peter albert from mta will talk about the transportation assessment that is going out in the embarcadero right now and inform the environmental review process if for this and we will discussed fiscal terms and feasibility analysis and the framework that informs that and then we will conclude with a few words from the warriors who would like to talk a little bit about what this project really means for the city and for the port, and finally we willing asking to you extend some of the deadlines in the exclusive negotiating agreement to allow us to negotiate a comprehensive term sheet which we hope to bring to you by april of next year so with that as mentioned there was a advisory committee formed for the port and from that committee there are three tracks of workshops that have begun or soon to begin. we are doing transportation workshops to talk about challenges in the south beach, mission bay neighborhood, some of which are -- due to existing conditions and ones that are potentially created by the additional activity here. we are moving forward with neighborhood quality of life workshop

a san francisco police officer tells us at least right now, no plans to shutdown the embarcadero tonight. the barricades are in place on the embarcadero just in case. this new year's eve, police say it will not close down embarcadero street unless the crowd gets crazy. >> the commanders will evaluate that situation as the night unfolds. if it becomes necessary we will make some street closures we want to accommodate traffic as best as possible. >> reporter: extra officers will be out, as more than a quarter of a million are expected to arrive to party and ring in 2013, all under a midnight fireworks display. >> couple thousand devices are going to be fired in 15 minutes. we have low level effects that perform at a lower altitude than the larger stuff, probably 1500 of those. you are looking at four are, five thousand vases in 15 minutes. >> reporter: the 15 minute display will go off on this barge out on the bay as people watch, police remind them to party safe. >> enjoy the show, no drinking in public, no open containers with alcohol allowed. we recommend you travel in pairs, use the bu

a san francisco police officer tells us at least right now, no plans to shutdown the embarcadero tonight. the barricades are in place on the embarcadero just in case. this new year's eve, police say it will not close down embarcadero street unless the crowd gets crazy. >> the commanders will evaluate that situation as the night unfolds. if it becomes necessary we will make some street closures we want to accommodate traffic as best as possible. >> reporter: extra officers will be out, as more than a quarter of a million are expected to arrive to party and ring in 2013, all under a midnight fireworks display. >> couple thousand devices are going to be fired in 15 minutes. we have low level effects that perform at a lower altitude than the larger stuff, probably 1500 of those. you are looking at four are, five thousand vases in 15 minutes. >> reporter: the 15 minute display will go off on this barge out on the bay as people watch, police remind them to party safe. >> enjoy the show, no drinking in public, no open containers with alcohol allowed. we recommend you travel in pairs, use the bu

continuous improvement given that i think we already have some congestion that we experience on the embarcadero what are some of the steps could be taken for the neighborhood and community now rather than waiting for all the studies to be completed? i think we had findings already out of the recent experiences with fleet week and everything else and what is your department doing to change it and whether it's the traffic lights or i will throw it out -- do we take away things and create more traffic lanes and i don't know and outrageous ideas like that. >> or bike tracks. >> thank you. what we found out the opportunity to pilot has been invaluable because working with america's cup some of the data is now extraordinary. bart alone carried 250,000 more people than it typically does and the giant's celebration day and the important tool we have been working with is having the incident command system. it's not once in a while team that gets assembled. san francisco is extraordinary city with huge students and hosting responsibilities and an international city with a lot of visitors and with mta wha

. >> a man refusing to climb off a scaffold along the embarcadero. e's been up there two and a half hours, police say he's the suspect in a battery case. a victim told officers the man kicked him and hit him with a skateboard. you can see him climbing up here. and that is where he climbed on to the scaffold and where is he at this moment. >> pearl harbor survivors saluted their officer autos today 71 anniversary of japan attack on the u.s. naval base in hawaii. the pearl harbor attack that threw the u.s. into world war ii. >> now, a tug boat played a key role in that attack. >> you're looking at an old tug boat so small, it's dwarfed by the dry dock here. 71 years ago, it played a role in world war ii. >> if it wasn't for her jumping into action, her and things could have gone different. you never know. >> december 7th, 1941. parl harbor in shambles. today, this is the only surviving vessel. after the war, she served oakland, then went to the both ball fleet. now, they are prepping for a museum in arkansas. this morning, 71 years to the minute of the

e have thembaradero -- now we have the embarcadero and marina. this map is the infamous lipofaction map. the green areas are the areas that will have potential lip ofaction. that is a loss of strength of material when it is subjected to vibration. it can occur in sand and silt. those have to be saturated or below the ground water level. you can almost type dismount tie t --tie this map -- this area right here is the same as this one. it is all silt and will liquefy. the marina is in this area here. you can correlate the advancement of the shoreline of san francisco with the potential for liquefaction. >> it is a perfect example. it is all sold and liquefaction. >> treasure island is unique. it was originally developed to be the location of the world fair with the understanding that once it was finished, that would become the location of san francisco international airport. it is 11,000 feet long. in those days, the thought that was more than enough to land any conceivable airplane. they thought it was ideal. they said that we have all kinds of san

live look at the embarcadero. you can see the roads are wet. give the kids a big hug before they go to school and maybe a rain jacket. mike nicco will talk about how long the rain will stay with us in just a moment. >> more news for you. activist group anonymous is renewing a its attack on baptist church after the organization praised the actions of the shooter in the connecticut shooting massacre. kansas based church will picket saying god's will is punishing people because of gay marriage. >>> here in the bay area people looking for ways to reach out to the grieving families in connecticut. since the shooting there have been grassroots and church organized vigils to help start the healing. tomas ramon asked local clergy what they are telling their parishioners. >> at morning mass in san francisco, this special prayer was written for the victims of newtown. the pastor of st. mary's says people have come there not just to pray but make some sense in the evil that occurred. >> in seeking to find consolation in the promise and hope of a god who f

the dublin pleasanton lines will stop at embarcadero. that's to relieve congestion. so make sure you are in the right spot to catch your train to go home. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. >>> some san francisco police officers will be working overtime tonight. they are working with the fire department, the department of public health, the mta and the chp to keep revelers safe. two pieces of advice the department has -- take public transit and be smart about drinking. >> there will be zero-tolerance for drinking in public, zero- tolerance for open containers and drunk and disorderly conduct. we want everybody to come out and have a good time but we don't want anyone to ruin it for anybody else. >> go to the front page, scroll down halfway and click on hot topics for more information. >>> tomorrow will be four years since the shooting death of oscar grant. on january 1st, 2009, grant was shot and killed by b.a.r.t. police officer@johannes mehserle. the shooting was captured on cell phone video. a jury later convicted johannes mehserle of involunta

maintaining the embarcadero station is critical to the san francisco downtown and waterfront region. the system of reliability was raised during the study interview with pg&e in november 2011 and pg&e followed up with the council getting support to ada third connection to the embarcadero station with this going to the portero substation and improve system reliability particularly into the downtown area in a major earthquake and allow pg&e more flexibility with work and unexpected equipment outages. they gave three routes and options to provide feedback and you can see from the box, the green, red and blue routes so pg&e is continuing to work with the city and the project design and the approval process and hopes to begin work in 2014 or 2015. so looking ahead we will be completing the life line interdependences study in 2013. we are also in the process of developing a work program then. in the last meeting in september we asked participants to identify issues to all operators and for the city to develop the restoration plan and performance expectations, restoration priority and capab

you are looking live from our high-definition camera towards the embarcadero you can see the rain comingn even coating the lens. what does that mean to your commute? a lot. we have live storm coverage team coverage this morning amy hollyfield is standing by in the east bay where the rain started to fall overnight. >> sue hall is monitoring the roads which are very slick. let's begin with meteorologist mike nicco. >>> street level into the east bay, right along 680 from alamo, danville, san ramon to dublin you can see bollinger canyon, crow canyon road, up to stone valley road light to moderate rain as you come across the east bay hills into the sews bay shore hegenberger expressway towards -- towards the oakland airport light to moderate rain down to san leandro. let's cross over towards sausalito, tiburon, san rafael avenue, paradise drive, getting light to moderate rain. same around san francisco down towards daly city, colma, south san francisco, geneva avenue towards brisbane that's where you are seeing the lighter rain. heiest of the rain moving into the heart of the bay area now. -

both directions of 880 between the embarcadero exit, fruitvale, have various lanes blocked because of overnight roadwork. the drive though not impacted this time of the morning.

we also saw some trees swaying along the embarcadero in the howling wind. it is going to be a busy night. i do not know what portion of the storm i.m. and but the rainfall was just a light drizzle. certainly, coming down harder, earlier. be prepared. reporting live, phillipe djegal, kron 4 news. >> continuing our team coverage... a flood warning has been issued in the sonoma county. kron4's jeff bush spoke to residents at guernville who are keeping an eye on the storm. >> i am standing here in the parking lot of johnson's speech. two blocks from downtown guernville.. locals say that this parking lot and set 50 ft. for that grassy area is. during the summertime the water is 50 ft. further from there. you can see the russian reformer his swollen and in some cases it is all the way up to the tree branches. you can see how fast it is moving. there have been some improvements but they say that mother nature can sometimes be unpredictable. historically, there is a big flood about every 10 years. >> when it gets up to seven, feet in a gets scary. and you have to t

one other advantage point, at least this side of san francisco, we are on the embarcadero side at frontnd vallejo streets where it looks quiet. if you look back the other way, rain coming in. san francisco heading out here any second the -- let's look at live dopplers morgan hill ant boulevard just to the east of our camera where that darker cloud is, there's some of the light rain falling. right here on thornton avenue up union city boulevard towards union city this is going to slide towards fremont possibly the great mall in milpitas f you are heading that way rain getting ready to move into where our studios are -- in the embarcadero towards fisherman's wharf back 280 towards daly city, ocean avenue. as we look to the northwest the radar returns aren't as numerous as they were this morning with the heating they could build and you could see some of this, check out the double rainbow that was sent by louie in mountain view earlier this morning. thank you for sending that in. everybody is at a surplus even livermore. oakland -- san jose at 141 you have come a long way were you well bel

one other advantage point, at least this side of san francisco, we are on the embarcadero side at front and vallejo streets where it looks quiet. if you look back the other way, rain coming in. san francisco heading out here any second the -- let's look at live doppler, overall pattern has quieted somewhat since this morning there's plenty of instability out there still plenty of showers you can see heading down towards morgan hill and scott boulevard just to the east of our camera where that darker cloud is, there's some of the light rain falling. right here on thornton avenue up union city boulevard towards union city this is going to slide towards fremont possibly the great mall in milpitas f you are heading that way rain getting ready to move into where our studios are -- in the embarcadero towards fisherman's wharf back 280 towards daly city, ocean avenue. as we look to the northwest the radar returns aren't as numerous as they were this morning with the heating they could build and you could see some of this, check out the double rainbow that was sent by louie in mountain view ear

cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is along the embarcadero in san francisco watching for today's king tidesod morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. we have been watching the water levels rise all morning and now it's really starting to rock and roll here. i'm along the embarcadero and you can kind of get a picture of how high it's getting from looking at that post underneath the pier. you can see where it has gotten wet. the water could certainly reach the bottom of that pier by the time we see the highest tides which is going to be about 10:00 this morning. these are the highest seasonal tides of the year. check out this video we shot yesterday on the connector ramp from 101 to highway 1 in marin. that flooded. normally that only happens when there's a storm but this was caused by the king tides. these very high tides could be getting higher as the years progress and the oceans fill up with more water for really a variety of reasons. 8" more in the past century. and you can see the proof in san francisco's sewer system. >> when i came here in 1990, there was never a time where the tide

meantime here along the embarcaderos the rain is coming down. we'll tip to follow that throughout the morning, as well. live -- we'll continue to follow that throughout the morning, as well. live in san francisco, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> a contractor famous for fixing big problems is going to fix the sinkhole in lafayette. city leaders have agreed to a $600,000 contract with c.c. meyers. heavy rains helped create the sinkhole after overwhelming the area's drainage system. the sinkhole on mountain view drive is roughly 15 feet deep, 80 feet long and 40 feet wide. cleaning and fixing that problem will be challenging. >> they are going to route the stormwater around the -- you can put the dam in the creek and route the stormwater around the failed pipe. once they achieve that, they will clear out the creek and establish a stream bed on the bottom, then they'll bring in a bunch of really big pipe, 10 diameter pipe. each section weighs 42,000 pounds. >> c.c. meyers expects to finish by christmas. >>> it will cost $1 million to fix a hillside in daly

california street and turk street we are seeing light rain around the embarcadero as well. the main rain event as far as this system is concerned arrives in the morning. some of this is switching up to snow in the high country. the reno national weather service just issued a winter weather advisory until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. the snow levels i have to tell you are extremely high over 10,000 feet. they are issuing it for the 7500 foot level. just keep that in mind that you may need chains. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. here are the highlights. rainy for your morning commute and showers in the afternoon. we are looking at a dryer pattern on thursday and it will take you right on through the weekend. here is a look at the satellite and radar. this has been one, slow moving system. it hasn't been bringing rain to the entire bay area. matter of fact, the north bay is where most of the rain was this afternoon and this evening. it has started to move down to the south and the east. you can see the rain coverage, and this is when many of you are heading out the door. you w

first of all tens of thousands of people come to the embarcadero for the fire works show. and there are other parties going on in the city. is a lot of people will not want to take their cars. bay area transit agencies are making it easier for them to leave their cars behind by offering free rides in some cases and extended service. starting with bart. bart you will still have to pay for your tickets but their trains will be running late tonight until 3:00 a.m. tuesday morning. but in order to avoid congestion, trains will not be stopping at all the stations. keep this in mind if you are riding the pepper bay point train it will stop at the embarcadero station. make sure you go to the right place to catch your ride home. muni is also extending service at the west portal and embarcadero stations. muni will run until 4:00 a.m. new years day. and fourth and king muni will run until 2:15 a.m.. muni will be free for riders starting from 8:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m.. caltrain and samtrans will be giving free rides. the last train will leave at 2:15 a.m.. there are a lot of options,

california street and turk street we are seeing light rain around the embarcadero as well. e main rain event as far as this system is concerned arrives in the morning. some of this is switching up to snow in the high country. the reno national weather service just issued a winter weather advisory until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. the snow levels i have to tell you are extremely high over 10,000 feet. they are issuing it for the 7500 foot level. just keep that in mind that you may need chains. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. here are the highlights. rainy for your morning commute and showers in the afternoon. we are looking at a dryer pattern on thursday and it will take you right on through the weekend. here is a look at the satellite and radar. this has been one, slow moving system. it hasn't been bringing rain to the entire bay area. matter of fact, the north bay is where most of the rain was this afternoon and this evening. it has started to move down to the south and the east. you can see the rain cover and this is when many of you are heading out the door. you will se

if you look carefully you can see the droplets landing on the lens as we show you the embarcadero. ore weather and traffic coming up. >>> police say an autistic girl was kidnapped and repeatedly rape. she wandered away a youth center november 27th. the staff tells us by law they could not stop her they lost track of her at the fruitvale bart station the man grabbed her, took her to his home in san francisco then raped her over several days. place arrested 36-year-old gary atkinson sunday. prosecutors have charged him with performing lewd acts upon a child and rape of an incompetent person. >> this is by far, one of the most sickening cases i've seen in my career as a police officer that someone as mr. atkinson, can take advantage of someone of this stature. >> the girl eventually escaped and she being praised for her bravery. >>> who would steal a salvation army kettle? that's what police in san diego are trying to figure out. a thief walked way with a kettle filled with more than $300 in donations. police say the kettle ringer turned away for a second to help someone when the kettl

california street and turk street we are seeing light rain around the embarcadero as well. the main rain event as far as this system is concerned arrives in the morning. some of this is switching up to snow in the high country. the reno national weather service just issued a winter weather advisory until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. the snow levels i have to tell you are extremely high over 10,000 feet. they are issuing it for the 7500 foot level. just keep that in mind that you may need chains. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. here are the highlights. rainy for your morning commute and showers in the afternoon. we are looking at a dryer pattern on thursday and it will take you right on through the weekend. here is a look at the satellite and radar. this has been one, slow moving system. it hasn't been bringing rain to the entire bay area. matter of fact, the north bay is where most of the rain was this afternoon and this evening. it has started to move down to the south and the east. you can see the rain coverage, and this is when many of you are heading out the door. you w

if people on the embarcadero were diverted to other streets. olice were able to get the suspect as if the climb down. and he is now in jail this morning. >> in new york city. one man charged with pushing another to his death on the subway, is blaming voices in his head. he says that he did not mean to kill the 58 year-old man on monday. in a jailhouse interview, davis said that han threaten him. he was unable to control the voices telling him to push the older man into a tram. davis also a miss that he was high on drugs at the time. davis is charged with second-degree murder. >> coming up on kron 4 news weekend. how is simple blood test may be able to detect signs of optimism, early. >> . whirlpools of this morning and president obama is declaring a state of national calamity today. the declaration comes in aftermath of tuesday's typhoon. it will free up emergency funds. nearly 600 people were killed, just as many are missing. officials say the search and rescue operations are struggling. >> a new study finds a connection between type 2 diabetes

high water was crashing over the embarcadero, even though there was no storm. tchett tells us, this could be a prelude to tomorrow, when the so-called king tide hits. >> reporter: this is high tide this morning. the waters topping the embarcadero in san francisco. >> i used to walk here a lot. >> reporter: expect to see this again when the king tide arrives. >> it will be higher tomorrow. by just a little bit. >> reporter: marry jane schramm showed us the golden gate tide station. this station is where the tide and sea level in the san francisco bay have been recorded for more than 150 years. as for tomorrow -- >> we're due for a 7.2-foot high tide tomorrow. >> reporter: we should see more of what we saw on the embarcadero, and more video from what we saw from news chopper 2. high tides where the water was noticeably higher, and in the bay, where low lying marsh lands were inundated. >> many parts that were inundated. there already were some today. >> reporter: tomorrow's king tide is expected to be the highest tide of the year. pacifica ken pritchett, ktvu, cha

high water was crashing over the embarcadero, even though there was no storm. pritchett tells us, this could be a prelude to tomorrow, when the so-called king tide hits. >> reporter: this is high tide this morning. the waters topping the embarcadero in san francisco. >> i used to walk here a lot. >> reporter: expect to see this again when the king tide arrives. >> it will be higher tomorrow. by just a little bit. >> reporter: marry jane schramm showed us the golden gate tide station. this station is where the tide and sea level in the san francisco bay have been recorded for more than 150 years. as for tomorrow -- >> we're due for a 7.2-foot high tide tomorrow. >> reporter: we should see more of what we saw on the embarcadero, and more video from what we saw from news chopper 2. high tides where the water was noticeably higher, and in the bay, where low lying marsh lands were inundated. >> many parts that were inundated. there already were some today. >> reporter: tomorrow's king tide is expected to be the highest tide of the year. pacifica ken pritchett, ktvu,

: i'm standing on the embarcadero and i'm pretty dry. but tomorrow, if i was standing here, i could be kind of wet because the tide likely will be coming over the water here as you say it will be lapping up. and that happens but normally when there's a storm. we're not having a storm of the what's going on? blame the king tide. of all the photogenic spots in the bay area to take pictures of, why is hailey taking pictures of water and cement? [ laughter ] >> it's an important picture. >> reporter: it's the before and after. >> the california king tides help us to visualize the dramatic tidal reefs that we're already experiencing. >> reporter: like this connector ramp at 101 to marin which was flooded today. that normally happens when there's a storm, but there was no storm, just very high tides, king tides. >> with rising tides, stuff like this need to be considered. >> reporter: king tides are not about global warming but they could give us a warning about them of they are about gravity, the earth, moon and sun in such a position that ti

before the snow comes the rain, take a live look at hd roof cam at the embarcadero. streets are awfully wet out there and more rain and wind is coming your way. lisa argen has your forecast >> katie: order morning. let's take a quick look at the weather. here is lisa argen. >> lisa: good morning. storm rolling through the bay area this morning providing very gusty winds, heavy rain and thunderstorms. here is a look at east bay. you can see the rain coming down right now. wind gusts up to 54 miles an hour with the thunderstorms and live doppler 7-hd shows the heaviest rain up in the north bay from petaluma out by the delta and wind gusts in the east bay, 23 miles an hour. 28 mile-an-hour wind gusts in the east bay. this line will slide along the peninsula into the south bay. we're going to start to the north where we've got heavy rain from vallejo, highway 121, american canyon, back to novato, 101, pouring rain, up to benicia the rain line ends around jenner and rain beginning to scatter on out. gusty winds, up to 30 and 40 miles an hour with the thunderstorms and ligh

cbs 5 reporter anne makovec in san francisco watching this morning's king tides along the embarcadero. >> reporter: we have been watching the water level here at this pier and it's been climbing and will continue to climb this morning. we are seeing this king tide today and for the next couple of days. we are expecting a 7-foot tied at 9:45 a.m. and then go down and rise to 5 feet again just before midnight. we'll probably see a little bit more of this. flooding yesterday in marin. this normally only happens when there's a storm but this was caused by the king tide. now, there's a group trying to document these seasonal high tides to figure out where we stand when it comes to rising ocean levels. >> the california king tide help us to visualize the dramatic tidal reefs that we're already experiencing. >> king tide are caused know the by global warming but by gravity. the earth, moon and sun are all in position right now to cause the water to rise. now, the woman you just heard from was the california king tide initiative. they are encouraging people to help them take pictures of the h

roadway and the san francisco bay and the sale or lease of development the sea wall bounded in embarcadero roadway beale and bryant streets. >> good afternoon commissioners. i am jennifer mattes from economic work force development. on behalf of a team of forks we're here to present the first comprehensive hearing on the project that would include a multipurpose arena that would be home to the golden state warriors. we have been working with citizen advisory committees set up through the port by the request of supervisor jane kim since august and this is the first opportunity to give you a comprehensive overview of some of the aspects of the project we have been talking about as well as talk to you about the fiscal feasibility report that is going to be considered by the board of supervisors budget and finance committee tomorrow. as you're aware the chapter 29 of the code requires that there are findings of fiscal feasibility for certain public /private and public projects flrd to move forward and commence in environmental review and we prepared a fiscal feasibility report and revie

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. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell at the embarcadero ice rink and tonight santa claus will come on and give thinks the gift should be for the local sports teams. it's always a lot of fun. coming up in just a few minutes. netflix has grabbed the rigs to show disney movies. the announcement is a breakthrough for the embattd video service. this is the first time a major hollywood studio >>> netflix has grabbed the rights to show disney movies. the announcement is a breakthrough for the embattled video service. this is the first time a major hollywood studio has sold rights to netflix instead of a network like hbo or showtime. beginning in 2016, netflix will be able to show disney movies about 7 months after they leave theaters. >>> well, the holidays of course busiest time of the year for stores but also time-saver traffic for crooks trying to pass off counterfeit bills. >> reporter: when customers pay -- as cbs 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains, getting stuck with a counterfeit could cost you time and money. >> reporter: when customers pay claudia herrera pays attention. >> 650. >>

>> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 street artists to show up for 50 spaces. >> what other areas can a licensed street artist go to? >> they can go to the fishe

pittsburg bay point and richmond strains will stop at montgomery station beginning at 8 p.m., not the embarcadero muni offering free rides 8 to 6 a.m., you can ride free on sam trans and cal trains starting at 11:00 tonight >>> live look outside at the bay area toll plaza traffic sailing along fine. meteorologist mike nicco will have your full forecast, kristen and you are keeping an eye on the roads we'll have a live traffic update. >>> how a vodka bottle is being credited with thwarting a stick-up rob rich all caught 11111111g -- >>> notice your heater running a little more last night? here the reason why. let's take about the winds they are out there, not much, wilt maybe it feel a degree or two cooler when you step out. this afternoon, high clouds and sunshine, need the sunglasses and low to mid 50s, as we move through time, frost tomorrow morning and again the next morning temperatures in the 50s with a lot of sunshine in the afternoon. >>> quick look on traffic right now for the bay area, very light all over this is your drive time checking 580 at the altamont pass, no problem, you can see

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the altamont no delays towards livermore and pleasanton area. roadwork for a few more minutes until 5:00, 880 both directs one lane between fruitvale and embarcadero> independent investigation into the deadly attack on u.s. consulate in libya will be sent to congress today. the attack in benghazi killed the ambassador stevens and three other americans. the review bore has been looking into whether enough -- given to potential threats and how washington responded. house and senate committees will hold hearings tomorrow and thursday. secretary of state clinton had been expected to testify, but she is recovering from a concussion. >>> con recollection -- congress is debating how much relief money to spend for superstorm sandy. the package involves more than 60 billion dollars in emergency spending. democrats want it out by christmas, it has been seven weeks since storm ravaged the northeast killing more than 120 in new york, new jersey and connecticut. republicans are saying not so fast. they say there's too much work in the -- pork in the package including money for salmon fisheries in alaska, new cars for the government and expansion project for am

you can see already exiting the embarcadero and san francisco heading over towards the bay.'s heading for albany and ashby avenue area. this area the cell will move on over there. the lightning being reported in this cell, but nonetheless very heavy rain. san rafael had a rain shower down to larkspur. also from boulder creek extending over to saratoga, to the south of city of san jose between san jose and morgan hill. all of this is that verse go towards the east-northeast. wave after wave of these showers have been intensifying in the last 30 minutes. los gatos, right in line for moderate rain from this particular cell. right here, to the south and east of campbell right here, 82 starting to get very heavy rain, wave after wave an rain but the main event is not going to take event until tomorrow morning, upper 40s to low 50s. here is a look at my forecast. heavy rain sunday morning, good news is it moves in and moves out. we'll look for clearing sunday night and looks like a dry day on christmas eve. here is some of those showers right here moving in. a little bit of a brea

you see the embarcadero, bay bridge you don't see rain or traffic. ith sue and find out what is going on, on the highways. we'll find out where the rain is with mike. >>> u.s. department of commerce is due to release figures for new home sales, today's updates will hold stead if i not rise a bit they predict 375,000 in new sales. housing numbers slipped last month, new building permits ticked higher, commerce department is expected to release its new report at 7:00 this morning. >>> thousands of california residents could be getting a big check thanks to a payday loan settlement. as much as 4.3 million dollars will be awarded to eligible consumers. this morning at 11 announced details of settlement agreement with payday'Ñxk lende. >>> 5:54. keeping an eye on things outside with mike. >>> no chasing rainbows today just sunshine on the increase afternoon. 50s everywhere even along the coast,'@Ñ clear lake 47, 50 co, 56 oakland for the warm spot. if you are traveling today, good news, quiet everywhere, other than snow around the grapevine by the time yo

the bay bridge at this time rain is falling and we have light rain over the marina district, the embarcadero, the downtown area over the union square. if you are gonna head out shopping, it will be wet. light showers falling over berkeley as well as walnut creek and danville seeing some light rain at times. the winds have really been blowing. so rain hectic enough. so when you include the winds, it can be stretcherrous, the winds in oakland, 17 miles an hour. 18 sfo. 16 in mountain view. these are sustained winds. the gusts have been strong eb at times -- stronger at times. mt. diablo, taking the cake. 58-mile-an-hour gusts reported there earlier this morning. as we head to the sierra, we've got a solid moderate line of rain heading into the foothills. and the snow line remains about blue canyon. it will fluctuate throughout the oakland right now we're seeing a mix of rain and snow. the farther north you go, the lower the snow levels. redding had a rain/snow mix this morning. this system is the parent low that will continue to send rain our way. we have three systems in a matter of three day

looking live at the rain showers coming down in san francisco along the embarcadero. no matter where you are in the bay area, you want to keep your umbrella handy for today. definitely tomorrow. the cardinal football team are smelling roses this morning. for just the second time in 40 years, stanford is headed to the rose bowl. rain made the grass just a little slick, but that didn't phase the cardinals or the ucla bruins as both traded touchdowns back and forth. in the end, stanford pulled off the nail-biting victory, 27-24. >> we play with a chip on our shoulder and our mantra has been to be loose and focused and putting the chip on our shoulder, our guys have done that. part was to prove we are not a one-man organization here. >> the coach set a foundation and the players kept that going and held people accountable. >> stanford will play the winner of the title game between nebraska and wisconsin on new year's day. it was a muddy mess for fans who went to the game last night. much of the parking lot at the farm and the areas where fans tailgate looked like small pon

here's aly picture of the embarcadero in san francisco -- here's a life picture of the embarcadero in san francisco, lisa argen will have your full forecast and we check in with sue hall in the traffic center. >>> back to court. the reason the suspect in the sierra lamar case is going in front of a judge today. >>> good morning live doppler 7 hd more showers generated off the coast as an unstable air mass pushes through the bay area well up to the north around highway 1, sea ranch, you can see the smattering of light showerssçyul this is the l unstable air that pushes through the afternoon. cold front in the south bay now you can see lighter returns there. all around the bay area we run the risk of an isolated shower. right now from morgan hill to gilroy and hollister, looking at light rain and the snow and winter weather advisory in the sierra nevada just in the 50s once the skies clear overnight tonight, a frosty night tonight, 56 today in oakland. >>> reminder later this morning with this king tide the high tide north 101 sausalito highway 1 expecting to shutdown that exit due to f

moderate rainfall along the embarcadero. move down the towards half moon bay and we will continue to see moderate rainfall. stretching towards cemetery at this hour and over the east bay. some lighter rainfall over oakland and heavier towards piedmont. stretching towards -- san mateo. >> jacqueline: we can see that it is pushing and a stretching towards the coast. it will continue to press through, overnight. this system is pressing cells with the dry conditions in the wake of this storm. instead of the patchy activity that we have been dealing with. 4 is really showing that the futurecast is really accurate. towards 1:00 a.m., south of the golden gate but rainfall to the north. it will continue with wrap around showers. antic will start to taper off by 6:00 a.m. and it will start to taper off with a decrease seeing clouds at colder temperatures on sunday morning. light rainfall with right now, it is getting cold because we are surrounded by cold air. profit our local snow levels of 3,000 ft. even possibly lower. we could see

that is between the embarcadero stations. crews will work throughout the night to get the power restored before the busy morning commute. >>> today the bay area continues to clean up the after math from that series of strong storms which swept in over the weekend trees knocked down and power was cut to thousands and a major problem in the east bay, the rain is blamed for causing a giant sink hole. kron 4's terisa estacio tells us what happened there. >> reporter: running backhoes, and dump trunks worked to clear up the sink hole and expose a storm pipe. the big pipe was designed to transport a massive amount of water underneath this road, steering rain water away from homes but somehow it failed. sunday morning the road caved in. huge. the failure is under investigation. the race is on to figure out how to put in another drainage system. officials say if there is not a temporary fix before the next storm it could be disas a -- disastrous out here. >> rain on tuesday with heavy rain on wednesday. our goal is to get down to the

it is dry the rain has stopped this is the embarcadero in san francisco, no problems, you can go for early morning jog if you would like. when is the rain going to come back? mike is keeping an eye on his forecast that in a moment. >>> pg&e workers are still out this morning trying to restore power to 2,000 bay area homes and businesses. biggest outage is not bay, 700 customers in the dark. east bay about 635 people don't have power. in the south bay nearly 600 people don't have electric service. in santa cruz county, about 250 people customers are without service. at the peak of the storm around 10 yesterday morning 125,000 customers didn't have electric service system wide. >>> port of oakland continues to get extra business as the result of the continuing strike in los angeles and long beach. kell workers began their strike last -- clerical workers began their strike last tuesday, they've managed to shutdown most of the terminals at two southern california pores. latest numbers in, the strike is -- creating losses estimated at a billion dollars a day. >>> white house waiting for t