the high-def radar picking up a few showers along the peninsula la. this is just winding down. u for a closer look. you can see the cells off the peninsula. if the temperatures stay cool, highs only in the mid to 50s in the afternoon. more rain is coming our way. >>> okay. thank you, lawrence. >>> and going to take a quick look right now at the bay bridge. so far so good. things are drying out overall across the bay area. slick toward the toll plaza, but we are not expecting much from the morning commute, because it is christmas eve. so far so good in san francisco. >>> flooding a concern in snow ma county. highway 1 shut down approaching valley ford road. and apparently highway 21 still shut town between 116 and highway 37. they hope to reopen by 5. still closed in beth directions along that stretch. here is a live look outside across the golden gate bridge. snow looks good headed toward the drive. the valley commute, westbound 237, no delay. 880 is looking good past the open climb, and oakland airport if you have a flight to catch. an earlier accident approaching marina boulev

the peninsula la is the hardest hit. 5,000 people still without power. nearly a thousands people are in the dark in the central cove. and the north bay, it's reported 1600 outages and hundreds more without power in the east and the south because. >>> well all of that rain around here meant a lot of snow on the sierra. >> skiers, snow boarders headed to the high country to enjoy fresh powder. they got 6 to 8 feet of it. that's where it started; but with winds gusting to 70 miles per hour, driving very dangerous. it was slowgoing to those ski resorts. >> , i mean, pretty bad. >> i would like to think it's worth it. >> is it worth it, or would you rare go home? >> no. it's worth it. it's fun. >> once you get up there they had to close interstate 80 due to the snow and a lot of spin- outs as well. >>> and if you're still on the highways this morning, got chains required there for eastbound traffic for about 0 miles east of truckie. there are chain controls. and highway 50, chains required, and on state route 88, chain controls begin at cook station. >>> well

a few scattered light showers along the peninsula la. this is the last gap of the storm system. through the day today, a mostly dry day. a little sun. temperatures staying cool; but expecting another storm on christmas day. all the water rolling down the mountains. the possibility of flooding near guenville. we're thinking the river will stay above flood stage. we're not done with the rain. there's another storm off the coastline. this one doesn't look as potent as the last one. >>> if you're planning to fly out today, you want to get out there. looking good. no delays at fso. headed across the country, a couple of stormy spots. snow in denver, chicago, and new york today. so watch out for that. still our future cast showing clouds rolling by this morning. a little more sun and then here comes the next storm system. clouds thicken up late tonight and early tomorrow. temperatures for today going to stay cool, only in the low to mid-50s by the afternoon, and the next couple of days, looks like the return of rainfall tomorrow. showers into wednesday, maybe a lingering shower on thu

elsewhere delays through the south bay 101, 280 through the peninsula la and south bay northbound 101e backed up almost to the maze. a little better some of the fastrak lanes. lawrence? >> a lot of sunshine with clouds but no rain for today. nice and dry out the door. right now a little cool in spots. but otherwise we are looking pretty good. you see patchy fog near the surface. looking toward mount diablo. high clouds overhead. the temperature is mainly in the 40s. by the avenue we are enjoying sunshine and passing clouds no rain mid-60s into san jose about 64 in san francisco, 61 and breezy in pacifica. we have another storm coming our way late tomorrow. chance of rain into wednesday, too. ,,,,,,,, ♪ >>> welcome back to cbs "this morning." in 2009 cuba's government arrest ad maryland man who was working for the state department. his wife is now trying harder than ever to get him out saying his life is in danger. >> as margaret brennan reports, judy gross is putting pressure on the u.s. government with a big money lawsuit. >> reporter: alan gross is a 63-year-old american who has spe

oakland being -- in a few areas, oakland being one on the opinions la maybe not as much. -- the peninsula maybe not as much. vollmer peak, no clouds, a little breezy nothing outrageous, all the way towards mount lab toe from sutro, clear -- diablo, from mount sutro. let's look at live doppler. you can see cloud cover off over the ocean, know radar returns, just nothing in the sky for it to bounce off, precipitation-wise. we'll keep it running, that next storm is coming from the northwest we'll get to it before it gets here. as far as our satellite you can see the tule fog he raised by the wind pushing cloud -- erased by the wind pushing clouds off to the coast. 66 in half moon bay 61 livermore most inland temperatures mid to upper 50s we starred in the 30s and 40s cooler than the bay and coast this morning. -- watsonville, monterey, mid 60s mid to upper 50s santa cruz, gilroy and salinas, today sunny, warmest day this week. light rain tuesday night into wednesday morning that will usher in a much cooler air mass as it comes from alaska in a couple of hours. today, 65 san francisco, 68 oak

oakland being -- in a few areas, oakland being one on the opinions la maybe not as much. -- the peninsulabe not as much. vollmer peak, no clouds, a little breezy nothing outrageous, all the way towards mount lab toe from sutro, clear -- diablo, from mount sutro. let's look at live doppler. you can see cloud cover off over the ocean, know radar returns, just nothing in the sky for it to bounce off, precipitation-wise. we'll keep it running, that next storm is coming from the northwest we'll get to it before it gets here. as far as our satellite you can see the tule fog he raised by the wind pushing cloud -- erased by the wind pushing clouds off to the coast. 66 in half moon bay 61 livermore most inland temperatures mid to upper 50s we starred in the 30s and 40s cooler than the bay and coast this morning. -- watsonville, monterey, mid 60s mid to upper 50s santa cruz, gilroy and salinas, today sunny, warmest day this week. light rain tuesday night into wednesday morning that will usher in a much cooler air mass as it comes from alaska in a couple of hours. today, 65 san francisco, 68 oakland

towards the peninsula, also light rainfall over th n the la hour or so with the satellite & radar still summons to know at lake tahoe. however, it is been a bit more showery it is moving so slow to the south your we continue to see these showers streaming in the bay area. as we look slightly to the north the next system the tail end of this is pressing rainfall towards a regatta it will continue in slowly move towards the south overnight. light of lingering showers along the coast. by 3:00 p.m., still widespread with moderate rainfall through the north bay. also moderate through san francisco. 5:00 p.m., still impacting oakland, concord, hayward. and over the south bay and for the inland valleys it both continued to go towards the south. and although rain will be south of the golden gate. as we take a look at 11:00 p.m. we will continue to see shower activity. 11:00 a.m.-in the afternoon but early evening but this is the second of three to everett systems. today saturday will be the next one and a sunday, rainfall at 10:00 a.m. by 4:00 p.m. but the christmas eve and christmas holiday lo

it happened on the peninsula in a creek that overflowed its banks. janine de la vega is live at the creek to show us some of the damage. >> reporter: well, we're right here on the border of palo alto and east palo alto. this is highway 101 and the creek flows right underneath it and the water was so high last night that it was flashing up over and onto the freeway. this is video of that same area of what it looked like last night. water was flooding on 101, north of the embarcadero. the highway patrol was helping motorists with traffic breaks. the creek crested at university avenue and woodland. the water spilled over and into the entrance of the four seasons hotel. fire officials say even though there was not massive damage, they remain worried about the creek. >> we need to work on these holes in this levy. can't leave it like this especially since we're early in the winter and this is the second significant storm and we were feeling the first one was gonna overbank and this time it did. >> reporter: residents who live near the creek were monitoring the levels

the peninsula, all is well and the runway sensors indicate speeds over 50 mi. an hour. >> yahoo has released its top-10 destination searches and san francisco makes the top 10. lasds the pack of the top spot chicago comes and that number to. severances go is the six most searched city running out the top 10 in san diego to buy new orleans and hong kong. i knew less i'd think like that, ranks sampras's coach of the best place for couples with dual incomes and no kids to live. near city comes in second place. washington d.c. was the third. san francisco has the lowest percentage of children out of major cities in america. only 13.4% of the city's approximately 800,000 residents are under 18 years old. >> and national standardized test results show california ranks fifth lowest in the united states and students vocabulary. in 2011 california fourth graders and eighth graders both came in fifth from the bottom. the average-0 score in 2011 was 263 for eighth graders and 217 for fourth graders. california students average was nine points lower in both grades. california 12th graders were not tested. google has donated $5 million of advanced placement courses in math a

maybe la fayette and oakland and berkeley you can see some of that, right over san bruno as well. all the way from the peninsulanta cruz mountains and woodside, portola valley. up to scotts valley. look at the temperatures, 50s. now, very mild due a strong southeast wind. but the change in our pattern will start late tonight and tomorrow. and that will be really cold air. i will have more on that coming up in about ten minutes. tori an dave -- tori and dave. >>> during the night, there was a very strange rescue that happened in san francisco. what firefighters did for a man who was stuck with no ray out -- with no way out. >>> the deadly school shooting in connecticut is having an impact here in the bay area. what local schools are doing to keep kids safe. >> reporter: a family here in the sunset district is shaken up after a forced home-invasion robbery. we'll tell you who police are looking for this morning. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to d

la fayette as well. also over to san ramon danville, 680, 580 corridor at the dublin/livermore split. heavy rain from south san francisco to peninsulaoodside, sunnyvale, mountain view, you can see the line stretching. now into the santa cruz mountains. san jose took a while. but it is there all. all three cameras have rain on that area. it's beginning to increase. this system is heading south. some of the rain totals, sebastopol and cazadero, oakmont, on highway 12, 1.25, sausalito, 1.28. san francisco, that's our observer mike polanski, .84. petaluma .52. we'll take another look in about ten minutes. >>> pictures of the big rig crash overnight that will make you wonder how one family imagined to escape injury. >>> police are warning people in downtown palo alto to be on the look just for a man attacking women and trying to rob them. we'll tell you how police are responding. >>> right now, police are searching for multiple shooters in a shooting that left people shot, including an innocent bystander, in the hospital. we'll tell you more -- when "mornings on 2" comes back. boy's voice ] hey guys...what're you doing? [ girl's voice ]

mid 30s inland east bay and a stretch allonge the peninsula -- along the first la.0 wide spread 40s in the forecast will feel a lot better. partly sunny to mostly sunny clouds. and then for the lunch hour wide spread upper 40s to low 50s expected with again sunshine and light winds. afternoon highs for today like yesterday. 52 san rafael. 53 in oakland. 52 in hayward. 53 expected redwood city. low 50s for livermore. antioch one of the chillier spots 49 degrees expected for your afternoon patchy frost will return tomorrow morning. slipping back in the upper 20s. we will turn mostly cloudy for ewers eve -- for new years eve. monday night we are in good shape for the fire works. a lot going on in the overnight hours. tuesday looks dry as well. chance for rain will come in wednesday night into thursday. overnight lows quite chilly. afternoon highs in the mid 50s. >>> that is is our report for this morning. thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. >> join us at 6:00. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. wishing the raiders best of luck. as for the niner