It was pretty good. So why not. [ laughter ] we have had some heavy rain moving through over the last 30 minutes or so. I didnt say we didnt. No, you didnt. But did you say it was nice. I guess rain is nice, for some folks. Heres a look at hidef doppler. Lets show you whats happening outside. Over the last four hours or so watch what happens around 3 a. M. Just ahead of that hidef doppler sign. You can see that . Lightning strikes there. Thats right. Well see we have seen some thunderstorms throughout the morning and well continue to see the possibility of some instability in the atmosphere throughout the morning. Right now, the heaviest rainfall in our region north bay, santa rosa, rohnert park, saint helena, seeing moderate rainfall with some pockets of heavier rain there as well farther south. Similar story right along the southern portion of the peninsula heading through the south bay. So san mateo, fremont, los altos seeing some showers and those showers will continue to head east. Speaking of east, take a look at the snow on hidef doppler. Sierra still under a winter storm warning through 2 00 this afternoon. Heavy rain along the western slope and again some instability there thunderstorms there for the Central Valley and the western slope of the sierra. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s throughout the bay so a mild start temperature ways. Keep the umbrella handy. Scattered showers today. Then storm 2 arrives tonight through friday. Thats expected to bring rain and wind although not as much rain and not as high winds as we saw with yesterdays storm. But you add that to the totals we already saw and we could see some problems in terms of flooding certainly ponding on the roads and waterways. Storm number 3 moves through on sunday after the lingering showers on saturday. Well talk more about that and time it out coming up in a bit. But first were timing out your commute. Thank you. Kenny, go. [ laughter ] all right. Lets start with the Altamont Pass. If you are driving from 205 from tracy youre moving nicely at 64 Miles Per Hour. But it does slow down to 30 Miles Per Hour at north flynn road, frees up through livermore, then slow traffic on the dublin interchange. And heres a live look at the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city. Traffic moving nicely but you should expect about a 14minute commute between 880 and 101. And also, high wind advisory across the span there with some wet roads. That rain is starting to sprinkle down a little bit. Heres a live look at the nimitz freeway. Looking good in both directions. On 238 from san leandro to the maze in oakland that will take you about 16 minutes. So a pretty normal commute out there. Just slow down because the roads are still wet. And if you are taking the 880 to the toll plaza, carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze 18 minutes. No delay through the toll plaza. Metering lights turns on at 5 30. Look at the rain and high wind advisory so take it easy this morning as you head out the door. Okay. Lets talk about the north bay. Highway 12 between highway 121 and watt may road and highway 121 between 12 and 8th street eat are closed from the rain in schellville. Also still closed. Pg e is replacing power polls in other areas. Back to you. Thank you. There is a lot of damage left behind from last nights storm and it could only get worse as the next round moves in today. Kpix 5s anne makovec reports San Francisco where they are worried bay rockslide. Reporter yeah. You can go no further up the hill here behind me. This is the closure at oshaughnessy boulevard. It is closed at malta because there is concern about a landslide here and this is why. An unstable cliff looming above the rocky slope on the west side of the road across from Glen Canyon Park. Emergency work has been under way since yesterday. Crews have been knocking loose rocks off the hillside. They are going to do a lot more of that today. And then they will put up new fencing and barricades. They are hoping to have that hillside shored up by tomorrow. Some good news for commuters in the far east bay meantime. The antioch bridge is back open. It was closed at around 9 00 last night because several trees fell across the bridge blocking the road. They have been clearing them all night and they opened the bridge 8 hours ahead of schedule. So highway 160 between oakley and rio vista is back open. But it is this combination of rain, wind and the already saturated ground that causes these problems we have been seeing and we are going to see more of over the next few days. Live in San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Its a race against time to fix a massive sinkhole. It opened up about a work ago on miner road. Crews have been working around the clock to try to repair it but wet weather isnt helping. Yesterday, crews secured a water main so that residents can still get their water. And they hope to have it repaired next month costing around a million dollars. And in santa cruz county, crews have been clearing up debris about heavy rain and windy areas. Its tough commutes in the county and they are having problems again today. A massive rockslide made a mess of the road yesterday just two miles south of highway 35. And near the East Foothills of san jose, a giant tree fell on to Mount Hamilton road. Inauguration events begin in washington, dc today. President elect donald trump and Vice President elect mike pence will attend a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National cemetery. Thats followed by a concert at the Lincoln Memorial where mr. Trump will deliver remarks. He attended two dinners last night, one honoring pence, and the other honoring his cabinet nominees. Some 900,000 people are expected to arrive in dc over the next few days. A wide range of Law Enforcement agencies with thousands of officers are taking on the massive security challenge and they are work is creating a challenge to getting around the city. We recognize this event and the ensuing security arrangements may cause inconveniences to the citizens of washington, d. C. For all the preparation, the event itself will be a modest affair than those in recent years. Fewer big name performers, a shorter inaugural address, a parade lasting 90 minutes instead of hours and three inaugural balls down from obamas ten in 2009. Bay area teachers plan to take part in a national day of action just one day before president elect donald trump takes office. Kpix 5s maria medina is live at the Fremont Unified School district with their message this morning. Maria. Reporter good morning, kenny. Some bay area teachers will be joining students and parents by marching in front of their schools right before class starts and they are going to be marching about immigration and here is why. They want all Public Schools in california to declare themselves safe havens for students. They dont want immigration or race to determine their success. This, they claim, is to stand up to president elect donald trump one day before his inauguration. Some are concerned about his nominee for secretary of education betsy devos. I think most teachers feel that somebody that, um, has not, um, educated her own kids in Public Schools nor do i think has she gone herself to a public school, um, would understand, um, our the way were organized and how we, um, educate our students. Lets give her a chance to, um, show the support that she has shown in grand rapids by being supportive of not just charters and other kinds of reform but the grand Rapids Public School system. Reporter she was questioned about her qualifications yesterday by controversy and made remarks about how some schools need guns to protect themselves from grizzly bears. She is already controversial for what she has done from schools in the past. You will hear more from her in the next halfhour. Some bay area teachers will take part in a march. They dont want students and parents to march alone today. Again, their message about immigration one day before president elect Donald Trumps inauguration as president of the united states. Maria medina, kpix 5. Federal reserve chief janet yellen will be taking part in stanford at an Economic Policy event today. She made it clear the fed would operate independently of the white house i have never had a situation where, um, a member of the administration has, um, tried in any way to pressure me for any reason, um, about the stance of monetary policy. Speaking at the Commonwealth Club yellen had some encouraging news. She says the nation is near full employment and the economy is close to being able to expand on its own without stimulus from the federal reserve. Time now is 5 09. The desperate search for is your are survivors this morning after avalanches bury en for survivors this morning after avalanches bury homes in italy. Plus, why you may want to add bacon, sauerkraut and potatoes to your next shopping list. We are seeing pockets of heavy rain around the bay this morning. This actually is the calm before the storm. When the next storm will arrive and the one after that coming up in just a few minutes. And you heard julie, that rain is starting to come down. So how is it affecting your morning commute . Well tell you when we come back. Dont go anywhere. ,,,,,,,,,, morning. After severe storms dumped dangerous amounts of rain on the city. Some parts of houston are still under flash flood warnings this morning after severe storms dumped dangerous amounts of rain on the city. You can see here some buses and cars got stuck in the high water. The water well above that mans waist. Bus service will be spotty this morning until some of the flooding goes down. More wicked weather this time in italy where an avalanche caused by earthquakes has blocked roads and stranded families about two hours south of san moreno. You can see here, firefighters working to reach those families on skis. The avalanche knocked out power lines, also causing trouble for rescue crews. One man confirmed dead after a barn roof collapsed in the snow. Another 30 people thought to be dead in a hotel that was buried in an avalanche. You can see from the videos here the snow and ice in the hallways of the building. Persistence paid off for an oklahoma woman and her two sisters who searched more than two decades for their mother. 53yearold Shelly Suzanne Jennings was just found near modesto 23 years after she disappeared. It turns out she had Mental Health issues and runins with the law during that time. Jennings eldest daughter had distributed missing persons flyers in californias Central Valley where jennings was last seen. A passenger on a bus recognized her from the flyers and called police. An officer greeted jennings yesterday as she got off the bus in modesto. Time now 5 14. Lets get a check of the roads with roqui. Thank you, kenny. Okay, you said it was 5 14 so your roads are looking good now in terms of traffic but the rain is coming down. So why dont you jaws void it and take mass transit. Bart all trains are on time ace train one is on time. Muni and caltrain on time, as well. Okay, now to your rainy roads. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. The rain has calmed down a bit now since our last report here so from the carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze that will take you about 19 minutes along 80 westbound and if you are traveling through the toll plaza expect no delays just yet those metering lights should turn on in a few minutes around 5 30 so well keep an eye on that but also a high wisconsin across the span so im sure youre keeping both hands on the wheel and caltrans will remind you make sure those windshield wiper are running those headlights are on and defrosters ready to warm up. 238 san leandro to the maze thats 16 minutes a normal commute and the southbound side of 880 to highway 92, heres the san mateo bridge from hayward to foster city. Expect high winds but traffic is moving smoothly. All right. Now also in the peninsula, woodside highway 84 between grandview drive and highway 35 is still under oneway Traffic Control. This is from last weeks storm. Its still affecting us now. Pg e is out there trying to replace power poles but im sure the rain is stalling them a bit so its still closed with one lane in both directions so give yourself some extra time to get through this area here in woodside. The Altamont Pass is slow. You have 60 Miles Per Hour off 205 so thats not too bad but then you have those slow moving conditions at 30 Miles Per Hour once you hit north flynn road. Thats your traffic. I will send it to you, julie. Thank you, roqui. We are tracking that rain on hidef doppler radar. And as you just saw, the rain has passed through. We saw very heavy just a few minutes ago pass through the bay bridge and we are getting a little break. You can expect that throughout the day scattered showers. Pockets of heavy rain but then many folks saying what are you talking about . Its dry outside my front door. Take a look at the rain now. As we loop over the three hours, i want to show you this. Watch right here. See that . See those lightning strikes there . That happened around 3 p. M. We are seeing some instability in the atmosphere this morning. Likely going to see that throughout the morning. So keep that in mind. Could see some thunderstorms. Hidef doppler showing the rain that was just drenching San Francisco much of the peninsula is now pushing east towards east bay so fremont, hayward, oakland, seeing pockets of heavier rain now as we push east. You can see where it is. San ramon get ready. Concord get ready for some light to moderate rainfall heading your way. Livermore light showers moving your way, as well. Some of the heaviest rain now along the west slope of the sierra and plenty of snow on hidef doppler. Winter storm warning is in effect through 2 00 this afternoon. We are looking at a couple of feet possible, some of the higher peaks. And then a couple of inches possible above 4500 feet. But definitely travel delays likely. Again, as i just said, we saw some heavy rainfall here a few minutes ago and now we are seeing a break but you can see the slick roads there. And anticipate that throughout your morning commute. Driving along dry conditions and then just pockets of heavy rain. Temperature wide 40s and 50s in the area mild to start your day. We are looking at this is storm 2 of three storms that will be moving through overnight tonight into tomorrow. So right now, a break between storms and then another storm right now waiting in the wings. This will move through towards the end of the weekend. Well time it all out for you. Scattered showers the story today. Then next storm tonight through friday, and then lingering showers for saturday before the third storm moves through on sunday. Futurecast showing scattered showers for the morning hours. Throughout the day today keep the umbrella handy but here we are at 11 00 tonight when our next front moves through. Starting off with light showers ahead of the front, heaviest rain overnight during the earlymorning hours and scattered showers for tomorrow mornings commute but expect ponding on the roads. Likely some localized flooding, as well. This next system not as heavy rain and as high winds as we saw with yesterdays system. But then the third system moves through on sunday. Here we are 1 a. M. Sunday, this one appears right now to be very similar to yesterday. So heavy rain high winds i do anticipate more likely chance of advisories flood advisories, high wind advisories with the sunday system as opposed to what well see for tomorrow. Well see plenty of snow out of all these systems. Tahoe snow report showing good conditions 12 to 24 inches of powder at heavenly the same true for north star your Current Conditions there. Still seeing snow as we speak. New snow expected at squaw valley right now 12 to 24 inches. Sunrise today 7 22. Sunset tonight at 5 19. Your temperatures today relatively mild. Topping out in the mid to upper 50s throughout the day. Extended forecast shows again, storm number 2 for friday. A break some scattered showers on saturday. Storm number 3 likely a more significant storm on sunday. Lingering showers monday. Then drying out by midweek. Over to you. All right, julie. Thank you. Time to see whats trending today. The best in pop culture were honored at the peoples Choice Awards last night. It was also a recordbreaking night for ellen degeneres. She officially has won the most people Choice Awards in history. I mean, 17, i get it, 18, sure. 19, i can see that. But 20 is outrageous. Some other big winners were Ryan Reynolds and Jennifer Lawrence for favorite actor and actress. The Big Bang Theory took home best network comedy. A woman in illinois is celebrating a very big milestone. Ruth benjamin just turned 109 years old this week. So whats her secret to a long life . I have potatoes every day. And i love kraut. 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