this is just one of several roads flooded here in sonoma county today. in fact, earlier today, a mudslide caused a slide down a hill and tore through a house that had already been evacuated. that road has been closed indefinitely. in other parts of the county, the problems aren't that severe, but driving treacherous and at times dangerous. >> take it real slow. especially deep water like this. just go real slow. a lot safer that way. >> reporter: and we just came from the park where part of millbrae avenue was flooded by a nearby creek. drivers were turning around but others went right through the water. the chp said the danger that when you do that, you don't know how deep the water will get. the expressway between stony point road and redwood drive is also closed because of flooding. we'll keep you up to date on any road closures throughout the night. monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, monty. the north bay recorded the most rain so far, but san francisco is not far behind. along with the rain, there's also a high wind advisory af

well, sonoma county has been bearing the brunt of a storm.lood warning remains in effect there. >> nick smith joins us live from sonoma county. nick, what are you seeing? >> carolyn, you know i ended my night here last night and i'm back here again this morning. what i'm seeing is a continuation of what we found yesterday. rain that continues to come down, intersections that continue to be flooded by water run-off from the creek. take a look here. we are at the intersection of roots 12 and 121 and this is what we found. a complete wash-out. we've also found that example transfor their part has been here trying to figure out exactly what they can do to unclog drains or keep road closers in place for drivers' safety. the rain came down heaviest in the north bay. one of the areas hardest hit, sonoma county. it's been good for the drought they have seen. more than half a foot of rain came down yesterday, but the problem with so much written so fast, flooding. there is still flooding of low-lying roadways and forced road closers. the rainfall over

santa rosa one of the lower spots in sonoma and marin counties. some other rainfall totals to show you. petaluma 3.5". ukiah 3." vacaville 2.25." 1" pittsburg. sunnyvale .66." union city less than two-thirds of an inch. let's talk about the north bay where that heaviest rainfall is falling. since january of 2013 the past 13.5 months, 30 inches we're down. we're down 30" of rainfall. this weekend we'll see on average 3 to 8" of rain making up about 10 to 25% of that rainfall deficit. that's good but we're not going to end the drought. we are just going to put a dent into it. now, coming up in a few minutes, we'll have more on weather. brian will have more on that. i'm going to talk about snow in the sierra because we have great news to report from there. that's coming up in a few minutes. live in pittsburg, paul deanno, back to you. >>> heavy rainfall sent a big chunk of this road in sonoma county sliding down a slope. more than half the road in fort ross was washed out. crews put up traffic cones and diverted traffic to other routes. it appears on

that was especially true in sonoma county. heavy rain made a mud slide. crews put up traffic cones and diverted traffic. it appeared one truck was driving in the vicinity when the road gap to crumble. the truck was spotted buried in the mud below. >> down below there was one vehicle that was inundated by the rockslide from fort ross road. the resident had another vehicle that he was able to use to leave the premises. >> one home near the mud slide was evacuated as a precaution. crews say the home is about 100 feet from the slide. >>> we asked don knapp to find out how big a bite 8" of rain can take out of the drought in the north bay. hi, don. >> reporter: brian, it has been a persistent permeating rain getting everything soaking wet. but by the way, that's the good part. these dry hills were sucking up the water and now it's running off into the reservoirs and that's good for the water supply. pumps near central san rafael stay ahead of falling rain by lifting drainage water and dumping it into a canal leading to the bay. here in san anselmo residents ar

lake sonoma over 4 nyes. in terms of flash flood warning in place still for parts of sonoma county. the small area closer to the western portions of the park. that is in place until 7307 tonight but that could probably be reissued at least a chance with more rain in the forecast. here's a closer inspection a live storm tracker. you'll notice the rain fall. heaviest activity is towards portions of sonoma and lake counties. hidden valley lake. san francisco and oakland not as much coverage on to show you. the activity changes a bit for tonight into tomorrow. a lot more on that forecast. break down the timing of significant rainfall in the bay area weather patterns. >>> a flash flood warning is still in effect there. katie? >> ken, this is honestly the lightest rain we've been in all day but it has been coming down. you can see how swollen the creek is with the fresh rain. we are on the park way which is closed because of flooding on the roadway earlier today. almost everyone is dealing with bad driving conditions we spoke with a business owner who is dealing with water gushing into he

this is up in sonoma county, as well, this expressway. that section had to be closed because of flooding in a certain area. and south of that, this is in petaluma, and this is a driving range, and no golf today, but another problem is along highway 101. caltran has been out here making sure the drains are clear so the highway doesn't flood, a major concern for them and the chp who have been watching the storm closely. the chp will mon refer the conditions throughout the evening and as soon as the water goes down, they can reopen highway 121, but don't count on that happening until we see a break in some of the rain. >> more than 1,000 pe the dark tonight as a result of this latest storm. pg & e says more than 1600 customers on the peninsula without power and 825 outages in the north bay and 109 outages in the east bay and 33 in the south bay, officials have not said if the outages are weather related. >> we had a break earlier tonight but the rain is beginning to reintensify for tonight and into the overnight. here is the live stormtracke

. >> sonoma county. that's where the flash-flood warning is up until 7:30 the cities -- i want to take you down south of san jose. not a lot of moisture reaching there. start to go pick up a little bit. the reason why -- you can see it on the water vapor imagery -- this train goes all the way out towards the hawaiian islands and you can see most of it has stayed well to the north of the golden gate bridge. the next plume off the coast, more heavy rain for our sunday. we'll check out storm totals in a bit. >> as she just showed us the north bay is getting the brunt of the storm system. nick smith its live on rohnert park where parts of the road have been washed out. reporter: we have been in it all day. this is a mess and also a major thoroughfare to route 116. parts of the road are wiped out behind me. looks like it's sinking into a minilake. this is part of the flash-flood warning for sonoma county. >> this is the sound that blared from my smartphone, sent from the national weather service alerting ever

we are just south of sonoma. lighter rain today consistent but lighter. combine it with yesterday's heavy rain and this is the mess that we get here at this intersection. neighbor who's live in this neck of the woods say it is known for flooding and it happens fast. we were here just this morning and it did not look like this. >> reporter: at dawn, after a night of downpours, half an inch of rain in some spots. it made a path. closing this intersection to any traffic. >> it is a drought, it is a drought, well, hopefully this helps. >> reporter: here, the family stopped for a look at the rushing river. a flash flood watch effect through much of the day means the river is moving fast and even the littlest ones knew dangerous, too. >> go swimming in it? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> too deep. >> reporter: too deep for people but for the fish, eric says this river is a little slice of heaven. >> yes. before all of the steel head were stuck in here. now they are getting a chance to go up and spaup and they are not stuck. >> the last couple of months you could se

another blast of rain soaks sonoma. the river is moving fast and even the littlest knew dangerous, too. >> go swimming in it? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> too deep. >> reporter: too deep for people but for the fisherric christian said this river is a little slice of heaven. >> yes. before all of the steel head were stuck in here and now they are getting a chance to go up and spawn. >> the last couple of months you could see the bottom through the rocks and nothing in here for the last couple of months. we needed it. >> reporter: and boy did they get what it needed. the weather service said not enough to make up for the drought but just enough to drench the ground, flood some roads and make it this an interesting weekend in wine country. >> do you see anything funny float by the river? >> yes. >> what did you see? >> a christmas tree. [ laughter ] >> we did see a christmas tree. >> reporter: you can see how flat the terrain is here in sonoma county. it is areas like this, the low- lying water that was hit pretty hard toda

there's a flash flood watch in sonoma county. we have live team coverage in sonoma county, san francisco, the south bay and beginning with rob. >> you just mentioned the flash flood from marin to sonoma due to hefavy rain. some of the views we are seeing now north of san francisco, you will see over towards martinez, and highway 121 once again seeing heavy rains at times tonight. that's where monte is live. the waters don't look like they've changed much since 6:30. >> that's right we're south of the city of sonoma off 121, it is flooded, closed to traffic. there's about a foot of water here and is still raining. it is certainly an inconvenience for drivers but in other parts of the county, it was much more severe, half of fort ross road fell apart and plunged down a revene burying a pick up truck. >> the slide still about 100 feet from the house but if it decides to turn it could very well take the house with it. >> almost a foot of rain has fallen in parts of the county on thursday causing a run off in places you might not expe

i'm mark kelly live in sonoma county.ad this flooding is here this morning. we're at the intersection of 12 and 121. and here's what it is looking like. we've been here for about an hour now. it's really starting to rise a little bit more. let's pan down for a second, john, you can see it's moving much faster than when we first got here an hour ago. if we show you here we have 12 headed eastward in front of the shell vista fire station, a good amount of water from the station. overnight sonoma county was getting in some parts of a half-inch an hour of rain. they could today see two to fourmore additional inches of rain in sonoma county. five inches in the mountains. so this kind of gives you a good picture of what they are dealing with out here. national weather service says we shouldn't so too much damage to -- see too much damage or property, or life threatening but you have to watch this getting through the roads, especially these roads in sonoma county. back to you. >>> this tuesday the western span of the bay bridge

sonoma county town of guerneville, 11 inches.se both saw between one and 3 inches of rain and areas north of san francisco will be dealing with another couple of inches of rain today, some lake tahoe resorts that have relied on man made snow for much of the season forecasting another foot or two today but the rain and snow on lake tahoe or at lake tahoe may cause avalanches, flooding and rock slides so we will keep an eye on that for you. >>> at least 30 people in the bay area have died from the flu season and that's expected to grow an additional 41 deaths statewide remain under investigation and have not yet been confirmed as flu related. the 30 confirmed deaths include 10 from santa clara county, five each in alameda and contra costa counties, three in san mateo county, three in san francisco county, two in monterey and one each in santa cruz and solano counties. public health departments still recommending that all california residents get vaccinated and they say that there's no shortage of the available vaccine. >>> turning

reporter: sonoma county is known for its wine, and its winemaking. that's why politics and wine makers, staring in the face of a drought, are doing all they can to protect their crops. >> we got all the rain, still don't have enough water to get through the growing season. >> doug grew up in sonoma county, and has worked, owned, and operated ranch. >> we're in the middle of the worst drought. >> dry conditions and a lack of rain present an urgent problem, putting every acre of his vineyard and the dozens in the county like it, at riecks. he thinks there's a solution. >> they have wastewater they need to put into an irrigation system, and the farmers can satisfy that. >> the city of hillsberg decided to provide treated recycled wastewater for use by ranchers and grape growers. it will be given to them for free. water that the mayor says is safe for a farming and other not affect the taste of their crop. >> we have really highly treated, disinfected water. >> the mayor is one of the strongest supporter of the plan, a plan that has proven to be successf

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there's a flood warning in effect for part of sonoma county. we have team coverage on the storm watch from the floods to the forecast to a major highway being shut down. good evening, i'm ama daetz. let's go right to abc7 news meteorologist league league leg with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> live doppler 7hd tells the storm picture for today. most of the moisture training, what you call, like a bunch of box cars, the moisture feeding into marin county and that's where most of the problems have been today. you can see the moderate rain through cloverdale, santa rosa, we'll take you in closer, guerneville, at least three inches of rain today and you can see most of this is starting to move in. the jenner area, moving into your neighborhood in the next 15 to 20 minutes. where we have had problems from rohnert park and petaluma. there's a flood warning in effect until 7:30 this evening. petaluma, rohnert park. send bass a pole, for -- send -- jew can clearly see the -- jew can clearly see the east bay, tracy, san jose, not much rainfall, and the

nearby sonoma creek overflowing where hays 121 and 12 meet, just one of many spots that couldn't quite take in all that mother nature is dishing out. roads were closed all around the north bay like this one. some curious drivers disregarded the warning. turns out, there wasn't much to worry about anyway. >> we are hoping for more of a flood. but it doesn't seem like there's much covering the road. >> but down the way, the local creek was reaching its limits leaving nearby homes with overnight waterfront property. the kind you keep a close eye on. >> another 3 feet between where the dirt ends to this barbed wire fence. >> so far, if you can see the water there, i get nervous. rains caused a big chunk of road to slide down a slippery slope. half of it washed away with a truck buried in mud and in way too deep. >> down below, there was one vehicle by the rock slide. the residents had another vehicle. >> but as the rains came, causing floods and inconvenience, rivers flowed, fields drank, and kids played in puddles. welcome back, winter. >> we have seen several cars go right around the roa

massive beef recall sonoma county. it is not just hot pockets it is pricey steaks. >>> organically raised beef. a lot of it is being recalled. >> reporter: we were shown the damage, 30 boxes of frozen beef put on hold. >> it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: because the cows on her small ranch in sonoma county are grass fed and as healthy as can be. >> the thing about grass fed beef is that you will have a lot more nutrition. >> reporter: her cows were butchered at a local slaughter house that is under investigation for processing diseased and unsound animals. this is just one of dozens of local grass fed beef producers hit hard by this recall. >> everything from this case comes within 25 miles. >> reporter: he sells the meat at his butcher shop and says it has given his grass fed industry an undeserved black eye. >> this is a burgeoning movement in northern california and our county of bringing the highest quality, grass fed, well raised, well cared for, humanely butchered beef to our local consumers. >> reporter:

that's at fort ross state park in sonoma county.n now only catch 18 abalone per year, down from 24. the move comes following an unprecedented abalone die-off in 2011 which littered the shore with abalone carcasses. well, my friend lisa argen is not next to me, she is up on the roof to check out the weather forecast. how are you doing, lisa? >> i'm getting wet now, carolyn burke i won't melt. we have heavier rain in the north bay. in the sierra nevada we still have a winter storm warning through 4:00 tomorrow. but it's heavy rain right now at blue canyon and the tahoe valley airport were but higher elevation snow will accumulate. we will talk about that and the heavy rain that's headed our way this afternoon for everyone when we return. >> looking forward to that. thank you. also next, the pros and celebrities dealing with tough conditions on the monterey is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in amer

up towards sonoma county and most recent observations reporting fog and overcast as working capital.in coverage for the overnight hours. current temperatures are dropping off into the 40s in santa rosa and napa. mount view 53 and walnut creek 52 degrees. all the fag towards sut rotarian downtown san francisco. looks like a summertime weather pattern with the clouds hug the coastline and lots of sunshine and warm numbers inland. for tonight, patchy coastal folk increasing. our camera look live to the oakland coliseum. tomorrow some morning fog, skies becoming partly sunny and then the extended forecast, rain returns especially by wednesday and another storm developing by friday. that will be the strongest one of series. we're talking about more storms out there. coolest locations locations to the upper 30s and mid-40s. and the key here, the big headline, the fog regrouping coastside and a few patches around the bay. san josi a forecasted low of 44 degree. tomorrow, notice not a big change with some patchy fog near parts of the immediate shoreline. skies becoming partly sunny for the a

tonight so sonoma county is getting drenched brian webb has the story. >> reporter: nearby, sonoma creek overflowing at highway's 121 and 12 meet. one of the spots that couldn't take in all that mother nature is dishing out. flood prone roads were closed all around the north bay like this one. some curious drivers disregarded the warnings. turns out there really wasn't much to worry about anyway. >> yeah, we were hoping for a little more of a flood but it doesn't seem like much is covering the roads. >> reporter: but down the way, the local creek was reaching its limits leaving homes with overnight waterfront property. >> there is a few feet from where the dirt ends to the fence and that is our backyard. >> if you can see the water there, you get nervous. >> reporter: in fort ross, rains caused a big chunk of procedure to slide down a slippery slope. half of it washed away with a truck buried in mud and way too deep. >> down below, one vehicle was inundated with the rock slide. the resident had another vehicle he was able to use to leave. >> reporter: but as the rains came causing floods

moderate rain in these areas, pushing into windsor but check out sonoma. right there is where some moderate rain is moving in. we have already had flooding problems on 12 near shellville where the road there has started to wash out a bit and that has since prompted a new watch for all of the north bay. a flash flood watch that includes coastal range as well as the valley areas and including the mountain areas until 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. and we are talking an excess of three as much as five additional inches of rainfall as a secondary plume of moisture makes its way inland overnight, tonight and tomorrow. coming up, we'll show you the very impressive rainfall totals so far. >>> thank you so much. the flash flood warning kept people in the area on alert today. >> this was the message from the national weather service alerting everyone of a flash flood warning for sonoma county. conditions north and south were a wet, rainy and challenging mess. the rain that started on thursday has not taken a break with the heaviest amounts falling in the north bay. >> we

. >>> and it happened on a sonoma county district attorney and sonoma police department are releasing their findings after what they found. eric gail house says he mistook it for a real gun and the district attorney said she has not completed her investigation. >>> they are asking anybody with information to come forward. christie lee was arrested yesterday. police say they were looking at a suspicious home which led them to her. she was booked on murder charges and police have not led to her. they found the body of naomi row house. it appears the teen was shot to death at that location. >>> now last night several families members and friends gathered where the girl's body was found. they lit candles and prayed, pell are there and it is from fairfield in our next merger. they met with the founder of the electric car company according to the trap fran system and neither tesla nor apple is commenting on the deal. >>> and they are talk going their spending plan over the next two years. they are holding up muni's brightest budget picture and they will consider everything from disabled rid

it's been extended up to sonoma.of the creeks and poor drainage areas are looking at some flooding. here's a look. the rain is mainly a northern california event and we focus in even closer and it's been a north bay event from hailsburg down through santa rosa. these are the areas in the flood risk for 10:45. we're looking at guerneville through bodega bay. notice all the green through concord, walnut creek and orinda. finally you're getting rain back on the peninsula. san francisco light rain, gusty winds and the rain extends over into hayward, 580 and livermore picking up some rain now. you've been dry in the early morning hours. san jose, a little bit of a break but down towards morgan hill and gilroy, looking at light, spotty rain. the coastal hills have been looking at heavier rain. here is the rain in the sierra nevada. unfortunately, the snow stacked up yesterday and what we have now is 38 degrees. raining at lake level and we will see more accumulating snow, but really not anywhere near lake level and above 7

there is a flash flood watch in effect right now in sonoma county. and we have live team coverage tracking the wind and the rain for you this weekend. scbudman is on flood watch in san francisco, but we begin with meteorologist rob mayeda. >> we are watching that rain, heavy at times up around marin county. you can see a very wet commute across san rafael right now but a very contrasting view across the bay. in the south bay in san jose just got cloudy skies. a few light showers at times, but all this about to change as we get into the afternoon. speaking of the north bay, we have these flash flood watches up through 3:00 this afternoon for briefly heavy periods of rain which may cause localized flooding along creeks and streams. we could see a repeat into theel afternoon in the north bay which is where the bull's-eye is on the radar. down towards san rafael and just ort north side of the golden gate bridge you can see that heavy rain coming in from the west and moving across the peninsula within the next ten minutes or so. san jose, still some light

sonoma mt. a couple reports of over 15. this just came in near the napa/sonoma border, 10.03.st 15. kentfield, they got a foot. could be cobb mountain, 11. napa, one report of 9 inches. really good up in med county,lake county, i think i saw 5, 7, 8. where do we stack up? san francisco over 6 inches. that's only 40%. oakland is only 33. san jose didn't have much rain. a lot of clouds. a lot of wind. 50s on the temperatures. one upper 40. that would be novato at 49. if you get a break or two, your temperature might dip. it looks like things are dipping. this is all heading north. one more system but fog, sun, very mild. still some drizzle in the morning. it will be back tonight and tomorrow. temperatures starting off mild. they will end up mild with a lot of 60s. antioch 64. concord is in there. morgan hill, santa rosa, san rafael close. redwood city, 64. 10 normal is 59 to 63. mostly cloudy, tuesday. one more system. cazadero, st. helena north, early wednesday. then it's out. nearly 70 on friday. increasing clouds by the weekend. >> okay >>> er. >>> over the -- over the last f

this is in sonoma county. the expressway -- that section of the road had to be closed because of flooding. take a look at this a little south. this is in petaluma. this is a driving range . no golf today. another problem on highway 101. they are making sure drains are clear so the highway doesn't flood. obviously a major concern for them. i did check, i can tell you the chp will continuing monitoring through the evening. they will open highway 121 when the water goes down, but don't plan on that happening until we see a break in the rain. >> reporter: we're tracking the storm. brian, a lot of rain on the ground already and more on the way. >> reporter: there's another storm on the way for tomorrow that will pick up the rain once again. there could be flooding problems. we are between systems and storm tracker is showing that the rain is fairly light ask scat -- and scattered right now. walnut creek and concord getting some rain. the heaviest activity as moved to the east. we have another system on the way tomo

marin, sonoma, it poured for three straight days. little bit of sunshine in the south bay.he weekend it was the haves and have notes. we found san francisco, 2.5 inches of rainfall. you will be a foggy mess tomorrow. much of the bay area, humid air. cloudy night, lots of fog and cloud cover tomorrow morning. plan on it looking like that for awhile. we will enter another drought stretch. what did this rain do? increased rainfall by the water by 19%. rose varies already up 4%, like -- reservoirs already up 4%. likely gain more. snow pack got an 8% bump but 74% below normal. that ridge of high pressure is back now it is closer moved up to the north a bit and the storm track is just to our north at the california, oregon border but still juicy. there is a tonne of rainfall some say southern oregon at the mountains may get 10 inches of rainfall over the next 5 days. a near miss we will stay on the dry side of things. northern sonoma, you may get some rainfall but most of the bay area, will stay completely dry for the next several days. night time clouds, yes, fog yes, rainfall s

sergio quintana is live in sonoma county. >> this intersection is prone to flooding. we have been here for years. this particular incident started 3:00 this afternoon. right now, caltrans crews are already here, but this is the problem. there's a creek that runs right along this intersection and right there you can see the water rushing in. that's where there's a breach and that's where the flooding into the intersection is coming from. this flooding means about a mile of highway 121 is blocked off between arnold drive and east h street but swollen creeks are not the only problem. mill valley, massive tree at the mill valley golf course, split in three, and one piece came down over glen drive. snarled up the only street into and out of this neighborhood so pg&e crews moved fast to deenergize the lines so the fire crews could put it apart. power was out in the neighborhood for several hours. residents say even with the neighborhood problems, they're still happy for the rain. >> for the last week saying, never again will we see rain. it's here. >> we definitely need the

the sonoma county fair grounds is part of an emergency plan to provide shelter during the winter. kpix5's joe vasquez is there with the latest. >> reporter: you can see in this parking lot some cars and trucks. inside are some homeless folks who tell me that they usually park alongside street curbs, tonight they are in this protected lot inside the sai know ma county fair grounds. >> it's not much, but this small, muddy parking lot is home sweet temporary home. >> how is this helpful to you? >> it's a lot. community, you don't have to worry about somebody walking up and stealing anything out of your truck. >> the catholic charities of the sonoma diocese is contracted with the county to feed the homeless hot meals. bathrooms and a small heater are also available. just last month, sonoma county supervisors approved money. >> we have a lot of families that are in cars. we have children sleeping in these cars every night. this program allows them to come here, be safe, be warm, get a meal, and we are also providing case management. we are working with people to help them resolve their

and a flash flood warning was issued today for parts of sonoma county. abc 7 news reporter sergio campana live with a look at the flooding. >> reporter: sonoma creek jumped its banks around 2:00 this afternoon, overswept through here, and watched out this intersection. a lot of the residents here know that this place is prone to flooding. so they quickly adapted the detours. but tonight the chp is telling anyone who happens to be touring through here tomorrow and even tonight to pay attention to those detours because there's a good chance this intersection is still going to be flooded out and closed. >> the flooded out intersection didn't stop a few drivers from trying to get through. this person finally realized it was a bad idea and turned around. chp officers say this is one of the biggest dangers when it rains. >> there's a lot of standing water. so we want to try to have people avoid the standing water. standing water is very dangerous. you can't tell the depth of it. you don't know what's inside of it and you don't know how your vehicle's going to

. >>> in sonoma county the river is pecked to crest this afternoon as water makes its wait from the -- way from the hills to the river. you can see from the video yesterday was gushing at 9,000 cubic feet a second. while the sonoma county water agency says the water in the river is enough to sustain farmers and ranchers for the next few months we still need more. >> this is what we hope is the beginning of a phenomenal february. unfortunately, the drought is still on. >> the sonoma county water agency says about six more inches of water is needed to reach the reservoir levels seen during the 1977 drought. >>> president obama is heading back to california this week to talk about the drought in fresno on friday. he's expected to discuss how the federal government can help farmers. republicans in congress are backing a plan to override state laws that allow water to be diverted to the delta to save endangered fish. house speaker john boehner was in bakersfield last month to see the impact of california's drought. >>> you can see weather information any time with the ktvu app on your smar

and off the sonoma and marin coast.h, a get a lot of e-mails and tweets and facebook stuff. i do my best. a lot of moisture streaming up in themy yan island -- from hawaiian islands. it's warm, moist, these are coming up right from hawaii. warm systems hold more moisture. all you need is a little bit of dynamic. cloudy, light rain. urban and small stream flood advisories and the wind will pick up. already seeing that in the sierra nevada. winter storm warnings. here are some of the rainfall projections. cranks up tomorrow. santa rosa, looking over 6 plus. i have seen 10 around the russian river. wouldn't surprise me if 112 falls. santa cruz mountains. i'm thinking 3 to 5. but from marin county north, 4 to 10 would not be out of the realm of possibility. 40s, 50s. 54 half-moon bay. a south wind. a much higher snow level, today, things around 5000 feet. it will probably go up to 6000 saturday and maybe above 7000 by sunday. 51, though, down on the wharf and monterey, thanks to pablo for sending that, and if you are also g

that's spilloff from the sonoma creek. this intersection will remain closed because there's no place for this water to go. the rain has been unrelenting. ed inning the intersections of low-lying areas. >> all flood plain so when we do get heavy rains, everything just pools right in here and has nowhere to go. >> some were deterred by signs reading "road closed." some took a chance anyway. >> the roads are bad, so if you're driving through water, you can't see the potholes and you'll probably stall out. >> this driver was lucky. the driver of the stalled honda, not so much. across the county, more than half a foot of rain fell overnight. this oak tree is being reduced to firewood. >> i was thinking last night, i better tell her not to park right there because that's the spot. >> only yesterday it stood tall at more than 80 feet. according to the home owner, just after 11:00 p.m. it came crashing down, barely missing the house and taking out the fence and their toyota. at routes 121 and 12, rising water spilling from the son

that's spilloff from the sonoma creek. this intersection will remain closed because there's no place for this water to go. the rain has been unrelenting. ed inning the intersections of low-lying areas. >> all flood plain so when we do get heavy rains, everything just pools right in here and has nowhere to go. >> some were deterred by signs reading "road closed." some took a chance anyway. >> the roads are bad, so if you're driving through water, you can't see the potholes and you'll probably stall out. >> this driver was lucky. the driver of the stalled honda, not so much. across the county, more than half a foot of rain fell overnight. this oak tree is being reduced to firewood. >> i was thinking last night, i better tell her not to park right there because that's the spot. >> only yesterday it stood tall at more than 80 feet. according to the home owner, just after 11:00 p.m. it came crashing down, barely missing the house and taking out the fence and their toyota. at routes 121 and 12, rising water spilling from the son

. >> this is what drivers headed into sonoma ya county faced since this morning. a steady, heavy rain, painting everything with the same wet gray brush. the only splash of color from the taillights of other cars. >> we need more rain. more rain brings more floods bring more fun. >> wait a minute. did he say fun? joel tice, undeterred by the signs on the road, reading road closed, plowed through with his ford taurus anyway. pointing out he has done this before with disaster yours results. >> i had to go to the car wash to vacuum all the water out of my car. >> yet here you are again. >> yep. >> joel was lucky. the driver of that stalled honda who attempted the same part, not so much. a half 0a foot of rain fell overnight. this oak tree is being reduced to firewood. >> i was thinking last night, i better tell her not to park there because that's the spot. >> only yesterday, it stood tall as more than 80 feet. according to the home owner, just after 11:00 p.m. it came crashing down, barely crashing -- barely missing the house. the street was unpassable. crews from ca

. >>> in hard hit sown ohma -- sonoma county it's too letter too late. they are tapping into the water reserves. it's not just to get more water. this decision is about keeping prices down. >> it's that for sure, right on cue as bill was saying the rain started to fall. now there's a good news, bad news, win fall for many drought stricken customers in the north bay. lake sonoma the primary water source for many, less than 2/3 full and dropping. some rain is on the way. >> i'm hoping for a phenomenal february and miracle mar. if we don't get that this is the water supply needed for future years. >> customers from marin north to willits. they are told to conserve. >> i don't bath as often, we buy bottled water. >> people are using 13% less water, because cost remain constant, conservation means a rate hike. kathleen calls it more than ironic. now to be punished by having our rates raised is odd. >> this is lake sonoma. >> grant davis said the district will take $6 million in reserve and . this should not be a situation folks are saying they are using less

it includes parts of marin, and stretches into sonoma.lling, what we can expect to get by the end of the weekend, coming up. >>> we are watching the biggest storm hit the bay area. by the end of tomorrow, some places are going to get 6 to 9 inches of rain, and while we certainly need the water, it is already causing some scattered problems this morning. we have live team coverage for you, allie rasmus is in one of the areas receiving the most rain so far. that's the north bay. we're going to begin with alex savage live for us at emeryville with the threat to drivers this morning. alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. the rain is heavy out here in the east bay this morning, and it is leading to treacherous driving conditions all across the bay area. we'll show you the scene here behind us this morning. just a ton of water. this is 80 westbound, the roadway just covered in water, and we're seeing most drivers taking it slow this morning. the widespread wipers are working extra hard here. all of the o water approaching the -- all of the wa

here in sonoma county, in the thick of wine country, wine makers are worried about the worst drought i in histories , depending on the tourists that this county depends on. california has been so warm and dry that buds are appearing weeks ahead of schedule. more rain is needed for irrigating to keep them growing. john jordan whose family owns a winery and 1200 acres in sonoma county, tells us rainfall is only 1/10 of normal. >> the rainy season comes in november and december. here when normally those months when reservoirs are filling and there's no demand for water in the vineyards, instead we are actually having to draw water from reservoirs that are not filling to protect against frost and to irrigate during a time of year when rain should be abundant and the grapes should be receiving water from rain rather than from reservoirs. >> jordan says it's too early to know how the drought will protect this year's vintage. growers are keeping their fingers crossed. >> agriculture hope. significant quantities of water is what they require. >> much of that water comes from the russian rive

. >> the sonoma county city is raising the minimum age for buying cigarettes with the city council asking the city attorney to prohibit the sale of tobacco to anyone under 21 and establish a tobacco licensing program to enforce this. the mayor says doing anything to make it harder from smoking is the least he can do from "dying a miserable death." opponents say this could on the city to a lawsuit from the tobacco industry. >> if you rely on closed captioning it is not always totally accurate. improvements could be coming. "los angeles times" says the fcc will adopt new rules to improve the quality of closed captioning. the captions must match spoken words and convey background noises and they cannot block other content. the improvements come 10 years after the commission first said they enwhatted it overall the service in response to complains from consumer groups. >>> a study finds that too much

but 101 in sonoma county is wet as a lot of moisture out there is wonderful news. look at all the white up in the sierra. it's snowing heavily for the next couple of days. snowfall above 5,000 feet. winter storm warning in effect through tomorrow. by lunchtime tomorrow 2 to 4 feet of snow with more snow saturday night and sunday. very tough travel but it's exactly what we want and exactly what we need. it's not going to be a drought ender. but i'm calling this storm a drought denter. we are putting a sizable dent in this drought because of all that tropical moisture coming up from the south and west and streaming into the bay area. so over the next couple of days, that tropical plume of moisture aimed at us, the north bay is the bull's eye. this will be the wettest weekend since december 2012. that storm track goes way up north next week so we need to enjoy and get as much rain as we can this weekend because the overall pattern kind of reverts back to where we were after

few isolated showers moch into sonoma county, 5:00 p.m. saturday we stap right back into the atmospheric river hopefully accumulating decent totals. whole thing clears out sunday at 3:00 a.m. the bottom of your screen more rain for next week and we could be talking about additional inches of rain between monday and tuesday. i'll talk about that in my next report. you might be trying to get out the front door. here's mike to help you out. >> christina is talking about the cloud system coming through and we see changes on the peninsula, this is palo alto. we have less and less visibility of the roadway, on the roadway you'll get glimpses of fog, fog will take away glimpses of the roadway i guess would be the real situation. 101 north of the university there. not indicated by the green we often see on the traffic and road weather index around the bay reporting a clear view, our cameras are spotting low clouds drifting through from time to time. oakland area traffic slows a little slower as well coming up past the coliseum. we're seeing the tr

the storm system is goinÁw to stay north of the bay area with spotty showers mooing of into sonomacounty 5:00 p.m. saturday night where we get our next significant amount of rainfall. we'll continue the showers for the first part of the day down in the south bay until 3:00 a.m. on sunday, we'll talk about how much rain we're expecting out of this and how much snowfall is on the way to tahoe with more rain on the heels of this system. lots to go over. first your drive with mike inouye. >> changing systems, talking about changing views of and on the roadway. toward the east shore freeway you can clearly make out the taillights westbound 80, commute direction headed away past powell and toward the berkeley kufb. i can't see the kufb because the low clouds drifting through. you can make out the denny's on the left and the shell on the right.you can make out the denn the left and the shell on the right. there's lower adviseibilities throughout the portion of the stretch. maybe there's low clouds drifting through as well. the million million should be on the bay bridge. we have a slower

also runs businesses in sonoma, previously ran [speaker not understood] imports in sonoma. you know, as far as subcontracting, the lessee is going to be the proprietor that will be hiring staff. we will work with them to make sure they are hiring local san francisco staff. these are positionses that can readily be filled with san francisco residents so we'll work with them to accomplish that. for subcontracting, i think it will be a great extent to that. >> okay, thank you. >> supervisor mar. >> thank you. i wanted to say it looks like the vendor that was chosen scored quite a bit higher than the other two vendors. and you had a 5% selection committee that included at least one community member. i know that had come up in some past leases, but it looks like thises was a really good process you already mentioned especially given how much community support there is for the project. i just wanted to verify, i know richard rothman who is a richmond district docent that goes to coit tower and a lot of tours that have been doing the tour of the new coit tower. they'll hire new em

night and a slight chance of moisture behind it, perhaps producing sprinkles or light showers in sonomattle trails of moisture moving to oush north. overnight, with thin, high clouds, low temperatures mid-40s. then, tomorrow, sunny with high clouds, highs mid-60s on the peninsula. 64 castro valley. here is the accu-weather forecast. a chance of a spritzel or sprinkle. and down right warm over the weekend. high temperatures inreasoned and around the bay into the 70s. >> thank you. >> just ahead why people when own these homes are afraid of a own these homes are afraid of a neighborhood jennie-o w where a where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought wsurprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you. at kaiser permanente we've re

county -- purposes and the sonoma county water agency for water supply, but at 36% of capacity there'stainly no risk of flood and a fast dwindling supply. here's a great example of what should be under water. these branches look like somebody placed them here for a bonfire. they were actually put her by a local fish -- here by a local fishing club as fish habitat for bass and blue gill. over a year ago land mendocino held plenty of water, but in a routine move the army corps of engineers followed what many say is an antiquated manual dating back to the '50s and released 1/3 of the water in the lake just in case. >> unfortunately it didn't rain after december. >> reporter: mike dilabah with the army corps says it's not that his agency wanted to release the water. it had to just in case forecasters were wrong. >> the last thing we want to do is jeopardize the 250,000 residents downstream because we poorly operated the dam. >> can't make rain, but you can certainly manage the resources you get more efficiently. >> reporter: critics including sean white with the russian river flood control