, record high in santa rosa, 80.'t get close. >>> back to the bay bridge toll, sun is starting to come up you can see traffic backed beyond the west grand overcrossing towards the macarthur maze metering lights on, earlier stalls on the incline gone, the damage behind the toll is done. accident southbound 680 at vargas, off to the shoulder, on the sunol grade. another accident westbound 80 at cordelia truck scales, cleared, so towards the bay area. final look at our traffic app, this is our waze app showing san jose 280 at 87, accident blocking the left lanes, very heavy traffic northbound 280 as you make your way towards that junction, the gatt a parkway towards cupertino as well -- great app to navigate, tree on apple's app store and google play. handy to have, i have it and i use it all the time. >> that was a comprehensive look at traffic. thank you for joining us for the abc7 morning news. we continue in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during "good morning america." >>> i got a little tickle in my thro

about 1/2 mile in santa rosa. over the course of a mile in napa. >> taking a look at fog trucker 4 we are seeing the fog now. it will clear quickly by 8:00 a.m. still sticking around in santa rosa and the bay shore. will clear soon after that by noontime we will have plenty of sunshine. we have had a cold start to the morning. by 7:00 a.m. we will see forties'. as we set the clock ahead to 12 noon we will see widespread 60s. that is where our afternoon highs are headed. ures will dron to widespread '80s indicated by the light blue color on your screen. low sixties for your east bay shore is upper 50s for the coast 63 degrees in los gatos. into the north bay 63 in santa rosa. 60 for novato and san rafeal. 62 degrees for napa. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast dry and warmer

fairfield six mile visibility, santa rosa 1 and 3/4 everybody else unlimited. land breeze keeping clouds out over the coast. coolest inland where we have the 40s, except napa 51 around the bay and coast in the 50s. 7:00 temperatures mid 50s inland i should say mid 40s inland mid 50s bay and coast sunny near 60 lunchtime, great time to be outside warm air mass will jump up to 60° by 4:00 low to mid 50s by 7:00. cooling tomorrow as sea breeze kicks in, tuesday night into wednesday morning, chance of steady rain once we get on the back side of the system pulling cold air almost from the north pole, mid 50s. >>> live shot of san jose highway 87 past hp pavilion julian exit a few headlights northbound, light, nice morning to be driving northbound on 87, westbound 80 east shore freeway past golden gate fields, university avenue into emeryville and into the macarthur maze light now you can see no problems once you get into the bay bridge toll, new reports of a stall past the metering lights on the right on the incline section. power lines down fairmont between 580 and

santa rosa is thing fall.urrently 40 degrees there by today will be 63--santa rosa is sing foeeing fog. we will be right welcome back the time is 4:30 a.m. as we take a live look outside back at san francisco we can see the lights in that shot. no fog. but we do see dense fog in areas of the north bay. we are following a developing story out of japan where a strong earthquake jolted the norse etnorth eastern part of te country. a 7.3 magnitude or tearthquake struck in the pacific ocean around 518 local time. that is around midnight here in san francisco. the usgs said the earthquake struck about 200 mi. off the coast of japan. if the epicenter was about 6 mi. beneath the seabed. buildings in tokyo's way for several minutes. japanese meteorologies have lifted a tsunami warning for the country's northeastern coast. according to the tsunami informations center a destructive pacific wide tsunami is not expected. and there is no threat to why at this time. the quake off the coast of northeastern japan is the same r

north of santa rosa, the stormy weather is still north of santa rosa at 11:00 p.m. this storm really starts to hit the north bay at 5:00 a.m. continuing across the heart of the bay area. heavy rain, wind and even the potential for a thunderstorm or two. sunny breaks will come out. i will have a detailed look on how much they will receive and a look at where the rivers are right now. larry? >> thanks. we will check back with you in a few minutes. as the next storm moves in, the big concern is in the north bay. look at the video from the stump town brewery in gernville. you can see how quickly the russian river has risen. a flood warning has just been issued. alan wang joins us live in sonoma county with the latest. >> hi, larry. along the santa rosa creek, the water level hasn't changed much. it may have risen one or two feet in the past three days, but that's because the city has an excellent storm drainage system. they are seeing a dramatic change in the river levels. >> by sunday into monday it will be up to here. the flood stage or the expectations at gernville i

inland valleys clear, a few 40s there and a little fog around santa rosa this morning. as we head into the afternoon, it is going to be warmer, low to mid 60s at the coast same around the bay, we could have low to upper 60s inland. we could be near 70 in a few with high clouds and sun this afternoon. rain is on the way. >>> so far, so good, no problems here golden gate bridge no roadwork, no fog smooth sailing into san francisco. farther northbound direction big repaving project ongoing starting sausalito marin into cortamadera just one lane of traffic northbound until 6:00 this morning. in san francisco, ramp north 280 to southbound 101 roadwork closed until 5. a truck hit power lines, live wires, san leandro, fairmont, activity there, want to avoid the area. >>> developing news found bound, gagged and now dead. police trying to find a killer and motive after a man and woman were discovered in shocking condition. terry mcsweeney is live at san francisco general. >> reporter: these two were found last night in the middle of the street bound and gagged. taken to san fran

santa rosa, 65. 53 for vallejo and in the east bay. mild temperatures, mid to low 60s for this time of the year. san jose, as well. 65 degrees even santa cruz, morgan hill you see there and salinas in the mid 60s. even warmer or milder depending on how you like it with temperatures in some locations near 70. then cool things down and bring clouds on tuesday night and showers and much colder temperatures wednesday and thursday. dry day on friday and now the forecast model suggesting a big storm could move in next weekend. we'll keep you update on that. >> ama: thank you so much. mike shumann, warriors are going to pick up momentum. >> they got it going. they won their first two including win over brooklyn. number three should come in washington today. wizards have won only two. they are warming up their legs but it did slow i am down. he drains a three. he had 22 points. curry, he would come out limping. he did come back later in the game. golden state had a strong performance from clay thompson, 91 healing 85. david lee double-double to

zooming in, this moderate downpour in santa rosa, and over the golden gate, santa rosa, daly city, oakland, all light rain. but the heaviest is in the overnight hours. >>> the wet weather is already causing some concerns for residents in san rafael. reggie kumar is live in the downtown area. >> reporter: the rain is already coming down here at a pretty steady pace. phone service was knocked out to some residents from the previous storm. but that service has since been restored. crews are still digging out from the previous storm. they're hoping this latest one doesn't pack a punch. at&t crews were hard at work drying out the phone lines near 3rd street in san rafael. tuesday night's wet weather wasn't helping while workers used this hose to blow air underground to dry the lines. some who live here are still dealing with a muddy miscellaneous left behind by sunday's powerful storm. >> i got slammed, and my basement and storage shed got a couple of inches of mud. digging out, drying out. >> reporter: some residents in west marin tell me these large trees are a reminder of what happened here

yellows around windsor pleasant>j hill road down to old redwood ride to the -- road south;o of santa rosa stone any point redwood drive petaluma hill that whole area getting heavy rain some of the heaviest where valley ford and walker road connect where we had the reds a few seconds ago. to the south heading towards novato watch out on novato boulevard as you come into novato from the west this is slowly sinking south right now anywhere south of9(f the north bay not raining but it is going to be in the heart of the bay in about an hour and probably south bay by 8:00 9:00. >>> good morning. flooding where mike was talking about in theÑco! windsor area north 101 windsor river road high winds on all bridges extra caution late traffic coming into san francisco still two lanes in the southbound direction they will reconfigure that as the commute getsomw)r underway light trafficxpiq! 87 in san jose past hp pavilion i wanted you to see some of the drive times up and over the altamont pass, highway 4 westbound east shore freeway from the car seen -- carquinez bridge into the macarthur maze under

upper 30s to low 40s in and around our inland locations. 37 in santa rosa. 39 for napa. low 40s in fairfield. 40s to near 50-degrees around the bay. we'll continue to cool as we head into sunrise just after 7:00. afternoon highs for today not too bad. 62 in novato. 61 for san francisco. low 60s for the east bay. 63 san jose as well as morgan hill. there is your extended forecast. fairly nice weekend in store. mostly clear skies in the afternoon. low to mid 60s in the forecast for the second half of your day. >>> coming up next in our 5:00 hour locked out of the battle over the fiscal cliff. why california representative nancy pelosi and other leaders are not being allowed inside the negotiations. >>> oakland raiders fan fights for his life after falling from the third deck during last nights game. what the police are saying this morning. w

north of santa rosa, the stormy weather is still north of santa rosa at 11:00 p.m. this storm really starts to hit the north bay at 5:00 a.m. continuing across the heart of the bay area. heavy rain, wind and even the potential for a thunderstorm or two. sunny breaks will come out. i will have a detailed look on how much they will receive and a look at where the rivers are right now. larry? >> thanks. we will check back with you in a few minutes. as the next storm moves in, the big concern is in the north bay. look at the video from the stump town brewery in gernville. you can see how quickly the russian river has risen. a flood warning has just been issued. alan wang joins us live in sonoma county with the latest. >> hi, larry. along the santa rosa creek, the water level hasn't changed much. it may have risen one or two feet in the past three days, but that's because the city has an excellent storm drainage system. they are seeing a dramatic change in the river levels. >> by sunday into monday it will be up to here. the flood stage or the expectations at gernville i

north bay, santa rosa, scattered showers right now. you can see that. most areas south are light or nothing at this point. clouds in san rafael, showers into marin county within the next hour, and then they spread south. tomorrow morning, the wind advisory in effect. look what the bridges, it will get all the bridges that go east to west. strong winds blowing from the south and that is always a problem. add the water to that. there is issues. here is how the wind goes tomorrow. you can see right here the heaviest winds are around 8:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. in the morning. wind gusts to 41, 43. when i come back, it is a big deal commute. see you back here in 10 minutes. >>> the north bay is getting hit first and. >> jade hernandez is live, it wasn't raining at 5:00 p.m., what about now? >> reporter: it is very windy. we are at the village, an outdoor mall, if it rains tomorrow, shoppers will be dashing from store to store. >> we will take it as it comes. hoping it is not as bad as they say but we are ready. >> reporter: they knew this weekend's weather may cau

reporting live in santa rosa, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. the rain is expected to turn to snow at the higher elevations much to skier dlichlt there's already snow on the ground on highway 2 67 at lake tahoe. ski resorts in the sierra expected to get between 10 to 20 inches of snow over the next three days. >> well good news for the ski resorts but the weather here expected to cause big delay at san francisco international airport tomorrow. friday is the heaviest traffic day of the holidays. there are also huge storms back east that will probably delay more flights or could be a real has toll get around. you are advised therefore to caught airport ahead of time to see if your flight is on time whether leaving or picking someone up. stay with 7 news and 7 news.co news.com. watch abc 7 morning news at 4:30 for the latest on how the storm will affect the morning commute. >> in newtown, connecticut 5 more victims of last week school shooting were laid to rest today. meantime some of the first rae responders met privately u.s. attorney general hol

reporting live in santa rosa, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. the rain is expected to turn to snow at the higher elevations much to skier dlichlt there's already snow on the ground on highway 2 67 at lake tahoe. ski resorts in the sierra expected to get between 10 to 20 inches of snow over the next three days. >> well good news for the ski resorts but the weather here expected to cause big delay at san francisco international airport tomorrow. friday is the heaviest traffic day of the holidays. there are also huge storms back east that will probably delay more flights or could be a real has toll get around. you are advised therefore to caught airport ahead of time to see if your flight is on time whether leaving or picking someone up. stay with 7 news and 7 news.co news.com. watch abc 7 morning news at 4:30 for the latest on how the storm will affect the morning commute. >> in newtown, connecticut 5 more victims of last week school shooting were laid to rest today. meantime some of the first rae responders met privately u.s. attorney general hol

north of santa rosa, the stormy weather is still north of santa rosa at 11:00 p.m. this storm really starts to hit the north bay at 5:00 a.m. continuing across the heart of the bay area. heavy rain, the and even the potential for a thunderstorm or two. sunny breaks will come out. i will have a detailed look on how much they will receive and a look at where the rivers are right now. larry? >> thanks. we will check back with you in a few minutes. as the next storm moves in, the big concern is in the north bay. look at the video from the stump town brewery in gernville. you can see how quickly the russian river has risen. a flood warning has just been issued. alan wang joins us live in sonoma county with the latest. >> hi, larry. along the santa rosa creek, the water level hasn't changed much. it may have risen one or two feet in the past three days, but that's because the city has an excellent storm drainage system. they are seeing a dramatic change in the river levels. >> by sunday into monday it will be up to here. the flood stage or the expectations at gernville is

reporting live in santa rosa, abc 7 news. >>> thank you.the rain is expected to turn to snow at the higher elevations much to skier dlichlt there's already snow on the ground on highway 2 67 at lake tahoe. ski resorts in the sierra expected to get between 10 to 20 inches of snow over the next three days. >> well good news for the ski resorts but the weather here expected to cause big delay at san francisco international airport tomorrow. friday is the heaviest traffic day of the holidays. there are also huge storms back east that will probably delay more flights or could be a real has toll get around. you are advised therefore to caught airport ahead of time to see if your flight is on time whether leaving or picking someone up. stay with 7 news and 7 news.co news.com. watch abc 7 morning news at 4:30 for the latest on how the storm will affect the morning commute. >> in newtown, connecticut 5 more victims of last week school shooting were laid to rest today. meantime some of the first rae responders met privately u.s. attorney general hold

santa rosa 2 more inches of rain. hayward an inch 1/3 and redwood city you will get a lot of rain as well. most falling tomorrow morning. heavy rainfall tonight. a soaker early tomorrow and it's going to move out pretty quickly and by mid afternoon we'll see clearing skies and by monday the rain will be a distant memory. oakland tomorrow 65. wet but warm. san jose 62, r morgan hill 64. pa lo al to 62, and -- palo alto, 62. sansan laeandr o. looking sunnier and dryer thursday through saturday of next week. it's going to get wet tonight. travel's not going to be that great. by this time tomorrow, all of the rain is gone. we'll have flooding concerns but the rain will have stopped. >> and be concerned on tuesday and wednesday even though the map shows rain. >> it looks scarier than it is. >>> it is also time for the mayor to reap the rewards of the giants world series victory. dave bing will come to the bay area to make good on his wager. he will take a tour of two san francisco companies and tour at&t park with 25 peopl

look at santa rosa. know you are going to get problems when the wind are gusting over 40 miles an hour. we have branches down with our last couple of systems. the front is on the move. take a look at the east bay from concord, alamo, 580 and 880 and 680, meraga more heavy rain. back westward it's not as heavy but you have the gusty winds and it will pick up the next hour. union city, the dumbarton bridge, very wet weather and gusty winds down through the south bay. campbell and the santa cruz mountains, it will take until about 1:00. then we are looking at the rivers and streams rising here as well. here's a look at a loop. you will notice that even though the front begins to push slowly southward, we are still looking at the heavy rain really locked up into the north bay. within the next couple hours it continues to sink south. temperatures are mild in the 60s with the gusty south winds. we have the flood warning for napa and sonoma counties. that means flooding is happening right now. the flood watch i

make sure you have layers on. 35 in santa rosa and 36 in napa. head out the door 42 antioch and 39 vallejo. livermore 38. oakland, san mateo 44, 46 in san jose, 43 in santa cruz and 47 in san francisco. so nights are getting colder as we are two weeks away from winter, and the days are getting shorter. here is a look at satellite and radar. high pressure controlling our weather for the weekend and it is going to be milder as we head into the weekend. sunshine and occasional high clouds looking beautiful. the only thing i am concerned about is the fog that is in the central valley has spilled over to their area and it could drop and make for poor conditions in the early morning hours. make sure if you do have to get somewhere for an early saturday plan you give yourself some more time. 62 santa clara and 62 in san jose. high clouds and sunshine on the peninsula and 62 in palo alto. sunset district, downtown san francisco 61. these high clouds are harmless. it is going to be beautiful in the north bay. 61 in san rafael. the sunsets were thanks to t

of a a half inch for santa rosa in just the past 12 hours.ou can see we are picking up light ride around a bottle. that is highway 37101 split--of novato. yellow on your screen indicates moderate to heavy rain to come. >> it has rain in napa and sonoma county. some light rain in the santa rosa area. the surface streets are impacted. is currently raining along burnsville road. lewis wrote as well. lose your when shall wipers as you head out the door. -- use your when shoppwindshield wipers. >> a wind advisory effect for the san francisco coastline. we have experienced thus up to 30 m.p.h.. will continue into midmorning. the wind's will die down to the afternoon. rain will pick up. it will be a messy one doing your morning commute outside. >> roadways could be flooded that is a possibility. as we head into the 1:00 hour later this afternoon the rain will intensify. expected iran for most of the bay area. it will start to taper off into the evening hours. overnight heading into saturday. storm number two approaches bringing heavy rain to the nor

white rate expected for santa rosa. putting the clock into motion heavier rain moves towards our north bay or around lunch time. around the east bay shoreline and those of you situated around the coast. we do have big changes to talk about and i will get more specific with your holiday forecast and show you what is on tap for the rest of the week. at seven a one it is time for traffic, good morning george. good morning and with traffic you have >> you have a light and easy ride. no a hot spots or problems. we do not even see the typically slow traffic for highway 4 or interstate the in the east bay. the peninsula and north bay rides are all very light right now. >> a developing story unfolding in marine county where they are searching for a suspect who was stopped in a traffic stop that they lost. we would turn to europe >> daybreak is coming and we anticipate the search and rescue to come back out here for the cordillera creek. it started off as a simple traffic stop and the suspect jumped into the swollen banks of the

. >> getting reports up in santa rosa. wind heavy at times. you will see the big picture and then we will come in so where the rain is. mainly in north bay. there's santa rosa. i've had reports of heavy showers in this area. we are getting heavy showers out toward st. helena. that's coming toward the yellow and oranges. and the windshield wipers are on full. head back toward the road. you will see light showers there. here is the deal. the showers will continue as we go into the evening hours and it will work their way south as we get into the morning compute. the morning commute is going to be wet. it is going be windy. there's a wind advisory out there now. when i come back i have the time line for what ux expect for your friday get a way forecast. >> it was another somber day, more victims of the tragic shooting were laid to wrest. friends and family gathered to say good-bye to six-year-old katherine hubbard this morning. six-year-old benjamin and allison were held today. in services mourners remember the teachers ann marie murphy and laure

having light to moderate rain possibly pockets of heavy rainj towards windsor riff road,ée7vÑ santa rosahere we had-r6 flooding -- earlier this morning, healthy storm around since this is moving northeast this entire line is going to start sinking south in the heart of the bay by 7:00, probably in the south bay by >>>?>óÑ one of the busiest travl days of the year now in san jose 87 flowing nicely no delays towards 101 northbound past hp pavilion and julian avenue that's the off-ramp, bridget section brake lights towards the highrise up and over towards foster city hayward no significant delays eastbound moving nicely towards hayward. 680 corridor from 580 to 24 northbound over 15 minutes. 580 into castro valley from pleasanton over the dublin minutes.jlpu 87 northbound towards 101 moving at the limit. >>> today's storm<%ih comes ase christmas travelz"yáqjz kicks intonbú1s high gear. amy hollyfield joins us live from afo. delays are just starting to because of the low ceiling that we have with the clouds, they are going to start delaying us. they areí:avñ going to start reducing the nu

make sure you have layers on. 35 in santa rosa and 36 in napa. if you head out the door 42 antioch and 39 vallejo. livermore 38. oakland, san mateo 44, 46 in san jose, 43 in santa cruz and 47 in san francisco. so nights are getting colder as we are two weeks away from winter, and the days are getting shorter. here is a look at satellite and radar. high pressure controlling our weather for the weekend and it is going to be milder as we head into the weekend. sunshine and occasional high clouds looking beautiful. the only thing i am concerned about is the fog that is in the central valley has spilled over to their area and it could drop and make for poor conditions in the early morning hours. make sure if you do have to get somewhere for an early saturday plan you give yourself some more time. 62 santa clara and 62 in san jose. high clouds and sunshine on the peninsula and 62 in palo alto. sunset district, downtown san francisco 61. these high clouds are harmless. it is going to be beautiful in the north bay. 61 in san rafael. the sunsets were thank

make sure you have layers on. 35 in santa rosa and 36 in napa. allejo.livermor. livermore 38. san mat oakland, san mateon 46 in san jose, 43 in santa cruz and 47 in san francisco. so nights are getting colder as we are two weeks away from winter, and the days are getting shorter. here is a look at satellite and radar. high pressure controlling our weather for the weekend and it is going to be milder as we head into the weekend. sunshine and occasional high clouds looking beautiful. the only thing i am concerned about is the fog that is in the central valley has spilled over to their area and it could drop and make for poor conditions in the early morning hours. make sure if you do have to get somewhere for an early saturday plan you give yourself some more time. 62 santa clara and 62 in san jose. high clouds and sunshine on the peninsula and 62 in alto. alto. sunset district, downtown san francisco 61. these high clouds are harmless. it is going to bel in the north bay. 61 in san rafael. the sunsets were thanks to thee. they are made up of ice cry

it is only 35 degrees in santa rosa and upper 30 is for fairfield. t is mid 40's for oakland and about 35 degrees for--it is very similar to yesterday it will be 63 degrees for san to rosa. it will be upper 50s for the coast. the 7 day around the bay shows that we are expecting the temperatures to be warmer and there is a cool off for the mid next week. >> in sports. after recovering from a serious head injury. former a's pitcher brand and mccarthy this is big payday. and the warriors take it andto jay-z and his nets in brooklyn. here's a gary radnich would all of your sports highlights. >> everybody loves brooklyn. joe johnson has the fastest selling a uniform and the late. curry had 28 and david lee had 38 points and 15 rebounds. the warriors turned to the hometown and 11 909 to 10209 to 102. the lakl be in town to play the next. although raiders loss for the sixth straight game. they are just not loosen the are getting beaten up, and blown out. this has been a very rough time for the raiders. they have a new coach and it's got everything would be g

in santa rosa. 51 degrees and san jose. here is what we expect for the next couple of days off. some frost out there tomorrow fans will bring sunshine with chilly and the rain is set to return on friday. time it out on futurecast, in just a bit. >> a quick check on bay area bridges. the golden gate is looking decent. the bay bridge a little bit slower however, andthe san mateo bridge also both and each direction. traffic conditions throughout tonight's newscast. >> our team coverage starts tonight with kron-4's j-r stone. he's live in marin county. with an update on the conditions there. >> reporter: i drove around the north bay and its was wet. i could barely see how we 1 0 1 a much different story this evening. highway 37 is looking good but it was a gorgeous day in the north bay but still some areas seeing the fax. let me show you video. some of the vineyards in sonoma county earlier this afternoon. you can see that some of these plants are under water. and however, the vineyard keepers are sayin

santa rosa 39°, rest of us in the mid to upper 40s, 50 half moon bay.erey bay and inland low to mid 40s, monterey 50. today light to moderate showers all day. brief break tomorrow, one day, light rain friday better chance of wet weather saturday. warm front yesterday long duration rain, cold front comes in more showery in nature, stronger, burst of heavier rain now on the back side of this low, counterclockwise flow wrapping around moisture bringing it off the ocean making it unstable the low is the center of rising air with it so near rising air and showers continue through 5:00, 7:00, instability out over the ocean tomorrow looking at a lot of sunshine rainfall amounts 10th to quarter of an inch for most of the bay. not a flood producer. thursday is dry, friday afternoon into saturday, light rain coming in, looks like sunday through tuesday, we end the year dry and begin next year dry. >>> good morning. short workweek, sorry you have to work today, here we are with traffic for bay bridge everybody moving nicely no delays into san francisco, no meterin

fog three mile visibility in livermore, fog in the east bay valleys, 3/4 mile thickest santa rosa where coldest, 37 napa, 38, 40 concord now, 48 fremont, san francisco 49, peninsula in the mid 40s down to san jose 44°. let's talk about today. partly cloudy, a little breezy at the coast, upper 40s to low 50s, the rest of us brief break from the rain mid 50s today, rain comes back tomorrow that quickly. >> keeping an eye on your christmas eve morning commute across the board light out there, let's get you starred with this live look at 80 in berkeley, more cars on the road now than we've seen throughout the morning, certainly no stopping, no traffic, moving on to the golden gate bridge, thisly picture water droplets on the camera all morning, not raining per se out there and there are so few cars on the road as long as everyone takes their time and moves along, [ inaudible ] >>> this morning, good news and worrisome news along the creek that divides palo alto and east palo alto. good news is the water level has dropped significantly from yesterday's peak this is a live look at the creek f

santa rosa, just about 1 in.. santa rosa, three-quarters in dublin to just under one half of 1 in..ncord, mountain view as we take a look a satellite and radar. the tail end of this system is pressing to be self. we are not seeing too much rainfall but delays at s f o because of low visibility. and these are near three hours at sfo for arriving flights. and as we go for the overnight hours visibility is going to continue to deteriorate. we will talk about this with your warmer weekend coming up. >>pam: in other bay area news... charges have been officially filed against a kidnapping and raping an autistic girl who walked away from her group home in oakland. 36-year-old gary amd was arraigned on charges of rape, kidnapping, lewd acts upon a child, and attempted lewd acts upon a child. prosecutors say he assaulted the girl multiple times over a three day period before she managed to escape. atkinson has previously been convicted of several felonies, including robbery and assault with a deadly >weapon. >> two people are under arrest oun suspicion of kidnapping and assaulting a repairma

the showers are north of santa rosa. we're getting reports of sprinkles up there, 45-50 miles from the central bay. the santa rosa area, up by fulton road we have some showers. that's moderate rainfall. by old redwood highway we have showers. st. helena, moderate showers to light. just coming into the sunset district, i have some light sprinkles moving in. you can see that's the cliff house area. in that area we're seeing some light sprinkles. that's sort of what's out there now. what's changing is there's more rain up north. it will work its way south. it will be here in time to really mess up things for part of the commutes tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> there areself ways that you can keep up with the weather. you can receive updates to the ktvu app on your mobile device or go to ktvu.com and look for the storm watch tab. we provide updates through facebook and twitter. >>> it's official. nudists have to keep their clothes on in san francisco. the board of supervisors passed the ban there afternoon. we were there as an u

let's take about what waits for you. 37 santa rosa, 40 napa, a lot of 40s around our neighborhoods until you get to mountain view and san jose, 50 in mountain view and 51 san jose. the bay starting off with sunshine, mid to upper 40s. by noon mid to upper 50s. you can see mild this afternoon, close to average upper 50s to low 60s, heavier coat by 7:00, temperatures in the upper 40s to mid 50s for your evening nest fifths. -- evening festivities. upper 50s at the coast, fog stubborn inland visibilities down quarter mile or less in some areas that is going to hold temperatures back, afternoon sun upper 50s to low 60s. >>> so far friday light smooth sailing northbound 87 san jose traffic at the limit no problems past hp pavilion northbound. bunching up a little where 580 merges with 80, slow traffic in the westbound direction, a lot of headlights towards the macarthur maze and berkeley curve into the bay bridge toll, expecting m l any time it is moving, not -- expecting metering lights a time but it is moving. a look at our traffic app n is the waze app, mike has been talking about fog, our

pockets moving toward santa rosa and rind cor. wind cor. windsor. move on shore toward the santa cruz mountains. they are moving rapidly toward the monterey bay. over the monterey bay and gilroy and leaving santa cruz. tomorrow morning we will have skies that are a little wet. well, i went to the seven-day. well, tomorrow morning early we are going to have showers scattered around the bay area. during the daytime hours we will see the showers become less numerous and then taper off. >> thanks very much. that is our report. m >>> tonight on "nightline," christmas twisters. tornados touch down across the deep south. >> oh, jesus, look at that tornado. >> knocking out power in alabama, leaving behind a path of destruction. >>> unicorns of the sea. we ventured deep into the arctic circle in search of the mysterious narwal, one of the world's most elusive endangered creatures. >>> the frozen planet literally splits open before our eyes. our team faces a desperate scramble to make it off the ice. >>> from the global resources of abc

there are several washed out roads west of santa rosa.d the public works crews are expecting it to get a lot worse this weekend. joel stopped at the water's edge west of santa rosa and decided to roll the dice. >> came through a couple hours ago and it was pretty light. i thought i could make it through this time. >> unlike these trucks and suvs that made it across, their toyota was swamped in a foot and a half of water just like the car before him. >> made a dumb mistake thinking i was bigger than that car. >> and according to the mayan calendar, today was supposed to be the end of the world. >> in the town of inverness, michelle and her husband narrowly escaped serious injury when this douglas fir crashed through their home. >> just one step and crashed. >> i was two feet and i was under all of this rubble. >> also in marin county, floodwaters shutdown a portion of highway one south of petaluma road. and in pacifica, high winds tempted the surfers, but the crabbers are playing it safe in half moon bay. they say they won't head back out

rain beginning to move into santa rosa. rain lane starts to shift south. light to moderate rain at 11:00 p.m. tuesday. pretty wide spread as you notice. now the good thing computer model speed this up so at 2:00 a.m. it's already south and east north bay beginning to get a break and head into 5:00 a.m. the commute doesn't look that bad compared to the previous computer model run so we see some areas where the rain lets up and we will of course see slick roadway at 5:00 a.m. wednesday spotty showers at 7:00 a.m. and few showers may continue over the hill heading into the afternoon. mix of rain and snow see here in the hills surrounding clear lake just north of ukiah. wednesday 2:00 p.m. but by the time the coldest air arrives most moisture will be gone so we'll see if this winter type mix actually materializes. rainfall total up until 11:00 p.m. wednesday we are looking at quarter tore half inch peninsula south bay santa cruz mountains 10 to the quarter east bay north bay mountain this is not expected to be a heavy rain maker but it will certainly bring us

rain beginning to move into santa rosa. rain lane starts to shift south. light to moderate rain at 11:00 p.m. tuesday. pretty wide spread as you notice. now the good thing computer model speed this up so at 2:00 a.m. it's already south and east north bay beginning to get a break and head into 5:00 a.m. the commute doesn't look that bad compared to the previous computer model run so we see some areas where the rain lets up and we will of course see slick roadway at 5:00 a.m. wednesday spotty showers at 7:00 a.m. and few showers may continue over the hill heading into the afternoon. mix of rain and snow see here in the hills surrounding clear lake just north of ukiah. wednesday 2:00 p.m. but by the time the coldest air arrives most moisture will be gone so we'll see if this winter type mix actually materializes. rainfall total up until 11:00 p.m. wednesday we are looking at quarter tore half inch peninsula south bay santa cruz mountains 10 to the quarter east bay north bay mountain this is not expected to be a heavy rain maker but it will certainly bring us

santa rosa, 28 degrees. 34 degrees and of vallejo, concord. and pass for today, the low 50s across the board. richmond, and 50s through oakland. it dug out san francisco. if you are going to be 49ers tape? plenty of sunshine. your kron 4 7 day around the bay there is a slight chance if you are possibly going to see that on monday. >>> authorities say a body pulled from the water near oakland's jack london square is that of a man in his 60s. the body was spotted by people near the marina around 9 yesterday morning. police say the people who found the body helped pull it from the water. police have only identified the body as that of a white man in his 60s. detectives are working with the coroner's office to determine if the man's death was a homicide. >>> authorities have released the names of a father and son who died after they were swept into the sea while fishing near the golden gate bridge 37-year-old juan escamillo- rojas and nine-year-old juan escamillo-monroy died after waves pulled them into the water friday night. the father and son w

and 33 and santa rosa. the rain will not be a lot but we are looking at scattered showers progress of the week. today we are dealing with visibility issues. drive carefully outside because it is starting to get a little dense with the fog. you should have your windshield wipers and your fog lights on. >> here's a look at the storm is heading our way. we have high clouds that are rolling through the bay area. you should keep this in mind if you plan to be outside this afternoon. when i come back with a time of the storm and let you know how long it will stick around. >> still to come on kron 4 news. we are waiting for an update on the connected elementary school shooting. there will be a press conference that will be coming. >> we will be right back. >> we are back as 7:10 a.m.. >> a deadly highway crash in san mateo county killing three people. one of them was arrested on suspicion of a vehicular manslaughter charges. these are pictures of the scene courtesy of skyes 7 h-d from abc 7 news. the chp says a 10

pockets moving toward santa rosa and rind cor. wind cor. windsor. ove on shore toward the santa cruz mountains. they are moving rapidly toward the monterey bay. over the monterey bay and gilroy and leaving santa cruz. tomorrow morning we will have skies that are a little wet. well, i went to the seven-day. well, tomorrow morning early we are going to have showers scattered around the bay area. during the daytime hours we will see the showers become less numerous and then taper off. >> thanks very much. that is our report. m >> today on "katie," the television debut of broadway hit "annie." >> come on, sandy! >> everyone's favorite hard-life orphans are back. katie: there's only one person missing. who is that? >> annie! >> after a search a new red-headed star is born. >> ♪ tomorrow tomorrow i love you tomorrow ♪ >> plus, an "annie" trivia showdown. >> punjab. >> in your face! >> it's an "annie" all-star show. [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [cheers and applause] katie: hi everyone! hi! so, hi everybody, welcome, have a se

the showers are dying down a little bit in santa rosa. we head to petaluma, showers picked up a little here, downtown petaluma. light showers, reports i'm getting are just drizzly, light sprinkles. toward pacificca there were sprinkles. those have backed off. you get a little activity out here by the ballpark, by candlestick and by the ferry building. but not a lot going on. but it will. things will change. in the east bay same thing. i think in the next two hours, i think we'll see some sprinkles showing up in concord, san ramon. this is not the main event. the main event is in the morning hours about the time you are getting out of your house and driving to work. the early morning commute will see the most rain, 4:00, 5:00 a.m. a a wide swath of moisture, very moist, a lot of rain could come out of this. the up are air support isn't like it was the other day. so it will slide through. there will be a lot more coastal rain than inland. behind boulder creek, san jose, concord, you will see a little rain. so midnight tonight, that's when i

santa rosa, 22.34 inches. that's 174% of average for santa rosa. 154 in san francisco, and 152% in san jose. do you remember last year at this time? we were at about 35 to 40% of rainfall average. okay, so how does it plan out here in the next few days? another weather system is headed our way. that's what i'm going to talk about at 10:20 when i come back. the latest computer model teed up and ready to go. we'll talk about how much more is behind it. see you back here. >>> the trek to and from tahoe was anything but smooth sailing today. coming up in 14 minutes why officials say it wasn't the snow slowing everything down. >> at ktvu.com, look for the link to stormtracker 2 at the top of the page. we also posted updates on the ktvu.com channel 2 facebook page. >>> holiday sales slumped nationwide. and there might be more than one reason for the poor numbers. eric rasmussen is live with the mixed reports he heard from retailers, and shoppers. >> reporter: ken, we can tell you there's been no shortage of foot tra

there are several washed out roads west of santa rosa. and the public works crews are expecting it to get a lot worse this weekend. joel stopped at the water's edge west of santa rosa and decided to roll the dice. >> came through a couple hours ago and it was pretty light. i thought i could make it through this time. >> unlike these trucks and suvs that made it across, their toyota was swamped in a foot and a half of water just like the car before him. >> made a dumb mistake thinking i was bigger than that car. >> and according to the mayan calendar, today was supposed to be the end of the world. >> in the town of inverness, michelle and her husband narrowly escaped serious injury when this douglas fir crashed through their home. >> just one step and crashed. >> i was two feet and i was under all of this rubble. >> also in marin county, floodwaters shutdown a portion of highway one south of petaluma road. and in pacifica, high winds tempted the surfers, but the crabbers are playing it safe in half moon bay. they say they won't head back o

santa rosa half inch of rain in the last 12 hours. this is the first in three rounds of rain we will see just in time for the weekend. so pretty heavy rain right over clearlake this morning and at this hour anywhere from half inch to an inch falling per hour in that area along highway 101 you will find it a steady rain. visibilities down at times and breezy at times. north bay had a wind advisory that expired. and the winds and rain will continue for your area throughout the morning drive. and this is slowly shifting south so over the last hour or so i've watched it move from santa rosa down into petaluma. and now beginning to move into areas of novato. this will slide to near areas of the richmond and san rafael bridge. at the moment the richmond san rafael bridge very dry. this is the parent system. this will bring us several rounds of rain. it looks like another system rolling out on saturday. i'm picking it up this morning in the 6:00 hour. now along the peninsula through the delta along i-80 it shifts a little farther into #. san

santa rosa, 22.34 inches. that's 174% of average for santa rosa. 154 in san francisco, and 152% in san jose. do you remember last year at this time? we were at about 35 to 40% of rainfall average. okay, so how does it plan out here in the next few days? another weather system is headed our way. that's what i'm going to talk about at 10:20 when i come back. the latest computer model teed up and ready to go. we'll talk about how much more is behind it. see you back here. >>> the trek to and from tahoe was anything but smooth sailing today. coming up in 14 minutes why officials say it wasn't the snow slowing everything down. >> at ktvu.com, look for the link to stormtracker 2 at the top of the page. we also posted updates on the ktvu.com channel 2 facebook page. >>> holiday sales slumped nationwide. and there might be more than one reason for the poor numbers. eric rasmussen is live with the mixed reports he heard from retailers, and shoppers. >> reporter: ken, we can tell you there's been no shortage of foot tra

san francisco 167 percent of average. 179 in santa rosa. oakland well above where you should be at 162 of afternoon and even san jose of lag behind not the case. it's at 135 percent normal. sacramento and ukiah way above as well. but the rain is gone. put the umbrella away and enjoying sun sets like this this was posted by david p to my face book page. south san francisco stunning view of the sunset tonight. like i said you will be seeing more of those over the weekend to areas of fog overnight. dense in spots tomorrow morning so that could be problematic. mild and dry forth upcoming weekend. even head nag early next week. satellite radar this is the area of high pressure that is now diverting the jet stream and the stormtrack way up to the north so high pressure is expanding as it carts calling the shots. nice dry pattern and sunshine with us so overnight tonight the fog already starting to spill over into the north and east bay valley. tomorrow morning we start out with the valley fog and may dense in pockets sow might want to give you've

also watching a little bit of -- santa rosa -- 37 in santa rosa. patchy in hayward as well as san jose, this fog will be with us but you can see we have no rain and this storm has pushed to the east which we have scattered showers over parts of the sierra. you don't have to go too far, you can see the leading edge and the rain is way back here and this is the leading edge that will arrive. we are mostly sunny and dry and by this evening, clouds are overhead and tomorrow morning we wake up with clouds and by lunchtime, there is that rain turning into a steady rain for the second half of the afternoon. christmas night, we have scattered showers and those showers will remain into wednesday morning. here is what you can expect, partly cloudy skies and cool, 55 redwood city, mid-50s in and around palo alto and there is the extended forecast, rain is developing on christmas day and then we are drying it out and at this point it looks like we will remain dry into your weekend and temperatures remain into the upper 30s and 50s for the afternoon. back to th

back edge of the storm is in santa rosa. still looking at thunderstorms from gilroy and salinas this morning, from north to south, still in the thick of it. this is east bay, emeryville camera, you can see the rain coming down. upwards of three inches in the past 24 hours from the extreme north bay. we're going to see that in the south bay. santa cruz mountains and rain shadow effect allowing for san jose to see much lesser amounts. right now coming down good in the south bay. live doppler 7-hd. heaviest returns from yountville and sonoma. east of highway 101. the break is in santa rosa and that is where the rain ends. winds have been a story, as well. out of south, up to 25 miles an hour from livermore, 30 mile-an-hour gusts from oakland to the airport. when you have a thunderstorm we've been getting wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour over hour delays at sfo. we're looking for conditions to improve just n the later morning hours. right now in yountville, american canyon and benicia and berkeley, very heavy rain. here a littl

santa rosa 37 degrees. been hold -- i've been holding steady there all morning long. 39 in novato. 39 degrees in napa and that patchy dense fog reported along the valley fog. santa rosa and novato holding pretty good along highway 101. napa reported visibility down to a quarter mile. and livermore we have a little bit of patchy dense fog. you heard tara mention the danville, dublin area. satellite and radar showing you. mostly clear skies up above that fog. we will continue with the mostly clear skies for today. ridge of high pressure will stretch into the bay area for your weekend. and that is going to drive our afternoon highs above average. low 60s in the forecast for today. 62 for novato. 61 san francisco. low 60s in hayward. 63 san jose. 63 for gilroy. 63 in santa cruz. the extended forecast a minor warming trend under way for the weekend. low to mid 60s on saturday. mid to upper 60s on sunday. holding that for monday and dry through tuesday. >>> the ceo of netflix could be in trouble for something he

of the visibility with one half mile in santa rosa. 2 mi. in napa and also forming in fairfield, with chilly temperatures. we are already in the low 40's. 44 in napa, fairfield, the same in concord, pleasanton. it is going to be cold overnight. >> coming up the death of a bay area school teacher and how far would you go from suffering? the father of research year-old is saying that a medical marijuana is saving his young son's life but the police might not agree. >> the warriors are red hot and doing it again and mccarthy got rich. and the inside story of the boxing ring in vegas, tomorrow. later in this broadcast. [ female announcer ] for those who love sweets, your season is here. let's just call it the baking time of year. you need special ingredients. you need the staples. that's a given. you need safeway sugar for just $1.97. and that magic thing that makes everyone want another -- only $2.99 for challenge butter. and when hands get messy, quite surely they'll say, "yum! wow! yay! what a sweeter holiday." safeway. ingredients for life.

lower fifties and santa rosa down to the south bay.ast bay oakland may be close to the mid '50s this afternoon. pleasanton around 53. s >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows the changes come tomorrow precondition for clausen chance for rain. friday will be a little more widespread highs of around 57. the weekend looking to be unsettled with showers. christmas eve we will be dry. christmas day a lot of sunshine highs around low to mid 60's. >> the time is 4:49. here is george with a traffic. >> good morning anny. the hot spots or no delays or any traffic problems. >> your commute coming to the golden gate bridge an easy commute coming in from the macarthur maize from the east shore and from the nimitz. >> for the san mateo bridge now is a good time to cross 11 minutes weather east and west bound. light traffic with no delays. >> the golden gate bridge looks good 1 01 the have not yet configured the bridge for the morning commute. traffic is sparse. no problems on either the north of the south downside. >> looking at the tra