this is near woodside and portola valley. we, of course, are going to continue to keep an eye on these power outages and bring you updates throughout the night and you can also check pg and e's website for a link to that. you can go to kron 4 dot com our web page can take you to pg and e so you can look at the outages as well. now as the weather brings an increased chance of power outages, pg and e is sharing a list of storm safety tips to help you stay prepared. they advise that you use flashlights and not use candles if your power goes out of course that's to avoid the added risk of fire. make sure that your electronic devices are fully charged and that you have back-up batteries ready to go have some fresh drinking water set aside. most importantly, if you see downed power lines, stay away from them pg. and e says that you should assume any line that is down is energized and that means it is extremely dangerous. >> if you see a downed power line. you're asked to call pg any right away. >> and stay with kron 4 for the lates

and as far east as portola valley.you in the south bay san jose, you're tracking widespread light scattered showers. but just to your south and east. we are seeing some more severe weather. their work could see actual hail as well. so far no threat of lightning being detected there and also just north of antioch. we are seeing a sell their that has just formed. but fortunately it is out of the bay area. but we are tracking though, also widespread light scattered showers in the form of snow making its way throughout most of the western portions of this and also rain throughout the valleys of this year. so much needed wet weather not only benefiting us here in the bay area. but certainly this year's snowpack as well. all monies storm clouds overhead in the east bay over berkeley temperatures in the low to mid and upper 40's. the one outlier, though fremont and san jose even palo alto. you're in the low 50's right now with winds out of the east. fortunately on the breezy side, breezy us over downtown san francisco sustain

and rainfall over portola valley. what about the rainfall totals on this one? we'll be able to get through it without any major problems. the rest of the bay area, .5 to 1 inch. some of the mountains could still be 1 to close to 2 inches. we'll a talk more about sierra snow and additional rainfall chances coming our way. i have it all detailed for you in about 18 minutes. >> how much it all of this help us dig out of our drought? every drop helps, but this was not a game changer. nbc bay area visited one of our driest reservoirs in santa clara county, stephanie? >> reporter: i'm at stevens creek reservoir. it was over 10% full on sunday, and today it's over 20% full. it isn't the only reservoir that got a boost after this atmospheric river hit us. water experts say some bay area counties may actually be able to move out of the deepest drought category. >> the sonoma, mendocino, marin situation i think is the one that's going to feel the most relief. >> reporter: the drenching rain also hit another one of california's soft spots, our snow totals. parts of the si

we already solved few flakes tonight in portola valley.ering showers, then we set the stage for a dry thursday. meanwhile we do have a winter storm advisory in place for humbled lake mendocino and trinity counties, right here in the northwestern quadrant of the state of california as we bump up against oregon. at sea level. is the snow level. 500 ft. elevation right around the uk and you guys, that's 600 ft, so about an inch of snow anticipated their winter storm advisory for the greater lake tahoe area has been downgraded for the warning only a couple more inches to five inches of rain or snow expected at the lake level. thirties forties overnight tonight 40 degrees in san francisco. chasing that record of 39 tomorrow, our highs will only be in the forties. a few fifties near the peninsula. so you have the rain returning tomorrow breezy. local snow and extended forecast does call for yes, sunshine returns for the first day of the new year. julian heather, berta. thank you . global insurance losses from extreme weather fueled by climate ch

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.your calendars every year. you can see us on the website >> [inaudible] i'm a illustrator by day and a [inaudible] composition teacher. right now i'm practice by transscribing [inaudible] that is what i have been doing the past couple years, teaching myself. california college of the arts, illustration there has really great teachers. robert hunt, vance story taught me a lot. what i'm working on is a portfolio [inaudible] riding a donkey unicorn in the process. >> my name is dawn richardson and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professional path quh i started playing in bands and teaching drum lesson when i was in college. they were definitely not that many women that would do what is doing. in 198 8 i graduated from cal state los ang and studied mostly classical percussion and music education but at the same time i was in hollywood so played at night in rock bands so was doing two different things. >> the reason i'm [inaudible] the people. there is a

we are getting pockets of moderate rain on the peninsula, from redwood city to portola road, heading to south bay. north 1st street, we are getting moderate to heavy rain in the san jose area, also from san francisco into san mateo. rainfall across parts of the east bay coming down at 1900s of an inch per hour. in the north bay, light to moderate rain. it is a level 1 storm coming through. it is just the first in a series of storms. as you look at this animation come up tomorrow morning, commute will include scattered showers. winds are beginning to come up as well. additional rainfall from .1 inch 2.5 inches. gusts to 31 miles per hour amount him. -- on mount tam. dan: taking a live look at mount rose ski resort, north of lake tahoe. many bay area residents are making their final preparations to make their way to the snow for the christmas holiday. our reporter is live in marin county, some people are getting ready to hit the road. reporter: the coming down here in the north bay, on-and-off for the past couple hours. all travelers we talked to said they are not when the lead at stop

we are getting pockets of moderate rain on the peninsula, from redwood city to portola road, heading to south bay. north 1st street, we are getting moderate to heavy rain in the san jose area, also from san francisco into san mateo. rainfall across parts of the east bay coming down at 1900s of an inch per hour. in the north bay, light to moderate rain. it is a level 1 storm coming through. it is just the first in a series of storms. as you look at this animation come up tomorrow morning, commute will include scattered showers. winds are beginning to come up as well. additional rainfall from .1 inch 2.5 inches. gusts to 31 miles per hour amount him. -- on mount tam. dan: taking a live look at mount rose ski resort, north of lake tahoe. many bay area residents are making their final preparations to make their way to the snow for the christmas holiday. our reporter is live in marin county, some people are getting ready to hit the road. reporter: the coming down here in the north bay, on-and-off for the past couple hours. all travelers we talked to said they are not when the lead at stop

it's fantastic. >> the portola garden tour is the last saturday in september every year.r. you can see us on the website morning, everyone. welcome to the december 7th meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority board. i am rafael mandelman. i chair the board. i want to excuse commissioner melgar who had a death in the family and i'm going to excuse vice chair peskin from the early portion of this meeting as he is delayed but will be joining us. madame clerk, could you call the roll? >> commissioner chan: present. >> commissioner haney: present. >> chair mandelman: present. >> commissioner mar: present. mr. chairman, i am present. >> clerk: haven't got there. melgar absent. >> vice chair peskin: present. >> commissioner preston: present. >> commissioner ronen: present. >> commissioner safai: present. >> commissioner stefani: present. >> commissioner walton: present. >> clerk: we have quorum. >> chair mandelman: great, thank you, madame clerk. you have announcements. >> i would like to make an announcement about public comment. to make public comment on th

moving off to the south, the peninsula has been hit hard right around portola valley. you see that heavy rain that. it's picking up in san jose and there's a lot of rainfall offshore that's just going to continue to move in tonight. okay, there's even more stuff we're tracking, some low snow starting out here near cobb, also in the mountains surrounding ukiah. by tomorrow morning check it out, some snow over highway 17 at the summit and also mount hamilton. a lot of snow up in the sierra. rob, this is much needed but treacherous tonight. >> all of it good news for our water reserves. that snowpack which has been mostly act is building up big-time at this hour. you can see that snow there. we're going to transition now to the camera view. look how the snow is weighing down on those trees. the snow is really starting to pile up. 33 degrees now at the south shore of lake tahoe. we've seen 16 to 24 inches of snow at the uc berkeley snow lab, as they continue to monitor conditions. closing in on 2 feet of snow so far. on top of that, another 5 to 6 feet of snow coming down.

, right there by 10 o'clock around this time tomorrow night, we will see some snow falling around portolaor and some sleet as well . wednesday some lingering leftover showers and then that's about it. we do have a winter weather advisory humbled lake mendocino and trinity county. snow level down to 500 ft about an interest. no expected. sierra winter storm warning canceled. winter storm advisory has been downgraded to an advisory now through thursday tonight. 47 francisco very close to that record at 39 degrees mid thirties in milpitas. meanwhile 48 degrees that's your high in hayward tomorrow, backing through the castro valley low forties low forties for a high temperature and napa already here you go. this is extended forecast unsettled weather tomorrow. the big event tomorrow night through wednesday, not significant rainfall, but it's just going to be a classic wintertime storm, and then we begin to dry out on thursday. through the new year on saturday. julie heather, berta q and now costs more money to get a passport starting today, it costs an additional $20 to get or renew a u. s pa

out office sandhill road in portola valley area, so we come back. we'll take a look at what you can expect in terms of the rest of the week and into the following week. i'll be back here in a few minutes. okay, we'll see it a bit, bill. thank you. all that. rain, of course, means major snow up in the sierra. and while that may be good news for some, it could mean foiled holiday travel plans for others. ktvu zach sas joining us live tonight with the warning from officials, zach. yeah well, maybe raining down here. it certainly won't be doing that soon again up in tahoe, where plenty of snows expected. and if you're planning on driving up there, those i spoke to say this is not a storm. you should take lightly. we definitely went from zero to hero around here. you know, two weeks ago, we were staring at dirt everywhere. that's until mother nature blanket at the tahoe area with several feet of snow, and all indications are she's not done yet kind of looking at our long range forecast and everything that's going on. we're looking at quite a bit of snow

help raise the morale of our first responders because they see awful things every day station 39 on portolawest portal is also in the competition. it's decorated with all the traditional trimmings with an added touch of creativity of firefighter putting out flames on a tree. then you theme to this. no just get it as bright and beautiful as we can for the holiday. first place wins $3000 2nd place 2000 and 1000 goes to third place. the money comes from the firefighters credit union. the winning stations donate all their prize money to the san francisco charity of their choice. great news for this station here on california street. they are a top three finalists. the winner will be announced thursday in san francisco. amberleigh ktvu, fox two news. beautiful displays. their san jose mayor sam liccardo, helped pack food boxes today at second harvest food bank first, though mayor liccardo thanked volunteers and members of the san jose brasiliense core for their service at the food bank. the resilience core is a city program that employs more than 300 young people in san jose. all those about 100

at portola hill, san francisco since a district and also daly city. here's the deal. we will continue to see periods of rain on again off again all the way through tomorrow morning that as sunday morning progresses again in and out of the rain showers. few sunny breaks, and then we began to see. the rain began in earnest from sunday evening, all the way overnight into your monday and we'll see very light accumulations, but nevertheless , it will continue to saturate the soil. so here's what you need to know your weather headlines tomorrow. scattered showers that potential for the wind to increase with these showers as well. 10 to 20 mph. monday periods of rain. it'll be cloudy it turns cooler and tuesday and wednesday chances of rain. i'll tell you when the rain is going to stop and we're going to include the tahoe forecast that's still coming up. some it of course, financial hardships for others. they're dealing with mental illness or physical health challenges. and for a lot of people, there's great. the holiday season. unfortunately comes with triggers for some peo

rosa, very spotty scattered in nature throughout the san francisco peninsula but just to the west of portola're about to notice some heavier downpours there within just a matter of minutes. but overall drying out in clearing out just for a bit right now throughout the east bay shoreline as the bulk of the wet weather now shifting to the east altamonte you're noticing some pockets of moderate showers there and starting to see those scattered showers making its way into the south bay. so we're going to track the widespread. what white to moderate and even heavy downpours throughout tonight. right now we're seeing that camera lens at half moon bay spotty and scattered thanks to those raindrops on the lens and future cast for going to see moderate downpours throughout tonight for those of you in the north bay shortly before midnight. it's going to start to shift to the south and east into the san francisco peninsula and east bay shoreline and valleys still tracking lighter showers for the south bay. but that storm track is going to shift to the south and east during the overnight hours between 2

have fun in the community and lighten things up every now and then is really important station 39 on portola near west portal is also in the competition. it's decorated with all the traditional trimmings with an added touch of creativity. a firefighter putting up flames on a tree there any theme to this? no just get it is bright and beautiful as we can for the holiday. first place wins $3000 2nd place $2000 1000 goes to third place. the money comes from the firefighters credit union. the winning stations donate all their prize money to the san francisco charity of their choice, and i just got great news for this station here on california street. they are a top three finalists. the winner will be announced tomorrow. all right. can't wait to find out the money goes to a good cause. and all the displays, of course. very impressive. amber lee live in san francisco tonight. amber. thank you so much. 15 formerly homeless families received holiday gifts tonight all thanks to the generosity of the san jose council member council member deb davis hosted a holiday celebration for the families had a t

nasty evening commute portola valley heavy rain and we're seeing a lot of returns here from our radar, so it looks a little smudge. but you get the idea here. heavy rainfall lifting up now into saratoga campbell, cupertino came park and also, san jose is finally getting some more rain again after only 31 hundreds of an inch of rain in downtown san jose, but only 1 1/100 of an inch at san jose international airport. very little precipitation in the east bay right now, but you're going to get your fair share within the next 60 minutes. forties across the board 53 degrees at this hour in san jose, after realizing a high of 54, which is much warmer than yesterday's 48 degrees. but boy, is it cold outside just because it's so damp. this is the core of the center of this very latest, and the last cold front of the week it digs out. and as it does, so , watch what happens. look at the clock. this is tomorrow. we're totally clear and with the clear skies of the temperatures overnight are going to plummet. so it's going to get downright frigid below freezing in many of our inland locations by

little bit colder than it was last night. 45 degrees tri valley 47 degrees in san francisco back into portola valley. we have mid forties fifties around the peninsula and 50 degrees in milpitas throughout the so into downtown san jose. the extended forecast does call for yep, a break some rainbow weather on friday rain likely on your christmas day with the threat of a thunderstorm. we have more rain entered the picture, especially by sunday night into your monday. and frank and jenna. we could easily see some snow in our local mountains by monday into tuesday, right there. thank you. well a verdict reached in the trial of a former minnesota police officer who shot an unarmed man during a traffic stop. she claimed she mistook her gun for her taser what the jury decided. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ the classic hollywood story. we meet the hero, the all-new nissan frontier hero faces seemingly impossible challenge. tension builds... the plot twist the hero prevails in hollywood, this

help raise the morale of our first responders because they see awful things every day station 39 on portolast portal is also in the competition. it's decorated with all the traditional trimmings with an added touch of creativity of firefighter putting out flames on a tree. then you seem to this. no just get it as bright and beautiful as we can for the holiday. first place wins $3000 2nd place 2000 and 1000 goes to third place. the money comes from the firefighters credit union. the winning stations donate all their prize money to the san francisco charity of their choice in san francisco. amberleigh ktvu, fox two news. u c. berkeley. scientists are keeping an eye on the storm hitting the sierra because it could set possibly some records. i still a little bit of unknowns with a storm, but right now we're looking at potentially another 60 to 80 inches through christmas day that would effectively put us in the top three snowiest week, christmas weeks of all time, the other two being in 1982 and 1979, so the potential is there for some big snow. we'll just have to see how it turns out and wheth

portola valley seven minutes 16 minutes to west menlo park 19 minutes for that cell to get over the hille. you're looking at it. so that's the upshot, right? it's not going to last very long. so no matter how hard it's raining right now, your house is going to back off. pretty significantly. we've had some wind tonight. guts on the hills have been up into the 50 mile an hour range. we're seeing gusts at the airport and along the coast to 40 miles an hour, so that sea level we're seeing gusts over 30 and 40 miles an hour and as this system moves o. temperatures cool off in the overnight lows will get down into the though forties upper thirties might be even a little valley fog in the morning and some of those patchy areas so right now is the rain event. it's sliding through the area. by the morning commute. there's a slight chance for a shower, but it's not most likely not going to happen. morning commute is going to be dr probably went on the road and then the rest of the day is one of clearing so pretty nice date on thursday, especially after. eight o'clock seven o'clock in the morning

people were diverted to portola road to bypass that cleanup.an area devastated by the campfire is now covered in snow. more rain and snow are in the forecast today for the town of paradise in butte county. it is already received several inches of snow since monday night. while the cold temperatures are keeping most people inside. there were a few families who ventured out to enjoy the snow. we are just below the snow line. so, but i saw a picture, so i just drove about five like literally. half a mile and there was snow so we just missed it. mm hmm. so we decided to come into town and play with it, huh? yeah. are you having fun yet? the public works department started sending out crews at 3 30 yesterday morning to clear the roads. they expect to be busy throughout the day, while snow will stop falling for the rest of this week, temperatures could dip below freezing levels. well, much of the country is looking like a winter wonderland . christie mayo has more on the extreme snow and low temperatures affecting several pockets of the united states

we sent notice to all of the neighborhood associations within 600 feet for three years, portola, visitation valley and excel seer. we had 300 feet of the facility and we of course noticed all three supervisors' offices and nine, 10 and 11. we had a dialogue with supervisor ronen and answered all of her questions. and so we tried to go -- we did a courtesy e-mail to the available e-mail list. we tried to go above and beyond to renotice everybody for a full second time. we took a direction from your council that not to just renotice the supervisor but everybody. there was no further appeal of any kind and so we would encourage you to affirm the department of public-health, the planning department and the department of public works and i want to tell you that they all reissued their findings so any errors in the planning department process was remedied, the department of public works also issued a new final determination so the whole process was redone and and the # r1 area and i'll repeat, you remember, we just are putting a cross bar on this pole. the nearest residents, the exposure will be

more than 50 years, the intersection has been essentially a freeway on ramp, a deep scar between the portola and bernal neighborhoods. it's terrifying to see people returning home from the alemany farmers market dashing between speeding cars to reach san bernal avenue. the transportation authority completed a study outlining safety and accessibility recommendations. the hair ball improvement project recommended continuous accessible and safe series of bicycle and pedestrian pathways across the hair ball, including widening and constructing new sidewalks and bicycle lanes. the project also includes striping improvements, infrastructure upgrades to key crossings and upgraded lighting. the hair ball improvements have been moving forward in two phases. in february of this year, we celebrated the completion of phase 1. reconnecting the portal and bernal with a safe connective bikeway. phase 2 which is funded by the grant, will install a safe and multiuse path across alemany to the farmers market with a much needed traffic signal for a controlled and safe crossing. we expect that to be open for us

more than 50 years, the intersection has been essentially a freeway on ramp, a deep scar between the portola and bernal neighborhoods. it's terrifying to see people returning home from the alemany farmers market dashing between speeding cars to reach san bernal avenue. the transportation authority completed a study outlining safety and accessibility recommendations. the hair ball improvement project recommended continuous accessible and safe series of bicycle and pedestrian pathways across the hair ball, including widening and constructing new sidewalks and bicycle lanes. the project also includes striping improvements, infrastructure upgrades to key crossings and upgraded lighting. the hair ball improvements have been moving forward in two phases. in february of this year, we celebrated the completion of phase 1. reconnecting the portal and bernal with a safe connective bikeway. phase 2 which is funded by the grant, will install a safe and multiuse path across alemany to the farmers market with a much needed traffic signal for a controlled and safe crossing. we expect that to be open for us

more than 50 years, the intersection has been essentially a freeway on ramp, a deep scar between the portola and bernal neighborhoods. it's terrifying to see people returning home from the alemany farmers market dashing between speeding cars to reach san bernal avenue. the transportation authority completed a study outlining safety and accessibility recommendations. the hair ball improvement project recommended continuous accessible and safe series of bicycle and pedestrian pathways across the hair ball, including widening and constructing new sidewalks and bicycle lanes. the project also includes striping improvements, infrastructure upgrades to key crossings and upgraded lighting. the hair ball improvements have been moving forward in two phases. in february of this year, we celebrated the completion of phase 1. reconnecting the portal and bernal with a safe connective bikeway. phase 2 which is funded by the grant, will install a safe and multiuse path across alemany to the farmers market with a much needed traffic signal for a controlled and safe crossing. we expect that to be open for us