in the sierra nevada de santa marta, rangers are proving that every effort is worth it. clicks they're flocking to the hummingbird feeder -- it's like a filling station for birds. every morning the employees of the privately-run el dorado bird reserve fill the feeders with new sugar water. the hummingbirds drink five times their bodyweight every day. there are more than 130 species of them in colombia. >> the feeders help us to keep tabs on the populations of many of the endemic hummingbird species, help us determine whether specific ones have increased, and monitor their migration patterns at different times of the year. >> the sierra nevada de santa marta is the world's highest coastal mountain range. the 5000 metre summits are visible only very early in the morning. with the first rays of the sun at dawn, clouds begin to form. the warm sea air from the caribbean cools off when it hits the mountain range, and this gigantic fog machine supplies its many species of flora and fauna with moisture. and it's here that the proaves foundation has established its 1000-hectare bi

for the morning up in the sierra nevada still a little bit of rain holding on. a lot of that taking it toward the central sierra. it is not 129. i don't know what is going on here. [ laughter ] physical it's 127 in san francisco -- if it's 127 in san francisco we have a new lead story. yeah it's hot out there. 12 miles an hour fairfield not a big deal but 16 gusting to 40. excuse me 24. can we start this over? 16 gusting to 24 in concord. it will be a little breezy for some. the low is moving fast in southern california. as it does that will set up a north to south wind. and give us a little warmer day. 39 up in tahoe. still rather cool. the low went into nevada. in the morning we have low clouds and sunny. high pressure nose is in. we will start a warm up. a few inland locations might be near 90. but next week looking cool again. fog, sun, nice today. a breezy for a few afternoon temps. 60s and 70s. did go with one 80. morgan hill 78. santa rosa 78. 67 in san francisco after yesterday's 64. a lot of low clouds around but warmer weather kicks in. upper 80s to nea

it's on its way over the sierra nevada. it will drop into las vegas and say hey and kick out. it will give us a cool, breezy, windy pattern and even rain up in the sierra. partly sunny in the afternoon. a lot of 60s. here's sal. >>> steve, we've had quite a commute this morning for a monday. i want -- westbound bay bridge just listening to the chp talking about clearing a noninjury crash from the span. however, that and maybe some people taking their car instead of using b.a.r.t. is creating a big delay coming around the macarthur maze. this drive time into san francisco, up to 40 minutes. that's right. if you are at the end of the line, it will take you about an hour or a couple of led zeppelin songs to get through these things. the accident was noninjury. looking at at san jose area, northbound 101 as you drive up to 880, the traffic is slow. so is 85 after 17. we haven't been too bad there. highway 24, eight minutes between caldecott -- between pleasant hill road and the caldecott. 580 kind of a huge commute from grant line road to 680. b.a.r.t. is recovering after a track p

look at the spiral of clouds across the sierra nevada. that's an area of low pressure sliding by but it's the same low that's going to help kick up the winds around our area. out the door, cloudy, breezy, mostly sunny this afternoon but some gusty winds. then winds calm down and we have a much warmer weekend on tap for the bay area but now we have this low moving through so the winds are going to be kicking up into the afternoon a little blustery especially near the coastline 30 and 40-mile-an- hour gusts. 70s around the state, 70s into the central valley. traveling into the high country we have winter weather advisories expecting some more snow across some of the higher peaks down to about 6,000 feet or so maybe a couple of more inches dropping there this morning. those winds expected to kick up in the afternoon especially near the coastline. could see gusts 30 to 40 miles an hour. looks like winds subside through the night into tomorrow. temperatures today will be warmer. a lot of 60swe are going to see some warmer weather next couple of

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a lot of thunderstorm activity along the spine of the sierra nevada right now. for us in the bay area, we have that humidity and it feels muggy out there and moisture coming down around the western-facing slopes. as we get into your day today, temperatures will be comfortable and we'll keep the wind going and the chance for thunderstorms going, as well. however, the chance has shifted to the east bay hills. we'll talk more about that coming up and right now i want to welcome in mike inouye on a tuesday morning. >> looking at oakland where travel is very nice right now. we have your overnight construction crews. keep that in mind picking it up as you're heading through san leandro. the camera trembles a little bit. chp issued wind advisory for the bay bridge and the dumbarton bridge and they were all extended overnight. camera trembled a tiny bit in oakland and a number of people asked, do you still have that advisory? we're following what christina reports as opposed to what chp reports. over here the south bay showing a nice, easy drive at 680 and the earlier sh

and goes over the sierra nevada. d that will really pick up the -- the wind picks up tonight into tomorrow morning and temperatures staying below normal here for a little bit. a lot of clouds in the morning and then partly sunny and partly cloudy. so this might be if not today thin it will be tomorrow. we have temperatures really struggling to get in the upper 50s and 60s. >>> pfizer has been trying to buy astro seneca. thousand they are calling for an inquiry to see if the deal isn't the best interest to go forward. they rejected a $106 billion offer from pfizer. >>> coca-cola will stop using a controversial ingredient in its power aid sports drink. the oil is linked to a frame retar dent. >>> now that the warrior season is over. why the warriors star steph curry says a debate over mark jackson's job snot fair. >> keeping the cops out of it. the unusual deal a comic bookstore owner struck with a group of teenagers after he caught them stealing. for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace c

that's sliding out of town with thunderstorms and even snow over the sierra nevada. this afternoon, mostly sunny skies inland, fog toward the coastline and in the 60s there. mostly cloudy out at the bay right now temperatures in the 50s but this afternoon, a little sunshine coming our way. 79 napa, 66 in san francisco. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. and for the next 20, 25 minutes we still have a lot of overnight roadwork out there. 5:00 is usually the kind of magic hour where we clear a lot of this stuff but if you are traveling in the east bay, the macarthur maze roadwork is back westbound 580 to eastbound 80. that connector scheduled to re- open by again 5 a.m. also, coming down the eastshore freeway westbound 80 there are various lanes blocked it sounds like once again from buchanan into powell. so you may find a touch of slowdowns not enough to impact the drive time. that drive time there at the bottom of your screen, 19 minutes on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze and more roadwork once you hit the bay bridge incl

low pressure is moving across the sierra nevada. it's cranking out some snow showers there but here likely to get the winds going especially into the afternoon. a little breezy this morning. some partly cloudy skies, mostly sunny this afternoon. but some very gusty winds late in the day. and much warmer weather as though winds calm down and actually turn offshore over the weekend. here's that low that's moving through california just to our east. that's going to be enough to help crank up these winds as high pressure builds in behind that. so a blustery day especially along the coastline. in the high country, guess what, they have another winter weather advisory up there. could see two inches of snow. they are requiring chains on highway 88 there and yeah, you might want to just pack the chains and be careful in that direction. as we look toward the afternoon you will see orange and red beginning to show up especially near the coastline and through some of the mountain gaps. those are some of those gusts possibly to 30 and 40 miles p

these are real-time lightning strikes along the sierra nevada. we head throughout the day today and we accumulate more daytime heating with this unstable air mass overhead. the chance for thunderstorms actually gets better we're accumulating some pretty good moisture at this point. you might have to use your windshield wipers this morning as you make your way up through 880 and fremont. we'll check with mike on that moment and one of those days active weather in the bay area and then things change. let me show you your futurecast for the day. as we head through the 9:00 hour mostly in the south bay and start to light up a touch as we head through the afternoon and evening hours. this is what is so impressive about this system and dropping snowfall today in tahoe and going to see pretty good totals, as well, in the higher elevations surrounding yosemite. above 7,000 feet. very interesting. now, as we head throughout the evening hours system heads out of here and start to see a nice, dry set up take place and temperatures are going to climb as that

i think more towards the sierra nevada and the north. it will be close tomorrow. mostly cloudy, breezy to windy. showers mendocino county, lake county. but i think, again, tuesday is the better opportunity. the sierra nevada, shasta/lassen looking at what could be good rain or thundershower activity in the next 48 hours. light rain beginning to form off humboldt county. 50 on the temperatures. the breeze has been up to 50 miles an hour. gusts to 30 up at sfo. it will be a breezy, windy day for most. the low will drop into northern california and hang out for a couple of days. mostly cloudy conditions. cooler, breezy to windy. isolated shower, mendocino county/lake county today. the possibility of dry lightning as we go into tuesday. more coming up in ten minutes. here's sal. >>> steveary we looking at the -- steve, we are looking at the bay bridge approach. many say it's a lot worse than it normally is. this is a look at the macarthur maze. you can see traffic spilling out from the bay bridge toll plaza. we're looking at a 45-minute delay if you are at the end of t

maybe more coming off the sierra nevada. emary on twitter sent me a picture of her cat pudding watching the weather not enjoying the rain. i do my best. i promise this afternoon it might be better. where was that rain? on part, of the peninsula, south bay and santa cruz mountains. it zipped out quick. it looks like things have calmed down. 2 to 5 inches. things are calming down but i expect them to pick up later. some of that cloud cover is screaming up the sierra. finally some 60s. it took a while to get there. they are soft 60s. a lot of 50s. we had a few 40s. it's cool. not too breezy. watch how some of the cloud cover is streaming toward the north and east. some of that is definitely playing in the mix for later this afternoon. partly sunny, partly cloudy. light rain, drizzle is about over. afternoon showers, possible thundershowers. today will be the best way if we'll see any. i think by tomorrow most of that will be in the sierra or too far east and south of it. 60s, and 70s. the temperatures inland are below average. m

expecting 1 to 3 inches of snow above 7000 feet in the sierra nevada. we have seen snow in may up in the high country but it's late in the season. going to be wet snow. expected there. tomorrow morning bundled up we know you leave home. upper 40's to mid 50's. cloud cover around could see kim of damp spots head out tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the mid 50's. 68 across the bay in oakland. 73 livermore. 71 san jose. look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperatures will start to do a touch around beginning on wednesday. warming trend taking you right on through the holiday weekend you will notice there upper dwroys low 90's inland. made upper 60's for that holiday weekend if you have the time off. should be nice weather. >> heating up a bit thank you. >> turn our attention to sports. >> yes. >> larry is here basketball to talk by. tomorrow the big steve curry first day of schoo school. but tonight if trying to get back to the nba finals once again then okc injury might make this a quick series. might make this a quick series. look at leonard >> g

still the sierra nevada could see some thunderstorms there. me of that moisture rotating in that direction even a couple of snowflakes across the higher peaks. still, toward the afternoon here we are going to see mostly sunny skies away from the coastline still a couple of patches of fog there. and temperatures going to start warming up today and getting warmer over the holiday weekend hot in spots in some of the valleys. that area of low pressure that brought with it some unsettled weather here yesterday is now kicking eastward. high pressure just beginning to nudge its way in here. that will help to warm things up for today and over the next few days temperatures really going to start to heat up. 87 in the sacramento valley. 81 fresno. watch out for the possibility of some thunderstorms in the high country. you can see the low clouds and fog early on today, that will begin to back away to the coastline in the afternoon and looks like it's going to surge back onshore into early tomorrow morning. so we are going to see that typical regime for t

expecting 1 to 3 inches of snow above 7000 feet in the sierra nevada. we have seen snow in may up in the high country but it's late in the season. going to be wet snow. expected there. tomorrow morning bundled up we know you leave home. upper 40's to mid 50's. cloud cover around could see kim of damp spots head out tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the mid 50's. 68 across the bay in oakland. 73 livermore. 71 san jose. look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperatures will start to do a touch around beginning on wednesday. warming trend taking you right on through the holiday weekend you will notice there upper dwroys low 90's inland. made upper 60's for that holiday weekend if you have the time off. should be nice weather. >> heating up a bit thank you. >> turn our attention to sports. >> yes. >> larry is here basketball to talk by. tomorrow the big steve curry first day of schoo school. but tonight if trying to get back to the nba finals once again then okc injury might make this a quick series. look at leonard go. sports is look at leonard go. sp

expecting 1 to 3 inches of snow above 7000 feet in the sierra nevada. we have seen snow in may up in the high country but . in the season. going to be wet snow. expected there. tomorrow morning bundled up we know you leave home. upper 40's to mid 50's. cloud cover around could see kim of damp spots head out tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the mid 50's. 68 across the bay in oakland. 73 livermore. 71 san jose. look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperatures will start to do a touch around beginning on wednesday. warming trend taking you right on through the holiday weekend you will notice there upper dwroys low 90's inland. made upper 60's for that holiday weekend if you have the time off. should be nice weather. >> heating up a bit thank you. >> turn our attention to sports. >> yes. >> larry is here basketball to talk by. tomorrow the big steve curry first day of schoo school. but tonight if trying to get back to the nba finals once again then okc injury might make this a quick series. look at leonard go. spo >> good evening. tomorrow the warrio

that low continues to spin showers over the sierra nevada and the central valley. that's going to go south and east to the bay area throughout the day so things will be changing over the next 24 hours i think in a positive way. temperatures this afternoon will be a little warmer. maybe some mid-80s in the warmest spots inland. 70s inside the bay and patchy fog 60s toward the coast. out over the bay now we are looking at numbers mainly in the 50s this afternoon. some warm sunshine 82 degrees in fairfield and livermore. about 81 in napa. 78 in san jose. and 63 a little breezy in pacifica. all right. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. thank you, lawrence. we just got off the phone with caltrans a couple of minutes ago. the macarthur maze roadwork is clear now. that connector ramp is open westbound 580 to eastbound 80. heading to the bay bridge, it sounds like that roadwork is still there. the left lanes blocked incline to the tower. it won't slow you down much, though. here's traffic heading into san francisco at the bay bridge toll plaza. a

still some showers over the sierra nevada even the possibility of some thunderstorms there today. but we are going to watch things calm down here. temperatures going to start to warm up by the afternoon. some 70s even some low 80s possibly inland. still lots of clouds toward the coastline, 60s. starting off with gray skies. temperatures generally in the 50s. this afternoon enjoying some sunshine though and i think this is the beginning of some much warmer weather. sunshine about 76 in san jose. 71 in oakland. about 66 breezy into san francisco. >>> the national football league facing a new wave of litigation now am some former players have filed suit saying they were given too many painkillers. kpix 5's cate caugiran reports. >> reporter: good morning. a player said he would come here into the locker room here at candlestick stand in line with other injured players where painkillers were handed out like candy. the lawsuit was filed in federal court in san francisco on behalf of more than 600 former players. it allege, quote, the nfl has illegally an unethically substituted pain me

we have thunderstorms maybe midweek in the sierra nevada. we will talk about the cool weather here and when we will warm up when we return. >> i'll stop complaining about how cold i am now in san francisco. also coming up, the giants light up one of the best pitchers in baseball in st. louis. larry beil w hmm. this is new. start your day with new tyson day starts breakfast flatbreads, and you start with better ingredients, like real eggs, quality tyson sausage, all natural cheeses, and a crispy, flaky flatbread. and our delicious sandwiches, flatbreads, and wrapped omelets give you 24% or more of your daily protein. new tyson day starts -- the dawn of a delicious breakfast. >> welcome back. lisa, can you cheer us up with news of sun? >> well lurk be starting out with the gray skies. we have sun on the way. warmer second half of the weekend. live doppler hd showing gray sky is all across the north bay. no precip, but we talk a little bit about thunderstorms that will arrive in the sierra nevada by the middle of the week. it's chill will there

blustery winds low pressure passing to the east of us with snow in the sierra nevada. there could see another couple of inches of snow in the high country. 17-mile-per-hour wind gusts in half moon bay, 20 in san francisco. calm in napa. that's likely to change as winds will be picking up. nice start to the day with some partly cloudy skies. the temperatures a little cooler this morning. 40s and some 50s and by the afternoon, though, should be slightly warmer maybe some 70s beginning to show up in the valleys. but the places you get to see the wind into san francisco that will keep the temperature down. about 63 degrees there. and about 59 in pacifica. >> all right. let's check on the roads now with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. i mentioned that issue outside of los gatos. it was a tree and maybe some of these high winds, tree fell down and took out some power lines so that stretch of bear creek road is closed at summit road. still no estimated time to re- open the road but that's the latest tweet now from "kcbs traffic." around the bay area, it is going to be a br

all of this is associated with a low-pressure system in the  sierra nevada. s it making a b-line toward the central sierra and then down to las vegas as it parks itself or sets up shop here, high pressure will build in the north. the high pressure says i don't like you down there so i'm going to fill that with wind. and the breeze will pick up later today. sunny, breezy. if you are in the sun, not bad. in the shade, a little chill in the area. 60s on the temperatures, low 70s for tomorrow. again, north wind might help a few. but everall slightly below average temperatures. it looks like we're in this pattern. there will be another system clipping us on thursday and then it's out of the picture and then friday we start to see sunshine and that will take us into the weekend. >> all right, steve. >>> 8:21. you like sports. well, new this morning, kevin durant has just been named pro basketball's most valuable player. the star of the oklahoma city thunder received 119 of 125 first-place votes to win the nba's top personal honor. kevin durant led the thunder to the

look at that low spinning right across the bay area looks like bringing showers and snow up in the sierra nevada. we have had a couple of light shires here today already. and it looks like we have another chance throughout the day today. so with that in mind, hi-def doppler radar showing you that fairly quiet but we have seen a few scattered showers over the santa cruz mountains. out the door, partly cloudy skies and temperatures generally in the 50s. toward the next couple of days, we are going to see some changes coming our way but today a little bit unsettled, highs only in the 60s and the 70s. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. i mention this high wind advisory so you may see warning signs in the bay area. they were issued around 2 a.m. and we called, they are still in effect for the altamont pass, which you see there; bay bridge, also other bridges like the dumbarton and the carquinez bridge. so be extra careful if you are starting off your morning drive. this is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. also the usual overnight roadwork this morning from the incl

we do have the area of low pressure up in the sierra nevada still producing rain up there. it's on its way to -- well, central sierra, san joaquin valley, for us, we have low clouds. but they will get chewed up. the allergies are not that high but i guess they are that bad. oak and olive on the trees and then the grass is in the medium to medium high category expected to go up over the next couple of days. for us, the low clouds are there, already beginning to burn poof a little bit on part of the coast. [no audio] >>> all right. we're looking at a commute that's busy. i want to show you 80 westbound because we had a crash with a motorcycle. it wasn't as serious as some of the others on westbound 80 over at gillman street which, if you look at the picture, i'm about to show you, would be at the top of the screen. it wasn't serious injuries but they had to temporarily close lanes to get the motorcycle off to the side of the road and the drive time between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze is just shy of 40 minutes. remember monday when we had like 90-minute plus del

now, this is over the sierra nevada not here in the bay area, but i do want to show it to you because the same air mass overhead and the instability much cooler here in the bay area. as we warm up this afternoon, we'll increase that chance of thunderstorms and right now you can see a little activity out there over the coastal mountains and precipitation that dissipates and it actually evaporates. as we head throughout the day today, light shower activity and not enough to where you need to keep your umbrella by your side. we are headed towards comfortable conditions and give that ac a break today in the south bay. 72 degrees and 64 for san francisco and 73 degrees in the east bay hills with a chance for thunder. i will show you your futurecast and best chance for showers today and we have a big warming trend coming our way for our holiday weekend. that's coming up next. here's mike with your drive. >> looking christina at the south bay and northbound 101 and flow pretty typical volume and let's look at the entire south bay. typical right here with that green, but a little farther sout

cooler, isolated showers, fire danger increases and this will be really good rain producer for the sierra nevadahafter in lake county and watch what happens, things are developing over the sierra and the wraparound. temperatures stay on the cool side and they are all cooler than sunday's temperatures and they are not going anywhere any time soon. a lot of cloud cover and you can see it over us now and some light rain beginning to develop and it looks like near eureka, it is a sign of things to come over the next 48 hours. 50s on the temperatures and the breeze is good but it is going to be a breezy blustery day. in concord, and fairfield, blustery almost 50-mile-per- hour and it will be dropping in and it will be slow to eject out. ukiah and this will be even cooler and it will take attract right near us but it is a possibility of isolated showers and it will light up over the sierra nevada. mostly cloudy and cooler isolated showers to the north possibly later on and i think a better chance to go later on these are all below average, all a mix of sun and mostly cloudy skies, cooler clear brice i

the track will take it right over the sierra nevada. until that happens probably wednesday definitely cool breezy pattern. the wind picks up and temperatures staying on the cool side here for awhile. below normal temps. isolated showers. i doubt much makes it here. we are on the western edge of it. 60s across the board here or few very low 70s. sonoma 68. petaluma 67 and boy was it windy. 73 vacaville will be one of the few locations. 67 oakland. 65 alameda. a little cool there. 68 san jose. low 70s morgan hill. 50s and 60s on the coast. if you like this kind of weather you will love it through wednesday. it looks like a little rebound toward the end of the week. >> thank you, steve. >>> coca-cola will stop using the controversial ingredient in the power aid sports drinks. the ingredient is proplonated vegetable oil. the teen says the oil is linked to a flame retar dent. pepsi eliminated that oil from gatorade last year. >>> it was a flight that passengers called the ride of doom. >> just up in the air and lifted out of our seats. seeing

. >>> the season's last snow fall just fell at the sierra nevada and even with that they report it 18% of average to date. it is still critical, the last measurement showed it was 32% of the supply. it provides 1/3 of the california water supply. >>> police have made another arrest of a young man killed in a parking dispute. police tell us they took another suspect into custody yesterday after the killing of a man. it happened after he got into a confrontation outside the market. police believe one of the men under arrest was one of the men who gunned him down last october and one of the men had already been arrested. >>> the university has gotten a report in which they investigated harassment and sexual assaults and it is the first time they have gotten that kind of report, uc berkeley is named along with all those schools also on the list. >>> a south bay woman is telling a frightening story today after police say she was kidnapped by a stranger over the weekend. we told you about a man who investigators say kidnapped more than one victim a day. we have this story about a victim whos

the sierra. this is video april 1st the drought is not the only threat to the health of the sierra nevada. u.s. geological survey says stress caused by pumping and rain in those this caused a gradual depletion that is making those ranges rise every year. not every year, about a thickness of a dime with a cumulation of up to six inches over 150 years. and california is desperate for water this year, you know. that you can see from this map, the huge chunk of the state is an exceptional drought condition. highlighted by dark red there. most of california is in the extreme drought categories. >> local marine biologists were able to free the whale. a crab hunt rope around the tail. this is video. they couldn't free the whales but were able to put a tracking device on the hump back. that followed the mammal and led to the rescue. they're able to cut that hope away. a firsthand perspective of the rescue, great work. >> amazing. >> yes. successful. >> a couple dolphins spotted in water off ocean beach. nice shot we wanted to share with you. >> this smoky ash >> coming up what w >>> in the newsroom, co

we have aerial images telling the story of a long dry woint in the sierra nevada mountains. is video was shot for al jazeera. we maffed a camera -- placed a camera on an aircraft used to take aerial shots of the snow pack. it's a joint project. they are trying, with the aerial measurements, is get accurate readings. they fly at 70,000 feet over the sierra nevada, and they can pinpoint the snow pack with precision. the snow pack is shallow, even at the highest elevations. >> after two sizeable years of droughts, the reservoirs are lower than they are normally at this time of year. so if we had a good year of snow pack, we'd fill that up, and there would be no problem. we have a lousy snow pack. we have not much to put into already a serious deficit. so many of those reservoirs will not full to their capacity this year. and as we head out into the dry summer months, then raging will become a reality. >>> california's department of water resources says the snow pack is at 4.3% of average, meaning the dry winter will make for a long parched summer in california. >> jennifer londo

the sierra nevada snow pack measured 18% of average for the date. was more dry ground than snow as the department of water resources conduct its last survey this morning. -- duct conducted its -- conduct its last survey this morning. a month ago it was 32%. the sierra nevada snow pack accounts for1/3 of california's water supply. >>> ticking time bombs, the four areas in the bay area at risk for landslide and what is does to protect you. >> i screamed a couple times because the birds, you are dodging them. >> dozens of birds invading a house at the same time every single night. how the weather could help keep the birds away. >> and preparing for the worse. >> you don't want towaste pressure minutes. >> what you should have when minutes could mean the difference between life and -- the difference between life and death. and it came with a free chocolate chip cake. [sighs] how do you guys feel about this meal i had to not cook? you should not cook more often. i will try not to take offense to that. ♪ >>> rain in florida let up but after flooding flood

dusts at 30 at fso and that's an extra whole day on the air sea and the main focus could be over the sierra nevada 32 up this 56 sacramento but this one is making a persons pipe for i us. if you were headed up there i would go early did an isolated shower or too for the north and we will continue to stay here over the next few days. >> all right, thank you very much. san francisco has been named one of the most walkable cities in the nation. compiled week what stars including city layout and up from fracture. the other top ones are -- infrastructure, the other top ones are that your and boston. starting tame tickets for one and the price for a park harper -- hopper tickets, $150. disney is facing it out. >> gosh, it is hard for a family to go. >>> coming up mass firing fall out. the reason an advisor was fired following a racist remark he find it attacking it attacking and embarrassing. stay tuned. . >>> welcome back, it is 4:52 oregon could have same-sex marriages and the judge will issue his ruling and they will issue marriage licenses immediately if the judge said they are legal. >>> one of the

the water. >>> it was a conclusion, today's final sierra nevada snow pack wasn't expected to go well. officials found more dirt than snow today. you can see there wasn't anything to measure. the water content is 18% of normal. what should it look like? take a look at this survey in 2011 at this moment. snow covering the ground at this station. it has been dry the last two years. >> little bit of snow that is scattered is the result of the storm last friday and prior to that, that snow would not have been here. this whole year has been a bummer in terms of water supply. >> the sierra nevada snow pack normally provides a 3rd of the water for farms and city. www.ktvu.com has a section to keep you up to date on the drought conditions and water restrictions under hot topics on the home page. >>> another look at the high temperatures from today. records out there. it was hot. it is not as hot tomorrow. enjoy what we had because temperatures next couple days drop off. concord 93. 91 in san rafael. the reason for the drop is the clouds moving in. these are in the upper atmosphere. what happens

and we have aerial images that tell the story of a long, dry winter up in the sierra nevada mountains in california. this video was shot absolutely for aljazeera america. we placed a camera above an aircraft that is taking surveys of the snowpack. it's in corporation betwee, andy are trying to get far more accurate reads. they fly 20,000 feet over the sierra nevada, and they can pinpoint the snowpack, which will turn into snow melt with precision, and so far the reads are showing that the know pack is very shallow, even at the highest elevations. >> after two sizeable years of drought, the reservoirs are much lower than they are normally at this time of year. and so if we had a good year of snowpack, then we would fill that up and it would be a problem. but we have a lousy snowpack, so we have not very much to put into already serious deficit. so many of those reservoirs will not fill to their capacity this year, and as we head out into the dry summer months, then rationing is going to become a reality. >> reporter: the california department of water resources said the snowcap is at 4

a few showers in the afternoon in parts of the crest of the sierra nevada. ok for 82 in reno today. 62 in monterey. and closer to home temperatures will range from about 51 half moon bay, gusty winds here. 67 in the city. 76 in san rafael and mid-70s for palo alto, mountain view, 84 in concord, as well as morgan hill. and if you spend time in the city it should be a beautiful afternoon with the clouds continuing to evaporate throughout the day. low 60s noontime. staying there about 3:00 p.m. and the breeze kicking up later on in the afternoon. so 23 you are headed over to at&t park tonight for the game, it will be just about 60 and the winds a little breezy as the fog comes back into play. 56 by late in the night. about 10:00. accuweather seven-day forecast, the warmest day tomorrow. it will be warm everywhere just modestly and cool back with the breeze. memorial bay tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and steadily cooling temperatures with breezy averages and the low clouds hugging the coast. that's when you expect. >> for the game tonight people should bring what

and over the sierra nevada it will give some shower activity there. and way below average temperatures. for the morning low clouds, breezy, and cool. then we will have a lot of clouds. breezy and terror morgan hill and antioch is in there. temperatures will stay cool here. the main impact is cool and breezy and windy at times. thursday mostly sunny. >> thank you. >>> time is 4:50. fans of the show 24 gearing up for its return to network television tonight. after eight seasons, fox has decided to bring the show back. the realtime thriller is returning as a summer event series called 24, live another day. while past seasons has featured 24 episodes, this season will only feature 12. you can see 24, live another day right here on channel. those tweets will >> i know a lot of people that are very hooked on that show. >> i am. >>> terror on board a u.s. airways flight. >> people were screaming and it was very, very scary. >> what happened that left passengers with a store they will never forget. >> the reason three -- >>> welcome back. they are in facing th

maybe some showers or thunderstorms in the sierra nevada and allows for further cooling for the bay area into monday. tuesday we turn around, 79 in morgan hill and los gatos. with 75 in santa clara. peninsula numbers, low to mid 70s, nice afternoon, breezy, 73, menlo park with low 60s for pacifica. here you will have the clouds and the gusty winds, 62, daley city, and san francisco, 67. in the north barks the rose parade in santa rosa, featuring a nice day, 80s for you, havev o vallejo. 79. and 72 in san leandro. so nice afternoon for the commencement speech. 73, castro vally. heading inland, you'll notice a big change today, 80 in concord, 77 in pleasanton. the accuweather seven-day forecast features the cooler air tomorrow into monday. by tuesday, little bit warmer. so we're trending near average for mid may. late may and then by wednesday, thursday and friday, returning to the low to mid 80s. feeling a little summer-like. memorial day kicks off the summer season. and of course, it will bring us next monday a holiday and it's looking pleasant. so between now and then, we're looking at

i want to take you to the sierra nevada and loop it over the next three hours. you can see thunderstorms over the last few hours and areas of green, light rain, and even some snow, pink, and the white as well, and here's a live shot. this is in tahoe, in heavenly. mountain top. this is live. heavy snow right now reported as well in truckee. currently it's in the 60s around the bay area. 60 in san francisco, 67 in oakland, and 62 in redwood city. 67 insen jose. half moon bay, 67. here's a beautiful shot of the east bay, looking east towards mt. diablo. you see some clouds there but a gorgeous day. very breezy as well. it's currently 70 in santa rosa, and we see 70 in fairfield and concord. here's what you need to know as we look this time from the east bay. you can see the breeze causing ripples on the water. clear and cool tonight. warmer for mother's day, and then get ready for a heat wave next week. i'll show you the timing of that pretty shortly. right now, winds have been pretty strong, gusting up to 41 miles-per-hour. sfo, all the winds from the west, even

. >> we have snow mix up in the sierra nevada so things are quiet but cool and breezy and

we do have an area of low pressure and that means business here in the sierra nevada and i will show you that in just a second. yesterday it was 62 and we are starting off with partly cloudy skies and if you are picking up a few he temperatures, there is a good breeze, 18-mile-per- hour, 16, san jose almost 10- mile-per-hour and it will be a breezy windy day, and it looks like isolated snow showers and it is rapidly on the way to the south but not before it spins a few clouds afternoon sun at least upper 60s for some and just plane mid-60 -- main mid- -- plain mid-60s, here is

. >> if you're in the sierra nevada, you may run into a shower. s a look at lake tahoe, highs today will nbt 50s, scattered showers will be around. by the middle of the week it will be 75 in tahoe, you're wondering what's it going to be like here. stay tuned for a look at your very warm accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> also next, the giants get a big win in l.a. but suffer a bad break, larry biehl has the details and brandon belt's injury, coming up thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. chase. so you can. >>> it is 8:44 a.m., a live look if our tower cam over the the bubble of the city, san francisco, sunny today and breezy and there's some serious heat right around the corner. so stay with us, lisa argent will fill you in on all details. >> a bay area boy needs your help, 7-year-old baylor frederickson needs a bone marrow donor. it's a challenging case because he's multiethnic. abc7 news reporter carolyn t

nevada. moisture wrapping around the back side of the low. we've been seeing showers. there have been lightning strikes and snow in the sierra nevada. i want to show you reports. so far daggett pass, seven inches of snow. they have a winter weather advisory until 9:00 p.m tonight. so looking at heavenly a few plainings there. oakland, 65. here is a sign of instability looking towards oakland you can see puffy clouds there. keeping in possibility of isolated showers. 73 santa rosa. 70 in novato and livermore. beautiful view with a lot of cloud cover there. partly cloudy to cloudy tonight. warmer pattern beginning tomorrow, sunny skies and warm for holiday weekend for foremost of you. tlooblging at satellite and radar that area of low pressure going to be shifting out of here. and here is what it's going to look like tonight. cloud cover around the isolated showers will be wining down towards tomorrow morning. and tomorrow afternoon, signs of change. san jose, temperatures trend up, tomorrow, seven. we'll continue to trend those numbers higher, heading into holiday weekend up into mid-80s range. well above average of 76. then, they'll

you can see all the clouds swirling around bringing showers and snow showers to the sierra nevada. winter weather advisories up toward yosemite maybe another one to three inches of snow above 7,000 feet. so the core of that low is going to slowly work its way through the bay area. a chance we could see a couple of lightning strikes especially into the east bay hills. i think this afternoon, otherwise, we are going to see a mixture of sun and clouds and sun. and then after today looks like things setting down warmer temperatures and much warmer weather as we head in toward the holiday weekend. here's that low that's spinning around now. we have some breezy conditions outside already. continuing to be breezy into the afternoon as that low moves out. around the state, a little bit unsettled. in the high country be prepared likely you will run into showers and snow showers toward yosemite and thunderstorms, too. temperatures in the site of in the central valley. clouds on and off throughout the day. you will see the core of the low moving through and cells spinning by bringing a couple

. >>> new this morning, the sierra nevada couple that found more than $10 million in gold coins in theirackyard is showing it off. they are on display now at the nevada county fairgrounds in grass valley through tomorrow. the coins date back to 1847 are the highlight of the old west show there. the anonymous couple found 1400 coins buried at old rusty cans while walking dogs on the property in the sierra nevada foothills. the coins are attracting folks who are looking for their own pot of gold. >> i mean, it was like the great treasure hunt. it's what we all dream of finding, hell, a dollar on the ground, nevermind $10 million worth of gold. >> the couple is expected to sell most of the coins. the display coins are under tight security as you might imagine and you can check them out for just $7 at that old west show in grass valley. >>> it is 5:55. the next hatch hour a thief makes off with some -- next half hour a thief makes off with some expensive jewelry and diamonds. >> reporter: and president obama is set to be here at this walmart in mountain view in a couple of hours. the labor u

. >>> the sierra nevada couple that found more than $10 million worth of gold coins in their backyards showing off their loot. they are on display at the nevada county fairgrounds up in grass valley through tomorrow. the coins date back to 1847, the highlight of the old west show there. the anonymous couple found 1400 coins buried in rusty old cans while they were out walking their dogs on their property in the sierra nevada foothills. the coins are attracting people looking for their own pot of gold. >> it was like the great treasure hunt, wasn't it? i mean it's what we all dream of finding some -- hell, a dollar on the ground, nevermind $10 million worth of gold. >> can you imagine? the couple is expected to sell most of the coins. the display coins are untight security for obvious reasons and you can check them out at grass valley for 7 bucks, you can look. >>> new movie opening today that puts a bay area high school in spotlight. it was inspired wild years in palo alto. the movie, "palo alto," is based on short stories by james franco who went to palo alto high school. he is one o

they're some of the 1400 coins a couple found buried in their backyard in the sierra nevada. one of the coins will be auctioned to raise money to help turn the mint into a museum. the couple is said to be selling the rest online. >>> and more hidden cash is coming to the south bay. a mystery millionaire who's been posting clues on twitter says he's branching out. tomorrow he's zeroing in on san jose and this weekend, los angeles. he says he hopes the game catches on with other donors. >>> it's graduation season. what new research reveals about the value of a college education. >> another wildfire threatenings homes this time near yosemite. the conditions facing fire crews in the sierra foothills right now. >> i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. the skies cleared out nicely now but the winds are just beginning to pick up. we will talk about that coming up next. ,,,, ithe part of us that a littwants to play,on. wants to be mischievous, wants to run free, all you have to do is let it out. find your inner minion only at the despicable me minion mayhem r

a lot of thunderstorm activity along the spine of the sierra nevada right now. t humidity and it feels muggy out there and moisture coming down around the western-facing slopes. as we get into your day today, temperatures will be comfortable and we'll keep the wind going and the chance for thunderstorms going, as well.

in the meantime we have that system that's swinging across from the sierra nevada bringing in some snow to the high country. what a beautiful sight. they had some snow developing there early on. they could see two to five inches of snow above 7,000 feet. it is amazing we are going to go for some more wintry weather to maybe some hot summer weather coming our way. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. frank, back to you. >> sounds good. thanks. >>> a sudden shutdown of a south bay college, students and teachers kicked out of the building right in the middle of class. brieman college in san jose closed by eviction notice yesterday students left wondering about the class and the thousands of dollars who paid tuition. the for-profit education company provides medical training to students. the other bay area campuses are in hayward and san francisco. they remain open. >>> some other bay area news now. sonoma county mother is due in court thursday on felony child abuse charges. delia garcia-bratcher is accused of grabbing a 12-year- old boy at the neck at santa rosa' olivet elemen

weather system slid through in the sierra nevada bringing some showers up there. ven a couple of lightning strikes. you can see as it's making its way across the tahoe area and sliding to the south now toward yosemite, some more scattered showers in that direction. here in the bay area we have some clouds early on but now our skies wind-swept as we're seeing lots of sunshine into the afternoon. and the temperatures beginning to warm up. 68 degrees in concord, 69 in livermore and 66 in san jose. winds have been breezy this morning. and well, as we head throughout the afternoon just picking up now to 17 as sfo, 16 in san francisco, but much stronger, it's going to to intensify in the latter part of the day. so as you head out the door this afternoon, gusty winds developing, mostly sunny skies, clear inland and patchy fog toward the coast. this low is going to continue to make its way southward. high pressure building in behind it. that's causing the wind conditions for today but should start to calm down. 70s into the central valley for highs today a little windy the

live doppler 7hd tracking the showers that moved across the sierra nevada. they had a winter weather advisory until 9:00 p.m. tonight. it has been dropped and here is how much snow we have gotten so far. alpine meadows an inch and a half. new snow and seven inches of snow. here we are coming up on june. here is the view from our emeryville camera. we look out toward the bay and it is a gray sky right mow. the temperatures are pretty uniform in the 50s. 55 in san francisco and san jose 57. half moon bay is 55 degrees. overcast skies as we look toward the trans america pyramid. mid50s santa rosa and novato is at 55. livermore is 56 degrees. one last view from our kgo roof camera and looking out toward the bay and there is the low cloudiness. we will call it partly to mostly cloudy. warmer pattern begins tomorrow for some of you. it will be dry for the holiday weekend. as we look at the satellite and radar we have had measurable rain over the local hills due to the low-pressure system and a few sprinkles at the lower elevations. it is leaving california and her