, day time highs tomorrow, mostly in the middle 60s, 68 in oakland, 64 in the city, 62 in santa rosa. look ahead, a few light showers tonight, tomorrow morning, not a big deal. mostly north bay. tuesday, a break, increasing clouds on wednesday, leading to a significant storm on thursday, heavy rains, strong winds, a chance for that lingers into friday. then by the weekend back to partly cloudy, get ready now, ann? >> all right, good advice. tonight, america rolls out the red carpet for royalty. what is on the agenda for will and kate? at kaiser permanente, everything you need is under one roof. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. okay, a little easier. become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ tag: mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to help train assistance dogs for wounded veterans. we need your help to do more. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs-- helping dogs help people. where prince william and his wife, kate, have arrived foa whirlwind u.s. visit. brian

it already beat through santa rosa. look how quick it's moving. there by 3:00 it's down to fremont. a couple of hours later then gone. so as far as rainfall accumulations, not going to be jumping that much rain right. how could it it's not sticking around that long. forecast highs tomorrow mild because well we're not getting the rain right away. so there'll be a chance for things to warm up before the showers get here. so lunchtime will see some sun, we'll see sun probably before that in many places and temperatures will see the low 60s just in time for the clouds to get here and the rain to get here. it's good news. i was going to say we need the water but it's amazing how much rain we've got. some areas you know this guys. some areas we have 50% of like places like oakland. 50% of the annual rainfall is already taken care of. sounds pretty great. >> and a lot in december. that great moon shot too. i love that. >> show us later again tonight too. at 10:00. >> okay. >> thank you, bill. >>> the bay area is reaching out for hispanic families to sign up for covered california. they wor

napa 35, santa rosa looking at 25-mile per hour gusts. if we shift into areas like sfo, the wind gusts sustained at 40 and gusting to 48. mountain view reporting a 36- mile per hour gust. san jose 32. you can see how wide spread it is from half-moon bay. 33 miles per hour. the wind advisory will continue through tonight and into tomorrow morning, which means tomorrow morning is going to be cold and it is going to be very blustery. as frank mentioned, gusts to 60 miles per hour reported today and that's expected to continue into the evening hours. if you are thinking about heading to the sierra, a high wind warning here with gusts to 65 miles per hour and 80-mile per hour gusts expected along the ridge tops. very hazardous weather expected along the west slope until noontime. when i come back, i'll track the time line between now and the advisory when it expires. we have another advisory to talk about for your holiday. more on that coming up. >>> all right, we'll see you then. thank you, rose marry. now to john fowler who is in the east ba

high clouds invade the north bay. 57 in santa rosa. look for mid-afternoon to late afternoon. 55 volley lay show. near east bay look for mid-50s to upper 50s from hayward to union city. and 54 pittsburgh as well as brentwood. the accuweather seven day forecast calls for the dry conditions and frosty conditions this morning and tomorrow morning. then we look for fog and slightly modified temperatures monday and the cold outbreak will bring temperatures back down into the freezing range to the 20s. this should be the coldest air we've seen in a very long time, certainly the whole year. then we will slowly modify by next week. check out live doppler's free app. it's handy to have. >> we are looking forward to new year's eve. a lot of people have to bring their jackets. >> oh jacques. >> keep them on standby. >> kind of embarrassing because it's not like new york city. >> oh, no, 50 degrees. >> exactly. >> lisa, thank you. coming up next, a baby panda who doesn't want to be left alone in a sanctuary. how the panda's keeper is finally . >> welco

i just took a look back in time. santa rosa just saw light showers. the north bay. this is what we seeing right now on storm tracker 4. so it looks like the heaviest rain although still over places like clover dale is beginning to move out. clear lake though it's a different story. we have rain there falling better than a half inch per hour. in clover dale it's a fifth of an inch per hour. it looks like it's still showing the same rainfall rate. so pretty decent rainfall rates there and again it's all about the rates right? the faster the rain comes down the harder it comes down in a shorter period of time that is where we have flooding. especially in the north bay. and the russian river. those two rivers getting fed by quite a bit of run off coming down the hill. santa rosa your rainfall rate in the neighborhood of 1700. petaluma a little stronger. a little more than a third of an inch per there. and napa valley we have a half an inch. let me slide the maps. we have a little more than a half an inch falling in the napa valley. intense showers and it l

it's raining hard just north of santa rosa right now. take a look at clear lake.e got showers. i want to do this with the model again. i think this is the poignant thing. here we are at 1:00 a.m. raining still in the north bay. at 4:00 a.m. raining still around santa rosa. that's that russian river drainage basin. it's still raining there and it's 7:00 a.m. now the storm starts to progress. it starts to move about 7:00 a.m. the north bay has already had five, six hours of pretty significant rain, especially with that red line now in santa rosa. look at this in san francisco. 7:00a.m. in san francisco. that is going to hit hard, heavy wind, heavy rain. the red areas, the rainfall is going to be massive. it's going to create some serious urban flooding. as the storm moves into san jose at about 10:00, it is a little bit ahead of schedule. that's good news. it's progressing. if this thing stalls out, we're going to have bigger problems. the ebs's are going to be going off tomorrow morning in the north bay. when i come back, we'll talk more about this storm. >>> the s

looking good. back to you. >> i love that laguardia spiced things up and got the poinsettias beside you. i also appreciate the weather department that put up that map that rosag to and made it look like little christmas ornaments, all the decorations on the map were red and green. it was very sweet of both of you to make sure you got a pretty, ugly picture. thank you both. >>> you remember the farmer navy s.e.a.l. who came out and said, yep, it's me, i'm the guy who shot osama bin laden dead? a lot of people cheered, a lot didn't. now it turns out there are people investigating him because robert o'neill just may have broken the law when he told the secret that maybe should have stayed within the code of silence. that's next. >>> his story was nothing short of a blockbuster, a former navy s.e.a.l. stepping out of the shadows of top secret ops to claim that he, in fact, was the american hero who killed osama bin laden. but now comes a report that the navy is investigating this man, robert o'neill, for possibly revealing classified information. our own jake tapper asked o'neill about that during his interview with the former navy s.e.a.l. >> i think it's impor

look for fog to develop. temperatures dropping, like santa rosa, 45. ourth of a mile this morning. tomorrow, we see the same thing. we have cool numbers ahead. highs tomorrow, around the state, near average. look for 52 in chico. 41 in tahoe. 64 in los angeles. the partly-cloudy conditions. tomorrow, we bump it up a degree or two. we see some sunshine before the rain comes in late tomorrow night into monday. for everyone, mainly in the upper 50s to near 60. 59 in san francisco. 61 in oakland. we're getting the rain late tomorrow night into tomorrow, into monday. and that means snow in the sierras, as well. levels dropping down about 5,000 feet, up to six inches of snow in the higher elevations. carry chains. we have rain on the way. sunday night into monday. heavy at times. more than likely, another system moves in. turning into morning showers wednesday. a break on thursday before another system on friday. so, we're also going to be getting quite a bit as know in the sierras. it's going to look like a good ski season for christmas break. >> that's nice

napa 35, santa rosa looking at 25-mile per hour gusts.we shift into areas like sfo, the wind gusts sustained at 40 and gusting to 48. mountain view reporting a 36- mile per hour gust. san jose 32. you can

and some totals to the area and east bay will not be as great but for santa rosa, looking good into saturday morning with another inch or inch and a half. and scattered showers and mild today. 60s on the temperatures. and sun breaks and maybe near 70 degrees even though the days are getting short. and we do have scattered showers today, partly sunny and rain on friday. it's gone by saturday morning and generally dry into sunday. and next weak system on monday. >> and maybe a bigger system the next week. >> yeah, middle of december is looking wet. >> very wet ask that's on track. >> and then bug you about christmas later. >> is christmas coming? >> faster than you think. >> just ordered my first gift. >> my. i think you're ahead of dave. >> way ahead of me. >>> crude oil prices inching back up slightly overnight after a surprising report that the supply in the u.s. is smaller than expected but that's not being felt at the gas pumpsful still paying low prices. two gas stations in oklahoma city are actually in a price war. that's dropped the price below $2 a gallon there. and dozen thes of peop

rosa, 43 in napa. upper 40s to low 50s around the bay. as we get into the afternoon, we've got a beautiful forecast. take a lookof these numbers. 65 in fairfield. 65 in vallejo. 68 in oakland. mid-60s san francisco. a lot of 60s along the peninsula. santa rosa, you will go to 67 for the afternoon with mostly sunny skies. today is actually going to be the warmest day. changes coming our way. they are wet changes. i will have a detail on the pattern transition coming up. good morning, sal. >>> good morning. right now we're looking at a commute where traffic is doing very well. as a matter of fact, we've seen some of these commutes get much better over the last few hours. it started off kind of slow this morning. now, 880 is still showing a backup passing the coliseum. but it only lasts as far as high street. and then it clears up to downtown oakland. at the bay bridge toll plaza, we don't have any delay to speak of. traffic is moving along very nicely. it's about a ten-minute drive across into san francisco. as we look at the south bay, we've had a couple of crashes but even then, those crashes have not caused an

santa rosa you are looking at 40 degrees. temperatures did you see redwood city jump to 52? i bet you have a wind blowing out your door. we will see the temperatures turn around as we get to the 7:00 hour still very cool. look at all of that sunshine 54 as you get into the afternoon. and wide spread 50s expected concord you are 37 right now. still a chilly one. by 10:00 barely getting over the hump. we are into the low 50s. and for the second half of your day wide spread 50s in the forecast for you as well. let's get to the afternoon highs. 58 for vallejo. 57 in oakland and san francisco. pacifica 56. into areas around antioch and brentwood. mid to upper 50s for the south bay. san jose you will go to 59. 59 for los gatos as well. how about tahoe? it will be cold out there. mostly sunny skies. >> sorry i'm just too excited about that. [ laughter ] >> extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view. temperatures will remain cool and mostly sunny and dry. as we get through monday and tuesday. now tuesday the models do want to bring us a little bit of rain and low sn

looking forward to the storm. >> there we go. >> it's all yours. >> 62 san jose and morgan hill. we have a live view for you that is currently 60 degrees in santa rosag back at a portion of the skyline these are the forecast features, major storm hits mid week. there is a chancef thunderstorms. we have dry conditions and a growing and building storm. let's start our forecast animation at 7:00 wednesday evening. storm moves in pour fully and by 5:00 thursday morning we'll see stormy conditions across most of the northern half of the viewing area. d that will give you a forecast through thursda evening. and overnight thursday into friday, rain continues and winds down friday night. that is 1 to 3 inches in lower elations. sk of flooding, high winds are going to accompany the storm. gusting up to 40-60 miles per hour. and we expect elevated surf to 4:00 a.m friday. in the sierra, ok for 2 to 3 feet of snow. low to mid-50s, highs tomorrow only into mid, pretty mild, mid to upper 60s here ithe accu-weather forecast. storms arriving wednesday night, continuing throughout the day thursday. continuing into friday, winds down by friday and we have a dry week

looking forward to the storm. >> there we go. >> it's all yours. >> 62 san jose and morgan hill. we have a live view for you that is currently 60 degrees in santa rosag back at a portion of the skyline these are the forecast features, major storm hits mid week. there is a chance of thunderstorms. we have dry conditions and a growing and building storm. let's start our forecast animation at 7:00 wednesday evening. storm moves in pour fully and by 5:00 thursday morning we'll see stormy conditions across most of the northern half of the viewing area. and that will give you a forecast through thursday evening. and overnight thursday into friday, rain continues and winds down friday night. that is 1 to 3 inches in lower elevations. risk of flooding, high winds are going to accompany the storm. gusting up to 40-60 miles per hour. and we expect elevated surf to 4:00 a.m friday. in the sierra, look for 2 to 3 feet of snow. low to mid-50s, highs tomorrow only into mid, pretty mild, mid to upper 60s here is the accu-weather forecast. storms arriving wednesday night, continuing throughout the day thursday. continuing into friday, winds down by friday and we ha

early temperatures all the way to 60 degrees in oakland, the city is looking at 60 degrees, with fort livermore in 57 degrees. santa rosa's57 is rel, berkeley at 57 degrees as well and looking for the numbers will stay pretty much the same on sunday and monday and really dive like car keys on tuesday and wednesday. the numbers are collapsing into lower 50s, combining that with small wins tuesday and wednesday, with a bite in the air on midweek. the latter half of the week looks okay. and if you check the weather app, you can check real-time radar in your area. you can see the weather photos if you search on our website or on google play. >> reporter: not sure what to do with your old christmas tree? why not give it to firefighters? give them a hand and feed it to a goat. they are teaming up with the fire protection district. it is a fire prevention tactic. that is a cute goat. a lot of christmas trees are illegally dumped. they become a fired danger and they are tasty and healthy for animals. it takes about a day or so for the goats to eat two trees. they ate it down like a rib. and it looks like all of the speculation is

as you look around a pleasanton and foothill road and then really around the north bay very widely scattered and very light around clear lake and santa rosa. when you look at the last six hours of rain, not a whole lot. .27 where our radar is. .19 fran and san jose livermore and concord .02. here is what is interesting. san jose, wettest decembers. 1955, more than nine inches of rain. that was the wettest december on record. we are now in second place for san jose with just over seven and a half inches of rain. when you look at san francisco, the wettest decembers, well, we have had some pretty wet decembers here in s francisco. more than 15 inches in 1866. we are now in 11th place with over 10 inches of rain. storm number three is coming in, and it will be here faster than you think. i will be back with a detailed look at how long the rain will last and what's ahead as the season change this weekend. ama? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> compared to the big storm we had last week, our rain this week may not seem that impressive, but people who got too much rain too quickly are now dealing with flooding and are understandably worried about ever

as you look around a pleasanton and foothill road and then really around the north bay very widely scattered and very light around clear lake and santa rosalook at the last six hours of rain, not a whole lot. .27 where our radar is. .19 fran and san jose livermore and concord .02. here is what is interesting. san jose, wettest decembers. 1955, more than nine inches of rain. that was the wettest december on record. we are now in second place for san jose with just over seven and a half inches of rain. when you look at san francisco, the wettest decembers, well, we have had some pretty wet decembers here in san francisco. more than 15 inches in 1866. we are now in 11th place with over 10 inches of rain. storm number three is coming in, and it will be here faster than you think. i will be back with a detailed look at how long the rain will last and what's ahead as the season change this weekend. ama? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> compared to the big storm we had last week, our rain this week may not seem that impressive, but people who got too much rain too quickly are now dealing with flooding and are understandably worried about every drop. k

we're looking at sonoma and santa rosa. santa rosa looks good today. both directions. all that bad. northbound and southbound but further south in marin between novato and san rafael. you do have slow traffic. time for today's forecast. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a lot of fog report, even some drizzle. san francisco, the fog mainly, mainly east bay. the drizzle from san francisco actual -- actually pacifica along the coast, sonoma county. a lot of mostly cloudy skies over us. there are a few breaks in the clouds. we're waiting for the system to move in. it's still two days away. i think it will slow down and stall out which would be a bad sign. but thursday and friday will be the days that we have to focus on. today is the tweener day. heavy rainfall is expected. high wind watch already posted. there's gonna be heavy totals over the next five days. again, let's ease into this as we get closer to wednesday night. nothing will happen. light drizzle. flash flood watch out wednesday night into thursday. might even be extended into friday morning. some of the rai

santa rosa looks like to windsor, parts of the russian river. lake county, mendocino county.weekend had really good rain. i -- san jose, saturday morning just got slammed but coyote, valley, 1.60. sausalito, 1 point 15. daly city, 1.50. not too shabby. sleepy hollow, 1.42. el cerrito, 2/3. antioch, .35. for some, it was really good rain but for parts of the bay area, it was like what rain? san francisco now 75%. san jose, with that -- i think about 8/10 on saturday morning. 2.54. less than these two yet it's 88% of normal. everything has been flip- flopped. 50s on the temperatures to 63 half moon bay. you get the southeast breeze or an easterly breeze in advance of the system. that's going to make for a mild day and the water temperatures, may be a record for december 1st. they are still in the 60s from half moon bay to monterey down to southern california. i think i saw 66 off la jolla. they've been warm since june. nothing to do with el nino. 40s up in the mountains. 43 in tahoe. 56 in monterey. for the sierra, snow level will go up, up, up because of the moisture coming up

look strong. maybe heavier rain north of santa rosa, mendocino, lake county. looks like a break surkt/sunday. there will be a ton of valley and tule fog. but the coast could be mild as we head into sunday/monday. >> the 11th through the 16th, the westest ever in san francisco. 10.01 on rainfall. incredible. >>> kids in oakland got a big surprise. we'll show you the major operation that involved the oakland police department and santa on his motorcycle. >>> an hour ago, the federal reserve plans a patient approach to raising interest rates from the current record lows. janet yellen and other officials wrapped up their policy meeting for the year. rates have not been raised in more than eight years. the committee considers it likely to begin the normalization process for at least the next couple of meetings. those meetings take place in jan/march. many analysts expect them to start raising rates from historic lows in june or september of next year. this has been good news for investors, all of the stocks were surging after the fed promised a patient approach to raising rates. taking a live look

rosa. the look ahead looks good with an incurrencing chance of a few showers north and east bay christmas evethen look pretty nice for christmas day. the numbers are in the low 6 for the most part on the weekend. details on this and more dead ahead. but first the latest with frank. >>> thank you brian. the world series trophy is going on the road again. on a world trip in fact. the details on a plan to show off the unites' pride all across the country coming up. >> good morning everybody, it's almost here. it's almost here. what? the warriors and the lakers. later on today. all right. i'll give you the warmup act in a bit. check out what they did last night. ,,,, >>> good morning everybody. i'm going to throw a number out to you. 23-3. it's a warriors' record. pretty impressive. hey it's nor cal foes from i-80 paid a visit last night and david lee was back with a smile. in the lineup. had a bad hamstring cost him 21 games and look at the dubs doing damage. steph curry. 17 straight points scored by golden state. just before the half. they go inside to lee for the jam. 16 minutes. all 13 dubs'

as you look around a pleasanton and foothill road and then really around the north bay very widely scattered and very light around clear lake and santa rosa. when you look at the last six hours of rain, not a whole lot. .27 where our radar is. .19 fran and san jose livermore and concord .02. here is what is interesting. san jose, wettest decembers. 1955, more than nine inches of rain. that was the wettest december on record. we are now in second place for san jose with just over seven and a half inches of rain. when you look at san francisco, the wettest decembers, well, we have had some pretty wet decembers here in san francisco. more than 15 inches in 1866. we are now in 11th place with over 10 inches of rain. storm number three is coming in, and it will be here faster than you think. i will be back with a detailed look at how long the rain will last and what's ahead as the season change this weekend. ama? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> compared to the big storm we had last week, our rain this week may not seem that impressive, but people who got too much rain too quickly are now dealing with flooding and are understandably worried about ev

we're looking at temperatures in the mid 60s today. 69 for oakland. 66 in santa rosa and we'll have the look ahead which looks pretty good except for the chance of showers tomorrow. that's weather. first let's get the latest on traffic. >>> hey there brian and good morning everybody. now we're expecting lighter traffic than usual on this holiday week. just a blip of slow traffic for altamonte pass commuters westbound 580 between the 205 interchange and grantline road. once you head through the livermore area traffic breaks loose approaching the dublin interchange. light fog is an issue over here at the golden gate bridge and all lanes are open and again they were able too -- caltrans was able to stabilize the hillside yesterday. we had all the problems for the morning commute bovina mudslide. that's all been cleared -- because of that mudslide. that's all been cleared up. heading to the bay bridge. westbound traffic looks good between oakland and san francisco. san mateo bridge no issues for any of the commute. so you're looking good in both directions of highway 92. the chp is reportin

rosa 44. we will look for ptl

>>george: the rosa looking very well this one we are not tracking any hot spots we have not even seene bay bridge with the west about ride has not really backed up sister very early morning hours track after a meeting last activated by about 630 them back up started to dissipate by 7:00 it was gone and my seven to to to the mid realize were turned off and has been like this the rest of the morning here on highway 92 the san mateo bridge again just before 7 was our rush of cars at the toll plaza but after that things have cleared out we have been enjoying liken this ever since. >>darya: assault more about travel not the commute to work or school a lot of people on vacation we have been looking live as a follow all morning long and over at oakland were jackie cicero has been. if >> jackie sissel: spill like in this is not that bad over the sfo at oakland international airport here is a video earlier inside of the terminal on a monday they spent about two to 5000 passengers in and out of the airport today they say they spent the sea 40,000 people a significant increase been nothing like

but as we get set through the rest of the year, take a look what you will wake up to in santa rosa with numbers in the mid-30s. today we are in the upper 340s. not much change into new year's eve. look what happens with the front. by thursday and friday morning we are lobby freezing. and livermore you too, we will be below freezing come new year's day with temperatures bottoming out after the front pass lose tuesday night. gusty winds will accompany it. we could see winds up to 50 miles an hour come tuesday night into wins at the same time today looks comfortable with some seasonable temperatures. mid-and upper 50s. 55 vallejo, 57 san jose. and half moon bay 57. so we are looking at temperatures pretty much where they should be today tomorrow. the accuweather devin app seven take forecast and tuesday here comes the cold front. it may bring an isolated shower, but more importantly we will look for perhaps a dusting of snow. mt. hamilton, snow levels 2500 feet. breezy winds into new year's eve day, and then you will notice that temperatures just barely in the low 50s for wednesday and thu

santa rosa, 30 degrees and concord, 34. livermore, 33; and look at the cold numbers from this morning. as far as current numbers right now, already cooling off and showing you some 40s in santa rosa, walnut creek and livermore. you can see a few high clouds approaching the bay area. they will continue to be a factor tonight and into tomorrow morning. not as cold and still patchy frost out there, especially into santa rosa and napa. low 30s for concord and livermore and antioch. san francisco in the lower 40s. i'm tracking another surge of cold air that could impact your new year's eve plans. that is coming up in 10 minutes. >>> and the chp is investigating a collision on the southern edge of contra costa county that killed a bicyclist. the victim was travelling -- travelling with a group of cyclists when the freak accident occurred. christina is in our newsroom with more on how this crash happened. christina. >> reporter: we're learning the victim was trying to avoid an accident himself. a chp spokesman said the cyclist rode into oncoming traffic

> pam: the steady downpour did cause some problems for drivers in the north bay area santa rosa assault all look lot of flooded roads today. vehicles were still driving through large bottle this evening and they said this is a common issue in the area when it rains heavily like it did last week. there's a high service advisory in place on the coast. >> reporter: on 3:00 p.m. on saturday there is some high surf advisory that the high as the b is a low as high as 25 ft. at times swimming be careful there could be wrapped parents that the pull people out in expectantly area if you're standing on the rocks looking at the waves be careful. i spent a day driving around upper peninsula and is been a steady to light medium grain. at 2:00 that heaven's just open up and know what was his dumping and all that the worst time when parents were picking up the children from school. the ground is completely saturated the dirt and grass cannot take any more rain is this fall in right out into the street. >> reporter: it target was busy the friday before christmas and of people were not letting the rain stopped t

this is a scene looking out of golden gate bridge, it is wet and currently 51 degrees. santa rosa is in the 50s. look at these numbers, it is raw outside. winds will 10 miles per hour . we'll be picking up out of the southeast from the morning and through the afternoon into the evening commute and we are going to be in and out of the rain showers all week long. this iss latest frontal boundary area. it is moving ahead of time. this is our future cast, at lunchtime, it is located offshore even though we have the yellows and the greens and the reds on the screen right new. here san jose towards the evening commute. this gives you an idea that we'll continue to see rain showers until about this time tomorrow. over the next 24 hours, we are looking at two more inches of rain from nevada. same story around the mountains, pacifica with over an inch of rain and san francisco over an inch of rain in the next 24 hours. today's highs is into the 50s across the board. breezy winds. this is a big picture of that area of low pressure. by wednesday, nearly 2 inches of rain in the concord area.

for high temperatures today, we are going to be looking at 59 degrees in santa rosa. 58 for napa. 57 allejo. concord 57 today. livermore 55. san jose 58 degrees. look ahead looking good nice weekend on tap for the bay area with a few clouds coming in from time to time not a big deal. temperatures in the upper 50s all the way into next week. a little cooler on tuesday as that disturbance comes through and kicks up some winds by new year's eve. but the first day of 2015 right now is looking high and dry. >>> time is 11 minutes before 6:00. check out san francisco's union square. boy, i was there last night. the city was still alive even on christmas day. lights still twinkling this morning. the holiday season ends in 12 days. >>> when i got to around 7 years old i was like let's do this. >> what does it take to go from tiny dancer to big-time ballerina? one of the stars of san francisco's nutcracker lets us in on her secret to success. next. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. "friday light" today. wind advisory for the bay bridge. we'll have a look at traffic coming up. >>> this

sunshine and the weather afternoon highs only oppressed the upper '50's that is a look at whether this see how the rosarge: where i sit on pretty well this morning not tracking much in the way of incidents where not look is so traffic will take a look around the bay though let's start with an update on some drive times cheerful the opry stressfree wet believe or not it is still just a 12 minute trip times hercules to berkeley for the was down 80 ride 50 minutes of the san ramon valley even 580 west some 21 minutes of the commute time from the alta not pass at the dublin a chance and is almost as good as it is a recurring problems and san jose clear on a 80 northbound at bascom and maintenance of ride this problem free for 101287101 was good of the 92 and change and iran is still under 25 minutes trip time from highway 37 and about the down to the golden gate bridge at the bay bridge the westbound ride in the back of already the meeting last have not been turned on the ghost of and is the trip here with a delay for in both directions would like traffic and led to the westbound 580 ride >> reporter: as w

talking about the big chances over the past week of the last week at this time, look at rainfall statistics for santa rosa, san francisco, oakland and san josi. everybody below 100% and a significant leap in the rainfall numbers coming up currently. look at santa rosa from 239 5" of rainfall to over 7.5". that is 94% of average. san francisco, oakland and san josi all over 100%, in fact, san josi from 70 to 160%. as we mentioned a bit of a break out there with mostly cloudy skies. some fog developing. there is a system out to our north and west that will impact the region by this time tomorrow. and into monday morning. coming up at 10:35 we have a lot to talk about, the timing of the chance of a few scattered showers for sunday night into monday and the timing of a much stronger storm, could be stronger than the one over the past few days coming up at 10:35. >>> thank you, mark. >>> typhoon ruby crashing into fill phenomenons coast leaving a path of destruction. strong winds of 120 miles per hour down trees and knocked out power for many in of the coastal town of dolores. as manufacture as 650,000 people

right now we are looking at 50s santa rosa, near 60 in san rafael.tures, low visibility around livermore valley more, san carlos and santa rosa. this will take us through the next hour or two. then we will look for the ceiling to lift. sunshine with some sun around the bay today. mainly south bay and east bay. numbers there in the mid-60s. elsewhere lower 60s. then a very active pattern taking shape for the week ahead. i'll detail it for you coming up. carolyn. >> looking for that. thank you, lisa. >>> protests took place across the nation last night. they turned violent in berkeley. there have been nightly demonstrations since the grand jury decided not indict the white police officer whose apparent choke hold is said to have led to the death of an unarmed black man in new york. abc news reporter ron claiborne has the latest. >> reporter: marching through a shopping mall in houston, texas. a so-called die-in in new york city grand central terminal. the protests over the grand jury decision are spreading. [chanting] at a rally in harlem, eric garner'

rosa and napa. here's a current look at the temperatures. there are 50s and a few upper 40s for santa rosa and fairfield. here's a live look at sfo, there's a fog right now, scattered showers this afternoon, but it will be dry for your christmas. here's the forecast for this morning and the short term partly cloudy skies and areas of fog, into the afternoon hours it won't be a washout, scattered showers will be paying us a visit. it will move from the north to the south. mainly near 60 degrees, it will be cooler than yesterday. we'll take a look at the christmas day forecast coming up in a few minutes. he's standing by with the look at the roadways. it's not so busy out there. >> mark, you're right, you're looking good here as you drive through. the traffic continues to look good at the bay bridge toll plaza. we're looking at a nice commute. no majority problems here get nothing san francisco. we're not thinking of a traditional commute but a lot of people will be doing last- minute shopping. this is a lack at the san mateo bridge and mark me

the low 60s although we are dropping to 56 in concord. 60 degrees in livermore and in santa rosa patrick lookingwith clout and clear skies for a portion of the bay area tonight. we do have a storm brewing over the coastal waters creek >> jacqueline: emerging into tomorrow and we are talking about significant changes with our weather. 50 degrees out the door tomorrow morning before and half moon bay and 51 in san jose. there is similar to what we sought today was 66 degrees in livermore and 66 degrees in san jose with the same thing in napa and san francisco. however, big changes are coming wednesday. we are going to times that of future past and look at the rainfall total spirit you one not believe the rainfall totals? >> catherine: for the second time in a week a east bay officer is heard in a stolen vehicle chased her it would tell you about the latest incidents. global warming and the new report coming out! >> catherine: this is the second leandro officer to be injured in the past week. on thursday police tried to stop a suspicious car when someone jumped out and ran away. another officer who

rosa 44. we will look for partly to mostly cloudy skies today. temperatures maybe a degree or two cooler due to the cloud cover along the coast, the north bay. but for the most part, not bad. filtered sunshine out there and a break for some cleanup in anticipation of a pretty rainy week. at least the beginning coming up. we will have it for you in a few minutes. russ. >> 6:01 is our time. >>> thousands of people took to the streets in the bay area and across the country yesterday to protest police shootings. it wasn't all peaceful. in oakland the protests turned violence with police making dozens of arrests after people continued marching in the streets, even after officers declared an unlawful assembly. one group was detained at 29 and telegraph and another group was surrounded by officers in riot gear at 17th and franklin. police say officers declared an unlawful assembly after vandals in the group hit a whole foods market on bay street. two large windows were shattered. nearby someone set a flag on fire. at several points protesters tried to g

will notice we are looking at the faine frontal band still offshore a couple lightning strikes, as well. the cold system is set to move in this evening. we have plenty of fog in santa rosaently a mixed bag in morning with some clouds and sun this afternoon. look for mainly dry conditions this afternoon but isolated showers and upper 50s to mid-60s. the main rain arrives tonight. we will time it out for you and talk about a rainy week ahead. chris. >> thank you, lisa. some news out of washington, d.c. it is official, the u.s. government will not be shutting down. >> with the 56 "yays" to 40 "nays", the motion to concur is passed. >> the senate voted yesterday in favor of the long-term funding bill. that was the main item left on congress's year-end agenda. the $1.1 trillion spending bill is on its way to president obama for signature. the measure provides money for nearly the entire government through the end of september, which is the end of the budget year. >> turning now to the scathing report released last week by the senate intelligence committee on the. of cia. it revealed shocking details about torture methods used after 91. it was on "this week" and the director

rosa. and a look ahead as we wrap up 2014 and go into the new year, going to be pretty blustery for tuesday wind. isolated showers early in the morning but otherwise mostly sunny, windy and colder through the end of this week. >> former president george hw bush will remain in the hospital. he was admitted after experiencing shortness of breath. he remains hospitalized for observation. mr. bush is the oldest living former u.s. president. two years ago during christmas he spent nearly two months in the hospital for a case of bronchitis. >> "the interview" not the only movie not allowed in theet theaters. hey mom, can i have a hot chocolate? ho ho ho... we'll all have hot cocoa! ma'am, need a strong pot of joe. the all new keurig 2.0. >> another controversy is brewing over a holiday movie. egypt has banged the screening of "exodus." >>reporter: it doesn't come as a surprise when officials banned the movie "exodus" of he jipt egypt. they're no stranger to movie censorship. the recent epic noah was banned because it depicted a profit of god. "exodus" also shows the profit of god moses. for offic

santa rosa napa, upper 40s. our live camera looking out toward the bay bridge san francisco, the lights here in to the distance. forecast headlines for tonight we'll go with this. cool and breezy for tonight. a cold friday morning with fair skies in to the afternoon hours and no rain clouds to track as we head in to your bay area weekend. overnight lows look at these lower 30s for santa rosa and napa. we could have a few inland neighborhoods back down in to the upper 20s. liver wood 34. san francisco, 43. we're starting out 30s and 40s for your friday morning and then in to the afternoon hours most areas will be in the 50s maybe a few neighborhoods will be flirting with the 60-degree mark. that's a green contour showing up in the forecast map. winds still a factor for tonight. gradually backing off in to the evening hours. high pressure we typically talk about this area of high pressure warming us up. this time of year it's going to usher in the northerly flow. we had the patchy frost in the forecast for tomorrow morning and saturday m

for san jose and san francisco, look at those temperatures, daytime highs lower 50s approaching the beginning of next week. same for inland valleys, livermore, santa rosa, temperatures dropping off. new year's eve does look dry. but chilly at least by bay area standards with highs in low to mid 50s and nighttime temperatures cold enough for patchy frost for the next two nights and maybe the next seven to ten nights. we'll see howl this cold pattern lasts for the bay area. >>> today is the grand finale for the nbc bay area food drive. and all of us here want to thank you for helping us feed families in need on this holiday season. this is the fifth year that we have deeped up with safeway to help our neighbors providing them with bags full of food. you truly came through yet again. to all of you, thanks so much. >>> coming up next, a holiday tradition. the first family has a special message for the country and the troops who can't be home for the holidays. >>> before we go to break, a rocking house located in santa clara. the homeowner synced all of the lights to eight different songs that play on a loop. he also has a personal fm radio signal he sends

rosa is up near 4.75". the rain moved through san rafael and look at this, it is an area that now has standing water as we look southbound on 101. that is an area you will have to avoid for the next couple of hours. this is how it looks from the east bay hills thicker clouds are coming in with the moisture to sausalito and the golden gate bridge and rain hasn't quite made it down to 87 near the shark tapping but it is coming your way in the next 20 minutes to-an hour so scattered showers and storms are possible, dry during the weekend day but come sunday night, monday and tuesday we will have a rain that will last the entire 48 hours the right new we have low-to-mid 50's so it is cool. this morning, following the storms rolling through, as we head into the afternoon and evening hours, we will start to see it tapering and we will wake up tomorrow with clouds and patchy fog. as we head through saturday we

rosa. the temperature has dropped up in parts of the north bay, but still with southerly winds we are mild. 58 in concord. visibility, lookvermore. less than a quarter mile. san jose very, very foggy. a mile and a half in san carlos and santa rosa has been in it all morning long with just a half-mile visibility. a nice shot electric our sutro tower camera. you can see a sliver of the sun coming up 7:12. we have about 5 to 7 inches of rain around the bay keeping us from 125% to 184% of normal. that's good but we need more. with the few showers forecasted tonight is into monday in basically the north bay not making much of an impact, but perhaps wet pave but heavy rain and much more is he had had had our way not only on thursday, but another one behind that one. here's the weak one. the tail end had push on through tomorrow. here's the timing for the rest of the day today. we've got clouds, but more sunshine for the peninsula, the east bay, and we will look for some spotty shower activity by midnight from sonoma, marin county, and perhaps right on through the day here you could see some showers. so it will allow for maybe s

also say some rainout and hill were windsor heading down to send rosa to take a look santa rosa beginthe heavy sellers come into play. all this moving in the south is the correction to be heading santa rosa townwide nothing much on either side of the bay bridge of light showers are of the scare is a reporter for the open side of the bridge to look at the north bay shoreline there looking is a showers move along through and hitting on to the direction of what acre and san anselmo. the wider view here shows what you experience as you get out the door we have clouds overhead is coming down the formal ranges lie right now as to approach the bay bridge the we're looking for more to come a lot of unsettled weather all of this offshore and still working his way toward the bay. this is a zap to saw all my rear view. not the time a field as you head out the door by noontime because it is near for the east bay and south bay. >> james: they're stressing- symbol modern rain fall. this will will expected of a about an inch that the most of the system the better as for the bay in the santa cruz mou

rosa. the moisture improving the visibility issues. but we will look for them to be with us throughout the morning hours. look what happens by late morning. so here we are, 5:00 this morning. then by about, let's say, 10:00, 11:00, we begin to clear. we are left still with clouds but sunshine throughout the day. it is the first day of winter. we will detail the king tide coming our way and a look at the christmas forecast coming up. carolyn. >> thank you. developing news, the shocking murders. two new york police officers. the officers were ambushed and murdered and never had an opportunity to draw their weapons. weaver also learned the gunman had made online anti-please postings. abc news reporter michelle franson has the latest. >> a break in the deadly attack in new york city leaving the police department and the new york mayor shaken. >> we try to bring some sense to the madness that occurred this afternoon on the streets of brooklyn. >> our city is in mourning. our hearts are heavy. >> two police officers shot to death on the streets of brooklyn i

rosa has probably had more than that. you can see it around lake county. it's steady. moderate amounts of rain. look what's going on here. guerneville, russian rinner, windsor, santa rosa, windy, sebastopol, rohnert park, calistoga. saint helene nay. not along highway 29 to napa yet. it's on its way. it looks like it's beginning to move in there. north of novato it will get down here in the next half- hour. south bay, peninsula, east bay, cloudy, maybe light drizzle. mild on the temperatures. it's kind of chilly. this is a mild system. gusts to 23, san jose. it's out of the south- southeast. it's going to be a breezy, windy pattern. that rain is on the way. the heaviest amounts will be in the north bay. but 50s and 60s on the temps. this is the last significant system. sal, for some, they will escape the morning commute. for others, it could be tough. rain is picking up. >>> steve, i'm sorry. i was caught offguard, the padres' fans were talking about justin upton going to the team. >> they are loaded. they get camped and up and they have to make a deal. >> we have to follow the padres because the bo

as far as the current numbers, pretty mild, looking at the 60s, san jose, 61 degrees. fairfield, 64 and santa rosa, 62 degrees. isn't this just beautiful, looking across the bay and san francisco. for the most part, we have partly cloudy skies, a few mostly cloudy observations as well. clouds thicken up overnight. a mild pattern for monday and tuesday. a few neighborhoods to be flirting with 70 degrees. the chance of a shower by wednesday night, a weak system approaches the bay area. for your monday, starting out the day with areas of fog. temperatures near 50 degrees and into the afternoon hours, partly sunny skies. it will be mild, 63 to 68 degrees. >> >> overnight lows to start out monday, near 50, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, watch out for patchy dense fog. a few patches will develop near the bay, especially for the inland areas toward the north bay. high pressure is building, pushing the storm track to our north, the source of warming for monday and tuesday, more wednesday, christmas each, the weak system moves in, a slight chance of a shower by wednesday evening, a better bet by lat

even tonight, look at santa rosa. you are up to 36 degrees. you will flirt with freezing. livermore to 42. proximity to water now warms you up. san francisco, 50 degrees. san bruno, 47. 35 for you in fremont. redwood city 35. vallejo, 39. haven't done the cold thing that much this fall and winter but we certainly are now. where did the rain go? first half of december we had double digit rainfall. the section half of december, i'm wrapping things up because it is not going to rain again, less than two inches. the rain is gone, but the cold is here. it is this ridge of high pressure doing two things. it is blocking any storms from getting here. look at this guy here. you can't go through high pressure. it has to go up around and down. what is making it here is around the ridge, we are seeing a flow of air coming from canada. no influence of the ocean now. we are not getting an on shore flow. we are getting a northerly wind. that will keep us chilly to cold. the next change i see is a strong area of low pressure to the east enhancing that flow coming from the north and enhanc

it looks like there could be heavy amounts going wednesday into thursday. i think that is a little over done for santa rosa but it is not to the south. 60s on your temps. here is sal. >>> all right steve, good morning. we are looking at a commute where traffic is going to be a little slower than usual because of the wet roads. not raining now. at least not in most places. it is wet from the over night rain. traffic is backed up a the toll plaza. we are getting brief break until another storm moves into the bay area. alex savidge is live in san francisco where wet weather caused traffic issues. >> reporter: the wet weather the next rain system is expected to cause even more problems. look at issues they had yesterday here. we're at the issue of the -- we're at the corner of oak and broadrick. this is where a tree split and fell down on top of several cars. this happened yesterday. they have a tendency to snap during storms. this tree came down on a a couple of parked cars. there was a passenger inside that taxi but the good news is no one was hurt during this close call. >> i just saw some the nissan hit th

santa rosa 42. but look at what we do tonight.f the month because we are changing air masses. gone is the warm sticky wet air. now we are getting cold canadian air coming down and mother nature is responding quickly. 30s in fairfield, vacaville, concord, walnut creek and livermore on christmas morning. bundle up the kids if they are heading out. we have high pressure building in. key, not high pressure over los angeles where we get a fetch of air coming in from the ocean which would make us cool but not cold. this ridge is building in to the north. watch the arrows or the wind going around, the wind is coming down from the north. as that happens, we tap into not air from the pacific but air from canada, from british columbia, from alberta. it's not going to be cold like it will in vancouver or winnipeg but it will be chilly. so we'll have chilly days, cold nights and maybe frost away from the water in the north and east bay as soon as tomorrow night. so tonight it's about the wind. gusty winds relaxing throughout the evening but t

santa rosa has had some light rain in the last couple of hours. looking towards san francisco, a nice view but low clouds are starting to thickennen up. temperatures into the mid-50s. san francisco 55. oakland 54. and morgan hill, 53. and this time we're looking from the east bay hills towards the west. here's what you need to know. the rain will spread overnight throughout the bay area. be heaviest around noon tomorrow but we could see a messy monday morning commute. more rain tuesday, wednesday, and friday, but i'll show you the timing so you can have an idea when to expect breaks in the rain this week. here's a look at the radar satellite image. over the last 12 hours we have soon the cold front moving through. moving through overnight into tomorrow morning, this is storm number one for this week. then we have another system dropping into the bay area. storm number two. the timing is tuesday afternoon, evening, into wednesday. and then storm number three, friday. rainfall totals for monday, anywhere from about half an inch to two inches in some of the