wood side portola valley, atherton, menlo park. along highway 101. also little guys showers from bethel island over toward antioch. 50s or 40s on the temps. snow continues up in the sierra but it's more snow showers now. winter weather advisory until 5:00. after this part of the system goes through there is plenty of clearing. we'll have partly sunny skies. and 60s on the temps. we are held down in check even with a little bit of sundays are getting short. sunny and warmer weather takes us into friday and saturday. >>> stock to watch today is.net flex. quarterly earnings for disappointing and the year ahead is not much better. they slashed its prediction for how much video subscribers they would have this year. >>> it will cost more to fly home for thanksgiving this year. it will cost around $386. that is up 9% from last year. travelers that wait until the last minute could pay as much as $600. >>> time now 6:21. remarkable story of an 82-year- old man spent three days stuck in the snow in his truck. >> why didn't you call 911 an hour after you were

o embezzling more than $100,000 from the portola valley school district. the judge will not sentence him to more than four years in straight prison. the school district still trying to recover from the financial hit. a foundation just pledged more than a million dollars to help cover this year's budget sdwlmpt. >>> 6:11. we're going to tell you about the nobel prize in literature. >>> and more loans for tesla. we'll tell you who's making them and how much ahead in business. >>> and no holds barred here. they're getting it on. the presidential -- the vice presidential candidates in the spotlight as we count down to their debate going on tonight. >>> new this morning, a chinese author now the winner of this year's nobel prize for literature. 57-year-old mo yan is known for some pretty impressive novels. his books laced with criticism of china's communist government and have been banned over in china. this win is seen as somewhat unexpected since the nobel committee has chosen european authors in four of the past five years. >>> 6:14. moving on to decision 20

he's pleading no contest to embezzling charges resolving around money taken from the portola valley school district. in exchange the judge will not sentence him to more than four years in state prison. following the $100,000 scheme, that school district still trying to recover financially but on a broadigger note, a foundation is making a donation to cover this year's budget. >>> giants are under way in game five in the series against the reds in cincinnati. giants fans are on the edge of their seats at home. this is video taken just moments ago at pete's tavern in san francisco. that's right outside the ballpark. right now there's no score in the game. i believe we're in the fourth. matt kaine is on the mound trying to keep the season alive. >> let's go, g-men. in oakland, high stakes and high drama as a's also advance to game five after last night's ninth inning stunner. euphoria, good vibrations, keeping the dream alive. henry has been at the coliseum all morning long working hard for us out there and has a look at the win last night and what it will take to advance to that next round.

right now we're finding still a few pockets of some heavier rainfall that will be approaching portola valley, also redwood terrace over the next half hour. but not nearly as severe as it was early this afternoon. we may get a stray lightning strike out of this, but not expecting any kind of hail or extremely gusty wind. however, we are not in the clear just yet. while gilroy, who had all of those hail reports this afternoon that we're going to show you coming up is clear at the current moment, take a look at what could be coming your way. what we have done is backed the radar up here. more to the south you can see these thunderstorm cells. they're somewhat long lived, which is somewhat unusual here for california. but the dynamics are right that we could actually see this live up and last again right into gilroy. so you're not into clear yet. it crossed the south bay for this evening. let's get you into these pictures. we really appreciate you sending them in. it helps to tell our story. and this afternoon hail that was large enough to hold in your hands. marble quarter-sized. this one comin

we can see one shower near alpine road, portola valley could be near new four to five minutes. hey hay about half hour or so you could have a few sprinkles. as far as what is going on, you can see storms are rotating still out to the northwest, lightning less prevalent, radar returns less prevalent, i think like yesterday, we are going to get a lull during the morning into the mid-afternoon then heating of the day will destabilize the atmosphere and more storms this afternoon. if you are stepping out dress for four -- 45 napa, everybody else in the 50s monterey bay mid to upper 50s. unsettled today another small chance thursday and friday dry and warmer this weekend into next week. area of low pressure counterclockwise flow even though the parent low is south you get smaller rotations in the atmosphere that hook-up with the instability and create the showers and possible thunderstorms. they will be moving from the south. 7:00 quiet by noon, then sit storms develop rotate up towards the south bay during the latter parts of the afternoon into the early evening dissipate quickly o

. >>> best coverage now up in the higher elevations, you can see around 35 and 84, portola valley, pagell road where our best radar returns are now, also boyce road, fremont boulevard, milpitas, showers will continue through at least noon especially south bay. >>> this is the macarthur maze traffic flowing nicely a bit of a back up at the bay bridge toll, because metering lights are on. elsewhere -- there's our waze app, very slow into san francisco, traffic backing earlier accident watched to tell you about north 880 at wynton involving a big rig still out there in lanes. >>> thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news. >>> we are going to continue our storm watch coverage all day especially as we get closer to game time. game one of the world series

portola valley and san jose. the snow up in the sierra the rain for us that will continue through most of the morning hours. and then we get the colder air in here. that will change things. that could give us the showers by tonight. we'll have morning rain and clouds. 60s on the temps. look very unsettled through midweek. and then thursday into friday and saturday looks good. temperatures rebounding. >>> time now 6:51. san diego police officer under investigation for what he's accused of doing to a woman. what he's accused of doing at a scene of a fire and what that woman is saying. >>> the doping allegations against lance armstrong take a big turn. i moved to new york to work in fashion. i came here with just a suitcase, maybe two. and luckily i found an apartment just three blocks away from t.j.maxx, which was perfect because i needed everything and i still needed to make rent. t.j.maxx is such a great place cause i know when i go in there i'm gonna score. they've got such great deals on all my favorite brands.

we are seeing good rainfall as you make your way into woodside, portola valley. the rain is coming down there. in the north bay a more significant line right here bringing some strong amounts of rain beginning to dump in parts of north bay spreading to the south throughout the morning. we are going to taper off showers later on but right now, it looks like a very treacherous commute if you are heading around the bay area. could see upwards of an inch of rain in some of the wettest parts of the north bay. speaking of the north bay, we have one of our reporters out there and looks like she is getting very wet and more rain to come. >> reporter: very wet. you weren't kidding when you said that the storm wasn't done where we are because it's definitely come back. the rain coming down a lot harder than just 30 minutes ago. very windy. and this is what drivers can expect all over the bay area. localized flooding, big puddles like this one as drivers head on to highway 101 from industrial road here in corte madera. now, the california highway patrol in marin county is a

atherton, palo alto, woodside portola valley and tomorrow the fog starts to come back. >>> 8:10.inding -- winding down now for the crime lab technician accused of stealing drugs from the crime lab. in just about 20 minutes from now, closing arguments begin in the case of deborah madden. prosecutors say she stole cocaine from the lab in 2009. if convicted, she faces four years in prison. >>> firefighters say a mendocino county house fire where two people died over the weekend appears to be suspicious. now, it happened saturday morning in potter valley. family members identified the victims as an elderly man and his developmentally disabled son. there were three children also inside that burning house at the time. they were rescued by firefighters and bystanders. >>> it 8:11. authorities make an unusual discovery in sacramento. 11 goats found dead at the scene of a major drug bust. just days after the police raid. drug agents found about a million dollars of marijuana in southeastern sacramento. animal control agents have been feeding several and yesterday they found 11 dead goats.