Where you are. North bay has gotten significant rain accumulations. The rest of us, its anywhere from it seems like a lot because it just keeps coming. Its just constant kind of heavy drizzle, heavy mist. Its equating to, for most of us, a 10th of an inch or just a little more. But in the north bay you see that kentfield number, which is not the kentfield north bay. They do get the rain like a rain magnet up there, so theyre up over a half inch of rain. But you see the rain totals and the definite the disparity in different places around the bay. The wind advisory is in effect. Thats going to stay in effect for a while into the east of us. A blizzard warning. Lets take a look at the rain where it is now. Of course, its the afternoon commute. Here we are, and its raining and its coming down the heaviest rain. I think of the evening has already moved through oakland and san mateo. You see this sort of line of showers, the yellows, the darker greens, so that is basically on the way out. But we do have a few scattered showers that are going to continue throughout the evening hours. So the afternoon commute, just a mess out there. And today was kind of a way a day. You know, it was wet. It showery. Some breaks. Right. Thats how this whole weekend is going to be. Its going to be on and off with the opportunity of some thundershowers scattered in there as well. Ill see you back here. Well do the full forecast. All right. Bill sounds good rain here, but this storm in the sierra will be adding to the snowpack. Multiple feet of new snow expected in the coming days. And today, the snowpack survey was done right off of highway 50. Ktvu tom vacar has more on the results. He joins us live tonight with more on that story up in the sierra. Tom gifts from the mountains, water, natural habitat, tourism and all kinds of other things. But the other not so welcome gift is the danger that mountains often create in bad weather. If you dont have to travel, dont. And im really going to be blunt when it comes to it. Um, your safety is number one. Even at its monthly snow survey, the department of Water Resources echoed the chp. We want to remind the public, do not travel to the Sierra Nevada. This upcoming weekend. So did pg and e it just avoid travel, stay at home or another safe place. The blizzard will bring high winds, massive snow, bitter cold, falling trees, even snow laden mudslides beyond full closures and long delays, slippery conditions can cause collisions or vehicles leaving the road into high snowdrifts, where deadly hypothermia is possible, or going off cliffs. Running vehicles covered by snow can cause Carbon Monoxide asphyxiation. Mountain Power Outages are likely to be widespread. We expect a significant storm, especially in the Sierra Nevada region, because of low and heavy snow. This does lead to Power Outages when trees get laden with snow and fail, the utility will bring in additional crews. Contractors, materials and mountain machinery. Knowing that access to downed power lines can be difficult or impossible. Bill. Thats because many power poles span forests instead of established roads. We use snow cats, snowmobiles, and other equipment that can travel on snow and carry materials and crews. None the less, at berkeleys california ski company, dangerous roads notwithstanding, the anticipated crowd of customers want to be mountainside to enjoy the after blizzard powder. They still want to get up there and be there so that when the resorts do open and its safe to ski, they can have kind of the first taste of the new snow. The survey found the snowpack is now 80 of average for the state, but still just 70 of the peak. April 1st average. We have a big storm starting here through the weekend. Um, and it will be a cold one. Our first big cold storm of the year, and it will be a good snow producer. It will take several additional storms within the month of march to really get us from the current 70 of april 1st average, up to 100 of average by the 1st of april. And so, you know, the big six mega reservoir are almost 80 full. And that right now is 114 of where the historically been on this date. And that is generally true of the big Northern California reservoirs, 30 major reservoirs right now. So coming back live, i just want to tell you that what weve got here is basically squalls going on. We have rain and then we have wind blowing, a little bit of rain. But off to my right i can actually see a little patch of blue sky. And right above me, almost a patch of blue sky. But thats the whole point of squalling is that as this rain gets more compressed and as these waves keep coming in, one right behind the other, then its going to be nothing but rain, which is looking like what its going to be for the rest of the weekend. But the reality is, right now its just building up for the grand finale. All right. Tom vacar live tonight in oakland. Tom, thank you for that. As for interstate 80 and 50, both are open for now. Of course, that can change as the storm continues to pound the sierra right now, chains are required. Yosemite National Park will be closed due to the massive storm. The park announcing late this afternoon it will close at midnight and remain closed through at least sunday noontime time. This is video from the park. Last month. Visitors currently in the park are being told to leave as soon as possible, while the park says it could also see several feet of snow there in the coming days. And now is a good time to make sure to download the free ktvu weather app. You can stay up to date on the weather over the next several days from rain here, and snow in the sierra. A form is set to get underway in less than 90 minutes for the port. For the public to hear. For from the candidates for the Oakland Police chief job, the Oakland Police commission released its new list of four finalists earlier this week. They include former San Leandro Police chief abdul pridgen, who left the job last week after beinglaced on leave in september. The dao is already rejected. Him and two other candidates who were presented in december, cluding former police chief laurent armstrong, whom she fired more than a year ago. Mayor xiang tao said she will not take part in tonights meeting. Tao told the commission that the public forum could put candidates at risk of losing their current jobs, or put the city in a bidding war with their current employer. Tonights meeting is open to the public. People can also participate through zoom. It starts at 630 at oakland city hall, and the Commission Says that it does intend to give mayor tao a second list of finalists tomorrow, though Alameda County residents are voting to address the rules when it comes to recall procedures. The vote comes just as a recall effort is currently underway to remove Alameda CountyDistrict Attorney pamela price from office. Ktvu henry lee live tonight there in the newsroom with more on the story. Henry mike. The county says its recall rules are inconsistent with state law. They want to align it so that everything is done legitimately. But some say this is not the time to change any procedures. Alameda county voters are not voting tuesday on whether to recall District Attorney pamela price, but what they will decide is whether to align the countys outdated recall procedures with those of the state is specifically about about a recall procedure. Its not about any one recall at all that means if passed, measure b would raise the number of signatures needed to put a recall on the ballot. Give the registrar more time to count signatures, and set up a recall election supervisor lina tam says as it stands now, Alameda County has a ten day deadline to verify signatures. State law allows for 30 days. We need to, uh, be practical in our ability to verify the signatures, but also call for the recall election in tam supports the measure, but critics said now isnt the time to change recall procedures, as some recall efforts are underway. They were a concern about the timing and the potential for confusion. State law requires signature gatherers to be only 18 or over. As it stands now under the countys charter, those with petitions must live in Alameda County. But the Supreme Court has found similar requirements in other jurisdictions for circulating these type of petitions to be unconstitutional. Lets give a big hand to pamela price and an event thursday with local pastors, price said. If measure b passes and if shes recalled, then the board of supervisors would likely appoint someone to fill the rest of her terms. Price says not only would those who voted for her be disenfranchized, the entire electorate, every resident in this county who is a registered voter will have lost the right to choose how justice is administered in this county. Give this dear servant of the lord, this community servant. Give an opportunity. Let us serve out her time. Let her complete what shes doing because her agenda cannot be accomplished overnight. Now the earliest any day recall election could potentially be set up would be a month after election day. If this measure passes, mike henry lee live tonight in the newsroom. Henry. Thank you. Oaklands black cultural zone has a new Cultural Center for residents of east oakland. Rise east held a soft opening today for the center at 83rd avenue in international boulevard. This is phase one of the Welcome Center organizers say it will have coworking and content studios that support Economic Empowerment of residents. Rise east purchased the property through what it calls liberate land trust. The liberated land trust is our model of owning commercial properties along commercial corridors. We call them black cultural and commercial corridors, where not only will our organization hold these properties, but we are going to have our legacy residents and business as those who used to live here, who have been gentrified or displaced out and want to return and have a say in what we do with the properties that we acquire in december, rise east announced the opening of the clean 3. 60 soap and candle factory, five blocks away on 88th avenue, coming up two border towns, two separate visits, one from the president and one from the man who wants his job, both pushing their immigration agenda. Well take a look at the differences. And the man accused of the halfmoon bay deadly mass shooting faces a judge and enters a plea. Plus once a staple of the downtown, lees delis have disappeared. Customers say theyre sad. 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Its totally unacceptable that it took three days to inform the president of the United States that the secretary of defense was in the hospital and not in control of the pentagon. An internal review of the incident, released earlier this week, concluded that senior officials had no ill intent in not telling the white house about austins condition. President biden and former President Donald Trump both traveled to the southern border today as foxs Connor Hansen reports, the influx of migrants coming into the United States is shaping up to be one of the top campaigns. Issues for their likely rematch in november. This time to step up, its time to step up, provide them with significantly more personnel and capability. President biden urging Congressional Republicans to pass more Border Security during a visit to brownsville, texas, on thursday. Just five hours away, donald trump pointed the finger at biden, saying its his open border policies that have led to a Record Number of migrant crossings in the u. S. This is a joe biden invasion. This is a biden invasion. Over the past three years. I call him crooked joe because hes crooked. Hes a terrible president ahead of a likely rematch in november, the president and former president made dueling visits to the southern border in brownsville. Biden met with Border Patrol agents and local officials, fending off critics who argue the migrant influx has moved elsewhere. Brownsville traditionally has been ground zero for this problem. 300 miles away, trump toured the city of eagle pass, the center of an Ongoing Court battle between Governor Greg Abbott and the Biden Administration over Border Security issues, including. The placement of razor wire in the rio grande. The trips come as a growing number of americans name immigration as the most important issue facing the country, according to a recent gallup poll. The policies are just band aid solutions, so there really isnt, um, a clear, concise path for people to make it in here. As the immigration debate continues. Rouz a federal judge on thursday blocked texas from enforcing a new law that makes illegal immigration a state crime in brownsville, texas. Conahan on fox news while in south texas, President Biden committed federal assistance to help those affected by the deadly wildfire burning across the texas panhandle. That wildfire, now the largest in state history, according to the texas forest service. It has now burned more than 1 million acres across the panhandle and into oklahoma. It is only 3 contained. At least two people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. More are threatened. Thousands of cattle have also died. The fire is one of the rare winter wildfires burning in the texas panhandle. All right. We got a few scattered showers out there right now. The heavy stuff kind of just moved through the central bay in the last half hour or so, and its still continuing into the south bay at this time. You can see the line like, if you look this line right here, thats thats the pretty much the delineation of the front, i would suspect. And thats where the strongest dynamics are right now. Everything behind it is more widely scattered. Weve seen up to 2 10 of an inch to a half inch of rain to over a half inch of rain in the marin county watershed. Most of us, like san jose, have been under a 10th of an inch, but still its very wet outside this system. As we look closer, we can check out the current status on some of these rain events like so. You can see those yellow areas representing rain fall rates of 2 10 of an inch an hour here. Santa cruz mountains about 2 10 of an inch. So even though it looks like its coming down pretty hard and it feels like it is too, its a cooler storm. And thats this whole thing with not were not seeing a lot of accumulation as much as you might on those, like on those other storms that we had, those el nino type storms. So this is this cold air mass coming in, and its going to do what its advertised. And what weve been talking about, its going to drop a lot of snow in the mountains already is. Theyve got over nine inches of new snow at palisades and just in this afternoon and this thing really hasnt even gotten there yet. So as it moves in tonight, its really going to pick up that blizzard warning is definitely going to verify in the blizzard warning for a couple of days. More than two days, three days in that system will hang up north right through that period. Creating really difficult travel conditions around lake tahoe. And for us all, this open cell cumulus, which is just at energy personified. I mean, thats youre just thats convection, right . So its really energetic as that air moves into the bay area tonight and tomorrow, the potential for thunderstorms exists certainly through tomorrow. And again into saturday. And so. So were going to see some breaks. Were going to see a little bit of sun here and there as we go through the next couple of days. But were still going to be dodging raindrops and scattered potential for thunderstorms. So