see the rain drops and it was on the morning drive. quarter inch of rain. oakland with some of the heaviest rain. coming up on, quarter inch much, half inch in some of the areas, duck out in the rain and there is more rain in the forecast as mark says. live storm tracker two. you can see the live radar sweeps, the morning wet and now the afternoon is wet. in the hot spot its been toward antioch, and danville and the roadway, you know its spring break for a lot. i think the roadways aren't suffering as badly as they may but we still have rainfalling, south toward san jose where the rain has been light so far. there ask more rain heading our way. we will look at long range forecast and look for the rain that's headed our way. right now we will check outgone fowler in pittsburgh to tell us about the rain in that area. >> right now bill the rain is let up but i have been watching the chp traffic information page and as of 5:59 there have been 24 traffic collision around the bay. take a look. this is highway 4 eastbound. that's a commute direction. its been snarl

the rain is coming in. we will have the forecast in a minute. >> now, your instaweather plus forecast with john collins. >> the rain is on the doorstep. i circled baltimore. here is the city and the inner harbor. here is carroll county, westminster. there has been some thunder and lightning, not recently. western howard country. it also has a little shower activity. there's more to it. this is just the leading edge coming in. even the clouds -- i mean, the sunshine is shining year. there is not a big lead up to this. temperatures made it up to around 80 for the high today. 81 was the high at the airport. inner harbor, 82. record, 88. 53 and 59 were the lows this morning. our temperatures are well above the normal for this time of year. nothing unusual. the temperatures spread changes considerably. the cold front is west of town. the yellow and orange is around 80 degrees. then we get to the green, right in carroll county. from this point on, it is rain and temperatures have dropped. 15, 20 degrees or so. he

in the forecast, rain-cooled air throughout the day.sday we'll get a break for the second half of the day. thursday on-and-off showers start by midmorning and lasting through thursday night. friday rain early and scattered showers throughout the day. and then we get a break 10:00 a.m. saturday and staying nice for the second half of your weekend, 74 come monday as many of the kids will be headed back to school. mike, let's check the drive. i bet there are slowdown areas out there. >> light traffic, and slowing because of the conditions not because of the crowding for the south bay just yet. the drive is moving pretty smooth as well because the northbound route being relatively dry but christina showed us in the next hour that will change. mountain view this should change over the next few minutes but shoreline still closed north of central expressway through central and wright. bob redell told us about a deadly accident on city streets and if you want to go north from central expressway, take moffett or rengstorff and that will get you

even with the rain moving in, it's going to take a while for the leading edge of the rain to make it rough or make a dent in the high pressure that's in control of the forecast. the rain that we are watching is associated with a front out to the west. good bit of rain when it moves in. damp tonight and tomorrow as well. the rain is going to have to get across west virginia, moving across the ohio valley, in to west virginia. the western edge of the state. you have a good bit of time to do anything you want to do today. know when the rain starts tonight it's going to start and continue right on through really the next 48 hours or so before we see some improvement. right now our temperatures just around the mid oos across the state. we have 60s out there. 56 now bwi marshal. 55 dew point. 96% relative humidity with calm winds, 29.77. now temperatures ranging from 52 on the cool side as you see in couple ber lands and oakland to 60 patuxent river, 61 dc. 56 elkton. 60 rock hall. 61 annapolis and kent island. 58 westminster and 56 in columbia. calm winds in central maryland. temperatures

the rain is slowly moving off into the oakland and east bay hills. light rain north on 101 to, otherwise we're doing pretty good as these shares continue to push off to the east. throughout the remainder of the day, hit or miss showers. by noon is patchy but still there. by the evening commute, east bay showers with modern stuff near antioch. >> our team coverage continues with yoli aceves. she has been watching the rain moving in along a 80 in oakland. >> it has turned from light rain to moderate rain. piquancy out what the road is. it is pretty slick. >> we have not yet attract any hot spots. we did just it word of an accident on 580 and macarthur boulevard. highway 92 looks good and the golden gate bridge ride 101 south on still looks great coming in from marin county. >>mark: a fatal crash killed a father and his young daughter on a concord sidewalk. there were killed on saturday and hit the two as they were riding their bicycles. will trend continues coverage from martinez. the team driver could be released as early as today. >> police admit they

the tunnel. just not tonight. we are starting to see some of rain, the heavy rain move out. but, still rain in baltimore. hopefully it is doing well with the firefighterring firefighting down there. now, right now it is a chilly 46 degrees out there. chilly rainfall. 45, 42 in hagerstown. look at this north and west. that is much colder air. some of the chill here air will moveer air will move in. the rain continues and we have the winds to talk about. we will talk about snow, actually. can we see flakes? we will have more. >>> rain will never scare or chase or take the will away from people who are fighting breast cancer. you know, we walked in cold snowy mornings before in hunt valley, now, they are starting to take a lap. don harrisson was there and says it it was still a great day at the beach. >> 3, 2, 1. [cheers and applause] >> with that the race began. more than 3600 people ran or walked in the 5k event. all here for a common reason. >> because i have boobies. >> reporter: more specifically to support those who have been effected by breast cancer and to find a cure. >> don't be afraid to come out

they all train in the rain, regardless. rain or shine, they are out there. they love soccer and i'm supporting them. >> reporter: business is slow for-- >> roof repair has been down because the weather has not been like we had last year. >> reporter: people are picking up items like ponchos and a few tarps, but hoping for a lot more from mother nature so they can cash in a little more for the season. >> it will happen, if the rain comes as predicted. but it has to be a lot of rain all at once. >> reporter: we were in petaluma and roanoke park this morning. the rain was also spotty there, rain totals in that region a little more than 20 inches. but they should be more than 30 inches at this time of year. reporting live in oakland, lorain blanco, ktvu channel 2news. >> thank you, lorain. you can always get weather and traffic information at ktvu.com and you can have weather and traffic updates sent straight to your phone, by signing up for mobile ktvu.com. >>> a memorial service has just finished at oikos university in oakland, the scene of a tragic shooting a

west of the bay, we are done with the rain. to the west where people win the lottery, things look just fine. >> everything looks fine in their world t doesn't matter if it's raining. >> high pressure out there will build in today and tomorrow and deliver a couple of great days of lots of sunshine. the rain you see out towards minneapolis, that is a cold front that will get in here during the day on saturday. here is the deal with the weekend forecast. we'll start out with clouds on saturday. eventually showers and thunderstorms sunday afternoon and an area of low pressure to our south is going to develop. that will give us rain most of the day on sunday lingering into monday. we'll get a good soaking rain around here. timing is not great but we need the rain. that is sunday into monday and we'll start to quiet things down early next week. we have the potential a couple of inches of rain around sunday and monday. we're done with the rain today. we have some wet roadways. let's let julie tell us about that. >> we are focusing in o

james fletcher has more on the rain. s: let's kick things off with the storm tracker 4, you can see we're looking at on the radar, indications a light-moderate rain throughout the day. possible moderate iranians on the peninsula coastline fan near pacifica, moderate rainfall as well. as we slide the maps a little bit, you will see on the eastern shore of the day, possibly light rain from the carquinez bridge all the way down the east shore freeway, down to the mes it looks like the nimitz southbound on 880 is sticking up like a dream. in looks like it is down to about san leandro. he roared. that is will we see in the east. as for the north bay, 101 at times could be intense, we are watching that. all of this is slowly migrating to the east. that is what we are seeing on radar. for future gas is set for 8:00 a.m., here you can see exactly what we are seeing on the radar. light-moderate rain. it is not as organized as it was looking yesterday. and light-moderate rain showers. by 8:00 p.m. it looks like it will start dying

how is the rain there? we are getting a light sprinkle at the moment there is still a lot of standing water. it does not like that would this have any time soon. tomorrow rain throughout the morning. does be aware that there is a lot of polling going on on exits and entrances to the freeway. risks >>mark: a lot of heavy rain came through earlier. let's find out more on the rain and where it is coming down the heaviest. >>erica: yoli said that it was raining cats and dogs but she said just dealing with sprinkel, most of that what led activity, that organized band has pushed its way to the east and south. as we zoom in, you can see portions 880, 680, portions of high 101 are dealing with moderate-heavy political. sixth conditions are starting to dry out discuss tracking down the peninsula. huddling is in is you, you've probably run into s along westbound 580 coming off of the ultimate test. we had moments a pretty intense downpours. as the tech at exactly what is on tap for the rest of the day we will hold on

that's the weather. rain in ocean city is still a good thing. >> there's tons to do regardless of the weather. we're encouraging people to come out all weekend. we have great restaurants and, you know, there's hotels offering discounts. >> it's almost like a girl's weekend. >> tell me, we can still register up until saturday. >> actually until sunday. >> online registration stays open until saturday. walkup registration at the convention center thursday, friday and saturday and people can register on sunday as early as 6 a.m. >> thanks for making a trip in here. girl's weekend. it all starts friday. look out. for more information on the komen race being held in ocean city head to komen md dot org. let's take a look at weather. she gave me a shush about the rain on sunday. >>> you put mow on the spot, jamie. you know what, it does look like rain around. this is not bad, early see snob -- season in ocean city. you're walking briskly. 51 at the airport. rainy today, maybe similar to what we see sunday down at th

the rain's easing up for now. but it returns first thing tomorrow morning by about 9:00, 10:00 in the morning, the rain becoming moderate at times. tomorrow night, heavy rain. the colder air settles in as the storm races up the coastline. colder air, cold enough to change the raindrops back to snowflakes across southern parts of pennsylvania, northern maryland. far western maryland, maybe 3 to 6 inches of snow on the ground by monday morning commute to work and school. overnight tonight, not much. here we are at 10:00 tomorrow morning, there comes the rain showers back into the area. 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, almost an inch of rain down on the ground by then, with moderate rain pushing into the area by 8:00 tomorrow night. 1.5 inches of rain on the ground here in washington. 3 inches down into southern st. mary's county. some places down in st. mary's county might get as much as 3.5 inches. overnight, cloudy and damp with spotty showers. temperatures dropping a few more degrees. tomorrow, cloudy, wet, windy, cold, s

a little bit more of that this afternoon, the back edge of the rain pushing through the east bay now. it is lightning up there will be a break out there, right now from pittsburg to vine hill, livermore, pleasanton, walnut creek you still have rain as well as dublin further south into san jose, east of the hills, rain/snow mix mount hamilton, cold air is in place some of the higher elevations highway 17, be careful we've got the possibility of a little wet snow and look what is offshore, break up in the north counties, we are still looking at that area of low pressure that is going to rotate throughout the afternoon today that means more scattered showers, cool temperatures today, a chance of a thunderstorm and at the ballgame, the winds are going to pick up. we'll see northwesterly winds increase from 10 to 20 miles an hour, starting out in the low 50s to mid 50s. there will be sunny breaks. is like deja vu we are doing it all over again. by the evening tonight things calming down and we have a nice weekend in store. >>> traffic is light right now at the tolls. look out for windy con

the rain moving to the area right now. a lot more rain, please. we're starting off with an eye on the weather forecast. sphere of this is the view as we see it in the north bay. a lot of what weather to talk about. the majority of it in the east bay. we have wet weather from antioch all the way to concord. san ramon could be getting moderate rain in pockets give berkeley, oakland downtown, it is all white. " san francisco also dealing with it. that stretches all the way down to san carlos and redwood city. it is not coming down heavy but pretty quickly as you're driving. the wet weather is living up over the hills and down toward san carlos it directly to the gifts to the south bay has not seen a lot faster fact pockets of wet weather beginning to form. that is what we are seeing on the radar right now. noon, spotty but still there for a serious as you head home this evening pockets of intense showers here and there. the bulk of it should start moving off into the central valley leaving us with unsettled thunderstorm activity. there's the another c

the heaviest rains for us come in late this afternoon through the evening hours. st rain probably 3:00 this afternoon, to about midnight tonight. and then the low races up the coast, and takes the heaviest rain with it. plenty of moisture and cold air. places like western maryland, six inches of snow could get two or three inches as far as cumberland, maryland. be on the lookout. it's going to be a wet and rainy day. so cloudy, rain, windy, and heavy at times today. one to one and a half inches of rain west of i-95, but one and a half to three inches or maurior east of the bay. high spots could get snowflakes. there is the forecast for the rest of the week. chilly today and cold tomorrow. we have stormy, chilly, breezy, and replacing sniffly, and sneezy, and all the other stuff we deal with with the pollen. >> we did not see a little yellow on your forecast until midweek. >> that will be a short lived three. real sunshine probably not back until friday. >>> virginia lottery officials say a burrillville woman is the first to win two powerball prices. she bought two

over the weekend >>> good morning. we've got some rain in the north bay this is a live shot of san rafael, taillights southbound past the civic center into central san rafael. we have sprinkles, you need windshield wipe there's will be the routine most of the morning. up and over the waldo into sausalito, golden gate bridge, all lanes configured for your southbound into san francisco compute. you can see the slick roads win shield wipers needed coming into the city from the north bay. you can see shaeubgty camera at bay bridge toll, it is a little windy i -- this morning, rain, metering lights off, just a little slow traffic up the incline too san francisco. we have that earlier issue in tracy, 205 westbound from the central valley good news cleared out of lanes traffic starts slowing once you get over the altamont pass towards livermore no other stalls or accidents to hamper that cute. the rain is coming, already here in some places, bay bridge reporting rain carquinez bridge in the north is raining at this point, san mateo bridge looks

and once the showers roll through your city, that rain cools the air, so it will feel cooler, the rain-cooledir lasts for a couple of hours before the drying period starts. you'll want to keep it in mind. you'll need the jacket and umbrellas as we head through the rest of the week, you'll want to keep them handy. >>> let's get you to the showers to work on time with mike. >> we've got a couple of accidents to tell folks about over in oakland. this is westbound 580 around macarthur off of the split with the warren freeway, and we've got two separate accidents reported. one involves a car on its side, maybe on its roof actually but no major injuries reported but an ambulance will show up. a second accident where another car went into the center divide there that's a distraction. no lanes are reported blocked but i imagine one has to be affected by crews once they arrived on the scene. and rain has traveled through the area and more rain on the way as christina reports. slowing through antioch, 20 at the "l" street sensor but moving to the 40s and 30s heading over to loveridge and somersville. w

it would be nice. >> still need the rain, still need the water. >> yes. and another foot of snow for the next 24 hours coming down for the skiers. >> yes. a late season, rob. thank you very much. >>> coming up next, we'll give you a sneak peek of google's extravagant april fools joke. we'll give you a hint. it won't make much since sense to those under 25. >>> how weather stole the spotlight intended for the first lady this morning in alameda. >>> and incredible video aboard a school bus caught in the path of a tornado. you won't want to miss it. look! here she comes! ♪ she'll be comin' 'round the mountain when she comes... ♪ ♪ when she comes. ♪ it'll be spinning new chrome wheels when it comes. ♪ ♪ when it comes. ♪ custom spoiler, race grade pistons, ♪ ♪ gt35 turbo charger. ♪ and they'll all know that it's kevin's awesome car. ♪ bought em! ( clears throat ) sorry. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. >>> in the east bay it was a cold, blustery morning for first lady michelle obama. she was in alameda this morning taking part in the commissioning ceremon

>>> a day of rain across the bay area. oakland, san jose. kron four was in every corner showing you where today's storm was hitting. >> rain has been the story today in the bay area. it is the story tonight here at the coliseum. >>> we are tracking the storm. we've got a live look at berkeley. rain has been letting up, but another round is on the way for the morning. and we're in the forecast center with jacqueline. and you're saying it could be pretty rough? >> well, in some spots. into tomorrow afternoon, we're going to get the chance of thunderstorms, and those can bring some heavy downpours for some locations. the morning commute is going to be staying dry. and here's a look at what's going on right now. this storm did stall this evening. it was supposed to continue its eastward progression but it didn't move all that much. it is starting to move to the east now. but we're still seeing rain, heavier rain in places like san francisco, in the peninsula, and in the east bay. red wood city seeing more rainfall, also approaching palo alto. mod

you can see how heavy the rain is. w injury crash reported north 680 capital, chp en route to both of these accidents we'll keep you posted on that. also, if you are heading across the san mateo bridge looks a little better compared to the last time we saw it where the rain was real coming down flooding reported in the number seven lane approaching the toll. golden gate bridge this morning there's a wind advisory, bay bridge and richmond san rafael bridge. let's check out the maps, north 101, old oakland where we have an overturn crash, big tree down, bear creek road near highway 17. also, in the east bay north 680 calaveras another injury crash, westbound 58 "approaching -- westbound 580, will keep you posted on that >>> rocking for a cause. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> next, the rock band's quiet quest to hypocritically ill children in the bay area. >>> they said they were splitting, now it is official. who of the two filed the paperwork to get a divorce? h@ >>> welcome back. jury selection begins today in north carolina in the trial of

the heaviest rain will be tomorrow. s mainly going to be a sunday evening, monday morning problem. but it's going to be a big storm up the coast. monday morning looks like a disastrous commute. this is going up the coast. philadelphia, new york, hartford, boston. all those airports will be negatively impacted monday. >> you think it will be a quick switch? or gradual? >> i think 80 to 50 in about six hours. that's a fast change. >> thanks so much. >>> going to be a busy morning for tax officials in maryland. the state comptroller there and 300 members of his agency are opening tax returns. 2011 of them to be exact. last year they opened 71,000 on the saturday after the tax deadline. maryland taxes were due tuesday. after the openings today, the comptroller will give his feedback on the filing season. >>> northern virginia commuters may be facing another vee. julie carrey has more. >> reporter: for northern virginia travelers who want to speed their commutes, easy pass are requirement -- now they are free. ez pass transpo

here is the rain. heavy at times. this temperatures are only in the mid 50's to low for to -- low 50's. periods of rain tonight. especially early on. we have all this heavy rain. we will surely was happening out there. now the storm system coming from the south is centered over south carolina. it will just push up the coast throughout the day. this is why we will get such heavy rain. colder air expected to bring some heavy snow in the mountains. that's a get the futurecast in motion and time this out. the shower bills for a steady rain threat the afternoon. the bull's-eye around 8:00 p.m. and given towards midnight. that heavier stuff along the eastern shore as well. what happens. as storm pulls away, the colder air gets in. this comes in is that wet, heavy stuff likely to bring you down. trees with a lot of leads. power outages may be a concern to nine. as far as the rain amounts go, the eastern shore up to baltimore likely to get up to 2- 3 inches of rain. it is a lot to come all at once. that is where we have the co

the rain in virginia, the arc of rain on the front. nothing to the west. you would think we are done with this, but not quite. this storm to the south is spinning around, coming up the coast tomorrow. the trick with the storms is will they be in land, out over the water, and we still have to fine tune, but it looks like a will push a lot of moisture our way and give us a lot of rain. overnight, scattered showers, cloudy and chilly, 47-52. tomorrow, rain heavy at times, north wind at 10-20, when the costs the 30 or better. it will be a blustery, of wall day. it will be reining in a lot of time. a 48-53 the high. it will have a tough time warming up with all of the activity going on. looking at how much grain we can expect from the storm, up to one-third of an inch of rain already. another couple inches would not be out of the question from baltimore east. that may be where the heaviest of the rains will fall. then it tapers off to the west. western maryland, once the storm passes, snow is in the forecast, and they could get accumulation. north wind on the b

you can see the light rain here. most of the area the district drying out, even southern maryland drying out. some places getting two inches of rain. when you look out to the far west we are also looking at some snow falling. frederick, hagerstown all looking at some light rain as well. most of this storm has now moved up to the north of us, around the northeast. now called a nor'easter. right now temperatures 47 in downtown. dew point 43. we've got some light rain falling. the wind, it is blustery out there. we're seeing gusts around 30 miles per hour. right now temperatures generally in the 40s. 46 in college park, 45 ingreat falls. here's a look at the satellite and radar picture. look at that storm that just formed south of us and then came all the way up the mid at lap particular and now heading over to new york and the new england area. you can see on the west side of the storm. so we're expecting a wet and windy condition overnight. some showers are possible monday. more scattered in nature. grab the umbrella a

the rain washed out the game. of the rain changed our plans. on the positive side, the constant downpour is washing e pollen of the air and that news for allergy sufferers. >> thank you. turning now to our other big the stanley cup playoff nail biter. back and forth for the entire game. end, it was a heartbreaker. at theet a look highlights. them and it was a great game. has been a great series so far. but the home advantage is not always an advantage. the caps will have to play deciding game against boston. boston leads off the face off gets it back to tie the game at 3. going to overtime and in overtime, the puck picked off from theboot -- bruins. is the game winner. this series is tied at three apiece and now they go for a seventh and deciding game. the home ice advantage has meant nothing. the road teamme winning over all. we will see what happens when sennight. the phone booth was packed with people rocking the red. they did get their money's match uph a terrific caps fans are not happy tonight. go live to chinatown for from the fans. as if

then the rains come back in. the first couple of .1 inch of rain. and the totals of one to three inches of rain and plus a lot of wind and cold air. a lot of stuff going on. rain, thundershowers. heavy at times and then turning cooler. mid 70s before the rain. upper 60s and low 50s thereafter. i think the high tomorrow a 55 will occur after midnight. then a cold day coming up on monday. sunday night into monday, that's when the worst of the worst will be here. that's when i think we'll see snowflakes in the high spots. >> thank you very much. i think. >>> coming up in sports the c >>> the caps and the bruins it came down to the last two minutes. >> yeah. i mean, i can't help but thinking ahead. they have a chance to close this thing out tomorrow. >> wouldn't that be awesome? >> i don't want to talk about that yet. >> it almost sounds strange to say, but this series is now the capitals to lose. that's the truth after taking game 5 in boston. the series tilts in the caps' favor at verizon center tomorrow. the caps got on the board first and last and mo

the vigil is held this evening in the rain outside bay view station. espinosa's family, fellow officers and members of the community paid their respects to the dedicated officer. isaac espinosa left behind a wife of seven years and a daughter who was just three when he died in 2004. >>> a bomb threat forces an airliner to make an emergency landing tonight. >>> heaven is a happy place, but mommy is in heaven so mommy is happy. >> a somber memorial to the victims of the oikos shooting. and we learned when the school will reopen. >>> and the latest in the trayvon martin case. and a rare statement by the accused gunman, brad zimmerman. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] >>> san jose state university is no longer going to guarantee admission to south bay students even if they meet minimum cal state requirements. lloyd lacuesta live

we're not done yet with the rain. time now for the morning news. >> computers will finally see a bart train in san jose today even though the construction project isn't done for a few more years. we'll tell you why ahead on the ktvu morning news. >>> and good morning. it's wednesday, april 11th i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. we are ready. let's check weather and traffic. it's wet. the roads are wet. be careful driving. steve has the forecast. >> absolutely. the rain has finally ended. there might be mist or drizzle out there. we will get some sun breaks for awhile but possible showers and thundershowers. highs today on the cool side. upper 50s and low 60s. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning. westbound 24 looks good driving up to the tunnel. so far so gad goo. it's still wet out there from overnight rain. you should give yourself extra time to get to work today. looking at marin county the same thing applies. southbound 101 does look good. 5:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with de

the air will be cold enough. how much rain? maybe half an inch with the front coming through today, and then a couple inches. only in the 60's tomorrow in place of the 70's today. we worm into the 60's for the st of the week. >> part of the exelon merger deal approved in march. the credit will be automatically applied to your bill by the end of next month. if the bill is less than $100, the up used portion will carry over to future bills. >> the better business bureau wants to help you get rid of any out-dated documents. angie barnett joins us live with depee tails. good morning, any. -- good morning, angie. >> so when, where, and how long will it be there? >> it is happening now. the good news is, we are packed. we are well into serving our 300 customers right here at white marsh. we are at white marsh the avenues. we are behind the theater down the road from balley's, so easy to find us. behind h.h. gregg. so two great locations. the good news, we're packed. the bad news, we may not make it until noon. we promise everyone we'l

the heaviest rain heading of the altamont for damages east of 101. heavy rain around san rafael in the moving across the bay. the bulk of the heavy rain is just exiting the bay area as the showers will start to listen in intensity in the next 10-50 minutes. the dow was down two of 14 points on tuesday and up to 89 on tuesday breaking a losing streak. alcoa and chevron reporting better than expected earnings. did jump in the number of americans filing for unemployment jumped last week. that is now pulling back on wall street. amazon is cutting prices on the books as one of its major rivals is facing a government lawsuit. amazon will be slashing the price of possible -- part of books to less than $10 apiece. the announcement comes after the u.s. department of justice says it is suing apple and five major publishers for alleged price-fixing. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues truth [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] mi

for now, temperatures are the big story, you don't need the rain gear whatsoever. you don't need a coat this morning. woodbine temperature 63 degrees. 68 shady side. 66 sykesville. winds on the calm side. calm to light. they will pick up a bit, northwest at 5- 15 miles an hour. be prepared for that. i will talk about the rain chances, more coming up, now, let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >> the roads are okay right now following one accident on east lumbart, washington street. travel advisory, you found out how busy it is. we had delay tons bailout routes. all routes we mentioned were heavy also. get a head start and get out there early, if you can. a few spots slowing around 695, west side, through catonsville. not bad on the north side, live at green spring avenue. moving well from this point over to i-83. traveling on 795, showing off and on pockets of building traffic. that's the southbound direction on the right side of your screen. if anything changes, remember to follow us on twitter, we are updating you all morning long at maryland traffic. we a

the back edge of lighter rain in the north bay. everyone has had light rain throughout the day, 17/100 we picked up here. peninsula wet through 280, beginning to rain lightly in the south bay. most of the activity has been north. finally, this front will continue to kick on to the east. you can see moisture brought up from the south. we need this area of low pressure to continue to slide south and east that is going to get the front out of here through the overnight hours. the rest of the day scattered showers for the evening commute and thunderstorms maybe tomorrow. will the giants' opener be dry? the answer coming up. >>> breaking news out of pennsylvania. >> live picture we are getting from gettysburg where rick santorum is expected to announce that he is suspending his campaign for the gop presidential nomination. santorum left the campaign trail for a few days to be with his daughter who was in the hospital. she suffers from a rare genetic disorder. >>> many speculated the upcoming primary in pennsylvania was make or break for

the rain easing up towards sunrise. still going to see more showers throughout the mid-morning hours in the afternoon, they could be anywhere, popping up with the heating of the sun, we still have the possibility of a thunderstorm through about 5:00 and then things really begin to quiet down. the emphasis shifts further south and east, but game time 1:35, scattered showers, partly cloudy, cool winds, out of the northwest. shifting and increasing a little so it will be breezy numbers in the low to mid 50s for the afternoon. coming out of the ballpark it should be chilly, you shouldn't run into this. this is more for the mid-afternoon but this morning, the most moderate rain in the east bay and south bay continues to shift east. we are going to see a little break here. but then we could see more active weather, then warmer through tuesday, could see more rain showers by the middle of next week. frances, probably need five minutes for this report. >>> yeah to cover all the accidents. lisa was right about today, very much l

and it could be one of the biggest rains we've had 24 year. let's go straight to annie hong in the weather center. where is the storm right knew? >> the storm is just the south of us, in the georgia area, kind of organizing and forming. here's a look at that sad light radar picture, where you can see on doppler where the storm is an area of low-pressure system that will slowly ride up along the coast, closer to us. right now we've gone generally cloudy skies in the immediate d.c. metro area. we did see a front come on through, bringing in some showers, most of the showers now off to the east. about out to the ren ards town area, and around east ton. more showers tomorrow, the rain will be heavy at times, especially east of the interstate 95. rain starting afternoon and continuing through the evening tomorrow. one to three inches possible. we definitely need it. we are more than 5 inches below the average rainfall just this year. also talk about the chance for some mountain snow, a winter storm watch posted out in parts of grant and allegheny co

here is the rain. showers have arrived over from the eastern connector, you can see rain coming down on the san mateo bridge, we are expecting toss-up to of course today with a few bursts of stunned if fancy feast of the services that is in theory inf showers about to move into downtown san rafael and scattered showers moving through congress and one fifth will have to more heavy leonid fifth love. faugh >>mark: will hearing for federal finance and and yet not even been if for her head lad who lehigh he was convicted of live full weather when we come back. i don't even know what a casserole is, but it's really good. it's crunchy and noodle-y. what they mean is, it's french's french fried onions in my crunchy noodle casserole. french's french fried onions. available in the french's stay-fresh can. >>erica: and welcome back to the kron4 morning news. we're taking a live look outside and conditions for our camera. a lot of cloud cover but we will see blue skies in the breaks of sunshine here and there as w

these are the areas of rain on the radar. south of the beltway in mount vernon and along the potomac is getting clipped by that area of rain. it is moving into waldorf and la plata along 301. in virginia from front royal toward rappahannock right on the leading edge of that batch of rain which stretches into stretch -- stafford county. this is part of a larger system that is currently centered over ohio. that is giving us an unsettled day. you will not need your umbrella all day long. all of them on, you will have to have your umbrella within reach -- off and on, you'll have to have your umbrella within reach. this is heading south east. 59 degrees in washington, much warmer than the last couple of days and you will notice that there is a little bit of humility in the air. 50 degrees in winchester and already 60 degrees in fredericksburg. near 70 this afternoon some light morning rain and a few thunderstorms expected later in the afternoon and early evening hours. in between, we could have a few peaks of sunshine. tomorrow ba

it is running around the entire theory of with the heaviest rain in linden ended down in the south bayas resumed in it is dry along highway 101. heavy rain coming down the east shore freeway. it is not as intense for interstate 580 or the 80 corridor. the heaviest rain is situated in some of the inland in the east bay spots. expect hazardous driving conditions coming down to 42 through walnut creek. looks like the wet weather will be with us for the next couple of hours. intense downpours for highway 101 and 880. it looks like we're dealing with light rain. the wide use shows more wet weather to come sitting offshore. still looks like we will start to try things out as we head into the evening hours. >>mark: we continue team coverage of bay area weather. >> the rain is getting heavier and commuters are picking up speeds of maybe, they should not be if. there was a lot of drug out of water. hopefully that will not happen again today. >>yoli: i have already seen that some people walking around in their giants care. >>mark: we will keep covering the rain as we're watching conditions aroun

most of the rain has pushed east. are in between storms but still seemed lingering showers is east of concord and walnut creek, closer to the san ramon area. shower activity in the milipitas area and down towards san jose. what roadway's the dry conditions from hayward and those of you in redwood city. we have a lot of cloud cover. still looks like temperatures will stay warm but also make way for more rainfall as we head into the latter part of the morning. we could pick up more scattered showers by 9:00. light rain for those of you in the delta. more widespread as we head into the afternoon. by the commute home a 5:00 p.m., most of the rain will be situated along the coastline. he will certainly have to contend with wet roadways. darker green indicates heavier rainfall. he will certainly need to use your windshield wipers to out the course of the day. the rainfall is expected to push into the 9:00 hour overnight into tomorrow morning. here's a look at temperatures run outside the door. low 50s across the entire bay

the rain is trying al. t you have to be careful, there are some spots where it is still wet, so the road we could easily. as long as you keep it under control you should be ok. >>justine: there are many questions about the mad cow disease found in california, kron4 viewers sent as concerns about what this means for food. state health officials are ensuring consumers that the food supply is still safe. tough in j.r stone has answers your questions. >>j.r.: this is video of the facility with a cal was tested and confirmed to have mad cow disease. it is 280 mi. southeast of san francisco. the company said the carcass of the cow is currently in quarantine and will eventually be destroyed. on facebook, questions are coming in. one person asked, do i need to watch out for that one burger that would ended all? >> this was a dairy cow, it would not have been slaughtered for meat. could it be transferred into milk? is it killed when it is pasteurized? if >> there are mixed opinions about this. the fda says it can be

so storm tracker 4 radar, most of the rain has pushed down to the south. we're seeing some rain over the delta. let's take a look at the south bay first. still a couple lightning strikes. this was over the past 30 minutes. heavier rain filling in into the south bay. the delta region also saw a couple of lightning strikes, are one near walnut creek, and another near concord. let's take a look at the off-shore area. we have a line of thunderstorms that are ready to tee up on the bay area down toward the south bay, and then especially toward monterey. and this is going to be moving in in the next couple of hours am we're just going to see the moderate rain over the south bay. as for airport delays, still looking at delays at sfo because of the severe thunderstorm that rolled through that earlier. and look at those rainfall totals. over the past few hours, san francisco and oakland, nearly an inch of rain from these thunderstorms alone, and the totals in san jose are going to get up there with that heavier rain sitting over them right now. more rain in store fo

the back edge of lighter rain in the north bay. everyone has had light rain throughout the day, 17/100 we picked up here. peninsula wet through 280, beginning to rain lightly in the south bay. most of the activity has been north. finally, this front will continue to kick on to the east. you can see moisture brought up from the south. we need this area of low pressure to continue to slide south and east that is going to get the front out of here through the overnight hours. the rest of the day scattered showers for the evening thunders maybe tomorrow. will the giants' opener be dry? the answer coming up. >>> breaking news out of pennsylvania. >> live picture we are getting from gettysburg where rick santorum is expected to announce that he is suspending his campaign for the gop presidential nomination. santorum left the campaign trail for a few days to be with his daughter who was in the hospital. she suffers from a rare genetic disorder. >>> many speculated the upcoming primary in pennsylvania was make or break for the santorum camp

most of the heavy rain is gone. -- up to 20 miles per hour. it feels like it is in the 30's. off and on light rain or snow showers today. high temperature in the 40's. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. first we say good morning to sarah. >> you'll want to plan accordingly with that rain. the rows are little wet -- the roads are little wet. doing pretty well. speeds around 58 on the north side over towards the towson region. 61 as you travel on the westbound down towards 70. problem free on 70 through the glen burnie area. the b-w parkway and 95 checking out just fine. this is greenspring. inner loop traffic, no problems to report towards the j.f.x. this is the j.f.x. at north avenue, problem free north and southbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the man accused of shooting trayvon martin has been released on bail. george zimmerman walked out of jail after posting bail. his destination is being kept secret for is safely. he must observe a curfew and surrender his passport. more on this release throughout this morning. two br

the vigil is held this evening in the rain outside bay view station. espinosa's family, fellow officers and members of the community paid their respects to the dedicated officer. isaac espinosa left behind a wife of seven years and a daughter who was just three when he died in 2004. >>> a bomb threat forces an airliner to make an emergency landing tonight. >>> heaven is a happy place, but mommy is in heaven so mommy is happy. >> a somber memorial to the victims of the oikos shooting. and we learned when the school will reopen. >>> san jose state university is no longer going to guarantee admission to south bay students even if they meet minimum cal state requirements. lloyd lacuesta live in san jose tonight where he talked to students now facing an uncertain future, lloyd. >> reporter: for more than 50 years any santa clara graduate with a c average would be accepted. the university says, it cannot do that any longer. >> my dream school. >> reporter: why is that? >> because i can get close to my family. i cannot live without any family. >> i don't think

that is the chance of some more needed general rains. i think there will be general range, especially for the eastern shore. by the way, we asked in our facebook question it now, did you like the rain today? we will give you the best responses. i will tell you why. there were many responses about today being an unusual day with the rain coming in. i will tell you some of the best ones later. >> what do you have in sports tonight? what's the wizards are finally wrapping up the season. everybody is looking forward to the next season. they did pretty good tonight. sometimes the wizard's surprise you and a surprised one team. what else can you say about jordan zimmerman? [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. got my bearings. ♪ ♪ a little bird told me about a band. ♪ ♪ an old man shared some fish stories. ♪ ♪ ooh, my turn. ♪ ♪ she was in paris but i still got to see her. we talked for hours. ♪ ♪ everyone else buzzed about the band. music, stories adventures, memories. ♪ ♪ ...all at my fingertips. ♪ ♪ there's a wireless mind inside all

claudine, temperatures are in the 50s and there is our system beginning to working its way in and we have rain beginning to come and it is starting to begin with intensity and even more coming in tonight, turning colder and highs will be in the upper 50s lower 60s here is sal. >>> traffic is moving along well on highway 4 on the willow pass grade with no major problems also it looks good if you are driving in marin county, but it could be wet. let's go back to claudine wong. >>> a man who killed a concord father and daughter could be released this morning. alex savage is at juvenile hall where the teen is being held. >> reporter: he will be released at some point this morning and despite the fact that he is accused of running down two people but he will likely be rearrested once charges are filed in connection with that deadly crash, police have not released the name of that suspected driver because he is a minor but we did find his facebook page and he called himself racer fox. he lost control of his car and hit a father and daughter who were riding their bikes on the sidewalk and they were b

i do think the rain will pick up in intensity. ght rain around baltimore appeared to have this stuff around dundalk and essex. you'll hit the light rain and may slow things down just a bit. give yourself a couple extra minutes. we're missing most of the big thunderstorms. there is a line of strong thunderstorms out of ohio, west virginia. for the most part, that will stay west of us. a warm front is coming across that area. we should stay on the light side of that. they make it close enough for some of us to hear it rumble of thunder. the clouds are thickening up. it will stay mostly cloudy today. we're in the upper 40's and the low 50's. we should be able to sneak into the 60's. 45 degrees in rising sun. off and on rain showers today. maybe a thunderstorm this afternoon. mostly cloudy with temperatures between 60 and 65. wave heights around two feet today. water temperatures in the upper 50's. a rain shower is possible early tonight. temperatures drop back into the 40's. to mark, that activity will sink down to the south -- tomorr

definitely cooler conditions with the clouds and the rain. here is the timing of the rain.e have rain. some moderate rain from the north bay into the east bay. and then throughout the rest of the morning and the afternoon it slides to the east and gets kind of hung up here in the central valley. so the afternoon commute on tuesday looks rather wet and rainfall amounts not bad. you know, for early april we're talking about anywhere from a quarter of an inch, half inch looks like the most favorable in the north and south bay. the peninsula but over into the east bay hills maybe three quarters of an inch to upwards of an inch of rain. back home today we will see temperatures nice and comfortable where they should be for early to mid april. 63 san francisco as well as san rafael with 68 napa, concord, fremont and half moon bay the cool spot at 60. 62 monterey with low 70s returning for holster and gilroy today. santa cruz about 68 degrees. we'll keep the temperatures still mild out ahead of the front tomorrow despite the cloud cover highs in the upper 60s. upper 50s coast to ne

as a move to the later evening the rain will start to taper off. the afternoon, that is when we will see a chance of thunderstorms. here is a look at your extended forecast. into friday afternoon, conditions will be improving. >>catherine: there was a public memorial today for victims of the oikos university shooting. family and students to join together to save final goodbyes. >>haaziq: it was a solemn memorial 47 oikos university students who were killed on campus last week by a lone gunman. here outside the small east oakland campus of the edgewater drive, tents were set up to shield the 100 or so mourners from the rain. the most emotional scene or family members standing in line hold and white flowers to place on an altar as they said goodbye to loved ones. this student late asian inspired music while those in attendance tried to comfort each other to this difficult moment. >> loved ones gathered for a memorial service for the mother killed in the oikos school massacre. fog fan >> the man suspected of killing the seven have victims at what goes

for dell rains that the game can go on as planned. caught >>mark: we will check back with yoli, scattered showers expected. quite a storm. not just now but over night and yesterday evening. here is video from pacifica. heavy rain came down with farm and lightning. we have a picture to show you from one of our viewers taken along highway run on. in the picture you can see distant lightning strikes. here is another amazing victor from last night's weather, lightning strikes in san francisco, this one taken from a viewer's balcony. if you have any of these in pictures of a lightning storm or any weather damage, please send a man. check this out. lightning from the storms hitting of united airlines flight. that forced the plane to return to the airport. plane landed safely. netflix list carrying over to the tasks and was fifth to london. the task full flight to london to a city. >>justine: another pictures sent to us from a viewer showing as the lightning strikes. revolts. we are not sure where this officer is from a have any photos of the

the light to moderate rain. a stalled out frontal boundary, we're watching the moisture moving south to north around the bay area, eventually it will kick to the east as we head in tonight. behind it colder air aloft. this is what will make things interesting tomorrow. the sun will come out, cold air on top of it. that could set the stage for hail and possibly some thundershowers as we get into wednesday. so widespread light rain tonight changing over, i think, to more scattered showers by tomorrow morning. we may catch a brief break on wednesday morning before those showers power up again for the afternoon. lows tonight, near 50 during the day tomorrow. highs in the mid-50s and watch the time frame. noon to 5:00. if you get enough sunshine this time of year, if that winterlike air on top that could power up some stronger thunderstorms, something we are watching in the east bay valleys as we go into tomorrow and then behind this system get ready for round two. this is a colder one that will be dropping in as you