the rain has been fairly light. we expect that the committee will be tough going later this morning is. right now we're looking at a light and easy ride on the bay bridge for the west out commute. the trip leading to the maze looks good. the right of the san mateo bridge, highway 92 is problem free. the right side of the screen is the commute direction westbound. all the golden gate, light traffic. the mark from its day's ruling in the proposition 8 ban is not likely the final step. this case will most likely go on to the u.s. supreme court. >>darya: a same-sex couple in berkeley is at the center of the controversy. they have been fighting for the right to marry for years. they believe that today they will be victorious. >> we feel confident that the ruling will be upheld. >> lou want to reverse the proposition that discriminates against a group of people and our family. >> marriage is the ultimate affirmation of love. it is a term that our society honors and the term that we are fighting for. for us, marriage embodi

the need for joining us. we're tracking storms with heavy rains overnight assyrians the heaviest rain is over for a big part of the bay area that we're keeping our eyes on heavy rain around if san jose, santa clara in the the 80 corridor. craig skalar is live right now with more on the rain. >>craig: it is coming down pretty good here. it has picked up in the last hour or so. here is an overhead view of allman expressway as traffic is moving gingerly. it has been a while since we have had rain on the pavement. people should drive carefully. the rain is coming down pretty well. a drive carefully down here in the south bay. >>darya: we want to zoom in on a particular areas that are seeing the hardest rain. >>james: that is mainly the south bay. if this is the back edge of that cold from finally clearing the south bay. third you can already start to make out the top of showers. path that stretch of 680 is starting to see light rain falling. dublin, as you take 580 west over the past, flight rain there. we will start to see some rain out near the bay bridge near the toll plaza. at this point is still fairly light.

right now it looks normal despite the rain as you drive out to the mcarthur maze. and to the bay bridge toll plaza, that looks good, there are no major problems on the bridge driving into san francisco and between san francisco and oakland, it is a nice drive. northbound 280, it is fine, getting up to highway 17, it might be a little bit tricky driving through the mountains because of the wet roads. 5:08 let's go to steve. >>> yes, it is good we are getting the rain but we get this southeast wind. san jose is cloudy and some of this is good yes, but you have pockets that will pick up in intensity. we will take a look at this system and we are not going to get the low, we will get the front that is coming through right now and this is a very warm system. it is 59 in livermore and san jose and san jose says cloudy. you can see the dry slot right there and that's what we are dealing with. sometimes in the direction of that wind, some areas around danville, looks like san ramon are getting hit with pockets of rain and then not much at all. it will decrease throughout t

the rain is starting to wrap up with a few lingering showers. will tread is driving down into the south bay right now. >>will: digest drove by burlingame, you can see that traffic is very light at this hour. i can tell you, the rain has stopped because it did rain hard earlier the roadway is full of puddles. from our paths but >>darya: a u.s. helicopter crashed off of the u.s. coast. the helicopter went down during a training mission. the rescue crews are searching for the water -- searching the waters looking for the missing. >>mark: we're keeping our eyes on wall street, for the first time since the financial crisis the dow jones closed above the 13,000 mark. the last time that happened was in 2008. the dow is nine 13,005. the nasdaq is inching closer to the 3000 mark. we're also watching the s&p was a milestone of 1300 a few months ago, now at 1372. >>darya: we're back with martine coverage of the weather and traffic. it is a pretty messy to me. >>george: it is. here is our first hot spot, the nimitz, northbound 880 at 23rd, we're confirming t

heavy rain at the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. ry heavy rain around east palo alto right now. james will have more on were the heaviest rain is falling as more on the forecast coming up. >>darya: more evidence that the new version of the ipad is on the way. apple has scheduled a news conference for one week from today. many believe that is when they will unveil the ipad 3. charles clifford has more on what we might see. >>charles: as with all things apple we will have specific details about this third version of the ipad if indeed that is what apple is announcing. there is no lack of rumors about what consumers might be getting. most people believe the new ipad will have an improved screen similar to the right to display of the iphone 4 and speculation that it will have a faster processor, better camera, warm memory or longer battery. many are hoping that the ipad 3 will be the first apple products use the 4g network. right now the current version of the ipad starts at $499 on apple web site. when the iphone 4s was released last fa

the rain is still falling. did the backup, more on weather and traffic off that we are tracking this storm. a breaking news story, a federal officer shot the scoring. car bent ge today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. oooh. videos online? here? how much is that? . >>mark: the dow is up 28 points. word that the number of available jobs has jumped in december to a near three- year high. a brighter outlook for hiring. the department says companies and governments posted 3.3 8 million jobs in december. that is up for the 34 a to still have the ties in november fell ended nearly matches a three-year high from september. that means an average of 3.94 now feeding for every oakland job. it is the first time in four years the ratio has been below four. >>justine: live pictures of the suitable chance, the new york giants. for a parade is happening right now on the streets of new york. thousands of people are in the stre

expect heavy rain through the day. we do not have any heavy rain right now but that could actually change. we are 10 degrees cooler compared to where we were yesterday. high pressure is back in play tomorrow. we will see sunny conditions and temperatures that could actually be in the upper 60s. the justice straight to the storm tracker to show where the rain is falling. as you zoom in, you will see some heavy rain over the ridge in san raphael bridge indicated by the hole in your screen. check out san francisco, this rain is affecting the richmond area as well. the same goes for the south bay everyone getting a healthy dose of the wet weather. the yellow on your screen indicates pretty moderate rainfall over interstate 80. hercules is a little bit lighter but it is building in intensity. it looks like on the satellite picture, the rainfall is still sitting offshore. we are not done with this system quite yet. we see cloudy conditions, but we do not see too much in the way of impressive rainfall totals just yet. we have

either the rain or the effects of rain will affect you this morning. look at golden gate bridge. you see the water on the lens. that's obviously affecting visibility. traction, slick roadways. light volume of traffic obviously here. but in spots throughout the bay we have reports of minor flooding. we may see more as more cars hit the roadway around sir francis drake likely through 101. live look at the san mateo bridge, camera shaking. wind advisory issued by chp for the san mateo bridge as well as bay bridge. lower speeds because again when you talk about wet roadways, slick conditions, there will be a lot of spin-outs. >>> we start out this morning with breaking news out of the south bay. >> firefighters at the scene of a huge fire in san jose. "today in the bay's" bob redell live there with the very latest. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura and jon. a fire that unfortunately has destroyed a duplex here. you can see that the fire itself is knocked down. that knock-down took place in the last half-hour. right now san jose fire department is inside trying to kno

the rain will stick around for awhile. we will check the seven-day forecast when i come back in just a few minutes. here is keith mills. >> thank you. ombine is over. the ravens trying to re-signed ben grubbs. the agent for ben grubbs said he is meeting with the ravens went well. ravens will play the new york giants but not in the season opener. the season opener will be played on wednesday for the first time on september 5. usually the season begins on thursday. on thursday, president obama is scheduled to give a speech at the democratic national convention. the giants to play the game in new york against a team to be announced. brian matusz and alfredo simon will start the first orioles' exhibition games next week. brian matusz will get the start on monday night against the pittsburgh pirates. nick markakis is back for a seventh year with the orioles after abdominal surgery but he is expected to be ready for opening day. homerun numbers were down but he's still one of the better players in the american league. college bas

helena picking up scattered showers that -- that will not be as intense as the rain this morning. nor are the winds, winds were gusting 25 to 45, now 10 to 15 they will get up to 20, 25 this afternoon. steady rain to our south with the cold front where it stays. we will have showers in the forecast not only today but tonight and tomorrow and snow on some of our mountains. complete forecast in a minute. >>> strong winds complicated efforts to fight a massive house fire overnight. that fire started 9:00 last night in a large home of a woman who runs an antiques business in napa. she, her husband and two dogs escaped the flames. she said a 67 throu book library and large collection -- a 6,000 book library and a large collection of antiques may have been destroy. >> rain stopped a lot of coffee lovers from getting their cup of java in san francisco. a drainage problem caused a tar bucks to close for the day. water -- backed up -- he they say it comes from sewer back-ups that are common during storms. >> rain we saw is nothing compared to the storms pounding the midwest. tupbls and rain

where is the rain, primarily lower eastern shore. e look at maryland's most powerful radar in motion you can see a decent amount affecting the lower shore. this evening, 40s, cloudy, rain pushing off to the east. we'll be drying out quickly this evening.

and we're going to be seeing the rain locally. the sierra already seeing rain flying. and this is what you can expect through the overnight hours. moderate rain, going to pick up between 11:00 and midnight. it's going to last through the overnight hours, heavy snow in the sierra, 1-2 inches of snowfall per hour for several hours. you can imagine several feet of snow. big changes into the weekend. and i'll talk about that rain coming up in just a bit. >>> the pleasanton school board voted tonight to approve cuts to education. it's designed to close a projected $5.5 million budget deficit. reggie kumar telling us, many parents are upset over the possible elimination of the district's reading program. >> reporter: the cuts would eliminate 7% of the district's work force. that means teachers, counselors, reading specialists, and custodians could lose their jobs. the class size ratio would increase to 32 students per teacher. most of the parents are upset over the possible loss of the reading program. >> children learn differently. >> it feels outrageous. they're talking abo

the rain will come in a couple back to us today. the first this morning and midday and the second one this evening. highs near 50. three-quarters of an inch of rain expected. sunshine tomorrow, 60's. >> 395 northbound the there are two accidents. between seminary road and king street in the main lanes is the first one, on the left shoulder. it is really tight driving in the left lane. northbound 395 near washington boulevards there's an accident blocking the right lane. traffic in maryland on 270 looks fine. sac town from urbana to hyattstown as normal backups. -- southbound from urbana. >> mitt romney swept tuesday opposing presidential primaries in michigan and arizona. >> the stakes could not been higher for him but centcom still gave him a run for the money. romney won by about three points in michigan. that's 30,000 votes. in arizona he's holding on to a double-digit lead. what is next for the once and future front runner? brianne carter has a look ahead. >> while he has reason to celebrate, romney and all the other candidates l

street trying to dust avoid the rain drops. >> i think it's about too to get a little moisture fill out those reservoirs you know. >> most of the area does not get its water from the melting snow pack. instead in marin and sonoma counties rely on rainfall. >> given the lack of rainfall we've had so far this winter every storm, everyone drop counts for us. >> reporter: lake sonoma is 80% of capacity, but smaller lake mendecino is only 55%. this is the dry winter in years, these visitors are celebrating their wedding anniversary and say this is not as bad as back home. >> in miami, hot, hot, hot. this is a nice change. >> i want people to know that every drop they can save is a drop that can remain in the reservoirs and remain in use through the summer and fall for both people and fish. >>> sonoma water if i -- water officials say there is enough water in the reservoirs but they would still like to see more rain. >>> the weather continues, ken ken pretty -- pritchett reporting. >> reporter: the wind shifts back and forth, how th

101. >> reporter: we've been tracking all kinds of problems, including a tragedy this morning in the rain, a 48-year-old man died. police believe he lost control of his vehicle because of the wet roads. there were so many calls for service during the storm that chp officers who are assigned to territories had to leave their area to go and help each other respond to everyone who called in needing help. drivers had a tough time dealing with the wet roads this morning. from rollovers to fender benders and to a fatal accident the calls for help seemed endless. >> chp has been extremely busy all over from oakland to san jose, redwood city. there's been one collision after another. >> reporter: investigators believe the fatal accident in san mateo can be blamed on driving too fast. >> the driver's side impacted a metering light pole which the party sustained fatal injuries. >> reporter: you would think the rain would have been an asset to firefighters dealing with a duplex fire in san jose overnight. but they were battling the fire and the weather. >> even when it is raining or moist like this

south more, redwood city, the rain is lighter. palo alto. san jose, not even reporting just yet but we have more rain in store. you see here on radar, heavy rain is over us now. more yellow off shore and that indicates more heavy rain on the way and a wind advisory is in effect. it is the blue for the coast line. winds up to 30 miles per hour through tonight into tomorrow morning. gusts to 50 miles per hour. we will talk more about the wind on future cast coming up. >>> live to kron 4's kate thompson for a look at the rainfall in berkeley tonight. >> reporter: the rain started coming down 20 minutes ago. so it is steady at this point. we are along side highway 880 in berkeley. you can see the cars flying now but the road is getting wet, slick. people do have their windshield wipers on. it will most likely be a bigger problem tomorrow morning with all of that rain and the heavy winds. couple weeks ago, it was the winds that made the storm so difficult to be out in and commuting in. reporting live, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> stanford polic

the rain while we are sleeping. right now it is still freezing in napa, santa rosa, 31 and 32 mid to upper 30s peninsula into san jose, low to mid 40s for the rest of us. here's hear watching, a few high clouds roaming through now capped our cooling we get a small break before an increase in high clouds develops into the morning into the afternoon that will cap our warming and mid to upper 50s well below average may not even make it out of 40s around clear lake. as far as the rain it is going to be stead 9:00 until 9:00 from north bay to south bay, 12 hour window now morning commute will be tough tomorrow. scattered showers wednesday more and more thursday. we transition back to dry weather friday. spring warmth saturday and sunday. >>> starting off in san jose new injury crash northbound 87 at 280 this is a live shot past the scene near the hp pavillion, light here busy tonight with the sharks game. the camera is here accident north 87 at 280, a car spun out, hit the center divide almost flipped, but it is not on th

the rain is not going to be a huge deal. there are some light rain showers and sprinkles along 83 and the beltway. the rain will pick up in intensity as we go through the day. 38 at the airport. 35 in parkton. off and not rain showers with a high temperature in the upper 40's this afternoon. the best chance for a steady rain will be later today. >> thank you. about 17 texas college students polled on the school after being caught during a drug bust in fort worth. they were selling cocaine and prescription drugs. there was a six-month investigation that led to the boss. all of them have been removed from school and are subject to expulsion. man known as the underwear bomber goes back to court today to learn his fate. he tried to block a flight on christmas day in 2009. >> the investigation continues into the death of whitney houston. her cause of death is listed as deferred on her death certificate. are subpoenas for medical records and prescriptions. be a eulogy during her funeral. >> 5:11. 38 degrees on tv hill. what may be

street trying to dust avoid the rain drops. >> i think it's about too to get a little moisture fill out those reservoirs you know. >> most of the area does not get its water from the melting snow pack. instead in marin and sonoma counties rely on rainfall. >> given the lack of rainfall we've had so far this winter every storm, everyone drop counts for us. >> reporter: lake sonoma is 80% of capacity, but smaller lake mendecino is only 55%. this is the dry winter in years, these visitors are celebrating their wedding anniversary and say this is not as bad as back home. >> in miami, hot, hot, hot. this is a nice change. >> i want people to know that every drop they can save is a drop that can remain in the reservoirs and remain in use through the summer and fall for both people and fish. >>> sonoma water if i -- water officials say there is enough water in the reservoirs but they would still like to see more rain. >>> the weather continues, ken ken pretty -- pritchett reporting. >> reporter: the wind shifts back and forth, how th

after that, the rain will be with us through the evening commute. it will be eight rain even here. on the topside of the storm, -- it will be a rain event here. some snow into northern pennsylvania. it is cold enough to produce some snow on the topside. rain showers are likely and then it will be with us off and on through tonight. high temperature between 45 and 50. rain showers likely tonight. temperatures into the 30's and 40's. tomorrow, that storm will be pulling away to the northeast. it will be ill but breezy but most of the day will be dry -- it will be a little bit breezy. upper 50's on thursday. the next storm muezzin quickly behind that on friday. scattered showers and thunderstorms on saturday to start the weekend with a high of 62. it could be cold enough for a mix of rain and snow showers late sunday and into monday morning. >> federal regulators want rearview cameras in all passenger vehicles by the year 2014. about two children die each year in accidents when somebody backs over them. ray lahood said more time is needed to study before issuing regulations. the camera

the showers stream onshore. you'll see yellow, red, heavy periods of rain from time to time this morning, the heaviest rain is expectedd the next three or four hours. right in the heart of your morning rush. slick conditions out there this morning. we haven't had significant rain in quite some time making it very dangerous. as we head throughout the day today, temperatures are going to stay on the mild side, they'll be cool, you'll need the jacket. right now a little bit of a break from the rain in santa rosa but more is on the way. today at 9:00 a.m., getting a pretty good break at that time over the greater bay area but we won't be out of the woods just yet. you see more activity streaming onshore as we head throughout the night and that's when the coldest of the air arrives. at 9:00 p.m. it gets cold enough for maybe two inches of snow. two inches! sticking high atop mount hamilton. we'll get another cold blast tomorrow morning. 8:00 a.m., another round of rain, little mix of snow and rain on top of mount hamilton and the whole things blows out tomorrow night. we could pick up an inch of rain in the cities that see

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but make sure to take the rain code because -- coat because we will get the rain in the forecast. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, not seeing the rain right now. we are nice and dry. if you have things to do try to get them done earlier this morning because the rain is poisedded to move in around -- is poised to move in around 8 or 9 and we will get a break and then it moves back into the picture. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >> reporter: doing okay with the exception of a trouble spot. an accident in harford county and it's in abington on pulaski highway at long bar harbor road. police were just arriving on the scene so you may have lane closures of course we will keep you posted on that situation. in the meantime, let's see how traffic is flowing on the harris bushing expressway. southbound -- harrisburg expressway. southbound lanes doing okay traveling to the top side and for those of you commuting through arnold this morning u.s. 50 at maryland 2, route 2 a good choice through severna park and into glen burnie and if you are traveling on mta this

>> the rain is commuting into the district. it will make it here most likely around lunchtime and into the afternoon. grab the umbrella. you will not needed much this morning, but you will later on today. areas and greens to the south and west of washington indicating areas of rain out there. not all of what you see on the radar is actually hitting the ground at this time. some of that action will be continuing to move east. especially when we see in west virginia. that will continue moving our way. high pressure system from yesterday moved offshore and will be replaced by best luow in the cold front. there's the rain, areas of green, west virginia ohio, kentucky. that will move through. you'll see about a quarter inch of rain from the system through this evening. some locations, a little more. there's been a lot of chatter over the death of a week they storm, maybe a nor'easter affecting us. there is still uncertainty. depending on the exact path of the storm system, that will determine what type of precipitation and where we

the rain will be this morning. sunshine this afternoon. we will come back and check the forecast for the rest of the day. >> you may need some extra time if you're traveling south of the city. 55 as you travel across the key bridge. 56 as you make your way through the parkville region. moving well on the topside of the beltway. 57 on the west side. 70 looking good into the beltway. five minutes on southbound 95 from the split to the fort mchenry. on 95, southbound traffic around 10 minutes from the beltway down towards 32. this is traffic on the north side. problem free on the entire adult life and the harrisburg expressway as you make your way down from shawan road -- problem free on the entire beltway. >> some mixed news if you own a home in baltimore city. >> this comes at a cost. lower property assessments are behind the drop. jennifer franciotti is live with the details. >> the first step is folks can voice their concerns. property values on most homes have gone down by about 20%. carl stokes has been getting an earful from residents w

the south bay. about an inch of rain by the 3:00 hour in the north bay. this afternoon showers are not going to bring us much more rain. one-third of an inch of rain in the south bay. as for temperatures, it is going to be pretty chilly again some are warming up a couple of degrees over what we saw today. snow in the sierra is going to be very happy to the overnight hours. by midnight, widespread snow. the lower elevation show heavier rainfall indicating heavy snowfall for the sierra. that will continue into the 5:00 hour tomorrow morning. heavy rain over both passes. that means heavy snow over both passes as well. widespread moderate-heavy snow that will continue into the afternoon. it will really not go anywhere. thursday morning will see additional snowfall. here's a look at snowfall totals at lake level. an additional two-4 in. at lake level until thursday. and the higher elevations, 2-4 ft. of fresh snow. here is a look at your extended forecast. conditions will improve into friday. it will be an easy drive to get into this here this weekend. temperat

probably didn't think the rain was going to come? l, the clouds started to think 'up, and some very heavy rainfall moving into the north bay. check out cloverdale. toward santa rosa, this band of moderate rain moving in, and heading towards the novato area. you can seer in lucas valley road this batch of rain moving from north to south, and get ready for moderate rain. and picking up some rain now developing just in the last hour or so walnut creek, concord, antioch, brentwood, light rain, and this rain band extend down towards san jose as well. saratoga and even towards boulder creek. so this is moving from north to south and going to be rather wet all night long. temperaturewise it was cooler today thanks to the increasing clouds and we're sitting in the 50s, and we'll continue with the rain developing overnight. the south to southwesterly winds will start to pick up as well. we'll look for morning showers for the monday morning commute, and then once the system passes to the east of us, we'll be on the backside of it. we'll see par

sun, clouds, rain towards the south, more rain. nnies, mostly cloudies. we'll continue off and on rain picking up this afternoon. possibility of thundershowers. i don't think there will be enough heat. 40s on the temperatures, 47 to the north. low 50s to the south and also on the peninsula but that system moving through there, that's the real core of it up to the north. it kind of missed us. that's going to keep the rain going today and then today there will be another one coming in behind that. winter storm warning until 10:00 tonight. unsettled weather takes us into thursday. we clear it out on friday. and the good news, your weekend will be mostly sunny and warmer. >> all right. >>> new information about dead lie overnight storms in the -- deadly overnight storms in the midwest. at leaf four people were killed. take -- at least four people were killed. this is west of wichita kansas -- wichita, kansas. and we have new storm damage in kansas. this is harveyville, kansas or what's left of it. look. homes are flattened. trees were j

rain. now so far, the trend has been north bay, east bay is taking you a the rain. s not been much on the peninsula, also along the san mateo and san jose coastline and south of that a little more toward santa cruz and morgan hill and gilroy. a half inch of rain really is the most i have seen so far. the wind gusts that's not favoring anybody. that's for all, 50 to 58 on the lows. by noon 50 to 60. cloudy, breezy, the rain will be tapering off but it will still be with us during the morning hours. by this afternoon mostly cloudy, upper 50s to low and mid-60s a. a line here, rain rates is .07 from our watcher,valeo, and in crockett .4, and napa and and a little over oakland. now, south not much. peninsula again, south bay not as much. i focused on the most rain. that's .52 that's john. san jose is our observer tom he is out near actually the san jose border, .4, officially san jose is .08. that's a big difference. i believe tomorrow. not that i don't believe downtown san jose, there is a big spread. crockett is in there as well at .4. napa and concord one-third. san f

from novato, napa south through the bay with the heaviest of the rain moving through the bay now. we'll have steady rain for the morning commute then unsettled air mass that will bring showers for the afternoon and snow level down to 3500 feet. more for tomorrow in your forecast. first all those accidents. >> four accidents within the last half hour. overturned one south 101 at paul crews en route. look out for possible ponding. also another spin-out westbound 80 vallejo at tennessee blocking the left lane. two accidents in the east bay westbound 580 castro valley boulevard also in the left lane another spin-out northbound 238 at hesperian. you get the idea, a lot of cars are hydroplaning it is a tough commute. if you are heading through the north bay this is a live shot of 101 san rafael southbound, a lot of flooding reported in all the lanes particularly in the left. >>> meantime, we have developing news in san jose. firefighters are battling a win-whipped fire at an apartment complex on the 1100 block of denise way. this fire started before 3 a.m.. early reports say at least p

after 3:00, all bets off for the rain. en a bit of snow and rain in the morning. 47, no accumulation. okay. so it could be slick in the morning. 52 on monday. 52 on tuesday. 40 on wednesday. >>> okay. still ahead on eyewitness news saturday morning. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning -- it is 6:48. it is 32 degrees and clear in baltimore. >>> well, a visit to a north carolina mcdonald's drive-thru turns out badly for one woman after she is tased trying to order her meal. police are saying that she skimmed the order screen and pay window and headed straight to the pickup window. employees told her to go to the back of the line. she refused and blocked the line for 20 minutes. police used a stun gun on her. the woman is charged. >>> an outbreak of bacterial infections linked to raw milk has sickened 38 people including 4 from maryland. it was sold from a dairy farm in pennsylvania. the snowfall of raw milk is illegal in maryland. it is popular despite being unsafe. people think it makes milk l

but we have to get rid of the dry air so the rain, the first beginning batches of the rain so you can greens there. that will move in and say maybe around 8:00 this morning and once it does, it will be in the upper levels of atmosphere and evaporate before it gets to us. when you look back at oranges and some of the yellows, that's what's going to be falling as we go more into 9:00 and 10 and through the day. and we will get wet. i am thinking about three to -- 3/4 of an inch of rain with all said and done by the evening. here the big system we can see the warm front into west virginia as of now and the cold front draped back there and just past oklahoma as of now and that's what he's going to be passing in here as we go into the evening as well. and we are going to be needing the umbrella twice because we will get a little bit of a break out there. one round of showers will move in and then by 8:00 this evening we could see another round of showers not ruling out a rumble of thunder going into the afternoon. today's temperature right around 46 degrees. and it will be a little chilly

the rain shower is continuing. it will be really hit or miss and that one carried is to knock the are rolling. as for rainfall totals, check about 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. in the santa cruz mountain we have over 2 in. of rain. in fairfield we have about three-quarters of an inch of rain. later in the afternoon you will notice the rainfall totals creeping up a little bit. the wind will also pick up overnight we have a wind advisories in effect for the coastline. 22 30 mi. per hour winds, but again, we will seek gusty conditions for the rest of the bay area. temperatures will be cool out there tomorrow. up in the sierra we will have a bit of snow out of this. her one to 3 in. of fresh snow as we head through tomorrow possibly with a little higher elevation. in the key your extended forecast we will see dry weather for the rest of the work week. it is pretty mild on thursday and friday. this weekend we could see some more rain than the forecast. >>stanley: the average weight of a light rail vehicle is approximately

the rain in the bay area tomorrow morning. by 6:00 a.m., light rain headed over the entire bay area. heaviest around the 6:00 a.m.. by 10:00 a.m. most of it should be done with bricks of sunshine of. it will stay mostly crotty throw most of the day. in lake tahoe, blue skies today and a little bit of snow on the way for tomorrow. only a few inches. were coolest in the north today. mid-40s bayside with. this body and light rain. for the afternoon, breaks of sunshine. assign @ @ the-rest. here is the 7 day around away we're looking at sunshine starting on tuesday. morning clouds and fog but sunny today. look for a rise in the mid- to upper 60s. highs will be in the '70s and the warmest place is. warm conditions of elite to the beaches. friday will stay warm but cooler by the weekend. no rain expected. geez >> angry birds is slamming its way into facebook. because it is inside phase but eds call social aspects like challenging a facebook friend, high scores will be posted in the players' consent in game disk to friends. >> on the

next couple of days the rain returns to the bay area. expect rain off and on turning to showers before tomorrow afternoon. maybe a few leftover showers on thursday. friday a return to some warm weather and this next weekend we get it right. 70s, how about that, elizabeth? >> mid-70s making a comeback. >> thanks. we're going to enjoy this dry commute while we have it because it's quiet. here's a live look at the bay bridge. they picked up overnight roadwork and there are no accidents or stalls anywhere across the bay. what we have are chain requirements for the sierra. all your major routes to get up there on interstate 80, highway 50 and 88. outside here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. one of our "timesaver traffic" cameras. so far, so good. you can see that drive time 14 minutes out of hayward in westbound lanes. the westbound lanes are the right side of the screen commute direction towards foster city and the peninsula. a lot of roadwork on the dumbarton bridge picked up. live look at the golden gate bridge, far left lane open to

bulk of the morning batch of rain will be east of us. temperatures slowly rising with those southerly winds. we may be in the upper 50s by about 10:00 or 11:00 tonight. the rain is hefty out to the west. look at all the thunder now showing up in western west virginia. the lightning detectors are popping big time there over toward charleston, up toward parkersburg, headed toward beckly. eventually this is going to be crossing west virginia. a couple of showers. light stuff getting toward areas south and west of charlottesville down toward roanoke. win chester, luray, you may be seeing some of that rain here in the next hour or so, especially down toward luray. winchester may take a little bit longer. you're 39 right now. 41 in fredericksburg. easton is only 36. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility. we've got the clouds in washington. a light easterly wind at the moment so feels like 39. the dew points have risen back into the lower 30s. big storm on the west coast but it's a storm in the middle of the cou

that's at 5:00 and four we could see the rain across the area. the bulk of the rain to the south. but 50-miles to the north. we could get in on heavier steadier rain across the area. we put it back into motion. sunshine into the picture as high pressure builds in quickly and by saturday we could see our next storm system. this is the one that can be on the potent side as we get the northern jet stream energy combining with the southern area of low pressure that's moving across the coast up the midatlantic. we could see maybe a nor'easter but question marks around that. we'll have a finetuning as we go into tomorrow. today the temperature coming around 50. piled and breezy. we will get late clearing. the sun cloud mix breezy and mild. >> we may learn about a case of tb. and the university is working with the department of health to isolate and notify people who may have cam into contact with the individuals. and can cause a cough, chest pains, chills. night sweats and fever. >>> women are more likely to die from a heart attack sidly a woman's heart is smaller than a man's so they m

the morning rain is coming in now. the second line will be afternoon and evening rain. there may be a third line before it's all done toward the midnight hour. as we look at the forecast, active weather today. this 55 may not happen again till 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. so in the 40s much of the day. tonight we drop off to only about 50, 52. then we're in the upper 60s tomorrow. a little breezy at times on thursday. 60 on friday with a late shower possible. a better chance of rain on saturday. maybe this thunder again, highs around 60 before we turn colder sunday and monday. and sunday night if there's enough energy, we may even be able to squeeze out a few snow flakes around here. so lots going on. that's what march is all about. lots of change. monika, over to you. >>> say it ain't so. i thought it was over. i guess we'll have to see. >> did it ever start? >> i don't think so. the beltway is fine all around town. i've been talking about a huge sinkhole in bladensburg this morning. it's on the westbound side of route 450 right here at route 1. it's been blocked since about midni

the rain is picking up there. o parts of the north bay but that cold front sliding to the south a little bit. hi-def doppler now picking up moderate amounts to heavier amounts of rainfall. you can see to the north of sunnyvale, we have a good cell sliding there. that will continue to sag to the south over the next few minutes. so watch the rain picking up into the south and if you are heading out be careful it's going to be treacherous early on. this cold front sliding through early this morning. i think as we get behind this about the middle of the morning or so we turn to showers. you will see sunny breaks and then some occasional rain showers moving through. should be a very interesting afternoon around the bay area with the showers and the possible rainbows out there, as well. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. fairly mild at this hour over the bay. you can see some showers there continuing. by the afternoon, we are keeping those numbers well below average for this time of year only in the 50s. we could see some

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flooding out there without the rain. what is going on frances? to figure that out too, chp en route, flooding has been reported between sand hill and edgewood they are saying it is in all the lanes one driver reported hydroplaning through the area. we'll keep you posted on that 101 is a possible alternate. i want to take you to a live shot of 280 in san jose, northbound looks good out of the downtown area up towards cupertino look out for that flooding in the woodside area live shot of the bay bridge toll, so far looking good, minor wait for some of the cash paying lanes. now the waze traffic maps exclusive abc traffic app. commuters who have turned on the app little bubbles on the bay bridge now we can check in on them, they are moving along, 25 miles an hour. notice how that updated real-time. now slowing there on the upper deck of the bay bridge, 38 miles per hour, sherry moving along slower than that, 10 miles an hour. looks like traffic will slow down. are you ready for the big slow down expected for the president's day weekend especially wit

there is the rain off shore. as we get into the noon hour the rain is falling of the water and that is where it stays. it is a really close. mostly satisfies for lake tahoe. we will see the chance for a couple of snow showers coming up on monday but no significant accumulation is expected. tomorrow morning temperatures are cooler, a mix of thirties. upper '30's a forties' bayside. it will be another cold day tomorrow. we're looking at an arctic air mass slinging to the bay area. monday we have more clouds and that the threat of light rains in the evening hours. it is really insignificant at this point in time. tuesday-thursday, sunny with a warming trend. we could see widespread 70's by thursday. >>vicki: @ jeremy lin is the basketball phenom whose name is on everyone's lips but is how they're using their names. >> in less than two weeks he went from sleeping on a couch to the cover of sports illustrated. iphone the three letters of his last name have become everyone's favorite word game. >> it is "lin-sanity". >

rain goes. live doppler you can see how things were looking murky because of the light rain that is falling and continue through the morning commute. temperatures mild upper 40s fairfield, concord, san rafael the rest of us in the 50s we don't have much warming left even around the monterey bay, watsonville, salinas, low 60s mid to upper 50s gilroy and santa cruz. highlights today, rain and breezy conditions as we just showed you this morning, afternoon showers possible, foggy start now that the ground is saturated for wednesday and thursday, sunny and warmer through the rest of the week keep the umbrella handy if you want. 60 oakland, palo alto rest of us mid to upper 50s cold front coming through right now and that is going to introduce us to cooler weather and cap the atmosphere in the upper 50s to low 60s around the monterey bay and inland. better bulk of rain heading down into southern california upper 60s around san diego and palm springs mid 60s for l.a. at home widespread fog low to mid 40s close to where we should be upper 40s half moon bay, san mateo, san francisco may not make it out

at home a little break from the steady rains south you can see thicker lower clouds where the steady around 237 in the south bay that's why our best returns are in the south bay moving down into the santa clara valley. scattered light showers behind that 40s most areas low 50s oakland redwood city and half moon bay low to mid 50s santa cruz monterey everybody else inland mid to upper 40s. steady line moving through now out of the south bay by 8:00, showers and breezy today and tomorrow. unstable air mass hanging over top of us. the storm track moves north friday mild even warm with a lot of spring sunshine this weekend. for today, mostly cloudy, any sun we get will help destabilize the atmosphere and create more showers low to mid 50s until you get to clear lake mid to upper 40s 10:00 steadier rain out of the monterey bay showers this afternoon mid 50s around the bay mid to upper 50s inland tonight scattered showers overnight 40s except for santa rosa, cloverdale and clear lake mid to upper 30s snow level 3500 feet today will drop to 2500 tonight we'll see whiteness on our highest ele

make sure to grab the rain gear. we are seeing more as a solid shield move in around bel air and baltimore. we can zoom in some of the areas tawnytown in on later -- lighter rain starting to slide. and thurmont is drying out and woodsboro and even into walkersville. we slide down and see mountary is -- airy is getting in on the action -- mount airy getting in the action. armor rain along laurel. along i-59 odoneton getting on heavier rain and you can see in the yellows. and then as we slide moreover to glen burnie around baltimore, we are dealing with some heavier rain, but i am going to tell you when it's all going to be over and you have to stick around for that. but now a check of traffic with angela. >> reporter: good morning. all in all, it's a good traffic morning as you get ready to head out. we will have a live look at the beltway in a moment. first i want to check on the drive heading into down a town right now. northbound 295 looking good past waterview and 359 coming in from the south it's wide open and com

the lights glowing. more rain coming and definitely south of here through fremont, 880, i had a big gust of wind. hold on. back to you. >> thak, thank you. if you hear cheering, it's laura garcia-cannon. the basketball team in the middle of a historic 17. the gales 22-2 this year, that moved them to number 16 in the a.p. pole. 16. climbing from the all-time best ranking back in 1958-59. in the coaches show, checking in at 13, the highest -- number 13, the highest in team history. the gail they step up against gonzalez. >> disney is talking about taking on cnn. we'll have details. >> the new book released today that looks at the investigation of oakland journalist chasen >>daly trying to save california parks. clir clear now, that's progressive. caclick today. >> welcome back everyone. a good tuesday morning to you. rain falling, ready to break in the new umbrella. >> i have to see this new umbrella. >> fancy. >> she doesn't own anything that is not super cute. good morning to you. grab yours on the way out the fro

christine is talking about the rain as well. so far the incident reports relatively clear. >> decision day is today, the 9th circuit court of appeals ruling on the constitution at of prop eight. >> it's not expected to be the final word on same-sex marriage in california. christie smith joins us live in san francisco where justices will weigh in this morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is a big day for supporters and opponents of gay marriage, this ruling 18 months in the making. what's happening is that a federal appeals court here in san francisco will issue a ruling a little later this morning on whether voter approved measure violates the civil rights of same-sex couples. a three-judge panel with the ninth circuit court of appeals will issue the decision after a trial judge struck down proposition 8 which california voters approved four years ago to restore the gay marriage ban here in california. now, the same-sex couples include one from the east bay and they sued to overturn the law. even if the ruling is upheld it co

the rain moving through the south bay look at this rain on 237 the traffic will spot normal. and a lot of hydroplaning going on. >>> thank you. i want to show you kevin from richmond viewer photo checking in on wednesday showing the leading edge. the angry sky. it unleashed its furry overnight. find me a system that came by in a year where we haven't had too many. usually they come by. this -- it's moving really fast. snow is stacking up in the sierra. heaviest rain pockets around san jose. campbell. saratoga. cupertino and mountain view. that is the biggest. that is where the front is right now. it continues to work its way through fast. we're not done here. rain and wind in the morning. turning showery in nature later on. still a couple pieces of energy have to come scooting through later today. another one late tonight into tomorrow. friday everything looks pretty good. one inch amounts or plus up into mendocino county. after that about a quarter of an inch to an inch there has been amounts coming in san to cruz mountains that are higher than that this. kentfield over a ha

the rain coming down there. but really hasn't been too heavy so far and we're not seeing the strong winds we were expected with the storm system. that said there's still pockets of gusty winds out there seeing some gusts in oakland now 36 miles per hour and you can see the rainfall showing up around the bay area off the coast sweeping onshore throughout the morning hours. then it begins to taper off. so heading out this morning, a wet start to the day, temperatures in the 50s and you will see some pockets of some of those gusty winds. this afternoon, clouds going to part a bit turning into some scattered showers. highs will be definitely cooler today mainly into the 50s. and then things begin to settle down. a sense of the low on the back side of this is helping to stretch the system out and slow it down so the showers will be on and off throughout the morning and then it looks like things beginning to taper off toward the afternoon. on the big picture yeah, carry that rain gear with you, it looks like showers no

with the rain coming in the cloud cover and the rain cooling, get ready for a cooler day, kind of an lier looking day. all right. sunshine the story across the state but none of that. the proverbial calm behind the storm. nice looking weather here. downtown always a busy traffic spot this time of the evening. how about our view from calvert clifts or near calvert clifts and gorgeous. all sweeps scan clear. we expect the radar to get more active tomorrow. check out abc2news.com to get maryland's most powerful radar. watch the rain as it comes out of the west and as this clears out. temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. yes a quiet scenario. we expect clouds to build in overnight. temperatures which struggle to get into the mid-50s representing about a 10-degree cool off will struggle to get into the 50s with the clouds and rain cooling. it's quiet tonight, just a few clouds across the mid-atlantic states. much further north and west we have rain coming down and snow coming down across the country's midwest and the northern plains. that system will move quickly. replace this clear h