A little excited, there is a little rain out there and it is a welcomed sight and i know we have not received a lot of rain but it is certainly more than that we have had in quite a few weeks and you can tell us how much they are getting in which areas. Thank you for joining us i am pam cook. By the way, pam, you noticed my tie. I love it. I am doing my part. A lot of cloud cover and not much rain, we are getting a little bit here but this is not much, belief me. Believe me, but we will take what you can get. Concord. 06, San Francisco a whopping. 03 and it still goes down as the dryest ever. And not all of this is dealing with it, it went right over palo alto and over towards livermore right by the sunole grade, los gatos and up in the Santa Cruz Mountains, 50s and upper 40s, it is going to be a cooler day once this system slide through here and we will deal with a cooler breezy pattern, mainly in the upper 50s, here is sal. We are looking at a commute that doesnt look all that bad but as you mentioned, well see slower commutes. Lets look at the east shore freeway and some of the Early Computers are there as you come through from the toll plaza area into San Francisco and look, on the maps here, the traffic does look like it is coming through and we will go back to the desk steve . A record go back to the desk, here is more. We are finally getting rain in the bay area after two months of dry months, jessica tara is out there and lets start with alex savage with more on this welcomed rain, good morning, alex. Certainly a lot of people are happy to be waking up with wet pavements and just a little bit of rain, and it is going to it be there for the first time in two months but dont expect light rain to make that much of a difference after one of the dryest years on record, resident cares are also asking customers to conserve right now as well and people are glad the rain has finally returned and they know it can only do so much. There is not enough. I think that what we need is to pulled reservoirs because all this will do is get the ground wet and keep the grass from dying. And the drought has become such a concern, they have called governor jerry brown to discuss his concern for the water crisis and his concern of i can impacted because of it and this weather system, in the meantime, we are only sticking around for four hours, live this morning in freemont ktvu news. We do continue our Rain Coverage with tara and she is in walnut creek, tara . Reporter there is a little bit of drizzle coming down and they are expected to becoming through this morning and chp is definitely reminding you to take it slowly and the rain soaked roads can be dangerous during the commute especially since they are mixing and highway patrollers are asking you to get your windshield wipe first checked and a reminder if you have your windshield wipers on state law requires you to have your headlights on as well. We will let you know if there are anymore accidents that might further snarl your morning commute. Tara ktvu news. They are posting online as soon as we get there. And last months city last months huge recycling plant fire and and they are not saying why they think the house fire was sit and there was a similar fire, a 14yearold suspect is accused of killing his sister. The teen turned himself in. The boy had been in hiding but did not tell police where he had been hiding. 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It can be a little different and steve has been saying, traffic in weather brothers, its not rain being hard and when it rains just a little bit traffic is slower so lets go and see what we have with pictures. It looks good and when you want to get a jump on the morning commute there is a 10 minute drive time between the toll plaza and plaza and interstate 880 so the wet roads are not going to be there and there is nothing major just yet. If you are trying to get to the airport, traffic is looking good on 101 and steve . Out here, steve, it is pouring and up in chuckee he send me a picture and it was raining overnight finally turning to snow, we are getting some light rain and we are continuing to move through, right about on schedule and it didnt amount to too much. San jose which is usually the leader of the back cop correct. 06 San Francisco, 02 and it mit will still go down as the dryest january ever. Some rain is trying to get its act together to the north and it does not look like there is a lot but it is enhancing. Here comes the band, it will be with us for the morning and things will calm down, some light on and off rain is possible and we will take you out towards bay point. Temperatures 40s and 50s and the cool air is up to the north, and some will get cooler to the north bay. Snow, blue canyon, mammoth says rain, winter storm warning dropping to 55 feet, nothing more at the Higher Elevations and you can tweet me, pin trust, you can snap chat me, whatever you want is fine by me. Will be cooler, some of these, maybe even slightly below and the extended outlook t bears watching for sunday and although it is cool and breezy, it may give the coast a little bit of rain and after that it looks like it is back to dry. And getting rid of its single acquisition. 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Dry days and a lot of people are excited about the wet weather but how much will it do to actually help the drought coming up. And speaking of that wet weather, San Francisco looks good even though it is wet and we will tell you how traffic times are affected by the wet weather. It looks leak we are going set a record like we are going to set a record for the dryest january on record. We are live in freemont, this is the first real rain of this new year and alex savage is here to talk about the much needed relief to the plants and grass and why it still may not be enough, stay tuned for that. I am dave clark. Thank you for waking up with us, 5 31 is the time, it as little bit of rain but we will take it. Yes, i am not here to be done any done donnie done or anything, but a lot of cloud cover and very little rain and some is in the category of a trace to an inch. 09 napa,. 04 San Francisco and thats it, speaking of San Francisco to date,. 06 for the entire month. And we need 2 10th of an inch to not have the dryest record ever its not going to happen. Looks like High Pressure is coming back and very little rain to the north and we could get some and be thankful bought please give me more rain and they will have reports and temperatures are cooler to the north, 40s and 50s and i have upper 50s and the system will give us some hints of rain and very breezy out of the west, and we get ready for some cool readings and 50s and very low 60s. We are looking at a commute that does not look all that bad, it as nice looking drive despite the wet roads, and people are getting on the roads, lets go to the live pictures, you can see traffic people are showing up but its still a 10 minute drive, and i am impressed even though it is raining. Also the morning commute on interstate 880, we are looking at the commute here and there have been no major problems. We did have a crash reported, westbound 24 on the same on ramp to eastbound 24, there is a crash there, 5 23 lets go back to the desk. Direct drought concerns in california and many are concerned about the rain moving in and alex savage has more on how much rainfall we are getting, where are you alex . Reporter i am in fremont and we are not getting much in the way of rain but the dry streak is over here and it certainly is not going to do a whole lot to help out the drought situation. The people i am speaking to are excited at least to see dry streets, wet streets, the opposite of what we are seeing and a little bit of rain coming down and we will have more for about the next day or so and for the first time in almost two months, still forecasting and done expect this much rain to make a whole lot of difference. They are still having one of the dryest years on record and to vol varicely cut water and they are getting more on how much this storm can actually add. And the drought has become such a concern that president barack obama called up governor jerry brown to discuss his concern about the water crisis and people who are being impacted and the president is promising federal assistance during this difficult time. A handful of water agencies are in danger of running out of water within the next 100 days or so and thats when the governor said he is looking at moving water from Southern California to drier airs through out the state but still a lot of people are glad to wake up and see a little bit of rain falling. Alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. Well, they have been forced to ban fishing in dozens of waterways. They are trying to protect the migration of the endangered salmon and steel head trout. Fishing is off limits in a number of places down to big sir and San Mateo County and San Lorenzo River in santa cruz county. Governor browns Approval Rating hits a record high. 50 approve of the way his work is going. 60 have him in a strong position if he decides to run for reelection and he is generally expected to run. New information now, a fire at a recycling plant at a peninsular that caused some serious air quality issues and it is now being deemed suspicious. Janine de la vega joins us from redwood city and you are there where the fire started, what are saying now . Reporter well, the fire broke out and you can see operations have already begun for the day and police and fire officials believe that fire was deliberately set. The fire marshall along with Police Detectives have reviewed the surveillance videos taken from multiple cameras. The fire broke out in a stockpile of recyclingables. They combed through evidence and have not revealed if there was any evidence they were looking for. It traveled to morgan hill with a shelter in place advisory because of it and at this time authorities are not linking that in december and because they happened within weeks of that it raised concerns and a manager had recently asked them to keep three qualified Staff Members on for a two month period. Later on they will be reaching out to talk about this and i have left it there and they believe it was arson. Many came to honor a bart officer who was killed in the line of duty. Itits very hard to get through. Reporter officers came as far away as boston to attend an Emotional Funeral Service for officer tom smith he was mistakenly shot by a fellow officer. He was remembered as a father, officer and brother and he was remembered as a hero. He took parenthood even more seriously. Will be left behind, and he will be missed. He is the first to die in the line of duty. We are told the officer who shot the fatal shot would attend the service but police chief did not see him there. And they are looking into