heavier showers from half moon bay pushing into the pescadero.tores in the days and hours before. customers needed a variety of things to new boots. >> i found out i had a hole in my shoe this morning. >> to new shovels for local residents. >> it's going to be three pete so up on top it will be several feet. >> they tinkered with equipment that hadn't been used for months. crews will be working through the weekend to keep the roads clear. >> we could have whiteout conditions and reduce your speed. if you can pull off we would recommend that. >> it's great news for skiers and snowboarders. there has been some snow in some areas. >> when i fall down it won't hurt as much. >> to have a major snowstorm blow through the thanksgiving holiday is the best scenario that resorts could hope for. >> it's going to do a lot for the economy. they are really excited because it will kig the season kicked off earlier. >> longtime residents just shrug their shoulders when significant weather blows through. >> it's 26 here so i'm not that excited. >> they convinced

the endangered species that are dying in the pescadero marsh.ne freedman reports the battle is just beginning. >> sometimes an image can be deceiving. that may be the case at pescadero marsh along the sandy coast. it's peaceful and quiet. >> i think it's a ecological disaster. >> reporter: he blames state department and fish game and state parks. they filed suit against those agencies charge theg have violated the endangered species act they are mandated to protect a judge ordered immediate compliance. >> they seeing the state because they have mismanaged the resource. it looked beautiful but it's void of wildlife. >> in the process they expanded it but it changed the quality of the water. what should regulate the salt water has rushed it over killing endangered fresh water including the garter snake and red legged frog. >> they need to be able to breathe. >> reporter: it's not as if this group wanted to bring action against the state. they are paying for the lawsuit themselves. but after is a years of complaints they felt they weren't getting a

but in pescadero, a town about 33 miles from santa cruz, something else is bringing in the tourists.t's right--goats. welcome to harley goat farm in san mateo county, where alpine goats are the star attractions. dee harley runs this 9 acre farm looking after about 200 goats. this is the only dairy in the county. >> it's not that i had this dream of having a goat farm. i think i was always going to be a farmer of some kind. i grew up in northern england, in yorkshire, and it was a very rural place. so i was always attracted to that lifestyle. i just didn't necessarily think it would manifest with goats, you know? >> like many of the cheese makers in california, it's all largely done by hand, although a vegetable [indistinct] culture is added to the pasteurized milk to give it the initial yogurt texture. the mixture is collected in cheesecloth bags and the resulting curds are left to hang in them for about 2 days. after that comes the fun part--kneading the cheese. >> look at that. it's like ice cream. but also this, the feel of this, you can't learn that overnight. it's something that

but in pescadero, a town about 33 miles from santa cruz, something else is bringing in the tourists. that's right--goats. welcome to harley goat farm in san mateo county, where alpine goats

dealt with this morning few passing showers pushing to the northeast the last cell moving through pescaderond then dissipated. the chance of showers and the picture. 10:00 a.m. may be a shower to toward the east bay but if we see anything at all it will be very light. by 3:00 p.m. chance of showers for the immediate bay area but again it will just be a passing shower. by tuesday morning at cold front moving through bringing us another batch of wet weather. from the north and then by seven everybody with the chance of showers in the picture looks like even up into the afternoon. then we drive up the evening. currently 40's and 50's. you're afternoon highs bring us mid-50s across the board may be bit cooler and a napa valley and along the coastline as well but not much friday in temperatures that all today. by wednesday we start to see dry weather more sunshine over night temperatures will bring us very cold temperatures inland it is stepping down into the 20s. mid-20s wednesday, thursday get those coats in bundle up. >> keeping track on the commuted appears to be a lighter than usual commute

let's talk about down here where we see showers moving from half moon bay to pescadero at around 20-25 miles an hour. northern part of the sonoma county is getting wet and that is going to slide down highway 101 into marin county and eventually the bay as we head throughout the next couple of hours. while it's few and far between, it is going to cause more problems with wet weather for the morning commute. let's talk to frances about the commute. >> look out for the showers because right now, still pretty quite out there. enjoy a live shot of the bay bridge and wind advisory has been cancelled. you can see the beautiful lights of the embarcadero all lit up for the holidays. check out the san mateo bridge next. you can see how the lights are reflecting but so far the traffic is fine across the bridges. >>> federal agency in charge of aviation security may be softening its stance on intimate pat-downs. head of tsa is indicating a possible change as we kick off the busy travel period. terry mcsweeney is live at san francisco international to explain. >> the folks out here at sfo are sayin

brisbane is wet and move into the pescadero region, temperatures in the 40s. 47 in oakland.ore rain showers, and heavier rain in fact the possibility of light snow by mount hamilton and st. helena with the heaviest rain through about until can the. by tomorrow, scattered showers we have pretty good rain throughout the evening hours. the low 50s with low show levels throughout thanksgiving. >> next at 8:00, thousands of jobs open up at a premiere bay area company. we are going to have more than a dozen bay area residents out in the cold this morning after a fire raced through their apartment building. we'll be back with t [ thinking ] i know -- i'm going to invent a tool where people can enter the terms of the refinance offer they got from their mortgage guy, and know instantly if they're getting bamboozled. and i will start after lunch...tomorrow. don't just think about it. introducing lendingtree's free "look before you lock" tool. enter the terms of your existing loan offer to instantly find out how it compares to other offers, areas you may be overpaying, and even negotia