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st. helena north and dips down to petaluma.ad of that we have drizzle to scattered showers to the santa cruz mountains and a whopping arrival delay of 3 hours and 13 minutes at sfo. heaviest rain in the north bay through 7:00 and the rest us through 4:00 into the south bay by 7:00. alexis? that is not a great start. looking at our traffic maps i have two blocking issues, first is not causing a delay westbound 4 before hillcrest avenue a vehicle spun out facing the wrong way and the slow lane far right lane is blocked and it is soggy south of san it rose southbound and northbound we i would we have crashes on either side of the ride. southbound side a vehicle is off the roadway and want through the fence. slow down. take it easy. it will only be worse. >> mike is telling us the storm will be stronger later today and it is already coming down, though, in the santa cruz mountains. >> we have watched the progression and matt keller is brave the elements. he dressed for it along highway 17. >> good morning, the progression of me get

st. helena santa rosa to bodega bay. spotty drizzle to scattered showers even in the santa cruz mountains. we have an early start for up to 4 to 6" of rain. not dry in san francisco from pier 15. the north bay through 7:00 and winds and the intensive rain hit the central bay through 4:00 and move into the south bay at 7:00. very mild. temperatures in the upper 60 with plenty of watches and an ondate on that next. >> we have the metering lights on now and filling in. you can see our spider web is shake around with a high wind advisory for the bay bridge and above hands on the wheel and other slowest spot westbound 80 a crash before you get to the cartinez bridge that cleared to the last shoulder and hercules will take you 29 minutes so this is 10 minutes longer than normal. i will show you the soggy cameras in less than ten. >> half a foot of rain is expected in the santa cruz mountains. >> this is a serious situation in the loma first burn area. matt is trafficking the risk for flooding and mudslides. >> good morning, sc

st. helena. the leading edge is pushing into the east bay with commuters on highway 4, 680, 24, about get wet with ponding. there is more to the north, so while the initial heaviest and most steady rain is falling this morning we have more on the way through the evening. temperatures are mild this morning at mid-40s and 46 at san jose and union city is 51 and fremont is 53 so just find something that will keep you warm and dry. the san mateo bridge shows wet weather has made it down there on the road, today, it will be wet most of the day and choppy waves. we have brief downpours and it is raining on the golden >> you have the picture of the golden gate bridge and the parking lots on either end of the golden gate bridge now through new year's day are closed for people to park. you can only take uber or taxi or bus to get the parking lots. otherwise you have to drive across the bridge and show by car. >> this is san rafael in the northbound and southbound direction, no traffic, but you can see it

st. helena. the toes originate from the north. it will not be code today. we are in the 60. with heavy rain. storm-impact scale is still a "3" gusts up to 50 miles per hour, 2 to 5" of rain, and maybe 6" in the hills. at 5 o'clock, until 9:00, the heaviest and custody difficult rain in the north bay of the rest of us will be wet from time to time 9:00 to noon it moves into the heart and yellow and oranges not going away and headed to 4:00 to 7:00 and then it is out of here by midnight but for the shows near the coast of the rainfall potential is 1 to 2" and it is chilly tonight, 30s and 40s and expect 30s and 40s for lows and 50s for high with a lot of sunshine on saturday. >> the richmond side of the richard -- richmond-san rafael 101 and wet. but it seems to be more a mist or heavy drizzle. the golden gate bridge shows zipper trucks widening the southbound lines. our traffic maps show a new problem for the altamont pass, westbound 580 before north flynn a new crash in the left >> breaking news from the live desk. >> the breaking news is from north carolina. there is a huge

st. helena. we have had the cold. now we have the rain. it's a one-two punch and we'll track this incoming system together coming up later in this newscast. kenny, michelle? >> all right, roberta. thank you. >>> a democratic heavy hitter who represented california for 24 years is stepping down. senator barbara boxer took the podium today to deliver remember farewell address. >> all i wanted to do, make life beautiful for people. i didn't always succeed. i didn't always prevail. i felt the pain of losing many times but i can honestly say i never stopped trying. [ voice breaking ] >> box started her political career as the member of the marin county board of supervisors. from there, she went on to the house of representatives and ultimately to the senate. boxer's seat won't be empty for long. kamala harris was formerly the attorney general and now the second black woman and first indian-american elected to serve in the u.s. senate. >>> now to the trump transition. the president-elect has just been named "time" magazine's person of the year.

st. helena, two, san francisco less than an inch, and san jose had the lease amount of rainfall, under 4/10th of an inch. but they will see more rain into the evening hours. our animation showing the rainfall heading to the san mateo bridge, by 7:00, rainfall still in the south bay and then clearing out later on this evening. now you will get a break tomorrow but don't put the umbrellas away. another big storm heading our way, eric? >> and there were many problems caused, drivers facing delays, in santa rosa, the tree fell just after 8:00 a.m. it also knocked out electrical and telephone wires. right now traffic is agebeing allowed through the area, but only one direction at a time. >> another fallen tree kept pg&e crews busy, ten homes and businesses lost power because the tree landed on top of power lines very early this morning, with drivers seeing flooding when mark west creek overflowed near santa rosa, and spinouts kept the authorities busy as you see the car there that spun out and hit the divider in southbound interstate 280 in san francisco. one of our video technicians shot this

st. helena, almost 2.5 inches. around the bay area, a few inches. san francisco, over .8 inch. in oakland, one inch and .3. and a lot less in san jose. but they'll continue to get more rainfall the next few hours. animation shows by 8:00 this evening, some of the green, the light rain, still falling over parts of the south bay and monterey. 10:00 it continues heading south. mainly in the clear around the bay area. you can put your umbrellas away for tonight and tomorrow. but not for long. we have another storm heading our way next week. eric be? >> thanks for the info.. >>> flooding shut down southbound lanes of the great highway. they're closed from lincoln to slope. right now not clear when the lanes will reopen. >>> here's conditions up in the sierra at heavenly resort. plenty of rain there, as well. not quite cold enough for a lot of new snow. tahoe's next chances for snow are on tuesday. >>> a seven-year veteran of the santa clara police department is in jail accused of domestic violence. fellow officers arrested daniel bird early this morning. investigators say when they

st. helena is our example. 70 degrees is the forecast tomorrow. look at the changes. the overnight low will be down to 29. away from the water and big cities, we see the overnight low. and we will talk about how long that will stick around when the front arrives. >>> apple bandits, they stormed in when a san francisco store was full of holiday shoppers, there are four locations that were hit in the last few weeks and sometimes more than once. our reporter is outside of a a store that has already been hit twice. >> reporter: we've seen guards posted outside different locations and we also know the law enforcement in berkeley plan to meet with the tech company to come up with a new security plan. less than 15 seconds, that's how long it took to storm in and run out with a fortune in apple products. they grabbed everything they could get their hands on inside this apple store on chestnut as the customers stood and just watched. >> we identified some of the people involved in. we made some arrests but this is a new target. >> days later the same - - seems same store was h

st. helena possible through friday evening. we are going to get a third to .5" in the south bay to 1 1/2" in the north bay. >> i'm sorry, i should not last at your gremlin situation. >> back to the seven-day forecast, it will not happen. we will come become do that later. >> it is quiet in the traffic department. we are looking at really light values so far, and that is due to the holiday so most folks are off at this point from work and school. now, the san mateo bridge, the westbound side, really, just slowly filling in, light out of the central valley, westbound 580 tracy to dublin is 29 americans and antioch is good. and golden gate if you visit over the holiday i have information for you next. >> britain's queen and her prince are under the weather, the palace said the queen and prince philip have delayed the planned christmas trip because they have heavy colds. the royal company have been planning to take the train to the queen's country estate. the queen turned 90 this year and philip is 95. and philip is 95. they have m

st. helena, almost 2.5 inches. around the bay area, a few inches. san francisco, over .8 inch.n oakland, one inch and .3. and a lot less in san jose. but they'll continue to get more rainfall the next few hours. animation shows by 8:00 this evening, some of the green, the light rain, still falling over parts of the south bay and monterey. 10:00 it continues heading south. mainly in the clear around the bay area. you can put your umbrellas away for tonight and tomorrow. but not for long. we have another storm heading our way next week. eric be? >> thanks for the info.. >>> flooding shut down southbound lanes of the great highway. they're closed from lincoln to slope. right now not clear when the lanes will reopen. >>> here's conditions up in the sierra at heavenly resort. plenty of rain there, as well. not quite cold enough for a lot of new snow. tahoe's next chances for snow are on tuesday. >>> a seven-year veteran of the santa clara police department is in jail accused of domestic violence. fellow officers arrested daniel bird early this morning. investigators say when they re

st. helena. she was fired in 2010 for raising red flags about fraudulent customer accounts. now the subpoena orders her to provide documentation about the bank's sales practices and copies of her complaints. the u.s. attorney's office and wells fargo have declined to comment on that issue. >>> still ahead a man walks into a liquor store with a gun. what quick-thinking employees did next that saved the day and it's all caught on surveillance video. >>> a welcome sight in the south bay, the impact of today's rains on the ground of the silicon valley. i'm damian trujillo, the details are coming up in a live report. >>> now that the rain is starting to push off towards the south, it's the cold air back behind it that's going to hit us tomorrow, 1:00 a.m. 39 degrees inland. by 7:00 a.m. 34. we'll have another look at your morning forecast and what's happening for christmas in about eight minutes. hayward .. and two cs >>> caught in the act. dramatic surveillance video showing a robbery in hayward and two clerks who were on duty boldly diving into action. new at 5:00, nbc bay area

st. helena an inch and a quarter to an inch and a third. oakville .82. in. we need the rain. and it is pouring now in sonoma. so the system, you can draw a line from about petaluma over to sonoma north. that seems to be the heaviest. maybe a letup up to the north. there seems to be a back edge. i still think you will get rain for a while. now it is working its way towards petaluma. that is verifying. marin county, it is trying. on the western edge of marin county. still not making it over mount tam yet. you can see the line. even though there's a little bit of rain san francisco over to oakland, the bulk is off shore. look at santa cruz mountains. lighting up as it begins to move on shore. there are isolated areas where it will pick up. the main system is still to the north and has a ways to go. here come the dynamics associated with the low coming up from the west/southwest. everything in place for heavy rain for areas to the south. the breeze is a big story. already 22 at the oakland airport. hayward is picking up southeast at 20. the sierra, it is all

st. helena taking a break on the precipitation.y, 44 in oakland, 43 in mountain view and 30s from san jose to gilroy, half moon bay 467 degrees. some of the upper elevations reporting 200 to 30-mile-per-hour winds out of the north. it can be breezy. santa rosa 33, 35 in napa. and these numbers were down in the 20s through nevada, fairfield, concord was in the 20s as well as livermore, 41 right now. and the temperatures compared to yesterday, everyone colder but livermore warming up a little bit. a chilly afternoon and a live look outside, temperatures continue to be below average today. another frosty night tonight and then we'll look for dry weather through parts of the holiday weekend. it's kind of a stuff call whether or not we're going to bring in a lot of cloud cover on christmas and whether or not we can keep the rain away on christmas day. but right now we're looking for cool weather, upper 40s, tomorrow a milder afternoon, you'll feel the difference. it will still be sunny. tuesday we're near average. but temperatures acros

st. helena to calistoga with 11,000 threatened but not too of damage.ting to 29 at sfo and oakland is 24 and the rest of the us in the doug difficulties but the wins will pick up around 20 to 30 miles per hour. so the low-to-mid 50s will feel cooler. a chance of shower on coast with cold air over warm moist air or water, and a chance of a rogue shower along the coast and it could clip the santa cruz mountains in the afternoon hours and will dissipate, with temperatures from the my 20s in our deepest inland valleys to upper 30s elsewhere and in the 30s and 40s and sunday night into monday and warmer on tuesday and a slight chance of rain on thursday. enjoy the quiet weather. >> we. drives in south san francisco will have to start slow down on the main roads, and police dropped the speed limit from 4 to 35 miles per hour on el camino real through south san francisco and caltran recommended lowering the simultaneous -- speed limit to reduce citizens. other areas in city have 35 miles per hour speed limit. all the city will demolish the apartment building t

st. helena, don't have cloud cover. and some light winds. it's frostier and frigid out there this morning with san francisco in the mid-40s. it's 41 oakland. but, bikes that's not the trend. temperatures have dropped steadily from mountain view to san jose. mid-30s to low 30s. 28 in gilroy, 39 in half moon bay. and from our sutro tower camera visibility is great but look at all the 20s. from the north bay to the east bay. 28 in santa rosa. livermore, novato, 29 napa. it's 36 out by the delta. and concord is at 31. no wind out there except there's a bit of a wind up in santa rosa. that brings the windchill to about 26. >> we could get down to the air temperature of 26 degrees by 7:00. by 8:00 things should turn around. that's when the freeze warning expires as well as the frost advisory for san francisco, the peninsula, the bay shore. look how much colder it is this morning. you thought it was colder yesterday but it's even six to nine degrees colder in palo alto, san jose, novato. look at napa. so the widespread 20s and 30s this morning. so

st. helena will get it. dusting. as a kid growing up -- it looks like yes. it used to happen a lot more. what is up with that? >> it will be back. don't you worry.>> thank you steve. it is 6:21. a christmas surprise after heartbreak. up next how strangers kicked in to help a struggling mother in the southeast bay. >> plus the student housing site that is being explored at an old movie theater did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. get ready. here we go. lake it on us. three, two, one -- once i hear this song it is christmas -- feliz navidad -- if you want a holiday song hit me up on twitter facebook or instagram. hey sal, i want to wish you a merry christmas, from the bottom of my heart. [ laughter ] >> we

st. helena and glenallen all had about 4 to 6 inches of rain. you can -- kentfield two observations over five and boulder creek country club and england 5+ in middletown just about 4 inches of rain. and these are 24 hour totals. and lafayette 2 3/4 and kevin leavy el cerrito. this is really good. and, almost 2 castro valley hills. and the northbay numbers were really heavy.>> santa rosa 3 to 4 inches. and another report at 4.6 and another report at 4.62. and calistoga is almost 3. and healdsburg and winsor. chris kimball is up in sleepy hollow. the total 4.68. so if you thought you had a lot of rain, for most there was. the breeze now is the big story. and a little bit of energy coming down. some of these can click the coast may be popping up over the inland hills. and west 24 at oakland. and it will turn more northwest later on. cold air tomorrow night. and on the drivers side except for maybe a few snow showers. and this is very cold air coming over the washer -- that area. and, temperatures will continue to drop. scott valley 42. and cupertin

st. helena to calistoga affecting people near the low lying area. the other is the wind. gusting to 20 in santa rosa and 23 at sfo, and 25 in concord and fairfield at 26. they will stay that way through the day. richmond got soaked 3" of rain the last 24 hours. that is dry. a few puddles near the toll plaza. winter returns and chilly and dry breezies. cold this morning. profit is possible inland. calmer and cool and dry weekend. near the coast today, we have cold air over warm water. that is unstable. there are scattered showers drifting into the santa cruz mountains but made away by 4:00. today, barely in the low-to-mid 50s and a breeze it will not feel like it but calmer and cooler this weekend and the slow warming trend could culminate with a chance of winter weather advisory on thursday. alexis? >> good morning, the traffic map shows the right green going and not a lot of activity on live doppler hd just green and that is the way we want it. no major delay so far. back to northbound 101 near stick stick park i showed you a video 20 minutes ago of a serious rollover. t

st. helena sent to me from joe hopp. frozen bird baths, you name it. we had a lot of cold temps. it was seven below in chicago. only miami is escaping the cold. florida is colds from the pacific northwest all the way down to the deep south and i mean 30s even to new orleans this morning. so, we have a lot of company on these cold temps but it's very cold. some high clouds trying to work their way into the mix. this is a weak system. if you are traveling in the pacific northwest, they'll somebody snow and ice and rain issues. for we have to wait until about friday so warmer temps, slowly going to creep in. another cold night into tomorrow, maybe not as cold, but i think it will still be pretty close here. it's dry, but warmer until friday, and it does look like a system's going to come in here friday night. not anything until then unless you're on the north coast, but by around friday, we swing in some rain into saturday, into christmas eve. sunday right now looks dry, but then another system comes in maybe late, late christmas, or early the day after, so i would start to plan on

st. helena and now we're dealing with the big chill 24-hour temperature change shows it's 7 degrees cooler right now in "the new york post"a, half moon bay and 8 degrees cooler in mountianview and livermore. the biggest chill has yet to settle in. tomorrow morning we'll experience the coldest air of the season so far as many locations will see low temperatures in the 20s and low 30s. be sure to protect plants, pipes and pets because this is going to be really, really cold. i'll give you a look at the seven days ahead in a few minutes. dan and kristen? >> thanks, spencer. >>> coming up at 4:00, housing sgleers those who fear they may be everdict following the ghost ship wearhouse fire get some answers today. home, small home, some say downsizing could ease the housing crisis. >> and the new magic number tomorrow help people find love on e-harmony. >> michael ninly is taking your kwes live a little later. >>> right now if you're looking out at the san francisco skyway, traffic in and ought is maddingley slow this afternoon zero really can be a hero.ds) get zero down, zero deposit, zero due a

st. helena, an inch and a quarter. santa rosa an inch and a third.ristin nelson says drizzle has just turn today heavy rain in tibber on in mill valley. it will be interesting to see how bad it gets later today. just you wait. it is on its way. there is the back edge of the front in mendocino county. from fort bragg, you will start to see intense rain. then it will let up. not so much for ukiah and lake county. and now moving over to napa county. you can see some of the heavier there. napa, sonoma, petaluma and over towards inverness. the heaviest is getting closer to san rafael. not there yet. it has about an hour or two to go. now, moisture coming up from the west/southwest. not associated with the front. it has moved into the peninsula. santa cruz mountains. also the santa clara valley. that's not the front. the front though is on its way. so is the associated low. once that arrives, the rain rates will really pick up. the breeze and wind advisories are up. gusts to 50 in higher elevations. it is all out of the east, out of the south/southeast. th

st. helena, and it is a warm atmosphere. as we go into the sierra nevada, it is rain.n. low to mid-40s right now. that's why the national weather service has issued a flood watch for parts of reno and the truckee area where there's a flood warning for the truckee river. we are looking at the river right now almost at two feet. flood stage is 4.5 feet. looks like we will get near 6 feet by later on tonight with 3 to 6 inches of rain coming our way and maybe you are wondering when was the last time you have seen flooding there? back in 1981. almost 6.5 feet was the river stage. unusual conditions there but it shouldn't cause much of an impact. some minor flooding. but we are looking at temperatures very mild ahead of the system now. low 60s mountain view. good morning san francisco, 59 for you. you see a little mist out here in the city with upper 50s santa rosa. 60 concord. maybe a third of an inch or so for you in our inland valleys. you see some of the mist here getting into san francisco. you will need the wipers out there. rain increases this morning. showers taper

st. helena with 32 for petaluma. 35 san rafael as we head to the east bay the upper 30s and the upper 20s inner east bay. south bay locations, 35 in san jose. and along the peninsula for tomorrow morning, it will be cold in redwood city. 34 in san francisco and 44 for daly city. the afternoon highs for tomorrow will come up just a few degrees with a lot of mid to upper 50s expected for tomorrow and 60 degrees for san jose and expected for santa cruz with a look at your extended forecast. temperatures will be continuing to creep upwards. in fact the first day of winter, perhaps the warmest day of the entire week, then we will start to see things turn around once again as you would get into your holiday weekend with rain in the forecast for friday and a part of saturday. maybe more importantly for the sierras if you're going up to be prepared with your travel. >> yes, carry the change just in case. >> thanks, rosemary. >>> well raider fans enjoying a shot at the playoffs. sports is next. we'll be right back. (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit

st. helena and over an inch and a third. nearly over an inch and a half and meanwhile down in the south bay san jose had only .06 of an inch and that will change and here comes our next storm that centered up in our northwest -- well to the northwest and forecast animation shows by 8:00 tonight we'll see some light scattered showers around the bay area. they will become a bit more widely scattered and more prominent by midnight and look what happens between 2:00 a.m. morning downpours develop up in the north bay and this approaching storm ranks two in the storm impact scale and i'll give you a closer look at the elements of impact in just a few minutes. larry and ama. >> we'll see you then. new information now about the oakland warehouse fire and investigators say they have ruled out a refrigerator as the cause of the fire. there's a lot of speculation about that earlier in the week. city officially identified five more victims today. we now know the names of all 36 people who died in that fire. >>> and we'll have more about

st. helena looking at 2 inches. san francisco got an inch and a half. not tracking any delays. the winds kicking up. we are looking at 22 miles per hour for san francisco. 18 for oakland. 16 for hayward. northbay also looking at nine. eight for santa rosa and it's going to be getting busier as far as the winds go. they will stick around with us until the afternoon and evening hours. right now temperatures still in the 40s and 50s and not much movement over the last few hours. we're looking at 50 in oakland. 49 degrees for san jose. make sure to dress warm as you make your way out the door. you won't get much warmer as we get into the highs. around lunchtime will be in the 50s across the bay area. low to midshipman 50s so keep that in mind. the next three days here's what it looks like. valley lows will get very chilly over the next few days. below freezing point to take note of that. that's from the air from the previous storm. it's right behind it and coming out of the gulf and making the temperatures drop especially overnight. during the day and time

st. helena 4 1/3. north bay, some other locations 3 1/3. napa, 3.5.the key now is a western and northwest breeze coming in. there are some very cold air. that could trigger -- it could be a few showers popping up. westwind will be and northwest wind. up in the sierra, not as much of a factor there as it was here. they are still getting some snow. it's going to be very cold and windy up there later tonight into tomorrow morning. these will be parallel to the coast. 40s and 50s on the thames. northbay temps, glen ellen around 39. upper 30s for hallsburg. tonight and tomorrow morning, and sunday lots of 20s. we will keep showers and the forecast. it is a cold windy pattern. tonight and tomorrow is going to be very cold. a few showers. the big news is going to be the lows in the morning. the weekend will be dry just not very warm.>> it's cold outside. >>> 7:51 am. a killer whale feeding on a shark. there's a lot more to the story than that. up next, incredible video of a rare event captured on camera. >>> today begins a final farewell to john glenn. he di