north bay under wind advisory now, san francisco the peninsula coast and you are under the wind advisoryater tonight gusts up to 50 miles per hour possible. so joey bring in your trash chance. >>> with the storms you may want indoor entertainment. still ahead, arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez checks out what is hot this weekend. >> this is a special one this >> this is a special one this is his last and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. >>> coming up at 3 on katie billy crystal, bette midler and marisa tomei. at 4:00, a 20-year-old woman on one of her favorite ski runs buried in an avalanche the trick she used to stay alive. then at 5 the bra that can detect early stages of breast cancer those stories and more at 4 and 5. >>> don sanchez is retiring tomorrow, after 40 years here at abc7. >> he is so dedicated before he goes, here he is checking out what's hot this weekend, one final time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ find more at abc7news.com with what's hot i'm don sanchez, abc7 news. >>> with that we want

north bay under wind advisory now, san francisco the peninsula coast and you are under the wind advisoryer tonight gusts up to 50 miles per hour possible. so joey bring in your trash chance. >>> with the storms you may want indoor entertainment. still ahead, arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez checks out what is hot this weekend. >> this is a special one this is >>> coming up at 3 on katie billy crystal, bette midler and marisa tomei. at 4:00, a 20-year-old woman on one of her favorite ski runs buried in an avalanche the trick she used to stay alive. then at 5 the bra that can detect early stages of breast cancer those stories and more at 4 and 5. >>> don sanchez is retiring tomorrow, after 40 years here at abc7. >> he is so dedicated before he goes, here he is checking out what's hot this weekend, one final time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ find more at abc7news.com with what's hot i'm don sanchez, abc7 news. >>> with that we want to wish don sanchez a happy retirement. we'll have a special look back at don's 40 years tomorrow night on abc7 news at 6:00. how is that possible he must have started

the peninsula, a heavy downpour and winds have lightened up here. but still some light rain. the front has yet to move through san francisco. some heavier rain on the peninsula from woodside to 280 and flooding is happening in the santa cruz mountains. we are looking at rain rates of an inch an hour and another additional inch is forecasted. take a look at these current wind gusts. you can see where the front has moved through. it is breezy and dangerous out there. and throw 10:15 we will be looking at flooding imminent, and then beyond that the creeks and the streams will be draining into the rivers, and then we are looking at the rivers rising right on through midday. carolyn? >> it is a wild morning. thank you, low saw. both eastbound lanes of the richmond san rafael bridge remain blocked by an overturned big rig right now. the chp won't even think about moving it until the winds die down. abc7 news reporter nick smith is on the bridge to update this storm-related news. >> carolyn, this is the first time i have had an opportunity to actually do a live shot on the richmond san rafael bridge. the reason we are here is becau

the state was in san francisco. l.a. barely made a presidio. they had, like, 50 or 60 people. 90% of the population was in san francisco, and everyone down the peninsula is saying if they are in the county, san francisco has this huge population, we are going to have to go along with them, so they can't get off -- they carved it off. >> it looks like it is the richmond district, but a kind of shows what was on the west side town. a great deal of it was sam, and for that reason, people thought that the weather and the san -- it was really not a place that people wanted to live, and it was going to be very typical for san francisco -- very difficult for san francisco to expand west. >> if you look at the early maps, it was 3 miles wide by about 6 miles long, this huge sand dunes that just moved around. >> here is an 1875 map of the laguna. says along the side of the map, high sand hills between the pacific ocean and the like. by the way, this had actually opened directly into the ocean. >> lake merced had a high water level. since we paid over much of the city, the water levels have dropped, but at one time, the late actually trade out into the ocean ap

san francisco. the hills really blowing. mt. diablo reporting 50 miles an hour gusts. and the the wind advisory lasts for san francisco and the peninsula until 10:00 this morning. gusts to 50 miles an hour possible. i saw a gust at half-moon bay 35 miles an hour. the winter storm warning moves into place for the sierra. lasts until sunday night. if you are doing holiday traveling, be prepared for that. make sure you pack along the tracks. extended forecast here we will continue to see the rain on and off through the entire weekend. unsettled weather into your holiday christmas eve and christmas day. because of the storm not as cold this morning. i'll have a look at your temperatures and how much rain we're expecting coming up. >>> it is 5:41. a hit and run driver takes off after running into a man and his dog. ongoing problem that contributed to their death. >>> if you're a pg&e customer, what you may have to pay in connection to the san bruno pipeline disaster. >>> 280 off to a good start. another look at the traffic straight ahead. >>> good morning, to you. and welcome back. we have steady rain falling over the north bay this morning

rates right now and there are a lot of houses on the market right now but places like san francisco, the peninsula, parts of contra costa county, it's starting to pick up? >> it is. right now with the money in silicon valley, and all of the biotechs, there's just a real demand for homes right in the central location. >> reporter: 808 for this house and you're telling me you have gotten offers already? >> we have eight offers. we are presenting offers tomorrow night at 6:00. we have given out over 60 packages and we anticipate as many as 25 or 30 offers. >> reporter: 25 offers on this house. they are going to go overprice. this is going to sell for how much? >> it will -- we're looking to get a million but it will sell in the nines that's for sure. >> reporter: a million for this house. they were asking 800,000. that's the state of affairs as far as real estate in the bay area. up way more than 6.3% in some neighborhoods. we're reporting live from millbrae. i'm ken bastida. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> well, the holiday season prime time for crooks trying to pass off fake money. as cbs 5 con

san francisco, the peninsula, santa cruz mountains and monterey bay. we are expecting several inches of rain in addition to what we received with the last and final system coming through late tonight into tomorrow with gusty winds. katie. >> pretty dramatic stuff. thank you, lisa. new this morning north korea said it will try again to launch a long range rocket, one capable of reaching northern california. they said the launch will take place sometime between 22nd. it comes as their leader meets to chinese officials to discuss relations. it also comes ahead of south korea's december 19th presidential election. the north launched a long range rocket in april but it broke apart shortly after liftoff. they say they have made improvements. >> and there was a change ever hands of mexico's authorities. president elect enrique peno nieto was given the flag in front of the guard of honor and the new cabinet. en mean neat will officially be sworn into office later today. he's a member of the revolutionary party which ruled mexico for seven decades until losing p

san francisco, the peninsula, the santa cruz mountains, monterey and down through big sur.small streams. we could see that flooding right on through the afternoon and into portions of monday. here's a look at high surf advisory. this is through 10:00 this morning. san francisco goes through sunday at 5:00. so here's the satellite and radar composite. our next system, the little impulse provides the on and off showers throughout the day today, but the main event is still offshore. and that is what is going to get enhanced as it moves on over the bay area late tonight and tomorrow. a lot of moisture with this system. so here's the timing. here we are throughout the morning hours. you can see some areas of rain, but by the afternoon, 3:00 we do have that break. but as you head through the six, seven o'clock hour, more heavy rain but it's not until owe eleven o'clock tonight that the band of very heavy rain heads our way this time tomorrow. 8:00, the:00, 11:00 it passes through the north bay. then the rest of the day we around picking up any green on the screen. but rainfall to

pacifica, san francisco. the peninsula. but you know maybe bumps over a half a degree or something. models are keeping it a good 15 miles offshore. what does it mean? friday night, chance of scattered showers. saturday morning maybe some scattered showers. then watch saturday afternoon. 10:00a.m. it starts to clear out. so your saturday looks pretty good. your sunday looks pretty good too. it's just not going to be that warm. your forecast then for tomorrow, not bad. increasing clouds, models have been backing up. a bunch of the models are backing up for the rain for this deal. i think you're going to be fine for saturday. if it does happen it's friday night late into saturday morning. your friday, saturday afternoons look nice. >> even if it does happen it's not a big deal. >> it'll be a nonevent then. >> and new year's will not be mad either. >> no, it'll be a nice holiday. >>> and a cat appropriately named chips was just a few weeks old when firefighters found her with burns on her paws. she quickly healed but then became too friendly with people. the sierra wildlife rescue moved

pacifica, san francisco. the peninsula. but you know maybe bumps over a half a degree or something. good 15 miles offshore. what does it mean? friday night, chance of scattered showers. saturday morning maybe some scattered showers. then watch saturday afternoon. 10:00a.m. it starts to clear out. so your saturday looks pretty good. your sunday looks pretty good too. it's just not going to be that warm. your forecast then for tomorrow, not bad. increasing clouds, models have been backing up. a bunch of the models are backing up for the rain for this deal. i think you're going to be fine for saturday. if it does happen it's friday night late into saturday morning. your friday, saturday afternoons look nice. >> even if it does happen it's not a big deal. >> it'll be a nonevent then. >> and new year's will not be mad either. >> no, it'll be a nice holiday. >>> and a cat appropriately named chips was just a few weeks old when firefighters found her with burns on her paws. she quickly healed but then became too friendly with people. the sierra wildlife rescue moved chips into a pen with t

the north bay, nearly 64-hundred are experiencing outages. in san francisco there power. and almost one-thousand three hundred are in the sergeant, good morning. three--1300 and along the san francisco peninsulakeeping us updated on the phone. >> the bridges are a very dangerous spot especially for a high-profile vehicles. and i would say to stay home if you do not need to go out. >> in the meantime, that truck that turned over on the richmond bridge is that still a problem. >> it is still there caltran and the chp is providing traffic control. because of the wind, and the rain and the combination. it is because of this storm. we have a floating everywhere as well. >> we understand that the way the storm is headed towards the northeast that it would be interstate in fact intersecting with the interstate-880. and solan. >> it is really all over, hydroplaning. small crushes blocking roads. it cannot is the lead to something if they're not prepared and attentive. >> sergeant, how many accidents since this storm began on thursday? >> today, specifically there has been a significant increase. >> deanna mcdermett from the chp.. stay with kron 4 we will continue to monitor this storm and also follow

the north bay. a wind advisory for san francisco and the peninsula, that's expired. we are left with scattered showers and breezy conditions continuing for your friday. you can see light rain falling over santa rosa, petaluma, st. helena, st. helena, picking up more than an inch and about 8/10ths. south of the golden gate, south of i-80, a few 1/100ths in places. we have more to come. this is just the beginning. parts of the east bay, right over the bay bridge at this time rain is falling and we have light rain over the marina district, the embarcadero, the downtown area over the union square. if you are gonna head out shopping, it will be wet. light showers falling over berkeley as well as walnut creek and danville seeing some light rain at times. the winds have really been blowing. so rain hectic enough. so when you include the winds, it can be stretcherrous, the winds in oakland, 17 miles an hour. 18 sfo. 16 in mountain view. these are sustained winds. the gusts have been strong eb at times -- stronger at times. mt. diablo, taking the cake. 58-mile-an-hour gusts r

an inch of rain in the north bay mountains but otherwise the rain coming down heavy this morning into san francisco sliding in along the peninsulaast bay. let's get you in for a closer look there. and you can see that heavy rainfall now falling into san francisco down into san mateo. hayward san ramon. there is a storm moving through this morning but he think we'll catch a break toward the afternoon. so as we head throughout the day, starting out with rain early on today. by the afternoon the skies begin to part a little bit. and it looks like other than a wandering shower i think the rain will start to come to an end. and then the dry pattern returns to the bay area, then a dry pattern maybe through christmas. one storm pushing through the bay area bringing rainfall early on this morning. behind that looks like high pressure going to start to build in and then i think the main concern will be some patchy fog in the night and morning hours. around the state if you are traveling it is going to be a wet day. some showers into fresno, high country looking at rain down lake level at lake tahoe and in the higher elevations about 6500

the mountaintops we could see a little snow over mount diablo, possibly mount hamilton. we have a cold front coming through. scattered showers and another band about to move onshore near san francisco and the peninsula, going to see this sporadic showers throughout the morning and then i think it will begin to taper off so we'll dry out toward the afternoon. a cold front diving in from the gulf of alaska. that's going to keep the temperatures way down for this afternoon. highs to in 50s, 40s on the mountaintops. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> outside right now, it's not too bad on bay area roads. nothing much to slow you down. we are seeing overnight roadwork. it's not at the bay bridge where you can see cars there making their way easily toward the pay gates. san mateo bridge the drive time is 14 minutes right now between hayward and the peninsula. the right side of your screen right there is the commute direction and you can see a few raindrops there that hit the camera lens a little earlier this morning. the nimitz so the on-ramp at high street northbound 880 can remain blocked until 5:00 this morning. it's still not enough to slow you down. that 238 to the maze, 15 minutes in the north

san francisco and north of san francisco. wind advisories throughout the bay area. heavy rain pushing into the peninsula and also in the north bay. we will track it for you and tell you how long it's going to keep a soggy mess coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead the little glow fish from the researchers say could hold the key to discovering life-saving drug >> meteorologist lisa argen is here now. >> we are looking south of san francisco on the peninsula getting pretty good rain right now. we want to start in the sierra nevada where a winter storm warning continues here right on through tomorrow morning where one to two feet of additional snow is expected at lake level. 30 degrees at the tahoe valley airport with the winds gusting at 20 miles an hour. the golden gate bridge looking at light rain, 51 degrees. in san jose it's cloudy with 50 degrees and an east wind at 16. we will give you the the big picture first. the north bay and the peninsula and the santa cruz mountains where we are picking up the yellow, the darker green and even some red. we are getting the enhancement along the coast. it's

tomorrow afternoon's highs we are looking at 59 in cloverdale and half moon bay and san mateo on the peninsula, san franciscokland and san jose all 62 degrees. you will see bright, sunny skies for the afternoon. the fog will lift, and around the monterey bay, 62 degrees for you in morgan hill. it is a big day. the raiders are taking on the broncos tomorrow. sunset at 4:50. at 5:20 we will see the temperature drop to 58 and down to 54 as the game gets underway. it looks dry right now and fabulous. we are looking at a dry forecast for football. as we check out the accu-weather seven-day forecast it is looking bright and sunnier day by day. the temperatures will come up a little milder. low to mid60s and then we will keep it even milder heading into early next week. a steady pattern through wednesday. i think it is safe to wash those cars. but once again make sure you give yourselves a little extra time. the fog could be problematic. mike niko will track it. >> thank you very much. >> and speaking of cars, dogs usually chase them, but get uh load of this. >> did you know they can drive them too? mack lyon. a ti

moderate rain but zero rainfall for san francisco and down the peninsula all the way down to san joseand the east bay is still dry. you'll get your rain starting tonight and tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning the wind is going to kick up. sustained kinds 20 to 30 miles per hour. but along is the coast and the city, we will likely see wind gusts to 50 miles per hour. all told, once the storm system is out of here, we'll have 2 to 5 inches of rain for napa county. the radar is active tonight. details on when the rain is going to move out, perhaps in time for christmas, coming up in a few minutes. >> we'll see you then. thanks, paul. >>> if you are flying anywhere for the holidays tomorrow, good luck. that's what you're going to face. the airlines have cancelled more than 1,000 fights because of a major winter snowstorm hammering the midwest. but most of the cancelled flights are in and out of chicago. the airlines are waiving fees for customers who want to change their flight plans. >>> so when was the last time you got a parking ticket? they're bad enough. but now comes word that the c

tomorrow afternoon's highs we are looking at 59 in cloverdale and half moon bay and san mateo on the peninsula, san francisco 60 and oakland and san jose all 62 degrees. you will see bright, sunny skies for the afternoon. the fog will lift, and around the monterey bay, 62 degrees for you in morgan hill. it is a big day. the raiders are taking on the broncos tomorrow. sunset at 4:50. at 5:20 we will see the temperature drop to 58 and down to 54 as the game gets underway. it looks dry right now and fabulous. we are looking at a dry forecast for football. as we check out the accu-weather seven-day forecast it is looking bright and sunnier day by day. the temperatures will come up a little milder. low to mid60s and then we will keep it even milder heading into early next week. a steady pattern through wednesday. i think it is safe to wash those cars. but once again make sure you give yourselves a little extra time. the fog could be problematic. mike niko will track it. >> thank you very much. >> and speaking of cars, dogs usually chase them, but get uh load of this. >> did you know they can drive them too? stay

tomorrow afternoon's highs we are looking at 59 in cloverdale and half moon bay and san mateo on the peninsula, san francisco0 and oakland and san jose all 62 degrees. you will see bright, sunny skies for the afternoon. the fog will lift, and around the monterey bay, 62 degrees for you in morgan hill. it is a big day. the raiders are taking on the broncos tomorrow. sunset at 4:50. at 5:20 we will see the temperature drop to 58 and down to 54 as the game gets underway. it looks dry right now and fabulous. we are looking at a dry forecast for football. as we check out the accu-weather seven-day forecast it is looking bright and sunnier day by day. the temperatures will come up a little milder. low to mid60s and then we will keep it even milder heading into early next week. a steady pattern through wednesday. i think it is safe to wash those cars. but once again make sure you give yourselves a little extra time. the fog could be problematic. mike niko will track it. >> thank you very much. >> and speaking of cars, dogs usually chase them, but get uh load of this. >> did you know they can drive them too? stay wi

the temperatures are near 50 degrees near san francisco in the peninsula. once again this is the storm system. the cold front moved through this morning. it has already moved on out. this is the clearing we get ind tomorrow, and tonight and td then more rain will start to move in from this very week. we want to emphasize weak cold front compared to the one that moved through this morning. 6:00 a.m. monday morning, a little ground fog and we can enjoy some sunshine. it looks like the next system will be more of a north bay rain maker. you can see it starting to spread some rain just to the north bay and then by tuesday afternoon down toward the golden gate bridge and it will move the entire area. tomorrow will be dry and enjoy the sunshine and temperatures warm up into the 60s across the bay area. and we will look for dry conditions on tuesday and leading to showers and returning mainly in the north bay tuesday afternoon. we are all wet tuesday night and early wednesday morning. and then we are nice and dry on thursday and friday and saturday. and the temper

the temperatures are near 50 degrees near san francisco in the peninsula. once again this is the storm system. the cold front moved through this morning. it has already moved on out. this is the clearing we get into tonight and tomorrow, and then more rain will start to move in from this very week. we want to emphasize weak cold front compared to the one that moved through this morning. 6:00 a.m. monday morning, a little ground fog and we can enjoy some sunshine. it looks like the next system will be more of a north bay rain maker. you can see it starting to spread some rain just to the north bay and then by tuesday afternoon down toward the golden gate bridge and it will move the entire area. tomorrow will be dry and enjoy the sunshine and temperatures warm up into the 60s across the bay area. and we will look for dry conditions on tuesday and leading to showers and returning mainly in the north bay tuesday afternoon. we are all wet tuesday night and early wednesday morning. and then we are nice and dry on thursday and friday and saturday. and the temperat

on the peninsula, including san francisco, 3-6 inches of rain. inland along the 680 corridor and the east bay, you also had 3-6 inches of rain but it is done. it is finished. there is no round four. here is something interesting. the rainfall is pushing off to the east. look at what is coming up next. it looks like the -- it looks like the system is heading toward us. but here is one deflector shield, if you will. high pressure building in to the south and west that will take that moisture and shove it up to the north. so high pressure will dry us out giving us partly sunny skies tomorrow and mainly cloudy but still dry on tuesday. on tuesday night into wednesday that there is an area of low pressure that will pass by to the north and we'll get a glancing blow. not that direct hit or direct hits like over the past several days. so rain is in the forecast for wednesday. but it should not be heavy. and it should not exacerbate any of the flooding concerns like over the past five days. wednesday will be wet at times. pretty cloudy. on and off rainfal

after the highs may lull 60s 63 in san rosa 62 and napa of the late helen downtown san francisco. low 60s on the peninsulagrees expected in san jose this afternoon. 7 day around the bay shows we have dry sunny conditions into the weekend and as we start our work week a chance of showers as to say to the north of us. there'll be a significant cool down by mid-week. >> minor back up on the bay bridge toll plaza. this stretching to the middle of the parking lot, no delays for fast track. metering lights are still cycle off the debt will probably change at the top of the 6:00 hour. regardless the ride is still under 12 minutes from the maze into san francisco. the san mateo bridge is not tracking any delays or accidents to report. traffic is at the limit approaching foster city approaching one-on-one heavier traffic. you can see all the cars approaching the toll plaza but it looks like they are moving at the limit. the traffic maps show there is a new accident to report. no injuries involved but this is in livermore was down 580. that may be blocking some of the lanes. the slowdown as the yellow on the traffi

cbs 5 hi-def doppler which is showing you some pretty steady rainfall moving right toward the san francisco peninsula, there we go. about ten minutes away from invading the city. daly city, you're included in that. vacaville, fairfield, all the way up toward sacramento. look at this wide shot here. thunderstorms, so a couple hours to our north and west. that's the next wave of heavy rainfall that will move through. the rain, how about half a foot of new rain? more than two inches for santa rosa. it trails off when you get into the south bay but there's lots more coming over the weekend. snowfall in which one day, only one, will be mainly dry over the next week. coming up soon. >> paul. thanks for that. >>> the storm made a mess all over the bay area, especially, as paul says, the north bay. cbs 5 reporter elisa is in marin tonight. >> reporter: the rain is really starting to come down and we're starting to feel strong wind gusts, just the start of what's going to be a soggy hold weekend. the first day of winter blew into the bay area with heavy rain and strong winds, even snow at higher elevations. t

san francisco. through san francisco, some heavy rainfall to the northern portions and as record towards marin county. and to the coast. da daly city, and also towards san francisco more. that will be pressing towards the peninsula. as reticulated the satellite and radar it is we will get clipped with all of this rainfall as it presses itself. where we could see drier conditions coming up this weekend. >> catherine: in other news.two people are dead. one of them a child - after police say they were swept off some rocks near the marin headlands. this is video from sky 7 h- d. three adults had been fishing under the golden gate bridge. one of them managed to swim to shore to get help. the coast guard and the tiburon fire department found the child and the second adult under the bridge and couldn't resuscitate them. the third adult was treated and released. >> > police are cracking down on people drinking and getting behind the wheel this holiday weekend. this is a look at a d-u-i checkpoint in san rafael. it's one of several that's been set up tonight in the bay area. other spots include redwood city, pacifica, san francisco, mountain view and the san jose area. and if you're planning to go out to celebrate new ye

the delta right now. and walnut creek and west yard into berkeley you are looking at light rain. san francisco and the peninsula, more pockets of moderate rain. then mist and drizzling. blue indicating lighter returns from redwood city into fremont right any. santa cruz mountains, you are seeingen hanged rain from benches low men. and also gilroy and hollister. so as we go through morning hours you so the rain rates increase on the santa cruz mountains with an inch an hour there. lesser amounts. but everyone should see the heavy rain and gusty winds through noon and looks about 1:00 things begin to push southward. 52 in san jose, 54 half moon bay. we are continuing to see the rain and wind increase throughout your sunday morning. it should be clearing out this afternoon into the evening hours and christmas eve looks like a great day to get out there and enjoy some of the weather. the cleanup. because it will be dry. north bay, coastal mountains, wind advisory until 1:00. we are getting into the gusty winds now. san francisco, south bay and east bay through 3:00 this afternoon. here is the strong system. pushing

the moment. north bay 1500 people without power. east bay 980 customers. 240 people in san francisco. 880 people on the peninsula are still in the darkin the south bay, 1600 people still do not have power tonight. >>> three firefighters in stable condition after they were involved in a accident on highway 24. fire crews were responding to an accident and were on the shoulder when another car lost control in the rain and struck the side of the fire engine. the car rolled over and hit three firefighters. also injuring the driver inside the first car. some of the firefighters had to undergo surgery but no one was killed. three firefighters were transported to the hospital. two of the firefighters needed surgery. >>> look at this picture. this is a car stuck on a roadway. you can see the water level is up to the car's windows. you can see a person waiting behind the vehicle. if you have pictures and you want to send them to us, we will be right back. music's, ready ! share the harmony... she'll be here soon ! she'll love this ! share a sweeter welcome... hey, hola, cómo estás ? hello, hey everyone. es un pla-cer co-no-cer-te. encantada.

the peninsula. about 60 in san francisco. t the height of the system outages more than 328,000 customers lost power since their state. >> 3 firefighters are in serious but stable condition after they were involved in a weather-related accident on highway 24 in a rental. they were responding to a non--in all linorinda. the car rolled over and hit three firefighters. the driver inside the first car as well. some firefighters had to go under surgery but no one was killed. three veteran firefighters meanwhile, were transported to john muir hospital in walnut creek. two of the firefighters needed surgery. >> this morning both sides of the fiscal cliff talks seem far apart. there is some optimism about coming to a short-term deal. the president wants to in the bush era tax cut people making more than a quarter of a million dollars per year. with out a deal the average middle-class family could pay about $2,000 per year more in taxes. for house speaker blames the stalemate on the above ministration. he says they are not taking republ

san leandro. hayward. we had pretty good reports of rain there. back over to alameda and over to the east bay. but the heaviest rain no doubt about it marin coast, san francisco then down toward the peninsula. san mateo coast along skyline. some of the rain totals santa rosa almost an inch of rain. inch and a third -- napa half inch of rain. kentfield two bits. i think that will pick up pretty rapidly here as that system enhances off san francisco marin and san mateo coast. cloudy north, cloudy south. that rain moving south and east some of it is drizzle. very mild. 60s on the temps. this is our last system in this pattern and then things will change. fog will be a huge issue thursday and friday. weekend looks dry. >>> time now 6:39. happening right now nancy pelosi holding a news conference with other congressional leaders. let's listen in. >> and our ranking members imparticular are portrait of diversity, bold leadership, and a firm commitment to america's middle class. the first caucus where the majority are women minorities, etc.. >> that is nancy pelosi, maxine waters, henry waxman to the left standing behind her. all from california. she filed a petition to vote on a bill in the hous

low 40s common around san jose back into the valley and then we lift up to the upper 30s and low 40s around the peninsula. 48 in san franciscothis is the area of low pressure not too big albeit spreading a little bit of light rain showers around sat successful that translating no snow. but notice these clouds are drifting across the northwestern section of the state of california. dirty ridge of high pressure allowed us to cloud up today but this ridge of high pressure pushes in from the eastern pacific. sunshine and an offshore flow for your sunday. watch futurecast. clouds kicks on by and we clear out. we will wake up to some stratus overnight and tomorrow morning around the north bay areas, the valleys and also the delta. otherwise that will clear and notice the sunshine all the bay through your sunday. we're going to use pinpoint your neighborhood forecast into the 60s at the beaches. in fact, as you take a look at all these temperatures, anywhere from about 62 to 67 degrees from the coast through the central bay. well into our east bay valley. 66 brentwood. tracy. oakley. 66 in pleasanton. back in through blackhawk. 60s

we have schools here in san francisco and down in the peninsula. be serving close to 450 students just in the bay area from 11 students in 2004. on the national scale we are expanding to serve over 1300 students, in chicago and los angeles. i'm incredibly proud to say spark is working. we have 97.5% of our students graduating high school or on track. >> cheryl: 95%? >> 97.5%. >> cheryl: so if people want to volunteer, what happens? >> visit our website and you can give one of our program directors a call. you will learn how easy it is to volunteer and our students would be excited. >> is there a charge for this? >> no, it is free for students and free for volunteers. >> how do you get your funding? >> that is a great question. most of our funding is from foundations and support from different individuals to show that our students have this free program accessible to them. >> so if people want to donate money. thank you so much for having me on today. >> cheryl: coming up next, it begin with poor kids and wanted to start a business. it's called buil

they are hoping someone with a boat will help search the creek leading to san francisco bay. >>> on the peninsula three horses were killed on highway 280 in menlo park after escaping early yesterday morning from the pour toll law pam farm. farm. two horses were struck by one car. the third hit moments later by another car. northbound lanes of 280 north of alpine road were closed for about two hours. all the horses escaped from web ranch, about a mile from the freeway in portolo valley. >> the last one who put the horse away thought that the gate was locked good, and obviously it wasn't. it's a shame we lost three horses. it's -- the only good thing is the gentleman that hit them is doing okay, i guess. >> the drivers of both cars were hospitalized, but with non-life-threatening injuries. they are expected to be okay. >>> floor this morning, a long time police chief retires today. craig steckler has a passion for police work, staying on the job nearly 20 years after he was eligible for retirement. he game fremont's police chief in 1992. now at age 68 he says it's time to call it quits. in all, he'

mile visibility in livermore, fog in the east bay valleys, 3/4 mile thickest santa rosa where coldest, 37 napa, 38, 40 concord now, 48 fremont, san francisco 49, peninsula in the mid 40s down to san jose 44°. let's talk about today. partly cloudy, a little breezy at the coast, upper 40s to low 50s, the rest of us brief break from the rain mid 50s today, rain comes back tomorrow that quickly. >> keeping an eye on your christmas eve morning commute across the board light out there, let's get you starred with this live look at 80 in berkeley, more cars on the road now than we've seen throughout the morning, certainly no stopping, no traffic, moving on to the golden gate bridge, thisly picture water droplets on the camera all morning, not raining per se out there and there are so few cars on the road as long as everyone takes their time and moves along, [ inaudible ] >>> this morning, good news and worrisome news along the creek that divides palo alto and east palo alto. good news is the water level has dropped significantly from yesterday's peak this is a live look at the creek from the palo alto side. last night, that creek was much higher as it drained s

that way we don't have to worry about bridge access to get into the peninsula or san francisco if the situation occurs, but if the situation does occur, we're going it need some help from other agencies to make it happen for us. >> all right, thank you. and we have another question. >> roger that you guys deal with unexpected circumstances all the time, weather circumstances, things that are completely unexpected. i would be really interested in, as a result of your latest hot watches on an vent, whatever that event might have been, what was the big aha thing that you learned from that event? >> well, i don't know if it was an aha, unfortunately as i mentioned we get the opportunity to practice on a pretty regular basis. i would say the issues that typically come up in a major event really are two-fold. one is communication, communications with everybody, in a major event we will have a thousand to two thousand people out working and understanding where every crew is at and every product on every job is a huge challenge to us. we're concentrating on bringing every customer back on and

with the sunshine, numbers are pretty similar to what they were today. 50s at the beaches, 60s peninsula. san francisco for this time of the year, 50s, 60s across the north bay. extended forecast, not a raindrop in sight each and every day, a fuel string of sunshiny days! >>> i have a sunny day for the cal football program! [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets, your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year. you need special ingredients. you need the staples. that's a given. you need safeway sugar for just $1.97. and that magic thing that makes everyone want another -- only $2.99 for challenge butter. and when hands get messy, quite surely they'll say, "yum! wow! yay! what a sweeter holiday." safeway. ingredients for life. woman: oh! tully's. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee and even hot cocoa. and you'll always find your favorite. woman #2: with so many choices, keurig has everyone's favorite. i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keur

they are hoping someone with a boat will help search the creek lead to go san francisco bay. >>> on the peninsulahree horses were killed on highway 280 in menlo park after escaping early yesterday morning from the farm. two horses were struck by one car. the third hit moments later by another car. northbound lanes of 280 north of alpine road were closed for about two hours. all the horses escaped from red -- web ranch, about a mile from the freeway in portolo valley. >> the last one who put the horse away thought that the gate was locked good, and obviously it wasn't. it's a shame we lost three horses. it's -- the only good thing is the gentleman that hit them is doing okay, i guess. >> the drivers of both cars were hospitalized, but with non-life-threatening injuries. >>> new this morning, fremont's long time police chief retires today. craig steckler has a passion for police work, staying on the job nearly 20 years after he was eligible for retirement. he became fremont's police chief in 1992. now at age 68, he said it's time to call it quits. in all he's done police work for 45 years. the form

rainfall amounts through saturday mostly in and around the san francisco peninsula area should be the big winners with the half inch to three quarter inch except in the suze santa cruz mountains where we usually see the most. high temperatures tomorrow ranging from the upper 40s far to the north. chilly there. 53 downtown with 54 san jose. out towards livermore the mid 50s and down by the monterey bay temperatures fairly uniform. mid 50s there as well. here is a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. so we will see the rain come in late on friday. much of it through the overnight hours into saturday. and then look at that, sunday looks sunny. new year's eve looking good. but you by middle of next week we could see a little bit of rain. looks like a more significant break coming our way. >> i like it. >> yes. >> thanks, lisa, very much. >>> just ahead, a mixup that brings good fortune. a small slip by a store clerk makes a family millionaires. we'll have that story. >> an act orwho plays a doctor on television wants to get into the coffee business in real ♪ [ female announcer ] no

the peninsula and san francisco. pg&e says crews work through the night to address power outages. they don't have a time for when lights get back on. stormy weather, checking our live doplar radar. that is on our web site. >> checking bay area headlines now. it is not a spare of the air day yet. >> air quality management district is asking people not to do this. lightwood-burning fires or stoves tomorrow. the officials want to avoid a build up of unhealthy air that could lead to a spare the air day on christmas day. >> and, this is san francisco's explorium, the last full week of operation at the current site. it has been at the fine arts for more than 40 years. but it is moving to pier 59 along the embarcadero. it will reopen there in april. a ceremony at the current location will be held on january 2nd. and the restaurant in san francisco holds the annual toy drive tomorrow. people can drop off toys for needy kids any time from 6:00 a.m. to midnight at 3:30 gary boulevard. the 12th for the toy drive. >>> san francisco police marking a grim anniversary. six years ago it this week

they are hoping someone with a hope will help search the creek lead to go san francisco bay. >>> on the peninsulaee horses were killed on highway 280 in menlo park after escaping early yesterday morning from the farm. two horses were struck by one car. the third hit moments later by another car. northbound lanes of 280 north of alpine road were closed for about two hours. all the horses escaped from red ranch, about a mile from the freeway in portolo valley. >> the last one who put the horse away thought that the gate was locked good and obviously it wasn't. it's a shame we lost three horses. it's -- the only good thing is the gentleman that hit them is doing okay, i guess. >> yes, the drivers of both cars were hospitalized, but with non-life-threatening injuries. >>> a long time police chief retires today. craig steckler has a passion for police work, staying on the job nearly 20 years after he was eligible for retirement. he game fremont's police chief in 1992. at -- he's done police work for 45 years saying he loves the profession. former chief police said this about him. he's a leader in his

the monday, 65 in campbell. santa clara and san jose. 66 degrees a mild day on the peninsula. 64 redwood city. half moon bay on the coast. daly city san francisco all 63 degrees. it's going blue skies, mild weather with an offshore flow. downsloping wind pushing temperatures up to 70 degrees in santa rosa, novato and san rafael. east bay, 65. head inland, 66 in danville. 65 degrees in livermore. monterey bay, 66 in santa cruz and up to 68 in salinas. seven-day forecast, cooler weather tuesday and rain arrives on tuesday night going into wednesday where it is much cooler, only in the mid 50s. we'll dry it out and keep it cool thursday and friday. another chance of rain returns by saturday afternoon going into sunday morning. enjoy the beautiful weather tomorrow. >> ama: thank you. shu is here with sports. you are not a huge fan yet. >> i'm getting there. 49ers are winning ugly, i'm not on the kaepernick bandwagon. they have not been as effective with him leading the way. inexperience showing up every week. started this off with a 49er record. he finished with 19 1/2 on the season. mistakes killed the dolphins. punted, he casually catches it but