The morning commute will not be a fun one because we will see widespread rain and water ran it that the lightning strikes will continue and there is a decent amount of instability with the storm and we will continue to see modern and lightning strikes the storm is moving from the south to the north in considering approaching and the direction of the rain, you can see the storm is kind of merging with some cloud cover, a tropical moisture being sucked into the system, there will be extra rain tomorrow continuing our team coverage. Some bay area residents are bracing for possible flooding. Kron4s jeff bush is live in walnut creek at one of the several sandbag stations in the east bay. Jeff . Jeff bush Contra Costa County operates several sand bag filling stationsfive in all and they are free to anyone who needs them. They are spread out around the countyand, they are easy to get to. Pg e was busy on monday getting ahead of the storm by trimming back the branches and limbs of the trees. The branches can get saturated and heavy during a storm and can breaktaking the power lines with them. Pg e says their trimming work today will save some time and work once the storm rolls in. The goif we do have those branches too close to the lines that can lead to outages and Public Safety issues like fires. Jeff bush pg e says the utility will have extra crews working around the clock for the next few days to make sure the power stays on in your area. But, that might be a tall challenge given the amount of rain expected over the next several days. As far as the sand bag locations gothey are all free. The sand is free, the bags are free all you need is a shovel. Im jeff bush, live in walnut creek, kron four news. Tree trimmers in the east bay are also doing preventative work to help reduce storm related power outages. Workers, contracted by pg e in walnut creek along 2nd avnue cut branches away from powerplines. Pg e says it a way theyre getting ahead of the next storm. The Tree Trimmers are contracted by pg e. In the north bay crews also trimmed trees and checked landscaping ahead of the next storm. Workers at the Small World Tree Company say they havent seen a lot of storm damage but with heavy rain expected theyre staying busy. Mostly preventative work a the moment. Little things storm damage here and there as the storms come in but at the moment its preventative like this. San Francisco Police have released more details on the ferguson protest in union square friday night. This is video from our helicopter partnership with ab c7. Police blocked protestors from getting to union square before the macys treelighting ceremony. Kron4s jr stone show us the tense moments on the ground. J r stone the Tree Lighting in union square is a to the family then ferry crowded with lots of children and lots of elderly at one point during this march protesters broke through barricades this is no wonder first man in march when they broke through the barricades of this march if ever was a First Amendment march it got hijacked by criminal fringe element bent on destruction and criminal conduct and j r stone the chief said Police Officers lined up in successfully protected the Tree Lighting but that the protesters did damage to businesses and 79 people were taken into custody and four of them were booked rocks and bricks at chain and a knife were confiscated from the protesters the protesters break away from the lawful First Amendment activity to criminal activity and we will not have that here in sentences about j r stone out of the 79 or cited six are juveniles meanwhile, more protests across the country. Demonstrators walked off their jobs and away from classes in support of the ferguson protestors. Students at stanford joined in todays walkout. This comes a week after a grand Jury Announcement not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teenager michael brown. Wilson has resigned from the police force. Held for the holidays with 15,000 robots as santas helpers i lost my very best friend friends of a man killed on a hiking trail they say they want justice and what theyre offering to help Police Make Arrests this Surveillance Video shows two people burglarizing a home next my naim a lineman for pg e out of the Concord Service center. I have lived here pretty much my whole life. I have been married for twelve years. I have 3 kids. I love living here and i love working in my hometown. At pg e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. Im there to do the safest job possible not only for them, but everybody, myself included that lives in the community. Im very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg e because its my hometown. Its a rewarding feeling. [laughter] borf a liver tute face stummy wag pow pam shabeeps stella nerf berms. Saxanay nay . Badumps a head. Temexiss gurrin. Juppa left. Fluppa jown brone a brood. What . Catch up on what everyones talking about with the x1 entertainment operating system. Preloaded with the latest episodes of the top 100 shows. Only from xfinity. In the east bay the man has the continues in connection with their shooting death of a hiker whipped Police Believe robbery was the motive for killing the man and they have released the sketches of two man on the trail before hearing three gunshots somebody out there knows who did this may be more than one and we want you to take our money and just let it unfold the mans closest friends have joined to put together a 10,000 reward its a matter of Public Safety you not want this to happen to anyone still ahead. Amazons robot army is ready to ship out your holiday orders. Almost in catmint called the jungle is about to be ended rain will impact your morning commute and will have all the details next a hot chocolate . Ho ho ho. Well all have hot cocoa maam, need a strong pot of joe. The all new keurig 2. 0. Residents of a large homeless encampment in san jose are getting the boot. The 200 people in the area known as the jungle have been ordered to leave by thursday or be arrested. San jose Officials Say theyve spent more than 4million dollars on problems here in the past 18 months,. And as kron4s alecia reid reports a san jose homeless shelter is preparing for an expected influx of people coming from the encampment. But alecia reid for now, there are still open beds at the boccardo reception center. By thursday there will be a rash of new clients. With the really bad weather thats expected over the next few days, the reality is really starting to settle in with people so we may get more people than we can serve. Alecia reid theres an estimated 2300 people inside the coyote creek homeless encampment. The city purchased 27 beds from home first that will be specifically held for people coming from the camp. Then theres an additional 50 lottery beds each day. We can send people to gilroy if theyd like to go. You know on any given night there are 7k people outside and there are not enough beds for them. When people dont get beds here they do what everyone else does. They sleep outside or they sleep in their cars. Alecia reid people have been preparing for the jungles closure for months. The crime, drug, and prostitution ridden area will be cleared of all debris. Home first will offer transportation from story road to the shelter on thursday and friday. The recent rain forced mcgyver off the streets it rained all day on saturday. It rained really hard on sunday. There was water everywhere. I put 4 inches of mulch to raise my tent but it still wasnt enough. Alecia reid a number of residents have agreed to move, and the city will help get the campers into decent housing. Theyre getting Case Management and a housing voucher so its just a matter of them finding a home. Others will join programs as a result of this where theyll get onto a track for permanent housing. Although there arent enough beds for everyone leaving the encampment, im told the shelters will take as many of them as they can. Reporting in san jose cyber monday is the busiest day of the year for amazon. But with the help of robots. The packing and shipping process has become much easier. Nearly 15 million products are stored here at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in tracy. Employees used to have to walk down long aisles of high shelves to find a product that had been ordered. Now. These socalled kiva robots. Exclusive to amazon. Bring products to the workers. They carry pods around to human pickers. Who grab the items they need. The thereabout like nfl line in their 350 lbs. And their fast and superstition in the past may have taken an hour and half to get to the system but now we get it in as little as 15 minutes last year on cyber monday. Customers ordered nearly 37 million items from amazon. Special tribute to the late actor, Robin Williams by a bay area artist. Pete fecteau created a mosaic of the comedian using six hundred repurposed rubiks cubes. He did it with help from a Portola Valley student. The artwork was auctioned off for more than 44hundred dollars. The money will be split between the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and st. Judes childrens research hospital. Tonight we learned that the buyer has worked with Robin Williams over the last 20 years. Jacqueline bennett rain is on its way after old today and you can see it heading off shore along the san mateo coastline you concede lightning strikes in that area you can see the motion of the storm and this will be key to how much rain will be seen in santa cruz mountains. The direction of the rain coupled with this movement coupled with moisture from the south, the combination of those things will lead to enhanced rainfall especially over the santa cruz mountains. You can expect a rain tomorrow morning early and going off and on through thursday several inches of rain when all is said and done. After the rain totals will be up to 5 in. And when will be picking up tomorrow to about 40 mi. An hour. It will not be advisory criteria but it will be enough to take down a lot of trees. Rain will go through morning commute 7 00 widespread rain. With some lightning strikes. 11 00 in the morning a little bit of a break not as much up to the north. Spotty thunderstorms will be embedded in the main band of rain. You can see the yellow and orange over the coastal waterwhich indicate heavy rainfall. We will have some heavy rainfall Late Afternoon and evening. By that evening we will see if you spot a showers as we continue into early wednesday. By 5 00 the rate will pick up again. Rainfall totals over three days, a healthy amount, up to 5 in. In santa cruz mountains, and 2 in. In the bay area. In this years will seemingly brain unless youre above 7,000 ft. Which will bring snow. Theres a lot of snow above 7,000 ft. Which is wanting a winter storm warning which might bring 2 ft. Of new snow. Is luckier extended forecast tomorrow pretty heavy, wednesday morning and thursday and made into friday showers in might look to dry out. In sports. Jim harbaugh tries his best to not answer questions regarding his furture with the 49ers. Next a remote that lives on your phone. More wifi in more places. A Movie Library you can take wherever you go. Internet speeds that have gotten faster 13 times in 12 years. The innovators and inventors at comcast labs are creating more possibilities for more people every day. Comcast nbcuniversal. Bringing media and Technology Together for you. The evening everybody this is the story of seizing long interesting game sunday reports have been swirling the last couple of days that the 49ers are looking to trade jim harbaugh after the season and that the raiders are his most likely destination the jets dolphins and falcons have also been rumored to be in the mix for harbaugh who still has a year remaining on his contract with the 49ers but no extension forthcoming speculation is that he is surely out if the team misses the playoffs right now the niners are one game back of the final playoff spot in the nfc when asked about his future today harbaugh as expected dismissed any concern over the reports i do not worry about my future and i do not participate in speculation and i have a recessive gene for worrying about my own future gary radnich the giants have sent none other than bruce bochy to atlanta to recruit free agent pitcher jon lester they met today that the giants sent bochy is a good sign they think they have a good chance of signing him but he wont com cheap lester was reportedly offered 138 million over 6 years from the cubs and his former team the Boston Red Sox are considering a 130 milllion deal to bring him back atlanta native a friend tim hudson is also expected to talk to lester who went 1611 with a 2. 46 era with the red sox and as last season giants announcer mike krukow was asked today on sports talk radio if the giants should bring back Melky Cabrera despite him getting that 50game suspension for use of performanceenhancing drugs he is made a mistake and paid a lot for it and he has resurrected himself in the game and the giants clubhouse is not a vindictive one, especially to a guy whos it has been as popular as milky. Gary radnich after turning his left ankle in the 3rd quarter of yeaterdays win in detroit Stephen Curry is questionable for tmorrow nights home game against the Orlando Magic curry whor returned to the game briefly after tweaking the ankle didnt seem too concenred about it saying he neded a couple of days to take care of it and hed be fine postgame xrays of the ankle were negative the wariors are being extra cautious with curry whose ankle issues including surgery in the past are well known nba spurs Sixers Sixers trying to avoid starting 017 agianst the spurs with no duncan or parker pig on a plane deborah passenger revolt after a woman boarded a plane with a giant pig. Youve got an 80pound pig squealing. And can you believe a mile long line at Airport Security . What you can do to avoid the long line. There are things that people can do to make their lives easier. Then, the congressional staffer what bashed sasha and malia for wearing short skirts. 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