and susan turnbull forwarded this picture from clear lake. susan says they picked up five inches of snow last night. you can send us your photos or videos, or just e-mail them to us at you report at kgo -- tv.com. >> back home a downed tree closed piedmont avenue in berkeley. crews were called in to clear he road at the intersection at channing way. they had to use chain saws and a mulcher to get the road open again. >>> we're getting plenty of rain, too, and not just unusual for rain to fall on the san francisco's annual chinese new year's parade. hundreds of thousands are expected to attend. at it getting underway right now, and we're in the thick of it. tomas is live around the parade route. >> reporter: we're in the tick of it. this is a very noisy celebration, very noisy new year celebration. we're here at second and market. just about stopped raining. the parade started 45 minutes ago. as you can see behind me there's still a lot of people waiting to go up the parade route. this parade dates back to 1858 in san francisco. organizers expe