the yellow on your screen indicates heavy to moderate rain in san raphael. shing its way east holding close to high 101 the rich and san rafeal bridge. not to bad in novato a lot of rain is pushing its way to the east bay we are picking up light rain for vallejo. the east shore freeway down to richmond. you may encounter a mist a heavy drizzle approaching berkeley emeryville and eventually towards the bay bridge toll plaza. off the green on your screen around san paolo and high rat highway 4. approaching the caldecott tunnel not to bad approaching coming off the altamonte pass. it is not raining at the beach but we are seeing light rain downtown, for truro hill, as well as the sunset district. it is like the green indicating it is light in nature. the rain has not reached the south bay is currently dry. we have mostly cloudy conditions but the rain will pick up later today. let us take a look at the wider view satellite and radar shows how big the system is. it is relatively weak compared to what we experienced last week. some of our north bay spots higher el

it may get heavy at times especially in the afternoon like 3:00 for san raphael, vallejo, an apple. river levels were potentially will rise. >> tomorrow evening 6:00 moderate to heavy rain coming through san francisco in the east bay, hayward, redwood city, san bruno. again, is is not a bit system as for the moisture is concerned it will not be like yesterday. we will still get some decent rain out of it may be a half-inch. >> if you are in san jose you may start to see it around tomorrow night. for most of christmas day for you in the south bay should be dry. our sierra forecast we have a winter storm watch in effect starting tomorrow morning for wednesday morning. we are looking at a white christmas. four-8 in. possible. 2,500 ft. higher elevations more than a foot. good news for small orders and skiers. >> you also want to bring your chains. >> high for today a lot of sunshine. temperatures in downtown mid fifties. 54 in richmond. 55 in santa rosa and san mateo mid-50s. concord getting up to around 54 degrees. >> no problems getting out to the malls to finish or last-minute chris

starting in the bottle that is slow from 37 heading to san raphael. a heavier--starting in to novato slow from 37. the nimitz freeway is stretched to avoid it is crawling. northbound traffic is heavy coming out of san leandro. for the coliseum into downtown oakland, southbound traffic try to recover fremont. it's tough ride on the nimitz slow traffic all round the bay area. keep that in mind for ya out the door. mar. >> thank you robyn the warriors are giving basketball fans in the bay area something to be excited about. currently on a seven game road trip, the warriors were in south beach last night taking on the reigning champs, the miami heat. >> with seconds left on the clock, jarrett jack paar dribbled the ball at the top of the key in found d raymomd green open underneath the basket for an alley-oop layup, given the warriors 97-95 win over miami. >> the warriors are perfect on their road trip, winning five in a row and are 12 and 3 in the last 15 games theory >> if the had only lost one game at home this season. workers are in a land of taking on

i will zoom into the north bay will i did see good rain coming down and around san raphael. r the moderate rainfall, again most of the rain is expected be fairly light. corta madera looking at a decent downpour. san rafeal, can fill looking at light rain for this morning. to the east bay you can see livermore looking at some areas of light rain. where you see the purple and blue that is the freezing rain. the purple is freezing rain in the blue is actually some snow in the higher elevations. also heading to the south bay you can see some areas of scattered showers paris just south of cupertino we have a moderate rain. also crossing to 80. los gatos living as a moderate to heavy rainfall as well. overall most we showers will be fairly light in nature. nothing compared to yesterday's that produced good right around the area. some areas getting more than 1 in. of rain. >> morning showers up will be scattered in nature. decrease in showers are expected may be some limited sun in some locations. tomorrow lots of sunshine will be drying pleasant. beyond that showers are possible fr

walked into the details for futurecast 4 in my next report. >> that as take a look at the richmond san raphael bay bridge toll plaza where jackie sissel has been paying attention along with chp to the high winds. a wind advisory in effect as well as the bay bridge and the san mateo bridge. >> your quick commute check shows light traffic still on all the east bay freeways. including highway 4, interstate 80, the nimitz freeway, and 580. 21 minute drive time for 580 from the altamonte pass to the dublin a change. light traffic of south bay peninsula north bay as well. >> off thank yourge let us help to s f o weather are looking for their busiest day so far. a lot of travelers have been showing up all morning long. as you might expect with the storm system we are still living with delays. mike pelton our solo reported giving us the latest. >> the last check was four hours for some arriving flights. is that right? >> about 100 dowdy perswanted 30 people are expected to pass through. --130,000 people >> they have had to put into effect their ground delay program that means a lot of arriving flights

. >> a san raphael mother has returned from the middle-east with what some may call a holiday miracle. she negotiated an agreement between israel and the palestinian authority to begin removing band mines from beth lehe. they are working to remove the devastation of land mines. they took a check of $141,000 to pay for the land mine removal. a family visited abc7 last year. >> it's been a terrible experience. and it's a need for other children. >> the roots of peace land mine removal effort is due to start in bethlehem next month. >> get ready for another change in the weather, just in time for the weekend. >> that's right. we have a wet seven-day forecast. and i mean unsettled. il show you how many days of rain is coming and get ready for another night of freezing cold conditions in parts of the bay area. details are coming up. >> i have a different type of showers falling from the sky and the peak viewing time to catch the meteor showers. >> the bay area startup where girls can make their own dream doll house and learn the building blocks for a career at the same time. stay with us.

inches of rainfall for those of you watching in pleasanton and san francisco, nearly an inch in san raphaellly beginning to add up. i just added up the latest totals. sfo, we had more than 5 1/2. last december through christmas, 1.2. if you are a skier, you love. this another 8 to 16 inches of snow at our skiresorts in the

berkeley high school teacher faces l s d and drunk driving charges following a traffic stop in san raphael1 year-old douglas haight is said to be arraigned next week in marin county. san rafeal please stop and for running through red light he then failed a sobriety test and had a bottle that tested positive for lsd. he is on paid leave. >> in santa clara county official is facing additional allegations that he misused public funds. an audit accused board of supervisors president george shirakawa of charging nearly $9,000 in donations to his county credit cards in violation of the county's credit card policy. >> the previous audit has raised concerns about thousand dollars in additional spending. he charged to the county. >> he has agreed to reimburse some of the disputed funds, but is challenging others. >> he has said he is the victim of personal attacks. >> =dj welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. it is cold outside on the friday morning. >> temperatures around the bay area and '30's. santa rosa, napa, and vallejo. >> 39 in san mateo. 33 and pleasanton. we have some frost. >> in nati

. >> could become a moderate to heavy rain over the richmond san raphael bay bridge judge in to berkeley oakland an emeryville. >> impacting the north bay and parts of san francisco. >> that will continue to be the case as we head into the night hours. the showers will pass through as a wakeup on saturday morning. >> not so much moisture associated with that in fact we're talking maybe 10th of an inch of rain to a quarter of a niche in some of the higher elevations. >> 52 for richmond. 54 in oakland. 52 for pleasanton and livermore. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows rain is back in the forecast but it is not going to last for long. >> dreyer in sunny conditions as we head into your sunday. a little bit of morning fog monday morning. a 20 to 30 percent chance of showers as we head into the middle of next week. >> we will have more on your extended forecast coming up shortly. in the meantime however let us take a look at traffic. it is quiet a lot of people still have the day off. >> approached the bay bridge toll plaza handful of cars. >> the metering lights are off. >> h

look the at highs in the low 50s for san raphael, napa, redwood city. we are dry from late tomorrow through the day on thursday. and then the showers are back again on friday and saturday. then we get a longer drying trend. sunday, monday and tuesday, first day of 2013. wet out there tonight, watch out if you're going to be out and b going to be a soggy christmas evening. that's the cbs 5 forecast. >>> stranded for days after climbing the stairs. the rescue of a pony named cranky. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rocket? one that hovers like a helicopter! the company >>> what would be better than a plane rocket? how about one that hovers like a helicopter. space x conducted a successful test of the so-called grasshopper rocket. lifted off, hovered and safely touched down back on the launch pad. the company says it's almost ready for the real first launch. >>> talk about closing the barn door after the horse bolted. this time, it was a pony. we have more on the complicated mission to rescue a stranded animal. >> reporter: he was able to unhook the latch, climb all the w

--low or non roll >> a new hot spot for marin county 101 south bound in central san raphael furs reportan accident. for the first time we have seen the entire stretch of wo roadway from highwadown to san >> we will be updating that coming up. first as does a quick check of weather here is anny. >> good morning george. the live look at the golden gate bridge. and chilly start to the morning. look at the beautiful shot a lot of blue sky. today will be a nice day once warm of. >> today we could see patchy frost especially the truck they were temperatures have plummeted to around the freezing mark. >> partly cloudy and breezy and frost advisory and freeze morning to start off your with the morning. it will be cold. mostly sunny and dry for wednesday. >> the next storm arrives on thursday bring widespread rain and breezy conditions. >> two victors in downtown san fiscal 44. san jose lower forties'. of the mid '40's. concord into the mid '30's. livermore also in the upper '30's at this hour. >> temperatures in apple improving. you were at the freezing mark at 32. just about 30 minutes ago. no

of rain for the sonoma airport, a san raphael. a lot of rain fell in the north bay. wo and one-half inches. satellite and radar shows cloud cover streaming into the bay area that is all in advance of the next system. we are not saying much rain by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow maybe and sprinkle up around santa rosa. light rain anticipated for napa, vallejo around the rich and san rafeal bridge. as we put the clock into motion it will not be until later that night we will start to see rain south of the golden gate. it will pick up in intensity over the night while people are sleeping. 9:00 a.m. wednesday we could see heavy rain for the bay. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast in showing rain for tuesday and wednesday dryer by next thursday. friday will be mainly sunny and dry conditions will persist. the mild weekend on tap for saturday and sunday. 8:18 a.m. at your weather here is traffic morning george. >> good morning air gust of a stock on the dimmest tying up traffic in the southbound direction also slowing the northbound right. slow traffic in the northbound directio

light rain for napa, fairfield and san raphael. and 10:00 p.m.hat some light ride again for santa rosa. it will not build up in intensity. the bulk of the moisture will arrive in the overnight hours. as we pushed the clock and to 8:00 a.m. the peak of your morning commute tomorrow it looks like some light rain around bay area. showers will taper off as we head into tomorrow afternoon. here's a look at your temperatures. warmer compared to yesterday's. 10 degrees warmer compared to 24 hours ago. 51 for snapple. 52 in oakland. half moon bay at 54 degrees 514 napa. upper 50s and the north bay. a lot of cloud cover. 63 for oakland. 634 fremont and redwood city. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows dry weather returns to the bay area thursday and beyond. that is a look at your local forecast if you are heading up to the sierra. you did not have to use the chains here is a look at your snow bomb .com report. you concede conditions at heavenly they have a base of 36 to 50 in.. squa valley. north star reporting a base of nine teen to 60 in.. >

we take a look at our temperatures it is going to be chilly. 45 degrees in napa. 47 degrees in san raphaeland for the afternoon, we will see temperatures in the low 60s for the most part. 60s in cupertino, and san jose 60s in mountain view. for the in the valleys, it will also be in the low 60s. 60s in pleasanton and mainly in the low 60s for the east bay shores. 50s through the north bay, with petaluma, santa rosa, and and in napa. as for the sierras, we did see some new snowfall of the higher elevations. we are expecting drier conditions for the next several days with the drier conditions. with a look at your extended forecast dense fog in portions of the bay area. we are still experiencing delays at s f o with potential delays tomorrow. check with your carrier. friday, saturday, the fog but sunshine expected later and returned... >>pam: if you have had recent electronics stolen? you could be in lock. j. r. stone has morethree people were arrested. gamow's two are still in jail. police say it was surveillance video at a parking garage in fisherman's wharf that the stolen goods that three

we are seeing light rain in the north bay. 101 around pelham was stretching down to san raphael. >> yought rain around richmond. interstate 80 the east shore freeway where it meets the 580 split. drive with extra caution. i do not think we will see taunting or roadway flooding. some damp roadways and no right to talk about for the peninsula. most of the rain has pushed its way to the south bay. we're seeing some light rain south of sunnyvale and cupertino. currently raining and the los gatos area we are picking up some light showers for interstate 680 for those of you leaving seoul now. >> your temperatures because of the cloud cover we are in the mid-50s. not to bad of a start. 56 in san francisco. 55 and oakland. the changes to talk about some pretty cold mornings to look for to. i will show you the details in my next report. >> the commute since be unfolding fairly normally. we are seeing an increase in volume. no major incidents are hot spots. take a look at the bay bridge and the west bound ride still fairly light traffic. your quick commute check shows we are seeing a buildable vo

chp is conducting driver's license and sobriety checks in san leandro, hayward, san raphael, fairfieldme sun city, and cupertino and east palo alto. >> this enforcement. follows 151 d.u.i. arrest over the past holiday weekend. the chp reminds drivers always use the designated driver and always to wear a seatbelt. >> here is a live look outside at the san a tale bridge. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news the morning and entertainment headlines. >> a reminder to catch dr. phil right after the kron 4 morning news at 10:00 a.m.. we will be right welcome back. the time in 4:54. >> is patrick dempsey trading in his double for coffee apron? >> also is true rock'n'roll wedding that window in secret, and and are and be star engaged. >> elizabeth corridan as a top an attempt story in today's hollywood minute. the patrick dempsey is leading a group a seattle- based chain filed bankruptcy in october it is closing a number of from performing location. a judge must approve the sale of the store. there says he is excited about the opportunity to give hundreds of jobs and give back to seattle and

light rain approaching san raphael and the 101580 interchange. resume in a round the bay area to show you where it is raining in your neighborhood. san francisco. let us take it to st. u. the richmond district, the sunset, along gary boulevard we are contending with rain. we are a dry for now in downtown san francisco. the showers are headed your way. the peninsula is contending with rain around palo alto and the bayshore freeway. light rain in all and we're picking up light rain in downtown san jose. keep an umbrella heavy throughout the morning. you never know when a public shower is headed your way. >> a lot of instability in the air with that we could see pop of thunderstorms hail could be produced. that could be the case for this morning and later this afternoon. >> tomorrow mostly sunny conditions to temperatures on the cooler side. this weekend more rainfall had to the bay area. a lot of changes. full details on your extended forecast coming up in my next report. robyn. >> thank you erica no major problems relatively quiet around the bay ar

. >> generally today making it into the mid '50s except for san raphael upper 4 is close to 50 degrees breezy at times and could fill brisk. thursday dry and a lot of sunshine the ultimate '50s. friday and saturday and other systems coming through with rain. new year's eve on monday sunny and milder. 828 imager time there's george with traffic. >> good morning anny. >> if you have anywhere to go you'll have an easy time regardless to where you are heading unless of course it's to the sierra there will be to carry a chain. >> around the bay area light traffic for no delays. no mere lies a problem for the bay bridge. for the san mateo bridge highway 92 a 11 minute drive signs of life traffic in both directions. >> for your golden gate bridge ride a wet one from time to time. the traffic is moving off and there are no problems here or no slowing through marin county. >> a quick look at san francisco crosstown freeways. it shows how light it is in an outbound to and from the city. >> thank you george. you can see we had a little bit of rain to deal with. look elsewhere in the nation. this

another problem at the richmond san raphael bridge at the westbound direction mid span we have a metalce sticking out coming from the pri bridge one of the lanes is obstructed but no delays getting across taking it over to a live camera we did have a stall earlier on bay bridge that has since been cleared. however, a residual delays persist did concede id jammed up from 880 with the misery lights going on. here at the san mateo bridge traffic is flowing the drive under 15 minutes from into in. off southbound 101 looking of the golden gate bridge looks gloomy but we do not have been incidents to report. >> good morning gary. >> we have some nice people. you have some nice people the regular guy is on vacation. >> we have some nice people here gary. >> these people are very nice they do no--they actually e very friendly they did not have a panic in their voice. >> we have plenty of time and a lot to get to i want to talk first about kobe. he got to 30,000 points. the guy was up 7 ft. 2 in. tall when he started. the first couple of years where lebraun came in and was going in doing everyt

your ride cost of grwhat is slow is e on 101 coming out of novato that is heavy 374580 in san raphaell take you approximately 35-40 minutes. a huge improvement on highway 680 is too crowded. stop and go traffic south about from concord into what a creep. heading for the danville area of the nimitz freeway is slow for your commute on the coliseum heading towards downtown oakland. that is the northbound direction if your thing about using 580 that is looking much better. >> gissell estaben will be sentenced this morning at 9:00 a.m.. this is video foreign court. she was convicted of murder for the death of nursing student michelle le back in may of last year. the fbi says that about 300 internet searches for leys name was found on as the boss computer. she was arrested after dna and self on records winter to the victims' murder. investigators say estsaban blames le rooney her relationship with her jobs father appeared visibly of women were involved with the man. >> portable on employes have voted to ratify four year contract agreement reached after 24 hour strike last month that disrupt