a look at the san mateo bridge in the same area where christie is. we have a smooth drive over to the peninsula side. 92 you can see the water, watch for the slick conditions especially the transition ramps. here the palo alto side, that big old bunch of rain coming down. right now it's slick as can be. back to you. >> all right, mike. thank you. our coverage of the wet weather will continue all morning long. you can go to our website nbcbayarea.com and get right to our live radar as well. >> we do have breaking news to tell you about in the south bay. police are investigating in central san jose a homicide. officers found a man with at least one stab wound on south market street. he was taken to the hospital where he died. his name will not be released until the coroner notifies his family. >> police have not said what led up to the stabbing and not arrested anyone. this is the city's fifth homicide this year. >> prosecutors expect the man accused of setting more than a dozen fires in san jose to enter a plea. investigators say patrick brennan set 1

have also been involved in residential burglary activity here in san mateo.igations bureau and sheriff's office investigations bureau coordinated efforts to identify kirk and ortega as san mateo cases. >> pam: as a result, kirk and ortega-ramos were identified as suspects responsible for burglaries in august of 2013 block of sequoia ave., 900 in the city of san mateo. additionally charged for these crimes by smpd. kirk and ortega are currently in >> pam: >> to provide more training to the staff to assist in bullying situations. >> pam: an effort to keep all of the children safe we have parents signing up as well. >> pam: and texas a victory for gay rights activist after a judge says the state ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. the court ruled in favor of two gay couples to challenge the ban. the decision is latest in a series the federal and state court's overturning laws forbidding same-sex marriage. however the judge also says, for now the ban will remain in place pending a ruling by an appeals court later this year at least one case related on a

more command to get those stickers. >>> next on mornings on 2, big tree causing big problems in the san mateolls. we'll take you there. >>> plus a 12 hour standoff involving a san jose s.w.a.t. team this morning, thousand ended just a little while ago. stay right here with us. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and a downed tree this morning is fall -- or has fallen, i should say, on top of power lines here and is blocking highway 84 in the woodside area of san mateo county. we'll tell you about the work pg&e is doing to remove this tree and how long before the road will reopen. >>> the s.w.a.t. team surrounds a san jose home where police eventually found a wanted man after nearly 12 hours. >> reporter: we're live in hayward where one man is dead after a

here is a live look at the san mateo bridge. bay area bridges this morning. >> we also have people behaving badly. >> insist suspect first child demands are being sold on some of the bay area bridges.if you're leaving your e in the bay area will show you how things are coming up in a live report. >> and good morning. we will start with the storms. erica is tracking the storms. we have storm number two which should arrive about 10:00 p.m.

that's going to keep your temperature at 62 along the peninsula in san mateo, san francisco only theloudy conditions. looking good out in the north bay, yeah, still want to travel cautiously around the north bay with all of that rain accumulati accumulation. over a foot of rain it's not going to be any time soon. over the next three days you want to take it easy with lingering puddles and ponding. throughout the east bay temperatures are going to range from the upper 50s to low 60s. and in the tri-valley, wine country, up to 66 degrees with sunshine breaking through. so that foggy start will make way to a sunny and mild finish. a nice second half of the day. we head through tomorrow the low clouds return and then the high and mid level clouds move in throughout tomorrow afternoon. on thursday we're tracking some showers, mostly to the mortgage of the golden gate bridge. let me show you what that looks like on your future cast. getting into thursday morning, a little bit of shower activity. moving into sonoma county. we all get a chance for rain as we head into this weekend on sunday

and san mateo bridge is a at a san mateo. 18 to 20 minute drive time.golden gate bridge ride it's been a centrally problem free for your ride to the richness san rafael bridge is backed up across all lanes on the approach to the toll plaza but the heaviest lanes are the fasttrack ones. >>: morning gary. >>darya: so the warriors lost to the bulls and the release of doubt staff curry. but you play 82 games you're going to have a clunker. it's like, and the newscast you do a year. and some you're just not that hot and it's nothing you can do about it. >>: i don't think your spouse to give up their best stuff. >>: he already did his best game and handed it to a foam like this. the one in the second inning was one of the most amazing spider-man jobs. they asked them how he did and he said he did not know. lamichael more just kind of shook his head like i can't believe this is happening again. >>: well it's the second inning. the first was more impressive. sfax >>: to have to like matt and particularly frantic read it's just a practice game. the newest shop t

to some light rain reported from san mateo down to the los altos hills. looks like rain has done now. take a look at this thrift take a look at this. san francisco actually seen some dry breaks. looks like most of the ride. we have another storm on the way in fact it could arrive as early as friday evening. that's going to be a real sober. a majority of the rain is going to fall. expect showers to continue on throughout the weekend. woodside mostly dry weather as we head into next week for it quickly looking actors dogon talk, >>:, renee darya. >>: the let's fix the olympics. but i'm looking at cal and stanford. that was a fun game. the skipper beat calgary >>: you must be written for stanford if you thought it was a fun game. >>: or mike montgomery they beat the no. 1 team in the nation and then they came out in l.a., last night. >>: it's funny how that can happen although stanford did come close to beating arizona. >>: they didn't get killed by arabs on another boat tied. in the way everyone's happy. you could be happy because they're both tied. >>: staf

the san mateo bridge and as we take it over to the golden gate, a west that a way to. drive time are now 23 minutes out of the buyout and to san francisco. the rich and san rafael bridge is try for now. looks like we could see what weather here in a moment. as we take over to the traffic map we do have a new accident reports. an overturned car now blocking the slow lane three you could see the buildup of backing up. the area of red indicated speeds below 25 mi. per hour. we also have an accident southbound 101 in morgan hill. all lanes currently blocked due to an overturned big rig. >>:the boston marathon is making changes to security, after last year's deadly bombing. i was just planning on wearing as little as possible. lightweight shorts and a light singlet. those planning on wearing a little more than robert gibson while running the boston marathon may want to rethink their outfits. in light of the boston athletic association's new regulations. runners will *not be allowed to bring bags of clothes to the starting line or finish line. but* the b-a-a will* let runners

the san mateo bridge, highway 92 is looking great. you will find easier conditions. there are no delays on northbound or southbound. >> the richmond san rafael bridge has no backups in the westbound direction. >> we saw a light rain and drizzle this morning and this has pushed out of here so there is no need for a number list. you can bring out sunglasses. you concede debris that is picking up and windy conditions for this afternoon. plenty of sunshine and other wise more sunshine for the forecast. it will be dry and warm for your weekend as well. right now, the temperatures are in mid 50s and san jose is at 54 degrees. there is drizzle this morning but jacuzzi a lot of sunshine. the clouds had moved out. tahoe is picking up a little bit of fresh powder. we are making way for want conditions and the wind in fact the when towards the the valley near fresno will be quite strong. there's a wind advisory. >> 64 degrees for campbell and the east bay will have a lot of sunshine 53 degrees for pleasanton, pittsburg will have a high of 62. heading to the north, 64 for one cou

just a few showers on the western end of the san mateo bridge. , the entire city is surrounded by rain. light brand is awaiting you for highway 1 01 approaching the richmond sent a fail. keep in mind that the showers are coming from the south and their core north. if we're looking at the possibility of moderate showers by 7:00 a.m.. the heaviest is falling in the east bay and then it will lie in the best we head into the afternoon. by noon, light rain will blanket the area and will start to see a dry breaks by 3:00 p.m.. >> the rain will go away and it will be cloudy. friday evening plans will not be affected the showers will return overnight waking up saturday morning to read in addition to all the rain, we have high wind. wind speeds were up 22 mi. per hour. more than that approaching 45 mi. per hour. we have seen down trees and power lines. >> a flash flood advisory is in effect until 7:30 a.m. but the rain will taper off. it looks like the first half saturday will be wet. partial clearing and a slight chance for unsettled weather for the next

the national weather service issued a flash flood warning for san mateo county, santa clara county, and santa cruz county. these are live pictures. we're looking at 101 north in san jose. stay tuned. we'll check in with steve and sal on how we're all being effected for this morning's commute. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> 7:14. two men face vandalism charges in sonoma county for damage done to tomales high school. the school is not far from highway 1 in the town of tomales. the 19-year-olds are accused of ramming their cars through the school fence and tearing up a field by spinning doughnuts on the grass. damage is estimated at $20,000. >>> 7:14. in seattle, after getting complaints from cab companies in seattle, that city's city council is limiting the number of ride share cars on public streets. last night, the seattle city council voted to allow each company to have 150 cars in service at a time. now, a tougher proposal was turned down. that would have capped the number of drivers for all services at 400. the ride share companies included san francisco-based lyift, uber and

, except for dallas or the san mateo coast line. this area, really going to be favored to see some of the more moderate showers, the rain is is really going to start coming down after midnight tonight. here's a look at satellite radar picture, this is the first in a series of systems affecting us over the next few days. here's the tail end of it, it's going to move in to overnight and the commute, the rain will get heavy, dooent totals out of this, the future cast and look at the totals and snow in the sierras coming up. >> a weather coverage, what's happening, kron4's jeff bush is live where the ran rain has been on and off. jeff, how have the residents been reacting? >>reporter: they say the rain is a welcome sight, they're happy to finally see a change in the weather. the rain was slow to come in the early evening, but more of it could be seen as the night progressed. look, and you can see the streets were reflective and the city lights completed the picture of a more normal-looking winter in marin county. the rain is a good tlin

at least for the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. slow loog the tri-valley, as you travel westbound 580 top of the screen that's the slowest, and the exout of livermore into dublin is starting to show a slowdown. really speeds are in the 50s as you approach the done lin interchange. into the 15s out of the altamont pass. a build, slowing through richmond and of course the metering lights on, backup at the toll plaza. and end with this map toward the north bay where we have a smooth drive south 101. >>> after 17 days of competition the olympic games are over for now. thousands of people headed to the sochi airport to come on home. today is the heaviest day, travel day, related to the olympics. security wait times up to three hours in sochi but we can tell you bay area figure skater polina edmunds made her flight. she's in the air as we speak, headed back to san jose. she posted this picture. >> russia showing a sense of humor poking fun at itself during the closing ceremony, remember the olympic ring that failed to open during opening

various look out here at the san mateo bridge. fortunately, no end to its to reports here and as detective live look at the richmond san rafael bridge for the most part, seen a lot of space between cars. over on our traffic maps an accident 580 westbound on for more ave. the live >>: moderate rain is falling in some areas this morning, compared to last night's light rain. in fact, the rest of this week looks wet. a series of storms are set to hit the bay area. this is the first round -- making the commute more treacherous. four days of rain seems like a lot. but officials say it's not likely to have a significant effect on the state's drought emergency. erica kato is here with how much rain we're expected to get. she's also monitioring traffic at the start of what will be a wet morning commute. we went to the north bay as the first drops came down. kron 4's jeff bush shows us how people in marin are reacting to the much-needed rainfall. the rain was slow to come in the early evening but more of it could be seen as the night progres

on the san mateo bridge drivers told to watch out for high winds, and in san jose we've had more rain this morning than we had since november. pretty amazing. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. let's get things started with meteorologist christina loren, the woman of the hour. >> my goodness. i am so glad i'm safely at work. maybe that's not the case for you. you want to give yourself ample time especially if you take the little ones to school. look what is the is on the radar. that subtropical tap coming into san jose. we're getting a little bit of improvement from santa rosa south to marin county, hey, we've got a lot more rain on the way as we head through next few days and the next system again will tap that moisture so the totals will be high. this is right now. as we head throughout day we're going to continue to see showers lighten up. but for the next two to three hours it's going to get worse before it gets better. specifically, along the peninsula and in san jose. i want to take you down and show you what 17 looks like. in addition to th

also have a live look at the san mateo bridge.ity a little better there but still an issue for drivers this morning. and this is our live camera in fremont as we take you across the bay area. story not much better there. let's check in with christina loren with what is going on out there. >> hey, good morning to you. basically, fog is not one of those weather elements that stays stationary. it drifts around. that's what we're noticing this morning. as you make your way out the front door you want to make sure you're on high alert. you want to eliminate the distractions in your vehicle and leave a healthy space between you and the car in front of you. if you can control it the guy in back of you as well. this is that kind of fog where even your immediate surroundings you're used to seeing are going to look unfamiliar to you. we're talking about visibilities down to about 2 1/2 miles in san jose, we're at 5 miles in mountain view and five in half moon bay. the sun starts to make an appearance t fog is going to get worse before it ge

look at green here, pacifica, san mateo over from half moon bay. reporting more roadway index spots where that rain might be slicker conditions north of 380. issue for our maps. live look here, palo alto, again, 101, drive so far, university, moving steadily at the limit towards san mateo with no problems highway 92. north bay, southbound side of 101. curve at terra linda, moisture's in the air, don't see a sign of rain right here in san rafael, but north into novato we have that report of the road weather index shows green as well. >>> 6:21. ahead on "today in the bay," accidental million airs, coming up how a northern california couple stumbled upon buried treasure. >>> one of our coffee mugs lakes it it on "late night," why it was featured on seth meyers' new show. >>> live look. sun coming up over the bay area. almost looks like a postcard out there. rain's coming as well. much-needed storm headed our way. christina's got a look at when those storms will open. hey! hi! ladies, how are you? let's taste some wine. ♪ ♪ seize your vacation with a s

head southward to the airport, it's patchy like rain. 280, hayward, san mateo and redwood city very, ve dry condition over by fremont, down through sunnyvale, cupertino and san jose. you have the wind gusts up to 25 miles an hour but the rain has been scant throughout the early part of the morning. livermore with a little bit of light rain here, 580. in the sierra nevada winter storm warning through 4:00 but it is raining at lick level. temperatures in the upper 30s and the snow level going above 8,000 feet. lake tahoe right now still looking at higher elevation snow. but back home the urban flooding through 7:45 in our north bay valleys. the southern marism n area with the possibility of wind damage, as well. the exploratorium come raw, it is messy with temperatures in the 50s. the numbers will actually rise a couple degrees even with the cloud cover and the rainy conditions. sfo, as katie mentioned, remarkfully no delays. 56 in liver more. our forecast highlights calling for the rainy and windy weather today. everybody will see a bit of a letup tonight. in the north bay if you are w

looking at a commute to the san mateo bridge here's how when 92. kron4's jack is a self is alive and san rafael. and looking at your picture is still coming down hard at the jacki. >>: is nothing like about the rain that's falling out here in downtown san out here in the north bay we are used to it because usually it we are the first ones to get the rain. and it's usually the hardest out here. we started around 10:00 last night. and as you can see it of the rain is falling and it's starting to pull. in fact as parking lots at i. obviously we have all the way for a significant amount of rain fall especially here in the north bay. that's exactly what we are getting. the good news is not a lot of land company net. of the problem obviously is going to be the amount of water we are getting such a short amount of time with the cause problems on roadways. i would guess of that probably follow in about half an inch an hour. it has been consistent since about 10:00 last night. so about six hours. pretty heavy rainfall and the north bay and doesn't look like

san mateo. 53 of san francisco thrift the 44 our friends and and not all grit our highs today.ancisco. today tomorrow looks dry and some free but we're going to have high pressure break down. will let you know what they will be the wettest out of the next seven. >>:our top story this morning. a bay area firefighter crushed to death by a if tractor in the east bay. faugh it happened over the weekend. this is a picture from the he was a firefighter. his gear is draped on a fire truck in memorial. kron four's will tran is live in berkeley with details. he was on his tractor trying to clear for the upcoming rain were going to see later on this week but instead from of the tractor pulls off an embankment falls about 200 ft.. is video of people once they found out the people who did turn out mostly were the chp. according to the fire chief of berkeley he is very appreciative of that. bermudez was with the fire department for a decade. the brother was also works with the contra costa fire department pre just months ago we did a live interview with the guilt of the fire chief of the be

picking up in intensity for san mateo county on east bay.he rain has been the light is starts to pick up only intensify if the cost the rich men san mateo bridge. now crossing the bay working its way east. we are seen rain as far east as walnut laker caulker. segment seay evergreen is just dealing with the mess. keep them on the front has uneven pushpin yet by 12:00 looks like we could catch bait drive that set dry break. evening ride home is what i'm concerned about heavy rain is expected fo., wet weather will certainly pick up later on today scattered showers overnight with a light rain expected waking up early thursday morning. without him well over 2 in. of rain for santa rosa. unsettled weather into the week and we will have very good weather than. << eric till we are checking some hot spots or not we are starting with some long and unusual drive * 880 commute this morning has already been there 52 minutes. tracking the driver and five it was bound we have the fax from earlier current problems have left the ride at 39 minutes. should be

knowing expected temperatures in the '40's 44 in san mateo. for the afternoon upper 60s. ntain view and santa clara. mid to upper 60s for east bay shore lines. 63 in san francisco. and look at the extended forecast. after that sunny skies and mild temperatures. ahead into next week it does look like and rent will return by the middle and end of next week. >> pam: coming up. >> pam: sweet results. time magazine puts out a list of the most influential chocolates. which sugary snack took the top prize. and lotto fever. top prize. and lothese are the hands of a surgeon. a pediatrician. these are pioneering advances in heart surgery. and these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. they're the hands of the nation's top doctors. kaiser permanente doctors. and though they are all different, they work together on a single mission: saving lives. discover how we are advancing medicine at kp.org join us, and thrive. anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better

the ride to the san mateo bridge, highway 92 is incident free. nd 11, 92. the richmond san rafael bridge interstate 580 has no back up to the toll plaza. >> checking traffic maps, the east bay ride as we look at the east shore freeway still just 14 minutes hercules to berkeley. no delays for west 24, off 680 or the san ramon ride. west 580 is a 40 minute drive time for the alta mount pass out to the dublin interchange, 1 01 is starting to slow just a bit. it is 19 minutes to the montague expressway. the marin ride is still looking good. 37--should take about 25 minutes. >> an attempted carjacking of a taxi cab while driving on the bay bridge is also called on video. our stanley roberts takes us inside the cab. this is an exclusive edition of people behaving badly. >> it started out with 34 youyear old ambrose charles walker the third jumping in a cabin for the market asking for a ride to oakland. >> he ended up as a carjacking attempt, right smack in the middle of the bay bridge. >> you know that old same their two sides to every story? will this

you can see things beginning to pick up off the san mateo and santa cruz coastlines. for us a general area of light rain started about 6:00 a.m. in san francisco. nothing too heavy but the intensity will pick up here. also out toward antioch, brentwood, and oakley. i had a couple reports out there of some rain and this is a sign of things to come up to napa and healdsburg. this is a mild system. low to mid. the wind was 18 miles an hour at fairfield. two hours ago now it's calm. a southeast wind is developing. it's not something our observer mike said. windchills in san francisco he heard that for the first time in a long time. that is a sign of a storm coming or system coming. this is a good system. back here is the veteran intensities. there is a very good development taking place. rainfall between now and saturday. it looks really good santa cruz mountains south. this will be a really big system for central and southern california. it will be okay for us. i think the friday system is more of a wind event for us than it is a rain event. maybe some thunderstorms later

your ride to the san mateo bridge highway 92. ere so this is a good ride and at the richmond san rafael bridge we have seen the back up in the westbound direction but it's already starting to clear for your trip over to iran ride. not even looking at a 35 commute. it's only about 28 to 32 minutes for your what was southbound ride from the bottle down to the golden gate bridge. >>james: following the latest with the implementation of the new health-care law and a last- minute scramble this morning to sign up young americans for health care coverage. this is the website for health-care talk of a tree and army of workers and volunteers are span across the country trying to enroll young and healthy people and to the affordable care pact. the need participation from the young and healthy. it's essential to balance out the higher cost of those were being charged higher who are older and sicker. the deadline is lagging behind its goal. if you don't have health insurance by that deadline you will pay $95 penalty or 1 percent of your incom

the winds might kick up as you head over the san mateo bridge and the santa cruz mountains. major problems but we're going to watch it. back to you. >>> well, this morning the 2014 winter olympics are under way as we give you a live look at sochi, russia, the host city of this year's olympic games. now the opening ceremony is still a day away. but some sports are getting started early. >> we're talking about men's and women's skiing, men's and women's slope style snowboarding and figure skating for men and pairs. and that means events will be at two area clufters as they are called. the coastal cluster will host arena events and the mountain cluster will host slope events. >> janelle wang is live at the coastal cluster with a preview of the figure skating competition. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, there is team figure skating tonight. an exciting event. that's going to happen at the iceberg palace. we want to show you some of the video that we were talking about. it is one of the new games at the winter olympics. the committee decided to add this because fig

fallen, i should say, on top of power lines here and is blocking highway 84 in the woodside area of san mateo county. we'll tell you about the work pg&e is doing to remove this tree and how long before the road will reopen. >>> the s.w.a.t. team surrounds a san jose home where police eventually found a wanted man after nearly 12 hours. >> reporter: we're live in hayward where one man is dead after an apparent home-invasion robbery. coming up, we'll tell you how the homeowner was able to defend himself. >>> and a new, potentially dangerous problem on the eastern span of the bay bridge. the leaks exposed by the weekend rain. "mornings on 2" begins right now. >>> welcome to "mornings on 2." we are live in san mateo county, where,s a you can see, a large tree continues to block a major road at this hour. there it is. it's just one of many of the problems that cleanup crews around the bay area are facing after the weekend's heavy and much-needed rainfall. good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> how did you handle the rain? >> enjoyed it. >> so did i. good morning. i'm dave clark. >>> steve, are we don

the san mateo bridge is problem free in both directions of highway 92. incident free of the golden gate bridge and your drive time is at 23 minutes into the city. the richmond san rafael bridge is just a couple of cars into marin county. >> hthe santa clara valley water district is now asking residents to cut their water usage by 20- percent. up from ten percent. kron-4's jeff bush attended last night's meeting. where that decision was made. he learned. the action could become mandatory. if things get worse. >> it was unanimous. the santa clara valley water district voted to reduce the amount of water usage by 20%. marty grimes >> over the next few weeks you will see that utility companies will be implementing measures that are mandatory. >> >> .which is a goal that can be obtained easily if people simply cut down on watering >> nmarty grimes santa clara valley water district about half our water is used outsideso, if you were to reduce your water useage by about half outside this year, starting now, then you would reduce your overall water usage by 25%.

the some light rain crossing the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. self is dry right now. in terms of rainfall totals, san francisco with that last a burst of heavy rain that we just saw, not flirting with nine tenths of an inch of rain. about three-quarters of an inch for oakland. were not officially above an inch in the santa rosa area just in the past and the four hours but we do have a flood advisory in effect until 830. i talk about who's the most affected by this coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>darya: thanks erica. our team coverage continues with mike pelton who's in san jose. looks like they've reopened it. they got that flooding all cleaned up it looks like? the >>: ps darya. and they've managed to clean everything up every open the street. this comes after water nearly taunted just below this caltran to bridge for the past four or five hours. originally cruise the fog that the old pump was to blame for it and instead they had a whole bunch of leaves called an to the rain the drain. this caused a lot of problems for drivers this morn

bridge, it isn't easy trip from the maze and from the shore, the same is true for highway 92, the san mateor trip is without delay. here is a look at interstate 580, your trip to the richmond san rafael bridge, very light traffic this morning coming through on fasttrack. >> taking a look at the traffic maps, we're updating the freeway ride, 13 to 14 minutes. 60 minutes into dublin. we do not yet see any slow traffic that we started the morning with yesterday, and accounted for such heavy traffic, coming out of livermore. even coming out of castro valley. in fact, both directions yesterday. but so far, not this morning. the south bay freeway is looking good. >> residents throughout atlanta are ready for the next winter storm, and this time, they are taking it very serious. check out these photos of empty shells at an area grows restore. rain, sleet and snow has arrived in the area and it is expected to stick around through tomorrow morning. temperatures there are at the 30's. georgia's governor, says unlike two weeks ago, the state is ready. >> atlanta public schools are closed today and ext

. >> where the roads are starting to get busy, what is san mateo? that was the daily double?> how much money do you winst. >> that is my "jeopardy" question. no one who is known that. we have a hit-and-run accident in san mateo 101 northbound with one lane blocked and it sounds like the cars have moved on their way and not blocking any lanes and it is looking clear. 280 is busy as you make your way from 101 to san francisco and we have a stalled bus northbound 101. over the altamont pass, the drive is building but still decent speed into livermore and dublin with top speed from there. in oakland, 580 stays clear up to highway 13 and beyond the nimitz, quiet and accident-free. >> thank you, leyla. this morning, the senate will vote on a controversial farm bill that contains big cuts for food stamp recipients and cuts $hull million from the food stamp program and clear the way for testing new work requirements for recipients in ten states. lottery winners, convicted sex offenders and murders are not eligible for food stamps which contains generous federal subsidies for farmers.

san mateo deputies that claim the calls are coming from them.y are from criminals trying to get you to pay them money. marianne favro tells us how the scam breaks down. >> reporter: the scam artist try to get you to put money on a green.com card like this one, and they say if you do, then you won't get arrested for out standing traffic tickets. every time your phone rings, be ware, a scam artist pretending to be a sheriff's deputy may be on the other end of the line trying to trick you. >> an individual will call you. represent themselves as a member of law enforcement and say something to the effect of you have a ticket, you have an outstanding warrant, something to that effect. they will then continue on to say that you can utilize this service, green dot, to transfer some money to them to avoid prosecution or arrest. >> reporter: the real deputies say the scam artist try to get you to head to a convenience store and load one of these green dot cards with money and they figured out a way to make the phone call seem authentic. >> they will use

series hot spot to the san mateo bridge. and that's the reason traffic is still a fact of the on the toll plaza. when this bridge comes to race bought stop it takes a really long time to unwind the back up. and what are not the incident gets cleared soon or not it will have little impact on how long it will take to clear out the stand. again backed up between industrial and clobbered this is a bridge to avoid. use the dumbarton bridge instead. this approach to the bridge coming off of haiti is only backed up to the bottom of the ram. your ride to the rich and san rafael bridge back up just a bit of the signed for the westbound a ride. most of the back of of course is for the fasttrack lanes on the right side of your screen. the left side of the toll plaza. we're still tracking delays but no hot spot for the rest of the freeways. 80, 680, 24. south bay freeways are slow and get rid of 1 01, 28085. the 101 ran ride it is now up over 45 minutes. >>erica: less ticket live look at conditions at walnut creek. very hazy and faulty.

looks all right but the glow for the san mateo approach in foster city, there may be moisture in the air there as well which can drift around. looking at construction crews, san jose, sunnyvale, into palo alto for 101. mile and a quarter visibility but may be less as the low clouds drift through. 101 south of coyote, we see the speeds lowering a bit. not a problem. looking at dublin, we don't have major fog. not like yesterday. clear visibility here by el charo. westbound with the headlights and smooth drive at the limit livermore, dublin and the interchange. the bay bridge, you can make out the light show from the view from san francisco looking at the western span. low clouds cutting off the top of the towers and a fog advisory. they said watch it. we know about that because of what christina said as well. >> still ahead a san jose firefighter in jail facing drug and sex crime charges. >> a health warning on the cal camp campus. what officials are doing to prevent a measles outbreak. it's knowing beyond a doubt "you got this"... it's keeping your head down, your eye on the ball, an

the san mateo bridge, told you about the earlier issue. still activity southbound 101 approaching holly but we don't have slowing. a little from time to time as folks slow for the flashing lights. the slow lane is blocked approaching 92. into the south bay no problems, actually most of this overnight road work didn't happen from sunday into monday. we have mission boulevard with the closure still over from warm springs to 880, and look at fremont as you come southbound in toward the same area i talked about. light flow with the headlights fast truck scales. it's light this morning. >> this morning b.a.r.t. trains are running in concord after a train derailed friday night and while more work does need to be done to repair the track commuters shouldn't worry about delays this morning. service between the concord and pleasant hills station was restored yesterday. one set of tracks needs to be repaired, that might stop b.a.r.t. from adding extra trains for the commute. the transit agency says riders shouldn't notice difference in service. >> s

san mateo corner in san francisco fire department now differ what actually caused the death. now claim has been filed by one firefighter that says that in the weeks following the crash fire officials implicated her and the death of the passenger causing her to indoor emotional distress not the has led her to file complaints against the city. tonight she speaks to pam an exclusive interview. >> : i let has just been crazy not just life but it impacted my co-workers lives as well. you know for all of us we just want the truth to be out. i want the truth. a obese is a 25 year-old a 25 year veteran of the fire department. sources and the fire department wrongly gave her name and engine number to various news media identifying her as the driver of the truck that killed the plants driver. the cause for the supper end zaidi insomnia and other stress related symptoms. >> : we do our jobs every day or not trying to be heroes were just trying to get the respect we deserve. i feel that is what i want for all us a feel the chill from upper management a really do. >> : she cannot talk abo

the orange blob through the upper peninsula, san mateo and heading north into san francisco, despite, your speeds are just fine as far as the slow goe s 101 north into sn francisco. the southbound side picking up volume as you come through raph south bay 101 picking up volume. we'll send it back to you guys. >>> now back to the 2014 olympic games as we give you a live look at the torch burning in sochi this morning. of course it's evening there, 6:54 at night. today team usa has several opportunities to add to the medal count. >> "today in the bay's" janelle wang joins us live in sochi with a look at the olympic competition we will be seeing in prime time tonight. good afternoon, good evening to you. >> reporter: right. good evening laura and scott. the medals right now they only have three golds, team usa does but they could add to that tonight in prime time with the olympic debut of slopestyle men's free skiing, four american skiers are going for a medal, corps ti competition revved up, led by 19-year-old nick goepper from indiana, the 2013-'2014 x games. he's excited to be here at

40s and 50s, so 50 degrees if you're heading out the door in half moon bay, about 49 degrees in san mateorees for those of you in san jose, 44 degrees in concord and low 50s in oakland. into the afternoon, lots of sunshine expected, temperatures getting into the upper 60s, low 70s in the south bay, about 72 degrees expected for livermore, 64 degrees expected high for heyward, 70 degrees for san rafael and 57 degrees for those of you in daly city. into the evening hours, pretty mild temperatures expected so futurecast for 8:00 p.m. if you are headed out that time along the east bayshore in the upper 40s, 49 degrees in san jose, and about 51 degrees for san francisco. now, we have big changes to talk about in the forecast. we will break that down coming up in just a bit. marty. >> thank you, janu. >>> changes are also coming to the way the federal government pays to fight wildfires. the white house says a proposal on fighting wildfires is included in the president's upcoming budget. that proposal is part of the white house effort to ramp up its focus on the growing effects of climate change

agenda[california environmental quality act findings - peninsula pipelines seismic upgrade project - san mateo county]1400497.resolution adopting findings under the california environmental quality act, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program, and a statement of overriding considerations related to the peninsula pipelines seismic upgrade project in san mateo county. sf 71234 >> >> item 8: [hearing - reserved funds - public utilities commission - 10,242,545]1400538.hearing to consider release of reserved funds, public utilities commission file no. 100337, ordinance no. 92-100 in the total amount of $10,242,545 to fund the water system improvement program wsipp peninsula pipelines seismic upgrade reserve project cuw367022. the work consists of reinforcement of various fault crossings of the san andreas pipeline and the sunset supply line branch in san mateo county. public utilities commissionn1234 >> >> >>supervisor mark farrell: okay. thank you puc for being here. >> the water system improvement director for puc. i recently came into this position and the directo

san francisco, san mateo county, the peninsula, 2 or 3" rain. bay, san jose, morgan hill, milpitas, 1." look at the bull's eye. three to six inches of rainfall in the north bay saturday and sunday. so lots of rain especially north of the golden gate but beneficial rain for all of us. 56 tomorrow in vallejo. it will be raining by friday evening for you. oakland 58. san jose of course the last to get the rain because you're farther south. santa rosa will see some showers in the early afternoon high of 55 degrees. soggy on saturday, soggy on sunday. monday we're looking at things clearing out. and then by the middle of next week, i don't know what happened to the icons, they disappeared, trust me, the important ones are still there that's the rain on saturday. i think we're changing the icons right now making them look better. saturday wet, sunday wet, rain begins tomorrow night and it's going to be a weekend washout, great news. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, how a quilt could be the clue that finally cracks a 25-year-old bay area murder mystery

san mateo county offering them for free to its residents. it's part of getting ready for the sudden return to winter. paul deanno will tell us more about what rain is going to be coming in about 10 minutes from now. >>> the morning commute as you can imagine was a mess all over the bay area. this big rig slammed through the center divide on 80 in richmond. cars were creeping in both directions for most of the morning. >>> the driver of this porsche was cruising with the top down before it spun out on highway 101 in san francisco. the driver had minor injuries but the porsche was completely wrecked. >>> and flashing lights from police cars lit up san francisco's cliff house. the suspected drunk driver coopted handle the curve. the -- couldn't handle the curve. the suv hit a parked car, pole and concrete barrier before landing on the sidewalk. >>> how about snow? the storm blanketing the sierra with several inches of fresh snow. here's what it looked like today over the sierra at tahoe. rob mcallister tells us this latest round of powder has s

that will likely cross here through burling game, san mateo, also foster city after midnight. eventually moving down into san jose. up across the sierra, it's been all about the snow. it is still snowing pretty heavy across interstate 80 and also highway 50. we'll have more on how much the overall totals will be coming up. sky camera network, temperatures in the 50s. rain on our sky cam grids. san francisco, the flag blowing around quite a bit. winds out of the east at 15. gusting to 30 at times. check it out on top of the buildings downtown with the flag blowing around quite a bet. let's get you into the forecast. the timing on our storm system for tomorrow, we definitely think there's going to be some heavier rainfall to deal with as we head throughout tomorrow morning. also on this map, watch here offshore. you're going to see streams of moisture coming in over the next two days and most of it happening in the north bay. so let's get you into 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00 in the morning. heavy rainfall setting up in santo rosa, napa, san francisco. i'm concerned for possible flo

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san mateo county is reminding neighbors with that well needed wet weather may come some flooding. in the area are limited to about 15 bags a house and officials want to be sure everyone who gets them who needs them. here in oakland they are going to be handing out bags at 8 a.m. they will be doing it until 9 p.m. if you want to pick some up on the weekend open until 4:30 p.m. live in oakland, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> i think the animals will be lining up 2 by 2 over the weekend. >> especially in the north bay. >>> that will be the main focus. you get down to san jose they will get less than an inch of rain so a big difference in how much rain you will see. already seeing clouds in the skies. scattered light showers. but expecting that to pick up this afternoon. this is just the beginning of the storm system that's now setting itself up. and the way it is setting itself up, once it starts raining, it's not going to stop right on through sunday. we're going to see a lot of rain this weekend. hi-def doppler radar showing showers off the coastline. you can see this batch here most of

he always says he's a hero. >> : a sunset over the san mateo bridge.d to complain about the weather. >> : he felt clear conditions no breeze right now. the clouds over california that will change early next week. for the weekends we are in good shape. saturday high 60s low '70's. today area.and the bay a >> : sunny weekend rain coming in on wednesday will come hard brief break on thursday picks up again on friday. >> : stanley roberts roberts visited the national airport that he has is in for the first time. >> : a car at terminal 8 at sent jose international airport. the driver will set an sit sit d said all back to see her and supposedly her husband. >> : san jose international airport some people there meat and here i am. >> : area is covered by a security firm. if something does occur they have to call local police. >> : you see people smoking directly and one of no- smoking signs. >> : workers are forced to cross by the busy traffic to get to work her driver's part pretty much wherever they wont let here and here. for example this car well has a b

san mateo bridge not a problem. picking up a few more friends. west 84 the dumbarton moves toward the peninsula, 101 at speed as well as 280 through the san mateo hills. the earlier crash cleared around john daly boulevard. here in the north bay the orange highlighting shows a chance for low clouds, maybe fog. but not a problem as far as the speeds go. pretty predictable for a tuesday. 37 out of vallejo slows. and there is the build coming down into richmond for westbound 80. the metering lights have been on. there is your backup. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> thanks a lot, mike. 6:21. amy poehler and joe biden stopped by the late night set during seth meyers' debut. >> he had to ask if biden was going to plan a 2016 presidential run. >> you have been open about talking about 2016 and considering what you're going to do. where are you in your thought process? what are you taking into account? >> you know, i was planning on making a major announcement tonight and -- but i decided tonight's your night. i hope you invite me back. >> amy, your

the san mateo bridge looks good. mes are still around 30 minutes here and for the richmond and san rafael bridge it continues to build up as we now look at day westbound the back of a leading to the toll plaza. here is erica with a check of the weather. >>dan: a lot of fog for the morning commute. the fog advisory will continue through 9 at this morning. visibility less than a quarter of a mile and a lot of spots. we have some pockets of very dense fog. it is a great start to the day. we are scene temperatures in the 40's and '50's so overall it is pretty mild three we will see high clouds later on and take a look at these temperatures. downtown san francisco today state and the upper 50s. mild conditions by later on tonight. in fact by eight this evening from the crowded skies away to carry your 7 day around the bay forecast shows the slight potential for some rain and the north bay as we head into tomorrow evening parade this one of the huge washout. just a less crowded conditions for the rest of the week. we do hav

the san mateo bridge, traffic is moving well. your drive time is a 12 to 13 minutes. to the traffic maps, the east shore freeway is looking good. 12 minutes from hercules to berkeley. chp is not handling any accidents. >> the rainy weather is a good thing for california but it is causing some problems. the san anselmo creek has risen quite a bit over the weekend and is worried residents and local businesses. joining us live as kron4 will tran. >> we are looking at the water marks that are at the bottom of the bridge. it looks to be about two- thirds almost to the top of the road way. if you look at the water marks. we are in between rain showers and it is looking pretty good. this is a perfect time for you to go on if you need to get things done. of course, right now we're in between rain showers and that will monitor the situation and we will have much more on these hot spots. >> the new eastern span of the bay bridge is facing its first test of extreme wet weather. kron4 alecia reid explants, water is finding its way inside a hollow part of the bridge after the last