Well be talking about a new proposal that could have california drivers paying 52 extra a year. Some people are saying, arent our gas faxes supposed to be paying for repairs on roads gas taxes. Well get apers answers about this. Were still in extreme drought. Where that money should be spent is the subject of debate. Well break down the options. Theres asternal storm is coming. Reporter you cant see across the bay to San Francisco. Lets take a look at the damage that the first round of rain did. Two cars found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. This giant tree limb landed on them smashing into one window. The windischmann it wind snapped it like a toothpick. The good news, he was not hurt. High winds also to blame leaving thousands in the dark this past weekend. They worked as fast as they could to restore power to 12,000 customers, but for one restaurant that just wasnt fast enough. We had birthday celebrations, and i made reservations, but to my surprise theyre closed. Officers say the driver of porsche lost control and was killed. Were already seeing the wet roads in the last minute. Well have a more complete look at our forecast today. You can see the rain sweeping in. Well often see storms come from the north and south. Look at the southerly flow powering into the bay area. Weve got light, moderate, heavy cells wherever you look just about ready to move into the 680 corridor. Theres more rain coming. By the time all said and done, it looks like well pick up a half inch to as much as 3 inches. Temperatures are beginning on the mild side. To sum it up, what were expecting is the rain to come in, to spread south and really push east quickly. It will be windy, gusts up to 45 miles an hour, and theres the potential of an unstable system. You dont know what theyre going to do next. With this thunderstorms are a possibility this afternoon. Dry weather is coming up. Well have to wait until tomorrow for that. In the meantime, its going to pour. Lessons learned from ferguson will be the topic of a town hall meeting in the south bay today. The Sheriffs Office is holding it by telephone and dont want racial issues. They want to build trust. If you want to call in, well have the number on the website. Click on links to numbers. Thursday bart is responding to complaints from riders, but proponents say its far reaching. Oakland as fans, time to show your love in the rain, if you can brave it. All your favorite players will be out meeting and greeting fans. Gates open at ten this morning and theres already people lining up. There were no shortage of fans at the giants fan fest at at t park. The lines for the teams annual event stretched past the stadium, and there was a chance to get autographs and mingle with coaches and players. The rain is helpful, but doesnt put much of a dent in the overall drought situation. Theres a meeting to make sure the state doesnt run dry. The latest proposal for our water bond money calls for spending money on federal strategies on many issues. California is getting 50 million in federal funds to fight the drought, but this money will not likely provide immediate relief from the drought. The only person that can produce water is mother nature. The money will help to find ways for california to store as much water as possible throughout the year. Water storage is controversy as far as where its going to be stored and who has the rights. Which pushes for conservation. The governor says despite the drought hes not ready to order mandatory reductions and still says california is doing a good job in reducing water consumption on our own, even though it hasnt hit the guidelines he was hoping for. The under tone is going to be one of these debates. The urgency is getting more pressurized when it comes to that. This morning support of oakland and all west coast ports are closed. No ships are being loaded or unloaded, producing a massive backup at the port. The closures are a product of a labor dispute thats been dragging on for nine months leaving local businesses at a standstill. So much cargo is piling up that the docks could become overwhelmed putting them out of business. Were getting to a breaking point where the system is collapsing under its own weight. Were experiencing significant delays and back logs and weve reached the brink. They really need to get back to the bargaining table and get it settled because the consequences for americans and workers are too big. If its not settled sometime soon, the maritime could shut down operations for an undetermined period. Thats not the only labor dispute which could affect us here in the bay area. We also have the martinez shut down since last week as workers go out on strike. Experts warn that an extended strike could drive up gas prices. There was a big vote to decide whether a landfill in the south bay can expand operations and neighbors have been causing a real stink about the smell. They say that the landfill is ruining their quality of life and forcing people to stay inside because the smell is so bad and even having to close their windows. Complaints are coming in from 10 miles away, and neighbors say expanding it would make it worse. Six months ago we bought the house, and it was not bad at the time, but now every day we feel like we need to move out of the area. It is noticeable especially when walking or running out here. Its probably not healthy. The Parent Company denies any link saying there are multiple sources of air emissions and that it uses advanced odor management technology. The Planning Commission set to vote wednesday on the landfill plans to expand. I cant imagine that they would pass the plan given the uproar. Its got to go somewhere. We keep using garbage and its got to go somewhere, and sometimes youre living right next to it. Theres also a lawsuit pending against the landfill. Back back to basics, changing the personal belief exemption could be changed for parents who dont want their children to be vaccinated. Well discuss that in the next halfhour. Some schools, including one in berkley, have threatened to quarantine children not vaccinated. We usually dont have to go to that point, but certainly can and certainly have. The system and new policy kicks in for the 2017 school year. The cost of driving may be going up significantly. Pushing for higher fees and we have a live in studio interview coming up. A live look with raindrops on the camera. Well be tracking the story all morning long. Stick around. You can see that weve got widely scattered showers coming down heavy at times. Boy is it really coming down on highway 1. Just rain covering the bay area this morning. By the time all said and done tonight, as much as 3 inches will come down. Winds at this hour fairly light. Later in the day we could get gusts to 45, 50 miles an hour. Wind advisories are in place. The wider view shows it all blossoming as it comes in over the bay area. They expect more of the same as today goes on and future cast bears out. We begin this at 7 00. Watch how quickly this blows through, out in the east bay. Whats behind it are these widely scattered cells that come through, some capable of thunderstorms. That will be the case this afternoon. You might get a peek at the sun. As the day goes on youre going to get rain coming down good. The rain back into the bay area, windy this afternoon, a chance of thunderstorms, and the wet weather will end tomorrow with a lingering shower or two. As it all heads to the east, were drying out monday afternoon and a sunny week ahead. In the meantime we could have potential problems with do you understand power lines and the like, temperatures low to mid 60s. The outlook, rain today, a lingering shower in the early going on monday, but look at tuesday through next saturday. The temperatures warming to the low 70s as we get toward the end of the week, but in the meantime get ready. Were going to get hit pretty good this morning. California drivers may be asked to pay a price to simply drive on the road, proposing something called a road user charge that would be a 52 annual fee for drivers that would generate 800 million bucks a year for road repairs, and an extra 1 billion put back into the states general fund. Joining us now is Assembly Member and congratulations on your new post. Now were going from local issues to state problems. One of the biggest is the condition of our roads. What is your view . Well, anyone who rides on the roads know that youre bumping over pot holes and sink holes. Our roads, bridges are in dire need of repair and we havent been investing in our streets in years. We have about a 60 billion hole that we need to get ourselves out of and need to figure out how to invest in the future. The state Assembly Speaker has proposed this idea of one dollar a week basically the average that you would either pay possibly when you registered your car or some other time, but 52 a year. Why this instead of a gas tax increase or mileage fee. The reality is, in recent years because cars have become more fuel efficient and we have a lot of electric cars, what weve been collecting from the gas tax has dropped dramatically. If people pay just a little bit based on how much they use the roads. This is not that much when youre talking about as much as we need repairs. When they get into committees, they Start Talking about, well, maybe we have an exemption for low income people or maybe seniors should be exempted or maybe cities should pay more than country areas, and that fee can change to where you wind up paying more. Im new to the assembly. What i can tell you is, over the last decade weve lost about 4 billion a year, money that used to come from vehicles to go fix the roads. Again, 60 billiondollar hole that we have right now and every dollar that we dont invest in our roads today is going to mean in a few years we have to spend four or five dollars. Its an investment we have to make. A tiny pothole today becomes a huge sinkhole tomorrow. The tiny pothole was there a few years ago, and it is growing in part because the state has opted to use our gas money for other things to balance the budget. What kind of guarantee would we have that if we agree to pay this, that it would actually go into paving roads and not just something else. We have been getting about 1 billion a year in fees related to the weight of trucks pounding on the roads. All the money did get diverted to other needs in the budget, and our folks were asked to pay an additional dollar a week to start to pay down. Lets put it a different way. Right now 60 of the roads and highways are in dire need of repair. Were ranked 49th out of 50 states when it comes to the quality of the poor roads. We know the repairs due to the poor quality of the roads. Weve got to do better. Its interesting to note the governor said he wanted the money put into infrastructure at the state of the union address. He didnt say where the money was going to come from. He didnt, and frankly its incumbent upon us to put the details into where this is coming from. We do have to make choices, and i think these are choices worth making. They said they didnt want to impose new taxes, but this is a fee. And what fee would have the least amount of impact on peoples pocketbooks, and i should mention how important it is, were creating jobs. For every billion dollars, were creating 18,000 good paying middle class jobs and ensuring that people dont have to spend as much as 800 a year to fix their cars because theyre bumping over the broken pot holes. Its all about an argument. It will be interesting as we go forward because i think the biggest problem is not just a problem with pot holes, but credibility and whether or not the money actually goes there. Do you think there will be guarantees written into this . Im learning about the budget tricks that have been played by past governors and legislatures, and weve got to ensure that were dealing fairly for folks using the roads. If not chances are youll have to have your car realigned soon. Now back to ann. The president offended a lot of people with his comments on christianty. Our political. He talks about the crusades, slavery, and many think president obama may have gone too far. He offended many, and some say he offended christianty. I think that goes too far, but maybe a bad judgment call. Keep in mind, president obama is a college professor. Thats level his continuous thought processes. It reveals itself when theres an opportunity to engage in intellectual dialogue. Some of this is a reaction to the administrations refusal to speak about radical islam at the root of terrorism. I think the republicans go too far in the criticism. The governor says it shows obama doesnt have American Values or doesnt believe in america, but thats just racist and ridiculous. Obama has spoken about radical islam and also says that you cant judge millions of people based on the actions of a few crazy radicals. It who are doing it in the name of religion inconsistent with the true leaders of the religion. Keep in mind, almost everything obama ever says is going to generate a negative reaction from somebody. Thats true. I think it ups the antiwhen talking politics and religion in the same conversation. Its dangerous. You have the National Prayer breakfast and you double up. Its got debate going. Ask anybody about mass transit, and theyll tell you its packed these days, but a surprising discovery. Were actually using buses and trains less than we used to. Well talk about why. The rain is coming down strong this morning. Coming up well have a full live repor pillsbury crescentsawesome. But now you can use them to make pizza night awesome, too. Unroll, separate, add sauce, pepperoni, cheese, and fold. Behold week night crescent pizza pockets party. Pillsbury crescents. Make dinner pop. Well, i drove grandpa to speed dating this week, so i should probably get the last roll. Dad, but i practiced my bassoon. And i listened. I can do this. Everyone deserves ooey gooey pillsbury cinnamon rolls. Make the weekend pop . Were tracking this storm in our weather center. Good morning to you. Were starting out wet in the bay area. As you can see the radar showing a band of showers really beginning to power through about sunrise this morning. Here we are 60 minutes later and its widely scattered rain and more offshore. Well have a complete forecast for what will be a wet and wild sunday coming up in a few minutes. Some of the other hot topics, president obama coming to town again, and in addition raking in more cash for the democratic party, talking cybersecurity in addition. After another high profile attack of blue cross affecting one out of four americans. The please else have been topping the headlines for weeks. A california lawmaker proposing a bill to do away with thepersonal belief clause to allow kids to remain unvaccinated. Well be talking about why necessary even though parents say its stripping them of the right to choose what they think is best for their kids. Lets head into the storm live with mark kelly who is in the Berkley Hills right now. Mark . Reporter of course this morning the rain continues to come down strong. Whats most fascinating is how the fog continues to change. We had a beautiful view of berkley behind us, but now cant see a thing. Lets talk about the rain weve had over the weekend. The first round of storms really messed up a lot of things. Check this out. These two cars found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. The tree limbs fell on both of them, smashing the one window landing on the other cars roof. Now to berkley where a giant monterey pine tree snapped like a twig. It landed on one mans house. He was home at the time. The good news, nobody was hurt. Unbelievable there. High winds also to blame for leaving thousands in the dark this past weekend. For one restaurant, it just wasnt fast enough. He had to shut his doors at least for that night. We had birthdays we were celebrating, and i placed reservations a number of days ago. To my surprise theyre closed. Reporter wet roads likely caused a deadly headon collision this weekend. Officials say the driver of a porsche lost control and slammed into two on coming cars. The driver of the porsche was killed. Of course were already seeing these wet roads this morning. Take it slow if you have to go out. The best bet, just stay in. Its too rainy and too cold. Youll notice one thing about the live shot, its not very windy. The winds are on the back edge of this front, and its really moving through. Look at the speed of the echos as they power onshore. Very strong cells coming down around 680 right now getting ready to move out of livermore into the Central Valley and discovery bay. In the central bay widely scattered rain with uniformly overcast skies. Windy, possible thunderstorms this afternoon behind the main front and then dry weather coming up later in the week. We have a complete forecast, but blustery weather moving in. A quick check on top stories. Lessons learned from ferguson will be the topic of a town hall meeting today. The Sheriffs Office is holding it by telephone. They dont want racial issues, but want to build trust. If you want to call in, its from 11 to noon today. We have the number on our website. Click on links and numbers. The board of directors talking about approving a ban on e cigarettes and other issues. Theyre responding to complaints by riders, but others say the ban is too far reaching because e cigarettes are not allowed anywhere on bart property, not just the trains. Time to show your love if youre ready to brave the rain. Today is the fan fest for the oakland as. Gates open at ten with team introductions, and theres already people lining up. The giants fan fest was yesterday. The line for the annual event reached past the java house. Once inside, fans had a chance to mingle with players and coaches. President obama coming to the bay area on friday to talk about cybersecurity. He will be attending a summit on campus and then attend a fundraiser. The president made it a top issue following the hacking breach at sony late last year. Most recently anthem was hacked as well, including personal information of current and former customers. The breach affects one in four americans. This comes just two weeks after president obama admitted more legislation is needed to meet the evolving threat of cyberterrorism. Its getting scary. Every time i put in personal information i source of wince. Some of them are extensive about you. And the scary thing about the healthcare breach, that information that once its out there, its out there. As a lot of people head out to church this sunday morning, there are questions on how far reaching some of the doctrines of the church should be. Bay area teachers may soon be told how they should lead their lives both in and out of the classroom with more altimeter clauses being talked about being in the contracts about same sex marriage, abortion and contraceptives. I dont think anything were doing is in contradiction even to the spirit of pope francis. The archbishop calls masturbation, pornography and homosexual relations in marriage gravely evil. Th