. >>> now to eastbound 24 serious accident developing in orinda past whiler involving big rig trailerseparate -- wilder, involving big rig trailer got separated from the big rig, all lanes blocked, eastbound noncommute direction in orinda, you want to an individual that area and take eastbound 80 to eastbound 4 or take eastbound 580 until they get in cleared. southbound 17 past hamilton overturn blocking two right lanes. let's look at traffic app this shows highway 24 eastbound traffic spotter showing complete standstill. alternate eastbound 80 to eastbound 4 or eastbound 580. you can download this app. >>> 6:23. >> some of the day's top other stories, including three marin county daycare workers in court today after the death of a baby in their care. >>> first more election results. . >>> developing news in the east bay. alameda county firefighters looking into what caused a two-alarm house fire overnight into newark. a family was able to escape. >>> three marin county daycare workers are facing involuntary manslaughter charges following the death of a baby in their care. the owner a

eastbound 24 is closed between the wilder exit and orinda. it's because of a multi-vehicle crash and a big rig trailer overturned. so again closed just in the eastbound lanes. the trailer is apparently blocking all lanes. freeway. it's right now at a standstill. unfortunately, westbound is really backing up, as well. jammed up beyond saint stevens drive and growing. so as far as alternates go, eastbound 80, highway 4, bart is probably going to be your best bet because both directions coming into and out of the caldecott tunnel are being impacted. not sure if it was a foggy commute across that stretch but fog is going to affect your visibility many parts of the bay area. you can see it this morning across the golden gate and on several of our traffic cameras. difficult to see. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> low income workers in san jose are getting a raise. measure d will increase the city's minimum wage by two bucks to $10 an hour. it got more than 55% of the votes needed to pass last night. and cbs 5 reporter elissa ha

reporting live from orinda, jana katsuyama. >>> greeks locked down. the deadly celebration that caused the university to suspend all activities. >>> why some say this is the end >>> new at 10:00 a teenager is being remembered tonight 30 years after she was murdered. ktvu's john sasaki tell us her killer has never been arrested even though community members claim they know who did it, john. >> reporter: julie this is the church where 14-year-old diana lin johnson worshiped 30 years ago tonight the community came together to honor diana and to call for her killer to be arrested. three decades after diana lin johnson was killed her friends are still overcome with emotion. diana was last seen at a party down the street from her vacaville home 30 years ago from tonight. her beaten and strangled body was found the next day by some near by railroad tracks. one of her friends says she remembers the day like it was yesterday. >> i had never experienced this evil and i had no idea it existed. i probably stood this shivering in complete sadness for about an hour

reporting live from orinda, jana katsuyama. >>> greeks locked down. the deadly celebration that caused the university to suspend all activities. >>> why some say this is the end of their childhood. >>> a bay area teenager brutally murdered 20 years ago. why there's been no arrest in her case while some say they know who did it. >>> new at 10:00 a teenager is being remembered tonight 30 years after she was murdered. ktvu's john sasaki tell us her killer has never been arrested even though community members claim they know who did it, john. >> reporter: julie this is the church where 14-year-old diana lin johnson worshiped 30 years ago tonight the community came together to honor diana and to call for her killer to be arrested. three decades after diana lin johnson was killed her friends are still overcome with emotion. diana was last seen at a party down the street from her vacaville home 30 years ago from tonight. her beaten and strangled body was found the next day by some near by railroad tracks. one of her friends says she remembers the day like it

and this multivehicle crash eastbound 24 just before wilder road in orinda. let's move along to the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic there is going to be moving along okay. no major problems there. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. a lot of low clouds. fog. kathy up in napa said very foggy here. santa rosa has fog reports. even san jose. we have a change in our pattern. last two days sunny and warm. record highs monday and tuesday. not today. breezy cooler as well. turning colder. yeah. turning colder. this system coming in is more of a colder windier pattern than it is for rain. some of that shower activity may develop on thursday. more likely on friday. not going to get a lot of presip out of this. the temperatures will drop off the table. so again a big change in our pattern. leading edge of it coming into the northern part of the state. this is kind of picked up the fog which is why it's there. over time it will lift it. 40s and 50s on temps. much, much cooler air mass in place already compared to last couple of days. not a lot coming in right ther

a multi-vehicle crash near orinda eastbound lanes 24 at wilder has now been cleared up.ding out of lafayette. that is traffic. for your foggy forecast, here's lawrence. >> a lot of fog onshore. the sea breeze kicking in. temperatures dropping off all around the bay area today. so much for those highs running up into the 80s. looking towards coit tower you can just barely make it out in some of the fog right now. that fog is going to begin to lift and push to the coast. temperatures now in the 50s but as we head toward the afternoon, only 60s and some low 70s and that's about as warm as it's going to get. tomorrow a chance of some showers coming in on thursday and on friday. even a chance we could see a dusting of snow across some of the higher peaks. on saturday and sunday, return to partly cloudy skies and dry weather. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." americans did not just pick a president on tuesday. they voted on hundreds of ballot questions. they covered everything from same-sex marriage to t

so expect some delays heading out of oakland towards orinda. westbound still looks good. also in the south bay northbound 101 approaching capitol expressway. we have an accident there. it is still there blocking one lane. possibly a second accident near tully is off to the right-hand shoulder. but this is what it's doing to the drive time. a little stop and go from 280 towards 237. 280 through downtown looks great and the guadalupe parkway no delays. a quick note of course it's monday night football tonight at candlestick. 49ers and bears, 5:30 is game time. so expect some delays along 101, 280 maybe a better option if you are cruising along that area later on this evening. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic." for more on your monday night football forecast and the rest of the week ahead, here's lawrence. >> that's a big game tonight! i mean, two titans right now, the bears and the 49ers right here on cbs 5. >>> a few clouds outside now, folks. looks like it should be a nice day out there as we are going to stay mostly dry. a chance we could see rain north of the g

elsewhere, if you are coming through orinda, really backed up.oaching wilder. unfortunately as you can see from our live traffic sensors, it is jammed solid all the way to lafayette approaching acalanes. that's your traffic. more on your west forecast with lawrence. >> a few showers continuing to fall around the bay area right now. a lot of clouds outside. and looks like the clouds shifting further to the south with the rain line there and in toward the san jose area. still picking up some showers so if you are heading in that direction, watch out for the rain. it is making its way across the 101. hi-def doppler picking that up and into the just mountains. you see some yellow out there with moderate rainfall making its way in that direction. that's going to pull out of town a little later on this morning. so we'll dry things out toward the afternoon with partial clearing, 60s and 70s. then the next couple of days, high pressure begins to sneak back in here. a few leftover clouds for tomorrow. but over the weekend, we could see an offshore wind. m

. >>> a tricky house fire kept crews in orinda busy for a good part of the morning. they thought they had it out when the fire flared again as crews were mopping up. took crews several hours to root out flames inside the walls. the fire sent up smoke that could be seen for miles. this is after crews got it under control. no word on the cause no one was hurt. >> congress returns this week without much can evidence of real progress on avoiding the fiscal cliff. members of congress expect optimism today about the prospects of reach ago deal to avoid the sear of tax increases and spending cuts. democrats and the president wants to raise tax rates for the wealthy, republicans don't. there are more now breaking with grover nord qwest had gotten a majority of republican lawmakers to not support any effort to raise taxes. this morning, senator lindsey graham said that for the good of the country he is ready to violate the antitax pledge. >> i think grover is wrong when you can't cap deductions and buy down debt. i want to buy down debt and create jobs but i will violate the

our crew shot these pictures on highway 24 near orinda. when the weather turns stormy, the highway patrol urges drivers to slow down and use their headlights. we're monitoring conditions minute by minute. steve will be back with more on the forecast. you can get weather and traffic updates at anytime at ktvu.com, mobile ktvu.com and through our mobile apps. >>> investigators in alameda say a fire in an east bay high school classroom is suspicious. fire crews rushed to alameda high school around # 3:30 a.m. and found flames in one of the classrooms. a window in the classroom was open which is one of the reasons the fire is suspicious. one student we talked to said this has happened before. >> last year, there are a couple, if not three, reported fires in the bathrooms. i guess somebody was lighting the trash cans on fire full of paper towels. >> some books were burned and a window was damaged in the fire today. >>> president obama made a public plea to congress to pass a bill that will head off the looming fiscal cliff. >> i've got a pen. i

the nimitz and westbound 24 no delay heading out of orinda towards the caldecott into oakland. embassy where quick check of the south bay where we're seeing some roadwork sensors so there are various on- and off- ramps blocked on 880. otherwise, 280 through downtown and the guadalupe parkway are still moving at the limit. mass transit no delay for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 4:47 now. three workers at a daycare center in san rafael are under arrest following the death of an infant boy there. police arrested the owner of the magic place children's center and two of her employees yesterday afternoon. they were booked on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter. just two weeks ago a four-month- old boy died there. the coroner says he suffocated accidentally in his bedding. >>> a san jose jury has found a former school principal guilty on the rare charge of failing to report suspected sexual abuse. lyn vijkayendran was convicted yesterday at the hall of justice. she was principal at o.b. whal

people who drive from oakland to orinda. wow, this is a terrible backup.if you want to use an alternate use highway 13 to -- westbound 80 -- if you are driving on the nimitz freeway. you see how bad it's gotten there to about stevenson -- bad its gotten there. let's go to -- it's gotten there. let's go to steve. >>> look at the fog. san jose has been socked in big time. watch out. 40s and 50s, westerly wind last couple of days we had an east or northeast. that's gone. fog, sun, cooler and breezy. a little cold front. it has a lot of cold air coming in upstream and that will be here on thursday and friday. 50s, 60s and 70s on those temperatures right knew we're in the 50s or a few upper 40s, tori and dave. >>> 7:26. four more years for president obama. >> with your stories and your struggles, i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever about the work -- >> we'll tell you more about the ground game that helped president obama win another four years. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where we're hearing mixed reaction from people

destination is beyond the freeway, past orinda, taking a route throughout the redwoods to replace urbanoes not penetrate. a community identify bid its post office. here it is. the one known for hardly ever having a line. >> so this is most of the timeq÷ it's empty? >> do you get lonely? >> no. >> this should be the last word to scribe describe here. it is in canyon, serving about is 94 residents nchl a community with no door to door deliveries... everybody picks up mail here. you know all of the names? >> yes. i do. >> all addresses? >> yes. doi. >> all family history? >> yes. yes. >> all of stuff you're not supposed to know. >> some i wish i didn't know. >> you know everything about everybody. >> i pretty much do. >> what she does not know is how cut backs by the postal service will affect her and this office. >> i'm not supposed to talk to you about it. >> you can't? >> right. >> it's called post plan. >> one possibility is that postal service may cut back hours and replace wher a part time person that. doesn't please locals or her. >> i love seeing my neighbors every day. i love deli

. >> nearly hundred people are without power in orinda. the outage was caused by a downed power line. 1500 customers were initially affected. it caused brief delays on bart but power was restored within minutes. >>> now to the cease-fire in the middle east. after eight days, 1500 rockets and more than 100 people killed. leaders agreed to a truce. white house is calling it tenuous but as our reporter explains, it's a victory for secretary of state hillary clinton who helped broker it. >> for secretary clinton it's been 24 hours of break neck talks, first to the jerusalem and west bank and back to jerusalem and then to cairo. a truce that seemed to be negotiated by israeli bombardment by sea and air and hamas rockets. suddenly the announcement. >> united states welcomes the agreement today for a cease-fire in gaza. if it holds, rockets must end. >> it turned into bursts of celebration. but in jerusalem they briefed the nation on the deal glum faced. the first bus bombing since 2006 in the heart of tel aviv across the street from the defense

grizzly peak boulevard, heading toward orinda it is well right now. it is going to be slow going on the roadways. from the peninsula we are seeing very spotty showers toward the south bay and santa cruz mountains. check out the wind gusts. sfo gusting to 35 miles an hour. arrival delays at sfo almost three hours due to the weather. southerly winds gusting to 32. novato is gusting to 30. higher elevations over 50 mile-an-hour wind gusts. heavy rain and strong winds for the morning. rain will continue on saturday. it's going to be stormy on sunday with the flooding potential. very large circulation. this is our next storm. it is tapping into moisture that stretches way out over the pacific. the subtropical moisture tap will add to the rainfall intensity. let's talk about this computer animation, 7:00 p.m., in the north bay. as we head into 4:00 a.m. some of you heading out the door for the morning commute, heavy rain is in the north bay. watch what happens at 6:00 a.m., it barely moves. widespread heavy rain, could see strong gusty winds well in advance

. >>> if your travels take you through orinda, lafayette highway 24 westbound headlights towards thetunnel making the turn in company no major delays towards the caldecott. southbound 680 at treat different story, delays there because of an accident in the left lane commute lane high occupancy vehicle lane slowing back to 242 in concord. this is the waze app and hopefully we'll have a look eight, showing 580 out of central valley, -- a look at it, showing 580 out of the central valley it is jammed altamont pass into the dublin pleasanton area, otherwise slow out of antioch. you can get in app if you can find it -- there it is, at the abc 7 app store. >>> ahead, five things to know before you go, including an announcement from nancy pelosi on whether she is staying on as house minority >>> good morning it is 6:54. beautiful shot from north bay, down towards the bay there, beautiful clouds, sunrise in the east, mike will have more in the forecast coming up. >>> here are five things to know before you go: number one, san francisco officials just announced the third and fourth floors of

through lafayette, very slow towards orinda. look at those brake lights on the right-hand side of your screen, this is congested compared to yesterday and the day before, and folks headed out a little earlier. a little sluggish on the north hand side of your screen, let's check in with steve. >>> it is on the mild side and he said this is like the pineapple express and we are getting a really strong wind. this is main lay cloudy -- mainly a cloudy morning and it is not cold at all. it is very mild with that south winds. light rain will give way to heavy rain but not until tonight. some of the rain from yesterday, is not too bad for this time of year. west santa rosa went up into lake county and 58 in oakland, you get the idea it is on the mild side due that south wind and that is crescent city and that's really intense. this whole system will take awhile to get here. mendocino and sonoma county, but nothing too heavy until tonight. we could see about six inches of rain for the rushing river and mostly cloudy today. our cloud and

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. >>> highway 24 through lafayette area and orinda camera shaking with the wind what a difference fromesterday moving nicely, 20 minute ride from 680 towards the caldecott tunnel. breezy at the golden gate bridge, moving lightly no problems into san francisco out of the waldo. i wanted to show you our traffic app this is highway 580 westbound from the central valley up and over the altamont pass, a little heavy moderate as you head to the dublin pleasanton area. free app you can download it to see what your commute looks like on the app store and google play. >>> 6:11. black friday will be black thursday for wal-mart shoppers. d at 8:00 í'ph=nl0 thanksgiving night two hours earlier than last year plans on staggering promotions to avoid the rush and chaos that has frustrated shoppers in previous years. sears also plans to open at 8 p.m. thanksgiving night, best buy will open at midnight. >>> if you are traveling instead of shopping for thanksgiving expect airports and planes to be more crowded. a trade group says 24 million are expected to fly between friday november 16th and tuesday no

windy up there this is 24 westbound headlights towards the caldecott tunnel through lafayette and orinda, no problems towards the macarthur maze. black friday mass transit if you don't want to fight the parking crunch at the mall, bart on regular schedule, muni on sunday schedule everybody else on a regular schedule, no ace trains out of the central valley today, golden gate ferries on holiday schedule, buses are on a normal schedule. >>> it is 6:02. we have developing news in san rafael. police are investigating an early morning nightclub shootinging that sent two to the hospital -- that happened before one:00 this morning at club 101 on -- west francisco boulevard and anderson drive near highway 101 the club was hosting a concert when a disturbance inside spilled into the ing lot things escalated and there was -- gunfire, two taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. terry mcsweeney will have a live report in 30 minutes. >>> happening now, black friday underway and shoppers are flocking to the bay area's newest shopping center which opened a couple weeks ago, paragon out

if you look at lafayette, you can see traffic is getting heavier towards oh written do and -- orinda and you can barely make out the headlights headed towards the mcarthur maze and give yourself some extra time. and at the bay bridge toll plaza, those metering lights are on so give yourself extra time for traffic as well as the fog this morning. 6:18, here is steve. >>> clear for some and as you saw other locations is foggy and it's clear in the upper 40s and yet in the fog it can be in the upper 50s. all of that willp start working towards us and a tense fog advisory takes us until 9:00. there is also coastal fog, mostly sunny has he i and mild today and the dry pattern is ending on a big way. it looks like into sunday we could have into sunday a heavier rain and we will have about a foot of rain which is what they are predicting. things will turn very wet around here. and right now everything is coming together and it is still a day and a half away but temperatures are in the 30s, 40s and 50s. and today it is clear so there is a little different pattern compared to yesterday and it

you have showers up in orinda as well. these showers now are starting to increase and they will continue to increase as we go through the next hour so as this system starts to work its way south. this is the general motion. it is a slow mover. this thing has been up in the north bay for hours it's now just starting to shift. when i come back we will time out the progression of this shift. there will be some in the bay area tomorrow morning. that's how slow it's going. >>> tonight's rain is causing may job problems for people with travel plans at sfo. we spoke to the duty manager within the past hour and learned that 81 flights were cancelled. delays have been running 50 to 60 minutes. the faa restricted the number of arrivals to 26 per hour instead of the 56 per hour. >> when we looked at the screens, it looked like he was going to be at least 45 minutes late. >> weather delays in other parts of the country added to the problem. >>> walking the picket line. the deal that sent strikers home a little early. >>> a search is u

you have showers up in orinda as well. these showers now are starting to increase and they will continue to increase as we go through the next hour so as this system starts to work its way south. this is the general motion. it is a slow mover. this thing has been up in the north bay for hours it's now just starting to shift. when i come back we will time out the progression of this shift. there will be some in the bay area tomorrow morning. that's how slow it's going. >>> tonight's rain is causing may job problems for people with travel plans at sfo. we spoke to the duty manager within the past hour and learned that 81 flights were cancelled. delays have been running 50 to 60 minutes. the faa restricted the number of arrivals to 26 per hour instead of the 56 per hour. >> when we looked at the screens, it looked like he was going to be at least 45 minutes late. >> weather delays in other parts of the country added to the problem. >>> walking the picket line. the deal that sent strikers home a little early. >>> a search is u

this is >> -- orinda.is east shore freeway headed towards the mcarthur maze, but there are no major headaches to talk about. let's head back to the desk. >>> police are searching for a man who reportedly broke into the apartment of a young woman just hours ago. according to palo alto police, about 2:30 a.m. a woman in her 20s woke up and saw a man in her apartment. police say that man ran away and the woman was not hurt. police searched the area and they had a police dog with them and so far they have not found that man. the search for him continues. >>> a search is underway for a missing stage girl from oakland. social workers say she has the mental capacity of a 6-year- old. joining us from the newsroom, there is growing concern about this girl. >> the search continues for that missing 16-year-old teenage girl. let's go to a picture of her. her name is cheyenne white. she weighs 140 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. social workers who know her say she is at risk and has a mental capacity of a six

carpool lanes getting by, sluggish upper deck heading into san francisco highway 24 snaking through orindand livermore towards the caldecott tunnel moving from walnut creek, i just checked, 12 minute drive looks like at the limit. one problem spot, northbound 880 fruitvale and oakland -- in oakland, stalled big rig under 10 miles an hour. give yourself extra time. >>> thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news which continues in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic. [ unintelligible ] . >>> have a great day, stay dry. >>> good morning, america. breaking overnight, winners in the richest powerball jackpot ever. at least two people waking up multimillionaires right now. striking gold and splitting almost $600 million. we're live from the luckiest spots in america. >>> double-threat. two more major storms set to wallop the west coast.

san francisco highway 24 busy no brake lights until you reach caldecott tunnel, headlights through orindand lafayette moving nicely. eastbound 580 at airway boulevard earlier accident cleared. westbound beginning to slow speeds under 40 miles an hour, 20 minute drive towards the dublin pleasanton interchange. we checked with mass transit, getting to have -- getting off to a great start. >>> man charged in the colorado theater massacre was supposed to be in court today. instead he's being watched by doctors. we'll tell you why. >> >> good news for college grads why they may be sending out fewer resumes this spring. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> mount tamalpais a little breezy winds work down to the coast during the afternoon and bring breezes the rest o

we go to just to the east of berkeley heading up into orinda, lafayette, moraga where some of the heaviernear the san pablo dam road in the east bay hills. to the north of 580 dublin, livermore, altamont, basco road, highland road, camino fast harrah all the way down to -- camino tassajara, all the way down getting pounded by heavier rain. 680 and 580 meet into the sunol grade, still getting healthy rain in the south bay. some of those winds gusting faster than 35 miles per hour, father field, napa, oakland, hayward, -- livermore up to 49 sfo, 32 at half moon bay, 18 novato, only five at santa rosa because the front is starting to move through. the fastest winds and heaviest rains now through 10:00, showers for noon more scattered showers 4:00 and through your evening hours. >>> san jose live shot of 87 northbound past hp pavillion, accident we thought one car was involved now once again another emergency crew on the scene there you can see traffic is just stopped there and maybe the far right lane possibly getting by but still major delays northbound 87 in san jose i would take 101 or pe

past the suburb of orinda. through the redwood to a place the urban world does in the opinion at any rate. community identified mostly by its post office. hear it is. one known for hardly ever having a line. most of the time it's empty. >> most of the time. >>reporter: do you ever get lonely in here. >> no. >>reporter: lonely should be the last word to describe tl this woman. post office 9 4 5 1 6 in can i don't know serves 194 residents. in a community with no door to door delivery t.everybody picks us up their mail here you necessity all the names. >> yes, i do ivshtion allhe addresses. >> yes, i do. >>reporter: all the quirk. >> yes. >>reporter: family history. >> yes. >>reporter: all the stuff you are not supposed to know. >> yes. some i wish i didn't know so much. >>reporter: you know everything about everybody. >> i pretty much do. >>reporter: what she does not know is how budget cut back by the postal service will affect her and this office. >> i'm actually not to talk to you about l this the. >>reporter

take you to the east bay right now and you can see the rain coming down into oakland, east bay hills orinda. if you are heading out there this morning be careful. puddles and flooding, as well. temperatures are mild with this system in the 50s and low 60s. by the afternoon, the rain will have ended, skies will part and looks like the temperatures will stay mild into the 60s. so as we look toward the system, it moves onshore some gusty winds ahead of it. behind that we have a lot of moisture that's going to move through this morning so keeping the showers going for a few more hours and then looks like things will begin to taper off. that cold front moving by. behind that high pressure starts to build in but it's a wet start to the day today so be careful. by the afternoon, it should dry out nicely. i think if you are traveling around the state today you will still see showers early on this morning. if you can leave later i think it's better. it had been drier on the roads. high country winter weather advisory 4:00 in the afternoon snow level at 7,000 feet. 65-mile-an-hour gusts so be very ca

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highway 24 i think the worst part of my commute was orinda. yeah take the honors. it was coming down like crazy there. walnut creek you can see heading toward there. vallejo, benicia not too bad. rain let up the north bay but it's picking up again. look at that right there. that is what we will have to deal with. there is so much cloud cover there. we'll have more coming up shortly. >>> thank you, steve. 6:09 is the time. alex smith's job is now backup quarter back this weekend. what he's saying about the decision to leave him sidelined. >>> action against a woman making soup that killed four people. we'll tell you what state officials are saying. >>> and the all night push in egypt to draft a new constitution. the anger over key groups left out of the prose process. pro -- left out of the process. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- ♪ you can stay in and like something... ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] ♪ ...or you can get out there with your family and actually like something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best val

right over toward orinda and moraga. that looks like it's pushing east.into black hawk and wrapping back around from union city and fremont. back over toward redwood city and peninsula. and just off highway 1. the system is moving. it will head now from the peninsula south toward los altos into the santa cruz mountains and highway 9 and highway 17 and over toward san jose as well. things are moving south that is good. we're not done completely yet. there is still plenty upstream. that will give us a rainy day as we put that all into motion. see the cloud cover is not moving. it is being enhanced offshore. while the first strong band goes through that is good. it's not that we're done yet. it's still going to be moving in. some of the warnings and watches if we have a flash flood watch out. this will be updated. so if i was to say through monday morning and the rain is cranking up 50 miles an hour. sfo had a thunderstorm early this morning. there is still a lot of potential here. we'll have more coming up including one more system which will be here on sun

spot once again westbound 580 free and cheaper up the nimitz and 24 so far, so good heading out of orindaowards oakland through the macarthur maze. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic." your top stories after this break. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, beep-bop-boop-bop boop-beep. [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. only cautiously optimistic." the president and first lade spending election day in thr hometown of ch >>> president barack obama says today he feels optimistic. the president and first lady are spending election day in their hometown of chicago after a whirlwind couple of weeks. they don't have to go to the polls today since they took advantage of early voting. >> mitt romney and his wife cast their ballots in massachusetts. they are going to ohio and pennsylvania before returning to boston tonight to watch results. >> voting is set to begin in just a few minutes across california. we're taking a live look now at santa clara county, registrar of voters. about a quarter of the roughly 800,000 people registered there have al

there's an accident just on the orinda side and that will cause some slowing.ound your commute builds and there's more slowing in that direction as well. these folks heading to the bay bridge, slow at the toll plaza itself. all these folks, the metering lights are on. a smooth drive down the east shore freeway until you get to the berkeley curve. past the incline, a smoother drive into the city as well. if you're crawing the san mateo bridge, 92 moves smoothly but there's a lot more company coming over the high rise and joining up at t101. >>> it is 6:23. coming up on "today in the bay," as they say, it is not over until it's over. another last-ditch effort to try to save the nhl hockey season just ahead. some girls wish to grow up to be a princess. other girls wish to simply grow up. mae and bailey are friends battling kidney cancer at st. jude children's research hospital. we developed a treatment for their cancer that's helping kids like them across america. you know what i wish for? what's that honey? my hair back. and no more cancer. well, girls, st. jude

orinda paren. as we tae it live to our traffic cameras a great time to leave the house.he approach to the bay bridge toll plaza is fine. if you more cars compared to our last report still no metering lights. at the san mateo bridge traffic moves while topps be south towards foster city. southdown 101 clear conditions no accidents to report coming out of marin county. green on our roadways sensors speeds over 50 mi. per hour. to the peninsula no incidents to report it looks good for the bayshore freeway and for interstate 280. as for public transit no delays for a.c. transit, bartok or age trained number one. >> taking erica in the north bay a man who died when his pickup truck plant in to the marin county pickup truck has been identified. he is 71 year-old richard giocanini. firefighters pulled him from the water but they could not revive him. no word on what caused him to lose control of his car. >> san francisco police are looking for a muni passenger who attacked a man with a knife. the two men got into an argument on the afternoon on a bus. one of them pulled out a k

for 680 through concord, although there may be wet on and off-ramps here as well as lafayette and orindadanville, better news for your commute. the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are on here. still slick conditions down the east shore freeway. also in the north bay, it hasn't been that bad this morning but thing are starting to build coming through san rafael, so expect slowing over the next 30 shall guys. back to you. >>> 6:22. coming up, football fans trading their seat belts for helmets. >> i like this idea. >> the new way that the niners are encouraging fans to ditch the drive to the stick just ahead. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ too bad the guys aren't here we're clear. ok, swarm! swarm! hello [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies. let the making begin >>> good morning, everybody. woe take you live to new york city. look at this, just bananas out there. a crazy scene. people lining up to try to get on ma

you can see the yellow along happy valley road from lafayette to orinda. the heavier rain is arriving to the south bay. as we take a look at your headlines we have a flash flood watch in effect for the north bay now. showers will not be as intense as we head into tomorrow. on and off a lingering showers. everyone under the green will indicate light rain. could see dry breaks into the afternoon. storm number three approaches saturday night into sunday. with more chance of flooding and mudslides. we will have more on what next week hose. right man at 5:02 is time for traffic with george. >> a major snag in the commute. at 5 86/680 shutdown in the west bound direction with an overturned tractor trailer rig. here is a live look from the scene and kron fours michael pelton is there. what can you tell us about the efforts to clear the interchange? >> it may be hard to see in this shot george the rain is counting on us. you can see the fence that is not been and damaged this is what is preventing officers from opening the freeway. someone hit a pole and smashed i

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west 24 orinda down to one lane slow in the clearing stages.lcome back. rain leaving the south bay heading down the santa clara valley 101 towards morgan hill and gilroy where the best rain there santa cruz mountains and monterey bay until 11:00 or so. mid to upper 50s now mild out there. ♪ a victim of circumstance the world you want to give her ♪ ♪ but she's too hard-headed for the mom who works two jobs ♪ ♪ who loves her kids and never stops ♪ ♪ for those in the heart of the storm ♪ ♪ i'm a survivor >>> reba mcentire to start our morning, "i'm a survivor." she is co-hosting the cma awards with rachel smith on "the red carpet." we're here in times square this morning, all bundled up. i forgot my coat. i didn't know how cold it was when i left this morning. hi, robin. i know you're home recovering and doing so well. glad to have amy robach here. >> thank you so much. >>> we have more star power here this morning. my interview with oscar winner, denzel washington. his new role. and he got personal. tells us how he makes marriage work. >> okay. >

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still some splash-and-dash showers popping you up. 24, orinda, la fayette, also towards marin county.e way t will weaken before it arrives here. this evening and tonight could be bursts of moderate and heavy rain. 60s, 50s to near 70 for morgan hill. it may take until after the midnight hour before rain makes it down there from the front. there will be lighter stuff in advance of that. colder, breezy. i think we go dry. but the only thing left to worry about will be the inland fog as we go into the weekend with your weekend in view. it looks nice coast and bay. inland some of that fog could be tough to go through. >>> some new garage concerns for -- some new graduation concerns for the class of 2013. why some parents are being warned early about the school's requirements. >> reporter: striking workers have effectively shut down the port of oakland. if you take a look down here, you can see some tractor- trailers that have been tracked in -- stopped in their tracks. >> reporter: police are investigating a rash of burglaries in gilroy. we'll tell you what the police are specifically tar

this is in orinda in the eastbound direction. you are looking at traffic coming from the tunnel heading towards walnut creek. in the corner of your screen here is the west bound traffic that is the commute direction forget about it. the drive time is 45 minutes for some reason drive time is it showing up. here i will put in for you. 45 minutes here in the west bound direction. from lafayette all the way out to children's hospital it is a solid wall of traffic. use highway four or interstate 580 instead. for your ride to the bay bridge the west bound direction fairly normal day here. no surprises. 16-80 minutes if you are coming from interstate 80 or from interstate 880 the nimitz freeway. 22-24 minutes if you are coming of the macarthur maize. the centel bridge ride is up to 30 minutes got to lbad. problem free for marin county on 101 southbound. here's a look at what would erica. >> look at the fog from your golden gate bridge. we are seeing what is happening above from our mount tam cam. it is breezy in the higher elevations wi

getting out to the tunnel where we have had an accident in orinda.ff did on 580 westbound the 58 minute drive time has dropped by another seven minutes. we are almost below the 50 minute threshold things are slowly but surely getting back to normal. we do have some sort traffic here on the nimitz freeway through the fremont milpitas' corridor leading from the sand the tail bridge to the dumbarton where conditions are at their worst in backed up the ride. for fiscal commute than usual in to milpitas. at the bay bridge there was a recent accident of the upper deck has cleared now. it is that traffic backed up heavily. 22-26 minute drive time depending on your approach. the san mateo bridge which had not spot is not one any longer but is still slower tried the usual at about 15 minutes it should be 11 minutes into end. your ride to the golden gate bridge 101 south heavy now. from about mid span to just pass the tollgates. we will get a check of the weather for you now here is erica. >> george lingering showers right now storm trackers shows some east ba