old santa cruz highway. >>> 5:37.we are following breaking news in san jose. a firefighter is being treated for minor burns while his colleagues continue to battle a fire at an apartment complex. katie marzullo is live near the scene with the latest. >> reporter: we are on the 3700 block of underwood drive in san jose. i can report that the firefighter's injuries were significant, significant burns to his hand. i want to introduce captain who is with the san jose fire department who can layout the facts of what happened. it was about 2:45 you got a call of a structure fire? >> correct. we had several calls of one of our units on fire 3700 block here. on arrival we had heavy fire first floor to the second floor three units on the top total of all four units were involved, heavy fire as you saw in the pictures in the attic and roof. unfortunately, one of our firefighters fell flew that roof, thankfully their protective -- fell through that roof, thankfully their protective equipment saved his life. >> reporter: what is

it continues to slide through the santa cruz mountains, the santa clara valley, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. that's when we'll see northwesterly winds partly cloudy and a cooler day, much cooler than yesterday. we were into the low 70s. we're talking 60s today at best less than 1/10 of an inch of rain if you see anything it does prime the atmosphere for what is ahead, a cold storm from the gulf of alaska 57 in san francisco today, 58 san mateo, 62 in concord, 61 san jose monterey bay big change, 59 santa cruz, 61 gilroy, partly cloudy. starting out dry friday morning commute, chance of rain in the evening likely after midnight. rainy saturday morning through the afternoon, a few breaks sunday continues with rain showers into next week warmer but looks like we're talking a series of systems through the middle of next week. >>> we have a couple new accidents. another one on westbound 80 at san pablo it is blocking a lane traffic already slow on westbound 80 through berkeley approaching this earlier injury crash here at powell, in emeryville, everything on the shoulder, quite a few emergency ve

we have some clearing in santa rosa now. but we're still seeing plenty of rain showers making this evening commute a nightmare as people head out of the bay bridge and east on 580 towards that 580/680 corridor. also san jose as previously mentioned now seeing light rain showers around santa clara and in san jose. you have new batches of angels into south san francisco three hours and 31-minute delays on arriving flights at sfo. temperatures mild and muggy and the winds are subsiding. here we go with your futurecast. as the rain tapers off this evening, here you have thursday morning. i would keep that umbrella handy. here's thursday afternoon to friday morning and this is just scattered lingering showers from storm number one. that is storm number 2 coming in on friday. it has a lot of wind associated with it and then a push of colder air mass. your saturday will feature more rain showers and we're talking about at least one to three more inches of rain from friday through sunday from this next approaching rain system. so th

, light rain santa cruz mountains drizzle santa clara valley. next system moving north today we'll keep rain in the forecast. complete forecast in a minute. here's a look at your traffic with sue. >>> sue hall in for frances dinglasan this morning. live shot of the golden gate bridge traffic down to two lanes both directions due to roadwork overnight. reports in oakland highway 13 park off-ramp of a downed tree possibly on top of a car. meanwhile, 80 we had an earlier accident eastbound direction at university now cleared. westbound headlights headed into the maze looking good so far. earlier accident in concord cleared. traffic is moving well through the concord area. >>> staying with the theme of the weather. swelling san lorenzo river has threatened the santa cruz beach boardwalk. the water has taken a right turn behind the beach area and threatening to over flow on to a section of the amusement park. yesterday crews built piles of sand next to a concrete retaining wall to prevent the water from seeping under the boardwalk causing serious dam

closer to santa cruz, santa cruz mountains picking up significant rainfall over five inches up toward the bend lomand area over the past 24 hours. you will see more action up toward marin county, around sonoma and napa. you will & notice that back edge beginning to move into parts of the northern portions of sonoma county. decreasing rainfall rates up in this area, that will gradually be the trend for the northern half of the bay area the mid- afternoon. as far as current temperatures, we have most spots in the 50s to 60 degrees. san francisco at 56, san jose upper 50s, livermore around 59 degrees. this is amazing. you can see the storm. is this basically like a garden hose being pointed at the bay area. this is not moving. this has been the case all morning. it's shifting a bit to the south right now. it's moving very slowly. we'll hold on to the rain in our forecast for today and still some gusty southerly winds around 20-25 miles an hour. three more storms lining up in the pacific. thursday rain develops in the north bay, gradually spreading to the south. friday some rainfall devel

santa cruz mountains, it has lightened up quite a bit. i want to show you what it looks like in the sierra nevada. it is snowing across the higher elevations. it is 88 and 4 where we are seeing the chain controls. this is photo and gusty winds in tahoe. it is sent to twitter by les. she said she had a great time. more snow is on the way. and check out this picture. this is absolutely adorable. this was posted to my facebook page. she said her daughter was out enjoying the puddles in livermore. didn't get a lot of rain, but it was enough for her to enjoy. the rain continues through wednesday morning. a break is coming on wednesday night and thursday. another storm is due thursday night into friday. the satellite-radar is showing you a slow moving storm. it is over 4 inches in some spots. this front will continue to progress southward, but it will start to wash out by the early morning hours. we kill keep the showers in the forecast, and the stormy pattern is setting up here. this storm is only bringing a chance. the next one is a colder st

that is already fallen this week so easily over a foot of rain in throughout the santa cruz mountains to the goodrich is in santa cruz and she is here tonight with i of the storm. >>> yes you have been keeping me posted on where to be entered we are we are in santa cruz is a steady downpour you're in luck but for those of you on the roadway is definitely treacherous hard drive here from highway 17 was really really dangerous and case in point today it became very deadly. >>> it was a deadly start the day along highway 17. for vehicles colliding one person died. >>> in sonoma county camera maker a tree collapsed into to homes fortunately no one was home at the time in either house. >>> it came down and build homes the first summit, and half from the ceiling through three floors all the way to the foundation the second home is pretty much demolished. >>> when dave carter returned home to see the damage it was devastated. it's pretty devastating. complete devastation. >>> and half the house. personal belongings and personal items also is an account see all lanes shutdown along state rout

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

we are zooming in and it's the persistent soaking across the santa clara mounds.the rain shadow with no rain in the santa clara prouty public valley and hit and miss showers outside of san mateo as well as. also berkeley with raindrops on the rooftops. but over the past 24 hours that storm totals so far. over 9 inches of rain, san jose perhaps approaching about attempt. seven and quarter inches of rain and scattered showers throughout the day on thursday. rainbow whether this peaks of sunshine and mostly cloudy skies. then on friday we start to see a few renegade showers in the morning hours before the next system works its way and friday night and an overnight friday to saturday morning, as the downpour. then behind it comes some cool air mass and that will the possibility of thunderstorms containing small hail. so dicey weekend, very broad and cool. but one night out of time. very mild and humid overnight, tomorrows daytime highs in the 50's and 60's. the extended forecast does call for system number two on friday lingering all through the weekend. and that is y

over 9 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains since the storm began.s your futurecast, a linger leftover shower tomorrow, painly cloudy, few sunny breaks, then this is the second system working its way in this time tomorrow night. then watch what happens with the third system, right there on friday night, hit and miss showers all weekend long. tomorrow, mainly cloudy, few showers, saturday, spotty cold showers with thunderstorms, hail, and a lowering snow level over the weekend at 2500 feet. tonight overnight 40s and 50s. tomorrow your daytime highs up to about 67 degrees. extended forecast, it's pretty unsettled all the way through sunday with cloud cover on sunday with cloud cover on monday all the way,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ bird chirping ] [ snoring ] [ clears throat ] hop to, gang. it's showtime. uh, do you know this guy? i'm not gonna cry, am i? only if you don't believe in the power of friendship. really? you guys are good. [ male announcer ] your favorite movies right when you want them. watch unlimited tv episodes and movies instantly through your gam

the santa cruz roller coaster "the hurricane" is up for sale as part of the santa cruz boardwalk for two decades. the price tag is $a 500,000. shipping and handling is not included. i'm going to get that for rob's backyard. >>> much more, going behind the scenes of hunger games. >>> you may have already seen "the hunger games" on the big screen, but here's a rare behind-the-scenes look. michelle boden takes us to a rural mill town in north carolina where many of the key scenes were shot. >> reporter: this has to be the perfect place for a 12-year-old boy who needs exploration. ben beaver, the siblings and cousins are on spring break -- >> i thought, how cool would it be on the way home to stop. >> reporter: how cool to see where key scenes from "the hunger games" movie were shot. the kids from iowa are surveying every nook and cranny of the old henry river mill site in middle dhildebren that the workers once lived in. then admits he's certainly never used an outhouse and he doesn't want to start here. >> because it might break down on me. and then when i'm in the middle of doing my b

that includes these counties, alameda, cocoa, santa clara and santa cruz and san mateo o. more details in a few minutes. >> thanks see you shortly. >> took a team effort to save a small dog stuck in the creek in concord. poor thing. firefighters and animal control officer rescued the dog from the pine creek channel after someone called to say the dog was in distress. little scared but okay. >> santa cruz boat lost the moorings and was cast adrift off sea bright beach last check floating out to sea. >> we'll be tracking the storm throughout the newscast. you can get weather update at any time on 7 news.com slash weather. spencer back shortly and another live report for you in a few minutes from a different part of the bay area being affected by the weather. but for the moment let's move open. search team scouring the diablo mountain south of gilroy tonight for possible, possible down plane. yesterday the san bonita 0county sheriff's office said the plane was missing day after due at san jose airport. now based on the plane last location altitude and speed the crash site is

when the mexican army bull diesed 40 alters of santa muerte was part of -- bulldozed 40 altars of santarte was part of the war on drugs. you see, santa muerte has developed quite a following among criminals. many drug traffickers believe she can protect them from the long arm of the law. this photo of a santa muerte altar was snapped by the dea during an investigation here in the d.c. area. >> santa muerte might appear actually gold embossed on a revolver or in safe houses. >> reporter: eva cooper davis is a special agent in charge of the washington division of the dea and is no stranger to santa muerte. >> normally what we've seen is they pray for safe passage when trafficking drugs. they pray for safe negotiations during a drug transaction. acti >> reporter: andre savaria runs a store in adams morgan called botanica omica. >> they believe she helps them to get way from the law. >> reporter: she's nicknamed the bony lady and comes in different colors. >> the black candle can be lit for matters of harm to others if you have a vendetta, an act of vengeance against somebody. some people w

this continues from monterey and san benito and santa clara and santa cruz counties until 12:30 in the morning. the urban and small street flooding advisory expires at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. you can clearly see that the front has pushed through many parts of the bay area because we are getting a break. in the sierra nevada the snow is intensitying and we are getting heavy snowfall reports right now and chain controls across all roads leading to tahoe. if you have plans to head there, keep in mind they are under a winter storm warning. a 24-hour rainfall total is impressive in the ben low man -- ben low man mountain area. we promised you it will be .08 of an inch and .45 this time around. san francisco is nearing an inch. over two and a half inent sh dash in kentfield. these are just 24-hour rainfall totals. the winds are lightening up right now, so we are definitely going to see the vein diminishing from the north to the south. scattered showers this weekend and spring arrives on monday evening at 10:14 p.m. i will show you what spring will bring in a moment here. here is the satelli

santa clara valley -- what are you talking about?e received absolutely nothing in -- that's cause the santa cruz mountains has taken all your rain, five inches while you've had 1/100. more rain on the way the income couple of days. first here's sue with your traffic. -- >>> an accident buchanan 80 westbound blocking two lanes of traffic top part of your screen bunched up traffic flowing a little smoother towards the bay bridge toll. elsewhere we have significant problem on the peninsula, 101 southbound south of candlestick park off-ramp closed earlier overturn is now out of lanes. we'll check flooding, we have a "sig alert" alternate route 116 to 121 because highway is closed due to heavy rain and flooding. >>> the storm that we're getting the rain from is bringing snow to the high country. this was the scene last night in the sierra on i-80 at castle peak donner's summit you have to pass through there to get to tahoe on 80 chains a must except on vehicles with four wheel drive and snow tires you can see why. yesterday's snow blowing

best radar returns in the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains. 52 santa rosa everybody else mid to inland. lighter rain this morning, heavier rain during the afternoon and evening. looks like we'll have less showers this weekend still in the forecast it will be spring warmth next week with dry air and sunshine as far as today still cooler mid to upper 50s north bay valleys upper 50s from san francisco along the coast low 60s around the bay into the south bay maybe low to mid 60s east bay valleys one of the last areas to see heavier rain 59 santa cruz everybody else in the low to mid 60s around the bay and inland. tonight we clear out quickly temperatures drop into the 30s up in clear lake, cloverdale and santa rosa the rest of us in the 40s still six to eight degrees cooler than this morning. cold front that part of it we talked would head to the east and miss us this low this short wave here that energizes this cold front gives it more moisture, more strength makes it move faster which is good news, we'll have brief heavy rain that will runoff at least we won't have that long dura

the santa cruz mountain with 9 inches of rain since tuesday this. is the result.so much water the san lorenzo river is taking a bit after detour tonight. it has crews scrambling to keep the water from causing too much damage. as elizabeth cook shows us the overflow is threatening the santa cruz board walk amusement pork. >> reporter: usually the san lorenzo river rains straight through here into the ocean but because of the heavy rains it took a sharp right turn straight next to the santa cruz board walk up to the retaining wall. crews spent most of the day building up large sand piles of rocks like this one trying to prevent the water from getting any closer to the board walk but what they're worried about is that water coming underneath the structure and starting to erode the board walk itself. according to officials it's not unusual during the heavy rain season for this river to get run parallel next to the board walk but today it was the closest it's ever been to the structure itself. >> and it is still a dicey situation there. it's still raining and it's expe

santa cruz mountains continue to steal most of your rain.omond, 2/100 san jose. nearly 2/3 of an inch redwood city, 3/4 oakland, 2/3 san francisco, half inch concord, napa at the airport nearly an inch, downtown 2 1/2 inches probably why we have the flooding that sue has been telling you about. here's our temperatures, running in the mid 50s, very mild in most areas, same around the monterey bay. lighter rain rolls in today, all of us get touched by rain heaviest this morning, drizzle and mild tonight we are in between systems, scattered showers tomorrow mainly in the north bay stronger storm comes in friday and opens us to the colder air and the weekend showers with the hail and the snow possibly. upper 50s to low 60s today, temperatures from 58 to 62, very narrow range, sam around the monterey bay today, temperatures are -- around 3 to 8° cooler than average mild at night upper 40s to low 50s mid 40s clear lake, santa rosa and cloverdale the exception. the front stalling over top of us as the steering currents are running parallel to the f

got up to 75 degrees in santa rosa and 72 in concord.ook at this mid-70s, temperatures 5-15 degrees above where you should be for this time of year. 72 in oakland. 70 degrees for san francisco.goa cooldown tomorrow and even more so as we head into sunday. people are still talking about the moon. i want to show you these pictures. moon rising over los gatos. lovely evening to capture these photos. look at this shot. this is moon through a telescope. thank you for those photos. keep them coming. it could be any weather shot. temperatures in the 40s and we have high clouds moving into the north bay and low clouds and fog beginning to form near the coastline. cooler tomorrow. light showers on sunday. a wet pattern is setting up for next week. you are going to notice the difference here. first, the weakening of high pressure and we have a pair of cold fronts that are coming through this weekend. first one, not going to do a whole lot, it will cool us off as it strengthens the sea breeze and sends clouds our way. but the temperatures will be n

that is effecting your dive through the santa cruz continues alternate route would be the old santa cruz highway looking better as we progress through the morning. we have a stall northbound 101 at marsh effecting lane in the right lane slowing traffic towards menlo park. here's mike with your forecast. >>> let's look at winds gusting only 12 miles per hour in concord, mountain view out to half moon bay where they are fastest everybody else in below 10 miles per hour just trees losing footing on their own without winds. winds pick up tomorrow we'll see more flooding tomorrow and more trees down tomorrow. the reason why, check out all this wet weather we have more on the way. we've had up to 10 inches in ben lomond, inch and may have redwood city, 2 1/2 inches in oakland nearly two inches in san francisco, kentfield eight inches of rain to nearly an inch in concord almost 1/10 in san jose. north bay where we keep -- drizzle through the morning commute scattered showers likely north bay and santa cruz mountains rest of us will just deal with scattered showers. >>> 6:04. we are also followi

you'll also notice more action in santa cruz county.e possibility of scattered showers even into the afternoon hours. current numbers are in the 50s. pretty mild out there santa rosa 54, heyward 57 and mountain view in the upper 50s. forecast headlines for today, we do have this, more cloud cover and off and on showers. tomorrow, another storm, rainfall will be picking up and will the weekend cool showers and the possibility of a few thunderstorms. remember yesterday, this -- the satellite and radar showing you all the cloud assuming cross the bay area. this morning, we already have the cloud cover out there and we should have showers to add to this as well. we do bump up the chances as we head into this evening for thursday night and also into early friday morning. the rainfall does pick up. forecast highs this afternoon, in the upper 50s to the mid 60s. so another mild afternoon. we've been on the warm part of the storms but that is changing by the weekend. showers likely with the possibility of thunderstorms saturday slight chance by

santa rosa, 6 miles per hour. gusting to 15 possibly 20 miles per hour at times and so this is how it goes this morning. these showers continuing to come off of the coast and bring in a possibility of hail. still in an unstable air mass as the trough continues to sweep across california and to the east. high surf about 3:00 this afternoon down the coastline into monterey. that's going to produce the possibility of waves. not a lot going on. snow levels remain low for today. that means mount hamilton. 45 degrees now. san francisco, 44 in oakland. low and mid-40s over the south bay. another cool start and talking about the winds this morning. 54 degrees for the afternoon. 55 in the city. 56 expected for oakland. 56 in mountain view. mid to upper 50s for areas around morgan hill. the forecast is the coolest day. we rebound tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be dry. tomorrow night spring arrives and scattered showers a possibility for tuesday and wednesday. got the running tally of snow totals. >>> a career change for wik

the san lorenzo river in santa cruz has changed course and is now jeopardized in the santa cruz beachoardwalk. look at the water flooding the area. crews are at the scene right now. rob fladeboe is there with an update. >>rob: we have a bird's-eye view for you overlooking the main beach in santa cruz in front of the boardwalk which has now become the san lorenzo river. it is supposed to flow under the bridge and then, right along below us and flow into the ocean had a fan because of shifting sands the river has changed course and about 300 yds, below have officially at a bulldozer >>pam: this is a teacher of a suspect he stabbed a woman, police believe that he stabbed a woman this morning on the corner he was seen leaving the area in a white ford or lexus. in san mateo county, justice for a former raiders football players and daughter. today a jury found her killer guilty. this is his second conviction. it was originally convicted in 2001 and that conviction was overturned because prosecutors improperly removed black jurors. this is video from the first trial. he now faces life in pri

santa cruz mountains, it has lightened up quite a bit. want to show you what it looks like in the sierra nevada. it is snowing across the higher elevations. it is 88 and 4 where we are seeing the chain controls. this is photo and gusty winds in tahoe. it is sent to twitter by les. she said she had a great time. more snow is on the way. and check out this picture. this is absolutely adorable. this was posted to my facebook page. she said her daughter was out enjoying the puddles in livermore. didn't get a lot of rain, but it was enough for her to enjoy. the rain continues through wednesday morning. a break is coming on wednesday night and thursday. another storm is due thursday night into friday. the satellite-radar is showing you a slow moving storm. it is over 4 inches in some spots. this front will continue to progress southward, but it will start to wash out by the early morning hours. we kill keep the showers in the forecast, and the stormy pattern is setting up here. this storm is only bringing a chance. the next one is a colder stor

of rain on every channel so all the air moves across the santa cruz mountains. just like a sponge and all that rain left in ben lomond. did waves 17 people this place if firefighter that there all morning long she joins us with the very latest. give way to the fire fighters in the burn unit at a set as a hospital right now this is where the fire started as the 43 this morning now take a look at these pictures sent in by somebody who lives near the area these pictures were taken at the height of this fire at around 3:00 in the morning just after the 17 people by its who live in this for unit building. nobody was injured in those 17 people are right now without a home. we mentioned a firefighter was injured he was on top of the roof of the building and trying to break some holes in the roof to get the building some ventilation and and that is when they fell to the roof so luckily he will have all this firefighting equipment at the time obviously a dangerous situation and again he is recovering in hospital right now he is expected to be ok we did give a tour inside

upper 60s to 70 in santa rosa temperatures today warmer than average by three to eight degrees.mer tomorrow and then cold front will bring cooling trend saturday into sunday increase in clouds temperatures drop in correspondence with that best chance of rain monday, tuesday cooler. >> luckily no major accidents on bay area fray. you can -- you can still see flames coming and going, a lot of smoke in the area so far freeway traffic hasn't been impacted i'll keep the shot up. it is here south of the uc berkeley campus traffic flowing well to the bay bridge toll. it is on dwight way between shaddock and ellsworth. this stretch of dwight is closed this is where terry mcsweeney is at the scene this is just a few s from telegraph as well -- few blocks from telegraph as well, you want to an individual this stretch for a while we are seeing less flames -- avoid this stretch for a while. elsewhere we've had an injury crash santa rosa south 101 westbound 12 not causing problems looking good in contra costa county no delays southbound 680 through the valley in sunol grade where a stole has

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got up to 75 degrees in santa rosa and 72 in concord.s mid-70s, temperatures 5-15 degrees above where you should be for this time of year. 72 in oakland. 70 degrees for san francisco. we're going notice really a cooldown tomorrow and even more so as we head into sunday. people are still talking about the moon. i want to show you these pictures. moon rising over los gatos. lovely evening to capture these photos. look at this shot. this is moon through a telescope. thank you for those photos. keep them coming. it could be any weather shot. temperatures in the 40s and we have high clouds moving into the north bay and low clouds and fog beginning to form near the coastline. cooler tomorrow. light showers on sunday. a wet pattern is setting up for next week. you are going to notice the difference here. first, the weakening of high pressure and we have a pair of cold fronts that are coming through this weekend. first one, not going to do a whole lot, it will cool us off as it strengthens the sea breeze and sends clouds our way. but the tempera

new one reported in santa rosa we are seeing some of the heavier rain north 101 santa rosa avenue oner. this is a live shot of 101 in san rafael looking south this is southbound traffic with brake lights heading past the marin civic center in the northbound direction supposed to be an accident along the stretch difficult to see they said it is blocking the left lane i'm wondering if it might be before the shot. near the marin civic center they had several calls i'm assuming it has to be there. northbound traffic not slowing at this point. also another new accident in walnut creek southbound 680 at treat, luckily this one is cleared to the shoulder. we'll see a slow ride here north main towards highway 24. those are the three new accidents. at the bay bridge toll things backed up to the 880 overcrossing. look out for windy conditions across the bay bridge, san mateo bridge, live shot, wind advisory sign in place also windy across the dumbarton, richmond san rafael and carquinez bridge. >>> 6:40. >>> trading underway on wall street. live report from the new york stock exchange straight

this continues from monterey and san benito and santa clara and santa cruz counties until 12:30 in thening. the urban and small street flooding advisory expires at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. you can clearly see that the front has pushed through many parts of the bay area because we are getting a break. in the sierra nevada the snow is intensitying and we are getting heavy snowfall reports right now and chain controls across all roads leading to tahoe. if you have plans to head there, keep in mind they are under a winter storm warning. a 24-hour rainfall total is impressive in the ben low man -- ben low man mountain area. we promised you it will be .08 of an inch and .45 this time around. san francisco is nearing an inch. over two and a half inent sh dash in kentfield. these are just 24-hour rainfall totals. the winds are lightening up right now, so we are definitely going to see the vein diminishing from the north to the south. scattered showers this weekend and spring arrives on monday evening at 10:14 p.m. i will show you what spring will bring in a moment here. here is the satellite a

some of it locally heavy around santa cruz mountains. this time tomorrow, it's an unsettled picture for your sunday as cold air starts to move in which could be a recipe for some afternoon thundershowers. we'll talk more about the changes we're expecting in the rest of the weekend forecast coming up. diane? >> thank you, rob. >>> coming up next at 6:00, dick cheney is in intensive care tonight after major surgery. >>> and some of the biggest names in sports are speaking out about the death of florida teenager trayvon martin, who was gunned down by a man who is still free tonight. and people went in record numbers to see "the hunger games." we'll show you why this movie has a local angle to it, as well. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming togeth

santa cruz mountains 3" of rainfall. 50s and 60s into the afternoon. light showers for the better part of the day then the rain will be picking up, heavy rainfall starting in the north bay. rain heavy at times tomorrow turning to showers rate in the day. showers continuing on thursday amend friday. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thank you. we are setting up for difficult communities morning and evening. what we're dealing with roads, windy conditions. we are setting up for difficult commutes morning and even. we have a high wind advisory for the dumbarton bridge, san mateo bridge and bay bridge this morning. you can see from our cameras how windy it is. let's go live towards the bay bridge show you what's going on. notice upper deck traffic was gusty across that stretch. we have a map of this and you can see that drive time not too bad down the eastshore freeway. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. we are also following this problem in san bruno. a full ramp closure southbound 280 to eastbound connector 380. the traffic alert wa

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santa rosa doesn't have rain. the bulk of the rain, fremont and north of san rafael, this is slipping south. the rain showers making it nasty on the afternoon commute. this is number two. number three is on its way. >>> and we continue our coverage on the website, www.ktvu.com, click on the weather tab. >>> rift among residents. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live where a new event center club house is at the center of the controversy. >> reporter: this is usually peace and quiet. usual. but some protesters haven't done this since the war. they have 3500 signatures. >> do we need to change this? >> yeah. >> will you work to change this? >> yeah. >> i am a radical activist. >> educating our board members, replacing them with new ones if necessary. >> reporter: at issue, whether a new event center should be built in front of a new club house, and the cost of that new center. >> this group has been -- they represent a minority of the people. >> reporter: she is the president of the homeowners association. >> we

half moon bay, 68 degrees. 68 in san francisco. 73 in santa rows -- santa rosa.ast bay, concord, antioch, close to 70. missed by one degree. it was 68 today in livermore. the reason, jet stream well to the north of us. a ridge of high pressure kicking everything northward. we're getting the slight offshore winds. winds come pressing close to the surface. santa cruz warmed up to 75 today. here's the current readings. 59. dropped off considerably in san francisco. redwood city, 70. 67 in antioch. and los gatos, clear and 67. so, clear overnight. a higher elevations might be just a little on the breezy side. so keep that in means. otherwise, get ready for a day tomorrow. 70s returning. then after that, the high will break down, temperatures will cool off, so from monday and tuesday to be our coolest days next week. here's a look at the highs positioned off the coast and inland, helping to bring us those offshore winds and temperatures tomorrow back up into the 70s. and remember, just goes onemer day, we monday morning, the highs will start to shift towards the east.

here are the temperatures. 44 degrees in santa rosa. -- 37 degrees in santa rosa. 44 degrees in the san francisco. bundle up! >>darya: thank you, james it is 8:0 3:00 a.m. this teenager has disappeared sierra lamare she has not been seen since friday. everything is focused. this road was where she was last seen. jackie will provide us with more information live from morgan hill. this is the road that she would use for the bus stop? >>jackie: that is right, daria her home is there and shortwall to the bus stop here. the santa clara sheriff's department is expected to resume the search after she was reported missing on friday morning. short -- walk. they did not realize that she was missing until 6:00 p.m. when they received a call from the police-school. the school called and said that she did not go to school. that call came in at 6:00 p.m.. this is a rural area. they have not come up with any physical evidence. that cellphone and possibly that she has on her could be with a dead battery. they're not able to tracker. we're hoping for any witnesses. there is no indication that she was a

start in santa cruz. the sun is coming up.rom lisa argen, and they are always accurate, there will be a lot of availability on the beach at santa cruz today. it's not going to get a whole lot more crowded than the way you see it right there. let's move up north and take a look at the embarcadero, the bay bridge. again, dawn about to break. streets are wet but they haven't seen anything yet. we have some serious rain on the way and it's not going to be just for a short time. >>> could you spend a day without the internet? that's the idea behind the national day of unplugging. we are already in it. it started last night and goes until tonight. you are cordially invited to disconnect from the virtual world. no facebook, no twitter, no texting. abstaining in a sort of high-tech detox. this is the third year of the event, organized originally by the jewish community center. of course, television is okay. >>> have you ever dropped your i-phone? ever thought about what would happen to it if you did? a warranty company has been droppi

and even the higher elevations of the santa cruz mountains. what we will see tonight/tomorrow are just traces. certainly not the heavier rainfall recently. in some areas 3 in.. and almost 1 ft. in some other areas. the chance for showers but certainly not that amount. the wind will also be the issue. strong winds. s f o is gusting at 43 mph this storm system is moving out. more showers behind it and to more the rest of your forecast, coming up. >>vicki: just in time for many people to enjoy the 162nd annual st. patrick's day celebration parade. with spectators they say that this is the biggest celebration west of the mississippi. >> i think san francisco is the best show. i have seen in new york city and this is the best. and it is a tossup between ireland. >> it does not seem that no one is not smiling. >> the parade ended at civic center plaza with music and a live music and dancing. also drunk drivers are being checked and a dui checkpoint. this controversy of the san francisco police suburban not properly caliber in this item. police- depa

upper 40s to low 50sin most areas except santa cruz at 46. tomorrow afternoon, it is a nice day, just not as warm as it was today. we are looking at upper 50s to the low 60s. a pretty narrow range and breezy out there. around the monterey bay, mid50s to the low 60s. there are a few morning showers that willied to a partly cloudy day. friday late at night and going to saturday, rainy and showers on sunday and monday. and now, dan, i was looking at the computer models chance of rain on tuesday afternoon into wednesday. it is not just one day. we will notice chillier conditions this weekend. 50s and wet weather and more wet weather to come. >> i thought spring was here to stay. >> thanks, sandhya. >>> coming um next, star power. >> it is great to be in san francisco. it is so beautiful. >> al paw chino in the castro to announce his most personal project yet. stay with us. back in a moment. >>> al pacino is celebrating his new documentary. it is his most perm project ever -- personal project ever. he explores the life of oscar wilde and premierin

they are questioning all known sex offenders in southern santa clara county. to confirm their whereabouts during the tame sierra went missing. >> when i gave her a hug goodbye that morning she was happy and excited about writing an english paper that she was doing research on the night before and she was telling her sister about it and everything so her mc donald's was positiv positive. >>reporter: sierra is 15 years old. last seen friday morning on her way to the bus stop near her home on palm and tore ty avenue unincorporated morgan hill. she attends this hay school and police interviewed her classmates and students at washington high school in fremont where sierra attended last year. the only trace of sierra so far is her cell phone found saturday night in an intersection less than a mile from her home in the opposite direction from her usual route to school. >> so we are diagnose some forensic on the cell phone. trying to get any information we can off the cell phone as well as her lap top. we have the listen top that we are doing some forensic on as well.

fate morgan hill. 56 santa cruz.g high surf to actually increase for tonight and tomorrow. your extent the forecast here, chance for showers on sunday. increasing clouds come monday. and then we're going to remain a little soggy for tuesday. looks like especially over the north bay. temps not as cold for the afternoon, highs upper 50s to low 60s in the forecast. by tuesday and wednesday. we'll look at that sierra forecast for you coming up! >>> a new revelation about osama bin laden. the attack he wanted to carry out on president obama and the specific reason he wanted to do it. shocking upsets in march madness, an historic upset over the duke blue devils. but first a live look outside. highway 4 at bay point, chp's traffic page says no big incident to report. that's nice because they've had a very busy week with the weather. with just warming up on this st. patrick's day. yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great

cruz morgan hill oakland antioch napa santa rosa cloverdale low 70s for you the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s. warmest temperatures tomorrow afternoon. cold front will steer cooler weather and more clouds our way for the weekend another cold front will bring a chance of measure age rain monday and tuesday. >> looks like there may have been two stalls upper deck of the bay bridge metering lights on traffic backing up towards 880 overcrossing. normally they turn metering lights on around 6:20. westbound 80 san pablo avenue accident was in the left lanes they are saying it is on shoulder now. it is slow across the upper deck of the bay bridge. two accidents on the peninsula, one north 101 at sfo now in the center divide, one north 101 brisbane in the left lane we'll keep you posted. >>> 6:10. >>> new trouble for toyota the new problem forcing the automaker to recall more than half a million of its most popular vehicles. >>> how the price of gasoline is having a huge impact on those who help the bay area's neediest residents. >>> breaking her science. one of whitney houston's closest

it's a cold one in santa rosa. if you are just joining us notice the difference between santa rosa and napa. with the windshield factor it probably feels like 35-36 degrees. a cool morning. a cool afternoon. slightly warmer than what we saw sunday. clouds overhead. we will have the high clouds ahead of the next system that will bring us rain by tuesday. this is what we are looking at at the last 24 hours. a few of us saw a few scattered showers. here it comes once again. we have an unsettled pattern. today the week ahead it will be dry. tomorrow morning wake up. the morning drive could be a bit soggy especially over the north bay. by the afternoon we are all dealing with it. wednesday morning scattered showers in the forecast. tuesday and wednesday morning could be a little slick out there. and then we are drying out by wednesday afternoon with more rain in store for parts of the week ahead. 59 in oakland. 58 for nevada. head south upper 50s to low 60s. 60 degrees san jose. 60 degrees mountain view. extended foreca

it should be moving into the santa clara valley. behind this, a lot of cold air, might see some snow on bay area beach but tomorrow or saturday morning it's pretty clear. few scattered showers, maybe thundershower, sunday marked further clearing. in the mountains it will be going. notice big cool down on saturday and sunday and a lotless rain. tomorrow night will be rain fall event. forecast highs tomorrow then 60s in some places like santa clara valley mid-60s. 5-day forecast with your bay area weekend shapes out like that. nice looking weekend as we get towards sunday. >> ash bury district is synonymous, newport in that neighborhood that launched the summer of love. the examiners reporting the hash berry museum organization is looking for a space in the area. the museum will feature arts and artifacts. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news we'll see you the next time news breaks. our coverage continues with the 10:00 news tonight we're learning more about the murder suicide we've been reporting. one of our crews is out to rem

santa rosa could jump up to 67. monterey 60.60s santa cruz watsonville salinas mid to upper 60s morgan hill gilroy and hollister. tahoe 37, yosemite 51 coolest fresno 58, big sur, sacramento, chico low to mid 60s. high surf is over and the fastest winds are calming in southern california right now. 38 palo alto low to mid 40s around the bay shore to the coast tonight mid 30s to around low 40s inland cooler again as the bone dry air in the lesser winds tonight will continue. sharp pressure difference between this high and low relaxed overnight low moved away. low is going to get chased by area of high pressure going to develop over land going to keep breezes up over bodies of water. then as we head into the afternoon into tomorrow high pressure will take over calmer conditions with that slight offshore wind mild afternoons coming at you we should hit 70 inland tomorrow and friday 70 around the bay friday mid 60s at the coast most of news the 60s over the weekend a few more clouds as we spring forward monday and tuesday slightly c