Impressive amounts, at main focus of focus of the storms drifting to the south. Over three for the rain, santa cruz mountains. Coastal hill Sonoma County over three inches. We expected the amounts. Some more impressive amounts for santa rosa, approaching two inches. San francisco 1. 44. Fremont an inch, 10 oh say. 28. San jose,. 28. Moderate to heavy rainfall looking at all the storm reports, toward the sierra, and click on one of these, its been a lot of rain reports this one from tahoe city. Squaw valley. 14 inches of snow in the past 24 hours and at eight 8000 feet. Piling up closer to 6000 feet. Current radar, light to moderate rainfall, the yellows indicate heavier down for for portions of the santa cruz mountains. This is the focus of the organized rain toward East Palo Alto and sunnyvale. You can see some coverage between hayward and fremont and developing toward south San Francisco, it will be a slow process. The rainfall shifting to the south. East bay, maine action approaching toward men teacup. Closer to man tiga. A few scattered showers and these colors are not bright. The yellows and oranges for the southern half of the bay area. Some washers out there working its way to the Central Coast and plan on some rain showers in the south bay between now and 3 00. Later on today, things will be changing. We will talk more about that changing weather pattern coming up. With the red wet roadways, chp has been busy today. Good afternoon. A whole lot of crashes during the commute. A tough one for drivers, the chp was very busy. The first serious storm of the season. Maybe some drivers in the bay area forgot how to drive safely in the rain. A lot of people going too fast. Also a lot of people who did not have headlights on which is required when it rains. The honda please turn your headlights on. Black honda number two lane. Turn your headlights on. Thank you. That is officer williams of the Chp San Francisco office giving a warning to driver along to 80 this morning we did not have headlights on. State law says that the headlights need to be on when the when wipers are on. Chp San Francisco office across the bear area were very busy this morning with the bay area were very busy with crashes along the highway. These are single car accidents, drivers who lost control on the slick roads and maybe had some standing water on the roadway. A lot of that in the bay area freeways throughout the morning. Light of crashes including one crash a rollover accident in the daily city area and the chp said it was easy to avoid getting involved in these crashes in the rainy conditions. You need to slow down and also give yourself plenty of space between your car and the car in front of you. You can have the smallest coating of water on the roadway and you hit it and youre going too fast, you lose traction. You are along for the ride and a lot of people they will start hitting the brakes hard and early this morning the rain was coming down heavy in San Francisco and that caused this closure here the connector ramp from northbound 101 on to central freeway was shut down entirely and that was because both lanes were flooded. Caltrans were out there trying to pump out two feet of standing water. Eventually a couple hours later they were able to get that ramp back open. That is all back open again. Northbound connector from northbound 101 to the central freeway. One of many problems on the roadway that we saw during this morning commute. They were busy with crashes and people very late to work as well. There was concern surrounding coyote creek in san jose and how likely it is to flood again. Though county using money set aside to do necessary repairs. Back in february, days of torrential rain and a release from the dam force the coyote creek overrun its banks flooding neighborhoods, thousands of people forced to evacuate, many had to be rescued. Since then a new plan to warn the residents of potential flooding had been adopted. An agreement to keep the level lower has been made. Construction of the berm is the last line of defense. Monday when we spoke to the mayor, he told us anderson dam is a big problem. Millions of dollars to fix. Hes pushing the Water District to hurry up and make that investment weatherrelated damage in Contra Costa County from 20 months ago is repaired. They held the completion celebration. A sinkhole that opened up in march of last year, the 15 by 20 foot sinkhole was a result of a heavy rain. Officials were on hand for the ceremonies. They got city funding to help with the repairs. You can always get download the free weather app. A post updates on facebook, twitter and instagram. Police are investigating a shooting involving a bark Police Officer. Bart Police Received a report of a man at armed with a gun at 12 30 am this morning. A man was involved in an altercation. They spotted the man nearby. They are have yet to give us details. One officer fired his gun after contacting the suspect had no word on whether the suspect was shot. A gun was recovered at the scene. They pass major tax reform legislation. It brought tears to the republican side of the house. Democrats on the other side also began to cheer and waved goodbye to them. The house plan calls for 1. 5 the house plan calls for 1. 5 trillion in tax cuts and slashes the Corporate Tax rate down to 20 and trims personal income tax rates and cut some deductions and credits. We got a long road ahead of us. This is a very very big milestone. We have a long road ahead of us and we have a timeline to get it done by the end of the year. We have the senate right now working on this and we ask excited about going through the process and going to conference in getting this done and making the bill even better. The Senate Version is uncertain. Already one republican wisconsin senator ron johnson as he is a post because it benefits large corporations over small businesses. Senators says that shes concerned about changes including revealing the mandate requiring all americans to have Health Insurance she calls that a quota mistake. That the Justice Department sent a letter warning counties a sanctuary warning. The city of San Francisco, Berkeley Fremont and contra costa, santa clara and sonoma were among 29 areas around the country that received the letter. The Justice Department is concerned that the cities and counties sanctuary policy may violate federal law preventing their employees from cooperating with federal immigration agents. Compliance and the condition of a grant to local governments, santa clara has not accepted the grant and says the letter is to harass and course state and local governments. Their effort to use local resources to enforce federal law at great cost to local communities and in a way that hurts the Public Safety of our residents. The letter asked for a response from governments by december 8 whether they are in violation. Senator Dianne Feinstein and several lawmakers proposing new legislation that make fbi guns background checks effort. Earlier today, a Bipartisan Group of senators introduce less of legislation to make fbi background checks tougher. Senator feinstein tweeted in part, progress is possible. The measure would make sure federal and state authorities comply with the brady law and accurately report criminal history to assist in the use for background checks. The legislation would penalize agencies that failed to report relevant criminal records. Sheriffs office is defending itself against claims that it did not take seriously previous violent acts by gunman kevin neil. Authorities searched his home after the shooting and found his wifes body buried. They believe neil shot and killed her on monday and continued the killing rampage on tuesday. Two victims were neighbors, he had run in against and People Living near him called this the Sheriffs Office several times and sounds of gunfire near his property. He killed five people and wounded nine others before he shot they shot and killed him. Yesterday, a District Attorney said he was not permitted legally permitted to process guns. Seven specifically must not own or possess obtain firearm or ammunition. And s any firearm in his possession. Upon demand. It also allowed for the search of defendants home if he failed to surrender such firearms. Investigators say the 2 rifles that were found were illegally manufactured likely in his home and the handgun use was registered to someone else. Is at the gathered to honor the terms and comfort survivors and express community spirit. It is easy to feel isolated because the community is rural and homes are far apart. They told us the tragedy is bringing them closer together. People speaking at the vigil including parents, teachers and Young Children who were at the school when the gunfire started. The family of 2 shooting victims created a fun go account gofundme account. He then shot and killed Michelle Mcfayden and injured her husband troy. Troy has been through a number of surgeries and is going to need more. A gofundme account has been set up for the family. It is now a 6600. The storm that hit the bay area. The storm slowly moving to the south right now approaching the south, were trending in that direction. Is the live camera toward the bay bridge. Traffic was an issue this morning. Still stacked up heading into San Francisco. Still some slick roads out there. Goldengate, wet roads and low visibility. Fog impacting visibility to keep that in mind. Still talking about rain falls right now but we will scale back on the coverage and probability later this afternoon and tonight. Chance of scattered showers into early friday morning. Satellite radar the plume approaching Southern California. Still some snow up in the sierras, a mixture of rain and snow. It will drop to 6500 feet as the cooler air moves in. You can see the rain and snow reports piling up toward the sierras to the east. Covering san jose and they are reporting a steady moderate rain. Could be heavy at times. We have some challenging travel on highway 17 through scott valley, and still some not going away. South San Francisco, san mateo, fremont, a lot of coverage on the radar and east bay. More development closer to pleasanton and dublin. On 580 right now and moving north, a light mist and a few showers approaching north bay and petaluma and glen allen as well. Current numbers, we have 50s across the board for santa rosa, san jose and walnut creek. Forecast still some rainfall this afternoon. Specially south of San Francisco. A chance of showers at 5 00, trending toward the drying forecast. At midnight, some clouds and a few pop up showers. Friday, decreasing cloud cover and partly cloudy skies tomorrow. We have been tracking moshe plume directed towards central and Southern California approaching Southern California. Showers likely for today. Winter storm warning still in place for the sierras. Snow levels will come down toward 6500 feet. Possibly over a foot of snow in the higher elevations. Highs in the 60s, mostly cloudy skies, periods of rain between now and 2 00. Heavy at times specially for the south bay. Five day forecast, we get a break. From friday into the weekend and the next week we could be tracking more rain. The holiday week. Fast approaching. The first significant rain since the wildfires did not lead to any major erosion problems. Crews close down part of a residential street to prevent the sinkhole from opening up this is one of the more than 30 spots throughout santa rosa where the wildfires damage storm drains, firefighters and crews kept an eye on the pipe underground. They noticed a problem. The pipe, theres no longer pipe. The pipe burnt away. It caused some erosion. That undermined part of the itself and were taking it seriously. They are made of plastic. Many of them melted in the intense heat. For whatever reason, we were spared because you went to the corner they werent. They are living here again. A sinkhole would be a problem. We are bringing in experts as a precaution to take a look at houses downhill. The kind of problem they have been worried about since the wildfires. Heavy rains and erosions and storm drains like this. Crews brought in truck to suck up the mud. Based off bags of gravel to shore up temporarily. They are coming in and before we have a sinkhole and the car goes in it. They will fix it. Neighbors were told to move most understanding the problem like this will pop up. It will happen. I feel it takes time. Theres really no other way. Study rainfall over the winter is a good thing. It will prevent problems with erosion longterm. We have seen green grasses popping up and thats what we need to keep it stabilize we need the growth and when it to continue. They hope Mother Nature paces herself during the wet winter months ahead. Coming up, a big announcement from the oakland as as they move forward with plans for a new ballpark. Near Laney College. Sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. 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They have now announced it found 245 violations of the grievance system, from 2013 to last year. The department has find and some almost 12 million for similar violations since 2002. Strong earnings from walmart, Cisco Systems and other companies driving stocks higher on wall street, dow jones jump 194 points in the house voting to overhaul the us tax code giving the market a bit of a boost and nasdaq is up 91 points. The oakland as announced they are hiring for firms to lead the design process. They want to build it right next to Laney College between lake merritt and 880. It includes some of the designers had been involved in previous projects such as san joses abaya stadium and museum of modern art. Their goal is to create the best ballpark experience for fans, players and the community. The school board voted last night to replace the name of a school. The school in South Berkeley was named after joseph the contact. He was one of uc berkeleys first professors in the eight late 1880s and cofounded the sierra clubs. He also owned slaves and supplied ammunition to the confederate in the civil war. The board will begin the process of selecting a new school name. Pier 70 is getting a major transformation, mayor ed lee officially signed off on the project. Its been in the works for decades. Its south of the bay bridge, the plan will turn the abandoned shipyard into a complex with thousands of new Housing Units as well as retail , art and production space. The plan calls for parks and playgrounds in the project is expected to take more than a decade to complete and construction should begin in february. San franciscos Recreation Park Commission is voting again today on whether to rename Justin Herman plaza. Starting in 1951, he was ahead of the agency. People who want the name change under his leadership, in the 60s, the city wiped out the blocks in the Western Addition causing destruction of the vibrant japanese and African American communities. They voted on the renaming but there was an error in counting the votes and they will vote again today the Commission Votes , it will be called Embarcadero Plaza until a new name is chosen. An interview trying to compare my laws my loss and i see the tragedy and how it affected all of us. What she told us about life with her husband who is now in jail and raising their children. High and Jewelry Store why they left empty handed. Still tracking the rain, the heaviest heart continues to move to the south. The earlier rains throughout the morning created quite a mess. This is a live look of conditions right now. This looks like 730 on a monday morning. Very slow going. And the noontime hour, roads are still wet. Theres quite a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. A short time ago, in the east bay, a wet morning. Most drivers taking it slow. On the walking streets, we saw umbrellas and rain jackets. A lot of people knew about it and they were prepared. An Early Morning collision in fremont shut down the traffic and caused power outages. Police said and big rig crashed onto a power pole. Completely taking down the pole. The intersection of foster road and in fremont temporary closed but reopened without working traffic light.