through the sunol grade to milpitas and 880 you can see radar return on the when side of the dumbartonridge and from los altos and cupertino up to redwood city we have a few radar runs as the front is kicking up the last push of moisture. you can see a few drops on the spa camera. we will watch that and see if there are delays. 45 up north to 54 so quite a temperature spread. if the clouds clear out you will be on the lower end of that at 7:00. by noon we need the sunglasses, and breezy this afternoon, so the temperature will be the same as yesterday it could feel cooler. it will be clear in the evening in low-to-mid 50's and moving forward tomorrow a couple of degrees warmer with high clouds and sunshine and look at the 70 degree temperatures friday and saturday away from the coast and you will be mild, also, with temperatures in the low 60's. some scattered drizzle this morning and mostly in the east bay valleys and moving into the south bay right now, and it is going to clear out in about 7:00 so the morning commute is wet for a few folks and we will find out how it is affecting. >>

watch out in the south bay and through the sunol grade. leyla gulen? >>> good morning, everyone. at 6:01 we have had a couple spendouts because of the moist weather. that is affecting traffic along the peninsula. eastbound highway 92 we have a spinout that is blocking the off-ramp. the highlighted portion is in the westbound direction. that is where most of the traffic is traveling and the eastbound side is looking clear. for slow-and-go traffic there. as we head to 101 and 237, we have a stalled vehicle there blocking one lane and a look at the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are turned on and heavy backup away from the maze. >>> we have breaking news with firefighters keeping an cry on an early morning house fire in fremont that broke out in a home along mission boulevard at 4:30. officials say the home was empty at the time. it does appear "suspicious." the flames are out. crews are watching it to make sure that any hotspots do not re-ignite. they are trying to determine the cause of the blaze. >>> san francisco general hospital is again reviewing their procedures af

making the merge to sunol. you approach the speeds through the east bay, in the green season for north 880, a nice flow to the bay bridge toll pla plaza. the cash lanes are backed up. we should see the metering lights on. i'll hit refresh and we still have no metering lights. >> not just a millionaire, a chance someone in the south bay is a multimillionaire. we don't know who but we know where the lucky winner of the 425 jackpot bought the ticket. >> can you imagine winning that much. >> good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the winner could be any one because the chevron station sits alo along the busy corridor, it could be a traveler are a regular who is $425 million richer. one thing we know for sure is that winning ticket was sold from the fran that you see sitting there, that person beating all of the odds. the chevron -- there are 44 other lottery jurisdictions so it's possible there are more winners. that person watch these numbers, 17, 49, 54, 35, 1 and a powerball of 34. i just spoke with one

. >>> we're also watching the forecast as we give you a live look at sunol, san rafael, san jose. today fog could make its way into your morning commute and that could make the drive more difficult. >> want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. we're tracking rain. here's the deal. when it comes to this weekend, and that rain, it look likes saturday into sunday we stand a chance for the bay area. notice that on your seven-day forecast at bottom of the screen, you don't have to wait for it, it's always there throughout the weather broadcasts, but as we head through friday, valentine's day, we are going to get a full moon. through monday, presidents' day, everything's aligning right for all of the lovers out there. 44 in livermore to start the day. 50 san jose. 46 in san francisco. fog's not as bad as it was yesterday. but still, we are tracking some areas where it could be dangerous for you this morning. want to make sure you are aware of three miles of visibility before you head out the front door in the tri-valley. this is where the fog is it thickest.

grade, everything is looking great along highway 84 as you make it down the sunol it is fine and theimitz through hayward, union city, to fremont, and further interest milpitas, we are looking clear. as we are headed back into san jose, that is the view of 280 away from 17 with headlights northbound direction. everyone is moving fine. not too many souls on the roads just yet. kristen and eric? >>> bart wants to know what you think about the new upcoming air bart service to oakland international service. the $484 million connection project is not finished until the fall but when it is con air trains will be able to shuttle passengers between bart's coliseum station and the oakland airport in eight to 15 minutes. a ticket will cost between $4 and $6. for a lit of the times and locations for the outreach program, check out abc7news.com. >> family of an oakland a's fans wants to honor his memory, the emergency they want to send. a brazen smash-and-grab burglary . wait until you he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky

bay, we'll get closer in and around livermore where moderate rain is falling around 580, pleasanton, sunol, you may have moderate rain falling over your city as well. as we get into the central bay and north bay, you can see very sporadic rain showers falling but the bay bridge right now, a wet one. san francisco, the sunset district bayview district reporting light showers and over the east bay from emeryville oakland into san leandro. hayward, unmay be getting a slight break at the moment. but we will continue to be in and out of the scattered showers for your friday. and as we roll through the rest of your day, even the possibility of thunderstorms. i want to show you when we actually saw some pretty good reporting from some of the wind and storm damage reported in the area. if i slip into the southern portions -- of the -- portion of the area first. san jose had reported flash flooding at 3:30 this morning. mountain view floods as well. santa cruz we had flooding reported around 4:30. in san francisco, standing water reported at highway 101 and. you can see the -- and you can see the w

getting back to the maps, slowdown, sunol and pleasanton.lowdown kicks off and builds as all of the folks come out of livermore and pleasanton, slowing towards fremont. 580 nothing unusual. southbound 880 build as well past the san mateo and dumbarton bridges, right on schedule for the nimitzs freeway. dumbarton bridge okay. 92 reports of a slow roller, a car limping along the high-rise over to foster city. expect a little delay. peninsula is fine. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights turned on before 6:00. slammed down, easing off with these folks. off of the berkeley curve, not the 880 overcross. we had rain on the lens. it cleared out. now using wipers. he folks are moving over from the north bay without wipers. good flow of traffic. back to you. >>> back to the olympics right now. the sun setting over the mountains of sochi. all of the action, though, today, down in the olympic plaza at the iceberg skating palace where women's figure skating getting under way this morning. >> today, three american women will compete to earn a spot on t

the commute direction heading south through livermore into sunol. we do have this, deadly crash west 24 at least one lane is open. as you travel west from highway 13 over to 580. and that connector. that's a major -- we're seeing a lighter flow of traffic so folks are able to take ash by, we saw a big burst or 13 which southbound we don't see flowing, we're seeing a good flowing and below 60 miles per hour and toward the upper 50s moving back west, the loop adding the mileage but thingses moving. over to the maze, pretty kiptal for a friday. on the right you have cash lanes that backed up. a smooth drive, the influences with bonding and puddling. >> starting to show dry conditions, it's just not so muched with water. we'll look at the pen pens. palo alto shows a smooth drive. you see how quick it is, one of this is that you want to be with. tracking is a problem. now we have to look to the nord bay. the water picking up. down toward san rafael as the water kicks up from the car in front of you. back to you. >> it is really coming down, you can here

that will be an issue for 84, sunol and pleasanton and fremont.how you other areas like the dumbarton bridge which doesn't show it but we have an advisory. we'll show you the san mateo bridge from hayward side. you can make out the high rise. patchy fog on either side. >> thanks so much. >> america's most decorated female olympic skier still likely celebrating her bronze medal in the women's super combined. julia mancuso all over social media saking selfies with her new accessory as well she should. there she is. >> how can you not be excited for her. >> let's check in with janelle wang live in sochi. you talked one-on-one with her after she came down from the mountain, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right. she has a few more competitions to go but she stopped to talk to me. she is the most decorated alpine skier more than lindsey vonn. she has four medals including last night's bronze. it was the super combined that is two runs downhill and slalom, the fastest combined time wins. she finished first in the downhill which left her confide

tri-valley, slower drive, 680 past sunol, south bay. but that's the volume.ve west 580 at airway or approaching, earlier crash which has cleared, backed up toward north livermore, which is standa standard. we have the consolidation of the backup. fas-trak lanes and lanes off the right off the berkeley curve. other lanes looking clear. meeting lights are on. >> blue angels expected to fly at the fleet week. this is video of the jets flying a few years ago. they had to cancel last year's fleet week because of the government shutdown. representatives will be in oakland at noon while the blue angels will perform over san francisco in october. they'll actually operate out of the oakland international airport. into downtown san jose, in talks to bring back its once annual fireworks show for the fourth of july. the santa clara county board of supervisors has approved a request to explore the possibility of bringing it back. one supervisor says the show would help cut down on illegal fireworks in the city. event scrapped in 2009 because people ran out of money. you u

let's head out to the sunole grade. traffic is looking great as you drive toward the caldecott areas. >>> things have finally changed, december and january were so dry and set records and things are beginning to change a little bit at least we are getting temperatures that are. , much cooler and it will stay cooler for a while. some very gold air, a few blips on the radar, we start off with some sun, 20s and 30s, napa airport was 27 degrees last checked, and, it is cold out there. nationally another cold pattern and not you have of a snow system and rain is coming out of the four corners and it's going to be a whopper of a system. when you combine these two, and that gulf air coming up, it will be a bill event. it is moving north throughout the next couple of days, 11 up in tahoe and a cloud cover, there is nothing wrong with that until tomorrow. not much show or go. we will get a little precipitation and we will have to wait until the weekend and rainfall will am not rain that much a am lot of arizona get trap had and

friday eve and we are looking good, starting off here on the sunole grade, southbound passing mission boulevard with no major problems coming through the traffic also looks good if you are driving on southbound 880 getting into the same area of fremont. we are looking being at the commute most importantly, there is a 10 minute drive time into san francisco. 880, as you drive passed the coliseum, it looks good all the way into oakland and on the east shore freeway, traffic looks good from panola to richmond. 440, you can see moisture continues to stream up from the hawaiian islands and some of that impacts us until sunday, and it likes like it, you can always tweet me and if that is too much for you to do, you can e-mail me or facebook me. due to cloud cover, we have some pock its of thick fog. i doubt anymore gets to the area, it is snowing and the snow is really wrapping up from philadelphia to washington d.c. and philadelphia philadelphia and new york has the possibility of 14 plus inches and i just saw it in brooklyn, it looks like a mess. 53 ukiah, 55 sacramento, 55 down in san di

. >> if we get -- set of headlights, this is sunol 680, water kicking off the roadway.e'll look here, slowing through the sunol area, kicking in probably wet roads there a factor. looking at the build out of tri-valley, right on schedule. >> women's figure skating starts today. gracie gold, ashley wagner and san jose's own polina edmunds going for the gold. we're cheering for them. live from sochi next. >> new snow in the sierra in time for ski week. >>> deadly clashes erupt between police and protesters in kiev as black smoke swirls and political unrest gets out of control in the ukrainian capital. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. take a look at live pictures at central kiev, ukraine right now. you can see the smoke and the flag. thousands of protesters standing in defiance of the strong police presence. the protesters are angry at the government that it took a bailout from russia instead of dealing with the european union. for the very latest on the developing story, let's go to peggy bunker, joining us in studio t

tri-valley temperatures looking at 50s to low 60s around sunol and pleasanton.nd sunday forecast drop the highs to the mid to upper 50s. chance of showers, lake tahoe may miss out. maybe around yosemite we could see snow showers. towards the end of the seven-day forecast bringing more clouds, next weekend could be a bigtime snow producer for the sierras and that's good news. high pressure will build in monday through thursday and things change up approaching next weekend and a final check of the forecast for super bowl sunday comparing san jose to new jersey we're going to see game-time temperature there close to 40 degrees close to the coldest super bowl ever played which was 39 degrees in 1972. in the meantime, san jose likely seeing some showers around game time later tomorrow. kris? >> the weather will be perfect when we have the super bowl here at the new niner stadium. a scare at the super bowl and the fbi is now on the case. someone mailed packages containing a suspicious white powder to businesses near the site of sunday's game. those mailings went to at

highway 84 to sunol grade, possibility very low.nd up in thick pea soup situations, remember you want to slow down, do not tailgate and do not put your beams on high. you have the white wall flashing back in your eyes. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, christina. >> that is excellent advice, bob. yes, it's just because you see 10 miles or better san francisco to novato doesn't mean you're not going to encounter patches where you can only see for hundreds of feet. it's not just the usual suspects getting that fog. it's thick down in the south bay where we dropped to a mile and a quarter in san jose. we head throughout day we'll see more clouds, temperature it is like i said are going to end up in the 50s and the 60s. you'll notice on the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen we actually have a warm-up headed our way as high pressure takes control. not for long. there is another storm system lurking in the pacific. i'll talk about that in a second. we'll expect showers by thursday where we're going to see a warm-up and

. >>> we're seeing mostly clear skies right now around sunol and a warm forecast for the weekend. the seven-day has a lot of rain in it as well. we'll let you know when the rain will come back with your forecast. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal. so we made our own commercial to tell you why. first, chex makes lots of gluten free flavors. which is a huge thing for us. and there's seven to choose from. like cinnamon, honey nut, and chocolate. i tell them "you guys are gonna turn into chocolate chex!" i like cinnamon, greg is a honey nut nut. when you find something this good, you want to spread the word. [ all ] we're the pearsons, and we love chex! >>> good morning to you looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza all nice and dry, smooth sailing for commuters out there this morning, you know some folks have weekend plans. and looking live at the golden gate bridge where folks are headed someplace fun today. >>> team usa has just a few more chances in the closing days of the winter games to add to the medal count starting today on the mountain with a group of

earlier along 680 at sunol, there was a pretty bad tractor-trailer accident that tied up traffic for a few hours. the wet weather and wind surprising some people taking part in a super bowl run in san jose part of the super guatelupe river run that began in downtown san jose. >> it was pretty tough coming in on the final part of the race, pushing against the wind, head down. >> it is exciting to finish strong. gives you a built it of a sense accomplishment when it's this hard. >> reporter: the silver lining there. at the summit, there was light drizzle and fog this afternoon. meantime, in downtown san jose, earlier today there was a pretty good soaking there, you can see people walking around with umbrellas in the downtown area. that's not only where you saw umbrellas. same picture in fremont and rain didn't stop people from going to the farmer's market. not a ton of rain. plenty of concern with the water level at the reservoir. just to give you an example, stevens creek about 3% full and euless isn't even 2%. while the little bit of wet weather has made some headaches for drivers on

not the case over here for sunol, this is a clear view, a dark one but clear, southbound tail lightsund the golf course at speed from plez atton in towards fremont. >>> flowers outside a popular down town nightclub, in memorial of a well-known bouncer stabbed to death yesterday morning. more than 100 people attended the vigil for ryan vieri.nw he was off-duty, and a man carrying a case of knives had just been asked to leave the bar, and vieri was leaving at about the same time. minutes later, he was found stabbed on the corner of first and santa clara. he died. the suspect was arrested. >>> 6:08, popular ride share company uber is expanding its screening and background checks. it's part of the program all new drivers will have to undergo under a central and county checks on top of the existing criminal data base checks. existing ride share users will also be subject to expanded checks. uber came under fire last month after a 6-year-old girl was allegedly hit and killed by a company driver in a san francisco crosswalk on new year's eve. that driver, 57-year-old said musafar said he w

. >>> on the sunol grade we have slow traffic but we have a lot of flooding out there. all over the place in the south bay and the east bay and the north bay. we will tell you more about what is going on because of the wet weather. >> it looks like the main blast of rain has gone through now. it will turn more showery in nature. but we are not done with the wind. >>> good morning. flash flooding in san jose right now. at least one driver trapped. we just talked to the victim and ktvu janine de la vega will have a live report from the rescue scene. >> a tree down until san francisco. similar scenes expected all over the bay area. the big problems we are already seeing because of this storm. >> one person is dead after a truck slams into a power pole in pittsburgh early this morning. we will show you the unusual response by police after this accident. the ktvu channel 2 morning news starts right now. >>> good morning. we want to take you live to san francisco this morning. the tree we showed you that was down at 4:30 this morning. the good news is it has been cleared. jus

travel through pleasanton and sunol no.rd fremont and the south bay. traffic flows in the northbound direction, 101, a little more slowing because of the volume building from capital expressway to san jose international airport. a car cleared from the road 101 merge around guadeloupe parkway. 87 shows slowing there as well. live look at palo alto, 101 the tropical starting to build up a little bit. obviously not a concern. space for everybody traveling past university avenue. continuing up to san mateo and into the city. back to you. >> plenty of room. thanks. >> 6:36. still ahead, sentenced to four years but could one of bryan stow's beating suspects walk free much sooner? we'll have details next. >> and taking a live look outside, sun coming up over the bay area, making way for not only a beautiful day but a great weekend ahead. hope you get a chance to enjoy it. more rain in the works for next week. we'll tell you about it and the rest of the day's news coming up. dear future olympian, one day you will be standing on and

680 really with a bit of slowing into the upper 50s through pleasanton and dublin, the build toward sunol a smooth flow where the east shore freeway gets company. the north bay, a quick look for 101 south. back to you. >>> it is 6:21. still ahead on "today in the bay" security concerns in sochi as athletes and families arrive. new details about the so-called ring of steel is strong enough to keep everyone safe during the winter games. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley... delicious granola bars made with the best ingredients in nature. nature valley. nature at its most delicious. >>> hard to believe the winter olympics are kicking off this week on thursday. most athletes have already arrived in sochi where they have encountered interesting security procedures. >> also head lines about the games how much they cost. peggy bunker here with that. good morning. >> what a price tag. before the winter ga

sunol grade a big rig hit the debris if the have divide and northbound 680 is slowing. we will look at highway 87 in san jose with the emergency crews, cars are slowing. look at the water. lots of flooding. this is by the pavilion. million cruise are out there. it is coming down. take extra time. you will need it. keep the speeds down. >>> this morning, the storm system pounding the bay area is unlashing the full force in southern california. the all out efforts this morning to keep dozens of homes from sliding away. >> a meeting between a player making history in the nab and the family of a teen who lost his life in a produce tall hate crime. >>> new direction and a simple traffic ticket is leading to a change of how you can use your >>> covering los altos, petaluma and all bay area this is use. >> it is the last friday of february 2014 and a look from sutro tower to san francisco. we still have rain but mike was saying the heaviest of the rain moved through. we will have showers all day long but mike is the expert. i will let him tell you. >> the last day of february

dublin interchange, you have wide open roadways and clear along highway 84 and coming down to the sunol and continuing into castro valley along 580 to 238 a great drive, as well. no construction, either, because of the holiday and it is looking clear and top speeds. you can see from emeryville camera is the bay bridge and we have a couple of lanes taken away because of construction in the westbound direction and all cones are picked up by 5:00. cars are moving fine. >> a snake-handling pastor who was on the national geographic reality show "snake salvation," has died after being bitten at a church service. he was handling a rattlesnake at the church in kentucky and he was bitten on the hand. when the ambulance arrived workers were told he refused medical treatment and went home. >> he woke up in the hospital he would blame us. he would not go to the hospital. he told me, you get bit you die at home or god brings you through. >> the pastor upon -- eight times before. >> kids tried to to started a fire that turned into a blast with debris flying into the backyard. police say the living ro

we will look at maps to see what is happening, with plenty of green moving to sunol from pleasanton we have report of boxes in the lane southbound 680 . 580, tracy through castro valley is 33 minutes. 101 northbound from highway 85 to the san jose airport is 12 minutes. 2 death through daly city into san francisco is under ten minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza shows everything is moving along fine making the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza from the maze. >>> we have break news in san jose, a man died after being stabbed outside a bar on east santa clara street. police believe the trouble started with a fight inside that spilled into the streets. witnesses say the victim and suspect appear to be men in their 20's and we have a look at the scene, you can see the paramedics are there and police are on the scene. officers have detained one man for questioning. paramedics rushed the victim to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. we have a report with cornell bernard at the top of the hour. >> developing news from oakland. the search is on for a suspected carjacker and the elderly

watch sunol as that will creep in. a look at the south bay, san jose, your view is fine but the glowing lights indicate more moisture. there was mist that might have sensors on my wipers, we have a newer car i'm driving and it's not new, no, but it's newer than the old car we have. back to you. >> sensors. >> still ahead "today in the bay" a new app released that could one day perhaps save your life. >> plus, the podium sweep in sochi. we hear from the american men who dominated one of the newest events at the winter olympics. it's a wondrous sensation of clarity and alertness... it's owning your opponent... it's knowing beyond a doubt "you got this"... it's keeping your head down, your eye on the ball, and knocking it out of the park... it's getting in the zone... it's keeping on your toes... on target... on top... focus is staring the world in the face and saying "bring it"... focus is power... focus is life... and 5-hour energy is focus. >>> welcome back everyone. a very good friday morning to you. it's 4:45. el cam

we will look at maps to see what is happening, with plenty of green moving to sunol from pleasanton wein the lane southbound 680 . 580, tracy through castro valley is 33 minutes. 101 northbound from highway 85 to the san jose airport is

on the left is a live look over palo alto and on the right is sunol-of-we'll take every precious raindrop we can get after 36 month of drought and below average conditions. won't be enough to make up the deficit so conservation is a serious conversation. more now from santa clara. >> reporter: hi there, jess camp folks have been wondering what can we do with all of this now that we've finally gotten it? heard our friends and neighbors say it's raining but still won't be enough. a lot of folks are turning to a method that goes back to the cave man days of collecting the water for use at a later time. as the rain falls in the saratoga, brad daniels collects it in storage barrels, a way of life and his business. he founded rain savers about five years ago but when the serious drought talks started about five month ago the phones started ringing off the hook. >> i am getting calls saying, hi, can you get here before the rain starts? so i'm trying. >> daniel can install a simple barrel in about an hour at a cost of about $200. light blocking barrels where algae cannot grow and with screens to

we will start to the south you can see the moderate-to-heavy rain pulling through the sunol grade to to richmond and through the san ramon valley we are fining the heaviest of the wet weather into the north bay. zooming out you can see the heavy weather is rotating through the areas and in the next hour, the heaviest weather is going to move on and we will still have a steady rain transferring over to scattered showers during the morning commute. by the afternoon, the showers will taper and we will get a bake but it will have high surf at the coast at mid-to-upper 60's. the worst is falling right now. sue has to tell you about accidents. >> quite a few solo spinouts with high wind. a big rig hit debris southbound 680 and the center divide northbound is slow. standing water according to the c.h.p. authority 280 at the parkway affecting all lanes. expect days astro valley eastbound 580 before 238, another solo spinout and reports westbound 580 at north livermore flooding and solo spinout and greenville, reports of an accident solo spinout. extra caution. >>> we continue coverage with a

shows coyote and morgan hill and san martin and the area with showers headed to fremont, hayward, sunol grade moving through danville and blackhawk a few light sprinkles and tell -- daly city and san francisco. by noon the showers are over but the north bay and in the afternoon hours you can see we will have sunshine, clouds and possibly a break from the wet weather with breezes along the coast and winds at 10- to 20-miles per hour and upper 50's to mid-60 at the coast. >> in san jose, crews have wrap up at the scene of an apartment fire that displaced 18 including eight children shortly after midnight. several cars and a carport at a four unit town house were burning. one unit was totally destroyed. three others were badly damaged. everyone get out safely. no word on a cause. >> from last night open twitter, officials say an issue with an air conditioning system led to delta connection flight be filled with smoke as it landed at oakland international airport. this video was shot by we a passenger on the flight and a former spokesman for bart. he says the cabin filled with smoke as they

sierra nevada and until 10:00 it is not here and we are getting light reports, milpitas over to the sunolerade, not a lot, there is a lot hear around hayward, new york and you can see there are pockets, highway 17 maybe, but toss north there are some 40s and here comes the cooler air and even though it is cloudy for most, it will be clearing out and it is partly to mostly sunny as the system says goodbye. there is a little chill favoring fremont and sunnyville south, here is sal. >>> all right, steve, west pound 508 and right now it's not causing a big problem but you can use city streets and that's backed up for about a 20 to 2 ever and on the road, traffic is moving relatively well. 7 minutes, let's go back to the desk. >>> we are following breaking news where firefighters were still on the scene after being there a few hours. janine de la vega joins us from fremont with more on the fire firefighters are calling suspicious. you cannot see where the fire broke out because it is in between these two houses and the fire investigator is on the scene and he is there collecting evidence. >> re

around and see some from san rafael back over to cc sabathia bay -- san pablo bay, union city, sun sunolnta cruz mountains and 50s on the temperatures and not really a cold front but it was strong enough and it will take its rain with us. we will focus our attention right there on this system which is going to be a very, very strong system and rainfall projections look solid through late saturday, heavier south from the santa cruz mountains and everybody will be in on this one. partly cloudy after some morning rain and it's out of the south, southwest and 50s for your high today. here is sal. >>> we are still watching the commute marched by two major crashes. the first one such westbound 280 and it has been there since 1:00 and it's blocking lanes and traffic is going to be very slow all the way back from highway 5. you can take 5 to get around the problem and this might inadvertently help out as you drive through the pass as people are getting through. there is also an injury crash with an overturned vehicle and remember be careful. i want to mention, traffic is going tobies i as you dr

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down the nimitz, the top speed fromdown city toward fremont is 71 miles per hour and under the sunol grade is 67 miles per hour. not too bad. san jose is wide open 101, 280, highway 85, all looking clear and accident free even between the 280 and 680 split on 101 we do not see the usual delays we normally see. richmond and san rafael bridge the toll plaza is going to take you 13 minutes into the north bay and this is from the skyway to san francisco a few extra cars but accident free. >> daily earnhardt are j scores the first daytona 500 win in a decade and celebrating and what he does immediately after the big win earning thousands of instant supporters. >> bay area documentary hoping to take home oscar gold we to take home oscar gold we talked to the politicalwinkler. and i know there are many myths out there about a reverse mortgage, so i want you to know the facts. there are currently no credit score or income requirements to qualify. you can get tax-free money from the equity in your home. you can use the money to pay off your current mortgage if you have one. the remaining mone

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fremont, looks like the sunol grade, union city to sunol.s line that forms from san jose to gilroy in the santa clara valley. those lines are potential of producing heavy rain. it's been raining heavily towards monterey and carmel. i think they are the leader of the pack. for us, things are beginning to pick up. there have good returns on radar. 40s, 50s. a lot more 50s. this bears watching for later this afternoon. i think for severe weather, thunderstorms or hail. rain and wind for us. light to moderate. maybe heavy a little later. temperatures in the 50s and also 60s. here's sal. >>> right now we do have a lot of crashes that have popped up and too many to mention. a lot of them are noninjury crashes. as you can see, traffic is going to be busy. i just put up the general bay area map. you can see the red on almost every freeway, especially original the east bay commutes. just where steve mentioned the wet weather coming through is correlated with all of the slow traffic coming in. in san jose, we have slow traffic on every single freeway.

light showers across the south bay up 680 and 880 through milpitas to fremont to union city through sunol grid to the san ramon valley to the central valley. we have some coming off the mountains to the west in redwood city and palo alto and foster city and san mateo you will get a light shower. the best radar runs are up 101 and 12 through the napa valley. this is going to continue sliding to the northeast and hopefully by noon we are out of the showers but a stray shower in the north bay. sutro tower has been calming down. we still have breezes today. the height rain showers taper and heavy rain and windy and thunder tonight and we will have scattered showers through saturday. we have a cold front moving through. that is moving away from us. you can see a break. we have a lot of cloud cover lining up against the next cold front. urban flooding is a possible with this. wind damage because the winds are faster and the grounds are saturated. scattered power outages. this evening you can see the clouds increasing between eight and 10:00 a wave of light rain will move in and the heavy shower

might be on the sunol grade. 50s on the temperatures.'t moved all morning long but the breeze is picked up. in fact, about 20, 25 miles an hour. one system accelerating out because here comes the next one. this one is already back there. you can are seeing a low -- you are seeing a low form. i think the wind cranks up and the windfall will be widespread and good. breezy, windy. the wind really picks up tonight. 50s, 60s on your temperatures. here's sal. >>> it's still slow out there. there's still showers moving through. this is dry here at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's about a 30-minute drive time in the normal lanes. getting across into san francisco, not a big delay in the carpool lanes, however. some of the fast track lanes are faster. this is a look at the commute on 880. it's slow heading south as we have a big backup out of hayward to fremont this morning for this southbound commute. whenever it rains, the traffic slows which you probably already know this. 580 westbound is slow on the altamont pass and getting into the main par

. >>> 680 at the sunol grade. traffic is looking okay at this hour. you can see it's moving nicely. we have an accident in oakland to tell you about -- next. >>> beautiful sunrise here. a lot of pictures coming in. it was that burning sky. so the cloud cover is here but what about the rain? can we get that in here. it will be a cool forecasted high temperature. >>> welcome back. 7:13. reports of a kidnapping threat at the winter olympics with the opening ceremonies set for friday in sochi. the austrian olympic committee is investigating a kidnapping threat targeting two of their world class athletes. the committee's office in vienna received an anon list letter from russia. it contained a threat against an austrian skier and a snow sled racer. olympic organizers say a special anti-terror unit will be with those two athletes when they leave the olympic village. >>> the russian government is making final security preparations. there are now more than 40,000 russian troops and police officers in the city. russian terrorists have publicly targeted these winter games and defense secretar

hour and we are seeing that buildup of morning traffic and 680 is smooth through pleasanton to the sunolde and no issues there. we have a stalled vehicle eastbound side of the bay bridge approaching treasure island is blocking one lane and we have construction that will last until 2:00 this afternoon and one lane is taken away and if you need to make it to the east bay give yourself extra time. this morning and in the afternoon. >> public health researchers are urgently trying to understand a mystery illness. five bay area children are paralyzed. the number of sick children in california could be up to 25. four-year-old came down with the illness in the past 18 months. her left arm is paralyzed and doctors say she will probably never regain the use of it. others are paralyzed in more than one him. >> prognosis we have seen is not good. most of the children we have seen have not recovered use of their arm or leg. our suspicion is this is a virus but it is not proven. >> some of the first symptoms were those of a cold. the cases are rare and there is no need to panic. katie marzullo will h

southbound 84 approaching buchanan, down to sunol the drive is moving along fine but the commute fromo valley and toward san leandro and southbound 880 at marina boulevard we have another accident but it is to the shoulder. drive time traffic 101 from san francisco to sfo if you have a flight to catch, ten minutes. from highway 85 to the san jose airport it is 11 minutes and outside our window, san mateo bridge away from hayward to foster city is only going to take you 2012 minutes. >> 5:19. seven things to know as you start the day. >> this is not a photo bomb, a dolphin helps a pro ball player pop the question. >> the threat that could have people living in the world's tallest od is in e almond. a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. good . get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of u.s. snowboarding. of the besis that millions of ra is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance

sunol to fremont, no problems for 680, it's north 680.the first burst, it's showing up as your typical northbound routes now. 87 into downtown. the latest to show speeds down in the 40s, your free down and another in wood side by alis's restaurant. southbound getting company. back to you. >> that's a lot. >>s you know there are new words about the eastern pan of the bay bridge. >> rain may be leaking. peggy joins us with new details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. as you have been hearing a lot of places got water that maybe weren't supposed to. the bay bridge on that list, the word now that it's leaking rain water under the road check. it really is spectacular. this was the large ets construction project, $6.4 billion and for that amount you would expect we wouldn't hear problems we're having with the steel rods, the bolts, now this we -- it's supposed to be water tight area they found the leaking and the pooling of the water. engineers say the leaks could cause the bridge to corrode and significantly shorten its

union city, top speds there, and to the south as you make the drive along 680 northbound up to the sunoll put on the brakes at mission boulevard and it is slow-and-go traffic headed into the southbound side with no delays, the drive through milpitas along 880 is looking clear. this going to be the san mateo bridge where a few extra cars have made it to the bridge crossing the water it will take you 14 minutes to make it to the peninsula. >> don't go too far away we know you have something important to tell us because this is black history month and today we celebrate a man whoibility an an a-- who build an acclaim reputation. >> 1120 years -- 120 years ago paul revere williams was born in los angeles and he became known as the architect to the stars, building homes for hollywood elite. before he became a respected and highly sought after designer, he had to breakdown the barriers of prejudice. he had several gems right here in the bay area. i visited with a local home owner who lives in one of the only paul william homes in the city of san francisco and spoke with a local architect about

talking about speed through the tri-valley, an easy flow, no problems for visibility there or through sunolght find some likely later on. we saw clouds yesterday and into the south bay where the crews, that's the only thing starting to lift and clearing through the area as well. maybe some moisture in gilroy as well. >> definitely. even on my trip up from campbell to san jose which is about a 10-mile stretch i know, it was definitely misty out there. and the roadway was slick so you want to take it easy, travel cautiously. give yourself extra time. you have the whole weekend to enjoy hopefully you get a three-day weekend. if not guess who is going to be there with you? us. we'll be here on monday. 5:19 now. a live look at the bay bridge. a beautiful start to the day. it's a little misty. we're going to continue to see this steady mist and drizzle so you want to give yourself ample time. i want to show you san jose. you can see the same overcast sky overhead. we head throughout the day we're going to climb into the upper 60s because we're starting out so mild in the mid to upper 50s. so let'

no problem for 680 through sunol. starting to build south on 680 into fremont. here in the south bay north 87 at skyport at the off ramp. the parking lot at the san jose international airport there is a spin-out there. be careful. that's not a major problem as far as speeds past the area. we have a gentle build for north 87, the second burst as well as 101 northbound. you see the second one kicks in on schedule. here is 85, 285 to show slower speeds. south of here, san martin, all the way to san martin. and the overturned tanker, the northbound side, very slow up into the area. north of morgan hill. a smooth drive along the peninsula no. problems for the bay bridge toll plaza. a nice drive down the east shore. back to you. >> mike, thank you. still ahead "today in the bay," dire look at the statewide drought. we'll show you the startling new pictures of the state reservoir. >> let's take a live look outside, sun rising over the bay area. more rain in the works. we'll check with christina. she has been setting all of that radar for us as another storm headed our

in toward sunol. the tri-valley your commute direction look likes a smooth drive, all the greens, but slowing into livermore. looking toward oakland with a smooth flow, north past the coliseum to the bay bridge toll plaza back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> 5:11. google reportedly opening an office in san francisco. we'll have details. >> jimmy fallon steps on the stage of the new tonight show. we'll have the highlights. >>> welcome back to you. we look at live pictures of new york city and rockefeller center. it's supposed to get in the 40s in new york so some of that snow will melt away. i see ice there at the top of the camera there. that will melt as well. >> san jose family is mourning the loss of their dog after a fire destroyed their home. ten people were in the home near the intersection of tully and king when the two-alarm fire broke out. everyone but the dog got out. a neighbor's home was damaged. the cause is under investigation. >> google branching out in san francisco. according to the finan

a live picture right now from sunol. we are going a little bucolic on you there.o a live image from downtown san francisco and the transamerica building. >>> now to an nbc bay area follow-up. was it a contrived or candid story of survival. that's what the world wondered when a castaway washed ashore in the marshall islands just a few weeks ago. now new evidence is supporting the man's incredible tale. the university of hawaii found that jose sal vvarenga's claim consistent with the wind and ocean currents during his ordeal. he claims in late 2012 he and a friend went fishing off of the coast of southern mexico when their engine died. he managed to survive by eating sea birds, turtles and drinking his own urine. doubters claim he's too healthy for somebody who endured those sorts of oar deals. >>> the olympics is of course a time for amazing performances and extreme focus. do not be fooled that there isn't partying going on as well. one bay area legend worked the party circuit like none other. raj mathai has an interview with jonny moseley. >> i am proposing to jon

a drive into and out of sunol, the castro valley wye over to -- the crash has the slow lane blocked. we're seeing slow downs in both directions by the distraction by the lights. slower through the dublin interchange. we have the westbound 4 slowing for antioch. that's on schedule. >> 5:41. change is coming to your local supermarket. joining the fda to tell you what's new. >> and tats take a look at the sierra where that storm hit the bay area. gave us rain, gave them snow. we'll have a live report. >>> welcome back. we are watching the weather, taking a live look outside at the san mateo bridge. you can tell it's slick roadways throughout once again. and a look at the radar, more heavy rain headed our way for late tonight. we'll get the details in moments. >> those nutrition fact labels on nearly every food package could get a new look. michelle obama and the head of the fda will announce proposed changes. these include bolder bigger type to make the labels easier to read and make serving sizes more realistic and use measurements easier to understand. the changes will take several ye

through castro valley, top speeds approaching 238 and pleasanton to the sunol grade, 680 is fine.t san jose, everything is running along fine and accident free along 101, 280 and highway 85. >>> thank you. america is watching one south bay city as we wait to the lucky person holding the one winning ticket for the whopping power ball drawing to come forward. amy hollyfield is in milpitas looking for someone smiling and living large with a wallet this big. amy? >> keep in mine, there are two winners in this, the lucky person that has the ticket, but, will, the owner of the store, the dickinson landing chevron here in milpitas. the clerk says he is now the lucky winner, he is not the owner. he says his owner is excited. he says the owner will be here between 6:00 and 7:00 this morning so we hope we will meet him he will win $1 million for setting the ticket which was sold at this store on california circle in milpitas and it is the only one with all six numbers. it is worth $425 million so the lump sum if the winner takes a lump sum gets $242 million. this is the second time in two m

approaching the merge, with all of these folks out of livermore and sunol. not a surprise. to point it out. here the upper east shore freeway is jammed from 4 down to san pablo. a series of crashes, a couple of them stuck around in lanes. a couple others move to the shoulder in richmond. that's causing all of this backup. they could be easier down to the bay bridge and berkeley, the speed in the yellow and green. the 50s and 60s. that's great through that portion. heading to the bay bridge toll plaza and the berkeley curve, then slow down, look at the incline, a smooth drive through the backup at the toll plaza, nice view you can see the city on the san francisco side no. problems across the bay in either direction. the golden gate bridge coming through the north bay, a smooth flow and you can see the two towers and the hills. that's a good view with visibility fine. farther south over the san mateo bridge, coming westbound, meeting up with these folks. it new problem. 101, we get the merge, not an issue. back to you. >> thanks, mike. it's 6:50. happening now officers looki

you can see traffic is getting a little busier coming out to the sunol grade. 580 we have a crash westbound we've also had slow traffic on 580 from the altamont pass. let's go to steve. >>> we are getting good reports of rain. mark in pleasant hill. in los gatos as well and oakland and raining in the fie die. that is the financial district. thank you christie. rain is moving on shore. there is pretty good lightning strikes. this afternoon and evening could be very, very interesting. things are lighting up off of santa cruz and monterey. things are beginning to juice up. they are inching closer. this may be a pattern where areas south get more. things are looking up. rain falling in san jose. parts of the east bay maybe where you live you can always tweet me at sp weather or post something on facebook. i'm there or get back to you. also to the north getting reports of rain from a little bit in napa. not too much and there was a couple in clearlakes. it rooks like that has moved out. 50 oz.en the temps -- 50s on the temps. rain fall will be really good. this will also be a very windy pattern.