cornell bernard is live in sausalito. cornell? >> the rain is moving in, and it is converging with some of the highest tides of the year. here in sausalito near the house boats, the water as you can see is coming up. and by morning it will be up to my knees. a lot of folks around here say that's a problem. >> we are concerned about the rains coming down and the tides coming in. >> he is bracing for the highest tides he has seen in 12 years. seven feet and more. so high in fact they are called king tides and only happen once a year. the house boat will be safe, but the parking lot around it will be flooded. >> and have dry shoes and socks in the car. it is almost sometimes knee high water. >> here is what it looked like this morning. high water flooded the streets and closed the highway 1 off-ramp on northbound 101. >> seven feet. i am so excited. >> she is worried that the high water will make for a soggy holiday. >> my last row of tree there's and the saltwater can kill him. >> it is rain and not high tide that has marin county p

cornell bernard is live in sausalito. cornell? >> the rain is moving in, and it is converging with some of the highest tides of the year. here in sausalito near the house boats, the water as you can see is coming up. and by morning it will be up to my knees. a lot of folks around here say that's a problem. >> we are concerned about the rains coming down and the tides coming in. >> he is bracing for the highest tides he has seen in 12 years. seven feet and more. so high in fact they are called king tides and only happen once a year. the house boat will be safe, but the parking lot around it will be flooded. >> and have dry shoes and socks in the car. it is almost sometimes knee high water. >> here is what it looked like this morning. high water flooded the streets and closed the highway 1 off-ramp on northbound 101. >> seven feet. i am so excited. >> she is worried that the high water will make for a soggy holiday. >> my last row of tree there's and the saltwater can kill him. >> it is rain and not high tide that has marin county p

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.

cornell bernard is live in sausalito. cornell?in is moving in, and it is converging with some of the highest tides of the year. here in sausalito near the house boats, the water as you can see is coming up. and by morning it will be up to my knees. a lot of folks around here say that's a problem. >> we are concerned about thed e tides coming in. for the b highest tides he has seen in 12 years. seven feet and more. so high in fact they are called king tides and only happen once a year. the house boat will be safe, but the parking lot around it will be flooded. >> and have dry shoes and socks in the car. it is almost sometimes knee high water. >> here is what it looked like this morning. high water flooded the streets and closed the highway 1 off-ramp on northbound 101. >> seven feet. i am so excited. >> she is worried that the high water will make for a soggy holiday. >> my last row of tree there's and the saltwater can kill him. >> it is rain and not high tide that has marin county parks ranger gibson worried. he is on patrol in l

to the south on 101 mainly light rain from novato down to tiburon, belvedere and sausalito golden gateerate rain heading your way, sonoma, heading towards napa, entire system making that south san francisco starting to get sprinkles now in thej8 bridge going to get wet in 10 minutes. morning rain today steadiest and heaviest through the morning, waves of showers the rest of today, heavy rain during the overnight hours tonight, more rain tomorrow, of the lighter variety and steadier rain for sunday;f, saturday afternoon going to be our period of lightest rain i can't say it will be dry. a break from the rain completely monday, more rain in the forecast, christmas night that through wednesday and thursday next week. 7:00 moderate rain moving through the heart of the bay into the south bay by the end of the commute, 9:00, moderate rain at noon in the north bay, the rest of us are transitioning to waves of the showers that will be with us during the evening, have wet weather gear handy heavier rain north bay midnight slides through the heart of the bay from midnight through 6:00 lighter

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 francisco general, this morning only one is alive. the scene here last night as with the the two were brought here this began on the 900 block of brussels. police arrived to find a man and woman in the street bound and gagged. the man died midnight at the hospital. the woman is still alive. police say as shocking as this is, neighbors do not need to be afraid. >> we don't have any information i don't believe there's any threat to the community. obvious

bridge, a little more around the marin headlands, if you are heading out in the next 15 minutes sausalito about to get wet. scattered showers this afternoon, light to moderate rain, ponding on the roads possible and small hail. . >>> that break you just mentioned that's what road crews are counting on to make repairs to areas flooded by the downpour. one of the hardest hit areas is where highway 12 meets highway 121 in sonoma county. terry mcsweeney joins us live from there. it just reopened. >> reporter: it just reopened at 7:00, it was closed all night this is the epicenter of the flooding you can see the water and the cones out, everybody here knows this area is yet again, one high tide or one downpour away from more flooding. the water sits on the shoulder of highways 12 and 121 in sonoma, giving you a good idea what closed this road you couldn't get through the water covered all lanes last night. about 7:00 this morning, the waters receded and the road reopened. down the road at jenelle's cafe they've seen this song and dance before, every time it storms at high tide. >> people thoug

from larkspur into sausalito, tiburon and belvedere on paradise drive you can see a little light showervity, rotating from northwest to southeast. anywhere south of here is going to get showers as we head through the morning and into the afternoon. a little fog half mile in santa rosa, rest of us visibility is fine. today just prepare for scattered showers they could be at any time, light and will move quickly, temperatures top out this had low to mid 50s, showers will taper overnight to our break tomorrow low to mid 50s rain rolls back into the forecast friday, better chance of wet weather saturday. >>> good morning. standing water out in from all the rain, puddling and some high des plainesing expected this morning, light traffic, -- dead week traffic-wise heading into the san francisco area from the bay bridge very light on theyçz' upper deck no delays. this is a live look at the macarthur maze from the east on 580 or the south 880, 80 westbound with all funneling in nicely to the tolls, no metering lights yet. drive out of antioch at the limb from it towards 242 from antioch and pi

here are the remember nanlts of one tree along sausalito boulevard in southern marin.and to the north a bigger problem along ben yet valley road. this remnants of one tree had been bad news and delays for drivers like katie curve. no getting through this. >> now, i'm going to have to find another way to get there. >> that might qualify as this job took five hours. >> with this storm we've had just about a fourth one of this size. >> fourth? >> yes. in the last probably four day autos how much tree is there? >> this is the, probably just wood alone, probably four 10 wheeler load autos it's a lot of tree. it would be a lot of firewood, too. interesting note. sonoma county does have a program to trim those overhanging brampbls. they can't get all of them or predict had is going fall next. live in marin county wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> yeah. thanks wayne. traffic accident on the golden gate bridge closed several lanes for about an hour today, three cars were involved just after 8:00 in the morning. a car traveling south rammed into a vehicle going into the opposite dir

san rafael, sir francis drake boulevard, larkspur down 101 towards donahue street and tiburon, sausalito and belvedere some of the better radar returns now more guerneville, occidental, that area, bodega bay, heading towards windsor, sliding towards santa rosa, cotati and petaluma waves of showers continue this morning and will continue into the afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 50s. a break from the rain tomorrow light rain develops friday afternoon, better chance of rain saturday. >>> 6:15. people from texas to alabama are surveying damage this morning after severe storms triggered more than 30 tornadoes christmas day. blizzard-like conditions in the nation's heartland could make travel difficult. wendy gillette joins us live from new york city. >> reporter: good morning. the national weather service has received reports of 34 tornadoes in four states, now this powerful system is moving east. this is just one of more than 30 reported tornadoes that touched down on christmas day. leaving heavy damage. this one roared through alabama -- mobile, alabama tearing down parts of the ch

roadwork picked up 5:30 roadwork throughout marin north and southbound 101 between strawberry and sausalito in the northbound direction. southbound you get the cones up and over the waldo for that golden gate bridge approach. north 101 university accident blocking on-ramp car in a ditch with tow truck on scene. eastbound 80 at central that off-ramp blocked by a box truck that got into an accident there. >>> 4:33. a story only on abc 7. dozens in the south bay are wondering where their cars are this morning. the consignment service they were using to sell their vehicles has packed up and moved on, without warning. amy hollyfield is in sunnyvale with more. >> reporter: we are here at sunnyvale motor cars where the parking lot is empty. this company takes your title and sells your car for you. the customers are now realizing that the company is gone and so are the cars. the website for the company says, it is under maintenance. if you look on yelp there are clues that something is wrong there's a lodge list of complaints. we met with -- a long list of complaints. a couple had a yukon turned ov

the raid yes sausalito. >> this is radio sausalito. 1610 am in southern marin. >> jazz, 24-7.s one of the reasons it exists is because i found people want to be talked to as a community, you know, community radio station. they want to have a relationship with who they're hearing on the radio. >> it began 12 years ago. he installed a transmitter he made in high school in his apartment. >> neighbors picked it up, too. and there are 20 volunteers. >> we change our style. over the course of the day. >> ruth and her daughter do a show about new orleans. >> we hope you're going to enjoy this tasty bite of music. >> there is a political show. >> what i try to do is take complicated issues and boil them down for busy people. >> there is a show business show. >> the studios now in the basement of a stunning hillside victorian restore bid a father and sun. the apartment is next to the studio. >> this is a miraculous relationship here. >> with low power, audience is limited and signal confined theer sausalito because the station operates on less than one watt of power, some have 50,000 w

in nearly eight hours, and of sausalito-it has not been raining. it has been running heavy, medium but now it is finally been quiet. but the wind is starting to pick up. the focus, going forward in the north bay is that this a saturation with already downed trees but this next concern could be more don't trees and even a landslides. with even more-and downed trees. we will adjust have to wait and see that is the latest from sausalito. >> the wet weather may drive theimade it difficult of where advisor around the bay area during harrowing. especially on bay area bridges.. where advisories this is a live look at traffic now on the golden gate bridge .. the bay bridge. >> the rain had let up after a long, wet today in the east bay. >> the rain started and even the threat of the morning. it continued further east on highway no. 4 in oakley with the cost of one highway patrol say at least two people were involved in this collision. the child was flown to oakland children's hospital and the zero and was transported to john muir. they do not appear to be

high king tide northbound 101 at highway 1 in sausalito that exit flooded yesterday it will be floodedagain today, expect that to be shutdown this morning at around 8:30 caltrans on the scene&dbeq monitoring the situation with the flooding. metering lights on at the bay bridge toll no issues earlier accident past the tolls on incline those two cars drove off that should not be a problem upper deck delay behind the toll. >> san mateo bridge moving nicely brake lights towards the -- highrise and foster city expect minor delays westbound. eastbound looking good into hayward. bart, muni, cal tran, all mass transit on schedule. >>> 6:21. >>> a gift from google. how the head of the company is stepping up to keep your kids from getting sick this holiday season. >>> the pope sent his first tweet overnight. the message he sent to >>> doppler picking up rain showers offshore colder rain behind the cold front, rain berkeley, richmond, castro ranch road also further south around the coast peninsula, hayward, union city looking at light showers. here's where we have most of the rain from pescadero

heavy rain starting towards san rafael, larkspur, mill valley, tiburon, sausalito and belvedere you will see your rain increase the next five to 10 minutes. offshore more powerful radar returns and more moderate rain heading for the heart of the bay, wet for all of us through 7:00, rain will turn to showers by 4:00, light showers by 4:00 to 7:00, showers fade overnight and we'll have a stretch of dry weather thursday through saturday. >>> golden gate bridge it is raining and you are down to four lanes southbound shouldn't say down to, two in the northbound direction, wet, windshield wipers needed and fog over the waldo grade light commute san mateo bridge from hayward, clawiter, no rain. serious problems oakland where raining hard northbound 880 at 7th pick up and big rick in accident blocking right lane -- big rig -- waze app showing 580 accident one of our traffic spotters sent an interesting picture of bumper-to-bumper traffic you can see tail lights stopped near the accident at lake shore once again slow in the area. to navigate rain and commute pick up this free app at abc7news.com

from mount tamalpais this morning, sausalito, tiburon to san francisco and points south air is clean, 7 hd, we are not seeing anything in the way of rainfall, checking out all of the major airports across the country, on time, except fought. -- and ft. lauderdale. thanks for sending us pictures. this was sent in by charlie from martinez, nice rainbow over martinez, beautiful, beautifulhwók picture, thank you charlie. we'll have more in the next half hour. dress for 39 fairfield, everybody else in the 40s until you get to half moon bay at 50. 50 monterey, everybody else around the monterey bay inland low to mid 40s. brighter and dry today. light rain back in the forecast, light rain for tomorrow and showers for saturday, extended dry period, three days this time instead of one. here's the reason why we get one today, high pressure over the ocean slowly moving in on the periphery we have clouds those will dissipate as the high gives us a break from the rain,!jw mostly sune afternoon. as we jump ahead to tomorrow, sprinkles in the morning, steadier rain starts to move in during the after

sausalito -- that was reggie kumar, kron 4 news. mainly offshore. as for take a look of the satellite & radar. it could catch the coastline this evening but mainly we will stay dry mostly clear which will leave for very cold conditions. we did see a blast of cold arctic air. temperatures reynaud in the low 40's in places like santa rosa, napa, vallejo record 43 degrees in concord, pleasanton, f40's in sunnyvale is going to be cold, overnight. we will take a look at the rainfall with a storm sitting offshore. and as cold temperatures. how >>pam: there are five people charged with getting a couple left for dead in the middle of a san francisco street they appear in court today. >> new information of amanda opened fire in a sho shopping mall in portland, oregon and also the multi- million dollar reward that is having this school district celebrant. celebrating for the school district [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have

. >>> this is radio sausalito. 1610 am with jazz 24/7. ♪ >> and community shows.ent is opened to families and children of all ages. >> it existed because i found that people want to be talked to as a community radio station. they want to have a relationship with hearing it on the radio. >> it begin 12 years ago when he installed a transmitter he made in high school in his apartment. >> i put out the air so i could hear jazz when i was in the kitchen. >> neighbors could pick it up, too. now there are 20 volunteers, big band musician joe argo is the director. >> we change our style. >> they do a show about new orleans. >> here on radio, we're going to celebrate are. >> we hope you will enjoy the tasty bit of music. >> there is political show. >> what i try do is take complicated issues and boil them down for busy people. >> manipulate el does a show called field trip. >> especially from the theater community, they really like it. >> the studios are now in the basement of a stunning victorian restored. >> it's a great relationship we have here. >> with low power the

yet another tree fell across sausalito boulevard. residents heard that one. and they have had three down now and more trees to follow. >> all right. we lost wayne's audio there. i think we got the gist of the story. a three-car accident closed three roads and it was a nightmare on the bridge traffic wise backed up into the city. chp tells us a car going southbound crashed into one going northbound spun into another car. three people hospitalized with minor injuries. >> cruise are bringing in boulders to help stabilize the stream bed underneath a road that washed away. the sink hole developed sunday afternoon. those will help prevent the situation from getting worse. crews will bring a larger pipe to help prevent this from happening again. >> downed trees of an ongoing problem with rain-soaked soil throughout the bay area. >> right. eric thomas has the story of how a tree narrowly missed a couple. a visit from city building inspector today. here is why. big chunks of an 80 foot tall cypress came crashing into his home, one piece feet from where he and his wife

lanes southbound no fog up and over the waldo just roadwork that should be picked up northbound sausalitol valley. not bad still out of the central valley up and over the altamont pass highway 4 getting a little bunched up out of antioch, typical. east shore freeway from the carquinez bridge into the macarthur maze less than 20 minutes, nice so far light friday morning commute. >>> the white house says president obama has called egyptian president morsi to express deep concern about the deaths and injuries of protesters in egypt this week. new video in overnight you can see large crowds of protesters in cairo expressing ager after a nationally tell advised speech by morsi they say he offered nothing concrete to defuse the country's worst political crisis in two years. opposition says would it not enter into dialogue with morsi unless he rescinds decrees giving him unrestricted powers. >>> in a few hours, pearl harbor survivors will place an a wreath to mark the 71st anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor followed by a 21 gun salute more than 2400 americans died when the japane

sausalito, 1.28. not too bad. san francisco .84.ut half of that fell in an hour, hour and a half. petaluma, .50. some totals are still coming in. our whole line is moving very slowly south and will continue to move to the santa cruz mountains. the peninsula, east bay and then the south bay. it will be out of here probably around noon. heavy for some, drizzle for others. this is the last system in this pattern. fog, nights and mornings thursday and friday and the weekend, fog, maybe saturday and a little breeze out of the northwest should scour things out. it will be sunny. >> thank you, steve. >>> 7:42. a big deal for netflix. >>> and why police are confident they have the right person in custody pushed a man into the path of a new york subway and the newspaper that's sparking a lot of controversy. n >>> 7:46. today, amazon is announcing a subscription service for children. it will provide thousands of games, videos and books for kids using the kindle fire. the services are aimed for children between 3 and 8. it will cost $5 a month

the sounds of jazz, that uniquely american music, filled this sausalito museum.it had the kids dancing and everybody learning about kwanzaa. >> kwanzaa is a celebration of building community. there are seven days and each day represents some aspect of building community throughout the year. >> reporter: these musicians talked about the principles, unity, self-determination, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. >> we celebrated how our people came together and learned to speak another language, learned to sing different songs. >> reporter: kwanzaa's roots lie in africa but many in america say they are still learning about the celebration. >> i learned the journey of the slaves coming from africa, and i've got bits and pieces of that through my education. >> reporter: san francisco city hall recognized the first day of kwanzaa. >> in time of commemoration of its past and it's excellence, our and an says tess. >> we learned about our cultural and spite you'll significant each of us bring to the table. >> reporter: back in sausalito, one parent said

they say the card was stolen in sausalito and anyone with information is asked to couple sausalito police. >>> giselle esteban was found guilty of killing michelle le. police say esteban killed le out of jealousy because she thought her ex-boyfriend and familiar of her daughter was having an affair with le. >>> the prime suspect in the sierra lamar disappearance is set to appear in court on unrelated charges. he is being charged with three attempted kidnappings that occurred back in march of 2009. garcia-torres was 17 at the time of those alleged crimes, but the district attorney is charging him as an adult. >>> president of the united states has made very clear that there will be consequences. >> the white house sends a very clear warning to end the civil war in syria, the latest on talks to find a resolution. >>> plus sad news for fans of a popular mexican singer and where authorities say they found the wreckage of her plane. >>> in a rush to get your holiday packages out on time is in the u.s. postal service is trying to make did easierment we'll tell you how. ♪ because we know how muc

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moderate towards sinophile, sausalito. and a san francisco and san rafeal-- with this rainfall will return by 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. that next cold front. for the rest of the day tomorrow moderate until 12- 1:00 p.m. showers for the rest of the evening. sunday, another round of what weather. and a look outside right now the satellite & radar with the showers and another round of rainfall approaching a. this second band is more organized. this will be sweeping through. on futurecast by midnight to. moderate rainfall through santa rosa. by 3:00 a.m., these rain showers to be picking up and by 6:00 a.m., fairly widespread. concord, oakland, hayward and towards redwood city. the north bay is catching a bit of a break with moderate rainfall impacting san jose. by 10:00 p.m., livermore, fremont, with a showers filling in behind the system it. that is how it will stay. the leader evening hours will bring us a dry year conditions of the leader evening hours by midnight on sunday. dreyer -- bay-area wide. temperatures? warm air filter

here's southbound and northbound roadwork through mill valley northbound from sausalito up mill valleycortamadera and that until 6:00 this morning. >>> we are learning more about the medical condition that is keeping former south african president mandela hospitalized. he is suffering from a recovering lung infection. he is responding to treatment. the 94-year-old icon has been in the hospital since saturday. he spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist white rule. he became south africa's first black president in 1994 and served five years. he has since retired from public life. >>> coming up, the search for an ouch-less shot. >>> san jose police roll out new tool against . easy way people can >>> users were unable to access pages yesterday. site says it was due to a change to its domain name system set-up which acts like a phone book for the internet. facebook won't say how many use affected or how long. i'm hearing from some folks 20 minutes or something like that. >>> time for a check on the weather. >> [ unintelligible ] >>> here's a look at what is going on today increasing cl

this stretch of coastline in sausalito is where a man and child were swept to sea and drowned. they were found floating under the golden gate bridge. late this afternoon, around 4:00, a third person who was taken out by the waves was able to get out of the surf and call 911. >> rescue united arrived and recovered two bodies, one male adult and one child. >> reporter: the water, a chilly 53 degrees. there was a high surf advisory. the beach is popular for fishing and picnics an it is dangerous with steep paths an rocks. it was getting dark when the victims went in. >> we have 14 seasonal lifer guards on staff. >> reporter: no rescue tonight. the bodies where recovered and taken to fort baker. now an investigation into the deaths begins. >> our national parks are beautiful, but unforgiving. >> reporter: officials have not released if names of the games but tell me they are family members and the young boy is under the age of ten. allen. >> alyssa, there were reports the three were fish, but they can't confirm that? >> reporter: no, they just say they were hanging out on black san

looking towards sausalito area there. clouds gather goinging to live doppler 7 hd. you'll see moyer is well north. they're just seeing moisture up into clouds at this point. looking at temperatures, they're in the 50s. here are the highlights. north bay we'll see rain first thing tomorrow morning. rain in all areas for wednesday. a drier pattern beginning on thursday. so here is a look at satellite and radar. there is a storm coming. the difference between this storm and previous ones, this one is not so strong. we have a mild air mass associated with this. tomorrow morning when heading out of the door, yu kaia starting to see light rainfall. it's near the golden gate. then heading into 5:00 p.m. we see scattered showers developing in other parts of the bay area. by wednesday morning, the commute doesn't look g 5:00 a.m. most of the bay area will start to see wide spread rain. it will be moving through. it's a slow moving system. showers continue into wednesday night. by early thursday morning up in the north, north bay mountains up to two inches. santa cruise mount

right around san francisco, right around sausalito. as we expand our view not as much coverage here. earlier in the afternoon into the evening hours reports of light rain. right around the clover dale area approaching the middletown and the clear lake region. rain showers report. not only in the form of rainfall but in the form of snow. you can see those yellows actually the pinks and the whites indicating light snow pushing into the region. that's how cold this weather system is. the coming up how much rainfall you can expect in your neighborhood. the time of the heaviest downpours and the part of the weekend that will be dry. >>> three homicides in the span of two hours. the violence comes three hours after the city plans a new plan. noelle walker has what one person says about the new plan. >> reporter: some here in oakland are wondering what one man can do here. three overnight homicides on the streets of east oakland, one of the city's toughest areas it happened in the span of just three hours. crime scene technicians were still g

as we look from tamalpais towards sausalito, san francisco down to the san mateo bridge, a little hazierday as [ inaudible ] down at the ground level, check out live doppler, it is so quiet right now picking up clouds to the north where they will stay, a lot of sunshine in our forecast for today. let's talk about temperatures how far have we come since this morning? 40s everywhere 50 half moon bay and los gatos 47 san jose concord fremont. low 40s north bay. around the monterey bay inland mid 40s. monterey 51° the one area that didn't get to freezing in that area. today sunshine, cool this afternoon, almost as chilly tonight rain on the way thursday more so friday, saturday, sunday. high pressure sinking air the dry air the roadblock, if you will, keeping this next storm at bay not only today, but for the better part of tomorrow, except for in the north bay, and then all this will rush across the bay area in waves friday, saturday, sunday. here we are tomorrow morning lack of cloud cover, almost as cold, the coldest of the air moving east as we speak. sprinkles up along sonoma county coa

a mess on sausalito boulevard this afternoon. crews cleaned up a tree.erren boulevard expected to be closed about four hours. that boulevard is back open tonight. in sonoma county more fallen trees. this giant oak crashed down on to ben yet valley road, closing that road five hours. nearly residents say it's been a nuisance and are thankful nobody was hurt. there is a program to clear a tough time keeping up with storms. >> wet worth weather could be the reason a phone outage took place in the fire department. most of the lines were knocked out of service this morning.  affect 911not,a calls. phones back in service by about 11:00 today. this fire department spokesperson says a similarç))ny weather. that problem was caused by cables got wet at the department distach center. keep in mind if you have storm deal yaited pictures to share we want to see them and put them on the air. >> late today, san francisco police announced they've broken the back of a4tu major stolen property fencing ring targeting high tech electronics. take a look at the:rt÷ items. inv

sausalito, 53. rain moves back in friday afternoon. saturday morning looks soggy.hen the weekend is looking pretty good after that. saturday afternoon, sunday, dry. new year's eve dry. new year's day dry. so we're staying dry more often than we're staying wet, and that's a change since thanksgiving. >> good trend. >> yes. dry, not wet. we could use a little dry. >>> all right. whatcha got! >> oh, oh, oh, boy. we've got pro bowl selections. a vernon davis update. and the warriors just fighting for these road wins! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, heres the rub... ..they won1 on the road al >>> all right. nba, if the warriors pull this one off tonight, it would be their 11th road win. here's the rub. they won 11 on the road all of last season! salt lake city. stephen curry was feeling it tonight. got a nice little freebie here against the jazz. turned it into a point. scored the warriors first 11 point. finished with 23. jarrett jack, nine three- pointers. jack scored 15. they had a season low ten turnovers too. getting a little chippy here. david lee added 18. not like utah was some

sausalito, 52. extended forecast looks like this. we'll increase clouds tomorrow. saturday afternoon, all the way through next thursday, it looks high and dry. readings mostly in the 50's. tomorrow morning, all the latest on this on the morning news. in the meantime, finally, we'll be drying it out. >> dry spell is good. >>> hey, we'll see the >>> hey, we'll see the pomeranian torturin >>> a pair of uc berkeley law students facing charges in las vegas. they're accused of killing and torturing an exotic bird at the flamingo resort. justin and eric kuar, both 24, face felony and misdemeanor charges after they allegedly decapitated the bird in october. >>> an l.a. area pet is reunited with its owner after being dog napped. they got out of their owner's home through an open gate. a neighbor was able to grab the shepherd, but the pomeranian was too quick. >> before we could get to him, the guy grabbed him and put him in his car and took off. >> stacy says ten minutes later, she got a call from a blocked number. it was a man demanding money for the pooch. but he didn't s

as we look from tamalpais towards sausalito, san francisco down to the san mateo bridge, a little haziery as [ inaudible ] down at the ground level, check out live doppler, it is so quiet right now picking up clouds to the north where they will stay, a lot of sunshine in our forecast for today. let's talk about temperatures how far have we come since this morning? 40s everywhere 50 half moon bay and los gatos 47 san jose concord fremont. low 40s north bay. around the monterey bay inland mid 40s. monterey 51° the one area that didn't get to freezing in that area. today sunshine, cool this afternoon, almost as chilly tonight rain on the way thursday more so friday, saturday, sunday. high pressure sinking air the dry air the roadblock, if you will, keeping this next storm at bay not only today, but for the better part of tomorrow, except for in the north bay, and then all this will rush across the bay area in waves friday, saturday, sunday. here we are tomorrow morning lack of cloud cover, almost as cold, the coldest of the air moving east as we speak. sprinkles up along sonoma county coast

. -- [ unintelligible ] cold temperatures from mount tamalpais sausalito in the foreground, san franciscoibility under this clear, cold air almost unlimited to nearly the south bay as we look from 2800 feet up. radar and satellite live doppler yesterday we were tracking storms over the ocean today not a cloud to be found, not a return to be found, bone dry and cold out there all the moisture sitting around the cars, on rooftops, on the grass in the form of frost and a lot of inland areas some starting to form along the peninsula near 34 in red -- in redwood city away from that it could be cooler 40s oakland and san francisco, monterey bay inland mid 30s to upper 30s everybody is going to get frost there. a lot of sunshine today, still on the cool side almost as chilly tonight rain on the way thursday more friday, saturday, sunday. high pressure dominating, in between storms the jet stream is going to drive in next one towards us, starting tomorrow in the north bay and then most of us will get it friday, saturday, sunday. this evening 5:00, maybe a shower around mendocino county, that's it

rain likely especially early tomorrow sausalito, alameda, san francisco, mid-50s for your saturday. we are still wet on sunday. we get that break for santa claus and for the reindeer. they are going to have good navigation right into the bay area because monday will be dry. but as soon as christmas day afternoon, the rain comes back and rain is likely on wednesday and thursday and friday. this is our final check presentation for "food for bay area families." paul head of california middle market banking of jpmorgan chase is here. you have a great check but before that, tell us about your company's commitment to make sure people have simple things like food to put on the table this time of year. >> sure, paul. at jpmorgan chase, we're doing what we can to end hunger in the san francisco bay area this holiday season. and we're here today pleased to provide a check from our chase foundation to the san francisco food bank. >> it's a big check too. >> it's a big check. $110,000. >> excellent. very good. thank you, paul. [ applause and cheers ] >> that's going to feed a tremendous -- thou

south of san rafael and out to sausalito.moderate rain showers are coming through the area. it is kind of spattered in area. in downtown san francisco just south of the hills you are looking at some moderate rain coming through the area as well. for the east bay into walnut creek and san leandro you are getting rain right now. the south bay is dry but we are looking at certain areas that do have scattered showers. here is a look at what we are expecting. >> the shower chances go down into the afternoon and will start to dry out for a lot of the locations. tomorrow it will be dry and pleasant. it may be brisk at times. we will have milder temperatures that will be coming. we will take a look at the new year's forecast coming up. we do have a winter storm advisory in affect. the shower chances will decrease throughout the day. we generally have cloudy skies and they will break in the late part of today. here is a look at the winter storm warning. this is in affect to 11:00 this ntonight. >> here is your 7 day around the bay for

. >>> people in sausalito bracing for what is expected to be the highest tide over the next couple of days they are called king tides only happen once a year rain could make the situation worse. high water flooded the streets yesterday forcing closure of highway 1 off-ramp on northbound 101 it also flooded a parking lot above richardson bay. the king tide is expected to reach 7.1 feet at the golden gate bridge by 9:00 this morning, it could be higher tomorrow. today's storm could slow work to repair damage done by a giant sinkhole. neighbors on mountain view drive in lafayette have something to look forward to. re-- repairs could be done by christmas. the contractors says it will work around the clock until the road is fixed. the hole formed after a storm eroded a large portion of the road. stay with abc7 news for continuing storm watch coverage. track every storm any time with live doppler 7 hd at abc7news.com. >>> other news now, san francisco police still sorting out details after officers rushed a newborn to the hospital from the streets of the bay view district this morning aroun

sausalito, 53. rain moves back in friday afternoon. saturday morning looks soggy.then the weekend is looking pretty good after that. saturday afternoon, sunday, dry. new year's eve dry. new year's day dry. so we're staying dry more often than we're staying wet, and that's a change since thanksgiving. >> good trend. >> yes. dry, not wet. we could use a little dry. >>> all right. whatcha got! >> oh, oh, oh, boy. we've got pro bowl selections. a vernon davis update. and the warriors just fighting for these road wins! [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had to watch movies in the den because that's where the tv outlet was. and if dad was snoring on the couch, we muscled through it. is she for real? your generation has it made. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver only from at&t u-verse. get u-verse tv for $29 a month for six months. rethink possible. heres the ru

we have seen that it down in sausalito. residents seeing trees fall on top of the cars and that is because the ground is so saturated from the two previous storms. >> i heard a sound like thunder and flash of light which must have been a transformer. tree landed within a few yards of our bedroom. it was pretty scary. >> scary and treacherous. pg&e announcing one of the employees was killed when a truck collided with a traffic signal. they say the rain was intense at the time of that specific accident. we're also hearing that in novato they could be declaring a state of emergency. heavy rains in the reno area add on top of that. we understand that at some point about 5:00 p.m. we'll get a sense of just how bad the mudslides may get. we have two reports of those already. as water accumulates of four days of rain we will see major flooding after that and that will be the biggest challenge of all. >> gregg: beautiful sausalito, not so beautiful at the moment. thanks a lot. >> heather: new controversy over the terror detainees a

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low 60s for san rafael, nevada and 62 for sonoma, and sausalito 61 and mill valley 62. a much drier extended forecast. tuesday we are cloudy and still dry. wednesday on and off, the wet day but nothing to worry about flood wise, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday we are mainly dry. it is so nice to get back to normal and we saw that this afternoon. >> now you can show your face at the grocery store. >> i don't have to hang behind. >> the raiders game. >> i'm not sure they want to be seen at the grocery store either. they were blacked out so we'll show you the highlights. and in overtime against the rams, we'll show you next. he should take somebody dancing. oh my god, him dance? have you seen his shoes? they look like, they look like flippers. [ aunts laughing ] [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday. get an 8 piece meal now with a dozen delicious cookies baked in-store. the kfc festive feast. all for just $19.99. yes you did. no i didn't. yes you did. no i didn't. yes you did. no i didn't. did not. [ male announcer ] today tastes so good. when i take a pict

a fee festival was held -- free festival was held this sausalito today. as many as 1500 visitors were expected to attend the 15th annual kwaunza kickoff celebration. >> kwanzaa is a celebration of building community. there are seven days and each one of the days represents some aspect of building community throughout the year. >> kwanzaa is a non-religious, non-political celebration of african american culture and heritage that begins on december 26th and continues through january 1st. >>> san francisco's 26th annual christmas tree recycling program is set to start next week. today, workers from treecology demonstrated how effectively the chippers work. they will begin picking up trees suburb side on january 2nd and continue on regularly scheduled garbage days until january 15th. the trees should be cleared of all decorations, must be placed next to the trash bins by 6 a.m. on pickup day. any tree that's over 6 feet tall must be cut in half. >>> the spirit of holidays was still in view this morning. volunteers spent the morning serving an after christmas

rainfall totals sausalito .12." we'll get cold tonight and clouds will increase late tomorrow and more showers on the way looks like on friday. the low pressure is south in the southland. los angeles is wet but will be dry. next possibility of rain is coming in on friday and bundle up tonight it's going to be chilly. pinpoint forecast as we pull back. snow showers in tahoe and lingering in the foothills of the sierra and yosemite valley might get a few showers, as well. for us heading out of sfo tomorrow looks nice mosey funny thursday, high 565 degrees. looking ahead the numbers are going to be in the 50s in los angeles, not that much cooler in denver partly cloudy for denver, chicago and for new york city. cool tonight. 33 livermore. here in the city down to 43 degrees. san jose in the upper 30s. wet on friday. the weekend looks unsettled. we'll see. and then in the early part of next week there's not a model that agrees on what's going to happen. we'll broad brush it as partly cloudy. how much meteor showers have

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and sausalito tomorrow 61 degrees. what a nice weekend! low to mid-60s, mainly sunny skies. the winning streak will continuing on monday and tuesday. a slight chance of a couple of showers but it will definitively be cooler by next wednesday and next thursday. it is the holiday season, one sure sign of the holiday season are all these tree lighting ceremonies. roberta gonzales is live at one tonight. >> reporter: yes. mobile weather, live at golden gate park for san francisco rec and park district 83rd annual christmas tree lighting. this is the city of san francisco's official christmas tree. in fact, it's dark right now. it's back there. it's a monterey cypress planted over 100 years ago by john mclaren. in fact, he was the very first superintendent of san francisco rec and park district. this entire area that we're at right now is called mclaren lodge. it's in the middle of golden gate partnering. tonight coming park. tonight at 6:00 mayor lee will flip the switch on 550 multicolored lights adorning this tree and 2,000 kids are expected to be out here, as well. certainly

surveillance pictures of two women police say are using a stolen credit card from sausalito.wo women were recorded by two seperate security october 31st. the they were last seen at the east blithedale c-v-s store and at the chevron on redwood frontage road. gabe slate tech report >> the technology that we have seen in these cars are usually only and high-end luxury cars. however, not with ford. they are building in the summer release sophisticated, high-tech features. they are really building in this, really- amazing features. here is a look at the new implemented technology of ford. the keys are the thing of the past. this will work as long as the key is within range. it is also allowing you to start the car. if you are also within range. and handsfree liftgate. also if that same key is within range, you can lift it and close it with out using your hands. ford is adding large touchscreens to the front panel with entertainment, gps, blue tooth connectivity and a lot of other functions. it is like a tablet in your car. gps and the big screen with better navigation then looking

the credit card was stolen in sausalito.f you recognize the women, police want to hear from you. >>> you might have noticed a bit of a relief at the gas pump. the price of a gallon of gas has dropped 10 cents. in the bay area, a gallon runs about 3:71 in san francisco. $3.59 in oakland, and $5.57 in san jose. the ninth straight week of falling prices. analysts predict they're going to keep going down. >>> officials for the smart train are asking local officials for a large summary of federal transportation funds. they put in a request for $6.6 million to buy more train cars at this year's prizes. it only has about $10 million in funding, and dealing with $38 million in requests from various cities and counties. a decision is expected tomorrow. >>> this weekend santa was seen in san francisco, mingling with the city's four legged friends. he made a stop at the prescott hotel for this year's santa paws. he was there this afternoon to pose for photos with pets and their owners. for the most part, things went pretty smoothly. >>

. >> and caltrans had to close a connector ramp to highway 1 near sausalito because of flooding and tomorrowxpecting what is called a king tide, a winter tide sometimes highest of the year. it's suspected to peak early in the morning and could worsen with that rain that is on the way. >> there is rain that is returning. >> yes. it's going to be wet. at the moment doesn't appear it will be enough to increase the risks of flooding but we're watching that. here is a live view looking across the bay. you can see clouds tlchl rain has not yet arrived but getting mighty close. here is a look and just north, up in southern mendocino county now moving towards south of the=v> northwestern corner we can see a large batch of rainfall. there is not only green here, but areas of orange, yellow indicating more areas of more intense rainfall. and we'll have it spreading throughout the bay area. right now, sky conditions and cloudy skies, temperatures in a uniform range. low. >>s around the bay area. forecast features rain arriving this eveningu[ continuing during overnight hours. giving way to scattered sh