richmond as well. the richmond san rafael bridge. look what happened up here. we have mike up in the north bay. you saw him earlier, starting to back out of here. so the major downpours are moving south of the area. at least out of the north bay. hayward right now, you're getting hammered. redwood city, fremont, you're getting rain. look at out on 580 and 880, lots of rain falling. this is always slow anyway. this area, this time of night. but given the heavy rain fall, rain fall rates as we pointed out already, in some of these cells like by pleasantton. an inch an hour. that is significant rain. that is what you find in a tropical storm. a lot of rain coming down. .61 towards livermore. heavy rain right now. we take a look at the valley. west menlo park, it's coming down there as well. let's check the rain fall rates. .37. rain fall rates are a big deal. we see a back edge to this system, but the rain fall rates really just, the amount to the most pooling of water on the roadways and cause the most problems for folks running into puddles. last rain was december 24. rain today, so it's been 43 day run without rain fall. that was a record, last time rain went that long it was 1876. the second longest dry spell we had in california history. 1849. that goes back to the gold rush. heaviest rain, this is storm number two. heaviest rain will be in the north bay. a repeat of what we had today. 3/4 of an inch to 3-inch os f rain around the bay area. not as windy as it was today. the wind is really blowing. computer model shows us tonight, some more scattered showers. more showers as we head into saturday morning, but your saturday, doesn't look half bad. a few sprinkles out there. but you may get away with it. if you have a soccer game, you may get away with it. sunday morning, here's storm number two. that's what we will focus on now, once we get through this afternoon commute. storm number two, which is really going to bring a producer of more rain, maybe some thunder and lightning. it's all good, good news. some areas of north bay have seen over a half foot of rain already. just north of santa rosa. it's getting hammered over there. >> wouldn't you know the a's are holding their fan fest on sunday. >> giants are tomorrow. >> thanks, bill. the reigning world series champs are back and they are ready for the season ahead. >> my goal is to win championships. >> he's not worried about the rain. >> coming up, we'll hear more from madison bum bumgardner. >> julie haener with what we are working on at 6:00. >> a san jose family is terrified to be in their own house. the growing concerns they are facing following the recent closure of a large homeless encampment known as the jungle and why city leader rs say there's little they can do about it. the story and much more coming up at 6:00. thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years! roger that. captain's waiting to give you a tour of the wisconsin now. could've parked a little bit closer... it's gonna be dark by the time i get there. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. female announcer: save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ oh my god. i like it a lot. it's flavorful, juicy that's melted garlic herb butter. yeah, it's really rich. the bun is just, like, really good. pretty classy burger! heads above! could this have come from jack in the box? no. no. no, not at all. i don't like fast food. hi. i made that. no! (laughs) no, really?! that is my new buttery jack with garlic herb butter melted right on it. you can go classic or bacon & swiss. will they melt in your mouth? you butter believe it. >>> well, believe it or not, baseball season right around the corner. we are going to hear from the player on giants who has the toughest job on the team. gll he is the guy who has to replace pablo sanduval. >> listening to bill's weather cast, probably baseball the last thing you're thinking about right now. but as he mentioned, it is right around the corner and the giants and the a's for that matter are going to have their annual fan fest over the weekend. but we'll start with the giants. they are the defending champs and scott reese was there for what they have the day before, media day festivities and here is scott reese from at at&t park. >> a mere 103 days after the giants last took the field, they took to the microphone. >> short offseason is always good. >> well traveled -- >> going on vacation for a week to costa rica. >> how is your arm? >> it feels just like an arm. >> the down time afforded them some perspective on an incredible third title in five years. >> looking through all the memorabilia at all the pictures, it sinks in, what you are able to accomplish as a team. >> the focus shifts to 2015 and the most notable absence. >> we'll miss pablo. he's a great player, and it will be a little different without him to my right at third base. >> your new third baseman, casey mcgee. >> future hall of famer -- no,. >> maybe not quite, but a solid player, nonetheless. >> to get casey, it was huge. a good third baseman, great makeup guy, tough out. he will help soften the blow. i know that. >> perhaps the biggest challenge being the new guy on a team full of returning world champions. >> it's going to be interesting the day they get their rings. feel left out, but maybe i'll bring my japanese ring in or something, so i have something to wear on the plane afterwards. >> the giants have to replace not only pablo's production and clubhouse presence, but his notable nickname. i asked what i called him in miami. he said hits mcgee. as for solving the curse of the odd numbered year, travis said flatly, just win the world series. not supposed to be that easy, but after three titles, i don't think anybody would put it past this team. at at&t park, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right baseball season coming up and casey mcgee from santa cruz. local guy comes back, and cannot forget about fan fest for the a's on sunday and obviously fans invited to the coliseum for that. >> with tomorrow and the giant fan fest, some rain expected, but these guys will get it. >> giants fans, hard core. a little rain is not going to stop anybody from turning out. especially after you win a world series. good crowd, but maybe a few people. >> still, of all weekends, 43 days without any rain at all. we finally get some rain and it's to fan fest. >> i'm looking forward to seeing some of the new faces, like casey mcgee and getting familiar with them. camp opens on the 18th of the month. so, it's coming up. pitchers and catchers, right after valentine's day. >> there you go. thanks, mark. >> back now to our storm coverage. we'll give you a look at the problems happening in san francisco and another live update on the traffic conditions out there. >> a huge gift to san francisco general hospital for mark zuckerberg and his wife. how they plan to spend $75 million. >> and the local fashion designer who has been chosen to help a national campaign for women's health. our vision for partnering with more farmers, growers manufacturers is that eventually organic and natural will be the norm. for raley's that means a lot more organic and natural options on the shelf. and for our consumers, that means having a lot more affordable and readily available, healthy products to feed their families. sustainability is about making a difference in our community. it's about being happy, healthy 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fell right on to a house. >> we have more live team coverage for you. john shows us the problems in san francisco. sal is here with traffic. >> we're going to start with our chief meteorologist, bill martin, and the conditions right now. it's really coming down in some parts, bill. >> right on the afternoon commute on your friday, not a surprise. you saw this one coming. and we all did, actually. slow to get here, but once it got here, it started to pour. out in the eastern part of the bay area, out towards the livermore valley, rain is coming down. come in closer, you have some heavy showers now. heavy showers coming into san jose. this whole area right here is working its way north and east. so it's going to roll through san jose metropolitan area within the next hour or so. next 20 minutes or so. so we'll come in closer. you see the break up by petaluma. heavy showers out here by livermore. this is all heavy stuff. 680, 580, water is pooling on the roadways. that's because you are seeing a half inch of rain. quarter inch of rain. significant stuff. pleasantton, heavy rain right now, dublin, livermore, all the heavy rain. especially in the east bay is happening right now. the heaviest rain we have seen all day. starting to break out a little bit and redwood city, you're starting to break out. this is the first rain we've seen in 43 days. the second driest period we've had. when i come back, we're going to talk about your bay area weekend. number two, sitting behind it. >> right now, we're going to head to san francisco where the wind actually caused more problems today than the rain, knocking down branches on trees. ktvu's john fouler is in the city tonight. john, what's it like there? >> well, right now, the bay calmed down a bit. those pictures you saw earlier of the sea wall not quite so rough. although folks we talked to on the ferry tell us that it is pretty tough riding the ferry on the bay right now, but as you said, the wind has been the problem here. a lot of people are preparing for more problems and right now, they are still coping with the blustery, rainy conditions all day. >> in the district, a tree blew down on power lines. police blocked the street until pg&e could cut the electricity. >> the water go to the basement. >> a few blocks away, city provided sandbags, lined homes along low lying streets. >> pay for us, good luck. >> she says her house flooded terribly in the last storm. they are fearing tonight. >> we are very worried, because we have a hard time last time. >> the cable car line stopped, not once, but twice this afternoon. after large tree branches fell across the tracks. tony lee gave us these photos. city crews cleared each one in half an hour. in the financial district, lunchtime crowds had to fight the elements. >> oh, it's windy. it's been a long time since we had this kind of wind. it reminds me of the old times when we had real wind. >> gusty winds played havoc with umbrellas and broke more than a few. >> i love rainy weather and i'm happy that it's raining. >> storm drains backed up and some who didn't hear the forecast got drenched. but after a month and a half of balmy, dry weather, and the fourth dry winter in a row, many people now appreciate nature's turn about. >> we need 100 more days like this. so yeah, bring it on. >> and mother nature will give that woman her wish as bill has been telling us. frank, it is still windy and cold out here, but we're hoping that it's going to get even more rainy. >> well, we are supposed to get more rain on sunday. i'll keep my fingers crossed on that. john fouler in san francisco tonight. john, thank you. >> keeping an eye on the evening commute for you. this is the toll plaza at the san mateo bridge. it looks nasty out there. you see our cameras wet. that's why the picture is blurry. take a look at the headlights. those are cars heading east. traffic is moving and take a look on the right hand side of your screen. those are just a few cars making the journey westbound. very slick there. ktvu is tracking the conditions for us and sal, i can't imagine the san mateo bridge is the only wet spot out there. >> that didn't look that bad, gasia. there are commutes much worse than that. let's start off with a couple pictures here. the commute will be slow on 80 eastbound. as you drive up to richmond the bridge. the whole way is slow. also have a lot of slow traffic on the freeway. i want to show you the south bay. just a few minutes ago, they reported a car fire, southbound 280 north of farm hill. but, 280 getting out of downtown san jose, that's very slow as you head down. please give yourself extra time. also give yourself extra time on 101 and 85. let's go back to you in the studio. >> thank you, sal. we're going to continue to bring you live updates for the next hour as sal just mentioned, we'll be watching the evening commute as things get busier. >> frustrated by a 14 year mystery. investigators are now taking an unusual step to 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