the sierra nevada has already issued a flash flood watch out through 9:00 on saturday. things are really, really exploding. so from central citier a northern sierra, and also toward reno you can get pretty big boomers here in the afternoon. if you are up here here, you already know that. there is a pretty good lightning show going on. for us it's night and morning fog. and more of a westerly breeze. expect toward the santa clara valley. 50s and 60s on the temps. a little cooler to much, much cooler for some. 50s including se include -- 50s including sebastopol. 52 in tahoe. 58 ukiah. the low cloud deck will peel back to the coast and temperatures will follow in the 70s and 80s. another system is spinning in clouds. the typical july pattern coast and drizzle l. 86 st. helena. walnut creek 79. alameda 70. low 80s along with pleasanton and hayward at 74 degrees. 79 san jose. santa clara at 79. cupertino at 80-degrees. 64 daily city and pacifica. not much changed saturday. always tough timing on the forecast. >>> just about 6:20. we will continue the coverage of the ma leshi

. >> but most of that will be confined over the sierra nevada now. so looks like the sea breeze is kicking in again today. low clouds and fog. no surprise, slowly burning off today temperatures down a few more degrees. those monsoonal clouds brian was talking about, you can see it creeping up over the sierra nevada, maybe some more thunderstorms in that direction. so if you are going to the high country, you may see more throughout the day. today 60s and 70s around the bay, 80s in the valleys. 60s and patchy fog along the coastline. out the door it's gray skies again. the temperatures in the 50s and low 60s this morning. by the afternoon, still warm, 78 in san jose this afternoon, 69 in observations. 66 in san francisco. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. fortunately no accidents out the door. you will hit some overnight roadwork. this is the half hour where they really start to wrap things up. if you are traveling in san leandro, this is oakland, but if you are continuing southbound, those headlights are heading towards d

you see those thunderstorms developing over the sierra nevada and down toward the fresno area. and as you make your way to the north bay, a couple of sprinkles this morning as the system continues to slide on through. throughout the day today going to become mostly sunny and these temperatures going to be slightly warmer outside. cooler numbers are ahead back to normal toward the weekend. that ridge of high pressure still the dominant feature here over the desert southwest and that moisture wrapping around it. that will heat things up once again today. 105 in fresno. 102 in sacramento. more thunderstorms in the high country about 76 degrees into monterey bay. computer models doing well with the forecast this morning showing some of the monsoonal clouds passing through this morning. then by the afternoon a whole lot of sunshine. just that patchy fog out toward the coastline. we'll see more of that fog the next couple of days. we are going to see a stronger sea breeze developing. temperatures for today are going to be getting hot in spots. in the south bay, well into the 80s even

monsoonal clouds over the sierra nevada are pushing further east. so we are going to have lots of sunshine by the afternoon away from the coast but temperatures going to be cooler a lot of 60s and 70s inside the bay today. you will have warm 80s in the valleys, cool 60s toward the coast and mostly cloudy there. out the door right now, we have a lot of clouds outside. the temperatures a little cooler this morning in the 50s. by the afternoon, temperatures will be down about 69 in oakland, 64 in san francisco. and about 79 still mostly sunny in san jose. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>>

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up in the mountains and s pc, they have painted it for the sierra nevada and these will thin outoing to it be a beautiful sunrise with a lot of low clouds and fog. we will go to 68 and that's two degrees above average and lightning strikes like you cannot believe continuing to come through and we have a batch of tropical clouds. in southern california it has just been incredible. a little cooler there and a lot of 60s, livermore is at 65 and fairfield 65 and they have a decent delta breeze and we don't see that all the time and speaking of cooler, much of the midwest for the deep south and noter east is amazingly cooler this time of year. they are looking for temperatures to stay on the high side 06 in tahoe for this time of year and you can see that tropical cloud is started to go towards the mother load and partly sunny and we do have a humidity factor which continues in the upper areas and there is a pattern which is just not changing much although there looks to be a degrees in clouds and it is stuck until sunday and monday. >>> we are stuck. >> yes, we are. >>> and coming up

sierra nevada, northern california looks good for thunderstorms. later today. already a lot of cloud cover. 50s, 60s, some areas near 70 already. inland it won't take long. some locations out of the gate quick. san jose state is already 68. you can see there's plenty of tropical clouds to the north. there is a lot in southern california. i say partly sunny because there's definitely a pretty good fog bank out there. it will retreat back to the coast. 90s inland. not as humid. 60s, 70s by the water. here's sal. >>> we're looking at the toll plaza of the bay bridge. you can see that there's still some slow traffic here. it is about a 15, 20-minute drive time into san francisco. no major problems on the bridge. but traffic is going to be busy. also looking this morning at the commute on westbound 92, the san mateo bridge, the traffic is moving along okay. it's about an 11-minute drive. the south bay has been trying to steal the spotlight in a way of bad commutes. 101 is still very heavy. driving up all the way to mountain view if you are driving in your car up the

as you take a look for the sierra nevada so thunderstorms could produce some heavy rainfall as we headmorrow just keep that in mind if you are going to the tahoe area. here's a view from our emeryville camera over cast sky right now. we are looking at temperatures that are really on the comfortable side at this hour. in the 60's for san francisco oakland san jose gilroy 61 degrees. half man bay is at 63. i guess we have problems. i'll toss it back to you. >> keep going. >> camera just moved off screen. all right i'll keep going. why not. >> just talk. >> it's a beautiful view. >> here's another view from our exploring camera. over cast sky right now. this is what you are going to have to deal with first thing tomorrow morning. it is 59 in santa rosa right now. low 60's for nap a.no have the o'conner cord livermore and oneless view from our sfo camera. here's what is coming. mostly cloudy mild morning. a little bit warmerp the next 2 day and humid again this you coming weekend so you look at the water vapor imagery just present teend i'm standing in front of the graphic. we see another

numerous thunderstorms popping up over the central valley and the sierra nevada.h out for more of that activity. even a couple of scattered light showers showing up in parts of the north bay this morning. throughout the day the clouds part becoming mostly sunny today. and the temperatures going to be slightly warmer in fact getting hot in the valleys. you will see 90s and triple digits inland. looks like cooler temperatures are ahead as stronger sea breeze is going to develop the next few days and that will usher in more low clouds and fog. today going to keep things hot away from the coastline. warm inside the bay. temperatures in the central valley 105 in fresno, 102 sacramento. high country the possibility of more thunderstorms there, as well. about 75 degrees into monterey bay. monsoonal clouds sweeping in across our skies this morning, then clearing out a bit and that means a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. just a couple of patches of coastal fog and plenty of that fog over the next few days. temperatures looking at 80s and 90s into the south bay. upper 6

the centrally and sierra nevada.s lightning strikes there near fresno and just to the east over the mountaintops so things a still unsettled but a lot of the monsoonal clouds will head east today and that means we'll clear out and less muggy conditions ahead. still, it will be mostly sunny today. temperatures going to be on the hot side, slightly warmer than yesterday. but then cooler numbers are ahead as we head into the weekend. high pressure still dominating the weather in the desert southwest. but that's going to be begin to kick further to the east so it means a sea breeze will strenthen in the next few days. still, hot 100s into the central valley. watch out for thunderstorms in the high country again. 81 in lake tahoe. 99 yosemite. 66 partly cloudy into the monterey bay. clouds sweeping through but not much. low clouds and fog along the coastline we are going to see more of that in the coming days. temperatures today though will get hot in the south bay about 92 in los gatos, 98 in morgan hill. 86 in sunnyvale

again watch out for thunderstorms possibly in the sierra nevada.9 degrees into monterey bay. clouds going to try to break up this morning even along the coastline briefing breaking up but then surging back onshore maybe drizzle again early tomorrow morning and then it looks like things begin to change over the weekend as high pressure starts to strengthen. temperatures in the 70s and 80s into the south bay. 60s as you head toward the coastline. plenty of 80s inland. it looks like inside the bay we'll keep you in the 60s and the low 70s towards san leandro about 66 in san francisco. next couple of days, we are going to keep those temperatures down just a bit then warming up slightly on saturday. maybe back into the 90s in some of the interior valleys towards sunday and monday. by the way, if you would like to see what the weather would be like where you live download the cbs sf bay area weather app for your iphone or ipad. you can customize it for your city and share your photos, too. we have the android app that's currently in development. and hope

the cloud cover will continue to increase over the sierra nevada tomorrow afternoon. more thunderstorms there. for us sun high clouds adding to the humidity for the first half of the did. fog will linger along the coast line all day long. today high pressure came down in most areas. tomorrow will continue with the cool down bay inland. when you 11 home tomorrow morning don't worry about extra layer because it is going to be humid and it is going to be mild. look at the temperatures low to mid 60's inland east ba bay. san jose 50's right around the bay. half machine bay the only spot where we are expecting it to the remain foggy and a little on the cool side 52 degrees. tomorrow afternoon 79 san jose high cloud moving through. 80 cupertino. 70 santa cruz on the peninsula 77 redwood city. mountain view 57 pacifica. fog hangs around all day long. you are used to that in daily 60. 65 in san francisco. north bay heavy high cloud cover. 79 santa rosa. 80 napa best chance of sprinkle in the morning. 69 east bay oakland inland spots low to upper 80's m places like antioch, br

. >> higher clouds have moved out but they are up in the sierra nevada. but for us it's back to the night, morning fog. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. we are following breaking news in san francisco. here is a live picture. this is may flower street in the bernal heights district. you can see they are investigating this fire. it started just about 45 minutes ago. just before 4:00 in the morning. just within the last few minutes they moved our crew back and declared this fire a crime scene. that is why you see the flashlights. the firefighters standing back. right now we have not determined why this is a crime scene or if anyone was hurt in the fire, but we have a ktvu view out there right now gathering more information that we will have a live report. more information on this fire again. bernal heights in san francisco. we will check in with them in a little bit. >>> time is 4:45. santa clara police hope surveillance video will help them track down a man that stole a boys bike at knife point. police say the suspect and his friends we

as you take a look for the sierra nevada so thunderstorms could produce some heavy rainfall as we headmorrow just keep that in mind if you are going to the tahoe area. here's a view from our emeryville camera over cast sky right now. we are looking at temperatures that are really on the comfortable side at this hour. in the 60's for san francisco oakland san jose gilroy 61 degrees. half man bay is at 63. i guess we have problems. i'll toss it back to you. >> keep going. >> camera just moved off screen. all right i'll keep going. why not. >> just talk. >> it's a beautiful view. >> here's another view from our exploring camera. over cast sky right now. this is what you are going to have to deal with first thing tomorrow morning. it is 59 in santa rosa right now. low 60's for nap a.no have the o'conner cord livermore and oneless view from our sfo camera. here's what is coming. mostly cloudy mild morning. a little bit warmerp the next 2 day and humid again this you coming weekend so you look at the water vapor imagery just present teend i'm standing in front of the graphic. we see another

sierra nevada, thunderstorms firing up over 2,000 lightning strikes around the state, still counting. if you're heading to the tahoe area, a heads up, there is a flash flood watch in effect, includes the sierra nevada. tahoe until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. heavy rain could lead to rock and mudslides. outdoors, hiking, doing activity, keep that in mind. wind gusts to 32 miles an hour in fair field. breezy at sfo. 25. 29 in livermore, concord at 24. from lake ta hotahoe camera, th starting to move out of the picture. clouds now but they have scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for friday and saturday afternoon. slight chance on sunday. 66 in san francisco right now. 71 in oakland. mild in san jose. 74 degrees. 79 gilroy. look at the great sky. 70 santa rosa, napa, novato. 77 fair field. 76 livermore. low clouds from the south beach cam across the bay. cloudy and mild morning with patchy drizzle. warm next two days. it's going to get humid this weekend between saturday evening and sunday afternoon/evening hours. water vapor showing you the high to our east, low to the wes

as you take a look for the sierra nevada so thunderstorms could produce some heavy rainfall as we headmorrow just keep that in mind if you are going to thearea. he area. here's a view from our emeryville camera over cast sky right now. we are looking at temperatures that are really on the comfortable side at this hour. in the 60's for san francisco oakland san jose gilroy 61 degrees. half man bay is at 63. i guess we have problems. i'll toss it back to you. >> keep going. >> camera just moved off screen. all right i'll keep going. why not. >> just talk. >> it's a beautiful view. >> here's another view from our exploring camera. over cast sky right now. this is what you are going to have to deal with first thing tomorrow morning. it is 59 in santa rosa right now. low 60's for nap a.no have the o'conner cord livermore and oneless view from our sfo camera. here's what is coming. mostly cloudy mild morning. a little bit warmerp the next 2 day and humid again this you coming weekend so you look at the water vapor imagery just present teend i'm standing in front of the graphic. we see anothe

the sard will be the big story today and -- the sierra nevada will be the big story today and into theekend. there's a flash flood watch out until 9:00 saturday p.m. how about that? that includes much of the sierra, also tahoe, reno, truckee, bear valley, mammoth. be advised. there could be big-time thunderstorms eruchting the there man -- erupting. there will be even more so on sunday. they pop up at 2:00, 6:00. they lose their energy source and collapse. some of that may drift back over to us on sunday. until then, night and morning fog. we've had a south wind. so again, we need a northwest breeze to get the cooler ocean temperature. that's just not happening. the low has been running mild to warm. the fog and low clouds producing a bunch of drizzle. tropical clouds are a sign some of this will work its way up not only from cabo and mexico but also the low off the coast. there's plenty going on. there's a whopper of a typhoon going in just south of hong kong near china. a category 4, if you will. tie feen, same thing as a -- typhoon, the same thing as a hurricane. 60, 70s, 80s, almos

the cloud cover will continue to increase over the sierra nevada tomorrow afternoon.rms there. for us sun high clouds adding to the humidity for the first half of the did. fog will linger along the coast line all day long. today high pressure came down in most areas. tomorrow will continue with the cool down bay inland. when you 11 home tomorrow morning don't worry about extra layer because it is going to be humid and it is going to be mild. look at the temperatures low to mid 60's inland east ba bay. san jose 50's right around the bay. half machine bay the only spot where we are expecting it to the remain foggy and a little on the cool side 52 degrees. tomorrow afternoon 79 san jose high cloud moving through. 80 cupertino. 70 santa cruz on the peninsula 77 redwood city. mountain view 57 pacifica. fog hangs around all day long. you are used to that in daily 60. 65 in san francisco. north bay heavy high cloud cover. 79 santa rosa. 80 napa best chance of sprinkle in the morning. 69 east bay oakland inland spots low to upper 80's m places like antioch, brentwood may sque

sierra nevada looking like they were in line.htning. 60s for temps. 50s up to the north. there are a few 50s. a lot of fog on the coast. the water temperatures are pretty warm. you get to the higher elevations. 70s in the hills. it is really warm air aloft. and sunnyvale at 64. 65 sacramento and the remains of a tropical system right there continue to work their way in south of us. north, east, and south we have a lot of tropical clouds. a few of these bleed in. these are wrapping back around from the sacramento valley which is what eastern solano get a couple of that. it will make for really tough conditions. it is hot and humid inland. fog near the coast. there will be a big difference in the temps. 100 in vacaville. 101 in clear lake. st. helena 99. novato 88. 101 brentwood, oakley. concord, walnut creek. all in the 90s. 78 oakland. 76 alameda. that is pretty warm for alameda. milpitas 90 degrees. on the coast it is pretty warm. 60s there. 77 san bruno. wood side we will go 89 degrees. i don't see much change or hints of a nor

the monsoonal moisture sweeping up across the sierra nevada in northern california right now.n still some 70s and 80s inland. 60s and 70s inside the bay and 60s along the coast. i think high pressure over the weekend making it hot in the valleys, 90s by sunday. well away from the coast. ♪ >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it's july 11th 2014. >>> first, here is a look at today's "eye-opener at 8:00.." >> there are threats being made by both sides here this morning assish considers a ground invasion. >> the immigration crisis continues. here in washington a top republican is blaming president obama. >>> the fire conditions creating new challenges for firefighters in washington state. dozens of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes now. >> if you take emotion out of the equation, the math seems to work for miami. >> they argue the cookie cutter embassies were easy to build and cheap and they worry the new approach will cost money and time. >> every four years the questions come up is this the year americans fully embrace soccer. >> whoa his career could be

and watch out for some of the thunderstorms in the sierra nevada. very mild start to the day 50s and 60s out the door with clouds and drizzle. this afternoon, mostly sunny skies, 70s and 80s inland, 60s and 70s inside the bay and 60s with patchy fog out toward the coastline. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. once again if you are heading to the bay bridge at 4:35, everything looks okay. and we have been checking on some of the approaches including the macarthur maze roadwork, the roadwork coming down the nimitz freeway. caltrans just gave us the word that this is all clear now. the connector ramp from westbound 580 to eastbound 80. they have of course been doing that ramp closure overnight for the past several weeks -- months. all clear as well southbound 880 between davis and marina. they have been doing a full freeway closure this past week overnight and all lanes are back open in san leandro so it's a quick trip between oakland and hayward. you're looking at about a 15- minute drive time specifically between 238 and t

the cloud cover will continue to increase over the sierra nevada tomorrow afternoon. more thunderstorms there. for us sun high clouds adding to the humidity for the first half of the did. fog will linger along the coast line all day long. today high pressure came down in most areas. tomorrow will continue with the cool down bay inland. when you 11 home tomorrow morning don't worry about extra layer because it is going to be humid and it is going to be mild. look at the temperatures low to mid 60's inland east ba bay. san jose 50's right around the bay. half machine bay the only spot where we are expecting it to the remain foggy and a little on the cool side 52 degrees. tomorrow afternoon 79 san jose high cloud moving through. 80 cupertino. 70 santa cruz on the peninsula 77 redwood city. mountain view 57 pacifica. fog hangs around all day long. you are used to that in daily 60. 65 in san francisco. north bay heavy high cloud cover. 79 santa rosa. 80 napa best chance of sprinkle in the morning. 69 east bay oakland inland spots low to upper 80's m places like antioch, br

some monsoonal clouds continuing in the sierra nevada. but i think the monsoon going to slide east.t inland today, though, 95 concord, 97 livermore, about 86 in san jose, and 71 and breezy into san francisco. next couple of days, we'll slowly cool down the temperatures a few more clouds coming our way too, but back to normal over the weekend. we are going to check out your "kcbs traffic" when we come back. spokesperson: get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card with a new volkswagen turbo. why are we so obsessed with turbo? because we like giving you power but we also like giving you fuel efficiency. like the sporty jetta. and the turbocharged passat tdi® clean diesel. okay... and the iconic beetle... and the powerful tiguan... okay you can't forget the cc... guys, this is going to take a while. avo: hurry in and you can get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card when you lease a new 2014 jetta se for $199 a month. >>> good morning bart delays at west oakland. 10- to 15-minute delay in the sfo and millbrae directions. mass transit is right on time this morning. checking the roads, bay bridge

if you're up in the cityerer a -- sierra nevada. they are already popping up a little early. and maybe a few little hit and miss garden variety showers. mendocino county and lake county. for us there is a lot of low clouds and drizzle as well. this is a very mild pattern for the south bay and peninsula. it's cool for the east bay and north bay. because the wind direction. 58 to start. we will go 68. exactly the same as yesterday. the low cloud deck getting enhanced by the double barrel low out there. 60s on the lows. southeast breeze san jose. this is a cool direction this time of year. 53. calistoga 55. a little warmer toward lake port. a lot of 50s here. mid 50s. some of these temps were stuck. so they were hard pressed to get into the low to mid 70s. a lot of tropical clouds producing showers up toward bernie basin anopia chico. kind of rare in july to get this much moisture. we get in august and september but not this much. and red flag warnings out. northern sacramento valley and even up toward the sierra nevada. 75 balmy degrees in reno right now. 62 sacramento. so high

high clouds again i think we know the drill by now, some of those high clouds are favoring the sierra nevada and for us it is mostly the low cloud deck and it will be making ago push to the upper 70s and 80s inland. 50s and 60s on your temperatures and most of them are stuck. any time travis gets up high it will not be that warm inland and the delta breeze is in force and also concord and more of a southeast mountain view san jose south, gusting at 22 and a half moon bay no doubt about it and you can see the tropical clouds and keeping an eye on that, it has been active the last couple of days and it has been early in the season but it is here. it will be sunny to mostly sunny away. 60s and 70s, coast and bay. >>> and steve, we are looking at a commute which is actually doing well if we are driving on 880 westbound. 17 minute drive time, bay bridge toll plaza, it still looks good if you are driving through, it is 8 minutes or less getting into the toll plaza area and if you are in the south bay north 101 and 0 are off to a good start. >>> the clock is ticking away for homeless people living

the sierra nevada thunderstorms there they could spark more fires so firefighters are going to be watching that closely today. 100s into the central valley. 104 fresno. 73 monterey bay. computer models showing you some of the monsoonal clouds sweeping across our skies. also some low clouds and fog along the coastline this morning. trying to break that up throughout the day. but the temperatures will be warm as you head inside the bay. you will see some 80s and 90s into the south bay, 60s and low 70s toward the coastline. 90s inland and upper 90s toward and and antioch. next few days, looks like the monsoonal clouds will shift further east allowing things to clear out and temperatures cooling down. still 90s in the valleys but back to normal with 60s out toward the coastline. >> thank you. >>> 6:17. let's than three hours a week- long baseball tournament for youngsters gets under way in livermore. roberta gonzales is at max baer park the site of the intermediate world series. >> reporter: think about it the the world series here in livermore. do we feel the excitement? >> total! >> reporter

but we could see some big time storms in the sierra nevada.ot of clouds continuing to move on through this morning. we have some dense fog also along the coastline. so watch out for that! partly cloudy by the afternoon but still muggy and then some cooler temperatures ahead as we look toward the middle of this week. still, high pressure is actually sweeping up that moisture, the circulation around the ridge bringing it back into the bay area and that is bringing us a monsoon. chance of some flash flooding in the sierra nevada with some slow-moving thunderstorms there today. 90s and triple digits into the central valley and clouds moving across the skies today on and off a couple of sunny breaks into between and then low clouds and fog redevelop tonight into early tomorrow morning and push back onshore. temperatures will be down a bit some 70s and 80s inside the bay 80s and 90s inland and 60s along the coastline. toward the next few days we'll start to cool down the temperatures. the monsoonal clouds move out thursday. sunshine and dry weather

you could encounter flash flooding, it's possible over the sierra nevada.ot of people like to head up there this time of year for biking on those trails. 83 degrees in the south bay today. cloudy intervals along the peninsula. 79 degrees, not a bad temperature. 65 in san francisco. and hey, 68 degrees, pleasant on the east shore, 83 for the north bay, and down from the 90s yesterday out in the tri-valley, but still kind of warm, kind of sticky with that humidity coming in all day long. so your satellite radar shows you a little bit of shower activity coming in at this point. we are going to see this throughout the day today, these little flashing ofs of green. if you find yourself wondering what is that, yeah, showers. let's check your drive, here's mike. >>> that means maybe a little bit muddy on the car. it says wash me already on the back of my car. northbound 101, this is a slow down because we're having that first burst of traffic. let's look at the map, this is where it is, right here, the orange stretch from 680 up to 880. traditional apparent especi

it'd be six different states, jefferson, wine country, and sierra nevada area, then silicon valley right here, san francisco down to san jose essentially and monterrey as well. west would be l.a. and santa barbara and south california, that would be the inland empire region as well as san diego. let's look at the youtube video posted by california's in orange county. in it he says in 45 years, the state has gone from the best place to the worst place to do business. 47th in the country for k-12 education, and rates way too high. >> the land of the free, home of the brave. okay, so how free are we if we're stuck in a school that we can't choose, and we're stuck in a state that we can't excuse, then how brave are we if we don't challenge that? >> reporter: so draper wanting to challenge that of course. there are major hurtles, the u.s. constitution requires both congress as well as the state legislature to approve this idea. this division of the state, and if it gets on the november 2016 ballot, at least now it seems it may not pass, february poll revealed 59% of surveyed californians did

could still see thunderstorms in the sierra nevada.t the coast. ♪ >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it's wednesday, july 9th, 2014. welcome back to cbs this morning. first, here is a look at today's "eye-opener at 8:00.." >> the severe thunderstorms not only brought torrential rainfall they also brought strong gusts of wind. >>> the administration is pressing ahead with deportation and the white house knows it has a headache on its hands. >>> the palestinian militants say they are forced to act. >> and smallpox was supposedly lyly eradicated in 1980. >>> i was stunned. >> one of the most insane sports results i have ever seen. >> the most discussed single sports event on twitter. >> an economists said the casino saturation would creep into the market and those warnings are becoming a reality. >> she is the oldest living person in the united states of america, and they said, do you have any regrets? and she said, yeah, i wish i had not left "the view." >>> yep, "the view" changing it up over there. that was a good one. and ch

watching active weather in the sierra nevada. so far, almost 1900 lightning strikes, strong thunderstorms moving across the tahoe area, you can see all of the lightning there. if you have plans to travel, there's a flash flood watch until saturday at 9:00 p.m. take a look at live picture from our lake tahoe camera. it's been raining and they've seen thunderstorms there, recently. so they're looking at more active weather. 67 in san francisco. cooler, oakland 72. 77 in san jose. cloudy view, 71 in santa rosa. nice looking day. golden gate bridge, low cloudiness. this even, low 60s to 70s. mild tomorrow morning, cloudy, patchy drizzle for the commute. we are looking at a mostly sunny, warmer day tomorrow to end the work week. mid-60s to mid-80s. i'll be back with a detailed look on humidity here in the bay area in a few minutes. >>> thanks so much. see you in a few minutes, still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, the man accused of getting drunk and padding down female passengers while posing as a security screener. >>> the arson at a s

sierra nevada. for us could see sprinkle or 2 so don't be surprised.f you do run into a few drops. tomorrow morning kind of drops we are expecting is drizzle. temperatures upper 50's to low 60's and it's just a chance of some spotty drizzle along the coast lane. mild morning ahead for the afternoon. nice warm one. warmer than today. 79 in the south bay san jose 84 los gatos. 77 in sunnyvale. los altos and redwood city the peninsula. 64 in the pacifica. daly city as well. 67 downtown san francisco. north bay 60's coast side mid 70's around santa rosa. sonoma. out towards the east bay. sunny 71 oakland hayward inland spots 82 in livermore. 81 walnut creek. mild to warm friday afternoon. we wairment up some mr. saturday but it will get muggy on saturday going into sunday p.back to our less humid pattern next week so monday through thursday it's about average for this time of year. >> right sound good thank you sandhya. >> still to come on 7 news at 9:00. sure do grow fast exploratorium zoo youngest gorilla few months old when we last saw her. now she's la

sierra nevada, thunderstorms firing up over 2,000 lightning strikes around the state, still counting. if you're heading to the tahoe area, a heads up, there is a flash flood watch in effect, includes the sierra nevada. tahoe until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. heavy rain could lead to rock and mudslides. outdoors, hiking, doing activity, keep that in mind. wind gusts to 32 miles an hour in fair field. breezy at sfo. 25. 29 in livermore, concord at 24. from lake ta hotahoe camera, th starting to move out of the picture. clouds now but they have scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for friday and saturday afternoon. slight chance on sunday. 66 in san francisco right now. 71 in oakland. mild in san jose. 74 degrees. 79 gilroy. look at the great sky. 70 santa rosa, napa, novato. 77 fair field. 76 livermore. low clouds from the south beach cam across the bay. cloudy and mild morning with patchy drizzle. warm next two days. it's going to get humid this weekend between saturday evening and sunday afternoon/evening hours. water vapor showing you the high to our east, low to the wes

also up toward mammoth and living toward the central sierra nevada. dealing with a lot of tropical clouds. 66 livermore. walnut creek 67. a little cooler to the north bay but not that much. almost 70 in lake port. calistoga is 56. 55 petaluma. somebody is at least get into the 50s. a lot of areas just simply can't get below 61-62. 21 travis not bad. after that it's less than 10 miles an hour. 56 in omaha, 54 in bismarck. these are really cool. there is that 63 down in atlanta. these are really cool for this time of year. for us though, 67 in ukiah and 68 in reno. just really warm air. remains of a tropical system right there continue to work their way up toward southern california. from l.a. to monterey. that will be the highway where it goes. it is just to the south of us. there are clouds to the north and east. if your don't get any of these clouds at all, it will be hot. and a little humid for some. way too humid for others. 90s to 100s. 60s on the coast. there is so much fog. there are signs of a little northwest breeze which would really help. th

. -- announceers facing up to the sierra nevada and coastal fog, high clouds, muggy in the morning, more sun in the afternoon, 60s and 70s and 80s and 90s, these are all cloud driven and we did find it amazingly stuck. >>> los angeles. yesterday a judge gave shelly sterling a sweeping victory over control of the team. the judge took the rare step to it be completed regardless of 'appellate court's intervention. he agreed to buy the clippers after they band don't handheld -- banned donald sterling. >>> coming up, a little boy killed after his far left him in the car, the explanation of why this is not a crime, that story and more coming up. stay tuned. . >>> people are cleaning up after two tornadoes touched down. one was seen 8 miles west of the city's national airport. passengers were placed under a shelterer order and about 15 minutes later another tornado was found to the north and luckily nobody was hurt. >>> they are forcing the cancellation of a sacramento tradition. it will not be held this year but organizers usually bring in 2 tons of dirt to cover the streets and make it looks

they are drifting back from the sierra nevada and the valley. by the coast, there is a positive sign if you are looking for cooler weather. the bow day go bay their ocean temp went to 58. we haven't had a northeast breeze for a long time. we'll go 68 in san francisco. a lot of low clouds and fog. very foggy for parts of the city. that's actually running close to average for this time of year. 67, 55. right -- pretty close. the record 99 not that long ago. 1995. for us, troll clouds a few -- tropical clouds, a few clouds to the north. mendocino county, sierra nevada. very warm temperatures inland. a lot of these clouds throw in a lot of humidity. fog, sun, a few clouds. partly sunny, mostly sunny. hot, inland and humid. fog near the coast. so 60s, 70s, 80s and then 90s to 100 inland. >>> right now we're looking at a commute on highway 24, for example, that's not all that bad. we have a mixed bag out there. we have slow traffic approaching the bridge but between walnut creek and oakland on highway 24, it certainly isn't too bad. average speeds up

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continue to battle a wildfire that has destroyed ten homes and forced hundreds of evacuations in the sierra nevada foothills. >> darya:officials say the sand fire has burned about 38-hundred acres in amador and el dorado counties since friday. and is now 50 >> darya:about 500 homes have been evacuated near plymouth in amador county's wine-growing region. a california senator is calling for a criminal investigation into problems with the new bay bridge construction. >> james:mark desaulnier is saying.an investigative report will show how substandard work by a chinese firm was knowingly accepted by state officials. that report will be released later this week. a hearing is expected to the senator say.he expects some witness testimonies that are quote "quite disturbing". j. >>:a 20-year-old man has died after lightning struck 13 people at popular venice beach. >> james:the los angeles county coroner says the man was taken from the beach and pronounced dead at a hospital sunday afternoon. j. >>:the lightning struck as rare summer thunderstorms hit southern california. and >> james:thirteen people, inc

more thunderstorms over the sierra nevada.ooks like temperatures going to be hot in the central valley. 104 degrees in fresno today. 100 in sacramento. thunderstorms up toward lake tahoe. and also in yosemite. subtropical moisture sweeping through, low clouds and fog backing away from the coastline and then moving onshore tonight and early tomorrow morning. but today again a muggy day outside. you will see some 80s and some 90s into the south bay. 60s and low 70s possibly out toward the coastline. east bay temperatures up in the 90s as well, even upper 90s toward brentwood. about 70 in san francisco, 71 in sausalito. your sunrise time is 6:11. sunset is at 8:21 tonight. then as we head into the next couple of days looks like those monsoonal clouds kick east. we'll start to dry things out and temperatures going to be cooling down into the next weekend. still we'll have some 90s in the valleys and 60s back to normal out toward the coastline. >> are you going to have a forecast where you don't say the word monsoonal? >> no. all o

sierra. hugging the california-nevada border and some thunderstorms very close to south lake tahoe. rainfall up there for about the 15th consecutive day. we have seen vehiclive or thunderstorm activity in the sierra. overnight tonight better sleeping weather in the upper 50s and low 60s as that humidity decreases, we cool off quicker at night. fremont 61. san rafael 59 tonight. here's the setup. ridge of high pressure bringing up the tropical moisture but it didn't go up and over to the bay area. it just went up over the sierra nevada. we are seeing thunderstorms as far north as bend, oregon. but not for us. we missed out. so that monsoonal rainfall we called for a tiny chance of showers. it was a near miss. now the ridge moves back. our flow of sierra not from the south. it's an onshore flow coming back and it's going to be here for several days which means we'll get seasonably cool temperatures anywhere near the water and away from the water with less of that ocean influence it will be seasonably warm. temperatures running on average about 2 to 3 degrees above where they should be

of shower activity early but pushing after the border but still some that will develop over the sierra nevada mountains today so unusual but there was a big fog bank and unbelievable drizzle especially toward mount madonna, and they had 74 on the temperatures, livermore is 75, there it is 74, and running 2 to 4 degrees cooler than yesterday, but it is still warm, and gusts 18 at sfo, northwest livermore so that is a little different pattern and it has been predominantly south and the south bay and west for much of the north bay and east bay, still concord in there, oakland in there, gusts of 28 at fairfield, that is why they are only 78 degrees, still lightning warnings out for there, where the fire is and along the border and things are quiet and the area and i expect them to pop up later, and things quiet there, and again if you are up around truckee things should pop up quick around 2:00, las vegas had big boomers yesterday but they are quiet today, except they are hot, and those are your temperatures, 77 up there and that will inject over the weekend and temperatures will warm up, cool to

right now you can see the best chance of showers in the hills and to the higher terrain of the sierra nevada. dillon beach .04" from a fire that moved through at 2:00 this morning. the clouds will be stubborn along the cost but you will see more sunshine than yesterday and you can see the clouds in the central valley moving to the north more than to the west. it made for a beautiful sunset yesterday in livermore and this beautiful color of sunset from livermore last night and probably will not be so colorful tonight. from emeryville you see the clouds hugging the coast as we look to the west and we will see increasing sunshine and the breeze will keep the highs close to where we were yesterday, cloudy and cooler tonight with drizzle and the next couple of nights before the week end warming trend begins sunday into next week, and the moisture moving away from us and a small area of high pressure is trying to build in today but it looks like a cold front will move through keeping the clouds and cooling trend going. upper 70's through the santa clara valley and los gatos and gilroy in the mid-8

still some of the monsoonal clouds headed to the high sierra nevada maybe more thunderstorms there. this afternoon expecting mostly sunny skies and cooler temperatures, 60s and 70s inside the bay, 80s inside the valleys, 60s at the coastline. warming up for the weekend. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored b >>> this national weather report sponsored by toyota. let's go places. >>> one name two legacies and now a lawsuit. >>> ahead, john wayne's family sues duke university over duke. it could come over a battle over bourbon. >> you've got duke with a spur on it. you've got a full-length silhouette of john wayne. you've got john wayne's signature. i think it's create confusion. >> the news is back here on "cbs this morning." stay tuned for your local news. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by hershey's spreads. the possibilities are delicious. rshey's spreads. bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything. with new hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious. ♪ nervous whitening will damage your teeth? introd

monsoonal clouds over the sierra nevada are pushing further east. so we are going to have lots of sunshine by the afternoon away from the coast but temperatures going to be cooler a lot of 60s and 70s inside the bay today. you will have warm 80s in the valleys, cool 60s toward the coast and mostly cloudy there. out the door right now, we have a lot of clouds outside. the temperatures a little cooler this morning in the 50s. by the afternoon, temperatures will be down about 69 in oakland, 64 in san francisco. and about 79 still mostly sunny in san jose. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. and we do have this one issue coming in now a car hit a tree coming into santa clara on 101. we are working to see if lanes are blocked but if you are coming northbound expect some activity out there by great america parkway. fortunately our sensors aren't picking up any delay yet and i also want to let you know about a fatal accident overnight shortly after 2:00 at santa teresa boulevard and miyuki drive. this is involving a so

hundreds of lightning strikes in the sierra nevada and we are expecting a repeat begin and that means a a flash flood watch until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. heavy rain could accompany those storms. if you are traveling to tahoe, scattered thunderstorms and isolated thunder on friday. a slight chance on saturday. mostly sunny on sunday. the temperatures you will notice pretty comfortable in the morning and really mild to warm for the afternoon. as we head toward the second half of the weekend, you will start to see a less likelihood of seeing thunderstorms around. emeryville camera looking at the marine layer developing, and here are your temperatures. very mild. in the 60s across the region. san francisco 62, 64 oakland. san jose, gilroy, 61 in half moon bay. believe it or not, some areas are actually running cooler compared to 24 hours ago. we have lost the midand high level cloudiness for the time being. kgo roof camera, gray skies. and here is another live picture from the sfo camera. visibility is good. spotty drizzle for your morning drive. cooler tomorrow and less humid. it will

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fire since saturday. 100 miles north of yosemite, another fire burned across 4,000 acres in the sierra nevada foothills destroying homes, growing quickly in dry forest and grassland, but 2,000 firefighters from across the state now have it largely contained. ron oatman is with cal fire. you can't relax. >> there is lot of work to be done. no flame or activity, that's great news. but all it contains is an ember. >> so far, wildfires burned 129 square miles in, slightly above average, but the fire risk remains extreme. >> john blackstone at the fire command center. the second biggest ever fine for southwest airlines. jeff pegues tells us the issue is safety. >> reporter: today, the f.a.a. accused southwest airlines of failing to follow procedure when it repaired 44 boeing 747s beginning in 2006. the f.a.a. says southwest put the planes back into service carrying passengers on another 30,000 flights before getting f.a.a. approval. according to the documents, the repairs were supposed to address cracking of fuselage lap joints which could result in sudden decompression of the aircraft, something

. >>> a wildfire burning in the sierra nevada foothills destroyed five homes. the sand fire has burned 1300 acres near to the -- since it broke out around 5:00 last night. the fire has forced evacuations of 250 homes north of the town of plymouth, which is 40 miles east of sacramento. officials have set up an evacuation center at the el dorado county fairgrounds. local restaurants, stores, and strangers donated food and water for the dozens of people who have nowhere else to go. >> the fire was coming up the hill and the wind was helping it. and that didn't bode well for our place. the sheriff came along and evacuated everybody. >> it's a bad circumstance but el dorado county takes care of 0 its own. >> investigators are trying to determine if a burned car found by the riverbed ignited the fire. the rough terrain hampered efforts to corral the rains but the weather gave crews a break. >> with the temperatures decreasing and humid humidity going up, going to give the firefighters the opportunity to do direct line construction on the fire and get containment toni

impressive thunderstorms over the sierra nevada. we could see flash flooding up there. temperatures hot in the central valley, 100 in fresno. into monterey bay scattered showers. computer models showing you the moisture sweeping you through the bay area sliding by. at the same time, down below we have thick fog developing along the coastline. going to see more of that over neat tonight and into early tomorrow morning. watch out for that, a whole different kind of weather in that area. temperatures running up into the 80s although it's going to feel muggy outside. about 84 degrees in san jose. 81 in fremont. 77 degrees in hayward. 60s toward the beaches with the low clouds and fog. 80s even some 90s in the valleys. then as you head inside the bay those temperatures are cooler today, about 70 degrees in san francisco. about 80 in kentfield. 78 in petaluma. over the next couple of days, we are going to see another day of monsoonal clouds rolling on by on thursday and on friday. looks like temperatures going to stay a little cooler. hey, to see what the weather will be like

we see it in the sierra nevada. but for us to get this much humidity is a little unusual. hang in there. as i said, things will be changing. tomorrow morning could see a few sprinkles. and then it is a mix of sun and high clouds and muggy conditions for your wednesday afternoon and evening hours. fog at the coast and the temperatures are really mild. it is going to be humid. mid50s to mid60s out the door. tomorrow afternoon we are looking at cooler weather inland, but staying sticky. low to mid80s. 60s along the coast and 70s along the bay. we will continue to cool it off on thursday before the temperatures start to come back up over the weekend. friday, saturday and sunday we will lose the humidity, what you have been asking for, and back to the normal pattern. >> we have to wait unti friday, saturday and sunday. >> it is nice to have a change of pace here. >> thank you, sandhya. >> mike shumann, a a friendlier mike shumann joins us now. a win possibly for the a's tonigh >> exactly. the american league has bragging rights after winning the midsummer classic. we are hustli