on at the south bay emergency dispatch center that handles 911 calls. we're live in san jose, we'll share how crews worked through it all. also a stretch of 280 in san francisco is now closed for the long holiday weekend. the best way to avoid the expected gridlock. "mornings on 2" starts now. we're live in napa county. you can see in this picture still some plumes of smoke as we continue our coverage of the wildfire still burning out of control. evacuations still in place. ktvu's tara moriarty has been touring the burned area and in two minutes, she will tell us about a serious issue she notice noticed this morning that's adding to the challenging conditions. and we have j just received new updated numbers. good morning. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm brian flores. let's get your day started with weather and traffic. steve, what is the weather like? >> well, they had fog yesterday. that bushed -- burned off. they did not today. the humidity is high. the wind is light out of the south southwest. the high will be 91. humidity will go dune 30, 35%. the breeze should stay westerly. lake county said the smoke has turned more southeast. so we'll see if that holds. there's fog. but there was a lot more yesterday. sheas -- that's for sure. a breeze is still in place. even down to the santa clara valley. gilroy is 56. los gatos, 49. saratoga, 54. san jose state at 56. a breeze in place. but it's coming down gradually out to the delta, not at concord where it's been howling. west oakland and west-southwest napa airport. you get farther up in the valley, it's not as strong. fog will give way to sunshine. a little sooner. morning fog, then sunny, breezy at times. 60s, 70s, 80s to a few near 90. here's sal. we're looking at a commute that's busy in some areas and lighter in others. start with the busy. 58 westbound as you drive from livermore into dublin, it will be slow, as it normally is. it's a little bit better than it normally is at 580 at 205. a lot of the slow traffic is on westbound 580 as you come through the main part of livermore. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see traffic is about a ten-minute delay getting into san francisco. not a full-strength commute but definitely some waiting. and in the santa clara valley, silicon valley, northbound 280 traffic is looking good. it looks like traffic is moving very nicely getting up to highway 17. a normally busy stretch of 280 in san francisco is now closed for the long holiday weekend. last night, caltrans shut down all northbound lanes of 280 between the 101 interchange all the way to king street near at&t park. the southbound lanes will remain open. the freeway closure began right on schedule at 9:00 last night. the northbound lanes of 280 are scheduled to remain closed until 5:00 monday morning. crews will replace a section of the freeway built 50 years ago. the freeway closure is certain to cause delays. it's already causing delays for many people driving in and out of san francisco. caltrans is urges drivers to take mass transit. alex savidge is getting a first- hand look at this big freeway project. he'll have a live update coming up at 7:30. the time 7:04. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. now to our continuing coverage of the wildfire burning in napa and lake counties. minutes ago, a firefighting team from alameda county started to head up there. also moments ago calfire just announced the fire has grown by another 500 acres. it's burn 4300 acres. that's six square miles. it's still only 30% contained at this hour. 380 structures are threatened with nine already destroyed. ktvu's tara moriarty is live in napa county with the fire danger that still exists this morning. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. we're sort of in the area where the smoke has greatly dissipated. when we first arrived at 5:30, we could see a lot more smoke than we're seeing now. there's still a little bit of smoke coming out of butts canyon road. this is a picture we took. the road is windy. it's narrow, tucked in the canyon. crews said the only other visible flames are out of sight. it's warmer. authorities say we are two months dry than normal with rainfall totals at historic lows over the past year. so officials are concerned this could be one of the worse fire season in decades. this fire has scorched nine buildings, two of them homes. mostly in berryessa estates. >> a policeman took me up there. it was devastating driving through there to see everything just -- you leave in the morning to go to work and you come back and it's all gone. it's all gone. >> reporter: now, again, as tori mentioned, the fire has grown by another 500 acres overnight. and then yesterday it had grown 600 acres. see far 4300 acres blackened. calfire expected this fire to calm down overnight. it looks like it did. but with the heat picking up later, it's all right warmer than this time -- it's already warmer than this time yesterday, that could definitely be a concern for fire crews. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. the group of alameda county firefighters heading to the fire zone tweeted this photo as they prepared to leave. they come from several fire districts including hayward, fremont, oakland and livermore pleasanton, the menlo park district sent a paramedic last night. bone-dry conditions, fireworks are raising fire concerns in the entire bay area this weekend. the city of oakland wants to prevent more fires like this one that we covered yesterday morning. the city will host a fire prevention town hall meeting tonight. residents will learn about the fireworks threat this independence day holiday. and fire prevention strategies. the town hall starts at 6:00 p.m. at the diamond recreation center on hanley road in oakland. some parts of the bay area could see temperatures in the 90s. the spca has reminder for pet owners. make sure dogs and cat have plenty -- cats have plenty of water and access to shade. also try not to walk dogs on hot pavement and never leave an animal unattended in a car. pets are already likely to be frightened by fireworks and may try to run away. 7:07. fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a barbecue pit explosion in campbell that injured two cars. it happened last night in the backyard of a home on brierwood way. they say the barbecue pit was running on natural gas. six girls were sitting nearby. two were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the explosion did not cause any fires. power has been restored at the 911 communication center after an overnight outage. janine de la vega is live with how long the outage lasted and how emergency service was affected. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, brian. it took a couple of hours for power to be restored at the county's communication center. dispatchers here already work at a fast pace, so any glitch, of course, slows things down. we were told by the emergency service director that they worked quickly by using a backup plan. the outage affected 911 calls. it wasn't a complete loss. it did take down the emergency services, fire departments and law enforcement agencies. this forced them to set up a communication center outside of the building. many 911 calls were rerouted through san jose police and fire dispatch centers. the ems directors said they didn't have any major problems during the power failure. >> we had communications personnel here, we had ems command staff here and we worked closely with the other departments to make sure every call was handled promptly. >> reporter: the county's 911 system was back up and running normally at around midnight. the ems director said they haven't had this type of thing happen before but says they were able to adapt. they are not sure what caused the power loss but they will be investigating that today because they know that this is critical infrastructure in santa clara county. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. voters in san jose could soon have their say on changes to pensions and benefits for city workers. the san jose city council has announced plans for a ballot initiative to let voters decide on changes to measure b. voters overwhelmingly approved measure b in 2012, leading to cuts in benefits for 5500 city employees including police and firefighters. police say those cuts caused officers to leave the department in droves. if language for the initiative is approved by august, it could appear on the november ballot. the city of oakland is celebrating the graduation of a new class from the police academy. this morning's ceremony will include 34 graduates. police hope the new recruits will help address a shortage of officers. oakland police would like to hire 100 new officers by the end of the year. 7:10. in san francisco, police are asking for the public's help finding nancy jewel cross. police say the 94-year-old was last seen friday. now, cross is homeless and is known to frequent the berkeley law library and had appointments scheduled at hospitals in alameda and oakland. she's also well-known for her work with a.c. transit until 2002 and and for the number of lawsuits she's filed. she was declared a legal nuisance to the legal system back in 1992. she's also previously been accused of biting her hayward landlord and throwing a glass -- and throwing glass at another landlord in fremont. san francisco city officials spent millions of dollars in public funds on unnecessary repairs to private sewer lines. it's all according to the center for investigative reporting. the organization says employees in dennis herrera's office are accused of spending $10 million on unneeded repairs based on false and inflated bills. an attorney who came in was also reportedly fired. that attorney has filed a wrongful termination claim with the city. a new dating site that targets married people looking to have affairs finds some of san francisco's most expensive neighborhoods actually have the most cheaters. the website ashleymadison.com analyzed data from the 52,000 users in the bay area and found they were most likely to live in pacific heights and the marina. the site found user who live in the sea cliff neighborhood have the most partners. the controversial dating site allows people who are married or in a committed relationship to advertise for additional partners. kind of interesting, the connection there, i guess you could say. >> i guess. controversial, as you said. 7:12. coming up -- a special meeting set to begin in 90 minutes. how this morning's vote could affect the future of major league baseball in oakland. a video clip of a crying japanese politician is raising a lot of eyebrows. up next, why this assemblyman is so upset and how the public in japan is reacting to his outburst. good morning. we're still looking at traffic that is a little better than usual. however, it's getting a little slower here in san jose and now there is a problem on 101 in the city that may be related to the closure. if you don't like warm or hot temperatures, forecast over the holiday weekend may make you cry a little bit. today there's fog and a pretty good little breeze. we'll talk about that and there's a hot 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film directed by angelina jolie. he was 97 years old. we're learning more about efforts to rescue over 200 girls captured by militants in nigeria. nigerian officials say a businessman suspected of helping the militant group boka hiram plan the abduction has been arrested. they threatened slavery and forced marriage, unless the nigerian government releases some of their members from prison. >> one of their commanders, key commanders who supply information to them has been apprehended. so something is being done. we're inching towards it. we're inching towards where we want to go. >> government frill officials say 219 girls are being held captive. some of the girls have managed to escape. a japanese politician is making unwanted headlines worldwide. these clips from tokyo television show the 47-year-old lawmaker bursting into tears and screaming after he was accused of spending public money on 106 trips to a hot springs rae sort last year -- rae sort last-- resort last year. some call his apology bizarre and his behavior a sign of weakness. when asked whether the lawmaker should resign, the government spokesman said he's not usually that emotional. well, time now, 7:18. back here at home in san francisco, members of the sisters of perpetual indulgence are speaking out against hate crimes that took place during gay pride weekend. police say three men and a woman attacked a member of the well-known charitable group and her husband near 18th and castro streets. the attackers made anti-gay slurs while kicking and punching the couple. >> i think it's something that's becoming more and more, i hate to say it, but a sport for individuals who want to target lgbt individuals. >> police are also investigating an attack on two women near 9th and mission as a hate crime. both women were targeted as they headed home from the civic center pride celebration on saturday. police are asking witnesses to either attack to come forward. 7:18. we want to check in now with sal and traffic still pretty light day before the 4th of july? >> it is in some areas. we have a problem in san francisco. northbound 101, the closure is affecting traffic on 101 because people are coming up on it and they obviously can't take 280. some of this confusion may have led to a crash in this general area, northbound 101 right at the 280 interchange here. there is an injury accident there as well. so now traffic is slowing down on northbound 101 from at least third street. 280, you can't continue to the extension, so you have to take 101. it's becoming a little bit of a bottleneck. if you are driving to san francisco, especially if you are an insider, if you have to drive, use some of your favorite city streets. if you can just forget driving into the city, use public transportation. it will be much easier for you. let's go out to the bay bridge toll plaza, that's lighter. in fact, now it's a lot lighter than usual getting into the city. 12:45 baseball game today at at&t park and 237 normally we have stop-and-go traffic here. it's not there driving into the valley today, it looks good. let's go to steve. some fog out there. some drizzle, thank you antonio from daly city, heavy drizzle and a strong sea breeze. there's plenty of low clouds around. a lot more yesterday. fire conditions so far, it's warming up quicker. so far the breeze has not been that bad. everybody near there saying calm. probably pick up later. 56 right now. we're going for a high of 93 today. humidity is 90%. but that's going to go down. low clouds made it yesterday. did not make it today according to tara. i believe that. and the wind is going to be mainly southerly, westerly southwesterly but hopefully not that strong. they are getting a break at least hon the conditions -- on the conditions. temperatures will start to warm up. hurricane arthur right off cape hatteras. that will be going right along if the path is correct parallel to the east coast and then out into the atlantic, we hope, by saturday and then sunday looks dry. but that's the path and about 85 miles per hour. right now it's at 80. some of the fog, definitely more of a break along the snow na/marin -- sonoma/marin coast. inland areas that had it yesterday probably don't today. 58 fairfield. concord is in there, walnut creek and livermore. the breeze is howling at concord. 63 lakeport. sebastopol and petaluma, 51. heeldsburg, 54. it's not often that the sea breeze or breeze is stronger at concord than it is at travis this time of year. but it is today. gusts to 28 at buchanan. westerly at napa, also oakland there is a component of a westerly breeze at sfo as well. a lot of fog. it will start to get chewed up sooner today. some of the higher elevations are running warmer. that's a sign of things to come. today will be the push day or the tweener day and then tomorrow inland temperatures will warm up and the four corners begin to build back in. it might draw up from this tropical storm douglas. it would not be for today, saturday or sunday i think in the san joaquin valley and the sierra nevada. if you are heading up in that direction, something to keep an eye on. breezy at times. cool for some. 60s, 70s, 80s to near 90. these are pretty close to seasonal averages within a degree or two for most. the forecast for friday night, inland is not a problem. the fog will not be an issue. by the coast, we have to deal with fog. i think we'll make it, though, and not have the colored low clouds as we've seen in the past. your extended outlook does have a warmup, especially as we go inland by the weekend. >> all right. thank you, steve. well, this morning, the labor department reported the unemployment rate fell in june the it dropped to 6.1%, down 2/10 from may. it's now at its lowest point in nearly six years. also, the u.s. economy created 288,000 new jobs last month. most economists had expected an increase of 215,000 jobs. now, investors like this news and this morning, the dow has crossed 17,000 for the first time. >> important report there. 7:23. coming up -- it's turning up big waves and bearing down on the eastern seaboard. we'll go live to communities bracing for the first hurricane of the season. too close for comfort. a mountain lion in a prayer neighborhood spotted twice in the past couple of days. what experts say residents are doing that could be the reason the lion keeps coming back. radio announcer: it's mattrebulldog:unters that cloud reminds me of.. radio announcer: a queen size serta pillow top mattress... bulldog: that's it! radio announcer: now on sale for just $597. bulldog: that's a ringer of a deal! radio announcer: mattress discounters 4th of july sale ends sunday. welcome back to "mornings on 2." wildlife experts say they may have figured out what's luring a mountain lion into a residential neighborhood in san mateo. the big cat was spotted twice in a canyon off fernwood street near alameda just this week. one man says he saw it killing a teer and then attacking another -- dear and then attacking -- deer and then attacking another behind his home. >> no more than 15, 20 feet away, the cat steps up off a dead little fawn and darts up the hill. >> now, officials say the problem appears to be with neighbors leaving out food for deer in their backyards. fish and wildlife officials say that could attract mountain lions since the big cats feed on deer. a texas tech cheerleader says she's receiving death threats after posting controversial hunting photos on facebook. 19-year-old kendall jones posted photos of a number of animals she said she's killed, including a rhino, and a leopard and others. a normally busy stretch of freeway closed this morning. reason it's shut down and the potential problems commuters may face this weekend. and a potential problem brewing right here at the coliseum. will they stay or will they go? the big vote set for this morning that could play a role in the future of professional baseball right here in oakland. right now, we do have a lot of slow traffic getting into san francisco but other areas of the bay are looking better than normal like highway 4. we'll run down the differences straight ahead. we had a rather extensive fog bank yesterday. there's still plenty today but a lot less, especially along the marin sonoma coast. i think it's the sign of a warmer forecast. we'll show you how much warmer -- coming up. it is 7:30. you are looking live at a stretch of freeway that would normally be pretty busy right now. but northbound interstate 280 is closed this morning in san francisco all the way from the 101 interchange to king street near at&t park. ktvu's alex savidge is following the closure and coming up in two minutes, he will tell us how it could cause some serious commuter headaches and the best way to avoid the pain, especially if you might be heading to the giants' game, the july 4th fireworks tomorrow. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm brian flores. dave clark has the day off. let's get a look at the forecast with steve. it's 57 degrees. it's warming up quickler. we are -- quicker. we're going 93 for a high. the humidity will go down. so far the wind is staying light and variable from the south-southwest. keep's keep an eye on that -- we'll key an eye on that -- we'll keep an eye on that. we have a hurricane, hurricane arthur, up to 80 miles an hour. the track takes it along the coast. it's across the outer banks of north carolina. we have fog. it will burn off sooner. it's already retreating north to south along the coast. 50s on the temperatures. the breeze is good for some. 17 gusting to 28 miles an hour. generally, out of the west, the fog, though, i think will bush off most locations -- burn off. most locations did not get much today if at all. morning sun, breezy. 60s to near 90. here's sal. we're looking a commute on the eastshore freeway that looks a little bit normal, maybe better as you drive on 80 between the car keen niz bridge and the macarthur maze -- carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. we haven't seen the drive times into the 20s. it's 19 minutes between the carquinez and the macarthur maze. at the beb toll plaza -- at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's lighter. if you are trying to get into san francisco that way, there's no major problems. traffic continues to move along well. we have improvement in the east bay which i'm happy to say 580 through the livermore valley is finally getting better. we have a little bit of slow traffic. on a normal day, it would be much worse. your drive time is down. a busy stretch of 280 in san francisco is closed as you probably know for the long holiday weekend. alex savidge joins us live to tell us about the delays and the detours drivers can expect. alex? >> reporter: sal, good morning to you. crews out here are making pretty good progress on the demolition portion of this project. let meet give you a look at what's going on behind us. these are the northbound lanes of 280 and crews are using jack hammers right now to tear apart a 24-foot wide section of the freeway and then once they remove all of the concrete in this area, workers will replace an important seismic safety hitch. this is critical work, but, of course, as we know this could cause a traffic mess during the long 4th of july weekend. caltrans says to prepare for drays up to an hour -- delays up to an hour. it's best to avoid this area or to use public transportation. the freeway closure began last night at 9:00. the work goes until monday morning. no cars will be allowed on the northbound lanes of 280. that will likely mean a lot more drivers using 101 to get into the downtown area. caltrans says this work needs to get done now. 280 has been beat up. it handles about 130,000 cars a day. so far, this morning, things have been going as planned. but a caltrans spokesman told me crews are always worried about unexpected issues on a big project like this one. >> you would never know, yeah. this is kind of uncharted territory. we're replacing hinges, embedded in the concrete. so we have to demolish quite a large section of freeway to get access to the hinge. that hinge will be replaced and we'll pour the now road surface. >> reporter: this closure is happening on a holiday weekend. so it's anticipated that quite a few people will be out of town for the weekend. but there will be 4th of july festivities. on top of that this afternoon, there could be real problems because the giants play a home game at at&t park at 12:45 and a lot of fans use 280 to get and from the paul back. so you can expect -- ballpark. so you can expect gridlock in that part of the city this afternoon. we bring you back out to a live picture. you are looking at traffic flowing southbound. keep in mind, all of the southbound lanes of 280 will remain closed throughout the weekend. it's the northbound lanes that will be closed and once this construction project is finished, they expect to have all of the lanes reopened northbound to traffic 5:00 a.m. monday morning. we're live this morning in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. 7:35. this morning, san francisco police are looking for suspects in the shooting in the city's mission district. investigators say a 19-year-old man was shot and wounded while he was walking near a mcdonald's restaurant at 24th and mission last night. police say the victim was shot in the leg and is expected to survive. it's still not clear what led up to the gunfire. 7:35. happening today, a special meeting that could affect the future of the as in oakland gets underway in an hour from now. mike mibach joins us live from oakland with what is at stake in the negotiations over the coliseum lease. here we go again, mike. >> reporter: exactly. the as want a deal but not getting a deal done means that the team could get out of town in a year and a half. at issue a number of things. one is money. some members of the coliseum board want the rent to go up, while the as want it to go down. why? the team has not been shy about trying to leave oakland because of the aging coliseum. some of the more recent and visible problems include the aging sewage problem. despite that, ownership is reportedly ready to sign the ten-year lease on the table. but the board led by a couple of city council members in oakland is set to reject it. instead, they are expected to propose a revised one today. that one would benefit oakland a little bit more, including a clause that states if the team moves to another city, it would have to continue paying a minimum $1.25 million annual rent to the coliseum. one fan we spoke to said enough of the bickering. he said both sides need to be professional and get it signed now. >> i think it's something that they should negotiate. i would extend the lease. i think they alameda county and city need to upgrade it. at the same time, the team has an obligation to work to make things come together. >> reporter: according to reports, the as co-owner lew wolff said he would not consider a revised lease. if this deal collapses, the as can stay in oakland for 18 months but then the team would be free to go. this morning's meeting is set for 8:30. live in oakland, mike mibach, cut kult -- ktvu channel 2 news. >> to you think coliseum officials should give the as what they want or ask for more? join the conversation and leave your comments on our ktvu facebook page. we have an update on the future of a newark motel that's been called a magnet for crime. there have been 2400 emergency calls and more than 700 arrests at the ez 8 motel in the last five years. city leaders say it's a public nuisance and they want the planning commission to shut down the motel. some people who live there, pleaded with commissioners to let it stay open saying they really have no place to go. >> we would go to sleeping in a car with my husband, my daughter and my dog. >> please take that into consideration from someone who sees the neighborhood every day that it scares me. i shouldn't be scared. >> the commission decided to let the motel stay open for another 60 days but it is being ordered to upgrade security. if crime at the motel decreases, it could be allowed to stay in business permanently. the judge in bryan stow's civil case against the dodgers has ordered the jury to keep deliberating. >> jurors said they are deadlocked over whether the team was responsible for injuries suffered by the giants' fans. stow suffered a severe brain injury after two dodgers' fans beat him in a parking lot after opening day in 2011. stow's family says the dogers failed to provide -- dodgers failed to provide adequate jury. time is running out for dozens of pot clubs in san jose. last month, the city council approved tough new restrictions that are expected to sharply reduce the number of medical marijuana dispensaries. hundreds of pot club employees across the city will be out of work when those new restrictions take effect in a few weeks. >> we're worried i want to know how i'm gonna make my mortgage and how my children will make their rent and how my sister will feed her kids. >> it's unfortunate to hear people are losing their jobs because of this. >> it's unfortunate but there will be places that do stay in business that will comply and they will probably be hiring. >> san jose pot club workers and their supporters have gathered 10,000 signatures for a petition to fight the new regulations. but that's nowhere near the 100,000 signatures needed before the deadline in just two weeks. 7:39. and the u.s. marshal service has announced it has arrested more than 100 violent fugitives and gang members in sacramento and oakland. the operation was a joint effort involving a number of bay area police agencies. the highest priority was to catch suspects accused of committing violent crimes and gang members. they focused on relationship between sacramento and oakland and the i- 80 corridor in between. >> bad guys who will commit cirms in the sacramento region -- crimes in the sacramento region will go out to the bay area to hide out. >> police say it's a way for fugitives to stay hidden without being too far away. they say 27 of the suspects arrested are known gang members. nine suspected of murder or attempted murder. home depot is suspending its plans to build a new store in san francisco's bayview neighborhood. the home improvement chain had been working for two years to build a store on marin street near evans and cesar chavez streets. this was the third time home depot tried to build a store in san francisco. home depot says it's now reconsidering building plans after the costs for the project dramatically increased. target stores are getting praise and criticism after asking customer to leave their guns at hole. the company's -- home. the company's acting chief executive is asking shoppers not to bring weapons into stores even in places where they are allowed to openly carry them. he says guns in stores create an environment that is at odds with family-friendly shopping. gun safety groups praise the measure but many advocates say they will take their business to other stores. 7:41. a growing wildfire in napa county sparking major concerns. coming up in 20 minutes, the reason firefighters believe this could be one of the worse fire seasons in decades. it was three years ago today a fishing trip in mexico led to the death of seven fishermen. how some of the bay area survivors of the tragedy plan to honor the victims. good morning. we're still looking at traffic that's slow and especially approaching the 280 closure. but some other commutes are still slow and others are very light. we'll tell you the difference between the two. not as much fog today but it's rather breezy for some to roaring breeze for others, especially concord, buchanan. a little bit more sun today but what about warmer weather? yes, but maybe tomorrow. we'll explain. it is 7:44. this morning, we are following the developing news along the atlantic seaboard and the path of hurricane arthur. while it's still offshore, it's creating large and dangerous waves at north carolina beaches. and dark ominous clouds have also moved in. arthur is expected to make landfall later today. our reporter is live from the northeastern corner of north carolina in kill devil hills. it's clear but it looks like the wind is picking up. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yeah, the wind is starting to pick up a little bit. but so far, a beautiful day. a lot of people out here on the beaches enjoying the weather and enjoying the turf, tanning, lay out, try to get the extra sun before arthur arrives. arthur is churning offshore and heading to the tar heel state. the outer banks is in the storm's path where people are preparing for its arrival. the popular seaside area is prone to flooding. officials have ordered an evacuation of hatteras island. >> if it's mandatory you have to go so there's no decision to make. >> reporter: 250,000 people are expected to visit the outer banks for the 4th of july weekend. many of those vacationers are choosing to ride out the storm, braving high winds to enjoy the beach before the weather takes a turn for the worst. >> we're hoping it stays out in the ocean. we've never been down here when it's gotten bad like a hurricane. we've never been through one. don't know what to expect. >> be really disappointed if our weekend is washed out. we'll wait it out and see what happens. >> reporter: the state's governor is warning people to take the storm seriously. >> usually most injuries occur while before a storm or right after a storm. so especially on the coastal area we want to make sure people don't try out the great waves right before the storm comes. >> reporter: we just spoke to some people who actually were evacuated out of hatteras island. they are hoping that the rest of the vacation will be better. they don't think it will be that bad. they are gonna sit here and ride it out. back to you. >> thank you. in boston, they are planning to celebrate july 4th today because of the approaching storm. the annual boston pops july 4th concert and fireworks show is now scheduled for tonight. this is video from last year. thousands of people usually attend this event but organizers say tonight's performance still could be canceled if it's decided the weather is not safe. and check out this video of the new york skyline. wow. roof cam caught an amazing series of lightning strikes near the empire state building. it happened during a severe storm last night. five people were hurt when a decorative facade beneath the brooklyn bridge fell off. lightning injured four highway workers in a nearby town and there were intermittent power outages across the state. >> like a movie. >> yeah. four bay area men who survived the sinking of their fishing boat in mexico three years ago today are planning a return trip to the site of the tragedy. on the night of july 3th, 2011 a fishing boat in the sea of cortez with 26 men aboard capsized in a storm. seven men died. on july 13th, the four bay area men plan to lay a wreath where the boat safnl. mexican authorities have charged the ship's captain and owner with involuntary manslaughter. we want to check in with sal keeping a close eye on the commute. i'm sure things are dicht with the 280 -- different with the 280 closure and the holiday. >> i've noticed the traffic in san francisco is busy because of an earlier crash and also because of the closure. i want to put it on a map for you. northbound 101 getting up to the city is now backed up beyond candle stick. it's kind of a long drive. now it's backing up to sierra point parkway. it's quite a long way into san francisco. this jumped. 280 is backed up from ail aleman -- from alemany. it's backing up, almost, not quite into south san francisco. i have a feeling this is gonna be the theme for the entire weekend people coming into the city. what can you do about it? if you know your way around the city, use 280 to 19th avenue and especially if you are going to that end of the city, avoid 101. if you know your way around city streets, do that but -- osh you can take public transit. this is becoming a problem. bay bridge toll plaza is light coming into the city. let's go to steve. >> all right, sal. thank you. some fog. a little bit of a westerly breeze for some. a south-southeast for ears. closer to the coast -- for otherses. it's warming up much quicker. 61 already. they were i think about 55 at this time yesterday. humidity is going down. did top out at 93%. already 81. probably in the 30% category later on. there is an east-southeast wind not only there but chloe says the same thing. kind of a southeast wind. a lot of the smoke has cleared out. it's kind of moving in different directions. we touched on hurricane arthur. 80 miles per hour. it's going along the carolina coast heading towards the outer basmgs. everyone points towards this continuing to go up the coast. it should top out at 85. you can see the path as long as it stays that course. everything should be fine. our forecast does have a lot more fog than the last image there but there's noticeably a change along the coast. they are getting a breeze there. 50s on the temperatures to near 60 for some. the breeze, it's okay for some. 14, 13 at napa and also oakland. 28 gusts at concord, buchanan been howling out there. 25 fairfield. usually fairfield is the leader of the pack when it comes travis to the breeze. plenty of low clouds. it will get chewed up much sooner today. temperatures are warming up. the fog will burn off sooner. there's plenty there. it will clear back to the coast. we have the fog. but i think after today it will be more patchy nature and temperatures will start to warm up. 48 up in tahoe. 66 in reno. 57 monterey. the high building in in the four corners may tap into the remains of what is tropical storm douglas. if it does, it could funnel in moisture to the san joaquin valley and maybe the sierra nevada on sunday/monday. morning fog, then sunny. but breezy to blustery at times. 80s to 90s. these are near 90s. we're within a degree or two. no problem with the fog for inland forecasts on the fireworks for tomorrow. bay side should be fine as well by the coast. always a little tough, dicey. i think we'll be all right. some of the fog will be around. i think a lot less, it will be forming more in the morning than at night. morning fog and then a lot less fog and warmer inland temperatures especially sunday/monday. 7:51. coming up -- millions of dollars of public money used to make unneeded repairs on sewer lines in san francisco. in the next hour of "mornings on 2," the allegations about a long-running scam involving aides of a high-ranking city official. an american teenager accused of supporting terrorists. her suspicious actions that led a church pastor to call 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to her arrest. she said she met a man online who belonged to isis and that she was planning to travel to syria and help out in an isis camp. a heated debate continues in southern california over what to do with the recent flood of immigrants. this includes thousands of unaccompanied teens entering the country illegally. an overflow crowd parked a high school in murrieta last night for a town hall meeting. federal border patrol representatives behind the decision to make the town a processing point were booed. earlier, protesters forced three buses full of immigrants to turn around. the stage is set for further clashes as more buses are scheduled to arrive in murrieta. tomorrow these immigrants are coming from texas but they are so overcrowded. that's why they are bringing them to southern california. coming up in our 8:00 hour, a blackout at the 911 communications center. we'll tell you what happened after the lights went out. >> reporter: we're lav in napa county -- live in napa county where the fire has grown to 4,000 acres. and good morning. some commutes are doing well. others are not doing very well at all. on the sunol grade the traffic is light into the south bay. but over on the side of the bay, we do have a problem. still some fog. but there are signs that it will be warmer today. a north wind taking care of some of the fog. we'll explain and have your holiday forecast. female announcer: throsave $300y at on beautyrest and posturepedic. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and icomfort. sleep train's 4th of july sale ends sunday. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ the fight continues in napa county where hundreds of firefighters are still battling a wildfire that's in fact growing. it grew another 5 hin acres overnight -- 500 acres overnight. as a result, evacuations are still in place. you can see some of the smoke, some of the burned areas. tara moriarty has been taking a look around the burn area. in two minutes, she will tell us about a serious issue she's noticed this morning that is adding to the challenging conditions. good morning. welcome to the 8:00 hour of "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm brian flores in for dave clark. let's get your -- it's thursday, july 3rd. let get your day started with weather and traffic. >> 93 will be the high. it's already in the 60s. definitely warmer today than yesterday. had some low clouds up by the tire. that didn't happen. humidity is already going town. we'll go 30 to 40% later on today. i think we'll see a little bump up on the temperature. the reason being there is a lot more fog. the last image is not showing it. but it's getting -- kind of eroding with a northerly breeze. 60s for some. 50s for others. about the same as yesterday. there is a breeze. some areas have a strong one. 25 gusts or 21. but probably not as bad as yesterday. but still breezy. the fog is losing its grip on the coast and offshore. morning fog, sunny, breezy at times. cool for some but a little bit warmer here. some warmer air aloft. that will translate into warmer temperatures. it will be warmer over the weekend. i will have more on that in ten minutes. here's sal. >> we're looking at a commute where traffic will be okay in many areas and slow in one area starting off the morning with a look at 580 westbound as you drive from livermore into the castro valley area. it's much better than normal. every day this week we've had terrible commutes here. 680 from san ramon to sunol looks great. it's almost nonexistent. that will be the good news for you as you drive through. we're also looking at some live pictures here at the bay bridge, nice and light getting into san francisco with no major problems. and by the way, traffic does look good all the way across into the city. this is 280 in san jose, northbound, the commute in the silicon valley has been lighter than usual on 101, 280 and 85. now a normally busy stretch of 280 in san francisco is now closed for the long holiday weekend. last night, caltrans shut down all northbound lanes of 280 between the 101 interchange all the way to king street near at&t park. the southbound lanes will remain open. the frisch closure began -- freeway closure began at 9:00 last night. the two lanes are scheduled to remain closed until 5:00 a.m. monday morning. crews will spend the entire holiday weekend replacing a section of the freeway built 50 years ago. you can see they are doing that now. this is a live picture. ktvu's alex savidge will have an update. i want to mention that northbound 101 coming into the city is slower than usual. it's backed up beyond candlestick park to the sierra park area. back to the desk. we begin with the developing news on the wildfire in napa and lake kowg county -- lake counties. caltrans announced the fire has grown to 4300 acres or six square miles. far worse is what the fire may signal ahead for northern california. tara moriarty is live in napa county where she's getting a better look at the damage. tara? >> reporter: we just spoke to calfire, a lot of their hand crews will be coming out. the staging areas are to the right. you can see smoke rising in the hills. we did take a drive along butts canyon road. we want to share what we saw. the fire that had raced up the hill in a line had been put out. there were a bunch of hot spots. the enormity of the destruction is very clear. black trees and brush dots of landscape. in some areas there's nothing but soot. most flames are in the hills out of sight. it's warmer than it was yesterday. there's virtually no clouds. the authorities say we are two months drier than normal with rainfall totals over historic levels. officials are concerned this could be one of the worse fire seasons in decades. >> we have our air tankers and helicopters are utilizing their buckets to put out any hot spots within the interior and the lines of the fire. >> reporter: this fire has scorched nine buildings. two of them homes. two houses were in the fire's direct path. overnight, the fire grew by 500 acres. it's grown by a thousand acres since this time yesterday. so far, again, 4300 acres have been blackened. the heat is picking up. humidity dropping. so crews could be in for another rough one today. we're live in napa county, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a group of alameda county firefighters headed to the fire zone one hour ago, they tweeted this photo as they prepared to leave. last night, the menlo park district also deployed a firefighter who is also a paramedic. dry conditions, warm temperatures and fireworks are raising fire concerns in the bay area this weekend. the city of oakland wants to prevent more fires like this one yesterday morning. the city will host a fire prevention meeting tonight. the town hall starts at 6:00 p.m. at the diamond recreational center on hanley road. as steve has been telling us, some parts of the bay area could see temperatures in the 90s this 4th of july. and the spca has reminder for pet owners. they want you to know that -- to make sure that dogs and cats have plenty of water and access to shade. try not to walk dogs on hot pavement and never leave an animal in the car unattended. pets are likely to be frightened by fireworks and may try to run away. if you will be heading to the marin county shoreline, be aware of a beach closure. a small stretch of point reyes beach will be closed from the north beach parking lot to the mouth of abbotts lagoon. this was ordered to protect the breeding ground. they say the point reyes national see shore is one of the -- seashore is one of the remainders left for them. these two had defense attorneys appointed for them in court yesterday. the two were arrested last week when federal authorities seized their website myredbook.com which reportedly connected sex workers with clients. an attorney says they were just exercising their right to free speech. >> this is a case that will prevent novel issues concerning the first amendment rights in the open exchange of ideas in a forum on the internet. >> both deflts are set to return -- depths are set to return to court next thursday. voters in san jose could have their say on changes to pensions and benefits for city workers. the san jose city council has announced plans for a ballot initiative for measure b. voters overwhelmingly approved it in 2012 leading to cuts and benefitses for 5500 city employees, including police and firefighters. police say those cuts caused officers to leave the department in droves. if lavl for the initiative -- language for the initiative is approved by august, it could appear on the november ballot. oakland is celebrating the graduation of a new crash from the police academy. this morning's ceremony will include 34 graduates. police hope the new recruits will help address a shortage of officers. oakland police would like to hire 100 new officers by the end of the year. this morning power has been restored at santa clara county's 911 dispatch center after an overnight outage. ktvu channel 2 reporter, janine de la vega, live with how crews handled the outage and the investigation into what caused it. janine, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brian. the county's communication's center sits up on the hill. this is a view that dispatchers see while they come into work. they know they are being counted on by everyone down below. you can bet that administrators will launch an investigation into why there was a power failure here. emergency crews say the power was lost at around 10:30 last night and immediately affected 911 calls. it took down the commuter aided dispatch and other systems that involved emergency services, fire departments and law enforcement agencies. this forced dispatchers to set up a communications center outside of the building and many of the 911 calls were rerouted through san jose police and fire dispatch centers. the emergency services director says they still handled calls promptly and didn't have any major problems during the power failure. >> i don't think we've had anything quite like this before. but i think it's reassuring to know that when we do have these unusual critical incidents we are able to adapt quickly and get the emergency units to dispatch quickly to the person in need. the county's 911 system was back up and running at midnight. the ems director said they don't know what caused the power loss but there will be an investigation. they know that seconds count in an emergency, especially life- and-death circumstances. this is critical infrastructure and administrators here want to get to the bottom of it. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. 8:09. and facebook is offering an explanation but not a real apology for its recent experiment gauging the emotions of its users. chief operator officer cheryl sandberg says facebook didn't mean to upset anyone. she says facebook's secretly manipulated news feeds of 700,000 users as research. she says facebook wants to improve the service so it was seeing how users reacted to posts. she also says facebook wanted to see if their reactions would spread to their facebook friends. an important meeting concerning the oakland as gets underway this hour. in 2 minutes, the vote that could affect the future of the team. but first, cheaters and the wealthy in the bay area. after the break, the connection between infee delty and the city's -- infidelity and the most exspesks -- expensive neighborhoods. we're looking at traffic. 280 looks good. but san francisco traffic is different. we'll tell you why. sunny for most. yesterday, there was a bigger blanket of fog. there's still some. it will burn off sooner. we'll have that forecast and also what's in store for the weekend. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. celebrate the fourth with envy apples, just $1.99 a pound. rancher's reserve tri tip roast is only $3.99 a pound. 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claim with the city. 8:14. two would-be armed robbers ran out of a jewelry store after the owner pulled his own gun on them. it happened last friday in fresno. surveillance video shows the two young men posing as customers, one pulls a handgun and demands money and gold. at one point, the other suspect on his cell phone tries to hop over the counter but can't fight make it. then the storeowner who you cannot see in the video, walked out with his shot gun and told him to back up. >> he has kids at their age. nervous kids. they didn't know what they were doing. he pretty much let them get away. >> fresno police are still looking for those suspects. they hope someone will recognize them from this surveillance video. members of the group the sisters of perpetual intull gent are speaking out against hate crimes that took place during gay pride weekend. three men and two women attacked members of the group on saturday. the attackers reportedly made antigay slurs while kicking and punching the couple. >> i think it's something that's becoming more and more, i hate to say it, but a sport for individuals who want to target lgbt individuals. >> police are also investigating an attack on two women near 9th and mission also as a hate crime. both women were targeted as they headed home from the civic center pride celebration on saturday. police are asking witnesses to either attack to come forward. 8:15. a massive explosion at a food truck in pennsylvania is prompting concerns about the safety of trucks here in the bay area. more than a dozen people were hurt when a propane tank at a philadelphia food truck exploded tuesday afternoon. that has some people who live near the soma food street park concerned. most food trucks in that park rely on propane as a fuel source. >> sometimes it's the wind blowing and you smell it right away. >> open up the ventilation and clear everything out. in case we turn up the propane, there's no extra propane lingering around. >> san francisco has some of the strictest safety rules in the country and food trucks undergo regular health inspections. the fire department checks them before issuing or renewing permits. a new dating site that targets married people looking to find affairs finds some of san francisco's most expensive neighborhood have the most cheaters. ashleymatdy son.com analyzed data from the users in the blair and found they were -- bay area and found they were likely to live in pacific heights and the marina. the site found those in the sea cliff neighborhood have the most partners as well. the controversial dating site allows people who were married or in a committed relationship to advertise for additional partners. >> that's one of those websites you don't want to look at. stay away from that. >> not even going there. >> exactly. we want to check in with sal. you are telling us we shouldn't go to 280 in san francisco. >> 2le 0 and 101. -- 280 and 101. if you have to, you have to. give yourself extra time. we had an earlier crash. northbound is backed up almost but night quite all the way into south san francisco getting up into the city. a lot of people may be coming for the giants' game. 280 backed up to ocean geneva. that's the way it is when you take over a freeway northbound that carries a lot of people. everyone is on 101. you know what city streets to use. if you are coming to the city and you are not going to that section, just use 280 to 19th avenue. let's take a look at the other commutes. getting into the city, via the bay bridge, that looks good with no major problems. i want to mention another live picture, 237 westbound, you can see what would normally be stop and go getting into sunnyvale today just isn't. we have a light commute in the valley. 8:18. back to steve. thank you, sir. a lot less fog. most of the sonoma coast is about fog free and a northerly breeze taking care of most of that. there was a lot more. it was persisting well into the morning. still breezy to blustery conditions. it's warming up at the fire zone. i don't think this was in the 60s. if it was, it whats at 66 -- it was at 60. it's already 66. light south-southeast only 2 miles an hour. that's good. let's keep that down there. but temperatures are noticeably warmer than yesterday. hurricane arthur, 80 miles an hour right off charleston but heading towards the outer banks. it's expected to go along the carolina coast. 90 miles an our north-northeast at 10. takes it along the carolina coast and tracks it a little bit out to the atlantic. by saturday night, sunday it should be long gone for most. there is a little northerly breeze off the coast. some of that fog is getting chewed up. 50s, 60s. temperatures about the same as yesterday. it was 51 to 50 around sebossty poll and -- sebastopol. as far as the breeze goes, the strongest one is out towards concord, buchanan. gusts to 25. there is a westerly component to most of the breeze. a little southerly for some. still plenty of fog and low clouds from about the marin headlunds south. it looks like that's going to win out. so the fog will burn off sooner. clearing across the coast except maybe the san mateo coast. inland temperatures will warm up in the four corners. builds back to the west as it does, it means that douglas might be in there. we mex that for the san joaquin valley and -- mention that for the san joaquin valley and the sierra nevada. cool to warm or to the. we'll see more today -- hour hot. we'll see more today -- more hot. we'll see more of that today. concord, livermore, morgan hill, santa rosa, they are close to seasonal average. no problem for fog inland. it won't be acation there. coast can, i think it will be forming a little later. it will be okay. but it's always a tough forecast. i think we'll make it. as far as the fog goes, it will burn off sooner. inland temperatures will warm up. they will be confined mainly to the coast. >> thank you. well, it's picking up steam as it moves towards the carolinas. coming up in 30 minutes we'll have live coverage of the first hurricane of the season. too close for comfort. the innocent actions of some residents that may be luring a mountain lion close to homes had san mateo county. welcome back. the san francisco giants have apologized to a native-american woman who she says was kicked out of a game. >> let me go! >> now, this is youtube video showing april negrette being handcuffed and detained by san francisco police. she said she was forced to leave after confronting another fan who was wearing a headdress on native-american heritage night. she said she doesn't blame the team for what happened but hopes the incident leads to more cultural awareness in mlb. >> i would like them to say they don't stand for racism and they are not gonna host the indians and braves anymore until the organizations change. >> the giants will redouble their efforts to raise awareness of culturally appropriate behavior and attire with fans. wildlife experts 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and the best way to avoid the pain. good morning. i'm brian flores. let's start with weather and traffic. steve is keeping a watchful eye of the weather for our firefighters. >> a lot going on. that's for sure. fire conditions warming up in pope valley. 66 already. humidity is going down pretty fast. it's 74%. expect that to be about 30, 35 later on. light south-southeast breeze about 2 miles per hour. let's hope the breeze stays down. that's the key factor. what is looking like a category 2 hurricane by tonight. it's already ramping up pretty well with 74 miles an hour, now 90 miles per hour hurricane arthur expected to go right up the coast. this is already intensifying. already an update there. now 105 by tomorrow. that's a big increase from what we saw about two hours ago. there will be a decrease in the fog coverage sooner today. there's already a northerly breeze coming down. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. some areas are warming up quick. a little warmer than yesterday. especially owl towards pittsburg, brentwood, antioch and for us, breezy to windy. a decent south breeze keeping some of the lows on the mild side. the fog is there. there was a lot more than yesterday. morning fog favoring the san mateo coast. a little breezy at times. cool to warm but a little bit warmer than yesterday for most. here's sam. >> steve, good morning. right now we're looking at 80 westbound and the traffic here is -- well, it's pretty steady on the eastshore freeway between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. it's only about 20 minutes and has not risen past that. on a normal weekday when there's no holiday at the end of the week, we have more traffic than this. now, when up get to the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see it's completely light getting into san francisco with no major delays. in fact, for the rest of the morning commute. for all intents and purposes most of it is over, except that's northbound 101. let's go right to the map. northbound 101 and the 280 clesh ure. northbound 101 is backed up from south san francisco. however, i got a tweet from bob love who tweets me on a reck basis. he said it only took him an extra 20 minutes to drive through interchange and that was because of people cutting in line at the last minute. the 280 closure continues for the weekend. alex savidge joins us live to tell us about that work and what drivers can expect for the next few days. alex. >> reporter: good morning, to you. crews are making pretty good progress on the demolition phase of this project. you can take a look and see construction workers. they've been busy since last night. they are tearing apart a 20- foot wide section of the freeway. you can probably see that gap right there where the freeway used to be. now they have to tear out concrete and some of that rebar so they can replace a critical seismic safety hinge. this is important work but it could cause a traffic mess during the long 4th of july weekend in san francisco. caltrans says to prepare for delays up to an hour if you are driving in this area over the next couple of days. it may be best to just stay at home or to use public transportation. this freeway closure began last night at 9:00 and the work goes until monday morning. no cars allowed on the northbound lanes of 280. that will likely mean a lot more drivers switching over to use 101 as you get into the downtown area. while this long weekend closure will be a hassle for drivers, caltrans says the work needs to get done now and this is the best way to do it. >> their safety is our primary concern and we're gonna take care of it. it's best to do it this way as opposed to having a longer delay by going one lane at a time. if we attempted to do that, this traffic would probably back up to candlestick project and the project would take a long time. we're just going to get in, get it done and get out. >> reporter: caltrans says 280 has been cleat up over the years -- beat up over the years and the freeway handles about 130,000 cars a day and those seismic safety hinges being replaced are more than 40 years old. as we bring you back out to a live picture, keep in mind, all of the southbound lanes of 280 will remain open throughout the 4th of july weekend. oits only the northbound lanes that are closed. once this work wraps up, caltrans expects to have the lanes back open to traffic by 5:00 a.m. on monday morning. we're live in san francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. this morning, san francisco police are looking for suspects in a shooting in the city's mission district. investigators say a 19-year-old man was shot and wounded while he was walking near a mcdonald's restaurant near 24th and mission street last night. police say the victim suffered a gunshot wound to his leg and is expected to survive. it's still not clear what led up to the gunfire. and fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a barbecue pit explosion in campbell that injured two girls. it happened last night in the backyard of a home on brierwood way. firefighters say the built-in pit was running on natural gas at the time. six girls were sitting nearby. two of them were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the explosion did not start any fires. 8:34. we have an update on the future of a newark hotel that's been called a magnet for crime. there have been 2400 emergency calls and more than 700 arrests in the last five years at the ez 8 motel. city leaders say it's a public nuisance and wanted the planning commission to shut down the motel. but some people who live at the ez 8 pleaded with commissioners to let it stay open saying they have nowhere else to go. >> we would go to sleeping in a car with my husband, my daughter and my dog. >> please take that into consideration from someone who sees the neighborhood every day, that it scares me. i shouldn't be scared. >> the commission decided to let the motel stay open for another 60 days. but it is being ordered to upgrade security. if crime at the motel decreases, it could be allowed to stay in business permanently. 8:35. time is running out for dozens of pot clubs in san jose. last month, the city council approved tough, new restrictions that are expected to sharply reduce the number of medical marijuana dispensaries. hundreds of pot club employees across the city will be out of work when those new restrictions take affect in a few weeks. >> we're worried. i want to know how i'm gonna make my mortgage. how my children will make their rent, how my sister will be able to feed her kids. >> you have to admit, it's unfortunate to hear people are losing their jobs because of this. >> it's unfortunate but there will be places that do stay in business that will comply and they will probably be hiring. >> san jose pot club workers and their supporters have gathered 10,000 signatures for a petition to fight the new regulations. however, that is nowhere near the 100,000 signatures needed before the deadline in two weeks. happening today, a special meeting that could affect the 235u chur of the -- future of the as in oakland. it began a few minutes ago. mike mibach joins us live from oakland with what is at stake in the negotiations over the coliseum lease. the ongoing saga. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning, tori. a year of negotiations kind of coming down to this moment. some coliseum board members don't want to lose the as but they don't want to get ripped off. that's one reason it is expected to reject the multiyear lease. at issue a number of items, but the age of the coliseum and money two of the big ones. the city wants the annual payments to increase. but the as would like them to decrease. why the drop? some of the recent problems including the suage flooding at the stadium, specifically there in the clubhouse. according to one report, the co- owner said he wants the board to vote with what's out there on the table and would not consider a revised lease. at the meeting, the board is expected to do just that, and offer up a revised lease that would benefit oakland a little bit more than the one that's out there including a clause that states if the team would move to another city, it would have to pay a minimum $1.2 million annual rent to the coliseum. fan'sfan reaction a little mixed. >> the teams make a lot of money. they should be renovating. there's issues that need to be addressed. so for the fans point of view, they are paying a lot of money to see a game. they should be afforded some reasonable amenities and the tax payers i don't think should be footing the bill. >> i think it's something they should negotiate. i would extend the lease and i think both sides need to brick something that's maybe alameda -- bring something that's -- maybe upgrade it. at the same time, the team has the obligation to work with the city to make things come together. >> reporter: this is a pretty hot topic on the facebook page as well with most people supporting the as. mike of san bruno saying i don't see how the coliseum could justify a rent increase given the sewage issues. some urge patience. one says i want to hear what the new plan is. the team deserves better but i would like to see them stay in oakland. if the deal chances, the as can stay in oakland for 18 months. after that, the as are free to move with that. i should mention that lawyers representing san jose in its lawsuit against mlb, well, they e-mailed us a few minutes ago and said san jose has its arms open and it ready to break ground. live in oakland, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news >> all right. going back and forth, once again. thank you, mike. coming up, what could happen to green grass in one city. nut regulations that could impact -- new regulations that could impact how often you water your lawn. >> reporter: we're live in napa. the fire has grown to 4,000 acres. we just spoke to calfire and they said why this could be the busiest fire season either. and good news, northbound 2le 0 looks good -- 280 looks good. welcome back. 8:42. let's get you updated on some of the top stories -- power has been restored to a 911 dispatch center in santa clara county after an overnight outage. the hour and a half long outage forced dispatchers to set up a communications center in the parking lot of the building. officials say calls were still handled promptly and no major problems were reported during the outage. a normally busy stretch of interstate 280 in san francisco is now closed for the hong holiday weekend -- long holiday weekend. caltrans shut down all northbound lanes of 280 between the 101 all the way to king street near at&t park. the southbound lanes will remain open. we're continuing to following developing news from napa and lake counties. calfire announced that the butts canyon fire has burned 4300 acres or six square miles. tara moriarty has been covering the fire for the past two days. we go back to tara now with how this fire season is shaping to become one of the largest in recent memory. >> reporter: good morning. we just spoke to calfire and they gave us some very interesting statistics. on an average year from january to june, the state will see about 1800 wildfires. so far this year, they have seen more than 2700. that's 900 more fires. about a 50% increase. so a huge undertaking that these crews are trying to put on the the fire right now. as we understand it right now where we're standing, the fire isn't really that bad. they've set up this base camp. it's more north of here where they are having the difficulty. now, there are a lot of hot spots flaring up and the enormity of the destruction is clear. black trees and brush dot the landscape. in some areas, there's nothing but ash. it's warmer than yesterday. there's virtually no fog or clouds. authorities say that we're two months drier than normal with rainfall totals near historic lows over the past year. >> it's been really challenging to make access with our dozers and hand crews. it's kind of like connecting the dots. we've been able to put line in where we could and now we're just trying to piece it all together. >> reporter: the fire has scorched nine buildings. two of them homes. about two houses were directly in the fire's path. most of them in berryessa estates. overnight, the fire did grow by 500 acres. it's grown more than a,000 acres since this time yesterday. so far, again, 4300 acres have blackened and the heat is definitely picking up. so crews will probably most likely have a difficult rough ride today. we're live in napa county, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. new this morning, detectives with the sonoma county sheriff's department say they are searching for three teens they believe were involved in a deadly shooting last month. detective says the 17-year-old, the 16-year-old and the other 16-year-old are wanted in connection for a killing of a teenager and attempted murder of three other victims. deputies say all three are from santa rosa and should be considered armed and dangerous. according to the press democrat, the victim from the june shooting, torres was 15 years old and played football for the winder high school freshmen football tale. detectives believe this was a gang-related crime. the sheriff's office also says it's arrested one man for being an accessory to the killing. witnesses say the shooter left the scene in a blue compact nissan. now to the developing news of hurricane arthur. the storm is currently just off the shore but is expected to make landfill later today -- landfall later today. forecasters expect arthur will hit the carolinas and then head back to the atlantic ocean this weekend. curiosity is causing some people to ignore evacuation warnings and advisories. they are going to the beaches to get a closeup look at the large and deadly rip currents. that's prompted north carolina's governor to warn people that it's no time to put your stupid hat on. our reporter joins us live again from the northeastern corner of north carolina in the community of kill devil hills. michelle, still clear out there but the winds still picking up. >> reporter: good morning, tori. that's right. the wind are picking up slightly over the last few hours as hurricane arthur starts making its way in. a lot of people still out at the beach enjoying the sunshine before arthur gets here. arthur is heading towards the tar heel state. the outer banks is in the storm's path where people are preparing for its arrival. the popular area is prone to flooding. officials have ordered an evacuation of hat tatis i -- rat tier ris island -- hat ta ris island -- hattaris island. many are choosing to ride out the storm and enjoy the beach before the weather takes a turn for the worse. >> we're hoping it stays out in the ocean. we've never been down here when it's gotten bad. never been through one. don't know what to expect. >> reporter: the state's governor is warning people to take the storm seriously. >> usually most injuries occur right before a storm or right after a storm especially on the coastal area, we want to make sure that people don't try out the great waves before the storm comes. >> reporter: right now, the national hurricane center is predicting arthur to become a category 2 with wind speeds at 105 miles an hour when it hitting near about 8:00 tomorrow morning. back to you. >> all right. looks pretty nice there now. >> hope people stay safe out there. let's go to sal, keeping an eye on traffic. not a form -- normal day. >> for example, the bay bridge is efinner this light at this time -- is never this light at this time. it's light. there is a daytime baseball game, 12:45, at&t park. it may get busier later. but right now it looks good. you might want to take advantage of this. looking at 101, we haven't been able to see it because of the fog. we can see a little bit of it. northbound 101 looks okay. the closure, 280 northbound, affecting traffic as far back as ocean geneva and 101 is backed up into south city. give yourself an extra 20, 30 minutes plus to make it through the whole stretch. let's go to steve. >> thank you. warming up pretty fast up at the fire. i will show you that in a second. we did have some fog. that blanket went up to the back 40. that's not the case today. it's eroding pretty fast. i think most of the sonoma coast is fog free. 68 already. that's much warmer than yesterday. i think at this time it was 62. humidity is dropping fast. 67%. both of those are not positive. but the breeze is south- southeast only 2 miles an hour. we have what is turning -- we have a hurricane. we have a hurricane. it's right off -- you can see between south carolina and north carolina heading towards the outer banks. the intensity has gone up, up, up. expected to be a category 2. it's gone from 74 to 90. it's moving north -- north- northeast and is expected to reach 105 miles an hour. and then expected to accelerate into the atlantic. we hope it stays the course. a lot of low clouds and fog. yesterday was more fog. 60s on the temperatures. pretsty close to -- pretty close to what we saw yesterday. i know calistoga was down to 52, 51. they are 62. some areas warming up up quick. sebastopol is in there. lake hort is 75 -- lakeport is 75. low 60s for some. same on the peninsula. it looks like a quicker warmup. fog is there. but not as much as yesterday so that means it will be a slight warmup. temperatures should get up about 1500, 2,000 feet. they are running 5 degrees up. high pressure will build in and that will allow inland temperatures to get up and the fog will get smashed. there is a tropical storm, douglas. the remains of that may get caught up in the high-pressure system and maybe pay a visit to the san joaquin visit and the sierra on sunday. keep an eye on the sky if you are up in the mountains. sunny for some already. 60s, 70s, 80s to near 90. these are close to seasonal averages. we bottomed out yesterday on the temperature. i think we're okay friday evening. i think the fog gets chewed up. inland, it will not matter. temperatures over the weekend will definitely start to warm up. all right. thank you, steve. nine minutes before 9:00, a crying shame video of a japanese politician bawling his eyes out. it's raising some eyebrows. welcome back. the u.s. marshal service has announced it has arrested 100 wanted fugitives and gang members in oakland. this involved a number of bay area police agencies. the highest priority catching those who have committed violent crimes and murders. >> bad guys who will commit crimes in the sacramento region and transfer to the bay area, go to the bay area to hide out, if you will. >> police say it's a way for fugitives to stay hidden without being too far away. u.s. marshals say 27 of the suspects arrested are known gang members. nine are suspected of murder or attempted murder. some lawns and gardens are likely to look quite different in benicia with new restrictions. the city has banned rirgation of lance and plants -- irrigation of lawns and plants. even numbered get to water on tuesday, thursday and saturday. no watering is allowed on sundays. city leaders are also encouraging residents to find other ways to cut back. >> i would prefer that people did not water their lanes. the lawns will go dormant and they will be brown. to me, it's -- to stay that brown is the new green. >> i think it's probably a good idea. we do have a water shortage and, you know, we've gotta take measures to cut back. >> city officials say this month they will educate the public about the new water rules as well. after that, residents will get one warning, then they will face fines as high as $250. it is 8:56. a japanese politician is making unwanted headlines worldwide. [screaming and crying] >> these clips from tokyo television have gone viral and show the politician bursting into tears and screaming after he was accused of spending public money on 106 trips to a hot springs resort last year. japanese analysts say his outburst is counter to the country's usually stoic culture. some call his behavior bizarre and a sign of weakness. when asked whether the lawmaker should resign a government spokesperson said he's usually not that emotional. >> he was very emotional right there. >> yes, he was. >> yes, he was. let's go to sal. hopefully people are not crying when they are on the roads today. >> 880, all of a sudden, we have an accident that i didn't think would be here quite this long. it's messing up traffic heading south. let's go to 880. southbound 880 at 98. there is a trash here -- crash here. the traffic is backed up from high street to 98. since it's lightly traveled today, it's not as bad as it could be. but a good long wait. use 580 eastbound instead past the coliseum. westbound bay bridge looks okay if you are driving into the city. there are no major problems there. remind you getting into san francisco is slow from south city because of the 280 closure in the city. now, let's go to steve. thank you, sal. fog is there but it's eroding really fast. i think it will be sunny for everybody later on. some morning fog, sunny, breezy today. tomorrow is the day when inland temperatures start to warm up. there will be far less fog and inland temperatures will be in the warm to hot category. >> thank you, steve. that's our report for this morning. we alzheimer's thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. be sure to watch the noon news regarding the future of the oakland as. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. thank you for joining us. hi, everybody, i'm beth troutman, and we serge the web for the best videos of the day, and we've got them, "right this minute." beginning. >> the story of how a race turned into a demolition derby straight from one of the drivers. you're hot and grumpy? >> yeah, pretty much. >> i'm not interrupting. a cop hot and bothered when a guy starts recording. >> just in case something dramatic happens. >> the video has people debating who crossed the line. debating
point san pedro road, they are seeing heavy rain and ponding on the roads will be likely. petaluma and rohnert park and santa rosa have the heaviest of the wet weather down to moderate but don't let your guard down. there is more heavy weather on the way. we will see an increase in the intensity of the rain happening right new or it is about to happen. now, the scout showers are lining up along the coast from ocean beach all the way down to pest -- the dumbarton bridge and sunnyvale, mountain view, cupertino, los gatos, light showers and that filled into 17 and los gatos if you are headed through higher elevations of santa cruz mountains you are getting light-to-moderate rain. we have another hour of moderate-to-heavy rain in the north bay and that will shift interest san francisco and zone in about 7:00 to 8:00 and in san rafael, you can see the moderate rain falling and our heaviest rain on the widespread scale through noon and we will have showers and storms from 4:00 to 7:00 and the temperatures will drop 10 degrees by the afternoon hour. we will find out how the commute is. >> traffic is running smoothly and the golden gate bridge shows we had construction crews headed in the northbound direction. they were alternating where the cones are being placed on the bridge and we have three lanes traveling in the southbound direction. only one lane northbound. if you are leashing san francisco headed to marin, give yourself extra time. you will be squeezing by to head into the north bay. only one lane gets you be. a center lane is a buffer. we have gusty lanes across the bridges. you want to keep things safe if the high profile vehicles swerve or get blown over. as we look over the altamont pass, we have not touched on this because it is looking clear and you are at top sped as you push to livermore and toward the dublin interchange, as we traffic the weather and traffic the areas shaded in green are areas that could soon be affecting the commute. i will let you know when that happens. >> the coast guard is advising people to stay out of the water because of dangerous waves and gusty wind associated with this storm system. nick is briefing the storm in pacifica. nick? we have wind coming in on the side and you literally can see how all you have to do is lean and you are pushed back by the wind. it is causing angry waves. look at this. we have seen the spray go over the pier and the waves are hitting the pilings and at some point we have seen the waves crash on the walkway. we have seen gusts up for 45 miles per hour. you can see how strong the wins are rising and this is only the beginning. we know it is going to get stronger. we have not seen that many people in the last 35 minutes. there it goes again, it is strong enough for a the winds are pow, pow, i am wearing safety goggles because there is a lot of debris. police are making sure no one goes beyond this point because it is unsafe to do anything more than look. we are at the pier and will talk to people as they come by and check things out. [ inaudible ] remember, i am 240 pounds but the wind is doing this the back to the studio. >> nick, you are >> the heart of the storm is hitting pacifica and the north bay where businesses and drivers doing their best to prepare. the meant of truth is not enough. amy hollyfield is in santa rosa. amy? >> kristen, i feel like nick is getting with we had an hour ago. we were getting very heavy rain in santa rosa and it has tapered. it is still coming down. it has been coming down steady since 3:00. the rain a getting blown around and you can see not coming straight down but getting knocked around. not sheets of it and not so heavy as we have seen earlier this morning. it is a good soaking and the plants are surely loving this. you need to bundle up and cover up head to tow if you are coming out. we getting a go amount of wind up here, as well, which is rattling things away. in santa rosa, in major problems reported at this time in the county of sonoma but they are ready just in case. we want to show you where you can go if you are impacted by the storm. the red cross is prepared, is aware the storm will hit hard in the north bay and they have health up a shell -- shelter on maple avenue. they are not accepting donations but open for people with need help. if you have any problems, any storm-related problems they are there to help you. we are in santa rosa to monitor this all morning. so far, a good healthy socking and what we have had in santa rosa. p.s., this just came in from the pacifica area, i am not sure. we just found it. you may want to notify nick, he could be looking for this. it is very windy. could this be his? could you check? we just found this. >> amazing how it could blow in from pacific could and stay completely dry. thank you, amy hollyfield. the storm will put an improved flood control system on the napa river, in napa, to the test. the area could get 1" of rain an hour. the city spent $15 million to make the water s way less friend to overflowing as it did in 2005 and as of right now, parts of the napa river could approach flood level, 25' by tomorrow afternoon. >> we are watching creeks in the south bay and peninsula. crews have been placing sandbags along the flood- flyers being alerted to be respected for possible plaiding. >> golden gate bridge officials are watching the high wins to determine if they need to shut down the span. the bridge shows traffic picking up. it was slow earlier this morning. the bridge is taking a bit of a pounding from the winds. trivia: the bridge has only been closed because of wind three times before, the last time was in 1983. >> the storm will keep thousands of bay area students home. students in san francisco, marin, oakland, south san francisco all are among those kept at home as a precaution. many other school districts are affected in the south bay and the peninsula. we have a detail list at abc7news.com. north bay residents have been diligent to a fault trying to protect their homes from potential flooding. marin county is out of san for sandbags. we found one of the last free piles of sand that was going fast. the marin county office of emergency services says that san rafael went through 100 tons of sand in the past 48 hours. officials hope to have a new delivery ready for distribution at 6:00 this morning at marin sick center. you can track the storm without live by downloading the weather app on apple's app store or google play. we have more information at abc7news.com/app. my favorite feature is alerts do not be surprised if you hard my voice if you have the weather in the north bay with a flood advisory issued at 3:30. this is a small stream flood advisory so small streams, creeks, urban areas, low-lying areas have poor drainage are susceptible to flooding now through 11:30 from 2-4" from the high side and our lower elevations. now, all of us are still under thed there watch until 4:00 tomorrow morning and as we can see same thing play out here laying out in the north bay weapon the heavy rain is in our neighbor. the winds will gust from 60 to 70 miles per hour and the waves are 13-20' and some could get up to 25'. stay away from it. stay away from it. if you can sit on the we will have 70 for 80 miles per hour along the coast and higher elevations and we will see the downed trees and possible downed power lines. 40 at half moon bay. the rest of us are running around 17 in mountain view for 33 in oakland. if you are driving through the east bay hills it is 35 to 40 on highway 24. heaviest rain is in the north bay and it will stay there the next hour or two. we continue to pump more up that way and the rest of us are going to have scattered light to mad rat showers from san francisco and vallejo southeast. this will come our way at 8:00. leyla gulen? >> we will look at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is quite light and you are making it fine from the east bay where we have light rain and wind blow through oakland and the drive into san francisco will be gusty on the other side of treasure island. the san mateo bridge across the watershedded away from hayward to foster city, the drive is loading up and considerably more dry here as you make it across to the peninsula. headed to the east bay we have a full closing eastbound 80, that is where it is indicated in purple. the closer you are to by -- to pinole valley we had three lanes shut down and they are trying to clean it up. it is creating the detour around the area. they say it will be wrapped up shortly and i will let you know when. until then it is a sig-alert the avoid the area. westbound travel is light headed into el sobrante and northbound 280 we have a crash not an overturned vehicle but it went to the bushes and we have one lane blocked headed into wood side headed along in the southbound direction and you could have spotty wetness cross the freeway and 101, though, and managing to remain accident-free. that is our top story, our storm watch coverage continues on the other side of the break and live doppler hd tracking the win and the rain hitting us right now. >> you can see a look at san francisco trans america building which is getting wet in san francisco and quite a bit wind. francisco and quite a bit wind. stay female announcer: sleep train's is ending soon!or 3 event! get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, free set-up, and free removal of your old mattress, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry! sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon. ...guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ we're for an opens you internet for all.sing. we're for creating more innovation and competition. we're for net neutrality protection. now, here's some news you may find even more surprising. we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning, at 5:15. the big storm is here. if santa rosa they have been getting the rain for a few hours and this is a live picture of how wet the parking lot is. that is not the big story. it is. but only part of it. there are strong winds hitting them, as well, so we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and see how it will affect your neighborhood in a moment. if you are not getting it in the east bay or south bay the just wait it will catch up with you. at? for travelers face delays and cancellations because of the winds. airlines canceled 135 arrivals and departures yesterday at sfo mostly short-haul runs. there are no major delays at oakland international or san jose international airport at the moment. if you travel tomorrow, airlines urge you to call ahead. we want to see the weather where you live so send us the weather photos and video at ureport@kgo-tv.com. you can post them on our facebook page or share them with us at twitter@abc7newsbayarea. in the sierra, up to 8" of rain are forecast and at the higher elevation that will turn into snow. between 2-3' of snow can be expected. that is trick news if the difficult resorts. many were not open this time last year. good news, too, for the reservoirs. many are at record low levels because of drought. getting to the slopes could be treacherous. check with c.h.p. to make sure the route is open and safe. the skiers and the resorts like this, getting the snow thursday or friday so people can come up saturday the. >> saturday is the best day. it is too late by now. the snow levels are dropping. the passes could be closed later today or tonight. we have flood add risery in the north bay, with creeks now overflowing the banks with more bonding on the roads and in the pore drainage or low-lying areas filling up with water. that is all the counties in the north by, marin, sonoma, and napa. we have flood watch until 4:00 for the rest of the us. that is going to continue because of the heavy of the rain this morning but we will get more rain as we head into tonight and tomorrow with the winds out there. we have been tweeting the power outages to you and you can check it out. we are in the thousands in some areas. winds arrest 17 miles per hour at mountain view, and nearly 40 miles per hour at half moon bay. the heaviest rain is starting to dip to ocean beach and san francisco. the heaviest rain is still in the north bay the next couple of hours. we are going to keep an eye on this hour for the flooding to continue until at least we will jump outside and on the weather weapon with the breeze blowing across san francisco and the shower activity, as far as what will happen, we are going to have the heaviest rain lynn up along the cold front or the strongest storms, right there, over the ocean earlier and now moving into the north bay from 6:00 to 7:00 and to san francisco and oakland at 8:00. the heart of bay will be about 10:00 from the san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge to dublin/pleasanton and toward, say, brentwood. by noon it is pushed through the south bay. we still have moderate-to-heavy rain. in the evening and overnight, it will be more round or cell already as i call it. that is a chance of heavier localized showers. they will move through overnight and into tomorrow morning. we could get a break. then we will get the sunshine and a last bit of energy coming in tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours with scattered showers there and by saturday it is gone. we will look at the seven-day forecast: today is the heaviest and widespread damage from the rain and the wind. tomorrow, it will be scattered in nature and localized. the weekend is partly to mostly cloudy and dry and more wet weather is possible monday, tuesday, and wednesday. the mass transit if you are not wanting to drive if this we have 40 bart trains on time, and ace train one and three on san rafael drive headed northbound the tail lights are headed northbound, with headlights headed southbound and as they move through the wet condition, you can see the spray coming from the car and that is dangerous so be careful. trying to slow slow down the speed and do not get too close to the other vehicles and keep a good distance between you and the other cars because you do not know if there are big puddles you cannot see when it is so dark. folks are slamming on the brakes and skidding. do not do that. the golden gate bridge has a new configuration so keep this in mine, especially for folks leaving san francisco to head into the north bay, one lane gets you in the northbound direction and three will get you southbound and there will be one lane down the center that will act as a buffer. we have gusty conditions across all the bay bridges and c.h.p. has issued high wind advi to the north you have a downed tree that took power lines down at green hill road with all the friend tracking weather and traffic it and raining. for sure. to the south we haved thering in the road, rohnert park express way shows flooding. especially through santa rosa also further to the north. >> seven things to know as you start your day. >> a look at live doppler hd showing here a picture, first, though, from amy. there is the bay bridge toll plaza. we can see the traffic moving up we can see the traffic moving up on the bay bridge toll plaza [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. 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[ tapping ] sounds good. campbell's healthy request. m'm! m'm! good.® here are seven things to know today: the storm is here. it is raining heavy on the north bay 4.5" in cloverdale already. we have flooding on 101 in marin and flooding around sonoma and rohnert park and even a highway closed near dillon beach because of a downed tree. the wind and rain are causing issues in the north bay. >> two, the rain, the wind all causing havoc across the roads. the richmond-san rafael toll plaza shows it is coming down and traffic is light. it is just to the east and the north where we have a full freeway closure eastbound 80 all because of the gusty winds that blew down a tree, knocked down on to a big rig and new we have detours. three, wind and rain have caused problems in north bay, and in petaluma, a pair of electrical wires were arcing near homes on 7th and a street fell open bodega avenue this morning. our reporter will have a report from santa rosa in a few minutes. >> marin county ran out of free sand for residents and the office of emergency services said san rafael went through 100 tons of sand in 48 hours. officials hope to have a new delivery ready for distribution at the top of the hour at marin sick center. school districts across the bay area have canceled classes today because of the storm. schools in san francisco, oakland, and all of marin county are closed because of weather of the city college of san francisco and san francisco state canceled. >> looking live at the golden gate bridge are officials this morning have changed the lane configuration because of high winds. there will be three lanes south and two north with a middle single lane as a safety buffer. if the winds increase they could consider closing the bridge. >> the storm is affecting coastal areas. high surf advisory is in affect until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow with some breakers getting as high as 20' and dangerous rip currents are likely. surfers are warned to just look, not ride the waves. >> another full 90 minutes of news including breaking news. >> the strong winds from storm hitting the bay area not helping firefighters in the east bay. we will have details ahead. you can see the embarcardero with the palm trees swaying in the wind. this is our way to keep updated this is our way to keep updated on traffic and weather through did you get chips for the party? nope. 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you started in san francisco and that and where i am going to start. the great highway is shut down because of the win. all the sand is blowing on the roadways and you cannot use it. stay away from the great highway. it will take time to clear all the sand off. from the macarthur maze it look like travels are looking light headed up to the bay bridge toll plaza although it will be wet. mass transit, bart, ace train, all running on time. the for way to go to avoid getting in the car the cable cars are fought running, they do future run cable cars during extreme heat, wet, cold. buses and rail, all are fine, however. we will check with amy hollyfield. in the north bay. amy? yes. i am in santa rosa. we are getting drenched. the rain has been coming down steady since 3:00 this morning without a break. it is heavier at times but it never stops. look at it now, an impressive soaking, coupled with wind. it is creating problems. the fire department reports they are dealing with downed trees. right new we have eight downed trees around the county they are actively dealing with. they have cleared some. they are very busy. they could barely talk to me because the calls are coming in so quickly. very busy fire department in sonoma. also, some low-lying water puddling in the streets. that can be deceiving and can throw you off when you are driving. stay in is the best advise if you can. be ready if you are coming out in this. it has been coming down for a while. there will be standing water if the road. trees are coming down. the wind is here. it is future consistent. the storm is here. it is staying put. it hack coming down like this for a couple of hours. the winds alone are expected to keep driving conditions dangerous on all east-west bridges in the bay area. and we are at vista point near the golden gate bridge which is not an east-west bridge but it is still getting pounded? >> it is windy, kristen and eric. bridge officials decided to close thest lane of the bridge. cries were there and that lane, now, is a safety buffer lane. there are three lanes headed southbound, two northbound. again, a center lane is closed to traffic. that is for safety reasons because of high wins. you can see traffic is light but that could change. higher winds be expected to pickup throughout the morning. the golden gate bridge authority says the worst thing is they would have to close the bridge if the winds are too dangerous and hazardous. that is unlikely but they have done a handful of times before. ferry service is continuing but we will keep an eye on the swells. and now, the bridge is open but the center lane is closed down? that is correct. the bridge is open but they closed one of the lanes for sift reasons. >> a buffer between morning and southbound traffic. thank you. we will stay on top of the bridges by looking at the cameras. the we toll plaza has been light at richmond-san rafael but the lane is coming down. you can seat puddles, it is. coming down pretty good. the bay bridge toll plaza shows the rain has eased up. there is a lull before more but it and windy on this bridge, as well, but traffic is light the maybe folks are deciding to telecommute today. >> good idea. if you can. san mateo bridge, we see it is a remain no am heavy day but it and windy. as we mentioned, all the east-west bridge, have advisories and that is a sign showing high wind on bridge. the golden gate bridge show the cars getting off the bridge headed into san francisco and the deck is very wet and as you heard, the officials are monitoring the wind situation to see if and wren they would need to close it. but the bridge is open and one lane is taken away from traffic to be used as a buff per zone if the two directions. we will continue our storm watch coverage with abc7 news reporter nick smith. >> nick, you did not get your hat back? amy found it. >> amy hollyfield said she has had consistent rain but i have had consistent wind. it has claused closure on the center lane of traffic on the bridge. we have in damage yet because i spoke with the police. they are monitoring the area to see if there are trees or downed power lines and they say not yet . [ inaudible ] >> look at the angry waves that have been caused by the half wind. we have watched the wind push the waves to the pilings, whoa ...those waves are saying, nick, get back. the angry waves are piling again the rocks all morning. and to the walkway. if you look into the distance, it is hard to see but the spray is coming up over the pier. i have kept an eye --. [ inaudible ] >> we apologize for the technology difficulty. you can see the winds are affecting things and it looked like there are fountains coming over the walkway because the winds were pushing the spray so harassment >> nick is fine. the winds were channeling his mother telling him to stay back. good advise. >> indeed. we have more information at abc7news.com/app. >> we have break news in oakland where firefighters are battling a huge two-alarm fire and a large commercial building on international boulevard and fruit vale avenue. you can see the flames jumping out through the we doors and witnesses and the money mart is listed as a business, officials say they are not sure if anyone was living inside but seven fire engines have been deployed to battle the planes -- flames and the rain is keeping the fire from spreading. the wind so far is not causing any problems. >> that is good news because with wind conditions they could have. now, a check with meteorologist mike nicco to see what is shaping up to be like your neighborhood? >> we are seeing fast wind gusts from mount diabolo at feet. 62 miles per hour wind so it is still a high risk storm, with urban flooding, mud and rock slides and dangerous surf with wind damage through the day. flash flood watch for all of us until 4:00 tomorrow morning with a rapid rise of creeks and streams the north bay right now is under small stream flood advisory because we are seeing just that develop nearly 2-4" of rain over this area and heavy rains falling for the last couple of hours and will continue for the next couple of hours. winds are gusting around 33 miles per hour in oakland and 36 at half moon bay and 26 at san jose to 30 at concord, to around 16 in novato and the winds will ramp up in speed and could hit 50 miles per hour in our neighbors, 70 to 80 where nick is along the coast and our higher elevations like the 70 miles per hour on mt. diablo. the high surf, nick, it is on the biand away from it so he is not in the dangerous 20-25' waves. the rain is coming down if san francisco from the exploritorium and we have widespread and most steady showers and thunderstorms and half rain now through noon and it will be less steady with waves of showers and thunderstorms but not so men as this morning. >> it is the wind that is causing the problems on our morning commute. as we look right new we have good news and this is in pinole eastbound side at 80 where a tree is in the lanes. it is now cleared to the shoulder. the sig-alert is in effect and they have one lane opened and all should be open soon. in the westbound direction, we are starting to see traffic loading up especially as the heavy rain starts to push over i-80 so you can see where the green is darker and the yellow over the richmond-san rafael bridge so we are looking at wetter conditions in the nbc few minutes. in the north by, a tree came down and is blocking the entire roadway and this is where we are seeing plenty of flooding along many of the surface streets. be careful because of the pooling you cannot tell when it is dark how dope it is. over the altamont pass, it is quiet, and folks are telecommuting. great idea. tracy to dublin is 26 minutes and highway 4 westbound antioch and highway 4 westbound antioch to concord is 17 minutes 5:42. our storm watch coverage continues after the break. we will take you live outside to see how the roads are as the rain moves in. >> first, live doppler hd is tracking the storm for you and we will check with meteorologist mike nicco after break. we are keeping weather and traffic throughout the entire commercial break with abc7news.com with pictures of sfo if addition to the rain, you will have gusty winds so delays and chance vacations and if you do get your plane in the air, it will be bouncy. will be bouncy. keep that in mind. ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. 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pictures and putting in with a hashtag hella storm. >> we have been without a good soaker for so long, people are getting into the spirit. i have another tweet up here from chris saying, wow, getting very strong gusts and a lot of them. estimated nearly 50 miles per hour in san bruno near the airport and you can imagine what kind of interesting ride it will be if the folks can get the planes off the ground. >> this is important from bicycling monterey, check on the elders, thedly we are pots are off the learns and cars are off the learns and cars are filled with gas. >> now a look at the weather forecast, we are not looking at fog that is not why i have the visibility. that is where the heaviest of the rain is, to half moon bay, right now, and i will look into san rafael. you can see toward greenfield avenue, moderate-to-heavy rain, sir francis drake boulevard, all way out to san quentin is where we have the heaviest rain moving through. you could have localized ponding on the road from mill valley to san rafael over the next 15 or on minutes. in the north, hercules is coming from a good cell moving along tennessee street to american canyon and napa to sonoma across napa road and highway 12 down to highway 121 with a big picture showing the waves of moderate-to-heavy rain moving through the north bay. now i show you what is line up to the west of that. here is the cold front. here are the stronger with possibility of thunderstorms developing. we have not seen lightning from the storms but this is different right here. it is developing. you can tell it is not so widespread as the shield and this is all marching toward san francisco, pacifica, down to half moon bay in the next 20 to 30 minutes you will see waves of moderate to half rain. we had one moved through most of san francisco headed to emeryville to richmond. at the golden gate bridge winds are gusting from the southwest at 40 miles per hour and this is probably the safe of the bridge because you are running parallel to the wind and the other wind is perpendicular and you will be caught with the car jerking to one side or the other because of the gusts. you can see the moderate rain falling on 101 and everyone is obviously driving slower. moderate to heavy rain, showers and storms today and localized heavy rain and winds and brighter and dryer and cooler this week. the thunderstorm is develop loan the front and you can see it moving into the heart of the bay, san francisco, right up to vallejo at 8:00. that is going to keep going all the way down into the south bay and here you go, you are scattered and moderate and light showers from time to time and a few authorities developing during the afternoon and evening hours through 3:00 and tapering for the commute tomorrow and more scattered showers will develop tomorrow. our fastest winds are now through 1:00 o'clock and they will taper this afternoon also so scattered showers friday, saturday and sunday and dry monday and tuesday and more wet weather. get rid the nbc five or six hours are the worst of the storm. >> we will start off with mass transit and the san francisco bay ferry canceled some trips including to oyster point canceled and the alameda to san francisco san francisco bay. the alameda to san francisco ferry the 8:10 trip has been canceled. other trips are running. golden gate bridge transit has canceled different routes this morning. check with your local representative to see if they are operating. no cable cars today for muni. if you are visiting us in san francisco, welcome. if you wanted to take the cable cars we cannot accommodate you today. shuttles are put in place, instead. >> now, in the east bay we have downed trees and the wind is causing havoc on the bay area freeways with downed trees and prime ministers and debris. it is wet. it is gusty. westbound 580, the off-ramp is shut down until further notice until they clean the debris off. along northbound highway 13 the off-ramp shut down because of a downed tree. i-80 in the eastbound direction completely re-opened after a big tree toppled down and blocked all lanes and new they have re-opened. the bay area is waking up to the biggest storm in years. >> we will check back with meteorologist mike nicco to internet live doppler hd. >> you can keep fab on weather and traffic throughout the entire commercial break and looking live at pictures of the traffic on the embarcardero where it is wet and rainy. we have other spots with the rain coming down well and we will take you there in a couple of minutes ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, ♪ wow something sounds sweet in here!!!! ♪ need a little honey in the bowl. yeah!!! badabopbopbopa!!! no? must be the honey!!! the storm is here and pummeling bay area. some ferry runs are being canceled today because of the rough weather. >> we are joined by erna. can you tell us about the cancellations. >> on the harbor bay service from the city of san francisco we have canceled that and we will have an update at 2:00 for the hard before bay to san francisco route. for the south san francisco oyster point to alameda and oakland service, that service, as well, is canceled. again, san francisco bay ferry will issue an update at 2:00 this afternoon for the afternoon service. for the alameda-oakland-san francisco service, that is canceled, as well. the morning departures are cancel through 8:10. at 7:30 we will issue an update on that service. the slay let san francisco service is operating until further notice and we are monitoring that on a minute-by-minute basis. >> given the nature of the we have action in the bay, are you having to substitute any bets for others because staffibility issues? >> not really. we have tested, we accept out a captain to try the various routes and we are not going from boat to boat but looking at it from a safety point of view. that is our decision. >> how many people will be affected by the cancellations? how many are you running? >> the only service we are running right now is the vallejo-san francisco service, so of four totes three are canceled. as far as the numbers of people i would say 2,000 commuters are affected. >> thank you from san francisco bay ferry, with they of four runs being condition said because of the bad weather. they have one running from vallejo to san francisco. 2,000 people are affected. better safe than sorry. >> our coverage of the major winter storm continues next at 6:00, with coverage from the use reporters across the bay area and meteorologist mike nicco and drew will tell us what to expect for the day ahead. >> the richmond-san rafael toll plaza shows it is rainy and traffic is getting through okay. you can keep tab on weather and traffic with abc7 news now. stay tuned. which means it's timeson for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models. over a million californians have a gotten something that's beend. out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. you can compare plans side by side, choose the one that best fits your needs and enroll online. coveredca.com is also the place to find certified experts in your area who can answer your questions for free, and help you enroll. and, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. it's based on income, and 4 out of 5 people who have enrolled qualified. if you don't have a health plan, or you do, but you want to make sure it's the best plan for you, now's the time to visit coveredca.com. but to get covered, you gotta get going. to have health insurance starting january 1st, you need to enroll by december 15th. visit coveredca.com today. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. live doppler hd is tracking the storm hitting the bay area, heavy rain and strong wind across the region and this is only the going. >> we will give you a look outside and you can see all over the bay area it is stormy with conditions ranging from strong wind to a lost challenging difficult rain. thanks for joining us. it is thursday, december 11 alongside leyla gulen we are watching the roads and mike is keeping us informed with minute to minute updates on the weather. >> other than the stormening an sure ahead of schedule everything else is playing true to form. that is good news. hopefully you are ready for it. we have been giving you a type table for the last 24 hours, and it looks like mother nature is sticking to that but it is coming further south an hour earlier than we thought yesterday. treasure island right there you can see and the bay bridge to berkeley and university avenue, moderate rain. the richmond-san rafael bridge, moderate to moderate-to-heavy rain from richmond to san rafael. from mill valley you can see north through san rafael and
it's going to be tracking off to the north, likely through redwood city as we head through 6:12 through san carlos, 6:14, with the ground saturated i cannot stress enough that anyone that's thinking of traveling this way over the next hour be prepared for a major slow-down. up to the north bay we did have heavier areas of rainfall for today. it's mainly light to moderate. but that's all it takes here to keep this flooding concern with us. flood advisory until 9:00 tonight for parts of marin, sonoma, and also napa counties. closely watch those creeks, rivers and streams behind your house. even a little bit of rainfall can give us some rise. the next five days, three more storm systems are tracking. i'll have the details on that in 15 minutes. as new storms roll in, the concern and bad blood is rising. people in redwood city are fed up and upset that their mobile home parks are getting flooded. they say the city is purposely dragging its feet. that net miranda is in redwood city. serious accusations, what's the argument there? >> reporter: very serious. if you look around, nice office and retail developments line east bayshore boulevard but they don't have the flooding problems these two mobile home parks do. residents can only believe the city wants them out. it's a race against time for resident steve parcetto, voluntarily trying to pump out water from his mobile home park and the one next door before they flood. he doesn't want families to have to suffer like they did thursday when that fierce storm left as much as four feet of standing water. >> you've seen the water and damage. these guys all cleared out and threw away all their stuff. all these people back here, they're poor and they can't speak english. >> reporter: in fact, residents were still dumping damaged property when the new storm rolled in. >> there is no silver bullet solution. >> reporter: city leaders have known for decades flooding is a problem for these east bayshore boulevard residences. because the mobile home parks are low lying, at-bat to corporate-owned salt ponds, and the runoff comes from several hilly cities -- a fix has been elusive. >> it takes a long time to come to a solution. it's a lot of different players involved. we will never provide 100% relief. >> reporter: some residents believe that perhaps you want them out so that you can sell the land or use the land for high are-paying developers. >> absolutely not true. >> reporter: the mobile home parks seem to have been spared by today's storm so far. what about the next one? or the ones after that? >> somebody try. try to do something. look into it. you know, don't leave us hanging. >> reporter: the city says mobile home parks provide valuable affordable housing and they'd never want to get rid of them, but at the same time it admits a solution is quite a few years away. in san jose today, the storm was strong enough to send power poles crashing into a mobile home in almaden valley. this happened at the villa teresa mobile community that's near santa teresa boulevard and coleman road. marianne favro joins us live in san jose with more on how that damage had a far-reaching effect on hundreds of nearby students and families who had to figure out what to do. >> reporter: they were left surprised today and had to react and come up with some game plan, especially for schools. right now, pg&e crews are working to put up a new power pole after the old one came crashing down on a mobile home this morning, sending power lines on top of several units. the storm sent this power pole crashing down onto the roof of this san jose home. juan elers lives in villa freeze teresa mobile home park. >> evacuated people out of four or five homes. the red cross came out to take them. live them shelter. >> reporter: these homes weren't the only ones impacted. when the pole tumbled it caused a power outage impacting hundreds throughout the neighborhood. action day primary plus, which cares for 300 kids, lost electricity at 8:20 this morning. forcing administrators to call parents and tell them to pick up their kids. >> first sent the babies home. our infants under 24 months. we couldn't warm bottles, we were worried about the classrooms not being warm enough for them. >> reporter: jenny got the call. >> body my husband and i were saying, oh, okay, let's see if we can get in, who can get there first? >> reporter: a few blocks away the power outage forced this ymca on santa teresa boulevard to close. power also went out at legaln of steinbeck schools. for this 3-year-old the storm offered a silver lining -- a day home with mom. >> can we ride the reindeer? >> no, not the reindeer. >> reporter: a silver lining. i just checked in with pg&e and they tell me right now only 22 people still don't have electricity in this neighborhood. we also want to show you this which was the common sight today, fallen trees. as ground is saturated and trees obviously are vulnerable, this is in foster city, a large pine fell outside the harbor cove apartment complex on edgewater. no one was injured. be warned if you're flying this week. plenty of delays at certain bay area airports. take a look outside, a live view of oakland international which was largely unaffected by today's storm. san jose international was also running smooth today. but a different story at sfo. more than 100 flights were canceled today. right now at this hour some arriving flights into sfo are delayed as long as three hours. with more storms on the horizon, download our nbc bay area app for your smartphone. it's a great resource. you'll see the latest forecast, live radar, and our weather alerts. developing news out of san francisco where the city's police chief is among the estimated 400 people listening to mike brown senior speak at mission high school. that man's son, michael brown jr., was the unarmed teenager who was shot and killed in ferguson, missouri, by a police officer. the shooting sparked nationwide protests as you know and demonstrations here in the bay area. brown discussed gun legislation and the need for police-worn body cameras. jean will have more coming up at 11:00. going on right now, a live look at oakland's lake merritt. protesters are gathered again there tonight angry over the grand jury decision in ferguson and the one in new york where a white officer was not indicted in the death of an unarmed black man. earlier today many of those protesters we showed you blocked oakland police headquarters. one climbed up a flagpole. you see there in the wind and rain to hang a sign. after hours of disruptions, about 25 protesters were arrested. this was a well-organized and peaceful demonstration. and the hope is it stays peaceful for tonight's march. jodi hernandez is as lake merritt in oakland with more. >> reporter: raj, so far this demonstration has gotten off to a very peaceful start. several hundred people have gathered here at headache merri merritt. we're talking families, small children. you can see that they have fanned out across the lake, around the lake, holding a silent candlelight procession, remembering black lives lost. but earlier today as you mentioned in downtown, things got a lot more heated. >> you're killing us! we won't move till you got it! >> reporter: anger and frustration bubbling over, people outraged by recent grand jury decisions descended on oakland police headquarters this morning. chaining themselves together to close down streets and block the entrance to the police department. >> every 28 hours, a black person is killed by a police person or a vigilante person or security guard. that's just the black folks. >> we want justice for black people! >> reporter: several people chained themselves to the police department's flagpole. one man scaled it, replacing the flag with his own. all of the action taking place in the pouring rain. >> willing to brave the weather, brave arrest, we're willing to put our lives on the line because we feel like it's a way of making our voices heard. ♪ got to get free got to get free got to get freedom ♪ >> reporter: people of all ethnicities and all ages joined today's actions. protesters pledge not to back down. police say they will not be rattled. they used a cutting device to detach demonstrators and cart them off to jail. >> slow, methodical, we want to be sure we don't harm anyone. >> this is a second civil rights movement. this is a great example of what solidarity looks like. >> reporter: tonight at lake merritt, hundreds of candles have been lit. as families circle the lake, so far this demonstration has been very peaceful. no sign of police. a development in a story we told you about involving the 911 policy at the u.s. postal service. the policy tells employees to first call security when there's a medical emergency and not 911. leading to delays that may have cost a postal worker his life. now congresswoman barbara lee is stepping in. investigative reporter vicky nguyen is here now with the very latest on the story. >> reporter: we have learned congresswoman barbara lee has spoken with leaders at the national level of the usps about what our reports uncovered. the congresswoman represents the district where the west oakland po postal facility is located. it was there in august when a postal worker collapsed at work. it's unclear what happened but co-workers found him on the ground bleeding and suffering from a serious head injury. instead of calling 911 right away, they followed the postal service policy. they called supervisors and managers who then called the on-site postal police. up to 53 minutes passed between the time sam was found and 911 was finally called. our investigation later found a history of similar incidents in west oakland and union grievances filed with the national usps about delays in medical care. we uncovered documents showing the postal service knew about employee concerns since at least 2005, and the agency did nothing to change its medical emergency procedures. congresswoman lee called sam's wife of 25 years to express her condolences in a statement representative lee said, my thoughts and prayers are with the family. access to medical treatment is critical and i have communicated with the usps on this matter." her staff tells us the congresswoman can't schedule an interview because of her washington schedule, but they say she has communicated with usps at the highest level and is directly in touch with them. usps officials in the bay area tell us they are still working on the revisions to the local 911 policy. it has been daughter month -- f months since sam died. a san jose police officer generates angry community action on social media. i'm robert handa. coming up, what he tweeted and why he and the department are catching so much heat. also ahead, liquid gold. we'll take you to the one part of the bay area where the rain and the reservoirs are plentiful. and good evening. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. a round of heavy rainfall hitting the peninsula, moving through parts of palo alto, redwood city. continuing through los altos as we head throughout the next 15 to 20 minutes. we're tracking three more storms this week. i'll have the timeline in a few minutes. a well-known san jose police officer is on leave with an uncertain future. some want him fired for controversial tweets. it stems from the ongoing anti-police protests. robert handa is in san jose this evening. a lot of people, not only offended but maybe scared by these tweets. >> reporter: that's right. and the reaction has been swift. as we reported earlier the police chief put the officer on leave and afternoon internal investigation is under way over these tweets that many call offensive and dangerous. veteran san jose police officer philip white was known for his community work to steer kids away from gangs. but now that will all change as reaction builds to tweets from his personal account apparently responding to protests on the ferguson and new york grand jury decisions. one tweet said, threaten my family and i will use my god-given and law-appointed right and duty to kill you. another tweet seemed to mock protesters' chants. if anyone feels they can't breathe or their lives matter, i'll be at the movies tonight off duty, carrying my gun. police watchdog silicon daily debug launched this online petition demanding white be fired and has already generated thousands of supporters. >> if they allow this guy to be part of the force, it's a game-ender in terms of having any prospect of positive community/police relations. >> reporter: the police union distanced idaho from the tweets. >> we condemn these comments. the san jose police officers association remains focused on fostering positive dialogue. >> reporter: menlo dismissed white as a basketball coach due to the tweets. some parents got upset recently when might allegedly called the shooting in ferguson justified in front of players. >> you need to be sensitive to all your players, not just the white players. >> reporter: we were not able to reach officer white. the police department has no timetable on the investigation or any decision on white's future. back to our weather alert. one napa family is out of their home because, the reason right there, the tree fell top of their roof. we caught up with crews trying to cut it apart. the house red tagged until building inspectors can determine the extent of the damage and even if the building can be salvaged. one of the main issues going on today. our meteorologist jeff ranieri has been tracking the storm and our mark matthews is tracking where the rain is good news for a lot of people. >> reporter: yep, marin county, it is very rainy and the weather has contributed to the reservoirs being above normal. in marin county the drought appears to be over. unlike the rest of california, marin county relies on its reservoirs. one as the 90%, kent at 80%, system-wide the marin reservoirs are at 89% of capacity and the rain keeps coming. 17 inches since the end of november. the average for december is only 10 inches. >> we're definitely in better shape than most of the state. so much of the state is dependent on snowpack. we are more dependent on rainfall. >> reporter: 75% of marin's municipal water comes from rainfall collected in reservoirs. 25% comes from the russian river. so any way you look at it, the water supply for marin is way up. the marin municipal water district will not say the drought is over in marin. in fact the drought restrictions are still in place. you cannot irrigate between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. you better not get caught using a hose without a shutoff nozzle. at 138% above normal? their water supply is looking pretty good. >> excellent news in marin county. rain in the bay area means snow in the sierra. the i-80 donner summit road. drivers are being warned to bring chains tracking the snow and the rain is chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. where are we at with this storm? >> the worst of it is over, at least widespread for the bay area. but we're finding pockets of instability back behind the core of the storm that moved through around noon today. we have areas of rain in the north bay. but right here across the peninsula, we talked about this earlier, really nailing the areas here around palo alto, also redwood city. right now rainfall rates close to 1 inch per hour now. it's moving at a decent clip. but with the ground so saturated from last week, we are going to have flooding concerns the next two hours across 280, 101 from redwood city through palo alto, also los altos. as we zoom in this will continue through sunnyvale the next 15 to 20 minutes with heavier rainfall moving into mountain view right now. and some of the heavier rainfall moving into palo alto in the next 20 minutes as well. if you're thinking of doing any traveling on 101 or 280 through this corridor, you want to think twice at least at the moment. off to the north bay, we have some areas of moderate rainfall. it's not extremely heavy. but that's still enough to keep our flood concern elevated for tonight. please watch out for any water on the roadways here throughout marin, napa, and sonoma counties. right now across the bay area, temperatures are cold. this really is about what we experienced for daytime highs today. we haven't had weather like this in years. rainfall has arrived and also cold weather with it. you needed the jacket and also the layers. as we get through tomorrow's forecast, in case you haven't heard, we have another storm system on the way. we are looking at rainfall chances for the south bay, peninsula, tri-valley, san francisco, north bay as well. tuesday, early in the morning 4:00 to 8:00 a.m., scattered areas of rainfall. the roadways will be slick. 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. the heavier rain develops. watch out if you're traveling on the roadways. largest concerns continue to be spin have outs on the roadways, downed trees and possible power outages. a total of three more storms this week. i'll have more on the timing of each one of those in 20 minutes. a down payment. the feds give california millions of dollars for an earthquake monitoring system that could be critical to warning us when the next one happens. making it easier for you to know how many crimes occurred on your cruise ship. the changes coming in the wake of our investigation. coming up, a first look at how technology can help us talk and translate in different languages. the federal government is spending $5 million to help create an earthquake warning system here in california. congress has approved funding for the technology which the state has been fighting to fund for years. the early warning system has actually been up and running for more than a year on a trial basis. bart is one of several dozen beta testers using 10 to 60 seconds to get from the system to slow trains before the shaking starts. the last big test came touring the napa earthquake in august. officials say it worked well, warning users 8 seconds before the earthquake shaking started. the system needs a lot more money. experts say it will cost $80 million to get it statewide. a lot of people unhappy about the uc tuition hikes. it's not just students. the uc regents angered lawmakers with their recent agreement to raise tuition on uc campuses by up to 28% over the next five years. nbc bay area political analyst is with us. larry, this is a complex issue but let's start with sacramento. what's happening there? >> they're not happy. two state senators, a democrat and a republican, they together have introduced a proposed constitutional amendment that would put the state in charge of the university. under the terms of this proposal, the legislature would have final say over virtually all aspects of university management, from tuition rates to administrative compensation to finances, you name it. >> a political tug of war between governor brown and uc president janet napolitano. where's the governor stand? >> in part, yeah, this has been a long time in coming by the governor and others as well. for years critics led by governor jerry brown have been all over the university for runaway spending practices, at least in their terms, runaway spending practices, and lack of accountability. they've reasoned the state should know a lot more about its annual investment in the university, which this year amounts to $6.8 billion. the university has another story, it says it's been transparent with university mismanagement, in fact, university representatives counted the biggest cuts have been in administrative costs. there you have it. they also argue that with state cuts of more than $1 billion for several years in a row during the great recession, the university just has no other choice than to raise tuition. >> a lot of us have a stake in this, whether we're taxpayers or students or business leaders. what happens next? >> to place a constitution at amendment on the ballot sponsors in the legislature must get an absolute two-thirds vote in each chamber. that's 54 of the 80 assembly members, 27 of the 40 state senate members. that's a high bar. it's the high nest the nation. the anger is running so high, raj, that the voters may be tasked after all with settling this issue in 2016. that's the next time there will be a state election. if they are tasked expect a bloody battle between those favoring university autonomy and those who say the university no longer deserves it. >> could be a big battle in 2016. thank you, larry. up next, looking back. san jose mayor chuck reed reflects on his time leading the city and shares what is his biggest disappointment of his tenure in office. also, a 16-hour hostage standoff comes to a violent end in sydney, australia. we'll tell you more about the gunman. they found his hat on deck. and he was never found on the ship. >> crime at sea. how often does it really happen? ahead, we investigate why you may finally have the full picture of just how safe you really are on a cruise ship. right now at 6:30, we investigate. you may finally get the full picture of just how safe you really are on a cruise ship. new federal legislation is one step choser to requiring cruise lines to publicly disclose all allegations of crimes at sea. >> this wasn't always the case. we started investigating crime on cruise ships three years ago. alize kirschner joins us with the new developments. >> cruise lines will be required to report all crimes to the federal government. not just the closed cases as they do now. current data shows in the last four years there have been 118 closed cases. but victims and families tell us hundreds the other cripes have gone unreported and this new legislation will finally change that. it's been more than a year since eric rapa lost his brother jason at sea. >> i made him a promise that i wasn't going to let his name be forgotten. i was going to fight and do everything i could to make these cruise lines responsible. >> reporter: last november, jason and his wife took a cruise. jason never returned. >> they found his hat on deck. and he was never found on the ship. and he was assumed overboard. >> reporter: authorities ruled his brother's death a suicide, not a crime, so the fbi didn't have to make the incident public. and it was never part of crime statistics. previous law only required crimes investigated and closed by the fbi to be included in crime stats. put newly passed legislation will force the cruise line industry to report each alleged crime by ship, including the number of individuals who have gone overboard. the information will be publicly available on the u.s. department of transportation website. >> the more i delve into it, the more i realize there's a darker side. >> reporter: we spoke with congressman matsui in 2012. for years advocating for greater transparency of crime reporting on cruise ships. she calls the new legislation a victory. the cruise line industry argues the new legislation is not necessarily. the cruise line international association told us in e-mail that it largely duplicates information already available to the public. we found comes already report all allegations of crimes, like carnival corporation, which voluntarily disclosed that 49 crimes happened on board their ships last year. during that same time period, the fbi reports it investigated and closed just 17 cases on carnival ships. >> finally, at least a large number of the crimes are going to be made public. >> reporter: ken carver has fought to regulate the cruise line industry since his daughter vanished during an alaskan cruise more than ten years ago. >> it gives the public the information they need to know when choosing which cruise line they'll go on. and that there are risks when they go on a cruise line. >> reporter: carver argues the numbers released by the cruise industry haven't told the whole story. in the past, cruise lines haven't reported thefts of less than $10,000, or instances of groping. he says the new bill has been a long time coming. >> the whole thing was heartbreaking. >> reporter: as for eric, he believes the new legislation will give the pickup more information to decide for themselves how safe cruising really is. >> that it's going to cause that chain reaction and law enforcement is going to decide they finally have to start investigating these crimes. opening a case isn't enough. >> the legislation is currently on the president's desk. he must sign it within ten days. once he does the legislation will officially be passed into law. for more information on cruise ship safety, go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. there you'll see the actual language of this new bill. something to consider before you go on vacation. if you have a typical us at 888-996-tips or e-mail theunit@nbcbayarea.com. dozens of questions still to be answered after the deadly end to a hostage crisis in sydney, australia, today. that was the siege that ended a 16-hour standoff. you could hear it, you can see it, plenty of people there felt it. this happened around 9:45 a.m. sydney time. an armed man walked into a cafe, 17 people were inside at the time. you saw some of them lined up at the window with their arms in the air. over the next many hours, the hostages managed to escape, including a few who ran out just moments before armed officers stormed in. >> events that 1 folding inside the premises led them to the belief that now was the time to actually deploy, and they did. >> not all the hostages escaped. police found two of the hostages dead, as well as the suspect. the gunman, identified as man what ro haron monis, says despite so-called terrorist demands he's not part of any terrorist group. he does have a long criminal history and was awaiting court hearings on charges of sexual assault. authorities are trying to find a specific motive for this attack but have said it was likely politically motivated. while the hostage crisis was unfolding uber suddenly became a part of the story. the san francisco-based company started charging nearly $100 to anyone attempting to use their service to get out of downtown sydney. that's more than four times the usual fare. public outcry hit social media. uber then responded by promising free rides and refunds. in a story you'll see only on nbc bay area, you're going to see it in multiple languages, there's a new multi-lingual version of skype that lets you translate live as you speak to someone else. our business and tech reporter scott budman got a look at it today, gave ate try, how does it work? >> takes a little time. it's not all that easy to use at first or even find and download. but if you're patient, it's actually going to make your future skype sessions pretty cool. it's kind of like having a translator in the room with you. you're listening to instant translation via skype. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: the new skype where i can have a conversation with telemundo's nancy martinez in spanish and in english. skype debuted its translators to a limited audience, letting you translate a conversation between spanish and english in realtime. and text in 40 other languages also in realtime. >> the star trek instant translators we saw when we were kids, we're getting close to it. >> reporter: we spoke to adam blau of one-hour translation, who says translator is a step in the right direction, although not yet easy to use. >> so that really opens up a big possibility for business, for people, for consumers, to really understand what is being spoken in other languages without having to speak it. this is a very exciting time for consumers, for businesses, for anybody who is working in a multi-lingual environment. >> reporter: a way to gradually bridge the gap using technology to bring people closer together. as microsoft admits to us, this is version 1 of translator. you'll need microsoft 8.1 to download it and get started. but give it some time, it actually works pretty well. one note, among the many languages you can instantly text and translate, klingon. as 2014 winds down, time for all those awards. movie of the year, song of the year, how about the word of the year. ready for it? according to her i am webster, "culture" is the top word of the year. what makes it number one is not just how frequently it's looked up but the way searches spiked. number two is nostalgia, insaid wus at three, followed by number four, what else do we have? >> insidious, legacy. >> number ten, the french phrase je nais se quoi. the webster folks say it saw a spike when a popular commercial used the phrase. still ahead, it's the busiest shipping day for the postal service. one man is still delivering the old-fashioned way. the local carrier who's the only person taking to the water to make sure those holiday packages get to you on time. another try. the bay area makes its pitch to be the host of the 2024 olympics. but it might have gotten just a little bit tougher. end of an era in san jose. mayor chuck reed will oversee his last city council meeting tomorrow. reed has been the head of the bay area's largest city for the past eight years. today the 66-year-old reed told robert handa he's looking forward to a more normal life after a tumultuous but satisfying run as san jose's 64th mayor. reed says he's proud of his work in creating a more open government and his fiscal reforms. he says a number of those projects will likely be completed after he leaves office, including bringing the a's to san jose. >> so i wasn't going to get disappointed over losing a long shot. it's not over. we'll continue to be optimistic as long as we can. i still think the a's will come to san jose. >> mayor reed plans to keep working to the end of the year but will clear out his office this friday to let his successor sam liccardo move in. san francisco's bid to host the 2024 summer olympics get more complicated today as italy decided to join the field of prospective hosts. italy's premier announced rome will seek to host the games again. the 1960 summer games were held there. san francisco has three failed bids to host the games so far. its next attempt will be presented to the usoc tomorrow in redwood city. the proposal expected to include its so-called pomup stadium and olympic village near candlestick. representatives from los angeles, boston, and washington, d.c. will be there making their pitches and then a decision is expected early next year. if it keeps raining it will be so beautiful, so green here, it will be fantastic. >> clear the calendar with whatever weather they want. >> you can take care of this. >> make it happen. we have cloud cover but we're also tracking heavier areas of rain. i'll have the full details on where that's head anded and three more storms this week. would you believe everything for a penny? the shopping glitch that cost amazon sellers millions of dollars. online shoppers often find good deals on amazon. what some found in the uk was too good to be true. for about an hour last friday a computer glitch on amazon's uk site put all items on sale for a penny. amazon says it was unable to cancel thousands of orders that have small businesses livid. many business owners say they lost tens of thousands of dollars during the normally lucrative holiday season. many of those business owners are considering whether to sue over that mistake. the days leading up to christmas are the busiest for the postal service. neither rain nor sleet nor sea lions foil them. nbc bay area delivers an explanation on the sea lions part. >> reporter: a light load of letters feels a lot heavier when its final destination is riddled with so many obstacles. >> i'm not going to be able to get in here right now. it's got too much of this. >> reporter: six days a week, post man rick stelreed maneuvers six miles of weed-ridden waterways that make up his mail route in the delta. to deliver to his 23 customers. what is sometimes their only communication with the outside world. this is the way it is out here. it's hard to get to. you know, it's remote. it's totally, totally off the wall. >> reporter: even man's best friend seems to know the rules are different out here. >> good boy, good boy. >> reporter: on the river, they don't bite the mailman. >> post office is great. >> reporter: this stretch of the delta has been a mail route in one form or another since the days of the gold rush with deliveries between san francisco and the pony express in the central valley. today this ponytail express is the only postal employee to still deliver mail by water in the state of california. >> i am the only mailman on the water, but it's no big deal, it's just -- i could be a post man in the city and do the same job. >> reporter: in an environment like this -- >> right in front of us. >> reporter: you'll never find this mailman just mailing it in. >> end of the day when i go home i feel like i really did a service for somebody. i really helped somebody out. i brought them their mail. >> reporter: on the delta, nbc bay area news. >> is it the loch ness monster or a sea lion? that was great. jeff ranieri, we're almost done with this first storm. now more storms are coming. >> yeah, at least three more by our count as we head throughout this week. satellite right now, in the heaviest zone of widespread rainfall moved east that we dealt with around the noon hour today. we're tracking isolated areas of rainfall. i'll have more coming up. rainfall totals in the past 24 hours, another round of very impressive activity. marin, nap park sonoma counties anywhere from 1 to 2.34 in novato. tiburon 2.29. san francisco another 1.5 inches. now for hayward, close to 1 inch. as well for fremont, just over 1 inch. menlo park to san jose, .5 to 1.5 inches. radar right now, what you're going to be able to find here is some scattered areas of moderate rainfall up into parts of the north bay and also for the east way. it's throughout the peninsula, also south bay, getting hammered the past 30 to 40 minutes. just a little bit of rainfall and we're seeing some flooding concerns on throadways. right now some of the heaviest rainfall here throughout san jose, also now approaching milpitas, likely continuing through milpitas by 6:53 with heavier pockets of rainfall. anyone doing traveling here in the south bay throughout the next 30 to 45 minutes, you want to watch out for water on road ways. we'll bring you to the north bay. moderate rainfall on 101 through petaluma, novato, also areas of rain in napa, sonoma. that's all it takes. we're seeing the flood advisory continue through 9:00 tonight. you want to watch out for areas of water on the roadways and closely watch any creeks, rivers and streams behind your house. future cast, once again this is going to give you the best outlook on when that rainfall is going to be moving in and when it's going to be moving out this week. as mentioned we have three different storms we're tracking. 7:30 tonight same scenario. scattered areas of rain. by 11:30 we're looking at the same drill. by tomorrow morning there's not too much heavy rainfall but you can expect a few areas of showers. wet roadways to start at 7:00 a.m. it's likely going to be by the noon hour, also 1:00 and 2:00, the next storm system lines up, heavier pockets of rainfall in santa rosa down to san francisco. then also towards the santa cruise mountains and san jose, the afternoon looks like the worst on your tuesday forecast. we'll keep areas of rainfall here through 8:00 tuesday with that next storm system. then as we head throughout wednesday, it's going to be in and out. coming in at intervals. 7:00 a.m., pockets of rainfall scattered throughout the bay area. as we head throughout the evening hours, the same scenario. as we head throughout thursday, this will likely be the only full, dry day in the forecast this week. because as we head into friday's forecast, we have more wet weather coming on back. but it does look like as we head throughout this upcoming weekend we will start to see a little bit of a drier trend. we'll give it some time to dry out into the holiday. throughout tuesday and as mentioned, rainfall is back. there's not a spot in the bay area that is not going to get wet. also notice the temperatures in the 50s. winds go 10 to 20 miles per hour. it's going to feel like the 40s tomorrow. san jose 56. palo alto 59. san francisco in the upper 50s. north bay, east bay, tri-valley, same drill. mid to upper 50s. and that possibility of rainfall. so here it is. the next five days, rain again for tuesday. we have another system on wednesday. dry weather thursday. then more wet weather by friday. as we have been mentioning, north bay will get the most rainfall. possibly 2.5 to 4.5 inches when all is said and done this week. what happens now with jim harbaugh? you've been following this. is it going to be an ugly divorce? we'll hear from the head coach. dad evening. geraud moncure in the comcast sports net studios. 49ers general manager trent baalke said this evening on 95.7 the game any decision on jim harbaugh's future will take place after the season. the gm also said he spoke with the coach today and he simply said to get the roster in the best shape for the upcoming san diego chargers game. the offense sputtered being held to just single digits for the second time in three weeks by that stingy seahawks defense. the loss capped off the first three-game losing streak in the harbaugh era as well as the first time there will be no postseason. >> first of all, i really felt like our team played with valiant effort. big. in a lot of ways i have never been prouder. we have a lot to play for the next two games, like our lives depend on it. we're playing for each other. playing for the team. playing for the honor of the game. the ws could pass as a rerun of the show "m.a.s.h." several front-court players on the mend as they put their win streak on the line against the grizzlies. andrew bogut doubtful with knee tendonitis. david lee still nursing a strained hamstring. and harrison barnes now questionable after breaking his nose, ouch, yesterday in new orleans. sharks winger matt vee yesterday dough has suffered a vetback with ankle injury. he had been practicing with team teal but was forced to sit today, listed as out for thursday's home game against edmonton. finally, you see metallica at at&t park earlier this year, they'll be at s.a.p. center soon. the sharks open with a shutout win over the kings in l.a., they'll try to rock the defending champs on january 21st with some help from metallica. the wednesday contest will be metallica night with the sharks. there will be a wide variety of special features and in-game events with the rock band from the bay area. members of the band will take part in the puck drop and make an appearance in the broadcast booth during the game telecast. so raj and jess, that should be interesting. >> we are all in. we're going to that game. >> all right, i like it. >> you're in charge of tickets then. heavy rainfall right now moving over milpitas. that's going to last about the next 30 to 40 minutes burning into fremont. we're tracking three more storms this week. full details coming up at 11:00. mel b covered in mystery bruises. her husband firing back. mel b banged up. her face puffy, her wedding ring missing on the x factor uk. what really happened? 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we had oakland pd in riot gear come out 10 minutes ago and they are preparing right now behind me for those protesters from 0 gala plaza to headache to make their way to this intersection. we talk to mayor-elect libby shaft we're going to have a new mayor in the new year. we asked her the horrific vadalism we saw in oakland last night once she's mayor what would she do differently. three days until the biggest shopping day of the year and olli doesn't have a thing to sell. these looters took about everything he has. copycating the vandalism in ferguson, missouri. >> it's sad to see the democratic process get tan ished by anarchy but that's the state that we live in. >> trashing of oakland was completely unacceptable. >>reporter: mayor-elect libby shaft didn't agree request the grand jury's decision in ferguson but equally appalled by the vandalism in her hometown. >> we are absolutely committed to making sure that not only do we prevent it but that people who engage in that type of destructive behavior get called to task. >>reporter: at least 10 businesses vandalized and 43 people arrested. at times officers resorted to tear gas just to maintain order. police chief called the crowd quote very confrontational. >> throughout all this our first priority is always safety of people whether that be our own staff, protesters themselves or innocent people happen to be caught up in a protest. the top priority is preserving human life. >>reporter: to prevent more chaos tonight. oakland plans onramping up the number of officers, even requesting more help from chp. now store owners are bracing for a possible round 2 of unrest tonight. >> i hope the businesses feel as a city we will double our commitment to ensure they remain open they remain undamaged. >>reporter: so back here live in oakland we're at broadway and 7th. you might be able to make out behind me we have a row of oakland police officer in riot gear right now. the protesters i assume they are the ones coming from franco gala plaza. they are making their way in our direction getting closer to oakland pd right now. police officers right there in riot gear ready for them. the police chief today said officers showed tremendous restraint in their behavior last night. looks like tonight's just starting. we're going to have to wait and see what happens veronica. >> mark, we saw you speak with incoming player libby shaft there. i was curious where was mayor calm quan and what did she have to say. >>reporter: she talked about being there along with the police officers last night, experienced what they were experiencing, the fireworks, the pyrotechnics, the bottles being thrown at them. so she definitely spoke in terms of being embedded with the police officers last night. veronica i'm not sure how long she was with them, but she spoke to what they were up against, and hopefully we don't see that same kind of may have tonight. >> mark, thank you. mark kelly live for us in downtown oakland. last night's protest left a trail of destruction across a four block area downtown. in all, 43 demonstrators were arrested for crimes ranging from burglary and vadalism to assault on an officer. one officer suffered a concussion after being hit in the head with a brick. two others had minor bumps and bruises. here's a live look at the area near 24th and mission where about a hundred protesters have gathered, signs up. they are not marching. they are stationary there right at the intersection of 24th and mission. they were protesting there as well last night. although most of the action, most of the violence happened in oakland here in the bay area, did not happen in san francisco with a few minor exceptions, and we're keeping an eye on this as well in case it starts to flare-up. we're monitoring other cities across the u.s. i've heard it being referred to as thousands of fergusons across the nation. >>reporter: it truly has become a national protest. police in many cities right now are dealing with these street demonstrations. we're going to begin with a live look at the crowds in boston, hundreds of people have gathered to block an entrance to a major freeway there. police are allowing them to protest in this intersection. so far it's peaceful. let's go to new york's times square, crowds were clashing with police there, a massive group of protesters blocked the entrance to the lincoln tunnel. of course a major roadway leading to new jersey. they tried to march through the tunnel they turned around went back to the streets. they surrounded buses and cars. now in philly crowds started protesting about 3:00 this afternoon. and what started out as a hundred people quickly more than tripled in size. they marched through the city taking over streets there. let me show you a busy intersection in los angeles. traffic at a complete stop as crowds blocked the streets. protesters chantsed, they held up signs some even were lying down in the road. a group of couple hundred started marching just a couple of hours ago. we will continue to keep watch on the demonstrations bring you the latest up dates. allen, thank you. attorneys for the family of michael brown are vowing to push for federal charges against officer darren wilson. today they criticized how the grand jury process was handled calling it rigged from start to finish. >> we object publicly and loudly as we can on behalf of michael brown, jr.'s family that this process is broken. >> in this case a lot of that frustration with the process has focused on the grand jury itself. as elizabeth cook shows us, going to that grand jury was a choice and it might have contributed to the backlash itself. >> that's right. the prosecutor had options. he could have charged officer wilson with a crime and taken the case toward a trial. he also could have dismissed the case entirely. but ended up going in a different direction. one that is defined by secrecy. >> let's say i never had any of my clients being fed that self defense gase. >>reporter: law students at santa clara university gathered to discuss the michael brown case. the conversation back to those two words. >> his office controls every bit of evidence that goes before the grand jury. >>reporter: the grand jury one piece of the legal system most of us never see. >> when you have a grand jury process, it is by definition secret. >>reporter: a retired judge and now the independent police auditor for san jose. >> there are a number of theories about why prosecutors choose to go that route. they don't have to, they can home a preliminary hearing. >>reporter: you may remember the preliminary hearing in the o. j. simpson case. >> three steps leading to you the front entrance. >>reporter: think of that as a mini trial. the judge can decide whether this is enough evidence for a real trial. but it also gave everyone with a television a chance to watch the case unfold in a familiar courtroom setting. >> in public, open to the public where the accused has an attorney, there can be cross- examination and explanation for the evidence and the rules of evidence apply with the judge deciding if there's probable cause. >>reporter: another big difference with the grand jury it is conducted entirely by one person. >> the prosecutor is the key person in a grand jury proceeding. >> it's his or her show from beginning to end. >>reporter: in this case, the prosecutor was already the target of intense skepticism in some parts of the ferguson community. >> people trust the system when it is transparent, when they know what's going on when there are no secrets. >>reporter: a federal grand jury could take up the case. this is no double jeopardy in play here because the officer wasn't indicted. but so far no indication that that will actually happen. >> the big difference here i guess the prelimb would have been open to the public. you would have more scrutiny from the public. >> if you'd like to more of officer darren wilson's grand jury testimony we have posted it on kpix.com. stay home for the holidays instead of spending it from behind bars that's the offer for certain criminal offenders. >>reporter: it's rare to get a break from the criminal justice system, a second chance if you will, but that's exactly what the santa clara county sheriff's department is doing for the month of december. tens of thousands of people will be eligible for this program, but past experience shows that only a small fraction will actually take advantage. every day people with arrest warrants come to the sheriff's office to self slender. many times they get handcuffed on the spot and taken to jail. but now operation second chance is offering an amnesty of sorts. nonviolent nonfelony offenders can turn themselves in and get a new court date instead of getting caught and spending the holidays behind bars. >> it's giving people an opportunity to deal with some type of crime they committed and deal with it without having to go to jail. >>reporter: right now 70,000 people in santa clara county have warrants out for their arrest. this rotating file has all of their names. last year only about 200 people took advantage of operation second chance. that's just one out of every 285 eligible. >> there's a lot of people out there that could be taking advantage of this program. >> in my past i found myself in situations i was afraid to even go to court. >>reporter: home designer keith williams had his run-ins with the law as a young man says fear and ignorance of the system keep people from doing the right thing. >> they got some trouble behind them looking behind their shoulder the police is following them. they don't know if they are going to be stopped and go to jail. you can put that behind you and move forward. >>reporter: the sheriff calls it a win, win. >> it saves us jail space it saves us money. >>reporter: we also need to talk about who is not eligible for this, and that is anyone with the a warrant involving violence domestic violence anyone who has a warrant for using a firearm, resisting arrest or giving false information to a police officer. but many other people involving duis and infractions where they did not show up in court now have a bench warrant those types of people will be eligible for this. it starts next monday and runs the full month of december. reporting live in san jose, kpix5 news. the sheriff's department has been doing this for the last 10 years. last year 205 people took advantage of the offer. still ahead, killed over a cell phone. >> now a man's death is sparking bigger concerns in this changing bay area neighborhood. also why the home of one of the hottest tech companies is also one of did dirtyest spots around. about the epidemic of cell e . good news for travelers the radar will remain clear all day long tomorrow thanksgiving as well. good news for the drought. doppler is going to get one heck of a workout wait until you see how much rain is coming. i'll have that for you next. thefts in the bay area. now: a man has been murdered for phone. . we've done a lot of reporting of epidemic of cell phone thefts in the bay area. a man has actually been murdered for his phone. some people are saying it's just the latest example mike of a growing problem in that area. what's up? >>reporter: kenny, you know this as well as anybody. dubose triangle for years it was a crummy neighborhood 20, 30 years ago. now it's gentrified like much of the rest of the city. that made things better but now there's talk maybe the bad guys have figured it out and gentry fix brings with it a lot of money and lot of things you can steal. >> back in the day we used to call there the upper safeway named for what has to be one of the largest supermarket signs in the country. the neighborhood was called that because there wasn't much else going on here. >> there were shootings there frequently and muggings. >>reporter: talking about a generation ago and since then things have changed. this bedroom home sold for over $3 million and lots of new money has moved in. >> i think they get comfortable. they don't think it's going to happen someplace like here. >>reporter: but it has. early monday morning 22-year- old michael marquez was killed during a mugging by five robbers. they took his companion's backpacks and cell phones then they shot him dead. >> it was a cell phone. how could you do this to someone over a cell phone. how could you destroy friends and family and anything for what, a piece of plastic? >>reporter: another man who were gay was killed in the summer what is thought to be a hate crime. >> any time you have two people killed like within a five block radius, i think something needs to happen. >>reporter: but even before all of that the neighborhood blogs were talking about a flu influx of homeless and gangs who may be targeting the area because of its newfound wealth. >> they are driving them out of the mid market area and everybody is coming this way the homeless. that's pretty much a general feeling. >> obviously no neighborhood is immune from violence. people do travel, suspects do travel around other neighborhoods where typically not accustomed to see violent crime. >>reporter: while violent crime is down 33% in the entire police district surrounding the area, such figures aren't broken down by neighborhood. >> i think it's gotten worse. >> i think there are problems in any neighborhood in the city. i think that's just -- goes hand-in-hand with living in an urban environment. i think it's a very safe neighborhood. >>reporter: a couple of minutes ago homicide investigator came up to me and said can you get the word out they are giving out fliers a homicide detail, we need your help looking for the murderer of michael marquez. now in this they say there are only 3 suspects, and that mr. marquez ran away, didn't want to give up his phone and we were talking about it. the best advice is just give up the phone, police always say that. it's not worth getting killed over. in san francisco, mike sugar man kpix5 news. >> it happened in august a few blocks away from where he is tonight. it remains unsolved. two preschoolers are injured one seriously and no one dialed 911 for 45 minutes. that is just one of the findings behind the decision to close enlight preschool in fremont. the children were napping when a cabinet fell on them. fremont's code enforcement team found the cabinet was improperly mounted. inspectors also found chained emergency exits and fire walls that had been removed. >> we're not allowing any children in here until they submitted a plan for approval showing how they are going to make the proper repairs. >> the california department of social services is investigating, and says there have not been any complaints or citations against the school since it opened in 2012. the more seriously injured child was airlifted to stanford. but is expected to make a full recovery. new video tonight from a security breach in san jose over the weekend. surveillance footage shows miguel sir goes a running away from police. he was finally arrested curbside. he had breached security and entered into an area where private jets fly. check in with paul a lot of you are heading out of town tomorrow. and boy, -- >> hopefully the east coast. >> you're going to be in for a long trip. >> two travel headaches one would be going east coast tomorrow big time snowstorm you're going to be delayed most likely. newark new jersey, philadelphia, baltimore d. c. getting back on saturday and sunday we will have the rough welts, but it's exactly what we've been wanting for the past several. this is a super soaker heading our way. south bay good evening to you. we are mainly clear san jose 67 degrees for a high today. napa 67. fremont 67. morgan hill you hit 69 degrees. san francisco officially 65. hayward 64. tomorrow is our second consecutive spare the air day. you probably saw the haze, if you were out and about today. especially north of the golden gate that's where it will be centered tomorrow. unhealthy air quality. marin sonoma and solano counties. what's better than thanksgiving dinner? thanksgiving dinner followed by a 9ers football game. taking on the seahawks. they are home. they are going to win. thursday 5:30 your game forecast. mainly clear skies 65 degrees. good thing they are not playing on sunday because it will not be clear. and 65 degrees. big ridge of high pressure holding on for now. look at all this stuff off to the west. this may be the westest storm system of 2014. it's going to bring a lot of moisture. tomorrow if you're traveling thursday thanksgiving the holiday is going to be dry black friday will be dry. then the rainfall moves in in the perfect position to really tap into the tropics aimed right at northern california exactly what we need to put a nice little deny in the drought. as for how much rainfall, north of the golden gay you may receive up to 3 inches of rainfall between saturday and monday and healthy amounts of rainfall for you in the east bay and also the south bay. highs tomorrow no rain, it's all about the sunshine. we're talking 10 degrees above average. san jose 73. oakland 70. vallejo 69 degrees. concord 68 and sunshine and 68 for your travel day in san francisco. thursday we're dry for thanksgiving. friday we're dry. eights little cooler cloudier. the weekend will be a very likely will be a weekend washout. snow in the sierra. when you're talking about what would be the quote unquote amount of rainfall where we actually get a dent in the drought not so much floods. this storm may be the perfect amount. >> we're already set one a couple of days of rain before. this is good. >> this is excellent news. >> into the ground. >> thank you paul. its becoming a hub for hot tech companies. >> it's a never ending challenge to keep it cleaned up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, skyrocket-- right into the " for being home to one of the hottest bay area tech compa. but a new survey also calls the filthiest str . san francisco's thoroughfare is nicknamed twitter town to home to the hottest tech companies. >> they also call it fit heest street in town. if you walk up and down you know what i'm talking about. john ramos shows us why it's gotten that dubious distinction. >>reporter: it's not unusual for people to complain about the dirt and trash along san francisco's market street, but it is unusual when the complaint comes from the city itself. >> this report comes to the city controllers office, and voters said a while ago they want to have a report card only basic city services. >>reporter: street sidewalk maintenance standards report identifies markets between 7th and 11th street as the dirty est commercial corridor in the entire city. ironically it is an area blossoming with flu condo developments sands high tech businesses, but it also includes the u. n. plaza where many street people hang out all day. >> there's a lot of germs. >>reporter: the people trashing market are doing it intentionally like this guy who is holding a wrapper one minute the next he's not. guess where it ended up. why is it like this? >> i guess you know there's a lot of people that have a lot of -- they have no respect for the general public or no respect for themselves. >>reporter: it's hard to hold the city responsible for this. they have sweep crews in the area all day long literally following people to clean up after them, and it can be dangerous work. sweepers often find hypodermic needleness the bushes outside city hall. >> can we do it by ourselves? we're not the ones who are dropping the garbage down we are the ones picking it up but we need people's help as well to get soft and say it's not okay to trash your city. >>reporter: they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions but it's hard to see anything good about the intentions of the people trashing its sidewalks. in san francisco john ramos. >> the city of san francisco says it is getting help from the much maligned tech workers who have organized work parties to actually go out and clean up the area on weekends. want to get you back out live to oakland we've been watching the situation there. protesters again on the move. this is a second night, a second night where it appears demonstrators are blocking the freeway again. this is the 980, 980 freeway at castro street. again it's a repeat of tactics from last night. when they were targeting traffic on 580 heading both east and westbound, we're looking at live chopper pictures there it looks as though traffic is at somewhat of a standstill you see the protesters walking across the street. last night they have climbing on to the freeway barriers and march together in solidarity. this is of course after the grand jury reached its decision not to indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. you see that the traffic is slow going, but again this is 980 at castro street. we're going stay on top 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happened last night on 580 that affected thousands of commuters well into the evening hours. the chp says about 300 protesters are in the lanes of traffic right now. of course, when you're driving in something like that, you have to stop because there are people going in between cars, makes it very difficult for anyone to move at all. and it's just a messy specially if you're trying to get home. joe vazquez is in oakland live on the phone. from your vantage point what are you seeing? >>reporter: i'm sending back live pictures here. what we're looking at right now the intersection of 19 did he castro which is an entrance ramp to 880 is a tactical retreat by the demonstrators. a large chunk of them got on to the freeway before police could block it off. and one big chunk of them did not get on and they are now retreating trying to get to another area as the police have effectively blocked the entrance ramp of eastbound 880 right here at castro. but not before a whole bunch of them got on the freeway and were dodging traffic for a while. cars were having to dodge them as well. i've lost track of that mob that was on the freeway maybe you can still see them with chopper 5. but i can tell you this is a large police contingent now deployed at the entrance ramp and pushing demonstrators back a couple of blocks. what we've seen here ken over the last half hour or so is a demonstration that was on the move that didn't really seem to have any direction, but you could tell they were poking at the freeway they have seen to have gotten quite a bit of mileage yelled, lot of publicity from getting on to the freeway yesterday. we could tell they were trying to get on here trying to get on there, and they found this opening, and as quick as the police are as much as they have been paralleling them, that is driving on parallel streets and keeping an eye on the group of demonstrators about 300 total , they were not able to get to the entrance before this group. >> i think we've seen in the past, this is a tactic that we've seen almost exclusively in oakland. it doesn't happen too many other parts of the bay area, but joe, to explain to people, sometimes how do the police not get there? they know where the crowd is. well sometimes the crowd actually goes up the onramp backwards they will go into the freeway the wrong way where police cruisers cannot follow them and they start as to inundate traffic lanes and it stops up. >>reporter: in this case there's actually a row of bushes that are not along a road if you're getting on the onramp, and you're halfway on to the freeway, there's a row of bushes able to cut through the bushes and get on the onramp on to the freeway before the police could, you know race over here and stop them. we're talking about a matter of 2 or 3 minutes before the police were able to stop and block off the freeway entrance. but by then a whole bunch of crowd got on. >> we're looking at these pictures that you're sending back. it's veronica, by the way. we do see some of the demonstrators carrying signs. what is their message tonight are they chanting anything? >>reporter: it is more of the same from yesterday. a message about ferguson some of the signs are saying talking about don't shoot. but also you see a couple of journalists here. chronicle reporting wearing a helmet i is what it's come to. it is a similar message from yesterday that they are standing in solidarity with the demonstrators in ferguson. they initially tried to collate at the oakland police department but they quickly started roaming the streets. what we're seeing is about half of the contingent of police officers blocking there entrance starting to mobilize and move to a different direction presumably the crowd is regrouping and regathering and so will the police. >> joe, give us the high of the land. where are you exactly? >> okay. so, right now this is the eastbound entrance ramp to 980. see these bushes right here. well, right over here there's a little patch where they are able to get in. as you can see that's already sort of halfway down the ramp. so that's where they will sneak in and they got on the highway right over there. >> looks like that tick off ramp is going to be cleared by police. they are moving now toward the south. and it almost looks to us like traffic is moving southbound right there. but i'm not sure about the eastbound lanes. as you walk across we can see a little bit more of it. a lot of emergency vehicles down there. so i'm assuming traffic is blocked up. >>reporter: the eastbound lanes of 98 or on. i'm being told they have to move back here. the eastbound lanes of 980 are still blocked off. they have now evacuated this area but still along the highway hoping to keep anyone else from getting on the highway. >> all right. we'll stay with it as long as you want to. it looks like that area is being cleared with protesters and traffic is moving. emergency vehicles starting to move now the ramp is clear now. and it looks like that crowd has moved on now to another location. >>reporter: yeah we're going to catch up with it if we can. >> we'll continue to monitor their situation there. joe vasquez reporting live from oakland with firsthand account what's been going on with the freeway blockage on 908. i would caution anybody who has got to drive home tonight be aware of the fact there may be people if you're going through the oakland area on 580 on 980 this has been the pattern last couple of nights. >> take an alternate route if you can. >> absolutely. for the first time we are hearing from the ferguson missouri police officer who shot and killed the unarmed teenager, cbs reporter chris van clief joins us live from missouri with that report. what's the latest? >>reporter: we have just been able to get down back where the police have shut the street down as you would enter ferguson, what we saw there armed members of the national guard in body armor and assault weapons along with state and local police turning people around residents of ferguson are surprised how calm things have stayed. generally that's the story. things have stayed generally calm. we have some reports of a few issues here and there but generally speaking so far tonight nothing like what we saw last night. this as we're hearing for the first time from officer darren wilson. officer darren wilson told abc news he used his training on august 9th the day he shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown. >> some of the eyewitnesses said he turned around and put his hands up. >> that would be incorrect. >>reporter: wilson said brown threw the first punch while wilson was in his car and grabbed the officer's gun. the grand jury's decision not to indict officer wilson sparked mass outrage in ferguson overnight. rioters destroyed several businesses in town and vandalized many others. the mayor said help did not arrive in time. >> the national guard was not deployed in enough time to save all of our businesses. >>reporter: missouri officials are promising think will be different. >> we are bringing more resources to ferguson and other parts of the region. >>reporter: the governor activated more than 2200 national guardsmen in the region. they are working in shifts. michael brown's father has been calling for peaceful protests but did not speak at an afternoon news conference his lawyer criticized the grand jury process. >> we object publicly and loudly as we can on behalf of michael brown, jr.'s family that this process is broken. >>reporter: officer wilson is still on administrative leave and a federal investigation is ongoing. today president obama announced in light of what's been happening here in missouri the administration will begin a series of regional meetings focused on the topic race and the police. ken. >> chris van clief reporting live for us from ferguson, missouri. thank you very much. let's go back out live to oakland where we were just talking to joe vazquez. he had gotten some demonstrators on film. he was following a couple of protesters who were on the 980 freeway, the interstate 980 around castro street. they are marching down a city street. we're going to stay on top of this developing story and bring you more after a quick break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, n francisco's . moments ago we were just looking at live pictures out of oakland. we want to show you some photos that are coming out of oakland as welch this is oakland. group of protesters there marching along what i believe is the side of the freeway. these are the surface streets now. moments ago they were on interstate 980 around castro street that's where we caught up with joe vazquez who showed us some live pictures of demonstrators who had gathered about 300 of them to march across the freeway there. it looks as though they have been removed off that freeway and now they are on city streets. we also have some images coming out of san francisco. >> live from chopper 5 we've got pictures of demonstrators not sure exactly what street this is. it could be mission. they have been around 24th and mission is where a group of about a hundred people actually gathered near valencia as well. they seem to be following up in one of the intersections. san francisco police of course right there monitoring the situation. we haven't had any reports tonight of any vandalism from this group or the group in oakland. that of course is subject to change even with close police presence things can get out of hand rapidly. that's why we will stay with this and we'll be back with more right after this. ,,,,,, every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in san francisco. whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. 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(((weather))) (((weather))) many speculate . time for some weather because we have abrupt weather change coming up not for the next several days we are talking about saturday. it is going to be a weekend washout. for the next several days dry we are clear at sfo right now. currently 60 degrees at the airport san jose 57, santa rosa 57. livermore 57. san bruno checking in at 62 degrees we had highs in the '70s for part of the bay area. it is november. nights are long and skies are clear which means a mild day will quickly turn into a cold night. 30s in fairfield. low 40s for concord livermore and pleasant hill. santa rosa 43. fremont tonight 46 degrees. two things of note on this map. one, a large strong ridge of high pressure over top of us now. and one that is not going to be moving for the next 3 days. traveling tomorrow eating your thanksgiving dinner on thursday shopping on friday. i know we're going to be doing two of those three things. behind that ridge is a strong area of low pressure. it will patiently wait its turn. once it gets here it's going to dump a lot of much needed rainfall right on the bay area. wonderful news. high pressure hanging out through friday. saturday morning you wake up not going to be sunny. it is going to be soaking outside. tapping into the tropics we're talking a steady rain for most of saturday, most of sunday, most of monday add it all together it likely will be the wettest series of days that we have had so far this calendar year. break it down region by region, the dryest spot naturally been those in the south bay even you will get half an inch to inch and-a-half of much needed rainfall. on the peninsula san mateo county. palo alto inch and-a-half to 2.5 inches of rainfall. anti-okay and pittsburgh you will get 2 inches of much needed rainfall. it will be clear night tonight tomorrow is our second consecutive spare the air day. we'll be dry and mild through thanksgiving. but that cooler wet he pattern much wetter begins this weekend. oakland 10 degrees above average tomorrow. high of 70. 73 in san jose. redwood city 71. fremont 71 degrees. it's all sunshine in pittsburgh pleasant hill. upper 60s upper 60s san francisco berkeley. 70 wine country tomorrow. 73 in windsor. so we stay dry through friday. thanksgiving we're dry. friday we're dry. wet, very wet weekend and the rain will likely ton through monday. nice little dent in the drought. starts this weekend. sport is coming up next. media..it didn't ta . many speculated that when pablo sandoval chose boston he chose more from the fans and media. didn't take long. >> are you sick of all the focus on your weight all the time? how justified were the giants concerns about your size and what would you say to people who are concerned that it could be an issue as you get older? >> well, sandoval dismissed concerns about his weight. today is his introductory press conference. he will reportedly get 95 million with the red sox the same offer the giants had so why leave? >> the giants fans one of the best, but you know at that time i want to close i want a new challenge. that choice to be here in boston. >> the giants lost the thirst baseman they lost the multi-talented third base coach tim flannery. to . >> this guy is a real class act. during his 8 years with the giants tim flannery tried to balance his music career with baseball. today he's decided to call it quits to focus on his family and his music. he raised thousands of dollars for brian stow hosting the benefit concert he spent 33 years as a big league player and coach. thursday will mark the first time since michael crabtree richard sherman have faced off since their encounter in the nfc championship game. instead of fielding questions about that today sherman took shots at the nfl with a cardboard cut out with a stanford teammate doug baldwin. >> you know the other day marshawn lynch got fined a hundred thousand dollars. did you know that? a hundred thousand. and it's like they wouldn't even pay him a hundred thousand if he had talked. if he spoken. do you think they would have paid him a hundred thousand? >> no they wouldn't. >> do you know who does save me a lot of money. beats by dray the wonderful headphones i wear. the league doesn't let me say anything about them. doug why stay? >> it sounds a little hippocritical to me. >> it seems like we're in a league players you don't endorse any alcohol please don't endorse any alcohol duis please, but beer sponsor is their biggest sponsor. >> it sounds very hippocritical. how do you think about the nfl making me play 2 games if five days? >> oh, my god gees. i didn't realize that. they have been talking about player safety so much it's two games and five days doesn't seem like you care about player safety. >> it's roger goodell online one looking for richard sherman. obviously he's taking shots at what he calls hippocritical nfl for their sponsorships and censorship of the players. marshawn lynch was fined $100,000 because he would not speak with the media. >> what he says makes sense but gout to read the room. thanks dennis. get you caught up on the ferguson protest locally we have live pictures from chopper 5 right now. this is the move that's going on in downtown, well actually san francisco the mission district. protesters were outside the mission station, mission police station at 17th and valencia and now they are on the march. >> within the past hour you probably saw this unfolding live. this drama as it played out protesters managing to block the 980 freeway in oakland. this is a repeat of last night. last night it was 580. tonight 980. first time all lanes of traffic were stopped, but we are getting word that the freeway is open once again. the chp has managed to clear the protesters and those protesters are on the move. they are moving back to 14th and broadway in downtown oakland. >> and more live pictures out of ferguson, missouri itself tonight. situation much quieter. we are told than what was going on last night with the violence, gunfire and of course the fire, 16 buildings burned to the ground. 2200 national guard troops showed up tonight, and you can see the situation there much more law and order as the two sides face-off through the middle of town. we invite you to stay with us tonight for news throughout the evening we'll have the very latest on kpix.com. >> have a good night. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, announcer: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! 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that the officer was disciplined they wouldn't say how. and the independent police auditor said he knew about the discipline that they handed down and he says he agreed request that discipline. christian hartnett, kpix 5. protestors have shut down bart today. >> "hands up, don't shoot!" >> that's what happened. they took over the west oakland station this morning interlocking arms and forming a human chain. it hit the brakes on all bart traffic through the transbay tunnel and created a mess that lasted for hours. christin ayers was with the protestors as cops finally cuffed them. christin. >> reporter: the bart station was shut down for a full two hours before police actually arrested them. the pictures were dramatic. we saw 25 people who showed up to the west oakland bart station chanting. they changed themselves to each other and to trains headed in both directions bringing transbay service to a standstill. one protestor chained his neck to a pole with a bike lock. the protestors were arrested after a couple of hours. 14 were taken to a holding cell at lake merritt station. it was there that the protestors told us why they did this. >> we shut down commerce on black friday to say that black lives matter. >> the country runs on money. if you shut down business, you have to listen to us. >> reporter: after the arrest transbay service picked back up west oakland bart remained shut down for some time afterwards and the delays continued this afternoon. the protestors were taken to santa rita jail and are expected to face charges. online supporters are already raising money to try to bail them out. we checked and so far they have raised over $15,000. reporting live in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> many people were off work today but for those trying to get to the office, the shutdown was a major concern. some even worried it could cost them their jobs. >> this is the final straw at my job today. if you don't make it, then you might get fired. >> we were supposed to be there by now at work at 12, yeah. >> reporter: what's your boss going to say? >> own, probably not too happy since it's black friday. >> it's a stressful time i think with the holidays and people are already a little stressed and under a lot of pressure. >> many people said they support the message but not the method. it was especially tough for people trying to catch a flight back home. this woman's family drove her to the airport from the orinda bart station. others not so lucky. some riders stuck in san francisco say they had to take a cab to the east bay, a $40 trip. black friday holiday shopping was disrupted as protestors continued in and around st. louis, missouri. >> no justice, no peace! >> at least 200 protestors stormed a shopping mall south of ferguson, missouri. several stores lowered their security doors or even locked their doors. protestors chanted for people to stop shopping and join the protests over the grand jury decision not to indict darren wilson. demonstrators in seattle also targeted black friday shoppers. dozens of protestors marched through downtown before entering a mall. they also tried to block a key bus tunnel but police kept the tunnel open. all right. switching gears here, there is a change in the air tonight quite literally. and that's very good news. chief meteorologist paul deanno is tracking the rain and paul, it's going to stick around for a while. >> it is just arriving now. it is very, very slow to leave. we're talking the middle of next week before the rain chance leaves but some of you in the north bay say it's raining outside. windsor, yountville, cloverdale, healdsburg, bodega bay, almost south to petaluma. novato up after that, vallejo, american canyon and downtown napa. so here comes the rainfall. where it is coming from? it's working its way from the north slowly sliding to the south. i don't think it will cross the golden gate until 11:00 tonight. big area of low pressure that's been sitting offshore for the past several days has an opportunity to bring that rainfall to us because the ridge that was keeping us dry has now moved out. so what to expect moving forward? rain moving in overnight tonight. it will be a steady or heavy rainfall. very early saturday morning, the first half of tomorrow will be rather soggy with drier weather moving in tomorrow afternoon. that will be the the final. it will be coming in, in waves over the course of the next four or five days. and thankfully we're also talking about snow in the higher elevations of the sierra, tonight, tomorrow, sunday, it will be snowing above 6,000 feet. windy at the passes as well with 6 to 12 inches of new snowfall likely. so it is all good news everywhere throughout california. we'll have more coming up. >> thank you. well, it's really a sudden shift, isn't it, from images of parched cracked earth to now sandbags before the storm. don ford with hour the areas most likely to get rain are trying to prepare. >> reporter: in mill valley signs say it all storms with heavy rain expected. on miller avenue the 2 a.m. bar isn't waiting until last call. they flood every year. they have sandbags ready now at every door and next door, joe's taco lounge is really ready for the rain! >> hoses, sump pumps, more sandbags. >> reporter: in addition to this stuff, he has stockpiled several shop vacs and towels. >> there's problems in the corner with the storm drain so every year these businesses flood when it rains. >> reporter: contra costa county has set up several sandbag stations free to anyone who wants them. >> team work. >> bob craig wants 22. his tool shed has flooded many times. >> so you're a regular sandbagger? >> you can see i have sandbags that i got the last time i was down here. >> reporter: in san francisco last month, heavy rains knocked over several old ficus trees. this weekend there may be even more coming down. >> when things like this happen, it puts fear in everyone. >> reporter: from too dry to too wet. maybe too fast for parts of the bay area this weekend. in san francisco, don ford, kpix 5. >> so it was dry today and a lot of people took advantage to get in some shopping on this day after thanksgiving. you know, it wasn't the mad crush that we have seen in years past. but anne makovec shows us retailers have a reason to celebrate. >> reporter: there was a steady buzz at local stores this black friday but compared to just a few years ago, many were relatively calm. >> actually the lines aren't as long. >> reporter: many shoppers relaxed. >> i didn't get up super early. >> reporter: because many black friday warriors had already finished their shopping places like the livermore outlets opened on thanksgiving day, americans were expected to spend $2.5 billion yesterday alone leaving black friday rather blase' at this target store. >> just came to do my monthly grocery shopping. >> reporter: who would have thought that was a good idea? >> i wouldn't have thought so but i gave it a chance and it worked out. >> reporter: there were plenty of shoppers after the deep discounts. >> i got a lot of coupons and that's why i took advantage of this. >> reporter: lo and behold, some of the merchandise people normally camp out for was still left. >> good day for tvs. >> reporter: but the store manager says sales were strong. >> we received more truck, overnight last night so we meter the products so all the guests get an advantage. >> reporter: the national retail federation forecast holiday sales to grow more than 4% this year, the biggest jump in the last three years. >> i hate shopping so this is the only time i come. >> reporter: it is make or break time for many retails earnings. as many as 20% of annual sales are made during the holiday season. in colma, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> i guess we should be gratified so many people are buying televisions. some san jose shoppers continued the black friday tradition of an early start on shopping. walmart on story road, some didn't come looking for any particular item though just good deals. >> i don't know yet. whatever they have, that's good on sale. >> because walmart is the best. and, um, it's open at 6:00 in the morning. i got some great deals. >> many retailers are offering deals right through the weekend, as well. shoppers trying to shop online at best buy today were frustrated when the website went down twice. the company says it was because so many people were trying to log on at once. the first crash happened earlier this morning. the second this afternoon. the website has been fixed and best buy has apologized to customers. still ahead, black friday of course is known for great deals on electronics and maybe clothes. but cars? how dealerships are driving customers to their lots instead of to the malls. >> dozens more tech companies moving in. what san jose is selling that businesses seem to be buying. >> and the paint's peeling. there's mold! so why would anybody want to make this aging east bay mural a landmark? that's next. ,,,, bulldog: bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress, any size, for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...ends sunday, thanksgiving weekend. ly 200 people watche the chp says justice will be served after a wild sideshow in oakland earlier this week. nearly 200 people watched as drivers recklessly spun their wheels wednesday night near the port of oakland. as police moved in, they saw one car trying to escape with young kids inside. they say sideshows are not entertainment. >> i want to stress how dangerous sideshows are. sideshows often lead to collisions, injuries and death to participants and spectators. >> police say watching a sideshow is also illegal and it's only a matter of time before arrests are made. officers say the sideshow wasn't related to the protests over the grand jury decision in ferguson. a chp motorcycle officer is recovering tonight in the hospital after being hit by a car. the accident happened last night in sunnyvale. the car involved in the crash is thought to have ran a red light before hitting the officer. the injuries are being called serious but he is expected to be okay. for the last couple of days we have been telling but shoppers jockeying to be the first in line for black friday or buyers searching for online deals. but on the consumerwatch, julie watts is outside a car dealership with more on a growing black friday trend. good to see you, hi, julie. >> reporter: hi there, brian! when you think black friday you probably don't think car dealerships but that may be about to change. after all, black friday is becoming somewhat of a national holiday. and dealers expect to make as much this holiday as they do 4th of july or labor day. >> whoo! >> reporter: black friday has become synonymous with camping out for deals on everything from toys to big screen tvs. but lately there's a growing shift in the norm as shoppers like matt snyder are looking for even bigger bargains. >> this weekend -- >> reporter: dealers like town ford are getting into the black friday game. >> we have your walmart and your targets with a lot of people going there for black friday deals. the dealerships and manufacturers saw, hey, let's get into this game. >> reporter: barry johnson says black friday used to be like any other weekend until car dealers began offering a chance to score savings here, too. >> i have a 2014 f-150 that i can give $11,000 off the msrp. >> reporter: a good sales pitch for a $60,000 truck and with its $1,000 rebate, ford is not alone. chevy is offering 0% financing with $1,000 cash back on popular models and honda started early with 14 days of black friday most bay area dealerships continuing sales through the end of the month. >> got $18,000 off a $28,000 car which is awesome. >> reporter: matt got $1,000 cash back plus $2,000 extra on his trade-in which sealed the deal. but as the old saying goes, deals like this won't last. >> if you were to come in next week, no, you cannot get the same deal. >> reporter: now, while they don't have people camping out for deals yet, some car dealers say it's only a matter of time that they expect these deals to get better. the one big difference though about these black friday sales, they generally last for more than one day. at the very least, they last the weekend. in san francisco, julie watts, kpix 5. relatively quiet black friday on wall street. the market closed early today. the dow was up just half a point, the nasdaq up 4, and the s&p 500 lost 5. can you spot the real or the steal? most people can't by looking at it but there's usually one tell tale sign the price. price agents showed off a boatload of confiscated counterfeit stuff, clothes, purses, jewelry, you name it. it usually shows up at flea markets or on some websites. >> criminal organizations and in this case counterfeiters have also taken advantage of the internet. they have seen its a marketplace where they can also sell their wares. >> some of the counterfeiters have gotten good at knocking off the big name websites, too. agents say the best way to know if you're buying the real deal, call the phone number. it should be pretty clear it's not prada at the end of the line. if you want giants fans to line up early, win the worlds. giants fans lined up this morning outside at&t park to buy single game tickets after the giants won the world series. giants fans say they had a reason for braving the frigid 54 degrees this morning and standing in line. >> because of the service fee that they charge you online and order them close to $4.50 and a ticket and for the amount of tickets i might by i could get another ticket for the service fee. >> tickets on sale starting today are only for the first half of the giants season. >> just win the world series, no problem. >> do it next year, why not? >> they have a nice little pattern going on every year. 2016 here we come. >> we are hoping for a pattern of rain. >> the pattern is already beginning north of the golden gate. here it comes. once it gets hiraman is it not going to be gone for a while? it's spread out for five days. you'll be able to get outside. download the weather app and talk about that. we are going to get very, very much-needed rainfall. see the clouds building from the north? great time lapse from potrero hill looking down on the financial district. here comes the cloud cover. right behind it rainfall. no rain in oakland, san jose, san francisco, you will get that tonight. the first wave of many. but it is raining now and steadily along the marin sonoma coastline far south to novato. and napa. here comes the rainfall. high pressure moved out and it will be our friend steering the rainfall in. on the periphery of the ridge we find the jet stream. if it moved to mexico the storms would head toward los angeles not so. the ridge will stay just to the south and east allowing storms to kind of hit that wall ride over the wall and this time they are coming right toward the bay area. a lot of tropical moisture will pile in. not raining 5 days for 24 hours a day. that doesn't happen. we'll get waves of low pressure moving through, waves of moderate to heavy rainfall, with some sun breaks and with some clearing periods in between. so this pipeline of tropical moisture is with us for five days. and futurecast does a great job of painting the picture in that we have rainfall tomorrow morning, not so much in the evening. we'll have cloud cover but not much rain. sunday morning here comes another wave especially for you in the south bay but by sunday evening we catch another break. if we can time this out perfectly the afternoons will be dry and the overnights will be wet. that's what will happen over the next couple of days. how much rainfall? minimum of an inch and a half to two inches by wednesday some of you in the north bay a half, a foot of rain over a five-day period. tomorrow mountain view 62, fairfield, concord, livermore, low 60s. each day over the next five days we'll see partly sunny skies by next thursday but wet more often than not for five straight days. it has been two years since i have been able to say that. great time to download our weather app. 60s kpix 5 at the app store. it's -- search "kpix" at the app store. if you want to time things out and you have the information on the radar like the phone, you'll be able to say it's not going to rain for a few hours and you'll be able to do that tomorrow afternoon, sunday midday. there will be times to get outside but it also will be raining a lot. >> a great resource. >> it is. >> thanks, paul. still ahead luring tech businesses and the jobs they would create what san jose is putting on the table to attract those companies. >> plus, why a school district sent a private investigator to track a second grader. ,,,, female 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new housing being built. there's new residents moving in. just a lot more hustle and bustle. >> reporter: 90 high-tech companies are now located in the downtown core one of them "exactly." it makes software for companies like coca-cola. the ceo says the company was lured by the prices. >> when we first came to san jose it was because it was the best deal in town. when we came down here it was really unexpected surprise. >> reporter: he is talking about culture and entertainment options like downtown summer jazz fest. the company is now doubling down on office space relocating to a bigger building nearby for its growing workforce. >> if we tried to move our employees would revolt because they love it. >> reporter: the vacancy rate is 29% to 18% downtown in the last two years but large holes and empty storefronts remain including the failed san jose repertory theater which is now vacant. the city is countering with a big marketing push playing up the downtown's live, work environment. >> the amenities, the talented workforce we have, is a great opportunity for companies. >> reporter: and for the first time san jose made forbes' list of cool cities. >> i think it's pedestrian- friendly, bike-friendly. we have better parking. >> reporter: san jose made 16 on the cool list, tied with los angeles. in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> san jose's inching closer to san francisco which is fifth on that cool cities list. >> they have good weather down in san jose, too. so that helps. coming up in our next half- hour, they have stormed the streets, now ferguson protestors are taking their anger to the malls. what they are asking shoppers to do in the wake of that grand jury decision. >> an old class project holds up a multi-million dollar development deal. we'll tell you who is fighting for this rundown mural and it's not the artist. ,, ,,,, every day is a new opportunity to help make life better right here in san francisco. whether it's helping local businesses like the fruitguys grow and prosper, supporting nonprofits like juma ventures as they fulfill their mission or helping neighborhoods like the tenderloin become vibrant communities. if there's a way to help the people of san francisco thrive and succeed, we'll find it. that's the power of local connections. that's bank of america. disrupting black friday shopping. now at 6:30, a different kind of protest in ferguson, missouri today. demonstrators disrupting black friday shopping. welcome back, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm brian hackney. ken and veronica are off tonight. we are seeing it here in the bay area and around the country protestors upset over the ferguson grand jury decision taking their message to malls and shopping areas. as cbs reporter kris van cleave shows us there are also some signs of healing. >> "hands up, don't shoot!" >> reporter: more than 100 demonstrators shut down the galleria mall continuing the protests that began monday after a grand jury did not indict officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. protestors in new york city stormed macy's flagship store and there were other demonstrations around the country including chicago, in dellwood the community neighboring ferguson there is anger and a call for federal funds to help rebuild after monday's violence. this stretch of town is littered with burned-out buildings and people are asking why more wasn't done to protect these buildings. >> these aren't just buildings or businesses, these are people's lives. >> reporter: but in downtown ferguson, there are signs of hope and healing a. natalie's cakes and more damaged monday night reopened after donations poured in. >> they went from tears of sadness to tears of joy. and, um, just in a grateful state right now. >> reporter: natalie duboce is the owner. are you going to stay in ferguson? >> absolutely. absolutely. i have invested everything i had into opening this shop here in ferguson. >> reporter: a business she says will weather the storm of unrest along with the community she calls home. kris van cleave, cbs news, ferguson, missouri. >> protestors in oakland have ransacked stores for the same reason so oakland mayor jean quan is trying to help. quan says this plaid friday we need to come together to buy from the smaller damage stores. plaid friday is a tradition in oakland since 2009. the city's asking people to shop locally. >> they say the name was begin because it represents how oakland's neighborhoods are fabric of colorful diverse and independent businesses woven together. a multi-million dollar plan for desperately needed new housing could be killed because of a painting that even the artist doesn't care about. don ford with this only in berkeley story only on 5. >> reporter: for decades, the center for independent living worked out of this building in berkeley. but the center has moved. now had one is for sale. but executive director stewart james says -- >> we hit a bit of a snag and we have a mural on the wall in the back parking lot of the property. >> reporter: this rundown mural in the back parking lot may put the deal at risk. a group is urging the berkeley landmarks preservation commission to declare the mural a landmark. not so fast says the independent living folks. >> the disability community i think by and large has made it clear that it's not that important to us right now. >> reporter: if declared a landmark it would suddenly be protected. >> it could kil the deal. >> reporter: even the original artist says he is not in favor of landmark status. he says he and other kids painted it 38 years ago during an art class. >> it was a class project. >> reporter: it wasn't commissioned art? >> no. we didn't get paid. gary might have been but we just did it as students. >> reporter: now peeling severely damaged with large areas of mold, it's mostly hidden by brush and nearly half of it was painted over years ago. >> why the group would come in from the outside and tell us it's supposed to be important is a little puzzling. >> reporter: we spoke to folks representing the berkeley architectural heritage association but none would go on camera. they mainly complained about the developer instead of the mural. panoramic interests plans to replace the existing building with this, a modern six-story apartment building with 65 so- called microsuites. in berkeley, don ford, kpix 5. >> the developer has promised to pay $15,000 to have the mural recreated at the new location. a second grader named vivian becomes the target of a private investigator hired by her school. also the school district gave vivian until next week to leave her orinda school after deciding that she didn't live in the district. how her mother is a live-in nanny for a family there and vivian lives there as well in orinda during the school week but the district told vivian she would be kicked out of class by next friday. >> absolutely she is part of our family and she refers to my son as her younger brother. >> i told my mom if i moved the school then i'll be crying for a week. >> today the school district told us that vivian won't have to leave school after all. they say they have now confirmed that she does live in that orinda home. the crew of the coast guard cutter stratton returned home to alameda today. there were lots of hugs and greetings from family members on the dock. the stratton's crew left home in july and completed a 24,000- mile deployment to the arctic and central america. they were involved in joint counter-drug operations and also helped in four search-and- rescue operations. still ahead from farm to table, that often includes a lot of steps in between. how this specialized truck is simplifying the process to help consumers know where their meat comes from. >> ♪ o say can you see >> we'll tell you about this guy with the big voice coming to the bay area next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, or how it gets to the groce store or butcher shop. but allen martin many of us have no idea where our meat comes from where it's raised or how it gets to the grocery store or the butcher shop. allen martin tells us about one man in california california. >> reporter: beefsteak, lamb, hamburger jim can pretty much tell you about every cut of meat at his central coach butcher shop. >> which ran and when it was harvested. >> reporter: it was all processed here california's only mobile meat processing unit or mpu. a specially designed usda inspected truck so instead of the cattle being trucked from the ranch to the butcher, the butcher takes the truck to the ranch. >> the ranchers feel more comfortable because they feel like you're dealing specifically with them and their herd. >> reporter: nearly a decade ago central california ranchers wanted to meet the growing demand for locally raised meat. they maneuvered through a labyrinth of government regulations in order to put this truck on the road. >> we just started trial by fire. >> reporter: but it sat unused for years before fogle took it over. >> have a wonderful day. >> reporter: in the process, providing smaller scale ranchers with an alternative to the big commercial processing plants. plants such as the former rancho feeding corporation here in petaluma whose owner was indicted on criminal charges following the recall of millions of pounds of tainted beef. fogle says for consumers and local chefs, it's about following food from pasture to plate. >> eating locally, eating fresh, eating what's in your backyard. >> you look around and see the cattle in the pastures and the pens, this is where they were born. this is, you know, they lived their whole lives here. there's nothing foreign to them about this. so for to us provide a service that comes to them to load them on a truck and take 'em 500 miles across country or wherever they go to harvest, the stress rate is way, way low. >> reporter: allen martin, kpix 5. >> right now, this is the only mobile processing unit in california. but that could change. fogle says he has been approached by bay area ranchers interested in building their own mobile meat processing units. well, still ahead, fascinating story coming up. some are calling it the holy grail of the beat movement. >> where this long lost letter turned up after 60 years and what it meant to famed writer jack kerouac. >> a lot of you may have been wondering and some emailed to ask is all this rain down here in the bay area mean snow in the sierra? the answer is yes. with a catch. the snow level will be 6,000 feet but already a winter weather advisory around tahoe. i feel updated rain totals. coming up next. straight ahead the 49ers' beat down last night hit too close to home for the general manage. >> it was unacceptable. >> pac-12 football contenders are set and nothing could be finer than charlotte carolina for warriors basketball. sports is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪and the home of the brave [ applause and cheers ] >> wow. what a gift. a little kid with a big voice stole the show at the bears- lions football game. quintavious johnson thrilled the crowd with his powerful rendition of the national anthem. he was a finalist on season 9 of "america's got talent." quintavious is also thrilling people in the bay area right now. >> yeah. that wonder kid is the center of attention at the macy's tree lighting ceremony at union square at this hour. we caught up with him a little while ago. look at that. dead on cue. [ laughter ] >> wow. good timing, brian. >> it was scheduled for 6:40 tonight and here we are about 3 minutes past 6:40 and they have just lit up the 25th year in a row the macy's great tree annual lighting. and it features a huge number of lights. they have 33,000 l.e.d.s, 1100 ornaments and an 83-foot tree. apparently, quintavious i guess hasn't sung yet. >> no. >> when he does, we'll be rolling. >> it is a spectacular sight. if you are in the bay area and you have a chance to go to union square, it's worth seeing that. it's neat. >> okay. this is fascinating stuff. the letter that inspired jack kerouac and a whole literary genre wasn't seen for 50 years until that letter surfaced at a house in oakland. john ramos with the find that's energized a movement still very much alive here in the bay area. >> reporter: san francisco's beat museum celebrates the 1950s writings of jack kerouac and his band of nonconformist beatniks who invented a new way to express themselves. >> it's the idea that writing could also be like music and it could have a beat. and that writing could be like the beat. and that's how he wrote. >> reporter: kerouac's most famous work, on the road, was written in a strange new stream of consciousness style that he took from a letter written by his best friend, neil cassidy. cassidy is regarded as the founder of the beat generation that eventually gave rise to the hippie counter-culture of the 1960s. but the famous letter was lost. rumored to have been dropped over the side of a sausalito houseboat -- that is, until now. >> neil cassidy's mittic letter called the joan anderson letter that was written to jack kerouac in 1950 has been found intact. >> reporter: jerry who owns the museum says a woman found the 18-page letter while looking through a box of old manuscripts from a defunct company. >> we are calling this is holy grail of the beat generation. >> reporter: the letter influenced kerouac and kerouac influenced everyone from bob dylan and the beatles and they changed the world. that's why he believes the letter will probably sell for millions. >> it's really that important. because again, there is the letter that taught jack kerouac how to write. >> reporter: and taught a young generation a new way to live. in san francisco, john ramos, kpix 5. >> that letter along with other unpublished manuscripts will be up for auction on december 16, an important date because it is the same day that the letter was written 64 years ago. >> wow. i'm sure you noticed it when you gas up your car prices at the pump are actually pretty low these days. but tonight we'll show you why some bay area drivers said that they are being ripped off. that story on bay area nightbeat at 10:00 on our sister station, kbcw, 44/cable 12 >> well, we have been talking about this for a while. >> yes. >> the stage is set and now it looks like it's arriving. >> nice to talk about it's happening as opposed to it will happen. hey, it's coming, it's coming. it's here! we have the rainfall. it's going to be here from now until when i'm talking with you next wednesday night. that's how long this window of tune for rain -- in the north bay, window's open. here's a peek at what we have going on right now. san bruno 59. you will get rain before midnight. oakland 63. livermore 56. radar is going to be a mess driving in sonoma county and marin county the next few hours. that's the price. highway 101 petaluma, rohnert park, santa rosa, mill valley up next. and we'll cross the golden gate and hit all of us tonight and tomorrow with the rain coming down heavy at times. what is impact on our lives for the next couple of days? an umbrella, you'll need it. flooding concerns will be low to moderate because it's going to be the urban or street flooding. no river flooding. wind at the coast and high country but not a widespread issue. travel problems, it's the driving a significant issue tomorrow for five days. the weather pattern is flipping. gone is a ridge of high pressure entering is low pressure. it's all about where these chess pieces set up. the low staying off to the southwest allowing air to move around it grab some of the tropical moisture and move into and pour into the bay area. so this wet pattern is now here. things are kind of stuck for five days which in this case is a good thing because we want rain wave after rain wave and we will get breaks in between the systems but we are going to be wet for the next five days. how much rainfall? i have stopped futurecast 5 clock tomorrow. this is what our computer is predicting. not an exact science but you get the idea inch of rainfall for san rafael. inch for fairfield. that's day one. sunday, accumulated rainfall totals inch and a half in napa nearly an inch in concord and san francisco and three- quarters in redwood city. we'll add a little more every day. it's not going to pour all day. we'll get breaks in between. no washout. we'll get breaks in the rain and some sunshine. but there will be a lot of rainfall. when it falls it may be heavy at times. so watch out for rain starting tonight all the way through next wednesday. highs tomorrow kept down by the clouds and the rain fremont wet 61, napa 58, san francisco 61. that said specifically for tomorrow most of the rainfall is before lunchtime. you could get out tomorrow afternoon and be rain-free. sunday more rain, monday, tuesday, wednesday, more glorious rainfall! we'll finally break this pattern by the end of next week but highs will stay in the 60s for each of the next seven days. vern has sports a lot of college football coming up next. ,, match up deciders today...a colleges football up top. the pac-12 couldn't wait for saturday. conference title matchup decided today and stanford had a hand in it. i'll tell you about quarterback kevin hogan coming up. first the bruins opening drive no problem. all he had to do was win at home to clinch the south division but kevin hogan completed the first 12 passes. nice pass. cardinal 14-10. they made hogan look like peyton manning. 16 of 19, 234, two touchdowns. toss in the final minute stanford blew out ucla 31-10 to finish the regular season at 7- 5. all right. now more on the line than the territorial cup in tucson. red clad arizona opened up a lane for nick wilson. 178 yards and three touchdowns. and rich rodriguez and the wildcats beat the sun devils 42- 35 and won the pac-12 south. they will face oregon next friday at levi's stadium to settle the conference. basketball. michael jeffrey jordan owns the home standing charlotte hornets and they made the warriors work for it. they were down 6 midway. then showtime bates scored 11 through three-quarters and 16 in the fourth. turnover steph curry likes it at the other end of the curry with 25, warriors 106-101. 13-2! latavius murray won't play sunday against the rams after failing to complete the league's concussion protocol. murray ran over around and through for 100 yards and two touchdowns last thursday before he was knocked out of the chiefs game. all right. it's the friday version of monday morning quarterback where everyone has a second- guess on every move the 49ers 19-3 beatdown loss at home to seattle and it's number one ranged defense. colin kaepernick's thoughts? >> i didn't play well tonight. if your quarterback doesn't play well it's hard for you to win games. >> thank you, colin. self-critical. threw right to richmond sherman here. one of his worst outings of his career. 121 yards and two interceptions both to sherman. 49ers held tow a season low 3 points exposed in front of a national audience and ceo jed york tweeted thank you, 49er faithful for coming out strong tonight. this performance wasn't acceptable. i apologize for that. and the social media outburst didn't end there. cassie baalke, the daughter of general manager trent baalke, tweeted her thoughts and she unwisely hit "send "requests as you said jed york there. her anger toward the 49 other offensive coordinator, greg roman can take a hike. the 49ers don't want you no more. >> if he said that, then -- [ pause ] [ no audio ] >> and we go on camera for the apology after what might have been a one-sided conversation with her father, cassie baalke's entire twitter account was shut down. trent had to publicly apologize for his daughter's actions. and directly to greg roman the offensive coordinator. [ pause ] as if his two interceptions weren't painful enough richard sherman also enjoyed his thanksgiving meal on the 49ers midfield logo at levi's stadium with russell wilson. sherman had some parting shots for the 49ers home crowd. >> you never have to resort to name calling and some. things they said. it really just helps you appreciate your own fans and how classy of a organization we have and our fans are classy and how they stayed through the whole game regardless of the outcome. that's huge. but, you know, not every fan can be a great 12th man. thank you. >> this just in. just happened. josh donaldson reportedly has been traded. >> what? >> to the toronto blue jays. jed lowrie's name has been named in the deal. brett lowry. i mean, josh donald so that's your power hitter in the line- up. so this is being reported by ken rosenthal who has pretty good reliable sources. >> wow. >> we'll see more developments of this one. but billy beane always tweaking. always tweaking with the line- up there. >> wow. >> hope we get somebody back. >> that's a shocker. i thought josh donaldson might be untouchable but -- >> hm. >> i guess nobody is. >> over the border he goes. >> there is no indispensable man. throughout the evening, the latest is always on kpix.com. >> see you at 10:00 and 11:00. ,, ,,,,,,,, female announcer: through thanksgiving weekend get three years interest-free financing and save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic. mattress price wars ends sunday, at sleep train. joey fatone: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! 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was a heavy rain is to go to the latter half of the morning and afternoon will be tracking all of them for you have is a live a guest on track for use existing light rain developing right now as we take a look into six or dell also dealing with some rain guest to the west we do have some substance and heavy rain in the l and his grandfather's farm. most of the activity was or no. but where tracking this more sure of sure now and that is along with wins it will be over the area for the next couple of hours. >>erica: will look for some light to moderate rain is one to live in and prefers high and is acting will see more activity in the east bay in the south by the cloud is our fear friday morning i went already a factor with our system for a strong gust especially along the coast high wind advisory in effect for 6:00 a.m. saturday we're talking about sustained when for 10 to 30 mi. per hour gusts up to 60 in higher elevations. it was an isolated power outages this all is said and salaam if you can and remember you have any pictures you like to share of the storm you can join our coverage of the shooting as an e-mail to breaking news at kron 4.com >>erica: whenever solar line 7 over san rafael misaligned over the peninsula coastline but the rest of the bay area is in pretty good shape heading out to dry conditions and confess for the crime that's when things really start to change and you notice when 10:00 this morning who said i to moderate rain in effect a good portion of our area mountain is amazing address in this house to livermore a 10:00 this morning to the afternoon will we're talking about to continue would often on charlotte's o'clock this evening if you have any errors to learn and from is not the day to do you have to wait until tomorrow will receive a dry saturday afternoon. >>erica: not done quite yet we have a second system on our hand that was to arrive late sunday night tour monday morning temperatures in your 70's so possibly some rector recognize back in the bay area track of this is as we wrap of the next work week. for almost four is required now is really nothing that things will slow you're ride down a to take a look at the bridge here at a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza like conditions dry pavement for you're ride into san francisco and drive times for 13 minutes golden gate bridge keep in mind at this site were starting to systems triggered the violence santa rosa and for those and heading to the richness and for arrears to have an instance to report. if >>james: will continue our team coverage of the storm is coming storm with kron 4 jackie hill is standing by in navato keeping us abreast of the situation in the north bay. >>jackie sissel: absolutely nothing that i'm on highway 101 in the southbound traffic you see going away from it what is near highway 37 on free far north as far as ago would you concede the walk when decide what completely dry renown which is kind of surprising thing is you will notice as to walk out the door even though it is not raining the renaissance of pick a we talked about yesterday we expect to see whence of words about an hour some point during the storm where are decided to fill the when picket line know that you inheritable said is still with the city storm really hit home the area of >>james: will get back with him to walk the morning and get a real time of the from him as the storm comes through the slits in areas like santa rosa. 8 in. and two days of. >>reporter: on the side of force you creek near santa rosa muslim was of to the top of his tips and water were the water was flowing over the road and since then the water back above all the property behind me and and the site only from property just looking at the cree by lesley you nothing it will be any threat of another flood like that but not so fast with had waned if we do get a inches today was hard to find anyone here because it happens so infrequently am not worried. >>reporter: that some of it will have a full staff of the employees out and about when the dust or rending to do any problems that may arise. >>james: will continue to follow the storms are brought all morning long we have team covers all around the bay we heard from kron 4 jackie on the go we have mike pelton will try and you lit a said this it in eye on conditions a lot to have you about as well if you live or work in the area where the rains began to fall as of point this morning take pictures used videos ebola to was at breaking news @ kron 4 tom--.com >>james: the north bay is expected to get hammered awfully hard you could track the storm yourself by go to our web site at kron 4.com and donald are mobile application and is free for android and mobile applications. --apple >>james: the earthquake that was so down near redwood city was a 3.1 and magnitude getting right on the peninsula happened about 345 this morning about mahler to the south east of the redwood city where tracking that just look at the shape that it will still have with the peninsula and on the force of the south bay on the peninsula down toward the coast. so far this-shaking reported no force of any damage will let you know if that changes will take a quick break it is for 08 and will continue our coverage of the rain that is heading our way and is pretty impressive on the river tours will check his movements brought morning stay with us. have you heard of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes? no what is it? starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number you'll need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. okay, but what if i have a 415 number, and i'm calling a 415 number? you'll still need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out! >>james: the north will be one of the hardest-hit areas around the latest fantasy anywhere from 3/5 to 8 in. of rain may be even of how to 10 in. off and some part-time is said and done by monday night you see storm track before the system moving from north bay and some portions of the lower south bay as well the rain continues to fall and will intensify it attuned here will to track record of the day for your team coverage continues we have charles clifford he spoke of residents in marin county to see how they are preparing for the wet weather. >>reporter: 30 afternoon with the calm before the storm back in december have iran darken the sky and filled up more brands rarely wore a plastic christmas nothing january was bone dry and not one has picked up this indexation is ready to go and everyone i spoke to be ready >>: we needed is coming. >>erica: here's another look as storm track four in the full details on when is expected to address the bay area coming up. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold 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wind was howling not only rain will wind as well as a closer look as storm track will want to see exactly what renders falling in your neighborhood but that the bay inverness' promises a rosa are dealing with some scorn closed at this point the rest was well to north we're dealing with all the activity take a look and redding crescent city of canton and would like to moderate rain right now but a lot of activity is offshore and that is one to reach us first them aware center north and at the bay area bass on tablet from this morning. >>erica: it is a just how massive the system is on satellite and radar is a system the rain is a lot of rain in the region from a white is a tropical storm agnes and acting a lot of cloud cover and simmer just excellent job this is not a code system will the minister tell what was the snow and a higher elevation the drive to tahoe and filled with grain because is not going to change to snow there. a will not be supplied the receipts of a local beer roadways. >>erica: light rain developing for san phil and hitting the richmond center for hours the golden gate but it looks to be the extent of it will have to wait to see the rain really developed that is good news if you're getting a early in the star for your continued take a look at the 10 hour looks like a good portion of our area will release my rent and as hints of the afternoon the rain released to blunt the bay area was a to see some change in color and the dark gray on your screen will be lower heavier and of course the yellow does not often on showers perspective for letter on today by system clock will see a driver for you're ride along a corridor would allow unsettled whether that will persist early saturday morning-side as the saturday afternoon sun the evening because of the site will see a break when this is all said and done rainfall totals to monday up to 8 in. for the bay compare this to the east bay the 2 3 in. expected their even less in the south where we're not talking about even coverage again we do have a second system heading in our direction. >>erica: it remains in the upper 60s one more sunshine as we as the middle of next week whenever strong hours of high pressure is one to keep any rent our very and were born to mothers into the low 70's where some of the possibility of record-breaking high as for traffic to essentially the house renown like conditions and dry conditions at the bay bridge again the wind is picking up so your move across the span the and the protection you can really feel the wind during a car alarm and keep the farmer on the stairwell has not issued any official high wind advisories december several is as good in both directions of highway 92 no back as at the toll plaza traffic moves well dollars a 80 corridor over the golden gate bridge drive times with five minutes out in the russell into the city no issues or delays at the richmond center for rich's the few cars within camera shot as a second was a traffic math still synchrotron roadless sensors for highway 2 to four a year i was bound 80 and for to the macarthur maze. >>james: will get more of this on a forecast crop amounted look of these pictures will talk about the old reliable the city of san francisco's second census was to keep this from happening again during the next round of storms is images the from the majors from the head back to december that storm flooded streets and damaged property. >>reporter: that the sound of mulcting subtitles sort cruise from san francisco public utility commission have been out ahead of the weather official of the city storm drains already for whenever rain is coming our way. his best in areas like here at the corner of alameda and henry adams and the bottom of control here that might even try to come right back here and is debris from the streets. >>reporter: some areas the action helps like here in 18 she was sam bass had been dropped off by the city this level cafe is still closed been inundated with sewage and storm water and december >>: is also little flood is what they're not finished until all of the way for more sandbags to come. the department of public works also have bags ready for city residents to pick up at their man as charles is chavez and chemistry like this man who need some action the texan from his driveway from the rain that is coming >>james: 1 the rain does begin to fall in your neighborhood annuities you did take a picture and even a to as little facebook senate to was in horrible battles that will get the picture to was will gladly accept them and use them as our coverage is the rare firsthand account of what the weather is like in your neighborhood gullahs' more complete picture as to the rain developing coverage to continue cover start today keep that in mind if you have your phone and what your looking at your phone down load the mobile applications to wear wigs the of that on the changing forecast through the weekend a liar or available for your does agree resource free for apple and android devices will take a quick break and be back with more team coverage in just a moment as an ally of the outside the another beverage approach grammar was down 80 to so pleasant so for those in a lesson from oakland san francisco will run just fine as of friday led will be nice to hear is the rain began to fall. have you heard of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes? no what is it? starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number you'll need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. okay, but what if i have a 415 number, and i'm calling a 415 number? you'll still need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out! >>james: residents and one of the town also taking extra precautions to prepare for the heavy rain and turn real for instance ride along the russian river the owner of this golf business has put the arcade games of when a trailer so she can quickly backed away if necessary to also has a boat on standby as well the office was flooded back in december and you can see the damage done and how did the war was the owner is still making repairs to fit all the damage done by the storm that than the russian river is expected to rise 20 ft. between now and monday main mall of the residents impact in december said they hope to be better prepared this time around. >>: been planning for several years to the back of generator before the storm but unfortunately is not quite ready >>james: of a cecil was said there are glad the rain is coming but they hope it will not be as bad as we saw in december will see. >>james: will see firsthand as to continue the coverage rain falling from primarily in the north bank like in nature for now but there is awfully heavy rain and not too far off the train is making a beeline for the bay area keep the two-year will keep you covered. >>james: on the right-hand side we have the golden gate bridge grammar keeping an eye to the north that is will reset the rain to get awfully heavy between now and monday for all along will be well received and are rare. >>erica: this is something we see just 10 minutes ago some my rifle ocean beach in san francisco hayward san mateo and this is a sister was to come take a look at tour was we have some more moisture this is the to arrive in the next hour to but the biggest concern will be led on in the morning heading into the afternoon were we do have a heavy rain dropping down from the south resume in a run storm track you will notice right now read and with a few stragglers and mattel res light rain now will force of highway 1013 like coming out this is where everything is is also the north crescent city recall of ready handle heavy rain ride now in effect the area of yellow on the screen is about as for our is certain to come down for northern portion of the state. >>erica: muscles are bone dry heading got to tropical clouds associated with the system is pretty impressive in size and expected to stall over north bay over the next couple of hours. where a mass of more even covers and the system again the celestial was delivered about this more when napa and sonoma county future cash for her less a 6:00 hour and the sun will set the record loss of the golden gate bridge or check out what happens as o'clock into motion that's from the rain does to the area in half. >>erica: you will notice heavy rain starts to of going to the rain in the area and will go incited into laughter o'clock this afternoon and was unsettled weather will continue to your evening commute home the prepare for that a lot is of little extra time the world to be more and slick with a to driver along a corridor will continue on as early saturday morning for a sophomore from strong winds will turn 20 1/3 miles from this is really want to be affected along the coastline when this is all said and done were talking to 6 in. of rain for dartmouth bank of credit to to the three interests of the east even less than that in the south bay. saddam will catch a direct for most of the date will not see any lingering showers storm to settle our son and i into monday not as much coverage with this system is one to bring a series of my rain before high- pressure belts and as an end to the middle of next week more details coming up in a moment quickly looking at traffic here is a lack of the beverage toll plaza like conditions of this familiar drive times holding steady at just 11 minutes from the maze heading into san francisco. >>erica: you see track on the right-hand side of mr. hamel out for foster city you're ride is 25 minutes out and about sunny to the city were stunned to see some sprinkles develop in another they will keep that in my you may need to use a windshield wipers with in this is a most are heading into the city. >>james: will continue our tent covers with the storm system is less than have the san blas and they're ready. >>reporter: a few businesses not taking any chances one business one downtown putting of much of sandbags and the storm not all business owners are as concerned what the coming rain stick a love to some exotic as to the business on after our gallery napa and and send answers when the concern here is that it could also a cement and real cavil some small businesses that great just a few on the field labeled an order for us to happen in the the rain to come at this point not quite here yet completely dry with no the storms on is less sickness we time this morning. >>james: we all know the down side to the wet weather in the windy weather when those two combined there was an upside to in the form of some relief. >>reporter: texas is a very high for some badly needed runoff. reservoir this is less as a reservoir in the hills of los gatos won enough to allow one to the 430% of the class is to get all 10 reservoirs across the valley 39% the water district is called for one to 3 in. of rain and to 4 in. and hill mawson's that he goes reservoirs' a few of which you call the drive back in december when those rains arrive still only about one- third of all we got back in december and santa clara valley >>james: the number of trees and a run or remove the head of the storm we have video of the tree limbs are full some power lies these trade to close in fact to the thai power line that is why pg&e closed out there you see in the video second time to trim those trees every now and that could be at risk of bringing down power lines. they're trying to do as much as they can advance to try and mitigate the potential for power outages will consent to followed a store far as all morning long get the tone here when the rain does had a we have our live crew's many pictures but we also ask your help in the tech a picture or some video and e miller to was that will be fantastic for a winter our coverage you can use to to facebook an e-mail to was breaking news at kron 4 add your name in the location so it can better let people know the waters along the area and all the most of his and that is a useful tool for you discuss the if the weather pattern develops and changes of course of the weekend and get the lead is rare imagery before as a business, and it is free and relevance of android and apple users. new this morning as a cover of the nose the sea its is investigating the fatal head on a crash on southbound to say 880, in the fremont area >>james: the wrong with driver also 30 this morning to see if she says the woman got on the southbound side of the freeway from our mom and she was driving the wrong way chilly after it crashed into a picture of the courts and avenue or near the on ramp woman's car caught fire and the impact of that crash called trucks and the pickup truck was led have this along with driver was killed in the attack in three people in the thick of were hospitalized with major injuries. >>james: will continue to follow with a hair over the next for five days nothing but rain between now and monday night and then we get back to that sunny one forecast by the middle of next week. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. hey. these are good. what have you been feeding us all these years? kfc popcorn nuggets. 100% white meat, extra crispy, and made from the world's best chicken. try our kfc bucket and popcorn nuggets meal. these don't even come with a toy and i don't care. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >>james: we are back track and the rain from the bay in we expect gold course of the weekend their fears that flooding could be widespread we're watching them very carefully before cassidy into the rain today and small have people who live on or near creeks broker concern with flooding in potentially going over the bank's the santa rosa said it will have before special cruises at from problems as they have to arise. and yes it did not appear submitted able to give a measure that would still have a the levels and a bottle getting his miss them as possible to avert any floor away from their property so here we see what it's like and loss of this money into a single arting coverage of the storm system is a quick look to shut on the left side is the golden gate bridge looking to the north where the rents falling at the moment and on the right hand side storm track four or we're track in the shower from the redder perspective >>erica: this is not the main event is the sum of the sister was to come where are done was some light rain or not and for some of the east bank along the mid peninsula innocence was a demand of just a few sprinkles but this is just before the actual system arrives. will start to see more activity 89 that was cut to see those was come down the many seasonal was sure hours for the livermore valley of all to my past. >>: streets are is a lot more data to work this morning selling unless shows this helps the mass of the system this is asking, why and brought heavy rains in the pacific northwest and mislead or risk the bay area and thus lead to the timing is a little off compensable we forecasted and previously in the site is driver later the afternoon will sit have is when the good news is definitely a break from the morning commute and your evening ride home the cyclical we are dealing with when their watches and morning and affect and when advisory's sustained wednesday between 20 and 30 m.p.h. to suggest a force of 60 in addition to that we have a flash flood watch in effect for marin sonoma and napa counties. >>erica: satellite and greta so the lines of a northwest 6:00 will start to see from my randall and center fell a to put the clock is a motion will start to see the rain organize itself. will start siebert for sentences self hayward and fremont a seventh plan has in the evening commute home and it's like when it's all said and done will see a to the into the line were not of a significant west and at and east and south let you when i get hit harder on the to the bridge into for the east it is an inch or two in the south bend your 7 they're on the bay for special that will see a list of break-ins against saddam but another system set to arrive storm to sunday to monday whys would line is expected however is not want to be as intense a mortgage of on that coming up in a moment. >>erica: closing of traffic from the bay area lucite ally right for you at the bay bridge toll plaza ride of the just as bad as the was on track december silver is as good no problem sure for the golden gate bridge problems a lure away of moran we do have some areas of struggles renowned out of the end of a slowdown curb the russian central ridge the to the few more cars renown hesitated over to the traffic mess was a signal ... a full much of the for was some tough losses 80 and will start to slow things all full was off 580 along the out to my past ringel run to the city's knobs of 45 mi. per hour. >>james: 1 to kenya to continue our team coverage of the storm was " would jackie last closed to beginning of the block has of for him is about to give us a shot a second of him once more. >>jackie sissel: still have not seen any rain get up and announced they are obviously aware and is facing the showers will throw up and another that the one started to pick up the talks about the when the lesser of the wind of afforded a 50 mi. an hour at the height of the storm for now i am facing my head is facing south not really for the wind blowing in to me so you could really start to see the wind blow mother nature does not cooperate with the we always predict is going to the storm is coming in and out come on a time for and we expected to come in but it definitely is coming because of that we have crews also plays is jesup and another amount will crew scattered around the area to not only-of the storm but the traffic impact of the store were born to be out all morning long and some is on its long >>james: news we know the drive more commit that would not be have that before the major line sets in a letter on to they made while in central fell cruise they're out trimming trees over to minimize power outages another issue on the wind starts to really would remind lead on this morning this after know many of the businesses there have had sent as all supported to go to the nearby creek tried to hide this area they say will flood that is why there tech as a precaution businesses want to make sure they are prepared and we will continue to follow the storm problems all along and when the rain does had lived or worked we love to see your photos or videos of the rain and what is like in your neighborhood if you have any flooding or any tree limbs down if you have any debris in the road or for just rain coming down tech a picture grab a quick few seconds of video and ebola to was to the us or facebook we expect all for the evil edge as you need is breaking news at kron 4.com include your name and where your work that into our coverage all morning long enough to get the mobile application now was a great chance to give a try it is free and has a fantastic with a portion of the allied surrender was a great tool for you get a dollar on this afternoon with the heavy supply expected to follow the heart of the bay. >>james: is free for android and apple devices more on the way and now back to some of the new were from this morning soon as arlen in hand to help the campus security guard and is a high school and they're doing it without leaving their classrooms. >>reporter: this is one to go across the southey's tutors in the academy of engineering program should and will be on the campus in the building of the elements this as if the case of the students come to rescue of the people to keep them safe. never most let them build new cafeteria was so that another year and realized we could build a building for to be and so we work together designed the building or the computer program they learned this afforded a school of engineering design anagram by math program to certify of and as a family foundation the gall excellent aspects of engineering to the students' daily lives >>: until high-school says them among the growing number of female students they represent about a quarter of the for the 50 participants and engineering program you will lose the rest will one day and a teacher was say how cahill i spent many years as a prosecutor and filled made by kids and that's what i'd for shedding more another avenue for myself. and ever their present status his the way for us that display the new security bills will be completed full list fully decked out and powerless solar panels. >>james: the storage resource by of yourself you never my kron 4 started like to submit a have to take a look into our web site at kron 4.com and click on my kron 4 storage that will take a quick break here is a lighter look at storm track four we're continuing to follow the first big storm of the year finally after bone dry january is nice to see some activity on storm track 44 these of lukens expects for the morning in just a moment. >>erica: heavy rain in crescent city and areas of yellow will indicate where rainfall is falling about an inch per hour will where once the sea or to squeak by with just some light showers for your morning commute the heavier rain will reserve for the afternoon as a look at the had learned to sing the right to sing along to early saturday morning strong winds gusted to 60 mi. from our and so sale is a talented and 30 the biggest one even will be in higher elevations for those along the coast with another storm on the way for these us on that woman kron 4 morning news to return. i guess nevereal gavmuch oughto t acidity inny fds. ver oughabouthe ffee i was inki havg acs. iteverawneon mthat it cou huryoureeth my dtistas td me your enal iseari awa anthatound real sca to ani 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that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >>james: one of the engines on trans asia air flight 235 when idled 37 seconds after takeoff and then surely after that vote is lost power and because the pilot may have shut off the remaining engine for try to restart the plane crash for that to happen the new information is based on preliminary findings from flight data reports >>darya: taking a look at the storm as we are waiting the brunt of is to move into the bay area is still to the north you consider that the bay getting hit you can see what is going to happen enough to get those gusty winds kicking a look at the drive across to the bay ridge will be right back. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus for a limited time, get a free security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast.com/xfinityhome. >>james: bacchanal the centimeter of this erika looking at storm track four and as you expected earlier some of showers and advance amendment is probably all over. >>erica: this say is a light mist to their notice a come all the way down to the ground we do have some wet roads and san francisco already you can see here much of the city is affected. you're getting an early starter returning where talking about heavy rain later this afternoon not a lot of people will be out on the role hopefully will be inside the ticket over to storm track and zoom and we're ride along interstate 580 through livermore is to continue on to dublin and less like however will see dry conditions of a a corridor would lessen my rent from all over the san mateo bridge checkout san francisco this is out city even pacifica you're ride along highway 1. >>erica: mostly for describing as a struggle for the past hour to an underlying fear ride along highway 101, to pull rebel this was expected to hit in the bay area headed down for one to come down by the book is especially for the northwest this secular jesse helms mass of this the pacific system as it originated from hawaii is one to set software will sea level and above all for the bay area compared with a typically experience still less track the rain for you because again we do have lots to look forward to future cast for shows a 6:00 hour will merely delivering another we're not dealing with the first round of cost estimate for ways of showers in the bay area quite yet. >>erica: mountain across much of the bay area is covered although it's not going to the rich live more in the south bay and the cyclical would have and is headed to the afternoon widespread showers like the bay area that dr. glenn lawyer screen does not indicate the law to fall heavier at times in this one to continue on this year evening commute keep that in mind we're looking for a dry conditions and 60 into the 80 corridor the rest of the bay area still do with what weather and that is wanting on as his early saturday morning and on a rebuilding with a lot of rain in the forecast but wind also factor sustained winds and 20 30 mi. per hour gusts of the 60 in the biggest concern will be along the coast we do have winded and this is rain to have some bright saturday as a headed to sunday and we have a second system where tracking sunday night into monday that will have lot less ran a lot less when it is one to continue the bay area and this a rainfall is expected to the seven men run the forecast keep your umbrella handy for but the next four days. >>erica: loss of sunshine even for have '70s as we headed to the end of next week the tie rack now is 519 sec a look at rose. >>george: they confirm that you have a wide-screen tv at home you will see what is wanted was a is still in effect here at the bay bridge i have to apologize to my drawing skills of directors told me there was a mark on my screen when i was trying to point out the flag right there on the side of your screen you'll see anyone understand why the wind advisory is still in effect that flag is from the state of california is practically standing straight out so indeed it was issued a 9:00 last night but is still in effect here in more wind advisories are anticipated for you're ride to the san mateo bridge highway 92 and said the same orientation but there is no advisory issues here for the golden gate bridge not so likely because it is north-south and that is where the winds are coming from and for your chance to the richmond bridge westbound interstate 580 still looking at a pretty good right here like traffic so far was bound with no delays through richmond and taking a look at the traffic math still in easy ride with a short drive time 12 minutes hercules to berkeley. >>george: getting through to little more this morning will be a problem there is a multicar crash and tracy westbound in mountain house the block the left my hair and software will be completely clear of any delays a suggestion does good news you're ride to the north venice still under 25 minutes from navato down to the golden gate bridge. >>darya: presents a sonoma county are worried about selling this morning as much as 8 in. of rain expected personal they bring him back memories for a lot of people who live here in the early '80s. >>: muslims of to the tops of hills and is water in was slowing over the road and water backs up was all the property behind me and the slack at all in lakefront property >>darya: the sale will load up on sandbags and santa rosa last night they're not a lot of people have at this site during december storm santa rosa ran out of those free sandbags stay with us as we continue our team coverage of the storm all morning long right up to 10:00 this morning and of course any time you watch our web site at kron 4 cutoff and are mobile application the mobile application you have the weather and you have a great real-time traffic but will keep you posted on your at home of the easiest thing is to wait for erica and door to give you a few of base. >>james: people are on edge have the suspect was at the women on campus has not yet been caught and have a to 4 1:00 this the morning the victim said the man grabbed her arm and pulled her into some bushes then he held a sergeant against her as his sister and appropriately the woman began crying here is a man ran off students say they are alarmed by the news >>: is very scary because the law school you want to you was a slender and seven ride you don't want to select your in danger, was a will to school and even fearschool >>james: police have increased patrols on campus is a to see here in this video that might yet identified any suspects. >>darya: full coverage of the storm is take a look at storm track four to see where that rain is ride occupancy is going to be moving in stone to the north bay and san rafael especially because of a yellow areas those are the hardest down for you see what they do once they hit the north bay right now things are still dry we're just waiting for it to move in you consider the golden gate bridge looking good right now. >>darya: president obama is planning a trip to the bay area next week as he prepares to push for changes in cyber security the president is said to attend a fund-raiser in the san francisco home next friday the white house has also conveyed a cyber security summit at stanford with top policy makers and industry leaders and also top academics the summit as one to adjust topics such as increasing public-private partnership and cyber security information sharing also will talk about creating and promoting improve server security practices technology and also making everything more secure a specific payment technology prurient >>james: still ahead on the kron 4 morning news more on the storm if this the beginning to rain heavy and hard to the bay area heaviest hit will likely be the ultimate will take a lot from various clues out in the field and get a better idea with this are like right now attracting conditions out of sfo the clouds are low the rain coming and put it altogether unlikely that mean delays for incoming flights keep an eye on the part of the story as well. hey. these are good. what have you been feeding us all these years? kfc popcorn nuggets. 100% white meat, extra crispy, and made from the world's best chicken. try our kfc bucket and popcorn nuggets meal. these don't even come with a toy and i don't care. i never reallyave ch tught thecidi in any foods.ner thght out e coee i was inki havg acs. it ner dned me at it cou huryoureeth heold to e pramel it goi to lp ptect thenam in ur tth. itllowme tcontue torinky coee anit w a rl ea switcho ma. >>darya: no better more conflict covers it right here on kron 4 will have the team coverage >>jackie sissel: literally about a minute ago and started to rain i just put my rent cover all because i saw a job or to you see the rain as does a fall in the north may with an hour since 4:00 this morning and surprise a lot of people it was raining when it will go but that is over the flood in a low so that we expect it is here now that the southbound 101 right now and a loss of highway 37 and the raid is already starting to pick a out here and how hard it is landing but is not only rain is also when the conditions out here is coming down come hard here in navato. >>erica: much of about higher expected rainfall totals in those areas of rentable where once seemed easily in south may resume in here to see a satellite ride on the bay area and what does it along to talk about what we're seeing in the east bank so we did see periods of light rain all over and is a 580 in danville even nasa gobbled it we see here is a green on the screen headed by rain but that is a little deceiving because they're so drive around my diablo allow the rain in the moisture we're saying being picked up isn't actually reaching the ground we have is of the people of this with a tweezer with the firm in the east bay they're dealing with sprinkles is not nearly as intense as what jackie is the will of the north that library and now for the mid peninsula and coastlines the south of pacifica forces of interstate 280, you may need to use it windshield wipers. >>erica: arise as a come down and pretty good intensity right now compared to the rest of the bay area we have a flat flash flood watch in the north make a suspect in napa and marin and sonoma county and 6:00 monday morning the system along we're anticipating 40 in. of rain flash flooding definitely a possibility in effect now so the service the forecastle the russian river could arise in additional 20 as into the next four hours were concerned allow any to the storm damage should as the member and knows kron 4 when also a factor you the sea the wind blowing the ran around and jackie shot to san quentin 23rd imam of our this is less in higher elevations 60 mi. from our down trees and downed power line certainly a possibility in this is bay area wide. >>erica: 4 these cells on a second system set to arrive that is coming up in 15 minutes. >>george: will have a wind advisory in effect already for the bay bridge this morning and is very much needed here as there is a flag at the toll plaza loan from the good news is we're not guessing and incidents on the bridge the big problem is still interstate 580 but that is for the tracey ride here this is a less land backing of the ride castellanus backing of and i guess we're about senator less from sing the mineralize activated so much for friday's light for the cemetery ridge where track it pretty good ride so far been announcing any increase yet in the drive times of to just 11 minutes in your commute to the golden gate bridge 101 northbound southbound still looks good crews rep the with the line configuration here where in place what to lies north boundary line southbound remember friday we to the pc a little more traffic on the northbound side of the roadway but is only with those two lines available that would do one other days of the week. >>james: crews are on the bay area preparing for the storm that is heading this morning will concede to the hammer throw out the day to the number of trees agreement moves from a lender you to see why a laudable the dangerously close high- voltage power lies 8400 pg&e customers receive power from an oppressive system to clotheslines there are taking any chances and if race and possibly attack those lines they returned all yesterday some of come into down to the ground. >>james: crucial senses go public comment insurer their clear and ready for a lot of rhino becoming down this afternoon the also placed sandbags and here is a need a little extra help cruz drove around and 10 big trucks to its decision was what the team is ready to do the same thing today should it become necessary. >>darya: you will get ready for the wet and windy weather getting ready for some major relief is one-third for now often reservoir is an area 39% for the santa clara valley district is predicting one to 3 in. of rain on the valley floor and to to for answers in the hills and mountain that feed reservoir began about 3 to 4% and the supply 9000 households for four years and jealousy appear to the rain as he was having a your household this morning and have any damage will pictures from shots of the rain or the when you consent to was the breaking news at kron 4.com share them on our facebook fatal should improve the morning and also another great and easy re for you to share follows if you get our information and lettuce on the storm weather and traffic residential are mobile application if an downloaded for free >>james: of the dead from fire and san francisco mission district 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415 or 628 number you'll need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. okay, but what if i have a 415 number, and i'm calling a 415 number? you'll still need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out! >>darya: up and about to the rain has started a live shot jackie is out in the rent we pay him to get wet so you don't have to you now have the lawyer does exactly what you're in for their pension covered talking about whether clinton that this is a slow mover. if >>erica: it was blowing sideways most people access from the bay area explained at a tiny amount of the when more than a re right where they're located where and to send some heavy rain delays for everyone a lot of people are heading out for dry conditions to do have a few scattered showers out there taking a look as is near on storm track four will notice will get someone ran on petaluma nevada and in the sun is expecting to ride along highway 37 to up the east that led regularly out for concord, a creek and then bill the slopes--also twitter is a more like a circle just a messenger getting an early start. >>erica: we did have a few sobering and i ran for the pacific area about 15 minutes ago renown that is tracking over the bay working its way into hayward it will be impacted you're ride along a corridor most of the activity still loyal to the north by a 78 really want to see heavy rain develop north of the golden gate bridge and that is on the system is one to stall or over the area that is where talking about high rainfall totals is the focus is less santa rosa paloma navato c to class this track near this is a lot out lucid random oliver north may you can see a letter over center sale of source santa rosa to as to put the clock to the motion will start to see a lot of activity for the no. they and by 10:00 and the suspicious shift southward. if >>erica: runs have the way into the afternoon as a widespread heavy rain developed by 3:00 will start to see some response to a delay for at a rate about half and for our inability on even to the evening fare commit home will be a wet one we could see a few dried bricks of a 80 corridor from most are we're dealing with widespread rain that will continue on into early saturday morning in addition to the rain we do have the wind high wind advisory in effect for the entire bay area through 6:00 a.m. saturday gustafsson in higher elevations of to 60 down trees and downed power lines always a possibility and we have a strong wind even if you always suggested to macy and ricky nelson kron 4,. >>erica: 24 mi. an hour winds and the oakland area of very strong winds that only increases in hansard letter on to that here was a look as an extended forecast saturday with the kids the driver getting into sunday because storm to is set to arrive sunday night into monday it will bring widespread lybrand the will and i want to have the when to do with with that system when i want to see the graphics and the high rain falls well as we say, early with the system going through by tuesday spent dried ricotta and this is a loss of sunshine to the middle of next week's temperatures on the crime by thursday were talking about temperatures back in the '70s and looks like a little bit of everything over the next seven days. >>george: 20 to get through the morning along the next seven days in the rain coming down to north bay where still pretty quiet on the traffic front when announcing in the incidents reported yet because of an we do have a when it arise in very much an effect to the bay bridge for the mid remise have been activated and we're already backed up toward west grand avenue however they 80 approach is your best bet to the rain so far this morning 92 and dec. sale raised with don't see any problems. still about a 12 minute drive times for years and over to hayward and saw you're ride to the golden gate bridge 101 or the amount of bonds still looks good or delay free here and the richer and richer you're ride into marin also fined for itself a new no problems they're coming across from interstate 580. >>george: 680, to the san ramon valley 680 town south through fremont there was a truck fire reported here at mission boulevard that playwright here mission crosses and tutors and residences of mission hills of the great fire redundancy much in the way of slowing on the census of that is good news south with freeways are still completely clear where not tracking in the delays on 101280854 highway 87 the guadalupe parkwayguadalupe >>darya: continuing the same covers and a tour of the bay area and the conditions with the storm we could see a to 8 in. of rain in parts will is live in san francisco right now the rain obviously has not made it to you get the hood is not up. >>will tran: i thought it was coming because on 5:00 it came down and i even to get some big grain jobs on a when-issued my car and look behind is starting to grosso little on the road but over the past was a menace or so it has stopped renting but the winds are picking up you can still live 10 it to sway our camera over here you can say what it is doing to the trees over there you can see the trip are walking around in shorts positions as the morning lows on reducing the rain to come down here about one block away. musical introduction-- >>darya: the big news is a storm hitting the bay area is turned in this morning with the rain falling in the north bank and a pretty good amount renown in this live shot. >>james: we're been tracking the storm always long but most intense since 4:00 a.m. warmer came on and. >>james: the retina has been given this recall is to enjoy with the tracking of our crews of there as well take a quick look on the left sister read or write we have kron 4 as mike pelton standing by here in the. >>james: mike dysplasia all times as a boy heroes. wouldn't you guys in a moment he made me a into from the storm. >>erica: maltases higher elevations 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pam. a little cold for some, 30s, 40s, but temperatures will be heading up and moving out pretty fast here. a lot of 70s showing up today. in fact, above average on almost every temp, not only today, tomorrow but probably all the way into saturday. yesterday upper 60s san jose, livermore, palo alto and santa rosa. today all 72. so temperatures will continue. they'll be a lot of low- to mid- 70s. it'll be clear, good to go. a couple cold spots here, still some 30s, so it's a cold morning, but we'll rebound pretty fast. everything continues to be up and over. there's a lot of energy out here. unfortunately there's no sign until the middle of next week some of that coming through. in the meantime high pressure is large and in charge and wind is out. so a colder morning, but a warmer avenue. maybe a little patch or two of some fog, but not a lot. lots of low 70s and only a few 60s. here's brian with an update on your traffic. any new issues to talk about? >>reporter: there's still some of the issues that we talked about from previously, steve. let's start in the south bay this morning where traffic is starting to pick up, especially northbound 101 near east capital expressway, that's a typical spot. there were reports of some animals along westbound 280 this morning. still unclear whether those are cleared. we'll talk about that in a moment. taking a look now at the san mateo bridge. slow and go as you approach the high rise into foster city. this was very busy this past week, so things looking not too bad so far. about 15 minutes from hayward into san mateo this morning. taking a look now at highway 4 as we're moving on in contra costa county, traffic there is starting to pick up as usual as you approach 242 or 680, whatever you choose to go to, but traffic is starting to build up there through highway 4 and the pittsburg baypoint area. as we talked about earlier, traffic picking up northbound 101, also 580 westbound also very busy. if your commute goes from concord to san jose, times have increased now to more than an hour because it is very busy from southbound 680. doesn't get there until you reach calaveras road. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, brian. topping news right now, university of california students are staging a large and potentially disruptive demonstration to oppose a potential tuition hike. alex savidge is with them in santa cruz and the actions that are under way. alex. >>reporter: well, pam, good morning to you. yes, the plan out here was to shut down the u.c. santa cruz campus or at least the entrances to the campus, and so far protesters have been successful in doing that. an alert just sent out by the university that says both entrances, including the west entrance where we are this morning and the main entrance have been blocked by protesters. you see here about 100 or so people standing in the middle of the street and they will not let any cars pass through. this is obviously a protest over a plan to raise tuition throughout the u.c. system and students are angry about that. there was some talk about potentially taking over buildings here on campus later on today, but it's unclear if that will happen. this anger and frustration being felt by many of the student protesters stems from a plan by u.c. president janet napolitano to increase tuition by as much as 5% over each of the next five years, that's if the u.c. system doesn't get a boost in state funding. now, we talked a short time ago with one of the organizers out here about the message being sent with this week of action. >> i am seeking to protest the privatization of our university. i'm seeking to protest the hikes they're trying to price people as a university. that's what i'm doing today. >>reporter: and this was the scene earlier this week on tuesday here in santa cruz as a group of protesters chained themselves together and blocked all the lanes of highway 1 for several hours. in the end six u.c. santa cruz students were arrested for taking part in that demonstration and they were suspended from classes for two weeks. again, this has been what's called 96 hours of action, basically four days of demonstrations and marchs here at u.c. santa cruz and u.c. campuses throughout the state to protest these planned tuition hikes, and again this morning both entrances, both of the entrances to the u.c. santa cruz campus, they are blocked by demonstrators right now. so no one able to access the campus this morning. we'll stay on top of this situation and let you know how it develops. >> all right, it'll be interesting because they were arrests earlier. thank you, alex. 6:05 is the time. police in vallejo have made several arrests in connection with three homicides. the deadly shootings occurred between november of last year and january of this year. 19-year-old lorenzo cortez was arrested tuesday at the solano county jail on three separate counts of murder. he was already in jail for an unrelated assault with a deadly weapon case. police also arrested a 17-year- old vallejo in las buenos in connection with the shootings. 18-year-old angelica johnson was arrested in pasadena and her father john johnson was arrested in vallejo in connection with one of the shootings. police are still actively investigating all three homicides. time now 6:05. one person recovering in oakland this morning after being shot on a freeway during the evening commute. ktvu fox 2's tara moriarity is in oakland now. so where is the investigation standing now, tara? >>reporter: well, you know, investigators say that this shooting happened before the accident, and as of late last night we know that no arrests had been made. this all unfolded around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. we know that the chp shut down a portion of the freeway as a crime scene. it happened, again, in the eastbound lanes of 580 near the 980 interchange and broadway exit. two cars involved in the crash sat facing the wrong direction, a black one and then a light sedan smashed up and riddled with bullet holes. drivers were at a standstill. >> what i'm going to do in the interim? i'm going to stop at the grocery store to bide myself some time and to get off the freeway. >>reporter: now, traffic was tied up for hours. only one lane was open, but all lanes were back open after 7:00 last night. officers say that the sedan's driver suffered a non-life- threatening gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital. another driver was determined not to be involve in this shooting and was allowed to leave. the other person who ran from the scene, that is the person that police are looking for right now. live from oakland, i'm tara moriarity. back to you. >> thank you very much. our time is now 6:07. well, a ban on high-capacity ammunition for guns, it will stay in place in sunnyvale, at least for now. a federal appeals court upheld that ordinance that bans gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. the ordinance was approved by voters in 2013. now, the nra, the national rifle association, they're among those who oppose the ban. they say it infringes on the rights of gun owners to protect themselves and their homes. opponents can now ask the 9th circuit to rehear the case with a full panel of judges or they can take the issue to the u.s. supreme court. new this morning ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus will announce today officially that the curtain is coming down on its famous elephant act. the circus owner tells the associated press that due to growing concern about the treatment of the elephants, these acts will be phased out by 2018. now, ringling brothers has been showcasing elephants for more than a century. we want to hear your reaction to this story. you can post comments on our facebook page. time is now 6 kro 08. major league soccer and the players union, they've reached a last minute deal to avoid a strike right before the start of the new season. the new collective bargaining agreement creates free agency for players 28 years or older with at least eight years experience. play -- a play area's raise through free agency is capped depending on salary. the minimum salary now is $60,000 and it will increase incrementally every year. the san jose earthquake start their season on saturday in dallas. their first home game at their brand new stadium sunday, march 22nd. well, the plans are moving ahead now to build that stadium for the oakland raiders near los angeles. supporters of a proposal in carson have filed paperwork to potentially put the idea to a public vote. now, if they can collect 12,000 signatures by the middle of april, the city council there could vote on a plan themselves or have the public decide instead. the raiders are teaming with the san diego chargers to build this privately-financed $1.7 billion stadium, and while both teams say they prefer new stadiums in their current cities, the chargers are locked in to buy that 168-acre site in carson no matter what happens. well, a real estate group behind a development known as the monster in the mission is pitching a new plan to expand affordable housing. maximus real estate partners is the group behind the plan to build a 10-story high rise in mission and san francisco. some say it's too expensive for the area,. the group is agreeing to fund the creation of 41 units of low income housing within that development and to build a new playground for marshall elementary school next door. opponents say they're waiting to hear all the new details of the new plan before weighing. in. after 10 years of planning, a big mixed use housing and redevelopment in san francisco is closer to being built. the city has awarded permits to construct the buildings on an entire block near ocean beach. here's a map for you. the developer plans to demolish three commercial bills including the closed roberts at the beach motel on slope boulevard and 46th avenue. the $34 million project will include 56 residential eunlts and space for retail and restaurants and construction is expected to begin in september. time is now 6:10. a south bay lottery winner getting sued for half of her jackpot prize. coming up at 6:30, why the owner of the store where she bought that ticket says you owe me some of that jackpot. also coming up next, a shocking attack against a u.s. ambassador in south korea. the reason the suspect says he slashed him with a knife. >>reporter: good morning, everybody. happy thursday to you. let's get you out the door. we're taking a look at the east bay commute in particular. westbound 24 as you approach the caldecot tunnel starting to pick up there. coming up we'll talk about some major traffic on the east shore freeway when we come back. clear skies, full moon and temperatures which are on the cold side for some, in the 30s, 40s, we'll end up sunny and warm for everybody. in fact, we'll have those forecasted temps coming right up up . 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>> we have to get to the bottom of this. it seems like if it's just taped, you can just take that off. but very dangerous. 6:17 is the time. sal is off with his new baby, so brian -- >> who's that? >> is here filling in. you're doing a great job on traffic. >>reporter: you guys are too nice. thank you so much. we're just trying to get people out the door safely. hopefully there's no problems out there, but unfortunately there are, especially on 580 this morning, as is the case typically. now, there are a couple things that are causing all those problems this morning. again, westbound 580 off vasco road there is an accident involving a couple cars there. it is blocking the number 1 lane. again, 580 westbound vasco road. and then there is reports of debris on the road also near the isabelle avenue on ramp, a whole tire tread in the number 1 lane there. one car had to pull over to the right shoulder because it had some damage this morning. so 580 westbound this morning a mess. if you're going to the dublin interchange going onto southbound 680, also a mess. doesn't get better until sanol. this is the other trouble spot this morning along the east shore freeway. appears to be a multi-car accident near richmond this morning. this is off the cutting boulevard off ramp. traffic backed up all the way to near hercules. so if you take that part of the east shore freeway this morning, be aware of that. taking a look at the commute into san francisco this morning, things are looking good, as you can see through hospital curve there, but there are reports of a head-on collision 6th and brandon that is blocking the on ramp onto southbound 280. crews are working that scene as well. that's, again, sixth and brandon in san francisco of a collision there. finally bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights came on about 45 minutes ago. that is backing traffic up to the foot of the maze. 6:18. here's steve. >> all right, brian, thank you. we do have clear skies out there. it'll be a nice day, a little cold out there for some, 30s and 40ss, very quiet on the west coast, i'll tell ya. all the active weather is east. yes, it's the full moon at 10:06. how about that? any music, scott, or are you just going to wait it out sph >> did you photo shop that? >> i don't think he photoshopped that. i'm going to say that's a joe johnson special. >> i think so. >> 50, 65, 70 for san francisco today. that's above average. oakland, downtown oakland -- it's been crazy. 73 today. they're usually one of the warmest locations and today will be no exception. and san jose also looking for 72 degrees. so if you want to head out about 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, it will probably be nice and even warmer i think out by east san jose. severe clear. 14 in truckee, 19 in tahoe and 40 already in blue canyon, a sign of some warm air aloft. 30s for livermore, walnut creek is in there, fairfield, napa, santa rosa, right at 50 for san francisco. some in the 30s, redding, 50s in southern california. these are the wind chills, just incredible, minus 8 chicago, 5 st. louis, little rock 14. dallas at 10, oklahoma city all the way to albuquerque and denver at 3, and where's the snow? just about everywhere but here, that's for sure. i mean, there's a lot of snow stacking up, all the way down to texas, oklahoma. finally moving out of there. now from memphis to cincinnati, to washington, new york, and who else but boston? there's a lot of energy out here. unfortunately it's not going to make any kind of an impact until middle of next week when something may sneak underneath. look at the moisture and training in that system coming up from mexico and also the hawaiian islands getting a lot of rain yesterday. the beat goes on today, but it is waining. it's starting to move off, but still maui, oahu and the big island getting a lot of precipitation. that's a very active system. we could use some rain. we're not going to get it. we're going to get a lot of sunshine and warmer temps. maybe a little bit of patchy fog, but not much, 30s, 40s. temperatures should be closer to 62 to 67. they'll be warmer than that today. in fact, they'll be on the warm side for everybody. clearlake 73. napa73. low 70s much of marin county. also on the coach upper 60s, 73 from brentwood out to oakland, pleasanton, even downtown oakland. warmer towards gilroy. santa cruz about 76 today. 70 half moon bay and 70 san mateo and san bruno. there you go. warmer, maybe a little bit of fog sunday, but it'll still be warm. gh that's beautiful, but there's got to be some travel delays. >> there's a bunch. >> heading back east. >> unbelievable. >> complete other end of the spectrum there. we are heading to the beach and they are still shoveling out. >> all right, steve. time is 6:21. a historic, historic procedure will start today at a bay area hospital. >> i know what it feels like to want an extra day and not being able to have it. >> boy, she is a new hero. coming up in 24 minutes the sacramento woman who's kicking off a chain of kidney transplants. and up next the bay lights are going dark. the event set tonight before the art installation is turned off for the next several months. 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[ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] welcome back to "mornings on 2". 6:24. you have to stop and take a look at this video. oh, my gosh. just released by police this, is in bloomfield, michigan. police say this happened back in october. a city bus driver fell asleep behind the wheel. you can see the video as the bus slams right into an suv. the elderly couple in that suv was seriously hurt. some of the other passengers in the other cars suffered injuries as well. the only passenger on the bus was actually not hurt, but the bus driver does face a misdemeanor charge. tonight is the last night the bay lights are -- or installation on the bay bridge will be illuminated for nearly a year. a good-bye party is being held at 7:30 tonight at the embarcadero. the 25,000 l.e.d. lights will turn off at sunrise tomorrow and they're being removed so the caltrans can perform maintenance on the bridge cables. new and improve lights will then be install thanks to $4 million in private donations. the light show should be ready in time for super bowl 50 in february of next year. time 6:25. dog owners are pretty angry at new restrictions for their pets at the golden gate national recreation area. [ chanting ] >> they had this rally outside the offices of the national parks service. they're upset about a new park service plan that would limit where dogs can go off leash. the park service says the plan gets a balance between people, pets and the resources of the park. a draft on the dog rules is due early this spring. speaking of dogs, three puppies who were found abandoned in a trash bag at a pleasant hill park, they will soon be up for adoption. look at them. these dogs were found in january. now they're fully recovered. they're scheduled to be spayed or neutered today. there'll be available for adoption next week. 6:26 is the time. it is day two in the trial of the suspected boston marathon bomber. what his defense is trying to prove despite admitting his involvement in the attack. >>reporter: home burglaries are on the rise on the peninsula. we will tell you what the thieves are after and the action the police are taking. >>reporter: and on this friday eve things are looking okay in some parts of the bay area in terms of your commute. one of them here in san francisco, not so much along the east bay abthe east shore freeway. we'll talk about that when we come back. we anticipate a beautiful sunrise over the big city and warm temps. skippy!! yippee!! fun fun fun! shiny! you never listen! what? is someone talking? ♪ skippy!! ♪ ♪ yippee!! ♪ i'm bored. hashtag bored. skippy!! yippee!! look a ride! 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community meeting the chief held last night. he wanted to get the word out about the increasing number of home burglaries that have occur in the city recently. it's gone up 49% from 2013 to 2014 and take a look at this map. this shows january to march of this year. there's been nearly 40 burglaries. police say the thieves are also hitting mountain view and sunnyvale, all affluent cities. one homeowner we spoke to say that two homes in her neighborhood were recently burglarized. >> we're concerned because there is a spike in burglaries, but we do have good neighbors, and we do look out for each other, and we have confidence in our police force too. >>reporter: the mercury news reports that instead of electronics, thieves are going after cash and jewelry because they are harder to trace. police want residents to be vigilant and report suspicious activities, but they need the community's help in order to catch these criminals. a community meeting will be held again tonight, this time at the los altos youth center. it's on north san antonio road in the same complex where the main police department is, and, pam, dave, you know, one of the things that the residents told me who i was speaking to earlier says, you know, this is all scary, but she refuses to live in fear. >> yeah. no one wants to do that. hopefully they will get this taken care of. thank you, janine. 6:37 is the time. plalt police say there are several similarities and nine car burglaries that happened tuesday night. most happened downtown, including three at the high street parking garage. others were on nearby streets including webster, hamilton and university avenue with two more on el camino reale. police say in each case the thieves smashed car windows and fwrabbed backpacks, bags or briefcases that were inside of people walking by. police are reminding drivers, don't leave anything valuable in the car. according to the san jose mercury news, the owner of usa liquors in millpedas says angelina reyes promised to give her half of her winnings by signing a handwritten contract. but she says she told the store owner she would give him $50,000 after she won the $1 million and signed a piece of paper that she didn't read. her lawyer is calling the owner's claim a ruse. another big storm is expected to dump as much as eight inches of snow across the eastern half of the country before the weekend. there are already storm warnings up in parts of new york and the governors of of new jersey, west virginia, alabama and mississippi have all declare states of emergency. most federal government offices are closed in washington d.c. forecasters do have some good news for people who have been dealing with a series of storms since december. they say this could be the last big storm of the season. well, airlines have ronald reagan grounded -- have already grounded more than 2000 flights today because of the bad weather in the eastern half of the country. we just checked, that now includes 18 flights to or from san francisco and two at monetta san jose. those flights scheduled before noon today. no oakland flights have been affected by the weather. more than 17,000 flights have been cancel, though, because of of the bad weather since saturday and more than 50,000 flights have had delays of 15 minutes or more during that time. time now 6:40. testimony will resume later this morning in the trial of boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. now, yesterday jury members heard emotional testimony from victims. they also saw graphic images of the after dr. parikh math of the bombings near the finish line of the 2013 boston marathon. tsarnaev's lawyer said she won't sidestep his "responsibility for his actions." but the defense also says he was lured into violence by his older brother who later died in a shootout with police. >> my only question is, you know, what kind of a punishment he's going to get. >> i think he should spend life in prison contemplating what he did, if he even has a conscious. >> tsarnaev is facing the possibility of the death penalty on 17 of the 30 charges against him. the trial is expected to take several months. attorney general eric holder says investigators did not find any evidence disproving former officer darren wilson's claim that he shot michael brown in self defense. >> michael brown's death, though a tragedy, did not involve prosecutable conduct on the part of officer wilson. >> the investigation did criticize the ferguson police force, though, for targeting minorities. the report found that african- americans were disproportionately subjected to baseless traffic stops, citations and arrests. last night police in ferguson arrested at least four people who were protesting the decision not to seek charges against wilson. our time is 6:41. boy, a potential plan to move the oakland raiders down to southern california is kind of moving forward. coming up in 20 minutes, the big steps supporters took this week that could make a new stadium down there a reality. hillary clinton under fire for her e-mails. up next what she says she's trying to get the state department to do to prove that she has nothing to hide. lowe's presents: how to plan for the future. happy valentine's day. happy birthday. sorry i forgot our anniversary. happy mother's day. now get roundup 32-oz. concentrate for $18.97 at lowe's. welcome back to "mornings on 2". it is 6:44. hillary clinton says she has no problem with people seeing the e-mails she wrote during the time she served as secretary of state. late last night clinton tweeted, i want the public to see my e-mail. i asked state to release them. they said they will review them for release as soon as possible. now, clinton's tweet follows the revelation in recent days that she used a personal e-mail account for government business while secretary of state. that means her e-mails were stored on a private mail server in her home rather than a more secured government server. republicans are call thag a scandal, saying it shows clinton was trying to avoid scrutiny. but a u.c. berkeley professor we spoke to says clinton's predecessors at the state department also used private e-mails for official business and that it was permissible at the time. >> i think it's important to remember that the formal changes in the law and their implementation took place after she left office. >> the house select committee investigating the 2012 attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya has now issued subpoenas for some of clinton's e-mails. the committee sent letters to internet companies, ininstructing them to preserve records relevant to the investigation. time now 6:45. today is the start of a historic kidney transplant at california pacific medical center in san francisco. doctors will perform the longest series of kidney transplants ever done on the west coast. six people will get donated kidneys. three of the kidney transplants take place simultaneously today, three more will happen tomorrow. it's all because of this woman right here, a sacramento woman, she offered to donate one of her kidneys to anyone who needed it and that set off a chain of transplant matches that will change a lot of lives. >> i lost a son to cancer 13 -- it will be 13 years ago in june, and i recently lost my husband about 14 months ago, so i know what it feels like to want an extra day and not being able to have it. >> what an incredible story. doctors say there's a 98% chance that each of the kidneys that will be transplanted will be working normally a year of after the surgery. >> that's great. >> yeah. 6:46 is the time. let's check in with tori for a look at what's coming up in our next hour of "mornings on 2". >>reporter: hi, pam and dave. in our next hour, feeling guilty, the reason the man invented the kuerig coffee maker and k-cups says he wished he never come up with the idea. in fact, he says he's absolutely ashamed of the extremely popular product. and applebee's under fire. a man went after the restaurant chain claiming he was burned by a sizzling skillet of fajitas when he leaned over it to pray. we'll tell you the court's decision in this case. those are some of the stories we're working on for the next hour of "mornings on 2". now back to you in the studio. >> that's some interesting stories, tori. time 6:47. let's bring brian flores back. how's 880 doing? >>reporter: 880 is doing okay in some spots, but there is a trouble spot we should talk about, southbound 880 near 98. let's take a look now our 880 camera. things are looking, as i mentioned, pretty good past the coliseum and/or acle avenue, but there is a ford explorer facing the wrong way, into an accident along the center divide, but definitely slowing things down along the nimitz freeway. taking a look at the east shore camera. you can see the time from the cartenas bridge to the macarthur maze now picking up. it's now 30 minutes partly because of an accident near cutting boulevard near elsabrandte area. traffic backed up to hercules. south bay traffic now starting to pick up, northbound 101 there is an accident near east san marteen, also near tolby road, backing things up from the south bay. typical traffic spots, though, in that area. finally bay bridge toll plaza this morning, metering lights are on. they've been on for quite a while now, but traffic backed up, definitely backed up way past the maze now, about 25 minutes to get you across the span this morning. 6:48. shaping up to a very nice day out there from the sun i see right behind you there, steve, looks good. >> sunrise and clear skies. we now have to focus our attention on sunrise and some cold temps. a lot of 30s out there, but we'll end up with 70s for many here. yesterday had a little fog. so far no reports yet. there might be a teeny bit, but we're getting a little north/northeast breeze and that usually wipes it out. 50 in san francisco to a high of 70 beautiful degrees. downtown oakland says we can do better than that. 46 to start, we'll 273 for a high. downtown oakland is usually one of the warmest places and san jose's forecast also looking for low 70s starting off 46, 72 will be the high around 2:00, 3:00, warmer at reed hill if you're in that direction. top to bottom, oregon down to baja looks sunny. 30s for navado, napa and also santa rosa. the water temps are in the 50s. bodega bay 55. monterey 57 and it's official now, eldin -- el nino has arrived, unfortunately it's too little too late and it's very, very weak and it's not going to make impact on us whatsoever, but it's officially here. 14 up in truckee, 30s for arcata and also redding. 51 in monterey which is one degree warmer than san diego. here's the cold. these are the wind chills, 15 below in minneapolis, omaha at 8. 8 below in chicago, 12 in oklahoma city, even albuquerque at 15 and denver at 3 and the snow is on the go from all the way down to memphis, memphis to parts of texas and northern louisiana, then it's rain and then freezing rain is the line heading right back toward the ohio valley and washington d.c., new york and what's new, boston looking to set an all- time record if they haven't already. we do get clear skies here. something might try and break through middle of next week, but i'll tell you, the way things are going, i'll believe it when it finally happens. somebody is getting good rain and it continues day two for the hawaiian islands, although a little bettered today. in the last few, big island still getting some rain, oahu, more of a showery nature than the downpour they had yesterday. still quite active on the big island. for us it's clear, cold right now, but sunny and warm today, 60s and 70s. a lot of 70s. it'll continue this right into the weekend. mid-70s for some, no sign of rain for the next five days. even by wednesday we'll get some clouds, but rain looking kind of iffy. a cold morning, warm afternoon and temperatures above average as you might expect. stinson beach, gorgeous on the coast. low 70s san rafiel, napa73. temperatures 72 walnut creek to antioch and even livermore and downtown oakland 73. 76 in santa cruz. gilroy at 74 and 70 in half moon bay, the city, san bruno and san mateo, plalt at 72. warmer friday, probably into saturday. a little hint of fog on sunday, but still mild. just a little hint. i don't think it'll make much of an impact along the coast. the >> okay, steve. >> steve i know cares about the wine industry quite a bit. >> pay attention, steve. >> alarming news. a tiny insect creating a huge buzz in the wine country. >> basically what they act like is flying hypodermic needles. >> coming up in 20 minutes where the pest was discovered and what's being done about it and the reason it has the wine makers on edge. but first, fighting for women's rights. the way nba superstars are supporting a new campaign. your time just about 6:55. the government may reopen the investigation into a 1950s plane crash that killed singer buddy holly and two other music stars. now, the crash killed holly, richie ballens and j.p. richardson. they called him the big bopper. that tragic day was known as the day the music died. the cause of that plane crash is right now listed as pilot error, but a des moines, iowa newspaper reports the ntsb may reinvestigate after getting a letter outlining some other factors that should be consider. ballet san jose has launched an emergency fundraising campaign to try to keep its doors open. organizers say past financial mismanagement left the company $550,000 in debt. the plan is to raise money through social media and three events next week and the company employs 32 dancers and trains another 350 students in its school. >> if we don't do that, then we'll lose something that's value can't even measure with money. >> the san jose ballet means everything to me to be honest. i also think it means means a lot to the community and i don't want them to do that. >> ballet san jose has nine days to raise the money, meeting that goal would keep the dance company open through their next performance at the end of the month. well, students and parents in the south bay hoping to save a south bay charter school from closing. tonight they're going to rally at the santa clara unified school district board meeting. yesterday afternoon dozens of kids were holding signs in front of magnolia science academy charter. the middle school and high school may close at the end of this year unless the school district extends the school lease. the district says the current campus, it can't be used, it needs to be renovated. parents say closing that school would be a huge ross for both students and the -- huge loss for both students and the community. >> it does what school is supposed to do best, educating the child. you will find very happy children, you will find children who are getting the best education. >> yet parents say that school should be allowed to stay in its current location for at least one more year until a permanent facility can be found. facebook executive cheryl sandberg is enlisting nba superstars to promote a campaign encouraging more men to join the fight for women's rights at home and at work. her nonprofit is partnering with the nba to produce public service announcements that will air during nationally-televised basketball games over the next few months. the stars lending their support to the cause include steph curry and lebron james. we're talking about pam cook's buddy, barry zito, the pitcher, he'll pitch for the oakland a's for the first time in almost a decade. barry will start this afternoon's spring training game against the chicago cubs. now, he's back after a year- long layoff from baseball. the former cy young award winner last pitched for the a's in 2006. that's when he signed a $126 million contract with the giants. while zito is consider a long shot to make the team, he's only 36 years old, he says he appreciates the a's giving him a chance, and he's barry zito. >> i'm rooting for him to do well. >> i know. >> i am. coming up next in our next hour of "mornings on 2", campus entrances blocked. the reason behind that, some demonstrations taking place at university of california campuses today and what the university is telling its students. plus a major circus ending an iconic act. why the recent decision has been made to phase elephants out of circus performances. for those who appreciate quality and precision, here's grounds for celebration. experience exceptional coffee and espresso in one essential machine and delivered to you with a push of a button. the nespresso vertuoline. swiss-designed precision brought to your kitchen. celebrate one year of vertuoline with $100 dollars off. it's the best price we've ever engineered. ♪ ♪ . the uc santa cruz campus is shut down this morning by protesters opposed to a planned tuition increase. we'll tell you about the action and the message protesters are trying to get 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the by-product of that. we have a two-hour break. we have a few thunderstorms especially out towards rio vista and discovery bay. i think there will be more later on. the secondary piece of the cold air is beginning to move in, especially in the north bay. it started on the marin/sonoma coast. there is a line between novato and petaluma. but a stronger one in guerneville, calistoga, lake county, mendocino county. a couple of lightning strikes reported off the mendocino coast. that's the next band moving in. out towards eastern solano, contra costa county, things are beginning to develop as that system also starts moving into napa county, near bethel island just now east of rio vista and french camp. not much, a little line forming southward. what we're waiting for is what's swinging in. that could give us a round of showers also possible thundershowers. we sent him north. i don't get a chance to do this very often but send it to sal castanedo. what are you in novato? >> reporter: that's right. it feels like the morning show all over again. you know, you mentioned the cold air. that's absolutely right. i've been standing here and we're standing underneath a clear spot. as we turn north, as you mentioned, steve, as you turn north, you can see the clouds building in over sonoma county and here we are in novato at the marin/sonoma line. you can tell things are coming. now, chp this morning reported dozens of incidents, koeshry lated with the rain. a truck jackknifed on northbound 680 in fremont neat near the exit. the truck was daked and it took two hours for lanes to open. it affected the southbound commute. in general, it was a terrible slow commute. one man we spoke with here in novato said the rain woke him up. >> it was coming down so hard, i could hear it pounding on the roof. i turned my porch light out to see it coming down in the pool. it was filling up along the ecedge -- edges of the pool. it was like a foreooh fire hose coming down there. >> reporter: whenever it rains and people are driving around, there tends to be crashes. chp reported triple the number of incidents. that was just before 8:00 a.m. i'm sure they will be counting all day. they've had a lot of incidents to respond to. one of the things we've noticed is the traffic looks good. it's the middle of the day. once it starts to rain, all bets are off. we might have an interesting time if you are driving up to sonoma or here in marin county. you might see some slow traffic as soon as it begins to rain. just by the feel of it, it looks like that could be very soon. >> all right. thank you, sal. in san jose, a person was arrested following a deadly hit- and-run crash that shut down highway 101 for several hours. it happened shortly after midnight on the northbound side of the highway of dera a la cruz. someone -- de la cruz. someone died when the car crossed the lanes of the highway and burst into flames. the police found the vehicle that caused the first crash. the driver was hiding and was arrested, booked for dui, hit- and-run and manslaughter. snow is falling in the sierra. this is heavenly ski resort. up to 2 feet of snow is expected to fall from this storm. reporter brian hickey has more on the dangerous road conditions you could face if you are headed the sierra. >> reporter: this latest storm feeling spring feel like winter. chain controls in effect for drivers coming up over the sierra. you are gonna need to have those chains with snow tires to get across the mountain pass not only through today but caltrans anticipates into tomorrow morning and beyond. you will need chance or four- wheel drive to get over the sierra as this latest storm could bring as much as a foot of snow to the mountain passes. up to 2 feet of snow at the tops of the ski resorts. certainly a significant storm if it all holds together. it could be one of the first storms. it's too little too late as they've already shut down for the season. other resorts open getting ready for a powder day and hoping that will bring business hoping to make a little more money but again be ready for winter conditions here in the sierra. i'm britain hick -- brian hickey, fox 2 news. 1.5 million pounds of dirt was going to be installed at levi stadium for the supercross events. it was those supposed to be delivered at 10:00 this morning. they may bring in the dirt today or tomorrow depending upon the weather. turn to the ktvu fox 2 weather team for the latest on the storm. we'll have updates on the air, on our website as well as facebook and twitter. and don't forget to download the weather yawn for the updates on -- weather app for the updates on your phone. figures released show a water use reduction of only 3% in february compared to 2013. cities are facing increased pressure to slash water use after governor jerry brown last week ordered a mandatory statewide 25% drop in urban water use. legislation introduced today calls for many large new buildings in san francisco to use gray water, which is waste water from kinks, toilet flushes and landscape watering. the board is talking about how to force those mandatory reductions. more on that and how it will impact you -- coming up on the 5:00 news. the governor's order has forced creative ways for this water shortage. >> people who use automated sprinklers are using about 50% more whrt than people who don't. this is really about having people be a little more aware about how they are using their drinking water outside of their homes. >> later today, board members at the marin municipal water district and the north marin water district will debate a series of new tougher restrictions. the districts may decide to limit the use of outdoor irrigation systems to just three days a week. a bay area activist is returning home after becoming trapped in yemen. this is the video of individual from a rally in san francisco in 2011. he is scheduled to arrive at san francisco international airport any minute now. the 26-year-old from san francisco was in yemen to help coffee farmers. when saudi arabia began airstrikes two weeks ago. it's not clear how he was able to escape from yemen. there's no word of any u.s. intervention to help civilians. petaluma police are looking for a man when kept touching a girl's arm after she pulled away. police say a man approached the 15-year-old on on alban way yesterday afternoon. they say he struck up a conversation and repeatedly tried to touch her arm. a woman pulled up in her car and the man awalked away. investigators say the man is white, 60 to 70 years old. 5'2" and weighing 140 to 150 pounds. he has blue eyes, thing white hair and a -- thick white hair and a white beard. he was wearing a blue long sleeved shirt and blue jeans and was walking a white terrier -- ter yes dog. in the past past hour, ed lee and nancy pelosi wrapped up an event at city college. nancy pelosi's toured the culinary department. today is the first day of summer enrollment at the dough. the chancellor says enrollment is higher than it was at the same time last year. but nancy pelosi says more still neeldz to be done to make -- needs to be done to make college affordable. >> they can go all out and say reach for the stars because it's affordable. it's accessible to them. >> city college of san francisco is working to get more students following a battle over the school's accreditation. the school is still accredited at this time. gavin newsom will deliver the commencement speech at san francisco state. for the first time, the graduation will be held at at&t park on may 22nd. more than 8,000 students are expected to receive their degrees. annette bening, paulette lawrence and peter goebel will receive honorary degrees. starbucks will cover a full four years of college instead of two. it will also offer employees faster tuition reimbursement. students who are in the program will now get reimbursed after every semester rather than completing 21 class students. starbucks hopes to help at least 25,000 employees graduate by 2025. the lights go out for thousands of people in our nation's cap capital -- catch tal -- capital. what officials say is to blame. and get ready to pay less for gasoline this summer. what officials say could be the lowest gas in six years. ?.=(=pcpcpcpcpcpcpcpcpc2h you are taking a live look at the oakland estuary. you can see some spotty clouds there. woulder's tracking the rain -- we're tracking the rain storm here. more rain heading eye way after a break in the middle of the day from heavy rain overnight and this morning. steve paulson will have your full forecast coming up in just about two mint -- minutes. seven people are confirmed dead when their plane crashed after coming back from the ncaa tournament. this still photo is is the only image we have that we're getting from the scene. just a short time ago, we learned that a deputy athletic director around the associate head basketball college from illinois state university were among those killed. local authorities say the cessna crashed near the central illinois regional airport in bloomington early this morning. an explosion at a power plant in maryland is being blamed for power outages that have affected the white house, the state department and the u.s. capitol. the power outage hit about noon east coast time. electricity flickered in the white house press room and the state department. the smithsonian had to evacuate some museums and metro trains are on backup power. the you'll company says it -- the utility company says it's investigating the cause. happening now, jury deliberations are underway in the boston marathon bombing trial. 21-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev is charged with 30 counts in connection with the deadly attack back in 2013. 17 charges carry the death penalty. most legal analysts are expecting a guilty verdict which means the jury will then decide whether dzhokhar tsarnaev should get life in prison or a death sentence. >> they come back very quickly. to me that's a sign that they thought with their hearts and not heads and went check, check, check. if they take longer, that's a good sign for the defense because they are thinking out each of the counts. >> the defense tried to prove that he was influenced by his older brother killed in the days after the bombing. three people were killed and more than 260 were hurt in the attacks. today, the debate will continue surrounding whether or not to allow californians facing terminal illnesses the ability to end their lives. this is the second hearing on the debate in the state legislature. two weeks ago, opponents say the bill would lead to a spike in overall suicide rates. but supporters say the term physician assisted suicide is what's really going on in the minds of people with terminal illnesses. the most recent high-profile supporter terminal cancer patient britney maynard who made national news when she ended her own life last november tackled the phrase head on in videorecordings made prior to her death. well, back to steve. more rain this afternoon. maybe a little more. >> in spots, yeah. some areas might have is up. but we get the sun, the clouds, the showers. cazadero is pouring. thunderstorms out to the valley. this is the pattern we'll have the rest of date and then early wednesday. after that, things calm down. we had good rain this morning. i tried to get as many of these as i can. cobb mountain 1.30. le city -- daly city, picked up. vallejo, 1.21. yountville over an inch. there were a bunch of reports over an inch to an -- to 1.50. west san jose, good rain. san francisco .7 a. danville, two-thirds there were a bunch of .50 to 1.50. then we got a break. here comes two pieces of the system. the cold system is swinging inland. get a line of rain stretching from petaluma to north novato, american canyon, napa and then maybe isolated showers up until lake county around middletown. that cell is popping up highway 29. could be isolated areas of snow on cobb mountain, guerneville, russian river. that's a good cell right there. there's pockets there west of santa rosa. also around napa you can see that highway 29. so the thunderstorm activity is now beginning to show itself as these cells begin to develop, right around rio vista, highway 12, i know there's reports of lightning and hail. so far everything seems on east of san jose but from morgan hill to gilroy a little line there. this is the next system -- the next piece of energy that will swing in. san mateo coast, san francisco, it's already moved into parts of the marin coast and snow heavy snow at blue canyon, light snow truckee and tahoe. but winter storm warning is out through the day. they will get 1 to 2 feet. grass! have had snow. if it makes it down there, it's 3,000. 29 blue canyon and heavy snow. truckee and south lake tahoe. fairfield is only 51 betion. a lot of 50s. temperatures will be below normal. this swings through and then instability late tonight and into tomorrow. and that will leave behind cold care. possible showers. if you will get that, you will get hail out of that. severe weather will probably be confined to the valley where they are painted for marginal risk of severe weather. upper 50s or very, very low 60s. it's been a long time since we've had high temperatures this cool. this is the most rain we've had in two months since the first weekend of february, tori. after wednesday things will improve. it looks good as friday. but the mornings will be cold especially thursday. kind of gisk a heads up to the vineyard and agricultural -- give a heads up to the vineyards and agricultural interests. tonight in napa people will be able to speak out on a proposal to ban wood burning fireplaces. people spoke out in redwood city and there was strong opposition to replacing these in order to prevent air pollution. >> there's the issue of home in the heart and to take that a -- that away because there's smoke out there. >> like cigarette smoke, people used to be allowed to smoke in restaurants and buildings. now we don't do that anymore because we realize it impacts other lives. the same is true for this. >> air district officials will consider all comments before submitting the final proposal to the board this fall. national gas prices are expected to fall about 32% from last year. sometime between now and september. the energy department expects the nationwide average to hit 2.40 which is down by about a dollar from last year. lower prices are a result of the world oil supply growing faster than the demand. here in the bay area, prices are also falling. here is a look at what drivers are paying on average today. in san francisco, drivers are paying about $3.32 to fill up. in oakland, it's about 3.14 and in san jose, it's costing about 3.12. charging your phone in about one minute? the accidental discovery by another republican is throwing higgs hat in the ring in the 2016 race for the white house. [ cheers ] >> kentucky eye doctor, turned senator rand paul made the announcement in louisville. he wants to lower taxes on u.s. companies and provide economic stones -- zones for poor neighborhoods. he called to an end for nsa programs that gather information on u.s. citizens. >> i say the phone records of law-abiding sit stens are non-- citizens are none of their damn business. [ cheers ] >> he will face texas senator ted cruz who is already in the race. jeb bush is expected to run. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is expected to announce whether she will return. voters living in parts of san jose have the opportunity to head to the polls for a special election seat for the berryessa and ail visa neighborhoods. f no one wins more than -- if no one wins more than 50%, voters select between the top two finishers in another election. they expect low voter turnout. an accidental discovery helped researchers develop a prototype that can be charged in about one minute. researchers stumbled on the use of a graphite material as a material. they say the new battery is flexible and durable and does not catch fire. scientists say the aluminum ion battery could replace flammable batteries. the prototype is also environmentally friendly. a world-famous napa valley restaurant that's been closed since christmas is back open today. the french laundry shut down for a full kitchen remodel. it won't be done until this fall but the owner and chef has set up a temporary kitchen. you may remember that when the restaurant shut down, hundreds of thousands of dollars of wine was stolen but that wine has since been recovered. the as broke a ten-year drought getting a first opening day win since 2004. sonny gray came within six outs of a no hitter. >> aye yie yie. on an 0-2 pitch, the fastball up and away. and he lines it into right field. >> he got a standing ovation from fans after his no-hitter was broke unup. he got run support when ben hit a tw-one home run in the first. the catcher added a home run in the 7th. as beat the rangers and play tonight and due to the fleetwood mac concert, fans are encouraged to take part. the defending world champion giants also opened the 2015 season with a victory. madison bum garner allowed -- bumgarner a -- picked up where he was. diamondbacks ramlied but the giants held them off for a 5-4 win. vogelsong will pitch because peavy has a lower back injury and matt cain will not start tomorrow because of tightness in his right arm. that will do it for us. thanks for watching. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. have a great day. - [voiceover] in the approach to 2050 cops and robbers isn't what it used to be. - with technology, there's no dark. there's cameras everywhere. - [voiceover] new gadgets have given police extrasensory perception. - we wanted to bring 2050 into the year 2015. - [voiceover] and true or false? can your brain show when you're lying? - [voiceover] will these brain scans be used by governments to simply solve all crime? - [voiceover] the future of crime fighting on this edition of "xploration earth 2050." 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now. throughout the afternoon we'll be looking at numbers in the 50s and 60s and that wind it can to ease throughout the afternoon and a cooler night will be in store, maybe some patchy frost but we have some good news, rain will return to the bay area. we'll have a look at that seven-day outlook coming up. we begin with breaking news in sue knoll, interstate 680 is moving again after a fatal accident early this morning. the highway patrol lifted a special traffic advisory about 90 minutes ago after three northbound lanes were shut down since about 1:00 this morning, when a corvette hit a mini van that had stalled near vargas road. at least one person died at the scene. actually we know at this point it was a man in a corvette, an elderly man stopped to see if people in a mini van needed help. they had pulled over on the shoulder, and then a third vehicle hit that elderly man, killing him. things are back to normal at lax this morning after police evacuated and searched two terminals last night. >> everyone on the ground! everybody get down! >> this video shows police searching one terminal at gunpoint after receiving reports that someone had fired a gun and at the same time an anonymous caller reported seeing a man with a gun in a different terminal. police quickly determined both reports were false. what actually happened was a woman had a medical problem and crashed her suv in the front of terminal five. the sound of that crash and people screaming triggered the false reports of a shooting. >> and that made everyone think that there was gunshots and then somebody in terminal four call and said they saw somebody with a gun so they evacuated the terminal. everybody was outside and chaos. >> police say the evacuation was precautionary. the incident delayed 60 flights and impacted about 4,600 travelers, four arriving flights were diverted to other airports. this incident of course comes weeks after a deadly shooting at lax. it was november 1st that police say a 23-year-old paul ciancia walked into an lax terminal shot and killed tsa officer gerardo hernandez. ciancia is facing murder charges. developing news in milpitas, the embassy suites hotel remains open despite a stabbing. 30-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being found on the third floor around 5:30 suffering from numerous stab wounds. police believe she knewer this attacker. they found evidence she was attacked inside the ninth floor room where she had registered as a guest. developing news from the north bay, wind gusts have spread a massive wildfire in sonoma county. the fire burned the cooling tower at a cal pine corporation geothermal plant. it has been evacuated. nobody's been hurt, but two plants have been knocked offline. the fire started at 2:00 yesterday morning north of geyserville. it has burned 2,500 acres. firefighters have it 10% contained. now to the bay area wind storms, people are still cleaning up after strong gusts hit the east bay thursday night. this is a tweet the picture from reporter heather ishimaru. our alan wang has more from oakland. >> reporter: a power line stopped this tree from falling into a house in oakland but crews just got to it. >> with everything that was happening in the city it was really hard to get through to emergency crews. >> reporter: meanwhile, about 170 customers in her neighborhood are without power. >> i don't want another cold shower. >> reporter: as bad as this neighborhood looks, oakland public works says it was not at the top of the priority list. roadways like this one at fifth and jackson had to be cleared before the evening rush hour. >> folks are using see, click, fix, an online application where you can use your smartphone and allow us to know where there are counsel downed trees. >> reporter: everywhere debris is pushed to the side of the road, even taking up parking spaces for potential customers at ledger's liquor store in berkeley. >> they said they had 130 calls and trying to and a half along and pick it up as they can. >> reporter: a 50-foot cypress tree is still leaning against this home in berkeley. >> if it was one story it definitely would have come through our house. >> reporter: tree clears crews are working quickly but safely. alanguage, abc 7 news. now is the time to inspect your trees before the next storm. if a tree in your property has been marked with a red "x" it's your responsibility to have that tree removed. thursday night's wind storm took the lives of two people in the bay area. in one case, a man was killed by falling branches on austin street near fruitvale in oakland. the tree had been marked for removal but never taken out been. >> it's dangerous, even the branches are still dangling even when there's a little bit of wind. they need to cut that tree down. >> the second occurred on skyline boulevard, a man apparently tried to avoid hitting a downed tree while driving. he wound up colliding with another tree in the center median and died. the winds took down a scoreboard at concord high school. students are worried about next year's football season. schooled amartors said they do not know where to find the money to fix it. 3,000 are in the north bay and power is still out for more than 1,200 customers in the east bay. get the abc 7 news weather app, it will alert you to power outages and severe weather. it's free. go to abc7news.com/app. secretary john kerry is scheduled to finalize an agreement on iran's nuclear program. negotiators are all in attendance. the international leaders have been working on an agreement to roll back iran's march toward a nuclear weapon, in return, tehran wants the nation to ditch the economic sanctions it claims are strangling the iranian economy. new this morning, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake has hit the south pacific. it happened around midnight our time, the quake could be felt in fiji and tonga. no reports of immediate damage. the pacific tsunami warning center did not issue a warning saying the quake was centered too far underground. a bay area man held captive in north korea may be the victim of mistaken identity. north korean officials admitted they are holding 85-year-old merrill newman of palo alto but there's another korean war veteran with the same name, 84-year-old merrill h. newman from oregon, that newman won a silver star for valor during the war. merrill newman's wife issued a statement begging north korea to release her husband. in the south bay the naacp will be teaming up with san jose state officials on monday to address racial tensions on campus. the meeting comes as a fourth student has been charged with a hate crime and battery against his african-american roommate. police say he and three others put their roommate's head in a bike lock, called him names with slave references and put nazi symbols and a confederate flag in their shared room. stay with the abc 7 morning news, coming up in our next half hour, south bay reporter david louie will bring us new details. this morning, convicted killer joseph naso is awaiting transfer to san quinn ten prison having been sentenced to death. at a hearing in san rafael he responded to the judge's decision with an indecent gesture. he was convicted of murdering four women. the judge called him evil and disturbed and told him the world is a worse place with him in it. the death toll in the philippines from typhoon haiyan is up to 5,200 people. two bay area nurses saw the damage caused by the storm firsthand. they just returned to sfo last night, after spending a week assisting with relief efforts. their task was to go into evacuee camps and set up operations for future volunteers. the nurses said the devastation is enormous. >> all of the homes have been blown away because they started out being built with light material anyway. the schools are gone. the churches are gone. >> we were dragging our feet when we left knowing there's still a lot of stuff to do. >> both nurses said they hoped to return to the philippines to help with the relief efforts again. this morning a san francisco zoo is remembering the small squirrel monkey that gained worldwide fame after he was stolen from his exhibit. banana sam has died from heart disease. the squirrel monkey's disappearance sfauned a social media frenzy two years ago after someone started a twitter profile on him. police found sam after a person saw him in the bushes in golden gate park. he was shaking, hungry, and cold. banana sam was 19 years old. poor little guy. 5:10, now looking at the weather we have serious stuff going on out there. >> we have a red flag warning to boot on top of the gusty winds in the north bay. isn't this nice, the festism, the holiday tree lighting will be tonight, the festival will be the master of ceremonies temperatures ranging from mid-50s here in the city but in the 30s out by the delta. we'll talk about the wind and prospect of rain when we return. also ahead remembering the jfk assassination 50 years later. the events around the country and here at home marking one of the darkest moments in the nation's history. plus an east bay teacher dealing with a personal family tragedy getting a boost from his . welcome back everyone. good saturday morning to you. the clock just turned 5:14. you are looking live from our hd roof cam at the ferry building and bay bridge. the lights are on until the sun comes up so we get to enjoy those at this early hour. we have some issues with winds in certain areas, so lisa will fill you in on that in a little bit. stay tuned for that important stuff. much of the nation pautzed yesterday to remember a turning point in u.s. history the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. kennedy. in dallas where kennedy was killed the city erected a memorial at dealey plaza with the final paragraph of the speech he was supposed to give that day. tourists paused at the kennedy gravesite where an eternal flame has burned since he was laid to rest in 1963. and here in the bay area, john f. kennedy university in pleasant hill unveiled a bust originally made for the jfk library in boston. a popular walnut creek teacher is getting a boost from a couple of former students from a tragedy. >> here get. >> reporter: in walnut creek lots of people know jeff loving simply as mr. loving. just after a trip back home last year from picking up their two youngest children from an ethiopian orphanage his wife brenda was diagnosed with terminal cancer. >> she made it ten months and you know, lost it. >> reporter: she passed away days ago ending their dream of raising their children together. this week, two former students decided to lend a hand. >> when i heard the news, i thought there's got to be a way for us to help. >> reporter: when they found out mr. loving would be raising four beautiful children by himself they decided to try to help out and launched a website to try to raise a little money to help out and just a couple days, look at the response they've got, they raised $12,000. ali walsh and lita ibrahimi own a local salon, they posted flyers for a full day fund-raising next month. mr. loving has always been someone they and other students looked up to. >> i think he's going to be just fine. i think he needs a little bit of help now it's a tough time. >> they were wonderful kids then and wonderful adults now and just wanted to find a way to help me so that's, i mean, it makes you feel great. it's incredibly, incredibly humbling. >> reporter: he says he's overwhelmed by the support from these two former students and the rest of the community. >> 5:16. lisa argin keeping track of the wind. >> not as windy as it was but windy enough there's a red flag warning in the north bay and it allowed the temperatures to stay mild in parts of the bay. delta the cool spot 37 you translate that to the bay area with all the wind and we are up to 61 degrees in santa rosa so it really depends on where you are, how much wind you're getting and we will look for these winds to continue throughout the day but they will ease up throughout the afternoon in the north bay but still until 5:00 you can see the camera shaking from mt. tam and this is y the national weather service has allowed that red flag barning to continue throughout the day today. 55 in the city. it's 65 in oakland. 41 in redwood city with low 40s in los gatos own an the coast a balmy 54 degrees and emeryville camera, pretty shaky. santa rosa 60. okay, it's 5:00 in the morning and it's 60 degrees there. 46 in novato with 37 by the delta, 49 in concord. livermore at 43 degrees. as the winds continue to ease up, we'll have a nice afternoon, you can see how festive it looks here from the embarcadero and with our forecast highlights the gusty winds continuing especially in the higher elevations, the north bay, marin, sonoma, napa throughout the morning hours and the afternoon slightly less, sunny, mild for most and this will take us through tuesday. rain arrives on wednesday and it looks like it will be wet for thanksgiving. so here are the highlights then, you'll notice highlighted in red here, we could see wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour with low relative humidity, the dew point is at 8 in santa rosa, so if you think it's dry out there, you're absolutely right, and then tonight with the dry air mass and the winds backing off it is going to be a chilly night with some patchy frost. pretty dangerous still here and for the middle of november, late november, kind of interesting though we have a red flag warning so right now, wind gusts to 30 miles an hour up to the north, 25-mile-an-hour mt. tam, so we will be looking at the system could continue to sink to the south and high pressure pull away a little bit further. as it does that vacuum effect will get less and less but for the short term, the windy pattern for much of northern california and then the rain pretty soggy in southern california and we will look for the pattern to change come midweek so here's wednesday, into thanksgiving when this next feature dlingt larry strong, a half inch to an inch of rain is possible wednesday into thanksgiving. the game down by stanford with temperatures in the lower 60s, north east winds 10 to 15 miles per hour and the rest of the bay area, temperatures fairly uniform, 63 palo alto, 64 in livermore and the accuweather seven-day forecast shows the temperatures and the sky conditions staying relatively stagnant or nice i suppose right on through tuesday and here comes the change wednesday, thursday and after that looks like high pressure builds back. abc 7 news is another great resource to follow, following live doppler hd, and get video forecasts, spare the air alerts and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. >> power outages have been a big deal this week the last few days. >> it's still quite gusty out there. >> thank you, lisa. black friday is almost here. ahead on the abc 7 saturday morning news, 7 on your side's michael finney will reveal of so some of the doorbuster deals you can expect this holiday shopping season. it is a san francisco holiday tradition, and it is a cute one. check this out. macy's in union square with the help of san francisco spca unveiling their adoptable cats and dogs last night in the store windows, dozens of people crowded around to see the cute critters and of course they're looking for homes. over the past nine years the holiday windows have helped the sf spca raise more than $100,000 and find homes for more than 2,300 animals. they will be hanging out in the windows until january 5th. too, too cute. black friday almost here and shoppers have one big advantage this year, "7 on your side's" michael finney tells us black friday is no longer a one-day event. >> reporter: this is the black friday scene, shoppers turning into all-night campers, intent on getting the blockbuster deals. >> it's the one day all year where the tables are turned, and we aren't simply reacting at the last minute to marketing. >> reporter: that's brad wilson of brad's deals, who scans the marketplace for bargains. he says we have an advantage, ads tell us who has what deals and this year not all stores open at once. here is a place to start at precisely 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day best buy opens one doorbusters like this, a 55 inch lg flat screen television will be offered at half price, just $499. >> that's the lowest price we've ever seen on a tv. >> reporter: 10:00 a.m. friday best buy will offer any mac book air computer for $150 off, or you can get one of these microsoft surface tablets for $199, a savings of $150. >> there will be probably between 700 to 900 people in line. >> reporter: here at toys "r" us doors will open 5:00 bm thanksgiving day offering deals that last four hours. this leapfrog computer tablet for kids will be sold at half price just $39.99, until 9:00 p.m. ♪ this "despicable me" dancing day will also be half price at just $24.99. other toy deals last through the weekend, like this roadster half price at $49.99. patrick here gives the toy not just one thumbs up but two. here at target we found a $299 nikon camera that will tell for just $99 over the weekend. and target regulars might like this deal, a new ipad air for $479, that's a $20 savings and also comes with a $100 target gift card. macy's will be open on thanksgiving for the first time, from 8:00 p.m. through the night, deals include this $200 five-piece luggage set for just $49. this 11-piece quisinart cookware will be sold at half price just $99 and these $129 cashmere sweaters just 39 bucks. all these deals are offered while supplies last, but walmart is changing even that. here at walmart, customers who are in the store between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day are guaranteed to get the doorbuster deals, if the store runs out of an item, customers get a voucher. walmart promises to deliver the product before christmas day. >> it's a little funky that they're doing it all within this one hour. the fact that they're offsetting that with guaranteed availability is big time in our favor. >> reporter: here are some of the guaranteed deals, a new ipad mini for $299, it comes with a $100 walmart gift card so if you shop there it's a big savings. >> looking at those crowds makes my head hurt and that was "7 on your side's" michael finney reporting. the saturday morning nuts continues at 5:30 with today's top stories including new this morning a visit to the beach turns deadly, a shark attack under investigation down under. and new details of a hate crime investigation at a so e bed ewelcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. happy saturday, everyone. it is 5:30 a.m. we start this half hour with a check of the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you, katie. you notice a wide range of temperatures because the gusty winds, we still have not only some gusty winds in the north bay but a red flag warning here. look at the temperature in santa rosa, 60 degrees. it's 54 on the coast. but out towards the delta we are chilly n the upper 30s. so the rest of the winds around the bay area not quite as gusty, from south bay over into the east bay, but throughout the morning hours and even the afternoon we will be looking at some gusty winds, especially the higher elevations could gust over 50 miles an hour and we're left with plenty of sunshine and numbers in the 60s today. it will be dry for the first couple of days of the work week and we've got more rain to talk about. katie? >> lisa, thank you. developing news, things are back to normal at lax right now after two terminals were evacuated and searched by police last night. this video shows police searching one terminal at gunpoint after receiving reports someone had fired a gun. in another terminal a caller reported seeing someone with a gun but both reports turned out to be false. police say the sound of an suv crash at a terminal and people screaming were mistakenly reported as a shooting incident. the disruption delayed 40 flights and three inbound planes were diverted to other airports. in new york city, a man was injured after getting hit in the head with a knife at jfk airport. it happened yesterday evening. airport officials say two men started fighting and that's when one man took out a knife and hit the other man in the forehead. the victim is expected to be okay. no one else was hurt. no word on what led to the fight. new from australia, a surfer has been killed by a shark. it happened this morning off the coast of grace town. state police say the victim appears to be in his 20s, no word on the type of shark that was involved in the attack. the beaches though are closed to visitors. the area has been the site of three fatal shark attacks in the last decade. we're learning new details about three white san jose state freshmen charged with hate crimes against their african-american roommate. campus police discovered other hate material in one of the student's rooms. abc 7 news reporter david louie has the latest in san jose. >> reporter: the hazing happened on the seventh floor of this freshman dorm, a floor for engineering students. suite 704 was occupied by three whites and one african-american. the campus police report says last week the victim returned to the suite and found a racial insult on a dry erase board in the common area, it was the "n" word. when a resident manager contacted police, officers found nazi symbols in one of the bedrooms, and learned of pranks targeting the 17-year-old victim. the victim whose name has not been released told campus police he felt safe in the suite but would stay in his bedroom most of the time. the suite has a common living and kitchen area with four individual bedrooms and two shared bathrooms. the police report also details pranks such as hiding the victim's shoes. the district attorney's office has charged the victim's three roommates with commission of a hate crime and battery. we have confirmed one has surrendered. hose state tells us four students have been suspended. the victim's parents issued a statement saying "as a family we are deeply disturbed by the horrific behaviors that have taken place against our son. our immediate focus is his protection. we appreciate the outpouring of support from our family, community and the efforts of hose state university. due to the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation we are requesting privacy." one student claims she was the victim of racial hazing and even though she reported it she didn't think anyone was disciplined. >> one of them put dish soap in my juice and this was after me, after us having meeting with the rlc and the ras to address the situations that were going on and so after that, the solution was to move me to a different room. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. the death of a santa rosa teenager is prompting new legislation to regulate toy guns. democratic state senator noreen evans introduced the act yesterday. the bill would amend the law to define an imitation firearm, what it is and what the toy guns must look like to different state them from real guns, the effort comes after 13-year-old andy lopez was shot and killed by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy last month. he mistook the toy gun for an ak-47 assault weapon. bart's largest union is considering legal action against b.a.r.t. management after the board approved a new contract agreement which ended last month's strike but it did not include a family leave provision. the union called the move unprecedented and illegitimate. b.a.r.t. management says the provision was mistakenly included. the bay area's dependence on b.a.r.t. was highlighted again yesterday when a computer problem shut down b.a.r.t. service for hours overnight and part of the morning commute. network server upgrade caused the system to go offline, stranding passengers. from southern california, a man who was missing for several days is safe and sound this morning. los angeles police found darwin vella yesterday after he flagged someone down on the side of a road. on tuesday he withent for a walk with his dog. he did not return home but his dog did, along with a bloody leash. police won't say yet if vella was kidnapped. he does have some ties to hollywood celebrities and was scheduled to testify earlier this week at a hearing for a man accused of bug lrglarizing the e of nicolas cage's former girlfriend. pixar has laid part of its staff in emeryville. fewer than 60 people were let go due to the postponement of its next animated feature. pixar is owned by disney, the parent company of abc 7. president obama says the u.s. economy is improving, even if it's been overshadowed by political gridlock and the messy rollout of his health care law. in his weekly address the president says jobs have been created, the auto industry is recovering and deficits are falling. he's trying to be upbeat in the wake of his administration's failure to create a functioning health care website. >> our businesses have created 7.8 million new jobs in the past 44 months, another 200,000 americans went back to work last month. the american auto industry has come roaring back with more than 350,000 new jobs, jobs turning out and selling the high tech fuel-efficient cars the world wants to buy. >> for the republicans, texas congressman mike burgess says the u.s. should scrap obama care and start over despite the president's promise, some people who like their doctor may lose their doctor. president obama returns to san francisco monday, the president will visit the betty aung recreation center in chinatown to push for immigration reform and he'll attend a fund-raiser at the sf jazz center. the president visited the bay area eight times in the last two and a half years. stay with abc 7 news for complete coverage of the president's visit monday. you can get updates any time on twitter. just follow us @abc7bayarea. tesla's ceo is charged up. the new vow he's making this morning as the federal government looks into the safety of his model "s" sedan. console complication, microsoft's brand new x-box is so popular t can't be found on store shelves but customers are already finding problems with the new system. taking a live look outside at 5:38 this morning from our tower cam, beautiful view of the bay bridge this morning, a little bit breezy out there. we've been watching this camera shake a little bit but not as bad as we saw and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the importan and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. 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noise when the system tries to read game discs. microsoft is not sure what is causing that. oh, so much disappointment for game lovers. it's 5:41, lisa with the weather. >> we have been so dry, the dew point is down to 8 in santa rosa, with the air temperature of 60. now i've been talking about that because it's so dramatic and the winds are still quite gusty in the north bay. from our roof camera is looks pleasant out there. still gusty, offshore winds, low relative humidities and the possibility of fire danger has aloud for a red flag warning, we'll talk about that and when the rain's returning coming up >> thanks, lisa. coming up first, phones on planes. the fcc says it may allow passengers to use them during woah, this k l! the tour. give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. the #1 selling pain reliever, in one cold medicine. advil 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next to you on the plane. travelers can use their electronic devices takeoff through landing but the friendly skies may get more noisy. the fcc is considering allowing cell phone calls on planes above 10,000 feet. the immediate reaction has been overwhelmingly negative. >> people are talking loud i think that might be disruptive. >> some things too personal and you don't really want to know. >> reporter: flight attendants say no way. >> a terrible idea, overwhelmingly passengers rejected that notion and flight attend ants don't want that on board either. >> reporter: if the fcc decides to change the rules each airline could decide whether it will allow calls. many are reluctant worried about passenger backlash. delta was adam ant no voice calls. the calls would be made but wifi, not cellular technology. airlines would have to install special equipment to give off the signal. passengers would most likely have to pay a fee to use the service but if you want to avoid the chat y kathy in row ten you have to pay for a seat in a quiet zone. >> if the airlines think they can make enough money off of this, they might go ahead with the plan anyway. >> reporter: even if the fcc approves the change it wouldn't take effect immediately. there would be a public comment period that could take up to a year. for now enjoy the peace and quiet. karen traverse, abc news, washington. so you can probably feel it out there, and that's because of the northeasterly wind so they're still with us and creating their own weather in some parts of the bay area, live doppler 7 hd this morning looking at some of the cloud cover that continues to push to the south and we have' got wind advisories across much of the state, but the one for the bay area has expired but we still have the gusty winds and the red flag warning until 5:00, and here's why. you can see the camera shaking from mt. tam, where we have winds in excess of 30 and 40 miles an hour, allow for temperatures to be mild. 55 in san francisco. how about 65 in oakland with low to mid-40s from los gatos to san jose but on the coast it is 54 degrees. so pretty mild there and here is a look at emeryville where we're looking still at some wind but not as bad as in the north bay, look at that, 60 in santa rosa. 37 by the delta. quite a range with mid-40s, napa, novato. concord good morning to you, 49 degrees. the embarcadero part of it lit up looking pretty nice this morning and we will look for the gusty north winds to continue throughout the morning hours. they'll ease throughout the afternoon leaving sunny skies for most over the next few days, actually through tuesday but rain arrives by wednesday into thanksgiving day so here's the red flag warning for marin, sonoma and napa, parts of the counties winds up to 50 miles an hour are still likely. now mainly in the higher elevations but even anywhere from about 800 feet at the surface we still have some breezy winds out there so you'll notice the mild conditions but gusts to 25 miles an hour around knoxville creek and you'll notice around the altamount pass and calaveras road things are calmer. the low pressure brought the rain, high pressure building into the north and the proximity of the two pressure gradients allowing for that vacuum effect where we get the gusty winds but the rain and inclement weather from southern california and into the mountains of the southland, so keep that in mind if you're traveling but for the next couple of days, very quiet until this feature moves on shore so it's going to be spreading a little bit of rain, maybe a half inch of rain, a little too far out to tell right now. beginning on wednesday, right on through thanksgiving, looks to be over by friday, the beginning of that long weekend or stretch of whole day for you. 42 in lake tahoe today. the wind advisory is lifted as a wind warning but breezy. 66 in fresno. san diego looking at some rain and we'll look for temperatures today in the low to mid-60s for most, and the winds continuing to ease up throughout the afternoon. so tree lighting celebration at pier 39, twith temperatures by 3:00 in the low 60s, dropping into the 50s so more typical evening with the chilly temperatures but notice, today, tomorrow and monday, not much change, even into tuesday, it's wednesday and thursday highlighted there with the clouds and the possibility of rain into thanksgiving, and then clearing for the weekend. so doesn't look like a snowmaker though but you know, boreo is always open. >> people have an excuse to stay in and eat, no exercise required. thanks, lisa. in sports, big game today, stanford versus cal, the cardinals heavily favored. you never know what happens when the two teams get together and the warriors plagued by injuries in l.a. >> good morning, everybody. seth curry sat out the second straight game for the warriors in l.a. and much worse, andre igoudala got hurt and it looks bad. curry in street clothes, still experiencing headaches after the concussion earlier in the week. the throwdown, second quarter, barnes and bogart, big man show and go. gasol puts him in the torture chamber, up and under, lakers by nine at the half. igoudala felt his left hamstring pop and can't walk. he could be out for a while. in the fourth nick young the night of his life off the steal coast to coast, warriors drop their seventh straight to the lakers in l.a., 102-95 and we'll see what the story is with curry and igoudala going forward. can cal shock the world and upset stanford in the 116th edition of the big game? the cardinal listed as 32-point favorites going in. stanford's won three straight games, face a struggling cal team, 1-10 on the year, allowing 44 points per game. the question for stanford, can they get up for a cal team after having seen the rose bowl hopes vanish in the lost to usc last week? the bears looking for their first elusive pac-12 victory but it could be wiped away if they knock off the cardinal. >> this would be a way to end it on a positive note. it will be a challenge for us but our kids are excited, we have a great week of practice, preparing well and we have to go out and play well. there's two incredible academic institutions that have great tradition and great pride and i paid attention to this game growing up my entire life and career and it's what is great about college football. >> the energy seen around campus here and in berkeley before the game is pretty unique and a great experience. probably one of the best rivalries in the country and it's an honor to represent stanford in that rivalry. >> see if cal can shock the world. we have college football today on abc 7 at 12:30, oregon versus arizona and at 5:00 it's baylor and oklahoma state, we'll be on after that with lexus after the game at 8:30 with all the highlights of the day's action and of course the big game. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry diehl. britain's prince harry left london for the other side of the equator, ahead on "abc 7 saturday morning news" the good to thsuffered in silence... hoped... and lived in a state of fear... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need. and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll now at coveredca.com. britain's prince harry is in an r antarctica this morning, to begin a 200-mile charity trek to the south pole involving wounded servicemen and women. harry is part of a team raising money for the military charity "walking with the wounded." he's expected to reach the pole in mid-december. wow. good luck to all of them. the countdown is on for this weekend's american music awards. armando christian perez, better known as pitbull is rehearsing his emcee duties in los angeles. tomorrow night's show will include performances by jennifer lopez, justin timberlake, katy perry, rihanna and miley cyrus. pitbull amping up for his new venture at host. >> never had a hosting gig or job but i wake up and host a world every day. what better place than with a room full of beautiful, sexy, sophisticated, power women. >> all righty then. tomorrow will mark the network prime time's debut of pitbull's latest hit "timber." catch it on abc 7 starting at 8:00 p.m. a bay area high school has been honored for an innovative program that tackles head injuries in its athletes. student trainers are roaming the side lines of games to keep an eye on players, those with symptoms of a concussion are treated and may be pulled out of school for a week to recover. atlanta o'brien has suffered several concussions on the soccer field. the student trainers are critical for preventing serious head injuries. >> the players, they don't want to come out of the game. they want to be in there even if they can't see straight, they're dizzy, so kids there keep an eye on them. >> north gate's efforts were recognized friday by the national athletic trainers association. congressman george miller was also there, he's sponsoring a bill that sets safety standards for concussions. the abc 7 morning news saturday morning news continues at 6:00 a.m., with breaking news. fatal accident snarls traffic in the east bay, find out what the highway patrol is revealing about the crash. and another scare at lax weeks after a deadly shooting. what sent police rushing to ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... 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to the gusty winds and with the possibility of maybe some power lines still coming down, but for the rest of the day the winds will ease up, it will be a bright and sunny afternoon, with numbers mainly in the 60s by about 1:00, but 40s and 50s for most, and we'll look for the winds to continue to dial back but pretty dangerous in parts of the north bay. katie? >> lisa, thank you. we have breaking news in sunol, interstate 680 is moving again after a fatal accident early this morning. a corvette, excuse me, let me -- there was a corvette, the driver of a corvette, an elderly man who stopped to check on a mini van that had stalled near vargas road. the elderly man got out to check on the people and was hit by a third driver. officers had shut down three northbound lanes around 1:00 this morning, very sad. things are back to normal at lax this morning after police evacuated and searched two terminals last night. >> everyone on the ground! everybody get down! >> this video shows police searching one terminal at gunpoint after receiving reports that someone had fired a gun and at the same time an anonymous caller reported seeing a man with a gun in a different terminal. police quickly determined both reports were false. what actually happened was a woman had a medical problem and crashed her suv in the front of terminal five. the sound of that crash and people screaming triggered the false reports of a shooting. >> and that made everyone think that there was gunshots and then somebody in terminal four call and said they saw somebody with a gun so they evacuated the terminal. everybody was outside and chaos. >> police say the evacuation was precautionary. the incident delayed 60 flights and impacted about 4,600 travelers, four arriving flights were diverted to other airports. this incident of course comes weeks after a deadly shooting at lax. it was november 1st that police say a 23-year-old paul ciancia walked into an lax terminal, shot and killed tsa officer gerardo hernandez. ciancia is facing murder charges. developing news in milpitas, the embassy suites hotel remains open despite a stabbing. 30-year-old woman was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being found on the third floor around 5:30 suffering from numerous stab wounds. police believe she knew her attacker. they found evidence she was attacked inside the ninth floor room where she was registered. so far, no arrests have been made. developing news from the north bay, wind gusts have spread a massive wildfire in sonoma county. the fire burned the cooling tower at a cal pine corporation geothermal plant. it has been evacuated. nobody's been hurt, but two plants have been knocked offline. the fire started at 2:00 yesterday morning north of geyserville. it has burned 2,500 acres. firefighters have it 10% contained. now to the bay area wind storms, people are still cleaning up after strong gusts hit the east bay thursday night. this is a tweet the picture from reporter heather ishimaru. it is a giant eucalyptus tree uprooted by the storm. our alan wang has more from oakland. >> reporter: a power line stopped this tree from falling into a house in oakland but crews just got to it. >> with everything that was happening in the city it was really hard to get through to emergency crews. >> reporter: meanwhile, about 170 customers in her neighborhood are without power. >> i don't want another cold shower. >> reporter: as bad as this neighborhood looks, oakland public works says it was not at the top of the priority list. roadways like this one at fifth and jackson had to be cleared before the evening rush hour. >> folks are using see, click, fix, an online application where you can use your smartphone and allow us to know where there are downed trees. >> reporter: everywhere debris is pushed to the side of the road, even taking up parking spaces for potential customers at ledger's liquor store in berkeley. >> they said they had 130 calls and trying to move along and pick it up as they can. >> reporter: a 50-foot cypress tree is still leaning against this home in berkeley. >> if we were a one story house, it definitely would have come through our house. >> reporter: tree clears crews are working quickly but safely. alan wang, abc 7 news. now is the time to inspect your trees before the next storm. if a tree in your property has been marked with a red "x" it's your responsibility to have that tree removed. thursday night's wind storm took the lives of two people in the bay area. in one case, a man was killed by falling branches on austin street near fruitvale in oakland. the tree had been marked for removal but never taken out >> it's dangerous, even the branches are still dangling even when there's a little bit of wind. they need to cut that tree down. >> the second occurred on skyline boulevard, a man apparently tried to avoid hitting a downed tree while driving. he wound up colliding with another tree in the center median and died. the winds took down a scoreboard at concord high school. students are worried about next year's football season. school administrators say they don't know where they'll find the money to fix it. more than 5,000 homes and businesses are still without electricity after thursday night's wind storm. 3,000 are in the north bay and power is still out for more than 1,200 customers in the east bay. a reminder, be sure to get the abc 7 news weather app, it will alert you to power outages and severe weather. and it is free. for more information, go to abc7news.com/app. new this morning, secretary of state john kerry is in geneva to finalize on agreement on iran's numbering clear program. negotiators from china, france, russia, the uk and iran are all in attendance. the international leaders have been working on an agreement to roll back iran's march toward a nuclear weapon, in return, tehran wants the nation to ditch the economic sanctions it claims are strangling the iranian economy. new this morning, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake has hit the south pacific. it happened around midnight our time, the quake could be felt in fiji and tonga. hundreds of miles away. no reports of any damage. the pacific tsunami warning center did not issue a warning saying the quake was centered too far underground. a bay area man held captive in north korea may be the victim of mistaken identity. north korean officials admitted they are holding 85-year-old merrill newman of palo alto but there's another korean war veteran with the same name, 84-year-old merrill h. newman from oregon, that newman won a silver star for valor during the war. merrill newman's wife issued a statement begging north korea to release her husband. he's been held since late october as he was yanked off a plane as he was about to come home. in the south bay the naacp will be teaming up with san jose state officials on monday to address racial tensions on campus. the meeting comes as a fourth student has been charged with a hate crime and battery against his african-american roommate. police say he and three others put their roommate's head in a bike lock, called him names with slave references and put nazi symbols and a confederate flag in their shared room. >> stay with "abc 7 saturday morning news." coming in our next half hour, south bay reporter david louie will bring us new details. this morning, convicted serial killer joseph nasois awaiting transfer to san quinton prison having been sentenced to death. at a hearing in san rafael he responded to the judge's decision with an indecent gesture. nasowas convicted of murdering four women between 1977 and 1994. the judge called him evil and disturbed and told him the world is a worse place with him in it. the death toll in the philippines from typhoon haiyan is up to 5,200 people. two bay area nurses saw the damage caused by the storm firsthand. they just returned to sfo last night, after spending a week assisting with relief efforts. their task was to go into evacuee camps and set up operations for future volunteers. the nurses said the devastation is enormous. >> both nurses hope to return to the philippines to help with relief efforts again. good for them. lot of help needed. 6:09 and we're dealing with a little bit of wind. >> a little bit of wind up in the north bay but elsewhere, much much calmer conditions. beautiful shot from the embarcadero, exploratorium camera. you can see how festive it looks, we're looking at the holiday forecast coming up which includes some rain. stay tuned. we'll have it for you in a few minutes. >> thanks, lisa. lbs ahead, remembering the jfk assassination 50 years later. the events around the country and here at home marking one of the darkest moments in the nation's history. plus an east bay teacher is dealing with a personal family tragedy but he's getting a boost from his former students, don't worry, santa will find us. ♪ [ female announcer ] this christmas, light santa's way with the hallmark santa signal ornament. you got to love the weekend. it's like everyone came to, "if it's good, let's save it for the weekend." so here's to the kfc ten buck weekend bucket. ten pieces, ten bucks. any recipe. just ten bucks every saturday and sunday. today tastes so good. welcome back everyone. it is 6:13. live look right now at the bay bridge from our hd roof cam, just beyond the bay lights you can see some low clouds now but those are going to clear and it's going to be a pretty nice, sunny day in san francisco. yesterday much of the nation pautz paused to remember a turning point in history, the 50th anniversary of the jfk assassination. in dallas where kennedy was killed the city erected a memorial at dealey plaza with the final paragraph of the speech he was supposed to give that day. in washington, tourists paused at the kennedy gravesite where an eternal flame has burned since he was laid to rest in 1963. and here in the bay area, john f. kennedy university in pleasant hill unveiled a bust originally made for the jfk library in boston. a popular walnut creek teacher is getting a boost from a couple of former students after a family tragedy. abc reporter sergio quintana talked with them. >> choo-choo train. >> yes. >> reporter: in walnut creek lots of people know jeff loving simply as mr. loving. he's a p.e. teacher at walnut creek intermediate school. just after a trip back home last year from picking up their two youngest children from an ethiopian orphanage his wife brenda was diagnosed with terminal cancer. >> she made it ten months and you know, lost it. >> reporter: she passed away days ago ending their dream of raising their children together. this week, two former students decided to lend a hand. >> when i heard the news, i thought there's got to be a way for us to help. >> reporter: when they found out mr. loving would be raising four beautiful children by himself they decided to try to help out and launched a website to try to raise a little money to help out and just a couple days, look at the response they've got, they raised $12,000. ali walsh and lita ibrahimi own a local salon, they posted flyers for a full day fund-raising next month. mr. loving has always been someone they and other students looked up to. >> i think he's going to be just fine. i think he needs a little bit of help now it's a tough time. >> they were wonderful kids then and wonderful adults now and just wanted to find a way to help me so that's, i mean, it makes you feel great. it's incredibly, incredibly humbling. >> reporter: he says he's overwhelmed by the support from these two former students and the rest of the community. >> 6:15. lisa argin keeping track of the weather. beautiful bay lights in the morning. >> the embarcadero lit up now and later on tonight, pier 39, i'll tell you when in a few minutes but right now looking at live doppler 7 hd which is quiet. rain is over but it is coming back and it should be this time of year. the timing may not be great. here is a look at the cloud cover that continues to push into southern california. they have the wind and the rain right now. we're left in its wake with still some breezy conditions, red flag warning for parts of the north bay all day today. mt. tam the camera is shaking. nice shot out there and it's clear, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 65 in oakland. 44 in san jose with mid-50s on the coast and the winds everywhere continue to back off, except in the north bay. east bay hills camera not as shaky as the mt. tam one and looking at mid-50s santa rosa, 47 in napa so pretty mild out there compared to what it could be if we didn't have the winds, with the dry atmosphere, we would certainly be into the 30s this morning. 39 though by the delta, it feels like it's 32 and they have fog to boot here, 50 in concord, 42 in livermore. forecast highlights and a glimpse from our exploratorium camera looking beautiful this morning. gusty north bay winds throughout the morning hours and also into the afternoon. so we've had some wildfires and the possibility remains throughout the day today with a red flag warning, sunny and mild for most taking us through tuesday. the changes come wednesday into thanksgiving day as our next wet weather maker heads our way. wind gusts still in excess of 50 miles an hour, with low relative humidity, in fact it's at 16% in santa rosa, with the dew point at 8, so it is dry as a bone out there, and tonight with the lack of wind, we will have some patchy frost here but the possibility for marin, sonoma and napa to see some fires ignited from the wind and the dry fuel is certainly a possibility, so be careful. it will be a pretty day to get out there and enjoy the weather. the winds are gusting to oh about 23 miles an hour, atlas peak, you can see knoxville creek 20 miles an hour and south bay and east bay it is much, much quieter. so the area of low pressure was so close to us yesterday and that high building in brought the tight pressure gradient. the high is beginning to move a little bit away and the low further south bringing the rain and wind into southern california, so some very rough roadways in the southland with the grapevine experiencing some very slick conditions but for us it's wednesday and thursday with the next area of low pressure heading parallel to the coast and at this point looks like maybe a half inch of rain, we'll have to fine tune that for you as we get closer, and the big game for today, northeast winds 10 to 15 miles an hour with temperatures in the low 60s, down at stanford stadium and for the rest of the bay area, temperatures fairly uniform with plenty of sunshine, maybe a few high clouds. up in the north bay with that wind you could reach 70 degrees near clear lake. the accuweather seven-day forecast notice no changes tomorrow, monday, even tuesday, rain arrives on wednesday and periods of rain for thanksgiving clearing out though by friday. abc 7 news is another great weather resoirs for you to follow following live doppler 7 hd for the latest weather conditions, rain or shine and video forecasts, spare the air alerts, power outage info and tweets from your favorite weather team. black friday is almost here. can you believe it? ahead on the abc 7 saturday morning news, "7 on your side's" michael finney will reveal some of the doorbuster d ♪ with holiday magic in both parks, the happiest place on earth, just got merrier. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the importan and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. black friday almost here and shoppers have one big advantage this year, "7 on your side's" michael finney tells us black friday is no longer a one-day event. >> reporter: this is the black friday scene, shoppers turning into all-night campers, intent on getting the blockbuster deals. >> it's the one day all year where the tables are turned, and we aren't simply reacting at the last minute to marketing. >> reporter: that's brad wilson of brad's deals, who scans the marketplace for bargains. he says we have an advantage, ads tell us who has what deals and this year not all stores open at once. here is a place to start at precisely 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day best buy opens one doorbusters like this, a 55 inch lg flat screen television will be offered at half price, just $499. >> that's the lowest price we've ever seen on a tv. >> reporter: 10:00 a.m. friday best buy will offer any mac book air computer for $150 off, or you can get one of these microsoft surface tablets for $199, a savings of $150. >> there will be probably between 700 to 900 people in line. >> reporter: here at toys "r" us doors will open 5:00 p.m. thanksgiving day offering deals that last four hours. this popular leapfrog computer tablet for kids will be sold at half price just $39.99, until 9:00 p.m. ♪ this "despicable me" dancing day will also be half price at just $24.99. other toy deals last through the weekend, like this roadster half price at $49.99. patrick here gives the toy not just one thumbs up but two. here at target we found a $299 nikon camera that will sell for just $99 over the weekend. and target regulars might like this deal, a new ipad air for $479, that's a $20 savings and also comes with a $100 target gift card. macy's will be open on thanksgiving for the first time, from 8:00 p.m. through the night, deals include this $200 five-piece luggage set for just $49. this 11-piece quisinart cookware will be sold at half price just $99 and these $129 cashmere sweaters just 39 bucks. all these deals are offered while supplies last, but walmart is changing even that. here at walmart, customers who are in the store between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day are guaranteed to get the doorbuster deals, if the store runs out of an item, customers get a voucher. walmart promises to deliver the product before christmas day. >> it's a little funky that they're doing it all within this one hour. the fact that they're offsetting that with guaranteed availability is big time in our favor. >> reporter: here are some of the guaranteed deals, a new ipad mini for $299, it comes with a $100 walmart gift card so if you shop there it's a big savings. >> that was "7 on your side's" michael finney reporting. dan harris joins us live from new york to tell us what is coming up on "good morning america." >> coming up on "gna" we are heading into a day of heavy rain, high winds and dangerous ice at a massive and lethal storm rolls over the american southwest and then starts lumbering eastward. it may not affect you guys but it's going to affect every american perhaps who is traveling by air this week, especially if you're going across country as we enter into one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. speaking of travel an inflight scare a terrifying scene had passengers in real fear as a man loses it on board a flight to atlanta. take a look. >> bomb on the plane, there's a [ bleep ]. >> there's a bomb on the plane he's saying. coming up wait until you see what happened next. also coming up the royal entrance, prince harry landed in antarctica, getting ared to begin his 200-mile trek to the south pole. we'll have the latest details on his journey and the charity that he's raising for and the holiday season is almost here as you noted in your last report, people are already lining up at the stores to get the season's most popular gifts and we sent our sarah haines in with some ruthless kid toy testers to see which children's toys are making the cut. these kids katie are pros enlisted by the industry and their rulings are very interested and may help anybody who is out there looking for toys this holiday season. >> i would have guessed all kids are pros at toys but what do i know. >> i that i you're right about that but these are the real pros. >> double pros. thank you, good to see you. the abc 7 saturday morning news continues at 6:30 with the day's top stories, including new this morning, a visit to the beach turns deadly. the shark attack now under investigation down under. and new details on the hate crime investigation at south bay university, the critical meeting ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. so glad you're with us on this saturday morning. a weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning,xtukatie. breezy winds keeping the temperatures mild and gusty winds in the higher elevations of the north bay. half moon bay wind gusts of 22 miles an hour, it's calm in the east bay and the south bay, but up in the north bay, despite the calmer winds, still a red flag warn something in effect until 5:00 tonight for low relative humidity and the dry fuels that are present in marin, sonoma and napa county. the possibility of wildfires exist here, but we have good news with rain coming back into the forecast, i'll show it to you and the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> lisa, thank you. we have developing news, things are back to normal this morning at lax, after two terminals were evacuated and searched by police last night. the video shows police searching one terminal at gunpoint after receiving reports that someone had fired a gun and another terminal a caller reported seeing someone with a gun, both reports turned out to be false. police say the sound of an suv crash at a terminal and people screaming were mistakenly reported as a shooting incident. the disruption delayed 40 flights and three inbound planes were diverted to other airports. in new york city, a man was injured after getting hit in the head with a knife at jfk airport, it happened yesterday evening. airport officials say two men started fighting and that's when one of them took out a knife and hit the other man in the forehead. the victim is expected to be okay. no one else was hurt. still no word on what led to that fight. and new from australia, a surfer has been killed by a shark. it happened this morning off the coast of gracetown. state police say the victim appears to be in his 20s. no word yet on the type of shark involved in the attack. beaches though are now closed to visitors. the area has been the site of three fatal shark attacks in the last decade. we're learning new details about three white san jose state freshmen charged with hate crimes against their african-american roommate. campus police discovered other hate material in one of the student's rooms. abc 7 news reporter david louie has the latest in san jose. >> reporter: the hazing happened on the seventh floor of this freshman dorm, a floor for engineering students. suite 704 was occupied by three whites and one african-american. the campus police report says last week the victim returned to the suite and found a racial insult on a dry erase board in the common area, it was the "n" word. when a resident manager contacted police, officers found nazi symbols in one of the bedrooms, and learned of pranks targeting the 17-year-old victim. the victim whose name has not been released told campus police he felt safe in the suite but would stay in his bedroom most of the time. the suite has a common living and kitchen area with four individual bedrooms and two shared bathrooms. the police report also details pranks such as hiding the victim's shoes. the district attorney's office has charged the victim's three roommates with commission of a hate crime and battery. we have confirmed one has surrendered. hose state tells us four students have been suspended. the victim's parents issued a statement saying "as a family we are deeply disturbed by the horrific behaviors that have taken place against our son. our immediate focus is his protection. we appreciate the outpouring of support from our family, community and the efforts of hose state university. due to the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation we are requesting privacy." the campus is diverse and inclusive, however, one student claims she was the victim of racial hazing and even though she reported it she didn't think anyone was disciplined. >> one of them put dish soap in my juice and this was after me, after us having meeting with the rlc and the ras to address the situations that were going on and so after that, the solution was to move me to a different room. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. this morning b.a.r.t.'s largest union says it's considering legal action against b.a.r.t. management. this comes after the board approved a new contract agreement which ended last month's strike but it did not include a family leave provision. the union called the move unprecedented and illegitimate. b.a.r.t. management says the provision was mistakenly included. the bay area's dependence on b.a.r.t. was highlighted again yesterday when a computer problem shut down b.a.r.t. service for hours overnight and part of the morning commute. network server upgrade caused the system to go offline, stranding passengers. from southern california, a man who was missing for several days is safe and sound this morning. los angeles police found darwin vella yesterday after he flagged someone down on the side of a road. on tuesday he withent for a walk with his dog. he did not return home but his dog did, along with a bloody leash. police won't say yet if vella was kidnapped. he does have some ties to hollywood celebrities and was scheduled to testify earlier this week at a hearing for a man accused of burglarizing the home of nicolas cage's former girlfriend. in economic news, pixar confirmed reports it has laid off part of its staff in emeryville. fewer than 60 people were let go due to the postponement of its next animated feature. pixar is owned by disney, the parent company of abc 7. new this morning, president obama says the u.s. economy is improving, even if it's been overshadowed by political gridlock and the messy rollout of his health care law. in his weekly address the president says jobs have been created, the auto industry is recovering and deficits are falling. he's trying to be upbeat in the wake of his administration's failure to create a functioning health care website. >> our businesses have created 7.8 million new jobs in the past 44 months, another 200,000 americans went back to work last month. the american auto industry has come roaring back with more than 350,000 new jobs, jobs turning out and selling the high tech fuel-efficient cars the world wants to buy. >> for the republicans, texas congressman mike burgess says the u.s. should scrap obama care and start over. despite the president's promise, some people who like their doctor may lose their doctor. president obama returns to san francisco monday, the president will visit the betty aung recreation center in chinatown to push for immigration reform and he'll attend a fund-raiser at the sf jazz center. the president visited the bay area eight times in the last two and a half years. stay with abc 7 news for complete coverage of the president's visit monday. you can get updates any time on twitter. just follow us @abc7newsbayarea. tesla's ceo elon musk is charged up. the new vow he's making this morning as the federal government looks into the safety of his model "s" sedan. console complication, microsoft's brand new x-box is so popular it can't be found on store shelves but customers are already finding problems with the new system. taking a live look outside 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>> yes, right, i guess. i know people who are. >> we are looking at breezy winds along the coast, a nice shot of the golden gate bridge, winds still up to 15 and 20 miles an hour but don't see any tree branches moving here. north of the golden gate the gusty winds and red flag warning. i'll detail that for you and talk about when the rain is coming back in the sex seven days. >> thanks, lisa. coming up first, phones on planes, the fcc says it may allow passengers to use them during flights but strong you got to love the weekend. it's like everyone came to, "if it's good, let's save it for the weekend." so here's to the kfc ten buck weekend bucket. ten pieces, ten bucks. any recipe. just ten bucks every saturday and sunday. today tastes so good. withal come back. live look from our sutro tower cam. looks a little hazy out there. there are some clouds in some places but the main story is the wind in the north bay, a red flag warning there. lisa argen will fill you in on all the details coming up. . big changes could be coming to air travel. the fcc is considering allowing cell phone calls during flight once the plane hits 10,000 feet. as karen traverse tells us the backlash from passengers and flight attendance has been very quick and very negative. >> can you hear me now? >> reporter: that guy is annoying on the street. imagine him sitting next to you on the plane. travelers can use their electronic devices takeoff through landing but the friendly skies may get more noisy. the fcc is considering allowing cell phone calls on planes above 10,000 feet. the immediate reaction has been overwhelmingly negative. >> people are talking loud i think that might be disruptive. >> some things too personal and you don't really want to know. >> reporter: flight attendants say no way. >> a terrible idea, overwhelmingly passengers rejected that notion and flight attendants don't want that on board either. >> reporter: if the fcc decides to change the rules each airline could decide whether it will allow calls. for now many airlines are reluctant, worried about passenger backlash pb jetblue and united say their customers are largely opposed. delta was adamant no voice calls. the calls would be made through wifi, not cellular technology. airlines would have to install special equipment to give off the signal. passengers would most likely have to pay a fee to use the service but if you want to avoid the chatty kathy in row ten you have to pay for a seat in a quiet zone. >> passengers might not want the phone calls but if the airlines think they can can make enough money off of this, they might go ahead with the plan anyway. >> reporter: even if the fcc approves the change it wouldn't take effect immediately. there will be a public comment period that could take up to a year. for now enjoy the peace and quiet. karen traverse, abc news, washington. >> i'm in the anti-camp on that one. people talking on their phones on planes? no thank you. that's it for me. what is the weather zone? >> make sure you make a phone call while i'm doing the weather. >> please, focus on one thing at a time. >> it's looking much calmer and looks like a nice looking weekend out there, except for the fact we still have some winds up in the north bay and that is a biggie. the national weather service issued a red flag warning for parts of marin, sonoma and napa through 5:00. the wind gusts some of them have still been in excess of 50 miles an hour, but the rest of the bay is quiet, and take a look at this, from mt. tam, not only is this beautiful, but the winds have even lightened up here earlier, the past couple of hours we had the cameras shaking and as a result the winds didn't want to let up and they were allowing for temperatures to stay rather mild, and still doing that, though, with oakland at 65. 46 in redwood city. 42 in los gatos own an the coast 54 mahalf moon bay. fairfield sticks out, we're looking at numbers in the upper 30s, they have a windchill factor and also have some fog there, 47 in napa, so it is not too hard to take with the temperatures. 42 in livermore valley and forecast highlights from the ex-porer to yum camera look how clear this is. perhaps a nice day to get out there and really enjoy the beach if you're wanting to surf. yesterday it was totally blown out of course due to the winds but those gusty north bay winds continue throughout the day today and we'll look for sunny and mild conditions for the rest of us right on through tuesday, rainy outlook not only for thanksgiving but the day before. here is the red flag warning until 5:00, marin, sonoma, napa. relative humidity at 16% in sonoma, the dew point down to 8 so we're talking mega dry winds and this fuels the fire if there happens to be any to spread with the dry fuel so be very careful, very popular area to bike and hike around mt. tam, and points north in sonoma, but despite the sunny skies we are looking at the gusty winds at the coast right now. but that, too, will brighten up. 22 miles an hour and notice across all of the bay area much calmer so mainly in the higher elevations today of the north bay. storm system moving south out of central california but boy, it's rough going in the southland with the wind advisories down through san diego. high pressure has built on in and our fair weather maker staying with us for the next several days. statewide though the wind warning has been lifted for the sierra nevada, still gusty in spots, 42 for the northern sierra, 62 in monterrey, so mild around here. the changes as this area of low pressure gets closer, bringing rain wednesday into thanksgiving day, perhaps a half an inch of rain is what we could see for the beginning of the holiday for that getaway wednesday. today, big game down at stanford, northeast winds 10 to 15 miles an hour. 62 degrees at 1:00 and by 3:00 the rest of the bay area mainly in the mid-60s, except up to the north with the gusty winds, cloverdale and clear lake near 70 degrees. the accuweather seven-day forecast check it out, you'll notice status quo right through sunday, monday, tuesday, here comes the rain on wednesday, doesn't look like a strong system, but we'll take anything we can get, kind of a sloppy thanksgiving, and then it's over for friday. >> anything we can get, that's the truth. thank you, lisa. in sports, big game is today. stanford versus cal, the cardinal heavily favored. you never know what happens when the two teams get together and the warriors plagued by injuries in l.a. here's larry diehl with your morning sports. >> good morning, everybody. seth curry sat out the second straight game for the warriors in l.a. and much worse, andre igoudala got hurt and it looks bad. curry in street clothes, still experiencing headaches after the concussion earlier in the week. the throwdown, second quarter, barnes and bogart, big man show and go. gasol puts him in the torture chamber, up and under, lakers by nine at the half. igoudala felt his left hamstring pop and can't walk. he could be out for a while. in the fourth nick young the night of his life off the steal coast to coast, warriors drop their seventh straight to the lakers in l.a., 102-95 and we'll see what the story is with curry and igoudala going forward. can cal shock the world and upset stanford in the 116th edition of the big game? the cardinal listed as 32-point favorites going in. stanford's won three straight games, face a struggling cal team, 1-10 on the year, allowing 44 points per game. the question for stanford, can they get up for a cal team after having seen the rose bowl hopes vanish in the lost to usc last week? the bears looking for their first elusive pac-12 victory but sobby knows the agony of a wiped season could be wiped away if they knock off the cardinal. >> this would be a way to end it on a positive note. sanford obviously has a great football team. it will be a challenge for us but our kids are excited, we have a great week of practice, preparing well and we have to go out and play well. there's two incredible academic institutions that have great tradition and great pride and i paid attention to this game growing up my entire life and career and it's what is great about college football. >> the energy seen around campus here and in berkeley before the game is pretty unique and a great experience. probably one of the best rivalries in the country and it's an honor to represent stanford in that rivalry. >> see if cal can shock the world. we have college football today on abc 7 at 12:30, oregon versus arizona and at 5:00 it's baylor and oklahoma state, we'll be on after that with lexus after the game at 8:30 with all the highlights of the day's action and of course the big game. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry diehl. britain's prince harry left london for the other side of the equator, ahead on "abc 7 saturday morning news" the good cause that has the fun-loving royal waking up in the south pole. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. britain's prince harry is in antarctica this morning. he arrived yesterday to begin a 200-mile charity trek to the south pole involving wounded servicemen and women. harry is part of a team raising money for the military charity "walking with the wounded." he's expected to reach the pole in mid-december. "good morning america" will have much more on the story coming up at 7:00. good luck to the group there. the countdown is on for this weekend's american music awards. armando christian perez, better known as pitbull is rehearsing his emcee duties in los angeles. tomorrow night's show will include performances by jennifer lopez, justin timberlake, katy perry, rihanna, lady gaga and miley cyrus, just to name a few. pitbull amping up for his new venture at host. >> never had a hosting gig or job but i wake up and host a world every day. so the american music awards, what better place than with a room full of beautiful, sexy, sophisticated powerful women, you know? >> think it's going to be a good show. tomorrow will mark the network prime time's debut of pitbull's latest hit "timber." catch it on abc 7 starting at 8:00 p.m. speaking of beautiful ladies, lisa argen with a last look at the weather. >> we're looking nice except for the red flag warning that continues up in the north bay. dry winds gusting to up to 50 miles an hour, the possibility anyway so be careful, a beautiful day though to get out and enjoy the weather as the winds continue to dial back and ease up throughout the day. numbers in the north bay, with that wind, 64 fremont, morgan hill, 63 in antioch and notice the rain wednesday and thanksgiving. >> holiday just around the corner. thank you, lisa and thank you for joining us on the "abc7 saturday morning news." abc 7 news continues at 8:00 a.m., "good morning america" is next. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the importan and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. 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