bragg, about ten minutes away from getting into ukiah.change going through the rest of the morning. starting off in the north bay the rain will drop in probably just before lunchtime, the timing hour by hour and by 11:00 the rain band moves through san francisco and into the south bay. by the time we get to 1:30 in the afternoon near fremont but notice how the rain starts to break up as the system slides south it will weaken somewhat. lingering showers tonight and then tomorrow clearing skies. the system while it will bring rain, not a lot. most of the accumulation is north of san francisco and you can see that there about a tenth of an inch maybe in the north bay, so not a whole lot expected out of this system. the weekend will start off with some showers. i do want to point out the big pattern shift starting monday. high pressure's going to build back in once again and our temperatures will get soaring back into the 60s and 70s especially by next tuesday and wednesday, those temperatures are going to climb on up once again. today chance

you can see some of that up in the higher country. 37 ukiah. monterey 52. one some moves out pretty rapidly. there will be another low flirting with us on sunday. we will probably get some clouds but nothing else. a lot of upper 50s and lower 60s. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning. traffic is doing pretty well to start off the morning as we look at the way to get into san francisco in case you are trying to go there right now. it should be a ten minute drive from the toll plaza to san francisco. notice you don't see any road work here. we've been checking, the traffic is moving well. also looking at the commute on 580 westbound as you drive through it has been a nice drive. it's 4:30 let's go back to the desk. >>> there is one confirmed injury in an early morning house fire. it started early this morning at a home just a few blocks from the new 49er stadium. janine de la vega is joining us live from santa clara to tell us how neighbors may have prevented a tragedy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brian. firefighters are still here on the scene i

so, when we zoom in here, you can see most of the rain east of 101 in ukiah.getting returns now around bodega bay, sea ranch, some very slight rain, but at least it's something. we're talking about just a drop in the bucket in the north bay, and you're probably not going to see any at all south of the golden gate. so, showers mainly north, but you could likely see one around alameda today, but it will be towards the afternoon when things really begin to fall apart. temperatures with the cloud cover in the upper 50s to near 60 today. changes arrive as soon as the second half of the weekend. a look at that and maybe some record warmth in the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. katie? >> lisa, thank you. >>> new this morning, president obama is promising 2014 will be a year of action for the economy. in his weekly address, he says the first priority is to extend unemployment benefits to more than a million americans who lost theirs when congress allowed the benefits to expire. the president says the payments help americans who were laid off through no fault

there have been a few sprinkles around ukiah and falling below the radar beam. the rain is coming as you look at the computer animation tonight you will see drizzle going into the wee hours of the morning. the commute will include drizzle. the showers beginning around santa rosa and ukiah and the rain line shifts a little bit and then it starts to work its way southward. as you look at the view it is hard to see from our emeryville camera. this is what your morning chute will include. commute will include. i will be back with a look at how much rain we will get out of the system. >> you can track the rain using live doppler 7hd on on our abc7 news weather app. that app also makes it easy to share photos of how you are welcoming the rain. you can download information at abc7news.com/app. >>> a driver is in custody after a high speed chase that topped 110 miles an hour. it ended with a crash at highway 85 and the union avenue off-ramp in san jose. the chase started when officers tried to pull over the car on 280 near hillsboro after they saw that it was stolen. th

there have been a few sprinkles around ukiah and falling below the radar beam. the rain is coming as you look at the computer animation tonight you will see drizzle going into the wee hours of the morning. the commute will include drizzle. the showers beginning around santa rosa and ukiah and the rain line shifts a little bit and then it starts to work its way southward. as you look at the view it is hard to see from our emeryville camera. this is what your morning chute will include. commute will include. i will be back with a look at how much rain we will get out of the system. >> you can track the rain using live doppler 7hd on on our abc7 news weather app. that app also makes it easy to share photos of how you are welcoming the rain. you can download information at abc7news.com/app. >>> a driver is in custody after a high speed chase that topped 110 miles an hour. it ended with a crash at highway 85 and the union avenue off-ramp in san jose. the chase started when officers tried to pull over the car on 280 near hillsboro after they saw that it was stolen. th

ukiah county reporting light rain. this will gradually spread to the south. rainfall will pick up intensity. it will be a quick mover. coming up we'll take a look at this and show you the sweep and the current rainfall pattern out there. mum we'll take a look -- -- coming up we'll take a look at the sierra as well. >>> just go to ktvu.com for to check the forecast for the area where you live under the hot topics section. you will find our drought coverage including the varying water restrictions by water districts around the bay area. >>> we have new information this noontime on a dog attack that left two people injured in san francisco's golden gate park. san francisco animal care and control gave us this photo showing the second dog involved which was caught just this morning. police say around 10:30 last night, the two pit bulls attacked a man at a homeless camp near 25th avenue and lincoln way. another man stepped into help and the dogs turned on him. >> some guy was getting mauled beside the bench located right over here, and then i hear this woman screa

there have been a few sprinkles around ukiah and falling below the radar beam. coming as you look at the computer animation tonight you will see drizzle going into the wee hours of the morning. the commute will include drizzle. the showers beginning around santa rosa and ukiah and the rain line shifts a little bit and then it starts to work its way southward. as you look at the view it is hard to see from our emeryville camera. this is what your morning chute will include. commute will include. i will be back with a look at how much rain we will get out of the system. >> you can track the rain using livedoppler 7hd on on our abc7 news weather app. that app also makes it easy to share photos of how you are welcoming the rain. you can download information at abc7news.com/app. >>> a driver is in custody after a high speed chase that topped 110 miles an hour. it ended with a crash at highway 85 and the union avenue off-ramp in san jose. the chase started when officers tried to pull over the car on 280 near hillsboro after they saw that it was stolen. the driver took

livermore at 34. 31 ukiah. a couple upper 20s. and 41 down in monterey.oisture continues to stream in toward the gulf. deep south. parts of florida. and the snow is lining up from chicago also into michigan and wrapping back over and all the way over to the front range. the key could be winter storm warnings out for boston. if you have travel plans tomorrow and into friday you could have problems. just patchy fog. a little warmer. highs today. 60 east side mid 60s to upper 60s. kentfield 64-degree. antioch 65. 62 in alameda. 68 morgan hill to 70 in gilroy. santa clara both at 67. 65 palo alto. redwood city 66. slightly warmer thursday. >>> it could cost you less to fill up in 2014. aaa says drivers can expect to spend about five cents less a gallon. that is because the united states is producing more of its crude oil. >>> a west sacramento cheese company is recalling of its cashew cheese. the cheese was sold in eight ounce containers at natural food stores and farmers markets. in the bay area, sacramento, and reno. seven flavors are included. they have ex

even oakland airport at 36. 24 in reno. 19 in tahoe. 30 ukiah.ationally there are all sorts of things going on. a lot of tropical moisture streaming up in the deep south. but boston is talking about it, new york. they may be seeing blizzard conditions by tonight. if you have to travel there, right now would be a good time to go. for us its just the same old same old. just nothing is changing. just looks like a very quiet pattern. a little warmer one day, a little cooler the next. slightly warmer today. afternoon temps. i looked at projections 10-15, 17 days out and there is no sign of any rain. 60s on the temps. i know its nice but this is a horrible pattern for us when we need this. we need rain and a lot of it. 62 alameda. 70 gilroy. 70 santa cruz. san jose 67. santa clara is in there as well. these are above average temps. it does look nice on the weekend. just a little cooler. >>> time is 6:48. let's check in with tori campbell for a look at what is coming up on mornings on 2. happy new year. >> happy new year. coming up on mornings on 2 a po

still cloud cover in the sierra. 25 up in tahoe. 36 ukiah. 36 eureka. more of a northwest direction. a little chill in the morning air. overall highs where they should be this time of year which is 58 to 62. clearing, cooler, northwest breeze. sunny, breezy conditions today. highs right where seasonal averages tell us they should be for the end of january. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning. we are looking at a nice looking drive sol far on this friday. a little better than yesterday when we had the wet roads. i'm just saying it's just a little better because we don't have as many crashes. we don't have anything major to report on the bay bridge coming into san francisco. we're looking at the commute here on interstate 880. the traffic is moving along very nicely past the coliseum. this morning's drive is looking good. we are checking into a possible car fire on westbound 24 at pleasant hill road. we'll check in on that and get back to you. >>> we are starting with developing news from santa clara. at least one person is hurt in an early morning house

a few showers over ukiah. next up cloverdale, northern sonoma county.say that rain crosses the golden gate at 1:00 this morning. when you wake up this tomorrow, everybody will be picking up rain. tune into our morning show starting at 4:30. lawrence will have the forecast for you bright and early with rain on the radar. we're cloudy in san jose, still waiting for the rainfall over the beautiful city of san francisco where 55 degrees and cloudy. we have had drizzle throughout the day. san jose livermore 60. concord 59. oakland 58. we need rainfall. normal rainfall for the water year july 1 through today 13 inches. there is an 11.2" deficit. we need to catch up. we need a lot of storms over the next several weeks to catch up. this is the first one. low pressure moving into the pacific northwest right now. a lot of rainfall mountain snow for them. we are seeing some heavier showers over the sierra right now but the rain hasn't made it down. if you like showers, that's it. it's this other low pressure area that although move through tonight and push this mo

, 23 in ukiah, and in northern florida, and the low has the snow.g it up, this is already prompting the winter storm warnings and this will be a whopper for boston long island but the next 36 hours, but it will be a mild thursday at least it will bring us some cooler conditions and i would be surprised here. mostly sunny, chilly cold morning, not as cold, 60s on the temperatures, santa cruz, capitoa, near 70s towards the marin coast and it looks okay starting now. >>> and calling for and an illegal immigrant. >>> plus witnesses say it was not fireworks spotted in the sky as the new year began. >>> going down the app, and watch on your smart phone, be connected any time anywhere. . >>> in fairfield, deputy was chasing after a stolen car causing it to crash into the deputies' car near hunter pence avenue. a second suspect was caught an hour later and the he can tent of the deputies' injuries have not been released.. >>> it happened around 7:30 the pursuit lasted several minutes before the suspect's car crashed into a pole and on 22nd in the bay view d

so it is cold for some and we have cool picture there and 27 up in ukiah, and there is some cold, coldl still be mild to warm and so far there is no sign, anything breaking through, temperatures come down, we could see a little bit of fog and it is slightly cooler for some. 60s to lower to mid-70s and vallejo, 65 and 67 in walnut creek, danville, brentwood, oakland, 70 in downtown oakland and make sure they don't make it to 64 it would be pretty cool and and upper lower 70s on the peninsular. most will you through the week, it looks a little cool towards the end of the week. >> thank you . 6:51, it the time the additional troops are brought in and they are prompting are russian leaders to increase security for the event. >>> and broncos and seahawks are getting ready for each other and they are making the nfl nervous. map -- nervous. . >>> welcome back, it is 6:54 u.s. lawmakers are expressing concerns after a newly surfaced video threatened an attack. after about a month ago, they were targets in the russian city and these two men posted a video claiming responsibility for attacks. th

i know it is 17 and up know up in ukiah, over automatic 660s and -- 60s and 70s and retrograde takes over, it will not do much for us and it is still five days away. above average temperatures, way above average temperatures and between should be between 67 and 52 and we are sitting guile some of the low west. 60s or near 70s but if you like this kind of weather, up know we need written. i have washed my car and i know we need rain dances tara but still dry, no rain. >> i thought i was going to plant new grass but i have to wait because with the drought -- >> with other flowers, it doesn't show up until april reeling. >> so no march rain? >> maybe april 2nd we'll see some rain. >> we might have to make you do your rain dance. >> okay. >>> many whales went back into deep are waters after two of the whales became beached in maple florida. many stayed with the pod until they were able to free the whales and drove the pod back out to see and they are worried because they appeal not to be eating. >> they will continue to do that until it gets into a dangerous situation like this one did.

off 50s to 41 and 32 up in ukiah, put 29 in other areas, still not as cold. still aful did i day with very low of 0s and most locations -- 60s and most locations settling back to the 50s. >>> we are looking at a morning commute which is not all that bad and as a matter of fact traffic continues to look good. also near the oakland coliseum, it is testify off to a new start as you drive town to hayward you will see it soon. let's go back to the desk. >>> it happened in the area of the hilltop mall. more than 3300 customers are currently without power. the lights went out at 3:00 this morning and it is expected to be restored at 7:00 this morning. we have a call and we will bring you the latest information as soon as we get it. >>> forecasters are calling it a polar vortex and it is not over yet. some cities are keeping schools closed. yesterday they dropped to 11 degrees below zero and the chicago zoo brought in all the animals, keeping all the animals warm to prevent hypothermia. >> my hands were so cold and my feet were so cold and my hands hurt so much and i

there goes our system out of the picture. 35 in ukiah. a little system right there. be on sunday. tomorrow looks sunny. colder at night. we'll get clouds on sunday. and then it stays all the way down to southern california. after that it looks cool but generally dry no sun. we're back into a cooler pattern. sunny and breezy today. clearing cooler. normal this time of year. that is exactly where we will be on the highs today. and tonight the lows inland will dip into the 30s. expect for sunday when we will cloud it up. it looks like sunny to mostly sunny. >>> 6:51 is the time. busy interstate could end up a toll road. the proposal that could cost solo drivers between san ramon and walnut creek. >>> what does colin kaepernick think about richard sherman? the message kaepernick has. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. if you haven't been watching the dow pretty big hit this morning. it would drop. the dow jones now live look at the big board down 186 points right now. more than 1%. abouts same picture percentage wise for the -- still some concern. a lot

warnings are out here and it was 82 degrees for a record high, from here to southern california, 29 ukiah, high pressure, this kind of a pattern when it builds this high up, you can see it coming from underneath and it will be high clouds. and sunny more record clouds, we still get that offshore breeze, 70s for many, and sunny and warm, probably not as breezy, a little cooler and still dry as we go into the weekend. >>> we will try their luck, it is part 2 of the season 13, kickoff. >> oh, my hand... >> last night's show festured auditions from boston and austin texas and they have awe discs from san francisco, thousands of future kerry underwood was there and ryan sea crest was there and starting tomorrow night at 9:00 on ktvu. >>> oscar nominations are scheduled to be announced, 12 years of slaves will be getting best nomination and best picture picture. they are expected to get best actor for dallas buyers club and cate blanchette will get best actress for blue jasmine. >> i am told it and this is how much she received on that bill and how she plans on treating herself. >>> and the fir

light rain for your we cut down to ukiah. pressure is starting to break down. >> the chance for widespread rain will be wednesday night into thursday. when this storm is all done, we may see an inch or two for the north bay hills. it looks like even a quarter of an inch for those of you to the south. we are still below where we should be for this time of year. a again, rain will arrive in a wide spread capacity. it looks like we will see it continue into thursday and friday. past that warmer conditions and dry weather will stick around. >> the time now is 5:33 a.m.. >> we are still looking at great conditions around the bay we have not tracked any hot spots. there are no problems for the westbound ride. the quick commute check shows in the east bay is where we have a problem at 580. their work early morning incidents with closures that back things up but that has been cleared. it is just a normal pattern. we should see things slow for highway 4. the north bay ride traffic is very light. >> the time is 5 t 30 4:00 5:34 a.m.. a

i think .03 in ukiah. we'll take anything we can get. a lot of cloud cover. some of that will continue to stream in. points north will get light rain. for us, it's really mild. 40s and 50s. concord, buchanan and 53. casey has 55. same for sfo, half moon bay, 52. san jose, 50. i think you get the idea, a lot of cloud cover means very mild temperatures. you can see some of that rain beginning to stack up a little bit. most of it is moving north towards del norte and humboldt county. chloe in clearlake says there's been light rain. but there's not a lot here. you can see the ridge of high pressure continues to send everything well to the north. our best bet will be here. that will be late wednesday into thursday. unfortunately, after that, i don't see much. 50s for many. most of the cloud cover continues to stream northward. we're going to need some help. we'll need help with the jet stream and a little bit of digging for the next system to come in. rain will pick up on the north coast and mendocino county, lake county, up in the sierra nevada as well. as we hea

right now it will stay that way for the bulk of the week. 33 ukiah. 21 up in tahoe.t looks like a very mild warm week. in fact record highs there could be a few today but more likely tomorrow there could be temperatures upper 70s by wednesday. sunny and breezy. 72 clear lake. they may hit 80 on wednesday. 60s and 70s. 60s i mean just kind of pushing the temperatures in the areas that are way above average. especially santa cruz. a lot of mid 60s. it will be as nice on the coast as it will be the rest of the peninsula just because that breeze is there. very warm temps. >> thanks. >>> 5:20 is the time. several airlines say they have submitted bids to buy take off and landing rights. american airlines and u.s. airways were required to give up 104 slots to get approval for their recent merger so delta, jet blue and southwest say they are interested in buying those slots. >>> united airlines getting ready to open its new boarding area at sfo. i has done a makeover at boarding area e. it now has a view of the runways. work space that includes 375 outlets. it will offer ten

some of this popping up into severe categories. 27 in tahoe. 38 ukiah.or us somewhere mostly sunny skies. occasionally higher clouds come by. temperatures coming up a little bit not a lot. a lot of low 60s here. mid 60s san jose is in there. morgan hill is 65. livermore and antioch 62. clouds mostly cloudy. cloudy on saturday. drizzle and light rain. and sunshine and warmer temps monday and tuesday. >>> samsung is hinting the next smart phone could include an eye scanner. the coke january electronics d -- they are using eye scanners. it would be used to unlock the device. that would be a step beyond apple's fingerprint scanner. >>> time is 6:22. less than an hour ago the federal government announced the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level since 2008 but coming up in 15 minutes from now why economists are really disappointed about the new jobless numbers. >>> plus the new arrival at six flag discovery kingdom. and we'll tell you why there is so much excitement there. >>> time now 6:25. celebrating a new baby at sixes discovery kingdom. a bottle

just have a lot of cloud coverage 40s and 50s and in fact it is holding temperatures way up. 45 in ukiah which has a little bit of precipitation. ridge ever high pressure will build, one forecast model brings rain down to the north bay and one says no, it will probably stay to the north. back up and maybe 72 degrees by thursday. everybody is really close. cool to mild, temperatures are warming up on friday and then there is that system, clears out sunday and it looks warmer pamela. >>> macy's is cutting jobs and closing stores. they plan on eliminating 25 jobs across the country and workers could be transferred to other locations. they are planning on shutting five stores but they are planning on adding 8 new stores in the near future. they will also continue to higher new stores for it's on line operations the mobile will partial -- t- mobile will pay early termination fees for those who leave sprint as much as $550 for up to five lines and this is part of their permanent plan to lock customers into long-term deals with its competitors. >>> several restaurants are adding january deals i

cool down but that's about it, 30s and 40s on the temperatures and in the next couple of hours 34 in ukiah, 36 in sacramento, maybe some clouds late in the day. we will have chilly to cold with a lot of temperatures, a few 70s especially towards the santa cruz capital, here is sal. >>> we are looking at a commute that looks good around the bay area, as a matter of fact it is light and we are not expecting a big crowd but you never know what will happen and there are a few major problems on the bridge. on interstate 880 and oakland some of the roadwork is normally there and it is nice and clear there and we will drive up to oakland. it looks like we have a crash near greenville and you might see some activity on the shoulder there. >> 430, let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with developing news, they suspect arson, tara moriarty is on the scene where the chinese government is responding to this fire. >> reporter: the scorch marks go 3 stories high and it is completely burned and those scorch marks go up and if we pan over to the left, you can see there is a video camera there and surve

we may have rain for ukiah. the city of san francisco out towards the south more likely it later on tonight. futurecast 4 * about for you. at 3:00 p.m. it will be cloudy conditions and the green indicates spotty showers. it looks by 10:00 p.m. wish to have more wet weather and also for the morning. >> for the first time in almost 30 years you will have to pay if you plan to park at the larkspur ferry parking lot. kron four's terisa estacio is at the terminal talking to ferry riders this morning. here's what they had to say. >> at this ferry, starting next week you will have to pay $2 a day to park. or, you can pay $20 a month. there try to offset the deficit that the transit authorities are facing. riders using this ferry are paid to park and i spoke with some about their thoughts. >> what do you think about charging for parking? >> i am not happy about it. i think it to just raise the rates in charge. >> so you are ready your rates go up? >> yes. >> i am all for. >> i just won an easy way to do with. >> is it c

travis bell went to ukiah high school.ffered a wrist injury and might be out of saturday's race. the fellow competitor had a similar injury and it's part of the job. >> that was a similar crash. i went over the front as well. he does the opposite and we want to do very well. we are going to push the limits. to try to be the best. >> fun to watch. that is a dangerous sport. brought to you by river rock casino. >> they are unbelievable. >> it is crazy. >> it is remarkable that it's the speed and the height. >>>. >> selfies and everything is presidential. . >>> time now for early tomorrow morning it will be on the early side. 30 to 48 degrees. partly cloudy and breezy over the hill. sunrise at 7:20. 8:00 a.m. temperatures 32 to 52. a little bit milder. >> thanks very much. >> a new york high school student had the idea of dressing up like presidents and posting them on instagram. >> what was fun quickly went viral. >> from rochester doing his best martin van buren investigation. >> look at the recreation of lyndon b. johnson.

a little bit of rain here in eureka and ukiah. into the afternoon is our best bet for rain for it i don't think it will be until later on tonight perhaps overnight that most of the rain will fall so a lot of us will be sleeping. fortunately, not out on the road looks like we could be dealing with slick conditions weaken up tomorrow morning. if the chance for offset showers continues into your thursday but again the bulk of the rain will actually fall overnight. here's a look at temperatures right now we're in the mid to upper 50s 55 degrees and richmond 57 leaving the house and oakland so it is a little muggy out there. we do have some areas of dense fog and keep in mind we do have a winter weather advisory finally and for the sierra nevada. this is a fairly warm system so i don't think we'll see too much and do with snow at lake level we could accumulate up to 8 in. or 06 thousand feet. for his address 7 day around the bay forecast the unsettled weather for the next couple of days into the weekend expect partly cloudy conditions

travis bell went to ukiah high school. he suffered a wrist injury and might be out of saturday's race. the fellow competitor had a similar injury and it's part of the job. >> that was a similar crash. i went over the front as well. he does the opposite and we want to do very well. we are going to push the limits. to try to be the best. >> fun to watch. that is a dangerous sport. brought to you by river rock casino. >> they are unbelievable. >> it is crazy. >> it is remarkable that it's the speed and the height. >>>. >> selfies and everything is presidential. to those who've been denied ewelcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. . >>> time now for early tomorrow morning it will be on the early side. 30 to 48 degrees. partly cloudy and breezy over the hill. sunrise at 7:20. 8:00 a.m. temperatures 32 to 52. a little bit milder. >> thanks very much. >> a new york high school student had the idea of dressing up like presidents and

san francisco 31, and my spread on the lows will be 28 to 62. 22 to 24, lake tahoe and sacramento, ukiah and it gets cold for some but we have a weekend system that gives us that hoe hum. patchy fog, warm 70s for many, it is clear. sunny and warm, a colder morning inland and we had wind in some of the higher elevations. 60s to 70s, 73 in santa rosa, 73 in morgan hill, 70 in mountain view, temperatures are warming up, lots of sunshine here, it looks quiet, a weak system will come in on saturday and give us more of a westerly breeze partly cloudy on sunday. >>> rolling into walnut creek, when and where you can find a restaurant on wheels. >>> it could be the shortest service from the montana minister, just in time to catch his favorite team kicking off. . >>> welcome back, a gun show is drawing the attention and anger of people more than 2,000 miles away. they held a rally of the national shooting foundation which is also in new town. they want the trade group to stop marketing military type rifles to children. this is after the shooting in knew town connecticut. >> shame on you, choosing

so concerned about the lack of moisture, the lack of rain, only 14% of normal rainfall to date at ukiah. check out san francisco, only 18%. only 12% for livermore, 23% for san jose, 19% for moffet field. so, the declaration of a drought statewide pretty much evident in those numbers, the numbers tell the story. san francisco, 63. 68 in oakland. a look down from the sutro cam, napa, 55. 57 in concord. here's a look at our forecast as we head through the holiday week coming up. you will note that tomorrow is a "spare the air" day. mild to warm holiday weather will continue, and a dry pattern will continue right on in through next week. overnight lows tonight, the coolest lock additions in the north and east bay valley areas. otherwise, pretty mild near the coast, with mid-to-upper 40s expected there. high pressure still dominating, it has been for the last month or so. keeping jet stream well to the north of us. start the weekend a little bit next week, but nonetheless a stream of weather pattern will stay with us through the weekend, and three month outlook, temperatures in the southwest

high pressure is here for awhile. 35 ukiah. monterey 44. 50s southern california. but for us it looks really quiet here this week. sunny and breezy. windy in spots. we are back to a dry forecast for awhile. highs. there might be one or two record highs today. but tomorrow it looks more likely. and in fact, very dry conditions here. 60s to near 70 degrees. and temperatures will continue to warm up. look at that. its just going to be sunny and warm. feels very spring like. a little cooler friday or saturday. but no big deal. it looks quiet and dry for a long time. >> thank you very much. >> as steve mentioned it continues to be dry. a group of people in northern california came together this weekend to pray for rain. nearly 100 people from muslim community in folsom gathered to pray. they united together. members from the group say they had to come out to fulfill their obligation in asking for the rain. the rain did come in the middle of their prayers. you can see a few drops of water start to fall. experts say significant rainfall is needed in the next four to six w

wednesday night ukiah is still dry at 11:00 p.m. then a little rain shows up. possible. be prepared for once again damp roadways. by 11:00 a.m. it is done. as we look at the bigger picture, this is what i am talking about. saturday morning cold front comes in. this is stronger by saturday afternoon we have a chance of rain moving in at least up until until -- for the north bay. high pressure builds back in. san francisco has only had six days of measurable rain since july of last year, july 1st of 2013. that is a tie for the number of days where we have seen measurable rain. tomorrow morning mid30s to the upper 40s with the drizzle around and the clouds and the fog. it is going to feel a little chilly tomorrow afternoon. mid50s to the low 60s and a look at your accu-weather seven-day forecast. drizzle to sprinkles and then we will bring in the chance of rain on saturday. if you do have outdoor plans, be prepared for the possibility of needing those umbrellas. we are thrilled it is looking better and better toward the weekend. >> finally. >> thanks, sandhya. >>

so concerned about the lack of moisture, the lack of rain, only 14% of normal rainfall to date at ukiahout san francisco, only 18%. only 12% for livermore, 23% for san jose, 19% for moffet field. so, the declaration of a drought statewide pretty much evident in those numbers, the numbers tell the story. san francisco, 63. 68 in oakland. a look down from the sutro cam, napa, 55. 57 in concord. here's a look at our forecast as we head through the holiday week coming up. you will note that tomorrow is a "spare the air" day. mild to warm holiday weather will continue, and a dry pattern will continue right on in through next week. overnight lows tonight, the coolest lock additions in the north and east bay valley areas. otherwise, pretty mild near the coast, with mido-upper 40s expected there. high pressure still dominating, it has been for the last month or so. keeping jet stream well to the north of us. start the weekend a little bit next week, but nonetheless a stream of weather pattern will stay with us through the weekend, and three month outlook, temperatures in the southwest, includin

in the meantime, numbers in the 60s in the central valley. 58 at eureka. 59 ukiah.onight, 37 at santa rosa, 38 napa, 39 tonight at fairfield, and 43 in livermore. high clouds overhead are going to keep things a little milder than they were last night. it got very chilly up in the north bay. so we'll look for san francisco to hit 64 degrees for a forecast high tomorrow well above average. livermore 11 degrees above average for this time of the year. and san jose about 6 degrees above average of 60 degrees. morgan hill 66 tomorrow. redwood city 68. union city 62. over in milpitas 65 degrees. over in the east bay, we'll get cold tonight, we'll start out with some sun tomorrow. and 65 degrees at concord. 65 at napa. and 62 degrees at vallejo. in dublin, we'll look at 66 degrees and in pleasanton the same, livermore also the mid- 60s. north bay looks nice at bodega bay 59. rohnert park 65. petaluma 65. 57 degrees chilly over at richmond point. 66 for ukiah tomorrow and 64 degrees at lakeport. extended forecast calling for a few clouds coming in from time to time on frida

ukiah up towards clear lake. that's about it. and eight to ten-day outlook is calling for below precipitation for the bay area and above normal temperatures. looks like the next two to three weeks will remain dry. temperatures in the 60s. tuesday a cooler day with increasing clouds. looks like wednesday, possible thursday. coolest day of our upcome work week. i just threw in a few drops in the north bay just in case. after that, we will look for sunshine saturday and sunday and temperatures will warm back up. >> wow, thank you so much, lee. collin is here with a look at highlights an 49ers, big game. >> yeah. we are talking about weather. colin kaepernick, and a bunch of guys. >> i noticed that. he had to show tattoois. >> they do like him sleeveless. in a game. often settled by inches one way or the other. niners on the fortunate side today. they advance to the divisional round on the final play of the game in green bay. lamb befield, 5 degrees at kick off. creating cloud with every breath. packers, no first downs in opening qua

temps seem to be coming up a little bit on the lows. 37 ukiah. 38 sacramento. that is not too bad for them. you can see the high clouds this weak little system. mostly sunny. 74 in watsonville yesterday. 70 in oakland. 50s and 60s. here is sal. >>> we are looking at a commute that is doing very well on this friday. the traffic continues to look good at the bay bridge toll plaza. yesterday we didn't have much of a crowd here. we are not expecting a big one today. also it looks good on interstate 880 north and southbound. it is a nice looking drive all the way up through downtown. if you are driving this morning on 580 westbound that commute looks good. its 4:30. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> new this morning crews are still watching out for hot spots from a stubborn grass fire. it started shortly after 11:00 last night. a ktvu news crew was on the scene just moments later. investigators say the flames started in a homeless camp and quickly spread. some propane tanks created a hazard for the firefighters. >> the larger propane tanks when they get h

ukiah up to 70. tie of 69 in oakland. pass previous record of 67 degrees.fitt field tied the record of 66 today. unusually mild for winter. this is how much rain we really should be afternooning take the a look at san francisco climat climate. january 4 hatched inches. just under that in february. these are some of the wetter month. march just over three inches and april you should be seeing inch and a half of rain. so far no major storm but still the start of 20 fraechbility east bay hills camera breezy out there. 52 oak land. numbers fallen into the 40's redwood city san jose. half machine bay 46 degrees. tower cam are no problem as far as visibility right now. 40 degrees in santa rosa. it is getting chilly. napa novato in the 30's. 45 in livermore. view from the exploring camera couldn't be better. beautiful there looking towards the financial district of san francisco. chilly start inland tomorrow. it's going to be another mild afternoon with spare the air alert up again. 26th so far this season. fourth consecutive one. dry pattern continuing that next

fairfield is in there. 29 up in ukiah. 33 sacramento. so a little chill in the morning air. 21 up in tahoe. a lot of moisture streams into the deep south and gulf. you can see a series of fast moving systems and a line of snow is twinning to form here. you can see stretching from chicago all the way back to omaha. and back to denver. so somebody is getting active weather. just not us. very dry here. all the way in parts of southern oregon as well. for us it will be a sunny day. a little bit of fog near the coast. but it will be slightly warmer today. some haze fog could form inland. so highs today 60s to near 70 proposal we will go 70 for you good folks down there in santa cruz. morgan hill 68. don ford 64. san mateo 63. i will tell you it looks really quiet. pam i have seen out to the 17th of january. no rain. >> oh no. not good news. thank you. >>> breaking down violence crimes specific in the bay area. a look at some of the cities showing marked improvement and the one place where the homicide rate went up dramatically. >>> the myster

area wide low 70s, livermore, concord, santa rosa, ukiah was a record at 76. this is extremely unusual. people are talking about it on social media. the exploratorium camera looking at the financial district and it is clear. 58 in san francisco and 49 in oakland a and in san jose. half moon bay has just gone up. it was 66 degrees, unbelievable. now it is showing 70 degrees. the wind is definitely influencing half moon bay. that might have been a typo. that's an automatic gauge there at the airport. san francisco clear skies and it is definitely getting chilly where the wind isn't really blowing. 38 in santa rosa and 37 petaluma. low to mid40s, concord and livermore here is a view from the emeryville camera. clear skies and no fog and you can clearly see across the bay. red flag warning in the hills through tomorrow morning. record highs expected for the third straight day tomorrow. it is going to be dry for the holiday weekend. beyond that changes are coming. here is the deal. people know, we know, high pressure, strong blocking ridge has been preventing the r

the river the main source of water for communities such as clover dale, he'lls healdsburg and ukiah. while drought concerns continue to grow, one community in the bay area is requiring homeowners to water their lines or risk large fines. some people belonging to the village homes association has received notices in the mail accusing them of maintaining their lawns. they also have to invest in new landscaping once the drought is over. >>> the safety of the new bay bridge would be the focus of a new special hearing. a senate panel will review accusations from a cal trans engineer and outside oak pert who worked on the $6.4 billion project. they say cal trans down played warnings and tried to stop those concerns from become public. cal trans denies the allegations. the weld issue is separate from concerns that emerged last year overs bad bolts that nearly delayed the opening of the bridge. >>> 4:39 is the time. san francisco international airport putting the final touches on the new boarding area inside terminal three. united airlines will use the venerated spouse for domestic flights.

temperatures around the state also more records possible about 77 in ukiah, 73 in monterey bay, 66 sacramento, 55 yosemite. around the bay today, these temperatures headed up into the record books. 70 in san jose, 69 san mateo, east bay temperatures 60s and 70s. already set a record in oakland. could see that top out at 72 degrees and 73 in santa rosa. next couple of days record temperatures through thursday then cooling down over the weekend but still above normal. by the way, sunset tonight at 5:14. sunrise tomorrow 7:24. but no rain in sight. maybe right around the 30s as we start to talk about showers but that's still way out there. likely the driest january on record. >> thank you. >>> google is betting big on smart home technology spending more than $3 billion to acquire a palo alto company. kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks is here with more on google's big billion-dollar buy. it's a big deal, right? >> it is. this is google's second biggest purchase in its history after buying motorola mobility two years ago for $12.5 billion. nest labs is a company that has been very popul

in ukiah and santa rosa, those areas need 12 and a half inches or more of rainfall just to bring them up to the average level for this point in the season. san francisco is more than 7 inches below average for this time of year. the same is true throughout the bay area. it is 4, 5, 6 inches below average and right now we are looking at about seven dry days ahead. although there is a slight chance that i mentioned and i will show you when that might happen in. >>> accu-weather seven-day forecast. >>> a tough loss for stanford. the cardinals took on -- took them on and could not pull off a win. mike shumann is here with the highlights or should i say low lights? >> i wore my sell law bra tore tore -- celebratory red tie. >> they won in 1902 and in this the 100th version they took it on the chin from a stout defense. tyler gaff neither runs over a defender. a 77-yard drive. trailing 17-7 michigan state and scores 17 in a row. connor cook and trailing four with less than two minutes left. he was stuffed. michigan state's run defense comes up huge and they win the 100th rose bowl. it was 2

the ukiah daily journal reports the county's board of supervisors voted to make the declaration yesterday. mendocino is the first county to request state drought assistance. as for the rest of the state, governor brown has convened a task force to help decide if a statewide drought emergency is needed. >>> coming up, four u.s. troops killed in a helicopter crash off the british coast. the latest in the investigation and why that chopper went down. >> a big announcement from the ceo of yahoo. the major changes in store for the company that had the tech world buzzing. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. a lot of clouds and drizzle but want some rain? we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, members killed in a helicopr crash near england's coast. alphonso >>> crews are working to retrieve the bodies of four american servicemen killed in a helicopter crash near england's coast. alfonso van marsh has the latest on the investigation into why the chopper went down. >> reporter: the family of four u.s. air force members who died in the helicopter crash

and these numbers are total springtime. 74 at ukiah and 67 degrees at sacramento.s nuts for january! but that's the way it is. you know, it's been that kind of year. 35 degrees in santa row. ann was telling me by the way that she was interviewing a lady who studies tree rings in uc-berkeley that says -- the closer together the less rain. and this looks like it might be the driest rain year in 5 centuries in the bay area. nuts. 71 degrees at livermore for tomorrow. 64 in san francisco. and 69 in san jose. in the south bay 70 at morgan hill and milpitas. 68 sunnyvale and 71 in cupertino. over in the east bay plenty of sunshine tomorrow, it will be nice, 68 antioch. enjoy it while you can. 71 walnut creek. 70 at danville and 71 at san ramon. ann is congratulating herself right now. [ laughter ] >> 67 novato and 68 san rafael. of 7 petaluma. far north warm temperatures. 72 cloverdale. 67 petaluma. clouds monday, tuesday, wednesday setting the stage so that by thursday maybe a chance april of few showers in the bay area. supposed to be the rainiest month of the year in

in ukiah and santa rosa, those areas need 12 and a half inches or more of rainfall just to bring them up to the average level for this point in the season. san francisco is more than 7 inches below average for this time of year. the same is true throughout the bay area. it is 4, 5, 6 inches below average and right now we are looking at about seven dry days ahead. although there is a slight chance that i mentioned and i will show you when that might happen in. >>> accu-weather seven-day forecast. >>> a tough loss for stanford. the cardinals took on -- took them on and could not pull off a win. mike shumann is here with the highlights or should i say low lights? >> i wore my sell law bra tore tore -- celebratory red tie. >> they won in 1902 and in this the 100th version they took it on the chin from a stout defense. tyler gaff neither runs over a defender. a 77-yard drive. trailing 17-7 michigan state and scores 17 in a row. connor cook and trailing four with less than two minutes left. he was stuffed. michigan state's run defense comes up huge and they win the 100th rose bowl. it was 2

you may find rain towards eureka, redding and ukiah. not much rain for us.falling apart. this afternoon, skies break up and we'll see a little sunshine in between clouds. temperatures are going to stay down a bit. plan on 57 degrees in pacifica. 60 degrees in san jose. and about 59 in fremont. east bay temperatures running up into the low 60s by the afternoon. and then inside the bay we'll see 59 degrees in san francisco. and 61 in alameda. next couple of days, high pressure returns to warm the temperatures up tomorrow. a slight chance of showers again on saturday. then much warmer and dry weather as we look toward this next week. sunrise time today 7:25. sunset tonight at 5:09. good thing is the air quality is much improved. so yeah, we may not get the rain but at least that fresh air is flowing from the pacific. >> that is great news. thank you. >>> happening today, new jersey governor chris christie will hold a news conference. he is expected to defend himself against allegations he may have been involved in a traffic jam scandal. email and text messages

-- had flight arrival delays and here is the big picture, with a little bit of rain up north up to ukiahdrying. temperatures are milder this morning than this time yesterday. we have 60's out there but for oakland and hayward at 59 and san francisco is 56 and san carlos is 55 and half moon bay and napa and santa rosa at 57. this is how it looks from the east bay hills, it is clear, and it should be green. we will try to change that as we head to wednesday evening interest thursday when our weak rainstorm comes with stray sprinkles to the north and milder temperatures and this willedly the drought. san francisco, during the month, should average .15" each day so we get a third of an inch we will slow the drought if two days but it will pick become up. as far as temperatures, low 60's near the coast and low-to-mid 60's if most of us and more sunshine in antioch and live more and santa cruz upper 60. we are mild tonight with mid-40's to low 50 and patchy drizzle in the north bay. as we head through tuesday afternoon a few breaks in the cloud cover and sunshine from time to time and you can

could be tracking increasing rain chancing, especially saturday afternoon, santa rosa, cloverdale, ukiahs the best bet. that's on saturday. temperatures this afternoon, in the 50s out there. warmest locations right around 60, out towards san jose, morgan hill and gilroy. more clouds for your thursday. another system just bafg fizzled apart -- basically fizzled apart. friday, fair skies and a few scattered light showers and that's not a high chance but something as we head into saturday primarily up in the north bay. the major rainfall we needed. we're talking about the drops. not showing up. hopefully there's a change after ten days or so. keep an eye on that. thank you, mark. >>> a plan to revitalize the area around candlestick park has cleared a major hurdle. the commission on community investment has approved plans for lenar to rebuild the alice griffith public housing project and in a connected move has given could be september ual approval to a 1.1-million square foot commercial development on the land where the stadium sits now. >>> 9er wants to want to visit candlestick park are p

overall high pressure is a fair our weather friend today. 30s and 40s and 50s. 27 up in tahoe. 42 ukiah. sacramento at 36 degrees. expect for clouds spilling over the ridge. look for a lot of sunshine. our cloud, rain forecast doesn't do much today. maybe patchy fog on the coast. it is tomorrow a little system coming by. this isn't much. and then it will come out of here. monday and tuesday look warm. sunny and mild. i'm just covering myself here. days are getting slightly longer. two minutes each day. 60s for most. few upper 50s but 60s and patchy fog. over all a little warmer here and temperatures will continue to warm up after saturday. they will rebound on sunday and really get nice on monday and tuesday. >>> 4:41 is the time. a new ad campaign urging people to conserve water. the ads use humor to get the point across. calling a dirty car with a sign that says don't wash me. the official car of 2014. a broom sweeping on the ground is called the official hose of 2014. sweat was one of the driest years in the county in 120 years and steve has been saying no significant rain is in our

for some there are temperatures because of the easterly breeze helping a few, 59 bookends, ukiah and also sacramento. 70 down along in los angeles. palm springs, 74. the key is all of this tropical moisture coming together with a cold low coming out of the great lakes and all of these are compining to pro-- combining to produce some snow. blifer warnings and -- blizzard warnings for boston, new york and long island. a lot of snow. probably numerous travel delays. for us, no sign of anything changing this week. there are some hints maybe next week. the pattern might change. hazy sun, mild to warm, really warm, especially down towards santa cruz. next week weak systems. at least there's signs of something other than high pressure coming in next week. let's hope so. mostly sunny, high clouds. a little breezy for some. but overall, hazy skies and very calm conditions. low 60s, 70s. temperatures continue to be above average for this time of year. that's for sure. they will continue to do so. that's a 74 in santa cruz. i think they are already 70 degrees. temperatures will be on the mild t

ukiah up to 70. tie of 69 in oakland. pass previous record of 67 degrees. moffitt field tied the record of 66 today. unusually mild for winter. this is how much rain we really should be afternooning take the a look at san francisco climat climate. january 4 hatched inches. just under that in february. these are some of the wetter month. march just over three inches and april you should be seeing inch and a half of rain. so far no major storm but still the start of 20 fraechbility east bay hills camera breezy out there. 52 oak land. numbers fallen into the 40's redwood city san jose. half machine bay 46 degrees. tower cam are no problem as far as visibility right now. 40 degrees in santa rosa. it is getting chilly. napa novato in the 30's. 45 in livermore. view from the exploring camera couldn't be better. beautiful there looking towards the financial district of san francisco. chilly start inland tomorrow. it's going to be another mild afternoon with spare the air alert up again. 26th so far this season. fourth consecutive one. dry pattern continuing that n