you'll find some wetness on the streets in the east bay valleys, also in the santa clara valleys. this is all moving due east, maybe slightly north of due east and behind it we have a little bit of clearing trend before more rain will move in, especially around noon and into the afternoon and evening hours. right now we have low to mid 40s throughout our valleys with mid to your 40s out to the coast. as we head through the afternoon another day with below average temperatures and rain moving in. when it moves in it's going to be a steady rain and hang around for several hours. about 60 in san jose, 46 in clearlake. most of us in the mid to upper 40s. monterey bay, same scenario going to play out. temperatures in the upper 50s to near 60 for you. here is a look at accu-weather seven-day forecast, it will be quite breezy and that will last through tomorrow. stormy conditions on thursday. best chance of seeing flooding and more hail and lightning and hearing more thunder. showers for friday, rain likely saturday but right now, sunday is looking dry. maybe a nice day to finally get ou

it's blocking nelson road in scotts valley. they are able to walk around it but no cars can get around it and about 25 homes are blocked is creating quite an inconvenience. >> the county seems to think it will quite a while to clear the rubble. it's a mess. i've never seen anything like this in my life. >> reporter: no one was hurt in the slide. a county geologist will try to figure out how to handle this. they want november it before the next storm rolls in. they don't want to move things so quickly they create more sliding, 57 people live in those homes in that are now blocked by all that debris. they are hoping for a quick resolution to all. this >>> all the roads in yosemite national park are closed this morning because of snow, ice, mudslides, downed trees and downed power lines. weekend storm dropped nearly four feet. nine inches of snow has fallen in el portal outside the park. several highways are also closed and officials don't know when they are going to reopen. >> testimony will be underway this morning in an east ba

tomas roman is in mill valley. >> reporter: we're here on miller avenue in mill valley. the slide happened up on the hill on it -- ethel avenue. the mud was stopped before it reached miller avenue. officials are calling the slide minor but one family wonders when they can return home. at noon today the ground started to give way. public works officials say the mud sly was caused by oversaturated soil from recent rains. the mud was stopped by condos before hitting the street. this home on ethel avenue was evacuated this afternoon. officials are calling the slide minor but expect the section of road to be closed for a month until repairs can be made. the most impacted home is this one. it had been red-tagged because of the slide and utilities had to be cut off. >> the water thine the house was damaged so we were able to shut the water off. we evacuated the home immediately below the slide, and at the bottom of the slide off miller avenue. so three homes evacuated right now. >> reporter: what did they toll you initially? >> please leave. >> reporter: what did you do? >> i l

failure is celebrated in silicon valley. in fact, gordon moore, the founder of intel, once said, "if everything you try works, you are not trying hard enough." >> that freedom to fail gives silicon valley start-ups a lot of room to brainstorm, to think creatively and innovate without the pressure to perform perfectly every time. a company founder can bomb his first start-up attempt and get funding for the second or even a third. but recent surveys of executives found an abysmal failure rate, high by even silicon valley standards in the consumer products industry. the maker of stuff. in that industry, says a gartner study, 49%, nearly half of all product launches fail. and that failure rate, is it much too much for silicon valley? bryan plug is an expert in product development, a former executive vice president with s.a.p., serial ceo and current ceo of accept corporation. joined by deborah gage of dow jones venture wire, tom giles of "bloomberg business week." how is it possible that 49% of the products that our industry is

highway 89 at squaw valley.ifficult conditions, the roads were even difficult to distinguish where the lanes are starting and ending. i wanted to show you this because of this wind blowing so hard to the camera is shaking from side to side. not that many cars going through. and highway 50. a lot of traffic here. and a caltran was continuing to see these roads but we saw according to c h p, difficult driving conditions to the high country. and if you'd do decide to drive up? you would experience continuous delays. stay with us for continuing coverage of the storm and www.kron4.com live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >>reporte stormtracker 4 is showing a ribbon of rainfall. that is for the heaviest this through cupertino. highway 85 along 280. through the south bay and as we go into san jose. through milpitas, heavy rainfall and snowfall. as we take it up along the peninsula still light showers. it is picking up writer around the san mateo. the san mateo bridge right around--the san mateo.

hudson valley and silicon valley bank, our project funders. without them, none of this would have gone forward. the san francisco redevelopment agency in particular, they have worked with us over the years to get this project where it is. i would like to abolish them. i believe that fred is here. i believe that i saw sally. finally, i never had a chance to meet mrs. rogers. i will not try to be count other people's memories. i am sure that we will have plenty of time for that. but i did hear from everyone that no matter what side of the issue you were in, no one had anything but respect for her passion, commitment to the community. i hear that all the time. the second thing is something that i have heard from the family. something likely said about my grandmother, mother, and other people. her family agreed early on to share her with the community. that was how important the community was to her. i am proud to be associated with a building that will reflect the spirit, energy, and pride that she had in the community. thank you and carry on. [a

southbound into san ramon valley.nd drive time between 680 and the tunnel about ten minutes. south bay live look in san jose 101 at 880 overcrossing, everything okay. morgan hill and heading up the peninsula. 280 at 17 overcrossing, no problems right now on 280 through downtown san jose. we have a sig laert in the south bay, highway 85 on the ramp to highway 82 is closed for a big rig that got stuck in the dirt. wednesday morning drive times, slow on westbound 4, making your way out of antioch, 24 minute commute time and about half an hour to make your way through altamont pass. and train number 3 is delayed about 11 minutes. latest traffic updates go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link. >> kristen: it's official, the beard will on be on the disable list when the giants open the season tomorrow in los angeles. brian wilson is still recovering from a strained oblique. last night they played the a's in the bay bridge series. giants won 4-1 and took the first two games of the series. this final is this afternoo

silicon valley is called silicon valley because of computer chips, despite the fact that these days very few chips are actually manufactured here. turns out lots of things aren't made here. that's not to say silicon valley isn't growing or vibrant. what's true, though, is that high-tech in northern california makes a fewer variety of things than it used to. remember, fliker and tumbler and twitter don't make anything. neither does facebook or google. there's nothing to be loaded on trucks, no hardware. it turns out hardware start-ups are having a hard time of it lately. entrepreneurs who build aren't getting funding the way dotcoms are. build a better mousetrap or robot, and the venture capitalists do not necessarily beat a path to your door. >> and so it gives you a neato feeling. >> for max, who's taking the technology found in those self--driving cars and turning it into robot vacuum cleaners, it means fewer dollars for research, production and marketing. max is the ceo of neat-robotic, years of experience in hardware. joined by kim mcnicklaus of forbes and jon swartz of "usa today."

clara valley. heaviest rain moving into the eastern section of alameda county, altamont pass, livermore you may run into a shower there. also south of san jose, right along 101, gilroy, that is where we're seeing a little light rain. one more shower in the northern parts of napa county. this is going to bring us heavier rain with a cold front. first, let's go over to megan to find out your morning commute. >> we do have a wind advisory on the bay bridge. here is a live look at the toll plaza. no delays and no road work as you are heading into san francisco but both hands on the wheel. we do have road work on the dumbarton bridge, right lane is blocked in both directions of 84 until 5:00 and our first crash of the morning is in san leandro involving a pickup truck. marina boulevard west off-ramp. the chp just rolled it and moved the crash over to the shoulder. >>> let's get to the latest on the story in santa cruz country where two dozen homes are cut off after massive rock slide yesterday. scotts v

valley. valley. valley. valley. . >>> coming up, you'll see what the sergeant from the san francisco police department said when he addressed those waiting to pick up passengers yesterday. reporting live from sfo, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> overnight oakland police have been investigating a double homicide. police say two men and a dog were shot to death while sitting on a porch at a home on harmon avenue in east oakland. it happened just after 8:00 last night. police say both men were shot multiple times and died at the scene. police do not have description of the shooters or get away car. anyone with information is asked to call oakland police. >>> time now 5:04. in a couple hours testimony in the barry bonds perjury trial will resume in san francisco. tara moriarty tells us the first witness goes back to the stand for cross-examination. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. all he had to do was tell the truth and he couldn't do it. that's what the government's appointment on

fremont, castro valley the warm spot.70s throughout the south bay. 78 in san jose, campbell and over to saratoga. low to mid-70s on the peninsula. mid-60s along the coast with a lot of sunshine today. near 70 in downtown south san francisco and sausalito through mid-70s in the north bay valleys. sonoma, santa rosa with an asterisk at 82. 67 in carmel. 70 in monterey. mid to upper 70s for the bay. >>> boys of summer are back and it will feel like it at at&t park. 12:45 first pitch. the a's, sunshine and warm conditions with lower 70s and high sunburn potential. low to mid-50s under mostly clear skies. it will be breezy in north bay valleys tonight as the sea breeze goes away and the land breeze develops. all thanks to an area of high pressure developing to our east. you can see what it's going to do. take it off and move out and it will be 80s inland. upper 70s around the bay tomorrow and upper 60s at the coast. probably warmest day at thecoast in this forecast. fog returns and breeze will drop us about 6 degrees. drop dow

low to mid-40s in the north bay valleys. mid to upper 40s in the east bay valleys. out to the coast upper 40s to near 50 degrees. watching two areas of high pressure still dominating our weather at the surface. still getting overrun by the high clouds. the high clouds that won't keep us from having a pretty mild day and dry weather today. it's tomorrow we'll start to see the rain move in and slowly spread southward. here we are friday morning. by noon spreads southward across the bay by 3:00 and then fall apart as it tries to move into the south bay. south bay gonna be holding a dry bucket once again while the rest of us get a tenth to a quarter inch of rain. your 7-day forecast, that cold front will drop temperatures everywhere so it will have an effect on your weather. mid to upper 50s the next several day and low to mid-60s inland. frances? >> all right, mike. got official word from the spokesperson that there are no longer muni delays on the k-line. everything is back on track. they had an earlier mechanical problem and it's delay-free at this point. we'll check

glen wood drive in scotts valley is slide central tonight. hillside gave way internorth ridge drive just as pg&e crew approached and as it passed this driveway, it slid, too. >> whole mountain just started coming down. l it was crazy. >>reporter: steve's mother was trapped inside her house at the top of the slide. >> i'm worried. i don't know how far this slide is coming down. this could be coming down from all the way from the from the top of the driveway to here. >>reporter: driveway so unstable firefighters went around the problem and cut a path through a neighbor's property to get to the trapped woman. with the ground already saturated the concern was the house could give way too. worry rang out in the form of a siren in felt on early today. office of emergency services sounded the alarm warning resident to evacuate. >> felt on grove, paradise par park, and gold gulch were evacuated. >>reporter: why. >> river was rising. san lorenzo river is rising and at flood stage. >> last time we saw the river this high was back in 97. >> authorities

. >>> a community meeting just wrapping up in scots valley as residents there try to figure out what to do about that massive landslide that is keeping them from driving to and from their homes. we are joined now to find out if there are any solutions. robert. >> reporter: we are at the scots valley fire station whereas you said the community meeting is just wrapping up and one thing many people told me they know emergency crews are trying their best. this shows you just how important it was to scots valley firefighters to try to get this truck filled with medical supplies and firefighting equipment to the 33 homes cut off from the main road by the landslide. but despite several valient attempts the truck just seemed to sink deeper in the foot path that was just cut for residents yesterday. >> this was pretty thick brush prior to this. so the ground is real soggy and the rain last night and this morning haven't helped it at all. >> reporter: the foot path is still usable for people to walk in and out but some told us it is difficult to bring in a lot of supplies on foot. >> we are ru

eden here in castro valley has an emergency room. the man drove himself to a first medical center, valley memorial in livermore yesterday afternoon, right after he was stabbed. the hospital staff apparently notified livermore police who say the man was then taken by ambulance to eden because valley is not a designated trauma center. and the signs out front clearly say no emergency services. and that was certainly what was needed after police say 41-year-old colt holbrooke was driving a pickup truck and got into a traffic-related fight with a man on old first street in livermore. during the fight police say holbrooke who works as an engineer stabbed the man and a knife was found at the scene. holbrooke was booked on suspicion of murder at the santa rita jail in dublin. and livermore police are still asking anyone who witnessed anything to please give them a call. reporting live in castro valley, christie smilt for "today in the bay." >>> we have an update on the string of smash and grab robberies in palo alto we have been telling you

the bloomberg silicon valley index actually trading unchanged.k and tired of your job and can't take it. about 50% of those surveyed say they have considered quitting. about three-quarters of surveyed employees don't have former programs to solicit employer feedback. those are companies. market tools make software and services that help panel that type on feedback. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news. >> thanks a lot. we have developing news from the international space station where crew members have just fixed what nasa calls a minor leak in steve bowen's space suit. he's preparing for the final space walk. this assignment is taking place 8 p.m. our time. they're only about 50 minutes behind schedule. they will vent ammonia from a broken pump they moved from a space walk monday and install a camera on outdoor equipment and remove insulation. it will undock sunday before returning to earth next tuesday. >> the recent storms have clearly made up for january's dry spell. the latest survey finds the sierra snow pack a

it's-- salinas valley. it's a warning for the yolo bypass or the yolo causeway has been upupgraded to a warning. if you are heading out 80, be advised. we expect these to crest tomorrow. the system that went through half moan bay is sitting -- moon way is hitting there. rain is decreasing. you can see there are breaks in the rain. but we're getting some rain. the south bay's had some heavy- duty rain, especially down santa clara valley, come out to the east bay. there's still pockets of heavy rain right along 4. that looks like a -- along 4. that looks like a mess. the good news in the north bay, things have definitely calmed down a little bit. and really good news. we can see a little decrease in the rain. our system is not going anywhere. this system will spin in showers and thundershowers. santacruz mountains -- almost -- not almost, it was 2.51 in lom pea -- lompico. sanfrancisco has exceeded their yearly average. the next system dropping in, it will intensify. the wind will pick up and the rain will pi

still the jobs in silican valley are growing. more than 14,000 behind san diego which gained 16,000. sacramento lost the most jobs 14,500. steve wright was the silican valley leader group says that more companies are being entized to expand elsewhere. >> we know several companies where the difference between the incentives from these states and the low cost of living in those states means the company can hire instead of three people, four people. >> reporter: and the main agenda is to get governor brown to appoint a government cabinet position to keep california competitive. maureen naylor, ktvu news. >>> time is running out if lawmakers want to hold a special election on tax extensions on june 21st. a source tell the sacramento bee, governor brown may announce a november election instead. a june election would have to be set this week. >>> california's ambitious cap and trade program to cut emissions has hit a legal snack. a judge is ordering more review -- a legal snag. a judge is ordering more review of emissions. the californ

. >> let's bring in george kiriyama now from scotts valley. you have to move that mountain it seems, and it doesn't seem do-able with the conditions right now, does it? >> reporter: absolutely, raj. this rain coming down right now is exactly what neighbors and county officials don't want to see. tonight their keeping an eye on an major rock slide that could slide more if this rain continues. >> this is not an easy situation for even the professionals. >> you're telling me. >> it's a little frustrating. i understand that. >> reporter: santa cruz county civil engineers and geologists are evaluating this huge rock side on nelson road north of scotts valley. they say it's too unstable at the top of the slide on to remove the rocks and mud below. with the flash flood watch and nonstop rain falling this week, any say things could get pretty bad. >> it can make it worse, definitely. we have to keep an eye on this situation, and it might delay our start of fixing this site. >> reporter: neighbors near the rockslide realizes their one main road in and

low to mid-60s for the rest of the east bay valley and low to mid-60s inland.ahoe 42, sunshine at 73, palm springs. farce our temperatures tonight, cooler this morning with low to mid-40s, mid to upper 40s around the bay and out to the coast. here's a look what's going on. this is the low that's going to come through, providing a little moisture for the showers. the jet stream pushing it through the next 12 to 18 hours. once we get past that completely dry as high pressure takes over friday. the north bay gets the rain saturday while the rest of us are pretty mild in the low to mid-60s. showers develop, the temperatures cool sunday to monday back into the 50s before we rebound to the mid and upper 60s. >> showers are manageable when the temperatures are in the 50s and 60s but when it's in the 40s, it feels so cold. >> thanks, mike. >> well, several bay area companies make forbes' magazine list of the four most admired companies in the world. cupertino based apple. google ranks number two. sets the bar high for tech companies across the board. also on the list,

and the rain is really coming down here in scott's valley. that's the concern tonight, what impact it will have on the already-saturated hillside. the rock slide came down and closed off nelson road, and that has made 50 people making hiking part of their daily commute. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: jackie mauer shot this video of the slide in action. she was steady for a minute, until the rocks started flying too fast. that's when she took off running. >> i shook for an hour afterwards. >> reporter: the sandstone slide closed the road leading to 26 homes. >> there's no way for us to get out, other than on foot. >> reporter: for now bobs orr o and about 50 of his neighbors must hike in and out on this new trail. some must hike more than a mile. this man is carrying in gas for his generator. sheriff's deputies on atvs went to each home to make sure everyone was safe. the santa cruz county public works director says it could be weeks before this slide is cleared and the road can reopen. geologists are working to assess the hill to determine how b

up around scots valley.ds will have a huge impact on the san mateo bridge and richmond bridge and bay bridge. winds blowing perpendicular to the south. bridges will be messy. tomorrow mornings commute. just stall off and wait, maybe go half day afternoon just so you don't have to deal with what's coming in the morning. that winter storm warning will be in effect tomorrow -- or tonight in the mountains. here is how it goes tomorrow morning then here comes the system. ripe for the commute. winds pick up. rain gets heavy. then boom, there we are, 8:00 a.m. thursday, it is going. it is raining. 12:00 p.m. it starts to break off. we could still see severe weather in the afternoon hours. five-day forecast. none of this is a surprise. we have been talking about this. the timing is almost exact on those storms. both will be right on the commute. the weekend we may see a nice day ontario sunday. fingers crossed for that. >> both fingers crossed. it has really been coming down. >> wait until tomorrow morning. >> thank

the north bay valleys, the inland valleys will see fog but a to be warming up. by noon, the fog will clear with high clouds by 4:00 p.m. cold-mild conditions. ranging from the fifties to low 60s. neighborhood by neighborhood, 61 degrees in santa rosa, 58 in the san rafael. the inland valleys, low 60s and the delta. 62 in antioch, and 55 degrees in los gatos. if you're going out of town? the drive towards the sierras should be fairly easy with when the conditions now. that wind will continue but there will die down a little bit. you can imagine it is pretty breezy. saturday, partly cloudy and snow will return. still higher elevations. your drive should be pretty good with just rainfall. your kron 4 7 day around the bay the fog will be dry rain could be in the north bay. sunday/monday cut showers for were turned with heavy rainfall returning on tuesday and late wednesday. and even possibly thursday. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room we've just learned that the deputy sheriff has designed from the cutter costa sheriff's office. here is his picture from contra

certainly the innovation that is happening in silicon valley. it's a critical part of the ecosystem for building the future of technology. >> reporter: while no where near the record high of almost $100 billion dollars invested during the dot com boom... vc firms spent almost $22- billion last year. that's up 20-percent over the previous year and it marks the first rise in annual spending since 2007. the national venture capital association expects about a 10% rise this year. national venture capital association president mark heesen, says vc's are investing heavily in a few hot sectors. >> the social media sector is very hot. cloud computing is very exciting and then when you look at clean technology as a whole, i think venture capitalists see this as a very ripe, new exciting area for venture investment and then >> reporter: one of silicon valley's top money firms: kleiner, perkins, caufield and byers, has early stage investments in hundreds of companies. partner ted schlein believes mobile internet is the next big thing. >> we believe the mob

residents in scotts valley cleared a space for cars. the slide could get worse as rain continues through the week. there will be a meeting at 4:00 on nelson load at sheriff's communication center to talk to residents about the ongoing efforts to clear the slide. santa clara water district officials say more rain could mean an overflow by next week. they are releasing the maximum amount possible to keep the reservoir pouring out of the spillway. >> eric: we'll take you live to the network. >> eric: special report on the debt of elizabeth taylor. fans watch her grow up from a teenager on one of the great beautys ever to grace a screen. and her legendary friendships with michael jackson and rowdy mcdowell. she was a great beauty and she somebody that made change with her work with hiv and aids groups. >> kristen: we'll have the other news and talk about the winter storms, mike will talk3q a wipe is a wipe unless it's also a scrub. lysol complete clean dual action wipes have 2 sides that go beyond ordinary wipes. you can feel the difference

valley. at 5:08, let's talk to steve. >>> sal, thank you. the 5:00 a.m. observation sonoma county airport says rain. everyone else says cloudy. that doesn't mean there isn't some rain showers out ahead of it. but system's getting closer. the one from yesterday got bumped out. this one has a lot more going for it in what way, steve? cold air. really cold air behind it. and unbelievablely strong jet stream. not only at 20,000 feet but also near the surface. so the combination of these two are right over your house and my house. and that really enhances this system. and so it's lining itself up live storm tracker 2 shows some rain moving into the north bay. not everyone's reporting rain but it will fill in pretty fast. when you see light rain that's not much. darker green or yellow we'll see this really i think just turn rapidly into dark green, yellow and eventually red. flood advisory starts this morning goes through 1:00. sharp rises on the creeks. as you know the ground is just saturated. if

most falls in the north bay, up to a quarter inch in the valleys.to a tenth of an inch around the bay. but the south bay? nothing. cooler today. sunshine for friday and saturday, early sunday and then some rain sunday into monday. yes, we spring forward and lose that hour's sleep and changing batteries in detectors. >> you were trying to get ahead. >> yes! >> you remember those college courses everyone considered easy a's, sometimes nicknamed classes for athletes. now taking a hard line against the official endorsement of those classes. athletes are to stop distributing to players a list called courses of interest, such as beginning improvising or social dances of north america. critics say athletes often took those classes to keep up their grade point average, a requirement to play. stanford has maintained the courses on that list are academically rigorous. it was conducted by the california watch investigative reporting project. we'll have a full report at 6:00. you can read the report at californiawatch.org. a popular halloween costume is being r

we believe there continues to be silicon valley's premier owner of silicon valley spy technology companies that need to follow those technology companies migrating north and really p seeier 70 has a unique opportunity to develop property and sell these to their needs. most importantly, we chose to partner with tmg because we recognized together we provided a complementary skills that and the range of experience and expertise required to successfully develop this project. tmg bring their experience not only within the san francisco area but also with public private large-scale brownfield redevelopments. we believe that is very complementary and synergistic with our large, high tech tenant base, our technology development experience and our deep financial resources and relationships. >> the rfq part of the story is basically the summary. between the two companies, we have been doing this for a combined 60 years. we have done more office development than it is safe to say our competitors, but as he relates to this area. the bay area is home. it is where we do our work. where we have been succ

low to mid-60s for the rest of the east bay valley and low to mid-60s inland. 42, sunshine at 73, palm springs. farce our temperatures tonight, cooler this morning with low to mid-40s, mid to upper 40s around the bay and out to the coast. here's a look what's going on. this is the low that's going to come through, providing a little moisture for the showers. the jet stream pushing it through the next 12 to 18 hours. once we get past that completely dry as high pressure takes over friday. the north bay gets the rain saturday while the rest of us are pretty mild in the low to mid-60s. showers develop, the temperatures cool sunday to monday back into the 50s before we rebound to the mid and upper 60s. >> showers are manageable when the temperatures are in the 50s and 60s but when it's in the 40s, it feels so cold. >> thanks, mike. >> well, several bay area companies make forbes' magazine list of the four most admired companies in the world. cupertino based apple. google ranks number two. sets the bar high for tech companies across the board. also on the list, cisc

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silicon valley is growing. the region added the second highest number of jobs in california last year, more than 14,000 behind san diego. sacramento lost the most jobs. stay right with the silicon valley leadership group says the hiring outlook is positive but he worries that more companies are being enticed to expand elsewhere. >> we know of several companies with the difference between incentives between the states and the low cost of living in the states means the company can hire instead of three people, for people. >> reporter: the group's number 1 agenda item in sacramento is to get governor brown to assign a cabinet level position to keep california competitive. marie nailer, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the jackpot for the mega millions lottery has grown to $244 million. the odds of winning tonight's jackpot is one and 175 million. >>> coming up, how you could be the voice of one of america's most famous bird. >>> meteorologist rosemary orozco is tracking the storm's future will tell us which areas will be

pushed down through and further south in san jose from the santa cruz mountains up through scotts valley and boulder creek, heavier rain. maybe 1/4 to 1/2 inch already. we're looking at upwards of an inch and a half north bay mountains and the santa cruz mountains. a full look at the forecast coming up. janelle? >> thanks so much, lisa. this rain is affecting people in san pablo. engineers there have red tagged one hillside home and a second is also in danger of collapsing. as the slope slowly gives way after this week's storm. this weekend, a soil engineer is due to perform more tests to see how saturated the slope along wyman way has become. as you can see from sky 7 e, there's already significant property damage to backyard decks, walkways and retaining walls. the home owners are coming to grips with the reality that there's not were they can do to stop it. so they're packing up and moving out. abc 7's tomas ruman has the update. >> barbara scott has lived in her wyman street home since 1972. rain damage started last sunday. but today, she fears that she might lose her home. >> scared

in scotts valley, rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >>catherine: and badly damaged in fairfax a tree can down on top of this car. it did a lot of damage. our kron 4 of your sent us these pictures. that tree has been removed. highway no. 1 in pacifica has been opened. earlier, it was closed for three hours south of manor drive m 11:00 a.m. a downed power line. maureen kelly was also along highway no. 1 in marin county. >> highway no. one between mill valley and take a look you can see how a portion of this roadway is falling away. the recent heavy rainfall is take a look. you can see this huge crack that form. let me zoom down and it is about 3 ft. crevice to the bottom. you can see on the left side of the earth is pulling away and sinking! caltran has orange cones to warn drivers. they say they're going to of working crews out here on friday to take soil samples. they can get to work on designing a permanent fix. maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >>this just in to the kron 4 news room wreaking havoc with an ace train a spokesperson telling k

valley have mid-60s spilling into the east bay valleys and for most of the monterey bay and inland we'llave mid-60s, carmel the exception 62. will be partly sunny in most neighborhoods this afternoon except some of the coast where that fog will linger. the cold front brought us waves of rain today. today a little drying trend but notice the high clouds behind this system. that's our next storm. let's see how is rolls in here. here we are from last night through the morning hours. the tapering of the morning hours. as we head through the afternoon hours, looks like things are going to dry immensely. we may be talking about more wet weather and especially for the evening commute. once that passes we'll try to get wednesday and the better part of thursday in dry and friday, saturday and sunday the temperatures in the 50s with highs and a whole lot of rain rolling in. >> back to bart there are delays this morning at west oakland heading today san francisco but trains are running through concord. this is totally unrelated to the train derailment that stopped service through the area. traffic

low to mid-40s the north bay valleys. mid to upper 40s throughout the east bay valleys.or the bay shore and out to the coast. a couple areas of high pressure pushing that jet stream to the north. getting blow-off to the west. low 70s inland which is just a little above average. we'll have rain in the north bay mainly tomorrow. the rest of us will get the tail end of that system and maybe a few sprinkles south of say the san mateo bridge. probably nothing measurable in the south bay. temperatures will cool behind the system by 5 to 10 degrees. that will put us back to mid to upper 60s inland, mid to upper 70s around the coast. frances? >> mike, still very quiet on the roads this morning. that's great news for you planning to head to work shortly. 680 walnut creek, no trouble at all, no accidents to slow you down through contra costa county or throughout the bay area. a lot of the road work clears about 5:00 in the morning so you'll find a lot of lanes open. as we check out the drive times for you on westbound 580, that was kind of a hot spot yesterday with a big rig accid

most falls in the north bay, up to a quarter inch in the valleys.p to a tenth of an inch around the bay. but the south bay? nothing. cooler today. sunshine for friday and saturday, early sunday and then some rain sunday into monday. yes, we spring forward and lose that hour's sleep and changing batteries in detectors. >> you were trying to get ahead. >> yes! >> you remember those college courses everyone considered easy a's, sometimes nicknamed classes for athletes. now taking a hard line against the official endorsement of those classes. athletes are to stop distributing to players a list called courses of interest, such as beginning improvising or social dances of north america. critics say athletes often took those classes to keep up their grade point average, a requirement to play. stanford has maintained the courses on that list are academically rigorous. it was conducted by the california watch investigative reporting project. we'll have a full report at 6:00. you can read the report at californiawatch.org. a popular halloween costume is being

fog to the north bay and for inland valleys, east bay shore and fog from the central valley startingo creep up and take antioch. continuing into the north bay that will clear up by 11:00 you're looking at mostly sunny skies, a few high clouds streaming in. temperatures will warm from there. seven degrees in the period 61 in half moon bay, 76 in los gatos tomorrow. your kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, warmer tomorrow. thursday increasing cloud cover is evident far next door. it will be similar to what we saw last night. very light showers, nothing to measurable expected. friday and saturday will stay dry both days in a stronger day to push in late sunday into monday. it's not going to be off the charts, rain continuing into beginning of next week. >>now, here is gabe slate, with some tech news. >>gabe: according to two separate to companies enjoyed it smartphones out of the most popular in the united states. that means it enjoyed phones are out selling i phones are blackberries or any other smart phone. the i phone is so popular it was the first really successful m

mill valley three quarters. san francisco a third. oakland quarter inch. today and tomorrow you're in the window. i think by saturday it will start to improve rapidly but five day total two to four inches. already over an inch and a half and more rain there this morning. because the rain is saturated possible mud slides again and more flooding. stay up to date on the latest advisories. 40s and low 50s. cool out there. cold unstable air is coming in. next system is dropping in giving us more rain and intensify on thursday morning. morning rain decreasing. windy at times. cool, then sun, clouds, showers, possible thundershowers and maybe some severe weather out to the sacramento valley. a funnel cloud on monday. wednesday, thursday, off and on rain into friday and light rain on saturday. we do get a break looks like sunday, monday, pam and dave. >>> 6:12. we're getting sad news coming into our newsroom this morning. several reports saying that actress elizabeth taylor has just died. now the famed actress has been in and out of the hospital in recent weeks as

this is the "fresh & easy" on ygnacio valley road in concord.t's one of 13 "fresh & easy" stores planned in the bay area. there was a line out the door at its opening yesterday, everybody checking it out. their focus is fresh convenient food with lots of grab and go meals. concord's mayor says the store created 30 jobs for his city. >>> while there, perhaps you can pick up a copy of "playboy" magazine and check its latest list of sexiest celebrities including halle berry, 44. also on the list another acted tress natalie portman who just won an oscar and jennifer wyr left, and kim kardashian. >> famous for being pretty and a reality star and... we'll leave it at that. [ laughter ] >> not much after that. >>> well, it is that time of the year. march madness in full swing coming up. >> 64 teams will be competing over the next two weeks and the annual one loss elimination tournament it's one of the most exciting events of the sports year with everybody filling out their tournament brackets just for fun of course. no money exchanges hands. right. >>

passing to the south of mill valley. we are also seeing showers on the peninsula so keep that in mind if you are going to work. we'll see some of the heaviest rain today in the north bay with showers for the rest of you was. we'll talk more about that coming up in a. first how is the rain affecting the commute? not that bad, right? >> we have not seen any big accidents so far this morning. i want to let you know, if you want to avoid the rain, ditch the roads, mass transit is on time. delay-free problem-free this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza, easy ride into san francisco. a few areas where we are still seeing some roadwork, including theses bound lanes of highway 4. we'll give you more details on this plus the other areas and another check of mass transit coming up. in the meantime, back up to you. >> all right, elizabeth. thank you very much. it's 6:00 on a tuesday. >>> the warning zone around japan's fukushima nuclear power plant is getting wider. that plant is now leaking radioactivity into the air. the warnin

silicon valley index is higher so pretty good gains.e going to pay it on the first cash dividend, alameda solera, that a stock we're keeping an eye on. $344 million buyout offer. this is company -- and baby-sitter, you don't have cash in your wallet for visa. credit card company creating a service to use visa or bank account to send money to someone visa debit or prepaid card. you don't need an account number to do this. you can send the money using a cell number or e-mail address. >> let's check out where the rain is. >> downtown san francisco, you can see the ponding on the roadways as the embarcadero is rather vacant this morning other an couple of joggers. >> live doppler 7 hd, radar returns are back around richmond heading out 4 and valley road, also moraga way, rain there. south san francisco, just moving off the airport where we have 88 minute flight arrival delays. heading up to the north bay, scattered showers, not as nearly as heavy and around the south bay, milpitas heading into the sunol grade, wet and scattered showers stil

they are up in lake county and sacramento valley. there is a flash flood watch out in the sacramento valley. there is through noon. this is a computer model projection. by 6:00 the rain is moving in. it takes us through 10:00 tonight. it goes in tomorrow. there is 6:00 tomorrow morning. more rain. watch here comes the next system. wednesday noon still lighter rain. a break wednesday night. watch what happens thursday. right there. next one roles in behind it. that will continue with a lot of snow up in the mountains and all the way up into the sierra nevada. we will finally see a break next week. cloudy scattered light showers in the morning but the rain and wind pick up tonight. cool to mild. some 50s but a few low 60s. 55 vallejo. antioch at 60 degrees. 60 san jose. santa cruz also at 59. tuesday, wednesday, and thursday a lot of wind and rain. friday dry out a tiny bit. sunday and monday are looking better. >> thank you, steve. >>> it's 6:10 right now. we want to go back over to jade hernandez who is in scotts valley where that hu

it moved through the east bay valleys and also in the santa clara valley but you can see the wall of water developing out to the west and over the last couple of hours, it's getting more formidable. this is going to take over during the rush hour and cause those problems. let's get you cause up on the advisories. first advisory is an urban and small stream advisory. what that means, ponding on the roadways, streets, underpasses poor drainage areas will be flooded from 7:00 to 3:00 and gusty winds from 5:00 until 2:00 this afternoon which means downed trees and possible power lines. that is in the higher elevations and we have high surf tomorrow evening with 15-18 foot waves the be rough the next couple of hours. here is sue. >> we have a flood advisory on southbound 880 in san leandro. two left lanes are blocked with flooding. traffic alert is in effect for further notice. we have an accident eastbound 24 approaching the caldecott tunnel blocking lanes and accident westbound 4 at pacheco. take a look at the tolls bay bridge, traffic is very light westbound. so far is on good. >> eric

mark. >> reporter: batted news in scotts valley. in a community -- bad news in scotts valley. in a community meeting they were told it would be a week before they decide how to proceed. there is concern that the hillside is still unstable and any effort to clear it could make the situation worse. if there is one picture that tells the story of the impact of the rockslide, this is it. alex mace is on his way to art class and has to trudge all his supplies in a protective box over a very, very muddy dirt path. >> i am bringing some of my [ indiscernible ] stop motion video for my art class. >> reporter: his home of one of 2 3 cut off from all -- is one of 33 cut off from all vehicle traffic. the rocks came down during heavy rains on the monday and now the path is the only way residents can get in and out of the homes because of the mud slide. this is how you have to transport your project to art class what do you think of all this? >> kind of tiring. we're dealing. we are getting routes in and out. i have now managed through this road got a car on the other side sow now we have

the north bay valleys in fog it 5:00 in our inland valleys and east bay shore picking up patchy fog.t will clear out by the 8:00 there will still see fog near antioch and fairfield. by 11:00, plenty of sunshine will be filling in and temperatures will warm up. 70 degrees in santa rosa tomorrow, 65 and severed his go, 71 in vallejo and 70 in concord. hopper '60s and '70s in the bay shores. it's definitely going to be warm compared to what we've seen lately. as we head into thursday, temperatures will core rate back down and the clouds will start to increase as we get another round of light showers thursday evening. friday and saturday things will stay dry, sunday increasing cloud cover ahead of our next door. this storm will bring stronger ran the what we saw yesterday. >>catherine: time to look at stocks, the market today the dow gaining 124 points, the nasdaq up 20 points. the key rob. something has happened first of all should go back to stocks. what happened was stocks? >>rob: we've moved from market that looks at things cheap from of a valuation basis, now the markets where oil g

silicon valley companies are in a hiring frenzy. companies like google, facebook and twitter are hiring on a rapid pace. they say this kind of hiring hasn't happened since early 2000. state of california added nearly 100,000 jobs mainly due to the tech industry. that reduced the unemployment rate to 12.2% in february. >> kristen: a neighborhood in hercules is putting a barricade up hoping to protect homes from a hillside collapse. they declared a state of emergency as couple homes are the only thing holding up a crumbling hill. >> reporter: they are counsel instructing it but check how far it stretches down carson street. they hope that will catch any mud that comes crashing down. it's gorgeous today but authorities are still very worried. >>> water is rushing out of the soggy hillside. even though it hasn't rained in two days. looking at all this water you would think today's dry weather would be a welcome relief. think again. >> it can cause just as many problems. right now the soil expands when its wet. when it starts to dry out.