the mud slide was sonoma couldn't el nino setting moment. mud channeling down the 500 foot tall mountain. came this way. before long it was four feet deep. it was hundreds of yards wide and still moving. slowly. >> we want our neighbors house. >>reporter: may was 15 years old the night of the slide. it put both her and her mother on the front pages of newspapers and in television news stories. it also cost them pretty much everything they had except each other. 2 women awakeen by the sound of moving mud snapping giant trees intoj@u there was a' history, long ago long before the neighborhood was even there of mud slides small mud slides in the canyon and top of the hells. which we were unawe are of. >>reporter: before it ended the season of slide led to the loss of 30 homes. and the bulldozing of this neighborhood no a flood waste zone. federal government actually paid residents to leave. later sonoma county built mud and water catch basin to protect residents still living farther mç. and yet do you trust the ground around here. >> no. after

the mud slide was sonoma couldn't el nino setting moment. mud channeling down the 500 foot tall mountain. came this way. before long it was four feet deep. it was hundreds of yards wide and still moving. slowly. >> we want our neighbors house. >>reporter: may was 15 years old the night of the slide. it put both her and her mother on the front pages of newspapers and in television news stories. it also cost them pretty much everything they had except each other. 2 women awakeen by the sound of moving mud snapping giant trees intoj@u there was a long longl÷Ñ' history, long ago long before the neighborhood was even there of mud slides small mud slides in the canyon and top of the hells. which we were unawe are of. >>reporter: before it ended the season of slide led to the loss of 30 homes. and the bulldozing of this neighborhood no a flood waste zone. federal government actually paid residents to leave. later sonoma county built mud and water catch basin to protect residents still living farther below. thishz=tiñ so quiet nown mç. and yet d

there are 200 thousand sleeping on the streets in sonoma county. tomorrow as temperatures sink to near freezing. these heat lamps will burn all night. >> : we are looking for people to donate gently used hats and jackets.anything that can keep a person warm. >>:everything i am wearing has been donated > >kate:to ramona.who is recently homeless and trying to save up for a deposit on an apartment. those donations warm more than her feet.hands and head. they warm her heart. >> : you know that they're given out of generosity and love. > >kate:and we mentioned those heat lamps - propane is very expensive and burns very quickly. that is a key donation for anyone looking to help. kate cagle. kron 4 news. >> vicki : the bay area got a good soaking today and some trees didn't survive it. branches and trees toppled in different cities sometimes leaving the road impassable. at a home in belmont.a branch gave way and ended up across the street and onto a neighbor's car. heavy rain and wind put a beating on the 50 year old tree.it appeared to be rotted on the i

elephant seal away from highway 37 and sonoma county. wildlife experts and chp officers are working to get the 500-pound female back into san pablo bay. this started yesterday near the sonoma raceway. the seal disrupted traffic as it kept trying to get over a center divider on 37th. kpix 5's jackie ward is along highway 37 this morning where workers from the marine mammal center returned a half-hour ago. >> reporter: we spotted the seal. we have doug haley from the marine mammal center here since 2 a.m. obviously primary concern is the safety of the seal so how do you think she is right now? >> she is doing good. she is swimming. she may be just a little confused right now as to how to get out of this lagoon. and right now, all we're doing here is observing. if 2 comes back on -- if it comes back on land, we'll take action. >> reporter: it's been a long night. what are you doing now, making sure she doesn't get into any troubled areas? >> make sure she doesn't get back on highway 37 for the safety of the drivers and of the elephant seal.

empire, williams-sonoma has died. chuck williams opened his first tour in sonoma in 1956, a few years later relocated into san francisco union square. attribute on the website shows he is a lover of cooking and entertainment and he was inspired to open his store after a trip to paris where he saw so many great things for cooking. chuck williams died today of natural causes at the age of 100. >>> still ahead, the cold reality for good cause. >>> i will be gone in a minute, i spent some time in downtown walnut creek looking at holiday shoppers. >> the next edition of people behaving badly. >>> my name is kieran griffin. i work here at five star auto care in rocklin california. a lot of thought was put into the change to solar and we couldn't have done it without pg&e. pg&e is very committed to clean energy. working with five star auto care we looked at how we could make their business more energy efficient and save them money in the long run. with solar we have saved about 85% on our energy cost. with this extreme droug

an elephant seal causes a stir sonoma county. the efforts to get her out of harm's way this morning. >>> will they stay or will they go go? >>> temperatures continue to plummet in the bay area. you're taking a live look at the bay bridge. a beautiful, clear morning. temperatures in the 30s. kari hall will have your forecast coming up. >>> and a good tuesday morning, thank you so much for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kira klapper just like it was yesterday morning, very cold out there. temperatures in the 30s and let's send it over to meteorologist kari hall for the latest. >> dealing with frost, freezing temperatures and some fog in some spots. we'll talk about that in a second. let's take a look at all those temperatures now as we take a look at the microclimates in the north bay. now 31 degrees and now 38 degrees in san francisco. highs today will reach 54 degrees in the city and the east bay and 52, 54 in the tri-valley, as well as 54 in the peninsula. it's still cooler than average and we get a little bit milder as we go

so close to highway 37 right here right by sonoma raceway. so, this morning, of course, the concern. she's 900 pounds and cannot get this elephant seal on to a board into a carrier unless they sedate her and they want to avoid that because she could cross the highway, again. highway 37. she did that yesterday. chp had to help u.s. fish and wildlife by closing out the stretch of 37 until they could get the elephant seal back into the water. also concern people concerned to come out and take pictures. the warning is, she is a big animal, stay away. >> she is 900 pounds and knows extly how to use her wait. a bad pressure bite. you may get bite and thrown. if you see her potentially crossing the road call the chp and marine mammal center. >> chp warning drivers not to slow down. there were rubber neckers out here yesterday and as it picks up, more and more safety concerns. back here live, we lost sight of her in the water, but we see the weeds out here and the marine mammal center saying that this is actually what stopped. this is the location sh

this started near the sonoma raceway yesterday. kpix 5's andria borba shows us what happened as the seal kept trying to cross the roadblocking traffic in the process. >> this is not an area where you normally see an elephant seal. >>> reporter: yet, there she was. a female elephant seal we have nicknamed speed bump holding court on highway 37. the initial call came into chp dispatchers around 1:00. the seal was apparently training for the real olympics, for events the hurdle slow speed race. >> out of the water blocking the roadway attempted to climb over the center divide wall. we are going to try to channel her and divert her around this body of water to get her back into san pablo bay. >> reporter: but guess what. elephant seals handle directions about as well as drivers. >> she was 500 pounds not wanting to move and that didn't work out too well for us. >> reporter: infrastructure was no match for her athletic brawn. the elephant seal played side and -- hide and seek for hours getting her into the water following her around unt

it is slow only from just about here to west of the sonoma river bridge. the rest of the bay area including all the bridges have exceptionally light traffic. we're not tracking any delays anywhere. >> mark: belgian police a they have arrested two people who were going to execute a terrorist attack on new year's eve. >> will: their two suspects arrested and six taken into custody including those still. there are thousands of people they gathered a certain location to bring in the new year and this is the believed attack. officials cannot believe these people are not related to the attacks but they do believe they are inspired by isis. they could not find any weapons or bombs though they were planning on attacking this main square and the police headquarters. >> mark: after five fires in 10 days and three of them right by each other police think that they are suspicious. firefighter officials say it is too soon as if there's an arsonist but say they are concerned. >> i hope everybody in town is on heightened alert. there are four different areas where the fi

chp says the 24-year-old tried to turn her bus around on old sonoma road. she got stuck and blocked two lanes. officers then gave her a field sobriety test and she failed. she now faces dui and child endangerment charges. 28 students were on the bus at the time but no one was hurt. >>> the family of a man killed a year ago waiting for justice. jewelry mirrors was shot to death inside his car. police do not believe he was the target. police believe the shooter was targeting a pot grower who lived in the same building. a vigil was held a summit with the hopes someone will come forward with information. >>> topping our news, the wet weather hitting the bay area. taking a live look toward the east bay scattered showers and wind. more windows on its way. we have live team coverage, but first let's bring in the weather authority. how is it looking out there? >>> rain and winds are picking up. this is a midmorning event. quick moving and moderate to heavy at times. winds will be strong. they will taper off just a bit but remain quite breezy. the national weather s

currently there are 250 williams-sonoma stores across the country. or >> more and more restaurants are moving to a boat -- no tip format. why unions are getting on board pushing for the change. >>> separated by years, reunited with an embrace. one cat's journey home and the two things that made this reunion possible. >>> a major makeover for a bay area school in a tech company gave up to give back to give back to the community. how do you become a superstar? saving superstars. with pg&e's free online home energy checkup. visit pge.com/checkup and get started today. don't let your neighbor enjoy all the savings. >>> police officer braved the waters of the bay today for a good cause. dozens of officers jumped in the bay for the annual polo plunge. you can see they jumped into 54 degree water. the money raised goes to the make-a-wish foundation.>>> it is really something that the department's pride -- has prided themselves on and just giving back. that's the big part. on top of that, we want to grant wishes to kids out there. >> the fundraising did not

county shutdown in both directions right by the sonoma raceway. the ramsgate winery is right there. it blocked the roadway and like i said, many directions, three cars involved including that pg&e truck. three people were hurt as you see the chopper there, one person had to be taken to the hospital by that chopper. and "four on 2" will be right back. >>> we are in the thick of the presidential election primary season. no matter which side of the aisle they are on, candidates have been talking taxes. most often about taxes on middle-class. sums a middle-class americans simply carry too much of the financial load. how do you define the middle- class? that is an important piece of the discussion today in our money monday segment. we are joined by richard delmonte, founder and president of the delmonte group. hillary clinton has been on the campaign trail down not to raise taxes on middle-class, drawing the redline on $250,000. seems simple. she has used that a lot. it's not simple if you can't define middle-class. >> that's the challenge. beauty is i

. >>> well chuck williams of williams sonoma has died. he is responsible for introducing french cook ware into american kitchens. he bought his first store in 1953 in sonoma. opened a second store in san francisco shortly after. his passion hit the national market with a spike in mail order sales. williams passed away peacefully in his sleep. he was 100 years old. >>> tonight, actor morgan freeman says he is okay after his plane made a hard landing in mississippi. he was headed to texas for some documentary work when a plane blew a tire on takeoff and had to turn back. he and his pilot walked away without a scratch. a statement, he said sometimes things just don't go as planned. the same can be said for the alaska airlines pilot in this next story. he struck and killed a deer while landing in santa rosa. and airline spokesperson said the deer wandered onto the plane's path at the sonoma county airport wednesday and the pilot had no way the avoid it. nobody was hurt. and the plane was not damaged but the next leg of the flight down to los

>>they stay with their pups for about a month. >> reporter:in sonoma county ,charles clifford kron 4 news. return >> catherine:we first told you about the traffic backup from the with a push alert on our mobile app. you can stay connected by downloading it - and enabling push dollars. -- alerts >> catherine:a four-year-old boy in fairfield is dead after drowning in a bathtub. police arrived at the scene on jefferson street... around 11-a-m. they couldn't revive the little boy -- who had been in the care of a relative. >> catherine:the case is under investigation. return to >> catherine:next month will be the one year anniversary of a gruesome murder in san francisco. the headless torso of omar shahwan was found stuffed in street south of market. >> catherine:tonight. in a story you'll see only on kron-4. the victim's father is talking about his frustration with the case. >> catherine:the suspect - mark andrus - was released from jail because of a lack of evidence. he died a short time later. >> catherine:the victim's father says that did not give him the closure he was looking for. >

task force made almost 70 - recommendations to the sonoma county sheriff's office. tonight.the public got to see the response to dozens of recommendations. now. to better serve the community. the sheriff's office believes it should create an internal affairs unit, add a community outreach coordinator, hire more diverse deputies, and better train officers on the use of force. >>:a lot of the things in the recommendations we already do in the request apartment-- department >> pam :for example.the task force recommended deputies wear body cameras. now.the department has them. also. some people at the meeting want an overall attitude change at the sheriff's office. authorities say, they have busted just under two dozen gang members. linked to an auto burglary ring in nine south bay and peninsula cities. five of the suspects were in court today. kron 4's j.r. stone has more from santa clara county. >> j.r. :some of the auto burglaries were committed here at the shopping center. also the stanford shopping center in palo alto authorities believe the suspect rented cars sur

. >>> sonoma county has issued a cold blue advisory. it's urging shelters and charities to make more space available for those who are homeless. that alert comes as the forecast calls for more rain and cold temperatures that. will last through the next four nights. people can get the latest information on shelters in sonoma county by calling 211. >> take a look at this. white caps are forming on lake tahoe. the storm brought powerful winds to the sierra making the lake actually look more like an ocean out there. the gusts forced many resorts to shut down their ski lifts for safety reasons. once they start running skiers will find more snow covering slopes right here at royal mountain resort. as we get to the sierra, chains are required on interstate 80 and you must use chains on u.s. 50 to myers. viewers are sending in their weather pics and videos. when you get unusual where you live, take a photo and share it with us using #abc7now. >>> two san mateo police officers are on leave after shooting and wounding a driver they say rammed a p

people can get the latest information on shelters in sonoma county by calling 211. the bay area is in mop-up mode after the storms and in san jose a downed tree damaged cars and took out power lanes. power was out in several areas of the city for hours with heavy of the city for hours with heavy rain causing street flooding. >> you can see and hear the sheets of rain pounding in the back yesterday in santa cruz, it was like that all over bay area because of video provided by one of our abc7 viewers. >> another viewer sent this, gusts shredded this canopy in martinez, dangerous driving in the sierra over the weekend, a driver posted this video on instagram of near white out conditions on the way to lake tahoe blowing snow and winds made driving treacherous. >> this is what greeted the skiers when the storm cleared. when it started to run, the skiers found plenty of snow covering the slopes and the sun came out and made for gorgeous skiing. a viewer sent this video from heavenly mount tan resort in lake tahoe showing a last fresh powder. can clear skies. perfect. >> t

charles williams, the founder of williams sonoma open his first store in sonoma back in 1956. as you see from the black and white photos there. today there are 623 stores nationwide under the same ownership umbrella that includes pottery barn and west elm. williams died peacefully in his sleep at his home in san francisco. he was 100 years old. >>> 5:45. highly encouraging news from former president jimmy carter. once diagnosed with request stage 4 cancer, he is now cancer free. carter made that announcement yesterday at his church in plains, georgia. three and a half months ago the 91-year-old carter revealed he was being treated for melanoma that spread to his to brain. he says the latest mri scan show nos sig s no sign of the disease. >> they developed a new medicine called pem bro niz pam. >> it helped him. carter believes he benefitted from rigorous treatment following early detection. >>> a new tool in the fight against drug abuse. the first in the country to try out a drug deactivation system called to terra. a unique bag with carbon inside that can destroy the prescrip

. >>> we have light rain to the north, in northern sonoma county. it's not showing up on radar. santa rosa .03. cloud cover the move. low clouds and higher clouds. rainfall amounts greater amount to the north. the system falls apart, a third to half inch. ash san jose a quarter inch. not a whopper but we'll take what we can get. good rain on the north coast and that's sliding south. the lows coming up. only a few 30s on the outer fringe. a lot more 40s. look at santa rosa and napa. they are up 20 degrees. cloud cover continues to move in. it's a slow moving system. for the morning your fine unless you are up north. for the rest of us it will be tonight. there are two systems. the wind will pick up out of the south. rain to the north bay and slides south. it will take until this evening or tonight. 50s and 60s on the temps. some of the temps will really bump up. rain tonight into early saturday. a break into sunday. another system sunday and monday. it could be a pattern where the north bay gets the rain. still on track for christmas day a system coming in. >>> good storm coming

a few echoes around sonoma and lake county. won't be until after sunset when the rain goes south and covers much of the bay area. we'll begin clearing out so by monday at 3:00, which is what we're simulating here, we have mostly clear skies around the bay area and it's all out of here by tuesday at 9:00 in the morning. a little bit of a dry spell for the last week of 2015 in the bay area. first, it will be colder than average for a while. looking into next week, showers will return later tomorrow, first in the north bay in the afternoon and then for the rest of the bay area probably after sunset. look, let's reemphasize this. it will be cold again tonight. showers developing later on sunday and it will be dry through new years. travel weather as we head out of the bay area. up in northern california, light rains spreading south. it's going to take a while for the rain to get down to sacramento, lake tahoe and yosemite. all of this will happen at night and it looks sunny in fresno after fog and 59 degrees and sunshine tomorrow f

. >>> a bizarre story out of sonoma county tonight. an alaska airlines plane struck and killed a deer as it was landing in santa rosa. the deer apparently wandered on to the run way at the charles schulz-sonoma county airport. the pilot had no way to avoid it. nobody was hurt and the plane was not damaged, but the tires were changed as a precaution. >>> with clouds from santa rosa to san jose, the latest loop shows a potent system that is winding up off shore. most of this is packed up for oregon and far northern california. for us, the future cast map shows rain developing near midnight spreading out at sunrise. so you can see widely scattered showers over the bay. this is just after sunrise. but watch what happens for the rest of it. you have to stay tuned. there's more coming in for the week ahead attachment. >>> a close call tonight for the warriors and their winning streak in toronto. >> the warriors win it. 21 and zero. >> definitely living on the edge. the dubs held off the raptors to make it 21 straight to start the season. thi

>>> high wind gusts mixed with rain led to a tragedy in sonoma county. a horse killed at a popular park. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm natasha. >> i'm reggie. >> we are on storm watch, we have several accidents to tell you about including the sad one in pet lumina. abc 7 news has just confirmed a horse was killed after being hit by a fallen tree at the sonoma horse park in pet lumina. fire crews were called there around 7:30 this morning. you can see several crews were there. fierce winds along with rain. >> san francisco police have market street closed. this tree used to be in someone's back yard before it came crashing down overnight. no one was hurt. city crews say they're trying to get everything cleaned up as quickly as possible. meanwhile, a downed tree was making a all lanes on park street closed. we're told crew also be there working to clean it up until after noon. there are downed trees in mill valley as well. abc news reporter amy holyfield is there also with the high tide problems today. amy? >> we are getting a little break in

over the past 4 hours you can see sonoma county, close to three inches inches of rainfall. santa rosa, close to an inch, and then closer to the golden gate bridge, the system really fell apart. so san rafael, san francisco, concord, heyworth, less than tenth inch of rain. behind the system, mild air moves in that will bring our next storm. we'll explain the full forecast coming up. >> a man driving with a suspended license hit and killed a motorcyclists this morning in hayward. the debt happened after 11:00 this morning man. coming out a safeway parking lot did not yield to the motorcyclists that cyclist 25,-year-old man from hayward, died at the scene. his bike sheared off a hydrant. police say the driver had a suspended license for dui, conviction, plus several traffic warrants. he was arrested and booked at the hayward jail. >>> in palo alto police are looking for man accused of sexual battery. on tuesday afternoon, he knocked on a 70-year-old woman's door and offered to do some gardening work. she invited him into her home, where the man told her he differences massages

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it started yesterday afternoon near the sonoma raceway. the seal disrupted traffic as it went on the highway. kpix 5's jackie ward is along highway 37 this morning where the seal was spot again early this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. get this, frank. we actually just saw her maybe 30 seconds ago. she could sense our hit was coming up and she wanted to get on camera and make her presence known. yeah, we did see her earlier this morning. the 500-pound elephant seal was swimming along the shore here of the lagoon. completely unaware of the media frenzy she was creating. she bobbed up and down the edge of the highway 37 turnoff and we lost sight of her. the marine mammal center has been out here since 2 a.m. to make sure she is stays out of trouble. >> it's their domain. so we wait and see. it's a wait-and-see game. >> reporter: so we are looking at her right now. she is actually heading toward the road again. the tides are high right now which is why we're able to see her so clearly. once the tides go back though, it gets

he bought his first store in sonoma in 1943 with cook ware inspired by copper and enamel. he opened a second store in san francisco in 1958. his passion became a nationwide success through mailorders shortly after. >>> bart riders are going to have to cough up extra cash starting on january 1st. the fare hike is part of an automatic every-other-year hike increase. that means a 50-cent increase for most rides an the bay area. one example will cost 30 5 cents extra. bart says the periodic fare increases will raise $312 million by 2020 to help pay for new train cars and a new maintenance facility in hay ward. >>> this holiday season, renting potted christmas trees is grow nothing popularity. >> mark kelly shows us how you can help the people affected by the valley fire once christmas is over. >> reporter: the valley fire incinerated more than 1200 homes and nearly as many trees. >> devastating. some of the trees are still standing, but they're obviously burnt. >> reporter: this holiday season, chris hurly and her family had an idea. what if people buy a live potted christmas

just yesterday it made its way on the highway near the sonoma raceway. it caused problems for drivers as police and chp worked to guide it back into the slough. jackie ward is on seal watch this afternoon. >> reporter: she hasn't gone back to 37 yet. but as you can see, she likes swimming along. it's been a busy 24 hours from what they are calls the seal. the mud marks are from her flippers. back and forward and back we go. this 900-pound elephant seal doesn't want to go back to the bay not dampening anyone's spirits. >> i could be doing paperwork or be out with this beautiful animal. >> reporter: thins were looking good as people from the marine mammal center were able to corral her a third of the way around the lagoon. >> she is fine, healthy, in no danger. >> reporter: after this attempt with a kayak and air horns [ beep beep ] >> reporter: she shimmied her way all the way back to where she was this morning. but the tides are turning lid rally and that's good news for the seal. >> it's a lot work to hall her around. the more water, the more incentive

well, that was one thing to see that going on in sonoma and then his research told him that it was going on everywhere in the united states, not only in the cotton fields which are crops that quickly deplete soil but also in the vegetables and fruits, farmers who jefferson called stewards of the earth were not such stewards. this is what they would do, start a farm, they would move on do another farm. i've worked three farms out and so london thought this won't work for america. he had been in east asia as a sailor and he saw the ter-- terrorists patties and he thought these people have been feeding themselves or centuries on this method and we need to do something like it. he began a research program. london always wanted to research and learn the facts about what he was about. at this time the united states department of agriculture had realized that erosion and depletion of nutrients were causing havoc and jack london resolved not to use any chemical additives on his soil, not to use gasoline-powered machinery on his farm. at the end of his life, he was winning state fair, california

about three homeless people die every winter in sonoma county alone. so right now they fire up the code below and are looking for people to help out. the strong wind and rain is tomorrow morning pulled a cable car across the street. for sore left disappointed as they were told the cable cars were not going to be running. they were pulled back and walked into of a warehouse and replaced by shuttle buses. >> piquancy some of the cable area is being flooded. >> mark: the president is meeting with the pentagon to talk to her top military officials on how to fight isis. this is president obama is a first visit to the pentagon. the president is planning a series of events to talk about strategy about how to stop islamic militants. that has been three years since the sandy hook massacre where 20 children and six adults were killed/as police closed and the murderer killed himself. divers concluded the searching of a small lake near the san bernardino shooting area. investigators said the killers tried to cover their tracks by destroying the nelson so phones .

northern sonoma county, 8:00 a.m. cold front draped right across the bay area. san francisco down into san jose. as we move intost early afternoon hours we can see how that rapidly heads to the south and east. so about 8-p.m. till noon tomorrow, we'll see scattered showers, chilly sunshine for the afternoon. rain totals, quick moving system. looking at about a third of an inch to an inch of ryan around the buy area. it goes by. you can see the wind speed will be an issue all day long. rain mainly for the first half of the day. it could gets up to 50 miles per hour around the coast and hilltops from about morning to tomorrow at 10:00. wind gusts, look at liver moore. winds out of the south. as the front slides by, winds begin to shift. there's that chilly breeze that will help to clear the skies. rain picking up in intensity around 11:00. by mid afternoon starting to see the showers shut down with clearing skies. mid 50s around san jose and san francisco. to the north you'll see 56 in san rafael. 65 around lifr moore. the outlook moving forward is going to trend

but by mid to late morning some of those showers will show appeared just offshore and will move into sonoma county lake will morning --like in the morning to afternoon this is 12:00 on friday noon time by 4:00 p.m. light rain just making its way and to send francisco--into san francisco for tomorrow sunshine and clouds and a couple of sprinkles north word showers saturday morning and then storm number two arrives before sunday and this is not a huge system but just some light rain for sunday night and tuesday with more what rather--wet weather >> pam :it is the season of giving. and that is exactly what one antioch body shop did today. each christmas. the shop helps struggling families. with a new set of wheels. kron four's jeff pierce has the heatwarming story. >>:1, 2, 3, let it rip >> jeff :three families who have been struggling were selected to receive a completely restored vehicle >>:amazing >> jeff :this family had no car at all >>:we ride bicycles to work every day or skateboards or what ever we need to do to get to work >> jeff :they have been giving cars away for a decade and a ha

a democrat who represents contra costa, lake, napa and sonoma counties is sponsoring the forum. he says the bill would enforce background checks on all gun sales at gun shows over the internet and through classified ads. he says his bill would close a major loophole. the event was scheduled a month ago, before the san bernardino shootings. >>> 75% of california's paroled sex offenders no longer face housing restrictions. they were previously banned from living near where children congregate. more than 4,400 of estimated 5,900 parolees are no longer restricted. state officials say they can keep better track of offenders who have housing instead of living on the street. >>> set to vote tomorrow on a law that would allow bicyclists to roll through stop sign. the bike yield policy was needed in september. eight supervisors need to vote in favor to override a veto by the mayor. the board is short two boats. it was proposed -- two votes. it was proposed in response to police ticketing a number of bicyclist. >>> today expected to be the busiest mailing date of the year for christmas pa

as abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman reports, during our the el nino of 1998 sonoma county residents never saw it coming. >> reporter: a sturdy lock on a chain-link fence and warning sign. they are remnants from a past and still very much a part of the present for canyon residents of sonoma counties's rio nido. >> there was six to eight houses b 14 houses in here. >> fire chief steve becks ton walking through the ghost of a neighborhood laid to waste the night of february 6, 1998. the r oichlt onido mud slide was the signature moment. the mud channeled down this 500 foot tall mountain and came this way. before long it was 4 feet deep and hundreds of yards wide and still moving. slowly. >> we watched our neighbor's house slide down. >> may shultz was 15 years old the night of the slide, it put both her and her mother on the front pages of newspapers and in television news stories. it also cost them pretty much everything they had except each other. two women awakened by the sound of moving mud snapping giant trees into pieces. >> there was a long, long history, long ago, long before t

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that continues with the closure and very low visibility in sonoma and napa. the bay bridge, the low clouds are hovering. while you're okay at the toll brau plaza, you see the sheen on the roadway, slicker conditions at the golden gate as well and we have a touch view of the roadway when you're driving down the east shore freeway. >>> we don't want to rush you. you do have some time left before the holidays. but if we look at fedex right now, it's one of the company's three peek holiday delivery days. >> more on that and the rest of our news. before the bell, let's turn to kate rogers live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. the markets may pause and catch their breath this week following several days of volatile trading. stock managing note posted moderate gains following the strong jobs report on friday. that confirms that the fed will certainly raise interest rates when it meets next week. look for data today on consumer credit. on friday the dow surging 370 points to 17848, the nasdaq up 104 to 15142. fedex is extra busy today expect

. >> 4:45 -- a new report says sexually-transmitted diseases are on the rise in sonoma county. according to the press them a grant officials are warning the public at the rate of chlamydia and gonorrhea and syphilis has spiked between 2008 and 2014. the increase in sonoma county is similar to increases across the country and possible reasons include an increase in risky behavior, the rise of online dating and less condom use. >>>>> a san francisco judge could decide the future of the google buzz is -- the environmental impact -- an attorney argues that it emits cancer-causing exhaust and an attorney says the group did not have legal standing to bring a lawsuit. the city reportedly denies that the google buzz causes the rent to go up in areas where they are used. >> >>> strong storms rolling through early this morning. this leads to slick roads. let's check in with sal -- any big accidents? >> we have a crash eastbound 580 at lakeshore. five cars -- trying to get them out of the way. fortunately the traffic is so light it is not causing a jam but they are trying to clear this ou

. >> the body of a man that wash up on the beach earlier this month has been identified -- the sonoma county coroner's office said it is 53-year-old man from rowesville missing since october. 2 friends went fishing and is boat flipped over. >> his body was discovered at the entrance of the bodega bay harbor -- one of the other people on board died and the third was rescued. >> >>> in alameda a driver barely miss being hit by a massive tree that came crashing down. >> heather holmes has the video showing it happening. >> the recent storm changed the netscape on park street in alameda -- there is a muddy hole outside collision repair where a huge old ficus stood until tuesday morning. >> security camera captured the moment that the tree came crashing down. showing the luck of one driver -- watch as the car approaches the tree -- you can see the ficus start to sway and just as the car clears it, the tree topples. take a look at how close the tree came to crushing the motorist -- four seconds made all the difference. >> i was hoping there was nobody under the tree. >> venture auto repair

our highest totals will be up in the sonoma county area. half an inch to an inch possible in the santa clara valley. a 10th to a quarter of an inch. this will mean snow in the mountains. tahoe will be under a winter weather advisory. the snow level will be dropping down to 5,000 and take a look at some of the snowfall for the resorts. we are looking at half a foot to a foot of snow. strong winds will accompany the system. if you are thinking of going to the mountains you may want to hold off until friday. first thing in the morning the cloud cover will be heavy, mid30s to the upper 40s. so it is not the chill we have been experiencing. and then for the afternoon milder weather. the cloud cover is heaviest to the north. a little less to the south. 61 san francisco and 65 santa rosa. oakland 64 and livermore and san jose and san mateo and as you check out the accu-weather seven-day forecast we go from mild wednesday to wet and windy thursday. dry on friday and saturday. if you have holiday shopping to do, sunday a slight chance of some shower

over the past 4 hours you can see sonoma county, close to three inches inches of rainfall. santa rosa, close to an inch, and then closer to the golden gate bridge, the system really fell apart. so san rafael, san francisco, concord, heyworth, less than tenth inch of rain. behind the system, mild air moves in that will bring our next storm. we'll explain the full forecast coming up. >> a man driving with a suspended license hit and killed a motorcyclists this morning in hayward. the debt happened after 11:00 this morning man. coming out a safeway parking lot did not yield to the motorcyclists that cyclist 25,-year-old man from hayward, died at the scene. his bike sheared off a hydrant. police say the driver had a suspended license for dui, conviction, plus several traffic warrants. he was arrested and booked at the hayward jail. >>> in palo alto police are looking for man accused of sexual battery. on tuesday afternoon, he knocked on a 70-year-old woman's door and offered to do some gardening work. she invited him into her home, where the man told her he differences massages

county, near the sonoma raceway, that's where andria borba is. >> reporter: the mess on highway 37 was made worse by that piniped on the loose and for those climbing over the median, stuck in the mud, not far behind me. >> this is not an area where you normally see an elephant seal. >> reporter: yet, there she was, a female elephant seal name named speed bump, the seal was training for the rio olympics, for an event, the piniped hurdles, a slow speed race. >> out the water, attempting to chime over the center divider wall. we were going to try to channel her and divert her around this body of water to get her back in to san pablo bay >> reporter: but guess what? elephant seals handle directions about as well as drivers. >> she was 500 pounds, not wanting to move, and that didn't work out too well for us. >> reporter: infrastructure was no match for her athletic brawn. >> there we go. >> reporter: the elephant seal played hide and seek for hours with volunteers from the marine mammal center getting her in the water following her around, until she reemerged from the water like the loch n

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cruzÓ la 37 en sonoma. varios agentes y voluntarios del centro de rescate de mamÍferos marinos lucharon por horas, hasta que este enorme animal decidiÓ volver ileso a las aguas de la bahÍa de san francisco. >> mamÍfero travieso. leticia: volvemos maÑana, no buenas noches. lunes 28 de diciembre, poblaciones enteras devastadas en texas por tornados, nevadas inundaciones en otros estados. la cruz roja responde a la emergencia. mÉxico detiene en puerto vallarta al adolescente buscado en estados unidos por violar su libertad condicional. el limbo de miles de cubanos varados en costa rica terminarÍa, tras un acuerdo regional. en nueva york continÚa los preparativos para celebrar el aÑo nuevo bajo intensas medidas de seguridad, comenzamos. narrador: este es un noticiero univisiÓn, edición nocturna con ilia calderÓn y enrique acevedo.

sonoma, 59. tomorrow's high in lake port, 58 degrees. by sunday morning, some more showers move in. once again, primarily north bay. same story monday. same story wednesday. we will likely not see another widespread rain until thursday. so lots of rain just to the north. but most of it will likely be a miss here. >> wow. here it comes. >> yep. here it comes. squirrel. no, kidding. [ laughter ] >> had to go there ken didn't you? >> thanks paul. >>> all right, we are counting down to superbowl 50. who is it going to be? >> tonight, we found out who will headline the halftime show. >> and coming up on the late ,,, weiland has died. winning artist was >> well, we learned about an hour ago that bay area born musician scot wyland has died. he was best known as the front man for the rock band stone temple pilots. he was found dead on his tour bus in minnesota. he had a long history of substance abuse issues and it is unclear how he died. he was born in san jose and was scheduled to play a show in napa later this month. he was 48 years old. >>> we won't find which teams are playing in the s

sonoma said a trip to paris inspired him to open a store in downtown sonoma back in 1956 using the same cookware used by top european chefs. two years later he moved to a larger store in san francisco, and then expanded nationwide. he sold the company back in 1979, but he remained involved. chuck williams was 100 years old. >>> happening today, bikers will be hopping on their motorcycles for a good cause as part of its annual toy run. bikers from the golden gate harley club will deliver gifts to sick children at san francisco general hospital and trauma center. this is the 32nd year for the annual event. bikers will revv up their engines at 10:30 this morning good head down petraro to the hospital. >>> the dubs beat the raptors to improving to 21-0. they now hold the record to the best start of a season by the american professional sports team. despite missing two starters and their head coach, steph curry and company have not missed a beat this season. their next game is afternoon at 3:00 in brooklyn against the nets. mike shumann will have all the highlights in sports. >>> the raiders

that all week this week we'll accumulate 1 to 2 inches of rain, more in the mountains, but north of sonoma county 5 inches of rain plus for mendocino. how about the winds? they ease up. the brighter colors head south. so this is tomorrow morning, not bad, but look at the bright color spread from the top part of your screen over the rest of the bay area so that by tomorrow night we've got gusts in the 30s as that front approaches. you can see very beautifully without the approach at the toll plaza at the bay bridge, rain tuesday, wednesday and thursday, snow in the mountains, 12 to 18 inches of new snow. in fact, if you look at the futurecast for the sierra, more than 2 feet of snow up in mount shasta, so the forecast shows snow in the mountains and rain in the central valley and today is the eve of winter solstice, comes in tomorrow night at 8:48, the longest night of the year tomorrow night. overnight lows tonight will be mostly 40s in the bay area. sunrise tomorrow morning 7:21, upper 50s, low 60s temperatures tomorrow. extended forecast shows rain tomorrow, rain tuesday, a break on wedn

our highest totals will be up in the sonoma county area. half an inch to an inch possible in the santa clara valley. a 10th to a quarter of an inch. this will mean snow in the mountains. tahoe will be under a winter weather advisory. the snow level will be dropping down to 5,000 and take a look at some of the snowfall for the resorts. we are looking at half a foot to a foot of snow. strong winds will accompany the system. if you are thinking of going to the mountains you may want to hold off until friday. first thing in the morning the cloud cover will be heavy, mid30s to the upper 40s. so it is not the chill we have been experiencing. and then for the afternoon milder weather. the cloud cover is heaviest to the north. a little less to the south. 61 san francisco and 65 santa rosa. oakland 64 and livermore and san jose and san mateo and as you check out the accu-weather seven-day forecast we go from mild wednesday to wet and windy thursday. dry on friday and saturday. if you have holiday shopping to do, sunday a slight chance of some shower

high level clouds spilling over the bay area, nothing producing rain just yet, few returns offshore of sonoma and marin county. a few of these light showers approaching the north bay, but the real action here still offshore. pretty good looking system here that's going to come through tonight, so we'll see the clouds thicken up and as we wake up tomorrow morning we'll see breezy conditions, winds from about 15 to 25 miles per hour, and especially for areas north of san francisco, we could be closing in on at least a half inch of rain tomorrow morning. we'll let you know how long the rain showers stick around in your sunday forecast in just a few minutes. back to you. >> all right, rob, sounds great. thanks so much. >>> tesla getting some competition. come up, the luxury car maker delving into the electronic car business. >>> plus, silicon valley helping feed the hungry this holiday season. why you might be surprised where many of these boxes of food are going to. >>> and also pluto showing off its best face tonight. the newly released images from nasa we may not see again for quite some time.

already some rain reports light rain, up in sonoma county. up along the north coast, all this activity will be sliding closer to the bay area. as a result rain fall rates picking up into sunday. expectations in terms of totals quarter inch to over an inch and a half. you can count on more snow up in the mountains ins. models in rain correspondence to heavy downpours. that is the forecast model with all the colors. by 10:00 the rainfall rates really pick up. plan on heavy downpours first thing in the morning. we'll talk about changes and possibly more rain clouds. >>> the highway patrol in napa country arrested a driver driving a school bus of children. parker was arrested yesterday afternoon as she drove 28 children on old sonoma road. she was trying to turn the bus which -- when it got stuck. officers say she failed a sobriety the rest of the -- test. she was booked on dui and 208 counts of felony endangerment. >>> a body in bodega bay was recovered. around 12:30 if -- this afternoon. firefighters say the body was partially decomposed. >>> c