up if south lake tahoe. there's snow earlier, and drivers are required to carry chains though, and let's look at the conditions in truckee early this morning. a similar situation on i-80. traffic having to move slowly due to snow and wet roads, so our colder temperatures or showers in the form of rain or snow on the way. mike, wha what do you see. >> the key is on the way, and they're not here right now. that's good news for your lunchtime plans. good morning, here's doppler 7 hd. you see the low humidity and the clouds, and the pertain has stabilized overnight thanks to all of those showers and thunderstorms. here's how much rain we have had. santa rose a. about an inch there, and petiluma 16/100. and 7/100 in san jose, and 13/100 in limp more. so the showers were not heavy at all. in the next system. the key is it looks a lot like this time yesterday. bles a low sliding down the jetstream, and they won't be quite as widespread. this storm does not have as much energy as the one that trend through last nigh

winter weather advisory posting the snow, starting to stack up across south lake tahoe. it is a low snow. almost down to placerville. and also, winds that have topped 60 miles per hour. let's get a look down here in the south bay. you can see we've cleared out from even some flooding concerns near gilroy. it was coming down still hard at a very quick rate. but that now has pushed off toward the east. now back up to the sierra. we have had some storm reports. these nonthunderstorm wind gusts that have been close to 70 miles per hour. we talked about this yesterday. if you're heading up across the higher he will vegas, be prepared for potentially some blizzard conditions. now let's get a look at the highs. it was very cold out here. 30 to 40 degrees different from what we had to start off the week. 58 in santa rosa was the high. 62 in livermore. now let's break apart these number even more. after that, 89 for that record setting high on tuesday. we had 58 at the noon hour. then we've now dropped to 43 degrees. so our current temperature is much lower than what we started of

up if south lake tahoe. there's snow earlier, and drivers are required to carry chains though, and let's look at the conditions in truckee early this morning. a similar situation on i-80. traffic having to move slowly due to snow and wet roads, so our colder temperatures or showers in the form of rain or snow on the way. mike, wha what do you see. >> the key is on the way, and they're not here right now. that's good news for your lunchtime plans. good morning, here's doppler 7 hd. you see the low humidity and the clouds, and the pertain has stabilized overnight thanks to all of those showers and thunderstorms. here's how much rain we have had. santa rose a. about an inch there, and petiluma 16/100. and 7/100 in san jose, and 13/100 in limp more. so the showers were not heavy at all. in the next system. the key is it looks a lot like this time yesterday. bles a low sliding down the jetstream, and they won't be quite as widespread. this storm does not have as much energy as the one that trend through last nigh

the white on the map shows ice and heading up to south lake tahoe where you have warmer weather conditions. those will change. just consider it yucky right you right now. >>> caltrains is keeping an eye on the conditions. the agency has a traffic war room of sorts in oakland where they check out the trouble spots and monitor them. caltrans calls it the traffic management center. it connects the staff to views of 300 cameras set up over the bay area freeways. the goal here is to help speed up response times to accidents and emergencies. interactive maps show the real-time traffic data collected from thousands of sensors. >> if we see a lot of red dots, then we know we can zoom in and find the nearest traffic camera and find out the problem right away. >> the hottest trouble spots where you expect. close to the water. 280 and then 101 and lucky drive. the gilman university stretch in berkeley. >>> pg&e tells us almost 5,000 people do not have power right now. most of the outages are in the north bay, but they expect the lights to go out sporadically in the south bay as the storm pushes throu

highway 50 is a major route to south lake tahoe -- route -- to south lake tahoe.you plan to go up there, chains are required. caltrans says four-wheel drive vehicles and snow tires, they are the only exceptions. >>> and for the most up to the date weather information including -- most-up to the date weather information you can get the latest on mobile ktvu.com and on our website as well. >>> want to check in again with sal. it's still pretty slow on 880. >> it is. we had earlier problems maybe to blame and just people driving on it right now. you can see how slow it is driving up north to the downtown oakland area. you might consider using 5 0 which is slightly but not much better. looking around at the toll plaza. i think -- i think you will like what you see here. i want to show you -- i want to show you the maps. northbound 101 is slow but 280 and 85 are decent alternates. now at 8:57 let's go to rosemary. >>> we are with lingering showers. the big story may just be how cold it is out there. 30s and 40s. looking into the weekend it will be a cool one behind the

. >>> if you're traveling on highway 50 to the south lake tahoe area be prepared.these are pictures from earlier today. you can see it was snowing near lake level at myers. caltrans says four wheel drive vehicles and snow tires are the only exception to its changing requirements. >>> now to chief meteorologist bill martin he's tracking the rain and snow. >> we were just talking about how quickly it goes from winter to snow. widely scattered showers, let's stop it now. what it means is showers. they sort of come together. outside we have mostly clear skys in many places and a few sprinkles. the weather is mainly stopped. a little bit of shower activity up here on point rays. there are a few more showers. overnight lows tonight are going to be downright chilly. when i get back we'll have all the details and we have more rain that could impact one of the commutes on your friday. and we talk about the weekend. >> on ktvu.com you can get weather information including radar information. look for the link at the top of the main stage. >>> authorities said they uncovered a

. >>> if you're traveling on highway 50 to the south lake tahoe area be prepared.these are pictures from earlier today. you can see it was snowing near lake level at myers. caltrans says four wheel drive vehicles and snow tires are the only exception to its changing requirements. >>> now to chief meteorologist bill martin he's tracking the rain and snow. >> we were just talking about how quickly it goes from winter to snow. widely scattered showers, let's stop it now. what it means is showers. they sort of come together. outside we have mostly clear skys in many places and a few sprinkles. the weather is mainly stopped. a little bit of shower activity up here on point rays. there are a few more showers. overnight lows tonight are going to be downright chilly. when i get back we'll have all the details and we have more rain that could impact one of the commutes on your friday. and we talk about the weekend. >> on ktvu.com you can get weather information including radar information. look for the link at the top of the main stage. >>> authorities said they uncovered a

you know 50 is a major highway if you plan to go to south lake tahoe. if you plan to drive up there in that area today or or this weekend, you're going to be required to carry chains. four wheel drive vehicles and snow tires, they are the only exceptions to that chain requirement. now, when it comes to the weather for the most up to date weather information, including live radar, go to our channel 2 web site ktvu.com, click on the link at the top of the front page and of course you have rosemary orozco in our studio in for steve today. >> absolutely. and sal's watching the roads. >> that's right. >>> 5:11 is the time. a preview of a presidency never was. >>> and at caring heights, this one caught on video, the unique way these robbers ransacked a jewelry store. >>> good morning, traffic is moving along pretty well on northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. >>> time 5:14, a daring robbery in london. the robbers are riding motorcycles through a shopping center in london. shoppers had to j

highway 50 is a major highway for driving up to south lake tahoe. if you plan to drive in that area either today or this weekend, you'll be required to carry chains. caltrans is also saying that four wheel driving vehicles and snow tires are the only exceptions to that chain requirement. sal and also rosemary will bring you an update on the weather conditions and the road conditions. that's coming up in five minutes. >>> also happening, despite the rain and cold, hundreds of people are out there lined up at the sacred heart service in san jose. they've been out there all night. ktvu's janine de la vega is out there with more on what they're waiting for. >> reporter: these people have an hour and a half until the doors open at sacred heart community services. all these people are waiting to register for the holiday give away. they have set up tents and are sleeping on the wet sidewalks. some had chairs and had an umbrella and were just huddled up in the blankets. we were told by a spokesperson from the nonprofit that the first person in line was wait

this is video shot of highway 50 just yesterday on the way to south lake tahoe. the brand new show will be called "hell on the highway." this will focus on the winter of 2010-2011, when more than 700 inches of snow fell. this documentary is looking at what caltrans and the chp did to keep interstate 80 and the donner pass open during that downfall. the documentary is created by the very same company that made "deadliest warrior." "hell on the highway" wednesday night at 10:00 p.m. >> there was so much snow they almost didn't know where to put it. >> it sounds like sheets of it. >> exactly. >>> let's see what we're in tore for this week. checking in with meteorologist christina loren. >> hey, good morning to you. they are also able to keep the ski resorts open until the fourth of july that year, that's how much snowfall came down. this winter we're actually pacing quite well to potentially be above average for rainfall totals. 52 in novato, 54 in stinson beach. it's still early in the season. 52 for you in santa rosa this morning. 53 in san jose. the cold spot or

the slopes near the sierras, and as for the salt lake tahoe forecast the temperatures will stay in the 40's. and the southforecast and steady rainfall possible on sunday. even higher this bill elevation snow elevations this t from the north cold air on sunday. it not for the common not saturday but on sunday. temperatures will stay warm. relatively speaking when there is rainfall is typically in the 50s for this time of year but now it, 60s. rain, cooler air and the chance of rainfall early next week. and active pattern. >> stay with us, more news after the break. ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on, for two whole years. from at&t. [ female announcer ] a great price for a great triple-play bundle. [ male announcer ] call now. bun

brian hickey joins us live from heavenly in south lake tahoe. making this early opening possible? >> reporter: brrr! it's tough to make the snowed on top of the snow that they did receive. the people are already lining up to catch that first ride. [ cheers ] >> reporter: this guy is sleeping on a pad. are you guys excited? >> super stoked! >> reporter: maybe a little delirious by -- delirious now? >> maybe a little bit. >> reporter: chris johnson, you've within up -- you've been up here eight years, in nine years? >> eight years. getting ready to go up the first day. we've been blessed with a lot of natural snow and now they've been making snow. a -- >> it's snow? >> it's snow. we're all excited, the locals everybody. we have two days for the locals to get involved. all of the people from your neighborhood will be up here. we're sure of that. ♪ >> we've been firing it up and we opened it earlier -- early. we got a group of 38 guys. 250 hours -- 250 years of combined experience. it will be -- [inaudible] >> borriel is already open. and sugar loaf

and again that there is some snow on the roadway south lake tahoe.s is the intersection between highway 50 and highway 89. and we are still just a couple of weeks away from thanksgiving but there seems to be off to a good start. this is video from squaw valley earlier. squad is reporting 9 in. of new snow. and from heavenly, 13 in. in the last 48 hours. >>pam: mr. obama extended the invitation to members of conagra's to talk about a plan for the fiscal cliff 2- members of congress-- >> in the first white house appearance send the reelection president obama had a message for people opposed to any new taxes. >> tuesday night we found out that the majority that we cannot just cut away towards prosperity we are serious about reducing the deficit and we have to combined spending cuts with revenue. that means asking the wealthiest americans to pay a lot to bit more in taxes. >> his message was mixed is willing to be flexible. but he will not bend on taxes. i'm not going to ask taxes and seniors to pay down the entire deficit for people like me making overa

its been raining in the keys, south lake tahoe. 39 to 40 degrees. never really made it. a midlatitude season. some of the break to the north. over the santa cruz mountains, holding together for rain. forestville, inch and a half. fort bragg over an inch of rain and middle town and lake county 1.4. santa rosa 86, continue hundredths. oakland, sfo four tenths. a third. out to brentwood. palo alto, blossom hill, san jose a ten -- there is the system but again it's losing a lot of its punch. we will start to see clearing but still rain santa cruz mountains, stacking up toward the coastline and then from san jose south 101, south martin. monterey highway as well. that system is moving south and the rain will start to decrease. this is the next system. this would roll in friday night and saturday morning but looks like it'll split and fall apart but some clouds from it. overall that's all that's left of the system as it starts it's march south toward santa cruz, highway 17 bursts of moderate rain. the system about done as it moves out we will get a bit of a break. mostly cloud

very heavy rain reported at the airport in south lake tahoe. higher elevation we're just getting into the snow at the summit. we're watching very heavy rain containing an arm of round up the bay area. that is moving into marin county and the east bay and the south bay. and john l. is in the weather center and has been tracking the storm >> it is slow to approach and slow to leave as well. it has been slamming us all morning and you can see the yellow on your screen indicating moderate downpour. we will track the rainfall totals for our right now. it looks like an jack is getting a 10th of an inch right now. i looks like a 10th of inch light rain over e golden gate bridge but the south bay is getting slammed as well. all this is moderate to heavy downpour. it has been a slow-moving system impacting us with a range and heavy weapons. the north bay is getting slammed especially hard. 2 1/2 inches of rain. there's also a flash flood watch and sell nine of for the north bay. tomorrow we're expecting often on showers with some dry break. we of anothe

the snowshowers mainly south of lake tahoe. but this ticks -- kicks in this a few hours.inter weather advisory 10:00 this morning until 10:00 friday morning. snowfall will be around 5 to 10 inches. dropping snow levels to 2500 feet. for this morning. partly cloudy, a bit of a breeze out there. some scattered showers into the afternoon hours and then you will notice this -- possibly a thunderstorm into friday. no raindrops to worry about. although there is a slight chance of a sprinkle first thing on saturday morning. we'll gradually clear out the clouds but keep those temperatures on the cool side. coldest locations back down in the mid to low 30s. >>> time now, 7:28. the very latest on the search for a mysterious shooter who fired some shoots and -- shots an some hit a monterey sheriff's deputy. >> reporter: police took a man into custody after finding a bomb in his -- a bomb in his car. we'll tell you what alerted police to do the search. >> reporter: we're live in walnut creek where hundreds braved cold temperatures to get free chick-fil-a for a year. "mornings on 2" c

south tower to the toll plaza. >> there are four more lake tahoe resources set to open because of the powerful storm that forced throughh-needed rainfall. here is the live picture off of heavenly. showing you all of this snowfall. the ski resort is going to start this weekend even tomorrow and north star heavenly will be opening up with a combined of seven chair lifts open and kirkland and squaw valley will be also opening up this friday for the upcoming weekend. >> that is so great and if it is going to be reining in the bay area? you may as well enjoy the snow. 6:52 and speaking of rainfall. it is flooding in a daly city neighborhood and this mo mud.. combination. there has been a break. homes bachave been evacuated [ male announcer ] steak and lobster is on the menu at sizzler. a fresh-cut tri tip sirloin served with a succulent lobster tail. just $16.99. sizzler. >> thathere is a total solar eclipse. you could go on line and check it out if it cooperates some terrific images coming and like all strata. these clouds could spoil the view. australia 12:30 will be totality with a major shadow. go to your computer room

south bay. the recent storms are welcome news for ski results and lake tahoe area. >> this video from heavenly mountainmers rolled through the area to check on conditions. three to 6 in. of snow when say are expecting much more new snow through sunday. norstar meantime, receive 7 in. of fresh snow. more than 7 ft. is forecast in higher elevations. will take a at 6:27 a.m. and will have the latest on the forecast. we do have wet weather all around. the markets are set to start and we will have the latest numbers from wall street. >> welcome back. we had dial futures up. we did have disappointing news for consumer spending. the consumer spending dropped and this is mainly due to super storm sandy peopl. this is due to people being unemployed. will bring you the numbers from wall street drop the number. no time there is pretty bad and press the rainfall that is coming down and now we're seeing some flooding. >> the heavier then start in concord walnut creek. it is not as intense as what is what wethere is heavy rain in te walnut creek area. there is rain fall more than a 10th of an inch in certain areas.

south bay with b.a half inch to an inch. due to warm may tour of the storm you're going to lake tahoe goits tok a rain-snow mix.d rain, snow level rising saturday. 8,000. 6,000 sunday. winner weather advisory starting at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow running until 4:00 p.m. saturday. scattered showers, you'll need umbrellas for friday. temperatures low to mid-60s with rain arriving in that area later on. accu-weather forecast looks like this. periods of rain friday. saturday, wet, chance of thunderstorms. chance of rain wednesday, travel day. then, thanksgiving day, could see a few lingering showers. we'll fine tune that. live doppler 7 will be tracking those storms for you. back to you. >> thank you. >> what a beautiful shot. >> still to come a robot working to clean up a part of the bay. >> a surfer makes a splash with a little camera. building the fastest >>> breaking news we're getting video of a tragic and deadly crash. four veterans dead, 17 hurt, so critically. a train crashed into their parade flet. it was on the way to a wounded veteran's event. we believe all veterans were involved. >> we're going to move on no

lake tahoe. snow line is dropping to 6,000 so getting out there hopefully won't be a nine hour trip. from south beach, breaks in the clouds and a little bit of rain falling. drops are still out there but we're between systems. live doppler 7 hd and you can see the rain up to the north. north bay and south bay getting the bulk of the wet weather, you can see overlay the clouds. a break and sunshine coming before the next wave rolls in. you see spotty showers up and down. no matter when you are traveling. wet weather. temperatures are pretty mild. off the morning lows and low to mid-50s starting to show up in from the south. mid to upper 50s around the monterey bay and inland around 60s. periods of rain. another chance of rain next week and small chance but not going to leave the mark this system is. trough is moving through. that is the first wave and then lotto will come through later on during the overnight hours. what happened to this moist and mild air mass, the low is starting to weaken a little bit but once the sun sets, it takes a while for the rain to reach the ground the humidity rises.

lake tahoe. snow line is dropping to 6,000 so getting out there hopefully won't be a nine hour trip. from southeach, breaks in the clouds and a little bit of rain falling. drops are still out there but we're between systems. live doppler 7 hd and you can see the rain up to the north. north bay and south bay getting the bulk of the wet weather, you can see overlay the clouds. a break and sunshine coming before the next wave rolls in. you see spotty showers up and down. no matter when you are traveling. wet weather. temperatures are pretty mild. off the morning lows and low to mid-50s starting to show up in from the south. mid to upper 50s around the monterey bay and inland around 60s. periods of rain. another chance of rain next week and small chance but not going to leave the mark this system is. trough is moving through. that is the first wave and then lotto will come through later on during the overnight hours. what happened to this moist and mild air mass, the low is starting to weaken a little bit but once the sun sets, it takes a while for the rain to reach the ground the humidity rises. r

tahoe right now from our heavenly camera reporting light snow. 25 degrees. south wind to 8. you factor in the wind chill and it feels colder up there. snowing heavily in the lake tahoe area blue canyon lightened up right now. let's check out the doppler and show you what it looks like from that perspective. we have scattered showers around the bay area. a little bit of a lull in the action but not everywhere. we get new close to the monterey bay pacific grove monterey see moderate rainfall. brief downpour right now at highway 1 l steady light rain and we pan around to other parts of the bay area. san mateo county coast and out to highway 35 we are seeing a spotty shower developing. now to the north just around the mostly clear lake area south of ukiah. the pink on live doppler 7 hd mixed precipitation and rain and snow. under a winter weather advisory as they have already seen accumulating snow down to 2500 feet. here's a loop of the radar here. live doppler 7 hd and you will notice the lightning strike we have seen several lightning strike a good one 40 miles off the coast. not materializing yet but still potential for thunderstorms in the forecast through to

south you are, the more sunshine you will experience during the day and the temperatures will reflect that. around the state tomorrow, many people enjoying a holiday. upper 40s in the greater lake tahoe area, 78 in fresno. low 60s around the peninsula. 66 in mar gan hill. east of the bay, into discovery bay warmest location. and in black haushgs 58, and san francisco tops off at 60 which is still four degrees below average. this is what i mean by sun settled, once this brushes the coast, it leaves us with partly cloudy skies tuesday and then a second impulse comes through wednesday leaving us with possible rain showers thursday, friday and maybe going to saturday and sunday. . >> all right, rain on the way, bring it. >> thank you so much. >> a number of people are now owners of little pieces of hollywood. woman: oh! tully's. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee and even hot cocoa. and you'll always find your favorite. woman #2: with so many choices, keurig has everyone's favorite. i just press this button. brew what you love, simply. keurig. the latest james bond

south of tracy. we're talking about dense fog that could reduce visibility about a quarter mile or less and lake tahoerow, even into saturday, temperatures dropping in a the 20s and the overnight hours and also into the morning we'll create slick spots so take it slow. next 48 hours, all about the warming trend. a few days ago we had daytime highs in the 50s and 60s and here comes high pressure building up from the south. won't get as hot for this time of the year. we'll go mild, 5 to 10 degrees above where we should be. for the coastline, 5s and 60s, few areas of patchy fog and back for the interior valleys, not even 60s but possibly a few isolated low 70s. the only hitch in the forecast may be a little bit of fog developing. throughout tomorrow morning at 2:00 a.m. mid and high level cloud cover streaming on by. nothing too major. pretty much the same deal and we'll stay with that trend with cloud cover until 1:00 p.m. throughout the afternoon on friday, sunny skies just lake we had on today. it looks pretty awesome hear as we head throughout your friday forecast. for the black friday shoppers we ta

south. mid-way road, a little to the north of vaca -- vacaville. in the higher elevations, live doppler 7hd picking up some moisture nearby lake tahoe. king's beach, at the surface, light rain. higher elevations seeing a rain-snow mix. the snow level very high from yesterday's more warmer storm system. so, snow levels right now, sitting at 8,000 feet. by tomorrow morning, they will be coming down, starting to lower, and near lake level they could possibly see an inch of know snow there by late in the day. here's the current readings. with the storm system yesterday, very mild. temperatures warmed up into the 60s with 59 in san francisco right now. napa, 61. 61 in livermore, and 63 in antioch. let's go ahead and take a look at the forecast. we'll contend with the rain and wind overnight tonight. this storm system, a fast mover. out of here by early tomorrow morning. we'll look for afternoon clearing on your sunday, and monday looks dry, and mild. here's a look at our satellite radar composite. you can see the leading edge, the back edge of the cold front right here. here's the leading edge. very narrow in fact some forecast models wan

south bay, a lot of that moisture got wrung out. so not quite as much as a soaker. but you can use every job you get there down into san jose. we're dry across lake tahoe. roads will be icy likely here as we continue throughout the night. if you're headed up to go skiing this thanksgiving weekend, there is a lot of snow up there for those resorts to work with. heavenly one of the first to open. working with at least 24 inches in terms of that snow base. and they improved on that a little bit, even for last night. let's get you into the temperatures, feeling like thanksgiving eve out here up into the north bay, mid and upper 50s right now in santa rosa. also into napa. we'll take you out to our live hd sky network. we're on a race with the sunset. it just gets better and better, each and every second. this is from san jose. and we'll take you into san francisco. and this is spectacular. look at that sun setting as the city lights are shining oh so bright tonight. fairly clear skies here as we continue throughout the night. but we will have to watch out for some fog. we'll have the fog forecast coming up. there goes the storm system just in time for thank

lake tahoe so a lot of snow for them and rain for us. highway 101 clove daily to santa rosa with steady rainfall slowly working south.ajority of the bay area still dry just a few showers here and there. berkeley and oakland hills seeing a few showers and richmond and hercules. south bay a few light showers around fremont south of san jose and 880 and 680 mountain view a few showers and a couple of showers around daly city and south san francisco. there will likely be urban and small stream flooding and a flash flood watch is in effect. warnings will be posted over the weekend if the rainfall comes to fruition. it looks like it will. everything in the atmosphere has come together exactly as the computer forecast models said. they said we would have a big broad area of low pressure consolidating all of this tropical moisture that's out there the remnants of the hurricane 1,000 miles away. number 2 all that low would get steered into the bay area eventually part of that by tonight and tomorrow. so this moisture coming all the way from hawaii making it all the way to healdsburg and the rest of the bay area. it's going to

south bay. here is the good news, doppler radar stands around. not a raindrop in sight. very dry roads. a big question for you if you're heading out to lake tahoe, interstate 80, also highway 50 is all clear. i also checked chain requirements and at this time there are no chains required. however, do be prepared for slick spots on the roadways with some snow at least in the past 24 hours. here is the other good news, sfo clear conditions, also oakland and san jose running on time in oakland and son jose when it comes to any potential weather delays and as far as your forecast goes for thanksgiving, it just gets better and better. we'll lack at improving conditions and sunny skies. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s and even close to 70 for some of those interior valleys. we'll let you know when we could have a few low 70s coming for the holiday in my full forecast later on in the show. >> jeff, we will see you shortly. >>> for manyeople thanksgiving also means shopping. a lot of it. this week shoppers will be greeted by protesters. many employees at walmart aren't happy about their new schedule. they have to work on thanksgiving night. j

south end of it. some of the spots in the far west. it's not just rain. it's not just snow. but also 50-mile-per-hour-plus winds. how much snow can you include in this? lake tahoe up to two feet in some places. northern california, up through parts of the cascades, mt. rainier, even >> speaking of winter and snow and all that fun, i got a picture from one of my old students, brandon. he works in duluth, minnesota. hello to winter. and then, we go into the next beautiful picture. this is from one of the harde hardest-it areas in new jersey. it was peaceful. share all of your weather photos, please. >> a lot of people suffering post-sandy. it's nice to have a nice shot out of there. thank you, ginger. >>> we're going to turn to a medical mystery of the most annoying kind. a man in me hasn't been able to stop hiccupping for 13, agonizing days. the poor guy went to the hospital seeking help. mark greenblatt is here with his story. >> reporter: we're talking about a rare medical condition, called the persistent hiccups. it has one family in maine desperately searching for a cure. for the last 13 days. for nearly every waking hour, mickey cheney tried just about ever

south of san jose could see showers. in the sierra, winter storm warning up through 10:00 this morning. snow level closer to 5,500 feet. you can see scattered snow showers around lake tahoe basin and for the higher mountain tops, yosemite seeing snow this morning. most of the action will shut down as we head toward the afternoon. the moisture is heading off to the east. powerful storm here off the pacific northwest coast. for the most part the impact for that is ridinge ining off to th. high clouds through that by afternoon. most showers will be off to the east by 1:00. toward sunset, increasing clouds but minus the raindrops. mainly mid to high level clouds coming in toward this evening. the pattern shift we're going to start to see will be from the one that brought the storm track right into the bay area to one that kind of glances into the north bay. very stormy pattern but for the most part impacting seattle and portland and eventually toward tuesday, areas north of san francisco will see a chance of increasing rain opportunities for tuesday. areas from san jose south will see mild temperatures near 70 by tuesday. future cast for your workweek shows you that raindr d

lake tahoe ski resorts are ready for business. the latest storms along with extensive snow making is allowing for an early season. that makes a lot of people happy. this is heavenly valley in south shore. heavenly opens tomorrow and so does its sister resort, northstar. kirkwood and squaw valley open on friday and next week mt. rose and sierra at tahoe. >>> a retired marine corps major is now in charge of california state parks. that announcement by the governor today. major general anthony jackson has worked with state and federal officials on renewable energy, state parks and fire suppression. he will take over after state investigators found park administrators had hidden more than $50 million. jackson will earn just more than $150,000 annually as the park's director. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. yesterday at the safeway across from at&t park. today at the safeway in san jose. >> and a cheer squad. >> we've got a lot going on back behind me. you can hear them doing their cheer. it's all about stopping hunger here tonight and for the next couple of weeks here. as we partner up with safeway and our annual holiday food drive. you can come out to your

when >> lake tahoe season getting under way today thanks to mother nature. starting today you go heavily on the south shore or norstar on the north shore. their opening two days ahead of schedule and sierra. it has been cold enough but they are making more snow. kirkwood and enough but they are making more snow. kirkwood and squaw valley are s (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. fan of feed can check out the snow they have in tahoe. they're waiting for more snow and they have a couple more resorts opening today. more snow in tahoe and there's going to be more rain. >> there'll be plenty of rain in the bay area and we will need our umbrellas. today will be the warmest of the week. in the of sunshine and temperatures in the '70s. had it into night clouds will make a comeback. tomorrow we will anticipate partly cloudy conditions and the potential for some rain coming f

moisture is continuing its way east and to our south and picking up some light rain in the monterey area. so too warm to snow right now on the lake tahoein there with temperatures sitting in the mid-40s. if you're headed in that direction for the holiday weekend chains are currently not required we have a lot of iran and shove and a half for downtown san francisco rain. we did not see too much rain in the south bay and if you're not contending with what roadway's you're contending with some fog. 3 mi. of visibility in concord and half moon bay. dry with extra caution in mountain view you are only saying up to 4 mi. there for parts of highway 1 01. temperatures at, it will be a mild to cool day with low 60s for san francisco in daly city. fairfield is coming in at 66 degrees. 7 day around the bay forecast shows drive rather on tap for thanksgiving and beyond. >> the amount of greenhouse gases in the am atmosphere at says of the world beyond baby on a dangerous course for global warming. 90 parts per million and 2011 is a sharp rise from the pre industrial area level of 280 parts per million. a jury hands on the death penalty for a man c