highway off of the freeway with activity north of university avenue. the bay bridge toll plaza shows the big deal with the fog affects your view. the golden gate bridge, it's tough to see even the south tower. >> the the windshield wipers are going with light rain and spotty showers out by fairfield and a little bit of light rain along 880. you will ski that mist, but partly cloudy south of san jose. showers across the north bay and for the weekend, the rain heads out and temperatures warm up withchfog. 7:27. more news after the break. >>> this morning, si18 tor is stirring anger for her stance on casinos. dianne feinstein is the chair woman in charge of funding forever the agency that handles indian land issues. feinstein is a critic in urban areas including a plan to build a casino. feinstein is backing laws for proving tribes tie to casino land. i will have another update for you in a half hour. the "today" show back in less than a minute. >>> 7:30 now on this friday m