this is the 9ers training facility in santa clara. and it's adjacent to where the new stadium is going. this entire area now is a construction zone as the 49ers and the nfl and the city of santa clara get ready to build a stadium here. >>> reporter: on a day when crews were already at work leveling the land for a new 49ers stadium in santa clara comes word the nfl has approved a $200 million loan to help make it happen. that's $50 million more than the team and the city of santa clara were expecting. >> it's not just money. we're talking about the confidence and the backing of the nfl for an iconic building that will be here in silicon valley. >> almost as exciting as watching vernon davis bring in the pass. >> reporter: the news was cheered by 49ers boosters who have been following the plans for the last four years. >> much more than just a paper presentation or a powerpoint up on the screen. when i turned the corner here this morning and saw the activity, i was extremely excited. >> doesn't change a thing. >> reporter: but stadium o

santa rosa could be the exception 64 clear lake on the other end at 54. 63 santa rosa, 54 in clear lake mid to upper 50s monterey bay watson 60. near 60 morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. tonight dry air, calm conditions and lack of clouds could see frost form especially around santa rosa, napa, cloverdale and clear lake mid to upper 30s throughout the east bay valleys even mid 30s around fremont, palo alto, san jose, morgan hill to santa cruz 39, usual spots in the 40s san rafael, richmond, oakland, san mateo, half moon bay and san francisco low to mid 40s tomorrow morning. high pressure moving on to the coast that means we'll get a northerly wind today, dry it will chase the showers down to the south, notice upstream which would be about due northwest there's clouds up there, no real strong storm systems coming at us the next couple of days with the high pressure settling into the great basin we'll get sunshine, maybe a little fog during the morning hours and temperatures that will be the warmest mid to upper 60s from the coast, near 60, slight on shore wind cooler with a few more clo

it's for santa rosa. cold tomorrow morning but mostly sunny.ave and pam. >>> there may be one attempt to buy out yahoo's asian assets. they have been in discussions to sell its shares. those talks broke off late yesterday. the two asian companies will go directly to yahoo ceo scott thompson. now the report also says price is not the reason negotiations abruptly ended. selling those assets could get them between $800 billion in badly needed cash. >>> 2011 was one of the best on records for the major airlines. the number of passengers bumped from their flights hit a ten- year low. nearly 80% of their flights pulled up to their date within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time. >>> angry birds has a new nest. it allows them to fling birds. they will also feature new levels just on facebook as well as offer social features such as sharing high scores and giving friends mystery gifts. anyone that plays angry birds on facebook today or tomorrow will get free power ups. >> you're one of them. >> i don't play angry birds. >>> 5:52. trying to save th

santa clara and fairfield, lowest visibility half a mile, santa rosa, the rest of us it is breezy enough the fog is not forminging in the air just dry enough holding in the -- 30s and 40s through 8:00 this morning. mix of high clouds and sun today maybe not as many high clouds as yesterday mid 50s to near 60 during your lunchtime fit is at noon as we head towards 4:00, -- low to mid 60s everywhere. spring break from winter there you go, mid to upper 60s all the way through monday. monday night into tuesday a chance of rain. cooler weather once it passes it gets dry again wednesday and thursday. frances with an update on that bay bridge crash. >>> i have great news, chp has cleared the accident on the upper deck. here's a live shot. you saw the back-up earlier. look at this, everything is now flowing well on the incline heading towards san francisco i'll take out to bay bridge toll plaza to show you that there was no back-up developed at all they didn't have to turn on the metering lights due to this injury crash, three-car crash that blocked lanes for over half an hour. new crash northbo

is downtown santa rosa 33 degrees. low mid 40's here near the bay. south bay location like san jose 38 degrees. we start out with patches of going and low cloud but all of that will be long again as afternoon goes on. strong ridge hold through the weekend. sunny sky for you really not just tomorrow but over the next couple of days. here's the set up for the area of high pressure where it is. light offshore flow will continue in the offshore flow is what provided us with the mild weather. unseasonably $1 million for this time of year today. we do it again tomorrow and we continue it right through the weaned so grit weather for out door plans but certainly need the rain in the bay area. enjoy the weather while it lasts 68 in concord tomorrow. 66 san jose. palo alto, oakland inter70 degrees around clover dale santa rosa san francisco 65 and for the monterey bay beautiful day 67 in watsonville and morgan hill. accu-weather 7 day forecast mild right through sunday. monday a little bit of cooling at the coast. much cooler tuesday and rain returns to the ba

is downtown santa rosa 33 degrees. low mid 40's here near the bay. south bay location like san jose 38 degrees. we start out with patches of going and low cloud but all of that will be long again as afternoon goes on. strong ridge hold through the weekend. sunny sky for you really not just tomorrow but over the next couple of days. here's the set up for the area of high pressure where it is. light offshore flow will continue in the offshore flow is what provided us with the mild weather. unseasonably $1 million for this time of year today. we do it again tomorrow and we continue it right through the weaned so grit weather for out door plans but certainly need the rain in the bay area. enjoy the weather while it lasts 68 in concord tomorrow. 66 san jose. palo alto, oakland inter70 degrees around clover dale santa rosa san francisco 65 and for the monterey bay beautiful day 67 in watsonville and morgan hill. accu-weather 7 day forecast mild right through sunday. monday a little bit of cooling at the coast. much cooler tuesday and rain returns to the ba

santa rosa, .04 an inch. mt. diablo .04.isco airport with .01 an inch and trace amounts for most of the south and the east bay. let's take you outside now. numbers in the 50s. look at our downtown sky camera. in san francisco, we'll show as we bring you outside hopefully, a little bit of cloud cover and also breaks of sunshine. right now double 5s for that number. there you can see the sun setting just back behind the north bay hills. glorious. all right. 57 in san mateo right now. also 57 in san jose. 57 in livermore. cooler at this hour compared to this time yesterday because there's also some slightly colder air back behind that storm system that moved in for today. now, areas of patchy fog will develop tomorrow morning. we're going it be getting into this mild stretch as we head into the upcoming weekend, with the potential here of record-setting numbers. he's the thing we really need. definitely the rainfall. and we are expecting a possible storm coming up in that seven-day forecast. here's the great news. the onshore f

. >>> new details on the 49ers' stadium plan in santa clara. the 49ers hope for a groundbreaking soon on the new stadium. today, the team secured a massive loan from the nfl owners. the '9ers say it was the final step toward making a new stadium a reality. >> this means that we are fully funded for santa clara, and we are building a football stadium. >> '9ers team president jed york says the stadium is a go. >> this is obviously an unprecedented day for the san francisco 49ers. >> the stadium will cost more than a billion dollars. today, the final part of the funding came in. the '9ers already had an $850 million loan approved by three banks. today, the nfl added another $200 million loan. the city of santa clara will not be liable for the billion dollars in loans >> the 49ers are on the hook if the loans can't be paid back. >> they will be paid back in several ways. a hotel tax is expected to raise $35 million. another $40 million will come from santa clara redevelopment funds. ticket sales, luxury boxes, sponsorships, and naming rights are ex

record high in santa rosa, concord, livermore hayward redwood city and santa rosa -- and santa cruz andee a handful of them today 60 antioch, 39 in napa, those are your extremes. a lot of low to mid 50s around santa rosa, san rafael, san francisco, half moon bay, 58 fairfield, mid to upper 40s concord, fremont, mountain view, san jose, los gatos and redwood city mid to upper 40s monterey bay and inland today sunshine record highs living through history once again clear calm tonight will allow for cooler temperatures tomorrow morning breezy, cool breeze off the ocean talking about a 12° drop over the next couple of days. today look for asterisks, santa rosa, concord, livermore, san jose and palo alto where i think we'll set records today. low 70s along the coast into san francisco mid to upper 70s for the rest of us. monterey bay low to mid 70s around the bay, mid to upper 70s as you head into the inland valleys gilroy the warm spot at 78. tonight 40 fairfield, 40 santa rosa, 50 san francisco most of news the 40s during the overnight hours. winds fastest from now until 6:00 this evening,

we'll go with 70. 68 santa rosa. little upper 60s, low 70s now as you head towards the peninsula, east bay and south bay. fog will be back tomorrow. it will be cooler, then much cooler sunday. then colder early next week. >> our time is 7:10. would you look at chicago right now? they're getting pounded with snow. doesn't look like a lot of snow there but they're getting snow -- right there. this is just taken a couple hours ago. chicago's under a winter weather advisory until noontime. and because of that, travelers on the roads and in the air may have some problems. in fact, more than 150 flights have been cancelled just at o'hare airport in chicago alone. >> and that chicago storm is affecting flights to and from the bay area. this new video just in to the ktvu newsroom shows the flight board at sfo and cancelled flights from the chicago area. not a good sign when you see that word there. in all, officials say four arrivals have been cancelled so far and two departures are now delayed. as always, check with your ai

>> reporter: new this morning, less than a year since santa cruz was hit by waves. the white house is looking at cutting the early tsunami warning system. i'll explain. >> dozens of people in mountain view wondering what to do after a fire destroyed their apartment. how they are dealing with the loss. >> a big battle shaping up in michigan as voters head to the y.primarr the republican why analysts say this is a crucial test for mitt romney. >> this tuesday morning, beautiful san francisco, change in the weather department. we'll have more on this tuesday, february 28. this is "today in the bay." >> a good tuesday to everyone. it's 4:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's check the forecast as promised with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning. it's a cold, cold morning out there. likely you had to throw on an extra blanket. temperatures are running in the 30s, close to the freezing mark. just about everywhere inland, as we head throughout the morning we're going to continue to drop off. keep that snuggy handy. i'll let you kno

. >> 49ers are first and goal in santa clara. today the nfl approved a loan for stadium construction. full funding for that project is now in place. kit doe is in place with what's next before the team can actually break ground in the south bay. kit. >> ken, they have already started digging up some of the ground here at 49ers headquarters in sight prep work. now earlier today when the nfl owners approved the deal. right after that, the owner tweeted, this is a big step forward. just outside team headquarters, backhoes are rumbling, money is flowing, and any chance of the 49ers staying in san francisco are all but dead. >> when do the shovels start going into the ground? >> we'll start site work very with soon. we are aiming for 15, but hoping if things go well, you can have a 14 opening. >> the team would continue to work with san francisco to make sure the transition is smooth. there was talk the league would pressure the raiders to share the stadium. but the loan came through with no such requirement. >> we have a vote that th

we are in the 50s to 63 in santa rosa. falling tonight to 32 degrees overnight in many of our inland areas, freezing towards the tri-valley. mid-30s in redwood city. tonight clear, cold, frost tomorrow morning then a repeat performance as far as the temperatures are concerned. the extended forecast calls for a slight chance of rain by tuesday. area of low pressure over the pacific ocean some of these clouds renegade clouds moved into our forecast late today towards sunset. you may have seen them at the coast. otherwise huge ridge of high pressure continues to expand over the western states. tomorrow near record warmth with again 72 in santa rosa when the record is 73 degrees in 2009. 60s common throughout the central valley tomorrow. mid-50s into eureka. and low 40s in the high sierra. not a snowflake all weekend. but the roads are clear and the snow cover is adequate. tomorrow's daytime high temperatures in the 60s at the beaches to 70 throughout santa clara. the winds will be out of the east 5 to 10 miles per hour. speak

santa cruz and watsonville.atch getting ready to move into the north bay they will be short, quick but breezy along with them. 2 1/2 mile santa rosa, you can see with what the breezes are doing not allowing the fog to form. scattered showers during the afternoon low to mid 50s a few pockets of sun maybe a few flurries on mount hamilton this afternoon and early this evening. another chance will roll in wednesday unsettled pattern continue into the weekend with temperatures a little cooler than average all seven days of the forecast. >>> good morning. you know about the windy conditions across the bridge and chain controls in the sierra. the rest of the bay area, san jose headlights northbound 280 so far fine roads a bit slick i'm hoping it is not going to make too much trouble. that's highway 17 out of the santa cruz mountains. golden gate bridge next, very light traffic out of marin county heading into san francisco. i just want to give you a heads up for muni commuters special on the n judah line it going to be

downtown santa cruz at night. a common place for people to meet up and get to know each other. >> santa cruz is a very crazy place. >> reporter: santa cruz native, steven bolster, will also tell you that it can get dangerous after dark. >> there's a lot of weird people in santa cruz. >> reporter: a chance meeting with this man, seen here casually walking into a convenient store changed another man's life last weekend. police say just moments before he walked into usa gasoline, this man beat up, tortured and robbed someone he met outside a downtown bar sunday morning. >> that happening isn't beyond the realm of santa cruz. >> reporter: investigators say the man and two other people, including a woman, beat up the victim at a santa cruz inn. they punched, choked and burnt him with cigarettes, to get him to reveal his atm p.i.n. he failed to withdraw the cash because the victim had no money in his account. that man you saw in the surveillance video, has dotted tattoos in his face. and he and his friend took off in a

we did have an earlier accident in santa clara.orthbound 101 it was near the great america parkway exit. now, everything is out of lanes. it is completely cleared to the right shoulder but look at this. we're seeing slowing on our sensors now coming out of san jose heading towards santa clara. so watch out for that. in the meantime we have a camera showing you 280 traffic out of downtown. hey, we can see a few more headlights. when we first got on the air we saw one lonely headlight northbound. now there are cars on the road heading towards cupertino. usually we see more brake lights than this on westbound 237 for silicon valley commuters. so far it's still light heading off 880 to zanker road. it is friday. have i know a production of the musical hairspray. right now they are in practice mode. they have a preview performance on thursday, february 9 at 7:30. if you want to check it out the show runs through february 18th. so once again, thank you so much to the drama kids from del mar high school taking part in our friday hi-5. goo

santa rosa tomorrow. going from 80 to 70 degrees. at least 10 degree drop there. 63 on saturday. 61 on sunday. you take san francisco from the mid 60's tomorrow to the upper 50's by the time we hit the weekend back to february normal and san jose will fall from 71 to 65 to 62 degrees in it is going to be breezy over the next couple da days in a different direction. the wind is going to be coming off the ocean which will help to cool us off. not very cool outside. look at the temperatures. oakland is close to 70 degrees at this hour. 67 in san francisco and part of the reason why it's so warm in some areas is because of the wind. i'll show that to you in just a moment here. lower elevation northerly wind gust to 30 in napa. fairfield gus gusting to 35 miles an hour. down sloping wind really tends to hold the temperatures up. over the hilltop running even higher. mountain diablo ÷ 60. t 40 miles an hour wind gust oakland hills 43 and 23 here. winds diminish over tonight. cooling trend friday through monday. get a chance of showers the

numbers tonight dropping to 34 in santa rosa, 34 in freemont. 39 in santa cruz, and 38 in redwood city many here's how your friday plays out in the 40s. upper 50s to near 60. and by the afternoon tomorrow, low above average with mid to upper 60s expected inland. we'll have more on your seven-day forecast, phil may have been right in that forecast, we have rain coming up next week. >> poor phil. he looks afraid of you, jeff. i have to say. >> check it out. here's something cuter than phil. it's maggie. she's a six foot infant. she made her debut at the oakland zoo today. she's the first baby female giraffe born at the zoo in nearly a decade. she was born last month, that's a biggie, since the population of giraffes has decreased over 80% in the past ten years. >> she says a lot of different things out here that are entertaining, she's enjoying running and jumping and seeing wood chips for the first time, and water on the ground for the first time. lots of new things and firsts for her, she's investigating her environment and putting on quite a show. >> she is adorable. maggie was born w

rain tonight mid to upper 40s except morgan hill, santa cruz and santa rosa mid to upper 30s cloverdalee higher elevations may get snow overnight. high clouds coming our way they are too high to bring rain but they will cap temperatures below average in the 50s you can see they will hang around throughout the afternoon and by 7:00 that steady rain stars to move into the north bay across all of -- starts to move into the north bay across all of our -- lingering in the south bay 7:00 tomorrow by 9:00 a.m. all the steady rain should be over then scattered showers take over, some snow is possible with showers as the snow elevation will be around 3500 feet. 1:00 thursday morning all the way through the afternoon it could rainy time with higher elevation snow. the bulk of the rain will fall tonight with the steady rain that comes in with that cold front half an inch to an inch possible around the bay, 3/10 to 6/10 in the south bay, 3/4 to an inch and half north bay valleys a couple of inches in our mountains. temperatures remain in the 50s through thursday transition to sun and warmer friday.

there was a tenth of an inch along the santa cruz mountains. 39 now santa rosa. 36 for napa. 39 san rafael. here comes that colder air. you combine that with a northerly breeze it will cut right through you. north wind at santa rosa at 6. north 14 at fairfield. northwest to about ten down to mountain view. the direction even sfo and oakland is either northerly or northwest. and that is really cool direction here with that system flying down into southern california and las vegas and the four corners. high pressure will give us a nice day. night be on the cool side. windy and cool in the morning. lots of sunshine and sunny and breezy. that wind is out of the northwest as that system flies out of the area. next couple of days look a lot quieter. not a lot of snow with this system. it's beginning to move out fast. reno hit two last check. windy and cooler. sunny to mostly sunny. upper 50s to low 60s. as long as that north wind holds it will be the warmest. always is. 50s or very low 60s. santa cruz 52. tomorrow morning will be really cold it will if sunny and nice during the day. saturday loo

but patchy fog, 70s for some, almost for everybody, we will go 78 in santa rosa, 76 san jose, santa cruz will not be as warm, there is a patchy fog over there and sunny and warm and we will continue the cooling as we go into the earl -- early in the week, pam. >>> a shooting at one of sun fran's biggest tourist spots and we will have more about the incident at fisherman's wharf. >>> and firefighters continue a desperate search, they want to know what happened to the family who lives inside this house gutted by fire.

santa cruz and the cities of santa cruz and watsonville. i very much admire charlie's extensive experience in land use planning and development. after the loma prieta earthquake, charlie was a project manager of the santa cruz downtown recovery plan and he also played a key role in helping watsonville in addressing recovery issues. he's lectured and consulted internationally. most recently in new zealand after the earthquake and written extensively about planning and disaster management. charlie will discuss the extraordinary efforts that will taken to rebuild and restore the business community in santa cruz after the earthquake. and, charlie. [applause] >> well, i guess in keeping with the confessionals on where were you on october 17, 1989, i have to confess, i was at home. i left work a little early that day. you can guess why. so my wife and i were there and the earthquake hit and we got up and stood under the hallway, archway and, you know, i remember it shook for that 17, 14 seconds, whatever it was. and we were actually in pretty goo

santa rosa tomorrow. going from 80 to 70 degrees.t least 10 degree drop there. 63 on saturday. 61 on sunday. you take san francisco from the mid 60's tomorrow to the upper 50's by the time we hit the weekend back to february normal and san jose will fall from 71 to 65 to 62 degrees in it is going to be breezy over the next couple da days in a different direction. the wind is going to be coming off the ocean which will help to cool us off. not very cool outside. look at the temperatures. oakland is close to 70 degrees at this hour. 67 in san francisco and part of the reason why it's so warm in some areas is because of the wind. i'll show that to you in just a moment here. lower elevation northerly wind gust to 30 in napa. fairfield gus gusting to 35 miles an hour. down sloping wind really tends to hold the temperatures up. over the hilltop running even higher. mountain diablo ÷ 60. t 40 miles an hour wind gust oakland hills 43 and 23 here. winds diminish over tonight. cooling trend friday through monday. get a chance of showers the mi

santa rosa coming in at 74 degrees. we'll have more coming up in your full forecast and when our iisjuest chance of rain utes.m nc >>> okay. an update on a standoff in newark. here's chopper video captured just a few moments ago. s.w.a.t. team members from fremont and newark with their guns drawn looking for a possible suspect. the standoff is in its fifth hour right now. it's happening in a home at the intersection of cedar boulevard and lafayette avenue. police have already detained two people from the home and will only say it's connected to a possible crime in fremont late last night or early this morning. >>> it's a polarizing story grabbing national headlines. leaders of the susan g. komen foundation are trying to do damage control over the decision to cut funding to planned parenthood. several members of congress are voicing opposition about the cut-off. more than 25 senators have signed a letter asking komen to reconsider. representative mike honda from the south bay is leading the charge in the house of represe

we could be close to 70 in santa rosa. 66 sonoma.but a pleasant day from san francisco right down to san mateo. on your three-day forecast, we have a little bit of that patchy morning fog tomorrow. temperatures close to 70 on saturday. so it will not be unheard of here that we may even have a few isolated low 70s especially in the north bay. you'll see on the seven-day, what we'll find, next best chance of rain coming tuesday of next week where we could actually have some accumulating rain across the bay area. maybe a half inch at this point. looks pretty good. >> did you just say rain? >> rain. yes. i know you thought maybe my last name, ranieri. no, rain. >> we wish. >> thank you. >> let's get to sports. >>> henry joins us from our comcast sports net newsroom. this is a big day across the country. the top high school football players sign on the dotted line. committing to a college. what do you got, henry? >> that's right, raj and jessica. much love for the young guys today. coaches love teaching guys how to play football. however,

why coming on the city of santa clara? this entire schemee a abate and switch. >>reporter: at this pub in san francisco forty-niner fans support the progress >> well still san francisco but just not in san francisco. whole big picture having a new stadium. p.m. we need a new stadium. >>reporter: member time yshing said today the niners will definitely be playing in santa clara by 2015 and perhaps as early as 2014. >> yshing also plans to put in a bid to host superbowl 50 that would be in 2016. live in the newsroom, abc 7 news. sky big plans. all right thanks very much lisa. >> man critically injured in fast manufacturing fire tonight in pittsburgh. blaze break in and out a him on fair born drive 6:15 this evening. it was under control by 6:30 but not before the only person in the house badly burned. firefighters did manage to rescue a cat. here you see them giving the cat oxygen. investigation into the fire is just beginning. >> oakland taco truck owner got in a shoot out with robbers early today. 2 men approached this taco truck open the corner of fruitvale 1:3

livermore, hayward, redwood city and santa cruz more possible today.ght now napa down to 40 sheltered from the winds, mid to upper 40s livermore, concord, fremont, redwood city, san jose and los gatos, fairfield and antioch near 60 right now. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s around the monterey bay and inland. sunny today, record highs are possible again, clear and calm that will allow cooler temperatures to take over tonight much cooler and a breeze off the ocean makes all the difference for weekend temperatures to drop 10 to 15°. today low 70s along the coast into san francisco mid to upper 70s for the rest of us under a sunny sky. around the monterey bay low to mid 70s as you head inland mid to upper 70s taking a look at tonight's forecast san francisco 50, santa rosa and fairfield at 40 livermore at 42 with santa cruz everybody else in the mid to upper 40s. the breezes developing right now going to be above 1,000 feet that's where the strongest winds will be in the diablo range, east bay hills and north bay mountains gusts now 3800 feet on moun

right now the santa cruz mountains are getting hit pretty hard. if you do commute over 17, you want to give yourself plenty of time and travel cautiously over the hill because you will fine areas of mud and rocks on 17. take it easy out there. just about everywhere we've seen these steady conditions just rain streaming onshore for the past three hours or so so it is wet, we've got puddles, ponding. whenever we get rainfall this fast the rain doesn't really have anywhere to go. take it easy out there. in addition to all that moisture coming down, slick conditions and winds as well, winds 15 to 30 miles per hour gusting to 40 at the coast. we're going to continue to see that as we head throughout the morning hours. front is now pushing onshore so it is at its most active. however once we dry out about 9:00 a.m. there is more on the way. we'll see spotty activity. it won't be as consistent. it will be lighter as well but continuously throughout the day today. we'll see these showers making for uncomfortable outdoor activities. make sure you just keep

and also we saw a rig coming from santa clara fire.o clearly they are calling for more assistance. again, we don't know whether there are any injuries but we do know that this is still very much an active situation and fire crews are still trying to douse the fire from above as you saw from our chopper shot. we'll try to get more information for you. we'll have more later for you in the newscast. >> okay, chris. families have been displaced. the american red cross is on scene to provide food, clothing and shelter. at least three families are now burned out of their home. no reports on injuries and the cause is still unknown. keep it here on nbc bay area for any new developments. >> breaking news in mountain view. also breaking news in the south bay on highway 280. a tanker has overturned. we have our traffic map up for you right now. a tanker overturned blocking the fourth lane on southbound 280 right on north wolf road. so 280 and wolf road. the fourth lane is blocked. southbound 280. we're sold it will be about an hour until it could

here in santa cruz, at the santa cruz harbor, the harbor itself as well as many individual boat owners are still feeling the effects of last year's tsunami. so they can't understand why the federal might want to cut early warning system that could have prevented loss of life here. >> i lost my favorite boat. >> reporter: damon meyer survived the santa cruz tsunami but lost his 22-foot sailboat which sang to the bottom of the santa cruz harbor. >> i probably took 1,000 pounds of mud out of that boat including a live fish. >> reporter: this is how it sank. the tsunami rolled into the santa cruz harbor with wave after wave in all 13 boats sunk and the harbor suffered $22 million in damage. santa cruz got off lucky. >> this could have been lives lost if we didn't have the necessary warnings to prepare. >> reporter: the harbor master is talking about noaa's tsunami warning system which sends alerts when tsunamis are on the way. >> we get warnings to our cell potential. >> reporter: next year's proposed federal budget slashes $4.6 from noaa including a $1 million cut regarding the buoys in t

we have seen some of that into the santa cruz mountains but not much. the system really going to thicken up tonight into tomorrow morning where we'll see the brunt of the storm pushing through. 6:00 this evening, chance of some showers developing in parts of the north bay. the clouds already rolling in across the rest of the bay area then slowly overnight it sags to the south. so by 4:00 in the morning pretty good rainfall around the bay area. some places maybe an inch of rain in parts of north bay so a good soaker headed our way which is great for us. enjoy the day today. it will be cool but mostly dry. 56 degrees in morgan hill. 55 in san mateo. only 51 and breezy in pacifica. cool temperatures in much of the east bay highs there only in the mid to maybe upper 50s on the warm end. inside the bay 55 degrees in oakland. 54 in alameda. about 51 degrees in daly city. and 56 in santa rosa. next couple of days a return to wintry weather around the bay area. looks like very cool temperatures continuing today and looks like that shower activity will continue

southern california santa anas -- kicking in should calm over the weekend. >>> 6:44.original juice from some countries has been found in u.s. products. the fda has confirmed low levels of an illegal fungicide in samples taken from florida juice makers. the juice tested was mixed with product from brazil where the fungicide is legal. the government says it is safe to ding and won't be recalled but thek1h u.s. will continue to halt imports at low contamination levels. >>> it appears wall street happy with the new january jobs report. >> jane king joins us live with more on the new numbers. [ unintelligible ] >> reporter: this was a stunner. even kind of taking apart this jobs report, good news through and through. we are looking at the lowest unemployment in almost three years the unemployment rate fell to 8.3% in january. economist calling it major turn around but warns workers are still going to find it difficult to repurpose themselves and find other work. the economy created 243,000 jobs in january, way more than expected. all this has investors speculating it may n

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little breezy especially in the north bay gust up to 21 napa, 13 santa rosa and 30 in fairfield. everybody else six miles per hour even down to calm conditions in hayward, mountain view and towards half moon bay. temperatures drop into the 30s in many areas mid to upper 30s even a few mid to upper 40s around oakland, san francisco and half moon bay by 8:00. noon, high clouds a regular in our forecast during the afternoon. mixing with the sunshine, mid to upper 50s at noon, 60 santa rosa, napa and fairfield. 4:00, everybody in the low to mid 60s, half moon bay close 58°. again, a chance of scattered light rain friday night into saturday morning and again sunday night into monday morning. the big story the cooler trend about 10° cooler by sunday. frances is here with your first look at traffic. >>> new crash westbound 4 it is already on the shoulder. here's a live shot of the bay bridge all lanes open heading into san francisco, of course everyone getting ready for the westbound closure starting tomorrow night. some will be heading to the richmond san rafael bridge golden gate brid

you may notice a little pink in the santa cruz mountains, as well. cold enough to see snow levels dropping to 2,000 to 2500 feet. partly cloudy skies out this morning. mostly clear in parts of the north bay now and that's where we're seeing some of the coldest temperatures. those numbers there mainly into the 30s now. as we head toward the afternoon, you will see a mix of sunshine and showers today. chilly temperatures, highs only in the 50s all around the bay area. here's your low. it's moved in from the gulf of alaska bringing nice cold air sagging south. it will push onshore later on today. so we could still see a little more moisture coming our way as that low moves through. our computer models picking up on chance of scattered showers, nothing much but hit-and-miss showers this morning and the afternoon. then things settle down a little bit but another storm system off the coast will bring a better chance of rain to the bay area as we head into early wednesday morning. temperatures today these are your highs, only 53 degrees in fremont. 53 haywa

tonight with the rain coming down pretty mild mid to upper 40sm.c low 40s santa cruz morgan hill, santasa upper 30s clear lake and cover detail. front sliding down coming straight from alaska it's got cold air with it and it is picking up moisture now that means we'll get a soaking tonight more rain than we've had this entire month may fall tonight. 7:00 you can see the steadier rain moving into the north bay most of us get through the evening commute dry. then you see the rain get heaviest around 2:00, the front slides south while most of us are sleeping starting to exit south bay by 7:00, a lot of residual moisture for the morning commute then the scattered showers. snow count hamilton, snow levels down to 3500 feet throughout the event wednesday afternoon, wednesday night, thursday morning scattered showers, thursday afternoon more showers finally once the sunsets thursday we'll start to lose the energy and the chance of showers. look how impressive this is half inch to an inch around the bay 3/4 to an inch and half north bay valleys up to two inches north bay mountains up to an inch

record head today in santa rosa. it was such a nice day i thought to poston my facebook page to send pictures in. the best picture would get to be on the air tonight. it was that kind of night. plenty of sunset colors in the sky and no fog along the coast. a beautiful evening, today's highs were a good, 10, 15 degrees in some places above the average. we had a record day in santa rosa. 74degrees. temperatures as we head into tomorrow, they're going to be almost as warm. these were the highs today. highs tomorrow are going to be about there or slightly cooler. a very warm day for your friday. when we come back we have the five day forecast, we're going to look at your bay area day weekend and there's some rain drops. >>> plans to build a new hotel in san francisco's precidio are running into a roadblock. it's filed a lawsuit arguing that the project doesn't preserve the old buildings. at there point the hotel is only in the planning stages and there's not everyone a picture of what it could look like. the organization

upper 50s to low 60s today, scepter clear lake at 54, santa rosa at 63. you can see the the warmer weather thursday and friday, slightly cooler saturday and sunday the chance of rain monday, dry and warmer tuesday. here's frances with that accident information. >>> good morning. during your report we found out the bridge crews cleared this four car crash on the incline section of the bay bridge it was ing right lane we were first alerted to it by a waze traffic spotter. it is starting to move you can see it is very slow. earlier the traffic spotter was caught in the back-up and reported the stand still. because of the slowing on the upper deck metering lights are on. we'll start to see the back-up grow quickly at the toll plaza right now just beyond the end of the parking lot that will change within minutes. wasn't to take to you a major hot spot developing westbound 580, injury crash now blocking several lanes we have more emergency crews heading there. this is going to have traffic jammed out of the altamont pass. i'll check out drive time coming up in

temperatures running on frosty side in the north bay valley 30 santa rosa and napa, everybody else abovethat in the mid to upper 30s antioch livermore, oakland, redwood city, san francisco, half moon bay and san jose low to mid 40s for you. area of cold weather in the low the center of the -- of energy if you will has brought showers around the monterey bay and snow up in the sierra. we are going to have a clear day clouds on the increase, partly cloudy and very cool compared to average with low to mid 40s, 50s i should say in most areas the best chance up around napa clear lake possibly from livermore south where i think we could have scattered showers this afternoon. seven day forecast, our next best chance of a soaking rain wednesday and then drier and warmer back to average for the weekend. >>> good morning. turn out we have a couple problems. first, wind advisory across the san mateo bridge. both hands-on the wheel also bay bridge traffic light across the span westbound from the toll you can see flowing nicely. on i-80 headlights westbound also a good ride out of vallejo. if you ly

santa rosa had three days at 70 degrees with what we termed jantober.nal we will got a little love at the end of the month with that rainy end where santa cruz mountains picked up 7 inches of rainfall. also 50 in san mateo and 53 in san francisco. as for tomorrow morning, just a slight chance of a shower, and throughout wednesday we'll find those winds wrapping up in the afternoon, 15 to 25 miles per hour, and ahead we're looking at on again, off again showers. we're not seeing anything major here, at least offshore, but as we look to the north in seattle, also portland, here's this next system we're watching. it is spitting out some rainfall for us, but it's mainly going to track inland, and that's why we're not expecting much rain to fall with this. we'll see our chances of showers increase for the if peninsula a also the south bay. most of it will happen when you're asleep, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. after hours, we're looking at sunshine, the clouds clear out and a spectacular finish on wednesday. with that storm center pushing inland, we'll find th

other areas santa rosa, palo alto at 60.alf moon bay, san francisco and richmond on the other end. mostly sunny here and around the monterey bay mid to upper 50s for the bay upper 50s as you head inland. some of the light showers falling tonight temperatures still cool with mid to upper 30s inland valleys fremont, palo alto, san jose, morgan hill and santa cruz could be 40 concord and antioch, low to mid 40s, san rafael, richmond, oakland, half moon bay. yesterday storm well down to the south of us a little break here you can see definitely drier a few clouds from time to time mostly sunny today. next system moisture starved as we talked about most of these storms would be it will roll in quickly tonight. here we are at 5:00, all quiet for your evening commute. also for your evening plans. as we head towards the overnight hours, developing along this front from around 3:00 to 5:00 scattered showers from 5:00 to 7:00 they move south out by 9:00. sunshine and breezy conditions behind this system that will leave a couple hundre

heaviest rain from fremont south of the dumbarton bridge into the santa cruz mountains lesser radar returns through the san ramon valley secondary line of light showers through southern marin and sonoma. cold front moving through our neighborhoods now that's why these showers while moving west to east the whole batch is moving down to the south ahead of this front. once we get behind it we go from steady rain to shower the next 36 hours. we'll talk about snow not only in the sierra but here too. christian has your news of the day >> right -- firefighters hunting for hot spots after a wind difficult event fire damaged a duplex. amy hollyfield is live at the scene. those winds a factor. did people have to evacuate? >> reporter: the firefighters couldn't believe what they saw. the wind was blowing the fire horizontally. look at the video taken by a firefighter. they were very concerned about the duplex. they were also very worried about it spreading to the house next door because of the 40 mile per hour gusts of wind. they got the call before 3:00 this morning from a woman who woke to the soun

at 10 at vacaville, north 12 at santa rosa fso was calm, 58 fairfield, a lot of 50s and upper 40s santa rosa -- san rafael holding at 50 degrees, livermore holding at 79, temperatures were very warm yesterday and they will be in record-setting territory again today. it looks like some cooler weather returns to the coast but today wall to wall sunshine and a few advisories in mainly higher elevations will continue. 60s to $70 to near 80 -- 60s and 70s to near 80 degrees. >>> 6:41 1,700 people in west marin are facing some of the most drastic water cut backs they have seen in decades. low rainfall is threatening the water supply and unless there is 10 more 15s an -- 10 more inches an emergency cut will take affect cutting water usage. >>> it claimed dozens of lives overnight... >> and somebody knocked over this monument and spray painted a satanic graffiti symbol. >>> we will tell you more about this thursday morning's commute, stay tuned for more. st car... sometimes the door gets stuck... oh sure. ooh! [ man ] ...and then, i didn't. um... [ sighs ] [ man ] so, i got a car i can love a r

a new stadium in santa clara. the team owner jed yorked talked with us from ind miss. >> this is an unprecedented day for san francisco 49ers and a very big vote of confidence from the league and it shows how important it is to get new stadiums built in california. >> the stadium plan has $850 million lined up from bank loans. nfl contribution is the second highest in league history, more than santa clara city leaders hoped to secure. >> we're looking at $150 billion. that shows their excitement about being here. >> you can see preconstruction work taking place. the plan calls for a 68,000 seat facility. but opponents say santa clara residents were misled about financing and they're trying to force the issue back to voters. >> if this is a great deal why are they not owning it? why is it coming on the city of santa clara? this scheme has been a bait and switch. >> many fans are cheering the progress moving the ball down build. >> looks like things are moving forward. we're happy to see that. >> jed york says niner

we also look at all the freeways in santa cruz county. is nothing going on there as well. 680 that traffic looks good heading down to the south bay. no problems on the dumbarton or san mateo bridge. let's go back to the desk. >>> they are back. they are back on the cal campus. we are looking at live pictures of tents set up by occupy protestors. >>> battling a an early lumberyard fire. why the damage could have been a lot worse. >>> good morning, warm yesterday. but cooler today. how much cooler? and what is in store for the weekend? we'll talk about all that coming up.

temperature under the demolish of high pressure, santa rosa both at 38 degrees. mill valley 39, palo alto 39, five readings of 39. now 39 in livermore and 36 in bethel island and not far from concord. napa airport 32 and the winds have just turned calm except for the breeze. so there will be a little puff of a breeze and that's keeping team to your up. i mean there is nothing except for high pressure and it is not a big barn burner and it use it today will be above average. 67 and napa, santa rosa mill valley concord 65. a few locations are pushing warmer, morgan hill in there, redwood city san carlos all in about 64 and 6 finance. a few high clouds increasing clouds on monday and it does look like rain on tuesday. >>> the world's most famous groundhog made its first prediction a little while ago. whew! >> what do you say pam? >> he says more winter. >> that is punxatawney phil, he came out and saw his shadow and according to legend it means there will be 6 more weeks of weather. >> we have not had any winter. >>> an amazing rescue caught on a police dash-cam. an

in santa clar, arco. it's $3.99 a gallon at the arco in redwood city. >> well, is it safe to bring your family to sporting events in the bay area? it's an honest question many people ask nowadays. and for many families, the honest answer is no. >> tonight, the nbc bay area investigative view digs deeper. for two months, chief investigative reporter has reviewed police reports and analyzed trends. tony joins us now. tony found hundreds of examples of several local venues. >> we want a good time, we want to make sure our families are safe. tonight, our investigation has found it's happening far more often at every bay area venue. fan violence and nbc bay area investigative unit exclusive. a video from the pre-season game. images we all remember. one of several fights that night in the stands. and this video posted on youtube shows fists flying before the game in the parking lot. and outside the stadium, after the game, shots fired. three fans hospitalized, a violent game that produced more than 70 ejections

tonight with the rain coming down pretty mild mid to upper 40sm.c low 40s santa cruz morgan hill, santaa upper 30s clear lake and cover detail. front sliding down coming straight from alaska it's got cold air with it and it is picking up moisture now that means we'll get a soaking tonight more rain than we've had this entire month may fall tonight. 7:00 you can see the steadier rain moving into the north bay most of us get through the evening commute dry. then you see the rain get heaviest around 2:00, the front slides south while most of us are sleeping starting to exit south bay by 7:00, a lot of residual moisture for the morning commute then the scattered showers. snow count hamilton, snow levels down to 3500 feet throughout the event wednesday afternoon, wednesday night, thursday morning scattered showers, thursday afternoon more showers finally once the sunsets thursday we'll start to lose the energy and the chance of showers. look how impressive this is half inch to an inch around the bay 3/4 to an inch and half north bay valleys up to two inches north bay mountains up to an inch

-- 19 on the santa fe trail. there they were out there. and she got through and got all the way down to mexico with a lot of adventures. and i guess you'll have to read the book to find out how she wound up. [laughter] but then there was -- what fremont had was an amazing cast of characters. these mountain men who became famous in these dime novels, and one no more famous than the great scout kit carson who fremont had found on a river boat. and carson, his father was hit by a falling tree when kit was 12 and killed, and he was apprenticed off to a leather maker in missouri and didn't like it. so he ran away to join the mountain, the mountain people, the mountain men. and, let's see, we're going to -- ah. carson soon became an old hand at mountain manning which is to say he did not hesitate to kill beavers, wolves, grizzly bears or fellow mountain men if they gave him cause. one of these, an obnoxious, loudmouth french canadian he shot in a duel because he was, well, obnoxious, which passed for cause in those tim