right now, redwood city conditions. christine connolly?orter: right now, with a sedimentary break of the rainfall but still, the momentary break. as we see the highway 1 0 1. normally, at this time of day it is a good thing because these roads are still wet. in fact, the on/off ramps. let me rolled you some video from earlier. let me show you that earlier, the flooded areas near the coast has also been hit hard. you can see a building inspector that was checking of the cliffside between these two buildings. earlier, red- tagged and 2009 in pacifica, sandbags. and because they are worried about that cleft with the erosion. the erosion is underneath that foundation of those two buildings. that is not the only concern. because of the high tide referred to as " king tiede " with 15-20 ft.. a momentary lapse of rainfall currently but a lot of accidents that in dealing with. please be careful. reporting live in redwood city, christine connolly, kron 4 news. >>pam: this team coverage is starting in the north bay. >>reporter: at&t crews are using

through redwood city. and has been running very hard. and they have been dealing with a lot of accidents. they want men to be cautious because this is select. will pouring live in redwood city. reporting live. christine connolly. >>pam: a tree at 13, madison. this minivan got crushed. and haazig madyun? >>reporter: the east bay, this storm brought does cedar tree in oakland. this library parking lot 60-feet came down on this minivan. he was getting ready to take his daughter to school. >> some of all:, i am so glad we did not get into that car. some of alsandoval--c >> most of the oakland tree removal service took this out. reporting in oakland, haazig madyun kron 4 news. >>pam: and hercules, highway no. 4, and the connector. these fell near the roadway and then even hit a couple of cars. the c h p and public works with chain saws, cut it up and threw it over the wall. there was also plenty of flooding through the bay area. video from 14/oakland. and with several intersections causing cars to slow down. and even water damage near homes,

redwood city clocking in at 34 mi.n hour. >> darya: the dow was up 19 points, we have said disappointing corporate earnings reports. interest rate hike in china as well. that has kept starks bouncing. they are positive now but they have been negative. homebuilders says new orders declined last quarter. avon products fell 7%, fourth quarter earnings did not reach expectations. sara lee, in china at their raising rates since october. >> james: you saw it though whole lot of people saw the super role. neilson said 111 million people watched the packers the ft the steelers. that tops last year's record. the finale of mash was a longstanding record of 27 years it was the most watched episode. but that has fallen to no. 3 in lieu of these last two super bowls. the champs back in green bay, they returned. the rally will be this afternoon on the left-hand side you see people shoveling all this snow. then the stadium cleared off. that's where the celebration will take place. >> darya: look at all the people shoveling! >> james:

half moon bay, you warm to 53. 55 for redwood city.co, terrific day, lots of sunshine. 52. in the north bay 54 for cloverrerdale. petaluma, chilly, but you warm up into the mid-to-low 50s. oakland tomorrow, 55. hercules, 54. interior east bay. 66 for concord and danville. livermore, warm to 56. and numerous 50s as well as you head down towards watsonville. so earnings here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. we thicken the clouds sunday night and monday, so not as cold start for monday morning, chance of showers developing in the north bay. a chance for us on tuesday, but we'll all see rain on wednesday, and then start to taper those showers off on thursday, and right now friday and saturday look dry. >> alan: on to shu. get you pools ready. guess what? >> mike: march madness. the only time i watch college hoops, building the resume for the big dance. a share of the regular season title on the line. that tastes good is torturous. your father is suffering. ♪ [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal tastes great and can h

right now in the 30s, mid to upper 30s, santa rosa, fremont, redwood city.rybody else in the 40s. the monterey bay mid-30s watsonville, inland to salinas, santa cruz and monterey. but already a frosty 27 in gilroy. sunny and seasonal and calmer today. not nearly as frisky as it was yesterday, those winds. colder tonight, frost in the inland valleys and the wet pattern pushed it out of the weekend, moved it into next week which means valentine's day may be a little wet. fremont, san jose, the same in concord and santa rosa, 1 degree cool ner san francisco. look how far to the north the jet stream is pushing these storm systems as we have double barrel high pressure dumping all that arctic air into the eastern two-thirds of the country. for us the dry air will bring cold nights but also warm up just as nicely into mild afternoons. in facted, low to mid-60s today. low 60s throughout most of the peninsula as you head farther south. how about 63 los altos. upper 50s for the coast today. south san francisco near 60. low to mid-60s through the north bay valleys but

redwood city is no longer adding sand woxs no. the number of children who get sick is impossible to know because the symptoms may not show up for up to seven days. the basic rule still applies. make sure your kids don't eat the sand and they repriceive. inch that's why the diaper hack has to have the test. >>> stellar weather this past weekend to get out to those parks. today, it was warm and love average. squeeze hisibility acrohospital. not nearly as record setting or at least some cooling. once again, after 24 record-setting highs on saturday and also for sunday. now, 69 in fairfield. so tonight, temperatures are dropping out here in the east and the south bay. currently 47 in livermore. 50 in gilroy. and also 49 in san ha te'o. also finding wings back here. and we're also talking about rain but that's in our extended forecast till several days combining it with high pressure keeping it dry yet again tomorrow. but the circulation around this area of high pressure will not only breezy conditions behind that that will help temper

she is in redwood city. if >>reporter: egested rating. the south bay and the coast hit early it just started raining. the roads are very slippery. how we 1 0 1. in if highway 1 0 1 with flooding in some parts. one example was the 1 0 1 south. had 1 ft. of water, one hour ago. and as this ripple accident on redwood city. a little bit of clothing the ripple-exit. as this continues a little bit of rain fall with the wind picking up. and please be careful when you were out in dealing with the slick roads. as this continues and the south bay. reporting live, christine connolly. >> team coverage in the north bay. >>reporter: public works crews were trying to keep flooding under control. the rain was turning into our rivers of water that collected debris. and even a clod of storm drains. and with rakes, shovels, to remove the standing water that was like kinblocking intersections. >>reporter: in the east bay, this huge cedar tree was brought down in oakland. 60-feet, crashing down on this man who was getting ready to take his daughter to school.

redwood city is kicking off its inaugural celebration, a little festival there. ns of things going on. >> lots to do. but the grabbnddaddy is here in the city. fun for the kids to watch. >> take you outside, show you how clear it is this morning. how chilly around the bay with 30s and 40s. not like dallas, super bowl. temperatures are just as cold there as in pittsburgh and green bay. so those folks thinking they're coming down and getting a little spring treat. huh-uh. not right now. ice on the roads there, too. we don't have to worry about that because we don't have any fog. let's talk about the temperatures and how cold it's going to be when you step outside. mid to upper 30s in our inland valleys. even 40s concord, 43 antioch, 41 san rafael. it is in the upper 30s, half moon bay, redwood city and los gatos. oakland and san francisco in the upper 40s. 50 right now in santa cruz. 40 watsonville. 44 monterey and 32 degrees in gilroy. it's the clear sky and the cool start that will temper the temperatures just a little this afternoon. still sunny and warmer than a

we have 30s santa rosa, redwood city and los gatos.ow to mid-40s in our inland valleys and bay shore and out to the coast. by the afternoon even though we've dug such a big hole, temperatures should just be within a few degrees where we ended up yesterday. 59 half moon bay. low to mid-60s around the bay and into our inland valleys. monterey bay pretty much the same thing. total sunshine not nearly as breezy as yesterday. mid-60s in your inland valleys. that accu-weather 7-day forecast, chilly mornings coming up, colder tomorrow morning with frost in our inland valleys. i pushed the chance of rain into monday and especially tuesday. 28 it will be cooler both of those days. >> an overturn crash partially blocking the connector ramp from northbound 280 to northbound 85. this is blocking the right lane. just a solo car crash. traffic is still getting by okay. you see all the green out there moving close to 70 mph. in fact, we'll go outside and show you a live shot of 280 near highway 17 and you can see why traffic's light all around the ba

abc 7 is proud to help celebrate the lunar new year in redwood city today. the rabbit. the celebration includes lion daners, acrobats, arts and crafts for the kids and lots of good, good food. all from 11:00 this morning until 3:00 in the afternoon at courthouse square, 2200 broadway street in redwood city. final check of our forecast now with lisa argen. >> warm out there. the winds picking up and we have a wind advisory north bay and east bay hills as well as the santa cruz mountains with sustained winds 25 to 35 mph. gusts well over 45 mph. but those winds warming us up today, 59 san francisco, 70 oakland, fremont. low 70s san jose and low to mid-70s around the central coast, even a little warmer tomorrow and then we'll look for the temperatures to cool back but no rain for the next seven days. >> wow! thanks so much, lisa. and thanks for joining us. we'll be back at 8 a.m. so join us then. stay connected at abc7news.com. "good morning america" is next. captioned by: closed captioning services, inc. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm fl

it is coming down quite a bit in redwood city. in the last one hour, it is been continuous. let me show you that highway 1 0 1, it is coming to a crawl.

see a little frost in sheltered areas around redwood city with 35 degrees.los gatos 37. a lot of sunshine and dry conditions today and tomorrow. showers today return as quickly as thursday to bring the cooler weather with it. friday and saturday we'll see the same setup. in fact, the snow levels will actually drop down to 500 feet friday night. that's the big story. the snow that we'll wake up to saturday morning in many neighborhoods. for today we're warmer than yesterday but still below average. santa rosa 5 degrees warmer, concord 3. fremont 2 degrees warmer and oakland about a degree cooler. we'll have about 11 hours and 5 minutes of sunshine by the time it sets at 5:56. all right. here's a look at that low. it's taken all that wet weather and the clouds away with it. that's why we have a brief break from the chilly rain today. all the sunshine you can handle and temperatures mid to upper 50s in the east bay valleys with pleasanton, concord the warmest at 57. mid to upper 50s throughout the east bay shore. fremont at 57. we'll hit 57 or 56. those are you

redwood city, 55. san francisco still a very cool for this time of the year, but a little better than yesterday. 56 in santa rosa. near east bay, still 30s, we have long way to go until we hit a 55 in oakland but it should feel good in danville, 56. morgan hill was only 49. much better tomorrow, slight chance of rain in the north bay. about the same on tuesday and then we can see a quarter of an inch or half inch or more. check back. >> is march.... >> yes. >> let's check out sports the oakland a's played against the chicago cubs. last night st. mary's tried to get a share in the conference title for the first time in 14 years. mike shumann has your highlights in this morning's sports? >> good morning. st. mary's and with a win they get a share of the robbing seasonal title. they were on three game losing streak, longest in four years, gales down by 3 and coming up with a steal, a little two hand flux but the pilots came to play. eric is driving. finishes with a left hand, 39-38 at the break. but the g

in redwood city, craig sklar, kron 4 news. >>pam: and with a surf contest that half moon bay could be in question. no big waves. no big storms and the window holding a contest is one week from today. in santa cruz, shane desmond looking forward to competing. >> there is always the window for the contest is going to be closing in one week. there is really no chance of waves. however, the month of march could a good swells. i'd is what to get out there and keep surfing. hopefully, morse was before this winter is gone. mother nature, and i would've loved to of that to happen. there was some really great people of their, with kelly shane, and i will like to of served with those guys. disappointed that there is no wait for no contest. >>pam: desmond will keep his fingers crossed but at the same time he is already packing his bags for australia and other big wave hot spots in the southern hemisphere. >>catherine: of the earthquake and new zealand near christchurch. no immediate confirmation of damage or injuries. it is a huge city.

i --have made bay. 60 degrees in redwood city. 586 in concord, 67 in livermore. we will be about are we are to date. a warming even more into friday and the weekend but temperatures getting into the upper 60s. the 70's in spot. iroquois to keep that warm, dry weather is the attitude next week. >> we have been telling you about an emergency road closure. it has closed the two right lanes of the assets of 880. the problem called ma hole in the debt. it is 24 in. by 48 in.. we're talking about a big one. trenches on the fun. trent? how does traffic look? >> traffic is heavy in the area. but it whenever we have lanes closed it is usually not a concern. it gives the time to reach a destination. >> 8 trend, we're looking at the tribune back. it is affecting traffic on the 580 now. the 880. how extensive is this? >> it is serious in the nature. definitely at hazard for the public. especially those who ride motorcycles. you definitely want to allow yourself extra time to get home or reach your destination. maybe consider putting in some extra hours at work because traffi

with 12 degrees cooler in oakland, redwood city, 60 degrees cooler in san francisco. will keep 816-that, and a clear sky and the wind will pick up. and those overnight temperatures will stay a bit warmer. and we will see cooler temperatures around 60 degrees. tuesday night, cooler temperatures and change is coming toward extended forecast. your full forecast coming up. >> new web 5:15, making up the president tries to improve its rocky relationship with the rich u.s. chamber of commerce. >> 5:25, the huffington post and more on the tech headlines. >> 5:50 super bowl advertisements the worst, now, the best. on super bowl sunday. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record f

now, yeah, we have some breaks in between the storms but don't tell folks like that down toward redwood city. they have a pretty good cell that's headed in their direction. they are seeing some strong storms moving in that area and again, some of these cells could produce some lightning strikes. and some of the hail that could be a possibility as we head in toward the afternoon as it looks like the air is going to continue to be unstable and cold. we have reports of snow across parts of the local mountains. and we have another band of moisture moving in along the peninsula going to be like that all day long. and more to come. we'll add to impressive rain totals already. back to you. >> thank you. >>> i thought i left this all behind the boston, come on.

and 50s for pacifica, half-moon bay. 65 redwood city and woodside 64. five-day forecast sunny and warmer weather except for a few high patchy fog. >>> teachers at helms middle school in san pablo will have to reapply for their jobs and nearly half will be replaced. at a board meeting last night some teachers spoke out against the plan. that plan is called the turn around model and adopted by the west contra costa school district after helms was identified by the state as a low achieving school. >> we can't continue to see a school that has 22% proficiency math and english continue to be at those levels. we don't think that's fair. >> after you put in so much time, effort, energy and love into you know the school, it hurts a bit. >> under the turn around model, helms is required to transfer up to 50% of its teachers to other schools. >>> an arrest tied to the san francisco giants. it involves drunk driving and ties to a pitcher for baseball's world champion. >>> and financial problems looming for cal train riders. what's happening today that could mean s

and there's redwood city 37. on the peninsula san mateo the target forecast today. 36. yeah. 36 to start and 58 a high today of 64 degrees. i believe they were 63 yesterday. so just a tiny bit on the high. systems trying to work their way in but the pattern's been stuck for the longest time. there are signs next week it will change. the question is how long will it change? will it be like a two or three day event and then out of here or will it stick around for a while? the weekend though looks okay. many of you have plans because you'll be celebrating valentine's day this weekend and not on monday and that's a good thing. slightly warmer today after temperatures in the 30s to start off for many. we'll end up with low to mid- 60s. pacifica 60. fairfield 61. santa rosa 66. for livermore 62. saratoga 64. mountain view's in there. half-moon bay 60. and gill roy 63. not much of a change through saturday. increasing clouds sunday and turning cloudy on monday. >>> it is going to cost you more to check a heavy bag on u.s. airways. bags weighing between 50 and 70 pounds will no

upper 30s redwood city, half moon bay.0s concord, san rafael and los gatos along with livermore and fremont. everybody else mid to upper 40s, 50s san francisco. monterey bay, 41 santa cruz. 45 monterey. mid to upper 30s to salinas and watsonville. gilroy a frosty 29 degrees. sunshine dominates our afternoon and so do seasonal temperatures and calmer conditions. won't be as close to being as windy as yesterday. those light winds, bone dry air, colder tonight with more frost in our inland valleys. and the wet pattern, taken out of the weekend and pushed farther into next week but looks pretty healthy. we may get five days' worth of wet weather next week. temperatures today, san francisco 60s where you should be. livermore, redwood city and san jose one degree warmer than average. napa in oakland 2 degrees warmer. sun will set 5:42. brentwood, that's the cool spot, 59. everybody else low 60s until danville, pleasanton. 53 degrees. low 60s east bay shore. oakland and fremont a little warmer at 63 degrees. low to mid-60s throug

we have breaking traffic news right now out of redwood city. chopper 5 just spotted this accident on the off-ramp. this is southbound 101, the off- ramp to whipple avenue. this was an injury crash. you can see one of the cars involved in the accident there on the side off to the shoulder. we just got off the phone with chp. they tell us that two cars were involved in this accident and one of the drivers actually took off on foot. you can see chp emergency crews still on scene completely blocking the whipple avenue off- ramp right now. we have learned they are still waiting for a tow crew to get on scene. so it sounds like that off-ramp will likely be shut down for a while. again, injury crash, one driver taking off on foot right there in redwood city. so thank you for that, chopper 5. all right, the rest of the bay area looking pretty good this morning. east bay traffic moving fine. no delay all the way down the eastshore freeway as you head towards ashby. nice and quiet. the bay bridge toll plaza, so far, so good. yesterday's traffic was great

concord is in there as well. 35 redwood city. there is only a little hint of a breeze for oakland and san francisco. mountain view is at 43. you can see there goes our system. and that is really dry air coming in. that means sunshine today. santa rosa down to 31 degrees. their wind has decreased. temperatures coming down. cold lows. mostly clear. it will billion sunny today. one system goes down we start drawing our attention off of vancouver. that will be a cold system and that is going to play into our thursday, friday, and saturday forecast. sunny and breezy today. cold morning. it will be slightly warmer today. just a wee bit. mid 50s to a few upper 50s. everyone will be close. sun and clouds tomorrow. cold morning. mostly sunny. we cloud it up thursday. thursday night and friday. that's when the real show begins. we will carry that into friday night and saturday. possibility of very low snow levels. >>> more court testimony about oakland's controversy to crack down on street gangs. a 10:00 p.m. curfew would be imposed. oakla

oakland, redwood city team. with a letter when the then yesterday, when are coming down. expected to pick up tomorrow. drive to the remainder of the work week bringing some changes into effect. nine santa rosa, 66 novato, 66 richmond. 66 oakland, hayward. 68 san jose. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we will get even cooler tomorrow, low 60s. thursday- friday sunny, mild. saturday struggling to get out of the fifties. sunday, a chance of wet weather. erica? >> reporter: thank you, preconditions all around the bay area and no hot spots, accidents, no stalls on the road race. live look westbound, gets a bit busy, now back out. fast-track living well. metering lights are moving well. drive time of 9 minutes. bridge check, san mateo, no problems. traffic is getting heavier. not the case at the golden gate, relatively light conditions. no problems for your entire ride. it looks good. the only slows what we have westbound-highway 4go easy, speeds dip down to 12 mi. an hour. as you make your way towards the

this morning, pretty much everybody, much colder except for redwood city and antioch. look at napa, ten degrees cooler and five degrees colder for why you in oakland. mountain view, five degrees cooler, a wind shift and weakening ridge of high pressure, we will see sunshine but increasing clouds late in the day. that will allow for a cooler afternoon highs. rain returns tomorrow, maybe a quarter of an inch in the north bay but here is where we stand so far. with 20 inches in santa rosa, 90% of normal. oakland is eleven inches, the 6% of normal and san jose is trailing behind, 66% of normal. we have a rs of storms stacked up in the pacific northwest that will be rotating through the bay area. the strongest one, tuesday night into wednesday, maybe a couple of inches with that system but the first one headed our way tomorrow. first one, sonoma county late morning, rest of the bay and maybe not the south bay but by the early evening hours there is a chance when things settle down into monday night, but we tuesday afternoon late into wednesday. here is the next stronger sto

redwood city 64.along the coast and downtown and south san francisco upper 50s to low 60s abeing lo your coast in the north bay with mid to upper 60s through most of your valleys and may get 70s ukiah and also salinas for the warm spot. mid to upper 60s the monterey bay and also inland tonight. more 30s, even some 20s showing up in napa and santa rosa. the only 40s, san francisco and san mateo at 44 and 40. here's a look at the storm track still well to the north. it's starting to get pinched. it's going to take a couple days for that pinch to actually develop into some wet weather and that will be all this that you see out in the middle of the pacific ocean. it will arrive next week. until then we may top out 70 away from the coast where you hit the low 60s. drop 4 degrees sunday. another 4 degrees monday with increasing clouds and a chance of a shower. the heavier rain tuesday and wednesday with temperatures back in the mid-50s. about 10 to 15 degrees cooler. >> san francisco still following this fa

redwood city says 40. but i was just looking woodside upper 30s. palo alto, men lo park a lot of 30s. high pressure still here. but it's kind of losing its grip. it will slowly get bumped out over the next couple days. today though temperatures kind of cool. kind of cold for some. by noon we'll be mostly sunny and then still sunny and breezy but temperatures upper 50s and low 60s. for some it's cool. for others warmer. fairfield in there because they have the north wind. that's why i went 64. otherwise they'd be about 32 right now if they didn't have any breeze. 63 redwood city. mountain view, santa cruz 64. half-moon bay 59. temperatures will be about the same thursday. mostly sunny friday. partly sunny saturday. increasing clouds sunday. dave and pam. >>> steve, thank you. time now 5:42. the super bowl commercial that's been pulled after making some people very uncomfortable and even angry. >>> also a sex scandal involving a world leader and a 17-year-old girl could be headed for a sensational trial. >>> good morning. westbound bay bridge traffic

how about 64 right now in redwood city. 66 san francisco.est spot concord at 51. 61 los gatos and the winds are breezy all around the bay but right around travis, the delta gusting to 33 mph. and so right around the next hour or so we should see the windiest conditions and then the winds will relax. so they're not that bad, but it's still allowing for the warmth to stay with us overnight. 13 degrees warmer in fremont and mountain view with slightly cooler numbers around half moon bay. but you get the idea. it is going to be another warm day today with record heat. clear, breezy and mild this morning. records today all across the bay. much cooler next week and then i think by next weekend we could see rain. until 10:00, north winds sustained 25 to 30 mph above a thousand feet. wind gusts 45 mph mount diablo. 100-year-old record probably shattered today in santa rosa with a high of 80 degrees. the record was 79 set back in 1912. and right on down the line. mid, upper 70s today. most of the records dating back to the '80s except for napa 1963 y

check out the mid to upper 30s inland valleys redwood city, half moon bay.up low to mid-60s this afternoon, even warmer tomorrow. frances? >> mike, bay bridge toll plaza almost no wait but metering lights on. you heard amy's report in stf and the castro neighborhood. market is closed right now between castro and sanchez. muni will be rerouted so plan on some muni delays. >> thank you for joining us for the abc 7 morning news. >> back with a local update at 7:24. join us for the midday [ asst mgr ] what are you doing? fixing the name. it'siber none. looks like one. well, i know. i put an "n" there. ah! fiber one honey clusters cereal! that's really good! it tastes good, so there can't be fiber in it! it's actually got about half a day's worth of fiber. [ asst mgr ] it says so right on the box. [ fiber seeker ] really? try it. [ mr. mehta ] honey, touch of brown sugar, crunchy clusters -- any cardboard? cardboard no, delicious yes. so where's the fiber? maybe it's in the honey clusters. [ male announcer ] fiber one. cardboard no, delicious yes.

redwood city, 66 in the north bay, flirting with 70 degrees in some locations. santa rosa, 68. 68 for sonoma. on the east bay, breezy late in the day. 66 degrees there. 68 in fremont. interior east bay communities, upper 60s, maybe a few low 70s. concord, 66. 69 for brentwood. my accuweather seven-day forecast. keep it dry through at least saturday, but sea breeze really cools us off on tuesday. and then thursday and friday, increasing clouds. saturday night and sunday, forecast models bring a little moisture in here. we'll update that. >> alan: got pay for it at some time. let's move on to shu. super bowl shmooper goal. >> mike: great day for golf. we tee it up at phoenix, final tuneup for at&t at pebble beach. frost has delayed part of round three and round four. mark wilson rocking the cheesehead. third round action, real men wear pink. rickie fowler, his second. can't do it any better than this, one hop into the cup for eagle. 13-under through 13. geoff ogilvie from the bunker. also holes out. 14-under through 14. on the fourth round. phil mickelson from jus

santa rosa, san raphael 39 redwood city. the city's the warmest at 48. calm, little southeast wind there in san jose but that's it. even the higher elevations things have really tailed off. big system's out in the pacific. but they're not coming in our direction. so it's a colder morning. the wind even though we have a tiny bit of an east breeze there's hardly anything there but still going to give us a sunny and warm pattern. by the coast though some of that patchy fog is starting to form north of the golden gate. 32 do 46. colder lows but by noon mostly sunny. higher clouds once in a while zip on by. 58 to 65. sunny and mild. some 60s, low to mid santa rosa 65, berkeley 63. 60s san jose morgan hill 64. same for redwood city. slightly cooler along the coast. more of a westerly breeze for some. lots of sunshine. warmer weather especially friday and saturday. pam and mike. >>> thanks, steve. today is the official start of the chinese new year and the bay area is getting ready to celebrate. preparations are now underway as workers were busy getting the eye

cal-fire would take over fire service in redwood city, san carlos, belmont, foster city and san mateo. cal-fire says this will save taxpayers money but would close one station and that has some residents worried. >> that i don't like. i like the fact that we have dedicated fire department to our area. >> right now taxpayers pay about $40 million a year to run 18 city and cal-fire stations. cal-fire says its proposal would result in a yearly savings of $13 million. and that's because statewide organization tend to have lower salaries, pension costs and health insurance than city programs. >>> next week california is expected to release a list every state parks that will be closed due to the budget. this year $22 million of budget cuts will mean the permanent closure of many state parks. supporters say the state needs to start rethinking how the parks are managed, including how to draw on more visitors and improving old campgrounds. park supporters are suggesting that they have more bathrooms and playgrounds for children, but along with those improvements advocates say more public fundi

traffic getting by okay as you make your way towards redwood city.ight outside so we'll check out 101 in the south bay in san jose. northbound traffic there for headlights. still looking good out of morgan hill and gilroy. and also we'll show you interstate 80 in berkeley where we see some more volume but the drive time only 19 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze and still, of course, no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. eric, jenelle? >> frances, thanks so much. time now 6:10. >> straight ahead: get a room! the demand made of two dozen washington d.c. lawmakers who apparently use their office for more than work. >> is google to blame? the new study thatúp6x6x6x6x6x6x ♪ >> good morning, everyone. 6:13 this friday morning on the abc 7 morning news. a look from sutro camera down at the city, the pretty lights, the clear conditions which means it's cold outside. but as mike's been telling us, there's a change in the weather, one that might have you wanting to put your summer clothes back in the closet and get out your ugg's. >> and umbrella

an increase in winds as well. 55 oakland, 53 redwood city, 55 now, 52 have when bay, 55 in san jose.ack to the bay area. by thursday evening, widespread rains for the bay and snow will already be going in lake tahoe. by midnight friday, widespread showers to the bay area but this particular storm by friday is going to start dropping our temperatures. - it's coming up from canada so we will see cold arctic air down into the bay area. if that will mean a potential for snow. not until friday night into saturday morning though. by friday morning already seeing patchy showers nothing widespread. the a lot washer will be gone by the time captures are low enough. this still doesn't look the possibility of snow flurries. if something like this has happened back in 1962 you can see this picture from sfo. we see snow near the runways. if 3 in. of snow fell on the bayshore freeway january 21, 1962. we could see this very same pattern pushing through later this week. the cold arctic air that's coming to droppers to levels down to sea level. he saw the same pattern 1962 so it's definitely not hur

there's a celebration also in redwood city this saturday.go a lot of eating. >> i hate when that happens. >> i'm sure. >> yum. >> if you're planning on buying a birthday present for your kid, you might want to do it quickly. >> here's jane king with the "moneyscope" report. >> good morning. no more playing around. toy maker mattel raising prices next quarter. the owner of the barbie, american girl and fisher price brand, watch prices up 9%, packaging and chinese labor. cheaper ways to get close to the steelers/packers showdown. people traveling across the country near dallas just so they can go on a presuper bowl $40 tour of the place where the pittsburgh versus green bay will be played. that may seem over the top but tickets are going for at least $2500 bucks. and delta airlines hoping it can land a better reputation. sending 11,000 agents back to training school to get tips on minding their manners. every ticket counter, baggage and gate agent and supervisors going through thank you training to reduce customers complaints. at the new york

we have upper 30s half moon bay and redwood city.ore out to the coast in the mid to upper 40s. monterey bay still kind of all over the place from santa cruz to inland, 32 gilroy. low 40s watsonville, salinas and monterey bay. three highlights as we head into the weekend. sunshine today and the warming trend begins. now, it will be clear, calm and cool again tonight. but tomorrow night into sunday night, may get a little breeze develop in our hills. that will keep temperatures up. when we get that sunshine, means warmer weather in the afternoon. that's what we have. we're gonna build on this warmth throughout the weekend. our warmest day should be tomorrow and sunday. for our 24 hour temperature change, 2 to 6 degrees warmer compared to yesterday. the sun sets at 5:37. don't you wish we had daylight savings so it set at 6:37. we could enjoy some of it. but more tomorrow so you can get outside. temperatures mid to upper 60s in our inland valleys in east bay with mid to upper 60s the east bay shore. down in the south bay either 67 or 68

the trophy will be on display at courthouse plaza in redwood city. and starts at 3 #30i p.m. and runs for 2 hours. the -- 3:30 p.m. and runs for 2 hours. >>> well bart is celebrating the first in their four-decade history. how they're providing a little spiritual comfort for their riders. >>> and see when tonight's storm is going to be strong scombes and where -- strongest and where. >> the city of san francisco is tabulating the clean up cost for the pillow fight last night, and cost them $3,500 so far. they were fewer people this year than last. public work officials told us it took more than 6 hours. one year ago it topped 15,000. meteorologist is here to talk to us about this rain taking its time. >> yes the storm did take its te getting here, and we're going to see that heavy rain we've been talking about, and see wide-spread showers over the north bay. and you can see a little bit of moderate rain falling, and you can see this storm moving through and do its thing over the course of the next few hours, and we're dealing with gusty winds. snow level ts are around 5,000 f

look for 62 redwood city.acifica only 50 degree temperature, 59 there. 62 downtown and in the north bay, yeah, you're gonna warm the quickest today with numbers in the upper 60s from novato, santa rosa 70s and san leandro, 65 for you as well as union city and say little warmer here. still kind of windy in the higher elevations of the oakland hills and those will continue to a lessons throughout the day. down by the monterey bay, mid-60s here. our look ahead we drop maybe a couple degrees tomorrow because we're starting out much, much colder. tomorrow, saturday and sunday 70s all the way into next week. that means the flip side of the coin, cold, cold weather remains in the east coast. >> thanks, lisa. the late charlie's angels actress farrah fawcett would have been 64 years old today. her los angeles companion ry ryan o'neil marked it with some of her memorabilia. >> she was the golden girl who defined an angel. >> good morning, angels! >> good morning, charlie! >> from charlie's angels to that iconic poster.

look for 62 redwood city.acifica only 50 degree temperature, 59 there. 62 downtown and in the north bay, yeah, you're gonna warm the quickest today with numbers in the upper 60s from novato, santa rosa 70s and san leandro, 65 for you as well as union city and say little warmer here. still kind of windy in the higher elevations of the oakland hills and those will continue to a lessons throughout the day. down by the monterey bay, mid-60s here. our look ahead we drop maybe a couple degrees tomorrow because we're starting out much, much colder. tomorrow, saturday and sunday 70s all the way into next week. that means the flip side of the coin, cold, cold weather remains in the east coast. >> thanks, lisa. the late charlie's angels actress farrah fawcett would have been 64 years old today. her los angeles companion ry ryan o'neil marked it with some of her memorabilia. >> she was the golden girl who defined an angel. >> good morning, angels! >> good morning, charlie! >> from charlie's angels to that iconic poster.

this system is the one that draws hail in redwood city. it's beginning to fall apart, but let's put a track on this, as if moves towards the north and towards the east. 10:15, west san liandro, your rain is really going to kick up. >>> accused of skimming credit card information from customers for at least three years. she allegedly got the information, while working at the ticket counter at san jose international airport, then used it to buy gift cards. investigators say she may have had an accomplice, but her husband, who was a highway patrol officer is is not suspected. >>> another twist tonight in the legal battle over california's proposition 8. the voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. now the california supreme court is getting involved. they will rule on whether the group protect marriage.com has a legal standing to defend prop 8. a federal appeal's court had asked california's high court to review the issue. discovering this latest twist delays a decision on prop 8 for about a year. >> reporter: julie, the california supreme co

redwood city through oakland. mid 70's and even warmer tomorrow.nd even as warm as 77 degrees in santa rosa. just wonderful conditions for this weekend. not only sunny skies but warm temperatures. 10:00 a.m., the futurecast is showing 60s. already, pretty mild. by 3:00 p.m., 60s. that yellow, is showing 70's. as i mentioned that wind is going to beat increasing. but when the--will be increasing debt-20-30 m.p.h. they will start to increase the sasooon bay and 30 possibly 40 m.p.h. 10 m.p.h.-20 m.p.h. for the bay area. and against 70 its range temperatures today. the average is in the 50s. with 70's expected fort santa rosa. and concord. your 7 day around the bay forecast looks great. a few degrees warmer and sunshine. this weather pattern does not change all the way until next week. we see temperatures starting to come back down. still low 60s which is better than average for mid-february. lots of sunshine. dry weather. 40's and the morning. 30's, and even below freezing temperatures, inland. >> thank you, brian and washington news president obama

across the bay in redwood city highway 101 looks good. 6:09 steve. we had one of our tweeters say there is fog in oakley. >>> yes fog is coming back into the valley. some patchy fog. nice to warm. much cooler with rain getting closer. closer as we get toward the weekend. gives us a few high clouds. and cooling temperatures is left and moving into northern california. 30s, 40s and dense fog off toward the east. 50 in san francisco. 48 in oakland. some upper 30s and low 40s. 52 in haywood. big ridge of high pressure will collapse. still that is enough to bump the high out of here. you can see that system sliding down will give it crowdie -- cloudy skies. today will be cooler and much cooler as we go into tuesday. fair a few high clouds. still plenty of sun but cooler. nice off to the east. today we'll have 60s and 70s. 71 nevada. 73 concord. ha tougher call -- a tougher call. san jose 70. mountain view 68. 72 pleasanton. still nice. we are still a good 10-12 degrees above average. mostly sunny and warm. windy and cooler tuesday and wednesday. partly su

this system is the one that draws hail in redwood city. it's beginning to fall apart, but let's put a track on this, as if moves and towards the east. 10:15, west san liandro, your rain is really going to kick up. >>> accused of skimming credit card information from customers for at least three years. she allegedly got the information, while working at the ticket counter at san jose international airport, then used it to buy gift cards. investigators say she may have had an accomplice, but her husband, who was a highway patrol officer is is not suspected. >>> another twist tonight in the legal battle over california's proposition 8. the voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. now the california supreme court is getting involved. they will rule on whether the group protect marriage.com has a legal standing to defend prop 8. a federal appeal's court had asked california's high court to review the issue. discovering this latest twist delays a decision on prop 8 for about a year. >> reporter: julie, the california supreme court decision was u

it is just under that in redwood city. san rafael, and we are still getting some moisture moving in. 30 degrees in santa rosa and 36 in fairfield. and the temperatures continue to drop. the cold air is moving in which is 13 degrees cooler. it is 11 degrees cool neither santa rosa. redwood city is runing a good 11 degrees cooler as well. here are the current mountain readings. atlas peak 27 degrees. mount hamilton where it is still snowing bone chilling 23 degrees. now you can see why there is snow there. flurries are still possible down to sea level. and we are talking about freezing cold conditions the next two nights. so the temperatures are expected to reach near record territory tomorrow morning. 30 in napa and 28 in santa rosa. 26 in cloverdale. north bay interior valleys are under a freeze warning for tomorrow morning and likely going to be the case the following morning as we are expecting the temperatures to drop even lower. here is the satellite and the radar. the front went through and now this cold air with this

redwood city still says 33, but it's warmer than that. lot of 30s this morning, not as cold as on the weekend, but temperatures still down there. and you can see plenty going on, it's all north of us, but taking aim at us, and it's going to increase the clouds, so sun and clouds today after a cold start. not as cold, but still cold. and that system sweeps in from the west on wednesday, not straight down from the north, so we'll have rain moving in, and also, looks like the pattern will hold as we head into the next 5, 7 days of march, so sun and clouds, cold low, but again, not too bad, but they're cold. more clouds to the north, more sun to the south, so we start off with a chilly start and mix of some sun and clouds, we'll continue that theme, 44 to 50, sun and clouds partly sunny, partly cloudy, depending on your location, and upper 50s to a few low 60s temperatures still running 3 to 5 degrees below average for many. value who, 55, san -- vallejo, 55, san jose, redwood city, gilroy, close for everyone else. increasing clouds on tuesda

and 39 degrees in redwood city. 40 degrees and san jose. the afternoon, we are going to see additional warming. five, 10 degrees. 68 degrees in napa. the same in oakland. and upper 60s for the south bay even the 70 degrees in los gatos. if you're going to go to lake tahoe this weekend? from the ski resort the high clouds locally. we will see mostly sunny skies to the weekend and temperatures in the upper 40's tomorrow and saturday. senate, low 50s. we are in february, however, 70's bsunday inland and 50s for the mountains. temperatures will be a bit colder. in the evening and in the mornings. and there is no new fresh powder. alpine meadows = 81 base with 100 runs open. fair valley, also 67 runs open. sugar bowl, 64 base and 70 runs www.snowbomb.com (announcer) roundup extended control is no ordinary weed killer. because it does two jobs... at the same time. one: it kills the weeds you have - right down to the root. two: it forms a barrier, that prevents new weeds from growing for up to four months. roundup extended control - kills and prev

some place possibly close to 70 degrees for the readings. >> , chile, redwood city = 39.r the south bay. and it will be chilly in the redwood city area of. - 2 were below the freezing point here is some areas and the north bay 67 degrees and san jose and look for mid-'60s a nice day in san francisco and antioch. concord. your 7 day around the bay forecast saturday it is really looking nice. '70s in a lot of locations. sunshine and the increasing clouds. a pick weather change. a weather system coming with the chance for rain fall monday, tuesday. at this point we will be on settled with on-settled even snowfall on the higher elevations now settled. >> thursday commute. the bay bridge looks good. this is the toll plaza, the left = going towards san francisco. the right in his east. we will be right back purify >> the san francisco police with a time for input. jonathan blum explains. a special meetings involving the public. >> san francisco police commission wants to hear from the general public about what tricks think make a good police chief. what- streets. three names wi

right now pretty mild. 68 degrees redwood city. 69 still in livermore, and 65 degrees in napa.bably around the state you'll find mostly sunny skies and some pretty nice temperatures go along with that 71 in the sacramento valley. 50s and 60s there, no rain to speak of. that's likely gonna change as the ridge starts to break down as we head into the week. what a ridge it is. just a dominant one right now. you can see everything over the top of this ridge, we're seeing high and dry, offshore wind, that approaches the coastline, starts to heat things up, we get those very warm temperatures outside. so tomorrow we're looking at a great day in the afternoon, want to swing outside, get away from the super bowl. 75 in santa clara, 77 degrees in milpitas, redwood city. numbers easily in the 70s in many spots, 76 degrees in oakland, 76 in pleasanton, 75 in brentwood. how about the north bay, some of the warmest temperatures, probably hitting 80 and over. also in the napa valley and the santa rosa valley. another warm one on top of the bay area, things as early as monday begin to change

mid to upper 60s throughout the peninsula, 68 redwood city and palo alto.r at the coast sunshine, mid-60s today, not too breezy. mid-60s downtown and south san francisco. mid to upper 60s the north bay valleys. 70 ukiah, a wealth of 70s santa cruz, watsonville, salinas and gilroy today. heading to pebble beach, about 63 degrees. a few high clouds, 66 tomorrow and becoming cloudy and about 56 for the last round on sunday. as far as what's going to happen tonight, chilly once again in our inland valleys, mid to upper 30s, 40 antioch. 39 palo alto, santa cruz. low to mid-40s the rest of the bay shore and out to the coast. a couple areas of high pressure still dominating our weather. high clouds you can see overrunning this area but it's the low to the west that we're more concerned with. the highs will keep us mild and dry but this will come in on valentine's day bringing the rain and then eventually the cooler weather with periods of heavy rain and temperatures in the mid-50s by wednesday and thursday. 15 degrees cooler by then. have a great weekend. here's f

mid to upper 60s from redwood city right into san francisco. and we'll also see temperatures close to 70 degrees inland here for concord and also fairfield and for the north bay we're forecasting 70 degrees at this point in santa rosa. more 70s coming our way this weekend. we'll see a little bit of an offshore wind developing saturday and sunday and that'll warm us up into the low 70s as we head england here in weekend. cold nights ahead with temperatures in the 30s and then by monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday, winter's still gone mid to upper 60s. so maybe a barbecue on saturday? >> what are you suggesting? >> the barbecue, question mark. >> yes. >> maybe -- >> something for your barbecue too. >> what do you think? >> you'll see bugs in burritos, how about that, jeff? cacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacg s. >>> okay very proudly only in the bay area, right, say it proudly. do we cultivate these types of businesses. cras hoppers aren't just insects. >> oh no, at one san francisco restaurant they're an ingredient. the restaurant 7s up traditi

how about redwood city. 67 degrees. 67los gatos with a gorgeous forecast here. light winds for most of us. a little gusty over the higher elevations, and take a look at that weekend. mostly sunny skies sitting in the 70s. maybe out golfing tomorrow? bring along the sun block. you just might need it. >> always good advice. thank you, rosemary. >>> just two days before the super bowl, another blast of winter weather slammed dallas one to 5 inches of snow falling today in dallas making driving hazardous. and more than 600 flights were canceled at the dallas/fort worth airport early this morning. but runways closed for snow and ice removal were all open by late morning, city crews are also busy clearing roads, especially those around arlington stadium. it is warming up for the weekend though for dallas with highs in the 40s. with the super bowl this sunday, guacamole makers are gearing up for their biggest weekend of the year. this is a few of the 4,000 miles pounds of avocados they mashed this weekend in san leandro. they are being mixed with 2500 pounds of tomatoe