the traffic is light on the richmond san rafael bridge but the wind will pick up. caltrain and c.h.p. will watch the wind gusts and on the conditions of all bay area bridges, the richmond-san rafael bridge is known to have problems so if it is too dangerous is a possibility it could close until the winds die down. that is something they will keep a close cry on and make the call if it needs to be made. c.h.p. best to drive slow and leave plenty of space. >> thank you. ferry service could be iffy with a spokesman saying that the wind and rain will likely shut down service. if that happens, look for a fallout on other transit especially bart. many commuters who use the ferry do not have a car and need to get into the city for work. officials will issue a service update at the top of the hour. >> another san francisco attraction, the cable cars, could be shut down if the rain pours. the line was closed early this month during another storm. ridership is down during a storm anyway and with the cars using an older braking system, shutting down the line could be the best

the san francisco side of the span. so once you get into the city along the skyway central freeway that looks okay. travel advisory still in effect for the richmond/san rafael bridge. in fact, chp says big rigs, trucks, high-profile vehicles, should stay off of the richmond/san rafael bridge. this is a tweet from them just a little earlier this morning. they said to use 37 or 101 as alternates. you can see the rain really starting to come down as well trying to get into marin county. so even when it's a little windy outside sometimes we have a great highway closure. well, there is one definitely in effect this morning as well between sloat and junipero serra. some closures for alameda harbor bay ferry service and alameda-oakland ferry, not running until at least 7:30 this morning and there is no cable car service in san francisco. that's "kcbs traffic." your forecast, here's roberta. >> elizabeth, i just now got record that we have three-hour 40-minute delays on some arriving flights at sfo and this is the reason why. hi-def doppler radar picking up a powerful pacific storm that's now taking direct aim on the bay area. moderate rainfall now occurring around

the richmond-san rafael bridge, moderate to moderate-to-heavy rain from richmond to san rafael. from mill valley you can see north through san rafael and fairfax and lucas valley we have the heavier rain falling right on st. vincent drive at lucas valley road and further to the south, sir francis drake headed to wood acre we are seeing the heavy rain. rohnert park and petaluma is getting a retrieve and you can see lining up just off the coast near pacifica, half moon bay, there is a wave of heavy rain pit the peninsula in the next 20 minutes so get ready from about san mateo north it will look like this. that is what the storm looks like over the bay bridge so stormy conditions with the worst of it through noon and it will become more widespread this afternoon. >>> we will look at this rain, the richmond san rafael toll plaza and the in-driven rain is pouring at the tolls and you make the drive across the water and over to the north bay. we have limited visibility because of the rain and hopefully you have well-working windshield wipers. i have good news, we have this, all lanes

this is a live picture of the richmond-san rafael toll plaza. the remark is light.ut the roads are slippery. more is coming our way. >>> we have meteorologist mike nicco and leyla gulen. we were awakened by the sound of the wind. >> you could hear it whistling with the leaves and the branches making a lot of noise. that is what most people are dealing with right now. in the north bay you can see right around muir beach headed to mill valley and fairfax and point san pedro road, they are seeing heavy rain and ponding on the roads will be likely. petaluma and rohnert park and santa rosa have the heaviest of the wet weather down to moderate but don't let your guard down. there is more heavy weather on the way. we will see an increase in the intensity of the rain happening right new or it is about to happen. now, the scout showers are lining up along the coast from ocean beach all the way down to pest -- the dumbarton bridge and sunnyvale, mountain view, cupertino, los gatos, light showers and that filled into 17 and los gatos if you are headed through higher elevations

break as the entire commercial break as yo >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> good morning. it is 4:41. a look at the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza. the roads are wet. we have some showers. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and talk about the forecast. sue has the traffic. that is ahead. >> in pakistan the death toll climbed to 148 killed in a deadly taliban attack on a school. the body of the school principal was found along with several other victims. the majority of the victims, 132 of the victims, were children. seven taliban gunman stormed the army public school saying it was revenge for military safe havens along the border with afghanistan. another 124 students and officials wounded and several funerals were held but most of the victims have been buried. >> if australia, a memorial service was held if one of individuals of the deadly hostage ordeal. family and friends of tory johnson hugged. johnson was the manager, 17 the take were hostage died trying to disarm the gunman. the father and family friend specific to the media. >> everyone is supporting us through this terrible time. >> a memorial

the north bay. richmond, 101, the richmond-san rafael bridge and marin county and the east bay, all very wet. we have light-to-moderate rain through hayward. 680. 880. sunnyvale and cupertino, and south bay not so wet. more light rain but moderate rain in the peninsula and half moon bay looking at wet weather. this takes us down to santa cruz and watsonville. it will continue to enhance throughout the morning. here is morgan hill will getting wet. the next 12 hours, it will be like this. the rainy and a chance of thunderstorms throughout the afternoon and lightening up in the evening and overnight it picks up. we have a chance of thunderstorms tomorrow and more scattered rain through friday. >>> the bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic is starting to pickup a little bit, doubt some folks are getting an early start to beat the traffic. we heard have the treacherous conditions with flooding in san jose at 280 and around the bay bridge toll plaza and as we look at sunol, southbound side of 680, that is where we have an overturned vehicle and we do have it on the shoulder but, no doubt, there are

san francisco october 13th in 2009. the santa cruz mountains had 10 inches. it brought powerful winds up to 80 miles an hour on the richmond san rafaele more than 1 million pg&e customers in the dark. the wet winter of 2009-10 brought problems in pacifica leaving cliff side apartments uninhabitable. they are still there perched on the bluff. >>> now the sports report with gary. >> reporter: good evening. warriors dead even. 46-46 at halftime at the oakland coliseum arena. they have done everything right. they said hey, let's redo the rendering of our mission bay arena schedule by the fall of 2017. they got a lot of flacco. flack. these guys have been hot. once again they think they can get this baby up and ready for business a year early. the original date was 2018 or 19. >>> 49ers, the biggest margin of difference since jim harbaugh took over. colin kaepernick has been criticized for his looks and he is all smiles. >> i take my job seriously. when i go out there and compete, i am very hard on myself. i have to be able to approach others differently when i am in those situations. obviously it is something i am working on and helping

so for those how have to hit the road just be advised there is a travel advisory for the richmond/san rafaelbridge. trucks, big rigs, not advised to even use the richmond/san rafael bridge because they say it is so windy. it's a long way around but they are saying folks should use highway 37 instead. we are getting a bit of a flooding report on northbound 101 in our usual spot approaching lucky drive. the thing about 6" of standing water in the roadway covering all the northbound lanes so you can use the northbound lanes. cars are making big splashes passing the big puddle in the road. a mass transit note in san francisco, muni, cable car lines are not operating today. they are offering bus shuttles instead. but everything else mass transit bart if you want to ride that it would be a great idea for today no delay. ferries and caltrains also so far look okay. we have been closely watching pinole since early this morning when a big eucalyptus tree fell on a big rig on the freeway. they opened one lane of eastbound 80 at pinole valley road so we are seeing some slight delays counter-commute. th

here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. this also got pretty backed up yesterday with all the flooding and the rain coming down on 101. it affected 580, as well. right now though everything looks great. 14 minutes from 580 to -- or actually that's the wrong drive time. it should be about 10 minutes or so across the span. that's your latest "kcbs" drive to work. your forecast now, roberta is standing by. >>> we have lingering showers in the area. what's this? i actually confirmed it. let me get out the way. we have heavy downpours in rio vista and antioch going north. meanwhile hit and miss scattered showers around the santa cruz mountains. check out ben lomond. actually drying out for a little respite here after receiving over 10" of rain in the past five days. in fact, san francisco was over four inches of rain this week alone which places us with more rainfall than all of 2013. it's true. right now, mostly cloudy skies. temperatures pretty mild into the 50s. in fact, mild temperatures out the door with a random scattered s

chains tomorrow morning. >>> that is all your information, i am sorry. >>> as we look at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza dangerous conditions today and it is wet. we have had hydroplaning and overturned vehicles and it is quiet and calm as you make your drive to the richmond-san rafael bridge. at highway 84 eastbound and westbound on the map we are tracking weather and traffic and the green is an indication of where the rain is affecting the commute at pleasanton sunol we have a should down of the road because of falling debris and water if the roads. chapes are required for 88 so up to kirkwood, along 80, more chains required. >>> tough drive to the sierra. >>> all eyes are on capitol hill. >>> the looming showdown between a japanese airbag manufacturer and congress over a disputed recall. >> first, you will want to stay in the snow with abc7 news now looking at the bay with gorgeous clouds here as the sun is rising but watch out for the storms moving through the bay area. you can see live doppler hd on the upper right-hand corner of the screen. we will keep that up for you we will keep that

look at the richmond san rafael bridge. not a car, just a few on the golden gate bridge. we're seeing very heavy rain to the north. let's go to the weather center james fletcher has been very busy tracking the storm which is just starting to slam us. james? >> lots to track this morning. take a lock at storm tracker 4. we've got all of the yellow and red on the map indicating moderate to heavy rain and as you can see, it is at this point anyway hammering the north bay and that's exactly what we thought would happen as the system progresses from north to south with with the winds actually coming up to us from the south. when you actually see it in motion you'll understand why but in any event it's the north bay getting hit first and we'll expect parts of the bay area to start seeing this before too much longer but let's zoom in. so in the north bay we'll start off there and i'll just take a quick sample of what the rainfall rates are like near clover dale so about a third of an inch falling per hour, also quarter of an inch per hour falling in the areas around healsberg, s

the south bay. san jose getting caught up in a few gusts but holding mostly steady. it's just starting to get active down here in the south bay. take a look at that richmond san rafaele. bob just told you his photographer went over that bridge and in addition to that really intention rainfall, we're getting really fierce wind as well. the rain is coming in so quickly, our roadways just aren't equipped to receive these kind of rain rates. and barometer is starting to flood in parts so you really want to cake it oo i know it saves cliche but, hey, it could save you a lot of property damage and a lot of money. it the holiday season, you don't want to do that. the winds, we're talking about gusts at 50 miles an hour. we've had gusts to 80 above 2,000 feet. one of reasons why a lot of those schools are cancelled is we are expecting trees to go down. three years of drought will weaken the roots. so far this morning we've already seen that. as this storm system starts to get cranking, we're going to see more. showers in the night, only in the we're starting we light stuff now but by 9:11 that heavier rain moves in, about 20 minutes from now. by 9:00 a.m., still getting hea

the carpet maze. --macarthur maze visibility is less delicate headed into san francisco the drive times on the 20 minutes from navato into the city the richmond san rafaeldge is quiet and approaching marin county. over on a traffic map the sec a look at 12 minutes from hercules to berkeley come down to a sure freeway 524 is the clear shot into the macarthur maze track is also traffic so was down 580 a shot of surprises that is difficult for the time of morning is a little slow on the altamont pass is these down to 25 m.p.h. is a little slut is approaching dawn tumble more stuff on 680 >>darya: place a look before man who exposed himself and two elderly women in palo alto >> reporter: they need help in tracking down the flasher this case happened at interstate in tennessee avenue and your role what police are not releasing details of actually happen on to the evening around 5:00 dublin please send a man walked up to two women in their 80s exposed himself and access to take a look on the woman pressed to call police he then ran away at this point how laws apply to not have a good position nelda described as a white man possibly in his late teens. this hap

looking at up to-an inch in san rafael and live doppler hd showing the last three hours and right now san francisco to the north, and highway run, and the golden gate bridge and richmond-san rafael bridge and the reds are an indication of heavy rain toward lafayette, concord, and oakland, and moderate rain through milpitas and union city and 680 and 580 into the south bay and it and slighter but this is still through santa clara and sunnyvale and this is will heavy on the peninsula which the south bay is looking at the heavy rain coming up from the ocean. you can see the subtropical moisture will not get should off until tomorrow. waves of heavy rain continue and we will time out when the heaviest comes and how much you can expect in the next couple of minutes. >>> i can attest to the fact it rains in southern california. >>> here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with the same here, you can see drenched conditions as you make it from the east bay to san francisco and we have had solo spinouts and hydroplaning all across the bay area from the north bay into san jose and we have 53 incident s right now. i will have the update on the significant incidents in a coup

look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. >> the rain hasn't hit the south bay just yet but the winds are certainly here. we're live as crews try to get a fallen tree out of the road. >>> welcome back, everyone. it is 4:45. we are tracking the biggest storm to hit the bay area in years. while it hasn't hit the south bay yet, we are already seeing its impact. kris sanchez is live where a tree just came crashing down in the past hour. chris? >> reporter: it might seem like the brunt of the storm has not hit but we can feel the wind and have started to feel sprinkles well. we came upon this leave as we were leaving the parking lot. we'll show you some of the video that my photographer, alan, shot. we don't want to get too close because the tree is compromised and there's a crack in the other half of it that pi may come down. we think that perhaps we will see this tree taken out of the roadway in just the next couple of minute or so. a city crew also here this morning. and we do know that in about an hour or 15 minutes or so the office of emergency services in san jose and santa clara county

the east of the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge and the sunol grid about to get wet. the bay bridge has a few drops and the radar is showing on western respond, and the richmond-san rafaeld a shower roll through and it is wet as we open up the weather window. light rain today and sunny spots this afternoon, do you know where your sunglasses are? another storm tonight and a slight chance of the rain across the north bay saturday night through sunday morning otherwise the rest of us are dry. a look at temperatures today, upper 50's to low 60's, close to where we should be and a few mid-50's around bodega bay and point reyes the cool spot. >> tonight we will be mild again, low-to-mid 50's and the temperatures are running a good 15 or 15 degrees warmer-than-average and future radar returns are more numerous. going back 24 hours, the rain is rolling through with minute mall damage and that system moving on and we are between systems and it will be dry this afternoon. the storm will come in and we have a lot wind, not a lot of moisture but most of that goes up to our north and so is the wind from the oregon border north. moderate risk for us for urban gliding and mud and rock

we'll do one more shift and you see crossing over the bay bridge, the san mateo and the richmond, san rafael. it lightning slick and wet. on the back side we're getting a bit of a break. the west edge of san francisco, areas like point reyes, mostly cloudy, but momently dry at the moment. i want to take you off the coast to -- because something very interesting happening here. notice that impressive amount of lightning strikes off the coastline. in addition to the rain continuing for today, we still have the possibility of embedded thunderstorms in the forecast i. i want to show you what was going on this morning. those circular remarks are reports of flooding from brisbane down into san jose and east into livermore. so minor flooding this morning. minor flooding still a possibility for the rest of your day, something to be aware of because this system is not out of the area just yet. we've got the center of the circulation still here. it's marching towards the coastline. we have more rain to come. scattered showers for today. another round of heavy rain for tomorrow. i'm gonna time it out f

through the central valley from the napa valley you are going to get wet and around novato and sonoma down 37 and 101 to san rafael to pill valley crossing the richmondrafael bridge you can see it is wet but do not see drops forming just a matter of time. check out the drops in san jose, 280 and 17 we have a light shower over your neighborhood so it will be moist and the moist flow yields light showers. it should not be like yesterday. it should not aggravate flooding. afternoon and evening, you could have localized flooding and small hail and the showers will linger into saturday and it will be dry and bright on sunday. the cold front will move by with moisture coming at us with the humid breezes so we have a threat of showers although there is no energy in the atmosphere to trigger a cold front yesterday. it will take natural lifting from the higher elevates and warm sunshine when it breaks through the clouds. you can see at lunch you could feed an umbrella and at 5:00 less likely to need an up rally and overnight we have more likely drizzle and more fog and at noon we are okay and as we head to the evening commute, light-to-moderate rain and local

this is the richmond san rafael... l at almost every bay area road in both directions of the bay bridge to do have an accident that we must tell you about what interstate 80 and emeryville creek westbound emeryville as well what bloody on 280 near crystal creek >> pam: the storm, again causing issues at the s f zero print with the ground the lace system is in effect right now. 150 cancellations so far today. split between the are arriving and departing flights. delays are on short-haul flights along the west coast. >> pam: and coming up tonight... kron4 storm coverage continues were the crews were busy dealing with down trees and power lines. >> pam: experts say we still need a lot more rain. >> pam: rolling up the red carpet to the olympic committee. a meeting be held in the bay area. the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta.

the traffic looks good into san francisco. if you are looking at the marin county area. southbound 101 traffic looks good from novato to san rafael. no trouble on the richmond san rafael bridge. right now it's 4:31 let's go back to the desk. >>> happening today it is one of the busiest travel days of the year. getting home for the holidays could be a challenge. alex savidge is joining us now. sfo where there are going to be some delays. >> reporter: yeah potentially. so far this morning on this busy travel day no weather issues impacting flights into and out of sfo but that could change as we close in on christmas. over the next couple of days a potent storm system is expected to slide in. now it won't bring a white christmas per se. just lots of rain and strong winds which could trigger delays at some major airports. online some have dubbed this system that is moving in santa bomb. airport officials are keeping an eye on the weather of course. they are warning people about the possibility for delays as they try to get home for the holidays. we caught up with the perez family they are heading down to mexico. they hope the bad weather doesn't mess up their p

the richmond/san rafael bridge. we are looking at plenty of time you will have to give yourself this morning. by 9:00 the fog is still there. it does begin to lift by the 10:00 hour, but we still have a chance of showers throughout the day today. i'll detail a drier outlook for you coming up. >>> the christmas travel season is he officially under way at f sfo. between cancellations and delays things are off to a pretty rough start at the bay area's busiest airport thanks to the weather. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo has thor story. >> reporter: his southwest flight was delayed three hours and then missed it because of the long line at the ticket counter. everybody was rebooking and having to reschedule and people were missing. i was standing in line with somebody. he missed his flight hours previous. >> reporter: booked on a flight sunday out of oakland. >> i'm kind of frustrated. i wish i could have been on time and i could get home to my family. >> reporter: it this family's delayed flight was a wish come true

. >> this is a toll plaza which is looking like at the richmond-san rafael bridge. be careful. the pavement is wet. >>> efforts are underway to save an endangered species of salmon native to the bay area. state and federal officials have removed 105 fish, all confined to redwood creek and they are in a hatchery. they hope to return the fish to muir woods in two years to breed. there was no sign of baby coho salmon surviving because of pollution and development and the drought hurting the endangered species. >> the legal fight over the drake's bay oyster company will end to reverse a ban of oyster farming if drake's bay. federal attorneys have requested to have the case dismissed. court paper show the drake's bay oyster again has agreed to all operations by the end of this month. >> if you are tired of the sailed only picture of santa with your child on his knee, head to oklahoma. can you find santa cuba diving in a 60,000 salt water tank at the oklahoma aquarium. kids are not used to seeing santa in this environment. we are not sure if he is deciding who is naughty or nice but h

now, traffic with an injury accident in the east bay, a couple accidents so far, and the richmond-san rafael toll plaza is empty and we do have a brand new crash along westbound 80 before richmond parkway involving injuries so if the drive take you from hercules, you will find it there. drive time traffic up to albany into the maze, it is four minutes, and 880 southbound fremont to san jose is 14 minutes and northbound 280101 to cupertino is 11 minutes. >>> it is 4:49. there are reports apple is looking to shrink the iphone 6. >>> a smaller 15 phone, one analyst said it could be released next year that is the same size at previous iphones that is a smaller price tag. some users have complained the newest phone is too big. the same analysts predict as bigger ipad is reduced soon. both microsoft, xbox and play station have connection failures with a hacker group claiming responsibility as many people unwrap the new game consoles. it is not known if user data was stolen. >> and play station for a man in colorado opens the box and founds bags of rocks which had been returned to the store by anot

nor the richmond san rafael, nor the san mateo for this evening. checking in on your current wind gusts, santa rosa reporting 25. oakland reporting 43. sfo has been stuck with a gust at 48 miles per hour for some time now. hayward reporting 33 and san jose reporting 32. as we get into the evening hours, i'm going to show you that these winds are not expected to let up. we got into the 9:00 and 10:00 hour and settling in at 11:00 and the winds are still blowing. we have seen toppled trees and we could see more as we go into the evening hours. as we get into tomorrow morning, it is a blustery start to the day. temperatures will be in the low 30s to low 40s. if you have the wind for your morning drive or as you get out the door, expect those temperatures to feel cooler than what they read. as we get into the afternoon, the winds do begin to let up a little bit. still breezy, 18 miles per hour in oakland. so, still breezy, but not as bad as we are seeing right now. 25 in napa. that's when the wind advisory will expire. as we get into the evening hours

the roadway. metering lights are off. richmond/san rafaelwith us, deanna, thank you for joining us this morning. how are you doing? >> it's a wet and wild day, for sure. >> for sure, for sure. looking over here at the bridge, very wet, soupy throughout the north bay. chp had a rough night and rough day right now, but we obviously have the big warnings. first of all, for drivers, very windy, very wet. flooding out there, as well. some basics for the folks at home, give the shouts out to the drivers, first of all. >> what i'm noticing is we do go through periods of torrential downpour. that will have obscurement for your vision. you need to absolutely slow during periods of time where you can't see out in front of you, and it's very important to have your lights on, not just your headlights, so you can be seen by the drivers that are around you. >> as we're looking at the live look here, we can take another live shot if you can in the control room. deanna, lighter flow of traffic, like we said, so some folks might be focusing more on how clear

over to the richmond and san rafael bridge nothing but green between richmond and the north bay. >>> next uber is gearing up for a big new year's and will containing how iterates to accommodate the crowd. >> you can catch the special -- olympian in the rose bell parade. stay mmm ring ring! ring ring! progresso! wow soup people, i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding. well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress. uh-huh...that's what i'm afraid of. you don't love the dress? i love my sister. 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> good morning, this is a hook from camera with windy conditions this morning and meteorologist mike nicco will have the details on the cold temperatures headed our way. >> a new round of anti-police brutality protests last might in los angeles after an occupy was released on the death of a 25-year-old unarmed black man shot three times this summer by an officer. the occupy show -- the autopsy showed he was shot in th

seeing that right now, the heavier rain in the north bay is moving through mill valley, sausalito, pulling away from san rafael and san quentin but across the richmondan rafael bridge, with an uptick in the wet weather right here but you slide down the heaviest wet weather is moving through east palo alto headed to 101 and pulling away from university avenue in palo alto. it will go into the mountains. you can see the heavy rain moving through los altos hills and headed to los altos mountains and sunnyvale. the whole system is moving down on to the south bay but, notice, it is losing the steam. as far as the wind, the tree that came down today did not come down because of the wind but because of the rain. the rain weighted the top of the tree. it lost its footing because of the soft ground. it went over. that is a possibility of seeing more of that occurring the next couple of hours. >> the rainfall surplus, everyone is great for this rain year that began july 1, from 3.25 in livermore to 5.5" at moffett field and san jose is 5" of plus, and 3.25" at oakland at the airport and 4.5" at san francisco, and santa rosa is up near 4.75". the rain moved th

here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge approach. no delay so far into marin county. the winds were so bad on that bridge yesterday. no high wind advisories in effect this morning for any of our bridges or any of our roadways. mass transit though everything is still on time including ferries, they are back on track. caltrain and ace. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> the same storm system proved to be deadly in oregon. this tree came down on a car as it was moving killing a teenager. the driver was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. another man was killed when a tree fell on his tent. thousands were also without power in oregon for much of the day yesterday, as well. >>> in the east bay, the storm has brought back memories of past flooding issues. as john ramos found out, some neighborhoods have learned important lessons and for others, it's the same old story. >>> reporter: as the rain fell in the east bay, lafayette creek was running high and fast. but it was a lot better behaved than two years ago

over the parking lot not a big deal you're ride across the golden gate nice and smooth out of san francisco. no bounce out from the richmond san rafaeldge more cars or computers to try to get into the north that it is not active here at all. >> reporter: a lot of commuters are coming from the north bank >>darya: 43 college students are missing and mexico and this is not identified the remains of the students a 19 year-old alexander the student went missing in the september and a city of the walla the stands for but the by corrupt police officers turned over to a criminal gang and executed their bodies were burned in a landfill costs and the backs and then a river the mayor ordered to please us at the students he has since been detained since it is diane said the cia interrogation held a decade ago is something the air--she is living her cia chairwoman position. the new report or torture needs to come out of the intelligence official said releasing the report would cause violence and deaths of broad the report will be used by extremists against americans the report is expected to release next week >>mark: the and i said before demonst

we can see it is moving along at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza with light conditions. stay tuned. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good morning, everyone, at 6:29 on december 24. if i recall correctly that is christmas eve so you only have a few hours finish the christmas shopping. >>> kristen sze and mike have the day off. i am chris, leyla gulen is double double duty. >> 56 minute flight arrival delays at sfo so if you have loved ones you will have to wait longer to get east planes. from emeryville, the drive socked in. our day planner the next 12 hours, the fog will dissipate but it will make way positive a cold front moving into the bay area bringing us rain and bring down the temperatures, as well, and we will look at starry skies and blustery conditions. >> leyla gulen? >>> chris nguyen is the new guy. >> we have holiday lite, along 680 is fine in walnut creek. we have fog advisories issued by c.h.p. along the dumbarton bridge, use the low beams. keep enough space between you and the vehicle in front of you. >> 6:31. breaking news f

if you are about to hit the road on 101 in santa rosa, rain on the richmond/san rafael bridge approach. we have a high wind advisory in effect for all bridges. we have a traffic alert in pinole. we'll tell you about your "kcbs traffic" commute minutes away >>> it's been raining in the north bay throughout the morning. kpix 5's anne makovec is live in novato. so anne, how are conditions there? >> reporter: it is raining. that's for sure. it started on our way up here. wet across the golden gate bridge. you can see the rain still falling here in the shopping center parking lot. i'm on roland way here in novato. the city emergency operations center here opened at midnight and is planning on staying open throughout the rest of the storm which is called the decade storm according to emergency planners. and the marin county emergency operations center is also open. emergency planners say they are most worried about this afternoon when high tide hits. last week a combination of heavy rains and high tide caused severe flooding along highway 101 and near tam high school. here in novato alone, i

the maze. wow, give yourself some extra time and plenty of space especially in a high-profile vehicle. here's a slick richmond/san rafael bridge. no traffic so far. very light traffic trying to get into marin county from the east bay. bay bridge, there is a high wind advisory in effect like i said for all of your bridges and the altamont pass. no delay so far at the toll plaza. here's san mateo bridge traffic. that side of your screen, that's westbound 92 trying to get out of hayward. livermore valley is lighter than normal so some people are staying home. i know there's no school for a lot of students. this is definitely -- we usually see some yellow on the sensors by this time of the morning. or you can always use mass transit. everything looks good there. all systems are go. bart systemwide on time. all right. we have some safety tips for you. and i'm going to have to, um, read that from somewhere. [ laughter ] >> number one, i know. >>> don't drive through flooded areas. do you want to take this? >> no, go ahead. >> all right. if your windshield wipers are on your headlights should be on, too. it's a good idea to fi

out toward the richmond san rafael bridge, steady downpours to millvalely and san rafael. you can see up in vallejo and fairfield a few scattered showers out in the concord region. once again san francisco we had more development here out toward ocean beach and also right around the embarcadero. speaks of the bay bridge here is our live camera looking out toward the toll plaza. we're going to add more rain in the short term. the chance of a shower tomorrow especial little for the morning hours then a stronger storm is approaching our coastline. so this has been the overall weather headline over the past few days, a rainy pattern developing. system number one, second one for today, next one is going to be moving in on tuesday. and it will be stronger packing more winds around 40 miles per hour. the possibility of thunderstorms, and rainfall expectations tuesday through wednesday. easily a good one to 2-inches in the coastal hills an additional two to three inches. and here's the over all weather story, the time line of today's system moving out to the north and to the east.

outside we go, and in oakland everything looks great near the oakland coliseum. richmond san rafael bridge obviously no delay there yet. and all along the peninsula everything looks great as well as the san mateo bridge and the dunbarton. that's your latest kcbs traffic. roberta is tracking another storm. if we can believe it. >>> the first -- i had to get through the fog this morning which mr. advertiseon was down to a quarter mile. on the 580 reduced down to zero visibility over the dublin grade. cleared out elizabeth towards castro valley. pockets of defense this morning and a smattering of light rain showers right there across the northern portion of bay area in the far reaches towards clear lake. right now we have plenty of rain showers heading in that direction. and just to the north of cobb as well. so north of the golden gate bridge today you definitely need that umbrella with showers likely. otherwise mostly cloudy skies for everyone else. the breeze out of the southeast at 15. right now 51 degrees in san jose. mid 50s in santa rosa with areas of fog. today's temperatures t

green highlighted all over the area i just talked about and slick conditions coming off from the richmond san rafael bridge. the bay bridge, a backup at the toll plaza and no real backup over the east way. concord, highway 4, 242, coming down through pleasant hill and walnut creek. likely a patch or two off of 580 in livermore. we have a concern, first of all, a free down. our chopper could not get there because of visibility. that is an issue. this is not impacting the majority of your south bay because that's over here toward san jose area. but the orange now creeping over here, highway 52, 101, gilroy, heading over toward i-5. a lot of moisture in the land and that's causing some fog. >> palo alto is adopting a new parking program aimed at keeping commuters out of neighborhoods. right now most areas only allow two-hour parking so many people who work downtown turn to nearby neighborhoods for free spots. that, however, is about to change courtesy of a new permit program. residents who live downtown will get one free permit while commuters will have to pay between $100 and $450 per year depending u

the eastshore freeway this morning. san mateo bridge problem-free easy right both directions. westbound extra traffic into foster city. no major delays 14 minutes southbound 101 from 580 to the golden gate bridge. richmond/san rafaeldge also not a bad ride. some sluggish conditions towards the toll plaza but overall nice through there. >>> gianna, i can see lots of wetness in your traffic pictures. we begin the workweek with rain. we are ending the workweek with rain. it's been a tough week for all of us and here's the frontal boundary. that is the main energy associated with this brand-new storm. moderate to heavy rain associated with it at this particular time t >> moderator: this. we have a cell at the port of oakland and alameda. the bottom line is, we are going to see up to an inch of rain today in the wettest locations generally speaking .25" to a half inch of rain. residual shower is likely early saturday morning before high pressure begins to build into the bay area and that will provide us with sunny skies with some clouds. but dry conditions all the way through christmas which is my gift to you. >> we are getting reports of a large power oughtage in san francisco right now. this is the barge bark at the

san jose and 58 in santa cruz and 51 for the cool spot if lake port. tonight, a lost 30's and the exception is richmond and oakland and san rafael and san mateo low-to-mid 40's so chilly tomorrow morning. we have a a sharp turn and sliding straight down to us with two fronts the first coming through today, and reinforcing the dry air and cool air and the next is coming in bringing the dry air and freezing temperatures overnight and the gusty winds. here is the front pushing in around noon and that is why we have the clouds dissipating and by 5:00 they are gone as we head to overnight we will keep an eye on lake a 3-6" of very dry snow with fresh powder and the i woulds kick in tomorrow and it will turn us sunny for tuesday and into wednesday. the high temperatures are upper fete to mid-50's on wednesday, and freezing temperatures this many area and 50's and 60's if highs for the weekend. >>> walnut creek is in good shape. but it is heavier than earlier. we are still at top speed from pleasant hill up to highway 24. as we head to the south along 680 into danville and san ramon at top speed the altamont pass was never busy and we are still seeing a few pe

we certainly felt it going across the richmond san rafael bridge earlier this morning. a bridges are under a wind advisory this morning. when i was driving from my home in the east bay there are high winds as well. back out live again, highway 101 the northbound direction several cars going through this area, going through several inches of rain. the chp also reports that the other area where there is potential flooding is highway -- actually westbound 37 towards the 101 here in marin county. that was just reported moments ago. so definitely pockets of rain and just moments ago we also felt heavy wind. if felt like the truck was moving back and forth because of that squall that steve was talking about. so definitely pretty hazardous conditions out there if you are heading out this morning. back to you. >> brian, i know this is no joke what you are experiencing out there, but both pam and tori were saying traffic is light. this is not normal for lucky drive in that area? >> reporter: you are right. i mean, you're taking a look at northbound and southbound traffic. usually

we had a crash on the richmond san rafael bridge and you are still backed up here to richmond parkwayutes. it is slow in the poll plaza. and not bad in san rafael. >> look at all the traffic on 101. south san jose. and into mountain view. it is into old middleton and adding to the jam up. even 280, that is backed into cupertino for the guadalupe parkway as well and as you approach the caldecott tunnel and back into the maze. back to you. >>> good morning. >> good morning, darya. >> i am going to go in a different direction. couple of hours later, he is going. >> you can keep the 150 million. >> i heard the giants were willing to go to 168 over seven years. maybe, it is for the best. >> it doesn't work on them. >> you have mow on that. when i went to bed, i hadn't heard that. >> barry zito and what is shaping up with cain, they shouldn't do this. >> when i went to bed last night, i was unaware. there was a rumbling one team would go for seven years. it is the giants. >> good for him. he gets 100, what is it 55. >> i guess that tells you, that you know, the giants are flexed at the new

those northernly winds really just hit up against your car, you're crossing the bay bridge, the richmond san rafael. if you did that today you know exactly what we're talking about. the overnight is going to the last through midnight. it's going to be a blustery one. we'll take you through the next 24 hours or so as we get going into the overnight hours. notice the winds they fluctuate. we're still seeing 41 in napa, 14 in redwood city. as we get into noontime, 1:00 hour, getting better. still breezy but not as bad as we saw earlier today. napa still reporting 35 miles per hour. so it still could take quite a while. the winds will continue to subside. as we get going tomorrow morning, low 30s to low 40s but it's going to feel a lot colder than this with the wind and for the afternoon widespread 60s in the forecast. behind the wind once it dies down that colder air is going to come in in time for new year's eve night. i have a freeze watch to tell you about. i'll take a look at those numbers coming up. >>> bay area police officers paying their respects to a new york officer even though they never ac

the san mateo bridge is moving along fine and you do not have much traffic across the bay area. a little bit more here at the richmond-san rafaelmoving along without problems through the north bay and it will only take you five minutes. i will tack about the mass transit changes for new area's holiday which could put a smile on your face. >>> soups good. we have breaking news, an outpouring of despair in southeast asia as several bodies have been recovered during the search for the airasia passenger plane. family members are reacting with grove to the announcement six periods have been discovered found in the java sea six miles from the last communication with air traffic control. officials are confirming ten pieces of debris from the search area are from the plane. >>> there is closure opposed to not knowing what happened and holding out hope, et cetera. >>> seven nations including the united states are helping in the search. there were 162 people open board and disappeared from ray dan or sunday 45 minutes into to flight from indonesia to singapore. >> start of a newer regard for jim harbaugh. michigan will introduce the form

san diego. >>> metering lights are on and traffic is backed into the macarthur maze and sluggish on the upper deck with an early accident cleared beyond treasure island. this is the richmond-san rafael slick roads and traffic is slow across the span with folks taking extra time. here are the drive times, not too terrible but reduce the speeds because the roads are wet. a couple of accidents are out there and this is west 24 with cars facing the wrong way in the center divide. a brand new accident just reported southbound 880 with slow traffic approaching 92. >>> it is 6:41. what the new breakthrough between the united states and cuba mean for those hoping to get their hands on the coveted cuban cigars. >> and some sears and k-mart customers do not have their christmas gifts because of a snafu. the retailers are responding. >> this is heavenly resort with no snow right now but there will be more with a lot of great snow be more with a lot of great snow for skiers and snow boarders. my nai'm a lineman for pg&e out of the concord service center. i have lived here pretty much my whole life. i have been married for twelve years. i have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my

awe look at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza it is moist but the roads are drying out.s the water to the north bay the traffic is building and folks are making it to work. as we head to the east along i-80 from hercules the commute up to the hoffman split is at top speeds so friday light. further to the north across the benicia bridge everything is moving along just fine and tracking weather and traffic together on the map you can see the area of orange is an indication of where we have the thick fog as mike has warned so use the low beams through fairfield from vacaville. >> the warriors are on fire. we will show you highlights of the big game. >> aspirim and women could be causing more problems than good. >>> stay in the know with abc7 news now with the exploritorium camera shot of the bay bridge and the well lit stay tuned. ♪ ♪ it's a marshmallow world in the winter. ♪ over a million californians have a gotten something that's beend. out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace w

. >>> the richmond-san rafael bridge toll plaza is backing up in the cash lanes but the fast track lanesipping law without delays. >>> new this morning on cyber monday going inside amazon how they plan to getting you all the stuff you will buy. >> sole media reaches supreme court. >>> more weather and more traffic all morning and this is the abc7 news keeping weather and traffic up through the break so you do not miss a thing. so you do not miss a thing. bay bridge toll plaza is getting ♪ ♪ bring the delicious taste of hershey's chocolate to anything - everything. with hershey's spreads, the possibilities are delicious. >>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> 6:13 on december 1. this is traffic in the san rafael area, highway 101 still slick roads but traffic seems to be getting through okay. we had trouble spots in other areas and we will let you know what they are coming up. >>> more news. the ohio state football team is mourning the death of a player would has shot himself to death. a vigil on the he state campus drew hundreds. 22-y

developing news from jana katsuyama live at the chevron plant just off of interstate 580 near the richmond san rafael ridge. this all started around 7:00 tonight. must have been quite alarming for anyone near by. >> absolutely. now let me tell you right now it's dark and it's hard to see. but there is still some steam that is coming out of that unit. of course that's 2012 chevron fire is still very fresh in people's mind. so there was some concern when they saw this flair that lasted nearly an hour. chevron said it was a normal flair. the flames could be seem s if miles. >> it means there's something not working as normalled. >> reporter: a spokesperson said that a flair is a way to release some of the -- -- chevron released this statement. it said in part we had a process unit that needed to be depressurized. the flair is a safety system that allows us to safely shut down a unit. chevron said the black cloud was steam and can take the appearance of smoke. chevron says they are monitoring the air quality. >> we were making sure there were no chemicals that were reaching the fence line. >> and what di

eight bolts of lightning in 30 minutes live doppler hd is zoomed in on the strongest storm south of san rafael where the san rafael richmondmes into marin county. the storm is headed a minute or two into san rafael and heading over to the higher terrain. a lost yellows and oranges. it is always moving north. most of the thunder is over but that is not the norm. we will have more thunderstorms and heavy rain in an hour we have had .5" of rain in san francisco. >> we ran into the size of flooding lake tahoe size flooding. >> a sig-alert on 101. in san rafael, this is the drive along 101, to the north we had a closing southbound 101 at 116 which is re-opened. that is good news if you are headed out of petaluma. to the south, that is the golden gate bridge traffic is light but i will let you know where the closings are because of flooding. >>> the storm is producing so much rain so quickly many city streets and freeways and cars are flooded. amy hollyfield is if san francisco in the mission district where some drivers were surprised to learn how deep a pool of water is. >>> it rose on them so quickly. look what happened to thr

around the bay bridge and toward the richmond and san rafael bridge and golden gate bridge you can see scattered light showers and alameda is about to get a steady rain and through the altamont pass, you will fine light rain and here is how it looks to the north. the cold prompt is at cloverdale is we will see increase of steady rain and possibly in the intensity the next couple of hours. this is the warm front. warm front usually gets rain. gradual rain. nice rain. the rain that soaks and does not run off. when the cold front comes this afternoon we get showers and we get the brief heavier rain and the possible of flooding. storm track will take this storm across us but notice the storm track across the northern part of the state so the front is going to come down and stall. it will stall in the south bay so the south pay is going to have a lingering chance of showers and the rest of us have a dry evening. san jose and 101 at 880, it is dry if the commute. looking to walnut creek it is dry. when i came through 680 and 24, it was wet from time to time. steady rain to afternoon showers

here is a look at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza before the bridge. it is wet. it is slick. traffic is light. we have a sig-alert in effect in solano county westbound a sig-alert involving a crash involving a couple of vehicles and it is blocking a lane causing delays from fairfield and if you head into san francisco northbound 101 to the northbound 101 extension we have another sig-alert with severe flooding causing heavy flowing headed into san francisco. >>> car sales are revving up and we will tell you where next. we will tell you where next. >> possible ebola days in boston provide answers to the birth of the solar system. >> the clouds, the storm right over the bay and the bay bridge. drive carefully. the roads are slick. you can see live doppler hd in the corner. weather and traffic is on the weather and traffic is on the scene throughout t on brand name mattress sets. years interest-free financing plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is on now! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ did you

california highway patrol even advised truck drivers to avoid the richmond san rafael bridge because owerful wind. >> rain caused headache for bart riders. power outage in san francisco forced the closure of the montgomery bart station for 6 hours. riders get off either embarcadero and powell or walk got rain. flooding the big problem at the bart station. drains were flooded. station closed for nearly 2 hours and craw mop up the water. >> ferry back on schedule tonight. several morning run on san francisco bay ferry service cancel this morning due to the storm. no disruption on the valet had san francisco live. officials caution ride investigators expect delay and slower than transit time tonight but things get back on schedule. >> drivers the city tweeted no parking meter enforcement today because of the storm. >> street flooding redwood city led to road closure during the day. police department told drivers to avoid several intersections inundated by fast moving water. traffic plow through the flood as the city closed off the worst streets. several intersection still closed tonight

so very, very poor visibility from oakland, the bay bridge, the golden gate bridge, the richmond-san rafaeliencing wet roadways and the fog. lake tahoe about 50% of normal, the snowpack. we maybe get another additional in and then mother nature going to take a break for the next few days. 59 in san jose. 54 morgan hill. 44 minute delays at sfo. 55 degrees. this is what i mean. the golden gate bridge, you can barely see anything here. low 50s from santa rosa. it's 54 in fairfield and one. our readings in san jose was 62 degrees. so pretty mild out there. the embarcadero. you can see how gray it is. typical winter scene with fog and a few showers throughout the day today. and we will continue that theme into tonight. just a slight chance. and as we get through the rest of the weekend, high pressure begins to build and that should dry us out right on through the early part of the week. with winter beginning tomorrow right after 3:00 in the afternoon. so the front has moved through, but still lingering showers. lots of low level moisture. and the jet stream to the north of us still very active.