here's what happened in sonoma county where trees fell on a home. >> in san francisco people walking to work got soaked even with umbrellas. heavy rain caused a lot of standing water and flooding in the downtown area it >> listen that rain that is how hard it was fouring on my drive into work i had to put -- pouring on my drive into work i had to put my phone on the dashboard to get those pictures. >>> amy hollyfield is in the east bay. >> let's begin with katie marzullo in sonoma county. >> reporter: highway 12 in sonoma county closed in both directions you can see why as in emergency vehicle. you can see for yourself what would happen if you tried to do that. it is definitely been a problem for drivers all morning but it is not the only problem in sonoma county. it was a rude awakening for in wooded neighborhood on moscow road. >> i was like what the heck! she said i think a tree came down. i stepped down, whoa! >> reporter: three trees came down a domino effect started by a mudslide above the house. marcus lives next door and tried to check on his neighbor but couldn't get close.

here's what happened in sonoma county where trees fell on a home. >> in san francisco people walking to work got soaked even with umbrellas. heavy rain caused a lot of standing water and flooding in the downtown area it >> listen that rain that is how hard it was fouring on my drive into work i had to put -- pouring on my drive into work i had to put my phone on the dashboard to get those pictures. >>> amy hollyfield is in the east bay. >> let's begin with katie marzullo in sonoma county. >> reporter: highway 12 in sonoma county closed in both directions you can see why as in emergency vehicle. you can see for yourself what would happen if you tried to do that. it is definitely been a problem for drivers all morning but it is not the only problem in sonoma county. it was a rude awakening for in wooded neighborhood on moscow road. >> i was like what the heck! she said i think a tree came down. i stepped down, whoa! >> reporter: three trees came down a domino effect started by a mudslide above the house. marcus lives next door and tried to check on his neighbor but couldn't get close.

you will see more action up toward marin county, around sonoma and napa. you will & notice that back edge beginning to move into parts of the northern portions of sonoma county. decreasing rainfall rates up in this area, that will gradually be the trend for the northern half of the bay area the mid- afternoon. as far as current temperatures, we have most spots in the 50s to 60 degrees. san francisco at 56, san jose upper 50s, livermore around 59 degrees. this is amazing. you can see the storm. is this basically like a garden hose being pointed at the bay area. this is not moving. this has been the case all morning. it's shifting a bit to the south right now. it's moving very slowly. we'll hold on to the rain in our forecast for today and still some gusty southerly winds around 20-25 miles an hour. three more storms lining up in the pacific. thursday rain develops in the north bay, gradually spreading to the south. friday some rainfall developing again. saturday some cold rain and thunderstorms. tomorrow morning chance of some rain, high nest north bay, the

in sonoma county highway 121, everything reopened in both directions. the bad news, new crash in the oakland maze we have our camera looking at the maze now. apparently, the latest location is that it could be eastbound 80 to right as you head towards emeryville. you can see a couple of these cars facing the wrong way in that curve. you have chp at the scene no injuries reported. what that hopefully means is they will clear this one quickly. i also want to take to you a live shot north bay 101 traffic southbound light past marin civic center 121 reopened in in sonoma county no major problems as you come out of north bay. -- san mateo bridge great, not windy traffic flowing well in both directions. no major accidents on bay area freeways. >>> 5:20. >>> stopping your boss from going too far. statewide effort to protect your facebook password. >>> rivalry between giants and dodgers took a new expensive celebrity twist. see that? the record sale that going to give men in blue new bosses. >>> good, but not good enough. the star who has made her last moves on

they can't let people drive on this road in sonoma county. you are gonna come upon a lot of these closures because of the deep standing water. it looks like a little lake there that is cropped up in the middle of this road. highway 12, fremont drive near broadway and sonoma county. let's move along and take a look at the maps here. highway 58 westbound to the 24 ramp. that's shut down. there is an injury accident there. someone was briefly trapped inside the vehicle. paramedics are just arriving there. let's go to a live picture of the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up for at least a 25-minute delay and a lot of standing water everywhere. >>> 7:07. let's go to mark. >> hi, sal. we're taking a look outside. moderate to heavy downpours. right now on the maps, we can show you some of the activity out there pushing back into the region and the action will continue to be a factor somewhat, at least in the short term with rainfall rates picking, right around the central portions of the bay and the northern portions of the bay. as you can pick

hundred students will be let into eight campuses, including cal-state east bay, san francisco and sonomathose are community college transfers. officials say deep cuts are planned if voters reject governor's measure to raise taxes in november, they say total enrollment could be reduced 25,000. >>> police investigating vandalism at a cemetery, 40 brass rings worth $50 each were pried off crypts at the sonoma mountain cemetery on first street west there's a history of vandalism at the cemetery usually following illegal partying. police believe the thieves are after the money she can get from selling the metal. >>> stay away orders issued against four occupy cal protesters involved in the november 9th, demonstrations at uc berkeley. protesters set up tents that lead to a violent confrontation with police. yesterday a judge ordered the four to stay at least 100 yards away from uc berkeley property exceptions were made for attending class or on campus jobs. >>> new toll opened in milpitas this morning the four mile stretch near highway 237 interchange allows solo drivers to use the car pool la

elsewhere, the wet roadways have been causing issues in sonoma county south of sonoma on highway 121, close both directions between 116 and 12. about a 1 mi. stretch of highway 121. they canceled all the overnight wind advisories it so the wind is no longer in issue but you will notice slippery roadways. be extra careful. here is a live look at our sensors, showing you conditions right now up and down guadalupe parkway and 101. the south bay checks in just fine. the east bay is still in the clear as well and mass transit continues to look good with no reported delays. >> if you forgot to buy a ticket for last night's lottery jackpot, you can throw your ticket away because nobody won. the pot has now grown to $476 million. kate is outside a store in mill valley where one person did get five out of six numbers >> i was kind of hoping that would have been one of us, i was hoping my live report would be that i get to announce a lucky cbs five person got that but now if your waking up and tune in and you might want to stop by to all the king of liquors because one of the nine california re

hundred students will be let into eight campuses, including cal-state east bay, san francisco and sonomathose areomnity college transfs.er officials say deep cuts are planned if voters reject governor's measure to raise taxes in november, they say total enrollment could be reduced 25,000. >>> police investigating vandalism at a cemetery, 40 brass rings worth $50 each were pried off crypts at the sonoma mountain cemetery on first street west there's a history of vandalism at the cemetery usually following illegal partying. police believe the thieves are after the money she can get from selling the metal. >>> stay away orders issued against four occupy cal protesters involved in the november 9th, demonstrations at uc berkeley. protesters set up tents that lead to a violent confrontation with police. yesterday a judge ordered the four to stay at least 100 yards away from uc berkeley property exceptions were made for attending class or on campus jobs. >>> new toll opened in milpitas this morning the four mile stretch near highway 237 interchange allows solo drivers to use the car pool lane f

at the junction of highway 12 and 121 in shellville in sonoma county. chp and cal-trans closed off large sections of the 2 roads because of heavy rain that flooded the entire area. highway 121 where it connects to highway 12 in shellville closed late this afternoon by the chp. this is an area usually floods in heavy storms and today was no different. before the closure some drivers seeming indifferent to the flooding just plowed through the water. chp says this kind of driving is what causes accidents. >> the obvious danger is that they are going to hydro-plane and lose control of the vehicle and either slam that the railing here or go off in a ditch or worse case scenario head on with another vehicle. we ask everybody to slow down. >>reporter: now the closure and resulting detour create traffic jams in the early in the evening. chp is keeping a close eye on the weather in case of more flooding. back here live. high tide is expected just about now and chp was concerned that would actually contribute to the flooding. but because the rain let off so much

it's supposed to cover a two mile stretch just north of the city of sonoma.ase two is in jeopardy since jerry brown's budget dissolved all 400 state redevelopment agencies on the 21st. -- or february 1st. >> i think it was unintended consequences of the state legislature. i don't think anybody intended for it to happen. >> the former advisory chair steve cox has been fighting for the sidewalks since his now college-age son was in kindergarten. school children and moms with strollers navigate the narrow shoulders daily on a highway that's become more and more congested over the years. phase two was fully funded with community taxpayer money. the only fully funded, vetted and certified state project ready to go out for bids in march. but cox is now faced with only half his dream come true and another generation of parents possibly starting over. amy has a fifth grader and a kindergartner. >> sometimes the cars are racing to go make the lights and they aren't paying attention to what the pedestrians are doing. it's nice to have the extra bit of safety on the sid

the exception northern sonoma county might see showers along the hilltops. the main event tuesday, wind and more rain. as the sun sets, the atmosphere stabilized, as the sun set big showers popping up in the east bay hills. that's no longer the case. here is the break in between systems. you could see the clouds spilling toward the coast. during the day tomorrow, we'll see some of those high clouds moving into the bay area. this time tomorrow night, we'll probably start to see some of those showers hitting the northern fringe of sonoma county. as we go into tuesday morning, you're watching that rain drop out of the north bay. rolling through midday tuesday with showers to follow into wednesday. the second half of the week, not bad in terms of temperatures. rain totals for tuesday into wednesday, these numbers have come back a little bit from 6:00 tonight. but certainly it's the north bay. sonoma county north getting up about 1 1/2 inches of rain. .3 inches around the central bay area. it's the north bay that's going to get the brunt of this system. when we s

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kids in sonoma were about to be lot safer walking to school.ilt after we called attention to the danger is suddenly at a dead stop. what happened? here is heather ishimaru with the story. >> reporter: these new sidewalks and street lights appear to be simple additions in sonoma county neighborhood but it took 20 years of work by residents to get them in part because county improvements on the state highway involves layers and layers of bureaucracy. they have lived here for 30 years. >> the project is only half done. it's supposed to cover a two-mile north of city of sonoma now phase two is now in jeopardy. >> i think it was generally unintended consequence of state legislature. i don't think anybody intended for this to happen. >> steve has been fighting for the sidewalks since his son was in kindergarten. school children and moms with strollers navigate the narrow shoulders daily on a highway that is more and more congested over the years. phase 2 was fully funded with community taxpayer money. only state project ready to go out for bid in mar

>> i do, yes. >> bergman: and you believe he performed well in sonoma county?yes, i do. >> bergman: records show that trial fell apart because he was being coached to create answers in his testimony. >> yes, i'm aware of that. >> bergman: you haven't read the state bar report. >> no, i haven't. i didn't even know there was one. >> bergman: did you ever look at those tapes-- they're available-- of what was going on in that coaching, what the issues were? >> i've been told what happened, yes. >> bergman: but you haven't independeny go to ok? >> no, i haven't. >> bergman: and f.m.g., as an organization, hasn't checked that? >> no. >> bergman: or the records in kansas city. >> i haven't checked them. >> bergman: so he was hired back, but you're not sure why? i'm trying to get a sense of... from what we've had people say to us is that he not only didn't tell the truth, but he didn't really know what he was doing. >> all i can say is, when i've observed him and read his reports, he's very competent, and i think he's a good forensic pathologist. >> bergman: at the for

the time shows 8:00 in sonoma county. light rain shower activity.e north right on through 11:00. marin county, napa could see a few showers and basically cloudy skies for the rest of the afternoon. we will be looking at monday a few more showers in the afternoon. more likely toward the evening hours. overnight monday into tuesday, here comes the heavier, more significant rain right on through tuesday afternoon. then it looks like we will see the rain pretty steady right on through next weekend. 51 in yosemite later on today with 61 in press no. still dry throughout much of california today, but we will begin to see just a few drops here and there in sonoma county in the next couple of hours. 60 in concord today. monterey bay, pretty much a dry forecast there, but more clouds around. 60 in hollister. maybe a few showers into monday, and then the wet pattern gets going with some breezy winds at times. we haven't seen rain in such a long time that we could see some ponding on the road ways and some problems by next weekend. >> that's what i was going t

the activity beginning to break up in the north bay, around sonoma county. forecast headlines for tonight, still periods of rain. you had hear the raindrops overnight. we'll stick with the cool theme through the reminder of the weekend with scattered shower likely into your sunday. next week more rain and a healthy storm that will move in by tuesday, especially in the north bay. current forecast lows mainly in the 40s out there. first thing tomorrow morning, san josi at 43 and livermore starting out sunday morning in the lower 40s. this was the setup today. this frontal band just basically stalling over the bay area, producing what seemed like the rain all day long. it took some time to start in the south bay for san josi, not until 3:00 this afternoon. our rain will translate into snow in the mountains with a winter weather advisory. snowfall will pick up as we head into sunday beginning at 5:00 a.m. this area of low pressure, the main driver of all the unsettled weather for today. this front will slowly drift to the south. so for sunday it's not going to b

commuters in sonoma county have free access along highway 161. we will continue to follow up on the storm damage and cleanup from last weeks big storm. for now we are live here in san anselmo. >>> overnight this big tree that crashed down in the oakland hills. you can see it being removed. this happened along shepard canyon road. the big tree fell down about 10:30 last night. luckily no one was hurt. the crews came in and came in with chain saws and a woodchipper and removed the tree. the roads were clear again by 1:00 this morning. make sure you stay right here with us for ktvu nor continuing -- for continuing storm coverage. and you can check on flight delays and check out the radar. go to ktvu.com and click on the storm watch tab. >>> a student playing with a gun accidentally fired a shot inside a classroom at oakland high school. the tribune said this happened last friday. 15 students and a teacher were in the classroom at the time. luckily no one was hurt. however, a witness reportedly said that bullet almost hit a students leg. there is no

>> saturday morning but there is definitely light rain possible in northern shoma -- sonoma county and in south bay, parts of the east, we will have more coming up, here is sal. >>> westbound 24 traffic looks good getting up to the tunnel so if you are going to leave now, you should have a nice drive. this morning, it looks good from sonoma county all the way to the golden gate bridge, let's go back to the desk. >>> topping our news at 6:00, new information it is about a developing story we first told you about an hour ago, this is pictures of philadelphia airport, a man is in custody, he apparently tried to board a plane with fireworks in his backpack. that plane was headed to san francisco. now police arrested the 29-year- old a couple of hours ago at a security checkpoint. he never did get on the plane. he spent several hours investigating the discovery. now they are slowly getting back to normal. >>> new this morning, protesters took over an oakland school board meeting. we have exclusive pictures behind the protest, here is tara. >> reporter: they were circulating and they are tal

sonoma county will see a little moisture beginning to move in.hat's the colder storm that will come in thursday night into friday. rainfall tote -- rainfall totals up to wednesday evening. th is additional. three quarters of an inch to an inch and a half and less across the bay area. south bay not getting a lot. a 10th to a quarter of an inch. a winter storm warning until 11:00 a.m. wednesday. 6 to 12 inch usa buff 5,000. 1 to 3 feet expected about 7,000. chain controls likely. windy conditions. you will likely run across hazardous driving conditions. overnight readings in the 40s and i have the ifs. have the umbrellas in the morning. hang on to them. scattered showers and temperatures in the 50s, 60s and around the monterey bay, sunny breaks. upper 50s to the low 60s. here is a look at your accu-weather seven-day forecast. the rain ease easy tomorrow and the showers are mainly north bay on thursday. stormy on friday with low snow levels for the weekend. st. patrick's day showers and then spring begins monday night. it looks like it is dryer, but

sonoma. phase two is in jeopardy because governor brown dissolved all state redevelopment agencies. >> part of us were believing us there is no way they can stop this. katie: plans to improve the street scape were first developed 20 years ago. the vote is scheduled for today with a final decision next month. >> kristen: house will vote on a temporary extension that aims to provide more money for transit projects just in time for the spring construction season. it comes just as the new treasury department report says americans are wasting two billion gallons of gas on congested roadways and costing hundred billion dollars annually we pay an extra $756 a each year in extra maintenance for our cars. katie: price of a gallon of gas keeps going up. latest survey shows gallon of regular shot up 11 cents. drivers in chicago are paying 4.58 for regular. crude oil prices have started to ease along with supply. in california, drivers are paying 4.33 a gallon and 4.40 for san francisco. >> kristen: the

he won the ugliest dog contest at the sonoma fair in petaluma. brauner said she simply passed away in her sleep on saturday but she will keep her title until the new ugliest dog is crowned in june. >> we have one angry bird that is putting humans in a parking lot in missouri. most people duck when they see the goose flying at them. analysts say it looks like a bird is protecting his family and they point out there is a mother goose nearby. both of them assume a protective posture >> these are incredibly good parents which is one of the reasons they are so successful. they raise babies every year and they will fight off anything >> some humans are surprised to learn that keys are actually protected by the federal government but i don't know how much protection they will need >> if you go up to lake tahoe and if you're eating something they will hiss at you. you need to stay away from those guys. >> not so great for the cal bears >> they look really great in the warmups and then if it went south from there. they only allowed 13 points in the first

we have flooding effecting the sonoma area 121 closed between highway 116 and highway 12, about a mile stretch until 8:00 this morning. we'll go to the waze traffic app to show you the north bay commute. we have a few commuters on the freeways up there, no one on 121 at this point. when things slow as we have more commutes later on we'll start to be able to keep track looking good out of vallejo no problems towards the carquinez bridge. you can have this information real-time available when you commute go to abc7news.com/waze to download the free traffic app that you can put on your smartphone or. tone. >> -- >>> fbi faces new allegations of privacy violations. secret files the bureau kept on a muslim out reach -- outreach program in the bay area. >>> why police asked for arrest warrant when your deep-dish masterpiece doesn't stay in the dish easy-off oven cleaner cuts through five times more grease than the leading all-purpose cleaner. cook with passion. clean with easy-off. >>> good morning. live look san francisco camera showing cloudiness after the storm has moved through. you migh

sonoma county will see a little moisture beginning to move in. that's the colder storm that will come in thursday night into friday. rainfall tote -- rainfall totals up to wednesday evening. th is additional. three quarters of an inch to an inch and a half and less across the bay area. south bay not getting a lot. a 10th to a quarter of an inch. a winter storm warning until 11:00 a.m. wednesday. 6 to 12 inch usa buff 5,000. 1 to 3 feet expected about 7,000. chain controls likely. windy conditions. you will likely run across hazardous driving conditions. overnight readings in the 40s and i have the ifs. have the umbrellas in the morning. hang on to them. scattered showers and temperatures in the 50s, 60s and around the monterey bay, sunny breaks. upper 50s to the low 60s. here is a look at your accu-weather seven-day forecast. the rain ease easy tomorrow and the showers are mainly north bay on thursday. stormy on friday with low snow levels for the weekend. st. patrick's day showers and then spring begins monday night. it looks like it is dryer, b

radar returns off the sonoma county coast.are some of the mid-level clouds and those will be prevalent during the afternoon and evening hours. they will get thicker, no i don't expect any rain today. winds are fairly calm, even to around 3-7 miles an hour for hayward and 6 to 9 in concord and 5 in fairfield. it is pretty quiet this morning. we do have fog up around santa rosa. visibility was half a mile now it's up to five. looks like if we see any fog it will quickly dissipate. a lot of sunshine with some of the high clouds. temperatures running mainly in the 40s, few 30s in the east bay valleys. by noon we're seeing an increase in the clouds and temperatures jumping up to mid 40s. then we'll be partly sunny, north and increasing sunshine south. 50 in fremont, san jose, livermore and antioch. bulk of the rainfalls in the north bay. rest of it get it tomorrow through wednesday morning. slight chance in the north bay on thursday. friday dry, saturday wet, sunday dry. >>> good morning everybody. slow traffic at the bay bridge to

we will have some clear patches with the valley fog developing toward napa and sonoma. midto upper 30s and 45 for san francisco and 40 for livermore. here is the nice clearing we are into right now. as we head into monday night the clouds ahead of the frontal system will start to increase. the rain will move in by tuesday morning across the bay area. and then it will spread south by tuesday afternoon and wednesday. we will look at our animation and this is monday. 1, 2 3 4:00 and you get a sense that the clouds are moving in. check out 9:00 10:00 tomorrow night you can see the rain bands. it will start in the north bay and then spread south. this one is a little wetter. the northern locations could see as much as three inches of rain tuesday through wednesday. this system is also going to bring some wind with it. so the ground is pretty much saturated. you can add a little wind and it means some trees coming down. we will keep an eye on the storm as it moves in on tuesday morning. here are your highs for tomorrow, a dry day, 63 in livermore and 58 for san francisco. san

alan wang is in sonoma. but we begin with ama dates in santa cruz where the san lorenzo river is now threatening the boardwalk there. >> reporter: carolyn, if you look behind me, everything looks great as it normally does. it is what is on the other side of the sign that is causing all of the problems. the san lorenzo river normally goes right by the boardwalk and straight into the ocean. but now it has taken a right turn right behind the boardwalk and on to the beach area, and then it snakes out to the ocean. now, fortunately there is a large retaining wall on this side of the boardwalk, so it is a good situation here. here is where the problem is. this is where the retaining wall ends. what they have done is they have taken a lot of sand and they have built it up and pushed it up against where the retaining wall ends and it uses the sand bar, if you will, to guide the river out to the ocean. basically there is enough sand that is controlling the flow of the water going into the ocean. but it could be a pro

alan wang is in sonoma. but we begin with ama dates in santa cruz where the san lorenzo river is now threatening the boardwalk there. >> reporter: carolyn, if you look behind me, everything looks great as it normally does. it is what is on the other side of the sign that is causing all of the problems. the san lorenzo river normally goes right by the boardwalk and straight into the ocean. but now it has taken a right turn right behind the boardwalk and on to the beach area, and then it snakes out to the ocean. now, fortunately there is a large retaining wall on this side of the boardwalk, so it is a good situation here. here is where the problem is. this is where the retaining wall ends. what they have done is they have taken a lot of sand and they have built it up and pushed it up against where the retaining wall ends and it uses the sand bar, if you will, to guide the river out to the ocean. basically there is enough sand that is controlling the flow of the water going into the ocean. but it could be a pro

thomas roman is live in shellville in sonoma county with the story there. thomas? >> the rain has stopped, but the flooding hasn't. the fast-moving water isn't actually in a stream or creek. heavy rains saturated the roads earlier today. but tonight the high tide came in an hour and a half ago and it finished the job of flooding the entire junction. >> the rain poured down in the town of sonoma this evening. everywhere you looked umbrellas completed everybody's wardrobes. they warned of flooding and standing water. these heavy rains really affected highway 121 where it connects to highway 12 in shellville. the chp closed portions of both late this afternoon. this area usually floods in heavy storms and today was no different. some drivers seemingly in the difference of the flooding plowed through the water and locals welcomed the rain. 24 is the kind of driving that causes serious accidents. >> the biggest thing is they will hydroplane and slam into the railing or go off into a ditch or worst case scenario, go head on into another vehicle. we ask everybody to slow

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there could be light rain in lake county sonoma county and south of that it will be okay. partly cloudy and that system slides to the north and mostly cloudy to the south. you can see back to ukiah and back to the north that system could get light rain, a lot of cloud cover moving in temperatures 40s and 50s, so it's still mild. this system will continue to hang up and move on where heavy rain will fall and by tomorrow that system will slide south. santa clara valley parts of the east bay near 70 degrees. partly sunny skies, mild to warm, but for everyone else, near 60 -- 60 to near 70 degrees, santa clara, mild to warm, los gatos got all at 68. sunday cooler clearing next rain tuesday and wednesday, pam, dave? >>> disappointing reports on home prices in the uc and retail sales in europe, overnight asian markets closed lower as well. they are worried about growth. they lost more than 2%, shanghai index fell nearly 1.5%, hong kong and korea lost ground as well. checking in on the u.s., futures indicate a lower opening here for us as well. not a huge drop but right now the f

in sonoma county camp meager, a treat collapse into homes but fortunately no one was home at the time in either house. >> a large for came down, for both homes. the first time it cut in half from the ceiling through three floors all the way down to the foundation. the second home was pretty much demolished. >> when he returned home to see the damage, he was devastated. >> complete devastation. pass the house. personal belongings, personal items. >> also in sonoma county all lanes shut down along route 12 and 121 during the evening commute because of flooding. . are at mobile 5 giving you a look at what it does look like around rush-hour, headed southbound on 680 in fremont. our destination is santa cruz because right now that is where sand trucks and snowplows are staging. once into santa cruz we were greeted by a steady downpour. >> has been running a lot, it is ok, i don't mind. >> i drove over the hill, i hate driving 17 in the rain. especially in the dark to read it i usually drive fast. and today i'd drove well below the speed limit all the way back. >> a silver lining in the sto

mainly up across the northern sections of sonoma county the rest of us clear. morning we are going to get the rain for the morning commute. good morning everybody. this time tomorrow should be showers, lingering moisture on the roads. beautiful picture of san francisco this morning as we look from the north down to the south. you can see the bay bridge in the background. temperatures are mild mid to upper 40s, antioch, san jose, san francisco, oakland and santa rosa around 50°. mid to upper 40s monterey bay and inland. let's talk about what going to happen in the next seven days. more sunshine, mild this afternoon, showers possible tonight. dry thursday afternoon into friday and then wet and cooler for the weekend. today it feels like spring, 69 in san jose, concord one degree warmer 67. santa rosa about three degrees warmer 63. sunsets 7:24 this evening. low 60s along the coast san francisco a little more cloud cover same with san rafael, richmond, cloverdale. most of the bay area shore into the east bay valleys and south bay mid to upper 60s more sun around m

they practiced and came out here to sonoma and they get violated and do their thing.asn't any accidents and they do stuff and everyone was out of control and under control. there is a technique if you are building things. it does take a precise amount. >> a little burned rubber and leaky transmission and shredded tires. in the end? >> it's worth it. >> in arizona, nbc bay area sports. >> i'm dizzy now. nothing is official from the team right now. the nfl network reports that alex smith will return to the 49ers. terms have not been disclosed. sharks and kings out of the playoffs. great passing and dan boyle put it in the mix. just six minutes later, he wasn't having it for the kings. they have the two-goal lead and l.a. had the empty netter to win 5-2 the final. a couple of scores from earlier today. the giants fell from the 5-5 tie with thebs. cubs. raj and janelle will be back with more news after this. can lulu have some beef pasta, too? -here you go, lulu. -hey?! you had an imaginary friend once, too. she's full. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper beef pasta. he

cal-state east bay, san francisco state and sonoma state are among them enrollment will be limited to community college transfer students. funding for the spring of 201013 is uncertain. csu funding could -- drop by 200 million dollars. >> it is horrible. it is going to be harder to graduate my mom has to retire later to pay for me and my sister's education. >> it is already a horrible tragedy the thought after decision al cuts could be catastrophic. >> csu lost 750 million dollars in funding this year. >>> supporters of a california tax targeting millionaires to pay for police and service force the disabled are planning a rally in oakland this afternoon. they say their measure is more winnable than the new plan offered by governor brown and the california federation of teachers. the plan would create a 3% tax for people making over one million dollars a year and 5% on incomes over two million a year. the governor's plan would add a 1% income tax surcharge starting on individuals making more than $250,000 a year and a quarter cent sales tax increase. >>> in 20 minutes the new express t

the colts released peyton manning last season. >>> naming rights are up for grabs in sonoma county.he semiconductor manufacturer says is not renewing its deal for the speedway. it was worth more than $34 million over ten years. raceway says the decision doesn't come as a surprise and it's been in the works for four years. they're now in the market for a new partner and hope to have a new name by the end of the year. >> coming up, a high school band bandit strikes again. why musicians are locking up their tubas just ahead. >>> everything's bigger in texas, even the scandals. what do you do with $330 million spread over 30 accounts? a jury weighs in on a case against a texas tycoon. >>> search nbc bay area. lots going. we're back in two minutes. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t

we will show you how they pulled off this peel-out move in sonoma next. >> cars. i mean, doughnuts. i mean cars. we are looking at the 24. smooth drive. we have crews out there. i will show what you the latest is going on the roads. and below. coming up. >>> 49ers fans can rest a little easier this morning. word from sports insiders is alex smith is coming back. nothing is official from the team right now. the nfl network is reporting that alex smith will return to the 49ers. terms of the deal have not been disclosed but the team had already a lee-year deal worth $24 million on the table. peyton man sing making it official as well. free agent quarterback appeared alongside john elway to make his debut as a denver bronco. at a news conference manning said he felt the bron yoes the best fit. >> yeah, for that money. >> don't go there. gave manning a five-year contract worth about $96 million. >> real nice in that bank account. >> hey, it is sonoma. this is an event we were talking about that would happen. now it is in the record books. >> right. every 18-year-old dream here. 73 driver

thomas roman is live in shellville in sonoma county with the story there. thomas? >> the rain has stopped, but the flooding hasn't. the fast-moving water isn't actually in a stream or creek. heavy rains saturated the roads earlier today. but tonight the high tide came in an hour and a half ago and it finished the job of flooding the entire junction. >> the rain poured down in the town of sonoma this evening. everywhere you looked umbrellas completed everybody's wardrobes. they warned of flooding and standing water. these heavy rains really affected highway 121 where it connects to highway 12 in shellville. the chp closed portions of both late this afternoon. this area usually floods in heavy storms and today was no different. some drivers seemingly in the difference of the flooding plowed through the water and locals welcomed the rain. 24 is the kind of driving that causes serious accidents. >> the biggest thing is they will hydroplane and slam into the railing or go off into a ditch or worst case scenario, go head on into another vehicle. we ask everybody to slow

eight would be forced to accept a few hundred that includes san francisco and sonoma.they would just be accepting junior transfers. potentially, 16,000 qualified students would be left in the cold and that number could reach 25,000 if california voters reject governor brown's proposed tax hikes. tuition continues to go up year-to-year and programs and classes could be cut. >> it is already a horrible tragedy. going forward the thought of additional cuts could be catastrophic. >> i think it is horrible. it going to be harder to graduate. my mom has to retire later. >> reporter: those reactions come ahead of this today csu trustees will consider new compensation packages for the new presidents of the east bay and fullerton campuses. those presidents would be making more than $300,000 a year each. it is 10% more than their current pay and 10% more than the presidents before them. the board meeting something today in long beach. school officials don't need board approval to implement the enrollment freeze. they are just presenting it. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> 5:34 no

dry, with a few showers and sonoma county later this afternoon.a nice day tomorrow with highs in the upper 60s near 70's. we will have a few showers of the forecast for late friday. some rain on saturday, especially during the early morning hours. it looks like we are in for a nice trend. a few showers possible on sunday with mild weather next week. >>darya: we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the golden gate. traffic is nice and polite with nothing to complain about. we will be right back. land o'lakes spreadable butter with canola oil is made with sweet cream, canola oil and salt. just three natural ingredients. what's in your spread ?

save some clear patches with the valley fog developing toward napa and sonoma.ttle wetter. the northern locations could see as much as three inches of rain tuesday through wednesday. this system is also going to bring some wind with it. so the ground is pretty much saturated. you can add a little wind and it means some trees coming down. we will keep an eye on the storm as it moves in on tuesday morning. here are your highsow, a tomorrow, a dry day, 63 in livermore and 58 for san francisco. santa rosa 61 degrees and it will be 61 on the boardwalk in santa cruz. 62 in hollister and 63 degrees. get everything prepared and put away for monday. you do have a brief break in the rain. the temperatures are warming into the 60s. the rain is likely and the wind will pick up by tuesday afternoon. rain and wind on wednesday and then by thursday we will dry out and friday looks dry and then a chance of showers next weekend mainly in the north bay. >> thank you, leigh. >>> let's talk to shu. the warriors are playing a tough schedule. >> they ran out of gas in portland, but t

abc7 reports from schellville. >> the rain poured down in the town of sonoma. everywhere you looked umbrellas completed many wardrobes. signs warned of flooding and standing water. the heavy rains really affected highway 121 where it connects to 12 in schellville. the chp closed portions of both. before the closer some drivers, seemingly indifferent to the flooding, plowed through the water. while locals welcomed the rain, the chp said this is the kind of driving this causes serious accidents. >> the obvious danger is they will hydroplane and lose control and slam into the railing or go off into the ditch or go head on with another vehicle. we ask everybody to slow down. >> it's been a little scary not having any water for a while so it's great. living up here, come november, if there's no water, the wells go dry. >> chp detoured traffic around the flooded roads, causing major backups in the area. the chp is keeping a close eye on the weather in case of more flooding. the fast moving water you are seeing isn't a stream or creek, it's a portion of highway 12. he

shouted at by cal transworkers to stop this driver went right through flood waters at highway 12 in sonoma county. good evening. i'm dan ashley. highway 12 in sew mona county is finally open tonight. a big problem developing in the south bay. the san lorenzo river is threatening to overflee on to the santa cruz beach boardwalk. and while things look calm now, workers spent the day building up piles of sand to prevent the water from seeing under the boardwalk. and this morning a wooden staircase to the beach was ripped apart by river water and washed away. over in the east bay, downed trees and messy roads causing problems there. leslie brinkley keeping an eye on things all day for us. she is live tonight in lafayette. hi, leslie. >> hi, dan. mess out here all day long and right on into tonight. specifically as you said, lafayette has been a real problem spot. >> there was rain. there was traffic and there were power outages in the east bay. >> now, if the electricity stays off for a long time we will call your parents and everybody will come and pick you up. >> there was confusion for a se

sonoma, napa, and vallejo. also from san francisco crossing the bay bridge and the winds coming out of the south. you get an idea that creates a problem crossing the bridge span itself. in the south bay as i mentioned san jose reporting cloud cover. we do have a few light showers nearby. the bulk of the rainfall really has been focused in the santa cruz mountains. picking up five inches of rain. five inches of rain in the past 24 hours. current numbers in the 50s. hayward 56. livermore in the 50s. the bulk of the activity will be for this morning. in the afternoon hours we will still hold on to a chance for a few showers. and then the bigger perspective in the pacific we have more storms lining up. storm the thursday deal it will take its time getting here. the rainfall develops up in the north bay. especially late to mid afternoon. friday rainfall developing saturday some cold rain and thunderstorms. this morning rain showers out there. a chance into the afternoon hours. you will notice the wide-spread stuff b

right now, you can see the coverage right now up in sonoma county, up to sown, up approaching sonomado have a little bet of splinkgle here -- sonoma. we do have a little bit of sprinking. they have sprinking -- sprinkles. compare this to san jose, san jose openly .08 with move the most being squeezed. san francisco root around 55 degrees. we have -- right around 5 5 degrees. we have another stroller storm, that's scheduled to move on -- move onto 40. ed a we'll burn up the shower chancessed a then on.as this -- we'll bling up the shower did dash burn up the the -- we'll bring that up. they will be dropping to 3500 feet at least. we're showing you some clouds and we have see this. the main action move the in for friday as that photographed this n -- the main action hoved in for friday -- moved in for friday. showrt likely into saturday. there is -- there is a likely chance of a storm on saturday. >> thank you, mark. >>> how twitter respofernded to a complaint in a message to syria. sir re-- how twitter responded to a client in a message to syria. >>> stocks reporting small gains after

but we can tell you that highway 101 up in sonoma county is closed down. my photographer and i went up there and by the time we got up there, caltrans said it had been cleared. so now 101 up in sonoma county, clear for people traveling through the area. a lot of the roadways will be wet, not just here in the north bay but here in the bay area. we're live in san anselmo, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> sal and steve are coming up for minutes with traffic and weather and you can -- for traffic and weather in a few minutes. >>> 7:04. well, grief counselors will be at a hayward middle school this morning after a 14-year-old student died yesterday. the student was an 8th grader at cesar chavez middle school. officials say he was playing basketball in a p.e. class when he hit his head and had a seizure. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> a student who was playing with a gun accidentally fired a shot inside a classroom at oakland high school. the "oakland tribune "said it happened at the end of the school day. luckily, nobody was hurt. but the

abc7 reports from schellville. >> the rain poured down in the town of sonoma. everywhere you looked umbrellas completed many wardrobes. signs warned of flooding and standing water. it affected highway 121 where it connects to 12 in schellville. the chp closed portions of both. before the closer some drivers seemingly indifferent to the flooding plowed through the water. while locals welcomed the rain the chp said this is the kind of driving this causes serious accidents. >> the obvious danny darrener is they will hydroplane and lose control and slam into the railing or go off into the ditch or go head on with another vehicle. we ask everybody to slow down. >> it's been a little scary not having any water for a while so it's great. living up here come november if there's no water the wells go dry. >> chp deforward traffic around the flooded roads, causing major backups in the area. the chp is keeping a close eye on the weather in case of more flooding. the fast moving water you are see isn't a stream or creek, it's a portion of highway 12. heavy rain saturated t