most of those in pinole. there are no outyajz reported in the city of san francisco. >> there is a storm dumping so much snow, highway 80 is shut down, highway 50 is open. here is how it looks in heavenly. you can see snow blowing sideways, getting around is a challenge with from two to five feet in the forecast. laura anthony joins us with more. >> and you've got it, cheryl, blowing sideways is what it's doing here as well. we made it up interstate 80 today before roads closed. and this is dicey. here in soda springs this is a general store, pretty typical in this area at this point z i can tell you folks here are a hearty bunch. check out the guy on the hill with his dog. >> this is looking at condition red. we're going to be swamped tonight. it's just going to dump and dump. >> they say they've run out of places to put all of the snow. the most anyone has seen here in 40 year autos there is nowhere to throw it so this is a cat and mouse game. we have to move it twice. now, the county doesn't know what they

last night's decision will save pinole $900,000 a year. both residents and the fire chief are worried. >>> they could be waiting for an additional 6 to 7 minutes for a fire engine. >> very painful nobody wants to close a fire place. >> no firefighters are expected to lose their jobs. however, the city council also decided they will not fill the currently vacant jobs on the police force. >>> the san jose police chief is saying he won't use department resources for immigration enforcement. chief chris moore said yesterday during a national teleconference to police executives that immigration enforcement by local police creates a disruptive wedge between the community and the others. he also says it's an unefficient and costly use the dwindling resources and that with the possibility of another 300 layoffs in his department he needs to focus on other priorities. >>> 8:40. still ahead, we'll tell you why the disaster in japan is forcing one school mascot to change its name. >>> let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're follow

or watching as sell single over pinole in to vallejo.p in the sierra, plenty of snowfall of the long 80 and 50. future cast shows us the next round of rain has a storm expected to drop and from the north, he could see moderate downpours into the early morning hours of here saturday. that is when the heaviest rain is expected over night. most folks will be sleeping well the heavy downpours occur. by 5:00 notice forcing the rain fall rate pickup in to the east bay. by about 11:00 the lips to sort of lived quite a bit. by the evening we could see a good amount of trying. we do have a few advisories' to talk about. the high surf advisory has been downgraded to an advisory but still effective midnight. the surf to get up to 15 ft.. certainly stronger currents and a potential for sneaker waves. also winter storm warning in effect until saturday. the snow level still low down to about 3,000 ft. we could get another one to 2 ft. of snow late tonight into your late saturday as well so expect white out conditions out there on the road temperatures

pinole fire district has voted on closely go one of two fire stations to help balance the budget. the closure will save pinole roughly million dollars a year but it will increase firefighter response time. it also includes rodeo san pablo and el sobrante fire districts. >> and there may be a settlement with the 49ers. dispute, 49ers have been change about poor conditions at the stadium. the pending deal would allow for a rent reduction to pay for repairs and a lease that would allow the team to leave candlestick in 2014. >> 6:16. nights blue skies. stuff like that. will we see that today? >> yeah, especially early in the morning. there is no blanket effect from the clouds. we definitely have blue in the skies. increasing clouds in the afternoon but nothing like the stormy conditions we have for tomorrow. good morning. here is a live look from sutro down on the financial district, bay bridge, notice how clean the air is today. you can see for a long, long time as you step outside this morning from higher elevation. let's talk temperatures, with the clear, calm conditions, we have m

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>>> two weeks from today will be the last day there are fire stations in -- two fire stations in pinole. eliminating one will save $900,000 a year. firefighters say it could increase response time by seven minutes for some people. one man knows how every second can count after a fire in his kitchen. >> a neighbor across the street started banging on the door. i must have sort of dosed off -- dozed off. i really -- she called them. so i riley appreciate they are here -- i really appreciate they are here. >> the city has cut 45 city workers in the last three years as a way to eliminate $4 million in other expenses. >>> a reminder that we are waiting for a statement from president obama on the crisis in japan. that should be coming up in about 10 minutes. there's new talk of a deal to possibly keep the 49ers home in san francisco. >>> despite ongoing concerns about japan, it's a good day on wall street, a day after the markets suffered their biggest drop in seven months. you can see on this live look on the big board, the dow is up 142 at 11,756 and the nasdaq and s&p are up also. a good r

drizzle to light rain and stretching on a line from south toledo, right across richmond right up 80 to pinolecules, that whole area. that's one spot. here's another through the sunol grade up around dublin, livermore, altamont and tracy. also deal with a little light rain this morning. over the last three hours definitely trending drier. over the sierra some pretty healthy snow over the next hour or two. the dryness will probably move in after the commute is over this morning. 51 santa rosa. everybody else running in the mid to upper 50s. a very mild morning. we have mid to upper 50s around the monterey bay and inland. highlights, actually see peeks of sunshine and a brief break from the rain because it returns as quickly as tomorrow and it will taper into wednesday. waves of chilly rain. alaska sending a little surprise. how about a late winter storm with cold rain friday, saturday and sunday. the south bay we'll have mid-60s. same thing on the peninsula. we head to the coast, upper 50s to near 60. through the north bay valleys with upper 50s at your beaches. mid-60s along the east bay shore

a closed sign was up today outside fire station 74 in the wooded pinol valley. they are also shut ten days a month because of budget cuts but will close permanently after tonight's vote. >>> things will get really bad. >> reporter: they need to cut $1.5 million from its budget. closing the station will save nearly $900,000. >> they could be waiting for an additional six to seven minutes for a fire engine. >> reporter: but the fire chief warns the move could cost lives and property. this man hates to think of what might have happened if firefighters didn't arrive when they did after a small fire broke out in his kitchen. >> a neighbor across the street started banging on my door. i guess i must have sort of dosed off. and they called them and they came right away. so i really appreciate that they are here. >> it is very painful. nobody wants to close a fire station. >> reporter: the city manager says 45 employees have already been laid off and more than $4 million cut from the budget over the passed three fiscal years. but it is just not enough to make up for los

a closed sign was up today outside fire station 74 in the wooded pinol valley. they are also shut ten days a month because of budget cuts but will close permanently after tonight's vote. >>> things will get really bad. >> reporter: they need to cut $1.5 million from its budget. closing the station will save nearly $900,000. >> they could be waiting for an additional six to seven minutes for a fire engine. >> reporter: but the fire chief warns the move could cost lives and property. this man hates to think of what might have happened if firefighters didn't arrive when they did after a small fire broke out in his kitchen. >> a neighbor across the street started banging on my door. i guess i must have sort of dosed off. and they called them and they came right away. so i really appreciate that they are here. >> it is very painful. nobody wants to close a fire station. >> reporter: the city manager says 45 employees have already been laid off and more than $4 million cut from the budget over the passed three fiscal years. but it is just not enough to make up for los

across the bay area at this moment in north bay east bay patches of moderate rain all from marin to pinoleord and farther south to santa cruz mountains and south bay raining even more heavily in some spots at boulder creek and morgan hill and on we good to flash flood watch in effect midnight through tomorrow afternoon for all of these areas shown here special concern for the santa cruz mountains which could 7-up to 3 to 5 inches next couple days. here's the 7 day forecast rain tomorrow and thursday accompanied by wind showers on friday rain likely on saturday but finally drying out and warming up a little bit on sunday through tuesday with the little chance of rain there in the north bay on monday. >> okay. spencer thanks very much. >> on to our sports director larry if they play nfl football this fall it'stive. >> one part will be different. i told you the rule changes don't like it. right away. don't like it. bad idea. lock out or no lock out kick off is moving um. much to dan why you probably will not see this moving um. much to dan why you probably versus toyota.his which is better? [

. >>> back here in the bay area the city of pinol filling it's $1.5 million budget gap by making cuts to public safety expenses. last night the city council voted to permanently close one of the two fire stations. it's already closed ten days out of every month. the move will save them $900,000 a year but it worries many people including the fire chief. >> they can be waiting for an additional six to seven minutes for a fire engine. >> very painful. nobody wants to close a fire station. >> the city manager adds 45 city workers have already been laid off to cut $4 million from the budget in the last three years. no firefighters are expected to lose their jobs. the city council also decided to leave any open positions on its police force unfilled. >>> well, this morning a traffic problem near big secure on the coast of the monterey county. a huge stretch of highway 1 near hurricane point is now closed indefinitely. the chp ordered the closure last night after a massive mud slide took out 40 feet of highway 1 and pushed it right into the pacific ocean. at this point cal trans cannot even

. >> it would be very strong shaking, cities in the south of fremont and up to pinole. >> seismologistst is capable of 7.3 and overdue. on average, they have a major shift every 140 years, it's been 143 since the last one. an associate professor of architecture at u.c. berkeley. who's specialty is construction practices. the city of berkeley has done a good job to give incentives to get prepared. >> to bolt their foundation down to stiffen up the chimney. >> but maybe other communities have put off measures. >> the result is if we had a major seismic event we have less confidence that our buildings would be able to shelter us. >> they sum up the situation, there is no top end on earthquakes but there is limit on what we are willing to spend. in this recession, she sees those retrofit sxchs being pushed off in into the expenditures being pushed off into the future. >> a grieving family was told they have to pay $200 to say goodbye to a loved one. >>> during a time of grief many families will spare no expense at a funeral signing up that is advised. one family just wanted a chance to see

this would be a near source earthquake with strong shaking and there is cities from south up through pinoleseismologists say it's overdue, the fault has a major shift every 140 years and has been 143 since the last one. this professor of architecture at uc berkeley's special is construction practices in japan and u.s.. she says the city of berkeley has done a good job of giving homeowners incentives to get prepared. >> to put in stairwells and stiffen thaup chimney. >> she adds many other communities have put off measure autos there is a major seismic event. >> summing it up there is no top end for earthquakes but there is a limit on what we're willing to spend. she sees spending decisions being pushed off into the future. dan? >> interesting. thank you very much. and money scope head heinz concerns the crisis in japan could cause a slow down. japanese stock market is down almost 6% after dropping after the quake. wall street went into another direction. the dow fell 242 points. and the s and p 500 lost 25. apple postponed debut of the ipad two, supposed to go on sale on friday. and apple s

tiburon, belvedere and heading up to san rafael, hercules and pinole and moving through half moon bay moss beach, this is going to climb over the mountains, wood acre, foster city even up to san carlos. temperatures 49 in fairfield and low 50s elsewhere. monterey, low to mid 40s. rainy and breezy, isolated thunder, on-and-off showers tomorrow with small hail and high elevation snow and a stronger storm for sunday. today's temperatures will be in the upper 50s in no, sir areas where the rain hits first, upper 50s. scattered showers around monterey bay and you'll have low to even mid-50s inland. waves of showers tonight but mid 30s cloverdale, low to mid 40s for the rest of us. very vigorous storm system, you see those freckled clouds behind it you know it's quite a temperature contrast working there. by 8:00 they are moving into the north bay, by noon the heart of the bay and by 3:00 or they are out of the south bay. even the snow developing on mount hamilton and mount st. helena. scattered showers, become a little less numerous during the afternoon hours. so if you are playing basebal

we're going to take you in pinole and hercules right now, tiburon and berkeley looking at moderate rain. further south, across the east bay into union city and also woodside, 280 looking very wet. this rain will continue to push to the south and the east and heaviest rain, anywhere from inch and a half when it's all said and done around the santa cruz mountains. we are looking heavier amounts around gilroy. we are looking a little more rain tomorrow but the front is pushing through quickly this morning and pattern change coming up. >> janelle: this soggy weather is impacting residents in san pablo. engineers have red-tagged one home and second is in danger of collapsing as the slope gives way. a soil engineer is due to perform more tests to see how saturated the slope has become. as you can see there is significant property damage to backyards decks, walkways and retaining walls. homeowners are coming to grips there is not much they can do to stop it so they are packing up and moving out. tomas ramon has updates. >> she has lived in the home since 1972. rain damage started last sunday b

one of the strongest from alameda, oakland, berkeley, richmond, hercules, pinole, and it keeps going farther to the north, american canyon up 29 to napa and st. helena and out to 37. you'll see definitely heavier rain there. here is a look at the back edge of the steadier rain, coming through, give it about an hour, hour and a half and then we'll deal with scattered showers and it won't be as nearly as wet or treacherous this afternoon. temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. showers, we'll have those and possibility, breezy and cooler than average. next system comes in tomorrow. flooding likely. remember we have those flash flood advisories starting at midnight tonight through 4:00 tomorrow afternoon for the santa cruz mountains. flash flooding means it's going to happen instantly so you need to be prepared to move quick. pretty much temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. monterey bay, inland, upper 50s to low 60s. temperatures here well below average. tonight look for temperatures in the mid to a few upper 40s. here is a look what is going to trigger the showers the next couple of hours.

richmond-san rafael bridge and also the bay bridge, so berkeley pinole, alameda, oakland, san francisco all the way down to daly city and san bruno we do have rain. we'll have more of this. this the appetizer this morning, light rain to annoy you for the morning commute. cold front is offshore. it will bring heavier rain this afternoon. temperatures are close to where they were yesterday and it's very mild with mid to upper 50s in most neighborhoods. destination, low to mid-50s through most of the bay into the south bay and east bay valleys. upper 50s along the coast to low 60s as you head into the north bay valleys where the heaviest rain will fall. rain will slowly spread southward and probably see more rain for the evening commute. we still have rain in the forecast every single day. >>> light rain hasn't been bothering anyone for the commute. it's a great ride out there. bay bridge toll plaza, no delays. san mateo bridge looking good this morning. westbound traffic past the toll plaza heading towards san mateo. if you are returning a rental car to sfo you may need a little extra tim

east bay in would be a very near source earthquake with shaking from the south of fremont up toward pinoleorter: it is capable of a 7.3 and is overdue. the fault has a shift every 137 years and it has been 143 since the last one. her specialty is construction practices in japan and the u.s. she says the city of berkeley has done a relatively good job of giving home p owners incentives to get prepared. >> to bolt their foundation down. to put in sheer walls. to stiffen up that chimney. >> but she adds many other communities have put off measures. >> and the result is if we had a major seismic event we have less confidence that our buildings would be able be to shelter us. >> sums up this way saying there is no top end on earthquakes but there is a limit on what we are willing to spend and in this recession she sees the retrofit expenditures being pushed off into the future. in the newsroom, mark matthews, abc 7 news. >>> back overseas to bahrain. at least four people are dead after government forces charged in the capital center square and cleared it of protesters. video is surfacing of gov

cal-trans has closed niles canyon road from fremont to pinole because of flooding. uses this.ther road closure highway 121 is closed in both directions near highway 12 in sonoma county because of flooding there. >>> now to the sierra. storm is dumping so much snow at lake tahoe that highway 80 is impasse afternoon. this is what it looked like at truckee just short time ago. highway 80 is shut down from colfax to the nevada state line because of zero visibility. can't go anywhere in that. highway 50 is open as you can see. chains are required. more now from before laura. >> this is condition red. >> what does that mean. >> we'll be swamped tonight. this is going to dump and dump and dump. >> those with run plow in the high sierra they ran out of places to put all the snow. most anyone has seen in 40 years. >> we have nowhere to throw it neither does the county. so a little cbs atlanta news and mouse game we throw the snow out of the driveway goes in the street and then we have to move it twice. now the county doesn't know what they are going to do with their snow. >> latest on

. >>> starting next month there will only be one fire station in the city of pinole. voted to close the only other station as part of cost cutting measures. that will eliminate $900,000 a year in expenses. the fire chief says it could also increase response time by as much as seven minutes for some people. one person says he knows firsthand how every second can count after he had a fire in his kitchen. >> neighbor across the street started banging on my door. i must have dozed off and my neighbor called and they came right away. so i really appreciate that they're here. >> even after closing the fire station, the city still needs to find $600,000 more to eliminate. it's already cut 45 city workers in the last three years as a way to eliminate $4 million in expenses. >>> time now 5:17. let's check in with sal see what's happening on the roads. how's it? seems pretty quiet. >>> it is pretty quiet. traffic continues to move along very nicely, dave and pam, around the bay area. go outside and take a look at highway 4. we certainly are getting more traffic out there as you

it's slow in pinole. most of the way, it's like this, heading out to a crowded bay bridge tacoma -- toll plaza. westbound san mateo and dumbarton look good. if you are coming in from tracy, we have quite a bit of traffic on the altamont pass. 7:26. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. we do have cloudy skies. there's been light rain. but the system is getting stronger, starting to move in, especially along the men doe see he know coast -- mendocino coast. we had one band go by. here comes the front, taking aim towards the north. it will drag across us. you can see on live stormtracker2, there's the front on san mateo county heading into northwest sonoma county. the system may not 0 make it to the-- may not make it to the south bay. a lot of jet stream is taking aim at extreme northern california but each system is dipping and holds a lot of moisture. the winds are picking up. i've seen gusts at 0 miles an hour at point reyes. a cloudy, breezy day. mostly cloudy. here comes the colder system for friday.

we very heavy traffic on the east shore freeway from pinole to richmond and new accident from 80 southboundhesperian boulevard. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. >> we do have the system that's hit and miss. gusts along -- gusts around 50. it's really mild. in the mid-50s for some. we heard from ron up in cazadero, had 3 inches of rain. the rain's let up. so hases the wind. we're not done get. some of the rain lagunitas, 1 inch. 56 concord, 56 hayward, mountain. 57 livermore. not a cold system at all. it's companying out out of the west-southwest -- it's coming out of the -- west-southwest. temperatures will be in the upper 50s to low 60s. once the front goes through, we'll get more of a westerly breeze. it's still rather mild. we'll end up with upper 50s and low os for many. more of the same on thursday, a break on friday, increasing clouds on saturday, saturday night rain and sunday looks like rain for everybody. we'll be back after this. >> all right. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again

we have had a couple of accidents on westbound 80, one near pinole valley role and another one cleareds making for kind of a slow ride from highway 4 really even past those earlier accidents, all the way down to about university avenue. 880 through oakland, this looks great. nimitz freeway, up and down northbound and southbound 880 past the coliseum, nice and quiet. and even coming out of downtown san jose, not as much of a bottleneck as we usually see in those northbound lanes. so pretty easy ride towards cupertino. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> lots of clouds and scattered showers, nothing too heavy. it's widely scattered. you can see a cell inside the bay now and toward the coast. but for today, a lot of clouds and a couple of raindrops. we are going to sneak a little sunshine between, though. temperatures in fact 50s and 60s. tomorrow looking dry with partly cloudy skies. over the weekend storm clouds gather again, chance of showers developing on saturday, showers spreading overnight across the rest of the bay area in sunday. >>> welcome back to >>> we

highway 4 we have been watching, though showers continue on out towards pittsburgh and antioch, pinole the opry shore for itupper freet creek, 680 those sharp arour weu this morning. the showers move down the nimitz freeway. it looks he word to be the line of wet-dry. those rains start from the dunbarton bridge all the way up to san francisco, the showers only intensify as we head towards 9:00 a.m.. south bay relatively unscathed, but more intent showers just to the west of los gatos, campbell expecting to see showers momentarily. now let's take a look at where we expect the rain to go, a 70 amp they build in the north bay, by 9:00 a.m. in a tense around vallejo, aligned straight down toward half moon bay. as we push it forward east bay, fremont, san on say, seem intent showers. by noon the bulk will be south of san jose dealing with scattered showers and the occasional thunderstorms popping up as well. don't be surprised if the rain gets intense and moves off. scattered showers and into friday. beyond today's system we have another one off the screen headed our way for saturday. anoth

meanwhile, further over near the east shore freeway, we have an accident in the eastbound direction near pinole accident was in the westbound direction. that was enough to kickoff more slowing in the eastbound direction. the eastbound direction is opposite the main commute, so you should be okay approaching highway 4 out of richmond. slower drives with speeds in the 20s near the tunnel for the east bay approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. here's a look at the south bay where traffic starts to slow from the highway 85 split with 101 coming up to san jose. it is bogging down near guadeloupe parkway. it is also slow to the downtown area. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge, we are slow near the north bay with fog as well. back to you. >>> more local news in a half hour. [ bob ] i'd love to build bird houses for the rest of my life. so i've got to take care of my heart. for me cheerios is a good place to start. [ male announcer ] to keep doing what you love, take care of your heart with cheerios. the whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. love your heart so you can do what you love