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

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

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

, 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

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

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

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

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

in santa cruz, 7 news. >> thanks very much. we appreciate you can see how hard it is raining where she is in the santa cruz mountains. another part of the bay in sonoma county. biggest problem seems to be flooded roadway. thomas is in shellville leif with more on that. thomas? >>reporter: the rain here has let up quite a bit. at the junction of highway 12 and 121 in shellville in sonoma county. chp and cal-trans closed off large sections of the 2 roads because of heavy rain that flooded the entire area. highway 121 where it connects to highway 12 in shellville closed late this afternoon by the chp. this is an area usually floods in heavy storms and today was no different. before the closure some drivers seeming indifferent to the flooding just plowed through the water. chp says this kind of driving is what causes accidents. >> the obvious danger is that they are going to hydro-plane and lose control of the vehicle and either slam that the railing here or go off in a ditch or worse case scenario head on with another vehicle. we

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

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

if you go 19 miles away up to ben lomond in the santa cruz mountains, they have had 5.25" of rain. >> reporter: it's the difference between slipping and sliding in santa cruz and going through one of the driest years on record on the other side of the hill. and that schizophrenic weather continues to happen. joining us now live from the santa cruz mountains where the rain and the fog is continuing to come down here in the mountains. but just a few miles away [ signal breakup ] the drive down this road highway 17 back into san jose, you're likely going to find things a lot drier. elizabeth? >> thank you, len. >>> all right. medical news tonight. americans spent more than $300 billion on prescription medications last year. on the consumerwatch, julie watts shows us a new tool that's even helping the insured save money on drugs. >> that's a good one. walgreens for my medication. >> reporter: she takes it every day for high blood pressure. and until now, she and her husband figure their insurance he could pay was as cheap as the generic could get. then she discovered good rx a new prescri

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

you'll also notice more action in santa cruz county. 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

ama dates is live in the rainy santa cruz mountains. thomas roman is in shellville and saw snow ma county. rick, the power got knocked out tonight. >> absolutely. good evening, dan. at the heart of this afternoon's power outage there were 20,000 customers sitting in the dark. contra costa fire units were called to bancroft road because of reports that a young man may have entered the . there were conflicting reports if anyone actually went into the canal. this was partly due to weather and there were two teenagers were trying to rest.ey say the r search did not produce evidence of anyone entering the water of the residents were dealing with the loss of power since late this afternoon. >> i hope it doesn't take 20,000 years to get it back. >> they shut off power and caused it to go dark at the busy friday shopping. they had to leave the store completely empty handed. >> there was about 40 people standing in my front lobby and waiting to see if the register was coming on or not. and then 40 shopping carts of groceries to put back. that wa

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

but work to keep the santa cruz board watch protected isn't over yet. >> we'll get to the santa cruzn a moment. but first we have developing news. things are moving very quickly in the case against sheriff ross mirkarimi. >> and you've seen it play out right here on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> the sheriff said he was not resigning and the sheriff answered in no terms. >> reporter: the mayor's actions just under a half hour ago caps aty hall show down between he and the sheriff. now yesterday we learned that the mayor met with ross mirkarimi in his office right there and gave him 24 hours to resign or face misconduct charges over his conviction yesterday for misdemeanor false imprisonment. take a look at these pictures just after 4:15 today, mirkarimi emerged from his office and announced he would not resign and would take his chances with misconduct charges. the mayor anuanced he is suspending the -- announced he is suspending the sheriff. >> i have carefully reviewed the city charter, conducted my own review of the evidence and consulted with legal council. i also met with sheri

ama dates is live in the rainy santa cruz mountains. thomas roman is in shellville and saw snow ma county. rick, the power got knocked out tonight. >> absolutely. good evening, dan. at the heart of this afternoon's power outage there were 20,000 customers sitting in the dark. contra costa fire units were called to bancroft road because of reports that a young man may have entered the . there were conflicting reports if anyone actually went into the canal. this was partly due to weather and there were two teenagers were trying to rest. they say the results of their search did not produce evidence of anyone entering the water of the residents were dealing with the loss of power since late this afternoon. >> i hope it doesn't take 20,000 years to get it back. >> they shut off power and caused it to go dark at the busy friday shopping. they had to leave the store completely empty handed. >> there was about 40 people standing in my front lobby and waiting to see if the register was coming on or not. and then 40 shopping carts of groceries to

>> you are looking at an effort to a swollen river from causing more damage to the boardwalk in santa cruz. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm eric thomas in for kristen sze. let's get to katie marzullo. >> reporter: if you are not familiar with the santa cruz boardwalk and the main beach we'll try to lay it out for you the river should go along this bluff into the ocean. it made this hard right now it is threatening the boardwalk. it is machine vs. mother nature following two days of rain. >> we've been here 105 years the river has done a lot of things. it sometimes gets exciting here. >> reporter: there's a lull in the storm and crews are working against time to build up a an sand berm to prevent the river from flowing under the boardwalk. locals are worried about the spot. >> i learned to swim here at the mouth of the river. i was surprised today when i saw some of the steps had washed away. the ones that i used as a little girl. >> reporter: the river water ripped a wooden staircase from its mount. >> i've never seen it like this. it is alarming. i hope they can save. >> rep

santa cruz mountains, 8 inches of rain. robert handa is live in the santa cruz mountains right now and he will talk about the heavy rain and the problems they have had. >> reporter: the rain has been constant today. right now most of the concern seems to be the accumulation of rain after so many hours of rain. creating dangerous situations, some even fatal. >> reporter: there are many slick, winding streets in the santa cruz mountains. this is where the california highway patrol says a 21-year- old man lost control of his truck this morning, crashed into a tree and

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>> you are looking at an effort to a swollen river from causing more damage to the boardwalk in santa cruz. good morning i'm cheryl jennings. >>> and i'm eric thomas in for kristen sze. let's get to katie marzullo. >> reporter: if you are not familiar with the santa cruz boardwalk and the main beach we'll try to lay it out for you the river should go along this bluff into the ocean. it made this hard right now it is threatening the boardwalk. it is machine vs. mother nature following two days of rain. >> we've been here 105 years the river has done a lot of things. it sometimes gets exciting here. >> reporter: there's a lull in the storm and crews are working against time to build up a an sand berm to prevent the river from flowing under the boardwalk. locals are worried about the spot. >> i learned to swim here at the mouth of the river. i was surprised today when i saw some of the steps had washed away. the ones that i used as a little girl. >> reporter: the river water ripped a wooden staircase from its mount. >> i've never seen it like this. it is alarming. i hope they can save. >> rep

santa cruz county from the santa cruz mountains to the coast and up in the santa cruz mountains for monday through the afternoon, a 5-day total amounts of 20", 19.96" of rainfall over past few days. very impressive coming up, i will highlight shower chances for tomorrow and if we have any more strong storms showing up in the long-range weather maps. >>> thank you, mark. >>> our rainy weather left a walnut creek neighborhood in the dark. pg&e crews worked to restore power in the lakewood neighborhooded. more than 500 customers lost electricity when a power line was knocked down. >>> in the sierras, skiers and snowboarders spent the at the end of the enjoying fresh snow. boreal mountain resort in truckee reported-46". forecasters say snow will continue to fall off an on throughout the weekend. can always find weather alerts by going to our website ktvu.com. >>> search teams spread out in gilroy looking for a missing woman, who was feared dead. she is believed to be the victim of her own son. an iraq war veteran blamed form killing his little sister before killing himself. janine de la vega s

san jose, santa cruz got up into the 70s around oakland and napa and concord and the antioch area. upper 60s for santa rosa and redwood city and 65 in san francisco. hope you took advantage of the mild to warm weather. it is uh changing. let me show you this lovely view from the east bay hills camera. at 7:23 p.m., we had quite a bit of cloud cover, but certainly provided a beautiful sunset here. and as the sun went down we were tracking some sprinkles, and they are still around the ukiah and cloverdale area. light showers being reported across the rwe are going to seee showers in the overnight hours and then for your morning commute. temperatures right no are quite comfortable in the 50s. the cloud cover is holding the temperatures up. a few showers for the morning commute. breezy and cooler tomorrow afternoon, and we are looking at rain on saturday and showers on sunday. this is the stronger storm we are watching. tomorrow's cooling trend will be quite noticible. thursday's high in napa 61 degrees. we are coming down and they are taking a 12-degree drop going pr 73 to 61 degrees t

san jose, santa cruz got up into the 70s around oakland and napa and concord and the antioch area. upper 60s for santa rosa and redwood city and 65 in san francisco. hope you took advantage of the mild to warm weather. it is uh changing. let me show you this lovely view from the east bay hills camera. at 7:23 p.m., we had quite a bit of cloud cover, but certainly provided a beautiful sunset here. and as the sun went down we were tracking some sprinkles, and they are still around the ukiah and cloverdale area. light showers being reported across the region. we are going to see the showers in the overnight hours and then for your morning commute. temperatures right now are quite comfortable in the 50s. the cloud cover is holding the temperatures up. a few showers for the morning commute. breezy and cooler tomorrow afternoon, and we are looking at rain on saturday and showers on sunday. this is the stronger storm we are watching. tomorrow's cooling trend will be quite noticible. thursday's high in napa 61 degrees. we are coming down and they are taking a 12-degree drop going pr 73 to 6

we're here at the lake at the base of the santa cruz mountains. the reservoir looks healthy and full of life right now, the valley water district ward, it's been such a dry year, 23 we don't get any more storms, it may hurt the wildlife upstream. >> the break in the rain seemed like a perfect day for dick williams to pull out his binoculars. >> williams is a bird watch er. >> do we know that that is? >> a beautiful bird. looks like a robin. >> the birds might be okay with the amount of rain we've had this season. not all wildlife is out of the woods. >> we're mostly concerned that some of our small reservoirs are so low that they won't have any water left in the summer. and so creeks will go dry, we won't have any water. >> the creek may be okay, since water is regularly released into it. rivers like the guadeloupe may go dry this summer. endangering the wildlife that lives in it. >> we would like to see more than the storms that we're looking for, but maybe next week even more storms that would help. >> the valley water district says the last two

and concern in santa cruz where a surging river threatens to flood the santa cruz beach boardwalk. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the wet weather has left its mark across the bay area. we have team coverage. leslie brinkley is in lafayette. alan wang is in sonoma. but we begin with ama dates in santa cruz where the san lorenzo river is now threatening the boardwalk there. >> reporter: carolyn, if you look behind me, everything looks great as it normally does. it is what is on the other side of the sign that is causing all of the problems. the san lorenzo river normally goes right by the boardwalk and straight into the ocean. but now it has taken a right turn right behind the boardwalk and on to the beach area, and then it snakes out to the ocean. now, fortunately there is a large retaining wall on this side of the boardwalk, so it is a good situation here. here is where the problem is. this is where the retaining wall ends. what they have done is they have taken a lot of sand and they have built it up and pushed it up against where the retaining wall ends and it uses the s

and concern in santa cruz where a surging river threatens to flood the santa cruz beach boardwalk. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. the wet weather has left its mark across the bay area. we have team coverage. leslie brinkley is in lafayette. alan wang is in sonoma. but we begin with ama dates in santa cruz where the san lorenzo river is now threatening the boardwalk there. >> reporter: carolyn, if you look behind me, everything looks great as it normally does. it is what is on the other side of the sign that is causing all of the problems. the san lorenzo river normally goes right by the boardwalk and straight into the ocean. but now it has taken a right turn right behind the boardwalk and on to the beach area, and then it snakes out to the ocean. now, fortunately there is a large retaining wall on this side of the boardwalk, so it is a good situation here. here is where the problem is. this is where the retaining wall ends. what they have done is they have taken a lot of sand and they have built it up and pushed it up against where the retaining wall ends and it uses the s

our destination is santa cruz because right now that is where sand trucks and snowplows are staging. once into santa cruz we were greeted by a steady downpour. >> has been running a lot, it is ok, i don't mind. >> i drove over the hill, i hate driving 17 in the rain. especially in the dark to read it i usually drive fast. and today i'd drove well below the speed limit all the way back. >> a silver lining in the storm is that a small dog was rescued in concord in the pine creek drainage. cheers as they brought it up a 30 ft. cement wall. >> thank you for calling. >> that really was the bright moment today, with all of these grey skies. i have to tell you that i feel wet as a dog right now. it has been raining all afternoon and all night. but it is warm here right now in santa cruz but i did mention in the report that it will bring out the snow plows that is because tomorrow the temperatures are supposed to drop and snow is expected at the 2,000 ft. elevation level. >> winter all in one week. thank you. thank you for that. this storm is packing more than a punch on the roadways. actual

the best rain now marin county, santa cruz mountains and in the east bay valleys. is lining up along the shore, another push of light rain going to move through the bay area over the next half hour or so and move into the east bay over the next hour or so. santa clara valley -- what are you talking about? we've 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 scen

let me show how warm it was today. 81 degrees in santa cruz. it was up to 80 in gilroy.ot up to 75 degrees in santa rosa and 72 in concord. look 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 an

. >>> in santa cruz a bulldozer has belt up a -- has built up a berm on the main beach. crews began using heavy equipment last night to move piles of sand next to a concrete retaining wall to prevent water from seeping under the boardwalk. the river normally flows out to sea, it took a turn during a storm last week and threatened to flood part of the park. the santa cruz sentinel reports the owner of the boardwalk says the river is back on is natural path again. >>> don't need any big storms, sprinkles okay. >> lisa argen in for mike. >>> it may be spring but it looks like winter is going to hold on, feeling mild this morning, in the 50s. to the north around windsor highway 101, a little bit of precip, but it did rain in some spots overnight weak cold front continues to slip south, 55 in redwood city, fremont 53, 52 in los gatos much warmer than yesterday. showers, breezy today and much cooler as we get behind that front, partly cloudy and rainy and raw throughout the weekend. here comes the front, a weak one, most everyone will see the clouds, feel the mugginess to the

let me show how warm it was today. 81 degrees in santa cruz. it was up to 80 in gilroy.5 degrees in santa rosa and 72 in concord. look 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. 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 th

>>marty: more problems for the city of santa cruz.ob fladeboe is joining us of the fall with an update. >>rob: good morning. >>marty: give us a sense of what is going on in terms of trying to keep its amiens over from damaging more of the boardwalk. >>rob: the san leandro river looks more like a late this morning, you cannot tell where the river is at all anymore. they have had of ford's of four-five pages of rain in the upper regions of the san leandro river but all of that water comes down to santa cruz that time of the river. the river has gone high wild and loans of year. earlier this week crew's work, to build a dam to keep their river in check. all of that has now been washed >>marty: what have you heard and they're going to try to do at this point? >>rob: at the moment i do not think there is anything they can do. it is high tide right now, that could be contributing to the problem. thing is a high service by israel be kicking in later tonight. i think right now they're just watching and waiting dreariest calls soft laughs ofte

i mean, the pictures are beautiful here on a beautiful day in santa cruz. but if you look closely enough, especially under water where the infrastructure is, there's still a lot of working to be done. >>> reporter: on a picture- perfect day it looks like nothing bad ever happened at the santa cruz harbor. that is, until you get to these docks. one year after the tsunami, most of the damaged docks are still in need of repair. and some are still so broken up, they are unsafe to occupy. >> there are 23 to rebuild. we have gotten two of them done. >> reporter: port officials and state and local emergency managers took a walking tour of the harbor to call attention to the continued need for repair. >> this project is extremely important to our local fishery. >> reporter: and to serve as a reminder that it can all happen again. 19 boats were sunk and the harbor suffered $17 million in damage when wave after wave rolled into the harbor. peter's aptly named sailboat was among the hundreds damaged. >> it got to the point where people were running off the dock and th

but heavy rain across the santa cruz mountains. that's on top of 10 to 11 inches of rain in the past 3 hours. mudsde threat and flooding and san jose, it's pushing into east san jose. evergreen and milpitas starting to clear out. and downtour, getting hit by the rain. we have half an hour before we gradually start to see things slow down there. in six hours alone, two inches. and from the north bay down to san jose. three-quarters of an inch to close to one inch, in six hours. so, we're going to detail our weekend forecast. our chances of thunderstorms. and when all of this will be winding down in a few minutes. >> okay, jeff. >>> the east bay took a bounding tonight from the height. customers were without power. pg&e has restored power. only a few dozen remain in the dark at this hour. we go to walnut creek where residents are dealing with other problems. >> reporter: here, the rain has let up. you can see it's quiet now. it's raining hard here all night long. and part of the area lost power, including the creighton barrel behind

where it's going strong is across the santa cruz mountains. we going have more on that flooding event in a moment. let's talk about the totals. it's been about the north bay and the coastline. na parks nearly 2 1/2 inches. then you look at san jose, it's been in somewhat of a rain shado shadow, .05. traffic is at a crawl pretty much everywhere you go tonight. water on the roadway is getting brought up, making it extra dangerous. temperatures, we're warmer than what we were at yesterday. 61 at los gatos. that's pretty much what you can expect as we head out the next couple of days. the air mass is not changing too much in the next 24 hours. on the doppler radar, the biggest threat at this current moment remains in santa cruz mountains. that's where the mud slide danger will remain. capitola, it's too hard to tell where that may develop with all of this rain, two to five inches. we're also still tracking rain on 280 and 101. that's where it's been dangerous. multiple accidents today and then back toward oakland we've had problems with flooding a

best radar returns up along the north bay where we've had a quarter to half anyone's the santa cruz mountains quarter to half inch -- here, drizzle, light rain around the bay. it has begun. it is going to be off and on rain like we talked about yesterday with the steadier rain moving into the north bay during the afternoon -- during the morning into afternoon will slide to the south. everybody is going to get some rain and everybody is going to be dealing with the wind fast are gusting up to 40 miles per hour at sfo most of us 15 to 25 mile per hour range coming out of south. let's find out how those bridges are doing. >> crash in oakland southbound 880 fruitvale car facing wrong way on the right shoulder look out for that chp on i i was no injuries reported. live shot -- are of the connector ramp heading towards s -- jacknifed big rig is gone. bay bridge toll traffic is light look out for possible ponding again slick roads this morning as well breezy conditions across the bay bridge the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton bridge. one more live shot traffic fine now across the golden gate brid

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

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

may see a few thunderstorms, and so that does mean you want to keep that umbrella handy. 54 at santa cruztos at 56 and san jose at 55. fairfield right around 55 degrees and pittsburgh at 54 this afternoon and towards wine country, santa rosa and napa around 56 and san francisco 52 degrees. expect to see those showers at least return into the pick tour as we head towards this upcoming week. today again spotty storms so not everybody will see the rain. tomorrow we're looking at a brief break as a warm front starts to slide into the picture and that means warmer temperatures as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. that will be the pick days of the week. tracking a few weak systems that will be sliding this way. not looking at a whole lot of rain, definitely not as much as we saw this past week but we are starting showers from this upcoming week. even though we get into the first week of spring it won't feel like it. may be a little bit of a lag time. maybe two weeks we'll start seeing things improve. >> looking forward to next weekend's forecast, comcast cares volunteer event around the ba