Coming from the south going to the north. Two Different Directions. I have been firing up my live hidef Doppler Radar. What we have going on right now is absolutely nothing. But in advance of the rain that will be moving into the bay area, flash flood watches in effect for the emergency spillway for the oroville dam to make sure theres not an emergency situation developing we are keeping an eye on it. Tyler island Carquinez Strait and delta must have an eye on rising levee levels. This is our live weather camera towards sfo. No reports of any airport delays temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Its 52 in San Francisco. Here comes the rain all associated with that area of low pressure thats due west of the bay area. Well see increasing clouds. Temperatures are still mild in advance of the rain showers. 60s beaches. 60s peninsula. We even have a 70degree reading towards willow glen today. 66 walnut creek. 67 degrees in brentwood. So thats not bad. Yesterday we had 71 degrees in pleasanton. 60s across the northern portion of the bay area and in the far reaches in the low to mid60s. So mostly cloudy mild today rain is coming well tell you how much to expect but right now heres roqui. Thank you, roberta. It is 5 02. Lets start with the bay bridge toll plaza. Now, i had a very dark commute heading across the span here so caltrans does have an electrician on site there trying to turn the lights back on. Drive slowly, its dark there. From the carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze 18 minutes. Through the toll plaza no delays. Moving to the Altamont Pass traffic, about 30 Miles Per Hour along the way there. It freeze up through livermore to the dublin interchange. To avoid it, ace train is not available today. Its been canceled due to weather and floodrelated conditions but then also San Francisco bay ferry that 6 a. M. Vallejo ferry to San Francisco will be serviced by buses. Bart is on time. Ill send it to you. All right, roqui. Thank you. All the recent storms are causing problems on the roads and it could only get worse with more rain in the forecast. High 37 is closed in novato. Crews are trying to intall bigger pipes and install bigger pipes and raise the road level to prevent more flooding. Theres a detour from 101 to atherton avenue. Horrible traffic very slow. The detour will be in place through tomorrow. Theres a lot of damage on the roads in oakland. Take a look at this video on 880. Its unclear when and if the potholes will be repaired. Track the storm using hidef doppler on cbssf. Com. As thousands of evacuees return home and the oroville dam water level is lowered, there is concern about more rain forecast for the butte county. Yesterday, state official told nearly 200,000 evacuees they could return home for now. But be prepared to leave again in case the dam spillways dont hold. I think the Public Officials have to play it safe and i understand that. [ no audio ] state experts hope the repairs will hope and hope the level will fall 50 feet before the rain this week. They have to be vigilant and pay attention. Rain could begin this morning and could last for days. Some speculate the Trump Administration might hold off on federal Disaster Assistance because of opposition in california but funding has been approved. The counties affected by the dam crisis butte, sutter and yuba supported President Trump in the election in 2016. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live at the bay bridge toll plaza on why transit agencies are pushing hard for a toll hike. Anne . Reporter yeah. What it means for drivers is that this proposal could raise the cost of crossing the bay areas seven stateon the other hand bridges by one to three dollars. We could stateowned bridges by one to three dollars. We could see it this fall. A third of the money raised would go to new railcars. We just voted on new funds for bart, measure rr on the ballot last november. That means bart is getting 3. 5 billion in new property taxes. But thats designate for maintenance of what bart already has basically the nuts and bolts. With this new measure, bart wants to modernize its train control and power system and buy 300 more cars. That toll hike would be called regional measure 3 and it could be on the ballot in all nine bay area counties in 2018. Live at the bay bridge toll plaza, anne makovec, kpix 5. Right now, a manhunt is under way for the suspect who is led police on a wild chase. Suspects who led police on a wild chase in berkeley after they got a call about an attempted robbery. The suspects sped off when cops got there. The suspects ditched the car near grove and forest streets. Police searched the neighborhood but couldnt find them. No suspect description. Right now in concord, police are looking for a man who stepped out of a care home last night. They say 37yearold Dante Marshall was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt and gray sweatpants. They are asking anyone with information to call 911. In politics, all eyes on the white house today as President Donald Trump meets with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. Here in the bay area, local protest is planned in downtown san jose to call out the politicians for alleged racism and hostility toward refugees. This comes as President Trumps administration faces renewed questions about russia. A damning report published in the New York Times tuesday claims that advisers to trump were in constant communication during the campaign with russians known to u. S. Intelligence. The Development Comes just a day after the president S National Security adviser Michael Flynn was forced to resign over conversations with a Russian Ambassador about sanctions. It has now emerged that President Trump was told more than two weeks ago that the Justice Department had concerns about flynns conduct. The office of government ethics is not letting Kellyanne Conway off the hook. It is calling for conway to face disciplinary action over a tv interview with fox news. In it she suggested viewers buy ivanka trumps clothing. The Ethics Office says there is strong reason to believe that conway violated ethics standards. So far, there has been no response from the white house. Conway has been counseled. California congressman ted lou is responding to the investigation this morning. This after he sent a letter last week to the office of government ethics demanding action. In a statement he wrote, quote, the Trump Administration needs to understand that federal regulations and normal ethical behavior demand that the white house shall not be used for enriching or benefiting the president s family. 5 08. Next a new record low. The impact the Trump Administration is having on californias uninsured rate. Plus, runway renovations. The work set to get under way one of the bay areas busiest airports and the impact it could have on flights. Weather will not impact your morning commute today. But certainly we have a brand new storm that will make a huge impact on your thursday commute. And the lights are off across the span of the bay bridge. Its a dark commute this morning. But when will they turn back on . Well have an update when we come back. The uninsured rate is at an all time low in california. A new report from the centers good morning. Your time check 5 11 on this february 15. Our live weather camera is looking out toward the bay bridge mostly cloudy skies. No rain in the forecast for the morning commute but we are tracking the rain. It is heading this way. Not one storm, not 2, not 3. But a series of systems. We have your weather and traffic together in less than four minutes. The uninsured rate is at an alltime low in california. A new report from the centers for Disease Control shows its at 7. 1 . Thats almost 10 less than it was in 2013 which is before the Affordable Care act. Officials at the cdc say that the healthcare law helped create covered california, which ultimately help bring down the rate. President trump is threatening to get rid of the Affordable Care act. A bay area congressman is making a push to save it, though. Representative Eric Swalwell is holding a roundtable discussion this weekend featuring Health Workers who oppose the repeal. They plan to stress how much the Affordable Care act has benefited communities in the east bay. The meeting takes place at san leandros [ nonenglish name ] Health Center at 10 a. M. This saturday. A San Francisco supervisor plans to revive an Affordable Housing bill that was put on hold last year. Katie tang says it would grant bonuses to developers who include more Affordable Housing units in multiuse projects built on major transit corridors and it would also encourage developers to build larger familyfriendly units. Major renovation is in store for the second longest runway at sfo. Airport Officials Say the improvements include adding fresh pavement to the runway, plus replacing its lights with energyefficient l. E. D. Fixtures. They say the work will require multiple runway closures so its largely set to happen at night and in the earlymorning hours starting next month. Crews will soon Start Building two new playgrounds in San Francisco. Officials broke ground on the Helen Diller Civic Center playground yesterday to replace an old structure. It will be completed this year, 10 million. Lets check the roads with roqui and see how its doing out there. You are one of the few of house drove over the bay bridge this morning in the dark. The lights are out. And when will they turn back on . Caltrans has an electrician working on it. Its dark. But the toll plaza looking good if you are heading out now from the carquinez bridge along the eastshore freeway to the maze that will take you about 20 minutes or so. And then no delay through the toll plaza. Metering lights will turn on about 5 30. Peninsula commute looking good across the span between hayward and foster city of the san mateo bridge. Looking good eastbound 92, as well. Into the south bay, we have earlymorning slowdowns already starting here. Highway 17 still down to only one lane in each direction in Scotts Valley between vine hill and sugarloaf roads. This is due to a massive mudslide from last week and its causing some slowdowns here. At 7 Miles Per Hour and a two mile backup. This area here is an alternate. [ nonenglish name ] road and vine hill take that alternate. That would be a good idea. Moving to highway 9, it is still closed between Redwood Gulch road and 35 west of saratoga. Lets talk about mass transit. Ace train still canceled today due to weather and flood related issues and San Francisco bay ferries 6 a. M. Vallejo ferry to San Francisco is serviced by buses and bart and muni are on time. Live hidef Doppler Radar not picking up rain yet at 5 15 a. M. Hi, everybody on this 15th day of the month, lets get to it. Again, doppler no rain within the vicinity. We have some across the northwestern part of california. Flash flood watch in effect in advance of the rain for the auxilliary spillway of the oroville dam. No immediate concerns just a watchful eye and around tyler island Carquinez Strait and the delta also watching those levees on the rise the impending storm. He rain now in redding and eureka heading towards ukiah. Right now the temperatures in the 40s and 50s. We are three degrees warmer in los altos than 24 hours ago. Stevesteve had 72 yesterday. 70 in san jose. Cloudy in the bay area from the first area of low pressure that well be tracking from the north to the south. Well have some rain showers beginning in the Sonoma County area overnight and then towards 4 a. M. , already north bay, spreading into the central bay, making tracks south. As it does, it moves out quickly with ponding on the roads. Some scattered afternoon showers. Then watch what happens early friday morning. The precipitation lifts from the south to the north. So two Different Directions two different areas low pressure. Well see heavier rain and gusty winds from fridays system but meanwhile between now and friday night, just about 2 inches of rain everywhere. 2. 5 to the north in the ukiah area. What does this mean . For the your bar core of the bay area street flooding and slow commute. Floodprone areas renewed flood threat and in the mountains increased mudslide risk. Landslides a possibility, as well. Central valley today as well dry in the 60s and 70s. We have springlike skiing in the greater lake tahoe area and we do have more snow on the fly. Its acomin. Not so much today. And then thursday it will start off as rain until it goes to snow. Heres your extended forecast. Rain and showers thursday. Rain and blustery conditions on friday. A bit of a break saturday with just a lingering shower. Then here comes your sunday. By sunday night, well see the bulk of the sunday drive, although cloudy, rain through the holiday on monday and more rain on tuesday. And that is a look at your forecast. Roberta, thank you. Time to see what is trending today. Theres a new craze with millennials called love insurance. Its basically a promise to get married in a certain amount of time. The couple pays a company a onetime fee and picks a time frame to get married and if they get married within the deadline, they get a payout. Many couples say the insurance gives them a sense of security in their relationship. Sounds like an ultimatum. Chance the rapper is going on tour. He tweeted the news yesterday and it quickly went viral. [ music ] the announcement comes days after he took home several grammys including best new artist. The tour kicks off in san diego in april. His second stop is in oakland on april 26. Steph curry seemed to be very popular on instagram. No surprise there. Social media site released a list of the most popular nba posts an curry is in three of the top five. Coming in at number 5 is the double selfie picture with his wife more than 700,000 likes. Number 4, is the brotherly love picture. It got nearly 750,000 likes. And the most popular nba post, a family photo. Look how beautiful they are. His christmas picture got more than a million likes. And lebron james was the second most popular nba player on instagram. He was in the other 2 of the top 5 posts. Im dennis odonnell. Coming up, which dog was best in show at westminster last night . And its time to play ball for the giants. But is this team far different from last years . Reaction from the man at the top coming up. And whats coolschools kpix. Com and whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com and we may feature your school on the show. ,,,,,,,,,, good morning. Roqui theus in the traffic center. Its 5 23. In Scotts Valley with the mudslide last week causing major delays here out this way. Youre moving at just 8 Miles Per Hour to about a mile backup here. Highway 17 still only down to one lane in each direction between vine hill and sugarloaf. So if you are heading out give yourself some extra time. Branciforte to vine hill is a good alternate. Moving now to mass transit, ace train canceled today due to weather and floodrelated issues. San Francisco Bay ferry that 6 a. M. Ferry from vallejo to San Francisco will be serviced by bus. Bart is on time. Heres sport. Good morning, everybody. The giants had to endure five months of reliving a 9th inning collapse against the cubs in which they blew a threerun lead in game 4 of the division series. Well, its finally time to officially turn the page. The giants pitchers and catchers held their first workout yesterday in scottsdale. And the teams ceo larry baer told me with the exception of the new closer the 2017 giants look like the 2016 version. The big sort of free agent acquisition off season was two off seasons go where we had cueto and samardzija and span. Not a lot in the free agent market this year except bullpen. Everybody else is back. You look around the infield and outfield and the staff is what got us to the playoffs last year and got us close against the cubs. Last night in new york, rumor the German Shepherd won best in show at the 141st westminster dog show. Rumor became the first German Shepherd since the Reagan Administration to win it he may have got the top dog award but mia the beagle got the most entertaining dog. During last nights obstacle course, mia may have put it up an awful time but it didnt seem like she cared enjoying every minute of her course. This mornings show has gone to the dogs. See you tonight. Play of the day from the nba, cleveland at minnesota. 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