we still do have a few projects in the peninsula that are still under construction. again, the bay tunnel, we hold through again last year and the pipe is placed into tunnel and it's pretty exciting to see this tunnel come to shape and it's going to be quite a remarkable accomplishment when we see this go into service this fall. i must say, the biggest challenge of the program going forward is the calaveras damn replacement project. this project you heard about in the past is the largest project in the program one of the most complex. in 2012, we discovered an ancient landslide during construction that increased the amount of volume needs to be excavated by more than 3 million yards and you can see the an excavation being made. there is a large cut that is about 500 feet high that you can see. to date we have another 200 feet to go to the bottom of the valley. in 2012 we also recognized there was another feature called area b which was another suspected landslide but it couldn't be determined until we got to that level. it has been confirmed that there is another anci

. >> a violent home invasion on the peninsula prompts action, what the city of palo alto is doing to fight back against the spike in crime. >> plus, pieces of this meteorite turn to gold. a special ingredient making this year's gold in sochi one of a kind. >> a live look outside. it's tuesday, february 4th and this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. it's bright and early. i'm scott mcgrew. >> it's not so bright. it's early. i'm laura garcia-cannon. lots to get to. let's check in with the forecast, it's a cold start. >> it certainly is. there is a bright spot in the forecast, that is a lot of rain headed our way. i don't like to use a lot of rain loosely so stick around. i'm going to show you but this is our last dry day. i'm going to time out the storm system, the first of three expected to move over the bay area throughout the rest of the week and into the all important weekend. stick around. lots to talk about in your full forecast. let's check your drive. >> take you out to the north bay. looking at southbound 101, a smooth drive, no problems out here. into san franci

plenty of cloudsçó to go around along the peninsula for the first part of the day.ture at 62 along the peninsula in san mateo, san francisco only the 50s expected. you'll see mostly cloudy conditions. looking good out in the north bay, yeah, still want to travel cautiously around the north bay with all of that rain accumulati accumulation. over a foot of rain it's not going to be any time soon. over the next three days you want to take it easy with lingering puddles and ponding. throughout the east bay temperatures are going to range from the upper 50s to low 60s. and in the tri-valley, wine country, up to 66 degrees with sunshine breaking through. so that foggy start will make way to a sunny and mild finish. a nice second half of the day. we head through tomorrow the low clouds return and then the high and mid level clouds move in throughout tomorrow afternoon. on thursday we're tracking some showers, mostly to the mortgage of the golden gate bridge. let me show you what that looks like on your future cast. getting into thursday morning, a little bit of shower acti

in the peninsula, drying up after midnight. s some pretty good cells coming in into the santa cruz mountains. livermore and concord, not much. and perpetually usual. for tonight, the east bay, 0.05 of an inch. the peninsula, a quarter inch. and half an inch in the santa cruz mountains. we're not getting more out of this for the rest of the month. the present status of the drought shows extreme drought in southern california. it's an classified as an exceptional drought. right now, the numbers are mostly in the 50s in the bay areas. 58 degrees for san francisco. 58 for san jose. and the winds right now gusting out of the south. nothing dramatic. out the door tomorrow morning. all of this should dispensed with. sunny skies coming up for much of the bay area tomorrow. you can see that the low pressure is too far north of this to really squeeze out the moisture. it's pressing through the bay area right now. as the showers head south, moving out, clearing up, and getting increasing sunshine for tomorrow. everything just pops, and we

mostly impacting the peninsula. once these systems start coming in we're going to stay rainy all the way through 9:00 a.m. friday. and then we keep this pattern going, staying in that atmospheric river all the way through sunday. so basically you want to make indoor plans starting on wednesday all the way through sunday. we'll have breaks of sunshine as the system gets closer to us i'll be able to time it out better. let's see how we're doing on your roads. here is mike. >> relative on a monday t the standards are lower. looking to the rest of the bay, a smooth drive along the peninsula side. let's focus here where we see the build of traffic and the colors other than green. this is west 580 off 205 out of the central valley. a couple of incidents. one for 580 at grant line road. lanes are cleared but westbound your commute we have a big rig on the shoulder, that is a distraction, adding to slowing, in toward the almost valley we had a car broken down. it's on the shoulder but again, activity, distraction a little sl

look at these speeds on the peninsula. smooth, 101 and 280 close to the limit. 280 slows around the bend past 19th or highway 1. no big surprises. on the east bay we have our tri-valley times, slowing out of the altamont pass toward livermore traditional pattern. live look for the san mateo bridge, a smooth drive across the bay on 92 and also then in the south bay. no surprises. we'll show you that coming up. >> thanks so much. still ahead on "today in the bay" facebook then and now. taking you live to where facebook headquarters are in the bay area. we'll show you how the social media site has changed since it first set up shop a decade ago. >> jimmy fallon is a tonight show guest for the last time before he becomes the man behind the desk. what he told jay leno about that late night transition coming up next. >> a live look outside, beautiful bay bridge. look at that vista this morning. it's a crisp, cold start to our morning. change is in the works when it comes to the forecast. something we desperately need as well. [ m

lots of red and orange along the peninsula. expecting to see heavy rainfall in through parts of pacifica and half moon bay, el granada, some of that heavier rainfall in parts of the south bay. a little pocket of clearing towards san jose but that will soon change and right now heavy rain through fremont and petaluma. it's a stormy start to the day. by the afternoon things settle down. temperatures out the door we go, mainly in the 40s outside. i think as we look toward the afternoon, rain ends by the latter part of the day, cool in the 50s. but we have a bigger storm on the horizon. we'll talk about that coming up. let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >>> and as you said, it is a wet one outside right now. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. michelle noticed all those raindrops on the lens. traffic is moving okay right now approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. but it is wet all across the span oakland into san francisco. we have also had numerous spinouts. a traffic alert was canceled. all lanes open thr

on the peninsula side a smoother drive. crashes throughout san mateo on the northbound side a couple of spin-outs so we're watching these areas. a slower drive continuing to improve as an earlier crash has cleared out. the south bay all of this hitting 237. watch it here. 280 at bird reports of flooding. our bob redell is out there. bob you have a closure. what's going on? >> reporter: good morning. yes, northbound 280, the off ramp is shut down because of this flooding that extends maybe a good 50 yards. there is a clogged drain on this upper part, you can see looking at my speed it gets to about 4 to 5 inches deep. that's why the chp if you look behind has shut down this section of the roadway because they don't want people coming in and having issues. right now they are waiting for caltrans to come out to unclog that drain. i can't tell if that silhouette walking toward us is maybe with caltrans or chp. this has been going on about 40 minutes but the good thing is if you could see the headlights heading in our direction,

as well, back to the map we talked about speed sensors and travel times along the peninsula. as the bay bridge. slow off of the maze because of the crash which has cleared. back to you. >> we continue to follow breaking news this morning. hollywood icon shirley temple black has died. a statement from her agent says the iconic child star died of natural causes in her woodside home surrounded by loved ones. temple found fame as a child star in numerous depression era films like "curly top." after her acting career she became active in politics including an unsuccessful bid as a candidate for congress. she did serve as a u.s. ambassador though. peggy bunker is in woodside. she is going to join wisconsin a live report in about 15 minutes. >> investigators trying to figure out if heavy rain caused a large portion of a roof to collapse in san jose. the collapse was reported at an abandoned warehouse on nicora avenue. investigators say about a third of the roof came down. a search and rescue team looked for people trapped but determined the warehouse had been vacant at the time of c

the blue on the peninsula, the system depositing more water as well. oakland, we'll show you past the coliseum. travel northbound you have a lighter flow. the glowing lights, kicking up off of the tires. and through the area as well approaching the bay bridge. puddling around the bay bridge toll plaza. >> our bob redell is checking out the the problems in the south bay. he'll have a live report. >>> more on the weather advisory across the bay area. a live look at san jose. heavy rain in the morning forecast. it's a big relief for all of us in the region after the driest weather on record. bob joins us live on 680 in san jose. what's good for the drought could be bad for commuters. >> reporter: it could. good morning to you, scott. we're southbound, passing berryessa headed to the downtown area. the good thing about the road condition this is morning i traveled from the east bay into the south bay, we have not seen any flooding or anything to speak of. not to say that's not happening, we're not seeing it. 880 or 680. that being said when you have new ra

watch out for slick conditions along the peninsula, 280, 101. mike's going to be here to tell you how your drive's shaping up. this bodes for a slow commute. south bay, first showers and slick for the very first time this morning as well. that steadier rain developing and moving in. in combination with that rain, gusty wind out there. you want to travel cautiously. watch out for debris on the roadways. let's take you into the rest of the day. stop the clock at 1:00 p.m., heavy downpours through the north bay. continuing to see that all the way through 6:00 p.m. tonight. showers will start to deteriorate and we're going to see a nice evening out of this. what i can tell you, tomorrow looks dry, then heavier round of rain moves in on friday. take it right to the futurecast for the long rain, you can see the heavy batch of moisture moves in friday. rain all day long on friday. into your saturday, then a break on sunday whitmore rain into next week. see that on the seven-day forecast. we need it, which is why we're excited about. let's check on the d

via the peninsula. , if you're looking for your temperature trend for your region it's here at the bottom of the screen. every zone across the bay area. we got you covered. we're going to be above average to the tune of 10 degrees. as we get into monday, we keep that climb consistently coming a all the way through the beginning of next week. the changes move in. we're talking about a lot of rainfall coming into the bay area. as you know, last time we had that flooding, the heaviest rainfall came through the north bay. look at this. the first front is actually going to hit us vertically. so we set this in motion for you and show you what we expect. you can see here, the whole bay area in that yellow range, that's moderate rainfall on the way. after the first one comes through we've got two more on its heels by sunday at 6:00 p.m. another potent storm system moving in. so i know we got to get through this warmer weekend first. this is next weekend. yeah, might be easier to plan accordingly if you know it's

the southern portion of the peninsula. can see some of the heaviest rainfall producing 1.44 inches per hour. we think some of this will. as we head throughout the next 30 to 40 minutes, a descent downpour. you can see where the line is pretty long ask from sunnyvale, getting heavy rainfall right now. likely will be moving into san jose as we head throughout the top of the hour. again, that's the biggest area of concern right now. if you do any travel up into marin, napa, sanoma. sacramento looking at the moderate rainfall continuing now. let's go ahead and get a live look at our sky camera network. you can see everyone dealing with rainfall tonight on the sky camera grids from the south bay to san francisco and that's probably where your eye gets drawn. the camera is shaken around so much because we have winds sustained out of the southeast at 28, gusting to 33. it's been like that for the past three hours. i wouldn't be surprised with the winds staying in the forecast, if we don't have power outages there throughout san fr

a crash on the peninsula. we'll talk about where that is and what connectors that might affect coming up. >> let's take a live look outside this morning. golden gate bridge, folks making their way across the span. it's thursday, february 20th, this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. we begin with the two men accused of severely beating giants fan and south bay paramedic bryan stow. sources tell nbc news the men may take plea deals admitting to at least some of the guilt, as early as this morning. bob redell live in santa cruz where stow is still recovering from the attack at his family's home. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. an attack that left bryan stow brain damaged and unable to care for himself. the two men accused in that attack, the two dodgers fans, accused of putting him in that situation are expected to accept plea deals in a los angeles courtroom for allegedly attacking stow outside dodger stadium in march

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, the south and the east bay, right now especially along the peninsula. er storm on the way. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we have major delays building after this cement truck crashed into the center divide jackknifed on the eastshore freeway. we have an updated location. it's westbound 80 approaching el portal. but lanes are blocked in both directions. westbound and eastbound 80. use the richard parkway or san pablo avenue in the meantime. use the richmond parkway. it will clear in a couple of hours. a full "kcbs traffic report" is coming up. >>> a texas teenager convicted of killing four people while driving drunk won't face jail time. ethan couch was 16 at the time of the accident. his lawyers famously argued his wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility. they termed it "affluenza." yesterday the judge ordered the teen to go to rehab to be paid by his parents. his victims are outraged at the ruling. >> these issues remain out there and not swept under the rug. i mean, this -- this, uhm, this just can't be an acceptable resu

there is lots of traffic at livermore and in the peninsula to san bruno eastbound 580 we have a solo vehicle spin intermediate. as i advised earlier, stay in the center lanes because that is where the ponding occurs on either side of the freeway. you want to avoid the solo vehicle spinouts and high tremendous planes which is a problem. now, we will see how the san mateo bridge is handling things and everyone is moving along fine as you maybe the westbound push away from hayward to foster city it will take you only ten minutes. >>> a a terror warning on the east of the olympics from an every day product on the way to sochi. >>> a change at subway. >>> we are tracking the storm that is giving much needed rain in the bay area right now with a look at live doppler 7 hd with more from meteorologist, mike nicco, coming hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male an

coming down hard in the peninsula. the peninsula is certainly a wet rain and dealing with lighter rain in petaluma but heavier in san raphael and navado. you can see the she is testimony headed our way. it will usher in cool air as well. expected a cooler day. the blue is indicating snow showers in tahoe. if you are headed up there, bring your chains. we are going to get snow up there. futurecast for this year showing the widespread rain we're dealing with. it will stick around during most of the day. picking up in intensity along the peninsula. putting the clock into motion here, lunchtime, scattered by nature but moderate in napa, san raphael. it's not until the afternoon hour that's it will start to taper off. into the evening, we are expecting drier conditions. as for temperatures this morning, cloud cover providing insulation. milder start compared to yesterday. 44 heading out the door in san francisco. mid to upper 40s in the east bayshores. low 40s in pleasanton and waking up to upper 40s in the south bay. a cool

either in the peninsula or the entire blended system along the caltrain corridor. servicing the city of san francisco of service that matches international high-speed service is a critical oufk of the authority >> to that end it is important to note those projects as those projects are developed we must sure to work on the future high speed rail are comedy those include ongoing parishioner overlook capacity at the fourth and a king development and mains of 3 tracks to the transbay terminal and full scale platforms to accommodate high speed rail operation that mother and father maximizes service. the authority is eager to continue to work with our community folks and stakeholders. thank you >> thank you. are there any other comments. so seeing none, we'll move into our next item >> to the agreement of density audit to extend the com satisfaction. >> this is extending our auditors contract for two years it's straightforward. >> you want approve. >> we have a. >> martin luther consenting. chair kim that's 5 i's and item 79 is approved arrest item 10 the updated initia

it shows a lot of rain over the peninsula. a more widespread than in show one will keep you posted with that during weekend. to are definitely dry sunday increasing cloud coverage and chance of showers by the late morning into early afternoon. by next week chilly mornings will stay with us but into the afternoon will see the temperature is around 60 degrees. >> : conciliar roberts profound people behaving badly >> : to see bicycle's going what they wont do were they wont let. first off us look at the bicycle is a polite as in the background there is a cruise to stop. the cyclist sit about for the entire length of stoplight. now move any sound a cop from the scenario watch what the others listed at the same. >> : there in the stoplight in the sidewalk and crosswalk. sightless right here waiting for the light to change screen lets look at this from another angle. notice there's no lights here none at all. aias some people or they think the latest today is ask a bike rider date. >> : i just wait until the new cars coming. is bless

smooth flow right here along the peninsula. h the headlights past university avenue into san francisco, 101 not reporting problems or delays. 280 as well moving after early morning fog cleared around 92. watch that around skyline. looking to the east bay, the travel speeds moving smoothly. you look you are mostly in the green, in the bottom of the screen that's southbound 880 over to 92 and 238. slow there. because of the volume out of the tri-valley and castro valley. slow southbound 680 developing early and northbound where there is a crash around 84 so both problems into sunol from both directions. nothing major as far as the impact but we are watching the trend there agency well as the east shore freeway, slow it down through berkeley. typical pattern and slowing as well toward hilltop drive. an earlier stall sounds like it's moving to the shoulder. a look at the north bay, southbound 101 we have slowing around san pedro road. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> the winter olympics in sochi, they kick off on thursday. most a

the same for the peninsula. cisco, you want that umbrella with you starting saturday, keep it with you sunday. monday, presidents' day, we'll clear out to 61 degrees. in the north bay, as we head through the weekend, holiday weekend, yeah, month kicks off ski week, 64 in the north bay. east bay 60. we'll hit 66 on presidents' day in the tri-valley. best day for outdoor plans saturday. monday's going to be better. probably a good idea to make indoor plans sunday. mike inouye. >> presidents' day a day we observe mattress sales. toward the freeway, 880, traveling north -- i know that's not the reason, folks -- it's a smooth drive. we see haze and a lot more cars. cars are the issue. visibilities not here. look at mapover all in the bay area. smooth flow. like yesterday, right here, 29 and along the peninsula and along the coast, fog lifted there. fog lifted over here for livermore as well. the south bay not so much but we have that volume of traffic kick in for northbound routes. orange, as far that fog. more slowin

east bay hills we say rain coming out the tent the venture rain per hour. peninsulaow close line pushed through half moon bay also coming down. upset the venture rain per hour. up to and a head the venture rain per hour. to 10 of rain overa n. much more rain on the way were not going to want miss the rain fall projections coming up in just a little bit. >> : tom hall has let us know how people putting their this weekend are kron4-dot-com here tend a one-stop shop for resurging conditions click on the special thing here that says snow report. then read hitting the slopes of information on tahoe resorts. >> : security scare and they wont 2014 olympic games tempted hijacking of an airliner. the flight was going to assemble turkey. a man demanded to be taken to sochi to russia where it is hosting the olympic games pre >> : the would-be hijacker said that he had a bomb there was no bomb he was taken into custody reports are that he was inebriated. >> : friends family gathered in new york to say goodbye to seymour hoffman he was found in his apartment because of an aunt ac

and the peninsula flows nicely. the orange is creeping in, that means the averages have come down our road weather index, fog night be an issue for 280 around highway 84. i will look 10 is slowing and the clouds sinking down becoming a fog situation just right here between university and the dumb barton bridge headed over there on willow or university or highway 84 as we talked about. slow toward the east bay, the trivalley you have a smoother drive, no problems 580 westbound, a gentle build through livermore, 50-mile-per-hour on average the overnight road crews clearing from tracy, that's better news for that area. toward the approach to the bay bridge smooth drive down the east shore freeway, 24, 580 and 880, the bay bridge toll plaza no real backup and no real problems, throughout the north bay we're not registering with the nothing either but as we showed live, we have the fog impeding the few from the camera, westbound 80 moves smoothly. >> thank you so much, mike. >>> a small step forward in the plans to build

along the peninsula and right by the water in san francisco.highs as a result are only going to end up in the 50s when it comes to the north bay. you'll see the upper 50s in santa rosa and napa, by the water in sausalito, mid-50s. east bay tri-valley same deal. mid to upper 50s, make sure you have the jacket ready to go. like i said you can hold off on the umbrella at least for now. your seven-day forecast showed you how many days we have rain in the forecast. this is what we expect. we stop the clock on futurecast at 5:30, throughout tomorrow night into thursday morning. we're going to pick up pretty decent rainfall totals in the bay area. look what they expect out of this first system in tahoe. two more systems on the way. we're talking about 15 inches above 7,000 feet. and this is just from the first system. the next two could force road closures in the tahoe area and we could get dumped on. we're watching for that. i'm going to show you how much rain we expect and who could be looking at flooding potential as we get into this weekend. we've

there are 106 in the south bay. 44 customers are in the dark in the north bay and 11 on the peninsula. no significant outage in san francisco. >>> investigators in the north by are trying to determine if a man found dead in the back immediate of a mill valley home wandered away from a weather-related accident. authorities say slick roads may have sent the s.u.v. down the hill where it landed upside down before 10:00 a.m. the search-and-rescue found the vehicle empty but the driver was spotted in a backyard. crews used gear because the neighborhood isibility into the side of the valley. >> there is no one. inside the vehicle at the time of the officers responding so we tried to determine how many people were in the vehicle. >> the coroner will determine how the man died. police would not release his identity but says he lives near. >> in the sierra some rivers are on the verge of flooding with some residents and business owners very nervous in the downtown area. they would like to see more snow and the skiers to help the merchants recover from the losses. you can track the stop on our

on the peninsula the clouds above the deck but watch 1 and 92, lower visibility there. on the other side of the bay oakland and i show that red light on the corner of the building where our camera is mounted. we can make out the light. the lit up billboard. there is a tough view across the street from our rooftop camera. watch for patchy fog as you rise up for 13 and 580. there is the bay bridge toll pla plaza. one of the lanes is not open. the bay bridge, there is mist around there. see it in the south bay too. >> thank you. san jose, according to the "mercury news" investigators say mario cuestas sold. he had been a fire fight enin san jose since 1994. it's unclear how many children were involved and how long the alleged crimes went on. christie smith gathering details. she will join us with a live report in the next half hour. >> uc-berkeley offering measles vaccin vaccines. a cal student who had not been vaccinated has come down with the measles. the student was likely exposed during a trip abroad. he affected classes. we are told the person lived in contra costa co

the peninsula moves nicely. you see that yellow stretch up through san mateo, more cars hitting the road. 59 miles per hour through that stretch. it will adjust back up. we're watching that. over across the bay, san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge, the volume a bit, more company but no big concerns. the castro valley y on schedule a. crash north 880 at 238 could cause disruption for folks. might be an early slowdown. it may be there from the last few minutes haven't seen slowing. a live look, i wanted to show you it's a smooth drive, a good volume off of that san mateo high rise over to foster city. also you can see the hills on the east bay side so that's a good visibility as well. at least for the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. slow loog the tri-valley, as you travel westbound 580 top of the screen that's the slowest, and the exout of livermore into dublin is starting to show a slowdown. really speeds are in the 50s as you approach the done lin interchange. into the 15s out of the altamont pass. a build, s

the orange blob through the upper peninsula, san mateo and heading north into san francisco, despite your speeds are just fine as far as the slow goe s 101 north into sn francisco. the southbound side picking up volume as you come through raph south bay 101 picking up volume. we'll send it back to you guys. >>> now back to the 2014 olympic games as we give you a live look at the torch burning in sochi this morning. of course it's evening there, 6:54 at night. today team usa has several opportunities to add to the medal count. >> "today in the bay's" janelle wang joins us live in sochi with a look at the olympic competition we will be seeing in prime time tonight. good afternoon, good evening to you. >> reporter: right. good evening laura and scott. the medals right now they only have three golds, team usa does but they could add to that tonight in prime time with the olympic debut of slopestyle men's free skiing, four american skiers are going for a medal, corps ti competition revved up, led by 19-year-old nick goepper from indiana, the 2013-'2014 x games. he's excited to be here at

this is what things looked like driving down 101 across the peninsula today. the chp says they did see a lot more crashes this morning. a number of those single car spinouts that they attribute to the rain. the chp says the easiest way to avoid getting into one of those accidents in this wet weather is to simply slow down and don't follow that car in front of you, too closely. >> maybe a rule of thumb for every ten miles an hour you are going, that's how many car lengths you should be. at 65 miles an hour, that's six cars. you may want to increase that on a wet roadway and keep your eyes on the road. >> reporter: the chp is asking all commuters to leave the house earlier so that you are not in a rush getting off to work or school. people we talked to on the peninsula say they do change the way they drive and slow down and hope that others do the same thing. that's often not the case, though. >> i slow down and i watch in all directions. my left, my right and i really slow down. >> reporter: do you think other people do the same thing? >> no. not a lot of people

they will also offer them in oakland and on the peninsula and redwood city. they will be offering those throughout the weekend. reporting live in san rafael, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> you can track the storm's arrival right to your neighborhood by logging on to kpix5.com/weather. >>> a plan unveiled this morning to frustrate cell phone thieves. anne makovec reports on the proposal to install kill switches on phones. >> reporter: this bill, which is on the way now to the legislature, would make cell phones like this one a brick essentially in the case of it being stolen. that is something we have been seeing more and more often. take a look at this video. some surveillance video of some of the cell phone thefts that have gone on in the bay area over the past year or so. it is rampant accounting for half of all robberies in san francisco. the problem of cell phone theft is rampant. many of the crimes caught on camera account for half of all robberies in san francisco and almost 80% in oakland when factors in other smart devices. >> this is such a big deal that t

. >> the traffic maps, peninsula, south bay, red on highway 101 indicating traffic is very slow. >> live look from our emeryville camera on interstate 80 toward the oakland maze. see the big backup there, as well as things moving very slowly. >> lillian kim is live in the sierras. >> first, check in with abc7 news report david louie live in the south bay. >> reporter: we are standing in the middle of a yard where sandbags are available for south bay resident and now that the rain is here, we have seen a steady stream of people coming by to pick up these bags. now the bags are free at this location. they are provided by the santa clara water district. other cities, the industries providing the bags to their residents. come on in handy for homes on hills or driveways slope down from street level. preparedness is the name of the game. roads and highways can be prone to flooding as well, caltrans tells us they are putting crews on 24-hour shifts starting at 8:00 tonight. they will be working around the clock all weekend long as long as it's storming. extra equipment has been mobilized, inclu

in the southbound direction over the golden gate bridge you are at top speeds and on the peninsula, fog is reported here along 92 near skyline. 280, as well. it is going to be a foggy commute. just watch your speed. here is a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza and a look from emeryville camera you can see away from the east bay toward treasure island we have construction that is reported in the westbound direction with lanes blocked until 5:00 and walnut creek southbound is moving along just fine as we make it up to the 24 junction so nice and clear this morning. >> next, mourning the loss an acting great, fans remember half moon bay and the time he spent here in the bay area. >> a battle box battle over sugar, in a bitter and taxing fight offer tweet drinks. >> the solution to california's college degree crunch. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. and she does! e does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] add a u-vers

and we have to check the peninsula. a look at palo alto, 101 represents the volume of traffic there. not a big deal through palo alto or san mateo or into and out of san francisco. 28 even lighter, guys. back to you. >> thanks a lot. >> this morning san jose's newest olympian waking up in her own bed for the first time in weeks. she is not wasting time getting back to what she had before sochi. >> christie smith is live at middy high school where polina edmunds will be back at class. turns into a regular teenager again. >> reporter: good morning to you. talk about a transition from three weeks in sochi, competing on the world stage, now back to high school, back to her desk and hitting the books. classmates will welcome polina edmunds back to archbishop middy high school in san jose later this morning. she tweeted out photos saying she loved the half filled flights and that it took 23 hours just to get back home to san francisco. soon the 15-year-old will be back on the ice again, this time training for the world champio

you can see that towards san jose along the peninsula. e storm across the bay area continues in wave after wave moving in along the peninsula. but the heavier amounts of rainfall located in the south bay along the 101, 680 and also along the 280, more scattered showers further to the north. the storm system will taper off in the middle of the morning and drying out towards the afternoon. so we have changes in the works and it looks like the storm system will move by this morning. this afternoon maybe sunny breaks outside. so this afternoon, things drying out. tomorrow maybe a brief break. chance of showers. potentially heavy rainfall over the weekend. one system sliding through tonight. intensifying this morning. behind that a brief break and this next one sets up. that bringing rain to the bay area heavy rainfall with a subtropical tap meaning rainfall amounts could be up to 7" where the jet stream sets up in the north bay. the high country 3 to 5" of snow expected today, winter weather advisories there, snow level at 3,000 feet. grab the

still got four, five days left of the vacation. peninsula, 52 degrees. 55 degrees in the east bay. 55 in san francisco. comfortable afternoon. we'll hit the mid-60s again. we're going to see a lot of sunshine. once showers clear out, expecting that by 10:00 a.m. then we head into a warm-up. see it here on the seven-day forecast. as i said before, a super soaker pattern returned to the bay area. lots of rain coming our way. we'll sort everything out for you. full forecast coming up. let's check the drive as promised. mike inouye. >> i'm doing a quick check. you mentioned snow falling in tahoe. no freeway problems as far as chain controls. you have a smooth flow in and out. if you think about going to tahoe, congratulations, what are you doing up at 4:40 in the morning? live look. get a -- towards the bay bridge, smooth drive across the span. see the lights on the san francisco side as well, officially named bridge on that span, smooth flow. you can see the towers, the city. clouds, though, illuminated by the city lights. those may be an issue

quiet along the peninsula. ers pushing in along san francisco, also moderate downpour as you head towards the gulf coast golden gate bridge. starting to get a break in santa rosa and petaluma now but expecting more rain headed our way. so taking a look at the rainfall totals for the past 24 hours, just under -- under 2/10 of an inch in livermore, an inch in concord and trace amounts in mountain view but we are expecting more rain later today. with that said, we do have a flash flood watch in effect until about 3:00 p.m. for the north bay, so rapid rises on streams could cause the potential of flooding, urban flooding as well as small landslides. taking a look at this system on satellite and radar, we have this plume of tropical moisture pushing in so we are expecting more rain so tracking it for you on futurecast where it's mainly sitting in the north bay right now but going to continue to push south and east throughout the day so by 2:00 p.m. making its way along the bayshore, 4:00 p.m. picking up in intensity

francisco but with the clear skies chilly temperatures this morning down to 38 in san jose. 39 around the peninsula and the north bay seeing 37 degrees. the changes we're going to see coming in right around this time tomorrow as an area of low pressure begins to drop down the coast, but in the meantime pretty nice day today. no problems for your outdoor plans especially around the coast upper 50s near 60 today. tomorrow, though, changes. an area of low pressure here instead of really crossing the coast is going to drop right down along the coast and during the morning hours tomorrow you're starting to see some rain approach the coastline, coming up we'll let you know how much we're expecting out of this system and if that's going to bring any snow to the sierra coming up in the full forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you very much, rob, we couldn't use that rain any more than we need it right now. it's getting critical with each passing day the drought situation is, of course, what we're talking about. the latest hit comes from the state water department of california which says there's just not

headed along the peninsula to the south, south of highway 92 along 101 through san mateo and belmont,speeds with no accidents to report on 280 and you are in good shape. walnut creek at 680 southbound to dublin is 14 minutes and southbound 101 from santa rosa to san francisco is 15 minutes and through the santa cruz mountains along highway 17, 25 minutes. we are see a few sprinkles falling and not affecting traffic, just a few extra taillights pushed to the south and to san francisco. >> thanks. "consumer reports" has the the top car picks and there is a bay area tech connection. >> the message of healthy eating could be finally getting through. >> we will be pay less at the pump this one of the best things about is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. for example, if you're a single person making less than $46,000 a year, or a family of four, earning up to $94,200, you may be eligible for premium assistance. the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. get answers, and get covered. find out if you're eligible and enroll no

moderate levels in the north bay peninsula. also for the south bay.ng to be a hard day to get yourself going back to work with this sunshine. we'll start off sunny and finish with sunny skies. san jose going warmer tomorrow. 70 degrees for you. palo alto 70. belmont just a shade cooler with 69 degrees. san francisco, 68. if you're outside, it's going to feel like the low 70s. take the spf and you'll need the sunglasses, as well. in the north bay, a very comfortable location, 70 in napa. 71 in santa rosa. oakland, 68. one of the warmer spots will be livermore at 72. time now for the toyota tahoe ski report. we have had over five feet of fresh snow this month. no snow in the next three days. sunny, spring skiing in place. temperatures in the low 50s. but check it out. 68 trails open at squaw valley, 74 at alpine meadows. and we'll add potentially to the snow by next week. forecast models are pushing a storm system our way as we head throughout the middle part of next week. by tuesday, it lines up offshore and throughout wednesday, looks like we could ge

we're sliding across the peninsula. 44 in low man park. one last shift, sunnyvale you're looking at 37 outside and 36 reported in saratoga. for the afternoon, temperatures like yesterday. upper 50s, under mostly clear skies. look at storm tracker 2, not a cloud over the area. i'll look at this, and show you the next possibility and seeing rain coming our way. this is a system off the coast. it will be sliding inland in the next 24 hours or so and by tomorrow morning at this hour it will be right up along the coastline. it's expected to make a southerly move and as it does it will just skirt the coast and the latest model brings the possibility, better possibility of rain our way. here we are this morning, we get into the afternoon, mostly clear skies a clear day in store, upper 50s, low 60s, but by sunday morning, it looks like we're picking up a few scattered showers over the coastline. geat into 8:00, now, it's sliding down farther south, it's by 9:00, maybe a few scattered showers over the peninsula, it doesn't stop, by 10:00 it's moving

down in the peninsula there hasn't been much either. but because in the north bay this is simply persistent and persissed and persisted there are flood alerts posted there until this afternoon. flash flood watches are posted north bay counties another one to two inches on top of what we already have, today. some places it's approaching a foot of rain so there's possible flash flooding. be careful out there. the complete forecast coming up, including rain for everybody. first, from the relative comfort of the studio -- they always say a good reporter is a wet reporter. i see this morning you qualify. >> reporter: i always follow in your footsteps. no matter where you travel i have your back. you nailed it when you said in the south bay everybody's saying what's the fuss? people called me and said wow you really missed this forecast. not the case. in fact it's even worse this morning than yesterday at this hour. i want to set the stage for you. got to clean the lens because it's raining, it's pouring in the morinne area, moments ago let me

nothing unexpected for the peninsula. south bay, north 101, which is slowing down from 680 up to 880. holding steady. christina talked about the ski week, vacation week for the school districts, lighter flow. commute will kick in now for north 87, 101, 285 and ease off earlier. here we saw slowing for 680 and 580 than we typically see on wednesday. wet roads, misty conditions, slick through the sunol, pleasanton and dublin areas. keep that in mind. lower the speeds toward the cloverleaf and off-ramp. drive speeds here for the east bay and east shore. all in the green zone. nice flow of traffic. live views towards oakland, 880, northbound, past the coliseum, easy spacing. toll plaza, slowing around that bend to the bay bridge toll plaza itself. coming off of this, actually getting on to the overcrossing is an issue. sun will dry things out. in the north bay, the issue of more traffic. just southbound 101 here at curve at terra linda, roadway moving smoothly. slow drive developing because of cars hits the road. san rafael, g

he's the man investigators peninsula. el camino real in millbrae january tenth. then hit the bank of the west on park road in burlingame last friday.valentine's day. pretty good description of him too. a black man in his 50's or 60's. between five-five.and five- ten.with a slim build. and he has what's described as having sunken in cheeks.acne scars on his face.and discolored skin on the back of his neck. he's considered armed and dangerous. >> in santa rosa. a former social worker accused of embezzling 400-thousand dollars from dozens of his disabled clients. is scheduled to be in court today to face charges. larry sark, allegedly embezzled the money from 51- disabled clients. sark's job was to help them by requesting social security funds. police say, sark requested the funds, without his clients' knowledge. and then, deposited hundreds of checks into his own private bank accounts. >> >> the city council listen to the public scup comments last night. more than 80 people signed up for public comment and a packed city council chamber. many were carried signs and o

a crash on the peninsula. we'll talk about where that is and what connectors that might affect coming up. >> let's take a live look outside this morning. golden gate bridge, folks making their way across the span. it's thursday, february 20th, this is "today in the bay."

valentine's day forecast, south bay 67. 66 along the peninsula. in san francisco, 62 degrees. 66 in the east bay. 59 in the north bay with showers rolling through on friday night. should be light. lovely day. nice cool night. perfect for snuggling up. over to you mike inouye, on that note. >> putting pressure on us. goodness. looking here where solo drivers and carpooling couples moving smoothly. no commitment, just for the car pool nice, smooth flow southbound 101 and clear view. yesterday we saw these cars at top of the screen disappear behind clouds and low cloud cover. not a problem for san rafael. map will show you the same thing. reading for the speed limb toward the san rafael bridge moving smoothly to the east bay. orange in north of petaluma, fog thicker for 101. we had thicker fog around american canyon and vallejo. here, east shore freeway moves off the carquinez bridge from highway 4, hercules, same agreement zone for 24 and 58037 over the peninsula side, palo alto, 101, nice view. make out the city lights which we couldn't yesterday,

we need to recognize we've also had many san franciscans who live here and commuted adopt to the peninsula people have been doing that for decades. in the past they'll get into a car and drive down the freeway and clog up our city streets and freeways. now they're taking buses to reduce congestion and reducing pollution marry that's exactly what we want in our transit first policy and we need to make sure it's define in a well-regulated way. i think we need to stop steering wheel and escape getting and democrat on and on people who work why in the technology sector. we have keep deep problems around housing in this city because of decades of bad policy that has been an under investment for glrz our transportation system. we need to address those problems at their root and work together instead of he trying to pretend that one group of san franciscans is to blame. i know we can work together and address those problems and do it in a productive way and i look forward to doing that. thank you (clapping.) thank you supervisor weiner. so we're - when we're talking about those shuttles there's a

and that would be from a $26 million to $27.5 million the contract between the puc and hdr for the peninsula region projects. on the bottom of page 31 shown in table one on that page the proposed budget for construction management services for the crystal springs san andreas transmission project increase of about 5 million from previously proofed budget of $11.3 million. this is offset by savings in other projects and that is shown again in table 1. on page 32 of our report we note that the proposed resolution contains a reference to a contract option to extend the term by 2 years. that was inadvertently included. therefore our recommendation to amend the proposed recommendation to extend the contract by 2 years and we recommend you approve the resolution as amended. regarding item 8, i should state, on page 35 of our report we note that the peninsula pipelines upgrade total project budget approved by the public utilities commission is $42 million, 42, 9300 and that is listed on our report. the listed requested funds on page 10 on the construction funds in water revenue bonds which were prev