a white christmas for the sierra nevada. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming up. >> thank you. >> turns out much more raw sewage spilled in marin county curing five days of storms this week. the total is nearing three million gallons now. workers are racing to repair one of the pipes before the next series of storms hits. and more sewage pours into the creek. we are live in ross tonight with the latest on this story. >> the access to the area where the spill occurred is being blocked off now there is confirmed that about two million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the creek here on wednesday. and people who live right next door to the creek say they didn't know a pipe had burst until walking through the sewage. rose found out about the spill the hard way. >> i was walking my dog. it was dark. there is a pot hole. i saw it. >> rosalee fell into some of the nearly two milan gallons of raw sewage that flowed out of a line, spill fog the neighborhood as well as nearby junior high, flooding the track. >> that

still a winter storm warning in effect in the sierra nevada until 4:00 this afternoon. today cooler with blustery northwest winds, just 62 monterey bay, 52 with rain in fresno. 27 in the southern sierra and a partly cloudy sky today but chilly conditions. >> you won't need to buy an extra one or two cent stamp for your mail. the postal service will designate all new stamps as forever. sold for the price of 1 ounce of domestic first class postage. good no matter if the postage rate chance in the future. the postal service sought a 2 cent increase but the independent postal rate commission rejected that request. the post office is appealing the decision in federal court. >> a battle among mobile home carriers is heating up over the latest generation of high speed wireless known as 4-g but does everyone need it and just how fast is fast? "moneyscope" reporter david louie has more. >> wireless carriers are in high gear promoting 4-g as the speed you need for your smart phone. sprint over took their campaign to the streets of san jose to let the public test it for themselves,

sierra nevada tough going up there. winter storm warnings continuing in effect. winter storm watches for the better part of the middle of the week. we will see very unsettled weather there and lots of snow coming as we have yet another storm system developing this one off the coastline. tuesday into tomorrow night we will see the rain in the entire bay area. tonight more showers likely to continue on and off tonight. it is becoming more widely scattered throughout the day. not a real washout. a break in between all of the heavy rainfall. here we go throughout the night. scattered showers continuing. morning commute doesn't look all that bad. widely scattered showers. patchy fog out there as well. as we take you through the day tomorrow you will notice a brief break then late in the day here it comes, coastline, making its way towards the coastline. all right, temperatures for tomorrow a little bit warmer. plan on 50s for the most part. little bit breezy. by the afternoon those brisk winds will be kicking out of that cold front. be prepared. looks like showers wil

satellite and radar shows the front progresses into the sierra nevada. winter weather advisory until early tomorrow morning, five to ten inches above 7,000 feet. wind gusts up to 55 miles an hour. some areas clearing tonight, it will be cool in the north bay. 39 in santa rosa. 40 in napa. mid 40s in san mateo. 45 in morgan hill. this is the way it looks over the next couple of hours. notice the scattered showers and then we have light showers by noontime. a little heavier moving into the east bay, around conquer and livermore. it sweeps south and east tomorrow. then there is our break, through sunday and monday, early tuesday morning, more rain in the north bay and this next system looks like it's going to pack a punch with gusty winds and heavy rain tuesday night into wednesday. it's coming from the gulf of alaska. colder origin so this means we'll see the snow levels come down, kind of a blustery day, wednesday and thursday. as for tomorrow, 55 in richmond. scattered showers around the bay. 57 oakland, palo alto. down by the monterey bay, more scattere

sierra nevada this is going mean snow. so there is a storm watch, snow levels at 6,000 feelt, then rising towards saturday. and warmer system gets in here and so we're talking about a rain-snow mix. and there is three to six feet going to be heavy wet snow with gusting winds. and there is stormiest period looks like it's going to be saturday into early sunday for the sierra nevada. there is highs like today. mid-50s on the peninsula. partly cloudy skies. and there is downtown san francisco, all into low 50s. towards north bay, low to mid-50s across the region. east bay 56 oakland and there is low to mid-50s for you. and 55 degrees in monterey. here is the accu-weather forecast. and there is rain friday, stormy saturday. and showers sunday, more rain monday. and stormy set up for tuesday, and showers lingering into wednesday. if you're looking at a snap shot two, days as of now with heavy rain looks like saturday and then, again, tuesday. >> thank you. >> and there we go. >> still ahead, he's at the top of his game. olympia

this is fresh snow, a little to the sierra nevada. another cool day, breezy at our coast.te in the afternoon you notice more clouds around. outside chance o a shower. should be a light wind today. santa cruz 53 and the accu-weather seven-day forecast calls for another chilly morning tomorrow. then increasing clouds, rainy for the rest of 2010 and 2011 we'll usher in with rain drops and looks pret quiet. >> lisa, thank you. >> ninteo has issued a health warning over the 3-d function on its upcoming gaming console. it remembers ages six and under not use the devic it could damage their eyes. nintendo's new gaming console enables players to play 3-d games without the specia3-d glasse it will be released in march in the u.s. health experts sai 3-d images not only on vide games could affect the development of small children's vision. >> we'll be right back. >> today at 3:00 on 7 liv, not all calories are created equal. why weight watchers is counting meat calories than a doughnut calorie. the snowboarder missing for two days at alpine meadow ski resort has been found. we don't

substantial rain and snow in the sierra nevada. take a look at this. savor it.today looked like. you will see similar conditions tomorrow. then we won't be seeing sunsets like this for quite some time. we are looking at a stretch of six days of rainy weather. numbers right now looking that it is really getting cold outside. 36 degrees. the numbers are really falling. livermore and napa under clear skies. half moon bay, 39 degrees. cold and frosty in the valleys. stormy period from friday through wednesday with heavy rain and gusty winds at times. tonight we are expecting the temperatures to bottom out below freezing under clear skies. 29 degrees in santa rosa. down to 30 in napa. downright freezing cold in livermore at 32 degrees. these areas you will likely wake up to frost. fairfield, 33. in places like santa rosa we are already seeing some fog forming. here is the satellite and radar. so we enjoyed a nice, dry day. tomorrow you will have one more dry day with partly cloudy skies. and then as we head toward the next couple days, some real changes are coming. a

this is fresh snow, a little to the sierra nevada. another cool day, breezy at our coast.afternoon you notice more clouds around. outside chance of a shower. should be a light wind today. santa cruz 53 and the accu-weather seven-day forecast calls for another chilly morning tomorrow. then increasing clouds, rainy for the rest of 2010 and 2011 we'll usher in with rain drops and looks pretty quiet. >> lisa, thank you. >> nintendo has issued a health warning over the 3-d function on its upcoming gaming console. it remembers ages six and under not use the device. it could damage their eyes. nintendo's new gaming console enables players to play 3-d games without the special 3-d glasses. it will be released in march in the u.s. health experts said 3-d images not only on video games could affect the development of small children's vision. >> we'll be right back. >> today at 3:00 on 7 liv, not all calories are created equal. why weight watchers is counting meat calories than a doughnut calorie. the snowboarder missing for two days at alpine meadow ski resort has been found. we don

in the sierra nevada it has been snowing. chain controls on interstate 80 and 50 we are expecting snow to amount to feet as we head toward the weekend. several feet of snow expected over the weekend. rain is coming back into the picture after a two-daybreak. wednesday and thursday are dry, and then friday begins a stormy period that will last until tuesday. rainfall will add up in inches. a look at the forecast is coming up. >> thanks very much. >>> federal investigators revealed today they found no evidence of corrosion in the gas main that exploded in san bruno and killed eight people in september. pg&e claimed since the blast that the 30-inch pipe was seemless. meaning it had no wells. but inspectors with the national transportation safety board found that the pipe was in fact riddled with welds. the utility admits that the records are inaccurate and it is conducting a review. it may take several more months before the ntsb pin points the exact cause of the explosion that also destroyed dozens of homes. >>> doctors have fo

main cold front working its way up into the sierra nevada. lots of snow across the high country.e very careful if you're traveling up there. snow levels running high. fairly mild temperatures around the bay. because subtropical storm in nature. 50s and 60s in the central valley. high country still going to see snow across from the higher elvacations. about 7000. lowering somewhat for tomorrow. plan on that. tuesday looking dry. but there is another storm headed our way in towards the sierra nevada as we look towards the middle. week. winding up out of the south spreading into the bay area bringing mild temperatures and lots of rain and wind to the bay area and now starting to settle down just a bit though. spinning up a few more showers off the coastline through the rest of the night and probably into tomorrow morning. commute not going to be a washout but still could be wet in spots. overnight tonight you can see that next ban moving onshore through tonight and into early tomorrow morning but then some widely scattered showers tomorrow morning for the commute. and then looks lik

winter storm warnings continuing over the sierra nevada. they could see upwards of 30" of snow there. more on your weather coming up in just a bit. back to you, robert. >> lawrence, thanks so much. >>> well, airlines have started flying in and out of new york airports again following the big christmas blizzard. but traveling is still a mess. officials at jfk are scrambling to accommodate a surge of delayed and diverted travelers. airport staff including customs officials one prepared to process the high volume of people. passengers on cathay pacific -- a flight originating in hong kong spent 10 hours on the tarmac because there were no available gates. some flights from sfo to the new york area are delayed up to four hours. >>> the pilot who exposed security flaws at sfo has gone public. his name is chris liu. and he is a pilot from american airlines. he held a news conference at the sacramento airport in an attempt to violence critics, who went on the attack after liu posted videos on youtube last month highlighting ground crews at sfo end

so in the sierra nevada on friday. that's going to be fine in fact saturday not too bad.loudy now and saturday night into sunday get into the rain and then the change over and see the snow linger into sunday with some lowering snow levels as well so temperatures really drop from sat to sunday with some accumulation definitely at lake level. in terms the of the temperatures then around the bay tomorrow many numbers once again couple degree above the average with the sunshine and the ridge departing the bay area so mailed numbers from the upper 50's in oakland to about 60 in fremont. some of the areas with the fog will be hard to scour out so therefore we see numbers held down in the mid 50's to the delta. 55 in antioch. down by the monterey bay nice afternoon. 58 in santa cruz and nice break with the rain even in southern california. so we'll be looking at the rain moving in late morning and really staying throughout the afternoon some gusty winds heavy downpour to break for most of the day on sunday and monday and by tuesday and wednesday agent bit more rain and even beyo

it is going to be a little dicey up to the sierra nevada.levation could pick up even more than a foot of snow such as keep this in mine. by morning a few showers developing. really a mild morning with the clouds around and this is mild system. so we are looking at low to mid 50's. tomorrow afternoon. leave the umbrella. temperatures in the 50's across the entire bay area and it will get breezy at times out of the south west around the monterey bay temperatures ranging from the upper 50's to the low 60's. this is accu-weather 7 indicate forecast that is going to look a lot like winter. even though winter officially arrives on the 21st of december. rain for tuesday. dry wednesday thursday although cool with clouds and fog around. then you will sea more wet weather on friday turning really stormy at times between friday nature and saturday. showers sunday. more rain on monday and one computer model suggesting wet weather lingering into tuesday at this point. so let you know as we get closer. >> yes. let hope it's a little far out. >> exactly. >

it's going to bring heavy snowfall in the sierra nevada. can see several feet of snowfall. it's a big rainmaker. let's put it in motion for you. we are going to generate computer graphics for you. there's the big l. it's bringing the pacific moisture. the story is rain, rain, rain. get the umbrellas ready. as we fast forward, some locations up to nine inches of rainfall near kernville. it could cause flooding, be advised. the snow is very different. the high elevations, the cold air you could see snowfall, some locations by monday morning could see eight feet of snow. for places like san francisco, rain is the story for saturday, monday and tuesday. delays in san francisco, but if you have a connection in oakland, you might be waiting on the tarmac a bit. in los angeles, here is the sco story. rainfall, highs in the 50s and 60s. east, let's show you a great tower cam we have in chicago this morning. looks good for the time being. a cool morning. what you can expect there, temperatures mainly warming into the 30s. a few places in the 20s. pl

elsewhere look for some sunshine in the sierra nevada. need it. only a high of 26.r 50s los angeles with 54 palm springs. rain showers around for the weekend. i'll have your forecast coming up. eric? >> lisa, thank you. it's 5:48 now. rescues found the body of a missing snowboarder yesterday. shante willis was about 400 feet off a trail in a wilderness area at the back of the alpine resort. she was stuck in snow at the base of a tree and the deputies believe she crashed there while snow boarding in near blizzard conditions. >> the northeast may be one of the few regions across the country to enjoy good weather this new year's eve but another blizzard is taking aim at the midwest with phoenix expecting a rare freeze and the south ready for severe weather. emily schmidt halls the latest. >> on the eve of the new year the weather is beginning to feel a little old. >> we know the weather is going to be bad but we didn't think it was gonna be like that bad. >> snow fell in arizona's grand canyon and in seattle the roads were so icy small hills turned into insurmountable

snow continues up in the sierra nevada. winter storm warning we talked about there eight inches at lake level, eight to ten our observer up there said snowing heavily. now the cold air begins to come in. i'll have a tahoe forecast here in a second. 40s and 50s on our temps. 34 right now in tahoe. 45 eureka. 48 fresno. so there's some cool air in place. there goes our wider look. see how everything builds up there. right there and then does that. the only key will be that by the weekend the system's going to come across and then just park it right off the coast. very difficult to time these things but looks like saturday would be the best bet for any rain. until then the sierra, that is not a typo, 2:00 tomorrow morning up in tahoe. the snow will be ending. the conditions will be right for that new board you received for christmas report skis. head up there. see how everything's plunging. missing satellite images from yesterday. but see it plunging in. we could get a shower or two but mainly windy and cooler. temperatures 40

this means snow in the sierras nevada so it goes into effect saturday evening. it will be late saturday night. nine to 15 inches of new snow expected above 7,000 feet. snow level lowering by sunday to about 4,000 feet with gusts up to 60 miles an hour. highway 50 and interstate 80 will be impacted so travel plans will not work very well saturday night. if you do it beforehand you should be fine. temperatures ranging from the mid 40s to the 50s. milder night with the clouds around and tomorrow afternoon, you need the umbrellas, a wet and windy day, to upper 40s to upper 50s around the bay area. you can definitely expect rain and wind. so it is a wet and windy saturday, sunday, lingering morning showers. get a break on monday with a chance of rain moving in on tuesday. then look at thursday, it is cold, 50 for your highs. new year's eve, if you have plans -- we know dan doesn't have plans, she going to be here. it will be dry on new year's eve >> thanks very much. >> if you are trying to get around tomorrow, bart, caltrain and muni are running on a sunday schedule

still snow up in the sierra nevada. ron nasa who works our a ssignment desk he's up there he sent me an e-mail with a picture and says big storm and he showed me a picture and it's definitely been impressive, adding to the already wow snowfall that we've had. we still have a ways to go. there goes the system of 8 to 10 inches of lake level snow about three feet west of the lake near the summit, there's plenty. see that cold air coming down. always makes me nervous. sebastopol, 2.85. just heard from raymond out in cazadero. he's up to 3.55. ben lomond, santa cruz mattes -- santa cruz mountains was in there as well. sanrafael, 1.75. sanfrancisco, this -- they had 1.53. this is our observer michael. but you add the 1.53 fell, most of that last night was the most in one calendar day. well, if you live in the city, you probably thought it's p ouring. there were other areas that had heavier amounts including -- >>> you can see the snow. right there. very cold air mass coming in out of the northwest. cold rain or snow starts i

we will cover the central valley, north of sacramento, through the north coast, sierra nevada, central coast, north bay, bringing this trophy to giants fans. as you know, there are giants fans in a lot of places not in this region. we are going to make some tea taurus. we will be making a visit to troy, new york. i do not know if any of you know the significance of troy, new york, but that is where the very first team where in the name giants played, so we will be going there accompanied with a trip to cooperstown. of course, we will go to new york city to bring it to our friends in new york city, the former home of the giants franchise. a complete listing of all the communities and dates are in the press kit, available to you. just a little bit about what happens when the trophy arrives in the community. each stop is expected to last about two hours. we would do our best to accommodate everyone. the viewings are free to the public. there will be an opportunity for a professional photograph to be taken of you with the trophy. those photographs will be available for purchase on-line. so

but the numbs will moderate in the sierra nevada so the crowds will be there, too.ay low 50s. increasing clouds. 52 redwood city with 50 in the pacifica. the main rain holds off until later today. near east bay upper 40s for you in hercules. 52 union city and out over the hills. 48 concord, 49 walnut creek and by the monterey bay, 51 in watsonville. timing is evything and on this one we fail. (laughter) >> we're gonna see the rains really end by the end of the week then. so all brea when the kids are off, you just have to find things to do and send them back to school. (laughter) >> it will be nice for them when they go back next week. but bring your umbrel. >> absolutely. >> new federal aviation data shows air traffic controllers in the washington area have made a record number of mistakes in 2010. increased by 51% nationwide. the faa wants software upgrades for on-board computers so things don't happen that could lead to mid-air collision. the agency wants an incredibly safe positions. less experienced controllers have been placed in very challenging situations. >

in the sierra nevada higher elevation snow and snow levels will rise and winds very gusty.h temperatures today mainly in the 50s looking for mid-50s san mateo. san francisco lower 50s. 53 there. north bay numbers cloudy skies maybe a few peeks of sun with this break but more rain tonight. on the east bay low 50s and down by the monterey bay 56 in watsonville. accu weather seven-day forecast more rain tonight and on monday heavier rain on wednesday. i talked about the focus shifting south into southern california. >> i can handle the rain as long as we see breaks here and there. >>> check out these holiday lights. steve hunter sent these photos. this is steve's home it involves 7500 lights that move to music. we want to see the holiday lights in your neighborhood so upload your pictures to us or e-mail them. >> in sports mike singletary offers his thoughts on job security or lack thereafter. here is colin rush with your morning sports. >> good morning. after thursday's night embarrassment to san diego should seattle and st. louis win san francisco will be eliminated from con

sotana california cobraron la vida de una excursionista que le cayÓ un Árbolmientras que en la sierra nevadadesde la tarde del martes. >> mucha lluvia, y la tierra se aguada, y un poco de viento, puede pasar cualier cosa. >> decenas de millones de dÓlares, de nueveondados incluyendo los angeles y santa bÁrba. >> mucha lluvia... >> gran parte de cafornia ameciÓ este miÉrces bierto por una fuerte y y heda la tormta invernal. >debido a la erosiÓn provocada por las alteraciones, se expandieron por decenas de casas en la comunidad de california. >> me siento preocupado porque teo el tor dque ocurra otra vez. >> es unos de los residens afectados quien instalÓ costales con arenas. >> esa ventana estÁ laliza cuatroies r arriba. >> quebÓ las predes. -quebrÓ las pedes. >> aÚn esperan que las autoridades loayuden a quitar las toneladas de lodo. >> estÁn limpiando la ciudad pero no nos han dicho nada. >>por otra parte, made quejases la realidad que ven los neoyorquinos, que dejÓ a miles varados en los aeropuertos. >> la nieve ya no estÁ en las pistas de aterrizaje y algun aeropuertos aÚn con reas y canc

>> it's not quite as rainy so that good news and headed up to the mountains, rain now in the sierra, nevadand the rain has begun to taper off. emeryville, showing you how dark it is, sun not coming up until 7:20. but at least the rain will begin to taper off throughout the morning hours. live doppler 7 hd confirms that most of the activity has pressed south and east. so here is a look light now off shore off the sonoma coast, south of fort ross beginning to push on through through point reyes and rohnert park within the next hour or so. overall things calming down, the winds and rain, light rain, mist and drizzle around san jose, down to los gatos and santa cruz gilroy, but much of the activity pushing south into southern california. here is the mountains, rain-snow mix, very heavy rain from sacramento valley to san joaquin valley, into the truckee area, a rain-snow mix there. snow levels continue to fluctuate anywhere from 5,000 to 6,000 feet. right now in the 50s, mild. 56 in oakland and 57 in mountain view. and the winds, they have lightened up but brought warmer air, ten degrees warmer

up to the sierra, nevada, rain in truckee. snow in the higher elevations so it's a heavy wet snow.n the snow levels lower. accountantfield over 2 inches and more to come tonight. >>> rain and more rain tonight and more accidents after more accidents. the rain has wreaked havoc in santa cruz mountains. 16 crashes were reported along highway 17. five along laurel road. national weather service is predicting six inches of rain before the storms taper off which means that residents are hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. >>> it could be another morning of delays in and out of sfo. we hear that flights are delayed 30 minutes. yesterday they were delayed up to two hours before because of the storm. oakland international experienced 40 minute delays. san jose had no delays. so it's best to call ahead if you are picking up somebody from the airport. for the latest, check out the flight tracker on the bottom of our website at www.abc7.com. >>> one of the bart police officers on the scene when oscar grant was shot to death is getting her job back. that is the decision of an arb

hasta 5 m de nieve se acumularon en la sierra nevada. constante vigilancia para anticipar deslaves. >> las colinas aÚn estÁn absorbiendo el agua, por ahora no hay peligro. >> en centro del estado 2000 personas que fueron evacuadas regresaron a sus casas. residentes de zonas colindantes con las Áreas forestales de los Ángeles, han sido alertados para evacuar. >> esta Área necesita como cinco aÑos para poder recuperar la tierra. >> la maquinaria pesada ha sido traÍdo. se teme que haya deslaves. algunos vecinos decidieron reforzar sus muros de contenciÓn utilizando bolsas de arenas. >> lluvias provocaron de autopistas y carreteras tengan mÁs accidentes de lo usual. sin embargo, hay quiÉnes lo toman con filosofÍa. >> necesitamos agua y todo eso, ya llevamos cinco dÍas de lluvia, para mi estÁ bien. -quienes. >> el censo dio a conocer cuÁntos habitantes vivimos en estados unidos. la cifra aumentÓ en un 9,7%. la poblaciÓn aumentó principalmente en el sureste y en el oeste del paÍs. en nevada el aumento fue de 35,1%. esto hace que el estado gane

but the numbers will moderate in the sierra nevada so the crowds will be there, too.ing situations. >> in a year of air travel complaints and legacies, this next story may top it all. 25-year-old brook anderson said he had to stand up for most of his flight because he couldn't fit in the seat. he's 6-7. when he took a spirit airline flight he learned the space between economy seats is only 28 inches, about 3 inches below average. >> the metal on the seat tray table in front of me normally rubs against my niece -- knees a little bit. i actually had my knees in the aisle. >> no one in the exit row or bulkhead was willing to switch so she gave him the option to stand in the aisle for most of the flight. the faa is investigating. >> a multistate megamillions jackpot is growing even before tonight's drawing. heavy ticket sales have bostoned the top prize to $242 million. the jackpot has been without a winner for 14 consecutive by-weekly draws. >> well up next the words and phrases we shouldn't be using in the new year according to one university. >> we'll have a list for y

the cold air feeding into the sierra nevada. the southern sierra, not much warmer. 27 there. 54 los angeles today, a chance to dry out. stray shower, monterey at 53. we look for numbers here to be very similar to yesterday, although without the wind. so feeling a little better out there. 52 napa, 51 san francisco. the wind dying back but increasing clouds especially in the north bay. still just upper 40s today for clear lake and ukiah. 53 san jose. maybe a shower, santa cruz, with low 50s there and a look ahead, talked about a slight chance of a shower along the coast today. better chance tomorrow new year's eve into new year's day. work and school we're looking like the weather's going to dprie -- dry out. >> getting ready to leave the house, no need to rush. enjoy that cup of coffee. you have a smooth commute. this is 280 at the 17 overcrossing. headlights are moving northbound. it's holiday light. no delays through the downtown san jose area. if you're commuting into san francisco on the golden gate bridge, here's a live look.

lots of snow, about a foot to 4 feet in the sierra nevada and cold rain moving in. a little system dropping down and some showers popping up. a little bit of afternoon heating. some of them mainly peninsula, santa cruz coastline. also over highway 17, san jose. temperatures low 50s. 44 cold degrees in eureka. fiftys in southern california. there goes our front almost ready to exit the state, and then after that cold air comes in behind it where you can see everybody is going up to the north and driving straight down. that's going to be the source of our cold air mass that comes in tonight and takes us into tomorrow. there's one more little system that will clip us for more rain tomorrow. it won't be anything like the system we just had, but will keep the beat going for showers. low 50s. fifty to about 53 or 54 will cover it. 52 mountain view, cool and windy, one more system on thursday for showers. friday looks all right, then saturday we cloud it up. this system will be different from the last one because i think we'll get some rain, but i don't think the sierra wi

winter storm warning will remain in effect through the weekend and by the time it's over, the sierra nevada could see several feet of new snow. >>> ktv u.com has a special section dedicated to the sierra. just look for the ski section under the weather tab. >>> two fairfield sisters pleaded not guilty today to charges to a fire last april that killed their four young children. shetara and leticia james are both charged with child endangerment. shetara is charged with murder while leti cia is charged with involuntary manslaughter? >>> a santa clara county judge today sentenced a san jose man to death for killing his pregnant girlfriend and two daughters in 2005. rodrigo pan y agua was charged with killing his girlfriend and two daughters. he stabbed them several times and set their bodies on fire. pan y agua will be transferred to san quentin prison. >>> we have new information about a vallejo man accused of sexually molestic two underaged girls while living at her parents day care. the state department of social services has suspended the day care's license. coper's mother claims the allega

this is an event more for us than the sierra nevada. cold morning and light rain by midnight. eautiful in the sierra but clouds increasing. really cold this morning. light snow off and on. more clouds than anything else into the weekend. so if you are going up there the rain is a bigger story for us than any snow will be for them. so cold, chilly, staying that way, clouds increase with rain on the way, upper 40s or very low 50s for your temperatures. this is it for 2010, our last -- my last five day, craig, clouds coming in, rain comes in tonight, takes us into saturday, probably more rain south on sunday then a break monday, one more system on tuesday. >> thanks a lot steve. >> anytime. >> people in parts of the south and midwest are dealing with the aftermath of a deadly tornado today especially the small town of cincinnati, arkansas, three people were killed and 12 others injured when a twister touched down just before sunrise. the winds destroyed homes, knocked out power and reduced businesses to rubble. in missouri near st. louis cars were thrown around and two people were

so in the sierra nevada, upper 50s with mid-30s tonight. below freezing saturday night and sunday night. 65 sunnyvale as well as los gatos, peninsula. morning fog and possible clearing, menlo park, 64. 61 at the coast. 63 downtown. north bay numbers, nice afternoon but you have to contend with that fog throughout much of the morning. by about 11:00, hazy sun in petaluma. 62 later on this afternoon. 64 castro valley as well as fremont. and our inland valleys, staying foggy and then with partly cloudy skies you'll be warming up in danville at 65. about the same in pleasanton today with warmer numbers by gilroy. the accu-weather 7-day forecast, this weather pattern stays with us for more dense fog tonight. nice day tomorrow and cooling back on monday. rain returns tuesday. not as much rain wednesday, thursday but next weekend we're gonna have to watch that closely. looking pretty wet. >> well, i was just hearing that there are delays at sfo. >> yes. >> that's the deal with morning with this serious fog. almost 45 minutes. >> 48 minutes, that's

unfortunately not a big snow maker for the sierra nevada. there is 6:00 in the morning rung outside to enjoy toys but by 11:00 there is rain. so from north to south there is a quick mover. it progresses east and by dinner hour this is east of us. there are showers and not a bad christmas eving. there is rainfall amounts highest elevations up to two inches. and san francisco east bay is about half inch to an inch. saturday, 7,000 foot snow level and sunday, behind the front highs into upper 30s. there is 60 in froont yont. 57 watsonville. the accu-weather forecast is a nice one for christmas eve. wet, windy weather. a break sunday, monday, and then next system coming in tuesday into wednesday. there is nice break autos just ahead an exciting fee tufr brought to you by abc 7 news. >> stay tuned for that. and they're changing lives and stave saving them as well. a generation of heart implants combining two technologies. >> this is specialist james ferguson. out of iraq i just want to wish my family and friends >> we know you count on abc 7 news

in the sierra nevada mammoth smashed a 40-year record. 10 feet of snow in four days. a weather system like no other on the move. >> it's going to go east and south and become the problem of the rockies and the plain states and parts east. >> reporter: already in utah, the virgin river is raging. xion national park is closed and a small dam could fail and evaluations have been ordered. forecasters have said all along that wednesday may bring the biggest punch. tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. we're expecting driving rain, pounding wind and potentially, tornados in this area. brian, for the folks that live along this river they're watching the water levels. >> all right. thanks so much. that's miguel almaguer. >>> as for the weather disaster overseas we've been talking about here this week it's still a mess. heathrow airport in london still at least partly paralyzed. hundreds of flights have been cancelled. holiday travelers are told it won't be back to normal until thursday at the very earliest. in germany, heavy snow caused airport a big hub in frankfurt for three hours today. >

winter storm warnings for sierra nevada beginning 10:00 a.m. friday. and there is three to six feet of new snow above 7,000 feet. there is gusts 70 miles per hour, count on chain controls, road closures and there is just keep this in mind if have you travel plans, tonight, not as cold as this morning. there is 40s tonight and rain developing by morning. and there is around the bay low to upper 50s, here is the accu-weather forecast. it's a wet, windy weekend and beyond. monday there is a small break. by monday night there is more rain begins to move in. and rain for wednesday, showers possibly for thursday. if you look at next seven days you can see rain every day. there will be brief periods of challenges. there is going to be. >> just ahead, breast cancer patients may soon have one less treatment option. >> ipad dominated market since it came out. from 7 on your side, see if there are tab blet computer that's can make this holiday season, chevy's giving you more. like a 100,000 mile/5-year powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 miles more than ford. and

so sierra nevada, he had snow.arm and mild and more snow melts as the high temperatures approach the upper 50s through monday. overnight lows though right around freezing. today look at the numbers. south bay 65 sunnyvale to upper 60s san jose. on the peninsula 64. san mateo the dense fog from pacifica to half moon bay. poor visibility and becoming sunny throughout the late morning hours. 63 south city downtown and in the north bay 64 santa rosa. 62 vallejo. very foggy early morning hours. and so driving or doing that bike ride, you may need to hold off for a little bit. 64 oakland today and out over the hills warming through the low 60s. some very dense fog for you in pittsburgh and antioch this morning. then hazy sun, 68 watsonville. the accu-weather 7-day forecast will keep this weather pattern for tomorrow into monday. increasing clouds and looking at some pretty good rain on tuesday. a chance wednesday and thursday and by next weekend we're lookin' pretty wet. >> wow! >> turning out to be a pretty wet month. >

here's a look at the east bay all the way into oakley where carolyn mentioned on the way to sierra nevada we have heavy rain and the wet snow. that will continue through tomorrow afternoon and right on down through the san jose area. no letup. we are looking at a pretty strong jet stream and a system moving through this morning. the rain will become more showery in nature this afternoon. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. pg&e has restored power to more than 4,000 customers affected by an outage in half moon bay. the lights went out yesterday afternoon and electricity was restored by 10:00 last night. so far this morning no new outages have been reported in the bay area. another 500 customers lost power briefly yesterday afternoon in pittsburg and bay point, this after a car ran into a power pole. and in redwood city and belmont, electrical service is back to normal following two separate outages caused by downed trees friday night. here's an example of the storm-related problems pg&e faces. in oakland winds knocked down a tree on quickly street near i-580. oakland firefighters and pg&e crews w

and heading towards saturday, there is a area of low pressure and snow into sierra nevada. so we're looking at rain becoming likely for the bay area. there is if you're traveling snow for sunday. so expected to be around 7,000 feet. overnight clouds holding temperatures up. not as cold as last night. low to upper 40s and into south bay, 60 for jant clairea. 59 in menlo park. there is coastal areas into mid to upper 50s, south san francisco, upper 50s. there is 55 in sausalito. head inland and temperatures will be hovering into mid-50s upper 50s range. and there is 62 degrees in santa cruz. here is the accu-weather forecast. chance of showers friday and saturday. and there is a few days of dry weather. thursday is looking just fine. >> okay. >> thank you very much. >> and still ahead a local teen's gutsy fin finish line stretch ai. race she ran for her sick coach. >> anyone trying to quit smoking there is an app for that you right now, buy a samsung intensity ii for $29.99 and get one free. or, buy a blackberry curve 3g for $49.99 and get one free. ["knock on wood" playing]

de un persona que le cayó un árbol en la población al el norte del estado y mientras que en la sierra nevadaes con la lluvia la tierra se... y tú sabes con un poco de viento puede pasar cualquier cosa. >> millones de dólares en daños materiales obligaron que se declarara estado de emergencia, en nueve condados ángeles y santa bárbara. >> mucha lluvia y hace muchos años por lo menos diez años que había visto lluvia caer así. >> gran parte de california amaneció el viernes cubierto por una fuerte y helada tormenta. >> debido a la erción ya se registraron daños materiales provocados por centenares de toneladas de lodo, y que se desparramaron por las casas. >> me siento más preocupado porque tengo temor de que ocurra otra vez. >> y garcía es un residente afectados, y que puso ar para así evitar que el lodo invada su propiedad. >> la cantidad de lodo que cubría estas propiedades es tan grande que esta ventana está originalmente localizada a una altura de 4 pies por arriba de la superficie del terreno. >> que no se meta igual dentro, porque quebró las paredes. >> y lluvia no te irrumpió trabajos d

secos, y viernes tambiñn, por si no ha comprado regalos aumentará el manto blanco que ya cubre la sierra nevada.-- si planea viajar a la zona de lake tahoe, tome en cuenta que debe llevar cadenas para los neumaticos. ---amamantar a un bebe podria mejorar su capacidad de aprendizaje.---un estudio realizado en australia en el que participaron casi 3-mil bebes demostro que, cuando estos niÑos cumplieron 10 aÑos, los que fueron amamantados durante por lo menos 6 meses tuvieron un mejor rendimiento academico en matematicas, lectura y ortografia que sus colegas que tomaron leche materna durante menos de medio aÑo.---no se sabe porqÉ este beneficio fue mas marcado entre los hombres que las mujeres, pero los cientificos especulan que, como las niÑas son menos vulnerables que los niÑos durante la infancia, amamantar acelera la maduracion de los varones. --en Éxico, este lunes iniciaron los funerales de 10 de las 28 victimas de la explosion de un oleoducto del estado de puebla.--el siniestro, ocurrÓ ayer domingo a eso de las 5 de la maÑana en el poblado de "san martin texmelucan" ubicado a unas 50 millas

the forecast is 5 feet to 7 feet of snow in the the the sierra nevada. it will pummel the higher mountains out there with higher snow. once it moves east, it may bring us another couple of snow showers next week. the sudden storm that is approaching us now could head out to sea. it looks like a miss for us on sunday, although there might be a few flurries to our peace. temperatures are expected to stay below normal. 33 degrees to 38 degrees tomorrow with a variable wind. it will be mostly cloudy around western maryland tomorrow with a high of 25. i around chesapeake, it will be 35 degrees with some cloud cover. on sunday and monday, when the storm is offshore, the wind will start to kick in again. if we get snow in maryland over the weekend, the lower eastern shore would be a good spot for it. as the storms off the coast on sunday, places like bethany and ocean city and pocomoke city could have a chance of light snow or flurries on city. there is a 20% chance of flurries on the eastern shore on sunday. if you're going to the ravens game, plan on cold con

sierra nevada, no problem getting there but cold, low 20s.outhern california enjoys a break with mid-50s today and some sunshine. but rain returns tomorrow. eric? >> all right. thank you, lisa. it's 6:44, almost 6:45. a los angeles prosecutor says defense lawyers for michael jackson's doctor will claim that the singer killed himself. the prosecutor made that statement following a hearing yesterday. dr. conrad murray's involuntary manslaughter trial. he says his client only gave the singer 25 milligrams of a powerful anesthetic. the defense will claim jackson died after injecting himself with more of the drug. charges have been filed against a bay area woman as part of a federal crackdown on insider trading. 48-year-old was arrested at her home in fremont and accused of funneling information about an upcoming earnings reports to two hedge fund managers. prosecutors would not identify the company she worked for but it was described as a financial research firm and they said she was paid $200,000 for the information. well, more hype over skype.

there is some light rain and it's snowing in the sierra nevada. truckee, blue canyon, tahoe reporting snow and chains are required and so if you're traveling there could be road closures, numbers into 40s and 50s, heavy rain, wind tonight. there is snow possible. cold, frosty conditions thursday morning and friday morning. so here is the satellite and radar. there is a storm with a good subtropical moisture tap moving through overnight z that is when we'll see things quieting down by tomorrow afternoon. and here is the time line. there is a heavy line of rainfall here, 9:00 p.m. it's wide spread. heading towards 11:00 east bay south bay and also, there is a heavy dose of rainfall. showers, colder air filtering in. snow may be mixed in. there is mixed precipitation. the snow could be possible around mount hamilton as well around 11:00 a.m. you can see mix of rain and snow there. and there is a cool, blustery afternoon. and there is an inch and a half to two inches on the north bay. and anywhere from a half inch to an inch and a half of rain. there

a winter weather advisory until 7:00 tomorrow morning for the sierra nevada. 6 to 12 inches of snow above the 7,000-foot area. lake tahoe, 41 degrees, so the snow level very high. lows tonight with more of a southerly stretch of moisture over us, in the mid-up to ker 40s, so definitely a mild evening tonight, and tomorrow, remember, we'll start off with rain tomorrow morning, and then as the front passes, we'll see clearing skies tomorrow afternoon. generally mid-to-upper 50s, few 60s. oakland, 60. al -- 58 for hospital -- monterey. looks like a dry forecast on tuesday, and then more rain on wednesday. they want to keep it mainly north of the golden gate bridge. it's a system to watch. thursday, showers for us all, and then right now looks like high pressure will bring us a dry weekend next weekend. watch out 0 for the heavy rain. >> alan: the parade in san jose escaped the rain. colorful and lively holiday parade in san jose today drew thousands of spectators. the san jose holiday parade, a local favorite, complete with marching bands and floats. a number of civic organizations have been

imposed the warming on a hydraulic model and this is the remain of the watershed, this is the sierra nevada and this is the infraction of april first and period surrounding 2060 and that around 2090, and you can see we're eroding the lower elevations of snow and by the time we reach 2090 in this case warmed by 2 degrees celsius, we lose 50 percent of the california snow pact. it's not in the snow. next one. that changes the hydro graph as you heard this morning. 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 wa

it's going to mean snow for sierra nevada. winter storm warning going into affect at 4:00 a.m.tomorrow continuing until 10:00 p.m. tuesday. snow levels 6,000 feet. eight to 12 inches of snow is expected above 6,000 foot elevation. gusting winds and interstate 80 and highway 50 will be impacted by snow heading into tuesday. tonight mostly cloudy skies. by morning you'll see temperatures bottoming out into low to mid 50 was showers developing during morning hours. certainly an um brem brela day for tuesday, temperatures low to upper 50s and it's go tok breezy in the southwest. and there will be showers around the bay as well. and there is and here is the accu-weather forecast. rain tuesday. a lot of cloud cover for your wednesday and thursday. keeping it on the cool side there. there is some fog around wednesday, thursday but friday. and there is showers fund and more rain and there is a timing on the system that feels clear and and that we can be sure. >> absolutely oo. thank you. >> and coming up next, prescription painkiller that's could be lethal. >> and first meeting of a ba