coming up in the 5:00 hour we'll look at the lake tahoe forecast, the weather shaping up to be nice. >>> it happened again, another carnival cruise ship in trouble. >>> we're following breaking news from the south bay, on the scene of a crash involving a police car in milpitas. we'll be right back. >>> in milpitas a police officer's car is rammed by another vehicle. we're on the scene where they are investigating. we'll have details. >>> extra police at a school in pleasanton after a threatening note surfaces, it's not the only school listed as a target. >>> what the new pope might see as hot button issues. >>> another carnival cruise ship in trouble, all ahead. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. it's march 14. >> we need the rain. >> it's nice. >> temperatures yesterday 70s, even a few low 80s, amazing. today cooler, the fog this morning not as widespread as yesterday, temperatures on track, under partly sunny skies to warm up into the 60s and 70s. i'll let you know when rain chances could make a comeback but sal has an update on traffic. >> mark, good morning. 880 does loo

we take you to the lake tahoe area, they saw 27 inches of snowfall. for idyllic springtime skiing on the slope. we'll have the tahoe lake forecast in a couple of minutes but first things first. look at the lit up bridge, lots of clear skies out there. the current conditions right now into the 40s and 50s with a northwest breeze up to 8 miles an hour. today it was warmer than yesterday from the upper 50s at the beaches, mid-60s around the central bay to 73 degrees in napa. slightly below average in san jose but that's okay. tomorrow should be spot on. 30s and 40s for overnight lows. lots of clear skies with the new moon. here is the bottom line. your weather headlines tonight. overnight, clear skies. tomorrow official sunup at 7:29 with daylight saving time beginning. lets's call it beach weather. here is my pick city for tomorrow, santa cruz. and the weather will get warmer because right here we have high pressure building in. it's diverting this storm track well into the pacific northwest and into british columbia. i'm calling it march madness, sever

headed to the lake tahoe area for the weekend, for tomorrow cloud cover, partly cloudy skies, afternoonperatures in the upper 50's, especially for friday and saturday. back home patchy morning fog, high clouds pay us a visit. temperatures ranging from the lower 60s to the mid to upper 70s, these numbers are cooler compared to yesterday. a look ahead, the five-day forecast with your weekend in view, minor cooling into the weekend with no rain clouds, next week possibly by late tuesday and into wednesday we could be tracking increasing rain chances. >>> thank you, mark. 5:26. a huge upgrade for a local city, a new wi-fi network could make it easier to park. >>> this is pope francis i's first morning at pope, we'll look at the many challenges ahead. >>> we're live in milpitas, where two police officers were involved in a crash on highway 680, the chp is investigating the story when the morning news continues. >> welcome back. thursday, march 14, i've dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. mark is here with the weather forecast. >>> we're still talking about 60s and 70s. we

coming up in the 5:00 hour we'll look at the lake tahoe forecast, the weather shaping up to be nice. >>> it happened again, another carnival cruise ship in trouble. >>> we're following breaking news from the south bay, on the scene of a crash involving a police car in milpitas. we'll be right back. >>> in milpitas a police officer's car is rammed by another vehicle. we're on the scene where they are investigating. we'll have details. >>> extra police at a school in pleasanton after a threatening note surfaces, it's not the only school listed as a target. >>> what the new pope might see as hot button issues. >>> another carnival cruise ship in trouble, all ahead. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. it's march 14. >> we need the rain. >> it's nice. >> temperatures yesterday 70s, even a few low 80s, amazing. today cooler, the fog this morning not as widespread as yesterday, temperatures on track, under partly sunny skies to warm up into the 60s and 70s. i'll let you know when rain chances could make a comeback but sal has an update on traffic. >> mark, good morning. 880 does loo

in the lake tahoe area with 10 to 20 inches of snow from the approaching system. meanwhile live view from the east bay camera here in emeryville looking towards the bay bridge right now we have temperature readings of 47 degrees in san francisco. 49 in oak land. 48 in san jose. another live view from the south beach camera here in downtown san francisco looking along the bay bridge under partly cloudy mainly clear skies right now. we have temperature readings of 39 in santa rosa where it's pretty chilly already. 45 in napa and 46 in livermore. on we good to forecast feature we'll see clouds beginning to increase of night certainly thicken tomorrow in advance of the rainfall which we expect to begin late tomorrow or early tomorrow evening. first in the north bay then sweeping south ward showers may linger into thursday. we have a beach hazard advisory in effect through tuesday afternoon. tomorrow afternoon may dangerous sneaker wave stay away from the water edge and avoid out crop and jetty. meanwhile pulling back taking a look at the wider pacific satellite image

in the lake tahoe area with 10 to 20 inches of snow from the approaching system.hile live view from the east bay camera here in emeryville looking towards the bay bridge right now we have temperature readings of 47 degrees in san francisco. 49 in oak land. 48 in san jose. another live view from the south beach camera here in downtown san francisco looking along the bay bridge under partly cloudy mainly clear skies right now. we have temperature readings of 39 in santa rosa where it's pretty chilly already. 45 in napa and 46 in livermore. on we good to forecast feature we'll see clouds beginning to increase of night certainly thicken tomorrow in advance of the rainfall which we expect to begin late tomorrow or early tomorrow evening. first in the north bay then sweeping south ward showers may linger into thursday. we have a beach hazard advisory in effect through tuesday afternoon. tomorrow afternoon may dangerous sneaker wave stay away from the water edge and avoid out crop and jetty. meanwhile pulling back taking a look at the wider pacific satellite image the lo

in the lake tahoe area with 10 to 20 inches of snow from the approaching system. meanwhile live view from the east bay camera here in emeryville looking towards the bay bridge right now we have temperature readings of 47 degrees in san francisco. 49 in oak land. 48 in san jose. another live view from the south beach camera here in downtown san francisco looking along the bay bridge under partly cloudy mainly clear skies right now. we have temperature readings of 39 in santa rosa where it's pretty chilly already. 45 in napa and 46 in livermore. on we good to forecast feature we'll see clouds beginning to increase of night certainly thicken tomorrow in advance of the rainfall which we expect to begin late tomorrow or early tomorrow evening. first in the north bay then sweeping south ward showers may linger into thursday. we have a beach hazard advisory in effect through tuesday afternoon. tomorrow afternoon may dangerous sneaker wave stay away from the water edge and avoid out crop and jetty. meanwhile pulling back taking a look at the wider pacific satellite image

. >> that would be great, now, lake tahoe a look at the resort from lake tahoe tv. the mountains will get a foot of snow with this storm. it is great news for skiers. january and february were the driest since modern records of 1920. the snow pack is 66 percent of normal. a san francisco neighborhood is dealing with multiple sinkholes that opened up after a water main break. abc7 news reporter is live at the scene. it is precarious, heather. >> it is. repair of the broken water main was just the beginning. it took until yesterday to finish the road repair. today, the city will start to dig up five sewer pipes that broke off from the connections because of the force of the water. because of sinkholes, three homes are red tagged. that means they are unsafer and uninhabitable. there are three yellow tagged and engineers wait for the unstable soil to settle there is endless work including fixing damaged pipe and people are cleaning out their homes and everyone is on education since what started as a flood is a constant threat of a sudden sinkhole opening under their home

the entire month of february. here is katie marzullo. >> that would be great, now, lake tahoe a look at the resort from lake tahoe tv. the mountains will get a foot of snow with this storm. it is great news for skiers. january and february were the driest since modern records of 1920. the snow pack is 66 percent of normal. a san francisco neighborhood is dealing with multiple sinkholes that opened up after a water main break. abc7 news reporter is live at the scene. it is precarious, heather. >> it is. repair of the broken water main was just the beginning. it took until yesterday to finish the road repair. today, the city will start to dig up five sewer pipes that broke off from the connections because of the force of the water. because of sinkholes, three homes are red tagged. that means they are unsafer and uninhabitable. there are three yellow tagged and engineers wait for the unstable soil to settle there is endless work including fixing damaged pipe and people are cleaning out their homes and everyone is on education since what started as a flood is a constant threat of a sudden sinkhole opening under their

. >>> the showers have ended around here but in the lake tahoe area up on 50 and 80 we're still getting there tomorrow. we can always use more rain in the mountains. rain is out of the picture, the rain is going on out there. we have 26-mile an hour winds at the airport in san francisco. the winds are still pretty strong. they're going to die out tonight. overnight lows are going to be down to 30s. might see a little bit of frost. currently in napa it's 46. 47 in concord and 46 in walnut creek. so the weather story, it's going to warm up. how much warmer and which day will be the warmest i'll be right back. we'll see you back here. >>> southern california was hit today by the same storm we had here in northern california and it brought snow. the higher elevations received six to 10-inches of new snow. the treacherous conditions shut down i10. >>> and mc hammer is taking to twitter again. what he revealed about his arrest. >>> i went ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] now's the time to save 5% off every day with your lowe's consumer credit card. >>> a tragic accident is how the family of diana hanso

a winter storm warning has been dropped now for the lake tahoe area. to lighten up a bit. rainfall accumulations, a quarter inch, half inch at best. an inch in the coastal hills. didn't do a lot to help out our percentage of average. but it did help the plants. it's been dry. dry january, dry february. forecast overnight lows are down to the 30s. these are current conditions. mid- and low 30s, in some of the cool spots tonight. the forecast for tomorrow then, a chance for a shower out there. a slight chance for a shower into tomorrow afternoon. by area weekend, things really start to warm up out there. overnight low forecast, 34 in santa rosa. that's pretty cool. you'll notice it tomorrow morning. as the day gets going, railroads of green represent 60. a lot of upper 50s, and maybe some 60s tomorrow. here's the computer model, 7:00 a.m. the low is spinning like this, and going this way. watch. 3:00p.m., you see, this is tomorrow, rotates some stuff in. maybe a thunderstorm in this. scattered showers. i'm not changing my plans, because this thing is just

. >>> the showers have ended around here but in the lake tahoe area up on 50 and 80 we're still getting snow flurries it'll be great skiing out there tomorrow. we can always use more rain in the mountains. rain is out of the picture, the rain is going on out there. we have 26-mile an hour winds at the airport in san francisco. the winds are still pretty strong. they're going to die out tonight. overnight lows are going to be down to 30s. might see a little bit of frost. currently in napa it's 46. 47 in concord and 46 in walnut creek. so the weather story, it's going to warm up. how much warmer and which day will be the warmest i'll be right back. we'll see you back here. >>> southern california was hit today by the same storm we had here in northern california and it brought snow. the higher elevations received six to 10-inches of new snow. the treacherous conditions shut down i10. >>> and mc hammer is taking to twitter again. what he revealed about his arrest. >>> i went home and started screaming by myself. >> $33 million, meet the bay area's newest lottery winners and find out what t

a winter storm warning has been dropped now for the lake tahoe area. are starting to lighten up a bit. rainfall accumulations, a quarter inch, half inch at best. an inch in the coastal hills. didn't do a lot to help out our percentage of average. but it did help the plants. it's been dry. dry january, dry february. forecast overnight lows are down to the 30s. these are current conditions. mid- and low 30s, in some of the cool spots tonight. the forecast for tomorrow then, a chance for a shower out there. a slight chance for a shower into tomorrow afternoon. by area weekend, things really start to warm up out there. overnight low forecast, 34 in santa rosa. that's pretty cool. you'll notice it tomorrow morning. as the day gets going, railroads of green represent 60. a lot of upper 50s, and maybe some 60s tomorrow. here's the computer model, 7:00 a.m. the low is spinning like this, and going this way. watch. 3:00p.m., you see, this is tomorrow, rotates some stuff in. maybe a thunderstorm in this. scattered showers. i'm not changing my plans, because this

it's going to be a cool storm, a winter storm warning goes into effect for the lake tahoe area. 1-1/2 of snow. tomorrow clouds increase. tomorrow is a lot like today till lunchtime then it gets real cloudy. by the sunset you will see showers in the north bay. by the overnight hours by the 10:00 news tomorrow night we will have live storm tracker 2 show up. those showers push through late tonight early tomorrow morning. and what that means is, not early morning, late tomorrow night early wednesday morning what that means is your wednesday morning commute is going to be damp. it's going to be a slow commute. i don't know if we will -- not a huge storm but a storm and that's what we need. so the forecast at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. not bad. clouds increase all day. showers at 7:00 in santa rosa. showers at 10:00 moving into san rafael and into oakland and san francisco. and then showers glide through the morning commute and that's your morning commute. widely scattered showers, wet on the roadway but we're not done. we go into evening, 6:00 in the evening, wet roads, a little bi

it's going to be a cool storm, a winter storm warning goes into effect for the lake tahoe area. there. they could get 1-1/2 of snow. tomorrow clouds increase. tomorrow is a lot like today till lunchtime then it gets real cloudy. by the sunset you will see showers in the north bay. by the overnight hours by the 10:00 news tomorrow night we will have live storm tracker 2 show up. those showers push through late tonight early tomorrow morning. and what that means is, not early morning, late tomorrow night early wednesday morning what that means is your wednesday morning commute is going to be damp. it's going to be a slow commute. i don't know if we will -- not a huge storm but a storm and that's what we need. so the forecast at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. not bad. clouds increase all day. showers at 7:00 in santa rosa. showers at 10:00 moving into san rafael and into oakland and san francisco. and then showers glide through the morning commute and that's your morning commute. widely scattered showers, wet on the roadway but we're not done. we go into evening, 6:00 in the evening,

where he is on the west slope, certainly more snow flurries and a winter storm warning up in the lake tahoe area through the evening hours. so here is the system i'm tracking. it is basically the heaviest rain went through last night. we are still getting scattered showers. you see it throughout the state. widely scattered showers and nothing well organized. real organized stuff went through last night at around 10:00, 11:00. we do have rain in the east foothills southeast of milpitas, all run off toward mission peak. it draws a lot of showers up there because of how high it is and how big it is. up toward american canyon, south of napa, more showers and northeast of napa, more scattered showers. so we back out and we can take a look at the winter storm warning up on 50 and 80 and as ken mentioned, they are not chaining up on 80 right now. but there are still snow areas or snow flurries coming down and more moving up into the mountains. so as we come back or when i come back we'll look at the next phase of the system. because the low sent the fog through and now the real energy source is go

does anyone happen to know what the temperature at the bottom of lake tahoe? that's over a half kilometer deep. lake superior is almost half a kilometer deep. but lake tahoe in california, does anyone here happen to know the exact figure of the temperature of the bottom of that lake right now? one, two, three, all of the same hands. what's the answer, gang? four degrees. four degrees celsius, that's right, that's right, that's right. hey, outside the building here when i came in, there was a big puddle. does anyone happen to know what the temperature is at the bottom of that puddle outside right now? no, it ain't four degree celsius. [laughter] no, no, no, no. it's not. the temperature of the puddle is the same as the temperature of the air outside, okay? they're all the same, but how about a deep body of lake, gang? do you know why the bottom of those lakes are four degrees celsius all year round all the time? first of all, they're at latitudes where there's four-degree weather in the wintertime. so let me ask you a question. oh, you don't know about four degr

one time, i'm with my friends up at the lake tahoe, and i'm up at the top of the mountain. and i said--and all of a sudden, i feel it really, really getting warm. and i'm just kidding around and going like this, "humba, humba, humba, snow, snow, snow." and someone says, "hewitt, you're taking yourself too seriously." and all of a sudden-- "hewitt, son of a gun, i underestimated you, man." and the snow is all-- how did i know it's gonna snow? the same type thing, that room got-- i mean, not room-- that air got noticeably warmer. so in changes of state, you get an energy transfer. and i think we have a diagram in the book that looks something like this. okay, you go from the solid to liquid. does it take energy to make it go from solid to liquid or give up energy? let's suppose this substance is h2o. it's an easy one to remember. ice, water, steam. you go from ice to water, it's gonna have to take in energy, right? you'll have to put energy into the h2o. and if you wanna turn liquid to gas, say, water to steam, you gotta keep putting the fire in, yeah? so you get energy in go

for the greater lake tahoe area. most snow 8-14 in. less of highway 89. wind's between 15-25 mi. hour. if you are headed in that direction bring your chains. >> temperatures in the '40's and '50's. 49 and apple. 51 in hayward. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast hold on to the potential for unsettled weather to tomorrow. due to instability we could see pop-up thunderstorms, small hail along the coastline. rain should taper off for most of the bay area. a mix of sun and clouds heading into friday. we are back in the sunshine. temperatures in the '60s as we head into saturday and sunday. >> taking a look at traffic of around the bay area we have a wind advisory for the bay bridge. looking close the camera is shaking. a live look at the lights traffic heading to san francisco and easy ride. >> keep both hands on the steering wheel. >> the golden gate bridge a wet deck awaits you. south bound 101 however, no accidents to report. >> a live look at conditions in walnut creek. traffic light at this hour. as we turn to the traffic maps drive times under 12 minutes from hercules t

i winter weather advisory in effect for the greater lake tahoe area. as we head into tomorrow. the heaviest rain, and stability along the coastline, warmer weather just around the corner. sunshine, blue skies and temperatures back into the '70s. i will talk about when to expect that coming up in my next report. >> and san francisco, the police are is that on the scene at and marijuana dispensary. they think there is now a stand off under way with one of the robbery suspects that is barricaded inside. will tran is on the scene near wallace avenue and the bay view district. >> they believe he is not alone, possible hostages would be be employees of the matter of miracmedical marijuan. here is video we have of the scene. they're not allowing us to show any live pictures, we got this over night. we got officers mobilizing in the dark and as industrial area. they have dared guns drawn, standing behind cars and crouching down. at 7:00 this morning we saw them take away three people but we have learned those three people this happened to be in that particular

. >> reporter: the lowest gray in lake tahoe, a d given to donner ski ravage. i area declined to speak to us. boreal also received low marshals for snow making equipment along the slopes. >> there were minor padding issues. >> reporter: john slaughter of boreal says that ski areas do all they can to make sure customers are safe by reevaluating procedures. >> once an accident occurs to know what it will take to correct the situation. >> do you release that information? >> we do not? >> wlie? >> it's company policy. >> we don't have good enough information to understand where the greatest impact can be made because we don't have the data. >> reporter: ever since dog gregory lost his daughter at alpine ski resort he has been on a mission to get ski resorts to make accident data public. >> these accidents occur in these locations what can we do to prevent them? >> reporter: gregory started the ski and snow board safety organization and came up with the idea of the report card. he's also sponsored several ski safety bills that would have required ski areas throughout

we'll take a look at the lake tahoe forecast. >> i like the shamrock there on sunday, mark. >>> willing an eye on the down and with the new jobless numbers -- and what the new jobless numbers stay about the economy. it's happened again. another carnival cruise ship in trouble. what's happened this time? >>> the markets are due for a correction at some point. but right now in early trade, the dow is looking to extend its recent winning streak to ten days, the last time it was up nine days in a row was 16 years ago. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 59 at 14,514. the s&p also just a few points away from its record close. right now, it is up 5 at 1516. the nasdaq is also up 10. now, the main reason for today's surge of the stock market, the labor department says the number of new jobless claims hit a five-year low last week. the government reports new claims fell to 332,000. that's down 10,000 from the week before. it's also down almost 13% since november. the drop shows fewer layoffs are creating new strengths in the job market. >>> a dream becoming a nightmare for ano

we'll take a look at the lake tahoe forecast. >> i like the shamrock there on sunday, mark. >>> willwn? we're keeping an eye on the down and with the new jobless numbers -- and what the new jobless numbers stay about the economy. it's happened again. another carnival cruise ship in trouble. what's happened this time? >>> the markets are due for a correction at some point. but right now in early trade, the dow is looking to extend its recent winning streak to ten days, the last time it was up nine days in a row was 16 years ago. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 59 at 14,514. the s&p also just a few points away from its record close. right now, it is up 5 at 1516. the nasdaq is also up 10. now, the main reason for today's surge of the stock market, the labor department says the number of new jobless claims hit a five-year low last week. the government reports new claims fell to 332,000. that's down 10,000 from the week before. it's also down almost 13% since november. the drop shows fewer layoffs are creating new strengths in the job market. >>> a dream becoming a nig

the rain levels are high and it has been raining at lake level for the better part of the afternoon. this is a look from heavenly, thank you, lake tahoe 3" to 4" of new snow for skiing. tonight, i will show you how much cooler it will be, upper 30's to mid-40's and mid-to-upper 40's for the bay and the coast. here is the seven-day outlook, you can see with the breezes come in, more sunshine and warmer weather thursday and friday and the coast will stay constant in the mid-to-upper 50's around the bay, in the mid-to-upper 50's flirting with 70 for the better part of the forecast in the inland neighbor. >> it looks like we will not get past mid-april for the ski season. >> it will be stuff. they have set record highs last week near 70. >> thank you, mike. still ahead, a big surprise. >> wait until you see what the police officers encountered >> coming up on "katie" is tina fay and paul rudd. and we have information for you on tax time coming up. and at 5:00, the crackdown on distracted drivers taking place today with the types of citations drivers are getting and where they are doing a good job. >> there will be a change in the season a

tahoe this weekend. let's talk about conditions if you are headed that way. 59 degrees. as we head throughout friday, a little bit warmer in some cities. i think that the south lake tahoe is going to be the place to be as we head throughout this weekend. really comfortable conditions out there. quite a bit of snow above squaw and alpine. get those passes ready to go and hit the slopes. as you know, spring just around the corner now. six days away. that snow is not going tos la the. temperatures, as we head throughout the day today, looking good. we have fog to contend with for your morning drive, specially up in santa rosa. 2.5 miles of visibility. yesterday, you recall how tough the drive was because of the fog. 52, san jose, 46, gilroy. because of that mild start and high pressure still in control, we are going to get close to records. i am forecasting new records in places like santa rosa, 74 was the old record back in 2000. that was set more like the mid to upper 70s up in the north bay today. more record-breaking warmth headed our way. getting into that all-important st. patrick's day weekend. a little parade happening up in dub lick, little, oh, no. the onl

bulk of the activity up to the north reports of snow up towards cobb mountain in lake county and out to the sierra, where they do have a winter storm warning into the lake tahoe too major. these are quick-moving showers. and we'll hold onto the possibility for that morning, just a chance into the afternoon hours. get ready for another cold system. tomorrow could be interesting. we do clear out just in time for the weekend. dave? >> all right. 8:27. you drivers be aware -- an east bay city is taking a new approach to enforce parking rules. guess who may have the power to write parking tickets in berkeley. >> reporter: we're live in santa cruz where the public will get its first chance to see the caskets of the fall two fall -- of the two fallen officers. i will tell you what the chief said about the plans for the memorial. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. it fills you with energy... and it gives you

take a look at the view from lake tahoe tv.oing to pan around and so far, two to 11 inches of snow has fallen. they need more snow. i'll show you what it looks like. now, i'll show you a bay area live shot from our camera. looking out towards the bay you're seeing sun and we're still dealing with unstable atmosphere. temperatures now napa, 52 degrees. it's 55 in fremont and here is the s.what is coming up. we're looking at a chance of showers overnight. scattered showers tomorrow. showers thursday. you'll see why not everyone swril a chance of seeing wet weather. there is an area of low pressure here. there is a cold front going to paralegality coastline here so the best possibility of seeing those showers develop will be along the coast. then that, will finally start to turn east. so showers will head into southern california, and northern baja. friday afternoon, computer models indicating perhaps an isolated shower. nothing to 5/100th in the north bay. and for the coast up to a quarter inch. remember most will get dumped over

the rain levels are high and it has been raining at lake level for the better part of the afternoon. this is a look from heavenly, thank you, lake tahoe" to 4" of new snow for skiing. tonight, i will show you how much cooler it will be, upper 30's to mid-40's and mid-to-upper 40's for the bay and the coast. here is the seven-day outlook, you can see with the breezes come in, more sunshine and warmer weather thursday and friday and the coast will stay constant in the mid-to-upper 50's around the bay, in the mid-to-upper 50's flirting with 70 for the better part of the forecast in the inland neighbor. >> it looks like we will not get past mid-april for the ski season. >> it will be stuff. they have set record highs last week near 70. >> thank you, mike. still ahead, a big surprise. >> wait until you see what the police officers >> coming up on "katie" is tina fay and paul rudd. and we have information for you on tax time coming up. and at 5:00, the crackdown on distracted drivers taking place today with the types of citations drivers are getting and where they are doing a good job. >> there will be a change in the season at "who wants t

in the meantime, sunny. lake tahoe and the snowfall will be at 7,000 ft.. temperatures in the 40's for the most part. 40's by the but 30's for the santa rosa. and still a beautiful sunday. st. patrick's day, 60s/70's. 73 degrees in antioch. walnut creek, 60s by the bay. 50s by the beaches. oakland and 70's for the napa valley. your kron 4 7 day around the bay monday increase with higher costs for the afternoon as that weather system gets closer offshore. tuesday, the light rain chance will be in the evening. the rain will be heaviest wednesday night and possible afternoon clearing. lots of sunshine for the rest of the week. highs into the 70's. >> high school student scientists from 20 states are headed to washington for a compettion to show off their bright ideas for solving problems that range from breast cancer diagnoses to noise pollution. the winner will receive a 100-thousand dollar prize-- awarded in washington tuesday night. karin caifa sat down with some of the finalists in the intel talent search. >> reporter: to most of us science is something th

the c.h.p. is requiring chains or snow tires on 80. you can see why. highway 50, as well, in eldorado county. this is heavenly resort at lake tahoe courtesy of lake tahoe tv and the skiers are enjoying the fresh snow. lots of it, lots of powder expected to fall on the ski resorts before the weekend. >> there are new details this morning about the man who shot and killed two santa cruz police officers last week. deputies say jeremy goulet lost his coffee shop job, sold his motorcycle and told the house mates he was moving out. police say sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective butler were at his house to investigate a groping case when he opened fire on them february 26. santa cruz police officer have invited the public to a casket viewing for detective sergeant baker and detective butler those on ocean street in santa cruz. the public memorial for detective butler and detective sergeant baker is tomorrow at the h.p. pavilion. a motorcade procession will proceed. amtrak is offering free travel for law enforcement officers and live coverages begins at 11 a.m., right here on abc7 news. the family an 87-year-old woman who died at

you kwan see the clouds -- you can see the clouds gathering over lake tahoe. scattered showers for tomorrow. if you are heading up to the sierra nevada for the holiday weekend, i want to let you know that they could be seeing snow showers over the higher passes. here is a view and we have some clouds around and we have patchy fog around. give yourself some time for the morning commute. 54 degrees and oakland at 58 and it is 57 if san jose. here are the highlights, chance of sprinkles tomorrow. a brief warm up for your friday and then scattered showers are in the forecast for this holiday weekend. here is the pacific satellite picture. we have been seeing a lot of cloud cover and we will see mostly cloudy skies as we head into tomorrow. a couple of systems are still approaching a few sprinkles. you will see on the computer animation when you may see those drop. tonight could see a few drop, but as we head to 5:00 a.m., scattered in nature if we see any sprinkles for the thursday morning start. then in the afternoon it is more isolated in nature, but this is just

you kwan see the clouds -- you can see the clouds gathering over lake tahoe. scattered showers for tomorrow. if you are heading up to the sierra nevada for the holiday weekend, i want to let you know that they could be seeing snow showers over the higher passes. here is a view and we have some clouds around and we have patchy fog around. give yourself some time for the morning commute. 54 degrees and oakland at 58 and it is 57 if san jose. here are the highlights, chance of sprinkles tomorrow. a brief warm up for your friday and then scattered showers are in the forecast for this holiday weekend. here is the pacific satellite picture. we have been seeing a lot of cloud cover and we will see mostly cloudy skies as we head into tomorrow. a couple of systems are still approaching a few sprinkles. you will see on the computer animation when you may see those drop. tonight could see a few drop, but as we head to 5:00 a.m., scattered in nature if we see any sprinkles for the thursday morning start. then in the afternoon it is more isolatedature, but nature,t this is

you kwan see the clouds -- you can see the clouds gathering over lake tahoe. red showers for tomorrow. if you are heading up to the sierra nevada for the holiday weekend, i want to let you know that they could be seeing snow showers over the higher passes. here is a view and we have some clouds around and we have patchy fog around. give yourself some time for the morning commute. 54 degrees and oakland at 58 and it is 57 if san jose. here are the highlights, chance of sprinkles tomorrow. a brief warm up for your friday and then scattered showers are in the forecast for this holiday weekend. here is the pacific satellite picture. we have been seeing a lot of cloud cover and we will see mostly cloudy skies as we head into tomorrow. a couple of systems are still approaching a few sprinkles. you will see on the computer animation when you may see those drop. tonight could see a few drop, but as we head to 5:00 a.m., scattered in nature if we see any sprinkles for the thursday morning start. then in the afternoon it is more isolated in nature, but this is just the b

the c.h.p. is requiring chains or snow tires on 80. you can see why. highway 50, as well, in eldorado county. this is heavenly resort at lake tahoe courtesy of lake tahoe tv and the skiers are enjoying the fresh snow. lots of it, lots of powder expected to fall on the ski resorts before the weekend. >> there are new details this morning about the man who shot and killed two santa cruz police officers last week. deputies say jeremy goulet lost his coffee shop job, sold his motorcycle and told the house mates he was moving out. police say sergeant loran "butch" baker and detective butler were at his house to investigate a groping case when he opened fire on them february 26. santa cruz police officer have invited the public to a casket viewing for detective sergeant baker and detective butler those on ocean street in santa cruz. the public memorial for detective butler and detective sergeant baker is tomorrow at the h.p. pavilion. a motorcade procession will proceed. amtrak is offering free travel for law enforcement officers and live coverages begins at 11 a.m., right here on abc7 news. the family an 87-year-old woman who died at

we are talking about a lot of snow for the lake tahoe area. if what a fresh powder more than 80 in.. the snow levels can fall to about 3,000 ft. and you will want to brand your chains. the highs for today will be close to an average 60 degrees for san francisco and low 60's for fremont. 61 degrees for santa rosa. >> the 7 day around the bay state said it will be ready for wednesday into thursday. it will dry out for the weekend and do not forget that it is daylight saving time and it is one to be spreading ford heading into sunday. >> workers in the bay area suffered through commutes that are longer and cover greater distances than any other major metro area in the country. new census data shows at the region has a higher percentage of workers described as " a make up commuters. " these are people will spend at least 90 minutes plus 58 mi. to get to the office in the morning. 4% of people who work in the area are classified as a mad the commuters, compared with the national average of less than 1%. about 587,000 people in the country meets the

the satellite and radar showing showers continuing through lake tahoe. but dissipating. owfall and drizzly conditions for the low clouds are persisting. really near the coast. and for the golden gate pretty much not significant totals. under one-quarter of 1 in. 5 more in the no and bay. and in santa rosa but otherwise just traces at other locations. some locations receive about one- quarter of 1 in.. as we see tonight the decrease and fog. sunny and warm with the wind picking up. we will talk more about that and warmer weather, coming up. >> catherine: still ahead on kron 4-- what you bought at the store might not be exactly what you think it is. the major retailers which sold clothing labeled as fake fur. that was actually real. also - hoping for lower prices the pump? the grocery chain and gas company that are teaming up to save you money. next. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! don't stress. we can figure this out. [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call

it marks the return of big time events to lake tahoe with the alpine championships up here last week., the free style championships this week, we're really showing that tahoe is the type of venue that can hold these events. >> katie: many olympic hopefuls performing. when it rains there here it snows there. >> tomorrow looks like wet most of tomorrow. live doppler picking up a lot of moisture but there is still a possibility of drizzle during the morning but not likely that we'll see showers throughout the morning. even into lunchtime, i'll show what you i mean in just a little bit. the moisture is there hasn't been reaching the ground yet. here is a live shot. low level clouds over the bay bridge, look towards san francisco. temperatures in san francisco, 51. oakland 56. san jose 55. mild start this morning, another live shot with more gray skies but a little bit of break in some locations over the san mateo bridge. it's currently in the 50s as well in fairfield, 56. union city and los gatos, 56. which you can expect for today, clouds and fog for the morning. not as foggy as yesterda

the coastline. if you're headed to lake tahoe here, not much in the way of snow at the base. little bit of a shower possible tomorrow. but no snow. alpine meadows with the snow base of 51 inches. you can see in the 7-day forecast, a chance of showers for friday as well. and by saturday, a 50% chance of showers and sunday, the best possibility of accumulating rain unfortunately, on easter, we're going to have to throw in the chance of maybe an isolated thunderstorm as well. so we'll finetune that as we get closer. >> thanks very much. >>> coming up, a big time wine fight goes to court. find out why one vino collector is suing another. >>> it is the battle of the billionaires, two uber wealthy wine collectors hit court tomorrow. >> it involves two very expensive bottles of wine. greenberg sold him $325,000 worth of bads wine. greenberg says the wine is just fine. and it was sold as is many koch is taking the $325,000 he paid for the wine and unspecified damages. testimony in the case begins tomorrow. >>> a caretaker for a pennsylvania inn is headed to court for allegedly drinki

it is also headed to the sierra, the when slope 10" to 20" of snow possible until 10:00 tomorrow evening and 8" to 14" around lay -- lake tahoeil 10:00 tomorrow evening and at the lake level we get snow unlike the weekend where it rained according to sue. >> you can see the broken cloud cover and we are cooler this morning, san francisco 46. same for half moon bay. and santa cruz at 43. cloud cover is increasing, steady rain, evening and overnight, chilly showers tomorrow into thursday. today's temperatures are close to yesterday, even with the increasing clouds, and thickest clouds across the north bay and low-to-mid 60's i land and mid-60's at the bay and the coast. tonight, the temperatures are up in the mid 40's to low 50's but we will have rain. the commute tomorrow will be must affected by the wet weather. right now we are seeing unsettled pattern play out for the next 48 to 72 hours. at noon tomorrow, rather, noon today you can see the clouds increasing by 5:00, and leading edge of the steady light-to-moderate rain moving in the north bay by 7:00 moving in to the central bay by 9:00, east bay valley and the south bay i

money for special olympics and when we were done on sunday morning just for fun, we took the polar plunge into lake tahoelittle flamingos on our heads jumping into 42 degrees water. >> no wet suit. >> how long did you stay in? >> 2 seconds! [ laughter ] >> we had a great dime and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, we had a great time. >> very great for the special olympics. thank you to jonathan, who is dedicated to helping these kids out. and it was fun in a big way. >> lawrence, is he in a tutu? >> kind of looked like it. [ laughter ] >> great event. glad you could do that. a lot of fun. we have big changes in the weather today. we have some clouds already moving into our skies. so far, no rain to be found just yet but that will look lick change in the latter part of the day. our high-def doppler radar is currently looking for some raindrops. right now it's staying dry so the commute is looking okay but on the way home, things could change quite a bit. so if you are heading out the door this morning, grab the umbrella and be prepared just in case by the afternoon, those winds will be picking up.

the weekend. you were at lake tahoe and did this. >> i did a polar plunge with the special olympics on sunday morning. it's 43 degrees and snowing. it's cold, you get in and you're right out. >> we were warm. >> i would never, ever do that. frank, i can't believe you jumped in. >> you get bunch of people, you get the minute. i was in there and out, boom. >> one toe and back out. >>> we have some winter weather finally coming our way. we have some storm clouds headed in toward the bay area some clouds out there now. but no rain just yet. let's check it out on your high- def doppler radar and confirm that. we don't see showers out there right now but likely we are going to begin to pick some up toward the evening hours as a slow-moving cold front dives in toward the bay area so out the door this morning we have low clouds extending onshore. the temperatures a little colder this morning in the 30s and 40s. by the afternoon, well, things start to get a little interesting. the clouds will be thickening up a bit. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. then toward the evening hours, that's when we are going to se

. >> we have had it here since 2004 and marks the return of big time events to lake tahoe with the alpine championships up here last week. now, the free style championships this week, we're showing that tahoe is the time of venue that can hold these world class events. >> many olympic hopefuls will be performing. >>> coming up next, a feast for the beast. the beast. oakland zoo is letting [ male announcer ] citibank's app for ipad makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibank. to deposit checks from anywhere. [ wind howling ] easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. >> katie: here be the winning numbers from last night. mega number was 21. nobody correctly picked all six and tuesday is estimated at $42 million. >> new this morning, it's the one day of the year visitors are encouraged to feed the animal. annual feast for the beast takes place from 9:00 to 3:00. today the first 250 guests will receive a golden to allowin

if you are doing that, 75 sacramento, 50s in the high country in lake tahoe. we'll see plenty of temperatures in the mid-70s into san jose. 74 in morgan hill. about 75 degrees in cupertino. numbers up to 72 in brentwood. 74 in the napa valley and 73 degrees in dublin. 67, sunny and bright leftover clouds at the coast but looking good. this weekend partly cloudy skies. slight chance of showers. saturday night into sunday morning. and then looks like a better chance of rain for everybody and much cooler temperatures next tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you. >>> well, this is not your ordinary morning for students at three silicon valley high schools. >> i guess not. they are about to have their science projects sent into outer space. kcbs radio's matt bigler joins us from valley christian high school in san jose to let us know what these experiments are all about. this is pretty cool, matt. >> reporter: well, tell you what, these experiments are above my head. i'm learning new things about magnetic liquids and how they are going to be tested in microgravity. exci

the sierra is bracing for snow. our approaching system is expected to dump snow above 7,000 feet. lake tahoe will see three to eight inches of snow. here is a look at live pictures via weather tv. the national weather service posted a 24 hour winter weather advisory. >> the mid west is getting a blast of wintery weather from montana to virginia. minneapolis could see the biggest snowfall this winter. the storm is barreling through illinois head together nation's capital. it's expected to arrive tonight. people there have dubbed the storm snow quester. >> western wisconsin dealing with the affects of the storm, take a look at the semi that slid off the interstate then into a river. the dive and rescue team recovered the body. crews searched for a second person believed to have been a passenger. a foot of snow forecasted today for parts of wisconsin. >> an engine fire forced an alaska airlines flight carrying 53 passengers and crew to make an emergency landing this morn. the flight took off heading to boise, idaho about 11:00 a.m. but just 20 minutes later an indicator light showed there was a

the venue. by booking manager had an opportunity in lake tahoe. i love san francisco and the diversity here.i find that when you operate a venue and it is diverse and has a variety of things going on, there is a certain openness. when it is open to all the folks in the city, problems of violence and things like that do not tend to come along. thank you. >> thank you. i love my panel. in the producer of the largest fetish event next year. thank you, from the. [laughter] i wanted to start with you, jeffrey. this is a big thing of mine. everyone says that they love good food and music. i love a good cocktail. obviously, that is part and parcel of the issue that came up around all ages, 21 and over. other than looking great entertainment on the stage, how do you plan to make sure the or patrons have a great experience? aside from what they are seeing, maybe? >> it is artistic. right off the bat, when you enter a club, the first contact point is the door. if there is a hard asset the door giving you a rough time. from the beginning i start with a courtesy force. the bartender's that i have are no

the book. i began -- i rented a place in lake tahoe and sat there for the entire month of august. it was september ninth or something. i had summer break from teaching and i just sat down from the time it was morning to the time it was cocktail hour. i always say this because cocktail hour got earlier everyday because it was so hard to write this book when i had to write it in a certain period of time like that. what i had done finally, in the end, when it's done i thought it was the perfect situation. i had to be in that situation to write this particular book because that was the situation that the character steven was in. he was in a place he didn't want to be. he was far from people he wanted to be close to. he was not in his territory. that's how i felt writing by myself, far from home, not wanting to do it everyday from the time i got up to the time i got drunk but i did. and the second half was written all in a month. and it worked for this book. i can't say it might work for every other book it probably wouldn't work for any other book. i started this book in third person

could feel the snow building up before he was pushed into a tree, luckily, friends saw it happened and were able to dig him out. he suffered a dislocated shoulder. >>> ski resorts in lake tahoe hoe the winter games will come to the sierra, squaw valley and heavenly will focus to bring the olympics to the area. the games would bring 20,000 people each day to the region. >>> 4:49. coming up, controversial surrounding ads on muni buses in san francisco, were the transit agency says they have no plans to take them down. >>> the nfl year begins any afternoon, we'll tell you what's in store for the 49'ers. clear 97 >>> controversial ads depicting osama bin laden and the fort hood shooter are on buses in san francisco. the freedom defense initiative paid for the antiislam ads, they have been labeled as a hate group. >> the campaign focuses on how jihaddists use this. >> muni said the ads are protected by free speech. >>> a wrongly convicted oakland man plans to talk about his life today. the california dna project tested the victim's t-shirt for dna and profit williams did not commit the crime. >> he's exhibited great strength and continues to now, he's committed to rebuilding his