petaluma and santa rosa and north bay. we have high clouds. near 60 for almost everybody. >>> four people were found shot to death outside of a oklahoma in southern california. the bodice of two men and women were found early sunday morning. the victims were face down along an outer walkway outside what appeared to be an unlicensed boarding house. no arrests have been made. >>> a member of the coast guard is dead and another member hurt after their small boat was rammed off the southern california coast. they were in a small boat and investigating reports of smuggling off the channel islands. their boat was rammed by a smugglers boat that was running without lights. terrell horn and another person were thrown into the water by the impact. horn suffered traumatic injury and died. his crew mate were treated for minor injuries. >>> this weekend storm brought major problems to the south bay. a man, woman, and child were stuck in their car after milpitas became flooded. many people living in milpitas have started to stock up on sandbags to prepare

. >>> caught on tape flames seen shooting from a home in petaluma last night. how firefighters were able to get the people inside out safely. >>> welcome back. in petaluma firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that sent flames shooting from the garage of a home. the fire broke out around 5:30 last night on tampico court. everyone inside the home was able to get out safely. damage is statemented at $200,000. >>> police are searching for more information surrounding the death of man that was shot multiple times near a golf course in livermore. a jogger discovered the body just before 7:30 saturday morning. the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. about 30 people showed up last night for a vigil to honor ogdon. >>> the oakland police department is reviewing surveillance video and talking to people who witnessed the death of a 15-year-old girl shot and killed yesterday afternoon in broad daylight. authorities believe the suspect is also young. 13-16 years old. it happened when the teen was walking with friends through the lion creek crossing

from santa rosa to roanoke park and you can see petaluma hill road. we are getting some rainfall and light rain at this hour. and around sfo we are seeing some moderate rain beginning to show up on our observations. we have lighter rainfall and highway 101 toward san carlos. 31st avenue and head out toward the east bay and you can see crossing the bay bridge seventh street into oakland. some very light rainfall right now and even a few sprinkles. the moderate rainfall has been in the santa cruz mountains and even a little heavy rain is showing up around highway 9. boulder creek and ben low man and heading out toward scots valley. rainfall is a trace of an inch to .17 of an inch, and we will be counting a little more rain than that. temperatures right now in the 40s. there is a chill in the air that is hard to miss. here are the highlights. rain tonight and showers in the morning. snow in the hills. we are seeing a rain-snow mix around mount saint helena. just be aware of the fact that it will be there. it is cold and dry for the afternoon. here is the

one collapsing on to a house in petaluma. two came down yesterday, closing this stretch of napa's redwood road, creating a 45 minute dedoor for locals. the trees took out power lines on their way down leaving 50 homes without electricity. the wind and the rain are bringing high surf advisories this morning. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live in pacifica where the waves are pounding the pier. nick, the wind has picked up there, as well. >> carolyn, the wind pounding me, not just the pier. >> well, we are having problems there with nick as he was talking about how he was getting pounded by the wind as well. we will try to get back to him in just a few. right now pg&e reports three major power outages and numerous smaller problems all over the bay area. the biggest outage is in larkspur, where more than 2300 homes and businesses are in the dark. pg&e is checking the cause. richmond has two outages, leaving about 2,000 customers off-line and two outages in vacaville affecting 700 customers. pg&e doesn't have an estimate when p

between petaluma and novato and out toward the lakeville highway. some lighter returns, but i am seeing reports of light rain from half moon bay to san carlos and sf t.o. and reports around oakland as well. and as you look at the sierra nevada it is switching to snow. this is a cold storm. i would not be surprised if they have chain restrictions soon. so far no restrictions at this hour. the temperatures are in the 50s although it is 48 degrees in santa rosa. here are the highlights. rain tonight and scattered showers tomorrow. we are looking at snow level down to 3500 feet. so dropping. frosty mornings for your thursday and friday. here is the satellite and the radar. this is the cold front. the cold front is coming in right now which is why we are starting to see the rain picking up. colder air is funneling in behind it. what i am concerned about is the speckled clouds here. this is moisture up in the clouds, and that is going to translate that showers as we head into the next 24 hours which includes your morning commute as well as the possibility

the petaluma city council passed the ban unanimously last night. some realtors objected saying it would discourage smokers from buying condos in the city. >>> the fate of several the áf fire stations remain in limbo tonight. fired district officials say the closures of offices would help them trim $10 million from their budgets. >> we are at a point now that we don't have a lot of options available to us. >> three additional stations could be closed in the next years. >>> each year the postoffice gets countless letters from children asking santa for something special. one woman who stopped by today said she doesn't have a whole lot of extra money but she does have a job. >> i have a job so i'm going to try to do the best that i can to help somebody else out. >> so far san francisco postal workers say they've received 500 letters to sanity far more than the 350 they received in all of last year -- 500 letters to santa, far more than the 250 they received all of last year. >>> as we come in closer you will see just off san francisco, we have moderat

, 25 in napa -- 20s in napa and petaluma, 25 in napa, breezing in concord, livermore 27. san jose 32. it was a little warmer in san francisco. but still hovering around 40 degrees. so we are slowly, very slowly, warming up all across the bay area. we are now in the 40s to seeing a few low 50s in fact. will we have another night of freeze warnings and is there any rain in our seven-day forecast? you will want to stay tuned. we have a full weather report coming up in just a few minutes. >>> thousands lined up in the freezing cold in san francisco this morning all to get some groceries for a holiday meal. the glide grocery bag giveaway is just about wrapping up and cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran reports live. >> reporter: there are still lines. i could give a look right now. you can see people are still lined up down the block. they will be handing out bags for the next 20 minutes or so. they are all here to get a piece of something many of us take for granted every day. times are tough but from what we've seen from glide, the support is here. >> i don't have any money. i'm br

from santa rosa to roanoke park and you can see petaluma hill road. we are getting some rainfall and light rain at this hour. and around sfo we are seeing some moderate rain beginning to show up on our observations. we have lighter rainfall and highway 101 toward san carlos. 31st avenue and head out toward the east bay and you can see crossing the bay bridge seventh street into oakland. some very light rainfall right now and even a few sprinkles. the moderate rainfall has been in the santa cruz mountains and even a little heavy rain is showing up around highway 9. boulder creek and ben low man and heading out toward scots valley. rainfall is a trace of an inch to .17 of an inch, and we will be counting a little more rain than that. temperatures right now in the 40s. there is a chill in the air that is hard to miss. here are the highlights. rain tonight and showers in the morning. snow in the hills. we are seeing a rain-snow mix around mount saint helena. just be aware of the fact that it will be there. it is cold and dry for the afternoon. here is the

petaluma -- and also some heavier conditions for heavier san francisco. montero as for the self great some scattered conditions in the south bay. -from tunnel towards berkeley but a bit heavier towards alameda. the inland valleys also through dublin, and danville it looks like it will be there in my next forecast. the wind speed sustained at 20 m.p.h., 29 in half moon bay just sustained. gusting, even higher the wind advisory issued but critics boyer of b6 that-wind advisory l expire by 2:00 p.m. however, let us take a look get the lake tahoe. this is highway 80 at highway 89 and. slow going with the snow falling 6 in.. temperatures only 28- 33. it is windy. gusting at 50 m.p.h. and tire chain laws recommended. highs 28 to 33 degrees. per hour. >> there are plenty of deals to take advantage of before christmas. the bay street mall in shopeprs making the most of those deals. >> ho ho ho. >> merry christmas. >> there were many santas shoving on bay street and and there were santos-desk shopping. >> i got a couple of pairs of jeans and a jacket. >> some were

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between petaluma and novato and out toward the lakeville highway. some lighter returns, but i am seeing reports of light rain from half moon bay to san carlos and sf t.o. and reports around oakland as well. and as you look at the sierra nevada it is switching to snow. this is a cold storm. i would not be surprised if they have chain restrictions soon. so far no restrictions at this hour. the temperatures are in the 50s although it is 48 degrees in santa rosa. here are the highlights. rain tonight and scattered showers tomorrow. we are looking at snow level down to 3500 feet. so dropping. frosty mornings for your thursday and friday. here is the satellite and the radar. this is the cold front. the cold front is coming in right now which is why we are starting to see the rain picking up. colder air is funneling in behind it. what i am concerned about is the speckled clouds here. this is moisture up in the clouds, and that is going to translate that showers as we head into the next 24 hours which includes your morning commute as well as the possibility

. >> reporter: we go up here to petaluma we are heading north. they want us to be as cold as possible all morning long so we made it to petaluma and washington street talking to some people, talked to a woman named debbie she says the hottest item at the safeway now is soup. something to think about. not a bad idea. it is very cold right now. i thought it would be good to introduce the first wearing of the scarf of the winter season. i'm going to drape myself in that. i think from now until maybe march, there is going to be a need for these emotional ceremony out here. we are heading north, it is very cold.)dut nicco know, i'm sure he knows the

rain here petaluma a marshall road this is where the rain is falling, winds picking up and will continue to remain strong as we head in the night. temperatures right now mainly in the 50's. but wave few 40's showing up in the inland valley. not as cold tonight. this morning mid upper 20's. frosty cold. tonight we have the cloud cover to insulate us. right now the wind gust at the lower elevation 28 in half man bay. gusting 31 miles an hour at sfo. wet windy morning commute. winter arrives at 3:12 in the morning. switch up in the pattern arpd and more rain in store for the upcoming weekend.so if you have plans to still do some last minute holiday shopping or traveling watch out that is slow moving front and as you look at the computer animation a moment here you see what i'm talking about. waves of rain coming behind this cold storm for the upcoming weekend. 11:00 p.m. we see flight moderate rain in the north bay. slowly starting to the sag south ward so the morning commute does look messy with the wind come in. rain falling across the bay area. likely could see airport delay especially a

live from petaluma i'm tara moriarty. >> stay warm. >>> time now 6:34. interstate five is open again after 60 cars crashed a big pileup near the oregon border. take a look at this map. you can see where the freeway was closed overnight. the cars lost control on black ice. they crashed near the anderson grade. now cal fire says the roads were extremely icy at the time. so they shut down the roads so that crews could take people to the hospital. >>> back here at home and happening now in san francisco a lot of people right now people in need they are outside in the cold lining up looking for some holiday cheer in the form of extra food. these are live pictures. san francisco's glide memorial church we're out there with them as well. in less than an hour from right now, these folks will receive free food and other holiday cheer by way of glide memorial church. coming up at 7:00 ktvu brian flores is out there as well. he will bring us a live update on everything that is happening there. >>> classes will resume this morning at san jose city college. that is f

area issued a flash flood warning for sonoma county in western california, this includes the city of petaluma. from 540time a.m. pacific standard time. and national weather service doppler radar and automated rain gauge indicate sharp highs is producing flooding on the wildo grief and sand hill park. the indicated county, a flash flood warning means that flooding is occurring or is umnent. the runoff from heavy rainfall will cause localized flooding of small creeks and streams as well as roadways under passes and low lying spots. don't attempt to cross the water flowing or of unknown depth. it's important for campers and hikers to know where they're relative to creeks, streams, or rivers that can be dangerous in heavy rains. be particularly aware where many low water crossings can become killers. if flash flooding is quick, move up to higher ground to e scape flood waters. do not stay in areas subject to flooding when water begins rising. to report flooding, have the nearest law enforcement gauge a report to the national weather forecast office. . >>> actors michael tucker and jill ikenberry

we spoke to a dairy farmer here in petaluma. he said the cold comes a few times a year and he really doesn't mind. >> oh, yeah. i started my pickup earlier this morning, to let it thaw out. >> reporter: now, the cold is not so welcome among the homeless where last night st. mary's cathedral is among four churches who opened up churches to pro-- to provide emergency shelter. you want to make sure you bundle up this morning. take it easy on the roads and wear gloves. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:32. a major fire in oakland badly damaged one business and it started with a stolen truck. this all happened on clara street. look at the pictures. lorraine blanco has been there since 4:30 you are back now to tell us why police think that fire is suspicious. lorraine? >> reporter: dave, i talked with the owner of the building this morning and he said "bad people are taking over the area." he says he's seen a lot of suspicious behavior around here. you can see this morning a cleanup crew is boarding up and securing his busines

. >>> new this morning firefighters battled a massive house fire in petaluma overnight. crews were called out just after 3:30 this morning to sadler lane and take a look. those flames completely destroyed the home. officials say the home is occupied but no one was home at the time. the cause is still under investigation. there's no indication to make the fire suspicious. but pretty impressive flames. >> what a fire. my gosh. >> the big muni mess has stranded thousands of passengers is over at this hour. >> the transit system is recovering from a power outage and an accident with some serious injuries, as well. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran is in san francisco where power in the subway is back on at this hour. good morning. >> reporter: that's good news for morning commuters. again there's basically sorted out a bit of the mess. all muni lines are back on track. muni told us that this was caused by a power outage they had last night. the electrical problem happened as commuters were headed home. there was a blown transformer on van ness. >> it was damaged from water. >> co

we have new video of a fire in petaluma. you can see this home on sadler was completely engulfed in claims. it was reported at about 3:30. sonoma county fire says it was complete lit contained around 5:30. no reports of injuries -- completely contained around 5:30. no reports of injuries. >>> police are looking for the person who caused this cause fire. >>> today, county supervisors will meet about possibly closing four fire stations. the stations scheduled for closure are in walnut creek, clayton, martinez and la fayette. the closure list comes about a month after voters in the contra costa fire district rejected measure q, that temporary seven-year complex would have paid for those four fire stations. >>> the berkeley fire station sent out warning letters to more than 900 ambulance patients saying a tax fraud ring may have had access to some of their personal information. a former employee that handles berkeley's billing accessed client informs reportedly to give it to a tax fraud ring. the information may include names, s

from santa rosa to roanoke park and you can see petaluma hill road. we are getting some rainfall and light rain at this hour. and around sfo we are seeing some moderate rain beginning to show up on our observations. we have lighter rainfall and highway 101 toward san carlos. 31st avenue and head out toward the east bay and you can see crossing the bay bridge seventh street into oakland. some very light rainfall right now and even a few sprinkles. the moderate rainfall has been in the santa cruz mountains and even a little heavy rain is showing up around highway 9. boulder creek and ben low man and heading out toward scots valley. rainfall is a trace of an inch to .17 of an inch, and we will be counting a little more rain than that. temperatures right now in the 40s. there is a chill in the air that is hard to miss. here are the highlights. rain tonight and showers in the morning. snow in the hills. we are seeing a rain-snow mix around mount saint helena. just be aware of the fact that it will be there. it is cold and dry for the afternoon. here is the

we've got the flood warning in the petaluma area. our concern now as you look at the wind gusts are going to be as this moves through and progresses, which it should be done through the bay area, and other creeks and the temperatures start in the mainstream reverence. certainly, the russian river. that's an extraordinary mile. the napa river, somewhere around 1:00 or 2:00, they could reach a flood stage or just above flood stage. the river becoming the story as the system progresses through. >> we are being pounded now. still to come for some of our rivers, let's take a look at some of the winds blowing in and around oakland. 32 miles per hour. it has really been gusting in your area this morning. i can imagine you can probably hear those or perhaps needing a window shaking. these are the sustained winds. the gusts reach 50 miles per hour at times. winds reached 63 miles per hour. xd 3 miles per hour near millbrook. gusting to about 52 earlier this morning. these winds are coming from the south meaning this direction you're crossing

heavier through petaluma, and the san mateo coast. by 5:00 p.m., still some showers but not that wide spread. it will continue for the afternoon. some spotty showers here, there in the 4:00 p.m. hour and into the 8:00 p.m. hour as for temperatures they're going to stay on the cool side. 50s through san francisco, 52 in san rafeal. 50s in san jose. the storm is a cold one we're going to look at the midnight hour. in full swing over the sierras it will continue for tomorrow. even for tomorrow we will see some inches of snowfall when everything is said and done at the higher elevations. 1 ft. at 7,000 ft.. high chance of lingering showers with the temperatures in the 30's. for the next several days. as we take a look at a local temperatures that rain will push through. thursday, friday, the temperatures in the 30's this will bring a blast of cool air. it will stay dry thursday and friday but the rainfall is for expected to return. again on monday and tuesday. we will keep you posted on those systems >> he is a nice kind of guy but when h

on-li >> bill this morning petaluma firefighters battled a toulon house fire. authorities responded to a house at 10 widthwise on stellar laying in petaluma around 330 this morning. when firefighters arrived house was fully engulfed. the fire has since been contained. if there no reports of injuries and the cause of fires still under investigation. authorities said the house is a total loss. >> george's simmons defense team are releasing a picture taken february 26th by police after trayvon martin was shot and killed. you can see the photo here. it shows a man with a bloody face. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the 17 girls death. he says that he was on a neighborhood patrol when martin attacked him and so he shot him in self-defense. zero men's lawyers says that this total supports his store. the trial is putting florida stand your ground lost to the test. zimmerman is expect to go on trial in june. >> facebook users have a week to vote on proposed changes to the social network in sight. among the things users will be voting on is the ability

this section of petaluma just off of highway 101 has been flooded for much of the afternoon. there was an accident at one point this afternoon. no major injuries. the cars here were dealing with all sorts of problems. as i drove up to the pet mew law area, there were all sorts of problems along 101. at one point i saw a car hydroplane across four lanes of traffic. fortunately, he was able to drive off. but i was listening to scanners. as you see this water go flying up in the air and chp was responding to hydroplaning all across the north bay. in the last 30 minutes or so, the rain has slowed down. we're we're not seeing the heavy downpour that we saw earlier in the afternoon. it's still in the 40s. it's still very wet and windy outside. reporting from the north bay, jr stone, kron4 news. >>> officials have been scrambling to repair a levee in east palo alto that was breached in heavy rains over the weekend. crews placed sandbags where the creek topped the lev ear. the flooding forced -- lev e. the flooding force -- levee. the flooding forced people to evacuate. here's more.

some of those 27's pleasanton, dublin, petaluma. sunny and cool today, almost as chilly tonight rain thursday through sunday high pressure sneaking in now bringing us the dry cold air going to whole the next system through -- going to hold the next system through tomorrow. 5:00 in the morning nothing going on not a lot of cloud cover, chilly again tomorrow morning. 5:00 steadier rain starting to move into the north bay, midnight moving along i-80 moderate rain north bay, yellows and will it will stay the better part of the morning hours until 5:00, 6:00, tapers, all of us have light rain tomorrow morning through the noon hour, showers for the rest of friday waves of rain saturday, sunday looks like monday and tuesday it is going to be dry once again. >>> vollmer peak camera highway 24 snaking out of lafayette area orinda into the caldecott tunnel, a little busy, moving nicely. southbound 880 at a street, stalled bus blocking a lane. drive times now out of novato towards pardon me out you have santa rosa towards novato 680 there's 24

by 6:00 a.m., it will span to petaluma, with heavy downpour. fairfield, antioch, concord, getting pretty heavy rainfall and it will decrease in intensity. as for the evening commute it will be drive along the peninsula, the east bay and inland it will be quiet however, if it should press out. a 11:00 p.m., cloud coverage but it will be dry the morning lows will be 40's for the east bay in the valleys, with 52 degrees in half moon bay. if a highs will be freed tomorrow, similar. 60s through antioch, livermore and the 60s for the east bayshore. and as we go towards the north bay it will be 60s through santa rosa, novado and a sinophile. and 60 degrees expected for fairfield. as we take a look your kron 4 7 day around the bay is showing that we are looking at this round of what weather. 60s through san rafael. thurston, a bit of a dry trend with the next workweek on thursday -- chilly mornings for this weekend and more sunshine for the next work week. if >> good evening, everybody that giants are taking care of business. they signed angel pagan an

by noon, petaluma, some moderate indicated by the yellow. and also the east bay towards oakland, hayward and also for this afternoon a moderate/heavy. moderate. with toppled trees potentials and flash flooding. you can see if it is pressing south. fremont, redwood city and it will pull out by 9:00 p.m. it will leave us with just scattered showers this evening. temperatures, as you are waking up, it or if you are still sleeping? mid- 40s for downtown san francisco. we do have a winter weather advisory for the lake tahoe area. starting at 4:00 a.m.. from 10 in.-18 in. of a fresh power. of of 10,000 ft.. and fresh-powder--tire chain laws in effect. 50s for most of the bay area. your kron 4 7 day around the bay wet today and breezy conditions mild air into breezy. >> let us show you the bay bridge toll plaza. it is on/off. sometimes, busier than others and if you have fastrak, by all means, you are going to be going above the speed limit because it is so easy at this hour. please keep in mind, there are when and advisories'. as you are going tow

clearing through petaluma, santa rosa, and the front of the system by noon is already in san jose. it is not going to stick around all day. we will basically be left with a lot of cloud coverage if you have evening plans? you should be fine, what dry evening and a monday morning decent commute. here is a look at your your kron 4 7 day around the bay lingering on monday that will be the first dry day we will get a break but not for very long. that next system tuesday, wednesday, with another chance of showers and a little bit of a break of birthday. just in time for the chance of rainfall on saturday with a-break of the rainfall. with highs in the 60s. >> didn't know that over 1 million people are living with hiv. one people and five to not know that they are in fact, get tested. know your status. >> today is world aids day and singer janet jackson's message for her fans was know your status! the grammy award winner is an ambassador for a-m-f- a-r which is the foundation for aids research.. the white house observed world aids day by displaying a large red ribbon on the north portico

heavy rain near petaluma, vallejo. and along the san mateo coastline. as we go for the morning commute the showers will be a round. the lighter rain will persist. and even showers for the afternoon but it will be scattered. you what to keep your umbrella handy. temperatures will be chilly, with only 50s. 53 in san francisco, vallejo, the before and concord, livermore, pettifog in san jose. as for snowfall, yes, 54 degrees in san jose. it is a cold system and on going for tomorrow. continuing but by the evening it will finally start to taper off. let us take a look it your extended forecast. shoppers and cool temperatures thursday, friday morning but it will stay cool toward showers-and cool temperatures start >> coming up later in this broadcast we are going to talk about the 49ers and new england. that is going to be a big deal on the sunday and guess what mwhich giant is going to be judging miss universe and a dinosaur is causing the movement of a golf game. manoah an update, with the live press briefing. >> there were four swat teams that quickly res

. >>> look at the maps now, flooding on highway 121 between 116 and 37, petaluma and napa, you may be thinking alternative route here because of the problem, we'll keep you informed with >>> drive times this morning, pretty much right on track as you would expect very little traffic out there today. >> live look at i-80 through berkeley, volume picked up a little not anything close to what you see on a normal day it is christmas eve after all. >> it would be an awfully early time to be on the roads on this holiday. >> 5:20. why thousands in eastern chile will be spending christmas ready to evacuate. >>> queen issues her annual christmas greeting. next, the added dimension that is making this one special. >>> today on katie, special christmas eve show, military family separated because of the father's deployment. katie makes sure they will have a christmas to remember. [ inaudible ] . >>> in chile a volcano threatened to erupt has forced a red alert for yesterday the most severe alert in the warning system that volcano has people in nearby towns ready to leave. yesterday officials in s

heaviest rain south of petaluma over to the delta. 580 and 80, right now, wind gusts up to 52 miles an hour at airport and 32 miles an hour near hayward. rain is coming down pretty good north of sonoma. lighter rain from san francisco and east bay to walnut creek to san ramon valley, it is raining everywhere. south of morgan hill and gilroy, not much action now. rain is headed your rain. heaviest rain is next one to two hours to mid bay and south bay. >> katie: next at 6:00, we are continuing our storm watch coverage. let's take a live look at bridge point shopping center in san mateo. it is pouring out there. >> our reporter will have a live report. shop till you drop. where you can find the last minute gifts in the final days >> katie:

petaluma south 101 lakeville highway stall partially blocking right lane. roadwork south 101 san mateo area third to highway 92 until 6:00 this morning, all mass transit on time. >>> 5:01. we are following breaking news out of woke land. investigators are on the scene of a -- pursuit that killed an innocent bystander and injured several others. this is 98th avenue near stanley avenue, the chase started when officers tried to stop a bmw for speeding the driver refused to stop, the bma plowed into a lincoln continental, a woman was kill, three others in the car hurt, two seriously. officers captured the bmw's driver after he tried to run. >>> they say there's no is up thing as a free lunch, today you can get a free ride. terry mcsweeney is live in san francisco. >> reporter: muni celebrating here at west portland, everywhere in san francisco, muni is free. it is free as of right now until 5 a.m. tomorrow morning absolutely free. take a look at pictures, talking the street cars, the buses, we're talking about the cable cars too. this is muni's 100th birthday,

it's going to be cold in petaluma. >> yes. it is cold. it's windy dw. afternoon. there is a freeze warning here for petaluma tomorrow morning from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. frez rez dents used to it but they're still preparing covering their plants and outdoor pipes and today, i got a lesson at cottage gardens in covering young plants to protect them from what is called a killing frost. young plants under three years old more sus september dwroibl die from frost. also, tender plants like succulents and young vegetable gardens can be vulnerable in temperatures below 32. insulating later and can increase temperatures by 15 degrees, recommended to water plants before temperatures drop at night, and hydrated plants retain heat better, then, cover plants before night fall. >> by covering them you don't want the frost cloth to be on top of the plant. you want it raised up a little bit. so what we'd use is like bamboo stakes and draipt cloth over that. >> take off the cloth next morning to increase air circulation allowing the plant to get the warmth of the sun. if do youz&

they produced a strong -- smoking ordinance in petaluma like restaurant places and public events. it expands petaluma's smoking bans in all common areas and housing units and this takes affect early next year. >>> kate middleton is expecting. the dutches was admitted to the hospital dealing with a severe case of morning sickness. coming up, speculation on what other women will do as a possible trend knew the royal baby is on the way. >>> let's check in with tara right now. there is a lot to talk about but still things are getting a little better? a muni is back to -- muni is up and running, allie rasmus has been out there all the way passed devils slide because they have a weak spot they need to reenforce out there on a hillside. highway through bay point, you can see the headlights with some traffic towards interstate 8080 and -- 880 and concord. you can see a little bit of backup and the metering lights should be going on in the next 15 to 20 minutes and give yourself extra time if you can't get out the door until then. westbound traffic towards sunny veil, no delays just yet. >

santa rosa, petaluma and the green is indicating more light rain. it will be cloudy and cold mainly to the north. this could impact your evening commute. tomorrow there'll be more moderate rain and it should taper off. beyond that it will be quiet and dry if a highs will be in the '50s and '60s. >> following developing news. police are on the same on what they are calling a sophisticated pots growing operation in the south bay. kron 4 urs will tran is a lot outside the home on sandalwood court in san jose. >> it was an accident that happened at 3:00 in the morning. neighbors saw the someone was burglarizing the home which is why they contacted police. this saw three guys going inside and this place according to neighbors is stating that it has been vacant for four to five months. when they saw all of this activity that called the police department and they came out. by then the suspects came out and were long gone. the police went inside and found pots and fertilizers with plants. they stated that it was about 300 of them with a street value of $125

are traveling in the petaluma into novato area. you can navigate your commute by downloading free app, abc7 news app on apple's app store or google play. great tool to have if you are out and about on your commute. >>> 5:48 now. >>> if you are looking for a job, some big employers are still in holiday hiring mode. >> here's jane king. >>> good morning. sources tell bloomberg delta airlines in talks to buy part of virgin atlantic possibly from singapore airlines the deal would expand delta's access at heathrow airport if you are looking for a job, not too late to find one for the holidays 5,000 seasonal positions at ups still open. amazon says distribution centers are still hiring some say it is a sign the economy is improving. u.s. mint says saefls american eagle cold coins has more than doubled in november. some investors say people see the coins to hedge if lawmakers fail to cut a deal to avert fiscal live. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> this morning the search continues for

rohnert park and adobe road and petaluma. to the west you'll find light showers. this is what is going to with us off and on this evening. temperature-wise, it is still cool out there, temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. here is a look at forecast. cold showers overnight. scattered showers off and on for sunday. a little bit of a break and look for more rain to develop as we head into sunday night and monday and off-and-on rain showers expected for much of next week. lows tonight will be in the mid to low 30s, snow levels, higher peaks could see one-four inches of snow. elsewhere, look for temperatures in the 40s. this is satellite radar composite. this is the system that moved through earlier in the day. weak cold front, it has pushed into southern california. this a little bit of break we're in right now but we still have quite a bit of moisture. this is going to slide south. overnight and definitely throughout the day tomorrow. saturday night, you can see some of the light showers making their way across the bay area. you can definitely see a few scattered sh

. >>> we tracked some real rain with heavy downpour and in petaluma 1.8. oakwood just over an inch and we will be adding not until later today. these are quick movers but you will and these are showers moved through and getting ready to move through in the hercules area and out towards crocket especially with the yellows out to the west, and moving to the base and south out towards the marina it looks like the bay bridge is dry and there is still lingering activities and scattered around parts of the south bay outside east of fremont and it is moving relatively quickly and as a result, a winter storm worning is in -- storm warning is in place for the sierra and we still have a very productive week. we have showers out there at 11:00 o'clock, still quick moving showers and there is a possibility we will run into hail that is how unstable air mass is. here is a plan at least short- term, we will hold on mainly in the low 50s as you can see antioch is 53 and with a look a head, we will have 50s lingering into saturday. >>> the slide happened sunday afternoon

right now looking at the heaviest rain in the north bay from santa rosa to petaluma. wind gusts from 25 to 35 miles an hour. even though you are not into the heavy rain or it's not raining in some spots yet, the winds are gusting to 25 and 30 miles an hour. the green represents the rain. the blue, the lighter rain. and back through san francisco you will notice some breaks here but there is rain off the coast. there's gusty winds and heavy rain in the santa cruz mountains. right on through noontime we are going to see the wind advisory and the heavy rain throughout the bay so we will be august it. >> all right. thank you, lisa. next at six, our lisa said, more rain is moving over the bay area. here's a live look right now at the pacifica pirro. we are continuing to track the storm. we have a live report coming up from abc7 news reporter kera clapper. last minute shoppers are out in full force in weekend. they don't care about the rain. we will tell you which stores of staying open until just before christmas. >> good morning, everyone. it's sunday, december 23rd. than

petaluma, terisa estacio, kron 4. >>jacqueline: the rainfall was intense today with lighter showers now here, there. sunday, and another round of heavy rainfall had expected. lingering from the morning to the afternoon and it could stall over the bay area with a lot of rainfall. monday, a little bit of a much-needed break. as we take a look. some showers near pleasanton and a wider view over showers near the north bay. their rain over novado, san rafael and the richmond some rough idle rich. near the peninsula, some showers and san rafael of dutch-britis-- bridge. still , lingering showers as we saw but more for if the weekend. the core of the storm for the weekend with a couple of different fronts impacting the storm weekend. the futurecast pinpointing a couple of showers by 8:00. this could hold up, overnight with spotty shower activity on and off so keep that umbrella handy. into the afternoon i could not disagree with this computer forecast even more is going to be raining. the saturation levels are all the same f

. >> update on house fire that broke out in sonoma county in a rural part of petaluma on stagler lane. it was fully engulfed when the firefighters arrive haz-mat team on the scene no word on what they are cleaning up. dispatchers say crews received the call 3:30 this morning the house burned almost two hours. the sheriff's department says the home was vacant. >>> san jose police say they've confessed -- confiscated $135,000 worth of marijuana in a home in east san jose on sandalwood court neighbors reportedññ suspicious people backing in and out when officers arrived nobody was home and the door was open inside they found' labyrinth growing operation, including -- an elaborate growing operation, including 300 pot plants. >>> abc7 is co-sponsoring a job fair today. terry mcsweeney is live at the hire event at the doubletree hotel. >> reporter: here in san jose 350 jobs available in one place, starting at noon today at the doubletree. if you look you can see extreme learn something here they are looking for in-house and online fors, 130 or so of them. -- online tutors, 130 or so. glob

crews from twelve agencies raced to stadler lane outside petaluma about 3:30 a.m. the house of engulfed in flames. firefighters say no one lived there. the yard was covered with things such as twelve vehicles, a boat and even a camper. >>> contra costa county's former top vice officer is now expected to plead guilty in connection with a scheme to sell confiscated drugs on the street. and plea deal, norman wielsch will plead guilty to tomorrow to five counts including theft and conspiracy to distribute marijuana and methamphetamine. under terms of the deal he will get no less than ten years in prison when he is sentenced in february. the former commander along with former concord private investigator christopher butler were both indicted last year for allegedly stealing drugs, operating a brothel, and conducting phony sting operations to rob prostitutes. butler has already pleaded guilty and is in prison. >>> oakland police report the arrest of a suspect in a shooting that left a man in serious condition this morning. police say it happened just after 9:00 a.m. near

los arroyos de san anselmo, petaluma y corte madera tambien son vigilados en estos momentos, pero este clima ha traido serias consecuencias al aeropuerto internacional de san francisco que llega a presentar mas de hora y media de retrazo en algunos vuelos por consecuencia s climaticas. cesar ---esta maÑana, un incendio de 3 alarmas puso en alerta a los residentes de campbell take vo ---el siniestro se registr en un edificio donde se fabrican baterias y partes para vehiculos electricos sobre la calle "division" y la avenida "dell" ---los bomberos no pudieron ingresar al lugar ya que las llamas alcanzaron unos 50 pies de altura ---el incendio fue sofocado despues de una hora, nadie estaba dentro de la fabrica y no hubo heridos ---aun se investiga la causa del fuego que provoc la perdida total del eficicio. cesar ---la policia de san leandro sigue tras la pista de un pistolero que abri fuego contra un hombre la noche de ayer take vo ---las autoridades dicen que la victima, un hombre de unos 60 aÑos, fue impactado por varias balas mientras estaba sentado dentro de un vehiculo en el bulev

in petaluma but by and large not that impressive today. more for today and this system looks stronger >> pam: we continue our storm coverage. and head to the northbay. that's where we find kron 4's jeff bush in larkspur jeff any more rain tonight yet? >> pam, it has been coming in waves into marin county. the conditions are pretty decent but earlier, the wet weather was making it difficult to get around. the rain was falling heavily early in the day and by mid morning some mild damage had been done. christmas decorations were left lying on the ground as a result of the downpour and windy conditions. small streams popped up all over the county as the rain came down. gray skys obscured the sun and traffic was reduced to a slow crawl as busy commuters tried to make it back home for the evening. >> it's hard to get around when it rains. i know we need the rain but it is hard to get around. >>reporter: despite the difficulty to get around, those in marin managed to do sojust not as quickly as some may have liked. by nightfall the rain had stopp

bodega avenue, over towards marin county and petaluma road that is where we're seeing better radar returns right now. we have rain up in the north and scattered showers in the afternoon. steady rain and wait until you see thursday this weekend, big storm on its way. >> still ahead, parents are grappling with the threat at a south bay school. how the school tragedy in connecticut is impacting. >> security measures that bay area schools are focusing on in the wake of last week's shooting. >>> students are back in class at two south bay schools that were shut down because of threats to teachers. news reporter karina rusk is live in coupe with this story. >> reporter: we don't know specifically if the teacher who was named in that graffiti threat has returned to class. we do know because an arrest has been made the teacher and his family are no longer receiving personal protection from the santa clara county sheriff's office. the bomb threat on thursday has left lasting repercussions especially in light of newtown on friday. investigators were very aware of those horrific shootings as they wor

petaluma 53. san francisco 55. extended forecast, pretty soggy over the weekend. we get that break on christmas eve for you last, last, last- minute shoppers. christmas day rain returns in the afternoon and showers will be around next wednesday, thursday and friday. not so good news if you like dry weather but excellent news if you like it go skiing and here's your ski report: no new snow in heavenly as of this this morning but you're under a winter storm warning. kirkwood seeing tremendous amount of snowfall this weekend and squaw valley five feet of snow by christmas eve. that's your weather report and ski report. we'll be right back. ,, ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, going to remain the "oaklan a's... for now... it >>> it appears that the oakland as are going to remain the oakland as for now. it appears the as [ indiscernible ] for the next five years at the coliseum. a letter lew wolff reportedly asked for an agreement to keep the as through oakland through 2018 adding they would remain in oakland for five years regardless of the outcome of their efforts to obtain a ne

santa rosa, petaluma, sonoma, some returns picking up there. heading over towards napa, and over towards american canyon, but elsewhere, if it's coming down, it's so light the radar beam is sweeping live but can't pick it up, which i typically the case and you can see a little returns here and there east of san jose. right now, 49 in santa rosa. 50s elsewhere across the bay area, and here's a look at the forecast. rain will increase overnight. we have another cold front due in here overnight. get ready for a wet morning commute. and then stormy outlook. looks like, towards the latter part of our work week. this has been a storm system, this warmer sector is responsible for the heavy mist and drizzle north of the golden gate bridge today. the clouds will thicken across the bay area as the storm moves in and rain on the increase, here's our timing. the forecast beginning at 8:00 tonight, you can see mod -- moderate rain moving moving in n by midnight we are looking at the band of reason from the north bay to in the south bay. this is our 5:00 a.m

now an inch of rain into santa rosa, 4" into the mountains, petaluma heavy rainfall. it's slowly moving south. that means it's going to dump a lot of rain throughout the bay area when it gets here. rainy and windy, periods of rain throughout the weekend even some thunderstorms too. this slow-moving cold front going to open the door to a series of storms. you see the cold speckled clouds off the coastline. not well organized yet but i think it will and as it does, you'll see on-and-off rain. delays at sfo on arriving flights of 4 hours. of course, a lot of, trying to get around the country it's going to be tough for folks around the country. delays at laguardia, 58 degrees expected in new york this afternoon. chilly 31 in chicago. 54 in denver and 57 degrees in houston. if you plan to travel to the high country today, be very careful. winter storm warnings run. we could see upwards of 5 feet of snow across the higher between now and monday morning. so no messing around. this is a serious storm system. computer models picking up on the storm sagging south throughout the

. >> and let's go to dominique di-natale live in petaluma, what more can you tell us? >> hey there, kelly. this has been a three-day buildup, it started on wednesday and went overnight thursday and friday more rain and heavy rains at night and ten inches across the entire region and we saw some flooding earlier here at petaluma and the levels on the river is gone down a bit and there was heavy rain there and the home of michael jimenez was flooded pretty badly and we heard there was heavy rains overnight and that came in flooding a local park and rushed into the town and here is how he described what happened. take a listen. >> okay. (inaudible) >> okay, don't think we have the sound there. and we heard that a utility worker was killed yesterday working for pg and e when his truck hit a traffic signal light in sacramento and very heavy rain then. what happens now? well, there are still many power outages across the region and about 2,500 homes reported without power earlier. at one point 16,000 people without electricity and tonight's storm comes in, we're expecting th

even towards petaluma. and just light rainfall for the bay bridge, oakland and delta and portions of the delta. san jose, however not picking up that much. but we could pick up in intensity. the wind will be gusty just prior to the main with 30 m.p.h. along the coast. and it looks like the rainfall will shift its way celt for christmas night. not a lot of moisture with shifting its way-a-south. the lower elevations, however, could see 1 in.. but most of that rainfall will be zero with the coastal ranges. i do not think any special advisories will be issued with the rainfall mainly at the -- concentrated in the coastal ranges. take a look at the blue indicating the '50s with a blue " morning. 56 degrees expected. and kron 47 day around the bay is showing friday, we will be dry and in terms of traffic not much going on. the approach is doing just fine. i am surprised that there are cars even out there. people are out there, getting a fresh start, and an early start. westbound traffic looking good. towards fos

runoff was posing problems for places like petaluma where the river crept right at this point downtown area. some streets had their sandbags set if the river crept higher. sandbags were on standby on "f" street, water barely squeezed under the roadway. further up the river, will brown and his sons assess water levels from a neighborhood bridge and noticed plenty of debris being rushed down the river. >> it looks like a lot of sticks have been coming off from the grass because the water is carrying it away. >> in penngrove the creek jumped its banks and soaked the community park. >> there was water coming in over the panics in the park area itself. i got into the parks but not too high in other areas. >> the wind and rain also made for challenging driving conditions. >> two-car crash on the northbound freeway near san rafael squeezed traffic down to two lanes while emergency crews responded. i'm sergio quintana, "abc 7 news". >> ama: in el sobrante the creek backed up and flood four hopes. this so apian way. the water started flowing into his house. >> in forestville a fir tree fell on