this berm is also rehandling the san lorenzo river. the san lorenzo back on its correct channel.saster if it wasn't for some quick thinking. crews shoveled sand back in its place finally getting the san lorenzo back on its path. >> they were about half way, about right here when they were making this levee, this break. >> reporter: last week the rain swollen san lorenzo took a sharp turn to the right instead of running toward the ocean threatening the boardwalk. >> we built a berm, if we would have waited an hour or two more we would have had serious problems. >> reporter: this hastily built verm stopped the water. instead the park will be ready for visitors as early as this weekend. >> there was no damage to the boardwalk itself. we lost one pair of stairs to the beach. but we have many other stairs to the beach. >> reporter: now santa cruz residents are asking could it happen again? >> i've never seen this. i've been here for my whole life and i've never seen it like this before. >> reporter: although the park says it didn't miss any days of business. santa cruz beach boardwalk

precipitation across the santa cruz mountains where the focus of this activity has been focused on the san lorenzo high tide at 4:30, but then all this is drying up. look at san jose, still under that rain shadow effect. light precipitation in the east bay, that's what remains around the san ramon area. over 9 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains since the storm began. this is your futurecast, a linger leftover shower tomorrow, painly cloudy, few sunny breaks, then this is the second system working its way in this time tomorrow night. then watch what happens with the third system, right there on friday night, hit and miss showers all weekend long. tomorrow, mainly cloudy, few showers, saturday, spotty cold showers with thunderstorms, hail, and a lowering snow level over the weekend at 2500 feet. tonight overnight 40s and 50s. tomorrow your daytime highs up to about 67 degrees. extended forecast, it's pretty unsettled all the way through sunday with cloud cover on sunday with cloud cover on monday all the way,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ bird chirping ] [ snoring ] [ clears throat ] hop to, gang. it's sho

a lot of it into the san lorenzo river.ut of the coastal hills, the heaviest rainfalls have fallen. right now, widely scattered showers in the bay view region. your afternoon commute was a mess. tomorrow morning's commute shouldn't be a mess. this really is the story is the oragraphic lifting. on the back side of the mountains, .10 of an inch of rain. all of the rain is squeezed out on the west side of these hills. they are just dropping a lot of rain a lot of water into the san lorenzo river which comes out right here. it's a high tide about 4:30 a.m. we will watch it for you. mornings on 2 here at 4:30 tomorrow morning. they'll be tracking that as the tide drops, it should help things out, and the showers are beginning to diminish. nothing like we saw today. things have really begun to taper off. three more storms in the forecast through thursday, fry, and saturday. thursday morning, your morning commute looks dry. your afternoon, looks dry. but scattered showers in the area and some cloud cover. your afternoon drive, 7:0

a lot of it into the san lorenzo river.f the coastal hills, the heaviest rainfalls have fallen. right now, widely scattered showers in the bay view region. your afternoon commute was a mess. tomorrow morning's commute shouldn't be a mess. this really is the story is the oragraphic lifting. on the back side of the mountains, .10 of an inch of rain. all of the rain is squeezed out on the west side of these hills. they are just dropping a lot of rain a lot of water into the san lorenzo river which comes out right here. it's a high tide about 4:30 a.m. we will watch it for you. mornings on 2 here at 4:30 tomorrow morning. they'll be tracking that as the tide drops, it should help things out, and the showers are beginning to diminish. nothing like we saw today. things have really begun to taper off. three more storms in the forecast through thursday, fry, and saturday. thursday morning, your morning commute looks dry. your afternoon, looks dry. but scattered showers in the area and some cloud cover. your afternoon drive, 7:00, 6

christie smith live in san lorenzo at a liquor store famous for spreading the wealth.e hear no surprise, lottery fever spreading all over this morning. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning to you. and happy friday. it is almost like there's a free give away going on out here. so many people are coming in and out of this liquor store, but it is all about the mega millions tickets. people buying like mad and don't care the odds are against them because this store is considered to be a millionaire maker. it is the hottest ticket on the block. mega millions, now with a stunning $290 million jackpot. and people are scooping them up. >> i got 15. >> no, i don't. >> 15 people employed at the mta. 15 people retiring the same day. jobs will be available. >> tyrone bernie plays for his work crew buying at cavanaugh liquors. today the crowds are betting on the store's luck. >> i covered all of it. did fantasy 5, mega, here, this is the winning store. >> reporter: producing five super lotto winners. one of the luckiest retailers in california, making it a wildly busy day for the

the san lorenzo river has been rushing to dangerously close to the boardwalk. fast-moving water already ripped apart a wooden staircase causing several thousand dollars in damage. crews are building up piles of sand and trying to cut in its path. the >>pam: here is a live look in the sierra. more snow expected to fall during the week. chains are required on three major highways. interstate 80 over donner summit >> 50 over echo summit and 88 over carson pass. it looks like a postcard for christmas. >>marty: to share your characters, just send us pictures and video to our www.kron4.com web site or on our facebook fan page. but stay with us, we will continue to track the storm through the bay area and have continuing updates on www.kron4.com. >>ysabel: or fax * what hall ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... a

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of the rain coming out today and the weekend that city officials there are keeping an eye on the san lorenzo river and the water levels there have actually rose in some crews are trying to keep it say they're putting sandbags against retaining wall by that beach boardwalk because the river actually deviated from its normal course running parallel on an amusement park area and is actually run through the sandy banks and rich through a wooden staircase they're working to monitor were keeping a close eye on that area it is tested because the continuous hours tell the coming on their brought that up later this afternoon and continued drought this weekend cell and looks like it and not when it is taking off his jacket anytime soon. and possibly throughout the work week. >>> i don't even know why bother to my hair because it is a point tell day. >>> blue for life now that jack is on. >>> this is probably never coming off. >>> me this summer will think about its think kate's. >>> house and traffic now taking over to elisabeths. teocallis big problems now in concord in fact the one haven't initiated

nazi and gas as he said we can now report to this morning those efforts have been successful the san lorenzo is once again flowing straight ahead an out to sea and away from the boardwalk this is the boardwalk vice- president of marketing martin lipton. >>> if things continue to progress and we took no action there could of been some problems. so far we've been pleased with the results. however is behaving ends will this have to wait and see. >>> brought is hoping to prevent this kind of thing from happening again the san lorenzo has done some interesting things over the years this is the first time it's gotten this close it would like to prepare the next time happens so they're doing is talking to the city in the california coastal commission to come up with a longer-term solution without to mitigate this danger one of the things they're talking about a is doing something other than an emergency permit this year the boardwalk had to get an emergency permit from the coastal commission to allow those earthmovers on to the beach it's not something that's normally allow but they got the emergen

this after the san lorenzo river took a turn yesterday in front of the lower end of the boardwalk. >> i think it is crazy. >> never seen it happen like this. doesn't come around the corner there. >>> the new turn taken by the river had people and sea creatures looking on to see the site. >> they got a big job in front of them. >> amazing. i just can't believe that the river done that much. >> we built a sand berm. put sand up so the river would find its way to the sea. >> reporter: officials say it appears to be working. look for yourself. as the pounding of the river eats away that sand berm. >> when it started we lost the stairs. but the water isn't going under the boardwalk. we are pleased. >> that was paul chambers reporting from santsa crews. here in the east bay a19-year- old university of california at berkeley student is dead after a tree fell on to a freeway. he was killed on highway 13 at 4:30 a.m. this morning. he was driving with three passengers when he crashed into a down tree. they got out of the car and then moments later a truck hit the tree and then hit him killing h

. >>> the weather caused a lot of problems in santa cruz where the san lorenzo river is running wild. it's now threatening the landmark santa cruz beach boardwalk. >> reporter: captain jack's pirate ship is still high and dry. but the boardwalk will be open this weekend, weather and water permitting. let's take a look at the river looking down over that seawall from the boardwalk itself. the water is well below the top of the seawall, but it's moving along at a pretty good clip and taking sand with it. there's concern the river could undermine the boardwalk's foundation and cause real damage. sand is being piled up for a protective best of your memory in front of the seawall --. you can see how easily it carves an ever-deeper channel here. this view suggs the river is no longer rising, but with more rain on the way, that could change. these folks and other locals say this is not the first time the san lorenzo has veered from its course. but most agree this is the most dramatic change they can remember. >>> major school cuts are homiciding. in california -- are looming. many of the job

no wonder the san lorenzo river had problems. a foot of rain. eck this out. 20s miles over the hill to san jose state university, not even a sinth of an inch. amazing. -- a 10th of an inch. amazing. little rain in downtown san jose. here is the next system. coming down the coast. sprinkles for the morning. by the afternoon, that is your best shot of rain. right now, wet in the morning, the afternoon will be messy. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, light. tomorrow night, heavier. you can see heavier rain to the north. mountains, perhaps a winter storm warning. 11:00, frontal passage. heaviest rain. saturday we get a break. maybe afternoon thunderstorms. popping up here, shower activity. sunday, further clearing. the next couple systems, cooler and not as potent in terms of rainfall accumulations. here are the highes for tomorrow. note the temperatures. look how warm they are. saturday and sunday the numbers drop into the 50s. your five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. thunderstorms on saturday. morning commute, damp. afternoon commute, slow with

the san lorenzo river normally goes right by the boardwalk and straight into the ocean. but now it has taken a right turn right behind the boardwalk and on to the beach area, and then it snakes out to the ocean. now, fortunately there is a large retaining wall on this side of the boardwalk, so it is a good situation here. here is where the problem is. this is where the retaining wall ends. what they have done is they have taken a lot of sand and they have built it up and pushed it up against where the retaining wall ends and it uses the sand bar, if you will, to guide the river out to the ocean. basically there is enough sand that is controlling the flow of the water going into the ocean. but it could be a problem if the sand was not there or if the water rose above that. it would just wash over the beach area behind the boardwalk here, and it would basically be lapping up the stairs. ama dates, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. in the santa cruz mountains signs the ground has taken all the rain it can. the rain triggered a mudslide that blocked one lane of highway 17. cal

the san lorenzo river normally goes right by the boardwalk and straight into the ocean. but now it has taken a right turn right behind the boardwalk and on to the beach area, and then it snakes out to the ocean. now, fortunately there is a large retaining wall on this side of the boardwalk, so it is a good situation here. here is where the problem is. this is where the retaining wall ends. what they have done is they have taken a lot of sand and they have built it up and pushed it up against where the retaining wall ends and it uses the sand bar, if you will, to guide the river out to the ocean. basically there is enough sand that is controlling the flow of the water going into the ocean. but it could be a problem if the sand was not there or if the water rose above that. it would just wash over the beach area behind the boardwalk here, and it would basically be lapping up the stairs. ama dates, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. in the santa cruz mountains signs the ground has taken all the rain it can. the rain triggered a mudslide that blocked one lane of highway 17. cal

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the san lorenzo river is threatening to flood. craig skalar was in santa cruz as crews tried to get to the san lorenzo river back where it belongs. the boardwalk is in fact open to the public again. the hope is the work will be enough in the will shortly be put to the test. >>pam: looking at friday traffic on the bay bridge toll plaza, look at the incline. you can see how heavy traffic is westbound. the rain is about to move and which will make things worse. a standstill on 80 as people try to get home before the storm's fury of at the bottom of the screen, southbound 101, also very happy right now. we will be back. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with

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. >> the san lorenzo river flood water continuing to threaten the boardwalk. >> this looks like a lakelook it is of course after upwards of four-5 in. of rain fall. once again at the risk for is having its way on the beach in front of the santa cruz boardwalk. you can see it is not near the top of the sea wall but there are concerns. it could undermine the seawall and cause damage. right now that work and that we showed you to put that river back on a course could be for naught. this is earlier from this week could be-or not. and they had some success to reroute the river's natural course but this latest stormed shows this. the high tide at 7:00 a.m. is not helping the situation. once that tide goes back out will get a better sense. they are going to go have to go go back to the drawing board here in santa cruz. >>vicki: missouri held caucuses but no reported winners delegates will be awarded at the state's election. rick santorum claimed victory last month. mitt romney was in p there are called delicate stat 12-delegate votesr grabs. >> my position is that i can help with pr becoming

you can expect long lines today if you are buying a ticket this line outside kavanagh liquors in san lorenzo which has previously sold four winning tickets. last night they had to turn people way. the odds of winning are 1 in a mere 176 million. the jackpot is expected to keep rising until the drawing at 8:00 tonight. we have a list of stores where the most winning tickets have been sold abc7news.com click on see it on tv. [ unintelligible ] >>> kavanagh opens at 9:00, tickets -- sales started at other places. >> [ unintelligible ] >>> odds of rain very good. a weekend in march seems to rain every one of them. unlike the last couple this storm is going to be weaker and not going to rain sunday. here's live doppler, good morning we had rain north of santa rosa earlier this morning. you can see live doppler picked it up well but it is moving east. a few sprinkles possible in the same area during the afternoon otherwise things dry. winds calm this morning everybody around six miles per hour or less. you can see the bulk of the storm and winds starting to shift farther north today. even less of

. >> the san lorenzo river is out of its banks and threatening war damage at the boardwalk because of all the rain in the mountains. the river has swollen from more than 9 in. of rain. it is rushing along the edge of the boardwalk. crews have piled up rocks and sand to try to keep the water out. it is reported the flooding is already doing thousands of dollars of damage >> quite a bit of damage around the bay area in the last 24 hours. high winds brought down several trees. pg&e said all the power has since been restored but it was quite a mess. three trees toppled onto a home in sonoma county yesterday. this is near piedmont rio near the russian river. over in oakland, a candy store remains closed after water came pouring through the ceiling. the owner hopes to reopen by easter >> i feel helpless, i see all the merchandise is getting wet >> the owner says heavy rain and a claude restraint combined to cause about $100,000 of damage. >> crews are talking about the opening of told in ways because of all the rain we have seen. carpool lanes were supposed to be open today for solo drivers

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. >> reporter: today earth movers and backhoes packed tons of sand alongside the san lorenzo river forcingnto the ocean. >> yeah they were working. yesterday they were about to here. half way point when they were making this break. >> reporter: last week the river jumped it's banks. >> i've never seen this. i've been here my whole life and i've never seen it like this before. it always pretty much stayed on the channel. >> reporter: but instead of staying on the channel, it took a sharp right threatening to go under the sea wall and boardwalk. >> if we had waited an hour or two more we would have had a serious problem. >> reporter: mark lipton from the administrative offices says the amusement park got approval to build the berm and get the river back in its path. >> we were facing a danger that needed immediate action and we took that action. >> reporter: they didn't miss any business thanks to this berm that has the san lorenzo river back running on its path. now the city of san -- santa cruz will have a meeting to come up with a plan to keep the river in it banks. >>> showers to the nor

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that is because of the cumulative effect of the rain. >> this is a part of the san lorenzo river. s nice and calm. they have agreed directed the water to the south. this is the retaining wall and on the boardwalk. they're trying to cut san underneath. the problem is as the river looks calm, there is more rain coming in the next 48 hours. it is a plane earlier in the week that caused the problems that we see. right now hangs are calm. >>darya: so far so good will traffic? >>george: so far we have no hot spots, problems were delays. how he went--we may see a rough commute. no problems or backups on the approach or accross the span.the golden gate also looks good to and from marin county. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) there's no doubt in my mind that komen's funding helped saved my life. the 3-day is my opportunity to help save others' lives. (woman) i'll never stop walking, not till we find a cure. it is the most rewarding experience i have ever had in my entire life. (man) register toda

. >>> the swelling san lorenzo river is threatening the santa cruz beach boardwalk the river flows straight to the sea but the water has tan a right behind the beach area threatening to over flow ton to a section of the amusement park. yesterday crews built piles of sand next to a concrete retaining wall in an effort to prevent the water from seeping under the boardwalk and caution serious damage. officials say this is the closest the river has come to reaching the park. it has caused sever thousand dollars in damage. >>> caltrans crews clearing small rock slides off highways in the hills. the lull in the storm has given swollen creeks a chance to drain before the next storm blows in. the steady rain yesterday did cause flooding on highway 12 as well as several roads chp spent much of the evening tending to small accidents and helping drivers who got stuck in the mud. >>> the rain triggered a mudslide that has blocked one lane of northbound highway 17 caltrans scraped wait mud and removed a tree a tree has just fallen blocking all lanes in both directions on 17 in los gatos. >>> a rock side

the popular store is in san lorenzo. >> since -- very popular for selling bic winning tickets. >> very before on the fantasy five. >> three people have won. >> reporter: he they have sold four winning tickets. . the last ticket was never claimed. we timed and is took more than 30 minutes to get through the line but it was worth the time and money in they win. >> i want them to stay here. >> go down east 14th and see the homeless people looking in the trash can and just hand them out some money. >> pay for the kid's houses, chill education. >> him going to do what i want to do. >> family first. >> then me. >> reporter: a lot would agree with that. you can see four people working at the cash register, working to -- the last ticket will be sold at 7:45. if i win you may 23409 see me for a while. ktvu channel 2news. >> the obama administration moved forward today with the first limits on green house gas. they will limit it to one thousand pounds per mega watt hour. today diane feinstein called it another step forward in the effort to limit pollution under the clean air act. >> . >> researc

. >> reporter: rain over the last few days has pushed san lorenzo out of the path leading directly to the ocean. cutting that new path the river has already swept away a staircase on the back side of the santa cruz beach boardwalk. surfers say park workers have a tough job ahead of them. they want to reduce the damage. look at how already there's no beach. work is underway today and the workers may be up against a tough deadline with more rain in the future. workers need to use the equipment before more storms roll in tomorrow. >>> pg&e crews are trying to pack out what knocked out power to thousands in the east bay. the outage affected homes and businesses in danville and alamo. at one point, more than 2600 customers were without power. that's now down to 1600. crews are in the neighborhood now searching for the cause of the outage. >>> the wet weather is delaying plans to open new toll lanes in milpitas, the toll lanes are located at interstate 880. the valley transportation authority initially planned to open the lanes today but those plans have been pushed back in the tuesday -- u

. >> reporter: today earth movers and backhoes packed tons of sand alongside the san lorenzo river forcingnto the ocean. >> yeah they were working. yesterday they were about to here. half way point when they were making this break. >> reporter: last week the river jumped it's banks. >> i've never seen this. i've been here my whole life and i've never seen it like this before. it always pretty much stayed on the channel. >> reporter: but instead of staying on the channel, it took a sharp right threatening to go under the sea wall and boardwalk. >> if we had waited an hour or two more we would have had a serious problem. >> reporter: mark lipton from the administrative offices says the amusement park got approval to build the berm and get the river back in its path. >> we were facing a danger that needed immediate action and we took that action. >> reporter: they didn't miss any business thanks to this berm that has the san lorenzo river back running on its path. now the city of san -- santa cruz will have a meeting to come up with a plan to keep the river in it banks. >>> showers to the nor

this line outside kavanagh liquors in san lorenzo which has previously sold four winning tickets. last night they turned people away but they will resume selling 9:00 this morning. the odds of winning are 1 in 176 million. the jackpot is expected to keep rising up to the drawing at 8:00 tonight. >> we have a list where the most winning tickets have been sold on abc7 news.com. abc news will out a breaking news twitter -- [ unintelligible ]g<(Ñ i like my chances. 5 out of 176 million. >> much better chance if you had 170 million tickets, think about that. 5:08 now. let's check in with mike -- i'm sorry i was laughing about buying my own weather. mike has a look at the forecast. >> i thought you were still laughing at the dumb and dumber joke. >> that was good. although wait a minute, i talk and you say dumb and dumber is there some linkage there? >> what just because there's two of you at the desk? no, that is so wrong. ds k we are seeing radar returns up across the north bay -- never said a mean word to him in my life. [ laughing ] >> moving out of the way before lightning strikes

the morning commute to also on the east bay northbound 80 on the ramp to southbound to 38 in the san lorenzo area with an accident still falling at blocking one lady that connector ramp on the connector ramp to southbound to 38 so there's a car is in the wrong lane crews are on the scene and there are some slight plays mary adelaide elsewhere look at the times air-traffic cameras sam is no bridge and this is the contraction was down 192 so far a 13 minute drive of his words so no major issues right now plus any brokerages coming up with deck and the mass transit in the meantime. the package, but in paris the worker there discovered a suspicious package ahead of the 515 this morning and stepped back before it exploded there was minor damage to the window but no injuries and is not clear yet his and package the indonesian foreign minister says his government is still trying to determine whether israeli targets. the honor, when every gas pump as couples and is the gas pump and you see what happens there. luckily no was hertz that the mentor and that car was a little bit of trouble. deadweight y

you can see there are now some workers on the other side of the san lorenzo river.s an earth mover over here. if we pan to the right, you can see the river running alongside the retaining wall, if you look on the wall, you can see where that black paint stops and that black paint is where the sand used to be the so clearly, a lot -- to be. so clearly a lot of the beef has eroded -- a lot of the beach has eroded. locals who walk their dogs in the area say the difference between now the -- between how the river runs now is drastic. >> it's much different than before. it's much more severe. before it used to be much smaller than that and not as close to the boardwalk. but this is the -- this is the most severe i've ever seen it. >> reporter: coming back out live, you can see another earth mover here. now, the key is trying to dig out this, which is the national channel. the big concern is it can -- folks are keeping an eye on the river. they are also keeping an eye on the forecast before the next set of storms start to move in. back to you. >>> in 90 minutes, a jury wi

the question of the rainfall averages but also seen this river is rising this is the san lorenzo river that to continue to rise overnight i was just checking the record gauges that had crested under 11 ft. and is now beginning to recede somewhat. but we have to watch this more rain on the way and of course as we see more rainbow's rivers and creeks will start to go up once again. things have tapered off today to more scattered showers from the bay area that batch of moisture just off the coastline are going to pick things up a little bit later on and that more moisture across the coastline down below doctors' not even picking up the we have low-level moisture and even seen drizzle outside today so if you have plans plan on what day and about today into the afternoon that what i pattern will not end here and a pretty strong storm moving toward the bay area on friday and into friday night on saturday storm clouds continue to push through this morning of others are lighter amounts of rainfall so far but the jet stream is set to allow the next series of storms to move and and a much colder

check out a long line of megamillion hopefuls waiting to buy their tickets in san lorenzo and and abc 7 nannette miranda joins with us that part of the story. >> this is lines crazy, too. the wait is an hour long, take a look how deep the line gos and this goes around shopping and people are trying their luck here and schools couldn't be happier. >> $60, woo. >> the record jackpot brought out regular player who's bought more tickets than usual. >> this is. >> for my seefl think sm thinking they figured out a different way to pick the numbers. like spelling lotto. >> l, o, t, t, o. >> the megamillion fever even lured novices. >> there is a combineation racking up sales, the laumpbl hour saw five million tickets and players dreaming about what they can do with the money and so are schools. 32 cents go to the public schools. if estimates holdup they can get $100 million just from this jackpot. >> with this run we're going to be close to our all time high as far as giving schools in any given year. >> $100 million doesn't come close to makeup for the doubts education this could save a tho

in san lorenzo, california. kavanaugh liquor is the luckiest place in the state. it's sold four mega millions winners, more than any other store. >> i heard about the luck. >> reporter: the superstitious come from hours away, believing their best shot at $640 million is right here. >> i am feeling lucky. there's a lot of good mojo here. >> i drove 60 miles to get over here. >> reporter: by midday there's reason for optimism. a lottery official says there's a 95% chance someone will win tonight. experts say that's because so many numbers have been picked, every possible combination has likely been exhausted. >> it's like throwing darts at the wall where everybody scribbled your name on there and they hit your name, you win. the more names are on there. >> reporter: at high noon, three costume makers are confident they stitched together the perfect office pool. >> i'm currently the keeper of the tickets. >> reporter: they bought more than $100 worth. they actually have a winning record. a few years ago this group won a grand total of $1 each. their co-workers weren'

days of rain cut through the sandy banks that normally buy for the boardwalk from the san lorenzo river. the flooding took out one staircase earlier this week and damaged some pipes but so far, no further damage. will we continue to dry out or will we get more rain? >> when i was here three weeks ago we were despairing of the fact that it is so dry and now we are beginning to complain. at least we get a chance to dry out but there is a little bit on the way in the middle of the week but the brunt of the action has moved south, you can see by radar most of it is out of the bay area. maybe a few sprinkles tonight but on the time lapse, low pressure has spun into, this is just perfect. there are winter weather visors posted in the sierra. high surf advisories posted along the shoreline. swells as 17 ft. so be careful if your clothes to the ocean tomorrow. we will get a chance to exhale. tomorrow looks cold and windy but not very wet. we will cover the weather in detail in a few minutes from now >> more fresh snow fell in parts of the sierra today on top of the 3 ft. or more that fell yeste

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take a look at the san lorenzo river at the santa cruz beach boardwalk. it is actually split off from its normal course and is running parallel to the amusement park and threatening damage. we will check in with roberta to see where it is raining >> in ben lomond, over 1 ft. of rain has accumulated. we're seeing light showers developing over the northern portion of the bay area. hit or miss scattered showers in the valley and the rain is changing over to snow and ice. that is right around the greater lake tahoe area. we will talk about the storm and the commute still coming up later >> you can track the storm as it moves through your neighborhood with our live interactive high- definition radar. click on whether >> they describe it as living in a house of horror. more than one dozen adults renting rooms in a large south bay house fighting to keep their home after being told to get out. that house is in the san jose foothills. >> a million-dollar home in an upscale neighborhood but just passed the fancy way, false walls, entry doors, and a collapsed ceilin

blueprints rise store in the bay area of where someone will take on $138,000 here in san lorenzo outside cavanaugh is liquor this is the state's most winning lottery store they are not on tonight's list but that is certainly not because he will not trying. we're extremely busy, and we only have about an hour to go less than an hour to go because of the 745. you may not be able to make in at this point. >>> as a polite, not liquor into a frenzy. right now deciding where to buy lottery tickets. were undaunted. >>> the owner came out and said if you were at the open signed it is unlikely that you're going to get in by 745. >>> i will tell you what just said the first shall be last in the last shall be first. >>> and lisa johnson waited two hours in line to mention she is five and a half months pregnant? i said $35 but i'm thinking upland all hundred. menander's 75 million. >>> i would take my chances and just walk a batter dollars. >>> unless some were so happy that they're delirious listening to this. >>> what happens if you win? >>> 12 working original five. a looking up in part you have

>>pam: the san lorenzo river has been threatening to wash away portion of the city's historic feat forcrews have been working nonstop to push the river back and saved 105 year-old landmark. charles crawford was in santa cruz today for an update. >> right now i'm just the east of the santa cruz beach boardwalk. the crews had finished their efforts to build a large sand berm and ordered to restore the salmon runs a river to its normal channel. last week, following heavy rains, it had shifted to the left. >>jaqueline: temperatures have been mild, especially in the south bay. current conditions in hayward, 55 degrees. 55 also in the palo alto. a look at your weather headlines, in the morning, mostly cloudy and mild temperatures in the upper forties. into the afternoon, spotty showers. later into the evening and overnight we will see rain. >>pam: governor brown is claiming his latest compromise tax initiative is far superior to a competing proposal. he says his version which temporarily raises sales and income tax on people who make too of a $50,000 or more would help to fund schools and ad

you can see across the bay area with that cavanagh liquors and san lorenzo is 7- eleven and senate say j.p. liquors in los altos and begins the entire list there's you can imagine a lot of people lining up at the stores this morning we spoke to one of the cashier's here at the seven lebanese says one guy showed up as he started selling tickets at 6:00 this morning $100 worth of tickets and be said as he was coming into werke sought a safe way around the corner also had a lot of people waiting to buy tickets by frank, michelle don't worry and set for this lot lottery so friday night is tonight maybe my one and 176 million will serve me well tonight. >>> if you win will be your best friends. >>> will actually be related at that point. >>> think the case. if you are indeed the lucky one that wins the whole big jackpot how much you really get? yet we to first there is a 25% federal tax after that year to options a lump-sum payment of $292 million or 26 yearly payments of 15 and a half million dollars each and that works out to almost $405 million. not too bad. so we have a lot more informa

days of rain cut through the sandy banks that normally buffer the boardwalk from the san lorenzo river. a flooding took out one staircase at the beach earlier this week but so far no further damage. the mudslide is threatening homes in the placer county town of newcastle. heavy rains overnight caused a massive pile of mud blocked a road. cleanup crews took hours as the workers were removing the mess. neighbors are keeping a close eye on trees and power lines and keeping their fingers crossed that it won't rain again. search crews have found the wreckage of a small plane that disappeared on a flight to san jose. a single-engine plane turned up near san and benito county this afternoon. from pg&e are looking into how a man hall exploded in san francisco's financial district. it happened at the intersection of grant and california streets. cover was contained by the casting structure that holds it in place and it did not hit any passing cars. >> when we got here there was a manhole cover about 10 ft. away from whole and it was cut in to at least to pieces >> pg&e is still trying to figure

santa cruz boardwalk will stay open this weekend despite a rise in water we have seen from the san lorenzo river >> all of the heavy rain caused the river to bump up against the retaining wall. ruined a staircase and caused thousands of dollars of damage. >> we are keeping a close eye on the weather because we have a lot of rain and more is coming >> we do have more rain coming into the bay area. some showers already outside and things we picking up throughout the day. we have scattered showers, a lot of drizzle. a lot of low-level moisture ahead of this cold front. in the north bay is beginning to enter the bay area. a very wet on and off throughout the day. we will likely see some gusty wind coming along with this one. it will be very wet into the afternoon hours as well. behind that we have a chance of some thunderstorms. temperatures in the fifties at this hour with a light drizzle. by the afternoon, '50s and '60s but it will get wetter as we go of the day. we finally catch a break on tuesday. time for traffic. >> so far we do not have any major accidents out there. the roads are still

katie marzullo is live at kavanagh liquors in san lorenzo. >> reporter: people are willing to wait in a long line. here's the front of the store the start of the line. then it goes down the side around the back and almost up the other side. despite waiting in line the atmosphere here is fun, festive. people want to wait because they know this store has a long history of being lucky the line wraps the building, it formed before the store opened. the store opened almost an hour early. >> i was like it looks like -- look like i got a better chance so i stopped. >> reporter: it snakes around through the aisles inside as well. >> it is not going to not buy 'em here, not by any chance. because too many people have been winning here. >> they told us 175 i'm separating now and pick the best for myself. >> reporter: they know their chances are slim better luck getting hit by a car, lightning or having conjoined twins. but kavanagh liquors has sold five winning tickets since 19891, the most recent in january. -- 1981, the most recent in january. they wait any way with a few dollars and the best