to 176% of normal in the southern sierra.he sierra runoff provides a third of california's water. and we are expecting more water in the form of rain. sandhya patel is here with a look at the forecast for us. >> yeah, carolyn, we are going back to winter, and we will be seeing some fresh powder on the slopes. get ready for that. let me show you the current temperatures. we have 40s, 50s and we do have some areas of fog, and that is reducing visibility. three quarters of a mile and two and a half in fairfield, concord and also reporting fog in those locations. tomorrow morning you will be dealing with fog, and it will be dense in spots of the showers arrive tomorrow evening. showers are possible sunday morning, and look for cool and dry conditions as we head toward next week. just so we are giving uh quick idea, we are heading after two weeks of dry weather finally getting some rain. san francisco is at 105% of normal. oakland is at 104. santa rosa is well above average at 112% of normal. as you can see in the south bay, san j

we have snow levels in the sierra near 3500 feet. you did see that video around gold run of the snow there. pretty low for that. notice the trend for your seven-day forecast. mainly dry starting tomorrow, tuesday and wednesday some patchy fog, slight chance of showers late in the week heading towards next weekend. that system mainly to the north bay. this is the wettest part of the seven-day forecast. >> we don't want to complain about it being winter when it's wenter. >> snow pack looks great. >> and when the driving conditions are nice, that's good. >> true. >> later this week when i'm off, thursday. >> okay. >> pinky promise. >>> four months away from the 100th running of the breakers race but registration is open this morning. organizers say they are trying to bring back the past with the centennial run of the oh so colorful race. they hit the streets yesterday running along the original route market street up the pan handle to the ocean. >> in 1912 was the first running of beta breakers. at that time known as the cross city race

how do they measure the sierra snowpack?astida with tonight's good question. >> i actually did what we call a kearn survey. it is about 10 days. it is about 120-mile loop. >> reporter: frank has been walking and skiing and snowshoeing through the sierra every winter since 1987. measuring the snowpack for the department of water resources. >> about 180 locations up and down the sierra. march it sags down to 150. then for april we will do 230. >> reporter: from the national forest down through the bakersfield area, teams like frank hike into predetermined locations with a couple of simple tools developed more than 100 years ago. >> so the tools really haven't changed much in. >> we have made incremental improvements. now this is aluminum. it is also in sections that you can take apart. >> reporter: here is how it works. you jab the hollow tube into the snow until it bottoms out. that core is then measured for snow depth and then it is weighed to determine the water content. hydrologists say it is the only accurate way to deter

if you're going to use your weekend for some play in the sierra. we have an advisory for you coming up in just a few moments. >>> numerous violations were found during inspection at the contempo marin mobile park. homeowners were sent eviction letters requiring them to make immediate repairs. if loans range from 5,000 to $20,000. applications will be available at the mobile home park at the park's main park beginning on tuesday. >>> a fight breaks out at a high school basketball game but not between the players. what prompted a parent to attack a school resource officer. >>> and we take a live look outside. everything is dry and clear on the roads as folks make their way to san francisco. >>> welcome back to you, giving you a live look across the bay there as we start the morning with gray sky, a little bit of haze out there. enjoy your morning. >>> people across the united states are joining the the egyptians in protest today. rallies are planned all across the country. julie band era s joining us from new york city where one rally is expected to

we have an incredible base of snow in the sierra. temperatures for the afternoon, pretty comfortable. 50s for highs through monday if you want to catch some awesome skiing. outstanding conditions. temperatures around the bay area, mid-60s, san jose. 50s, 60s across the north bay thanks to the fog. the fog is going to be the only thing that keeps us relatively cool in the north and east bay valleys. a look at your seven-day forecast. i think gilroy today and again on monday may get close to 70 degrees. it depends on the fog for the north and east bay valleys. some computer models that go out as far as the 30th where we don't look like we will be seeing any rain. we still need the rain and snow. a great start to the fall in winter with a lot of rain and snow. this pattern that's setting up does look pretty dry for the next two weeks. a good thing we got a good start to the rain and snow pack. things are looking to stay dry for a while. >>> we do know of two breaking news situations that are developing right now. there is a crash on sou

and measurement determined it's 126% of normal in the central sierra. state wide, it's slightly high yes, but only because the snow pack is 176% of normal. and this was over 200% a few weeks ago. >> and sandhya patel is here to show us there is rain on the way oo. and after two weeks we're going to see a change into the storm we're watching. and that is radar and the cold front tomorrow evening. and in the sierra nevada and it's the first snow since january 14th. we're talking about two weeks. since it last snowed in tahoe. three to six inches of snow expected and six to 12 inch as above 7,000 feet. snow expected to arrive saturday night into overnight hours heading into sunday morning. so if there are plans to head up there you might want to do it early in the day, tomorrow, i'll be back to take a look at the timing of the storm here in the bay area hour by hour in just a few minute autos thank you. >> and pg&e now says it can't find records for the one third of the pipelines. it's a revelation that could lead to shut down of major sections of pipeline

still snow in the sierra. for tonight, we'll see showers start to leave the south bay, a few showers lingering to sundown. then another big change heading our way. wind and warmer temperatures as we head through your seven-day forecast. we'll have a look at that in a couple of minutes. >>> a fire destroyed part of a san jose home today. firefighters say the fire started and a car parked in the garage of a west san jose duplex. flames broke out before noon and quickly spread to the living room. >> aggressive interior to the living space verified no injuries at this time. >> investigators say they don't no what sparked the fire but the garage is a total loss at this point. it's now up to structural engineers to decide if the rest of the home is safe to live in. >>> the search for a missing central valley boy and the man suspected of kidnapping him is shifting this weekend. dive teams made the final underwater search yesterday afternoon and they'll begin road and air patrols. 100 mile canal for the bodies of the

the other component, the first snow in the sierras as low as 4,000 feet by tomorrow morning. coming up, i'll let you know how much longer the rain will be in your forecast. >>> still to come, keeping snowboarders safe on the slopes. during a particularly dangerous season. that's coming up. >>> in oakland, three separate investigations are under way tonight after officers shot and killed a man at rock ridge who may not have been armed with a real weapon. the suspect was first spotted this mngnior on taft avenue in the city's rock ridge district. witnesses say he was wearing camouflage clothing and carrying a knife and a rifle. when police caught up with him, they say he ran into his ex-girlfriend's house. >> as the officers were approaching the home, one of the occupants in the home fled from the home. frantically indicating to the officers that there was someone being harmed inside the residence. >> police say when the officers went into the house,s suspect stepped out and aimed what appeared to them to be an assault rifle at them. so they opened fire. it turns out the weapon

that's going to be today in the sierra. and the rain and snow mix is expected wednesday as well as thursday. oh, my gosh. here we go. the five-day forecast, a chance of showers, and still in the forecast, and that will be early tomorrow. then after that, finally temperatures closer to more seasonal highs. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, and also monday, and my pick photos sunset from the front deck, and i will take it. thanks, patty, of redwood valley. if you have a photo to share, you can send it to my pix @ cbs5.com. that's your weather. back to you. >> take a deep breath. it is going to be okay, tracy. >> there you go. >>> americans consume more sugars and sweeteners than any other nation in the world and new evidence how that sweet stuff may boost the risk of heart disease in teenagers. dr. kim mulvilhill joins us with more on that. >> teenagers. that's the big buzz word. this study found teens can consume lots of added sugars, they are showing signs of heart disease. and experts warn that may spell big trouble for

nevada and still -- plus percent in part of the sierra nevada and still more to come. we've been watching this storm winding down outside right now, still a couple raindrops, but the showers starting to head a little further south as it looks like this system will continue to make its way down into southern california and they really tonight want the rain either. they've had tremendous amounts of rain, even more than parts of the bay area in some spots. hi-def doppler picking up on that moisture now, we had a pretty good soccer overnight, some places over 1/2-inch, showers continuing in hayward and freemont and more in the south bay. in towards san jose scattered light showers especially up in toward los gatos and santa cruz mountains. over the central bay just widely scattered activity and even less heading further north. the storm system is sag further and further south. throughout the evening things will be tapering off. so we've got some pretty good weather headed our way, probably the dryest slot of weather in quite some time. here's your area of low pressure. loo

and even a little snowfall in parts of the sierra. here is a look at what you can expect today as far as your forecast. sun and clouds. seasonal temperatures. two thumbs up. i love it. high 50s around the area. and near 60 degrees inland. and tonight, clouds are increasing. another minor storm system moves toward the bay area. overnight lows in the lower 40s to near 50 degrees. here is a look at our sat right and our radar. all is quiet now. but look at the clouds looming. just off the coastline there, and they're going to be coming in, increasing throughout the night and eventually giving way to a chance of rainfall for tomorrow. here it is. that low pressure system is going to give us about a 0 to 40% chance of -- 20 to 40% chance of getting wet during the day tomorrow. in the meantime today, a nice dry break. all thanks to a high pressure system. sierra forecast, partly cloudy conditions today. 40% chance of a rain and snow mix tomorrow. with highs in the lower 40s. and partly cloudy conditions expected friday, as we move into a pr

water supply here in the bay area and it's not exactly easy to get to so how do they measure the sierrapack? that's tonight's good question. warriors o >> i did, actually did what we called the caren survey, it's about a 120-mile loop. >> frank gore key has been walking and skiing and snowshoeing through the sierra every winter since 1987 measure the snow factor the department of water resources. >> about 180 locations up and down the sierra, march it sags back to about 150 and then for april we'll do i think it's 230. >> from the shasta trinity national forest down through the bakersfield area they hike into predetermined location was a couple simple tools developed more than 100 years ago. so the cools really haven't changed much. >> we have made incremental improvements, now this is, number 1 it's aluminum, it's also in sections that you can take apart. >> here is how it works. you jab the hollow tune into the snow until it bottom out. it is murder for snow depth and weighed to determine the water content. hydrologists say it's the only really accurate way to determine that season's

clear skies in the sierra it will remain that way for monday and tuesday. however, tuesday am sorry the chance for some snow will are arriving in higher elevations. that means rain in not in the bay area. mainly thought this was going to the overnight hour, and visibility could drop especially north bay east bay valleys. so here is 6:00 a.m., of watch what happens to the morning as we get closer to nam. the fog begins to clear out of here. has begun to noon and the early afternoon some sunshine beginning to appear, that should result in a bit of a warming trend tomorrow. both victories for the warmest place is a around the bay. i think the east bay valleys are still be trapped in the 40's, for another day. temperatures in the morning freezing pretty chilly start in the morning. santa rosa below freezing, at the freezing point burglar more wet upper 30's 40's near the bay. if we get that sunshine here, we will see those reading is low fifties for most locations. otherwise 52 in mountain view, 53 in santa rosa a, 51 in san francisco and 52 in redwood city. he

. >> when we return a new study looking at the evolution of the sierra.one of the most iconic areas has changed. >> and a fog advisory issued for tomorrow morning. mark is next with where drivers can expect to see dense fog. . >>> it may be great for skiing now but a new study finds the sierra was once a steaming jungle. nearly 3,000 samples of fossil rain water were collected to put together the history of the sierra. 50million years ago giant up heal els created the mountains and rivers. it was hot enough for tropical jungle. that lasted about 20 million years. after that the mountains kept getting taller, dryer and colder. >> speaking of the sierra, the ski resort said it's ready for a new look. the resort is taking proposals for a three to five-year upgrade that could cost up to $50 million. the new ceo said he wants to make the resort friendlier to beginners because there are some steep runs up there. >> and the white stuff around here isn't the snow but the fog we are seeing today. we saw that great shot of the bridge, hiding in the fog and you coul

as far as hugged up to the sierra, here is the way it looks. temperatures in the 40s and 50s with no real snow in sight. the reason why, take a look at the area of high pressure pushing the jetstream to the north and another one bringing that warm offshore flow. that is why it's mild. here is a look at accu-weather seven-day forecast, as long as those temperatures stay above 50 it's above average. we'll have some fog sneak in on wednesday and thursday but still looking pretty sunny. >> a new study shows that children are mastering technology before basic skills. 14% of four and five-year-olds can tie their shoes but 21% know how to use a smart phone or i-phone application. 52% of kids ages to to five know how to ride a bike but 58 can play computer games. some worry that it may come at the expense of basic life skills. >> they will be writing their name on the ipads. >>> today, grand fir naturally of oprah australian adventure. then at 5:00, the millions incentive pay at u.c. regents meeting just as qualified students could be turned away. and

weather advisory, lake county and sierra nevada throughout the mountains and dry days ahead beginning tomorrow. area of low pressure, that counterclockwise motion here off the coast. it will slide from the south to east shutting off the rain from north to south but not before it leaves maybe a foot or more snow in the sierra nevada. 8:00 today. still no break really from half moon bay to morgan hill and santa cruz. more scattered though, north bay, east bay by midday. still late afternoon, a pop-up shower here and there but the emphasis to the south of us and look for drier, stable air to bring us a string of some nice days tomorrow. but we will look for the possibility of some cold, wet snow here. 2500 feet is the snow level. we saw it yesterday. still, yeah, you know it's very wet. the cold air trapped in the valleys there. so it looks like a good possibility again. 6 to 12 inches of snow at lake level. a little more than that, 7,000 feet. if you're trying to get in another day of skiing, probably an okay idea because the roads will be slow all the way back to the sierra into the ba

so this is october through september the aggravateded sierra run off. more in the winter period, and less in the spring and summer by a bit. this is a recent flood. not a big one. but in may of 05, maybe some of you remember this event. it was raining up to about 9 thousand feet in,yosim ite park this is the valley and this is the storm that did it. a very warm and moist system. we had the valley flooded that the rain fall on average was just one inch but it was raining up to 9 thousand feet and above. frank back there has a bunch of snow collectors up there and his snow sensors were - rain was going through and to some extent it was melting but largely the story was we were getting more run off immediately and we got this sort of minor flood. you can imagine if this was a may system what if it was a february system where instead of two days of precipitation we had something like 1986 or 1987 flood where we had very high snow levels. that's what we're very concerned about and that leads us to the levy problem in california. next. the bay delta here. and

rain and snow dry conditions here for the bay area, just of used snow fall of showers in the sierra, but those are gone as what appeared so the snow was not following any longer, in south lake tahoe though roads are beginning to clear up as well. the next couple of days in the sierra looking dry with no snow, parsley sunny but cold temperatures. low to mid '30's for the afternoon hours. this is future cast at midnight tonight, still some cloudiness in the bay area. some visibility might be an issue in the morning especially in north bay and east bay highways. throughout the day the fog is out here in the clouds began to clear out and will be mostly sunny but the afternoon and a nice day. compared to what we have been seeing over the past few days. the gray skies are got what the rain. looks like it could be gone for quite awhile. the forecasted showing pain free conditions for possibly the next two weeks. so it might be going into extended dry weather. . temperatures for tomorrow morning getting cold in the north bay valley's 34 and said rosa, awfully close of feet of freezing. low '

winter weather advisory for the sierra nevada.to 6 inches around lake level, maybe half a foot about 7,000 feet. upper 50s today in the south bay. some afternoon partial clearing. so not a bad day but certainly a lot cooler than what we've been used to. a lot of clouds around the peninsula. 55 san mateo. san francisco 53 today. mostly cloudy for you and in the north bay you'll stay dry for the bulk of the day. by late in the afternoon, ukiah, cloverdale could see sprinkles, 56 cloverdale. 54 berkeley. 57 union city today and out over the hills a little fog and we'll see a lot of clouds around today. some hazy sun at danville. 57 today and down by the monterey bay, about 3 to 5 degrees cooler than you were yesterday with 58 in monterey. here's the accu-weather 7-day forecast. we'll keep it dry for the most part, the bulk of the day today. highs in the 50s. tomorrow showers, chance of thunderstorms and then we'll see the dry, cool weather monday, tuesday and then see the groundhog there. >> yes. is he going to see his shadow, punxsu

this will be a snow producer in the sierra. more snow expected on sunday, and snowfall could be 4 to 7 inches and coming down to 4,000 feet. >>> here is our rainfall forecast model. first thing tomorrow morning we'll have fog around the delta and inland valleys around 7:00 and then into the afternoon increase in high clouds ask see activity up here, and this will move into the north bay as early as saturday evening. temperatures for tomorrow afternoon, no more 70s or 60s and just talking about 50s so on the cooler side. san jose tops out right around 58, morgan hill, 59 degrees. here is a look ahead. so there's that rain cloud, the one rain cloud as we head into the second half of your weekend. looks like the timing of it most of it is on sunday morning, but temperatures for afternoon highs mainly in the mid to upper 50s. gasia. >> mark, thank you. we have an n our top story. just over an hour and a half ago. the car linked to a kidnapping was pulled out of the car empty. at least two windows of the car were open and he believe

we'll check the sierra highways and how snow closed the sierra highway here in the bay area. >> i wanted to empower them and show them they have a right to be free. >> they have gone above and beyond to help others. a look back at the best and the brightest of the jefferson awards, next. >>> now here's tony talking about wintertime peaches. >> well, the taste of the day is peaches. their summer, our winter, chilly, that is, and the peaches are coming in. they are going to get bigger, sweeter, and less expensive. what's out there right now is okay, but you better select them and store them right, otherwise they are not going to taste good at all and then you'll throw away your money. talk about selection, when you buy them marks sure you see this right here? the less greening, the better. you really want to make sure it's moriel low, very important, and the more red. the sides are about medium. later on, two or three weeks, we'll get bigger sizes. and just slight give to the touch. store them on the counter at home, very important, not in the refrigerator, on the counter. when ready to en

high temperatures across the state, low 40s in the southern sierra with 34 in the northern sierra. at about 40 degrees today. a cool day there. sunshine in southern california and back home the temperatures kind of flat once again with low 50s in the south bay. 52 menlo park in san mateo. san francisco not much change for you. a little sun though in the afternoon at 53. 50 san rafael and numbers in our east bay should be a little more on the mild side. the sunshine working up through fremont. cool throughout most of the day. hazy sun in livermore, near 50, 55 watsonville. a couple dry days and a chance of showers coming in on tuesday, wednesday. maybe on thursday. and then it looks like maybe a ridge will keep us dry next weekend. we'll see. >> thanks, lisa. a bay area artist has gained international acclaim for her work with books but not for writing them, for tearing them up. abc 7's terry mcsweeney has her story. >> internationally renowned artist lisa coken's art has something beautiful for the eye and as you get closer, something for the mind. at her panacea plus exhibit at th

southern sierra.ne-third of california's water. a lot of people would like more snow in the sierra but i don't know -- >> a little bit. just a dusting. a couple inches at lake level but really not much. the long-term outlook, hang on for that. but right now looking at sutro. you can see it looks pretty nice out there with cloud bases. sun coming up at 7:15, setting at 5:30. not seeing a whole lot of sun. hazy afternoon sun. the cooling trend getting underway the past couple of days. looking at more cool weather and then rain arriving later on today into the overnight hours and a portion of your sunday. it's 50 san francisco, redwood city and half moon bay this morning with oakland coming in at 51. good morning, livermore, 47 for you. highlight showers arrive late this evening in the north bay. there's a chance around the airport. thunderstorms are possible tomorrow morning and we will look for cool, dry weather. the rest is sunday into next week. the setup is changing finally. high pressure giving way

. >> if you were looking for snow today, you didn't have to go all the way to the sierras, this was the scene in napa county. snow covering cars and roads. nick o'kelly is here now with a look at what's going on right now. >> we get this little storm system pinwheeling down the coast, the showers are picking up in intensi right now, we haveenry weather through most of the santa clara valley. it's been raining pretty good. from about sausalito toha tibern anup through napa and son oemhr mark rain coming down through at a pretty good clip. temps in the 40s to 50 degrees, and tonight can you expect those winds o to pick up that low pinwheels down the coast. we'll detail your full forecast here in a few minutes. >> thanks a lot, nick. >>> marijuana possession will cost you, but it will not set a mark on your record. kimberly terry is live in oakland where some people are fired up about these little changes. >> the penalty for getting pot with an ounce or less of marijuana in cal skifornia is t equivalent of getting a parking ticket. getting caught with an ounce or less of marijuana was a mi

as far as hugged up to the sierra, here is the way it looks.50s with no real snow in sight. the reason why, take a look at the area of high pressure pushing the jetstream to the north and another one bringing that warm offshore flow. that is why it's mild. here is a look at accu-weather seven-day forecast, as long as those temperatures stay above 50 it's above average. we'll have some fog sneak in on wednesday and thursday but still looking pretty sunny. >> a new study shows that children are mastering technology before basic skills. 14% of four and five-year-olds can tie their shoes but 21% know how to use a smart phone or i-phone application. 52% of kids ages to to five know how to ride a bike but 58 can play computer games. some worry that it may come at the expense of basic life skills. >> they will be writing their name on the ipads. >> all new. oprah: our australian grand finale. >> the headline-making entrance. oprah: hugh jackman! bono! >> nicole kidman and keith urban. oprah: olivia newton-john. >> and -- oprah: a jaw-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d

yesterday's from our heavenly cam, lots of blue skies out there and some beautiful weather in the sierra this weekend. look for partly sunny skies today, increasing clouds for sunday that same system i was talking about what's the effect this year as well. the difference here is that it looks like the precipitation will be falling as rain and snow levels will be way up there above 80,000 ft.. high temperatures sunday into the mid '50s at lake level and staying in the '50s and the beginning of next week. it is his future cast looking at tomorrow afternoon. there's a storm or watching for this weekend. here it is at 10:00 p.m. tonight, the rain as well to the north on the redwood coast near eureka. it move southbound coming up for sunday. it notice it's pushing toward ukiah, this is the tail end of the system so it has a hard time getting much farther south than ukiah but it's an entirely possible will have to view sprinkles here or light showers and the best chance will be for the north bay. lesser chance of the farther south we go. it now were looking at temperatures we have 50's and low

sierra forecast, wind advisory today, sunshine tuesday mix of sun and clouds expected wednesday. here is a look at our a day forecast, we will have fog in the forecast tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday, but no rainfall, take a look at the weekend pretty good too that is a look at your weather here is gianna. >>> well, with that rain or break in the rain she is talking about is good news if you are travelling to the sierras, you will only need chain or snow tires for highway 88 a live look at 80 at truckee no delays, traffic cruising right along. not the case if you are leaded to southern california, a travel advisory elizabeth just mentioned, i-5 shut down through the grapevine. use 101 as an alternate heading out of san francisco into los angeles i-5 is completely shut down through the grapevine. >>> over to south bay a new accident to report northbound guadalupe pork way. one car crash, facing the wrong way in the left lane expect slight delays, live look at 280 itself. make out a few cars no delays as you work your way through downtown san jose. checking in accident free

you will need chains if you're heading to the high sierra. you will need tomorrow sweater weather. temperatures pretty much under 60 everywhere except for south san jose. extended forecast needs some explaining because it will be wet and cool on sunday. then monday high pressure builds in quickly rebounding temperatures and then we will see a warmup into the low 70s inland by the end of the workweek. this is gorgeous. this is from stacy born of san francisco. this was taken when we were experiencing our full moon. can you see the full moon there? can you? >> yes. >> keep them coming at mypics@ mypics@cbs5.com. >> thank you, roberta. >> despite our dry spell even though it will rain over the weekend there is plenty of snow in the sierra. state water officials say that the snowpack remains above average. it follows the series of storms that dumped several feet of snow before october and december. >>> well, if you think what you've got what it takes to get on the silver screen with matt damon or jude law here is your chance. the director of the movie is coming to san francisco this we

more sierra snow. the weather pattern turns more active.will stir things up and get us out of these nonstop foggy mornings. >> the fog is difficult. the rain at least folks do slow down a little. >> hopefully, folks are going to slow down. thank you very much, rob. >>> the jetson era is finally here. if you like a tidy house, that is very good news. the scuba and next generation roomba, robots, they are hoping the updated models will clean up with critics at ces in las vegas. the scuba is primarily for tiles and hard-wood floors while the roomba does carpets. >> it uses responsive cleaning technology which leverages the number of censures it has and software to understand what's happening in the room around it and respond with dozens of different behaviors. >> rob says he has one. not new technology but improved technology i'll take t the robot vacuums will be available soon, just in time for spring cleaning. the roombas, $350. the scubas, $300. those are just a few of the new fun bad jets from the consumer electronics show in las vegas. co

the sierra club was speaking tonight. several other people who represent other aspects of community planning, even other neighborhoods came. this is what to of like to encourage you to do. ultimately, it is a larger voice than just the people who live here to rally around issues of common concern. >> director? >> thank you, commissioners. to cover some logistics, there is a hearing scheduled next week on this item. it was scheduled for your calendar at the end of the day. the initial -- the purpose of next week's hearing had been scheduled for initiation of the project. obviously, you have asked for us to cover the topics today that were not presented today that were the specifics of the housing and transportation. i need to redo the staff needs to know to prepare and we need to get an agenda out tomorrow. i need to know if your preference is to cover those items next week along with initiation or if you want to cover just one of the items. i just need some direction on how you want to proceed on that. >> it is hard for m

and in the sierra, winter weather advisory. thunderstorms icons in the pacific. there's the possibility we could have a few isolated thunderstorms into your sunday morning. the winter weather advisory for the sierra. this begins 10:00 tonight into tomorrow afternoon. we are thinking 4 to 7 inches. the forecast model at 10:00 and 11:00 tonight. we could have a few scattered rain showers out. there the bulk of the action first thing tomorrow morning, 6:00, and we could have isolated thunderstorms. 9:00, we will hold on to the chance. into the afternoon hours, we gradually scale back. rain likely. by 12:00, 48 to 53. holding on to the chance of a shower. by mid-afternoon, 3:00, skies overall partly cloudy, and the eventual temperatures range. low to mid-50s out there. 53 to 56-degrees. a few spots -- 56 degrees. a few spot in the upper 50s towards the the bay. this is primarily for sunday with the one cloud. lingers clouds into monday morning. we will pull back and scale back on the coverage. ken, looking like another dry weather pattern. temperatures warming up tue

it is a certificate of appreciation to the gay and lesbian sierras. this group, for many years, since 1993, donated more than 2000 hours of public service to the corona heights park area. they have done a stellar job. for more than 17 years, they have been dedicated to the conservation and restoration of natural areas. historically, corona heights displayed one of the most beautiful arrays of wildfires in san francisco. however, erosion and the abundance of the invasive species threaten the corona heights grasslands. gay and lesbian sierras continuously remove these species and reduced plant native to enhance the small pockets of wild flowers on the hillsides. their approach to welcome people back month after month. this consistency makes it one of the most reliable and long- lasting habitat restoration volunteer groups in the city, as i said, over 2000 service hours since 1993. so with that, i want to present the form of a certificate of appreciation and we will probably have a photograph taken in the process. do we have someone here to receive the c

remy in snow in the sierra, fresh powder. on saturday, cloudy skies and a chance of afternoon snow showers. the snow will fall in the morning on sunday. the higher elevations 5 to 10 in. of snow and three to 6 in. of fresh powder with temperatures going below freezing by send it. your kron 47 day are the bay forecast " but there will come through the weekend, and mid '50s on sunday. monday decreasing cloud cover, temperatures warm a little bit will be back in the low 60s with sunny skies at the end of the next week. stay with us we'll be back after this. live to patterson a number of people moving out because one never just came out of the water just moments ago, a second is about to come out as well. you could see the bottom of your screen one diver also coming out there. i get these divers have about 1 hour window before they have to shut down their search for tonight. the teens to know the car driven by the suspect in the kidnapping of 4 year-old juliani cardenas, that car is in this canal. for now try to figure out how to

even into the sierra nevada. not a lot of rain here.he focus here for the bay area and then for the south of us. notice at 8:00 this morning still raining pretty good in san jose and the santa cruz mountains. by this afternoon the rain becoming more scattered. pop-up showers around but not as heavy as this morning. then we get more of a stable air mass moving in here overnight. some pretty good fog as you wake up tomorrow morning and partly cloudy skies. lake county until this morning about 8:00, looking at still some icy roads and 4 to 8 inches of snow possible above 3,000 feet. in the mountains do be careful. really busy weekend here. lots of folks trying to enjoy the snow. still more to come, 6 to 12 inches at lake level today. things should be winding down there. back home, look at the highs. very cool. clear lake just 43. you can see the pink there, possibility of that snow in the higher elevations. only 48 in san francisco. scattered showers a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. more rain for you in san jose this morning. steady

for the sierra this translates to that weather winter advisory in place until 4:00 monday morning. snowfall will be on the order of 6-12 inches. the bay area forecast for tomorrow morning at 7:00. rain likely. low to mid-40s. 40 to 45 degrees. at 12:00 showers. 43 to 48. by 3:00 the chance of some showers but still very chilly out there. upper 40s to right around the 50-degree mark. san jose forecast high of 51. san mateo is 50. finally, something completely different here on your five day forecast. after tomorrow, we have a string of dry days. monday some scattered clouds and patchy morning for tuesday and wednesday. so we will be dealing with all of these storms. finally a break to enjoy the outdoors and the green hills and rushing creeks out there. >> in southern california today a new year's day tradition drew thousands of spectators and millions of viewers. the annual rose parade wound along the streets of pasadena to the delight of onlookers. among those on hand from the bay area was 13-year-old mike careaway jr. he underwent a liver transplant in 2008 that doctors say saved

it's been at least two weeks since we had fresh powder in the sierra. we're looking at maybe a half foot of snow. >> i bet the folks up in the mountains are happy. are happy. >>> if you have a certain type of iphone or thinking about getting one, you may be in a good position to benefit from the verizon at&t battle over the new service. although there are all kinds of kachgs on this, verizon is pulling out all the stops to get at&t customers to make the switch next month. now the cell phone company is offering a $200 gift card if you swap your current phone for an iphone. the deal is for at&t customers only, though, who bought a phone between november 26th and january 10th. it's a small number. if you get that $200 off. you have to have a verizon iphone before the end of next month as well. the bad news, current verizon subscribers who don't want to wait for their contracts to expire, they'll have to pay the full retail price for their iphone. verizon plans to start selling the iphone february 10th. if you want to go for an iphone g-3, there's all kinds

. >>> a sierra nevada ski resort town fines itself buried in an afternoon lan avalanche of legal bills. a developer claims that the town backed out of a beel to allow it to build a hotel but the town says it could face bankruptcy and plans to appeal. >>> well, cold enough for heavy frost around here this morning. not snow, because it was clear. >> it was clear. but boy, it was cold. so here is a look this morning, and it was so cold, there was a nice glaze on the rooftops. and icing on the roadways because many locations are looking at temperatures at or below freezing. there you go. you got to get the scraper out and make sure you clean off the windows or at least hit the defroster and kick it on high for a while so you can see when you're heading out the door in the morning. it was a cold morning this morning. and just in case you're wondering, it will be a cold morning again tomorrow morning. currently outside, many locations have not recovered. and 39 degrees in napa. and it is midday. yes. that does not include the winds. wind chill in napa currently at 31 degrees. and 41 in santa

and speaking of that system, 20% chance of showers in the sierra nevada sunday.s we look around the bay area, numbers going to warm up nicely. plan on 64 in milpitas, 63 in morgan hill, about 62 in los gatos, and as you head toward half moon bay how about 57 degrees there? 60 in palo alto, and 63 degrees in sunnyvale. most east bay temperatures looking nice this afternoon. going to see a lot of sunshine, clouds, numbers in the 60s everywhere except 59 in berkeley. north bay sunshine toward the latter part of the day with temperatures there in the 50s and also the 60s. overlooking the next couple of days, it's looking good. yup, going to see a lot of sunshine in the afternoon hours, after some patchy morning fog. sunday partly cloudy skies from the weak system, but most of the rain should stay north. come monday, looking good. tuesday looking dry for the next seven-day, of course, martin luther king yeah just some fog in the morning, giving way to lots of sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures in the 50s and the mid-60s. all right. time for traffic with gianna. >

. >>> well despite our current little dry spell there is still plenty of snow in the sierra.n the second snow survey of the winter state water officials say the snowpack remains above average. it follows the series of storms that dumped several feet of snow between october and december. remember? we had a lot of it. the department of water resources still plans to deliver more water to the farms and cities this year than last year. >> and they can expect more snow this weekend, right, roberta? >> that's right, on sunday, dana. this was first turning out to be a small system but now it will be a significant storm. this is the camera looking out towards the city of san francisco where we had a high today of 54. in65 degrees in gilroy. 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. tonight 35 santa rosa. low 40s across the santa clara valley. mid-40s across the central bay and we will have the areas of dense fog in northern and eastern sections of the bay. earlier today which had this first area of low pressure blow through. you probably saw a few high thin clouds that carved a path for the

will any rain or sierra snow be a part of your workweek forecast? a look at that when we come right back. >>> plus, cuts in the cookie gt the gl scouts make major changes in the marketing plans there. we'll explain that. seven years ago, i had this idea. to make baby food the way moms would. happybaby strives to make the best organic baby food. in a business like ours, personal connections are so important. we use our american express open gold card to further those connections. last year we took dozens of trips using membership rewards points to meet with the farmers that grow our sweoes and merchants that sell our product. we've gone from being in 5 stores to 7,500. booming is using points to make connections that grow your business. >>> san francisco police are set to start enforcing the city's controversial sit-lie ordinance this week. the law touched off multiple protests in the past year before and after it was approved by 54% of voters in december. the controversial ordinance makes it illegal to sit or lie on sidewalks within city limits betw

we want to show you a look at roads going up to the sierra.u can see the roads are already covered in snow so be careful. >>> good morning to you, we're off to a soggy start this morning giving you a nice view there over the bay. even a little bit of a haze out there. gray skies, rainfalling, take a look at storm tracker two for you here. a little built heavier. san rafael this morning seeing some of this and it's sliding in toward napa. got a little bit of light rain over vallejo if we head to the east bay. got some moderate rain here as well. off to the east bay valley. how about pittsburgh and antioch. you should be seeing moderate rain. meanwhile, southern portions of the bay this morning. san jose as well as milpedas looking dry. so again, this is the system that will bring us this rain by the morning hour. by this afternoon, we'll begin to to dry out. we will don't with dry weather as we move into the first half of the week. napa reporting half an inch. san francisco not too much but still a possibility to get more here. los cados lookin

and through the sierras, and with 1 in.-2 in. of fresh powder. showers and by thursday, not too much with this opinion might still fall into rainfall. and how on thursday, it will start dissipating from snowfall into free fall in the high country. >> and with much more comfortable chilly temperatures into thursday and the north bay. and conditions are still going to be nice and dry out. conditions will warm up in the low 60s! a gorgeous weekend on tap. >> police in san jose are investigating a hit and run with life-threatening injuries of a 50 year-old. there wer15 year-old they are searching for a sober/great japanese vehicle that was last seen going west on camden they were struck on teh corner of camden >> this is only reachable by boat, the pilot was the only person on board his plane at the time of this plane crash. the faa is going to investigate. >> bos rider transit authorities went into place what whit minor tweaks to city bus lines, with-minor tweaks come with frequency changes. that these are adjustment that they'd make regularly to se

for the sierra, a winter weather advisory in place until 10:00 this evening. snow fall will be on the order of 2 to four inches. nothing major here and snow levels right around 3500 feet. here is our cloud forecast, though. right now we have the clouds, even the rain showers focused in the southern half of the region. at 10:00 tonight, we should have still scattered clouds and then we'll put this into motion into tomorrow morning. partly cloudy but the forecast model gradually scales back on the coverage as we head into the afternoon hours of monday. so, for tomorrow morning, the bay area forecast, 35 to 45 degrees, will be chilly out there. and then by a 12:00, many we should have 47 to 52 with partly cloudy skies. and then into the afternoon hours by 3:00, fair skies. temperatures mainly in the low to mid 50s for afternoon highs. san jose 55, san mateo 53. >>> here's a look ahead. your five-day forecast and look at this, maureen and ken. no rain clouds. you can see temperatures warm up a little bit. the extended model hinting at maybe a few more showers deve

. >>> chain controls for most of the sierras but they have been lifted tonight. these pictures taken late this afternoon of highway 80 at kingsvale and shows black pavement and traffic moving at a pretty good clip. there's still scattered snow showers, easy to say, snow showers, on 50 near south lake tahoe and they should be moving out tonight. the region received between one and two feet of new snow over the past couple of days. however, there's no snow in the forecast for more than a week at this point. but you know what? we can't complain. take the snow when you can get it. rob, what's coming up next? >> right now starting to see some clearing skies. you mentioned all that snow in the sierra about a foot or more in spots around the bay area. that normally means we've seen maybe close to an inch of rain in a few areas, and we did get close to that. three-quarters of an inch of rain, more than half an inch in san jose, so the south bay got a pretty good soaking. a lot of this coming in right around dawn this morning and moving off to the north bay, napa, 0.87 of

large quantity of water and certainly our best quality of water from pristine area in the eastern sierra known as the owens valley and that's what feeds our aqua duct. we have been seeing summer runoff over the last 70 years showing a decreasing trend during the peak flow months which means although there are ups and downs in terms of the water supply, that during the times of highest need, the water yield is at its lowest, and going down. and this finding is consistent with what we've seen from the california department of water resources for the sacramento river and the san joaquin water heads as well. so we are certainly not alone in this regard. we are seeing of course the decline in the snow pack which others are going to talk about much more later today, but the suggestion that somehow the snow would be replaced by increasing water rainfall in southern areas has not yet emerged. and so picture really does not look great. we have our two largest and most important waste water treatment plants, the hipurian and (inaudible) they treat waste water and 11 other cities and water using ag

if you're headed to the sierra windy this morning temperatures in the '40's. overnight it could get a chilly down into the teens but on your friday it will be a nice day temperatures pretty mild. getting into the upper 50s, and lots of sunshine testier sunday temperatures cooled off slightly. 7 day around bay shows an abundance of sunshine for thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. partly cloudy tuesday, wednesday temperatures: often to low 60s. >> last update we talked about an incident in san francisco southbound. near cesar chavez. you see flashing lights there are emergency vehicles in route, that appears to be a freeway service patrol truck. one lane is blocked. just north of 280. south of hospital curve. that's why traffic is backed up. and why it's starting to slow off the skyway or the james lick fee against if this does not appear to be a big problem. it is enough to back up truck traffic and restrict flow. so let's say you're in the western addition you take the central freeway and, headed tests at all, the peninsula, give yourself 5-8 minutes for that