a tornado has touched down in watsonville.look at the damage, crews are cleaning up from the mess left from the tornado that touched down saturday it ripped the roof off several large greenhouses at a nursery. that nursery is a quarter mile from the coast. scrambling to save hundreds and hundreds of plants. >>> mike has been following>3jlu the path of the tornado and he's following the next storm headed right now to the bay area. >>> right now you can see green, healthier returns showing up in the east bay valley, stretching towards the shore stopping short of the south bay all evaporating before it reaches the ground. even farther north up around benicia towards fairfield, vacaville, pulling away from american canyon and napa, all evaporating. sprinkle is all we are dealing with now. into the next couple of hours sprinkles, light rain tonight snow level 3,000 feet with this storm. with the past storm that tornado was a waterspout it came ashore near watsonville, the path was about a mile long, winds of around 75 miles per hou

a tornado has touched down in watsonville.ok at the damage, crews are cleaning up from the mess left from the tornado that touched down saturday it ripped the roof off several large greenhouses at a nursery. that nursery is a quarter mile from the coast. scrambling to save hundreds and hundreds of plants. >>> mike has been following>3jlu the path of the tornado and he's following the next storm headed right now to the bay area. >>> right now you can see green, healthier returns showing up in the east bay valley, stretching towards the shore stopping short of the south bay all evaporating before it reaches the ground. even farther north up around benicia towards fairfield, vacaville, pulling away from american canyon and napa, all evaporating. sprinkle is all we are dealing with now. into the next couple of hours sprinkles, light rain tonight snow level 3,000 feet with this storm. with the past storm that tornado was a waterspout it came ashore near watsonville, the path was about a mile long, winds of around 75 miles per hour,

mid 40s santa cruz, watsonville, salinas, 50 monterey. off to a cooler start, if you have a warmer day in store, sunshine faster than we did yesterday didn't it take forever? opposite today. one more night of fog possible then our warmest and brightest afternoons sunday, monday, tuesday. today a few 50s places like antioch, vallejo, san rafael that's where the fog is now. you are going to see sunshine later. the rest of us in the low 60s at half moon bay a little breeze coming off the ocean, you will be around 59° more sunshine today. as we head towards the monterey bay, same story, 61 monterey, 64 watsonville. low to mid 60s towards morgan hill, gilroy, hollister and salinas. tonight 30s fairfield mid to upper 40s san francisco 51°. area of high pressure west low to south, a little northerly wind now as that high expands east offshore wind or land breeze you can see temperatures respond in the mid to upper 60s sunday, monday possibly 70s there. 10 to 14 days without rain, there it is for wednesday, thursday inside slider the best chance

the numbers are cool, 54 oakland, 50 san jose cloud cover there, 54 in watsonville. still a slightly unstable atmosphere we'll see cool showers throughout the afternoon with low snow levels, not a6>o lot of moisture left, f you see a snowflake, if you are hiking or running up mount diablo or lake county, lucky, not much to it if you see any. frosty mornings tomorrow and friday. cold air is going to stick around for a while overnight lows upper 20s to near 30 in antioch to lower 40s san francisco and oakland. plenty of 30s east bay valleys. you can see the system push through, behind it cool aero tating through. you see cumulus build-ups over higher elevations, heating of the sun and we could bring out a shower here's the rest of the morning 11:00, forecast models verifying well with showers lingering into the south bay, much of the day quiet, clear skies tonight, we are quiet and clear through thursday, friday morning another system that wants to bring a few showers along the coast. that's about it. we have another system that is heading our way, from pacific northwe

the numbers are cool, 54 oakland, 50 san jose cloud cover there, 54 in watsonville.till a slightly unstable atmosphere we'll see cool showers throughout the afternoon with low snow not a6>o lot of moisture left, f you see a snowflake, if you are hiking or running up mount diablo or lake county, lucky, not much to it if you see any. frosty mornings tomorrow and friday. cold air is going to stick around for a while overnight lows upper 20s to near 30 in antioch to lower 40s san francisco and oakland. plenty of 30s east bay valleys. you can see the system push through, behind it cool aero tating through. you see cumulus build-ups over higher elevations, heating of the sun and we could bring out a shower here's the rest of the morning 11:00, forecast models verifying well with showers lingering into the south bay, much of the day quiet, clear skies tonight, we are quiet and clear through thursday, friday morning another system that wants to bring a few showers along the coast. that's about it. we have another system that is heading our way, from pacific northwest on the

from watsonville, santa cruz mountains and the rain continues to pile up in the mountains there. with upper 40s and low 50s right now. this is the first storm, second one comes in this time tomorrow. we'll get behind it in the next couple of hours. we'll see the scattered thunderstorms in the morning hours. on and off rain, but the heaviest is right now. high surf advisory, anywhere 16-19 foot swells. upper-level low, impulse pushing through the bay area right now. back side of it by 9:00, scattered showers the rest of the afternoon and nice break this evening. then tomorrow, this time tomorrow, once again heavy rain looking at additional two inches. then the front is going to take a little bit more time in pushing through the bay area. we'll see the rain lingering through the afternoon tomorrow. by 7:00, one to two inches tomorrow evening in the south bay. up to four inches in the santa cruz mountains. winter storm warning through monday morning, two to five feet above 4,000 feet. not a good time to go up to the mountains. heaviest rain right across the central bay, it will be e

and 40s this morning the same around the monterey bay, temperatures coolest around santa cruz and watsonvilleupper 30s, low to mid 40s gilroy and salinas, 49 monterey. partly cloudy today, showers over the ocean near beach or two possible freezing cold tonight north bay, coldest in the 20s freeze warning east bay valleys bay shoreline santa rosa -- santa clara valley a frost advisory tonight beaches not expecting frost some valleys close to the beaches definitely, stormy pattern starts thursday. yesterday's cold front pulling way, jet stream diving down from alaska, pushing putting us in the coldest air now low to mid 50s this afternoon. next system up to the north alaska next behind that is farther south pacific ocean that's why temperatures are going to rise with the next systems, higher temperature more likely we get heavier rain. a lot of us dealing with frost, find your credit card or ice scraper. 5:00, light shower possible north bay where the best chance of rain overnight going to be thursday morning most of us dry except north bay heaviest rain north bay from 11 until most of the even

. >> the national weather service confirms a rare touchdown touched down in watsonville over the weekend take a look at the damage. crews cleaning up the mess left by 75 miles per hour winds. the twister crushed one green house and damaged four others. >> this happened about 7:00. ouréw crew starts at 7:00. so they're just getting ready to come to the green houses to start cutting. and this is -- i'm just so thankful nobody was in there. >> owners estimate it will cost]e4 100,000ses today repair the damage. the last reported tornado was 10 years ago. >> part of the scenic hiking trail is closed because of erosion. the national park service blocked off a section of the coastal trail just north of the pacific overlook in san francisco. signs posted to warn hikers and bikers and engineers are working on a repair plan. >> happening now, crews getting ready to reopen highway 1 south of sig -- big sur. road has been closed since sunday because of the rock slide. at partington ridge road. a contractor repaired a 60 foot section of roadway. traffic controllings will be implemented to continue r

monterey bay low to mid 40s santa cruz, gilroy and salinas, 38 watsonville, 50 monterey.oday partly cloudy showers mainly over the ocean peacing cold everywhere except -- freezing cold everywhere except beaches tonight. freeze warning in the north bay valleys, stormy pattern starts thursday yesterday's cold front bringing rain to southern california high elevation snow, we are deep into the cold air right now we will stay there, not only today but tonight and tomorrow. that's why our coldest night is still ahead of us. here's thursday and friday's storm, farther back here's saturday and sunday says storm active pattern on the way looks like we'll still have greater amounts of rain with saturday and sunday's storm and possibility of flooding power outages then, still there thursday and friday, more likely saturday and sunday, frost tomorrow morning, increasing high clouds as the afternoon unfolds. best chance of seeing light rain overnight in the north bay 7:00 thursday morning rain, rain will slide towards san francisco and oakland by noon leading edge of steadier rain he

last recorded tornado in watts watsonville was 10 years ago. stay with us on air and on line for storm watch coverage. get weather alert on our twitter feed and follow us at this site. >> other news tonight. 2 people sadly dead tonight after they were swept into the water in marin county. sky 7 hd overhead as rescue boats returned tonight. 3 people were washed in the water around 4 this afternoon near point bonita a.one person able to make it to shore and called 911 rescuers including coast guard and fire department searched for the other 2. man and boy. their bodies were recovered just after 5. still no word open exactly how they ended up in the water. we have the very lateness the live report tonight on 7 news at 11 open the scene of the terrible tragedy. >>> 2 men fatally shot. woman stabbed to death and second woman the victim of what police are call vehicular manslaughte manslaughter. the crash followed a chp chase that ended tragically at 98 and stanley avenue in east oakland. nick smith has the very latest. >> i heard just boom boom boom

we'll look for maybe a hint of sun near watsonville and gilroy. here is a look at seven-day forecast. we'll see scattered showers for sunday, rain likely on monday, a few lingering showers. wednesday we actually be a dry day. then thursday, larger storm system moves in to bring a series of heavy rain and gusty winds. thursday night, friday, even into next weekend looks good. >>> mike is here with sports. warriors on fire. >> they are not wet. warriors racked up seven game, 11-game road trip in atlanta. they lost to orlando last night and end with a victory over the hawks. warriors best start since '91 season. harrison barnes look strong. 19 for the game. carl landry solid off the bench. he had 19. 62-49 to the half. and here is three of his 13. david lee, averaging 20 and 10, the entire road trip. triple double and steal and the slam. 18 points for him. 6-1 on road trip. 115-93 is the final. they face new orleans on tuesday. >> facing u.c. davis after couple weeks of exams. first time in days for cardinals. only aggie player to show up. despite th

. -- watsonville, monterey, mid 60s mid to upper 50s santa cruz, gilroy and salinas, today sunny, warmest day this week. light rain tuesday night into wednesday morning that will usher in a much cooler air mass as it comes from alaska in a couple of hours. today, 65 san francisco, 68 oakland and santa rosa, near 70 at half moon bay, antioch 62 and richmond 66 in san jose, 64 in concord monterey bay mid to upper 60s around the bay and as you head inland mainly sunny a few high clouds from time to time just about anywhere. tonight high pressure takes core of warmer air, that means temperatures cooler in the 30s and 40s inland, 40s bay to the coast two areas of high pressure dominating now, the one over land is starting to give way just a little, holding on enough to bring offshore flow with clock wide rotation around that high -- clockwise rotation around that high in is the next weather system over top of this high pressure going to split these two, and drive through them starting tomorrow. you can see if in the evening in the north bay 7:00, light rain moving instead rain 9:00 steady rain

watsonville, no day there for the tree lighting at 5:00. it will be in the 60s this afternoon and the menorah lighting at union square will be cool, but no weather problems. scattered showers on wednesday. i don't think we will see heavy rain out of the system. then by next weekend it still could be a little unsettled. >> but this is a forecast the retailers will certainly like. >> oh, yes. >> thank you, lisa. coming up at 7:00 is good morning america. dan harris is joining us live now from new york to tell us what is coming up on your show. good morning. >> hey, carolyn, good morning to you. good morning to lisa and good morning to everyone in san francisco. we have a little breaking news this morning. the life or death rescue mission. troops swooping in to save an american doctor held by the taliban. and this morning kate middleton is stepping out. and we are hearing more from the family of the nurse who died after being on the wrong side of the prank call. we will hear from reporter stationed in australia this morning about reaction on t

monterey bay low to mid 50s watsonville and monterey everybody else upper 40s. partly cloudy today, cooler than average dry rain tomorrow and saturday and more chances next week these are the nickel and dime varieties, aren't huge like we saw come going the west. these are coming from the north. they are reinforcing coolness of this air mass, low to mid 50s, mostly sunny. little warmer in the car, mid five around the monterey bay and inland, 30s and 40s tonight clouds come in late enough that temperatures will drop into cool levels. tomorrow morning the best chance of seeing rain is along the sonoma county coast. a lot of rain into southern california, next one, unsettled and cold air mass storms up to alaska grabbing cold air and riding back down losing a lot of moisture in the process this is going to be enough to mess with your morning commute but not enough to cause flooding. 7:00 best chance of rain along the coast, everywhere else light sprinkles, even drizzle possible that will continue through 9:00, bulk of the storm stays near the coast later rain taper

the humboldt squid have stranded themself from aptos to watsonville yesterday during high tide. some people tried to put them back in the water but then the department water creatures swam back to shore. a graduate student observing the bizarre phenomenon says the squid probably don't know where they are. >> they probably don't understand and are trying to get away and don't realize if they swim towards shore, they are going to run out of water eventually. >> researchers think they may have eaten toxic algae causing them to be disoriented and swim on the beach. also, el nino weather patterns may have drawn them to the cooler waters of northern california. >>> negotiations in the crabbers strike will get going again this afternoon the it's been six days since the boats went out and dungeness crab is mighty hard to find in stores and restaurants around the bay area. crabbers are upset over wholesalers' attempts to lower prices and in a related development, oregon is now delaying the opening of its crab season until december 30. that should give bay area crabbers perhaps a little m

around the monterey bay, 54 in n santa cruz and watsonville.ccu-weather forecast and what is coming. slight chance of showers tomorrow, low to mid-50s for highs. going to be freezing cold in valleys wednesday morning. we'll see frost, low to mid-50s for highs. it's a dry day. make sure you cover your plans if you have frost sensitive plants. rain returning thursday with another system mid to upper 50s, witness, windy friday. another system coming through here, rain for the weekend. turning into showers on sunday. and by christmas eve, i think you'll get a chance to get rid of the umbrellas and dry out, temperatures in mid-50s so looking at accu-weather forecast, i know it looks like a lot of rain. don't panic. the storms we're looking at live with the latest kmoouter models look like one storm brings us rain, another storm rainfall totals over four days we're looking at three and a half to four and a half inches of rain but that is over four]s days into the wettest locations. santa cruz mountains and north bay. don't panic yet. >> you'll let u

san jose, 64. 63 for santa cruz, and watsonville, 62. the seven-day forecast, dry tomorrow. thickening clouds tuesday. north bay, rain by tuesday afternoon. and then we'll all see some showers tuesday night and wednesday. and after that we're dry thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, and temperatures start to warm up as well. don't forget, the abc news at 40bg a.m. to 7:00. >> ama: rick is in for shu, and suddenly a tie football game doesn't sound to bad. >> well, considering what happened, exactly. three weeks ago the 49ers and rams had to settle for a rare tie at candlestick park. today in st. louis it nearly happened again. jim harbaugh pumps up colin kaepernick. frank gore, 60-yard drive. but that would be the 49ers' only touchdown. still 7-0 in the third when kaepernick throws the ball out-of-bounds from his end zone. he was flagged for intentional grounding, giving the rams a safety. then kaepernick's pitch goes over the head of the receiver, and jenkins recovers in for a touchdown. the rams went for the two-point conversion and get it. the game was tied at 10. kaepernic

tony witnessed this event in watsonville on saturday.he saw debris flying through the air. >> we didn't know whaitz. i thought just circular wind. i didn't think it was that expense -- extensive. >> you can get a perspective when you walk through this nursery operation. the twister damaged three green house autos we can tell pressure so strong from the tornado. just lifted it and dropped it. one says the event started as a water spout. red band captured on a radar image illustrates a classic tornado hook touching down at 7:00 in the morning. minutes later they would have been inside. >> no one was injured very fortunate for us. that was important. we can people, we can't. >> some of the flowers are a loss. and 3,000 gerbera daisies deemed questionable. that family owned business don yaitd flowers to the rose bowl float. these are pictures of the float taken today. >> we didn't want to take a chance of it. the flowers look dw.d we think they'll be nice on the floft. >> the others say repairing could take week but they're looking ahead to

more to the south around watsonville. the winds are breezy.hey have kicked up to about 30 miles an hour from san jose along the central coast and the east bay you have notice from los gatos and highway one, south through morgan hill and gilroy, that's the most concentrated rain. we will see the light on and off rain showers throughout the day today. shouldn't be bad if you have plans to go out, but you will need the umbrella and by tonight and into tomorrow we will get into some flood concerns and the heaviest of the rain will be pushing on out of here. that's the good news. and that's by tomorrow afternoon. katie. >> thank you. new this morning north korea said it will try again to launch a long range rocket, one capable of reaching northern california. they said the launch will take place sometime between december 10th and the 22th. it comes as their leader meets to chinese officials to discuss relations. it also comes ahead of south korea's december 19th presidential election. north korea an officials say they have made improvements since t

thousands of squid washed up on the monterey shore stranded from aptos to watsonville. some of people tried to put them back in the water but the deep water creatures swam back to shore. a graduate student observing the bizarre phenomenon says the squid probably don't know where they are. >> they don't see the shore very often. so it might just be they don't understand what's going on around them and they are just trying to get away and don't realize that if they swim towards the shore, they're going to run out of water eventually. >> researchers think the juvenile squid may have eaten toxic algae causing them to be disoriented and swim on the beach. also, el nino weather patterns may have drawn them to cooler waters of northern california. >> 6:06. hope you enjoyed the last couple of days because the weather is achangin'. >> that's what lawrence says. >>> chance of rainfall returning even snow on our local mountains tomorrow. mostly clear skies right now and chilly temperatures although we are seeing some fog in some of the north bay valleys. the numbers though droppin

scattered showers and partial clearing. 52, san rafael, and san francisco, livermore, 54. 50s for watsonville and gilroy. here's the seven-day forecast. a slight break tuesday. wednesday morning, get ready for morning frost. it will be cold but a dry day on wednesday. then heavy rain and wind expected on thursday. periods of rain could be heavy at times on friday. and it looks like another storm probably saturday night and early sunday morning. so, definitely stay tuned with us and we'll keep you updated. >> shu is here with sports. raiders big time. >> mike: the playoff picture coming into focus. the raiders playing a team they beat seven >> mike: the raiders hosting kansas city. the last time they beat the kansas city chiefs, seven week ago. the highlights are not up to nfl standards. chiefs, 17 yards offense in the first half. brady quinn, picked off by hansen. that led to a janikowski 50-yard field goal. 6-0 raiders. third quarter, mcfadden, with a 19-yarder. that led to jap cow ski's fourth field goal of the game. 12-0 raiders. mike goodson, spends away from one tackle. shake and bakes a

and'll bring out the sunshine tomorrow. 53, san francisco, livermore, mid-50s. 56, watsonville, the seven-day forecast. a dry day on christmas eve, and then thicken the clouds and rain for christmas day. showers wednesday, dry thursday, and mike will be here on the morning news to give you updates. >> mike shumann is here with sports. big day in the nfl. >> mike: it was, people looking for playoff spots. not the raiders. their season is getting uglier. one of the most incompetent records in their franchise record. the raider fans still on the band wagon. cam newton threw for 174-yard, panthers up seven. a very physical game. watch carson palmer just get crushed by greg hardy. a flag thrown for unnecessary roughness. palmer left the game and did not return with a rib injury. cam newton kicks, kelly started a scuffle. refs missed the kick. yell panellized matt leinart 115 expwrardz this one pick, and that pick gave the panthers their only other touchdown of the game. raiders fall to 4-11. 17-6 your final. >> here we good. arrowhead stadium, kansas city and chiefs. charles made him sweat. chiefs

. -- watsonville, monterey, mid 60s mid to upper 50s santa cruz, gilroy and salinas, today sunny, warmest this week. light rain tuesday night into wednesday morning that will usher in a much cooler air mass as it comes from alaska in a couple of hours. today, 65 san francisco, 68 oakland and santa rosa, near 70 at half moon bay, antioch 62 and richmond 66 in san jose, 64 in concord monterey bay mid to upper 60s around the bay and as you head inland mainly sunny a few high clouds from time to time just about anywhere. tonight high pressure takes core of warmer air, that means temperatures cooler in the 30s and 40s inland, 40s bay to the coast two areas of high pressure dominating now, the one over land is starting to give way just a little, holding on enough to bring offshore flow with clock wide rotation around that high -- clockwise rotation around that high in is the next weather system over top of this high pressure going to split these two, and drive through them starting tomorrow. you can see if in the evening in the north bay 7:00, light rain moving instead rain 9:00 steady rain in

. >>> new details on the falcon shot on thanksgiving day in watsonville. wildlife experts say the falcon was expected to survive. sadly it was discovered the falcon had two shoulder fractures and if kept alive it would have been in pain for the rest of its life, so the falcon was euthanatized earlier today. >>> more than 900 ambulance patients had their personal information stolen and some was passed to a theft ring. at advanced data processing, the vendor for berkeley admits one of their employees stole the data between september and october. all patients involved have been notified. >> officers in kentucky found a kidnapped store clerk in a car drunk. a dash cam caught it on tape. ththe kidnapping suspects who put the clerk in the drunk were pulled over on a routine traffic stop. the clerk then began pounding on the trunk and police got the suspect out of the car. then they popped the trunk and there he was. the clerk was shaking, but safe. the tape of the august incident was just released today. >>> as the storms move through the bay area, viewers have

monterey bay low to mid 50s watsonville and monterey everybody else upper 40s.tly cloudy today, cooler than average dry rain tomorrow and saturday and more chances next week these are the nickel and dime varieties, aren't huge like we saw come going the west. these are coming from the north. they are reinforcing coolness of this air mass, low to mid 50s, mostly sunny. little warmer in the car, mid five around the monterey bay and inland, 30s and 40s tonight clouds come in late enough that temperatures will drop into cool levels. tomorrow morning the best chance of seeing rain is along the sonoma county coast. a lot of rain into southern california, next one, unsettled and cold air mass storms up to alaska grabbing cold air and riding back down losing a lot of moisture in the process this is going to be enough to mess with your morning commute but not enough to cause flooding. 7:00 best chance of rain along the coast, everywhere else light sprinkles, even drizzle possible that will continue through 9:00, bulk of the storm stays near the coast later rain tapering.

redwood city the cool spot around the bay shore low to mid 40s elsewhere los gatos 39. 30s in gilroy, watsonville, santa cruz low to mid 40s salinas and monterey. partly cloudy, cool and dry today. light rain tomorrow and saturday, may get a break sunday before more chances of light rain next week. temperatures held down well below average with low to mid 50s today mostly sunny. monterey bay mostly sunny, mid 50s here and as you head inland. chilly night, not as cold as this morning clouds on the increase, 30s inland. 30s and 40s bay shore to the coast, starting to see rain move into the north bay towards tomorrow's morning commute. here's the set-up, cold low pressure pulling away now we are on the back side, air coming from alaska down the coast into our neighborhoods. a fast moving jet stream with many ripples of energy. first 4:00 tomorrow morning light rain pushing into sonoma county, 7:00 except for east and south bay, valleys there should be getting light rain all of us get rain by the end of the morning commute, 9:00 through noon then quickly slides south by 5:00, evening festivities shou

his lawyers have asked for a new trial >> this morning police in watsonville are trying to track downeone who intentionally hit a man with his car. officers responded to a report of hit-and-run saturday night. a man driving a white minivan intentionally hit the victim before driving away. the victim's injuries not life-threatening. >>> south bay man and his daughter reaftering after being rescued while kayaking in the san francisco bay by the redwood city fire department after they got stuck in the mud when the tide went out they were stranded for hours in the middle of yesterday's storm. fire crews received he a call for help, rescue teams arrived quickly and found them quickly using triangulation equipment and help from the gps on the daughter's phone. >> we just got stuck it would have been a long time before the tides and storm went an we were freezing. had my iphone and it was charged. >> once on dry land they were given dry clothes and treated for mild hypothermia. crews say this was the third such rescue they performed this month. >>> new study out this morning has revealing lo

livermore, see scattered showers south of mortgage gap hill tomorrow but gilroy warming to 55, and watsonville 53. the accuweather seven-day forecast, active. monday, another rain chance, it's likely. tuesday remarks slight break, wednesday, few more lingering showers. a larger storm will move in thursday night, lingering into friday and saturday. so looks like it will be wet the latter part of next week. >> ama: mike shumann is here with a preview of sports and college football. >> mike: the college football bowl season kicked off today. and the warriors are in atlanta. and the warriors are in atlanta. with a win they would come home you know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the f

higher elevations around the south bay into san jose, down south through the central coast and watsonville hit or miss, and they will buy in cooler air later today -- will bring in cooler air later today. right now 40s, still a few 50s around the bay by this afternoon, mid 40s, in fact, some of the neighborhoods in the north bay could see 50 around clear lake that too will be a cool area where some of the higher elevation cost see a rain/snow mix. by the evening still looking at slight chance of showers and temperatures dropping quickly some of the coldest air of the season headed our way tonight for a frosty start tomorrow overnight lows dipping into the 20s in some of our valleys. '112 day tomorrow and friday morning as well. good morning sue what is happening? >>> it is pretty light. good morning. bre toll, first look this morning very light no issues on the upper deck coming into san francisco, no problems there, a little moisture raindrops on the lens at the san mateo bridge traffic light, tail lights towards san mateo side. a little bit of slick roads on the commute this morning. gr

in the 30s and 40s, dress for colder temperatures in morning, 39 in watsonville, low to mid 40s santaz, gilroy salinas, 50 monterey. going to be partly cloudy today, showers over the ocean. freezing cold just about everywhere tonight, pets, plants and pipes, just about everywhere we have a freeze warning for the north bay valleys, frost advisory east bay valleys, bay shore and also the santa clara valley coast only area not under that advisory. stormy pattern starts thursday through the weekend. cold front from yesterday pushing through. next system reinforcing cold air staying offshore that is what is going to introduce us to the freezing temperatures tonight. thursday's storm and on the left that's our weekend storm, coming in a little further to the south, a little farther south, may have more moisture with it come the weekend. tomorrow you can see dry, overnight hours thursday morning at 6:00, light rain north bay, through the day it slowly sinks south, because of that we are going to have healthy amounts of rain lay long the coastybr and north bay -- thursday and thursday night i

that twister hit a farm in watsonville around 7:00 saturday morning.they took this picture of a damaged greenhouse. >>> it's already been a very violent friday morning and a very violent year for the city of oakland. three people dead in two separate homicide cases. >>> why things may finally be looking out for seafood lovers here in the bay areas. >>> a violent night in oakland. three people killed in two separate cases. we'll give you the latest information investigators are giving us. >>> we are live in the south bay where police will be keeping an eye out for drunk drivers. we'll tell you about a new building introduced today that targ

over an inch and .3 an hour in watsonville about an inch an hour. that's really heavy rain.ere's the thing though it's moving through really, really fast. and that is the good news. so as it moves out of here we'll start to see a bit of drying, the heavy rain moving through right now. great news it's going to be short lived and widely scattered showers tonight. they linger into tomorrow morning. but tomorrow is nothing like today. tomorrow you may need an umbrella, you may be dodging some rain drops but it's going to be a much nicer day. 7:00 tonight, it's called the rain band it's a little behind i think. this is the computer model so as it updates. this front is further east than that. you can see behind it widely scattered showers that's in the evening hours if you're out and about going to dinner, going to a movie. widely scattered showers at 11:00, then they move on through. scattered showers, 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning not heavy rain. a little bit of wet stuff out here in the petaluma area. the heaviest stuff going through right now. i'm smiling because that rain was

the humboldt squid stranded themselves from aptos to watsonville. some people tried to put them back in the bay but the deep water creatures swam back to shore. a graduate student observing it said this could probably -- said the squid probably don't know where they are. >> they don't see the shore very often so it might be they don't understand what's going on around them and they are trying to get away and don't realize if they swim towards the shore, they are going to run out of water eventually. >> researchers say that mass strandings are common when squid invade a new area, although seagulls and other critters are likely to gorgeous on the carcasses. scientists warn people not to touch or eat the squid as they may contain toxins. >>> if they were old enough, they would be booked into jail and charged with a measure 11 robbery 1 which would land them 90 months in prison. >> an unbelievable crime by a par of even more unbelievable suspects. why two boys ages 7 and 11 may not even be punished after pulling a loaded gun on a woman. >>> and call it

. >>> new details on the falcon shot on thanksgiving day in watsonville. wildlife experts say the falcon was expected to survive. sadly it was discovered the falcon had two shoulder fractures and if kept alive it would have been in pain for the rest of its life, so the falcon was euthanatized earlier today. >>> more than 900 ambulance patients had their personal information stolen and some was passed to a theft ring. at advanced data processing, the vendor for berkeley admits one of their employees stole the data between september and october. all patients involved have been notified. >> officers in kentucky found a kidnapped store clerk in a car drunk. a dash cam caught it on tape. the three kidnapping suspects who put the clerk in the drunk were pulled over on a routine traffic stop. the clerk then began pounding on the trunk and police got the suspect out of the car. then they popped the trunk and there he was. the clerk was shaking, but safe. the tape of the august incident was just released today. >>> as the storms move through the bay area, viewers h

. >>> new details on the falcon shot on thanksgiving day in watsonville.wildlife experts say the falcon was expected to survive. sadly it was discovered the falcon had two shoulder fractures and if kept alive it would have been in pain for the rest of its life, so the falcon was euthanatized earlier today. >>> more than 900 ambulance patients had their personal d to a theft ring. and some at advanced data processing, the vendor for berkeley admits one of their employees stole the data between september and october. all patients involved have been notified. >> officers in kentucky found a kidnapped store clerk in a car drunk. a dash cam caught it on tape. the three kidnapping suspects who put the clerk in the drunk were pulled over on a routine traffic stop. the clerk then began pounding on the trunk and police got the suspect out of the car. then they popped the trunk and there he was. the clerk was shaking, but safe. the tape of the august incident was just released today. >>> as the storms move through the bay area, viewers have been sending in their pho

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take a look at 75 miles per hour winds crushing three green houses at a family-owned nursery in watsonvilleand damaged three others. owners estimate repairs going to be $100,000 but say it could have been worse. >> tornado happened about 7:00. our crew starts at 7:00. they were just getting tools and get trogd come to green houses to start cutting. and i'm just thankful nobody was in there. >> some of the flowers are a loss, about 3,000 daisies less than perfect, so the family donated them to cal polly for the rose bowl parade float. >> moving on from weather two, men fatally shoi shoth, a woman stabbed to death and a second woman a victim of what police are calling vehicular manslaughter. that with a police chase that ended in east oakland.tq?-typaz nick? >> good evening, police chief introduced a plan to reduce crime in the city çs÷ç oakland, that was 24 hours ago in. in the short time, four people lost lives on the streets of oakland. >> and i heard p.o.w., p.o.w., p.o.w.. it won't stop. >> ricky lives house as way from where two men were shot and killed after 1:00 a.m. there have been n

to mid 50s elsewhere, monterey bay mild 49 monterey and santa cruz near 50 gilroy, salinas and watsonvilleeadier rain best up in the north bay during the daylight hours today, will start spreading south once we get towards 5:00, out of here by thursday extended period of dry weather for your outdoor activities. bulk of the storm to the north now getting overrunning rain with warm front and cold front comes in tonight and tomorrow when we get the steadier rain this is not as strong as the last three but a mild air mass temperatures stay in the 50s and 60s today ahead of it. 7:00 still the wet weather, best chance of it in sonoma through noon, in the afternoon steadier rain in the north bay 6:00 starts moving into the heart of the bay, during the evening hours it will make it down to the south bay in the form of sprinkles with steadier rain in the north bay with light to moderate rain during the early parts of the overnight hours you can see how quickly it spreads across neighborhoods and hangs arm for tomorrow's morning commute through noon steady rain diminishing then north bay clearing by

watsonville, 63 degrees. the seven-day forecast, another dry mild day for our monday. with temperatures near 70 in some locations. then the high breaks down, the clouds move in, we cool down on tuesday, showers likely wednesday, and thursday, morning, we get a nice dry afternoon thursday and friday and then another storm moves in next weekend. >> sounds good. >> ama: the first night of hanukkah is being celebrated across the bay area and the world tonight. in san francisco's union square, huge crowd saw the lighting of the candle on a menorah. hanukkah celebrates the victory of an outnumbered jewish army over the syrians in the second century bc. >> the salvation army is teaming with 19 wal-mart stores in the south and east bay to make it a hap you're holiday season for local children in need. today's fill the truck toy drive supports the salvation army's christmas eye assistance program. >> time to check in on sports with mike shumann, and some high school football. >> mike: high school football. a little bit of everything. de la salle put another trophy in their fron

. >>> the national weather service confirmed a tornado struck in watsonville saturday morning. it rolled in at 7:00 a.m. and caused damage to several greenhouses at a commercial farm. a picture taken by national weather service investigator of one of those collapsed greenhouses. the national weather service says the tornado path extended for a mile. >>> tow truck triggered a crash today. news chopper 2 shot pictures here on interstate 880. the tow truck lost control about 10:30 a.m. this morning hitting two other cars and crashing into the guard rail. traffic was heavy while crews careered the highway. no injuries were reported. >>> police are asking for your help to find a missing woman. she was last seen december 20. her 2001 white dodge neon compact, ca license #4sms214 is also missing. she had a hand gun when she left her home. anyone who sees her is asked to call police. >>> ski resorts are seeing big crowds on this holiday week. the recent stormy weather left a lot of fresh snow on the slopes. >> reporter: the roads, this is the easiest day on the roads to get to the ski

we're picking up light rain around aptos and watsonville.icking up some returns heading through crockett. some of this precipitation not making it to the ground. further north, it's going to be drying out for the bay area with the exception of monterey bay and that will clear out before lunch. temperatures in the 40s, 45 in san francisco. cool spot is antioch at 41 degrees and for today we can expect the showers pretty much to taper almost all gone. high surf advisory so be careful if you are heading to the coast with the clear conditions it means chilly temperatures but it should be dry for sunday. area of low pressure, taking the showers with it heading down to southern california. forecast model, 9:00, stale possibility of some showers, even the pink, that is snow in the higher elevations. there is a chance of it above 3,000 feet. so far check out mount hamilton and no measurable precipitation. sunny conditions, partly cloudy skies and no rain expected or showers even in the afternoon hours with the latest run of the forecast model. there

look for mid-to-low 50s across much of the bay area, watsonville, 53, hollister. accuweather seven-day forecast, a mixture of sun breaks and showers for sunday. rain likely on monday. a few showers tuesday. wednesday will be dry. largest storm, heavy rain and wind by thursday and friday so very unsettled. >> ama: shu is here in sports. >> mike: the 49ers travel to new england to pace the patriots tomorrow night, and tom brady will give the niners' defense all they can handle. carves up defenses like a holiday turkey. >> mike: the 49ers are preparing for tomorrow night's anticipated matchup with the patriots. if the niners win, they take the top spot. tom brady, that's where alvin smith comes in. if the niners can't pressure brady it's going to be a long night. he took apart the defense of houston texans. it will be the toughest matchup for the 49ers' defense. >> he is so good with every detail of his game. his throwing motion, his understanding of the game, protection, defenses, so it's a big task, and i think we're up for it and our guys are excited to play this

gatos 32, same redwood city, 38 oakland, 41 san francisco, freezing around gilroy and salinas, watsonvilleruz 33 and 34 monterey 37°. three highlights sunshine today, still cool, calm before the storm, almost as chilly tonight rain for the north bay tomorrow, the rest of us friday, saturday, sunday, high sneaking in governing our weather, bringing calm conditions and dry air that is going to uncut this next system today and better part of tomorrow -- fast forward to tomorrow we hardly have clouds. any sprinkles in the north bay solange the sonoma county coast better -- as we see the steadier rain move into the north bay moderate amounts of rain midnight leading edge of the steadier rain around 80 from daly city up to possibly fairfield i know it turns into 280 technically, move on. cold front moving through 50 clock, steady rain friday morning during the -- commute once the cold front passes 9:00, showers through friday afternoon, saturday and sunday. be prepared for wet weather and to maybe change plans. if we see flooding best chance north bay friday evening up to four inches there north

lower to upper 40s from gilroy to salinas and monterey watsonville and santa cruz in the middle 40s.eek if you like with yesterday you will really like this afternoon. light rain possible tuesday night through wednesday morning, much cooler as the storm is coming from alaska, will bring us into the 50s for highs wednesday through the weekend. temperatures today from four to eight degrees above average. sunrise 7:15, will set 4:51. 68 santa rosa, one of the cool spots, cooler towards antioch and brentwood, low 60s there mid 60s bay shore even to half moon bay 65 mid to upper 60s monterey bay also inland cooler tonight as high pressure starts to move away, 30s, 40s inland, 40s bay shore, 43 santa rosa, 46 oakland, 49 san francisco for the warm spot, two areas of high pressure dominating now, bringing us that land breeze and pushing all the cooler weather and clouds away from us. up to the north you can see this system the one that going to grab cooler air also going to have limited amounts of moisture healthy storm nothing like we've dealt with earlier. 7:00 in the north bay, 10:00 hea

monterey bay frosty in gilroy, close salinas, watsonville and santa cruz, 39h4rbñ warm spot in montereytures. frost the next couple of nights even away from the bay shoreline, we could have frost and extended dry period now upon us. temperatures close to seasonal within two degrees in concord and oakland, san francisco should be 57, san jose should be 60, five degrees shy of that. sunrise 7:25 will set 5:01, low to mid 50s today, mostly sunny, as you head to the monterey bay, low to mid 50s, mainly mid 50s inland, high clouds mixing with the sun from time to time. tonight 11:00, 34 to 44 in san francisco. mostly clear conditions from midnight through 1:00, starting to get frosty in many areas. you can see the 30s widespread tonight even 20s inland. here's your 7 day, slight chance of shower north bay thursday, other than that, it looks to be drier and warmer as we head into the first weekend of the new year. >>> we want to give you a new update on that accident on the bay bridge westbound. this is the area, right at treasure island westbound one vehicle involved, new information is two

i can see actually that there is some rain really heavy rain over watsonville, gilroy and morgan hill right now. it looks like the real rain is just heading to the south of los gatos. i was hoping we would get it and have something to show you. it's funny you are wishing for heavy rain when you would work in the news but we are hoping to show you more action this morning. on live doppler 7-hd it looks like it's heading south of los gatos. that is best i got for you right now. >> katie: we'll take it. >>> winter storm is expected to drop about five feet of snow on sierra ski resorts. this morning, chains are required on highway 50 and 80. >> drivers eastbound on i-80 starting their weekend, they didn't encounter until a lot of snow until they got here. many drivers like steve decided to chain up before they were required to do so. >> this is my first time putting chains on. >> this is actually some of the faster traffic. as you can see it's not moving that fast. >> i don't have a four-wheel drive vehicle so i have to chain up. >> his dog may find it fascinating but not everyone was exc

watsonville, 63 degrees. the seven-day forecast, another dry mild day for our monday. with temperatures near 70 in some locations. then the high breaks down, the clouds move in, we cool down on tuesday, showers likely wednesday, and thursday, morning, we get a nice dry afternoon thursday and friday and then another storm moves in next weekend. >> sounds good. >> ama: the first night of hanukkah is being celebrated across the bay area and the world tonight. in san francisco's union square, huge crowd saw the lighting of the candle on a menorah. hanukkah celebrates the victory of an outnumbered jewish army over the syrians in the second century bc. >> the salvation army is teaming with 19 wal-mart stores in the south and east bay to make it a hap you're holiday season for local children in need. today's fill the truck toy drive supports the salvation army's christmas eye assistance program. >> time to check in on sports with mike shumann, and some high school football. >> mike: high school football. a little bit of everything. de la salle put another trophy in their fron

just mid and upper 40s for the lake county, 52 in watsonville. san francisco coming in at 52. only at 53. you'll notice a few showers tomorrow morning. monday morning's commuted looks wet. just a chance on tuesday. wednesday looks like the dry day friday, as winter begins. >>> the n.b.a. observed their moment of silence to honor those school shooting victims in connecticut. this was the scene in denver where fans were asked to stand before the start of the game. larry beil begins our morning sports with the warriors and magic. >> good morning. sports clearly a diversion after what we saw what happened in connecticut. we'll start with the warriors trying to keep their road trip going. five wins is the most on east coast since 1962. welcome to the black party. first half, warriors were down 16 and get it out of here. magic, 7-13 and two against golden state. j.j. reddick, he had 16. orlando up 17. david lee bringing it. 23 points, 15 rebounds but the warriors never close than nine points. they drop their first game on successful road trip, 99-85. >> lakers trying to snap their f

south bay, down towards watsonville, gilroy, south, you'll have to deal with the rain into late tomorrowafternoon. monday we get a dry day and then tuesday, another shot of rain overnight, wednesday morning, a dry day on thursday and then friday start to cool things down and hopefully start to dry out in time for next weekend. >> it would be nice. thank you, leigh. raider nation, we want to see your team pride. e-mail your fan photos photos po ureport. we'll show them on the air during our special raiders day edition of abc-7 at 4:00 on thursday. then at 5:00 you can watch peyton manning and at the denver broncos take on the raiders right here on abc-7. today a lot of college football. >> mike: and stanford is on their way to the rose bowl. and alabama and georgia batting for a spot in the national toot >> mike: stanford is headed to the rose bowl for the first time since 2000, beating ucla last night. they'll play the winner of the game between nebraska and wisconsin. quarterback kevin hogan was named the game's mvp, completing 16 of 22 passes for 155 yards and a touchdown. seth taylor

north of mountain view, heavier showers from pescadero into the santa cruz mountains, salinas, watsonvillend gilroy and hollister, wet weather. temperatures are cool in the north bay valleys. 52 oakland, showers this afternoon, low snow levels, frosty overnight tonight into tomorrow and friday morning. colder air settles in, not in a hurry to get out of here, the rest of the day scattered showers, sunshine, with temperatures only in the low to mid 50s, have to get used to that, we were near 70 the past couple of days now we've got snow advisories which is good in the sierra nevada. king tide 7.1, 9:45 this morning maybe flooding north bay looking for chain controls, gusty winds and snowy conditions in the sierra nevada, chilly through the next several days, another chance of rain over the weekend. >>> san mateo bridge westbound from hayward towards the foster city area, big rig off to the shoulder, past the flat section approaching the highrise, its load was dumped in the right hand lanes, tail lights bumper-to-bumper westbound, crawling along, chp will have a significant -- telling us it