vacaville and i-80 wet, 680, as well. back to about i'd say vallejo and from vallejo to richmond, you are dry. but 101 in sonoma county is wet as a lot of moisture out there is wonderful news. look at all the white up in the sierra. it's snowing heavily for the next couple of days. snowfall above 5,000 feet. winter storm warning in effect through tomorrow. by lunchtime tomorrow 2 to 4 feet of snow with more snow saturday night and sunday. very tough travel but it's exactly what we want and exactly what we need. it's not going to be a drought ender. but i'm calling this storm a drought denter. we are putting a sizable dent in this drought because of all that tropical moisture coming up from the south and west and streaming into the bay area. so over the next couple of days, that tropical plume of moisture aimed at us, the north bay is the bull's eye. this will be the wettest weekend since december 2012. that storm track goes way up north next week so we need to enjoy and get as much rain as we can this weekend because the

first street on napa seeing some moderate rain, that's moved over toward the vacaville area.h and of san ramon, seeing a little moisture there, and we don't want to forget folks down south of san jose. you haven't had a lot of moisture today but near the summit there we are starting to pick up a little moisture, but here's a look at some preliminary -- i stress preliminary -- rainfall totals. over eight inches mt. tamalpais. close to an inch in half moon bay, and lesser amount the further east and south you go because of the training of the moisture has been primarily in the north bay. taking you back to this water vapor alert. it el straights it fabulously. you can see the moisture plume off the coast, all of that will drive in here, mainly in the north bay, tomorrow. by tomorrow afternoon it will start to slide south. so, golden gate bridge southward, toward san jose and monterey bay, should see moderate rain by tomorrow afternoon. the storm risk is primarily high area, north bay, street flooding will be moderate. mud, rockslides, wind damage slight. and river flooding will

as a matter of fact let's close into this area which is out towards evacua towards vacaville, and faitheville, and we did have rain pushing towards san raphael. i can give you the big picture, you see trails of moisture coming in off the ocean, but not so widespread or organized. still, lots of wet weather, growing to impressive numbers. at mt. st. helena, at santa rosa, over an inch of a third as san raphael. we have two and a quarter or more. allocations continuing to see their rainfall totals rise as we get into the late night hours. our camera giving us a nice view of the city. downtown san francisco under the clouds and rain. these are our forecast features and pardon my loss of voice here, showers and an occasional thunder may occur here. we'll see showers diminish tomorrow. and more wind and rain arriving tomorrow night and continuing into friday. heavy downpours are expected tomorrow night. here is the satellite image showing the system passing through. right now this is storm number one, here comes storm number two, bringing with it heavy wind and rain. median risk, meaning pon

they detained him and took him to vacaville with unknown injuries. >> reporter: the investigation wentfor several hours. it is unclear the condition of that suspect. live from dixon. >>> a mother and her boyfriend behind bars suspected of killing her 3-year-old daughter. kayleigh slusher was killed. her boyfriend was started at a bart station. we are hearing from someone familiar with the couple. dan kerman his more. >> reporter: crime seen investigators are gathering evidence. officers discovered the body of kayleigh slusher. her mother sarah and her boyfriend are accused of murder. initially sarah krueger was a good mom. >> she was trying to better her life. she was trying to be a teacher and go to college. it seemed like she was doing good. last year he moved in and 6 months later she totally changed. >> reporter: krueger stopped talking to neighbors and friends stop coming over and strangers were frequenting and kayleigh stopped going outside. >> who doesn't want to ride their bike outside. >> reporter: police were called to the apartment because the suspects were fighting. friday,

you see it dying down toward fairfield, and vacaville.me areas of of heavy rain at times, but very short lived. not like we had about an hour, or two hours ago. you've got some stuff by miraga and orinda. we've had an interesting night of rain. plenty of reports of lightning and thunder as well. strong wind gusts as well. there's system number 1 as it moves through. as it moves off, we're going to get a little bit of a break, tomorrow, still scattered light showers. tomorrow, it's not going to be like today, but tomorrow is going to be cloudy. a little bit of sun and scattered showers. cue friday's storm. this takes a dive south. we're going to get rain, mostly strong, gusty winds from this, the rain won't be the biggest deal. so heavy rain in southern california. wind gusts on us for friday. the friday morning commute is going to get hit pretty hard. more scattered showers, 5:00 on thursday. then here we are friday. thursday night, friday morning. there's your friday morning commute here. 6:00a.m., and a little later in the day, about no

you see it dying down toward fairfield, and vacaville.some areas of of heavy rain at times, but very short lived. not like we had about an hour, or two hours ago. you've got some stuff by miraga and orinda. we've had an interesting night of rain. plenty of reports of lightning and thunder as well. strong wind gusts as well. there's system number 1 as it moves through. as it moves off, we're going to get a little bit of a break, tomorrow, still scattered light showers. tomorrow, it's not going to be like today, but tomorrow is going to be cloudy. a little bit of sun and scattered showers. cue friday's storm. this takes a dive south. we're going to get rain, mostly strong, gusty winds from this, the rain won't be the biggest deal. so heavy rain in southern california. wind gusts on us for friday. the friday morning commute is going to get hit pretty hard. more scattered showers, 5:00 on thursday. then here we are friday. thursday night, friday morning. there's your friday morning commute here. 6:00a.m., and a little later in the day, about

petaluma and vacaville with 49 in livermore. don't count on much in the way of sunshine today.e overcast, you'll see just a little bit in the way of hazy sun. otherwise, we're all cloudy today with some fog. rain arrives throughout the late afternoon towards early evening hours in the north bay. and then it's over by the overnight hours. so we're sunny on sunday. presidents day on monday, looking fine if you're traveling throughout the state. you shouldn't have any weather trouble. but we have gusty winds and a quick shot of rain coming our way for the mountains. right now, it's all about the cloud cover. it is raining in mt. shasta. sunny in tahoe. and the rain is going to take a while to get here. as we go through 1:00, it's dry. but as we head towards sunset, we'll see the rain begin. up towards sonoma county, it slides into marin by 6:00, 7:00. the east bay, not far behind. and by the tail end of the chinese new year parade, we'll look for some sprinkles and light rain showers. up towards vallejo, looking at rain. after 9:00, 10:00, when the south bay, the peninsula and gil

some of the heaviest rain right now, napa, all of that moving off near vacaville and the gibson area.n't spent much time in the east bay because they have not had the amount of rainfall but skyline road, oakland reporting a moderate amount of rain and heavier amounts towards davenport and santa cruz as well as scots valley. so here is a look at the weather cam, the reduced visibility as the rain continues to fall. street flooding medium, high in the north bay. mud rock slides, wind damage, very slight and river flooding very low. but we are looking for another up to at least four inches of rain in the wettest spots, mainly in the north bay. check out these rainfall totals close to 5" the past 24 hours at mount saint jaleda, redwood city as well as san jose. our sky cam is showing you that fuzzy fog on deck now. slight delays, you better believe it. you will have them tonight and tomorrow as well. the live shots on our sfo cam with temperatures in the 60s. here is a look at the highlights continuing with rain and wind overnight. heavy rain on our sunday and then more wet days expected

highway 80, vacaville and fairfield as well.n through sonoma, highway 116 and 37 and out toward the coast into southern marin. salinas looking at more heavy showers. until 3:00 in the afternoon there's a flash flood watch for the mountains and valleys of the north bay, the coastal hills. but you head south and there's just a smattering of activity. san francisco will get wet the next half-hour. livermore, a few showers pushing out of milpitas. the risk of flooding remains in the north bay through the afternoon. possibility of clogged storm drains. everyone will get hit with more rain throughout the afternoon and the heaviest amounts will once again be up in the north bay but more rain in the east bay and south bay. you are not out of the woods yet. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. >>> because of flooding yesterday, about a mile of highway 121 was blocked off near schellville. that is expected to reopen by 7:00 this morning. swollen creeks aren't the only problem across the north bay, in mill valley a massive tree at the mill valley

he lives in vacaville but has been in and out of jail since he was 18. >> in and out since 2008. the majority of the charges were narcotics, vandalism, criminal threats in there and failure to afears and stuff like that. >> reporter: he was in on charges this time on narcotics and failure to appear and designated as a maximum security inmate. how he was able to aget out is being investigated but when you take away someone's freedom you have to be ready for anything. >> their mind set could be up and down. they are capable of desperate things. >> reporter: he will face new charges including assault, attempted escape and battery on a peace officer. convictions would ensure his freedom got a lot further away. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the sheriff's department is releasing more details about a sexual assault that took place in south san jose. as we reported last week, investigators released a sketch of a man who impersonated a police officer. it happened on february 1. the man coerced a young woman into vehicle where he took her to a parking lot and assaulted her. the m

a lake that provides water for vacaville, vallejo and the rest of solano county.ano has hired the company that russell works. on the ground back at the airport a satellite dish measures conditions. >> i need to know what your location is. >> the two determine the icy conditions and high moisture level inside the cloud make it ideal for seeding making it rain a little more than nature intended. so from inside the cockpit, russell ignites one of the flairs he had placed on the plane's wings. the flair sends up millions of iodized crystals. in minutes, each crystal can become a rain drop. >> the cloud deck uses as a start point. they grow on the nuclei and that grants precipitation. it's the starting point of an ice crystal. when ice crystal melts, it becomes a rain drop. and we squeeze a little more precipitation out of a storm. just trying to optimize the precipitation. clouds producing water a little more efficiently. >> this is one of the 14 cloud seeding projects from the sierra to san diego. scientists discovered cloud seeding about 40 years ago and are convinc

. >>> a troubled vacaville pastor was in court in fairfield to enter a plea. mark lewis pled not guilty to a half dozen charges in connection to the fire bombing of his ex-girlfriend home. he's currently held on $575,000 bail and ordered to return to court tuesday. >>> a twin arrested in connection with the stabbing of in san jose appeared in court. prosecutors originally charged duc ton. police arrested the twins in the stabbing death of richard fan at a birthday party january 26. duc ton is charged as an a-- accessory after the fact. >>> several officers were given their new badges with the help of their families. they are part of the administration of the new police chief who had this advice for his officers. >> use good judgment, common sense, be decisive, fair, listen to those who work for you. this will define you as a leader. >> this will help with the problems including recruitment and staff shortage. >>> things are improving for bart passengers, we received an update and bart is saying the single tracking is over and trains are catching up. this comes

can see midand high level clouds there. 56 in santa rosa and the temperature is dropping around vacavillelong with livermore and a lovely view from our camera. you can actually see san francisco and beyond. mostly cloudy and patchy fog in the morning. the rain arrives tomorrow night and mostly sunny for your sunday and your monday. we need the rain, but so far the moisture has been aimed well to our north in northern california and we ended up with assorted cloud layers. now the system behind it has speckled clouds. that's colder air. the rain arrives tomorrow night, but this does -- doesn't have a lot of moisture. most of the saturday is dry. 5:00 p.m. saturday night the north bay is getting rain. it starts to shift around 8:00, 9:00 around the heart of the bay area and into the south bay. by sunday morning at 5:00 a.m., only a few showers left in the south and east bay and it is pretty much done. if you are getting ready to get up on sunday morning and take the dog out for a walk. it is going to be all done and over with by then. the rainfall totals, let's just say these don't impress m

can see midand high level clouds there. 56 in santa rosa and the temperature is dropping around vacavilleow 50s along with livermore and a lovely view from our camera. you can actually see san francisco and beyond. mostly cloudy and patchy fog in the morning. the rain arrives tomorrow night and mostly sunny for your sunday and your monday. we need the rain, but so far the moisture has been aimed well to our north in northern california and we ended up with assorted cloud layers. now the system behind it has speckled clouds. that's colder air. the rain arrives tomorrow night, but this does -- doesn't have a lot of moisture. most of the saturday is dry. 5:00 p.m. saturday night the north bay is getting rain. it starts to shift around 8:00, 9:00 around the heart of the bay area and into the south bay. by sunday morning at 5:00 a.m., only a few showers left in the south and east bay and it is pretty much done. if you are getting ready to get up on sunday morning and take the dog out for a walk. it is going to be all done and over with by then. the rainfall totals, let's just say these don't i

interstate 80 everywhere from american canyon to vallejo toward vacaville got pockets of heavy rainfall around fairfield and if you heading toward the nut tree, you will be getting wet. look at all this rain and mountain snowfall that's going on right now. it is going to be a wet evening. it gets more intense tonight and tomorrow when we'll see the heaviest rain and snowfall. how much snow? we have already had nearly a foot and a half of new snow at kirkwood many more feet to come, boreal 8", squaw valley 6." this is an atmosphere of river known as the pineapple express because it comes from hawaii. bottom line, jet stream is aimed here. it's an active jet stream. lots of water in the air that translates to rainfall in your backyard and this will be the wettest weekend since 2012. next week, high pressure tries to build back in. the storm track will be kicked up to the north so we need to squeeze out as much rainfall as we can this weekend because next week is not looking particularly wet. how much rain? north bay a lot. 3" to 6" of rainfall just between now and sunday evening. the east

temperatures this afternoon got up that the low 70's around vacaville, santa rosa, fairfield, unseasonablyin santa rosa. it's in the upper 40's for napa fairfield and concord and livermore. from emeryville camera we look to eastern span of the bay bridge and we don't have much in the way of included or nothing mostly clear chilly tomorrow morning mild weather is expected writ on through your weekend and rainy pattern starts next wednesday let me tell you i looked at the sentenced computer mold as well it's going to be wet right on through perhaps next weekend saturday going into sunday morning occasional high clouds time being. jet stream. stormtrack to the north of us but that is changing as we look at the extended computer model. this is going to take us beginning wednesday of next week. first wave of rain arrives on wednesday. everyone is getting wet here. get another little break thursday night into friday stronger storm arrives. another one comes in for that weekend. one to three inches of rain expected for the lower elevation 3 to 5 inches in the hills by the end of next week so we g

temperatures this afternoon got up that the low 70's around vacaville, santa rosa, fairfield, unseasonably 46 in santa rosa. it's in the upper 40's for napa fairfield and concord and livermore. from emeryville camera we look to eastern span of the bay bridge and we don't have much in the way of included or nothing mostly clear chilly tomorrow morning mild weather is expected writ on through your weekend and rainy pattern starts next wednesday let me tell you i looked at the sentenced computer mold as well it's going to be wet right on through perhaps next weekend saturday going into sunday morning occasional high clouds time being. jet stream. stormtrack to the north of us but that is changing as we look at the extended computer model. this is going to take us beginning wednesday of next week. first wave of rain arrives on wednesday. everyone is getting wet here. get another little break thursday night into friday stronger storm arrives. another one comes in for that weekend. one to three inches of rain expected for the lower elevation 3 to 5 inches in the hills by the end of next week so

district attorney's office are from queen of the valley medical center here in napa and kaiser in vacaville. in the last 90 minutes or so, officials at queen of the valley confirmed they handed over medical records belonging to kaley slusher. at this point they won't say what was in the medical records exactly when they were from. it's all information we're still trying to gather both ryan warner and sara kruger, the mother, will be back here in court next month as this case proceeds. back to you. >>> it's slightly cooler today. but still pretty nice and sunny around the bay area. it won't last long. rosemary orozco is here. >> the transition already taking place. we are cooler at this hour, some by six, eight degrees below yesterday's numbers at this time. you can see from the satellite view, clouds are filling in. we have a stronger onshore flow. if i back up a bit, you can see 450 miles off the coastline there, that storm beginning to make tracks toward the bay area. we will remain dry today. we'll see a fairly nice day. this afternoon and evening, the clouds will be increasing. we get g

can see midand high level clouds there. 56 in santa rosa and the temperature is dropping around vacaville 50s along with livermore and a lovely view from our camera. you can actually see san francisco and beyond. mostly cloudy and patchy fog in the morning. the rain arrives tomorrow night and mostly sunny for your sunday and your monday. we need the rain, but so far the moisture has been aimed well to our north in northern california and we ended up with assorted cloud layers. now the system has behind it has speckled clouds. that's colder air. the rain arrives tomorrow night, but this does -- doesn't have a lot of moisture. most of the saturday is dry. 5:00 p.m. saturday night the north bay is getting rain. it starts to shift around 8:00, 9:00 around the heart of the bay area and into the south bay. by sunday morning at 5:00 a.m., only a few showers left in the south and east bay and it is pretty much done. if you are getting ready to get up on sunday morning and take the dog out for a walk. it is going to be all done and over with by then. the rainfall totals, let's just say these don't

vacaville, three inches. that is north of highway 4. everywhere north of highway 4 has gotten the rainfall. in pittsburgh, only an inch. sunnyvale, onage inch. all of this rainfall we are getting, dense in the drought. because of the north bay since the beginning of last year, we are 30 inches below normal weather wise. but that line of heavy rain. i don't care what the radar says, we are living it. it is wet and windy in pittsburgh. back inside to brian to show where else thewet sore going downhill. >> i will tell you all of this, paul, as you said, this big pineapple express coming in has caused a marked decrease of rain. as you can see from the live shot that paul just did, rain and wind cannot only play havoc with streets, it can play havocs with micro wave signals. look at the rain in point reyes, some of the cells sinking south of where paul is across highway 4. past the strait and into concord and down the 680 corridor. look at that cell. there are some strong cells in that. still further south, you wonder what all the shouting i

vacaville drug suspect facing even more charges net after he tried to brake out of jail and injured 3 sheriff's deputy in the proces process. now this attempt happened in a holding area at the solana county jail in fairfield last wednesday. sheriff's office says 24-year-old joseph shab ran down jail hallway sprayed 3 pursuing deputy in the fees with fire extinguisher. he was eventually subdued with taser and never made it out of the facility. >> alarming data finds pilot head to the wrong airport more often than passengers realize. one of the trouble spots is in the south bay. in the past 12 years so commercial air lean pilots have mistakenly prepared to land at nearby moffitt field 6 times when intended destination was the international airport. all 6 times the error discovered before landing. >> today cal-trans opened up the eastern span of the bay bridge to reveal lake about key bolt. problem became more apparent with the stormy weather past few daisy. water seeping into the brim structure from boats lights cable anchor through the option cal-trans admit the standing water they fou

vacaville drug suspect facing even more charges net after he tried to brake out of jail and injured 3 sheriff's deputy in the proces process. now this attempt happened in a holding area at the solana county jail in fairfield last wednesday. sheriff's office says 24-year-old joseph shab ran down jail hallway sprayed 3 pursuing deputy in the fees with fire extinguisher. he was eventually subdued with taser and never made it out of the facility. >> alarming data finds pilot head to the wrong airport more often than passengers realize. one of the trouble spots is in the south bay. in the past 12 years so commercial air lean pilots have mistakenly prepared to land at nearby moffitt field 6 times when intended destination was the international airport. all 6 times the error discovered before landing. >> today cal-trans opened up the eastern span of the bay bridge to reveal lake about key bolt. problem became more apparent with the stormy weather past few daisy. water seeping into the brim structure from boats lights cable anchor through the option cal-trans admit the standing water they fou

temperatures this afternoon got up that the low 70's around vacaville, santa rosa, fairfield, unseasonably mild. 46 in santa rosa. it's in the upper 40's for napa fairfield and concord and livermore. from emeryville camera we look to eastern span of the bay bridge and we don't have much in the way of mostly nothing mostly clear chilly tomorrow morning mild weather is expected writ on through your weekend and rainy pattern starts next wednesday let me tell you i looked at the sentenced computer mold as well it's going to be wet right on through perhaps next weekend saturday going into sunday morning occasional high clouds time being. jet stream. stormtrack to the north of us but that is changing as we look at the extended computer model. this is going to take us beginning wednesday of next week. first wave of rain arrives on wednesday. everyone is getting wet here. get another little break thursday night into friday stronger storm arrives. another one comes in for that weekend. one to three inches of rain expected for the lower elevation 3 to 5 inches in the hills by the end of next week so

ukiah more than 3, vacaville 2.5. pittsburg more than an inch with new rain falling currently. sunnyvale .67." union city the same. since january of 2013 the past 13.5 months in the north bay down 2.5 feet of rainfall. that's 30." we'll get enough this weekend to flood some spots on average 3 to 8" of rainfall which will eliminate 10 to 25% of our rainfall deficit. that's good but we need more. but we are getting some now. perhaps too much in a few spots. but the rain continues to fall throughout the bay area. more will come through the bay area over the next 24 hours. we'll see more rainfall. that's it from pittsburg right now where it's raining once again. back to you in the studio. >>> mark kelly is in sonoma county where there is a flash flood warning in effect for another hour. hi, mark. >> reporter: we're in petaluma off 101 a light drizzle right now. but for most of the day here in sonoma county, it was raining pretty hard. they had that flood advisory for the county for most of the day. then in certain parts here in petaluma, also in rohnert park, that turned into a fla

vacaville 2.25." 1" pittsburg. sunnyvale .66." union city less than two-thirds of an inch. let's talk about the north bay where that heaviest rainfall is falling. since january of 2013 the past 13.5 months, 30 inches we're down. we're down 30" of rainfall. this weekend we'll see on average 3 to 8" of rain making up about 10 to 25% of that rainfall deficit. that's good but we're not going to end the drought. we are just going to put a dent into it. now, coming up in a few minutes, we'll have more on weather. brian will have more on that. i'm going to talk about snow in the sierra because we have great news to report from there. that's coming up in a few minutes. live in pittsburg, paul deanno, back to you. >>> heavy rainfall sent a big chunk of this road in sonoma county sliding down a slope. more than half the road in fort ross was washed out. crews put up traffic cones and diverted traffic to other routes. it appears one truck was driving on the road when it began to crumble. the truck was spotted buried in the mud below. >> down below there was one vehicle inundated by a

it has been raining in the past several hours in the city of napa, fairfield, and vacaville. what happens from here? look at all the yellows. 5:00 in the morning. pouring. all the way to 1:00 10:00 in the morning, pouring. rivers will not flood because they are so load. roads and highways will flood flood. it will take you a long time to get from point a to point b. chains are required in the sierra. how much will this help? just this weekend, we have the potential to eliminate 15 to 20% of our rainfall deficit this year. that is a huge amount just over one weekend but who gets the most rain? we talk about that and when the sunshine comes back later in the show. >> thank you paul. >>> this accident in concord is being blamed on the wet weather. that big rig truck slammed to a tree. the driver wasn't hurt, baa firefighter who was helping to move the truck had a tree branch come down on him. he was taken to the hospital. the rig blocked two lanes of traffic for 90 minutes. >>> kpix5's joe vasquez is in santa rosa which will be one of the wettest spots this weekend. >> it is alr

. >> the vacaville farm has the feel and the charm of a rustic garden. but make no mistake.most farms, the work is often 24/7. rose says planting 200 flats of one herb in a week is not unusual. >> makes it interesting, definitely. >> always busy? >> always busy. >> every plant sold on the farm is actually grown right here on this land. about 70% comes from cuttings. the rest is harvested from seeds. >> so, a lot of these plants that you see with the colorful leaves, these are all chukras. >> the farm has 8 greenhouses, and you can find at least 12 different types of basil and more than 5 dozen types of sage plus a whole range of unusual echinaceas and salvias. now, many of these herbs and plants are sold direct to customers. >> i think it's been really helpful, because before i started coming here, i didn't have any gardening experience at all. and so, i really learned a lot about what kind of growing conditions, how much water, how much sun, even where to put things in my yard, because of how my house is oriented. so, they've given me so much great information. >> rose says

vacaville drug suspect facing even more charges net after he tried to brake out of jail and injured 3 sheriff's deputy in the proces process. now this attempt happened in a holding area at the solana county jail fairfield last wednesday. sheriff's office says 24-year-old joseph shab ran down jail hallway sprayed 3 pursuing deputy in the fees with fire extinguisher. he was eventually subdued with taser and never made it out of the facility. >> alarming data finds pilot head to the wrong airport more often than passengers realize. one of the trouble spots is in the south bay. in the past 12 years so commercial air lean pilots have mistakenly prepared to land at nearby moffitt field 6 times when intended destination was the international airport. all 6 times the error discovered before landing. >> today cal-trans opened up the eastern span of the bay bridge to reveal lake about key bolt. problem became more apparent with the stormy weather past few daisy. water seeping into the brim structure from boats lights cable anchor through the option cal-trans admit the standing water they found

officers opened fire with a shotgun wounding that suspect who is now being treated at kaiser in vacaville. just outside dixon, nick james, kpix5. >> that freeway is expected to fully reopen within the hour. >>> tonight the feds accuse a california prison inmate of masterminding a heist so elaborate it sounds like the plot of a movie. kpix5's kristen ayers on the caper completely behind bars. >> reporter: the fbi saying that inmate was flying people here to oakland airport and having his henchman rob them run being the entire show from his cell block -- running the entire show from his cell block. >> they had percussion grenades going off. it was kind of like the fbi. it's crazy. >> robbing people at gunpoint, that's just a shame anybody having to go through that and especially getting scammed into it and having their money stolen. >> reporter: fbi agents say anthony martin was part of an online robbery ring that was run from this san luis obispo prison. a federal complaint says an unnamed inmate was using a smuggled smartphone to surf craigslist for people selling rolexs, diamonds and oth

60s in san francisco. 60 in vacaville and 59 in livermore, one more live view, dramatic view of the western sky. arrives and we'll see mostly sunny skies on sunday and monday which, by the way is president's day. you can see a trail of clouds and moisture moving north at the moment we have assorted high clouds today. and this front is trailing behind that first wave of clouds bringing us rain late tomorrow. much of the bay area will be cloudy by 6:00 in the evening we'll see the first rainfall pushing threw the north bay. then through san francisco, then, late tomorrow night after midnight south bay and monterey bay getting wet. and starting to dry out. a tenth to three tenths. here is the three day forecast. snow arrives sunday. maybe 3 to 6 inches and then, sunny mild again monday. low to mid-60s near the bay and inland. cooler in the north bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. after a bout of rainfall we'll have clearing on sunday and monday. and weather is ahead. we'll need more rain. maybe we'll get more than we're forecasting tomorrow night. >> yes. we can hope for that. >> yes >> c

the richmond district right over the bay bridge and marin county going over san pablo bay, around vacaville, up north, they are little bit further north and light rain around highway 4, oakland, a little shout out, you have that breeze and it feels a lot cooler, so this next one feels impressive and it's going to be because it is going to ramp up the way, partly cloudy after breezily and rain, here is sal. >>> it is still a little rain out there, i just got a tweet from brandy who said it is windy on the venetia bridge and she said oh, snap very windy on the venetia bridge, thank you brandy and be careful out there. >> s backed up on that span too all the way out to the mcarthur maze 20, 25 minutes all the way back to san francisco. it is wet there as well. and we have a look at the san mateo traffic and it is wet there too. 580 is still slow coming in to the did you print area. big problems all southbound lanes are still blocked after a drainage ditch, tara moriarty is on the scene and has caused some evacuations. tara? >>> we are getting a good look at the car that caused all of this, it

another beautiful view looking west we have temperatures 63 in santa rosa. 64 in vacaville. and live from mount tam looking over the bay this is our first forecast. passing high clouds this evening, and afternoon, partly cloudy, mild conditions with highs from upper 50s to mid-60s we'll take a look at what might be coming our way in the way of rainfall. >> still ahead what the son of a reality show pastor is saying about his dad' death by snake bite. >> and did groupon know alexander hamilton was never a president? >> and michael finney is taking your questions and will answer them here live later, you can contact michael on facebook.com and on twitter. >> if only traffic looked like this every day. president's day, southbound traffic has stacked up a little bit. it was clearing in both directions. back with ot is that millions of peopleia will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll now at coveredca.com. ad has atrial fibrillation, or afib. he has the most commo

60s in san francisco. 60 in vacaville and 59 in livermore, one more live view, dramatic view of the westernin arrives and we'll see mostly sunny skies on sunday and monday which, by the way is president's day. you can see a trail of clouds and moisture moving north at the moment we have assorted high clouds today. and this front is trailing behind that first wave of clouds bringing us rain late tomorrow. much of the bay area will be cloudy by 6:00 in the evening we'll see the first rainfall pushing threw the north bay. then through san francisco, then, late tomorrow night after midnight south bay and monterey bay getting wet. and starting to dry out. rainfall totals perhaps a tenth to three tenths. here is the three day forecast. snow arrives sunday. maybe 3 to 6 inches and then, sunny mild again monday. high temperatures low to mid-60s near the bay and inland. cooler in the north bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. after a bout of rainfall we'll have clearing on sunday and monday. and pleasant weather is ahead. we'll need more rain. maybe we'll get more than we're forecasting tomorrow

. >> the suspect was taken to a hospital in vacaville with unknown injuries. police had interstate 80 eastbound shut down for several hours for the >> a mother and her boyfriend are behind bars for the suspected of killing a 3-year- old. kayleigh slusher was found dead in a napa apartment over the weekend. her mother, sara krueger, and krueger's boyfriend, ryan scott warner, were spotted at a restaurant in el cerrito. they were later arrested at the el cerrito - del norte bart station. neighbors of krueger say she was a good mother.and it wasn't until warner moved in that they began to notice alarming changes. >> she was trying to better her life. the little girl-- she was trying to be a teacher and she was going to school. it seemed like she was doing good and last year, he will then and six months later she change. >> last friday, kayleigh's grandmother called police.saying she was afraid krueger was under the influence of drugs and not able to take care of kayleigh. police investigated and could not find any evidence of drug use. the next day, kayleigh was

. >>> a burgundy vehicle pulled up in vacaville. detectives got out and one had a semiautomatic handgun. they ordered the victims to hand overall of their money and ended up getting away with a $1,800 in cash -- away with $1,800 in cash that victim his hoped to spend at the car auction. >>> today, nearly two years after sierra lamar disappeared without a trace, the suspect in the case finally answered to charges of murder and kidnapping. the case is finally moving forward after a grand jury indictment this week. in ktvu's robert honda was in -- handa was in court for today's proceedings. >>> wearing the red shoes, volunteers spent two years searching for the teenager gathered at the san jose hall of justice today. they came to watch garcia torres get charged with the murder and kidnapping after the jury indictment tuesday. >> he always gives us a sideways glance. we're happy that he looks over and sees we're always there in solidarity for the family. >> mr. garcia torres pleads not guilty. >> there was a trial date set for march 10t

this will continue to the bay bridge and enter 68 and up towards a vacaville.nd we do have the lightning strikes about 100 mi. off the coast. the center of this system will hit the big circle, we're still dealing with heavy rain throughout the morning. there's a flood advisory until 7:30 p.m.. >> we have light rain by lunchtime and it will start to taper off by 3:00 p.m. and we may see dry breaks for places like san rafael and even out towards livermore valley. i do not think the evening plants will be affected because we have mostly cloudy conditions. >> we have a another way or rain headed light rain is expected, nothing compares to what we saw last night and showers will start to taper off as will wake up early saturday. >> if your headed up to tahoe comedy should bring your chain because we will seek an additional eight is is a snow. it was just on one will carry us through saturday. again, once the weather could come to the weekend and was the partial clearing as we head into next week. >> we continue our team coverage of the storm, kron4 jackie sissel is

the suspect was taken to a hospital in vacaville with unknown injuries. police are looking for a man who allegedly followed two female teens in his car while touching himself. these are sketches of the man the two teens say they saw on january 18th in mountain view. the teens were walking on california street when a man driving a green, 4 dour sedan parked next to them. after they kept walking, he appeared to follow them. he's described a white man between 25 and 30. he is about 300 pounds and has red hair, a short beard and pointy nose. he was last seen wearing a blue jacket with a knit cap that had a white tassel. the car is said to be an older model with a rear spoiler. a brutal day on wall street. investors are hoping for a much better day today. after the dow dropped more than 300 points yesterday. it's the biggest one day than seven months. here's a look at the closing numbers. the dow plunging 326 points. the nasdaq lost 106 points. and the s and p 500 was down 40 points. futures point to gains at this morning's opening. opening bell at 6-30. right

. >>> a man is in custody and another recovering from a bullet wound in vacaville. some reason another car came barreling at them. the officers fired one shot. the car crashed into a utility box, the driver was arrested on charges of assault with a deputy weapon. a passenger was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. >>> michelle obama wrapped up her visit to the bay area with another fundraiser. she was a guest speaker at the fairmont hotel. more than 600 people attended. tickets ranked from $500 each to $32,000 per couple. the first lady is one of the most popular draws in northern california, one of the most popular draws around the country. she shows girls like anything is possible, and that you can make it to the white house and be successful. >> the first lady attended three fund raisers during her two day stay and she helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for democratic candidates. >>> it's new year's day on the lunar calendar and people are celebrating the year of the horse. >> from fireworks to food to dancing the chinese new year arrives today.

we've got low to mid 60s in santa rosa and vacaville. one more live view from our camera here on abc7 looking under bright, but mostly cloudy skies this, is a first forecast, mostly cloudy skies with patchy fog this evening. mostly cloudy with areas of fog lingering tomorrow morning and a partly, mostly cloudy day tomorrow, rain expected to arrive late afternoon in the north bay and swing south ward, again, light rain. i'll show you what the weather looks like beyond tomorrow night later. >> thank you. >> remember, you can track rain using live doppler 7 hd. down load it on our web site abc7 news.com/apps. >> abc7 news learning the fire department was tipped off two years ago that a 20-year veteran may be involved with drugs. he was arrested yesterday by agents for selling drugs ask having sex with teenagers. >> we're the first to break the arrest on twitter, and on air last night. abc7 news talked to that tipster and has the latest. david? >> well, carolyn and larry his domestic partner says he came here to fire head quarters to tell th

light showers showing up in places around vacaville and fairfield. it will start to rain, so when i come back, that's the north bay with a few light showers. we'll see the showers increasing, i'll give you a timeline. that comes in overnight and it will set up a morning commute that's less than desirable. the moisture will keep streaming in. >>> in hard hit sown ohma -- sonoma county it's too letter too late. they are tapping into the water reserves. it's not just to get more water. this decision is about keeping prices down. >> it's that for sure, right on cue as bill was saying the rain started to fall. now there's a good news, bad news, win fall for many drought stricken customers in the north bay. lake sonoma the primary water source for many, less than 2/3 full and dropping. some rain is on the way. >> i'm hoping for a phenomenal february and miracle mar. if we don't get that this is the water supply needed for future years. >> customers from marin north to willits. they are told to conserve. >> i don't bath as often, we buy bottled water. >> pe

he lives in vac aville but has been -- vacaville since 208.ics related, some vandalism, and failure to appears and stuff like that. >> this time, on charges of narcotics, probation violation and failure to appear, and a maximum security inmate. how he was able to get outside is being investigated. when you take away someone's freedom have you to take away anything. >> their mind-set can be up and down at any given time and clearly they're capable of desperate things. >> he will be facing some new charges including assault with a felony weapon. the freedom he was running towards just got a lot further away. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jerry brown welcomed the panel of judges that agreeing to give california a two-year extension the time necessary to help inmates become productive members of society. the panel gave until february 2016 to reduce its prison population. california has about 112,000 inmates, 5,000 more than the limit set by the courts. >>> deja vu for e-mail users after another widespread outage. the sunnyvale companies service has bee

vacaville at 07s, oakland 65, low 70 san jose morgan hill gilroy and 60s on the coast and the peninsula. there will be a cooler pattern that we'll take into early next week. >>> i have to show you this. this is live pictures. this is ridiculous, pennsylvania a huge chain reaction crash in opinions pens blamed on the ice storm. there are between 50 and 100 cars piled up on the pennsylvania turnpike. i grew up back there, i no he where that is. this crash scene you're looking at is 3 to 4 miles long. at least two people have been rushed to the hospital, the state police says drivers, obviously, were driving too close to each other. this is a mess in pennsylvania, we don't know when this something go to be cleaned up. we wanted to show you live pictures. this is near fill little on the pennsylvania turnpike, between 50 and 100 cars in a chain recrash. >> that's a major commute -- chain reaction crash. >> what the president will be doing to see the impact of california's drought firsthand. >>> welcome back to the ktvu, channel 2 news facebook adding options for how people in the us identify

he lives in vac aville but has been -- vacaville since 208.ty of those charges were narcotics related, some vandalism, and failure to appears and stuff like that. >> this time, on charges of narcotics, probation violation and failure to appear, and a maximum security inmate. how he was able to get outside is being investigated. when you take away someone's freedom have you to take away anything. >> their mind-set can be up and down at any given time and clearly they're capable of desperate things. >> he will be facing some new charges including assault with a felony weapon. the freedom he was running towards just got a lot further away. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> jerry brown welcomed the panel of judges that agreeing to give california a two-year extension the time necessary to help inmates become productive members of society. the panel gave until february 2016 to reduce its prison population. california has about 112,000 inmates, 5,000 more than the limit set by the courts. >>> deja vu for e-mail users after another widespread outage. the sunn

. >>> people in vacaville are being warned about mountain lions after people report seeing big cats inst several days. people have reported seeing the big cats the sightings have prompted warnings from police as well as city officials. >> fight back. you know don't just assume you've got no chance. if you've got a walking stick. hit him. use your hands, fists whatever you can use to protect yourself. >> unless a mountain lion shows aggression toward people it is not considered a public safety concern by the department of fish and wildlife. wildlife experts say you should make as much noise as possible if you come against a mountain lion. keep eye contact and throw stones to try to scare the cat away. also back away slowly and try to create as much distance as you can between yourself and the mountain lion. >>> a warm one again today. record warmth in san rafael. take a look at the warmth we achieved. it was 72 in santa rosa. 73 in antioch. 73 in livermore. not very february like temperatures at all. they're going to continue in that realm with upper 60s and low 70s. mostly clear out th

. >>> people in vacaville are being warned about mountain lions after people report seeing big cats inst several days. people have reported seeing the big cats the sightings have prompted warnings from police as well as city officials. >> fight back. you know don't just assume you've got no chance. if you've got a walking stick. hit him. use your hands, fists whatever you can use to protect yourself. >> unless a mountain lion shows aggression toward people it is not considered a public safety concern by the department of fish and wildlife. wildlife experts say you should make as much noise as possible if you come against a mountain lion. keep eye contact and throw stones to try to scare the cat away. also back away slowly and try to create as much distance as you can between yourself and the mountain lion. >>> a warm one again today. record warmth in san rafael. take a look at the warmth we achieved. it was 72 in santa rosa. 73 in antioch. 73 in livermore. not very february like temperatures at all. they're going to continue in that realm with upper 60s and low 70s. mostly clear out th

. >>> a burgundy vehicle pulled up in vacaville. detectives got out and one had a semiautomatic handgun. they ordered the victims to hand overall of their money and ended up getting away with a $1,800 in cash -- away with $1,800 in cash that victim his hoped to spend at the car auction. >>> today, nearly two years after sierra lamar disappeared without a trace, the suspect in the case finally answered to charges of murder and kidnapping. the case is finally moving forward after a grand jury indictment this week. in ktvu's robert honda was in -- handa was in court for today's proceedings. >>> wearing the red shoes, volunteers spent two years searching for the teenager gathered at the san jose hall of justice today. they came to watch garcia torres get charged with the murder and kidnapping after the jury indictment tuesday. >> he always gives us a sideways glance. we're happy that he looks over and sees we're always there in solidarity for the family. >> mr. garcia torres pleads not guilty. >> there was a trial date set for march 10t

likes the areas by davis, vacaville, fairfield. wednesday night, 11:00 p.m. see what is happening.rrow morning, 5:00 a.m., drizzle showing up. it is minor. it could provide you with glaze on the roadways tomorrow and you might see wet tonight too. watching it. the main fire hose on northern california. if it drifts south we would get real wet. looks like it will drift south saturday and sunday. that will bring rain. highs tomorrow, 66 san jose. 67 pleasanton. 69 morgan hill. warm tomorrow. the five-day forecast, like this, mostly cloudy, sprinkle tonight, tomorrow morning. friday increasing clouds and saturday evening say 5:00 p.m. on, into sunday morning. right now -- yesterday looked like sunday would be real wet but it will be over night into sunday morning. when i come back chinese new year provide saturday. we have a shot at showers. special forecast for that. >> not a rain out. it happens rain or sunshine -- [ talking at the same time ] >> we will be there. thank you. >>> 2 dozen san francisco firefighters called to testify. the surveillance video that is bringing them into c