the avalanche danger highest near truckee on i-80. the winds in the upper atmosphere are anywhere from 150 300 miles per hour. that's going to allow enough motion in the upper levels to bring us another round of rain. we'll have the full time line, how long this will last coming up in my forecast throughout the show. >> thank you, jeff. >>> the trial technically starts now. that's what a superior court judge told nearly 200 potential jurors who reported for duty and found out they may end up delivering the verdict in san francisco's sheriff domestic violence trial. but first, trying to keep a controversial piece of evidence out of the case. traci grant has new details. >> reporter: when i was in the jury assembly room today and the judge told prospective jours that they were going through selection for the case of california versus ross mercurini a waive of recognition washed over the room. they have to fill out this questionnaire that asks them how much they already know about this case, whether they formed opinions about his innocen

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george warren is reporting live from truckee. tricky driving conditions there. >> yes. well, actually right now there is a mix of light rain and snow and there is here at truckee about 6,000 feet elevation. temperatures above freezing but just above us, here at 7,000 feet, snow falling today and in fact, near whiteout conditions today at sugar bowl kept crowds away. it could be a temporary situation. tahoe area resorts called ski lake tahoe issued a statement saying their models showed this storm and others to follow could lead to a erro error- -- record-breaking march. sugar bowl expecting perhaps three feet of snow over the weekend. they've got catching up to do just to call this an average season. >> this is unbelievable. it's a blegsing we're getting it this week. it's very warm when we've arrived. >> we got here there is almost no snow. now, it's starting to accumulate. >> were you having second thoughts about your decision? >> some whachl we thought we're going to leave a couple days early. >> and so if you're coming up here just so you know on interstate 80 chain

instead of skiing, tyler target is tuning skis at local ski shops in truckee. everyone with 10 years of back country experience he would not go out in these conditions because of high avalanche dangerous. >> you put a skier on top of that and they slide. >> reporter: to make things worse, the folks that monitor are in danger themselves , their donations are down, way down. >> wind transport can magnify the snow accumulation by up to 10 times. >> reporter: and when we're talking about wind. this snow drift is a good example. it looks like it just gently drifts down. but take a look if i take one step this way, i fall off a ledge right here. this gives you a good example of what we're dealing with. up in the high country this could be 10 times higher than what it used to. if you head up you should enjoy some nice powder but if you're heading into the high country you should exercise extreme caution. >>> coming up in seven minutes, the rush is on to gear up the bargains that skiers and borders are finding ahead of this busy weekend in the sierra -- boarders are fi

chris pickle has the latest from truckee. >> reporter: we have learned that the skier is in critical condition. he is being brought here to the tahoe hospital. three skiers were in a very remote area in the tahoe national forest about 25 miles away from the alpine ski resort when they reportedly triggered that avalanche. they were doing something called skinning. it's when you take a piece of fabric and put it on the bottom of the ski and allows you to walk up the hill with traction. none of the skiers was buried in the avalanche but one of the skiers was critically injured. another went out for help. but it has taken several hours to get that skier off of the mountain. reporting fromreporting from truckee, kris pickel, cbs 5. >>> new snow on top of high winds on a weak snowpack causes avalanches. all that's been occurring has been in the backcountry and we're still seeing the snowfall. spotty hit and miss scattered snow showers and ice and some rain showers in the greater lake tahoe area. two-day totals so far, we have seen up to 3 feet of snow from squaw into alpine. homewood at tw

lake tahoe now 45°, truckee with sunshine, tahoe airport, partly sunny winter storm watch in effect tomorrowt through saturday night. we have sunshine and we are warming up, it is going to be a nice afternoon despite a few clouds hanging on to the north bay. good morning san francisco 57 for you, 58, you are increasing your sun in the south bay with low clouds and visibility dicey at time along the coast up to five miles. isolated shower may be in the north bay, otherwise we'll call it partly cloudy today mostly cloudy in the north bay more sun south mild today and tomorrow windy and rainy sunday. the rain well up to the north. a lot of it. weak high pressure holding on allowing a few clouds to spill over this ridge will keep us dry today and tomorrow, as the storm system stays north. one out to the west of us will be bringing this vigorous cold front our way as early as tomorrow night. here's the timing on it, if you are headed out tomorrow night you could see a chance of a shower in the north bay even along the peninsula 8:00 friday night. after midnight the cold front is still to the nort

lakehoe now 45°, truckee papartly sunny winter stormrt, watch in effect tomorrow night through sasaturdayt. we have sunshine and we are warming up, it is going to bee a nice afternoon despite a few clouds hanging onthe north bay. good morning san francisco 57 for you, 58, y are increasing your sun in the south bay with low clouds and visibility dicey at time along coast up to five miles. isolateded shower may be in the north bay, otherwise we'll call it partly cloudy today mostly cloudy in the north bay more sun south mild today and tomorrow windyand rainy sunday. the rain well up to the northth. a lot of it. weak high pressure holding onn allowing a fewew clouds to spill over this ridge will keepp us dry today andnd tomorrow, as the storm syst stays north. on out to the west of us will be bringing this vigorous cold front our way as early as tomo night.. here's the timing on it, if you are headed out tomorrow night you u could see a chance ofof a shower in the nay even along g the peninsula 8:00 after m midnight the cold front is still to thrth of us by 7:0000 in the morning if you have

instead of skiing, tyler target is tuning skis at local ski shops in truckee. everyone with 10 years of back country experience he would not go out in these conditions because of high avalanche dangerous. >> you put a skier on top of that and they slide. >> reporter: to make things worse, the folks that monitor are in danger themselves , their donations are down, way down. >> wind transport can magnify the snow accumulation by up to 10 times. >> reporter: and when we're talking about wind. this snow drift is a good example. it looks like it just gently drifts down. but take a look if i take one step this way, i fall off a ledge right here. this gives you a good example of what we're dealing with. up in the high country this could be 10 times higher than what it used to. if you head up you should enjoy some nice powder but if you're heading into the high country you should exercise extreme caution. >>> coming up in seven minutes, the rush is on to gear up the bargains that skiers and borders are finding ahead of this busy weekend in the sierra -- boarders are fi

these are live pictures a caltrans camera in truckee. if you are headed there and you don't have a four wheel drive vehicle with snow tires remember to bring along your chains because as of right now chains are required on interstate 80. we just checked caltrans and they aren't required on highway 50. >> today's storm is causing a lot of problems at san francisco airport. some said they are being forced to change their plans. >> we are actually being routed from here to houston and then we have to get a rental car from there to austin. >> reporter: at 5:30 why sfo seeing longer delays in airports. we will check back in with sal for the latest on those delays. >> the polls have just closed in mississippi and alabama. we are waiting for the first results to come in. 90 delegates up for grabs tonight and tonight is important for gingrich who said he has to win the southern states to remain in the race. romney moves onto missouri which will be holding it's primary. he made a stop at a rally in st. louis today and talked about what he would d

train controls from baxter to truckee. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> reporter: havey rain to the bay area. a tree brought down a power line this afternoon. residents feel lucky the tree didn't fall on to their pows. pg&e is working to replace the pole. the weather is also being blamed for numerous accidents. this crash in san francisco involved an overturned car. they responded to 83 incidents this morning. last week we were talking about unusually warm weather for february. several cities tide is record temperatures weans. mountain view, santa rosa and santa cruz. the skies cleared this afternoon but more showers are on the way and our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now. >> more showers on the way. we got a break, live storm tracker 2. scattered showers east of concord, martinez. the weather story is in the mountains, 80 and 50, chains required. avalanche required. winter storm warning till 4:00 tomorrow. they will keep getting snow. we have more rain in the forecast. scattered showers. they have real sn

truckee is at 25.nd tomorrow in the sierra and 30s with snow showers on tuesday, wednesday time period. that is winter scenario. perhaps more rain beyond that. right now from mount tam you can see that it is pretty clear out there. the wind is still easterly components. that is why we're quite mild again. we're starting much more mild than yesterday. 55 in oakland as well as mountain view. 58 in los gatos. 50 in santa rosa. not near freezing temperatures this morning because the atmosphere was a little bit warmer. we are as much 5-8 degrees warmer at this time than we were yesterday in oakland and san francisco. at the coast, northerly winds have backed off a bit so it's a little cooler there. up by point reyes, spending any time, stinson beach sea breeze could kick in and 60s there. sunny and warmer with cool and breezy weather arriving tomorrow. that is right. we've got showers in the forecast. maybe tenth of an inch of rain overnight monday into tuesday. here is a look high pressure firmly in contro

we're going to see a lot of snow in the higher elevations, more rain in places like truckee.could make for a dangerous driving condition. so today best day of the week, 59 in san francisco. wet pattern starts tomorrow, continues all the way through wednesday. we get more rain thursday into friday, then saturday and sunday temperatures staying on the cool side. we have an unstable storm on the way. unstable air mass moves in and we're talking thunderstorms saturday into sunday. especially over the higher elevations. we'll talk about that as we continue through the week i'll let you know when you'll be able to get outdoors and enjoy the break because we'll get some breaks. we'll check the drive with mike. >> remind you the time change happened over the weekend. change that clock in the car as well. that might catch you off guard if you look down. a 20-minute drive for 580 out of the alta emont pass. toward the dublin interchange, this one because of an accident involving four or five vehicles now to the shoulder. a couple of flat bed tow trucks, flashing lights there. southboun

it was taken this morning in truckee.ping snow around 7:00 last night and today is just a perfect day for skiing. if you are up in the tahoe area, we would love to see your pictures from the slopes. you can pest it on the ktvu.com facebook wall. >>> all right. we hope to see more photos! it's a powder day up in tahoe. >> perfect day! although they're probably all out there, not watching. >> take a picture, send it to us! 8:25 is the time. let's check in with rosemary on width today. we'll get a little bit of everything? >> in the snowshowers will continue future the sierra. one to four feet of snow! heavenly reporting 4 feet of snow. >> we need it. >> absolutely! it's going to be a great day there. here we've got an a-okay day as well. scatter showers. just a few sprinkles over area near santa cruz, in the 40s. areas near san francisco, san jose. so cooler than we've been recently. even the upper 30s reported in some areas in the north by. if you're headed to the sierra today, scattered snowshowers will continue. it will

the high sierra, it is still snowing around truckee into south lake tahoe. 18 inches of snow at squaw. that is the last time we heard a report. it's been snowing all night long. more snow up until noon tomorrow, up to 18 inches. a second system is working its way this way and therefore we have a high surf advisory in effect for tomorrow. morning commute will be affected. most lane had fall between 8 and 10:00 we clear tout in the afternoon hours. a few showers overnight and not going to amount to much, 3/10 of an inch at tops. meanwhile tomorrow your temperatures are going to top off in the 50s. sim har to today ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, after beating li . >>> the marshal high school basketball team is one win away from thir first ever city champion after beating lincoln this afternoon to advance to the finals. explosive mission scored 100 points in their quarter final win taking on low in the semis davis with the pass break. 56-51, bears win. >>> couple of headquarter fans make the trip to the highlight factory in atlanta. mcguire got the start but didn't score. pulled down 15 rebounds. wri

if traveling there just be aware blue canyon, truckee, reporting snow. and on the subject of rain and there is four inches of rain and third of an inch in san francisco. and over an inch and a half just half an inch. livermore, 14/100ths of rain. and we'll be getting more. right now it's gusting in spots. there is 35 miles per hour out of the south. and sfo still reporting delays on arrivals over three hours due to weather. rain continues wednesday morning and another storm due here thursday night into friday. there is this storm that is not in a hurry to get out of here. it's a slow-moving system. this is why we're still dealing with the rain. the next storm here is going to pass most of the bay area for the north. stormy pattern is set. there is another system that is going to bring us colder weather and there is low snow levels. sloppy in the morning. there are pockets of rain, then, scattered showers for wednesday afternoon evening there is early thursday, looking just fine. je. system thursday night going into friday. rainfall totals one to two inch

authorities say the skier has multiple bone fractures and being transported to a hospital in truckee. if we get more information we will let you know. >>> google showed off new technology today. the autonomous car relies on computers to keep it safe on the road. a state senator is trying to enable to highway patrol to come up with standards for cars. >> a big rig pulled up, the car gave it a couple more inches inches and recentered itself. made sense to do so. handled curves better than i could. it does everything. >> google says the car costs dwohundred thousand dollars but will get less expensive as more are made. no word on when that might happen. >>> google launched a new privacy policy that allows the company to track users. ktvu's maureen naylor talked to the experts about what this means for the average user. >> reporter: anyone doing a gaggle such is already being tracked but now youtube, gmail, googt plus, anything you type in will be compiled under your name. today the google can know more about the lives and habits of its users. >> pregnant, whether you are getting married,

the high sierra, it is still snowing around truckee into south lake tahoe. 18 inches of snow at squaw. that is the last time we heard a report. it's been snowing all night long. more snow up until noon tomorrow, up to 18 inches. a second system is working its way this way and therefore we have a high surf advisory in effect for tomorrow. morning commute will be affected. most lane had fall between 8 and 10:00 we clear tout in the afternoon hours. a few showers overnight and not going to amount to much, 3/10 of an inch at tops. meanwhile tomorrow your temperatures are going to top off in the 50s. sim har to todaysimilar to today's temps. dennis has your sports next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh!

. >> a truckee man has been identified as one of the victims of an avalanche in alaska. the 26 role died yesterday at a hospital in seattle where he was flown on tuesday after being rescued from under 8 ft. of snow. he was part of a group of people on a ski outing in southeast alaska. one other man was also killed. the avalanche risk in the sierra is considerable this morning because of all the snow and freezing rain and high winds that we obscene. driving conditions are also hazardous. snow ski resorts are loving it. some saw as much as 27 in.. >> it is this time of year when people start thinking about golfing and little league so fresh snow will get everyone ready to come back. >> resorts expect a busy weekend and some are hoping for another 3 ft. of snow by saturday morning. i was up there last week and the snow started coming down sunday >> you guys can't go back! >> we have more storms lining up and moving on shore. we will see more heavy snowfall in the sierra nevada. more heavy drizzle showing up out there but you can see another band of rain beginning to make it

problems this is the chains i was telling you atey east and westbound chains required kingvale to truckeend 50 as well twin bridges to 89. bay bridge toll pretty good high wind advisories on the span for both that bridge, golden gate bridge and the richmond san rafael bridge. looks like a possible overturned 101 at candlestick park i will get more information on that as we go forward. take extra time and yeah it is windy and wet this wednesday morning. >>> speaking of snow, 25-year-old man has become the youngest winner ever of alaska's iditarod dog sled race. he turned 25 march 4th, the day the race officially started. he got to the finish line yesterday, winning the 1,000 mile race across the state. he's a legacy his father won in 2004 this year 66 teams took part. >>> san francisco's famed fairmont hotel has a new owner. 200 million dollars for the luxury hotel located in nob hill. the hotel's previous owner had plans to convert the property into a highrise residential tower but that never happened after resistance from neighbors and the city. >>> organizers of the annual outside lands

with light rain showers, it's a combination of ice and snow that's trying to truck in toward the truckee associated with a very fast moving cold front. tonight with the mostly cloudy skies, temperatures to 48 in san francisco. winds, big problems tomorrow. the huge highlighted blue area which is just about the entire by area. the winds out of the north and northwest. this is the future cast and notice the spotty hit and miss scattered showers, there is the morning drive so everything is south the bay area. we will have some sun, on the chilly side with the passing of the cold front. colder air mass works in, pressure gradient has the conditions, less than a tenth of an inch. bouts up to three inches of snow at lake level in the lake tahoe area. the weather headlines suggest spotty showers, rain tomorrow and then near freezing by tomorrow night. in the extended forecast not much much a temperature span. he of another chance of rain showers but not until the weekend. >> looks got at lake of the pines. i love that update. currie is back but are the warriors still road kill? saint mary's goe

trucks are being screened at apple gait and westbound 80 before -- apple gate and westbound 80 before truckee no problems towards american canyon where the stalled big rig is now cleared westbound 80 good news hoping for friday light. live camera shots san rafael southbound 101 past the civic center taillights towards central san rafael no problems. when you get towards lucky drive there's typically standing water in that area and you will find that from overnight rain last night. san jose very light this would be 280 headed in the northbound direction. taillights headed southbound. 17 out of santa cruz mountains so far today calm we are hoping the rest of the morning commute will follow that. >>> the national marine fishery service wants to make sure the pound of fish or other seafood you a pound. layering fish with ice and plumping up sal lops with a sodium-based solution are -- -- adding vast amounts of water can misrepresent the net weight of the seafood. studies have found seafood may be miss labeled as often as 25 -- to 70%. 40% some kind of chick fraud. >>> new study could reignite aff

here is a picture from truckee on iadb. traffic is at a standstill. the very slowly. many have pulled off to the side of the road because of road conditions which are hazardous. we will keep an eye on developments in bring you updates throughout the newscast. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. >>pam: google's privacy policy goes into effect tomorrow, march 1st. the major change is a rather than profiling users separately, the search giants will now pull all of that information into one single profile. today, a coalition of american and european advocacy groups made a laches effort to stop the policy-setting a joint letter to google urging the company to suspend its controversial plan while watchdogs are expressing fears that it would mean less crevices. google says the chaos is in new services. for those who do not

. >> one of the skier was taken to the hospital in truckee where he died from injuries. the other two men escaped unharmed. >> the domestic abuse case against sheriff ross mirkarimi moves forward this morning with another key ruling expected. a closed door hearing will be held with mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend christina flores. the judge will decide if she can testify for the prosecution. flores filed a police report last month claiming mirkarimi abused her when they dated four years ago. no charges will be filed in that case because of the statute of limitations. jury selection is expected to resume monday. >> fines and citation after a deadly accident. 56-year-old adrian martin was killed when a pressurized cylinder exploded at membrane technology and research in menlo park. pressure in the cylinder reached triple the level it could contain. the lab is facing $55,000 in penalties and seven citations including improper labeling and ined adequate worker training. >> the bay area's yelp is going public this morning with shares priced higher than expected. bob is live at yelp

in truckee, they're getting a good dose of rain. >>james: the rain could be making the roadways a bit dangerous. there is a light rain from the vallejo and to the north and east of fairfield fans followed is getting snow. channel garments are in effect. as you look to the north, a lot of activity across britain and california. this is the second wave that is rolling through. we will continue to see the possibility of showers throughout the remainder fifth of the day. temperatures at the moment our mid-upper '40's. >>jackie: is just starting to rain significantly. i came in from novato, of if >>erica: it is raining in some spots but not affecting the roadways. as we take a look at the bay bridge, a little bit of a back up and some of those cash lanes. a lot of grain on the road with sensors indicated speeds over 50 mi. an hour. public transit is good to go. >>darya: as our team coverage continues, let's take a look at the high surf. craig skalar is live in this of the cut this morning. a high surf advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m..

snowing right now at blue canyon and truckee, but it'll probably going up in advance of the system ando back down tomorrow. heavier rain tomorrow, although the north bay will get in on it sooner. it'll be a cloudy day for the san jose area and later on we'll start to see the rain come in. rain off and on takes us to the end of the week. pam, ken. >>> thank you, steve. >>> the san francisco 49ers did not take long to sign controversial wide receiver randy moss. the 35-year-old worked out yesterday and then signed a one- year contract. moss has played on several teams, including the oakland raiders. he's been criticized in the past for arguing with coaches and not being a team player. but moss says it's a bad wrap. and joining the niners could send a fresh start >> we'll see how he does. a lot of high expectations there. >>> time now 4:57. we are on storm watch this morning as a big storm roll noose the bay area this morning. if it's not wet where you are, it will be soon. the traffic trouble spots where weather is already affecting your morning commute coming up.

and more on the energy sector ukraine has reportedly in talks with truckee romania and germany imports of gas kiev has been a long running dispute with russia's gas problem over prices and is looking to diversify its supply base according to commerce on daily wants to buy up to eleven billion cubic meters from the new forces that's roughly one quarter of what it annually imports from russia. and that's all the latest from the business desk i'll be back in about fifteen minutes i'll see about. with the end of the boer war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that you killed weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake especially the founders of the nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. of the significance to use it as a threat or as an echo of it but you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of venture you're going to blow everybody up you you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up with no food weapons a bill. that represents all the firepower of

this is that's why i was talking about circle thank you as you say i'm sorry in truckee here but you know we're talking tens and even hundreds of billions of euros as you say going to the lenders are not going to the greek economy if that's the way if that's the future here then what is the future for the country how can greece get out of this what you call this this constant state of deteriorating life or death as you put it. i think if the only solution is to stop following this. to have a completely saint's of policies because i believe that saying yes to whatever our lenders want to for now i think it's their moment and we are going to cover elections in less than forty days to give a different answer to that i think the only possible solution for us is a restructuring of power again that is going to be made by our parents by the parents of other lenders. solutions like that at the national level beginning from what russia has done in nineteen ninety eight. has done in two thousand and one has done. it is not so. good this is not meant to die let's let's listen just one more thin

boreal mountain resort in truckee reported-46". forecasters say snow will continue to fall off an on throughout the weekend. can always find weather alerts by going to our website ktvu.com. >>> search teams spread out in gilroy looking for a missing woman, who was feared dead. she is believed to be the victim of her own son. an iraq war veteran blamed form killing his little sister before killing himself. janine de la vega shows us where searches are are looking. >> reporter: dozens of people met at the redwoods apartment today, all of them want to help find 52- year-old martha gutierrez. >> it's raining and cold and they don't feel nothing. they just feel the heart, because they help look for her. >> reporter: friends and neighbors searches the brush for any sign of gutierrez. with the steady rain falling, many feared that the rising levels may hide evidence. police say they believe gutierrez' son abel may have seriously hurt or killed her. the searchers covered about 45 miles along with cadaver and police dogs. they are large can

it went down between truckee and tahoe city. is there word of the condition? >> this skier left here about 20 minutes ago in critical condition. and crews say they found the skier inside of the terrain. they believe he was there about three hours until crews could get to them. doug, what can you tell us about the rescue operation today? >> we get called by our sheriff's office here. and then, our group is called in orderic search and rescue team. so everybody drop what's they're doing and gets gear together and races out here to the scene. and we get our act together, get prepared. saddle up and head out and climb up to where the victim was. one of the reporting parties came down and went over the top of the mountain to them. it was a safer route than from the side. we found him with another ski partner and we did our best to stabilize him. and get him down the mountain. >> describe for us the skier condition when you found him. he left here in critical condition. >> he was wrapped around a tree and had multiple broken limbs. he was, it was a tough situation a

here is another look at the webcam in truckee. coming up in 10 minutes, we will go to ktvu's ken pritchett who is gathering the latest on the storm. >> the wind and rain means delays san francisco international airport. and the rain caused heavy damage today to a candy store in oakland. coming up, ktvu's paul chambers tells us why this storm could not have happened at a worse time. >>> we have breaking news right now. highway 1 in deafennal's slide is shut down because of a accident. it has a head on collision. both directions of traffic are shut down. we are working to get more information. as we get more information we will bring it to you. >>> neighborhood nanny is at the center of a molestation case. ktvu's maureen naylor is live with why police are saying the investigation is growing tonight. >> reporter: the last 24 hours police say they have been inundated with qualities since announcing the arrest of this nanny. authorities feel more victims may come foreyard. >> reporter: john walker is behind bars after a child told thei

. >> reporter: two hours after she arrive at the truckee hospital i was the only reporter allowed to interview anna conrad, she didn't think she had done anything miraculous. eating snow, trapped in a deep two by four space of what was worse of an employee locker room. >> until today i knew it was an avalanche that had hit. >> what was it like today when they found you. >> fantastic. >> reporter: her boyfriend and five others were dead. the head of avalanche control still missing. searchers called to say that they had found the last known missing person, keany but he was not alive. >> they decided they would have to amputate my right leg below the knee and all the toes were gone on the other side. >> reporter: that did not stop her. collins now a wife and mother of two. she skis and works at mammoth mountain. >> you have to enjoy where you are and what you have been given. >> reporter: in this case life, life an avalanche almost took away 22 years ago. >>> a ray with a notorious path is set for tomorrow night. more than 12,000 people are expected at pop 2012. the event happened two y

at truckee 23. so see that little snow we have there.s going to be aarriving in the higher elevations mid-week and lower elevations, lake level we're talking rain. so these will be warm storms moving in. back home we have plenty of clouds in emeryville this morning and few peeks of sun out to livermore and mountain view and san jose, looking pretty the good, as well. 48 in oakland. 48 in san francisco. it been chilly in north bay. a little wind for you and numbers have come up to the mid 40s this morning. we've had a breeze around the delta. 45 in there. fremont, 45, los gatos, 46 degrees. partly cloudy skies and few extra clouds at our coast. otherwise the rain holds off for the most part until tomorrow, light rain but if you do have plans tomorrow, plan on a rainy afternoon on and off with cooler temperatures than today. today coming down 10-15 degrees and a wet pattern certainly by the middle of the week to end of the week, we're going to make up for lost time. water vapor imagery, not a good picture. we've got one front that is pushi

sierra live picture of snow falling in is blue canyon this is when chain controls begin now on 80 to truckee requirements on 50 now but good idea to take them with you. >>> major medical study raising concerns about eating red meat. it says the more red meat you eat the more likely you are to die early. the study involves information from more than 120,000 americans who recorded their diet for 20 years. researchers at harvard found eating one smaller of red meat a day to increase risk of death by 12%. your chances of dying of heart disease goes up 16% and cancer by 10%. processed meat could be even worse. >> higher red meat consumption was associated with a high risk of premature death. both processed and unprocessed red meat had higher risk of premature deaths the processed meat was somewhat higher. >> the harvard school of public health found replacing red meat with fish, poultry and nuts reduced the mortality risk of those involved in the study. >>> new warning about drinking water contamination in parts of california. researchers finding nitrate in water in california's agricultural hear

summit near truckee. where train controls were in effect. >> really windy. tough to keep up right now. we have all the trucks at maximum. >> reporter: with our chains on we made our way to donner summit. the chp was that rest area, ready to respond. >> definitely. >> and then some. lots of spin outs. >> reporter: there were no serious crashes despite strong winds blowing around. fresh snow. we saw several cars slightly losing control and some doing it for fun. traffic seemed light. the roads will not be clear till tomorrow. >> make sure you have chains with you. washer fluid filled. it is very cold right now. >> reporter: because of the strong winds, heavy snow, officials have declared a avalanche warning for the sierra saying these are ripe conditions. the chp say they are keeping an eye out for slides on i-80 but as of this afternoon they have not seen snow in bulk. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> chief meteorologist bill martin. >> they will issue it day by day. tomorrow, today, the avalanche danger is high. tomorrow it will come down. in the moun

. >>> just checked on the -- chain requirements you will need them on i-80 between nyack and truckee.nd advisory for the bay bridge they just added the richmond san rafael bridge to the list both hands on the we'll san mateo and dumbarton bridge. live shot of the san mateo bridge windy across. a few earlier accidents right now they've been cleared so far quiet. >>> 5:20. >>> next, new reports of sticking accelerators this time the spotlight is on an american carmaker. >>> consequences of eating red meat. i'm rob nelson. os at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> good morning. 5:22. you are looking live at pictures of the golden gate bridge. slick roadways from the rain also wind out there both hands on the wheel as you cross the bridges. more on that coming up. >>> it is 5:23. a caution this morning if you drive a ford taurus or mercury sable. federal regulators looking into complaints of sticky accelerators like the ones that plagued the toyota. two drivers claim

. >> reporter: two hours after she arrive at the truckee hospital i was the only reporter allowed torview anna conrad, she didn't think she had done anything miraculous. eating snow, trapped in a deep two by four space of what was worse of an employee locker room. >> until today i knew it was an avalanche that had hit. >> what was it like today when they found you. >> fantastic. >> reporter: her boyfriend and five others were dead. the head of avalanche control still missing. searchers called to say that they had found the last known missing person, keany but he was not alive. >> they decided they would have to amputate my right leg below the knee and all the toes were gone on the other side. >> reporter: that did not stop her. collins now a wife and mother of two. she skis and works at mammoth mountain. >> you have to enjoy where you are and what you have been given. >> reporter: in this case life, life an avalanche almost took away 22 years ago. >>> a ray with a notorious path is set for tomorrow night. more than 12,000 people are expected at pop 2012. the event happened two years

in truckee, 37 with sunshine. tahoe valley airport 39. southerly wind gusting to 38 miles an hour.re has been a little bit of snow, back home. high clouds and also some sunshine trying to bust through those clouds and doing a good job of it. low cloud cover and mist and drizzle has been here. live doppler shows we're picking up some returns especially out to highway 1, sea ranch, healdsburg, santa rosa and cloverdale and clearlake but to get further south in petaluma and we are looking at the drizzle the light rain and it does extend to highway 101. it is falling apart this weak front. as it does, moisture in place so still calling for a few showers out here. this is prelude, it primes the atmosphere for a series of storm systems that will head our way right through the weekend. tomorrow doesn't look like we'll see any big amount of rain, just a cans on your monday. >> 45 in mountain view. 52 in napa. we do have a fog along the coast. rain and drizzle this morning, chance of rain throughout the day today. rainy, spring arrives march 19th and we have a very wintry week ahead. here a

the train controls are in effect from the baxter exit over to truckee. you can expect difficult riding tonight and through much of tomorrow. >>> all of that new snow prompted with high winds, prompted an avalanche warning today. gene is a member of the alpine ski patrol. he was out there looking for problem areas. >> in the morning, this will be loaded up again, we'll come through and either do ski cutting, or use explosives to release the avalanches from the small pockets. >> reporter: the avalanche center says the danger for avalanches right now is greatest on slopes that are facing north, that are 35 degrees or steeper. skiers are also advised to stay clear of back country terrain. ♪ [ music ] >>> we got our rain around here. they're getting their snow in the mountains. take a look at live stormtracker 2. right now, the next round of showers coming down from the north. we're going to talk about that in a bit. but the sierra nevada is the story right now. up to 3 feet of snow, and there's more on the way. as we mentioned, of course it's a winter storm

the train controls are in effect from the baxter exit over to truckee. you can expect difficult riding tonight and through much of tomorrow. >>> all of that new snow prompted with high winds, prompted an avalanche warning today. gene is a member of the alpine ski patrol. he was out there looking for problem areas. >> in the morning, this will be loaded up again, we'll come through and either do ski cutting, or use explosives to release the avalanches from the small pockets. >> reporter: the avalanche center says the danger for avalanches right now is greatest on slopes that are facing north, that are 35 degrees or steeper. skiers are also advised to stay clear of back country terrain. ♪ [ music ] >>> we got our rain around here. they're getting their snow in the mountains. take a look at live stormtracker 2. right now, the next round of showers coming down from the north. we're going to talk about that in a bit. but the sierra nevada is the story right now. up to 3 feet of snow, and there's more on the way. as we mentioned, of course it's a winter storm

buchanan we'll follow that, snow in the --+s> sierra chains required 80 east and westbound kingvale to truckee 50 as well chains between twin bridges and highway 89 accident southbound 101 before candlestick they've got it to the two left lanes we'll show you that on tpwhaeuz a moment. flooding in the napa area, highway 12 closed earlier stall due to flooding napa to fremont drive due to flooding. as we move to the waze app, reporters showing us traffic at a standstill if you are traveling southbound 101 through brisbane this was 20 minutes ago. you can join our exclusive traffic spotters by going to abc7news.com and clicking on the waze app. take a look at our bay bridge toll moving well no metering lights high wind advisory on that, golden gate and richmond san rafael. >>> we have breaking news. there was an earthquake again in japan after the one a few hours ago 6.8, possibly two aftershocks all within the past hour, hour and a half, 5.4 and 6.1. >> looks like the order was the 6.1 then almost an hour later the 5.4 this is off the coast of honshu. it would have been felt in tokyo. no report

this or other state area bridges gearhart some of what >>darya: here is a live look outside, 80 at truckees a little bit wet. we will be right back. >>james: the new ipad goes on sale in less than three hours during apple is opening its doors after fade a.m.. long lines are already forming. here's a look at tents the chair outside. the first person started camping out at 10:00 p.m. on wednesday. if you do not want to wait here are eight views suggestions. 24 hour wal-mart's started selling them after mid 94 rises stores fog >>darya: we're continuing our strong coverage in just a couple of minutes. his left outside. floats to the bay bridge does not look too bad. safe we will be right back with more. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an

kristen was telling you about the chains needed in the sierra, here's a live shot now of i-80 in truckeeee all the snow you need them on highway 50 as well. here's our waze traffic maps if you are thinking about heading through the altamont pass traffic still flowing well keep in mind those ace train delays. you can go to abc7news.com/waze to download our free exclusive traffic app. >>> 5:40. >>> who would do such a thing? the hundreds of peninsula graves desecrated by somebody looking to make a fast buck. >>> new help for homeowners? proposal from california's top cop that would make it harder to lose your home to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> california's attorney general has unveiled a homeowner's bill of rights. a package of six bills aimed at protecting homeowners from unfair foreclosure proceedings. the measures would great a grand jury to investigate the worst-cases of fraud and protection for renters including policies to prevent unfair evictions and penalty for banks that robo signed documents. one measure would simplify negotiations between bank

from gold run to truckee. roads going to be an issue as you make your way up this morning. we have seen the caltrans plows out and about. we can see you can see there. last week we couldn't see the road because of a stronger storm but they still had their hands full keeping things clear. no issues that we know of on the roads. so all things considered, we are doing well here as another storm is rolling through. sun yesterday very different story today. >> skis on the top of the roofs heading up 80. >> well, eastbound is on the other side. this is the westbound side so these are people heading down the hill. squaw valley last week said we haven't had a chance to ski. >>> international concerns are dragging down the market. but we are going to the weather first because we can. >> that's right. thank you very much. fast-moving cold front down through the south bay. could see leftover showers early on today but they will be long gone and it will be all about the winds. 40s now outside but the winds whipping up 20,

he was taken to a truckee hospital where he later died. >>> a water fountain in the middle of the crookedeststreet in the world. the tourists on lombard street got the memory of a lifetime. the car hit a fire high dran. you can see what happened after that. water into the air and garages and nearby homes as well. >> it's a really cool street, even cooler when it's covered in water. and there's firefighters everywhere. it's an exciting tourist attraction for the day. >> no word on the condition of that driver. firefighters were able to stop the flow of water about a half hour later. but boy, the pictures that those tourists get to take home. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." still to come, we are following the deadly outbreak of tornadoes in the midwest. a month's worth in just a day. the death toll spikes overnight. the latest information there. >>> meantime around the bay area, a much more calm weather picture. from san bruno mountain,ies andg skies andspringng-like weather coming our way. the details when we come right back. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash..

that's a hill just outside the alpine meadow ski area located between truckee and tahoe city. reporter kristen filed this report earlier this evening. >> rest caw crew now starting to clear the scene. they found the skier about a mile inside this terrain. they believe he was there for about 3 hours until crew could get to him. standing here with doug reid part of the rescue team. what can you tell us about the rescue operation today? >> we went up and of the top of the mountain and skied back down to him. it was a safer route than skiing in from the side. and we found him with one of his other ski partners and we did our best to stabilize him. wrap him up. get him into our sled. and get him down the mountain. he was wrapped around a tree and multiple broken limbs. so it was it was a pretty tough situation from the good it go and to try and get him unwrapped and then packaged up and loaded for the sled ride down was tough. >>reporter: now reminder for skiers out here. there are warning signs around here letting people know that this is an avalanche danger area. again the skier

. >> the injured skier was taken to the hospital in truckee where he died.rt. so far none of the skiers has been identified. >> this morning a memorial dedicated to war veterans is ready to be rededicated after a bay area community spent $30,000 to repair damage left by vandals. damian trujillo is live in san jose with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the san jose war memorial had been boarded up but yesterday the volunteers and the contractor put the finishing touches on the restoration of the san jose war memorial. vandals shattered three of these glass panels, each worth about $18,000. we brought a vietnam veteran out here and he told us it was one of the most disgusting things he witnessed and he saw a lot. volunteers got together and able to restore the memorial. the expensive glass panels were replaced with cheaper more durable glass. now each costs about $2,000 instead of 18. so the memorials of our men and women will again be in full display in the center of downtown san jose. in a couple weeks there will abrededication of

check out 80 at truckee.ou can see flashing lights as one of the vehicles is making its way down to check out the roadways. we do have chain restrictions and requirements on all of the passes. we could have another 2 ft. of snow today. at that yesterday and you finally have a winter getting started. take a look at storm tracker 4. you can see the wide area of snow coming down right now and tall. we are expecting more. you will need chains but it will be worth it. >>mark: and other stories we are following, reports of a gunman on a middle school campus prompted a large show of force in livermore. a suspect was on live grounds, alejandra cerball is there. >>alejandra: 17 children have been reunited with their parents after east avenue middle school was locked down. a woman reported a man with a rifle on campus. police say the children aren't safe in a classroom while they searched the school for hours but never found anyone. >> we do not know anything, we only got an initial call of someone on campus with a rif

crews took him to a truckee hospital in critical he died several hours later.lasan. >> there was a motorcycle rider traveling southbound got ejected into the northbound lanes delay not bad traffic still moving around 51 miles an hour because it is friday light. not much of a delay at the bay bridge toll. >>> seeing a lot of sun out there we'll talk to meteorologist mike nicco about >>> temperatures still in the 30s and 40s. in the afternoon warmer than yesterday 58 half moon bay and clear lake low to mid 60s for the rest of us. 30s and 40s tonight. warmest two days saturday and sunday before rain and cooler ♪ stole a key ♪ took a car downtown where the lost boys meet ♪ >>> what else do we have to say? you see the clock. less than a minute, coldplay here live in times square. >> we've been counting down all morning. we're so close right now. all of you at home have a front row seat. lara outside with a lot of excited fans. >> hi, you guys. i wanted to look through the window and see you. i'm so excited. i can't wait to get in there. you can see the crowd is huge