in the sierra nevada de santa marta, rangers are proving that every effort is worth it. clicks they're flocking to the hummingbird feeder -- it's like a filling station for birds. every morning the employees of the privately-run el dorado bird reserve fill the feeders with new sugar water. the hummingbirds drink five times their bodyweight every day. there are more than 130 species of them in colombia. >> the feeders help us to keep tabs on the populations of many of the endemic hummingbird species, help us determine whether specific ones have increased, and monitor their migration patterns at different times of the year. >> the sierra nevada de santa marta is the world's highest coastal mountain range. the 5000 metre summits are visible only very early in the morning. with the first rays of the sun at dawn, clouds begin to form. the warm sea air from the caribbean cools off when it hits the mountain range, and this gigantic fog machine supplies its many species of flora and fauna with moisture. and it's here that the proaves foundation has established its 1000-hectare b

it's on its way over the sierra nevada. it will drop into las vegas and say hey and kick out. it will give us a cool, breezy, windy pattern and even rain up in the sierra. partly sunny in the afternoon. a lot of 60s. here's sal. >>> steve, we've had quite a commute this morning for a monday. i want -- westbound bay bridge just listening to the chp talking about clearing a noninjury crash from the span. however, that and maybe some people taking their car instead of using b.a.r.t. is creating a big delay coming around the macarthur maze. this drive time into san francisco, up to 40 minutes. that's right. if you are at the end of the line, it will take you about an hour or a couple of led zeppelin songs to get through these things. the accident was noninjury. looking at at san jose area, northbound 101 as you drive up to 880, the traffic is slow. so is 85 after 17. we haven't been too bad there. highway 24, eight minutes between caldecott -- between pleasant hill road and the caldecott. 580 kind of a huge commute from grant line road to 680. b.a.r.t. is recovering after a track p

it's still giving rain to the sierra nevada. a lot of 50s and a few 40s. >>> someone has been attacking women along a popular walking trail in concord. what may shock you is how old police believe the suspect is. >> we are live until san jose where protestors will be arriving in a few hours to the courthouse to confront a judge. we will tell you about the decision being made regarding a convicted serial rapist. >> increased focus on a dangerous train crossing. the plans to upgrade that we are learning about. >> dog treats that could sicken and kill animals. what a major pet store chain is doing to protect your pets. >>> good morning. we begin live in concord this morning. a pretty serious warning for women after three attacks on a popular trail and we have there is a sketch. we have a little bit of a description of who police are looking for at this point. but again very popular walking trail. we're also hearing from some women who typically go out and use that trail. and we will take you back out there in a moment. it is wednes

look at the spiral of clouds across the sierra nevada. that's an area of low pressure sliding by but it's the same low that's going to help kick up the winds around our area. out the door, cloudy, breezy, mostly sunny this afternoon but some gusty winds. then winds calm down and we have a much warmer weekend on tap for the bay area but now we have this low moving through so the winds are going to be kicking up into the afternoon a little blustery especially near the coastline 30 and 40-mile-an- hour gusts. 70s around the state, 70s into the central valley. traveling into the high country we have winter weather advisories expecting some more snow across some of the higher peaks down to about 6,000 feet or so maybe a couple of more inches dropping there this morning. those winds expected to kick up in the afternoon especially near the coastline. could see gusts 30 to 40 miles an hour. looks like winds subside through the night into tomorrow. temperatures today will be warmer. a lot of 60swe are going to see some warmer weather next couple o

more and more farmers in the sierra nevada are opting for the sustainable method of hunting. it covers o'neill it was designed so to cover my deserving individual trees to shade grown coffee plantation provide linkage between the remaining forested areas. a sniper just so the birds can fly on with it yet but they are in addition to coffee attracts many animal species will produce boston's lead to the fruits. it's virtually a forest in itself. so the deeper than that it has been going. the nbl the rumor greys are now attracting a very special species richards for bird watchers the air to it. his plea. and with the chinese are some of the undergrowth the eye. a group owner of others can do to visitors from far away belgium have morning. despite his many rare bird species as possible. it was the no yellow sweater called christians whom we call ourselves the hard core community is returning to spawn all bird species are content with leaving the whole world. there are about ten thousand different bird species worldwide. are people who've law responded to nine thousand one hundred

a little bit of activity happening over in the sierra nevada. up to tahoe today, you want to take it very, very easy because i can tell you right now traveling cautiously is really going to be important. we have some gusty wind, up to 50 miles per hour and thunderstorms rolling through the sierra nevada as we speak this morning. for us in the bay area, we're starting out with the subtropical air mass overhead. still cool and still getting this comfortable ocean breeze. it's rather strong, however, this morning in san francisco. and sustained at about 18 miles per hour there. 17 miles per hour, meanwhile, in oakland. single digits to report in your inland valleys this morning. now, as we head throughout the day today, we'll climb out of the 50s, into the 70s. comfortable temperatures but a better chance for thunderstorms today, especially over the east bay hills. that's the area we're really watching for and we could see some activity here. over the western facing slopes surrounding san jose, as well. the temperatures pretty mild and not warm eno

heavy rain up in the sierra nevada. probably again on tuesday. but for us, have to keep an eye on this, especially as we go into tomorrow. i think mostly cloudy here. cooler, windy. isolated showers to the north. we'll mention the north bay for today or this afternoon. 60s, low 70s. these are way below last week. we were in the 90s to 100s last week. clouds, showers. mostly cloudy into wednesday. wednesday, most of the action will be in the sierra. we'll be on the dry side. it will be warmer as we go into the weekend. >>> a woman running for office in alameda county is now dropping out of the race after being charged with felony voter fraud. kathleen knox was running for controller. investigators say she lived in san leandro in her filing but they believe she lives in dna ville. she said she's officially -- in danville. she said she's officially and respectfully withdrawing her candidacy. she pleaded not guilty to six felony counts. >>> today is the last day to register to vote for the upcoming june 3rd primary election. you need to reregister to

and goes over the sierra nevada.nd that will really pick up the -- the wind picks up tonight into tomorrow morning and temperatures staying below normal here for a little bit. a lot of clouds in the morning and then partly sunny and partly cloudy. so this might be if not today thin it will be tomorrow. we have temperatures really struggling to get in the upper 50s and 60s. >>> pfizer has been trying to buy astro seneca. thousand they are calling for an inquiry to see if the deal isn't the best interest to go forward. they rejected a $106 billion offer from pfizer. >>> coca-cola will stop using a controversial ingredient in its power aid sports drink. the oil is linked to a frame retar dent. >>> now that the warrior season is over. why the warriors star steph curry says a debate over mark jackson's job snot fair. >> keeping the cops out of it. the unusual deal a comic bookstore owner struck with a group of teenagers after he caught them stealing. for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace

low pressure is moving across the sierra nevada. it's cranking out some snow showers there but here likely to get the winds going especially into the afternoon. a little breezy this morning. some partly cloudy skies, mostly sunny this afternoon. but some very gusty winds late in the day. and much warmer weather as though winds calm down and actually turn offshore over the weekend. here's that low that's moving through california just to our east. that's going to be enough to help crank up these winds as high pressure builds in behind that. so a blustery day especially along the coastline. in the high country, guess what, they have another winter weather advisory up there. could see two inches of snow. they are requiring chains on highway 88 there and yeah, you might want to just pack the chains and be careful in that direction. as we look toward the afternoon you will see orange and red beginning to show up especially near the coastline and through some of the mountain gaps. those are some of those gusts possibly to 30 and 40 miles

that's sliding out of town with thunderstorms and even snow over the sierra nevada. this afternoon, mostly sunny skies inland, fog toward the coastline and in the 60s there. mostly cloudy out at the bay right now temperatures in the 50s but this afternoon, a little sunshine coming our way. 79 napa, 66 in san francisco. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. and for the next 20, 25 minutes we still have a lot of overnight roadwork out there. 5:00 is usually the kind of magic hour where we clear a lot of this stuff but if you are traveling in the east bay, the macarthur maze roadwork is back westbound 580 to eastbound 80. that connector scheduled to re- open by again 5 a.m. also, coming down the eastshore freeway westbound 80 there are various lanes blocked it sounds like once again from buchanan into powell. so you may find a touch of slowdowns not enough to impact the drive time. that drive time there at the bottom of your screen, 19 minutes on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze and more roadwork once you hit the bay bridge inc

these are real-time lightning strikes along the sierra nevada.s we head throughout the day today and we accumulate more daytime heating with this unstable air mass overhead. the chance for thunderstorms actually gets better we're accumulating some pretty good moisture at this point. you might have to use your windshield wipers this morning as you make your way up through 880 and fremont. we'll check with mike on that moment and one of those days active weather in the bay area and then things change. let me show you your futurecast for the day. as we head through the 9:00 hour mostly in the south bay and start to light up a touch as we head through the afternoon and evening hours. this is what is so impressive about this system and dropping snowfall today in tahoe and going to see pretty good totals, as well, in the higher elevations surrounding yosemite. above 7,000 feet. very interesting. now, as we head throughout the evening hours system heads out of here and start to see a nice, dry set up take place and temperatures are going to climb as tha

now we'll focus our attention what's wrapping around the sierra nevada where there's been pretty goodow and showers. breezy, cool, partly cloudy, increasing clouds coming in from the east off the sierra and possible showers and thundershowers by later this afternoon into tonight. you can see some of that light rain that made it on the peninsula. light rain, sunnyvale had a nice viewer picture of mike from sunnyvale to rainbow there. could be another rainbow day. some of that light rain from fremont down to san jose. most of it looks like it's ended also in the santa cruz mountains. it looks like things are dying on down a little bit. up in the sierra, been pretty good snow and some of this will continue to head back towards us. 50s on the temps. even with the sun, it won't be very warm. we'll see increasing clouds. you can see the clouds increasing in the north bay and east bay. a mix of sun and clouds. light rain, drizzle looks like it's about done. maybe some afternoon showers or thundershowers. that would be the best bet for today. 60s or low 70s. here's sal. >>> we still have a bu

low pressure making its way over the sierra nevada. they are seeing some snow there.'ll see a lot of sunshine then the winds should begin to calm down as we head in toward tomorrow. 70s in the central valley, a mixed bag in the high country a little snow, showers into lake tahoe snow this morning and a winter weather advisory up there until noon as we expect more snow across the higher peaks snow level down to 6,000 feet. winds whipping this afternoon. stronger gusty winds to 30 to 40 miles per hour. then overnight tonight into early tomorrow it looks like those winds begin to calm down. temperatures will be slightly warmer today. plan on about 70 in morgan hill. 69 in san jose. a cool 59 though again in pacifica. a lot of 70s beginning to show up into the east bay. and breezy as you approach the golden gate. so san francisco checking in about 63. also 63 in sausalito. and 69 in santa rosa. sunrise time at 6:08. sunset at 8:05. next couple of days less wind, a little warmer through tomorrow. then partly cloudy on thursday. but get a lot of this next weekend. looks lik

. >>> it was a conclusion, today's final sierra nevada snow pack wasn't expected to go well. officials found more dirt than snow today. you can see there wasn't anything to measure. the water content is 18% of normal. what should it look like? take a look at this survey in 2011 at this moment. snow covering the ground at this station. it has been dry the last two years. >> little bit of snow that is scattered is the result of the storm last friday and prior to that, that snow would not have been here. this whole year has been a bummer in terms of water supply. >> the sierra nevada snow pack normally provides a 3rd of the water for farms and city. www.ktvu.com has a section to keep you up to date on the drought conditions and water restrictions under hot topics on the home page. >>> another look at the high temperatures from today. records out there. it was hot. it is not as hot tomorrow. enjoy what we had because temperatures next couple days drop off. concord 93. 91 in san rafael. the reason for the drop is the clouds moving in. these are in the upper atmosphere. what happen

the track will take it right over the sierra nevada. until that happens probably wednesday definitely cool breezy pattern. the wind picks up and temperatures staying on the cool side here for awhile. below normal temps. isolated showers. i doubt much makes it here. we are on the western edge of it. 60s across the board here or few very low 70s. sonoma 68. petaluma 67 and boy was it windy. 73 vacaville will be one of the few locations. 67 oakland. 65 alameda. a little cool there. 68 san jose. low 70s morgan hill. 50s and 60s on the coast. if you like this kind of weather you will love it through wednesday. it looks like a little rebound toward the end of the week. >> thank you, steve. >>> coca-cola will stop using the controversial ingredient in the power aid sports drinks. the ingredient is proplonated vegetable oil. the teen says the oil is linked to a flame retar dent. pepsi eliminated that oil from gatorade last year. >>> it was a flight that passengers called the ride of doom. >> just up in the air and lifted out of our seats. seein

still the sierra nevada could see some thunderstorms there.ome of that moisture rotating in that direction even a couple of snowflakes across the higher peaks. still, toward the afternoon here we are going to see mostly sunny skies away from the coastline still a couple of patches of fog there. and temperatures going to start warming up today and getting warmer over the holiday weekend hot in spots in some of the valleys. that area of low pressure that brought with it some unsettled weather here yesterday is now kicking eastward. high pressure just beginning to nudge its way in here. that will help to warm things up for today and over the next few days temperatures really going to start to heat up. 87 in the sacramento valley. 81 fresno. watch out for the possibility of some thunderstorms in the high country. you can see the low clouds and fog early on today, that will begin to back away to the coastline in the afternoon and looks like it's going to surge back onshore into early tomorrow morning. so we are going to see that typical regime for

still some showers over the sierra nevada even the possibility of some thunderstorms there today. but we are going to watch things calm down here. temperatures going to start to warm up by the afternoon. some 70s even some low 80s possibly inland. still lots of clouds toward the coastline, 60s. starting off with gray skies. temperatures generally in the 50s. this afternoon enjoying some sunshine though and i think this is the beginning of some much warmer weather. sunshine about 76 in san jose. 71 in oakland. about 66 breezy into san francisco. >>> the national football league facing a new wave of litigation now am some former players have filed suit saying they were given too many painkillers. kpix 5's cate caugiran reports. >> reporter: good morning. a player said he would come here into the locker room here at candlestick stand in line with other injured players where painkillers were handed out like candy. the lawsuit was filed in federal court in san francisco on behalf of more than 600 former players. it allege, quote, the nfl has illegally an unethically substituted pain me

expecting 1 to 3 inches of snow above 7000 feet in the sierra nevada. we have seen snow in may up in the high country but it's late in the season. going to be wet snow. expected there. tomorrow morning bundled up we know you leave home. upper 40's to mid 50's. cloud cover around could see kim of damp spots head out tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the mid 50's. 68 across the bay in oakland. 73 livermore. 71 san jose. look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperatures will start to do a touch around beginning on wednesday. warming trend taking you right on through the holiday weekend you will notice there upper dwroys low 90's inland. made upper 60's for that holiday weekend if you have the time off. should be nice weather. >> heating up a bit thank you. >> turn our attention to sports. >> yes. >> larry is here basketball to talk by. tomorrow the big steve curry first day of schoo school. but tonight if trying to get back to the nba finals once again then okc injury might make this a quick series. might make this a quick series. look at leonard >>

expecting 1 to 3 inches of snow above 7000 feet in the sierra nevada. we have seen snow in may up in the high country but it's late in the season. going to be wet snow. expected there. tomorrow morning bundled up we know you leave home. upper 40's to mid 50's. cloud cover around could see kim of damp spots head out tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the mid 50's. 68 across the bay in oakland. 73 livermore. 71 san jose. look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperatures will start to do a touch around beginning on wednesday. warming trend taking you right on through the holiday weekend you will notice there upper dwroys low 90's inland. made upper 60's for that holiday weekend if you have the time off. should be nice weather. >> heating up a bit thank you. >> turn our attention to sports. >> yes. >> larry is here basketball to talk by. tomorrow the big steve curry first day of schoo school. but tonight if trying to get back to the nba finals once again then okc injury might make this a quick series. look at leonard go. sports is look at leonard go. s

expecting 1 to 3 inches of snow above 7000 feet in the sierra nevada. we have seen snow in may up in the high country but . in the season. going to be wet snow. expected there. tomorrow morning bundled up we know you leave home. upper 40's to mid 50's. cloud cover around could see kim of damp spots head out tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the mid 50's. 68 across the bay in oakland. 73 livermore. 71 san jose. look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperatures will start to do a touch around beginning on wednesday. warming trend taking you right on through the holiday weekend you will notice there upper dwroys low 90's inland. made upper 60's for that holiday weekend if you have the time off. should be nice weather. >> heating up a bit thank you. >> turn our attention to sports. >> yes. >> larry is here basketball to talk by. tomorrow the big steve curry first day of schoo school. but tonight if trying to get back to the nba finals once again then okc injury might make this a quick series. look at leonard go. spo >> good evening. tomorrow the warri

. >>> new this morning that sierra nevada couple that found more than $10 million worth of gold coins in their backyard in coffee cans are showing off their stuff. they are on display at the nevada county fairgrounds in grass valley through tomorrow. the coins dating back to 1847 are the highlight of an old west show. the anonymous couple found 1400 coins buried in rusty cans while walking their dog on their property in the sierra nevada foothills. coins are enticing a lot of folks looking for their own pot of gold. >> it was like the great treasure hunt, wasn't it? it's what we all dream of, finding, hell, a dollar on the ground, nevermind $10 million worth of gold. >> the couple is expected to sell most of the coins. the display coins are under tight security and you can check them out for just $7. >> just $7. >>> 4:51 now. fans getting carried away at a morrissey show. what happened after one, then two, then a whole bunch of fans stormed the stage. >> family feuds. why a california family is so embarrassed by their performance on family feud. >>> all right. let's fly around the bay

that low continues to spin showers over the sierra nevada and the central valley. that's going to go south and east to the bay area throughout the day so things will be changing over the next 24 hours i think in a positive way. temperatures this afternoon will be a little warmer. maybe some mid-80s in the warmest spots inland. 70s inside the bay and patchy fog 60s toward the coast. out over the bay now we are looking at numbers mainly in the 50s this afternoon. some warm sunshine 82 degrees in fairfield and livermore. about 81 in napa. 78 in san jose. and 63 a little breezy in pacifica. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. thank you, lawrence. we just got off the phone with caltrans a couple of minutes ago. the macarthur maze roadwork is clear now. that connector ramp is open westbound 580 to eastbound 80. heading to the bay bridge, it sounds like that roadwork is still there. the left lanes blocked incline to the tower. it won't slow you down much, though. here's traffic heading into san francisco at the bay bridge toll plaza. a

you can see some showers even some snow in the sierra nevada. winter weather advisories up there toward yosemite and kings canyon. could see maybe one to three inches of snow above 7,000 feet. now, with that low overhead that may just provide enough instability to spark a couple of isolated thunderstorms. i think the best chance will be over the east bay hills. and then much warmer weather as we look toward the holiday weekend. right now the core of the low is just swinging on by right now and that will continue to move through slowly throughout day today so we are going to keep things a little unsettled outside. some 70s into the central valley some thunderstorms a real possibility into the central valley and also in the high country, looks like the system is going to swing on through today and keep things very unsettled but again it's just very, very spotty. most of us are just going to see some passing clouds with sprinkles or light showers and maybe an isolated thunderstorm. temperatures going to work out like this. it will be cool and breez

our system will give light snow to the sierra nevada. not a lot. the low is on its way towards southern nevada. once that gets that far south, the wind machine will crank up. it's calmed down a little bit. it will pick up again as high pressure builds in weekly to the north and the low to the south. that will be a fight between the two. windy and cool. we have morning clouds. afternoon sun. a few showers are possible. it looks like we're about done with that. 60s. 39 up in clearlake. we had some measurable rain up in mendocino county. i know about .10 to 16/100ths from the last 24 hours. this system had a punch the farther north you go. for us, it's set in a lot of cool air and partly cloudy skies. alameda, 65, brentwood, oakley 73. martinez, 67. a lot of 67, 68. low, low 70s morgan hill and gilroy. 60s on the coast, 60 on the peninsula. cold tomorrow morning at least for this time of year. still breezy. clouds roll in thursday. it's out of here on friday. warmer weather for your weekend. >> thank you, steve. >>> 7:20. bring in an annual salary of $

we have thunderstorms maybe midweek in the sierra nevada. we will talk about the cool weather here and when we will warm up when we return. >> i'll stop complaining about how cold i am now in san francisco. also coming up, the giants light up one of the best pitchers in baseball in st. louis. larry beil w hmm. this is new. start your day with new tyson day starts breakfast flatbreads, and you start with better ingredients, like real eggs, quality tyson sausage, all natural cheeses, and a crispy, flaky flatbread. and our delicious sandwiches, flatbreads, and wrapped omelets give you 24% or more of your daily protein. new tyson day starts -- the dawn of a delicious breakfast. >> welcome back. lisa, can you cheer us up with news of sun? >> well lurk be starting out with the gray skies. we have sun on the way. warmer second half of the weekend. live doppler hd showing gray sky is all across the north bay. no precip, but we talk a little bit about thunderstorms that will arrive in the sierra nevada by the middle of the week. it's chill will there

vigorous low for this time of year still making its imback up in the seardz -- impact up in the sierra nevada. there's still high mountain snow. very high. some of the areas in the eastern sierra, bridgeport still getting rain. robin in pleasant hill said the allergies are awful. benicia, says it's awful. it's oak and olive. trees are up there, grasses. they are not that high but i guess they are that strong. they are expected to go up in the next few days. weeds still holding down. we did have light rain. most of the action has moved well east of us. the low is a big one. it's on -- believe it or not it will dive into southern nevada. they will get rain down there. that will help towards san diego. it looks like a good system for them. 41 up in tahoe. 48 reno. the think the rain is about done up there. 57, 59 ukiah and also up -- out to sacramento. high pressure nosing in. it will send everything up and over. as the low goes south, we'll pick up a breeze. low pressure southern california, high pressure to the north. eventually the north wind will be with us probably into tomorrow. everything

now, this is over the sierra nevada not here in the bay area, but i do want to show it to you because the same air mass overhead and the instability much cooler here in the bay area. as we warm up this afternoon, we'll increase that chance of thunderstorms and right now you can see a little activity out there over the coastal mountains and precipitation that dissipates and it actually evaporates. as we head throughout the day today, light shower activity and not enough to where you need to keep your umbrella by your side. we are headed towards comfortable conditions and give that ac a break today in the south bay. 72 degrees and 64 for san francisco and 73 degrees in the east bay hills with a chance for thunder. i will show you your futurecast and best chance for showers today and we have a big warming trend coming our way for our holiday weekend. that's coming up next. here's mike with your drive. >> looking christina at the south bay and northbound 101 and flow pretty typical volume and let's look at the entire south bay. typical right here with that green, but a little farther sout

attract right near us but it is a possibility of isolated showers and it will light up over the sierra nevadaly cloudy and cooler isolated showers to the north possibly later on and i think a better chance to go later on these are all below average, all a mix of sun and mostly cloudy skies, cooler clear brice i and then -- breeze city and we start to rebound -- breezy and we start to rebound with warmer temperatures. >>> at&t announced a $7 billion deal to buy direct tv and they approved the merger and both stocks are down on the news and they need approval as they are expected to take the imposed merger leading to higher prices and toed still la, that is just behind the opening for captain america, winter soldier and last month, godzilla pushed them into second place and amazing spiderman 2 and the other women round out the top 5. >>> all right, dropping out, they are very serious charges allegations of fraud in alameda county. >>> also next, a former student accused of calling in a bomb threat at a college graduation, the big secret she was trying to hide which prompted her to do it. star c

. >>> the season's last snow fall just fell at the sierra nevada and even with that they report it 18% of average to date. it is still critical, the last measurement showed it was 32% of the supply. it provides 1/3 of the california water supply. >>> police have made another arrest of a young man killed in a parking dispute. police tell us they took another suspect into custody yesterday after the killing of a man. it happened after he got into a confrontation outside the market. police believe one of the men under arrest was one of the men who gunned him down last october and one of the men had already been arrested. >>> the university has gotten a report in which they investigated harassment and sexual assaults and it is the first time they have gotten that kind of report, uc berkeley is named along with all those schools also on the list. >>> a south bay woman is telling a frightening story today after police say she was kidnapped by a stranger over the weekend. we told you about a man who investigators say kidnapped more than one victim a day. we have this story about a victim whos

at 30 at fso and that's an extra whole day on the air sea and the main focus could be over the sierra nevada 32 up this 56 sacramento but this one is making a persons pipe for i us. if you were headed up there i would go early did an isolated shower or too for the north and we will continue to stay here over the next few days. >> all right, thank you very much. san francisco has been named one of the most walkable cities in the nation. compiled week what stars including city layout and up from fracture. the other top ones are -- infrastructure, the other top ones are that your and boston. starting tame tickets for one and the price for a park harper -- hopper tickets, $150. disney is facing it out. >> gosh, it is hard for a family to go. >>> coming up mass firing fall out. the reason an advisor was fired following a racist remark he find it attacking it attacking and embarrassing. stay tuned. . >>> welcome back, it is 4:52 oregon could have same-sex marriages and the judge will issue his ruling and they will issue marriage licenses immediately if the judge said they are legal. >>> one of the

we have aerial images telling the story of a long dry woint in the sierra nevada mountains.his video was shot for al jazeera. we maffed a camera -- placed a camera on an aircraft used to take aerial shots of the snow pack. it's a joint project. they are trying, with the aerial measurements, is get accurate readings. they fly at 70,000 feet over the sierra nevada, and they can pinpoint the snow pack with precision. the snow pack is shallow, even at the highest elevations. >> after two sizeable years of droughts, the reservoirs are lower than they are normally at this time of year. so if we had a good year of snow pack, we'd fill that up, and there would be no problem. we have a lousy snow pack. we have not much to put into already a serious deficit. so many of those reservoirs will not full to their capacity this year. and as we head out into the dry summer months, then raging will become a reality. >>> california's department of water resources says the snow pack is at 4.3% of average, meaning the dry winter will make for a long parched summer in california. >> jennifer lond

the sierra nevada snow pack measured 18% of average for the date. was more dry ground than snow as the department of water resources conduct its last survey this morning. -- duct conducted its -- conduct its last survey this morning. a month ago it was 32%. the sierra nevada snow pack accounts for1/3 of california's water supply. >>> ticking time bombs, the four areas in the bay area at risk for landslide and what is does to protect you. >> i screamed a couple times because the birds, you are dodging them. >> dozens of birds invading a house at the same time every single night. how the weather could help keep the birds away. >> and preparing for the worse. >> you don't want towaste pressure minutes. >> what you should have when minutes could mean the difference between life and -- the difference between life and death. and it came with a free chocolate chip cake. [sighs] how do you guys feel about this meal i had to not cook? you should not cook more often. i will try not to take offense to that. ♪ >>> rain in florida let up but after flooding flood

this is video april 1st the drought is not the only threat to the health of the sierra nevada. u.s. geological survey says stress caused by pumping and rain in those this caused a gradual depletion that is making those ranges rise every year. not every year, about a thickness of a dime with a cumulation of up to six inches over 150 years. and california is desperate for water this year, you know. that you can see from this map, the huge chunk of the state is an exceptional drought condition. highlighted by dark red there. most of california is in the extreme drought categories. >> local marine biologists were able to free the whale. a crab hunt rope around the tail. this is video. they couldn't free the whales but were able to put a tracking device on the hump back. that followed the mammal and led to the rescue. they're able to cut that hope away. a firsthand perspective of the rescue, great work. >> amazing. >> yes. successful. >> a couple dolphins spotted in water off ocean beach. nice shot we wanted to share with you. >> this smoky ash >> coming up what w >>> in the newsroom, co

. >> you have probably never heard of sierra, nevada. the fact that hay have launched something into or bit every two to three weeks. sierra nevada has been around for over 52 years and employees more than 3,000 people in 16 states. >> one of the things people see when they come here is wonderful technology. >> nasa is hosting a competition, for private enterprise to build a spacecraft to shuttle humans back and forth to low-earth orbit, and that contract will be worth billions. sierra nevada's dream chaser design is the only one in the competition that is not a capsule. it is a lifting body. >> i'm ready to take a look at the dream chaser. your model is the only one that actually looks like the shuttle. >> the volume inside is as much usable volume as the space shuttle had. people can stay in space for several days if they need to. >> like a space s.u.v. >> so far there hasn't been a capsule for hupes that is big. woun would have to build 20 or 30 capsules. >> let's jump in the simulator. i see the runway right there. >> it doesn't fly

and we have aerial images that tell the story of a long, dry winter up in the sierra nevada mountains in california. this video was shot absolutely for aljazeera america. we placed a camera above an aircraft that is taking surveys of the snowpack. it's in corporation betwee, andy are trying to get far more accurate reads. they fly 20,000 feet over the sierra nevada, and they can pinpoint the snowpack, which will turn into snow melt with precision, and so far the reads are showing that the know pack is very shallow, even at the highest elevations. >> after two sizeable years of drought, the reservoirs are much lower than they are normally at this time of year. and so if we had a good year of snowpack, then we would fill that up and it would be a problem. but we have a lousy snowpack, so we have not very much to put into already serious deficit. so many of those reservoirs will not fill to their capacity this year, and as we head out into the dry summer months, then rationing is going to become a reality. >> reporter: the california department of water resources said the snowcap is at 4

a few showers in the afternoon in parts of the crest of the sierra nevada.ook for 82 in reno today. 62 in monterey. and closer to home temperatures will range from about 51 half moon bay, gusty winds here. 67 in the city. 76 in san rafael and mid-70s for palo alto, mountain view, 84 in concord, as well as morgan hill. and if you spend time in the city it should be a beautiful afternoon with the clouds continuing to evaporate throughout the day. low 60s noontime. staying there about 3:00 p.m. and the breeze kicking up later on in the afternoon. so 23 you are headed over to at&t park tonight for the game, it will be just about 60 and the winds a little breezy as the fog comes back into play. 56 by late in the night. about 10:00. accuweather seven-day forecast, the warmest day tomorrow. it will be warm everywhere just modestly and cool back with the breeze. memorial bay tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and steadily cooling temperatures with breezy averages and the low clouds hugging the coast. that's when you expect. >> for the game tonight people should bring wha

and over the sierra nevada it will give some shower activity there. and way below average temperatures. for the morning low clouds, breezy, and cool. then we will have a lot of clouds. breezy and terror morgan hill and antioch is in there. temperatures will stay cool here. the main impact is cool and breezy and windy at times. thursday mostly sunny. >> thank you. >>> time is 4:50. fans of the show 24 gearing up for its return to network television tonight. after eight seasons, fox has decided to bring the show back. the realtime thriller is returning as a summer event series called 24, live another day. while past seasons has featured 24 episodes, this season will only feature 12. you can see 24, live another day right here on channel. those tweets will >> i know a lot of people that are very hooked on that show. >> i am. >>> terror on board a u.s. airways flight. >> people were screaming and it was very, very scary. >> what happened that left passengers with a store they will never forget. >> the reason three -- >>> welcome back. they are in facing t

. >> we have snow mix up in the sierra nevada so things are quiet but cool and breezy and

we do have an area of low pressure and that means business here in the sierra nevada and i will show you that in just a second. yesterday it was 62 and we are starting off with partly cloudy skies and if you are picking up a few he temperatures, there is a good breeze, 18-mile-per- hour, 16, san jose almost 10- mile-per-hour and it will be a breezy windy day, and it looks like isolated snow showers and it is rapidly on the way to the south but not before it spins a few clouds afternoon sun at least upper 60s for some and just plane mid-60 -- main mid- -- plain mid-60s, here is

the key is the low coming in which will drop down into oregon and eventh sierra nevada maybe monday andey will get some presip up there. the weekend outlook is much better. temperatures more 80s. 60s and 70s coast and bay. coming up in ten minutes i'll have more on that weekend cool down. here is sal. >> right now traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. i would say that you're off to a pretty good start. let's go out and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic here looks pretty good. you can see this is a very nice looking drive with no major issues. if you are driving into san francisco, that drive time will take you i would say less than ten minutes and i'm being a little conservative on that. probably less than eight minutes really getting into the city. also looking at the commute here on the san mateo bridge. that is an 11 minute drive. there are no major problems. and the traffic continues to look good if you are driving through. i want to mention the traffic continues to look good on 680 southbound between the marina vista area and walnut creek. that drive

. >> if you're in the sierra nevada, you may run into a shower.'s a look at lake tahoe, highs today will nbt 50s, scattered showers will be around. by the middle of the week it will be 75 in tahoe, you're wondering what's it going to be like here. stay tuned for a look at your very warm accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> also next, the giants get a big win in l.a. but suffer a bad break, larry biehl has the details and brandon belt's injury, coming up thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. chase. so you can. >>> it is 8:44 a.m., a live look if our tower cam over the the bubble of the city, san francisco, sunny today and breezy and there's some serious heat right around the corner. so stay with us, lisa argent will fill you in on all details. >> a bay area boy needs your help, 7-year-old baylor frederickson needs a bone marrow donor. it's a challenging case because he's multiethnic. abc7 news reporter carolyn

maybe some showers or thunderstorms in the sierra nevada and allows for further cooling for the bay area into monday. tuesday we turn around, 79 in morgan hill and los gatos. with 75 in santa clara. peninsula numbers, low to mid 70s, nice afternoon, breezy, 73, menlo park with low 60s for pacifica. here you will have the clouds and the gusty winds, 62, daley city, and san francisco, 67. in the north barks the rose parade in santa rosa, featuring a nice day, 80s for you, havev o vallejo. 79. and 72 in san leandro. so nice afternoon for the commencement speech. 73, castro vally. heading inland, you'll notice a big change today, 80 in concord, 77 in pleasanton. the accuweather seven-day forecast features the cooler air tomorrow into monday. by tuesday, little bit warmer. so we're trending near average for mid may. late may and then by wednesday, thursday and friday, returning to the low to mid 80s. feeling a little summer-like. memorial day kicks off the summer season. and of course, it will bring us next monday a holiday and it's looking pleasant. so between now and then, we're looking at

there have been lightning strikes and snow in the sierra nevada. i want to show you reports. so far daggett pass, seven inches of snow. they have a winter weather advisory until 9:00 p.m tonight. so looking at heavenly a few plainings there. oakland, 65. here is a sign of instability looking towards oakland you can see puffy clouds there. keeping in possibility of isolated showers. 73 santa rosa. 70 in novato and livermore. beautiful view with a lot of cloud cover there. partly cloudy to cloudy tonight. warmer pattern beginning tomorrow, sunny skies and warm for holiday weekend for foremost of you. tlooblging at satellite and radar that area of low pressure going to be shifting out of here. and here is what it's going to look like tonight. cloud cover around the isolated showers will be wining down towards tomorrow morning. and tomorrow afternoon, signs of change. san jose, temperatures trend up, tomorrow, seven. we'll continue to trend those numbers higher, heading into holiday weekend up into mid-80s range. well above average of 76. then, they'll taper heading towards memor

there are snow showers in the forecast for sierra nevada. i'll be back with a look at the accu-weather forecast. >> the next big one here in the bay area may actually be a cluster of powerful earthquakes. researchers say it's likely we'll experience mid sized earthquakes rather than a giant quake. reporting it's based on historical records showing clusters shook the bay area. >> clean up crews picked up 17 tons of garbage at beta breakers race yesterday. department of public works cleared away 11 tons of it. rec and park picked up another six. a busy day for police and many aroasts among them, a nearly naked guy who hopped a fence to taunt the bison. a witness posted this video online. he was cited for disturbing animals. a bay area man authorities say instigated a team. >> does serial job hopping hurt your career? >> and proving them wrong why a woman told she'd never get into college becomes the top graduate. >> and super size theed super cell. >>> a developing story now in thigh ln. the army there just declared marshal law the country has

i want to take you to the sierra nevada and loop it over the next three hours. you can see thunderstorms over the last few hours and areas of green, light rain, and even some snow, pink, and the white as well, and here's a live shot. this is in tahoe, in heavenly. mountain top. this is live. heavy snow right now reported as well in truckee. currently it's in the 60s around the bay area. 60 in san francisco, 67 in oakland, and 62 in redwood city. 67 insen jose. half moon bay, 67. here's a beautiful shot of the east bay, looking east towards mt. diablo. you see some clouds there but a gorgeous day. very breezy as well. it's currently 70 in santa rosa, and we see 70 in fairfield and concord. here's what you need to know as we look this time from the east bay. you can see the breeze causing ripples on the water. clear and cool tonight. warmer for mother's day, and then get ready for a heat wave next week. i'll show you the timing of that pretty shortly. right now, winds have been pretty strong, gusting up to 41 miles-per-hour. sfo, all the winds from the west, even

you can see all the clouds swirling around bringing showers and snow showers to the sierra nevada. winter weather advisories up toward yosemite maybe another one to three inches of snow above 7,000 feet. so the core of that low is going to slowly work its way through the bay area. a chance we could see a couple of lightning strikes especially into the east bay hills. i think this afternoon, otherwise, we are going to see a mixture of sun and clouds and sun. and then after today looks like things setting down warmer temperatures and much warmer weather as we head in toward the holiday weekend. here's that low that's spinning around now. we have some breezy conditions outside already. continuing to be breezy into the afternoon as that low moves out. around the state, a little bit unsettled. in the high country be prepared likely you will run into showers and snow showers toward yosemite and thunderstorms, too. temperatures in the site of in the central valley. clouds on and off throughout the day. you will see the core of the low moving through and cells spinning by bringing a couple

live doppler 7hd tracking the showers that moved across the sierra nevada. they had a winter weather advisory until 9:00 p.m. tonight. it has been dropped and here is how much snow we have gotten so far. alpine meadows an inch and a half. new snow and seven inches of snow. here we are coming up on june. here is the view from our emeryville camera. we look out toward the bay and it is a gray sky right mow. the temperatures are pretty uniform in the 50s. 55 in san francisco and san jose 57. half moon bay is 55 degrees. overcast skies as we look toward the trans america pyramid. mid50s santa rosa and novato is at 55. livermore is 56 degrees. one last view from our kgo roof camera and looking out toward the bay and there is the low cloudiness. we will call it partly to mostly cloudy. warmer pattern begins tomorrow for some of you. it will be dry for the holiday weekend. as we look at the satellite and radar we have had measurable rain over the local hills due to the low-pressure system and a few sprinkles at the lower elevations. it is leaving california and her

maybe give partly cloudies up in the sierra nevada. for us fog, sun, and cooler. there is more of a west wind and cooler for all. even way attainder. 50s to very, very low 80s. really a lot of 70s inland. happy friday sal. >>> we are looking at a nice looking drive on this early friday morning. as you drive to work on 880. the traffic here looks good. from this point in oakland near the coliseum the downtown is taking less than five minutes of a drive. in case you are trying to catch a flight at oakland airport this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. still very light coming into san francisco. the fog that steve mentioned so far is not a problem for any of the visibility of drivers on the bridges. and if you are are driving in livermore valley 580 this looks good. hopefully it will be a light friday. 4:31 let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with developing news out of the east bay. right now police are on the scene of a possible kidnapping. now officers are trying to determine if a woman was held against her will. ktvu alex savidge is in oakland this morn

. >>> workers will gauge the sierra nevada snow pack hoping to figure out how much water has melt under to streams and reservoirs. sierra snow pack accounts for a third of the state's water. the last measurement was a month ago. a show where 32% of how much snow the sierra usually gets. >>> a live look outside this morning at the shark tank in san jose. we're going to have to wait until next season for the stanley cup. >> again. >> heartbroken fans really poured out of sap center after the playoff was cut short by the l.a. kings. considering fans were hoping for a sweep of l.a. just last week. with a 5-1 loss the sharks became the fourth team in nhl history to blow a three-game series lead. fans say this will sting for a while. >> this is probably the worst. of all the years i've been coming, this has got to be the worst. >> as a loyal fan, how disappointing is this. we're getting used to it. that's all i can say. >> will you keep hanging in here? >> i'm going to keep hanging in here. tickets for many years and i guess i'm glutton for punishment. >> well, at least he's laughing about it