meteorologist sandhya patel is here. golcold one. >> cold enough conditions that icy conditions. >> black ice potential. >> black ice. it will slow down the commute. keep in mind there will be patchy dense freezing fog in those locations. get you outside and show you what it looks like right now, when you have clear nights and good radiational cooling taking place temperatures just start to fall. this picture showing us a little bit of a breeze at the higher elevations but that is not impacting the lower elevation temperatures. take a look right now. it is cold in fairfield. 36 degrees right now. 38 in livermore. santa rosa. 39 in los los gatoa. patchy dense freezing fog and a dry pattern right through monday before some small changes may come tuesday and into wednesday. this afternoon the fog just filled the central valley and that fog and that colder air associated with it did spill into some of our east bay and north bay locations. it was a chilly day in places like brentwood in the upper 40s. san rafael barely up int

hester and patel have withdrawn, leaving jackman. the staff looked into the demolition of a 25,000 square foot building, and the construction of a tourist hotel with 172 rooms, and ground floor retail space. there of the pedestrian access to mission street. the issues raised in the remaining letters include the following. transportation and noise, and wind. this is for the traffic and the loading analysis. when there is enough capacity to meet the demand of the proposed project, her and the surrounding business. the commercial lending activities would not create a major hazard, or cause supported ahoy increases for the levels of service. with the noise issues, or the department of building inspection would make certain maps the guests would not be exposed to excessive noise levels. and as the noise from construction may be annoying during these hours, the increase in vibrations would be considered less significant because this would be temporary, and restrictive that the current level. the project will not have any significant noise

sandhya patel is here. >> enjoy it while it lasts. it will come to an end and rain will be back in the picture. for the time being, you can talk about the chill in the air. temperatures are just above freezing. it is 35 degrees and 36 in livermore. santa rosa dropped to 36 and they already have thick fog. a half a mile visibility. keep in mind poor visibility due to dense and freezing fog and slippery conditions in the north and east bay valleys due to patches of ice that will probably slow you down. a cold and frosty morning. freezing fog expected. the dry pattern will last through monday before we see a slight chance of rain coming in. we do have a dense fog advisory that is in affect for the northern san juaquin valley and the southern sacramento valley in affect until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we are looking at widespread dense fog with near 0 visibility and patches of freezing fog. if your commute takes you through these areas, keep this in mind that it will affect your morning commute. the fog spills in and the overnight hour

. >> yes, meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> it makes us feel guilty with theall we have been receiving. very light today. it is generally under a 10th of an inch. and we are expected to go into a milder winter condition over the coming days. live doppler 7hd is showing you a few showers remain right around the monterey bay. gilroy and salinas and cap paw toe law -- capatola is light. in the sierra nevada, it has been snowing. the last couple hours as you head across 80 from truckee to blue canyon and also across 50 heading toward south lake tahoe. they are reporting light snow, but snowfall is expected to remain on the light side with the about 7,000 foot elevation receiving a few inches of snow. temperatures are in the 40s and the 50s. here are the highlights -- morning drizzle, patchy fog. a chance of rain in the north bay on thursday. we are looking at dry and milder conditions for your friday and saturday. even beyond. if you are making plans, definitely expected to be mild. here is the satellite and radar. the cold front is weakening. it is really falling

. >> and sandhya patel has the accu-weather forecast no. rain for a change some. >> looks ix nis out there. >> seven days of dry weather ahead. can you believe that? >> and that is shocking. tonight you'll want to get warm pjs out. it's going to be cold. there is a clear skies and cold weather. especially in wind-sheltered valleys. interest tl is another live picture now there are clouds lingering and we'll see clouds dissipating as well. over the weekend there is some snow around lake county. there are viewers subordinate these photos there is one ranch in middleson. you can see animals looking and going what is this? walking on snow? there is near miden valley this, looks like a painting. and this is going to be a cold night tonight dropping below freezing. and there is no rain or snow expected. temperatures 46 degrees in and you know it's going to be a cold night. freezing cold nights in valleys. and patchy frost and we're looking at sunny days all week long. there is a two areas of low pressure. these lows stay south. we're left with hi

. >> and sandhya patel with a look at weather. >> gorgeous. and there is more sunshine, spring like weather. and this sums up the day across the bay area. wispy clouds and plenty of sunshine. low 70s in places like santa rosa. it's gorgeous outside. there is 50s and 60s, if you're stepping out it's comfortable at this hour. clear and cool night and no rain for a week. the dry forecast. this evening if you step outside you're going to get a glance at a full moon rising at 5:33 in the east. and there is just a few wispy clouds. there is a is clearing trend coming in from the north. drier air continues to spill in. we're going to eastbound joy nice-looking weather haechld today is nice. and this is high pressure, a storm track into canada. there is a stretch of 70s for our inland communities for at least three days. there is nice looking weather ahead. there is wind, do expect breezy conditions to continue. there is temperatures from mid-30s to mid-40s range. you're going see temperatures rising a few degrees into the south bay it's a mild day. t

. >> and i'm sandhya patel. a cold, foggy afternoon today. there are signs that improvement is coming heading into weekend. i'll have tee tails on that? n.just a moment. the news continues in one minute. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> dozens marched in a demonstration in san francisco today. contract negotiations stalled over pay increases, pension benefits and funding. workers have been without a contract since august, 2009. hilton says the union is refusing to negotiate in good faith and says more could ab chief fd workers would go back to the negotiating table. >> and officials say a package that ignited today was addressed to homeland secretary january yet napolitano. it happened in northeast washington. and the facility was he vac waited and no one was hurt. officials sate was similar to two package that's ignited in maryland yesterday. sinking fingers of two people that opened them as reported. one package was addressed to maryland's governor, another to the state transportation director, each contained a

i'm sandhya patel. i'll let you know if fog you're seeing here will stick around or if sunny skies are in >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a marine was killed when an assault vehicle sank in camp pendelton. crews searched for the marine in the waters in san kaig county. five others escaped when the vehicle sank around noon time. the victim was pulled from the vehicle around 12:15 flown to scrips memorial hospital. he was pronounced dead. >> and a professor's school of medicine is in hot water tonight over an e mail sent to his students n that letter, students are asked to fill out a poll to decide how professor feldman should grade a student who had to miss quizzes when she gave birth. part of the e mail read this dr. feldman is not sure how to handle this requesting the class give input and vote. students can vote for one of six grading options including awarding the student an a, final grade or c, final grade among others. the chancellor of uc davis is pledging swift acti

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i'm sandhya patel. i'll spell it out for you in my accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and we're shaking. both of us, shaking. >> and would you like to be in their shoesñ/ you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a teenager from ethiopia had life saving surgery thanks to one couple. the 13-year-old had a cancer on her eye. her family sold their only source of income, a truck to buy plane tickets. she and her husband discovered the cancer during a relief mission by doctors giving back and they're now raising money to help her recover once she does go home. if you can help look under see it on tv. >> and a san francisco family on the verge of deportation granted a stay this afternoon. the 18-year-old graduate elizabeth lee and her 16-year-old brother brought to the u.s. from per skbru ordered to leave on january 19th but now have been given until july to make a case to stay. >> what is going to happen because it doesn't work out i have to go back to peru. very no family t

. >> and sandhya patel is here to show us there is rain on the way oo. and after two weeks we're going to see a change into the storm we're watching. and that is radar and the cold front tomorrow evening. and in the sierra nevada and it's the first snow since january 14th. we're talking about two weeks. since it last snowed in tahoe. three to six inches of snow expected and six to 12 inch as above 7,000 feet. snow expected to arrive saturday night into overnight hours heading into sunday morning. so if there are plans to head up there you might want to do it early in the day, tomorrow, i'll be back to take a look at the timing of the storm here in the bay area hour by hour in just a few minute autos thank you. >> and pg&e now says it can't find records for the one third of the pipelines. it's a revelation that could lead to shut down of major sections of pipeline for expensive testing. and we're live with neighborhood reaction. >> if pg&e cannot confirm what it has underground it will probably have to do high pressure water testing, that can cost up to $

. >> and i'm sandhya patel. there is a winter night going to be very chilly tonight once again. there is fog, and frost. and by afternoon and there is temperatures coming up. >> and a study linking measles vaccine to autism has been restrakted. restrakted. why the lead researcher was [honking] they were having a sale! announcer: the ikea sale. i'm going back for more! announcer: december 26th through january 9th. save up to 60%. ikea. the life improvement store. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> breaking news into the newsroom. this is sky 7. a police chase with speeds up to 80 miles per hour. it ended here at northbound off ramp and one person arrested. we don't know why police were chasing this vehicle. but as you can see, a tow and there is a bunch of police cars on the opposite sichld we don't know why they're chasing this person. >> and an unusual assault on stanford campus this week ai. woman walking around 6:30 monday night and a man grabbed her. she bit him and ran away. a lieutenant with stanford department of public safety says they haven't

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according to attorney sunita patel the deportations are a violation of the conventions against torture and the un declaration of human rights sending someone back to a situation where they are likely to die or or face situation where they are. facing the possibility of death is potentially a violation of our obligations under international law yet according to immigrations and customs enforcement up to seven hundred haitians with criminal records will be sent back this year. to a nation wracked by violence food shortages and disease a prospect that brings a feeling of fear to this american family a family broken up not by divorce but by their own government. and obama who really needs to take a look at a consideration the separation of family. because he believes children fatherless and the lives of fathers like jean are you believe in danger if or when his home becomes haiti marina port r.t. new york. well the u.s. is being accused of willfully allowing the huge employer of drugs from south america into the country and it comes from a man who should know freeway ricky rolls was ones o

. >>> meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. no more fog for the time being, sandhya. >> no, dan. last night and the night before we saw widespread fog, and it was dense. the fog was captured by this viewer to you report and powered by youtube. it was a foggy city hall in san jose, and really this was the scene across the bay area. we saw some dense fog, but the fog cleared away and the temperatures came up. it was a downright beach day in santa cruz. 70 in cloverdale and really mild numbers elsewhere. san jose 67 degrees and 65 in livermore. oakland, half moon bay hit 66. and it was 69 degrees in santa rosa. count on weather just like this, and you will be seeing more of the sun. here is a view from the east bay hills camera. sunset at 5:18 and we saw a few high clouds and really no widespread fog. the only patch of fog i can find is in napa. 55 degrees in san rafael. it is a cool 42 in napa. you can see there 50 in mountain view and los gatos, 49 in concord. so most areas in the comfort range for the time being. mostly clear a

sandhya patel is here with a look at the forecast for us. >> yeah, carolyn, we are going back to winterand we will be seeing some fresh powder on the slopes. get ready for that. let me show you the current temperatures. we have 40s, 50s and we do have some areas of fog, and that is reducing visibility. three quarters of a mile and two and a half in fairfield, concord and also reporting fog in those locations. tomorrow morning you will be dealing with fog, and it will be dense in spots of the showers arrive tomorrow evening. showers are possible sunday morning, and look for cool and dry conditions as we head toward next week. just so we are giving uh quick idea, we are heading after two weeks of dry weather finally getting some rain. san francisco is at 105% of normal. oakland is at 104. santa rosa is well above average at 112% of normal. as you can see in the south bay, san jose is only 70% of average. ukiah 97 and sacramento is at 110% of normal. the rain hasn't arrived. it is clouds and fog tonight. mid30s to the mid40s. so watch out for the fog first thing in the morning. then the cl

sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> a far cry from the mid40s we've had for the afternoon highsor the last couple days. it was nice out there. mild temperature of 68 degrees in morgan hill. 64 in santa cruz. half moon bay, you got up to 61 degrees. same thing for oakland. the sun was out, and that allowed the temperatures to warm. the upper 50s for sap tau rosa and napa. 54 degrees in a antioch today. we did have some clouds around. look at this time lapse from the south beach camera. the sunset at 5:11. it was a spectacular sunset thanks to the clouds there. midand high level clouds adding the color to our sunset at 5:11. the sun was here today, and it is gone tomorrow. we have changes coming. the temperatures right now are ranging from the 30s to the 50s. rain in the north bay on thursday. look for a chance in the south bay and the east bay. valley fog will form friday and saturday. sunny and mild conditions expected for the weekend. so here is the satellite and radar. we have just been seeing the clouds moving in. here is the system that is pushing toward the pacific northwes

let's check in with sandhya patel. >> can you believe it is actually cold, but slightly higher in terms of temperatures compared to last newt? i know it is hard to believe. when you look at the numbers, it is cold outside. 34 in livermore. we've got fog in places like concord. 39 in napa and santa rosa. visibility is poor. we have had widespread fog and low cloudiness. it is half a mile. novato, three quarters of a mile. so first thing in the morning you can certainly count on widespread low cloudiness and fog. partly cloudy and cool for saturday. and we are looking at sunnier and milder conditions for sunday. so improving weather as we head toward the weekend. this afternoon we have the valley fog and the coastal fog. when the cold air is keeping us in the cold mode, the temperatures are struggling to make it to the low 40s in the inland communities. the north and east bay valleys had the high temperatures in the low 40s. a good 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. things are going to change. first we start out with the overnight readings. a little more moisture in the air du

. >>> we know sandhya patel doesn't have the winning numbers. 42, maybe they got those in there. >> i didn't play. >> well, there is still time. >> it is over and we didn't hit the jackpot. if you are looking ahead to the weather, it will be fabulous. if you enjoyed the day, you will see a lot more days like that. let's show you our sunset. the sun down at 5:04 and you can see a few wispy clouds and seasonal weather. get ready for the chill again tonight. 36 degrees right now in fairfield and santa rosa. santa rosa is reporting visibility down to a half a mile with some fog. livermore 37 and a quarter mile visibility with dense fog. this is what you will have to deal with, cold in the valleys and patchy, freezing fog and frost. and a stretch of sunny days ahead for the next seven days. so the conditions right now are foggy. a quarter mile or less in terms of visibility in the central valley. you can see the fog just blanketing this area. this is the latest satellite picture. we are expecting the fog to spill into some of the valleys. we are alre

retain the now and that means it's got revenge with a narrow victory watching it with constantine patel all. the brewers time these two men was just before new year and scored fresh by not why once but looking to get rid of the taste of their and got off on the right this time around they made an electric short. term there. wasn't talk for making several incredible seeds and proving why here i'll steal you gain a ball cap as the sides goaltender however the red and wise got their reward three minutes before an intermission spotted one of freestyle one time to thank you his name on the school board. was one of the first series in the second sport to have to increase the playing why don't we but why. did several great scoring opportunities for your story first will we play more of a you know the fencing legal or the bodies where it was but that. day we had a lot of this is i won't resign we didn't score so maybe game you know you have to be better after that scott couldn't help and started to fight back and then now the trickle turned dominick russia had to show his best between the pipes

. >> i'm sandhya patel. spring arrived early going to stick around for a while. how much longer you can expect temperatures at or >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a medical miracle unveiled today. an international team of doctors pefsh yormed a larynx transplant and restored a woman's ability to speak. this is just incredible. >> remarkable. it was performed just three months ago. today for the first time since then the patient was back at uc davis surround bid her surgical team and those doctors are surprised how quickly she's progressing for more than a decade brenda dmot use her voice. now, the 52-year-old woman is a chatter box. >> i'm still working hard but it's improving every day. >> she's thought to be the second person ever to receive this transplant. uc davis provided this video of the complex 18 hour surgery taking place last october. a team of surgeons from uc davis sweden and england practiced on kad daf vers for two years. >> this is just about the most complex trance plant you can possibly wish for. >> they took the la

. >> and i'm sandhya patel. there is a a dry, milder >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> police released images they're looking for in connection with a fatal stabbing. police calling the man seen here with a black hat and jacket a suspect in the deadly altercation last month. the man in a giants cap at the front of the screen and the woman in the background are also two persons of interest. the three seen drive waig from the store in a green bmw. >> verizon will begin telling -- selling apple iphone meaning the strangle hold is over for years, customers have complained about dropped calls and coverage. and will verry son be better? >> mark your callers, th the -- calendars, the iphone will go owing sale and after talking to a number of experts we found there are advantages and disadvantages to owning one of the devices. it's a handshake many wanted to see. apple and verizon joining forces. as a consumer here is what you can expect. you'll be able to use the iphone to create a hot spot

and this is in hopes of producing more precise image autos sandhya patel is here with us. >> and theren and high clouds. there is this beautiful view of the setting sun submitted to you reports. and there is trees there. temperatures this afternoon hoovering around low 40s, these are highs for antioch and livermore. and san rafael, there is fog and old air just lingered and along the coastline there is why where sun is shining into mid-60s, we're going to see fog again tonight into unusual spots here. and there is freezing fog in the morning for you as well. there is 41 in the afternoon. partly cloudy skies friday. saturday, mostly cloudy skies. and there is a cold start again. remaining cold into the afternoon. there is seasonal temperatures around the bay and coast. keep it dry until wednesday, thursday. chance of rain then. >> thank you. >> and as you have heard stanford's quarterback is coming back for more, but what about the coach? >>> here is a look at the top seven stories on our web site right now. you can stay connected at abc 7 news.com. >> and join me tonight at 9:00 that i

and sandhya patel is tracking it for use you'll see the rain that is falling is extremely light this, is how it's been all day long. fairfax novato getting light rain and there is from brentwood it's been light. as a matter of fact some areas haven't measured from trace amounts to about 6/100ths of rain. some areas have remained dry. there is moisture off the coastline here and there is where we're going to keep light showers in the forecast and drizzle through early tomorrow morning. and there is a dry wednesday afternoon, then another chance of rain coming up into the picture thursday. i'll let you know if we'll have the best chance coming up. >> thank you very much. see you shortly. police in south san francisco looking for suspects involved in a drive by shooting that happened just a block from where six people were shot last month. police say three people were inside of a light blue bmw that pulled up outside of a home this afternoon. they fired five rounds from a car and two people were inside of the home. neither were hit. the motive is under investigation. >> and san francisco

iran has set a trial date of february 6th for sean patel and shourd.rud toll us right here on channel 2 news yesterday that she does not know if she will return to iran for the trial. >>> and i was looking at radar just a few moments ago, and areas seeing light to moderate rain. we see the possibility of thunderstorms this morning before we do clear out. looks a little bright out there. we're maybe seeing breaks in the clouds. the storm bringing in some wind as well. that westerly wind coming off the coast 12-miles-an-hour. and into san rafael reporting 13 miles per hour with a gust at 16, even 20. notice as we move through the morning hours, they begin to die down and will be between five to 10 miles per hour. it's just again the system now rolling through and rolling winds by sunday night we're going to be calm. with clearing sky, calm conditions we are likely to wake up with a little bit of cloud out there tomorrow morning. so, we're calling for rain this morning. but by the afternoon, drying out partly cloudy skies. mostly sunny skies by tomorrow.

marilyn patel struck down 5, restrictions set by the district on free speech.se rules that were declared unconstitutional include permit requirements, applications, limitations. the judge noted it is a prime location for free speech. they are reviewing the decision and has not decided to appeal. , law harris is expected to speak at the breakfast to recognize a legacy of martin luther king jr.. she is speaking today to 500 loss angeles county workers. that speech will be fine of two new ways to help with workers' rights. 8:27 a.m., we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. mt. tam camp, getting above the clouds a bit breezy. we will be right back. 8:30 a.m., watching the weather forecast shopping for a nice weekend. james has more. >> (laughter) it's going happen we know it's going to happen. we will have blue sky. it will be above the clouds. low clouds out there this morning. patchy morning fog. mostly cloudy in the morning. that will turn to partly sunny this afternoon. temperatures will warm into the upper 50s and low 60s. clearing and out at night.