things are really starting to back up now in solano county. >> solano county is the place to avoid. traffic jammed on westbound 80 due to an injury crash westbound 80 at dixon. right now only the left lane of traffic is getting by. we have traffic completely jammed all the way back to 113 which is under 13 mph. five cars right now, several different emergency crews on the scene there. a live look at the ride in contra costa county, a nice ride making your way southbound on 680 into the san ramon valley. >> thanks a lot. it's 6:08. just ahead, is it good business or a snub by a neighbor? the san francisco proposal that now has hundreds of unemployed workers sending gavin newsom christmas cards and an entire county threatening to fight back. a look at the massive cleanup that southern california now faces after getting pummeled by rain nearly a week. ñcñcñ=ñ=ñ=ñ >>> good morning. it's 6:11 on this thursday. a live look here in san francisco from the embarcadero. our roof cam checking out the beautiful lit up ferry building. and the bay bridge, traffic fine. and weatherwise no problems

megan, been pretty messy in solano county. >> it is messy in solano county. an injury crash at dixon. fire crews, ambulance and tow truck on the scene. at one point chp had to stop all traffic to get the emergency crews through. now they just have one middle lane of traffic blocked. our sensors are still showing green so means speeds aren't delayed right now heading through solano county. north bay drive times frances says we have areas of thick fog and low visibility. right now southbound 101 from highway 12 to 37, 26 minutes. pretty light heading through san rafael, 8 minutes from 37 to 580 and then your final destination to the golden gate bridge, 11 minutes from 580 to the bridge. kristen. >> still ahead, a pilot goes public with his concern about security at sfo. now he's in hot water with the tsa. after months of glitches and delays, why muni may be back on track. first a holiday greeting from a service member in iraq. force force a flight to hawaii using our points from chase sapphire. last minute... on christmas. and sitting next to us, chevy chase. a

there is a problem on eastbound 80 at solano avenue. apparently there was a tire blocking a couple lanes. ten cars are on the shoulder with flat tires. watch for that thick fog as you make your way across the bay bridge. >> good news about the bay bridge, frances. the eastern span is expected to open ahead of schedule after years of delays and complications. terry mcsweeney is live at the toll plaza. terry, how much longer do drivers have to wait? >> instead of 2014, it's going to be opening in 2013. but getting from this old bridge to that spectacular new bridge is going to take a team effort. commuters, whether you like it or not, you're on the team. animation of what it's going to look like when it's all finished. don't you wish this was in 3-d. yes, i do. anyway, moving up from 2014 six months to 2013 according to the san francisco chronicle. it's going to be an attention grabber. they're going to be putting up the changes starting on sunday when the bridge tower, the third section, comes in from china. it's going to be in sunday an

confirmed reports of black eyes and solano county here on columbus parkway at late herman road. jet the sizzle is at that location gathering video now. we saw of shot from him showing us pleased with thepolice with their light we're confirming whether the high wind advisories are still in effect for the bay area bridges. there ride at the san mateo bridge we are showing you this because something is missing here. besides the traffic. the overnight head lights have been out for the last couple of hours, this is not affecting the administration octave building, or the toll booths. the overhead lights have been out but it has been problem free. bay bridge toll plaza westbound you can still see is very light traffic, there had been a high wind advisory in the early morning hours for the bay bridge, chp confirming now whether or not that will still be in fact. >> 6:48 a.m. south san francisco police offering $25,000 reward and a tip line for any information in a triple homicide that happened last week. that fatal shooting happened wednesday night near eighth lane and linden avenue so

coming out of solano on 0680 and 85 advisories'. bay bridge of august the visor is well. as we've been watching this for about the last hour and half we have seen an increase in the amount of fog the bay bridge. it will be worse around the island than it is here. san mateo ride it is problem free and fog free and lighter than usual traffic no delays on att through a word and the golden gate bridge ride is an easy trip through marin county and we have seen the fog coming go no fog advisory issued for the bridge. you will from time to time see fog on the span it started at 5, by 540 there was no fog, and now it's back again. >> the weekend storm system may have deterred some people from hitting the stores but experts say this has been the best holiday season for retailers since the recession began. in our area they have been crowding the area looking for deals. dahlin joins the thousands of bargain hunters. >> a lot of people today after christmas at a shopping center. many malls were very busy including this one the west dale shopping center. a lot of folks were looking fo

in the meantime we'll go out to richmond eastbound 80 at solano avenue.a traffic alert for this area. it all started about a half hour ago when a car hit the center divide. now they have two lanes blocked off. one for a fire crew that's still on scene. and there's some debris from that crash that led to about 10 other cars we're hearing getting flat tires. so those ten cars are there as well and they are all along the shoulder dealing with that. so yeah, just a mess right now in richmond. it's only causing a little bit of slowing on our sensors but, yeah, some speeds approaching that scene are under 40 miles per hour. again, they have two lanes blocked but it is going against the commute and it is still early. westbound traffic is actually getting by okay. southbound 880 hayward approaching a street accident is cleared and gone. it was off to the right shoulder. if you are heading across the bridge self the span looks great all the way out towards the high-rise. 880 through oakland can't see any fog in this traffic shot which is nice. there are fog adviso

hazardous material crews are at the tesoro golden eagle refinery on solano way. on the phone, randy sawyer, contra costa hazardous materials director. good to talk to you again. what's happened this time at this refinery? >> they had a partial power outage, the refinery, and part of the refinery affected by the power outage. they sent their excess gas flare to burn off. and when it originated there was a lot of gas and smoke that was associated with it. we just now last five minutes downgraded the incident to where we just lifted the health advisory. >> we have video from one flare and some steam. last october i think the previous one at this same refinery we're showing some of that video. this doesn't seem to compare? >> it doesn't. they had a full outage there at that time. they lost all their steam at the same time. this one, they just had a partial outage and didn't lose the steam. the steam -- when it goes to the flare, helps burn offer the gas so you don't get as much smoke. >> put the health danger in perspective, too. last time it was a shelter in place.

we have matt from triple-a and larry the executive director of the food bank of contra costa and solano counties. now, matt you got a big check here, $15,000. how did you raise it? >> that's right. well, this is part of our corporate giving program and on behalf of all the triple-a employees in the bay area, i'm very proud to present it to the contra costa food bank. >> great. >> the food bank of contra costa and solano. >> that's great. >> thank you for all the work that you do. >> i appreciate it, matt. >> where's it going, larry? >> we are going to use there to help pay for transporting produce it people in need to get stuff out to the hungry in our community. it's going to make a difference. the leadership that triple-a is catching on in the community. it's a great thing. >> thank you both for a job well done. >> thank you. >> if you would like to give to bay area food banks, stop by any whole food market and drop healthy non-perishable foods in barrels inside the store. nothing but good news over here. back to you guys. >> congratulations. >> excellent, thanks, guys. appreciate it.

if you're heading into sacramento, the rain already in solano county this morning. we'll see bands of rain push on through, locally heavy at times. we'll see highs pretty much no matter where you go mid-50s, with highs near 57 in concord, 58 in oakland. tomorrow and friday a little less rain, just some scattered showers. there's your weekend forecast. it will warm up for places like oakland but patchy fog may keep things cool around livermore sunday into monday. >>> coming up, holiday help for struggling east bay families. >>> plus the president makes a deal to extend bush-era tax cuts. >>> and a man who lost nearly 400 pounds. we'll talk about his secret to shedding the weight. >>> reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the east bay" with scott mcgrew. traffic with mikin ouye. >>> you're looking at a live picture in oakland. it's going to be a nice weekend ahead. some traffic problems with streetlights, though. we'll check in with mike in just a minute. >>> the cambridge community center in concord making the most of every dollar this holiday seas

. >> el sujeto será procesado en una corte de solano cargos de asesinato y presunto homicidio. >> eliembre. el movil se desconoce >> en san francisco el año cerrará con un aumento en la cantidad de asesinatos, la cifra del año pasado ya fuer superada. >> por ahora la cifra de homicidios se mantiene por debajo del centenar de crimenes ocurrida en 2008 >> una familia en vilo por la desaparicion de uno de los suyos >> una joven de 16 años se fue de la casa >> los familiares hacen todo lo posible por dar con el paradero de la joven >> no ando bien. me voy a mi trabajo pensando en ella >> la señora isabel portillo dice sentirse afligida pues hace una semana que desconoce el paradero de su hija de 16 años. >> no está con su padre, no contesta el telñfono tampoco. >> la madre dice que la relación con su hija siempre fue buena. >> la puse a que me llenara unos papeles. ella no quiso llenármelos, se sintió mal, al siguiente día no volvió de la escuela >> ante la preocupacion los familiares levantaron el reporte policíaco >> yo empecñ a notar que casi no me hablaba >> la hermana de la señora r

area de la bahia, san francisco registra 9,6 por ciento de desempleo, mientras que el condado de solanoce mas elevado del area con 12,1 por ciento, y el condado de marin registra el nivel mas bajo con 8,2 porciento. --enseguida en noticias univision 14...--hoy entro en vigor una ordenanza que prohibe sentarse o acostarse en aceras de san francisco. pero por ahora no se aplicara, le diremos hasta cuando. tomas! sigue tond no te detengas... fantástico! fantástico! en vigor, pero seÁ hasta febrero cuando se empiece a aplicar una ley que prohibe sentarse o acostarse en banquetas de san francisco. --el departamento de policia informo que, mientras tanto, se esta entrenando a los agentes que deberan hacer cumplir la ordenanza.--en enero habra una campaÑa informativa para la poblacion. --la medida fue aprobada en noviembre por los votantes. -Ésta prohibe reposar en las aceras de 7 de la maÑana a 11 de la noche.--quienes no la respeten podrian enfrentar multas iniciales de hasta 100 dolares, conmutables por servicio comunitario.--para reincidentes la sancion sera de hasta 500 dolares o 10 dias

--"alexander cervantes" esta detenido en un centro de detencion juvenil del condado de solano enfrentando por los que se le impuso una fianza de 9 millones de dolares.--el ataque ocurrio el domingo pasado en la casa de las victimas, ubicada en "vacaville".--segun las autoridades, el atacante apuÑalo en mas de 10 ocasiones al pequeÑo de 18 meses y mas de 30 veces a la jovencita de 13 aÑos. ambos se recuperan en un hospital.--el movil del hecho se deconoce, pero se dice que el sospechoso era conocido de la familia. y usted que piensa de este caso... esta de acuerdo en que los menores de edad acusados de cometer crimen como el anterior deben de ser juzgados como adultos? --lo invitamos a que vaya a "univision14. com" y participe en nuestra encuesta... --en otro caso que ha conmocionado, sobre todo a los padres de familia... --"carlyle villazon" el sujeto de 29 aÑos que presuntamente abuso sexualmente de una niÑa en un "walmart" de san leandro, fue acusado formalmente de "asalto agravado y actos lascivos contra un menor.--el incidente ocurrio el viernes en el supermercado ubicado en el numero

. ---- los fiscales del condado de solano quieren acusar de "homicidio involuntario" a las madres depequeÑos, "latisha" y "shetarra james".----- las dos, estaban fuera de la vivienda cuando ocurrio el hecho. ---y en san jose hoy .... decenas de mujeres se unieron porque (segun dicen) ... estan buscando su superacion personal y profesional... ---ellas consideran que son necesarias poÍticas que las ayuden a salir adelante... ----veamos. ---son administradoras, ingenieras...emp resarias...madres... hijas... profesionales... que ahora se han reunido para que por medio de su liderazgo otras mujeres puedan salir adelante... adelante... tenemos muchas mujeres en nuestra comunidad que son madres que tienen hijos y claro es una prioridad, pero muchas veces como madres, no nos ven como trabajadoras".... ---por eso mas de 300 mujeres decidieron poner un alto a esto...y buscar metodos de superacion personal que les permitan a mas mujeres alcanzar la independencia econo. economica... " necesitamos el liderazgo de las mujeres jovenes, ellas son nuestro futuro, especialmente en san jose con tanta g

chretien is, the ride in from solano. but also for the benicia bridge. same crossing at a solano. southbound direction for interstate 680, dense fog for both of those, in the bay bridge. it wasn't as much in evidence, we check to the last report a big change, in the last 15 minutes. plenty of fog at the toll plaza. dense fog advisor for the span. san mateo, not any fault as an issue. pretty clear heading out toward the high-rise locale like the traffic is. you're for the 5:00 hour, very few cars. golden gate, fault, not enough to warrant an advisor 3. no problems reported for the marin county ride on 101 southbound. >> thank you, i like all those bridges to show those with no traffic. coming up, an update on market conditions but before we go to rate let me tell you what can happen at 1130 this friday. programming note, you can ring in the new year right here with kron4 biggest, best parties in the bay area from your living room, tune in 11:30 p.m. for kron4 is new year's live presented by elite md. it is the only new year's live show locally and the bay area's favorite way to cel

. >>> a new asthma study shows that rates in solano county are higher than other parts of california. it tends to hit low-income californians the hardest. other factors include freeway admission, pollen and air pollution. 9% of people in solano county live below the poverty line. contra costa, sacramento and fresno have higher than average asthma rates. >>> black friday, cybermonday and free shipping friday, they have come and gone. you can still find holiday deals because this, my friends, is super saturday, the last saturday before christmas. many are rolling out deals for last-minute shoppers. according to the national retail federation, close to 17% of people still haven't started shopping for the holidays. coming up "today in the bay," business and tech reporter, scott mcgrew, will show us everything we need to know about super saturday deals and the last-minute push on whether that will have a big-time impact for stores. we will even show you how to find some super parking spots. >>> this morning, police are on the manhunt for the real life grinches behind a holiday heist in the

here is the latest imagery targeting solano county and vacaville. this is shooting out to the north and east. as far as rainfall over the past 24 hours you can see the north bay we are expecting most of the accumulations to be up in the north bay. that is nicely for santa rosa and napa. san rafael just a couple ..1 of an inch. if you are heading to lake tahoe chance for showers saturday and sunday. snow levels hovering very high at 7,000 feet. back in the bay we do have this. clouds and drizzle. a possibility of lingering shower. 45-50 degrees. into the afternoon hours mostly cloud bien maybe a light shower up in the north bay. 57 and 62 degrees for your afternoon highs. chance of a shower still into saturday. the next event that is set to move into the region on sunday especially by sunday afternoon. another weather check coming up in a few minutes. >>> the bank used most beebee forward madoff is being sued for millions of dollars. claims jp morgan chase was willfully blind to the fraud even after numerous red flags surrounded madoff. executives of

a toyota solano hit a parked truck. the 27-year-old woman was killed in the driver was hospitalized but is expected to survive. there is no word on what caused this accident. >>> five people were hospitalized early this morning after a traffic accident at 3:00 this morning. investigators say the victims were injured when the car hit a utility pole. police are looking into weather alcohol may be to blame. >>> a nearly decade old ban on firearms and luggage will be lifted on amtrak trains. passengers will be allowed to check luggage containing guns starting december 15. they must be unloaded and packed in hard containers. they must declare firearms 24 hours before departure and can only transport on trains went checked baggage service -- with check baggage service. >>> the supreme court today looks at the issue of overcrowding in california's prisons. i was inside and i will tell you what happened coming up. >>> uc berkeley is kicking off a massive renovation. see how you can own a piece of memorial stadium history. >>> r

they are entering a time warp in what appears to be a thriving antique, the resurrected solano drive-inaters in concord. >> we came here, tried the projector and it still worked and thought what the heck, let's try it again. >> no, no, no. no experience like the drive-in. once you've gone to the drive-in, you get hooked. >> if it's retroin looks, it's really retroin staff. >> that comes with a free refill. >> linda went on her first date here, her husband proposed to her here. >> did anything else begin here you want to talk about? >> no! (laughter) >> but your re, she did go into labor watching a movie here and now that little girl has grown up to be the manager. >> at home she's mom and at work for the sake of work we have to say first names. >> when she started, i was her boss. >> drive-in movies peaked in the 1950s and '60s. back then there were 272 screens in california alone. now only 18 remain. is this a revival? or a requiem. >> a mobile car culture, a time of technicolor dreams and a land of plenty. but that was then. >> what happened to them? >> well, they've pretty much turne

solano county have the largest number with mo than 12% of its work force. over all nine bay area counties managed to stay below the state average. >>> trading was tame on wall street today, investors layed low. signals hope that a recovery is near in the u.s. the nasdaq gained more than five. >>> left empty-handed. why there wasn't enough to go around at the food give away today. >>> and we're going to meet some of the east bay high school students that are making sure hundreds of needy kids enjoy a merry christmas. >>> things are looking up for california's water supply. just how much water cities can expect to get. >>> thousands were helped but hundreds were turned away empty- handed. some people lined up at 3:00 in the morning to pick up a bag filled with food. it's an annual holiday tradition that helps 6,000 people today but 100 more left empty-handed. reverend cecil williams says it's evident the need is much greater this year. >> in the last few years we've seen the demand grow like about 30%. and we've seen the donations go down to about 15%. >> rep

solano, a 11%. sonoma, 0%. we can do that in the future as well. >> thank you. now, directors, i would like to have the public out rich conducted by courtney. she will also address the temper terminal. -- temporary terminal. >> good morning, directors. the temporary terminal commenced the second phase and it is almost completed. we're beginning our outreach to the transit riders. ac transit plans to move on december 11, muni a few days after that. we have already developed new maps and materials for the website temporary terminal. we have also had staff on site passing out new maps and answering questions. for will average begins today and we will send out e-mail notices to our neighbors and transit riders. we have been working with white house for the blind to prepare information for visually impaired drivers. -- riders. >> we have received a number of comments. most recently, a letter from the council on aging, requesting that we provide restrooms at the temporary terminal. one of the issues has been security as well as completing the temporary terminal phase

solano avenue a bunch of cars are off to the shoulder because of some debris on the roadway. look out for that as well. >> i'm terry mcsweeney near the bay bridge toll plaza where commuters are going to be off this old bridge and on to the new sooner than expected. but, folks, as you know, change is seldom painless. the story in a live report. >> if you get caught driving without a license in the south bay, it doesn't mean your car will automatically be in the impound lot for 30 days. we'll let you know why some immigrant groups are applauding this policy change comin' up. >> good morning, everyone. it is thursday morning. 6:01. i'm jenelle wang in for kristen sze today. >> i'm eric thomas. delays and cost overruns have been a way of life on the bay bridge reconstruction project but today good news. caltran says it may be able to open the new span months ahead of schedule. there's some complexities here. terry mcsweeney's going to tear it all down for you and put it all back together. >> not going to be easy, not going to be cheap or painless but for the thousands of cars acr

proud to support and present these two checks, not one but two, for $40,000 for contra costa and solanonties food banks. >> very good. $40,000! >> two checks for $40,000. >> two checks and they are two different checks and someone for alameda food bank, as well. so we are very, very proud to sponsor that and we are doing this year after year and extremely proud to be part of it. >> and i'm very quick with math. that's means $80,000. that's a whole lot of money. >> yes. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for coming down, too. i'm sure you will spend it wisely. >> it will help us feed people in need. >> thanks a lot. we'll have more news when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, connecticut women's basketball team tied ucla's record of 88 straight wins set in the >>> two days ago the university of connecticut women's basketball team tied ucla's record of 88 straight wins set in the 1970s. tonight, they had a chance to set a new record. grandson of wooden, they scored 27 points in the first half. uconn all america had 26 at the break by herself. uconn wins by 31 for its record 89th straight

weather conditions causing a rough commute right now starting in solano county we have a traffic advisoryn effect due to flooding. it's westbound 80. rather reported in all lanes out there. also in crockett, yesterday's pothole problem has now turned into today's sink hole problem. eastbound 80 coming sky way on-ramp is closed until this afternoon. let's go outside for a live look at the windy san mateo bridge. we have a wind advisory in effect for all bay area bridges. >> all right. megan, thank you very much. our time is 4:40. >> still ahead, the new postage stamp that will ferrei stamp that will ferrei ferreira -- forever do away w today, we gather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. that's why lysol has started a mission for health. with new mom programs, lysol healthy habits initiatives in schools and disaster relief efforts. when you use lysol at home, you'll know you're a part of something

the girl escaped with her brother and salon solano county s.w.a.t found him sleeping in the master bedroom of the house. >> very unusual. tells me he was on something. >> we are awaiting tests to see if he was under the influence of anything. >> the suspect is a friend of the victim's older brother, and they are still trying to figure out the motive for the attack. >>> two separate child abduction cases ended safely in san francisco this weekend. a 12-year-old girl from roanoke, virginia and a 15-year-old from redding, california are safe. the 12-year-old was found on friday and today cecilia vega learned more about her cross country ordeal. >> britney smith ease aunt told abc7 she met jeffrey easily for the first time on thanksgiving and was suspicious about the way the 32-year-old man acted with her 12-year-old niece. >> he was touching her hair and touching her hands and it was like he wanted to consume her with his eyes. it was gross. >> lois said she called child protective services and a child abuse hotline four times the following day and never heard back. she also called the girl's

we have larry justin here, of deli farms and larry sly of the contra costa county and solano county food banks and due give money but you give something else just as important for the food bank. would you like to tell us about it? >> we give fresh produce. >> and a lot of fresh produce. >> this year we did about 200,000 pounds. >> wow. >> and what type of fresh produce? give us an example? >> sweet corns and green beans are what we were able to donate. >> what do you do with the sween corn and green beans? >> it is critical. because about a third of the fresh food we distribute is fresh produce and without these growers we would be in big trouble trying to get people out to people -- to get food out to people in need. >> we are serving about 30% more people than we did a couple of years ago. so we need the fresh produce. as well as whatever else the community is give is. it makes a difference in our ability to help people. >> thank you for being here. if you could like to give you can go to our web site at cbs5.com for more tph-fplgts information. a lot of produce over here. >> thanks, g

your shivering out in solano county where out by pittsburg just after 2:00 this morning we had a pairkes, 2.1 and 2.4. notice our temperatures heading toward the afternoon, mid-50s today. we'll see cloudy skies. we should be rain-free today but the weekend forecast is looking very soggy. we'll have a look at that and your seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. >>> schools all over the bay area are dealing with financial setbacks, but one in the east bay has gone from bad to worse. christie smith is live in concord this morning where the district is looking to close some campuses. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the worst case scenario we're talking about could be as many as seven schools in pleasant hill and concord as the school district's financial problems just keep mounting and mounting with things like declining enrollment. the mt. diablo school district could have to cut $13 million from its budget. much of that tied to state cuts. the district is looking at a number of options to try and fix this, but a committee has come up with

highs today mid- to upper 50s and 57 around richmond and out to the solano county and the delta.nd gusts up to 25 miles per hour. that's going to get your attention across the carquinas straight and into fairfield this morning. the seven-day forecast will show we have rain today and catch a break. wednesday and thursday with the outdoor plans. the weekend is looking downright soggy. >> thank you much. the deal to keep your taxes from going up january 1st crossed a major hurdle. could be up for a final vote today. tracie potts explains what it could mean for you. >> a sense of surgency. >> we are down to the wire and need to act. >> senate democrats in a test vote. >> we are having trouble with that report. meanwhile word of another potential black eye for an auto making giant. for more on the story, let's go to courtney reagan. good morning, courtney. >>> they are not reacting too much. not right now. however moody's said the long-term deal could threaten the aaa bond rating. markets were slightly mixed. we have a trio of economic reports with prices and inventories. they hold th

jose, 62 degrees and 59 around livermore and closer to 60 for richmond and oakland and upper 50s to solano county and eastern contraa county. you will see scattered showers and a mix of sun all wait through monday of next week. >> big news for two bay area companies working overseas. yahoo, japan and google joined force there is. yahoo japan plans to offense a service with google's search and advertising technology by the end of the year. for more on business news, let's go to courtney reagan live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you, scott. futures are higher as the santa claus rally arrives early. the market saw their best point and percentage gains. investors reacting to chine and the u.s. and optimism that there may be a resolution to debt woes. asia jumped overnight and it's higher. we get data on new filings on pending home sales. the dow searched 249 points to 11,255. they were up to 2549. we could get the first real glimpse how the holiday season is going as most of us report november sales. shoppers spent more as they responded to black friday deals and

will be chilly from areas south, a few mid 50s and notice the temperatures into contra costa and solano counties. high temperatures only in the 40s. we will talk more about the weekend forecast and the heavy rain in a few minutes. >> woor we say welcome back to mike and just in time. >> rainy days especially. rainy days and mondays. friday and the san mateo bridge. a live look shows you the view from the east bay camera. as folks are coming over, the headlights are very blury and tough to see the tail lights because of the moisture in the air. a look at the sensors in the area. the castro valley y shows the 20. likely the rain playing with the sensors. i'm here to sort it out for you. low speeds across the bridge. there is construction on the deck and that's typical. the caltrans workers are trying to keep it smooth there. very wet roads on the other side of that. back to you. >> we will continue our east bay stormwatch coverage. christie smith is near the richmond san rafael bridge. tell us what's going on. >> good morning. i have to tell you we have been moving around all morning. we

food bank of contra costa county and solano counties, the executive director says every dollar counts >> our food bank is serving over 132,000 people each month and that number has increased by a third in the past three years. >> one in three children faces the risk of hunger. >> for every dollar we raise, we get $6 worth of food. do the math. >> there is no no. such thing as too little. we can use any donation from $5 to $5,000. we need that support. because it adds up. >> much-needed aid was given to our community, thanks to more money, and food donations, than ever before. >> let's see. last year was probably 20,000 pounds. and this year, it could be 30 or 40 40á. >> matt, have you -- 40. matt, you have a big check here. $15,000. >> we basically support them all year wrong. not just cash from the company. but we really focus on having our employees get involved with the food bank. >> we raised over $5200 in three weeks. and we also got about 1800 items that the boys collected from the street. more of a physical food drive. so very successful this year. >> the cub scouts have gone h

solano county prosecutors are pursuing manslaughter against sisters. the women were outside a fairfield home when the flames broke out. a burning candle was believed to be the cause. today investigators reveal there may have been a second source. the prosecutors say if the new information does not change their allegations, that the mothers were negligent when they left the children abone with the burning candles. >>> in san francisco, part of the history was reduced to dust. crews used an 8,000-pound wrecking ball to start demolition on the lower level of the old trans bay terminal on mission street. they were to knock down a 71-year-old building will continue through may. and it's being done to make way for the new $4 billion trans bay terminal held at the grand central station in the west. >> it's somewhat surreal. it's part of my childhood. i grew up here in this city. it's always been there. and just to see it coming down is, you know, it's a little emotional. >> that massive project will take up four city blocks and includes the construction of wh

. >> reporter: samuel cowper is in the solano county jail with bail just under a million dollars. joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> in san jose, police are investigating a series of robberies at pot clubs. they say that thieves hit four dispensaries and one marijuana grower this week. in one case a masked intruder knocked a dispensary owner out of his wheelchair and robbed the business. so far nobody has been seriously hurt but police are investigating the possibility that these crimes are in some way connected. >>> in palo alto, a man ended up at stanford hospital with some serious injuries after slamming his car into the tree and a light pole. it happened just before 6 a.m. on san antonio road near middle field. police say that it was not really raining that hard at the time so they don't know exactly what caused the accident. the 24-year-old driver was unconscious when they pulled him out of the car. >>> coming up, a big change for californians who get unemployment and disability benefits. why the check won't be in the mail much longer. >>> one week of shopping left before christmas. the

we did get word or from three ride in solano county, that's on interstate 80 westbound, coming down fromcramento near the border. this could be affecting the entire roadway we will check that in our next report. developing story police are searching for three men suspected of killing two and says san francisco, video from the scene it happens all laughter 7:00. two men died at the scene, another critically injured, six people shot >> this is seeing area, were not saying it's a gang shooting because we don't know. >> there are problems here, we have homicide's one of the police will give a person it was a gang but that's only found out my friend is 13 year-old they did not let my mom know he was shot and tell us the other from one of my friends put called and told me your two brothers got shot. >> for police are looking for three men as the shooter's late teens, early 20s, that left the scene in a brown chevy impala this letter was a 2000-2002 model, tinted windows. update on a story that we're dry year earlier this week a man shot and antioch on monday evening has died. 24 year-old arnol

and even towards solano county and bird landing and in the high country some snow in the sierra. the blue is representative of the snow, and the green is the rain. and with a lot of slick wet roads. and here is the view at kingsville and for tomorrow, we are going to see a mixture of rain/snow. a day and eventually dropping to the amount of five dozen feet. and tomorrow, we will see snowfall at 6,000 ft.. and then, essentially dropping to 5,000 ft.. chilly temperatures to more about your next storm system will be arriving around 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. and notice the rainfall approaching the coast. it moves off the shore by 5:00 p.m., and the heaviest rainfall will be in the yellow indicative of moderate/heavy. and it is not out of the question that we could see a thunderstorm. as this passes through. still steady through 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night, and an on/off. through monday morning, scattered shower activity. i think all of this weather will be finished on noon on monday. temperatures for tomorrow will be relatively mild and this system is coming out of the southwest. bringing us

they are entering a time warp what appears to be a thriving antique, resurrected solano drive-in theater in concord. >> we went here and we tried the projecter and it still worked and let's try it again. >> no, there is no nothing like this. once you got on the drive-in, you get hooked. >> if it's retro in looks, it's retro in staff. linda went on her first date here, her husband proposed here. >> did anything else begin here that you want to talk about? >> no. >> yes, she did go into labor while watching a movie here and now the little girl has grown up to be a manager. >> drive-in movies peeked in the 1950s and 1960s. back then there was 270 screens, now only 18 remain. is in a revival? >> drive-in movies came in on postwar in a time of mobile car culture in a land of plenty but that was then. >> what happened to them? >> they turned into a cemetery or walmart at this point. >> go to a drive-in and you are likely to find a screen and it's waiting for bulldozers for a subdivision. remember the island movie in alameda? same with the parkway in petaluma that used to flood anyway. >> an in

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there is near vacaville jaft passing over towards solano county. there is rainfall no doubt down pours here. and some lighter yet still impressive moderate rainfall pockets from marin county and to the pin anyone sla. it's snowing into the sierra. and there is good news is that interstate 80 is open without chain requirement buzz highway 50 is requiring chains. there is more still to come there. is a look at quick totals of snow friday through the weekend. up to 162 inches that is 13 and a half feet. and there is where you can see that was quite a snow storm. >> that is. >> record rainfall triggered major flooding tonight forcing evacuation of 2000 people from their homes in the kern county farming community of mcfarl land estimating between 400 and 500 homes are in danger of flooding and people are bracing for a possibility of mudslides into the foothills where major forest fire burned last year in the los angeles county neighborhood laugh canada concrete barriers have been bolted down just in case a wall of mud comes rushing in like it did last w

solano county was highest, san francisco at 9.6% and marin at 8.2%. right now, 2.2 million california workers are without jobs, but temp agencies such as workers.com say more companies are starting to higher, which is a good sign. >> last four or five months we've seen an increase in jobs. now we're seeing uptakes in food production, plastics. >> historicically nationwide and statewide as a temp agency has increased hiring, it does tend to be a leading indicator towards growth overall in the economy. >> reporter: analysts say manufacturing, business services, and computer system design are big areas of job growth in the bay area. "ktvu channel 2 news." >>> we'll take you behind the scenes to show you how all the holiday gifts are being processed until the mail and how you can protect the packages from being stolen. >>> live storm tracker 2 picking up heavy showers now. there's more coming. i'll have the forecast model back here in a couple of minutes. >>> kids don't understand why you're not there. >> saying good-bye right before christmas. where thes

this is all -- solano county. this is all heading to the northeast about 20, 25 mph.eep moving from our neighborhood and heading into the central valley. 2 hundredths and most of it stayed to the north. we have some drizzle this morning. watch for that and mild conditions with mid to upper 40s in most neighborhoods. half moon bay and oakland and san francisco low 50s. all these temperatures except los gatos above yesterday. 10 degrees warmer in mountain view, 8 san jose. as the afternoon hours unfold, our best chance of a scattered showers again in the north bay but one could happen anywhere at anytime just like yesterday. temperatures mid to upper 50s. fremont low 60s. less likely we'll see a scattered showers around the monterey bay. temperatures a little warmer even inland low to mid-60s. your accu-weather 7-day forecast, our chances of rain will increase as will the coverage and the amount saturday and it will peak on sunday. we'll be dry monday and tuesday. here's megan with a look at your commute. good morning. >> good morning. those weather conditions are the o

solano county was highest, san francisco at 9.6% and marin at 8.2%. right now, 2.2 million california workers are without jobs, but temp agencies such as workers.com say more companies are starting to higher, which is a good sign. >> last four or five months we've seen an increase in jobs. now we're seeing uptakes in food production, plastics. >> historicically nationwide and statewide as a temp agency has increased hiring, it does tend to be a leading indicator towards growth overall in the economy. >> reporter: analysts say manufacturing, business services, and computer system design are big areas of job growth in the bay area. "ktvu channel 2 news." >>> we'll take you behind the scenes to show you how all the holiday gifts are being processed until the mail and how you can protect the packages from being stolen. >>> live storm tracker 2 picking up heavy showers now. there's more coming. i'll have the forecast model back here in a couple of minutes. >>> kids don't understand why you're not there. >> saying good-bye it's no secret this is a busy time

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. >> which makes the solano theater's resurrection all the more remarkable.t this swelled with bargain hunters who paid $6.75 a head. >> you get double features. >> they loaded up with the gluttonous core may delight and then they settle in. >> excited to move outdoors. >> at a drive-in these days, forget those window speakers of old. now the sound arrives via your car radio. just curl up, relax, bring a blanket. >> comfortable? >> yeah! >> so perhaps this proves what goes around really does sometimes come back around. vintage, time warp, prime evil, wistful, enduring. maybe the lure of the drive-in is embedded in our collective dna. whatever. >> what you were doing before you got here! >> the drive-in. not dead, still flickering. from concord, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >> a bay area ban that's been making great music for decades performs tonight. ♪ >> up next our don sanchez sits down with members of tower of power for a look at their lasting popularity. >>> well, take a look at the winning numbers from last night's superlotto plus game, 1, 20, 25, 41, 42.

it's chill outside. 20s and 30s towards solano county. patchy fog as well.ment. the radar is dry for now, but we have a lot of moisture about to aim in. this sets up when we get the tropical moisture that aims in over the bay area. it sets up over the mountains and between friday and sunday, you are looking at two to five inches of rain. this is halfway through the pattern. we will see more rain monday through wednesday of next week that could add another five inches of rain in the hilltops. stay tuned. gusty winds too to cause problems we move into the weekend. today's highs are running cool. we have the chilly start to the morning and as clouds spill in, we will have the sunshine. highs mostly in the low 50s. tomorrow with rain and the winds pick up. gusty and wet moving into the weekend. a few breaks from the rain from time to time and mostly soggy forecast. now checking the morning commute, metering lights are on. slow jammed traffic right around the bay bridge toll plaza. let's show you what's going on around the golden gate bridge. slowing southbound a