This was concern from a video. The drivers on the golden gatethe bay area bracing for the storm. Rain. Expected to movein and create havoc for the evening commute. To know about. Plus, crews still cleaning up the mess from yesterdays storm. As residents get ready for whats next. The newest storm slamming this was quite a shock crews scrambling to the rain means trees fall down and take out power landslides a threat in the saturated east bay the storm with live Team Coverage. Scott rates at the Golden Gate Bridge. Justine waldman is in the north bay. A live look out at the a new storm. Now moving into the bay area. Along with high winds. You are looking at city crews hoisting the 25 foot acacia tree here in this video. It toppled over at around 4 am. Falling on to this house on the 300 block of virginia avenue. The worst damage was that the Backyard Fence was knocked down. Only caution tape and a few splintered boards remain. Luckily the resident inside the home was not hurt. The city says they soil was saturated by the rain and the nearly 50 year old tree couldnt hold up any more. The homeowner says she called the 311 to complain about the city maintained tree on more than one occasionbut nothing was done. I knew it wasnt dying or near death and i thought that this city could come out and take care of their tree. What ever it was going to do. I knew that it was going to die. Unfortunately, it came down on a a structure. The department of public works are now chopping up what fell down. They admit that the homeowner did everything right and should have been out here sooner. They say they are changing their producal on how to respond to future callsbut its been tough after years department. We have three inspectors, with the six different crews maintaining is a we need to prioritize the trees that most of hon. Get taken care of first. If it did not get done this time will make sure its that it does get done, sued. Bite. They expect more tree limbs and possibly even more trees to fall as the storm progresses over the next few days. Maureen kelly kron4 news let me checkin with just seeing the she is in the mill valley. Justine . This just started to rain but the rain is not what they are most worried about. The gray skies over san rafael, showing the story. Putting these in place in just in case, and even some and a couplewith a couple dozen stretegically placed sandbags and a few hours on the business end of a rake, it was a little bit of bad timing but we are confident that with any luck it will not marin county public works also put out all of these the storm drains and are ready to employee. But they are not what is what theyre concerned about. And a high wind and of course the crowd is already so saturated that it could blow trees over. It could take power trees power lines down with it. What drivers could expect was flooding on friday. Just seen, it has been a busy and in san pablo 0. You can deceive these sand to fill up in santa back and take them up this hell. They are putting these to protect these homesteader directly behind to be. It has been known for an of instability. And also, often the distance you can see the sand bags that have been placed on that hill. Also in a plastic tarp. They got a round halfway done, but residents are still concerned. Let me see if you tennessee all of the huge holes in this tar from the old tarp in the distance. There were only able to be able to complete proportions of this product. However, dozens of strategically placed sandbags and a few hours business end of a break april taylor took advantage of a lull in the wet weather to make sure a small drainage problem near her home along soquel creek doesnt become a large one in the days ahead. April Taylor Mountain resident i cleaned this out because if it will and not cleared out it will flood my home which is right here. I wanted to make it through the culvert and take down the fence. Mild weather had many trees holding onto their leaves until wednesdays high winds arrived. Now they are everywhere and finding their way into and clogging storm drains which can cause slides and washedout roads. The sound of chainsaws could be heard across the region as crews are scrambling to keep up for the downed trees. There are expecting a lot of work. Ed webster Davey Tree Service the trees take downed power lines with the emergency work to clear it up. Beginning about noon on thursday, a light drizzle slowed traffic here on highways one and 17. Old san jose road is lined with standing water, a sure sign the ground is saturated. Soquel and other creeks and stream are on the rise. April taylor will be keeping close watch on them in the days ahead. April taylor and of course i will place the sandbags by my back door. Because if can be devastating. In the Santa Cruz Mtns rob fladeboe kron 4 news back out here live these plastic drainage pipes will halt alleviate some of bathwater that its this water. I spoke with some neighbors itsome of that rainwater. That rainfall with confirmed neighbors. Reporting live in san pablo, j. R. Stone, kron 4 news. We have more live coverage of the storm tongiht. Terisa estacio is in hercules, where the wet weather has caused a problem in the past. And alecia reid is in daly city, where neighbors are worried about the rain, and a recent mudslide. Thats ahead 530. Viewers are taking pictures of these storms. And sharing them with us. Heres one. Were looking for more. Well show you some more. Coming up. Pam stay with kron4 as we continue to track the storm. With updates also available on kron4. Com, along with our facebook and twitter pages. Other news, in the wake of a violent Holiday Weekend in the city of oakland leaders are looking for new ways to get more officers on the street as soon as possible to try to get a handle on this situation. Haazig madyun 3 of the top officials that are working on a another crime plan. I have to take action now oakland cannot wait i certainly hope that they understand the sense of urgency for these oakland city leaders the urgent matter is reducing Violent Crimethat is why police chief Howard Jordan is here at Oakland City Hall in support of a new crime surpression proposal my goal is to make sure the people in oakland can be free and safe from this horrible crime epidemic that we have been facing over the past 6 months the crime supression proposal is spear headed by Oakland City Council president larry reid and Councilmember Libby Schaaf these proposals are about into our Police Department to fight crime and that is help from the Alameda County sheriffs office, starting another Police Academy as soon as possible and bringing 21 civilian positions to support our officers in the field the money needed to fund the Crime Fighting effort would come from the citys 34 Million Dollar surplusthat is if the City Council Approves the idea we certainly hope that our colleagues will buy into it we have the support of the police chief, we have the support of the city administrator. And we have 170 homicides, unfortunately. And we need to get as many officers as we can live already had won the 17we ever really had 117 homicides toout on the street. The full city council will get their chance to look over the reid schaaf crime surpression proposal in januaryin oakland Haaziq Madyun kron4news the fate of samesex marriage in california could be decided soon. The Supreme Court just hours away from deciding on whether or not to get involved. Tonight kron4 is exploring the possible outcomes at 530. Catherine but first, its a powerlunch at the white house. President Obama Meeting with his former rival mitt romney. And 49ers quarterback alex smith talking for the first time about being benched. You dont want to miss what smith had to say about Colin Kaepernick taking his job because of an injury. The news continues next. Secondhand smoke affects everyones health. Its not just irritating. It can cause Heart Disease and even death. Speak up about secondhand smoke. Your health and the health of your family depend on it. Meeting with his former rival mitt romney. Mitt romney had lunch today with the man who defeated him in the president ial race. It was a private meeting but the white house released this photo. Very few details were released but were told that the president and romney talked about americas leadership. One interesting moment happened as romney was arriving and a man ran up to his car window and began yelling. He was hustled away and arrested. A white house statement says romney and the president promised to stay in touch, particularly if opportunities to Work Together come up in the future. We can guess the fiscal cliff might have also come up in that conversation. Today on capital hill republicans and democrats are still blaming each other for the fact the problem hasnt been fixed. Theyre talking but that doesnt mean theyre moving any closer to an agreement. Treasury secretary tim geithner arriving for a meeting today with House Speaker john boehner. The idea theyd come up with some Common Ground for avoiding the fiscal cliff. The reality according to boehner about an hour later. Nothing is fixed. Nothing much is happening. They know where we stand. It republicans are accusing the democrats of edge of that cliff by refusing to outline possible spending cuts. Democrats say theyre still waiting for a serious offer from the republicans. Publicly at least the leaders from both parties were not giving an inch. But beneath the choreographed show of frustration signs continue to accumulate that a deal could still come. Before hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and spending cuts take effect. This week a few republican lawmakers suggested they might be never raise taxes. And some conservative that the house quickly pass democratic legislation extending the expiring tax cuts for incomes below 250,000. Michael yaki is is here. And there were talking turkey, it about what they were talking about it was a dont call me, dont call you type of situation. A test to look like it lasted a long but the white house has reached an agreement. They have met with the senate and leadership with 146 trillitrillion one. 6 triln dollars in tax increases and also reductions for spending. The mortgage interest reduction is not on the table and 400 billion on on determined to cuts it is a framework for discussion. The president keeps on light of that there is a senate bill in the house that will stop the increases for people earning less than 250,000. Catherine what is your best guess on what is the final step to break through . There are still yelling, talking it will be difficult. On the other hand, i think theres there is a play that perhaps president obama is not playing it. Such that previous president s have done. Joe biden, can you see that he is shopping and costco and eating samples enshrined on wristwatches and he said the were going to do with. I hope so. Thank you, michael. If you like to connect with michael yaki. His panel iand he ison twitter. Jacqueline with heavy portions of rainfall and the north bay. That is worth it is been for most of the day and a lighter rain fall south of the golden gate. You can see the yellow on your screen that is indicating rainfall rates at onetenth of 1 in. Or more. It is just a little bit more than that with near sinophile, it is picking up at the same about onetenth of 1 in. San tetrault tel. And towards San Francisco, san rafael a light drizzle to light, more steady rainfall. As we take a look at futurecast heavy rainfall for the evening and overnight. By 7 00 p. M. , most of the overnight our could see heavy rainfall. Here comes that cold front, finally pressing through for the evening commute. The orange is going to start racing down to the south by eight. The remote to compensate francisco, oakland, san mateo coastline, 10 00, hayward, fremont, the Santa Cruz Mountains. And as a look at the moderate range showers until 1 00 p. M. We could see most of that rainfall pressed to the east from the south but still residual showers to the north. That will continue by 5 00 p. M. , 10 00 p. M. But conditions will be much more easier to deal with by 10 00 p. M. The morning. This is a very slowmoving system it is basically parked or northern california. We are going to see more accumulation stand yesterday. By 8 00, more of onehalf of 1 in. In santa rosa. Most of the rainfall has been steady there, of date of 556 00, friday morning remember, it has been heavily concentrated to the north. Tochances in the santa rosa, and with2 in. In santa rosa but after this appeared towards t lat morni hour, that is when he could start to place like San Francisco, with one half inch. In hayward, and livermore, said jose. It will not be quite as heavy as quite at as the north bay with recorders of 1 in. In santa rosa by tomorrow evening threequarters of 1 in. In santa rosa. However, the south bay. The mountains, nearly 6 in. Of rain fall with a Flash Flood Watch for the north bay, the san mateo coast line for the weekend. The series of rainfall and also we wind advisory in effect for 60 m. P. H. Gusting, potentially. Snowfall of the highest elevations, 816 at 7,000 ft. 24 in. At 6,000 ft. And a rain snowfall mixture on sunday. A lot of more rain and weather to talk about with a little bit of a break before saturday with a round of heavy rainfall on the sunday morning traffic is medium heavy at these speeds with no major problems. The james lick is decent. However, heavy at nearly at a standstill and the top is going towards the lower deck of the bay bridge. When i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. Oh. 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As you said pam, tomorrow, the u. S. Supreme court will review a number of cases including prop 8, marriage can began once again the ninth Circuit Court issues a mandate which means that the ruling made by the District Court becomes final the ninth Circuit Court is expected to issue that mandate quickly within one week possibly. If the Supreme Court agrees to review the case creeks will be presented in with the decision of likely by june 9th, next here. The loppers are professor senate there is the law professor rory litle it would be great if it would go forward in two weeks but the natural question should the constitution prohibit the banning of samesex marriage . There is a lot of divergence, it is unity. The Supreme Court job is to grant the disunity. Would be nice to be able to use that to settle these disputes. Let us be clear, and so there is no impact on the national situation. It would be a legal in california but no impact nationally. Pam and the speculation on what the court might do . Is a real tossup weather there will take the case or not there are arguments on both sides for them to hear the case. Or to not hear the case and there will be also looking at the defensive mayor checked. They will decide one or not the other. Or they will hear on the defensive marriage act. Thank you, dan. We did see some overcast conditions. And a light drizzle along the coast. With picking up on intensity outside the Golden Gate Bridge. We can see the pavement is wet it has been falling let us get right to with the rainfall totals. The santa rosa, over one quarter of 1 in. Of the same and mount st. Helena. And all of these. Onequarter of 1 in. In just traces, elsewhere. Onto the stormtracker 4 radar showers in the north bay and pressing towards the delta. Let me show you through santa rosa, catching a little bit of a break from was rainfall is consistently know it is more towards heelsburg. Now the east bay towards richmond, peda pi