Is already having a big impact. And the wind. Yeah, thankfully the wind advisory has be expired, but, yeah, gusty winds overnight, and a lot of standing water on the roadways, so keep that in mind. You can see our live camera looking out toward san jose. Not a lot of action in the south bay right now. The bulk of the action focused up in the northern half of the bay area. Look at these rainfall totals over the last 24 hours, kentfield over three inches of rain. Redwood city, nearly an inch and a half. Still, were not just talking about a few sprinkles here in the region. Storm tracker 2, there is the radar loop. We have a lot of warnings to talk about. A winter storm warning in place for the sierra, up above 7,000 feet, potentially over 2 feet of snow with the storm totals. These areas shaded in red are a bit more of a concern here. This is a Flash Flood Warning in place for portions of Sonoma County until 7 45 this morning. Were really looking out toward cogan creek and yano road. So this is the area we are tracking. And then this area, out toward the Santa Rosa Mountains, closer to felton, a Flash Flood Warning until 6 45. Look at that rainfall total. Thats Serious Business. Over six inch offers rain over the past 24 hours. Here is the coverage right now on the radar. A lot of green to talk about. Notice the focus up in the northern half of the bay area. Here we are essentially covered with the green, the darker shade offers green do correspond to more intense downpours. Not as much coverage in the south bay, and well hold on to more rain in the shortterm forecast, but then things begin to change later on today. In fact, our forecast model spells that out nicely here this morning. 4 00, 7 00 still some coverage out there. But notice more breaks in the action by midmorning, and then into the afternoon hours, as well. Still, we will have some scattered rain showers 8 00 tonight, and then were talking about a stronger system this weekend. Alex is standing by with an update on the very soggy roadways, and loft ponding reports, as well. Thats right, standing water on the freeways, especially, and a lot of those spinout crashes. None of them thankfully too serious, or causeing significant backups as of yet. I do want to tell you about a problem that popped up on surface streets in wall nut creek. The walnut creek. Traffic that is trying to go westbound is going to be diverted on to bancroft. So keep that the mind. Probably just a good area to avoid, if this is part of your commute. Maybe you just find an alternate route and get around this, and avoid that intersection all together. Now, let me tell you what the commute looks like if if youre hopping on to highway 24 in the lafayette area. You can see the roadways are certainly slick this morning, but traffic moving along pretty nicely there, heading westbound through the la he fay it area. Now, want you lafayette area. Once you get to the babies toll plaza, the rain is falling as we speak right now, as you can see. Thankfully its not impacting the commute. Its a pretty easy ride. With all of that rain coming down, of course drivers need to be very cautious when the rain is falling, need to be careful of standing water, especially. We have janine with us live now in coopertino, where its been raining off and on overnight, and i guess there were also some power lines that came down, as well, because of this storm . Reporter yes. Pg e has definitely been keeping an eye on that. They have crews everywhere. Were here near the entrance of highway 85, where you can bet the police and chp are keeping an eye on the roads for accidents, because that always happens whenever we get roads that are wet. I also wanted to let you know that we just checked in with pg e, and right now, it looks like they are dealing with about 284 customers in the gill row area, and 391 customers in the san jose area. They are monitoring highway 17 this morning. Theyll could being that allle day today. A sizeable tremendous came down in felton yesterday. Crews work to clear empire grade road. The downpour is also causing concern in the area where the lumar fire burned 45 acres last fall. There were some hazards with the fire. I im sure the people that live in those areas worried about landslides, and, you know, the earth moving. Reporter people who live in that area are stocking up on propane, water, and candles, just in case of power outages. They know thats a reality when theyre living in the mountains. Were going to keep an eye on all of the incident pages that chp is dealing with, all of the accidents, because i know, of course, you know, traffic, alex is monitoring that. Were also going to be going to check out another area where there may be a pg e power outage, is so well see you in the next half hour to let you know what is going on. Back to you. Time 4 36. Tonight the Pacifica City Council will hold a meeting to approve a contract for tearing down that apartment complex dangling on the only of a cliff. The 20unit apartment complex has been at risk because of cliff erosion. It was yellow tagged last year, and the people who lived there had to move out. Not only is that building in danger of falling down on to the beach below, but it also was deemed a health crisis, because as asbestos and other hazardious materials were found inside. Over the past six years, two other nearby apartment buildings have been torn down because of coastal erosion. Well, the sierra is getting slammed with snow, and that is creating dangerous conditions for drivers. Chains are required on both interstate 80 and highway 50 this morning. Slow going as you can see yesterday. Several feet of snow has already fallen, and we could see four to five feet of new snow on the highest peaks by sunday. At about 2 to three feet of snow at the 5,000 foot elevation. All of the snow welcome news be, of course, to the resorts, and California Water supplies. We try to recover from years of drought. Yesterday, the state Water Resource Department took its first new survey of the year at echo summit and found the water con stent about half of normal, but experts say at the actually very good news, because just a week ago, the ground was pretty much there. About 30 of the water supply comes from the sierra snow pack. Tornadoes in georgia, alabama, and mississippi have killed at least six people. More than a thousand homes have been damaged by the high winds, heavy rain, and falling trees. A sheriff in georgia says his county has been really hit hard, but hes thankful the only damage has been to property. Of course shingles pulled up on roofs. We have trees on fences. We have fences down around pools. We have trees on houses, but those things are manageable. Heavy snow is causing problems in the midwest. In wisconsin, a teenage girl die instead was driving on an icy road and crashed her car. Two school buses slid off the roads, and for chu thatthly mow one was seriously hurt in those accident. There are several reports that convicted killer and curt loder Charles Manson is in a bakersfield hospital this morning. Straight prison officials wont confirm or deny the state prison officials wont confirm or deny the reports, but do shay that he is still alive say that he is still alive. Man son has been in prison since 1971 for the planning for plan he it will the killings of actress sharon tate and six other people near los angeles. The murders were carried out by members of the manson family. He has he been denied parole 12 times. His next parole hearing wont happen for 10 more years. Opening statements in the murder trial are expected to take place in two weeks. Motions took up yesterday. He is accuse the defense claims sierra lamar ran away from home. Police in he livermore are busy there, investigating several burglaries targeting homes that are for sale. The thieves have been cutting lockboxes on the doors, stealing the keys, and then using them to get inside the house. Price say since december, there have been 9 such burglaries at unoccupied and staged homes. So it appears that theyre stealing mostly electronics, like tvs. Some stereo equipment. Appliances, and even things as little as home decor. Some Real Estate Agents are now taking extra precautions to protect the homes theyre selling, instead of using a lockbox on the door, theyre showing homes by appointment only, and asking neighbors to keep an eye out for anything suspicious. Police in livermore say in . Cases they found finger prints and even thrown away cigarette butts and hope to make an arrest soon. Today the 49ers will reportedly interview their first coaching candidate, anthony lynn. Now, he was a 49ers running back in the mid1990s. Hes currently the buff la foe legals interim head coach. Ceo jed york is heading up the search and will make the final hires. Sources say raiders rookie quarterback conner cook will start this saturday in the afc wildcard game against the hueston texans. He will be the first nfl quarterback to make his first career senator a playoff game. He saw action on sunday against the denver broncos. Our time is now 4 41. Theres a unique program at a nail salon in san leandro that is doing more than giving women a fresh look. As rob malcolm reports, women are also finding job skills, life lessons, and a fresh start. And then this is where we see our groups. So we can see weve actually seen as many as 8 people in here providing pedicures. Reporter taking a tour of the natural nail care salon. Every room has a story, and the common theme, single mothers looking for a fresh start. 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Now it gives me continued aton nomy to be able to build steps for success, and thats my new babe now, our new baby, and thats the baby that will continue to grow, as and it grows, it will make a difference in the live offers women. Its 4 43. Empty crab boats across the area as the strike continues. Coming up, the efforts to reach a settlement. Plus the growing manhunt in turkey after the deadly new years eve attack. Up next, those who have police already have in custody. A lot of standing water out there. We had some pretty impressive downpours overnight. Still track something rain across portion offers the bay area. Looks like we are heading into a break, he, this afternoon. Somewhat of a break, and then a stronger system that will impact your weekend. Well talk about that coming up. Heres your receipt. Have a nice day thank you. Start the car start the car start the car start the car the ikea winter sale. Wooooooo get up to 50 off select items. Now through january 10th. Ikea police in turkey have detained five militants believe to be linked to the deadly yew years eve attack. They were picked up in a raid on a port city. The gunman who killed 39 and wounded nearly 70 other people at that nightclub is still on the loose. Isis has claimed responsibility for that attack. Former California Attorney general hair sis now a newly sworn in u. S. Senate harris, is now a newly sworn in u. S. Senator. Harris was elected to take the seat opened up. The retirement of barbara boxer. Time is 4 47. A new congressman from kansas was upstaged on his first day in of face by his teenage son. Look he a her right there. Okay. All right . Pam, hes dabbing. They were taking part in the swearing in photo opportunity on capitol hill. There is House Speaker paul ryan. His son, cal, held the bible if his right hand, and also did a little dabbing there. Yeah, looks like my kids. Right. Once House Speaker ryan realized what he was doing, he gently pushed his forearm down, and then they took the picture. You cant be dabbing. You know, why not . It made the news then, right . It did. All over the country. Your kids are too little for the dab. I havent taught my son the dab yet. Check out my instagram page. You got dab bombed. I did. I just went with it. Good morning, you guys. Have a lot of folks sort of slipping and sliding on the wealth roads out there around the bay area. Weve seen our fair share of spinout crashes. Thankfully nothing too serious causing any major backups. So thats the good news 37 sleek at the tracy super commute. This is right after you come up and over the alta month pass. But it frees up as you hid through the liver more valley. Here is the golden gate bridge, and a live look. We have opportunity there. Looks like they are working the moveable median barrier there, the zipper truck is out and about doing some work be, but the traffic flowing freely fryely from marin county into San Francisco at this able hour. Finally here, ill take you to the south bay, and give you a live look at 280 in san jose. Were starting to see a few more folks take to the roads down there. You can see they are slick roads. So youre going to want to take it easy out there. Not go quite as fast as you might otherwise on any given morning, but the traffic moving nicely, heading up into downtown san jose. 4 49 is the time here, and were going to have some more rain for the rest of the morning. Im sort of seeing it letting up in some spots, but how italy look for the rest of the morning commute. Probably 8 00 or 9 00 before i see improvement, but just keep that in mind if youre heading out the door. In the short term, a lot of standing water out there. While you were sleeping, we had some pretty good downpours out there, and still tracking rainfall out there, and its all added up. Santa rosa over two inches of rain. Redwood city, an inch and a half. You can see those tapering off. But we are adding to those totals right now. There is the progression of the system moving across the bay area, and with that, we have a Flash Flood Watch posted for the Santa Rosa Mountains until 7 00 this morning. This is a Flash Flood Warning as you can see closer to felton. This in place until in fact, well bring that up for you, the information, that in place until 6 45. Look at that ben lowman ben l ooh mand lomand rainfall total. Here is the coverage right now on the radar. In fact, well bring all few storm reports, as well. Reports of some localized flooding. Flash flood reports in San Francisco, reports this is actually at this mornings. A couple of feet of water on the two right planes. So reports of some standing water there. There is the coverage on the radar. Essentially a good portion of the bay area covered with the exception of the south bay. San rafael and moss picked up some rain naves picked up some rain over the navoda picked up some rain over that area. As you head north, you will encounter heavier downpours, especially choicer to the fremont area. Here is he Bigger Picture in the pacific. This is the key headline. A very active storm track setting up. After todays system, well have a stronger one developing within this flow for the weekend. We could be talking about heavier rain. Flooding will definitely be a big concern as we head towards saturday and sunday. Outside right now, mostly cloudy skies, still the rainfall paying us a visit. In San Francisco this morning, showers out there, and then into the afternoon hours, we do have the chance of a shower at 12 00, and then by 3 00 and 4 00, the chance of some showers, as well. Here is the forecast model this morning. Still holding on to the rain showers, 7 00. By midmorning into the afternoon hours, we scale back on the coverage, still maybe a chance to get outside this afternoon, but we cannot go completely dry, but it looks like we will be trending drier towards nurse into friday. Here is what sets up this weekend. A look at what happened saturday. This moisture band feeding toward the bay area. This is the setup that will generate significant rainfall for both saturday and into sunday. Temperatures for this afternoon, mainly in the 50s, and a look ahead, your fiveday forecast, multiple rain clouds to talk about. Be extra careful this morning, a break nurse friday, and then that weekend storm, the numbers were seeing could mean Serious Business for us. Watch out for that. Youre right about being careful, not only the rain, but the wind gusts, really tricky. Yeah, and when youre driving this morning, the person in front of you might be driving really slow, so you have to compensate for that. 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