pros santa rosa napa, san jose 43. palo alto 48. san rafael starting off cold. 33 at 7:00 a.m.. 45 noon and 49 for a high. that is it under cloudy skies by late this afternoon and also this evening. really cold up in the mountains. six below tahoe and truckee. 30s from eureka and redding. fresno and even las vegas and palm springs at 36. here comes our low breaking right off where it says satellite. that's where it will dive along the coast. it looks like this is a bay area event it would be a sierra nevada event. that system continues to work its way toward as the clouds will be on the move here in the next couple of hours. increasing clouds and it does look like light rain around the midnight hour. tahoe it's a cold day. mostly sunny until clouds come in tonight. it's really cold to start off with. light snow is possible. this is an event for us as it would be for them. we will keep clouds and light snow showers in there. temperatures 30-40 to start off with. we'll have increasing clouds. upper 40s and low 50s under a cloudy, cool

santa rosa reporting visibility of about two miles. we are expecting area of fog first thing in the morning. go with overnight, sprinkles possible for tomorrow and a mild weekend is expected around the bay. here is the satellite and radar here. the showers that went through earlier in the day. two more disturbances and a stream of moisture. tomorrow here is what is going to happen. we are going to keep the possibility of sprinkles in the forecast. this first disturbance goes through. the rain line cleese to our area and then another disturbance goes through. we will call it chance of sprinkles for your friday. carry the umbrellas to be on the safe side. higher pressure builds in late on friday and by the weekend it sets up shop for a nice looking weekend. most areas will see temperatures on the mild side with one exception. you will see the exception here. watch what happens in the central valley, saturday night and into sunday morning. start to see the fog forming and then that fog starts to spill in north bay valleys, east bay valley

santa rosa low visibility. fog, potentially for the north bay and that could be getting dense by tomorrow morning with visibility problems. partly sunny skies, clouds and sunshine, another dry day before this weather system arrives in california, just in time for christmas day. the rain is forecast to begin christmas morning, could get heavy at times, especially for the afternoon and evening on saturday, along with gusty winds close to 40 miles per hour. taking a-look at rainfall totals through the weekend. by the time sunday rolls around, half inch to an inch of rain. pably anarch-1/2 for santa rosa. -- inch-and a half for santa rosa. >>> shoppers are still at malls all over the bay area. many stores staying open late in anticipation of this holiday rush. kron 4's reggie kumar is live with the latest. reggie. >> reporter: there is still procrastinators out here right now. i spoke to some, others are just getting started with christmas eve less than an hour away. >> i am done and i hate shopping. >> i have a co

santa rosa checking in. san francisco at 45 and livermore right now in the upper 30s right around 38 degrees. here's the satellite and today a few high clouds. watch out for dense fog. especially for the dense advisory. we have fog posted until 9:00 this morning. as the system approaches the first thing you will notice the wind speed will pick up. the national weather service hassish yewed this-- has issued this. wind advisory. this will be a place in the north bay hills. and also the santa cruz mountains. as far as the timing. no rain clouds expected. 6:00 tonight we are still dry. you will see all the activity behind me. at 7:00 tomorrow morning for christmas there is a possibility of a light shower. the main action moves in late tomorrow morning and late into the afternoon hours. you can see soaking the bay area and heading out toward the sierra. partly cloudy for today. tomorrow the chance of snow especially by late tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night and snow showers likely off and on into sunday. he

temperatures in the '40's and '50's. 46 a center rosa, 44 napa 40 los gatos. chances of rain through the evening as well tuesday hit or miss showers the better chance of heavier rain and thunderstorms tuesday night. and then by will late wednesday we should see rains tapered off in fact we could catch a break by the end of the workweek. thursday, friday brings this sunny conditions. by christmas morning wet weather returns so the sierra could get a white christmas. >> we are catching a break in the traffic department this morning the bay bridge as we starter bridge check with their ride to the toll plaza westbound as we are now moving past 630 and they still have not activated the meter lights. that is a very good sign of good start for the bay bridge. light traffic through in a state in the and the nimitz freeway. that is good news. san mateo bridge as we pick up that camera the volume continues to build, but it's not as heavy as usual now back up on the approach where delays at the toll plaza. a 80 looks good through hayward. golden gate bridge ride problem

santa rosa, 38 now bought and fairfield at about 37 degrees and to livermore. it right across the board temperatures are cool. in the afternoon will bring a lot to the '50s and '60s similar in fact what we saw yesterday. 57 santa rosa, 56 san francisco in richmond. we could reach the '60s and redwood city and san jose in mt. view today. overall temperatures will be on the mod site, you will wind advisory in effect for tomorrow. all of this blue area high lighted in much of the bay area brings as that would advise raid from early morning to late tomorrow night. you could see southerly winds to about 30 mi. an hour. it's could reach 45. >> as to what one tomorrow rain wind, a slight chance of rain on your monday and more stormy weather ahead of us for next week. george. >> will start off with a rag at a look at the 680 or high with 24 the north bound ride to walnut creek and southbound ride from walnut creek. itself down from pleasant hill data walnut creek no delays in both directions on 24 leg and traffic moves well. as a dozen san francisco where there are no

we'll have mid to upper 30s livermore, fairfield, napa, santa rosa, cloverdale. looks like about the only areas right now. high pressure taking over. excuse me. and that's bringing us our last dry day. let's fast forward and show you what's going to happen tonight through tomorrow morning. one low starting to move in. this is the first shot of wet weather as it will spread to the east and become snow by the morning hours. if you're heading into the sierra, the best time to get there is tomorrow, the earlier the better. once that snow starts to develop there, like our rain, it never quits. we're talking some places 10 to 12 feet of snow. really? yeah, it's going to be crazy up there. here temperatures hover around the 50s with the stormiest weather saturday and probably again on tuesday. >> good morning. most of our overnight load work should clear up in the next five minutes. a couple of spots extent until 6:00. live shot, this is interstate 80 heading to the berkeley area. no problems making your way westbound. about a 19 minute drive time from the carquinez bri

santa rosa 31. napa 32. a lot of 30s towards livermore and pleasanton, concord, san ramon, danville. redwood city 34. morgan hill 33 degrees. clear skies, cloud cover yesterday slid south. but already some higher clouds are inching closer. but they'll come in later on today with higher clouds. cloud cover will roll in tonight into tomorrow. synura fell our target forecast here. 34 to start. 50 at noon. and then 54 for a high. a friend of mine said can you make a graphic like that san raphael one? yes, but not today. it takes too much time. but, yes, we will. we have a system that moves south but the next one's getting closer. today's the day if you want to get a bike ride in or whatever, tennis, golf, do it today because things start to deteriorate tomorrow in the form of rain. we can use some rain. we just don't want to get too much too soon. today's all right though. mostly sunny. cold with patchy thick fog. tomorrow cloudy lows will be much warmer due to cloud cover. rain returns nothing too heavy tomorro

we have some fog this morning in santa rosa. we've had some heavy downpours along interstate 80 and also 680. concord. and it's just going to be one of those days, hit and miss with a little sunshine in the forecast. enjoy our weather. we'll have more coming up. >> look forward to that. thank you, christine. more snow is falling in the sierra. interstate 80 drivers are required to put on chains at blue canyon which is around 5200 feet. the snow is slushy there. it's making for some slippery conditions. the week between christmas and new year's is typically one of the busiest times of the year for the tahoe ski resorts with a base of as much as 7 feet. they have been doing big business this weekend. this is the caltran's camera at meyers in south lake tahoe. it shows highway 50 is open but you gotta have chains or snow tires. last night we recorded these scenes of the snow coming down at the entrance to squaw valley on tahoe's north shore. other news this morning, an investigation is underway after reports last night of a loud no

view, san jose. 53 santa rosa, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. for this last week of 2010 and nice day sunday. partly sunny, highs in the '50s straight sharp possible. light rain coming up monday afternoon evening, dry day tuesday perhaps a shark, hit and miss. a more significant system wednesday, chance of rain, strong winds, cooler for the end of the year. >> with all of the rain it's a good day to stay indoors, big weekend for catching movies. some of the top picks. >> back with a great pick let's go right to the top. the british historical drama and the king's speech. >> emitted sound boring. people are thinking it's no fun. it's funny, smart, traffic the whole movie get too involved, you connect to the people. you to wake of the vt, this is one were seeing in the theaters, everyone's coming up to me and saying thank you, for telling us about it. and it's a true story kron and for it will win the oscar. it is terrific, smart, funny, entertaining and do not miss it. >> another one the fighter. this is a very good movie. fighting movies are goo

santa rosa 33. mid to upper 30s redwood city, half moon bay. low 40s east bay shore to mid-40 san francisco and los gatos 42 degrees. these temperatures most areas just slightly warmer than yesterday by a few degrees except the north bay valleys. we could get a stray shower as far south as rose, possibly clear lake and uke. the rest of us hazy sunshine with mid to upper 50s. may hit 60 in san jose. we'll be in the upper 50s to low 60s around the monterey bay and inland. accu-weather 7-day forecast, we have a chance of rain thursday, friday, saturday and sunday but very light. good morning, myles. >> hi there, mike. report of an accident northbound 880 to the southbound 280 connector with the chp on the scene. but it's not the commute direction, not causing too much of a problem. 101 to the split is at the limit. lone tree to 242 looking great as well as westbound 580 to 205 dublin interchange. a little sluggish at the bay bridge but the metering lights are off. back to you and theresa. >> the bay bridge looking busy as usual. >> 6:08. just ahea

and at freezing, 32 degrees from napa as well as santa rosa. cold start, patchy frost inland where we'll have the coldest temperatures. clear and cold around the bay this morning. breezy and cold along the coastline. partly cloudy in the afternoon and small chance of a shower, breezy along the coast. temperatures in the lower to the mid-50s. so slightly below average. satellite and radar, we don't have a whole lot of clouds out there so temperatures have cooled off overnight. a cold start to the day, possible showers. high pressure system, yeah, it built in for today. but it's leaving. low pressure coming in for new year's eve and new year's day so a chance of rain new year's eve as well as new year's day for the bay area. 20% chance of lingering snow showers in the sierra. friday mostly cloudy, and a rain-snow mix in the sierra forecast this saturday. high temperatures for today, the lower 50s in fairfield to concord to livermore. 54 in oakland. 52 in fremont. 53 in san jose. the lower 50s in san francisco and pacifica. with temperatures in th

santa rosa, moving from west to east. you will getting wet around petaluma within the next 20 minutes to half an hour. further south, morgan hill and gilroy, light showers also pressing east washed. we will be looking at scattered showers. on the light side, some areas are clear. napa is clear, 43. half moon bay, partly cloudy skies and a little fog forming in santa rosa tonight. widely scattered showers tonight a little more rain tomorrow. a dry break for you on monday from sunday night into monday night. then rain, could be heavy at times with wind on tuesday. this is a much colder system that is going to bring some very chilly air on wednesday and thursday, low snow levels down to about 3,000 feet. satellite and radar shows the front progresses into the sierra nevada. winter weather advisory until early tomorrow morning, five to ten inches above 7,000 feet. wind gusts up to 55 miles an hour. some areas clearing tonight, it will be cool in the north bay. 39 in santa rosa. 40 in napa. mid 40s in san mateo. 45 in morgan h

that's an animal preserve northeast of santa rosa. sonoma county investigators say gayle fogu of alabama was reading to her 7-year-old granddaughter when the tree snapped at its base and collapsed. people nearby heard the commotion and managed to rescue the woman's granddaughter. >> we need to cut through the canvass to get the girl out and no one had a knife, so a man next door had these little tiny portable skizzors that we got and we started cutting. >> they didn't know that this tree was stable. they actually risked their lives to get in there and get the 7-year-old daughter out and to comfort the woman as she was dying. >> the good samaritans kept assuring fogu that her granddaughter was okay. there were reports of fallen trees throughout sonoma county with this week's heavy rains. >>> more erosion under a cliff underneath two apartment buildings in pacifica. authorities say tuesday's storm took a chunk of soil out from the foundation. 1/3 of one building is now unsupported. the city evicted tenants last winter from the buildings

cold temperatures to start the day off 37 santa rosa, 39 and also the delta up 38 degrees for livermore, down in the south temperatures and low '40's. as a ticket to the day tomorrow will bring you a chance of rain in the picture in the morning hours by adm. the north bay picking up sprinkles, heavier rain as we head toward late morning. by 11:00 a.m. the heavier rain and portion of the peninsula, or by to keep widespread chances of showers moderate to heavy at times read through the afternoon. answer the evening, a little bit more scattered as the storm system pushes up these. bringing us the phone this year. we do have a one adviser in effect for tomorrow. because of the rain we do have the wind ever talked about much of the bay area getting up to about 30 mi. an hour. cost could reach about 45 mi. an hour of course with the possible down trees, power lines as well. for what is the kind of stuff all up and to the high two. window showers persist into sunday, a slight chance of showers monday a little bit of a break but more stormy weather into next week. >> much less to talk about in

the plan was she was going to follow them out of town and go to santa rosa. when they got a mile out of town to intersection, they realized she wasn't behind them any more. now, we drove the road to see what it was like in the middle of the night in the dark. as you can see from the video, it's very dark. and there's not much light. now they said that phyllis bin's cell phone is active. they called tried -- they tried calling it. she's not checked back in to the hotel. obviously that's cause -- that's caused a lot of concern. she was supposed to leave today to visit relatives in oregon. when they found these tire tracks along the side of the road. that's what led them to believe that she could have been somehow disoriented and gone into the ranarianer, there were no skid marks on the roadway to indicate any signed of -- any kind of swerving. it's still a mystery but a lot of concern. this is considered a missing person's case right now. we do expect authorities out here some time this morning to resume the search. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank

down to about a quarter of a mile in santa rosa and napa. overall looking good in the south and the east bay this morning as we head throughout the day. we will see the sunshine in redwood city and 8:00 a.m. temperatures in the 40s by noon and we will warm up to the 50s and it won't be that warm. looking to about 58 degrees and a big weather make or the way for us tomorrow. first a check of the commute with mike. >> good morning and thank you. you are talking about the fog. the low visibility in the north bay. the golden gate bridge, you will see why the fog is coming across. santa rosa and novato. a nice drive into the city. the bay bridge with the toll plaza. that shot blocked by low clouds in between san francisco and the bay bridge itself. we have a fog advisory, but no major issues. the light volume of traffic. hopefully a light flow, but we will see. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. employers could be sued if they refewed to hire blacks or latinos due to bad credit history or a criminal record. the equal opportunity employmen

and santa rosa. scattered fog through the san ramon valley. concord 35. 35 redwood city, 38 mountain view and san jose. around the monterey bay, still 38 everywhere even inland to salinas but frosty in gilroy, 31. three things you need to know. high clouds, hazy sunshine today. slowly south spreading rain tomorrow and more so friday. and then another chance saturday and in the south bay and into the monterey bay on sunday. for today the warm spots around campbell and san jose 60 degrees. the rest of your neighbors the upper 50s. mid to upper 50s on the peninsula today with mid-50s along the coast. daly city 54 degrees. downtown south san francisco mid to upper 50s. we'll have mid to upper 50s through the north bay valleys. also at your beaches. you see where the rain line is ukiah and clear lake and a lesser extent cloverdale. 55 rich mopped for the cool spot to 58 oakland, castro valley and fremont. the east bay valleys, 56 around antioch, pittsburg, walnut creek, danville. some of the thickest days will be the san ramon and try valley. monte

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heavy rain being reported around santa rosa and a tenth of an inch in minutes. you can see yellows here down highway 101 towards petaluma. and we're get something heavy rain around montgomery drive down to street level. so going to run into some down pours over next several hours. and wide spread rain covering san francisco bay area down on the peninsula east, towards east way. and towards south bay and around the monterey bay. the heaviest rain is in the north bay. it's expected to intensify and become more wide spread over next couple hours. it's why we have a slew of watches and warnings. there is a flash flood watch from 6:00 tonight through midnight. three quarters to an inch of rain an hour is expected with rapid rises of creeks and streams. watch out for localized flash floods. there is an urban, small stream flood advisory covering the bay area remaining in affect until 1:00 a.m. wednesday for heavy rain. flooding of roadways and low-lying spots a possibility. and a wind advisory for the bay area including monterey bay until 4:00 a.m. wednesday. southwes

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

below freezing in fairfield, 33 santa rosa. upper 30s red and the east bay. redwood city, via the 39 degrees. how much cooler? quite a bit, seven degrees in napa. the 13 degrees and there have monday. 10 for redwood city. overall, a drop in those temperatures we are expecting rain in to tomorrow. timeline come to my morning early morning of hear raindrops, by 7:00, morning commute a half-inch of rain in places like san mateo, more than that says bay. more than that, by lunchtime really adding that those rainfall totals, you can see the heavier rains out bay, this will continue into the evening. and backed by about 11:00, up to three- quarters of an inch of rain in san francisco about an inch done this those bay. as we had to your saturday really picking up those turtles, for the end of the day on saturday already have more than an inch of rain in places like san francisco, oakland. san jose as well. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. which does show that wet weather continues wants to kick sent to mop three saturday, sunday, monday even into the beg

ali is live in santa rosa with more on what happened. ali. >> reporter: frank, it's still cold and fairly windy here in santa rosa, but add driving rain to the mix and that's the kind of weather conditions gets that a nature preserve had to deal with last night. that stormy weather led to the death of a woman on vacation there with her young granddaughter. exotic animals wander the grounds at safari west in santa rosa. this is where 70-year-old gale of alabama spent the past two days with her seven-year-old granddaughter. >> gale was just very together woman, very much with it, and very much enjoying herself. >> overnight guests stay in luxury tents, built with wooden frames this. is what is left of the tent she stayed in. sheriff's officers say the grandmother was reading in bed during last night's storm. her granddaughter playing on the floor, when storm winds uprooted a oak tree and it came crashing down on the tent. a father and son staying next door were the first to respond. >> they heard the tree come down and then heard screaming

more than 1.5" in santa rosa. 2.75" in san rafael, more than 2" i san francisco. oakland 2.9." san jose .94." nap, concord, livermore, quite a bit there, as well. forecast for this morning will include showers as well as thunderstorms. we are going to keep the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the forecast through the afternoon. that's a look at your weather. back to you. >> thank you. we'll talk to gianna about the commute in a few minutes. 6:34. >>> the man on trial for the murder of a woman on russian hill was upset about child support before that killing. 43-year-old gary scott holland reportedly called his mother and his ex-wife just hours before the murder to complain about paying child support for his two children. holland is accused of dressing up as a utility worker before raping and stabbing 46-year-old kate horan in her apartment. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. >>> 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 t

but at o'clock an inch of rain in santa rosa. a little over half an inch of san francisco but nothing to oppressive and san jose. watch as we move through the evening into the overnight hours. by 1:00 a.m. significant rainfall totals for most of the bay area. it's probably under doing it here in the north bay. will produce the more than that in this area. there is a flash flood watch in effect for the north bay, and a flood advisory for the rest of the bay area because of how strong the storm is quick to be. it carries a heavy rain for the evening up to an inch of rain per hour anywhere from 2 to 4 in. total rainfall in the north bay at of the storm. also, gusty winds in a wind advisory effect for the entire bay area, when speed from 20 to 30 mi. an hour with gusts up to 50 mi. an hour could cause down trees and power outages out there this evening. the same time frame 6:00 tonight into 4:00 early tomorrow morning. if you're in the sierra we are seeing a winter storm warning in effect for lake tahoe surprise there. that's until 4

okay rain especially north of say santa rosa north could be rather moderate. south of that not as much. clouds linger into thursday. partly sunny friday. saturday inland fog. one of those patterns where  you're heading out to brentwood 50 san francisco could be about 65 to 68 degrees. >>> european markets are starting the day with some pretty strong gains. overnight markets finished the day mixed as investors in japan sold shares and exporters as the imbalance between the dollar and yen grew. china's shanghai bounced back from early losses to close at .07 of a percent. and hang sang also gained 8 points of a percent. higher opening here on wall street. dow jones, nasdaq and s&p 500 just posting small changes yesterday. the u.s. supreme court will decide if a sexual discrimination suit against the world's largest retailer should be granted class action status. the lawsuit against wal-mart claims female employees were paid less and promoted less often for men who worked for sam's club and wal-mart. if the court approves class action status, as many as half a m

santa rosa and napa both reported some as well. it's getting close. i think by this weekend the coast will be gorgeous and inland areas have to deal with the fog. you could have a good 15-degree spread on the temps. today the cloud cover will get closer. we'll have some sun, more clouds to the north, more sunshine peninsula south bay east but that system will bring rain tomorrow. right now mainly driving northward. on the mild side but noticeably cooler on the lows than 24 hours ago. patchy fog then some sun. 50s and 60s. 43 napa, santa rosa, same for concord, livermore, palo alto 42. oakland berkeley 46. yesterday these temperatures all around 54, 55, 56. we have to make up more ground today. 42 fresno. fog sacramento. fog stockton. if you're heading out to the big valley keep that in mind. that system will eventually get close to the big low spinning out there and that will drive the whole cloud mess towards us tomorrow and take us right into thursday. today patchy fog, some sun. then slowly increasing clouds. highs 50s and 60s. still on the mild si

afternoon highs, in the fifties into santa rosa. 58 napa, vallejo, downtown centers go. we might get into the sixties as well today for these bay and into monday.mountain view. e is a look at your 7 day around the bay. what shows us is unsettled weather, don't put that under low way, it looks like will continue to seek a fair bit of showers into the weekend and a slight chance of rain into next week. checked and your commute, erica. >> thank you, , still quiet in the traffic department no proms are an accident to tell you about clear conditions at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza was bandied 0 looks good if your coming and 80 virtual run into any problems. very light conditions, we are completely in the green no delays or from here. once you get past the pay dates metered lights are off. sematech, west companies spent 92 nice, easy conditions traffic beginning to build on the right hand side of your screen those taillights having into foster city, tracking a small way that the toll plaza. in minutes from end to end. coming from south or north, that ride is in th

in places like santa rosa we are already seeing some fog forming. here is the satellite and radar. so we enjoyed a nice, dry day. tomorrow you will have one more dry day with partly cloudy skies. and then as we head toward the next couple days, some real changes are coming. as we head toward 5:00 a.m. on friday, the morning commute is wet. most of the rain is light for friday. it is just a garden variety kind of storm. 5:00 a.m., the evening commute is definitely on the wet side for friday, and then the heavier rain begins. you notice around 1:00 on saturday morning, the santa cruz mountains, also around livermore, these are guidelines for computer models that are showing heavy rainfall in those areas. the early morning hours will continue to be heavy at times and also once again in the afternoon around ukiah you will start to see some heavier rainfall coming in. in the sierra nevada, a winter storm goes into affect friday afternoon to saturday afternoon. it is rising to 7,000. we are expecting three to six feet of snow above 7,000 feet. heavy, wet snow with the gusty winds will ma

to 83 in napa, 52 is santa rosa 57 in san francisco. tomorrow morning have you wind and rain expected its of thunderstorms as well. around oakland and san francisco around the 10:00 morning. by noon scattered showers will come down bit we will still see some pockets of heavy rain. by 3:00 things will be much colmar, though you will hit some more into more rain going into the week. >> reggie kumar is live in san, he is tracking a storm as the no. baguettes ready to deal with the rain. >> yet there's always a lot of residents here who are concerned about this krieg's overflowing its banks. right now you can see it is moving at a steady pace, but this party at about 430, you can see the line right under the bridge house i was this morning, that was about 5 ft. it did start receding. it has continued to do that coz the rain had stopped falling for now. fire officials say they're not concerned about it overflowing and delegate get about 10 in. of rain does this great can hold 13 ft. of water. the last time it overflowed was in 2005 ended a f

i want to highlight santa rosa. yesterday, santa rosa was 31 degrees. 14-degree jump in temperatures compared to yesterday at this time in the north bay. for this morning partly to mostly cloudy skies. we are talking about rain chances today. not a factor this morning. in to the afternoon hours a chance of a light shower t highest chance would be in the north bay. we could have a few sprinkles or drizzle around the central portions of the bay. temperatures 55 to 60. watchest locations lower 60s -- warmest locations lower 50s. five day forecast and a slight chance of a sprinkle or light shower not a big deal for friday in to saturday. we bump up the shower chances for a second half of the weekend. >>> vellejo police are searching for who men who attacked and a elderly woman. this happened inside her own home. >>> some students maybe wearing ear muffs to class this morning. why it's so cold inside the school and why the district is apologizing. >>> drivers stuck in the bay bridge are getting a ticket in the mail. if [

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and that has limited visibility in santa rosa. 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 t

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patchy fog begins to burn off at noon, 57 degrees in santa rosa. 58 in san francisco. again, these interest lunch time temperatures. if you're heading out to go for a run, like tom running six miles, 60 degrees in santa cruz. 59 degrees in fairfield. here are the forecast highs. we'll see temperatures making it to the 60s in most spots. 65 degrees. pretty warm in san jose, 63 in gilroy. 61 in fairfield. notice the sky here. it really maps out what we can expect for the forecast with our sky showing quite a bit of blue in there. that's a nice improvement. and for sunday, even more blue in the forecast. once we burn that fog off in the morning. but after that, a real la nina pattern setting up quite a bit of rain in the forecast. hold on to a little it bit of clear weather for part of monday, and then we just enter a big rainy pattern. and looking way off in the distance, we will see more and more. >> all right. so it's going to be the rainy season. >> for the whole year. >> the whole life. thank you, jennifer. >>> all right, still ahead, from macy's how the bay area's b

our north bay valleys around napa and novado and santa rosa and you were foggy. temperatures on the cool side and low 50s for you. what's ahead? seeing high clouds moving in up about 15 to 18,000 feet. this is no big 1 deal. we have a big weather system off to the west and that will pack a punch for saturday but we've got times in between now and then. here's a look at the weather headlines for tonight. more cool temperatures. looking for increasing clouds, especially for the north bay tomorrow. temperatures are going to be cooling down this weekend as the storm system moves three and this one will pack a punch. i think we have a lot of wind involved. but the good news is this storm will move along quicker so while we're going to see heavy rain and probably thunder showers with strong gusty winds, the system will move out quickly and by sunday afternoon we're just about done with this one. so we'll recap into tomorrow, another nice day. mix of clouds and sun, mainly just high clouds after your early-morning fog here and there. temperatures as you step out will be

the coldest locations in the lower 30s for santa rosa and napa. livermore right around 32. and san jose 37 with partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures. a few sprinkles across parts of the bay area for tomorrow. >>> lotto fever is sweeping the nation as the mega million jackpot soars to $237 million. they have gone three weeks without a winner. the largest jackpot was $390 million back in march of 2007. the drawing is set for tomorrow. mega millions is played in 41 states and washington, d.c. >>> well, if you have any $25,000 chips from the bellagio from las vegas you had better cash them in. they are continuing the high value chips after a robbery at the casino two weeks ago. we have some surveillance here of that highest. the owner mgm resorts international is giving public notice that people have until april 22nd to cash in those chips. >>> she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. how a 70-year-old woman was killed in a freak accident at a bay area wildlife preserve. >>> two men shot in san jose, one by a police officer. was it over home grown mari

santa rosa, still in their days. the 86 degrees, and then jumping into 50s 50s said the afternoon, call this afternoon on the up to 56 bennett the '40's by a clock. current temperatures, starting to warm up at of the '20s to about 36 degrees, still holding on the 30's even to 9:00. 39 redwood city, 36 san rafael. their fees for concord, afternoon highs into the 50s. in france you can see much difference pretty much anywhere you go staying in the mid-50s from the north bay along the peninsula even down to the south bay. livermore what a program around 54 degrees, 55 redwood city. future cast, the timeline of what we can expect to run morning you wake up to some showers, " we need your windshield wipers, lunch time you look toward the of the indoors end of a wet, a dreary day. sunday, same story showers, by the evening pick it up, bring those the numbers of the moderate-heavy at times overnight and your saturday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. also brings us wet weather as well. rain in the bay, also up a

when to start moving into san francisco, now the and sen rosa as well into the no. 8. pure corn to drive out and by sunday of around 1:00 p.m. we will see some showers again and by 3:00 p.m. we are seeing widespread showers and a yellow will indicate a moderate down for into the south bay. by 5:00 p.m. we will start to drive off. the highs are going to get to the low 60s and upper 50s for san francisco, mid-50s through vallejo and 60 degrees in oakland and hayward as well as fremont and 58 degrees in half moon bay and 56 and it up. your warmer spots are in moscow is in morgan hill topped off at 54 degrees today. let us take a look at your seven day around the bay with light showers and scattered showers on saturday with heavier downpour rain on sunday. we might drive up by monday but we do have a slight chance of rain back into the forecast for next workweek, afternoon highs are getting into the low 60s and billows getting into the low 40's. >> the unemployment rate has climbed from 9.6 to 9.8%. hiring has slowed and then list are expected 145,000 jobs added that emplo

half moon bay coming in at 48 sas santa rosa, novato 47 in napa. it's going to turn windy as the storm system moves in our direction. rain beginning this afternoon will be heavy at times overnight tonight and will continue through early tomorrow. very heavy downpours expected, sort of like saturday where we had some intense rain and it moves out. breezy conditions behind the storm system with some cold weather. here's the frontal ban. this is the time frame. a bit of light rain verifying quiet well and a little more the east bay and the main band late this evening overnight tonight. we start to see breaks tomorrow and the cold air you can see from the white and the pink areas there. rainfall totals look to be in the 1 to 3 inch range for the north bay. 1 to 2 inches for the east bay and still heavy for the south bay. santa cruz mountains up to 3 inches of rain. the peninsula up to 2 inches of rain. all this moving into central and southern california. winter storm warnings are in effect. high temperatures today not a big factor, just chilly. 40s an

santa rosa did pick up an inch and a third. there was about a quarter of an inch to a half inch the south bay and peninsula. the north bay and this pattern we've seen the north bay has been getting good rain. the north bay was like where is our rain this year? the north bay is way ahead on the rain. it has been that kind of pattern last night. it was pretty good half inch to quarter inch to over two. there goes our system. had a lot of wind and there is still wind on the backside but we are done with this system expect for light rain. next system is howling across. it will start to spread clouds in here later on. morning rain and sun and clouds. low 60s notice how the pattern was much more milder. temperatures i believe was three degrees below average. that is a cold november. now we are sitting in the mid 50s for many locations. the pattern has changed. many things are coming across north to south. that makes a big temperature in the temps. a mix precipitation being reported. probably snow but i'm just going by the observation

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a higher speed limit between santa rosa and windsor. the speed limit has been raised back to 65 miles an hour. the limit was lowered to 55 miles an hour two years ago because of a construction project to widen highway 101 to six lanes. >> all right. it is 7:24. speaking of highways, let's see how things are moving on the roads with sal castanedo. >> this is contra costa county. it's very busy. it widens out. it doesn't quite get up to the speed limit. and then 680 is slow from pleasant hill heading on down to walnut creek and then down to alamo, a little bit of s top- and-go there. if you are on a tight schedule, give yourself an extra ten. this is a look now at the map system that we have. remember when you see red or yellow, it means slow or slower. you question -- you can see it's pretty slow which is unusual heading up -- heading down to highway 87. peninsula looks very good, 101 and 280 and marin -- in marin county. we are beating slowing on southbound 101 to highway 37. 7:25. let's go to steve. clear, mostly clear. it will be a mo

this is what the storm left, 1.76 in santa rosa, nearly 2 inches in mill valley, over 2 inches in oakland. downtown 1.130. livermore three-quarters of an inch. showers this afternoon but a very windy day and feeling much colder through the next several days. >> good morning. take a look at this live shot of the bay bridge. the camera is shaking due to the strong gusts of wind. we have a wind advisory in effect for all bay area bridges. both hands on the wheel. i was struggling making my way into san francisco this morning. it's very, very windy out there. we have flooding in sonoma right now. highway 121 is closed between highway 116 and 8th street and that is due to those wet roadways. if you're heading out of town towards the sierra, you will knee chains on all major highways. >> 6:02 now. the north bay took the brunt of the windy, rainy condition. downed branches and trees, some power outages and ralted nevers of course after rains caused a huge sewage spill. terry mcsweeney is live with more. >> we're still keeping an eye out for those sewage spills but right here we have good news to

what's going on quite a bit of wet weather in the north bay from san rosa southward through and that was well vacaville getting heavy downpours that this hour and also trimaran by 1 01 through the valley. in to san rafael also picking up rain as well. the along the peninsula the rain based isolated showers your san francisco and san mateo up bin to the east is well. oakland bringing us rain drops this hour. your current temperatures sitting in the '50s in most locations 54 san francisco, 55 oakland, 56 mount, as we take you through the next few hours will continue with this weather pattern but we could actually gather strength by the afternoon by 2:00 p.m. all the yellow shows us where you can see cells embedded with moderate downpours discontinues 3:00 hour by your evening commute the best chance of heavier rain in the south bay. then it looks like a better chance

it will start to show up in in north bay for santa rosa and points to the north. it is pretty light, but spreads to the south overnight. into tuesday morning it will cover the entire bay morning commute. the second vendor rain will come in tuesday afternoon, this should be a little heavier but still above the light side, what it's all but perhaps a quarter of an inch of rain. tomato another foggy start for the morning commute, clouds and visibility is perhaps lloyd quarter mile. temperatures mid-40s for the north bay, upper 40's and '50's there the bay. but the afternoon the clouds are really having a heart on clearing out once again. perhaps a few bricks of suds on temperatures in the upper fifties and low 60s. tuesday once again a chance of rain they will be like, once they have played, that we will start to turn towards a you went in and settled weather pattern. chances of praise thursday and friday have potentially heavy rain and strong winds by saturday. we will have to watch the storm of most closely with the next couple of days. >> jaybirds is working on a

in a new pothole problem causing problems in santa rosa. all the traffic details after the break ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, stories: the blizzard back east is >> good morning. patchy dense fog inland for the bay, as well as for the coastline. we will also expect fairly cool temperatures inland as well for the bay, coolest spots mid- to upper 30s. temperatures will fluctuate from there to the mid- to upper 40s for the morning. for the afternoon how about some sunshine, mix of sun and clouds, a lot like yesterday, still going to keep a chance of fog in the forecast, inland, especially in our valleys, high today, lower to mid- to upper 50s. a look at what we are watching currently, not a lot going on more sunshine expected today very few clouds out there, high clouds, do have low clouds, and something else a cold front coming in right here, clouds associated with it, going to be moving into the bay area, giving us a chance of rainfall take a look tomorrow morning a chance of showers based on model data, wait until what happens tomorrow late afternoo

the coldest locations in the lower 30s for santa rosa and napa. livermore right around 32. and san jose 37 with partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures. a few sprinkles across parts of the bay area for tomorrow. >>> lotto fever is sweeping the nation as the mega million jackpot soars to $237 million. they have gone three weeks without a winner. the largest jackpot was $390 million back in march of 2007. the drawing is set for tomorrow. mega millions is played in 41 states and washington, d.c. >>> well, if you have any $25,000 chips from the bellagio from las vegas you had better cash them in. they are continuing the high value chips after a robbery at the casino two weeks ago. we have some surveillance here of that highest. the owner mgm resorts international is giving public notice that people have until april 22nd to cash in those chips. >>> she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. how a 70-year-old woman was killed in a freak accident at a bay area wildlife preserve. >>> two men shot in san jose, . >> now to north lake tahoe and the search for a mi