more substantial rain is falling along highway 101 as you go from novato. you can see pretty substantial rain out of the north bay and this is the pattern today. mostly cloudy with periods of rain off and on as we go through the afternoon. highs will be fairly cool today, mostly mid-50s from the south bay into the north bay. truckee and reno, we should see snow levels pretty close to 6,000 feet. so showers into tomorrow morning and we dry out just in time for the weekend. >>> the time now is 5:40. a popular show on mtv is being linked to increased pregnancy among teen girls. we'll show you which one. >>> and a close call, two packed jets come too close for comfort on a runway on one of the busiest travel days of the year. we'll show you the quick thinking that averted a potentially deadly disaster. >>> plus celebrity credit cards or bank account money suckers. the secrets that banks don't want you to know about regarding prepaid cards and if they're really worth buying. >>> reporting what matters to you, you're watching "today in the bay" with laura garcia-

as we take you to the afternoon staying in the '50s today 56 san rosa, 54 novato, 57 in through richmond and temperatures in the south bay upper 50s. same goes for the east bay as well. fisher satellite radar showing you what's going on a couple of waves the first one pushing to the south hammering southern california are at this hour with heavy rain. up to the north bring showers three we get your rica. and the bay area a few sprinkles this morning expect showers back up tonight turning to rain later tonight. by 6:00 a.m. the chance of showers but by 9:00 p.m. all the yellow and orange in the north bay shows heavier downpours that are expected to continue in your early morning hours tomorrow. chance of rain for towards commute but it should drive towards the later part of the day. 7 day around the bay catching a break on thursday and friday partly sunny conditions but the rain moves back in full force on christmas day. >> tracking a hot spot through san mateo on 92 westbound off of this san mateo bridge of this san mateo bridge and onto 101. the ram there is maybe almost completely bloc

into novato coming out of sonoma county down through the narrows and across the county line. from 37 all the way down to the golden gate bridge your problem free. e. shore free we would mention to commute coming from the upper to the lorry short freeway on 80 through albany no backups or delays yet for the ride toward schooling date fields. >> out of vacaville's 13 year-old girl and her 18 month old baby brother are in serious condition after being stabbed multiple times it happened early yesterday morning when the girl and her brother were home alone sleeping in 14 year-old boy managed to get inside the home stabbing the girls 30 times and sexually assaulted her. during the attack the two months all little boy woke up the teenagers stabbed him at least 10 times. the girl was able to escape and run to a neighbor's home when the police were called. >> we responded found out they had multiple stab wounds. they were transport to the hospital in sacramento. they are expected to survive from their injuries. >> the 14 year-old boy was still in the home when the police got there he

and you can see petaluma towards novato heavy rain on highway 101 and nappa, airport boulevard towards american canyon, very heavy down pours there. you can see east bay, san pablo richmond there is heavy rainfall so if have you to cross the bridge, it's nasty right now. tiburon and larks spur we do have moderate to heavy rainfall just out siftd studios we received a quarter inch of rain. and that rain is pretty wide spread out towards inland east bay. and we have lighter rainfall around south bay and monterey bay. we've started to see rainfall developing and it's going to continue self hours. flash flood watch until midnight for north bay. three quarters of an inch to an inch of rain per hour. count on creeks and streams and localized flash flooding. all parts going to be subject to flood sog small stream flood advisory until 1:00 a.m. wednesday. and there is flooding of roadways and spots not out of the question. wind advisory until 4:00 a.m. wednesday covers the bay area, monterey bay, and southwest winds 20 to 30 gusting to 45. could see downed power lines and trees. i'll be back w

we could already have half an inch of rain in san rosa about two tenths of an inch right through novato and as we take it through the afternoon everybody has a chance of showers the best chance in the north bay. as we head towards evening by 10:00 a.m. we are close to three-quarters of a majority in san rosa. several hundred of an inch in the south bay in san francisco more than a quarter inch of rain. best bet of wet weather in the north bay. 7 day around the bay show showers and a thursday chance for showers on friday but the weekend looks to be nice. it will dry up and warm up as well temperatures back into the '70s by the weekend. >> we attracting a problem here san mateo bridge right before the toll plaza one car accident currently sitting on the right-hand shoulder not producing delays we are not seeing away at the pay gates make your way on to 92 in both directions nice easy conditions still space between cars traffic moving close to the limit drive times unaffected 15 minutes between 81 01. no slowing on either end coming from 1 01 if you're headed to the bay bridge a bit of a b

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es eliminar las distracciones de lso adolescentes detras del volante y prevenir que los conductores novatos vayan a muy alta velocidad. en noticias de iberoamerica... --a partir del primero de enero, venezuela tendra un solo tipo de cambio segun anuncio el monistro de economia y finanzas. --con esta medida, se elimina la cotizacion preferencial de "2 bolivares fuertes con 60 centavos" por dolar que se aplicaba a alimentos y medicinas.--"jorge giordani", ministro de economia y finanzas informo que el tipo de cambio unificado quedara en 4 bolivares con 30 centavos por dolar.--el banco central descarto que esta decision vaya a provocar un alza abrupta de precios. ---y en mexico, murio "santiago balderrama chavez", alias "el chago", un secuestrador que el martes recibio un balazo en la cabeza, cuando un grupo armado pretendia rescatarlo al salir de un hospital de chihuahua. --el chago era interno del penal de aquiles serdan. --estados unidos pedia su extradicion por delitos relacionados con drogas.-- con su deceso, el numero de victimas por este fallido rescate subio a dos. ---mas adelante en n

. --- y le informo que jorge mendoza, de 34 aÑos y de novato fue arrestado por presuntamente haber tenido sexo con una niÑa de 13 .---- la jovencita le dijo a la policia que efectivamente habian tenido relaciones sexuales y espeÓ a mendoza en su casa junto con los oficiales, para atraparlo.---- se le acusa de tener sexo con una menor y de actos lascivos ... ---en tanto, otro hombre acusado de asaltar sexualmente a una niÑa de 2 aÑos estuvo hoy en corte. ----eugene ramos de 36 aÑos no declaro su inocencia o culpabilidad en la audiencia.. ----ademas, su abogado defensor retiro su peticion de fianza ... pero no dio una explicacion.----ramos esta acusado del ataque en la "tienda de dolar" en union city la semana pasada.----la fiscalia dijo que a pesar de que el acusado fue declarado no apto para enfrentar juicio en un incidente de asalto sexual anterior, eso no afectaÁ este nuevo caso. ----su proxima audiencia esta fijada para el 18 de enero. --- y escuche esto: un vuelo que se dirigia de san jose a texas tuvo que hacer un aterrizaje en albuquerque (nuevo mexico) debido a un pasajero ..

and for novato down to the golden gate bridge, like traffic once again. very few cards heading through the toll plaza this morning. if i am so bad for the toll takers they of so little to do this morning. public transit some agencies, are running at a holiday schedule like how train, like the clarksburg's ferry, a stream in the running holiday that means they have no service because of the commute lighter. part today is running at normal schedule but instead of running shorter trains during the midday hours, the run commute like trains just to handle extra shopping rush they may encounter. >> new this morning a real shift with retailers, try and help people out of course and make a few last- minute dollars themselves. recalling today black fretted as equal as a lot of stores open early, many opened late and some just about all the time. kron 4 jackie is slated to address in san >> tell george if he wants to fund the traffic come on out toys arrest that's where it is. if you really want to see the hardcore shoppers, look this idea got here at 4:00 a.m. to

a pretty good cell going through petaluma and novato. take a look at these returns. from the peninsula down through half moon bay. we're looking at the rain, the heart of it beginning to push on through. so throughout the next hour we'll continue to see this heavy ban of rain push through the east of us. hour delays at the airport. a more showery regimen this afternoon. little break, more rain headed our way early in the week. i'll detail that forecast for you coming up. >> look forward to that. thank you, lisa. pg&e has restored power to more than 4,000 customers affected by on outage in half moon bay. the lights went out yesterday afternoon and electricity was restored by 10:00 last night. so far this morning we are not hearing about any new outages in the bay area. another 500 customers lost power briefly yesterday afternoon in pittsburgh and bay point. this was caused by a car running into a power pole. and in redwood city and belmont, service is back to normal following two separate outages caused by downed trees on friday night. and here is an example of the st

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these headlights southbound 101 making their way out of novato towards 580. the drive time from 37 to 580 just a light ten minutes. the san mateo bridge, traffic moving nicely in both directions. headlights moving eastbound into hayward. for our east shore freeway commuters, interstate 80 heading through the berkeley area. headlights are moving westbound. the drive time from the carquinez bring to the maze, about 20 minutes. westbound 4 looking pretty good. only 18 minutes to get from antioch to concord. through the altamont pass, 21 minutes from 205 to 680. that's westbound 580. you can get your own drive times delivered right to your e-mail by going to our website at abc7news.com. click on the traffic link. eric, degrees. >> thanks for all the updates. >> 6:18. time for must reads. another byproduct of the slow economy is hitting the life insurance industry pretty hard. u.s.a. reports that 44% of american households have no life insurance now. that's the lowest percentage in 50 years. rather, you know what i'm saying. that's a low number. ironically prices

looks like it's petering out as it makes its way to novato. rain to the north of san rafael. pockets of heavy rain at times. future cast, green everywhere. it doesn't mean rain, it is means there's a chance of showers. you can't predict where the cells will pop up, there's a chance just about anywhere in the bay throughout the day today. by tonight, a chance of showers around. some of a chance to the cows come to drive around the bay, up toward concord tuesday, showers increase again. sonoma is a big drive the next punch tuesday and wednesday is the heaviest rain is offshore, and drying out wednesday afternoon for break thursday, friday. more rain unfortunately a wet day on christmas. sunday, as the here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. shares scattered showers thunderstorms they seemed to mock, to monday rain, steady bay area wide in the early wednesday, clearing a wednesday afternoon drive thursday, friday rain christmas day and sunday. traffic with george. >> to and during one of the best commutes' that we have seen a long time, even

either slow spots to contend with, slow and go conditions for a ride at novato. greta highway 37 you can see them beginning. solid red, 4 mi. per hour. 25 m.p.h. near san pedro, some clearance and near the central san fl exit. another slow start coming here in the south bay cars parked in the freeways in san jose, very slow and go conditions along no. but on 101, 800 we had an overturned trailers. if you can see that solid structure red indicates speeds dropping down to 12 mi. per hour. if you take no. 1280 as an alternate. if you're headed to caltrans, 5-25 minute delays. >> thank you, new details of government officials say they will not allow any new drilling in the eastern of mexico because of the oil spill. administration officials say it will even be considered for release the next seven years, he added that because of this bill there's a need to all of its series c and standards. they're expected to discuss this decision later today. >> to women have pleaded not guilty to posing as victims of december and a pipeline sissel explosion. the two went to a dust

mid 30s and patchy frost towards novato and here's the interesting thing. in the north bay valleys, woo ve fog. reduced visibilities and patchy ice could be possible in the roadways around the north bay. use caution on 101 into san francisco. patchy fog on sunol and pleasanton. feels like december outside. we are rain-free for now. more rain coming in as early as this evening on the coast and everyone will see the rain later on tonight into friday. the clouds heading to the south, but we will see a lot of moisture aiming in for the next few days. here's a look at the rainfall totals. this is round one. maybe two to five inches around the hills of the north bay. the same story around santa cruz and a half inch to an inch around the rest of the bay area and an inch or two for sunday into monday. enjoy the dry break while we have it for another 18 to 24 hours for most of the bay area. the temperatures are cool. we have the chilly start and a cool afternoon as well. increasing clouds and chances of rain across the board. looks like heavy rain, gusty winds for t

novato, two miles. two and a half miles in concord. livermore has improved. the fog has moved over to concord. they're at ten miles. half moon bay, the coastalling too very dense at three-mile visibility. temperatures right now generally in the mid-50s. 55-san rafael. 58 fremont. 61 in san jose. 57 in livermore. some of the highs today where the fog wasn't sitting in the mid-to-upper 60s. so we're quite mild under the hazy sunshine across the bay area. dense fog advisory in effect for the bay area until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, sun and fog mixed tomorrow. looks like the fog will scour out sooner, so we're looking for warmer temperatures, and by the way, tomorrow is a winter "spare the air" day. which means no burning fireplaces as unhealthful air quality will be with us for sunday. here's a look at lows. in the 50s. mid-to-low 50s. san francisco, the peninsula and the bay. dropping down a little bit in the north bay. napa, 48. antioch, 50. the fog is going to be a monster tonight. 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, just sitting here in the coast and the bay, and then that

this issue from the north and the northeast, local through the bay area, this issue of novato and napa and fairfield experiencing a low visibility like across the golden gate bridge. a low flow of traffic keeping them running smoothly. heavy fog and low visibility for the bay bridge as well. the chp is warning about that. just 18 minutes because of a light volume expected throughout the week. carquinas and benicia given that dense fog advisory because of the low visibility. speeds getting become to the limit. we saw 40s and 50s over the last half hour. speeds starting to dip through antioch and seeing the yellow averaging about 50 miles per hour coming over from about g street to horizon lane. it hit aspentioch. >>> the 49ers will begin a search for the new head coach. the owner will hold a news conference at noon at the team headquarters to talk about the firing of mike singletary who was dismissed after the niners lost to the rams. during the game, singletary was seen arguing with starting quarterback troy smith. singletary and alex smith had a similar-looking argument earlier this s

light rain santa rosa. 46 novato. 50 downtown san francisco. 48 san jose. 45 los gatos, mountain view, los gatos hills, 49. the first moving onshore but the main front offshore. one inch an hour. as a result national weather service issued a flash flood watch tonight through tomorrow for marin, napa, sonoma county meaning we could see urban and small stream flash floods. here's what we expect rainfallwise as this moves in throughout the evening hours and through tomorrow. you can see up to 3, maybe 4 inches in north bay mountains and 1 to 2 inches for the east bay. one and a half inches for the south bay and santa cruz mountains. all of this moving the central coast and moving into the central coast. we expect a couple feet of snow above 7,000 feet. snow level lowering to 5,000 feet, perhaps even lower by thursday morning if there's any moisture left in the system. look like rain for today with the north bay and temperatures in the 50s. your accu-weather seven-day forecast calling for the storm system to move out by thursday and drier, cold conditions to develop. another storm system

some cold air following that storm system yesterday. 39 in novato as we see a little clearing in the north bay. 43 santa rosa and some fog there. 45 napa, 41 degrees in fairfield. so scattered showers and some sunshine this afternoon. then we have a short break from our storm system as we see a dry monday, a little bit of fog tomorrow morning but then some afternoon sunshine. the weather will pick up again with some heavy rain and snow. for all of northern california, tuesday and wednesday. this is the little system, went by very quickly but the little system off the coast that's going to produce some of the showers throughout the day today. look what's out in the pacific. all of this is aimed straight into northern california. so while we see a brief break tomorrow, more cold air, another storm system and one after that will continue to follow suit as we have seen. today we see the downpour as that system moves through and by this afternoon most of that this evening will have moved into the central valley, the foot hills and still in the sierra. then there's your dry monday. patchy

headlights are making their way out of novato towards 580. the drive time from 37 to 580 is about 12 minutes. now, we are still following this crash in sausalito. it's an injury crash. there is a sigalert in effect. southbound 101 at bridge boulevard. the two right lanes are blocked after a car spun out and rolled down the ravine. elsewhere other slow spots this morning westbound 4 making your way out of antioch into concord through the south bay to 280. that's nine minutes and a half hour to get you through the pass on westbound 580. go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link. >> bart is the now examining a plan that could have trains later on saturday night but the plan would come with a catch. bart's incoming president bob franklin is pushing the idea. he wants directors to consider extending service until 12:45 or 1 a.m. for people going out on saturday nights. right now the trains stop operating around midnight. they'd have to start trains at 4:30 a.m. on weekdays rather than the current 4 a.m.. so half hour later. some say that co

sustained winds at 60 miles per hour out of the northwest in places like novato. take it easy if you will be headed over the bridges. a frosty start and how warm will it be? not that warm. we will end up in the 40s. how long it will last? back to you. >> we have an update on news out of oakland. three people are dead after an overnight apartment fire. christie smith is live at the scene. she has the latest update and information for us. christie? >> i spoke with an officer from the oakland police department who is keeping people away from this scene. he confirms now that three people are dead as a result of this fire. two adults and a young female child. they were trapped in an apartment overnight. this fire broke out around 1:50 this morning. they were taken to highland hospital. the last word from a battalion chief is they were in very critical condition, about but it didn't look good. this was a fast-moving fire. two women were already outside. they had jumped from a second story window. they had injuries to their legs. they were taken to eden medical center. t

novato towards santa rosa with patchy fog and 30s to start off the morning. livermore to 39 degrees and patchy fog in the pass. 47 in san jose and 49 in san francisco. fog the only thing you have to watch for. patches of low clouds for the afternoon and dry through friday. the winds picking up and saturday in time for christmas, we are talking rain and gusty winds. 20 to 35 miles per hour. something to look for as early as friday. out towards the sierra, traffic cams in the high country, freezing fog is up and you get drizzle on frozen ground and it ices up. look out for that on 80 and 50. no snowstorms for 36 hours or so. bay area looking dry for now. you will notice from time to time, we have high clouds and areas northward, you may see a few showers. high pressure should hold ground for now and probably for the better part of tomorrow. more rain is ahead as we head through the weekend. patches of fog and cool temperatures towards the north bay. highs in the 40s to low 50s. mid- to upper 50s for the south around san jose. here's the saturday forecast. the r

chilly novato, 40 santa rosa, 48 napa, 44 fairfield. cordelia, 45 fremont this morning, redwood city 43. a full 10 degrees chillier than yesterday. cold air continues to follow the storm system that brought us that dumping midday yesterday afternoon with up to an inch of rain north of the bay. around the bay about a half inch and a third of the inch areas to the south. there's that cold band that's still offshore and that's indicated right here on the satellite image. all this cold unsettled weather is moving in our direction as the storm track is really directed right over northern and central california and we'll continue to see that weather develop beginning monday. today we still show some scattered light showers. mostly 80 north. you can see northern california will see most of that. still some scattered showers for the south bay as this system moves in later this afternoon early evening but then clearing skies overnight tonight. a dry day on monday through much of the state and then the next storm system beginning to move in by la

low 30s and patchy fog. 32 right now in novato and 34 in n livermore. patches of fog and frost for the morning. i think we will get a little bid of midday sunshine. we will start to see the first showers arrive and plenty of rain into the weekend. details on a formy forecast coming up. >> it will be a tough day for sturnts at an east bay high school. they are dealing with the stabbing death of a classmate and they saw what happened. today in the bay's christie smith is live where school leaders where they are helping to deal with a former football player's death. >> crisis counsellors are expected here at newark high a little later today. they will be in the library helping students cope. some heard what happened yesterday after it happened because it was a couple of blocks from here. they ran to help, but apparently it was just too late. the 17-year-old football star died of stab wounds at cedar and birch street. this was yesterday afternoon and tributes are being posted all over facebook. he transferred to brimming port continuation for the eastern ye

the 61 said rosa, 60 novato, 57 richmond, 62 in concord. cool in the south bay with temperatures in the upper 60s today. some places will stay that way you can see lot got owes morgan hill boy 66. a look kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the bay forecast fog will stay with us tomorrow, sunday and monday although will be quite as extensive sunday into monday. while conditions sunday but as we head into next week rain returned to the forecast tuesday through friday. a series of on and off showers. stay with us will be back after this. are you trapped and don't know how to escape your addiction to cigarettes? one out of two regular smokers will die prematurely from smoking. you don't have to be one of them. escape the trap. say "enough." for free help to quit smoking, call the california smokers' helpline at 1-800-no butts. if your looking for romance or a little shakespeare may be the magic, there's something for everybody this week at the movies. to the biggest names in hollywood are teaming up for an international ad

we have rain now in santa rosa, petaluma, novato, close to the golden gate bridge. some moderate rain on whipple road, and dublin, you're getting ready to get hit. some of the heaviest rain has been south of san jose. we're seeing now towards redwood city. this is gilroy, down towards hollister. check out this band of very heavy rain moving through monterey and salinas. heavy rain, definite for your sunday morning, and we look at the forecast coming up. >> alan: pg&e just restored power to more than 4,000 homes and businesses in half moon bay. they lost their electricity earlier this evening. crews also restored power to 27 customers in hollister. the utility blames the rain for equipment failures. >> despite the rain, this was a day a lot of people were counting on to finish their christmas shopping. lisa amin gulezian has more on that. his his college -- >> lisa: college avenuemer chants are trying to lure in shoppers on supersaturday. retailers' last minute push before christmas, and it's a foggy one. >> rain is affecting things. definitely an increase in busines

you can see petaluma, even in novato and those areas, american canyon. you have green. anytime you have green that's usually light rain. as we head farther to the south, you see san pablo bay past the golden gate bridge and offshore some green radar returns there so expect rain around san francisco, a little heavier than the drizzle we're dealing with now. alamo, concord and antioch looking at a little patch of weather. even in the south bay where it's not raining, streets are still wet this morning. one of the reasons, it's so mild outside. there's so much moisture in the air, the temperature cannot drop. low to mid-50s inland valleys, mid to upper 50s the bay shore and the coast. inland temperatures the mid-50s. so we're going to have rainy conditions through the morning hours. the heaviest will fall in the north bay. a scattered light rain is possible during the afternoon hours. mainly cloudy. look for more dense fog tonight and a warming trend starts tomorrow, hangs through a dry weekend. in the south bay today, low to mid-60s campbell and san jose the warm spot. on

ifs >> in novato dozens of residents without power after yesterday's knock down trade. it happened early this morning the tree fell on the truck on midway boulevards. of the to the power lines are over the place. it knocked out electricity to almost 3000 customers. he conceded to the truck. power was restored to 75 of the homes and a few hours. the honor that truck smashed by the tree. >> his we will win the about 430 this morning look started hearing some howling and then all the sudden crack and then a big light to and then all some of them. the tree fell across the truck and hit it it was a real. >> it's still kind of sinking i was hoping there was as much damage as far as to what but. >> pg&e expects all powell won't be restored in that area by a little later tonight. strong gusts of wind caused a mass of bay area home the truth all damaging house and crushing this 18 willing looking at. but the size of this it happened near delta road and brian highway in oakland. no word yet on whether they're going to clean this up. the storm is been having a big impact of this e

your afternoon highs bringing us up into the '60s and some more spot 63 santa rosa upper 50s for novato and san rafael keeping in around 60 around the bay oakland and hayward 60, here's a look figure 7 day around the bay what it shows us the rain is not going anywhere. we are not talking about a washout but heavier rain expected by the weekend. could the lingering rain drops an here monday another slight chance on tuesday and another on wednesday and thursday. for 6:00 p.m. flights to lookit commute. >> friday light on the roadways i checked the live road sensors we are in the green all over the bay area speeds above 50 mi. an hour. westbound 80 an approach to the bay bridge toll plaza no back up to report your nice easy conditions from all three approaches. no metering lights and all lanes are open along the upper that tracking eight- nine minutes from the foot of the maze towards him francisco. in another direction of this san mateo bridge westbound and eastbound looking good traffic on the right hand side of heading towards foster's in a bright lights on the left-hand side making the

afternoon highs getting up to 63 novato, richmond 63 fair field upper 50s through the night. over to the east bay temperatures will jump up and to the low 60s 64 for san jose. 7 day around the bay toward saturday we may see clouds out there but driving up and bring sunshine into the picture much warmer weather expected for your sunday, monday, los '70s pretty pleasant conditions in fact not until tuesday it would get a chance of rain back into forecast wednesday and thursday chance of rain as well. 5:31 a.m. a commute with arafat. >> friday late through most of the bay area this alert through the late stall the rapid still shut down and here's a correction they said the eastbound 37 ramp was shut down but chp just updated log saying the wilson avenue ramp to westbound is affected but they should open it within the next couple minutes of and that no problems across the bay area dance fog westbound 80 and for their ride around the upper deck be extra cautious make your way through treasure island any kind light conditions here are the road is wet but traffic is moving at the li

there is around napa, yontville, san rafael, novato down highway 101 getting clobbered. other parts of the bay area here on live doppler 7 you can see san francisco east bay getting steady rain not as heavy in those areas. there is some light rain and it's snowing in the sierra nevada. truckee, blue canyon, tahoe reporting snow and chains are required and so if you're traveling there could be road closures, numbers into 40s and 50s, heavy rain, wind tonight. there is snow possible. cold, frosty conditions thursday morning and friday morning. so here is the satellite and radar. there is a storm with a good subtropical moisture tap moving through overnight z that is when we'll see things quieting down by tomorrow afternoon. and here is the time line. there is a heavy line of rainfall here, 9:00 p.m. it's wide spread. heading towards 11:00 east bay south bay and also, there is a heavy dose of rainfall. showers, colder air filtering in. snow may be mixed in. there is mixed precipitation. the snow could be possible around mount hamilton as well around 11:00 a.m. you can see m

. >> novato has become the latest city in marin county to ban new medical marijuana dispensaries. they approved a 45-day moratorium that can be extended to develop regulations for any future pot club. a few unlicensed dispensaries have popped up. critics say there is more crime near pot clubs but advocates say municipalities can develop effective rules and tax dispensaries following other cities' leads. >> 6:36 now. we know there is a one-hour delay for flights coming in. we know the roads are slick. travel seems to be the most affected thing today. >> let's check with mike nicco to see what our forecast is looking like. >> mass transit having delays, too. she's working on that. let's focus on our forecast with live doppler 7 hd. see the rain moving into the peninsula right now and it's going to increase. expect the rain to be a little heavier through about the 7:30, 8:00 hour. could even linger a little later than that. but most people are finally getting off the roads by then. by the morning commute we'll say the heaviest rain is moving in. you can see this chunk of energy here

slowing here red in iran, that coming up, 101, pretty well backed up leaving novato. newsroom, james fletcher. >> knew this morning and story editor new york where a new group lost an effort to cut across party lines. they call themselves no labels here's one of the guest speakers talking about one of the things that needs to be fixed. >> you go to dinner in washington there thinkers and scholars you go to a sensor as moderate or an dependent it's a bad to lobbyists. no offense, but that's not where the ideas engendered come from this is tragic because we of the tradition which is a moderate tradition. it was not abraham lincoln, it believes in using limited but energetic government to enhance mobility. it carries some real or act, according california in the 1950's they created the greatest school system in this country water projects, great infrastructure. that is a vibrant tradition drop from american life, (applause) >> the group was founded by republican and democratic their urging leaders to set aside party politics in the search for solutions. we will take a qu

novato and santa rosa, less than a mile visibility, only one mile at sfo. eight miles visible for half moon bay, and we're looking at rite visibility out towards liver move. san jose, less than three miles, all because of the dense fog, and will continue to get more widespread overnight. temperatures, 55, san francisco, 56 in oakland, fairfield, 57, and 55 in san jose. we will continue with fog tonight, advisories for the bay area overnight tonight, mixture of sun and fog tomorrow. it will be a little warmer as we're hoping the fog bank will thin out sooner tomorrow afternoon, and tomorrow is a winterer "spare the air" day, which means no burning of wood tomorrow. here is a look at the dense fog advisory until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, with visibility below a half a mile across the pay area. lows tonight generally in the upper 40s in the north bay to mid-to-low 50s elsewhere, and that fog is going to continue to thicken during the evening. we also are getting into some offshore winds so all the central valley fog is just being pushed right towards the bay

tomorrow afternoon a little slow to warm just because of the fog in the morning. 61 santa rosa, 60 novato, 61 san francisco, 62 concord. upper 50s low 60s down the peninsula 59 have been bay, 63 and set aside. kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay rumba before cast, fog will stick with us but it will be as extensive sunday into monday. i will conditions expected from the afternoon everywhere except your inland valley. it will still be mild and the low 60s because the fog will be the densest there temperatures warm as much. next week, rain returns the forecast tuesday through friday on and off showers. >> between the pack planes winter weather airline customer service agents can be taxed during the holiday travel. . passengers' patience can be short. internet reporter kimberly shows as the new faster way to get your flight questions answered. >> when it comes to airline customers serviced water is one tool that's really taking off. airlines got on board the social media while ago offering special fares on facebook basis. we lost and it offers even offering travel tips. as more

no problems all the way into san francisco from novato moving at the limit. highway 4 here, reports of debris. running at the limit. no delays, no problems which is unusual for this time of the morning. garbage in a garbage can eastbound highway 4 at willow pass. so be aware of that. that is a noncommute if there was a commute direction. 680 at walnut creek in gearry, a christmas tree at lanes there. cars are swerving to take a look at that. bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights this morning. cars are whizzing into san francisco. no problems paying your toll plaza there. and we've got a fresh look at traffic before you leave the house this morning if you are up and about. you can go to the website, it's abc7news.com. eric? >> sue, thank you very much. sue hall in for frances dinglasan this morning. for many of us celebrating new year's means a gathering at home. that means your kitchen appliances could be getting quite a workout this season. if your guest list is up, "consumer reports" latest tests can help you get set up without spending top dollar. >> a

. >>> this morning, a deadly fire in novato sunday investigation. fire crews finding the woman's body yesterday after the flames were extinguished. two neighboring homes were threatened and had to be evacuated. no word on what sparked the fire. >>> 6:34 now. new this morning the victims. san bruno disaster are facing new obstacle, federal income taxes. congresswoman jackie speier is working to make sure the money they received in disaster aid will not be taxed. pg&e has given $15,000 to victims whose homes were damaged in september when the natural gas pipeline blew. residents were notified last month that the money could be taxed by the irs. >>> and concerned residents turned out at a community meeting last night. official from the ntsb and pg&e fielded questions. the ntsb officials say there may be a hearing in washington early next year when witnesses will be subpoenaed. residents had been complaining about a lack of information. >>> 6:35. let's go to gianna franco with a look at our morning commute. and it looks a bit quieter after seeing all th

the lighter shades of green showing light rainfall in inverness as well as novato and also in mill valley and san rafael. moving down just a little more look at this a line of rainfall moving toward san francisco. all this pushing off to the east and it will be in the forecast during the day. our forecast, cloudy, foggy, showers expected. temperatures out the door in the 50s. this afternoon continued chance of showers temperatures in the 60s, lower 60s around the bay and inland with the 50s along the coast. i wanted to show you this satellite. you're showing a nice flow, those clouds still pushing through the bay area. the clouds moving through the bay area, rainfall continues to move through the bay area, the chance of rainfall, and we'll keep it in the forecast during the day today as well as the tomorrow. sierra forecast, rain-snow mix expected today, snow level above 7,000 feet and a continued chance of snowfall friday and also for saturday. so if you are heading up this weekend, keep that in mind. chance of showers again still lingering friday. plenty of sunshine saturday, sunday and

that's into novato, where we have a little yellow there. that's where you're more likely to run into brief heavy downpours, also through mill valley and into richmond. this rain is in the forecast through the afternoon. here's a look at what to expect this morning out the door. a frontal system is moving through the bay area keeping us with a line of showers as well as rainfall expected well during the morning and also into the afternoon. so our forecast for the morning, cloudy with rainfall, we also have delays at sfo this morning around 2 hours because of the weather. so if you are traveling, i would definitely keep abreast of the weather. this afternoon, rainfall likely and also something else. let's look at how much rainfall we can x up to 1.5" in the north bay. it's been coming down there for the past couple of hours, up to three-tenths in the east bay, up it a quarter in the south bay. half inch in the peninsula as well as the santa cruz mountains. five-day forecast, more leftover showers expected thursday and friday. and sunshine exp

the novato fire foundation is donating the screens to the schools. >>> 8:18. some antioch city employees face a tough decision, get a bigger paycheck or risk losing their jobs. those concessions expire next month which would add about $ 750 million to the city budget. if the employee hawaiis continue to agree the concessions that would avoid the need for possible job cuts. >>> a frightening event at a school board meeting in florida and it was all ap chur -- captured on video. the man on the right here walked in argue the -- arguing with the school board about his wife b eing fired. he had a gun and he started shooting. amazingly, no one was hurt. now, a security officer shot and wounded this gunman who then killed himself. no one else was hurt. surprisingly. the school superintendent tried to reason with the man even o ffered to stay with the gunman if he would allow the others to go free. >> i don't have a death wish but i know if i died today i know where i'm going. i did not want anybody in that room killed. that would have been a waste or a tragedy. and i

it continued through the morning commute that caused the closure on the eastbound 80 into novato. because of the giant sinkhole. this is a cut that people take into vallejo. take that over to interstate 80. light volume should keep things moving slowly off the bridge down to the bay bridge toll plaza. an easy flow of traffic and a couple of extra toll gates. they are closed this morning. about 5:00, they should reopen. a lot of lane changes for the next few minutes. back to you. >> at least it's clear and we will get through the morning commute. it's later we have to watch for. >> later on this evening, make sure you are ready to drive for showers on your way home. you should be okay falling in the east bay. a lot of activity is actually deteriorating before it makes its way onshore. we will still see light scattered showers. by noon that's when the bulk will push into the north bay. let's take a look at the hour by hour rainfall. talking about the evening commute, moderate rain and heavy rain between 5 and 10 over the entire bay area. could pick up to two inches in a very small a

mid 50s here across sunnyvale. 55 in novato. we had humidity at this time yesterday with the southerly push of moisture but now the cold front has passed the air is drier and more comfortable. for thursday clouds will continue to build in advance of this very wet pattern in our seven-day forecast where we'll have to watch out for potential here of flooding. here's the satellite radar picture. the front we watched yesterday is well to the south and back behind this once again. that cold, dry air that's making it crisp and enjoyable out there on your wednesday. the storm door is completely open. several different storm systems lining up out in the pacific. that will be moving in over this pattern from friday to monday as that jet stream is going to be really active right across northern california. basically when you have the jet stream over california like we expect it provides a lot of uplift and possibilities here for heavier rainfall to come our way. now for thursday once again we'll see breaks of sunshine. temperatures in the

oh, yes. 55 in novato. 57 in santa rosa. 51 in lakeport. morning time on the weather channel on cable. so the rain day is sunday and then a chance of showers here into monday. >> all right, jeff. we'll just keep our fingers crossed. that's all we'll do. >> it's going to be fine, people. it's going to be fine. >> yes, it is. we are needy for a nedney. >> you have been waiting to say that. >> yes, i have. >> all right. with that i will take it away. no rhymes here. the kicker's carousel is spinning in 49ers land these days. wednesday mike singletary indicated joe nedney would be good to go for sunday's game in green bay. then yesterday the team brought in veteran jeff reed for that job. today reed says he's expecting to be here for a while. does not look good for nid's chances of bouncing back anytime soon. reed told reporters he believes he's the niners kicker for the rest of the season adding he didn't come here to play one game and be unemployment again. nedney sprained his knee against the bucs three weeks ago and thought he'd be ready to

we're seeing moderate rain, santa rosa, petaluma and novato. napa got a hit with heavy rain. the east bay, a little clring there. also seeing that heavy rain starting to move out of the milpitas area. san jose reporting rain as well, and we're seeing band of rain sitting near accept -- santa cruz some of the heaviest rains have moved through. we have another second area of heavy rain that will move in tonight. >> alan: all this wet weather has led to minor flooding and accidents, we're in oakland at third and washington tonight with more. >> reporter: alan, we' getting a break right now. the rain has stopped for th time being, but it hat -- left behind some minor street flooding. that's a block or two off jack london squar the sewer is a little clogged and it's pilin up on the street. we want to alert y to a dangerous situation on 880 south. we shot this video less than an hour ago. there are several lanes flooded ar broadway. this is 880 south. cars come flying down 880 and are stunned to find two maybe three lanes, covered in way, seral inches team. -- inches deep. drivers

headlights moving southbound from novato down to the golden gate bridge. find out what traffic looks like whenever you want by going to www.abc7.com. >>> 4:53. >> astronomers have a new theory about the origin of the rings around saturn. they say about four and a half billion years ago saturn was surrounded by hydrogen gas that pulled the moon out of orbit. on the way down the moon's surface was peeled away and those icy chunks formed the rings. >>> this year marked the 50th anniversary of a device that revolutionized the world. the head of the team that invented the laser still goes to work every day at u.c. berkeley the drive to discover new uses. >> i'm still very pleased the use of the laser is, it's so common. >> charles is a marvel, he invented the predecessor to the laser, the mazer when it struck him. >> i worked on it and went out in the park and sat on a park bench, well, try this and try that, i think i see a way of diochk it. all of a sudden, we could do it. it was a great moment for me. i wrote down some notes, looks like it will probably work

novato starting to see rain. there is another wave moving into san francisco heading towards daily city. this continues to push inland overnight tonight. doi want to update the sierra. just got word 80 is open. no chain requirements there. there are chains on highway 50. we'll take a look at the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> very g thank you very much. and in oakland high speed police chase ended in a crash and gunfire with a deadly result. on the scene live tonight. leanne? >> this is what we know. there is a shooting last friday. so police were already looking for this red dodge. they spotted the car today near east oakland. a chase began. the car and police ended up in this neighborhood near highland hospital that. red car, as you said crashed into a fence and a house on 13th avenue on east 33. there were four men inside that car and they ran. >> four occupants ran from police. two of our officers were following one. people inside of the vehicle. that person did have a handgun. he was shot and pronounced

meanwhile novato still a fourth of a mile visibility, that money market ground, the cool air and that's why we get the valley fog. the valley fog will return tomorrow as well overnight. still dry for christmas eve and the next storm arrives christmas day. get ready for that. here's the satellite image. area of high pressure, kind of a dirty ridge but enough to keep the storm up to the north. that will keep us dry through tomorrow. this is a storm system that's going to move in christmas day. here's the timing of how it plays out. if you're getting somewhere before christmas, try to do it before lunchtime. because that's when the cold front makes its way through the bay area. the area of yellow show the heaviest rain. so it will be heavy through 4:00 in the afternoon. you see the pink and white, that's snow in the sierra. you don't want to be traveling to tahoe saturday evening into sunday morning but there will be great snow sunday for skiing. highs today mid-50s. fairly uniform all throughout the bay area with the exception of clear lake 50. upper 50s through monterey bay. 57 santa cru

five degrees warmer in santa rosa, four napa, same novato, 5 degrees warmer happen day and a couple degrees cooler in san francisco and six degrees warmer livermore. storm tracker 4 radar wincing a steady stream of clouds and the northern california and the bay area's been catching some of us. we did see a bright blue cloud cover over night which led to some chilly morning temperatures in certain spots. we will see the clouds streaming and rain continued in northern california were watching to see when this will stay down to the south that will mean rain for the bay area. here's a look at tonight into tomorrow cloudy and warm conditions this evening. temperatures in the upper '40's and even the low 50s at 7:00. it will stay warm and dry and mild temperatures in the '40's back to where were used to having the morning temperatures. in the afternoon rain chance of a pickup in the north bay we do of rain set for the bay area through the weekend. we'll talk all about that us know when tahoe coming up. stay with us will be right know when tahoe coming up. stay with us will be right back carrie. [

as we zoom in, across novato heading into vallejo, we're finding some heavier pockets of rainfall. also on the interstate 80 corridor, if you're doing any traveler into sacramento, be advised there is a wind warning through tonight and also, loat this, down into napa on highway 29 being we're currently tracking heavy pockets of rain across shiller court and also across old creek road. that's going to be lasting over the next half hour or so. now, as we zoom back out, i do also want to take you down here into the south bay. we have been getting in on heavier rainfall throughout the southern portion of the peninsula, into redwood city and also downtown san jose. right now redwood city is fine finding some of the heaviest h rainfall and really rusing visibility. on some cases on 101 ond 280 down to feet as all this water kikiuphe on t o cars. certainly take it easy. up towards the sierra, not inches but feet. 3 to 6 feet expected through monday with winds 40 to 60 miles per hour. as far as the weather headlines go, we are tracking winds that could gust 15 to 30 miles per hour tonight,

of new highs, upper 50s for santa rosa, novato. could get into the '60s around the b 8ay. 634 los gatos, where the hell of a little warm up in the in the afternoon. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. best chance of showers neckband thursday, rain in the forecast here friday, saturday, sunday and into next week. erica. >> creek project, no problems to report just like traffic, just a couple cars crawling to the bay bridge toll plaza westbound 80 not in eproms to report. no waiting at the toll gates to just check no signs of overnight instruction as to make your way up the incline toward dryland and nice easy ride no delays to report as you make your way towards fremont. problems getting to the san mateo bridge we do this overnight construction still in effect sets by 800. a couple lanes will be closed until 5:00 a.m. the good news here were completely in the green suits not producing much in the way of delays. northbound 800 connected to westbound 92 will be close to five. once you get on the span you can see nice, easy co