. >>> other bay area headlines, there was an embarrassing situation this afternoon on the redwood city shoreline involving this boat. it ran aground got stuck in the mud. redwood city and menlo park firefighters use their boats to rescue three people. that stuck boat still there. it will be moved when the high tide comes in. >>> human bones found at the new transbay terminal construction site are those of an early native american. the discovery was made about 60 feet underground. an archeologist says the native american heritage foundation has been notified. a representative will determine how the remains will be handled. work on the site continues from the area away from where the bones wer found. >> bay area teachers worried about cutting down on suspensions. >> it's a stop-gap measure. >> how it will be harder to control problem students. >> mailboxes with junk. the two easy ways to get rid of unwanted mail. ,,,,,,,,,,,, the rules on student suspensions. the board voted last night it should only be done as at >>> san francisco unified is changing the rules on students suspensions. t

police say he refused to leave the redwood city bar and locked out the owner. and that's when he said to call the swat team, so that's just what the owner did. when officers arrived, the man wasn't reachable by phone and after a standoff was taken into custody. >>> a warning from police tonight about a scam targeting taxpayers. the irs says it's received received several reports from scammers telling them to make a payment by debit. many of the calls have targeted recent immigrants. people are usually contacted by mail, the irs says. >>> the cost of living is rising in the bay area and one oakland group is trying to help raise the city's minimum raise. >> reporter: a coalition of community activists kicked off an effort saturday mourn to raise the minimum age. they formed teams to begin a campaign to gather signatures for a measure on the november ballot to raise the man mum wage in the city to $12.25. >> it's difficult, particularly in the bay area. nobody can make it on $8 or $9 an hour, or even $10 an hour. >> reporter: they say such a raise would result in

the rightful owners. janet katsiama is downtown in redwood city to explain the interest in pintrest. >> reporter: we talkedng site and many were surprised that police are getting in on the pins in downtown redwood city, police said they used pintrest for a number of reasons. >> they're among millions of users who check in every day usually to share recipes, fashion or craft ideas. >> cooking or home idea, do it yourself-type thing is what i do it for. >> now the redwood city police department is join nothing with pins. >> we're -- joining in with pins. >> we're interested in property. >> their interest in pintrest have posted photos of everything from bicycles and photos. so why pintrest? >> we could upload our photos and view them without having a password. >> that will be neat. a long time ago i lost my bike and had nowhere to look. >> i use pintrest. >> i'd probably go to pawnshops or post on craigs list. i would not think to go on pintrest. police hope it will be a success once word spreads. >> we would have to bring victims in to physically look at property, so by using this social media site, it give

the rightful owners. janet katsiama is downtown in redwood city to explain the interest in pintrest. >> reporter: we talkedeople who used the photo sharing site and many were surprised that police are getting in on the pins in downtown redwood city, police said they used pintrest for a number of reasons. >> they're among millions of users who check in every day usually to share recipes, fashion or craft ideas. >> cooking or home idea, do it yourself-type thing is what i do it for. >> now the redwood city police department is join nothing with pins. >> we're -- joining in with pins. >> we're interested in property. >> their interest in pintrest have posted photos of everything from bicycles and photos. so why pintrest? >> we could upload our photos and view them without having a password. >> that will be neat. a long time ago i lost my bike and had nowhere to look. >> i use pintrest. >> i'd probably go to pawnshops or post on craigs list. i would not think to go on pintrest. police hope it will be a success once word spreads. >> we would have to bring victims in to physically look at property, so by using t

. >>> the redwood city police department is using a popular social media site to help people find stolenperty. it's using the photo sharing website pinterest to find stolen property recovered by officers. police have posted photos of bicycles, watches and jewelry. >> in the past, we would have to bring victims in to physically look at property. by using this social media site, it gives us the ability to show it to a lot of people and they can do it from their home or office. >> the police posts have helped reunite three victims with their stolen property. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a roof collapse at a vacant san jose warehouse. firefighters were checking reports of water flowing down the street near mayberry and north king roads. crews used sonar to make sure no one was trapped inside. they say it's possible the weight of the recent rain caused the collapse. >>> the cute little girl who stole the hearts of millions has passed. a look back at the life of shirley temple and how her woodside neighbors are remembering her. >>> fog is clearing out and temperatures

in downtown redwood city, the accessory of the day, an umbrella. a steady drizzle means everyone stays covered and moves quickly inch redwood city, abc7 news. >> in tahoe it's snowing, but not as much as they're used to. this is a look at castle peak. changes are required on all vehicles without overdrive. ski resort operators say day need more to open all runs. >> in napa county, just cold enough for snow. you can see it coming down on highway 29. that's 2500 feet above sea level. not enough to bring out the snow plows. >> developing news now out of napa county. a mother and boyfriend who were wanted for questioning in the sexual assault and deaths of the woman's three-year-old child hey before detained. sara kruger ryan warner were arrested today. sergio quintanas live from nap

area where those remains were found. >>> there was an embarrassing situation this afternoon on the redwood citynvolving a small boat. it ran aground and got stuck in the mud. redwood city and menlo park firefighters used their own boats to rescue three people. the stuck boat is still there and will be moved when a higher tide comes in. >> rain or shine san francisco protestors were determined to let themselves be heard. this is marched in the mission district to stop landlords from evicting low and middle income renters through the "ellis act." some landlords are buying up properties to evict rent controlled tenants to make more money, they say. >>> backlash over a plan to curb the number of suspensions. why critics say it paves the way for troubled students to skate by school. >> they can do anything that they set their minds to. >> how these bay area girls are learning about the possibilities in life thanks to robots and fried food. ,, ,, ,, ,,,,,,,,,, the san francisco school bod voted last night to suspend students only as a last res and da lin reports: tonight, another big bay area school

millions use pinterest to share craft ideas and now to the redwood city, they are finding the ride fulls of those who police have recovered. the police posts have already helped to reunite three victims with their stolen property. >>> happening today, more than 20,000 are taking a vote starting today of whether to authorize another strike the workers went on strike at 5uc 5 directors and food service employees and guard first. union -- gardeners and they have not been able to reach a new contract agreement. >>> they gained unexpected fame after being stuck in an olympic bathroom could making a career of it. they were trapped in an elevators and they showed him wearing a baseball cap trying to pry open the elevator doors and they said quote nobody would belief this, but we just got stuck in an elevator. quinn said he is not taking anymore chances. >> you can make sure i shower with the door open and i will probably take the stairs. >> quinn said unlike the bathroom door which you see here, they did not have to be broken down and the bob sledding starts sunday. >>> time now 649, let's che

and the county, economic development association or sam seda and the silicon valley, alliance, the redwood city, chamber of commerce. the city of napa and the county of napa and the association, and the napa chamber of commerce, and sf made, a local manufacturer association, and also 101 mfg which is another manufacturer association that focuses on the highway 101 corridor and the counties. and also, the salano economic development corporation as well as the governor's office of economic and business development, or go bis. we organized and held our own half day foreign trade zone seminar in june of 2012. and we also sponsored similar trade events that were hosted by the u.s. commercial service, and af made, and the northern california world trade center and the economic development board. there continues to be strong interest in the ftz programs throughout the area. in 2011, the 2011 trade zone board voted to overhaul the trade zone regulations has not been done 1991. the new regulations took effect in 2012 and further stream lined the program to make it relevant to the business in the 21st ce

i will give you an idea of what to expect for the morning cot mute. in redwood city for abc7. >> residents and crews hope they are prepared for the second storm with heavy rain leading to more problem on summit road like the tree that took out power lines open wednesday. >> we expect trees and wires. >> how can that impact you? >> power. we got firewood. just in case. >> the fire protection district is on stand by in case this are more trees this fall. >> the sierra bracing for more snow. this is video where you see the snow from the last storm. the sierra snow pack is only 24 percent of normal. you can track the rain using live doppler 7 hd on our weather app which makes its to share photos of how you seeing the rain. you can download it at abc7news.com/apps. >> power outage and compute problems for residents and commuters after pickup truck crashed into a power pole. it ended with a fatality. amy hollyfield is at the scene. >>> investigators are still here and the neighborhood is dark with no power. you would not be surprised to hear that on the only of a big rains

this is the last day if google's trial ferry service linking san francisco and alameda with the redwood city headquarters. they have tested free boat service if the workers from alameda for a week and from san francisco to a month. executives will meet with regional transportation officials to discuss whether the service is worth continuing. >> our meteorologist has been busy because of all of the issues with the roads still being wet. we will start with traffic. >> we start off with a shot of the bay bridge toll plaza and there is a two-car crash with c.h.p. on scene and tow trucks move the cars out of the way causing a backup and everyone will have to get over one or two lanes in the number five lane. if you are headed out, try to avoid it and go on the right-hand side to get to those tolls. right now, the metering lights are not turned on but at concord, this is are we have a crash southbound 680 at highway four to pleasant hill, the rest of the troy is move smoothly and rain is not a factor in the commute with tock debts of sprinkles and mike nicco tell us more about that with heavy rain

. >>> a caltrans struck and killed a pedestrian this morning at the redwood city station on james avenuee woman stepped off the platform in front of a train. cal train closed the station for about five hours and single track trains through the area. the station reopened around 11:30 and trains were on schedule by noon. >>> a man is in custody and another recovering from a bullet wound in vacaville. for some reason another car came barreling at them. the officers fired one shot. the car crashed into a utility box, the driver was arrested on charges of assault with a deputy weapon. a passenger was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. >>> michelle obama wrapped up her visit to the bay area with another fundraiser. she was a guest speaker at the fairmont hotel. more than 600 people attended. tickets ranked from $500 each to $32,000 per couple. the first lady is one of the most popular draws in northern california, one of the most popular draws around the country. she shows girls like anything is possible, and that you can make it to the white house and be successful. >> the first lady

here's a live view showing breaks in the clouds. 60 in san francisco, upper 40s, redwood city. other live view from sutro to tower over san francisco. breaks in the clouds and sun shining in some parts of the bay area. upper 40s in concord and livermore and it's still wet and dreary looking up there and these are our forecast. showers ending this evening, cold night, especially inland, and a cool pattern to follow for the week ahead with temperatures not even breaking 60 degrees. the satellite image, the movement of the cold front that passed through this morning. most of the activity is centered near the coastline. this storm center is heading south and will take most of its moisture with it. so any showers developing after 7:00 p.m. will remain offshore. so tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, cool day, and looks like a dry one as well. looking ahead, the ten-day jut look shows our next chance of precipitation around mid-week but not much rainfall with that little system. then next sunday, looks like we might get some more widespread rainfall but could be confined to the north bay. t

the redwood city police department is using a popular social media site to help people find a social a site. many are using pinterest. now the redwood city police department is using the site to find the rightful owners of stolen property. police have posted photos of spectacles, jewelry and watches. >> in the past we would have to bring victims in to look at property. by using the social media site it gives us the ability to show it to a lot of people and they can do it from their home or office. >> the police have already helped reunite three victims with their stolen property. >> time now 7:47. he must feel snake bit. an american olympic bobsledder gives a reputation for getting into and out of pretty tight spots. johnny quinn and three of his teammates trapped yesterday in this elevator. he posted this photo on the twitter account showing him he's got a hat on backwards trying to pry open elevator doors. no one's going to believe this, but we just got stuck in an elevator. they used cell phones to call for help and get out. quinn says he's not taking anymore chances. >> you can ma

the upper 40s right now. san francisco, oakland, redwood city. oking out over san francisco from the suit -- sutro tower cam. one more view from our emeryville camera on the east bay, looking back across the bay. you can see an afterglow in the western sky. these are forecast features. showers ending as we speak. cold inland overnight, and we'll have a cool daytime pattern for the remainder of the week or the week ahead elm satellite animation shows the movement of the cold front that swept through this morning. storm center offshore is heading south and taking the moisture with is, which is why our showers are winding down. forecast animation shows the passage of a few clouds and maybe a spot or two of shower activity but nothing significant. mainly sunny skies tomorrow, and dry and cool day ahead. now, let's look at the ten-day animation to see where we might expect more rainfall. mid-week, we may gate spot or two of shower activity. doesn't look like it will amount to much. next sunday, maybe a better organized, more widespread area of rain. th

so, that will be able to give a man at this terminal in alameda and get off where the redwood city terminalas that. as far as part and i know a lot of people are concerned about this because they are afraid the that will not have anywhere to part. do not worry, all of these employees will be able to park on and off site parking lot. they will be transported back to the ferry. so, people will take the ferry, you will not have to worry about your parking spot nor will you have to worry whether or not the ferry will be too crowded. a again, this is want to be a private chartered just for google employees. this is just a trial run. it will try to get this out. we would try to see if we can speak with not only it of google employees but other people will take the ferry and see what they have to say. >> the time is 6:35 a.m.. looks like you are finally going to have to pay for parking at the larkspur ferry terminal. starting this morning, it will now cost you $2 to park between 5:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.. you can get a prepaid parking pass for $20 spread the parking fees go to pay for maintaining th

the upper 40s right now. san francisco, oakland, redwood city. and looking out over san francisco from the suit -- sutro tower cam. one more view from our emeryville camera on the east bay, looking back across the bay. you can see an afterglow in the western sky. these are forecast features. showers ending as we speak. cold inland overnight, and we'll have a cool daytime pattern for the remainder of the week or the week ahead elm satellite animation shows the movement of the cold front that swept through this morning. storm center offshore is heading south and taking the moisture with is, which is why our showers are winding down. forecast animation shows the passage of a few clouds and maybe a spot or two of shower activity but nothing significant. mainly sunny skies tomorrow, and dry and cool day ahead. now, let's look at the ten-day animation to see where we might expect more rainfall. mid-week, we may gate spot or two of shower activity. doesn't look like it will amount to much. next sunday, maybe a better organized, more widespread area of ra

it will take the employees to redwood city and a shuttle bus takes them the rest of the way into companyeadquarters. total commute time is about an hour and a half. not much faster but more reliable and relaxing. if all goes well, a whole new ferry building could be built in redwood city. the report from san francisco says the commuters underutilize the bay waters. >> there's much more capacity to utilize the transportation. >> reporter: right now the ferries are being rented from a company in southern california. if all goes well and more employees ride these things, they might just buy their own ferries. we're live, kpix5. >> at 5:08, another cyber attack under investigation. who could be at risk coming up. >> a southern california woman has quiet a story to tell. who steps into help when a woman went into labor at a gas station. >> rain over the weekend. more storms head our way. we'll talk about that coming up. >> we're checking reports now. westbound 24 approaching highway 14. first we want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. ask a question by e-mailing crazy at kpix.

they are doing a trial run from the port of redwood city and from there they will get bussed down to mountain view. this is the second service google is trying out. the other takes them from san francisco to the port in redwood city. >>> a rash of evictions has activists eyeing a change in the law. it allows building owners to clear out rent controlled tenants through buyout. they accept and sell for a profit. the pattern emerges as real estate improves. david campos will introduce the bill requiring landlords to pay the different between a current rate and what they have to pay for a similar apartment for at least two years. >>> in a few minutes police in alameda will make their case to the public for using automated license plate readers to buy them but they also wanted to give the public a chance to weigh in. opponents see it as an invasion of privacy. the cameras can register up to 1 1800 plates per minute. a trial run was in september and the device scanned 100,000 plates and got 85 hits on suspicious cars, including two stolen cars, the meeting at 6:30 in the main library. >>> w

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temperatures in the 50s. 57 redwood city. oking at low 50s and sfo count on delays stacking up there. 54 concord. here's a look from our emeryville camera. looking wet everywhere. the forecast, riney and breezy today, a let-up tonight and another slug of moisture comes our with a tomorrow for another band of heavier rain. you see the moisture coming in from the tropics and that will bray the rain on and off all weekend long, focused in the north bay. we are looking at the rain totals really in the north bay approaching two inches around napa. this is through this morning. over a third in oakland. half-inch in san francisco with an inch and a quarter. notice redwood city toward mountain view. just about a ten. of an inch of rain. 11:00, havering north bay, east bay. and as we go through the later afternoon a bit of a break. tonight look at that 11:00. here's the break. by tomorrow morning, about this time tomorrow into midmorning, another wave of moderate to heavy rain. but by sunday night we are looking at partly cloudy skies

their employees would like to use the bay as a highway. >> reporter: the first trial run took it from san francisco to redwood city and back and now it is alameda's turn in the east bay. and this is an artist's take on what a redwood city ferry building would look like if the plan meets smooth sailing. >> the bay is under utilized. much more to use it for transportation. >> reporter: just another way the tech giant is getting googlers to work. >> they can not interrupt ferry service or creating parking problems here. we should know how well it works. the trial run is scheduled to wrap up on friday. live in alameda, back to you. >> i bet it was chilly out there, though. the went are storm brought rain and snow to the bay area today. enough to wet the streets in the city and dust the roadways in northern napa county. and the sierra ski resorts got badly needed snow. this is how it looked at tahoe. all of it triggered by a system heading south and out of the bay area now. kpix5 hi-def doppler shows most of the rain from the system is dried up. leaving the south bay by sunset. with we will have the rain to thals and p

the nbc bay area chopper. yes, that is a boat. rescues started with a distress call about it this afternoon. redwood city fire sent its air boat crew to the scene. not really clear how the boat or that crew ended up stuck in the marshlands of redwood city. fire crews picked up the stranded crew. 30 minutes later no one -- no word yet. today's ceremony to honor toussant cruz police officers killed in the line of duty. lined up to switch their old police badges for new once. it was a year ago that the officers today. the memorial garden is located outside the police station and it's intended as a lasting tribute. >> the problems in oakland are complex, but there's a new proposal regarding gun control that could reduce violence in oakland. getting support from city leader but state leader worry about a negative ripple effect in other bay area community. investigative reporter vicky edge-in joins us. >> reporter: when governor brown vetoed the bill he shot down attempts to develop its own licensing and registration programs to keep track of guns in the city but we wanted to know if a program like this would

a shuttle moves them from redwood city to the headquarters. not much faster by car but a lot more reliable and relaxing. if all goes well with that, they might build a new ferry terminal in redwood city. the port of san francisco's director says that commuters underutilize bay waters. >> reporter: some of the numbers we're hearing are 500 people. google employees are interested. they have about 500 signed up. they may buy their own ferry. >> what are the chances they'll have ferry service all the way to the headquarters in mountain view? >> reporter: they kind of planned in 2002 they scuttled because of low demand. >> it's now 2 bucks between 5:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays. parking remains free there after 3:00 weekday afternoons and weekends. the money goes towards the maintenance of the parking lot. >> family and friends gather outside the home of a three year old girl found dead in napa. more than 300 people gathered for the vigil. many brought flowers, candles and signs. there were a lot of prayers and speeches including one from the girl

train was delayed up to an hour trains only running on one track and there were any studies of the redwood citybus shuttles to and passengers between carlos menlo park and later. early morning arson fire destroyed home and santa clara. the three alarm fire went out this morning. another resident a woman that was living in the home was arrested for arson after fire crews found suspicious items in the house because of the fire was not released and is still under investigation. >> : two letters with white powder in them. fbi list sit. two other letters were sent to n.y. the pattern of blood found in the city was cornstarch. these letters were just another thing for authorities to deal with. >> : it just adds to was going on with the super bowl there are state troopers allover fbi federal authorities and of course local police. spent intensive security operation. authorities say another letter with a white powder was also sent to office of former new york mayor. according to a proposed fbi the letter was also found to be non hazardous. >> : lawmakers accuse another man of killing another man in flo

the redwood city company purchased blue ky. "fortune" magazine reports it's probably $400 million mostly in cash. blue ky looks at personal data so companies can target information based on history. facebook's mark zuckerberg talking about his company's $19 billion deal to buy whatsapp. critics say facebook paid way too much for the company but during his key note speech at mobile world congress yesterday, zuckerberg says it's about long term growth, not short-term gain. investors seem to agree. facebook stock is up 3% this morning. >> well, for a look at the rest of the market let's turn to morgan brennan. good morning. >> good morning, scott. futures are lower, that's after stocks rallied monday as investors continue to shrug off disappointing economic data. chalking it up to the impact of all of the bad winter weather. s&p 500 ended just shy of a new record high. we get data today on home prices and consumer confidence and earnings from home depot and macy's. the douz rising to 16207 and the nasdaq up 29 to 4292. back to you

the statements after renewed accusations he molested his adoptive daughter. >> the rain didn't stop redwood city'sannual lunar celebration from taking place. we kicked off the festivities inside the museum. check that out. hundreds treated to martial arts e demonstrations. abc7 helped sponsor the event ex-arrest get a final check on the forecast with meteorologist leigh glaser who is live on the roof. >> we will continue with waves and waves of moderate to heavy rain, mainly in the north bay overnight tonight. then that secondary plume of moisture off the coast is going to make its way into the san francisco bay area by mid-day tomorrow. we think those of grew san jose, towards the east bay, antioch, oakley, gilroy, that is when you'll see some moderate rain. so just slow down, take it easy, stay indoors tonight. >> thank you, leigh, and join us for the abc7 morning news tomorrow at 5:00, 6:00 and 9 al, for the latest on the welcome winter storm, and track the rain by adding doppler tomorrow to your twitter feed. that does it for us here at 6:00. thank you for join us. od is in a good that comes i

the statements after renewed accusations he molested his adoptive daughter. >> the rain didn't stop redwood city'sannual lunar celebration from taking place. we kicked off the festivities inside the museum. check that out. hundreds treated to martial arts e demonstrations. abc7 helped sponsor the event ex-arrest get a final check on the forecast with meteorologist leigh glaser who is live on the roof. >> we will continue with waves and waves of moderate to heavy rain, mainly in the north bay overnight tonight. then that secondary plume of moisture off the coast is going to make its way into the san francisco bay area by mid-y tomorrow. we think those of grew san jose, towards the east bay, antioch, oakley, gilroy, that is when you'll see some moderate rain. so just slow down, take it easy, stay indoors tonight. >> thank you, leigh, and join us for the abc7 morning news tomorrow at 5:00, 6:00 and 9 al, for the latest on the welcome winter storm, and track the rain by adding doppler tomorrow to your twitter feed. that does it for us here at 6:00. thank you for join us. ♪ [ man ] i don't know if this

the clouds. it's 56 in oakland. upper 50s in redwood city. the view showing you clouds as well. here is a will being at hums, mild in santa rosa. 60 right now. 61 view overnight, partly sunny skies. i'll let you know when going to see a rain chance, high pressure taking over. we'll see high clouds tuesday and werngs storm track well north of us. as we take a look at our computer animation, you'll see what is coming up heading towards weekend. next chance of rain is saturday night going into early sunday morning. we'll see a possibility of rain. nothing like this one, no pineapple connection coming up. we have a rain chance. give yourself plenty of time to get kids off to school or yourself to work. temperatures throw upper 40s. murky, then, by afternoon, mid-50s to mid-60s. 57 san francisco. 63 napa. and a look at the accu-weather forecast, partly cloudy skies tomorrow, sprinkles possible wednesday mainly north bachlt we're calling for cloud cover. comfortable temperatures for valentine's day friday f you're celebrating this weekend, chance of rain is saturday night into sunday

passengers were affected at the san carlos and redwood city stations. >> more than 13,000 people in the bay area are without power. the latest numbers from pg&e show that the biggest cluster is in the north bay including sonoma county with nearly 12,000 homes and businesses affected. in the east bay, 500 are in the dark. close to 500 people are without power in the south bay. >> can you track the rain in the bay area using live doppler 7 hd on our abc7 news weather app. our weather app makes it easy to share pictures of how you are welcoming the rain. you can download it on our website as abc7 news.com/app. >> the emergency room is back in action after a mysterious hazardous material situation forced ambulances to be turned away. eric? >> the good news is they have been accepting ambulances since before 10:00 this morning. the bad news is they still don't know what the substance was that caused this problem in the first place. it did concern the medical staff enough that they shut down the treatment area of the e.r. and called in a haz-mat team. the victim was brought in by ambulance at

warmer near the water redwood city 43, san francisco 48. sunrise tomorrow 6:52. there is a ridge of high pressure there but you see under the h that i have drawn there's a lot of cloud cover. not a terribly strong ridge but it's muscling that storm track far enough to the north we are going to stay rain-free for a while through the weekend into the first half of next week so it's strong enough to keep the rain away. good weather to get outside. you cannot deny that even in the middle of the drought. it's nice to be able to go to the park and have it be 70 degrees and sunny. that's this weekend. next week we get the balance. here's the odd thing. high pressure isn't moving off to the east like normal or down to the south like it often does. it's going to build all the way north into the northwest territories and yukon of canada. that being all the way up there will allow low pressure to sneak in kind of under it or to the south of it. we are going to get a pipeline of subtropical moisture and we may go from nothing to some steady soaking rainfall once again. i don'

the higher elevations. half moon bay look at light rain. redwood cityo, very light rain, if anything at all. milpitas, 680 and 880, you are dry. as well as san jose. but more showers are in the forecast for you. dublin and the livermore valley. you've got the rain shadow effect as well through concord which means you are not looking at the rain like you are in the north bay. so the snow levels continue to rise. the winter storm warnings for 4:00 this afternoon. 38 degrees at the tahoe valley airport. done with the snow at lake levels. no more at lake level but another foot or two above 8,000 feet. the exploratorium, nice and wet. breezy southwest winds. airport delays about three hours. 53 napa, 55 livermore. emeryville, the sun coming up. a slight letup in the rain after 10:00. the most significant let-up in the north by by the evening hours. by tomorrow give it more rain in the east bay and south by. the reason being, the warm front is moving through the area mao and once we bet colder air in here and the next wave of rain we will see a little bit mor

, google is providing a private ferry service from the harbor bay terminal in alameda to the port of redwood city. it does not expect the five-day trial run to impact riders or parking. google will provide off-site parking and a shuttle service for employees who are not allowed to park in the harbor bay ferry lot. >> the days of free parking, over at the large ferry terminal. riders have to pay an additional $2 to park their car. those who choose not to pay will be fined $45. riders can buy $20 monthly parking pass which would drop the fee to $1 a day. the fee is expected to generate $400,000 a year for the golden gate bridge district facing a deficit. >> in about 90 minutes janet yellen will be sworn in as the head of the federal reserve. yellen is the former head of the federal reserve bank in san francisco and the uc-berkeley professor. for more on that and the rest of the news before the bell, kayla tausche live at cnbc headquarters. good morning. >> good monday morning to you, scott. futures lower after the markets ended january on a chilly note. disappointing earnings, fed decision to conti

the company is doing test runs this week on a ruth between alameda and redwood city. usinesses completed and they won and are all the better for it. first look at your monday weather coming up after the break. >>> good morning. checking the ride at the bay bridge toll plaza. busiest lanes are backed up to the 880 overcrossings, mainly the middle lanes as you can see there, are seeing the heavy traffic. and northbound 880 beginning around 2238 and continuing to the downtown exits. with at big traffic jams and the south bay, travel times all in the heavy slow category, including morgan hill. that's the latest kcbs traffic. here's lawrence with the latest forecast. >>> looking like we're clearing out the skies now very nicely as well. the storm system has headed well to the south. we're going to dry things out nicely today and enjoy a brief break. maybe more rain toward the middle of the week. a couple patches of ground fog have developed. a lot of moisture out there. otherwise more sunshine in the afternoon. keep a jacket with you. it is going to stay cool. about 53 degr

private ferries are contracted through san francisco bay ferry and will leave from alameda to the port of redwood city. last month, google launched a similar service from san francisco's ferry terminal to diffuse a growing controversy over the private buses that the technical companies use to transport workers from the city to silicon valley. the new ferry service from alameda will last only a week to see how many google commuters are interested in taking a ferry to work. public ferry will not be impact ed. >>> thank you, cornell. the days of free parking at larkspur ferry terminal end as of 5:00 this morning you now have to pay $2 to park. you can pay through an app online or over the phone. a monthly pass is available for $20. violators can face $45 fine. >> tomorrow, san francisco supervisor will propose a law to help evicted tenants afford to stay in the city. the chronicle reports the law requires landlords whoever victim some tenants to pay the difference between the current rent and future represent for a similar apartment. the law protects those evicted under the act which allows landlords to

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

a walk, 150s and 60s, everybody is pretty close, we will be 56 morgan hill, they will be the longest. redwood cityg and end criesing loud, we will be here and then it looks 70% warmer. >>> all vehicles sold around the world will be suvs and sports utility and cross overs, more are saying there are cross over and there are 370 models. >>> and a lego movie build ago new audience, even big kids and people without kids are interested in the bd movie and this is a long holiday came out and the new row bow cop third. is the knew one is debuting. >>> the powerball jackpot is huge and maybe one of the biggest in the history. nobody drawing matched all six numbers anna means wednesday's jackpot is now up to an estimated $400 million and it could grow even bigger. the biggest powerball jackpot was 590 million which was may of last year. >> we didn't win sunday night. >> okay, 548 is the time, anger over a slippery slope. >>> they celebrated president's day but is it a joke? you can get these numbers and you can watch it live on your smart phone and you can be couldn'ted any time any -- connected any time an

. >>> the rain didn't dampen redwood city's fourth annual lunar new year celebration. abc 7 morning news anchor kristen bee helped kick off today's festivities, which will move inside the san mateo county natural history museum to keep spectators and performers dry. martial arts performances, a traditional lion dance, and an arts and crafts venue for the kids. >>> and it was a good idea to move that indoors. lots of rain today and is there more on the way? abc 7 news meteorologist leigh glaser up on our roof with live doppler hd. hi, leigh. >> hi, everyone. foggy day, especially in the north bay. let's get right to live doppler 7 hd. you can see, boy, check this out. look at that pool of moisture just feeding right over in toward the north bay. and that, my friends, is where most of the heaviest rain has been and continues this evening. check out a little bit of that dark orange and also a little bit of red showing up just to the south of hillsburg. some very moderate rain. that stretch of rain heading down toward windsor. also picking up some moderate rain heading east

private ferries are contracted through san francisco bay ferry and will leave from alameda to the port of redwood city. now, last month google launched a similar service from san francisco's ferry terminal partly to diffuse a growing controversy over the private buses that tech companies use to transport their workers from the city to silicon valley. the new ferry service from alameda will last only a week to see how many google employees are actually interested in commuting by ferry. public ferry service will not be impacted. >> thank you, tomorrow san francisco supervisor will propose a law to help evicted tenants too poor to stay in the city requiring land lards to pay the difference between the current and future represent for a similar participate. the law protects those evicted under the act that allows landlords to kick out tenants if they want to take a building off the rental market. >> the days of tree park at the ferry terminal end, with drivers now paying $2 a fee to park. they can pay it through an app online or over the phone. a monthly pass is available if $20 and provide players could

just a tap away on the geico app. >>> redwood city man who police say stole four cell phones from gunpointmeone he met online is in custody. he was arrested in connection with the robbery on thursday afternoon. a teenager who listed four phones for sale agreed to meet with copeland. he said copeland pulled a gun and demanded the phones. >> a teacher in southern california is on paid administrative leave, accused of making a fifth grader eat out of a trash can. the ten-year-old student said the entire class was told to eat the their classrooms so they could fit an assignment. he threw his sandwich in the trash so he could play outside. according to one student his teacher made him take the sandwich out of the trash and eat it in front of his classmates. >> coming up next at 6:00, the amazing invention a seventh grader made from legos could help the visually impaired. >> while michael sam waits to impress scouts on the field, he is it off the field. jim johnson has proven himself on the field. now he has to prove it to himself he can do it w >>> tonight apple is admitting to major flaws in i

the ordeal. >>> a redwood city police department is asking you to follow them on pinterest. the department created a page in hopes of reunited victims with their stolen property. pins shows photographs of property recovered by police. two victims have already identified jewelry that was stolen from them. >>> well, he picked the wrong shoe store to mess with. a bay area father and son turn the tables on a burglar with a single piece of furniture. >> more wind, more rain. we're going to learn things. >> the new bay bridge has some leaks. we get our first look below deck and ask caltrans, should we be worried? >>> and flappy birds flies no more. why the creator of this hit mobile game walked away from making 50 grand a day. ,,,,,,,, critical areas on the new b bridge. kpix reporter phil matier h more on today's show and te. and the promise coming from caltrans. phil. (sot 3:33 rick land/caltran >> reporter: they say that the big bridge still has troubles. >> we are seeing water come down on all four lines of the bridge. >> reporter: the problem up here is leaks and where the gua

temperatures gone up a couple degrees in many spots around the bay area in the last 3 hours. redwood cityan jose los gatos and a half moon bay. live view at sfo quite wet right now. temperature readings in the low mid 50's in santa rosa, napa, petaluma, fairfield concord livermore and live view from the rav top camera looking along a damp embarcadero these are the forecast feature rain continue to intensify overnight and through the weekend. wave of soaking rain pound us both saturday sunday. partial clearing monday tuesday. satellite image with the long trail of moisture reaching all the way back to hawaii and this is all moving in our direction. that's why the rain is going to be sort of a steady and continuous rain through the weekend. waves of rainfall starting our forecast animation at 10:00 o'clock tonight. we see rain wide spread across the bay area. check out this activity through the weekend. just it's not moving. it should but it's just not moving right now. we have a little technical issue. anyhow the rain will continue to push through the bay area during overnight hours and th

mid-60s on the peninsula. 66 redwood city. upper 50s to low 60s on the coast and 61 in downtown tomorrow. in the north bay, partly to mostly cloudy. mid-60s on the east bachlt mid to upper 60s inland here is the accu-weather forecast. friday, valentine's day, cloudy but looks like mainly dry. monday president's day. there is a chance of rain tuesday, wednesday, so we do have an active pattern over the next week or so just not any heavy rains expected in the next seven days. >> thank you. >> well, coming up the governor meets with farmers about california drought. >> why he's >> bad news about the price of gasoline, experts say gas could rise by $0.50 per gallon. energy experts say supplies are about to convert to a summer blend of gas refineries have to slow down or put part of the plants offline. drivers are frustrated. >> as far as personally i'm going to be towards a hybrid car. >> that is just get rid of it. >> seems like instead of 40 bucks i'm putting double people are going to use bikes and buss and other transportation.

the peninsula every weekday. there was one round trip ferry between almeida and redwood city. ervice didn't interfere with regular ferries and routes and schedules. >>> students among dozens of people forced from their homes by flames overnight. new details about that fire that ripped through two units near san francisco l olympians goingd in sochi. which olympians have the best shot at adding to the medal count. >>> we're tracking showers just to the north of sonoma county. better chance for rain as we get into this weekend and for all the lovers out there, we're taking a close look at what you can expect for valentine's day, right here in the bay area, when "today in the bay" comes right back. legs up! legs up? legs up! legs up! legs up! verizon has free tablets and free phones. get here anyway you can. good job! free tablets. free phones. on the best network. only at verizon. get tablets like the verizon ellipsis 7 free. and when you trade in your old smartphone, you can get the samsung galaxy s4 free. or the droid maxx by motorola free. plus get a data plan with unlimited t

starting today through friday, google is providing a private ferry service from the harbor bay terminal in alameda to redwood city. the transportation authority says it doesn't expect the five-day trial to impact riders or parking. google will be providing off site parking and also a shuttle service for employees who are not allowed to park in the harbor bay ferry lot. >>> meanwhile, the days of free parking are also over at the ferry terminal. starting today, riders will have to pay an additional $2 to park their cars. those who choose not to will be fined $40. they can buy a $25 parking pass which would drop it to a buck a day. it is expected to generate $400,000 a year for the golden gate bridge. >>> starting today, customers will need to bring their own bags when they go shopping. the town's new bag ban ordinance was approved last summer, but it only takes effect now. it bans all retailers expect dry cleaners, restaurants and thrift stores from providing free plastic bags. grocery stores may only use paper and those have to be sold. >>> the winter olympics, they will be the most heavily guarded games ever. we

over the side line, temperatures 55 here in the city. 58 in oakland. 57 redwood city. s evening. high temperatures into upper 50s or mid-50s. in all of the lobings. a different view of the western sky÷ú clear now and sprinkles a possible. warmer days at the end of the week. you can see tomorrow, it won't be here, we'll have filtered sunshine. if it gets closer we may see clouds overnight tomorrow night and a slight chance of moisture behind it, perhaps producing sprinkles or light showers in sonoma county. so here is our ten day outlook. little trails of moisture moving to oush north. overnight, with thin, high clouds, low temperatures mid-40s. then, tomorrow, sunny with high clouds, highs mid-60s on the peninsula. 64 castro valley. here is the accu-weather forecast. a chance of a spritzel or sprinkle. and down right warm over the weekend. high temperatures inreasoned and around the bay into the 70s. >> thank you. >> just ahead why people when own these homes are afraid of a own these homes are afraid of a neighborhood jennie-o w where a where every thursday people ride

the weekend. >>> 61 in redwood city. about 60 degrees here. warmer weather. if you plan to be in the east bay, sunny skies this afternoon. 63 in brentwood and 60 degrees in heyward. 62 and sunny at walnut creek. a few clouds moving across the skies and should stay dry. 63 degrees. temperatures at 62 degrees -- >>> if you have to work, at least you won't find many cars on the road here's 880 in oakland. a full check of your drive times and traffic coming up. >>> an avalanche in colorado killed two skiers over the week. the avalanche happened saturday as a group of cross-country skiers were in the back country. three suffered broken boneses and one had a collapsed lung. it happened despite precautions >> they had all of the equipment they needed. it was just unfortunate what happened >> record amounts of snow an unseasonably warm temperatures are making conditions right for avalanches. >>> an l.a. hotel expected to become the tallest building west of the mississippi the walls are not even close to being up. it's already breaking records. >> this is l.a.'s versio