mark sayre is in sunnyvale where yahoo's latest layoffs could be announced today. good morning to you, mark. >> reporter: well, juliette it could be a dark day here at yahoo. no official word from the company yet but the "new york times" is reporting that the company could announce as soon as today the potential for 600 to 700 layoffs. if this layoff in fact occurs this would represent about 5% of the company's total workforce. it would also be the fourth mass layoff in the past three years. this week's round of layoffs is expected to be concentrated in yahoo's u.s. product group. the product group is responsible for designing and building consumer and advertising services. tech analysts point to a few potential missteps which are likely contributing to these layoffs. the company lost its battle with google in the search functions and also according to analysts has failed to capitalize on social networking. yahoo revenue edging up just 2% in the first nine months of this year. again the "new york times" and the "associated press" both reporting [ indiscernible ] he

there is a program called sunnyvale works. >> sunnyvale kproux jekt are the city's version of saving for a mainy day. the mayor says being fis skally conservative paying off. >> back in the dot com boom we chose to not blow the money there. >> sunnyvale is spending about $40 million accelerating years of capitol improvement projects. the program is called sunnyvale works. in 18 months they've leveraged the recession and government grant money to put people to work skb get things done. numbers adding up to be a success. of the 36 projects targeted 26 are done. the city planned to spend $60 million, managing to stretching funding to $82 million. contractors hungry for works submitted bids 29% below estimates. saving $23 million. >> this is kids coming in low. >> anderson pacific won bids on two projects. >> that is 10 people work for a year. >> sunnyvale says it was able to seize about $30 million in government money. >> a lot of times that is awarded to people which is part of the problem now. and and we're asking for more. >> sunnyvale works has become more than just a slogan. it's t

in sunnyvale, mark sayre, cbs 5. >>> there was an officer involved shooting in san francisco late this afternoon. police say the officer was trying to detain a suspect who was drinking at garfield park. well, a fight broke out between the two and the officer opened fire. the suspect was hit in the leg. both the officer and that suspect were taken to the hospital. we are told their injuries are not life-threatening. the officer will be placed on routine administrative leave during the investigation. >>> now, a 12-year-old girl from virginia has been missing for a week, was found today unharmed in san francisco. she was last seen at this wal- mart in salem, virginia, with apparently her mother's boyfriend. that was last friday. 32-year-old jeffrey easley is in custody accused -- well, of abducting the girl, but he is also accused of murdering the girl's mother. she was found dead on monday. the girl and suspect were in a store when somebody recognized them from a wanted poster and called police. >>> first, the pot raids. well, now the protests. a day after a series of police sweeps, bay

down the peninsula, in to sunnyvale were saying not quite 2 counts of an inch of rain let's also look out toward the livermore were seeing heavy rain over livermore look at nearly an inch of rain in horror. it's just that one little pocket elsewhere rain is on the light side like walnut creek barely registering on the radar. a wider view picture of the couple of hours we saw widespread steady cell with heavier rain pushing through were seeing snow this year right now showers will taper off. will talk about next farm on the way which is as weak and it's going to be a big one coming up in a bit. >> city san francisco a step closer to the america's cup. jonathan blum is live in san francisco with lee details for us. >> three days before the deadline which the city had to present its bid to host the america's cup. if the city is come to an agreement in its unanimous. this is one of those rare cases where everything from the center supervisors to the four loft of chris daly to the slightly ride of left the khmer new some have all agreed the board of supervisors voted 11 to nothing to appro

sunnyvale's city manager says this is a big deal for the city. >> we've had some false starts.he recession has damaged us like everyone else. we neated a tenant with credibility. we got nokia. that's pretty darn good. >> the nokia move is considered the biggest step yet in an effort to revitalize downtown sunnyvale. >> downtown. look at the picture. >> there is some rain in the mountains that will spill into the south bay. you'll get the bulk of your rain though later this afternoon. while we're getting a shower here in downtown san francisco, you can see the new beads of water developing on our roof cam as we look to the southeast, now the embarcadero and the fog getting a little thick. we can't even see the bay bridge. tough commute whether it's slick streets or reduced visibility. a couple accidents. first live doppler 7, spread it out to show you the northern half of the state. you're going to run into wet weather and high elevation snow. temperatures are pretty mild though. in the 50s just about everywhere this morning. around the monterey bay, cooler with upper 40s in san

officers trail, peregoy, and obot were in the trip same vehicle as they reached the 1700 block of sunnyvale ave. they were flagged down by a citizen who stated, they are shooting up there right now. as they pointed west on sunday dale avenue, instantly, the officers looked west and saw the suspect armed with an uzi-type assault weapon on the 1800 block. the officers saw the suspect had the weapon in both hands and was firing in the direction of a crowd of people. as the suspect fire the weapon, numerous people began running in various directions. officers could hear the shots being fired and could see smoke coming from the weapon. the suspect fired at least -- approximate three to four shots and then fired in the air. officer trail broadcast over the radio shots fired and a suspect description as numerous units responded. officers pulled up to the suspect, at which point the suspect notice the officers, and while fully armed, began running from the officers westbound on sunday dale avenue. officer obot pursue the suspect on foot while officers peregoy and trailed initially pursued from thei

east bay ice sculptor mark davis in sunnyvale tonight -- east bay ice sculpt tore carved it as people watched. each year the organization comes up with a different theme. in the past they have been donated out of can goods. >>> the uc berkeley graduate freed from a prison is taking to youtube to help her friends in iran. >> the music video for sarah shourd's song is now posted online. it is one of many she composed while in solitaire confinement. money raised will be used to help free them. >> we need them back in this world. we don't need them sitting in a prison somewhere. this song is putting out there the intention and the hope and the certainty that i feel they will be with us again and they will be with us again soon. >> she says she used to sing to them when they were allowed to each other. >>> three concord teenagers are accused of breaking into a chicken coop and killing two chickness. a custodian found the birds dead last wednesday about 8:30 in the morning. four other chickness were found unharped. it appears the chickens were strangled to death. >>> there were a lot of cal

the sunnyvale company could hand out the pink slips today to as many as 700 employees.be the fourth time in three years for yahoo to lay workers off. >>> and later this morning we'll get another report on the pipeline explosion that killed 8 people in san bruno in september. the national transportation safety board is investigating the explosion. it is the first report linking the explosion to a power problem in the city. >>> san jose is raising the tax on medical marijuana. the 7% increase takes effect i march. the san jose city council won't it issue more business permits for san jose pot clubs. >>> the piece of mail that could save your life, coming up. it's happened again. >> also, cruise ship passengers are stranded at sea. why they were forced to take an unexpected detour. for itchy dry skin. try cortizone 10 intensive healing. the strongest itch relief medicine now has three vitamins n moisturizers. feel the heal. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, not the mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping. shipping's a hassle. i'll go to the ma

and san jose picking up rainfall currently as well as sunnyvale. and more importantly, what's still off the coastline here is we do still have more rainfall that's going to be pushing into the bay area well into the afternoon. so the forecast for the afternoon, cloudy with showers, we do still have delays on arrivals at sfo. so keep that in mind if you are traveling. and temperatures for the afternoon the mid-50s to the upper 50s. for tonight, clouds, fog and still a chance of showers in the forecast overnight tonight. so here's what's happening. love this low pressure system. right here, you can see that nice counterclockwise circulation. it is kind of pushing in a cold front. the cold front is what's giving us the clouds today and the rainfall today. but eventually that low pressure system is going to be spinning in a series of storms friday, saturday, sunday and monday. so today, stage one up to .75" in the north bay. up to a quarter in the east bay. up to three-tenths in the peninsula. 4/10ths in the santa cruz mountains and up to a tenth in th

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. >>> in sunnyvale tonight hanukkah arrived in a big way.de of ice. east bay ice sculptor carved it as people watched. each year they get a different scene. they have been made out of canned goods and thousands of pennies later given to charity. >>> what, if you context and drive because your car wouldn't let you. the technology that could make that happen. >> pinpoint weather sponsored by mancini sleepworld ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is an aerial view of oakland's city hall tonight, where you can see the top of it >>> cities across the country today marked the annual world aids day. this is an aerial view of oakland city hall tonight where you can see the top of it is lit in red. oakland is alameda county's most popular city and has the highest proportion of aids cases than any other city in the county. this is san francisco's city hall earlier this evening also bathed in red. around the nation aids day is observed and aimed at raising awareness of the aids pandemic. it has killed 24 million people worldwide since 1981. more than 33 million

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it's part of sunnyvale's hanukkah wonderland event at tha day school.nds of pennies that were later given to charity. >> 3, 2, 1! hit it, christine! >> there it is, our own tom sinkovitz overseeing the lighting in san francisco this evening. as always, a child from our make a wish foundation got a chance to flip the switch. he was very excited about doing that tonight. >> he loves doing that stuff. >> doesn't he look like the christmas spirit, but rain in the forecast, huh? >> we have some showers coming in. luck it will stayed dry out there for tom with those beautiful blue lights out there in front of the ritz-carlton, one of my favorite trees in the city. we take a look at those highs out there, mid 50s for most of us. oakland, livermore 57, 59 san jose. we are finding a few returns north of eureka and mainly offshore, but actually our doppler only picking up trace amounts of rainfall in this with a few moderate pockets as well. we're not going to see that transition here into the north bay at least for the next ten hours or so. we'll have more on th

south bay at 1011 a mess from sunnyvale. 85 and 280 also slow. i talked about 808 there is a crash southbound 880 at f reemont. on the other side of the bay, not so bad, 101 and 92 some s lowing there. let's go too steve. >>> there is not a lot left on this storm. just some light rain over us. we had some okay totals. forecast today, a lot of clouds and some light rain, we do see a break wednesday and thursday. there will be fog and clouds and then the weekend is shaping up to be very windy and very wet. that rain could turn out to be pretty decent. sanmateo, 55, 57 and 59 degrees with cloudy skies and very, very light rain. and the satellite picture continues to show that moisture streaming across and there will be much stronger systems as we head towards the end of the week. we are looking for today, c loudy, rain, heaviest towards the north bay and temperatures really, that's not the issue. the five day is really going to be the interesting part. rape, heavy at times take us into the weekend. >>> i'm paul chambers live in oakland where -- [ina

they set a place apart was cent of their true as well.santa was th6 percent of santa rosa of 55 at sunnyvale, said francisco as 55 degrees, and oakland at 53 degrees. in the sierra snow is on the way, future cast showing snow coming for tuesday into was a. but the time once they get here perhaps a foot of snow from the storm that a portion onshore for tonight. a winter storm watch is in effect for tuesday. snow levels initially starting above 7,000 ft.. but falling to 6,000 ft. by tuesday night. along with some strong winds that could possibly produce without conditions. here is future cast we're looking at rain now, it is gathering of the bay area for tomorrow afternoon near ukiah of 6:00 p.m.. by 10:00 p.m. it will start to show up in in north bay for santa rosa and points to the north. it is pretty light, but spreads to the south overnight. into tuesday morning it will cover the entire bay morning commute. the second vendor rain will come in tuesday afternoon, this should be a little heavier but still above the light side, what it's all but perhaps a quarter of an inch of rain. tomato ano

--el gigante del internet, con sede en 'sunnyvale" informo que esto es parte de una estrategia en cursoar sus margenes de ganancia.--los afectados pertenecen al area de productos al consumidor de la compania.--el total de desocupados representa el 4 por ciento de su fuerza laboral.--esta es la cuarta ronda de despidos de los ultimos tres aÑos al interior de "yahoo". --el año aun no termina pero el servicio de rentas internas recomienda que los contribuyentes que van declarar impuestos, comiencen a recolectar 'a la de ya' todos los documentos necesarios, pues esto podria traerles innumerables beneficios.maria rosa lucchini no explica. --despues de una candente discusion el concilio de san jose aprobo una ordenanza con la que las bolsas de plastico quedaran prohibidas en tiendas de aquella ciudad.--la medida ademas obligaria a los establecimientos a cobrar 10 centavos por cada bolsa de papel que den al cliente. --la ley municipal entrara en vigor el primero de enero del aÑo 2011.--se estima que anualmente, los consumidores de san jose usan mas de 3-mil millones de bolsas plasticas, que so

this is the fourth time in three years the sunnyvale company has -- security was tight at yahoo sunnyvale today. one bay area techagists say the lay off -- one bay area tech analyst says the lay off comes at a very bad time. >> you are not really treating people like people, you are treating them like equipment that you are getting rid of at the end of the year. >>> new retail sales figures show a strong start to their holiday shopping season, shining a hopeful light on the u.s. economy. the congress department says retail sales exceeded economists expectations last month. department store sales were up the highest at 2.8%. >>> meanwhile another new report shows that small business owners specifically have reached confidence levels not seen in years. up for the fourth straight month, and outpacing all sale periods on record. tom vacar has the story. >> reporter: here's one of those big apples right here. a decidedly different kind of apple store: here's why it's providing not only hope for jobs but real jobs indeed. many business buy extras this year. >> some for the neighbors and some fo

san francisco 50. 40s into american canyon, berkeley, sunnyvale. 39 livermore with low to mid- 40s near the bay. tomorrow look for mostly cloudy skies, areas of fog, especially north bay valleys. for the afternoon, a mixture of clouds and sunshine and highs into the mid-50s with a couple places getting close to 60 degrees. then everything changes by christmas day. we have one more dry day here. christmas morning the rain arrives. and this storm front sweeps across the bay through the course of the day. by noon it should be over the bay with steady, moderate rain. the rain is forecast to last into the evening hours. showers were persist through the night time with a couple of showers possible even on sunday. we could see close to an inch of rain around the bay area this weekend. snow up in the sear aira. dry day tomorrow. good traveling for the day before christmas. that changes for the weekend. by saturday the chance for snow arrives in the afternoon and evening hours with a wintery day on sunday. winds and heavy snow possibly 1- 2 feet of snow over the highest elevations. 7 day around

it will hold together and should arrive into pulp sold at about 45- 50 minutes, doing to sunnyvale and pacific and have main day moving toward san francisco in the next 10 minutes. continue to see scattered showers in the north bay manly on the the it light side. the main band from a rain it is alongside and up into this year by we are dealing with tonight is scattered showers with some unsettled air still moving into the bay area and cool their as a result where it could produce some heavy rain and the chance for the thunderstorms as well. this is going to be with us tonight and into tomorrow morning so scattered showers at are forecast to remain in place tomorrow morning but eventually will end by late morning and clearing into late afternoon with a nicer day. will you know more about it later on. >> the battle of the same sex marriage continues at ninth court of appeals. maureen kelly takes a look of the legal issues the judges have before them. >> you're inside list the federal courthouse and they are glad to hear two hours of legal wrangling. at the august ruling was overturned an

high pressure builds in and compresses the moisture and you have the fog. 44 degrees in sunnyvale. in gilroy down to southern california over the 5, give yourself extra time and take it easy. we have reports of ice on the bridges out there. you want to take it cautiously in that area. the good news is the high winds relaxed. by 4:00 a.m. wednesday, the system will clear out and looks like the bulk will come through as we head through the course of tomorrow afternoon. starting at about 10:00 a.m., showers will start to build until we hit 3:00 a.m. wednesday. it will be a wet couple of days we will have to get through. let's take you to the north. rain on the way. a lot of rain possibly two inches tuesday into wednesday and maybe the first mountain snow with another system on new year's day. >>> time now 6:11. don't expect an end to body scanners and pat-downs any time soon. who said they are here to state. >> action to save people from a capsized boat. where the rescue happened. >> gift cars are nice, but what if you get 1 to a store you don't really like. how you can get something

. >>> yahoo is laying off hundreds of employees this holiday season fourth round for the sunnyvale based company. that is going to add to the sky high unemployment rate which is at 12.4%. terry? >> yahoo says 6750 people were laid off this morning, that represents approximately 4% of the company's international work force of 14,000 people, most of those layoffs and most of them in yahoo's product group. now, this is note a surprise to insiders. it's been discussed on couple of popular blogs but that speculation has a number much higher today. it was not a surprise to look at yahoo's number, revenue was up minimally. yahoo stock was down over that time. they say the buck stops at ceo that was ceo at auto desk and never a hit at yahoo. >> she came from a company that sold software engineering to engineers. yahoo is completely different. it's like apples and oranges. >> yahoo's official statement is this, they are evaluating expenses to align with the company's financial goals. beyond that we don't comment on rumors or speculation. this is no longer rumor or speculation, been confirmed by p

are going through a complete reinvention, out there, starting at hunters point and moving out to sunnyvale, and eventually alice griffith. completely real imagining public housing. -- completely real magic in public housing. we keep putting band-aids, and is just failing more efficiently. we put up $95 million of city money. people do not fully appreciate -- $95 million in bonds the city put up to build this public- private partnership. we're finding that will dollars, state dollars that we otherwise would not have discovered had we not have the courage to put that deals together. so it is an exciting time in public housing. and no, public housing is not what it should be, and, yes, a lot of us should be ashamed that we allowed it to go this long and thus far, but that is a national issue as much as it is a state and local issue, but the state is stepping in where the federal government walk away, and dorothy is going to be a big part of that. i'm grateful you said yes and your name into this mix. so thank you. small business -- steve adams. a small-business advocate. he has friends here.

the sunnyvale organization has a menorah made out of ice. the purpose is the same every year in sunnyvale. the appearance changes in the past. they crafted me moras out of donated canned goods and another made out of thens of pennies given to charity. >> spinning the dreidel is normally reserved for kids, but not in san francisco where it's a serious competition. >> john hayward can keep a dreidel spinning for seconds. that's enough for the title. he will compete again in a local version at a contemporary jewish museum in san francisco. spinning the dreidel is the easy part. the challenge is to keep it from hitting the wall. >> it's almost like a snap. you want to your fingertips close and try to grip it tight and spin it as tightly as possible. >> in a controlled manner. anyone can compete at the synagogue showdown from 6:00 to 8:00 at the museum in san francisco. he has given away hints and secrets. >> watch the rebounding. time now is 5:55. want to take a peek at the forecast. big changes coming soon. >> we will see changes late or and th

--el gigante del internet, con sede en 'sunnyvale" informo que esto es parte de una estrategia en cursor sus margenes de ganancia.--los afectados pertenecen al area de productos al consumidor de la compania.--el total de desocupados representa el 4 por ciento de su fuerza laboral.--esta es la cuarta ronda de despidos de los ultimos tres aÑos al interior de "yahoo". --el año aun no termina pero el servicio de rentas internas recomienda que los contribuyentes que van declarar impuestos, comiencen a recolectar 'a la de ya' todos los documentos necesarios, pues esto podria traerles innumerables beneficios.maria rosa lucchini traerles innumerables beneficios.maria rosa lucchini no explica. >>> es hora de buscar esos documentos, recibos o copias, si quiere incluirlos en sus impuestos del 2010 >>> para asegurarse que estñ al día al momento de su declaración de impuestos, si lo hace temprano, puede recibir su reembolso antes >>> si ha hecho una mejora en su hogar, como para conservar energía >>> así que, si por ejemplo si ha cambiado el techo, las ventanas, o una nueva terma, todas estas cosas

a little hazy sunshine. 63 san jose. 61, sunnyvale. francisco, tomorrow, a hint of sunshine before the clouds thicken up. 62 for santa rose a, and 61 for vallejo. east bay, 62 for oakland. 62 for union city. inland locations, brentwood, 63. 6 # for con considered and -- concord and danville. and warmer conditions heading south. watsonville, 67. and 66 for gilroy. theing aing aing a -- the accuweather seven-day forecast. slight chance of showers wednesday and thursday, and tropical moisture, friday, saturday, sunday, periods of rain could be heavy. >> alan: the fog did lift over the 49ers today. >> mike: al smith is maybe auditioning for the 49ers and other teams. the 49ers with a must win to keep their playoff hopes alive. keep the faith, fans. it ain't over yet. alex smith gets off to a good start. davis over the middle. does the rest. in the second. 13-'. something i to morgan, make twoz men miss. dances his way in. 20-7, san francisco. the roits on, in the second, the blitz is on. smith to westbrook. three scores no pick. 37 -- 30-7

the sunnyvale company is letting workers go. a yahoo representative says the lay offs are part of a strategy to increase revenue. >>> the holiday shopping season is giving the u.s. economy a boost as retailers tailers post better than expected gains. that led the national retail federation to boost it's over all holiday forecast saying the holiday gain will be the largest since 2006. >>> stocks closed higher today on wall street this comes on the heels of the over all positive projection for holiday sales. an announcement that it plans to buy -- >>> 14 people will be inducted into california museum hall of fame tonight including two names especially well known here in the bay area. among those are mark zuckerburg and levy strauss. the museum honors people who have made a mark on the golden state. zuckerburg was a controversial nomination. >> we look to make people who have made a positive contribution. mark zuckerburg is one of those. >> others include betty white and serena williams. >>> the ten phrases that could kill your cha

today a source inside the sunnyvale based company says they expect to lay off 600 workers possibly starting today that's 4 percent of the work force. he also has been struggling for years and has seen numerous layoffs in the past several years. high-tech analyst said in its example a failed leadership >> yahoo is dying slowly comes down to the fact they have the wrong ceo to run the company and the firm is slowly dying a slow death by being what out by that ceo. >> that ceos carol barts was brought to rescue yahoo she said she came from a different corporate culture from the search engine business and he said she felt as salvi all those problems. workers run the company campus will not talk on camera but they say they've known about the layoffs for about two months now. one engineer said it did not affect them but it is heading the project managers hard. developing news tonight, other loading her to year-old child into an s u b has been killed. five others were wounded in a gunbattle at a strip mall and sell sacramental. it happened just after 1:00 this afternoon on stockton boulevard that'

there is 101 towards sunnyvale, also across the dunbarton bridge getting moderate rainfall heading in towards fremont area. heading further east, 580, 680 moderate rainfall slowing you down around dublin and livermore there. is lighter rain towards castroville two.-day break coming tuesday and wednesday before a stretch of very heavy rain with winds coming. i'll be back with a look at that in just a few minute autos thank you very much. there is hundreds of yahoo employees got the axe today. the company handed out 600 layoff notices, roughly 4% of the work force this, is the fourth time in three years yahoo cult jobs. the struggles raised questions whether the ceo will lose her job. >> she came in from a company that sold engineering software to engineers and yahoo couldn't be more different. it's a web company based on ad revenue, they do portals. it's like apples and oranges. like hiring an oral high againist to do surgery on an elephant. >> today's move didn't come as a surprise. revenues were up less than% over nine months of the year, google saw its revenues jump 23%. >> governor

currently temperatures in the 50s across the board from sunnyvale in 57 degrees, pleasanton mid-50s, san mateo along the peninsula the same. north of the golden gate bridge, it is now 57 degrees in tiburon. winds have been a little bit breezy inland and interior valleys out of the southwest 13, 15 miles per hour. cloudy, temperatures overnight dropping between the low 40s in penngrove and santa rosa to about the mid-50s in downtown san jose and including willow glen and campbell. upper 40s to 50 in san francisco. we're already seeing the leading edge of some precipitation all associated with a brand-new area of low pressure. it's the front that's producing that precipitation. but the core the center that will affect us is way back out over the pacific ocean. now, those are the clouds overhead tonight. but meanwhile, behind it, that's our next system providing us with rain for wednesday, thursday, in fact the rain begins after midnight on tuesday. so by 7:00 in the morning, it looks like most of the rain is north of the golden gate bridge for the commute and then it gradually slides a

we're live in sunnyvale, tara moriarty. >> thank you. >>> a bay area soldier has been killed in afghanistan. the military says derrick of r edwood city was among six american soldiers killed sunday, when their unit was attacked by an improvised unit. he's survived by his wife, kimberly. >>> the virginia man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl and taking her to san francisco is going back to virginia. jeffrey scott easley waved extracation. he will be transferred in the next few days. on friday, a shopper spotted him and the girl outside the safeway on by ocean beach. he's also suspected of -- suspected of killing the girl's mother. the girl flew home yesterday to be reunited with her father. he was able to speak on the phone with her after she was found. >> i thought it was my daughter. i thought i recognized her v oice, but i was thinking, you know, it's too good to be true. i can't believe it. >> benjamin smith said he asked his daughter for the names of her dogs. so he could make sure it was really her. >>> a man suspected of -- of sexually assaulting a girl will be in court today.

a tenth in san jose, nearly a quarter in sunnyvale. cupertino and los gatos about 1200 redwood city. big picture, looking to the west you can see more radar returns developing and that's our next push of weather that could bring us 2 to 4 inches of rain over the weekend. urging residents to be prepared for possible flooding. jenelle wang is live in san carlos to continue our storm coverage. >> mike, i'm at a sandbag station in san carlos where cities are offering free sandbags to the residents. this one someone is loading up now. probably much bigger this morning. residents have come by all morning collecting free sand bags. the problems are in full swing. >> this is a sign what's to come. rain started falling early this morning and the accidents soon followed. during the morning rush hour a multiple vehicle accident tie it had up traffic. in palo alto police are looking to see if wet roads and speed were factors in this crash which left a white mustang smashed beyond recognition. officers say the 24-year-old male driver hit a telephon

some moderate rain and we are seeing some head into cupertino and sunnyvale. let me go ahead and show you when the timing will be. we'll get into the 1 a.m., 2 a.m. time frame. that's when the heavy rain will hit the coast and that's when we could possibly see an isolated thunderstorm. more on the forecast and a look ahead toward christmas day coming up. >> thank you, leigh. >>> another side affect, sewage spill that shut down four peninsula beaches. the shut downs are until further notice. all of the rain we got over the weekend caused sewers to over flow sending the bacteria into the beach water. >>> oakland police are investigating an unusually violent murder. a bird photographer called police at about 3:30 after finding the body of a partially clothed woman on some rocks off do little -- doolittle drive. the oakland tribune is report she has been shot several times and her throat was slit. the woman appears to be african-american and possibly latino in her late 20s or 30s. a $10,000 award was posted. >>> the young man who police say taunted a rape victim's

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mid 50s here across sunnyvale. 55 in novato.humidity at this time yesterday with the southerly push of moisture but now the cold front has passed the air is drier and more comfortable. for thursday clouds will continue to build in advance of this very wet pattern in our seven-day forecast where we'll have to watch out for potential here of flooding. here's the satellite radar picture. the front we watched yesterday is well to the south and back behind this once again. that cold, dry air that's making it crisp and enjoyable out there on your wednesday. the storm door is completely open. several different storm systems lining up out in the pacific. that will be moving in over this pattern from friday to monday as that jet stream is going to be really active right across northern california. basically when you have the jet stream over california like we expect it provides a lot of uplift and possibilities here for heavier rainfall to come our way. now for thursday once again we'll see breaks of sunshine. temperatures in the 50s. bu

rain from sunnyvale all the way to the north. for the most part, you're getting the general feel for it. scattered showers are still seen for thursday. tomorrow's temperatures, anywhere from the upper 50s at the beaches to right around the mid-60 at our inland areas. some of these temperatures are slightly above average for this time of the year. in fact, we have 66 today at the museum of oakland. a pair of 6s in san jose. rainout, washout, ---- generally a quarter to half an inch, scattered showers thursday, a slight chance of a lingering shower on friday. that sets the stage for a dry weekend for all your holiday shopping. this is the season when you get these gorgeous sunsets here in the bay area, right? >> yes, it is. >> keep the lovely photos coming. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> well speaking of the season, just in time for christmas, a new library for your e reader. google today launched its own internet bookstore with about 15 million titles. the company has a deal with some 4,000 publishers to carry new releases.

we have thists on the map. 34 degrees in sunnyvale. pretty much the entire east bay. concord, fairfield and livermore, give yourself extra time. we will let you know what's coming up for new year's. >>> we have developing news out of oakland and we have develop thes that there three people in the hospital and others jumping out of a second story window to escape an overnight apartment fire. christie? >> i just spoke with the battalion chief for the oakland fire department and she said this fire was moving really fast. it's just up the block from where where we are standing. two women were outside. they had leg injuries from jumping for a second story unit. they got word that other people may be trapped inside in a front apartment in the front unit when they were able to get inside. two adults and a female child. all they are telling me in a very critical condition. this is a four-unit building in east oakland near international. this is the time of year people have christmas trees out or crank the heat because it has been so cold. we ask if either of these things migh

we're at 48 degrees in oakland, 51 sunnyvale, you're 34 in livermore. maybe a little patchy fog in our inland valleys, but it will get swept out in a hurry as that storm approaches. wind advisory goes into effect tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. this is mainly for coastal sections and the hills above 1,000 feet. we're talking about winds gusting to 30, 45, maybe 50 miles per hour. you couple that with the rain and it's going to be some tricky travel for a time. if there's good news here, this system is actually moving in rather quickly. it will move in quick, it will move out quickly. for the second half of our weekend, i think things are not looking too bad. in the meantime, we have to deal with some bumpy conditions tomorrow. rain heavy at times, spreading in from the north toward the south, maybe a couple isolated thunderstorms. winds gusty as mentioned and then sunday we start to dry things out. this picture tells the whole story. you can see that moisture coming from the south. this time, though, unlike last week's storms, we had a lot

that's why temperatures are the warmest at this hour. 53 in sunnyvale. 53 currently in san jose.o tracking low 50s up here in the north bay. for the morning hours tomorrow, one of the -- probably most comfortable starts we've seen in about that seven to eight days, temperatures starting off in the 40s. still a chance of showers on thursday. and then this is the annoying part here. we'll be tracking several small systems over the next couple of days. i know many of you are like me. you like to get a nice sized system that moves in, moves out. and you get the rain. we're going to be stuck with a pattern that looks very reminiscent of what you're seeing right now. areas of clouds, areas of clearing. and also some spotty showers. what we're finding is this cold front that's sitting offshore, it's pretty much stationary at this point, stretching several hundred miles down to the pacific. with little movement, it's continuing to weaken as it gets closer. we're really not finding much upper-level energy to provide us with rainfall. so this slow and weak system as we've been detailing wi