with the delta protection act clearly is headed to court. to court. last year we ended up with odds not only with the building industry of california but also the legal cities and county organizations not wanting us to interfere and we think we have a different relationship this year and we want to continue to push the issue of land use plans and processes not just some ste rile plan on a shelf. fully use this and even more importantly disclose those kinds of things as they proceed to develop properly. one issue is when we issue grants from onee and 84 to perhaps flood jurisdiction we want the local land use that protects that to adopt a formal flood risk associated with it. very controversial but that fight is not over. >> all right. over on this side in the back, yes. >> i'm laura lee from the san francisco chamber of commerce. i have two questions. one your welcome to ignore and answer the second one. the first one is, this conversation today seems apposed to issue about draining hetchhetchy. if you could assure me somewhere in your plan that you've

it's the story of the colorado river and its delta. the river starts in the rocky mountains of my home state of colorado and ends at its delta in mexico. the delta is one of the most important stopovers in the united states and western north america for birds and provides critical habitat to the species. under 1944 treaty, the u.s. gets 90% of the colorado's water and mexico gets 10%, and no water left over for the delta. as a result, the mighty colorado no longer flows to california. the delta that once covered 2 million acres is reduced to 10% of the original size, less than 1%, a tenth of a percent of the water that reached the delta reaches it today, and that water is by accident. it comes from incidental flows, mostly waste water that runs off the agriculture fields near yuma. as a long term drought in this region continues, we expect that agriculture and cities will become more efficient with their use of water. that's a good thing, but it's also a bad thing for the delta because as agriculture and cities become efficient, in othe

east bay picking up rain drops, and the delta. a flood advisory in effect for the next 25 minutes. we are still continuing to see those streams and creeks rise. we had heavy downpours early in the morning in salon of famil. future cast n continuing tomorrow, picking up a quarter and of rain. by thursday a light rain moving in with the system morning and listen quarter of an inch of rain. by friday that brings and heavier rain. a more intense storm. it could pickup an engine half of rainfall in some of the locations around the bay. here's the 7 day around the bay, wet weather continuing, cool temperatures as well. into the weekend we cool it down into the 50s. let's check in with traffic. >> erica: we are not tracking the bay bridge is a hot spots yet, but it is extending past the parking lot here. if you have fast track traffic moves well westbound and is in francisco. over to the san mateo bridge no problems here, likelike conditions. picking up some of the slower traffic around the bay area no surprise here, westbound highway 4

it's the story of the colorado river and its delta. the river starts in the rocky mountains of my home state of colorado and ends at its delta in mexico. the delta is one of the most important stopovers in the united states and western north america for birds and provides critical habitat to the species. under 1944 treaty, the u.s. gets 90% of the colorado's water and mexico gets 10%, and no water left over for the delta. as a result, the mighty colorado no longer flows to california. the delta that once covered 2 million acres is reduced to 10% of the original size, less than 1%, a tenth of a percent of the water that reached the delta reaches it today, and that water is by accident. it comes from

in the afternoon, we are looking for 80 in the north bay, in concord, the delta. get close to the 80 degree mark. towards 9:00 p.m. we are still looking for 60 in 70 degree temperatures. it will be warm evening into the 9:00 p.m. hour. our afternoon highs show you 73 in san francisco, 83 napa, 76 for oakland, bring down the nimitz freeway upper 70's. now lookit your 70 forecast we have warmer conditions continuing on through tomorrow, tomorrow will be warmer than today. friday relatively warm, sunny day sunday cooling down the highs getting into the '60s and maybe some north bay showers. it doesn't take long for high pressure to get back in there and warming is up in the beginning of next week. >> george: still uneasy ride with no hot spots around the bay area this morning. no slow traffic even 4583 altamont pass. bridge check for the toll plaza the metering lights have been activated for just about 10 minutes now appeared it is still a good ride but is backing up as you can see. san mateo bridge commute, it went away. ok. the right to the bay bridge looks good sa

into the delta, livermore, fremont as well. fourth they and the peninsula will continue to see a dry out and we could catch trout breaks as we head into the latter part of your morning. watch feature cast. pop-up showers and at time moderate downpour as well. not think it as heavy as what we're dealing with right now. evening hours, it will taper off. in this ye sierra, winter storm warning. we're looking for 2-4 ft. by friday morning. heavy snow fall and the possibility of avalanche danger. by friday, at bit more showers and saturday. here is a shot of the wet weather. george? >>george: al only hot spot has been cleared up. no. and it said bound at i'll keep boulevard where two lanes were blocked. --al hickey blvd. the two lanes are open now. traffic is getting back to normal for the northbound interstate 280 ride. the toll plaza has eased a bit, the meter and lights activated right after our last report. the back that is in the center lane for a fast track users. but passions are not backed up yet. --cash tolld. the flooding r

are we building another katrina in the delta and are we doing that increases the delta failure that has profound water shortage implications and we have them claiming yes climate change is real, yes, it has implications, but, no, they would not evaluate them. so being the reasonable people we are, we sued them. but we think it require as real analysis especially when agencies are making long-term issues with profound effects for public safety and we hope the courts resolve that rapidly and the legislature can do that as well. >> as far as regional exercises, i think i'm all for it. they do have their limitations but the way to improve these models and to understand their capabilities is to use them and try to confirm that they work on big events that we actually have observed, and so you know, typically, we look retrospective simulations and try to introduce as much independence in the tests that are used, in order to gain confidence that the models work in future situations. i'm not familiar with the environmental quality act or activity that you mentioned but i think it's worth discus

and also along the delta that is where the heaviest rain will be concentrated.nd also at 11:00, it napa, fairfield overnight, heavy inland. wheat could still see showers south of the golden gate. we could still-see showers. 7:00 p.m., scattered shower activity into wednesday afternoon but brief. another storm on the heels on thursday but even stronger! rainfall totals kamal up to 2 in.. and even more rain fall as we go towards thursday with rainfall totals possibly up to 2 in.. stay with us. >>pam: it has officially been five years since the first tweet was sent out. kimberly sakamoto? >> kimberlee: the celebrated this milestone, twitter is a new website and video. some of its most prominent users. why the use it and how was it impacting. >> snoop dog--talking about martha stewart. >> and i want to listen to the american people. >> ... everyday i enjoy reading twitter. ciao on the beautiful planet earth. >> kimberlee: ending it with this video, with astronauts that tweet from space. you can see earth from the shuttle. this video and the website shows 16 users fr

there may be areas, particularly in the delta, where it's better to halt planned development than it is to allow the development to be built and then face the cost of trying to protect it from inevitable flooding. clearly, what we have to do is figure out how much it will cost to protect everything that's vulnerable to flooding, figure out how much everything that might flood is worth, and then develop a thoughtful regional strategy that effectively deals with this issue. the choice of moving aggressively to reduce green house gasses so the sea level rise we have to deal with is at the lower end of the spectrum that the scientists tell us we should be planning. it's too late to prevent climate change and sea level rise. they are already happening. and even if we shut down all the power plants and park all of our cars, there is so much green house gas in the atmosphere it will continue to get warmer. in many ways we're in the same position as the captain of the titanic was. what was his name? edward j. smith. at the speed he was going, by the time he saw the iceberg, it was inevitable

also and to the delta heavy shower over antioch and pittsburgh. a lot of rain coming down for highway 4. further to the north highway 12 we have been tracking the salt, it continues to push off to the east, that is the general direction right now to east. we have that's all over livermore but now it's over by tracy. things clearing up through the livermore valley on 580. we are seeing on and off again showers in campbell, cupertino. for the most part it is like this morning, as you make your drive to be surprised if you come across to heavy rain. we saw some yellow on the maps near walnut creek in oakland. taking a quick look at future cast 4 for saturday. that's the next big storm. this is what it looks like at 3 am saturday morning heavy showers to the north, advancing clocks to 6:00 a.m. is widespread with heavy showers will into the north bay, by 3:00 p.m. showers will be fine. sunday another brief system comes then this will be a wet weekend the system doesn't last long. showers for saturday, lighter showers sunday. you have that to look forwa

more on that coming >>mark: biggest move we had was out in the delta and we will see what is going on right now. right now the northern half of this city from the golden gate bridge out to were the papers comes into view, it is dealing with grain right now. the rate extends to the north up to richmond. the albany area, in fact, our manager tom newman got the call at 515 to hear about it pale. pale in albany. --hail. just some interesting news for you. your ride through the caldecott tunnel into lafayette is a little lead. walnut creek as well. we have a still moving through right now with intense hours associated with it. we had a heavy batch of what they're going through into knocked a little bit ago but it is turning into rain, primarily in brentwood. still, a wet morning for a pivotal step what is still little bit longer. said is a, not a lot going on right there. we to expect that showers to intensify for the evening. at 9:00 p.m. future cast is predicting rain in the north bay. as we advance to 3:00 a.m. light plane is bay wide. the entire north bay has a moderate-heavy rain are

detention facility in solano county. 30-year-old nathan simson last seen around 9:30 last night at the delta conservation camp east of suisun city. and 6'1", 150 pounds and orange colored jeans and an orange shirt. he had been serving time for

by 3:00 p.m. '80s across the north bay in the delta. the oakland hills, hayward seeing 80 degree weather. it will greabe great. y 8:00 p.m. still seeing '60s and '70s soul will be mild evening for you as well. this afternoon it will be warm, record-breaking potential. 73 in san francisco, 75 richmond, 83 san rosa, 76 in oakland. '70s 6 all away from oakland. your seven day forecast a warming trend begins today temperatures and low '80s, to more mid-80s, that will be the warmest it the way in maybe breezy today and tomorrow and offshore wind gives us preconditions in the hills. nothing will keep you from enjoying the day. 7:19 a.m. let's say good morning to george. >> george: what a difference a day makes yesterday we were loaded with hot spots through the morning. so far we of yet to see one. let's start you off with a bridge check, metering lights have been activated for a while at the bay bridge but not much of a back up. in only begins at the end of the east parking lot. this 880 approaches still a great one to get to the bay bridge.

a flood warning for the delta and fairfield near now but is well. riods of moderate to heavy rain sec. up to an inch an hour at times. right now the ground already is so saturated from the recent rainy can't take any more rain. that is why there's potential flooding. mainly this will be from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.. this will coincide with winds, a wind advisory effect for the entire bay area. the purple one your screen represents the highest wind warning. the strongest winds will accompany that storm between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.. twins 35 mi. an hour and gusts to 45 could bring down trees and power lines. we could see that there again tomorrow morning. like tahoe, up to 2 ft. of snow expected tomorrow up to 6 in. on friday. we will continue to see more fresh powder in the forecast for the next couple of days. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, big storm out there tomorrow with the possibility of a lingering thundershowers in the afternoon. friday light showers, mostly just right and another storm on saturday morning. then we will final

we have seen lots of activity around the delta. ut of antioch as we go downstream towards 680. that corridor leading over, heading towards san jose. plenty of moderate rain fall is indicated by the shades of yellow. it looks like for the most part, we are beginning to dry out around the peninsula, but plenty of rain to come. our satellite picture, watch this area of low pressure producing over 2 inches of rain today. behind it, a bigger storm for your sunday. this is how we are playing out. rain, this is all on the heal to the passage of today storm. it's a bigger storm coming by saturday night that will cause gusty winds as well. so count on in and out of the showers tomorrow. high sur advisory. it swells up to 17 feet. wind advisory in place for your sunday. that's how gusty this is going to be with some of the gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour. tomorrow, a stray shower here and there. filling in with heavier precipitation. temperatures into the 50s. south winds at 20. the gustier winds will be up to 2 inches. 4 inches and the hig

more diverse supply portfolio that is no longer solely dependent of the hydraulics coming out of the delta and colorado river. the second piece of the strategy is authorities capitol improvement category. we recently recosted our program which is a 20 to 25 year program and it will cost us 24 billion dollars to do that. if we truly want water supply and reliability we need to pay for it. it does not come cheap. someone asked earlier in the earlier panel. what if the projections are wrong. we're talking a lot of money. my concern is what if the projections are right? are you willing to jeopardize your communities water reliability by saying we may not have to do that? some of ourcip? what we're implementing may make no sense in other areas. where we're spending our money may make no sense in seattle where they have a different portfolio, supplies and timing. so we have a variety of components that we're doing and, we're going to be spending between 2 hundred and 4 hundred million a year for a really long time. what's important though, is that our community understands it and we - our commun

efficient, in other words, cutting down the waste water that is vie that to the delta. when groups and scientists realize what's happening, they began publicizing the importance of the delta as providing critical habitat to areas in this country and provided services to people in both countries. not only that, but these grass roots efforted succeeded in engaging the u.s. and mexico governments to rethink their formal responsibilities. they convinced the country's government to add minutes to the treaty, similar to amendments, that acknowledge the importance of how decisions over water, allocations affectioned the delta and its species. this encouraged the governments to sit at one table through the colorado joint cooperative process and work together to find dedicated nonaccidental flows, dedicated flows of water to the delta. while still meeting urban needs, to me, this is absolutely amazing. in the safest climate change and massive drought, nonprofit groups and university scientists encourage our governments to work together. in summary, i'd like to say that i recogniz

you'll be surprised how far inland they go, all the way to the delta. gate head up and then into the delta community. that's why you see napa and sonoma, some of those counties under the tsunami warning. i've been watching this particular buoy here. the wave heights have not changed over the last several hours running about 12 feet. once the tsunami comes in, 2 feet from point reyes, 3 feet around half moon bay and about three and a third in santa cruz. let's turn it over to frances. lots of problems potential with this. what's going on? >> especially on bart, mike, where they were talking about stopping all service up to 9:00 this morning between west oakland and daly city. they're continuing to monitor the tsunami situation and so far there have been no changes to the normal schedule, no delays reported but again they still are considering the possibility of shutting down the service between west oakland and daly city. muni lines have to be rerouted due to the great highway closure and, also, please do not park on highway 92. heavy traffic there. high

and 8:00, it continues to the north bay and delta. area 11:00 p.m., continuing to the central valley and also to napa, fairfield. heavy through the overnight hours and that is one will start to see the rain to turn to showers. when state could not be too bad but lingering showers activity into midday wednesday. rainfall totals through midday with a one-quarter in the north bay. three- quarters = central ave. santa cruz = 2 in.! and even more on thursday flooding could be a big concern. the rain is picking up again. and carrying over into friday with the chance of rain lingering. we're not come as active pattern just yet. stay with us, we are back after this break. [ male announcer ] this...is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn... ♪ in here, machines have a voice... ♪ in here, medical history follows you... even when you're away from home. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities, creating and integrating solutions, helpi

identification -- densification, you may put us in a situation to have to go out and buy water from the delta. we are scaling back the recycled. you are not going to be able to provide as much ground water as was planned a couple of years ago. we are not going to do desalination. where is the water going to come from? conservation is pretty much a done deal now. i think it is an important topic and i urge you to have a hearing. >> is there any additional general public comment? >> for the record, that was not my house. >> i neglected to thank staff, especially kirsten, sarah, and jessica for all of their work last three years on the housing element. i want to thank them for all of that incredible work. they have been heroic in this effort as well as susan and the rest of the city attorney's. thank you all for this. thank you, commissioners, for your actions. >> i also wanted to thank you, having been through the earlier housing element in 2003-2004. in much better time around. >> general public comment is closed, obviously. meeting is adjourned.

the deltas still have that flood advisory in effect for the rio vista area. at 54 santa rosa. now, here's a look at the extended forecast. here's what is of concern to us with these storms. ground is already saturated. so, the next round of rain and wind will probably bring down a few more trees maybe some power outages, as well, into wednesday and thursday, as well. >> april showers bring may flowers, what do march showers bring? >> lots and lots of rain and downed power lines. >> thank you, nick. >> you're a creep, aren't you? >> no, i just noticed the book. >>> "limitless" took the top spot earning $19 million in the opening weekend. bradley cooper and robert den r ni niro. "rango" came in second place with $15 million. coming in at third, "battle los angeles" which dropped from the top spot last weekend. it raked in $14 million. >>> lawrence scott joins us now to look at sports and giants and a's getting together. >> getting together. their final game in arizona this spring and meet up yet again soon in another kind of exhibition. that back in the bay are

and the delta brain waves of sleep are the deep waves of sleep - you want to get into deep sleep. so, what i suggest, is that you get a visual of the delta brain waves and you look at it before you go to sleep, and what that does, it trains your brain to go to that deep place. it's really a good tip because it's a way of programming your brain to sleep very deeply and peacefully. it's been very helpful with my patients. another way to turn off the fight or flight response is to avoid negative people who i consider to be biological irritants - especially before you go to sleep. but try and have a circle of positive people around you to boost your biochemistry and the negative people can wear you down - so, it's just important to know that. and the final tip is to practice what i call the 3-minute meditation. and i was recently asked in an interview, what is the most important health practice that i just couldn't live without? and it would be this 3-minute meditation. the 3-minute meditation is guerilla meditation - it's being able to pause with whatever you're doing, whatever stres

we see a lot of blues, a little green as we head into the delta commute. right over saint mary's. snubbed by the way at the tournament but that's another tournament. 292, a little light rain there. we're already transitioning to scattered snow showers. going to the coast today, 11:00 this evening, 13 to 15 foot west, northwest swells to go with it. mid to upper 50s except monterey bay, temperatures upper 50s also inland. once this cold front comes through, dry. rain tomorrow, and it's a cold rain for friday, saturday and sunday. temperatures 10 degrees cooler than what we have today. 60s along the coast and low to mid-60s for the rest of us. monterey bay and inland, mid-60s. what we're seeing is the cold front the last ten hours. now just moving through the bay and into the south. the better part of the morning commute to clear our neighborhoods. expect it to be wet especially the bridge southward the next couple hours. behind that we get some breaks but we have high clouds that will obscure the sunshine. that will hit the north bay first and spread southward for the day for the r

district gets a significant share of its water from federal and state water projects that take it from the delta. the district is concerned that the efforts to stop filling fish in the pumps could result in stopping the pumps. >> thank you very much. >>> well, the rain isn't over yet. i want fact, there is a big -- in fact, there ig -- is a big storm coming later in the week. just a few scattered showers in the bay area. several more offshore. >>> today is the first day of spring and it sure came in like a lion, a blustery storm, power outages all over the bay area. let's look at some of the damage. >> you want to salute the death of a 150-year-old oak tree. >> it ripped out a gas line that serviced the house. >> luckily it didn't fall on the house. >> reporter: in san fra,s it was a man -- in san francisco, it was a man made wonder that took a fall. it landed near union square. >> i heard a big crash, went to the window and everybody was like running away across the way and hollering. >> reporter: luckily no one was hurt. also, a tree fell on to a car at lincoln avenue just after midnight with

in to midnight, over the delta, heavy rain. but the showers start to diminish. still see showers wednesday but they will be more scattered and taper off. rainfall totals, impressive. this is a quick moving storm. up to an inch in the north bay. 3/4 in the central beige. in the mountains, 2 inches of rain tomorrow into wednesday. inch in the east bay and half inch in the south bay. temperatures for tomorrow afternoon. we will warm up with the sun breaks early but as soon as the clouds roll in and the storm approaches we will see cooler temperatures. we are not going to stay this warm very long into tomorrow, mainly in the 50s. one storm, two storms, pack as punch again. very gusty winds tomorrow. thunderstorm outlook from the national weather service. a flight break on wednesday. more heavy rain on thursday. thunderstorm's storm could be stronger than tuesday. stay tuned for any flooding details. >>> the warriors travel to san antonio to take on the nba champion spurs spurs and the stanford wimpen's basketball team go for the win. as they look to go back to the s

hayward and down to the south bay and into the delta as well. it looks like we will dry out as we go to the late morning hours and early afternoon. with this storm we are going to get winds as well. and up in the sierra we have a winter storm warning in effect until 7:00. snow levels have been low, look likes they will stay around the 3,000-foot level but could get about a foot to two feet of snow through late tonight into your saturday morning. white out conditions certainly a possibility and of course, carry knows chains if you are going up there. we will see another round of wet with weather coming in right now and as we go to sunday we will have another system that could bring us a few showers. wey weaken each of the storms -- we will weaken each of the storms and by next week we could dry out. we could squeeze out 60 degrees in oakland and that area. here is your 7 day, rainy and windy tomorrow, and sunday, just a chance of showers, looks like passing showers, nothing too heavy. by monday, partly cloudy and sunshine comes out by next week an

he escaped before 10:00 last night from the delta conservation camp. he was serving time for car theft. >>> time now 6:39. two vallejo women say they were shocked that a group of people looked the other way as they were being robbed. psychologists say onlookers often don't get involved because they are worried about getting hurt or someone else will intervene. police say the best and the safest thing for bystanders to do is get a good description and call police. >>> it's 6:40 and we continue to bring you the latest information coming out of japan. up next we will go live to a reporter that is on the ground near the hardest hit area. >>> also a dramatic new video. a roadway in japan splitting in two. >>> well good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at the top stories. growing fear in japan over a possible third explosion at the nuclear power plant. and just a couple of hours ago officials said nuclear power rods in that plant are fully exposed which means they could overheat. two other explosions rocked the complex over the weekend. back

look at up by the delta, 51 mile-an-hour wind gusts. o be a problem at least until 6:00 this morning and that's when the national weather service will let the wind warning expire. but we will still see breezy winds throughout the day. a few sun breaks will allow for some more heating and some isolated thunderstorms today. then we are still looking at plenty of rain in the week ahead. take a look at the area low pressure. very tightly wound up around point arena. this continues to move to the north and east. as it does the winds will ten to subside throughout the day today. then another area of low pressure takes its place by late tomorrow. so here's the rest of the day. some scattered showers by 2:00 this afternoon. you will notice we are in the scattered shower activity. but then by monday night, here we are in the morning, the morning commute. he we have shower activity, a little bit of a break monday night into tuesday. and here comes our next weather maker, the middle of the week, looking at another healthy storm. high temperatures t

the bright green near the delta and for field a flood warning. will see periods of moderate to heavy rain overnight. as strong as an inch per hour along the coast. that is where the concern of flooding is the greatest. we have seen so much rain lately, the ground can't take much more. future cast, by 10:00 a.m. this evening moderate rain over the north bay in san francisco, oakland and santa cruz mountains. it will pick up in intensity past midnight. by 2:00 a.m., orange indicating heavier rain. the assault slides over the flood warning is in effect. as for your morning to you, the areas of moderate rainfall will break up a little bit and it will be his uniform. 70 am, heavy rain over the coast, 80 and moderate rain continues over the east bay in antioch. later on the rain turned scattered, although in the afternoon we have the possibility of thunderstorms. his sierra, the snow expected in the next 14 hours. up to 2 ft. of snow, same thing on thursday. a winter storm is in effect for both days. we do have a series of systems moving through. tomor

here is some of the fog i was talking about from concord out to antioch all around the delta, brentwoodnd this will continue to move through. you can see the direction of these storms. they are coming right out of the west. this accounts for the very mild readings. overnight lows, 56 in san jose. 52 in san rafael. 55 santa rosa. we haven't gone up much because of the extensive cloud cover. you can see that the downpours will continue through early this afternoon. once the winds pick up i don't think fog will be a problem overnight because of the wind. we have a couple of storm systems that will clip the north bay. unlike the storms a week ago, this is coming from all the way from hawaiian islands. here is the cold air dropping down from the gulf of alaska. we have chain requirements on 50 and 80. this will impact the wind that will mick out the moisture we're seeing and the fog and mild temperatures on and off throughout the day. we'll start to see clearing and perhaps pockets until the winds develop tomorrow afternoon. then there is system moving off to the north on tuesday. >> winter

all of the advantage is that it has and our ability to control it completely on like colorado and the delta. because of the way that the drought has occurred in the southwest and in the colorado basin, it leads us to think about how drought might change for us and the effects of climate change on our own system. i was throwing out $800 million for the third intake to illustrate that there are significant investments that might be linked to climate change that others are making. at seattle, they're looking at significant investments. in south florida, they'regnifict investments. this is a common theme in the drinking water business that you need to look at your own system and where your vulnerabilities are. >> there are other strategies in the western coastal states in respect to desalinization as well. >> this is being talked about at many locations. >> the rainfall is different. >> they are not as worried about water supply. las vegas is also thinking about using desalinization. they could trade with los angeles. >> there are current discussions to bring the water up to arizona. >> arizona