we have new details in the search for sierra lamar. the teenager has been missing for nearly two years. >>> allegations of airlines neglecting animals. hear from pet handlers who say they saw it first hand. >>> battling a billionaire, the fight over public land on the peninsula. >>> and good evening. a new storm is developing out here for this weekend. and it's going to be a lot stronger, not only that, but sierra snow that will likely stack up in feet. we'll have new details in a few minutes. >>> san jose police are investigating the fifth homicide this year. after midnight officers found a man who had been stabbed across from the fair mont hotel and not far from the san jose campus. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. his name has not been released. and police at this point aren't saying what led to the stabbing or if they have any suspects in mind. >>> a peninsula lawmaker is taking on a silicon valley billionaire. it's about public access to a secluded base in half moon bay. he cut off public access to the beach by cl

sierra and tahoe. heavier rain down here on the highway 4 corridor translates to heavy snow up there. and ken bastida is in the sierra now. he shot and stopped a little video for us on how the conditions were getting up to the higher elevations. >> reporter: i'm up here about 6500 feet on highway 4 heading up to evans pass. you can see that it is snowing pretty good up here. on the highway right now, they do have chain controls in effect. it has been this way all afternoon long. snow coming down heavy. got the slow down when you drive. but it is good to see snow in the mountains once again. >> reporter: that is excellent news. heavy know in the sierra and glorious heavy rainfall down here in the bay area. meteorologist paul deanno live from pittsburgh, it is wet. pack to you. >> all right, we have warriors leaking oil in the desert. they lost seven of 12! and video already gone viral. oklahoma state's marcus mark tonight going after a fan in the stands. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> nba up top and for the seco

we would like to find sierra. hidden farm like is half a mile from the suspect's home in morgan hill but the sheriff's concede the divers found no new evidence in their dive last week and do have a new tool in the state of the art side scan sonar that can better detent the body in murky waters. the volunteer coordinator at morgan hill tells me her team goes out and 25 people or so every saturday searching for sierra lamar. she doesn't think that this indictment has reinvigorated that search. she certainly hopes so and tomorrow when garcia torrez is indicted she says the supporters of sierra lamar will be wearing red converse rs, the favorite shoe of sierra lamar. live at the hall of justice, damien tarullo. >> thanks. police are looking for this man you're about to see. investigators say he broke into the car, stole a purse and used the victim's atm card right there to withdraw cash twice in fremont. believes he drives a dark green toyota with gold emblems. police are asking for any tips in this case. new details

here we are moving to the sierra right now.inter storm warning that's in effect until 4:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. now see if i can get our system to bring us back to the bay area overnight tonight. rainy. low pressure mainly in the low 50's. and then tomorrow we have very, very rainy day soggy soaking rainfall with high pressure only in the upper 50's to around 60 and here's the accu-weather 7 day forecast. we have this rainy pattern tomorrow and sunday. then we have a little bit of partial clearing early monday. try day on tuesday but partly cloudy. then later in the week next week there are more chances of light rain later in the week that's how things shape up for now. i'll be back with a recap of the weather a little bit later. dan. >> okay spencer thanks so much. >> now abc 7 news has another great weather resource for you. follow twitter latest bay area weather condition. rain or shine. it's quite handy. so many of us have been hoping for rain and we want to see your public pick. post them open our facebook page or s

the sierra is sg tons of fresh powder. >>> while it's dumping rain in the bay area, the cierre sierra is seeing tons of fresh snow. at sugar bowl, they couldn't wait to get scooped up by the ski lifts. despite near whiteout conditions. >> better late than never and we couldn't be happier. >> it's a little windy, but it's the price you pay for beautiful snow. >> many ski resorts are recruiting more workers to deal with the influx of visitors. plenty of people are headed for the slopes. >> the big trick is getting there. paul, let's talk snow totals. >> it's all about the chains required to get up there. we go from heavy rain to heavy snow around 7,000 feet. so bringing the chains, definitely four wheel traction tires if you are planning on getting anywhere close to the slopes. let's talk about the snowfall totals. it may not be the best for skiing, because it's the heavy, wet snow. not the typical stuff we get, but that's the kind of snow we're getting. at least it's not manmade. for the storm, 41 inches of snowfall. squaw valley 26 inches of snow and sierra at tahoe, 25 inches of fres

snow throughout the sierra.hat could total one to maybe three feet as we head throughout the next three days. winter storm warning in place. if you're traveling up that way, you could see traffic jams four to six hours throughout saturday. again, i want to stress that with this heavier rain coming in through sunday, where totals will be the highest up in the north bay, we have flooding concerns and we'll be tracking it all weekend long. >> thank you, jeff. >>> still ahead, a request that's typically made in the summer. why state power officials are urging californiaens to conserve energy right now. >>> and the crane accident that sent a construction work tore the hospital in san francisco. >>> a construction worker was hurt in an accident today in san francisco. this is one of the many projects south of market. a spokesperson said it happened around 8:00 this morning. apparently a crane malfunctioned causing the man to fall about 15 feet. firefighters did say he was alert on the way to the hospital. all work inv

in the sierra they have a lot of snow to contend with finally, snow above 6,000 feet. the biggest snow of the season from 2 to 4 feet expected above 7,000 feet. that's high snow level because the source of this is fairly warm. wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. 70-mile-an-hour wind gusts in the northern sierra. for rainfall totals, these are 24-hour totals around the peninsula, mostly around a half to a fifth of an inch but look at the dividing line. you step across the carquinez strait and look how much you have in marin and sonoma counties as much as 4" in st. helena and santa rosa. offshore for us we look for this low to be the kicker. actually we look for this low to be the kicker tomorrow as it heads closer to the shoreline. that's going to drive everything south. that's going to happen tomorrow. tonight we get a little bit of a break and then we get more rain tomorrow. futurecast is calling for the rain as you can see really unwinding so by this time tomorrow night, everybody has heavy cells around the bay area. the numbers won't really tell much of the story bu

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. >>> morgan hill teen sierra lamar was last seen heading to a school bus two years ago and today the man suspected of killing her entered a plea. ktvu's robert handa was in court where supporters made a visual statement. robert? >> reporter: it was a day when many people following the sierra lamar disappearance waited to see, the suspect came into the courtroom, only this time important legal steps were taken. >> reporter: wearing sierra lamar's red shoes, volunteers is spent two years searching for the teen, gathered today. the group came to watch antolin garcia-torres charged with sierra lamar's murder after the grand jury indictment. >> he always gives osglance. we are -- us a glance. we are happy he sees we are always there for the family. >> antolin garcia-torres pleads not guilty. >> reporter: the judge set a trial for march 10 but canceled it after the defense requested transcripts be sealed. he will decide on a new trial date on april 16. transcripts reveal what the prosecution showed showed the grand jury, somethingp the defense hasn't seen -- something the defense hasn't se

she says every saturday they still get together about 25 of them and go out and search for sierra.t will continue again this coming saturday. also, she told me tomorrow at the arraignment here at the hall of justice expect a lot of supporters of sierra lamar to wear red converse sneakers, sierra's favorite shoes. >>> harris is seeking a second term as california's attorney general. she filed her paperwork today at san francisco city hall. she's running unopposed at this time but the filing deadline is still a few weeks away. harris is the first woman and first african american to hold the office in the state of california. >>> acquisitions of fake expensive, improper payments, the transit district in charge of buses and caltrain is under fire again for how its handling public money. >> we uncovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in errors last summer. tonight we find more money problems exposing a so-called second set of books at this agency. >> reporter: jess and raj, they sent over stacks of financial documents but it's what they didn't provide that's troubling, invoices, check

sierra lamar was 15 when she disappeared in 2012. ktvu's robert handa is live in san jose where getting a sense of the defendant's position. >> reporter: that's right. a very emotional day in san jose. supporters of the sierra lamar family packed the courtroom and finally got to see the case against the defendant move forward. >> reporter: looking groomed and wearing a suit, antolin garcia-torres walked into the san jose courtroom to face the murder and kidnapping charges from the grand jury indictment. he is accused of killing sierra lamar who disappeared in 2012. a different looking antolin garcia-torres was arrested two months later but it would be two years before the sierra lamar's family would hear a plea. >> mr. antolin garcia-torres pleads not guilty. >> reporter: it was the moment sierra lamar search volunteers waited for. >> it is good that the the wheels of justerous moving forward. -- justice are moving forward. >>> there would be more delays after the judge set a trial date of march 10. the defense made a motion to have

let me read from the sierra clubs guidelines deacceleration shouldn't be used for water supply needs that can be reached from other water efficient practices. so a project like the bay area deacceleration he promise is not necessary. xhifl we over estimate how much water we were going to need decades ago we thought we needed more. and so what that statement from the sierra club and all the groups that contacting you deacceleration should be the absolutely last thing on the list in case of emergency on the water supply speaker san francisco and the san francisco bay area have not scratched the surface even though san francisco is good on skepticism we've not remotely scratched the surface. i'll remind i a couple of years ago tommy your wastewater director put out a great report on replacing the toilets in with urban composite toilets we could save lots of water. that strategy alone and then we haven't remotely scratched the surface of permeable pavement and will wetlands restoration. i'm reminded our labor representative on the commission those are local jobs and their ongoing they're

the snow in the sierra will pile up. a look at your weekend in a few minutes. >>> unfortunately for drive, the latest storm hit in time for the evening commute. >> a live picture now of the san francisco skyway. if is slow and go, particularly bad, wet roads. >> the traffic maps, peninsula, south bay, red on highway 101 indicating traffic is very slow. >> live look from our emeryville camera on interstate 80 toward the oakland maze. see the big backup there, as well as things moving very slowly. >> lillian kim is live in the sierras. >> first, check in with abc7 news report david louie live in the south bay. >> reporter: we are standing in the middle of a yard where sandbags are available for south bay resident and now that the rain is here, we have seen a steady stream of people coming by to pick up these bags. now the bags are free at this location. they are provided by the santa clara water district. other cities, the industries providing the bags to their residents. come on in handy for homes on hills or driveways sl

san francisco from yosemite park the east bay from the sierra gold country. northerners also complain that californians are stealing their water using it for car washes and swimming pools. the truth is that's not true. southern californians are not stealing a drop of water. >> the figure is the same. agriculture uses about 85% of the water that comes out of northern california. and southern california the evil villain of southern california uses 15% or less. >> reporter: southeast asian has a monsoon climate so farmers grow rice. but around calusa county in california where every rainstorm is cause to celebrate, farmers also grow rice. california raises beef and dairy cows, to feed them alfalfa for grazing, growers have been using more water than the entire bay area and southern california clear down to san diego combined. >> cows are getting about three times as much water as humans are in california right now between the irrigated pasture and irrigated alfalfa. at least that much. to raise a 24-ounce steak on irrigated pasture on the san joaquin valley uses

sot: sheriff's nats continuaremos buscando a sierra.mos accion en el momento en que recibamos informacion del publico sobre donde podriamos encontrarla, expreso smith. vo: el lago hidden farm se encuentra a tan solo media milla de distancia de la casa de la madre del sospechoso en el area de morgan hill. sin embargo, la alguacil afirma que los buzos no han encontrado ninguna evidencia en el lugar aun. se preve que revisaran la zona con un dispositivo nuevo que les permitiria detectar si hay un cadaver en las aguas. vo: garcia-torres es acusado de intento de secuestro a tres mujeres en casos de robos a vehiculos en 2009. las victimas incluyen a una mujer de 18 aÑos de gilroy, una de 46 de san martin y una de 36 de morgan hill. ademas, muestras del adn de sierra lamar fueron encontrados en el auto del sospechoso. -garcia-torres sera acusado maÑana en la tarde. una vez la acusacion sea hecha, el fiscal pedira a el juez que fije la fecha para el juicio. katherine orozco, noticiero telemundo 48... blanca, cesar regreso con ustedes. cesar --e

. >>> another search for sierra. divers back in the water, this time at a small lake in morgan hill. why there? it's where sierra lamar's accused killer used to go fishing. kris sanchez was out there with the divers today and joins us live from the santa clara sheriff's department and kris, did anything specifically prompt this dive today? >> reporter: that was the question. divers have searched that lake for clues of the disappearance of sierra before, most recently a couple weeks ago with a new piece of million dollar sonar equipment. today's search had nothing to do with the missing morgan hill teen. half a dozen divers with the santa clara sheriff under water search team spent five hours in the water on morgan hill officially there training, but unofficially people are hoping they are searching for sierra lamar. >> there is several reasons for that to be a place of interest, yes. >> reporter: mark garcia is working for ssierra's father an mother. this is a half mile from where the suspected killer's mother lived

. >> reporter: larry and carolyn, the snow is on the wet and heavy side, what's commonly called sierra cement. the folks here at sugar bowl say it's exactly what's needed right now. skiers and snowboarders were wondering when the snow would come. some had even given up hope. >> we had given up. we made plans to go camping. we got rained out. snowed out. >> a good thing. >>> it s we are up here instead. >> reporter: many places hoping to take advantage of the snow while it's here. >> took the day off of work. took the kids to out of school. don't tell anyone. oh oh. >> reporter: the snow is expected to fall through the weekend, dumping as much as four feet around lake tahoe. as a result, sugar bowl ski resort plans to open 20 more runs from 25 to 45. locals who have been eager to work part time have been called n as for the snow itself, sugar bowl is perfectly happy with the sierra cement variety. >> we wouldn't want something really light that could blow

the sierra snow pack is only 24 percent of normal. you can track the rain using live doppler 7 hd on our weather app which makes its to share photos of how you seeing the rain. you can download it at abc7news.com/apps. >> power outage and compute problems for residents and commuters after pickup truck crashed into a power pole. it ended with a fatality. amy hollyfield is at the scene. >>> investigators are still here and the neighborhood is dark with no power. you would not be surprised to hear that on the only of a big rainstorm this outage caused by something different. a truck crashed into a pg&e poll in the 500 block of west 10th with midnight. emergency crews could not rush in and check on the driver because power lanes came down and fell on the car. they will still alive. crews had to stand back. when they got to the car it was 30 minutes when pg&e got here they found the driver dieed. we have video with police showing guns drawn because this was a possible carjacking and they said someone ran away from the car but the sergeant

let's take you up to the sierra. we have our reporter melissa cabral with the conditions what's going on right now. >> lord knows we need this rain. >> reporter: i-80 at kingvale is wet, not white. >> i'm hoping it turns into snow. >> reporter: when you climb another 1,000 feet, thank you very much, first saturday of the year. >> in one word wonderful. >> reporter: it hit the slopes for the first big storm of the season.>> reporter: but when you climb another 1,000 feet -- >> thank you very much, mother nature! whoo! first saturday of the year. >> reporter: in one word wonderful. >> reporter: sugar bowl 30-mile- per-hour wind gusts and white- out conditions for boarders. >> a little windy but it's the price you pay for beautiful snow. >> reporter: in some spots there's so much snow it's almost deceiving. you kind of fall into it! while the powder is still a little wet, the kids don't mind. it makes for better snowballs. >> going to be wet snow. but it's snow. >>> the united states is a first to win gold at the winter

of the activity shifting to the south and east and we still have lingering show showers out in the sierra, and what is interesting, this will be the key by the weekend and this will be a key component, especially by saturday, coming up we will take a look at this system as it approaches saturday and forecast totals, we will have them adding up for you at 12:20. >> the rain caused a mess but here is a live time look at them. you can see those areas, there were accidents flashing on the roadways in the east bay and hercules and concord as well, sal castaneda has been monitoring the road conditions all morning and just spoke to chp about the number of accidents and collisions on the wet road. he joins us now live. good afternoon, sal. >> reporter: good afternoon, tory, this freeway, interstate 80, i bet you that lot of people wish they didn't have to use it ever after this morning's commute. according to the highway patrol we had nearly 5 times as many collisions as opposed to a normal morning commute. the wet weather that moved through over night immediately began to cause problems almost a

the southern sierra has seen only modest precipitation. finally, it's not over yet... california's rainy season doesn't peak until around april 1st, so there still time for a few more big storms to roll through dropping even more snow. in the newsroom, charles the bill new problems plaguing the new eastern span of the bay the weekend storm triggered a water leak. engineers are now trying to >> pinpoint exactly how rain is penetrating the 6.4- billion dollar bridge >> pam: kron4's haaziq madyun went inside the new bay area where the water has been spotted >> reporter:the east span of the new bay bridge has sprung a leak >>"it appears to be isolated to just the bolts connected to these brackets" >> reporter:i am here inside the bridge under the westbound lanes where caltrans deputy director rick land has spotted evidence of the rain seeping in >>"this is where the water is coming in and it doesn't seem to be coming from the roadway surfacebehind the barrier rails on the outside >>"we are exploring all possible locations for how it's getting in" >> reporter:up on deck cal

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>> the pictures in the sierra quite nice.iing we've seen in quite some time with the recent snow there. next weekend we could see a really good snow producer coming into the sierra. good news for next weekend. tomorrow's forecast could bring rain to san jose. right now a perfect evening. high clouds going on by. temperatures have dropped off into the 50s, mostly clear right now, onshore winds in san francisco 54 degrees. you can see the flag there blowing. not much fog. we've got high clouds coming in. you notice at the bottom of the screen in the seven-day forecast, yes, we are talking about a chance of rain as we head into tomorrow. our temperatures around the rest of the bay area, still upper 50s inland around the tri valley, livermore, to the south, 57 degrees. 56 currently in san jose. the change we're going to see tomorrow is an area of low pressure that will do something a little strange. it will not really move west to east but drop down the coast and head into santa barbara and los angeles. we will start to see the c

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the arrest came after sierra's dna was found in his car. in the two years following that arrest garcia torres never entered a plea, holding you. the process. with tuesday's grand jury indictment the case can move forward without a plea in place. >> languished for a while. i'm not happy that it's languished. but i think that this will speed up the process. >> the other painful part for sierra's family, garcia torres refused to tell the family about the whereabouts of her body. the sheriff's office told nbc bay area they were not looking for sierra's body in hidden bay lake but conducting training exercises. they retracted that statement and said they were acting on a tip. finding tsierra's body is crucil to the prosecution. >> the grapd jury said there was enough evidence to take this case to a trial. that does not mean that this case can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt and that's the key at a jury trial. >> the lake we just showed you is critical. garcia torres used to fish at hidden farm lake and of course the sheriff says they will be

sierra bound travelers are out in force. a lot of folks found themselves forced to swap out the old windshield wiper blades as rainy weather hit for a second straight day. >> i noticed they were like swamping around and it would hit and they didn't have good traction on the windows. >> reporter: ski shops say business picked up overnight just as their end of the year sale kicked in. >> if you look around, employees are excited. customers are excited. we're trying to get people in and out as quickly as possible. >> reporter: he was one of many who rushed to gear up for a spur of the moment trip to the sierra. >> absolutely spared by the storm. we hope to get up while the snow is coming down. >> reporter: snow and water hungry residents say their prayers have been answered in more ways than one. >> it's a great time that the olympics hit, the weather hit, the sale prices hit, everything hit at the right time, so we're feeling very blessed right now. we hope it keeps going. >> reporter: and we are back here live. you're looking

. >>> happening today, the man accused of the kidnapping and murder of sierra lemar will formally be charged in court antolin garcia-torres was arrested back in 2012 but his defense team has stalled proceedings. that all stopped and the case will go to trial. antolin garcia-torres has has not been cooperating. >> he is very smug, a total lack of cooperation and he is not disclosing anything to us. >> sierra lemar's body has never been found despite ongoing searching. but the dna on sierra lemar's clothes is conclusive. >>> they are following a major development and the alert was triggered by a kidnapping and carjacking outside of a safe way. witnesses report add shoplifting suspect with a knife had abducted a man and teenage girl. they have now determined the three people knew each other and the teenage girl was actually a woman. >> we are looking at all three people they may be responsible for committing those creams. they would have been anything.general -- negligent not to take action when a child is involved. now this brings us back to 2002, some say the frequent alerts may come

lamar, sierra's father, steven lamar can finally point to progress in the case. the grand jury has indicted garcia torres on the charges. the family was warned the case could take a while to weave through the judicial system. >> very frustrating for me and marlene, danielle, the whole family just really frustrated. but, you know, we try to stay focused on other things to keep our mind off of it. >> reporter: sierra was last seen on march 16, 2012 in her home in morgan hill. she never made to it school and her body has never been found. steven lamar admits it's tough to hear the word murder and his daughter's name in the same sentence. >> it's still hard to hear. it will always be like that, you know. it will always be like that, even when all this is over. >> they still have not recovered a body. we don't know the evidence of any crime scene or trauma. >> reporter: attorney steven clark says even though the d.a. got a grand jury indictment, it does not make this a slam-dunk murder case. >> the defense is going to argue this is just like jaycee dugard. this just l

a lot of these folks heading up to the sierra. i got off the phone a short time ago with somebody at north star who said they got five to six inches of rain, expecting 6 to 12 tonight. and another 12 to 18 inches tomorrow. she says it is snowing so hard and it is so beautiful, of course a lot of these people are going to get to see it themselves at least sometime tonight. jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. let's take to you the north bay which is expected to bear the brunt of this storm. here's what it looks like now. 101 in san rafael. you can see it is really pouring. nbc bay area's chase cain joins us live from san rafael. marin, usually gets a lot of flooding when they get a lot of rain. >> reporter: that is the fear because today it is a steady rainfall. the winds have picked up. all that is fine but what they are worried about if they get 5, 6 or 7 inches of rain and if it comes at once, that could spell trouble. it is a welcome sound in marin county, where you will not hear the sound of any one complaining. >>

we're cloudy through the sierra.ednesday morning, the rain is approaching the north bay and snow starting in the sierra. the rain sweeps into the overnight hours. very light showers expected. you see the light green on your screen. snow in the it sierra through the morning hours. we'll get more snow there than rain here. still seeing a little bit of snow in the sierra. as for our totals, we're still well below where we should be for this time of year. in san francisco, over 5 inches of rain. in hayward, a little over 2. in livermoore, 4 inches of rain. 3 inches in san jose. take a look at the deficit. we need 10 inches plus in san francisco. almost 10 inches in hayward. a little over 7 in mountain view and san jose. that would bring us back to normal. we really need the rainfall and the snow. only 40% of where we should be in the sierra. first rain tuesday evening and then turning the snow overnight. more than 2 inches in the morning. at lake level, up to 66 in the higher elevations for wednesday. here's your extende

in the valley. >> : as far as the sierra the weekend getaways under way.n see all snow on the ground slow going traffic. >> : on this territory seen several inches of new snow in mounds that's what people are making that get away. >> : sugar bowl mt. morgan seymour's tonight here is the future tests for use it as a caught our the snow is ongoing. as concerns rain overnight. beckham pickup that much more for between four and an inch 10 in. at likable. >> : this storm ongoing right now continuing in the saturday continuing into sunday will see it taper off in the sunday evening. >> : coming up guidelines to help prevent strokes and women. the dos and don'ts coming up next. >> : we have breaking news out of oakland police source tells us that an elderly woman has been killed. looking at a live picture please say the murder, of been linked. they discovered the body this is in the food bill section c fourth in the foothill ec media starting to gather the woman was in an apartment there when police responded they said she was found bound and gagged. elderly woma

and for the sierra heading over towards yosemite, we'll see a chance of snow at times.o the main event for rain coming in for the first half of the day and transitioning to a somewhat drier forecast as we head into the evening. coming up we'll have a full look at the estimated rain totals and more systems to follow in your seven-day forecast. a look at that coming up in a few minutes. >>> new this morning, a shooting outside an oakland boys and girls club leaves two people dead, one of them just a teenager. oakland police say the shooting happened just before 11:00 last night at 24th and market streets. that's where officers found two male victims, each shot more than once. they did not survive long enough to make it to the hospital and were pronounced dead at the scene. >> there were a lot of people out here, emotions were very high, and officers actually had to secure the crime scene and secure the area first before they could render any aid. >> police who remained on scene early this morning say they do not yet have a suspect or motive at this time. they have identif

the snow in the sierra will pile up.unately for drive, the latest storm hit in time for the evening commute. >> a live picture now of the san francisco skyway. if is slow and go, particularly bad, wet roads. >> the traffic maps, peninsula, south bay, red on highway 101 indicating traffic is very slow. >> live look from our emeryville camera on interstate 80 toward the oakland maze. see the big backup there, as well as thing

snow continues in the sierra. that's all we will see in terms of rainfall.will be a few hundred of an inch of rain. 62 in san mateo. 65 in san jose. for the sierra we will have a little snow late tomorrow. 6 inches of snow in the higher terrain. extended forecast we have one storm, weak coming in. the dry and warm weather return bringing 70 for the weekend. >>> owning a car, computer, television could negatively impact your health. people who own all three tend to sit more and move less. data for 150,000 people in various countries of those people who owned a car, computer, and television there was a decrease of physical activity and increase of waist size of 4 inches. this could be a problem for developing countries. >>> one athlete wearing silver for the usa but known for a heart of goal. >> come here. >> here his mission to save stray dogs in sochi. >>> sports, 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick sings you know, you know, not all heroes wear capes. some wear fur. and mattress discounters good deed dogs is here to help them. meet yara. she helps veterans li

they will continue to look to are sierra.sday's grand jury indictment also implicated garcia-torres in a series of attacks on south bay women in 2009, that's three years prior to sierra lamar's disappearance. he will be arraigned this afternoon and after that arraignment laura and scott that the deputy district attorney will ask the case finally be scheduled for trial. welcome news for the family i'm sure. >> 6:27. still ahead an olympic worker rushed to the hospital after a mishap on the bobsled track. >>> a smoky wake-up call for dozens of people. fire rips through two apartments near san francisco state. >>> the a deadly winter storm moving north, which states are dlirg emergen declaring emergencies as roads and runways freeze over. "today in the bay's" christie smith will have a live update coming up in about 15 minutes. >>> happening now, snow and ice blanketing the south now moving towards the northeast, shutting down the nation's capital, keeping many people stuck indoors. take a live look at reagan sena national airpo

we'll go to the sierra.r at doppler -- donor -- be donner ski ranch. >> the snow came down and when the wind picked up it created near whiteout conditions. >> i think we're all super happy. we've been having burn your ski parties. >> enough snow brought new lifts. >> it will open up more terrain. more of the mountain and expand everything. >> even truckers hauling goods over the pass didn't seem taken aback putting on chains noting how much the snow is needed. >> i just went straight. >> that was kevin oliver. the chp says chains will be required if you're traveling up to the ski resorts this weekend. get the weather forecast with our weather app. live radar, wetter casts and tweets from the weather team. the 83-year-old actor performed the heimlich maneuver. giving three good jolts to get the food out. eastwood said he knew he had to act quickly. i looked in his eyes and saw the look of panic people have when they see here lives passing. it looked bad. >>> let's talk more about the weather. i want to show y

i want to focus on the sierra and show you their time is about over. you see the boundary moving law and that will bring in dry air so the rain and snow showers should end by noon. leyla gulen will keep an eye on it and let you know when you can go out there without needing chains. the entire area of yosemite south will have rain mixed with snow. there is not a lot of moisture so don't worry about it being frozen. 69 in press know to 73 in los angeles and 43 in lake tahoe. >>> we have a crash in san jose northbound highway 85 blocking a lane due to a spin out. we do have spinouts because the roads are wet. be careful of those lanes on the sides, the far right and the far left because water can pool there, so we have a car that spun out and another car hit it and possible injuries involved and as we go along the peninsula we go to candlestick park southbound, slowing traffic down and spay i don't bridge, pretty quick, from hayward to foster city it will only take you nine minutes. >>> secretary of state john kerry will make the 5 the trip to asia this w

so thousands flocked to the sierras, hoping to get a taste of the fresh powder. however there was a setback. warmer than anticipated. so while there was snow at the summit, meant there was rain waiting for skiers and snow boarders at the base. >> kind of frustrating. you're second. not what you expect. >> reporter: not only that, the new snow brought new threats. winds shut down several lifts. the avenue ranch center put out several warnings. the dreams of new snow could turn into a nightmare. >> the lifts are open. not good. >> reporter: resorts say while it wasn't what visitors expected, the weather and safety setbacks are paving the way for better runs monday morning. >> just have to roll with the punches w the weather, with the wind, all of that. making the best of it, and really saving a nice stash up there for people to hop on on monday. so should be great. >> reporter: . >> reporter: coming up in the next half hour here, why what was bad for skiers and snow boarders this past weekend is actually good for the state of california. reporting live at south lak

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a better chance of heavy sierra snow for next weekend. high pressure will build in. in the seven-day forecast and friday into next weekend that will be our next chance for seeing some hopefully heavy sierra snow and another chance for seeing some rain around the bay area. as you keep your eyes on the super bowl tomorrow, around san jose we'll have highs in the mid-50s and the east coast, new jersey and new york actually not going be looking at a nor'easter or snow. temperatures near 40 as the game continues we'll see the temperatures diving to the 30s. kris? >> all right, thank you very much, rob. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," why the red cross calls this man one in a million and how he turned a personal loss into a lifelong crusade to help others. ♪ ho ho ho [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight, bigger is always better. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ ding ] ♪ but finally, it happened. perfection. at progr

coming up two years after a teen sierra lamar disappeared her alleged killer appears in court. what he said to charges that could put him in prison for live >> and frustration at tax time? what you need to watch out for. >> and another cyclist with a message for cops catch me if you can. >>> here is the look at remnants of a massive fire in dallas, texas tonight. take a look at what it looked like just a short time ago when it was still raging. this is an apartment building. flames just shooting out of the roof. firefighters battling that blaze and all of a sudden the fire just exploded out of the windows crews had to climb to the ground. good news is that there are no reports of injuries. >>> a suspect tied to the disappearance of sierra lamar is pleading not guilty tonight. garcia-torres was in court today it took a secret indictment to get this case moving. abc7 news reporter david louie is live tonight with the story. david? >> reporter: the attorney for garcia torres seeking to have transcripts sealed to try to find a flaw that could lead to overturning the indictment. so

up to the sierra today, boy, are you in for a treat! just take a look at the amount of powder that has fallen overnight. here at boreal they are reporting that they got 4" over the last 4 hours. take a look at the hillside there covered? snow. the in snow. if you are making your way up driving, you're going to find chain control on i-80 and 20. you will see fog and rain. so you will see all kinds of weather. boreal, benefitting from this, this weekend, as much as the skiers and snowboarders desperately wanting to shred the hills. >> our snowmaking system is top- notch. we started it up in october. and we have been really taking advantage of every cold naphtha we have to make snow up here. >> they are improving every day. every little bit helps. so when it's soft, it's nicer. it will be fun for those coming up this weekend. >> we're stoked. >> this is the first time to see real snow not manmade. >> the snow is expected to continue to fall today as well as tomorrow. boreal may see some showers up here over the weekend which unfortunately

we talked about the sierra snow. watch this stack up across the sierra. highest elevations, not 1, not 2 but maybe 3 to 4 inches expected as we head throughout sunday evening. this is phenomenal. it's going to be treacherous and dangerous. take it slow if you're headed that way. >> good advice. thank you, jeff. >> sure. >>> up next, back with how clint eastwood became a hero down at pebble beach. every day i spend three hours on weights. four hours on the slopes. and two hours doing this stuff. which leaves me approximately two minutes to get my banking done. so i use the citi mobile app to quickly check my accounts and pay my bills. which leaves me about five seconds to kick back. that was nice. bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. citi, with you every step of the way. >>> an amazing story. no hollywood script this time. clint eastwood played a real life hero. the bay area native saved a man's life. the 8 3-year-old eastwood did the heimlich maneuver at a dinner wednesday night. he was at a volunteer dinner for the pebble beach golf tourna

here is the rain in the sierra nevada.tunately, the snow stacked up yesterday and what we have now is 38 degrees. raining at lake level and we will see more accumulating snow, but really not anywhere near lake level and above 7,000 feet. so anywhere from about a tenth of an inch to 0.2 in redwood city. you see a third at the airport, over 2 inches ben lomond but look at the north bay. 5 inches mt. tam and we're looking at more rain continuing right on through the day for the north bay. so our exploratory yum camera trying to keep it dry. low to mid-50s with breezy winds all around the bay. we've heard with the delays at sfo and temperatures are pretty mild. 57 in livermore. so the forecast highlights today, rainy and breezy. a little bit of a let-up, not until the overnight hours. so it will be rainy all day long and breezy. then the second wave of energy is really going to come through with heavier rain tomorrow. if you look at the pacific satellite, you notice that there's a warm frontal band over us. once we get the col